Shuttle HOT-673 HOT-673 User Manual

HOT-673

Pentium™ II 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 user’s
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.

NOTICE

Copyright 1998.
All Right Reserved
Manual Ver 2.0
All information, documentation, and specifications contained in this manual are subject to change without prior

notification by the manufacturer.
The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does

it make a commitment to update the information contained herein.

TRADEMARKS

Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation

Pentium II Processor is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation
PC/AT is a registered trademark of International Business Machine Corporation.
PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
All other brand and product names referred to in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their

respective holders.

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PREFACE .............................................................................................................. 4

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................5

Specification................................................................................................................................ 5

Accessories of HOT-673 ............................................................................................................. 7

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION .................................................................... 8

The Pentium II Processor ............................................................................................................ 8

What does the URM (Universal Retention Mechanism) consist of .............................................. 9

Install the Universal Retention Mechanism ................................................................................. 9

Install Pentium II Processor....................................................................................................... 11

Celeron Processor S.E.P.P only RM Assembly Procedure ......................................................... 12

Install Celeron Processor ........................................................................................................... 13

Install S.E.C.C.2 Processor ........................................................................................................ 14

Jumpers ..................................................................................................................................... 15

CPU Clock Speed Selection - JP1 and JP10 .............................................................................. 15

Clear CMOS - JP8 ..................................................................................................................... 17

Flash EEPROM Vpp - JP7......................................................................................................... 17

Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power-on Setting - JP2 ...................................................................... 17

On Board Audio Controller Setting - JP12 ................................................................................ 18

Connectors ................................................................................................................................ 18

CHAPTER 3 MEMORY CONFIGURATION ..................................................................... 21

CHAPTER 4 FLASH UTILITY .................................................................................... 22

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 5 AWARD BIOS SETUP .......................................................................... 24

The Main Menu ......................................................................................................................... 25

Standard CMOS Setup............................................................................................................... 27

BIOS Features Setup ................................................................................................................. 29

Chipset Features Setup .............................................................................................................. 32

Power Management Setup ......................................................................................................... 35

PCI Configuration Setup ........................................................................................................... 38

Integrated Peripherals ................................................................................................................ 40

Password Setting ....................................................................................................................... 43

CHAPTER 6 ON BOARD SOUND CHIP SETTING .......................................................... 44

Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 44

General Specifications ............................................................................................................... 45

Connecting Audio Devices to 673 ............................................................................................. 46

Auto-installing Applications and Drivers .................................................................................. 48

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PREFACE

HOT-673 is a highly integrated IBM PC/ATX compatible system board designed to
meet the industry's most demanding desktop applications.

Based on the Intel 82443LX AGPset chipset, the Intel Pentium
MMX technology featured, and 256KB or 512KB Level 2 high-performance pipelined
burst secondary 168-pin DIMM socket and supports up to 384MB of EDO RAM and
SDRAM.

HOT-673 is equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (A.G.P.), a high-performance
interconnect for graphic-intensive application, such as 3D applications. The A.G.P. is
independent of the PCI bus and is designed to exclusively use with graphical-display
devices. The HOT-673 supports 3.3 V A.G.P. devices with data transfer rates up to 133
MHz, allowing data throughput of 500 MB/sec.

The Intel's 82443LX AGPset chipset provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE control­ler with two high performance IDE interfaces which allows up to four IDE devices
connection and up to 33 MB/sec of data transfer rates.

The on-board I/O controller provides standard PC I/O functions:
floppy drive interface, two FIFO serial ports, an IrDA device port and a SPP/EPP/ECP

capable parallel port.
HOT-673 is built with two PCI local bus slots providing a high bandwidth data path for

data-movement intensive functions such as graphics, and with two ISA slots.
HOT-673 provides the foundation for cost effective, high performance and highly

expandable platforms, which delivers the latest in the Intel PentiumTM II processor and
new advanced chipset technology.

TM

II processor with

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The HOT-673 Mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high perfor­mance and many intelligent features in a compact package:

Intel Chipset:

Features Intel's 443LX AGPset with I/O subsystems.

CPU Support:

Intel Pentium® II and Celeron processor 233 ~ 333 MHz.

Versatile Memory Supports:

Equipped with three DIMM sockets support 168-pin 3.3V SDRAM and EDO DRAM memory
modules, total memory size up to 384MB.
Configurable support for ECC (Error Checking and Correcting)

PCI and ISA Expansion Slots:

Provides two 32-bit PCI slots and two 16-bit ISA slot.

AGP Slot:

Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance, component level interconnect
targeted at 3D graphical display applications.

Onboard I/O:

Provides one Floppy port; one PS/2 mouse connector; two high-speed UART compatible serial
ports and one parallel port with ECP and EPP capabilities. Serial Port 2 can also be directed from
COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.

INTRODUCTION

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 20-pin ATX Power Supply:

Provides ATX power connector onboard supports soft-on/off function.

System BIOS:

Provides licensed Award V4.51PG BIOS on Flash EEPROM.
Supports Green PC, DMI and Bundled with NCR SCSI BIOS.

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.

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On Board Audio Controller:

Creative ES1371 AC97 digital controller
Advanced 64 polyphonic wavetable synthesis with additional DOS support
Full-Duples Record/Playback at up to 48KHz
Supports Microsoft DirectSound 3D
Digital effects engine for reverb, chorus, tone control

Board Size:

MicroATX form factor 244mm x 170mm.

Advanced Features:

CPU Plug & Play -- HOT-673 featuring CPU Plug & Play function, the user needn't to adjust
onboard system clock and CPU multiplier. When the system first power-on, BIOS will set CPU
clock speed to 233 MHz automatically. If your CPU speed higher than 233 MHz., one thing you
only have to do is entry BIOS to set CPU speed to the higher one.

Low EMI -- Spread Spectrum built in - ±1.5% modulation and automatic clock shut-off of unused
PCI/SDRAMS slots to reduce the EMI.

Dual Function Power Button -- The system can be one of two states, one is Suspend mode and
the other is the Soft-off mode. Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds will place the
system into Suspend mode. When push the power button for more than 4 seconds, the system
enters the Soft-off mode.

Wake-On-LAN -- The system will power-on automatically by activating of LAN.
(This function support Intel LAN card only).

Modem Ring Power-on -- The system will power-on automatically by activating of modem ring.
PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Power-on -- The system will power-on automatically by stroke key-

board or double click PS/2 mouse.

More Advanced Features (optional):

Voltages Monitoring -- System voltages levels are monitored to ensure stable current to main
board components.
System voltages include VCORE and VL2 for CPU, and +5V, +12V, -5V, -12V for system.

FAN Status Monitoring -- To prevent CPU overheat, CPU fans is monitored for RPM and failure.
(CPU Cooling FAN with RPM sensor is required)

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ACCESSORIES OF HOT-673

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The Pentium™ II Processor

HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

The Pentium™ II and Celeron™ processor is the next member of the P6 processor family.
It combines the architectural advances in the Pentium Pro processor with the instruction set
extensions of MMX technology. It is fully compatible with the huge base of Intel architec­ture-based PC software. Additional, the Pentium™ II processor delivers new levels of
performance for advance media and communications software including powerful, realistic
graphics and imaging capabilities, video conference, and the ability to run full-screen, full­motion video. The combination of these advanced technologies makes the Pentium™ II
processor the ideal choice foe executing modem 32-bit compute-intensive and multimedia­enhanced application work loads using advanced 32-bit operating systems.

The Pentium™ II and Celeron processor both have a separate, 32KB, on-chip, non-blocking
L1 cache which run at the processor frequency, Pentium™ II processor also has a 512KB or
256KB on-board L2 non-blocking cache runs at half the processor speed.

The Pentium™ II processor using Single Edge Contact Cartridge (S.E.C.C.) and S.E.C.C.2
packaging technology which enables high volume availability, improved handling protec­tion.

The Celeron™ processor using Single Edge Processor Package. ( S.E.P.P.)
Figure 2-1 shows the front, rear and top views of Pentium™ II processor (without heat sink

mounted).
Figure 2-2 shows the S.E.C.C.2 package of Pentium™ II processor.
Figure 2-3 shows the primary and non-primary side of Celeron™ processor without heat

sink mounted and with heat sink mounted.

Figure 2-1

Figure 2-2

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Figure 2-3

What does the URM (Universal Retention Mechanism) consist of

Pentium II processor requires the Retention Mechanism (RM) and optional Heat Sink
Support (HSS) to hold the base processor in the S.E.C. cartridge.(or SECC 2)

Following installation procedure will display how to install these mechanism.
Retention Mechanism package consists of 2 separate parts and optional Heat Sink Support
consists of 3 separate parts.

Normally, depend on the type of heat sink, Heat Sink Support is not always available. For
some heat sink attached on pentium II processor might not fit to install the Heat Sink
Support. The introduction of Heat Sink Support installation on this manual only for your
reference.

Universal Retention Mechanism (URM) ­Plastic Guide with captive nuts that hold the
S.E.C. Cartridge in the Slot1 connector.
(Refer to Figure 2-4)

Figure 2-4

URM Attach Mount (URMAM) ­Bolt/Bridge assemblies inserted up through
the bottom of the mainboard. Then secures the
URM to URMAM (two URMAM required per URM).
(Refer to Figure 2-5)

Figure 2-5

Install the Universal Retention Mechanism

Place the mainboard on a workbench (not in a chassis). Be sure that the mainboard is bare
(that is, no DIMMs, cables, or cards are installed).

Install the Retention Mechanism :

1. Finds out the Universal Retention
Mechanism (URM) Mounting Holes
of Slot1 on HOT-673 main board.
(Refer to Figure 2-6)

2. Install two Universal Retention
Mechanism Attach Mounts (URMAM)
with Bolt/Bridge assemblies inserted
up through the bottom of the
mainboard. (Notice the URMAM's
bridge orientation as Figure 2-7)

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Figure 2-6

Figure 2-7

Install the Heat Sink Support: (optional)

If your Heat Sink comes with the Heat Sink suport then install it according to the instruction
comes with your Heat Sink.

Figure 2-8 and Figure 2-9 shows some Heat Sink examples.

Figure 2-8

Figure 2-9

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Install Pentium II Processor

Push the latches on the processor toward the center of the processor until they click into place.
Hold the processor so that the fan shroud is facing toward the Heat Sink Support Base bar on

the mainboard. Slide the processor into the Universal Retention Mechanism. Ensure that the
alignment notch in the processor fits over the plug in Slot 1. Push the processor down firmly,
with even pressure on both sides of the top, until it is seated.

Push the latches on the processor outward until they click into place in the Universal Retention
Mechanism. The latches must be secured for proper electrical connection of the processor.

Attach the end of the power cable to the three-pin connector on the mainboard or to the CPU
fan connector on the HOT-673.

Figure 2-10

Figure 2-11

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Celeron™ Processor S.E.P.P. Only Retention Mechanism Assembly
Procedures

These procedures have been included to help assemble the S.E.P.P. (Single
Edge Processor Package) only Retention Mechanism.

Please follow them exactly:

Required Components

SEPP (Figure 2-12)
Heatsink (Figure 2-13)
Heatsink Retention Clip (Figure 2-14)

Primary Side

Figure 2-12

Figure 2-13

Figure 2-14

Procedures

Assemble all parts on a static free bench using
proper operator grounding and an ESD mat.
Carefully insert all four heatsink clip legs into
SEPP. (Figure 2-15)

Clip base must be located on the non-primary
side.(Figure 2-16) FYI - The side of the clip plate
which touches the substrate is covered with a
mylar insulator. This insulator prevents the clip
from shorting lines on the substrate.

Non-primary Side

Figure 2-15

Before you fully engage two legs of the clip into
the heatsink (Figure 2-17), make sure you remove
the blue film covering the thermal interface. The
blue film protects the thermal interface from
damage during shipping.

Grasp the heatsink clip assembly between the clip
base and the heatsink. Do not bend or apply
pressure directly to SEPP.

Using a nonmetallic stock or screw driver, push
the remaining two clip legs into the heatsink.

Caution: Take care not to contact passively or
scratch SEPP when using screw driver or bar
stock.

Verify that all the feet on the clip are fully en­gaged and seated on the heatsink. (Figure 2-18)

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Non-primary Side

Figure 2-16

Primary Side

Figure 2-17

Figure 2-18

Install Celeron™ Processor

Hold the processor unit so that the Heat sink faces toward the DIMM sockets on the mainboard.
Insert the processor into the Universal Retention Mechanism. Press the processor down firmly
with even pressure on both sides of the top until it is seated.
(Refer to Figure 2-19 and Figure 2-20)

Figure 2-19

Figure 2-20

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Install S.E.C.C.2™ Processor

Hold the processor unit so that the Heat sink faces toward the DIMM sockets on the mainboard.
Insert the processor into the Universal Retention Mechanism. Press the processor down firmly
with even pressure on both sides of the top until it is seated.
(Refer to Figure 2-21 and Figure 2-22)

Figure 2-21

Figure 2-22

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Jumpers

Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins on
the main board. The jumper's pin 1 on main board will be on the top or on the left when hold­ing the main board with the keyboard connector away from yourself.

Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Close (On) and for Open (Off).
To connect the pins, simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins.

CPU Clock Speed Selection - JP1 and JP10

HOT-673 featuring CPU Plug & Play function, the user needn't to adjust onboard system clock
and CPU multiplier. When the system power-on first time, BIOS will set CPU clock

speed to 233 MHz automatically. If your CPU speed higher than 233 MHz., you only have

to entry BIOS to set CPU speed to the higher one.
HOT-673 mainboard features a clock generator to provide adjustable system clock frequency.

JP1 is a 6-pin jumpers which determine the system clock frequency 50 MHz to 83 MHz.

CPU Plug & Play function is supported by 66MHz.

HOT-673 mainboard provides Jumper group of JP10 to figure the CPU core clock multiplier.
By inserting mini jumpers on MANUAL group, the user can figure the Host Bus Clock/CPU
Core Clock ratio (multiplier) manually.

CPU Plug & Play function is supported when an Jumper Pack inserted on

AUTO group.

Listed diagrams on right side show the sample position on jumper group of JP10:

1) Setting CPU Clock from BIOS

- jumper pack on AUTO.
(Factory default)

2) Adjust multiplier manually from hardware

- jumper pack on MANUAL, multiplier set to 5X manually.

Figure 2-23 shows the position of JP1 and JP10 on the mainboard.

Figure 2-23

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CPU Clock Configuration Table shows the Pentium II/Celeron Processor 233MHz, 266MHz,
300MHz and 333MHz quick setting on the mainboard.

System Clock Table (Table 2-2) shows all of the system bus clocks that the mainboard can offer.
Multiplier Table (Table 2-3) shows all of the multipliers that the mainboard can support.

CPU Configuration Table

Pentium II

Processor

233 MHz 66 MHz 3.5 x
266 MHz 66 MHz 4 x
300 MHz 66 MHz 4.5 x
333 MHz 66 MHz 5 x

Table 2-1

System

Clock

Multiplier

System Clock Configuration Table

System

Clock

50 MHz 25 MHz

60 MHz 30 MHz

PCI Bus

Clock

JP1

Multiplier Table

Multiplier JP10 Multiplier JP10

Sett ing

By

BIOS

2 4.5

2.5 5

3

3.5

4

Table 2-3

66 MHz 33 MHz

Support
CPU Plug & Play

75 MHz 37.5 MHz

83 MHz 41.5 MHz

Table 2-2

NOTE: 75 & 83 MHz are for over-clock usage, it is not a recommended

general practice.

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Clear CMOS - JP8

HOT-673 mainboard supports jumper JP8 for discharging mainboard's CMOS memory.
This jumper can clear the CMOS data stored in the Giga I/O chip. To clear the CMOS data

please follow listed steps:

1) Turn off the PC,

2) Remove mini jumper from JP8 pin 1-2,

3) Insert mini jumper to JP8 pin 2-3 for a brief while,

4) Remove mini jumper from JP8 in 2-3,

5) Reinsert mini jumper to JP8 pin 1-2,

6) Turn on the PC.

Flash EEPROM Vpp - JP7

HOT-673 mainboard supports two types
of Flash EEPROM: 5 volt and 12 volt.
By setting up jumper JP7, the main
board can use both 5V or 12V flash
EEPROM with new system BIOS files
as they come available.

JP7 Pin 1-2 Close
for 5V Flash EEPROM

JP7 Pin 2-3 Close
for 12V Flash EEPROM

Figure 2-24

Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power-On Setting (option) - JP2

HOT-673 mainboard provides an optional power-on function by stroke any key (or hot-key)
on keyboard or double click on PS/2 mouse.

Note: Power-on by serial mouse is not supported

JP2 is the jumper used to set the functions of keyboard & PS/2 mouse power-on Enabled or
Disabled.

When you enabled K/B & PS/2 Mouse Power-ON function, you also have to set the proper
item on POWER ON function category of Integrated Peripherals of BIOS setup.

K/B & PS/2 Mouse Power-On JP2

Keyboard &
PS/2 Mouse

Power-On

Disabled

Keyboard &
PS/2 Mouse

Power-On

Table 2-4

Enabled

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PS/2 Mouse

Power-On

Enabled

On Board Audio Controller Setting - JP12

HOT-673 mainboard provides on-board PnP 64 voices
wavetable sound chip which based on Creative ES1371
AC97 PnP 3D integrated audio controller chip. Jumper
JP12 is used to enabled or disabled it.

On-board Audio Controller
Enabled

On-board Audio Controller
Disabled

Connectors

Figure 2-25

Front Panel Connectors

ATX Power On/Off Switch Connector

- S2

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

HDD LED Connector - S3

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

Hardware Reset Connector - J15

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

Speaker Connector - JP6

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

EPMI Connector - JP11(1-2)

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 2-26

GLED Connector - JP11(3-4)

Attach a 2-pin Green LED cable to it. The Green LED lights when the system get intopower saving
mode.

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Back Panel Connectors

Figure 2-27

COM1/COM2 Connectors

Attach COM1/COM2 device cables to these connectors.

PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector

Two 6-pin female PS/2 keyboard & Mouse Connectors is located at the rear of the main board.
PS/2 Mouse on top of connector and PS/2 Keyboard on the bottom of connector. Plug the PS/2
keyboard and mouse jack into this connector.

Parallel Port Connector

A 25-pin female connector is located at the rear of the main board. Plug the parallel port device
cable into this connector.

USB1/USB2 Port Connectors

Two female connectors are located at the rear of the board.
Plug the USB devices jack into this connector.

Other Connectors

ATX Power Supply Connector - J4

It is a twenty-pin male header connector. Plug the connector
from the power directly onto the board connector while the plug
of the power supply will only insert in one orientation.
Fine the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure
that the pins are aligned.

IR Connector - J3

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. Figure 2-29 shows J3's
pin assignment.

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Figure 2-28

Figure 2-29

CPU, Chassis & AGP cooling
Fan connectors - JP3, JP4,
J10 & J14

The main board provides three onboard 12V
cooling fan power connectors for CPU (JP3 &
JP4), Chassis (J14) and AGP device (J10)
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 Connector - 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.

Enhanced IDE and Floppy
connectors

The main board shipped with one 40-pin
ribbon cable for IDE H.D.D , one 34-pin
ribbon cable for F.D.D. Ribbon cables should
always be connected with the red stripe on the
Pin 1 side of the connector.

Figure 2-30

CD Audio Connectors

SJ1: 1 = Ground

2 = Right Channel (CD_In)
3 = Ground
4 = Left Channel (CD_In)

SJ2: 1 = Left Channel (CD_In)

2 = Ground
3 = Ground
4 = Right Channel (CD_In)

SJ3: 1 = Left Channel (AUX)

2 = Ground
3 = Ground
4 = Right Channel (AUX)

Figure 2-31

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MEMORY CONFIGURATION

The HOT-673 mainboard provides three 168-pin DIMM sockets that make it possible to
install from 8MB up to 128MB of SDRAM and EDO DRAM. The DIMM socket
support 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128MB 3.3V single- or double-side SDRAM
and EDO DIMM.

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

HOT-673 provides optional data integrity features including EC (Error Checking) or
ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) in the memory array. EC mode provides single
and multiple bit error detection. In ECC mode, during reads from the DRAM, the HOT­673 provides error checking and correction of the data.

To support ECC, you must use true (opposed to phantom parity generated by TTL chips)
72-bit parity-type DIMM for all modules.

Install memory in any or all of the banks in any combination as follows:

DIMM
Socket

DIMM 0

DIMM 1

DIMM 3

Table 3-1

Memory Modules

8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB 168-pin

3.3V SDRAM or EDO DIMM

8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB 168-pin

3.3V SDRAM or EDO DIMM

8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB 168-pin

3.3V SDRAM or EDO DIMM

Mudule

Quantity

x 1

x 1

x 1

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FLASH UTILITY

This chapter briefly discusses Award Flash utility in order 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 673.BIN. 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:

“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 “N” 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 “673.BIN”, 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, 673.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 — Due to EMM386 or QEMM !”

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BIOS SETUP

The 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.

“Press DEL to enter SETUP”

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,

“Press F1 to Continue, DEL To Enter Setup”

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The 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 setup

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.

Integrated Peripherals

This setup page includes all items of peripheral features.

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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
24-hour 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>.

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.

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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
installed in 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.

Disk boot sector is to be modified

Type "Y" to accept write or "N" to abort write

!WARNING!

Award Software, Inc.

CPU Internal Cache

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

External Cache

This item enables CPU secondary cache to speed up memory access.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

This item enable CPU L2 cache ECC mode.

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.

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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.

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.

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 MByte. 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.

Typematic Rate Setting

This determines if the typematic rate is to be used. when disabled, continually holding
down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance. In other words, the BIOS
will only report that the key is down. When the typematic rate is enabled, the BIOS will
report as before, but it will then wait a moment, and, if the key is still down, it will begin
the report that the key has been depressed repeatedly. For example, you would use such a
feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

When the typematic rate is enabled, this selection allows you select the rate at which the
keys are accelerated.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

When the typematic rate is enabled, this selection 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.

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OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

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

Report No FDD For WIN 95

This item enable for report No FDD for WIN95 if No FDD install.

Video BIOS Shadow

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

C8000-CBFFF Shadow/DC000-DFFFF Shadow

These categories determine whether option ROMs will be copied to RAM.

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Chipset Features Setup

Auto Configuration

The default setting of the optimal timings for items 3 through 7 for 60ns EDO DRAM
modules.

DRAM Speed Selection

This item set the EDO DRAM Read/Write timings that the system uses. When item of
"Auto Configuration" is disabled, this item will not show up.

MA Wait State

When enabled, one additional wait state is inserted before the assertion of the first
memory address line MA and CAS/RAS assertion during DRAM read or write leadoff
cycles.

EDO RAS# To CAS# Delay

When EDO DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are address separately. This
setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from Row Address Strobe
(RAS) to Column Address Strobe (CAS). The options are 3 and 2.

EDO RAS# Precharge Time

DRAM must continually be refreshed or it will lose its data. Normally, DRAM is
refreshed entirely as the result of a single request. This option allows you to determine
the number of CPU clocks allocated for Row Address Strobe to accumulate its charge
before the DRAM is refreshed. If insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete
and data lost.

This item sets the DRAM RAS Precharge Timing. The options are 4 and 3 CLKs.

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EDO DRAM Read Burst

This item set the EDO DRAM Read Burst Timing. The timing used depends on the type
of DRAM (EDO burst mode or standard fast page mode) on a per-bank basis. The options
are 222 and 333.

EDO DRAM Write Burst

This item set the EDO DRAM Write Burst timing for accessing DRAM. The options are
222 and 333.

DRAM Data Integrity Mode

This item allows the user to set DRAM data integrity mode to Non-ECC or ECC. Non­ECC has byte-wide write capability but no provision for protecting data integrity in the
DRAM array. ECC allows a detection of single-bit and multiple-bit errors and recovery of
single-bit errors.

CPU-To-PCI IDE Posting

When disabled, the CPU to PCI IDE posting cycles are treated as normal I/O write
transactions. When enabled will have the I/O write cycles posted.

System BIOS Cacheable

This item allows the user to set whether the system BIOS F000~FFFF areas are cacheable
or non-cacheable.

Video BIOS Cacheable

This item allows the user to set whether the video BIOS C000~C7FF areas are cacheable
or non-cacheable.

Video RAM Cacheable

This is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor. It can greatly
improve the display speed by caching the display data. You must leave this on the default
setting of Disabled if your display card cannot support this feature or else your system
may not boot.

8 Bit I/O Recovery Time

The recovery time is the length of time, measured in CPU clocks, which the system will
delay after the completion of an input/output request. This delay takes place because the
CPU is operating so much after than the input/output bus that the CPU must be delayed to
allow for the completion of the I/O.

This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit I/O. Choices are
from NA, 1 to 8 CPU clocks.

16-Bit I/O Recovery Time

This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16 bit I/O. Choices are
from NA, 1 to 4 CPU clocks.

Memory Hole At 15M-16M

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

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Passive Release

When enabled, the chipset provides a programmable passive release mechanism to meet
the required ISA master latencies.

Delayed Transaction

Since the 2.1 revision of the PCI specification requires much tighter controls on target and
master latency. PCI cycles to or from ISA typically take longer. When enabled, the
chipset provides a programmable delayed completion mechanism to meet the required
target latencies.

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

This item allows the user to set memory-mapped, graphics data structures can reside in
Graphics Aperture.

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay

When SDRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are address separately. This setup
item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from Row Address Strobe (RAS)
to Column Address Strobe (CAS). The options are Slow for 3 and Fast for 2 CLKs.

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time

SDRAM must continually be refreshed or it will lose its data. Normally, DRAM is
refreshed entirely as the result of a single request. This option allows you to determine
the number of CPU clocks allocated for Row Address Strobe to accumulate its charge
before the DRAM is refreshed. If insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete
and data lost. The options are Slow for 3 and Fast for 2 CLKs.

SDRAM CAS Latency Time

This item defines the CAS Latency timing parameter of the SDRAM expressed in 66MHz
clocks. The options are 2 and 3 CLKs.

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clock

Enabling this item allows system auto detect and close clock signal to empty DIMM/PCI
slot to reduce EMI.

Spread Spectrum

This item allows the user to enable Spread Spectrum Modulated to reduce the EMI.

CPU Host Clock : 66MHz

This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Bus Clock from BIOS when JP1 is set to
Auto.

CPU Clock Ratio : 4

This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Clock/Internal Clock ration when JP10 is set
Auto.

CPU Speed : 266 MHz

This item is show only. When CPU Host Clock and CPU Clock Ratio is set, the result will
be display on this item.

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Power Management Setup

ACPI Function

This item determine to support ACPI function or not.

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; Dis-
abled disables the power saving feature; User Defined allows you to set power saving
options according to your preference.

PM Control by APM

If this item set to No, system BIOS will be ignored and APM calls the power to manage
the system.
If this item setup to Yes, system BIOS will wait for APM's prompt before it enter any PM
mode e.g. DOZE, STANDBY or SUSPEND.

Video Off Method

This item define the video off features -V/H SYNC + Blank, DPMS, and Blank Only. The
first option, which is the default setting, blanks the screen and turns off vertical and
horizontal scanning; DPMS allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it sup­ports the DPMS feature; Blank Screen only blanks the screen.

Video Off After

This item define when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management.
The settings are N/A, Doze, Standby and Suspend.

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MODEM Use IRQ

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

Doze Mode

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

Standby Mode

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the fixed disk drive and the
video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed.

Suspend Mode

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

HDD Power Down

This item defines the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD enters power saving
mode (motor off). The options are from 1 min to 15 min and Disabled.

Throttle Duty Cycle

This item determines the duty cycle for the clock control thermal throttling mode. The
duty cycle indicates the percentage of time while in the thermal throttle mode. The
settings between 12.5% and 87.5%.

VGA Active Monitor

If this item is set to Enabled, the VGA activity event will be monitored to reload global
timer.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

The setting of Instant-Off allows the ATX switch to function as a normal system power
off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds. The setting of Delay 4 Sec. allows the
button to have a dual function where to press the button for less than 4 seconds will place
the system in suspend mode, and pressing the button for more than 4 seconds will shut
place the system off.

Resume by Ring

This item determine the system will resume by activating of modem ring.

Resume by Alarm

This item determine the system will resume by activity of R.T.C. If enabled this feature
and enter resume date and time. When date and time expire, system will power-on itself
from power off.

IRQ 8 Break Suspend

You can turn On or Off monitoring of IRQ8 (the Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken
the system from Suspend mode.

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** Reload Global Timer Events **

If any of these items is set to Disabled, that system activity event will not be monitored to
reload global timer.

If these items is set to Enabled, that system activity event will be monitored to reload global
timer.

These items include IRQ[3-7, 9-15], NMI, Primary IDE0/1, Secondary IDE 0/1, Floppy
Disk, Serial Port and Parallel Port.

Resume by LAN (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 : HOT-673 support Wake-ON-LAN function with Intel LAN card only.

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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.
Default setting is 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.

Reset Configuration Data

This item allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not.

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.

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Used MEM base addr

This item is used to select a base address for the memory area used by any peripheral that
requires high memory.
The choices are C800, CC00, D000, D400, D800, DC00 and N/A.

Assign IRQ for USB

This item allows the user to assign IRQ to on-board USB controller or not.
Since on-board controller is enabled always, if none of IRQ is assigned to it, there will be
a question mark report on system device under windows 95.

PCI Latency Timer

The number of clocks programed in the PCI Latency Timer represents the guaranteed
time slice allocated to the 440LX, after which it must complete the current data transfer
phase and surrender the bus as soon as its bus grant is removed.

The PCI Latency Timer is used to guarantee to the PCI agents a minimum amount of the
system resource.

The default setting is 64 PCI clocks.

MS IRQ Routing Table

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

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Integrated Peripherals

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 this 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.

IDE Primary Slave PIO

In this 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 this 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
PIO timing.

IDE Secondary Slave PIO

In this 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 PIO
timing.

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IDE Primary Master UDMA

On this mainboard, Intel PIIX4 improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/
33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are Disabled, En-
abled and Auto, Auto is the default settings for on board Primary Master UltraDMA33.

Note : Your hard drive must also support UDMA for this feature to work.

IDE Primary Slave UDMA

On this mainboard, Intel PIIX4 improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/
33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are Disabled, En-
abled and Auto, Auto is the default settings for on board Primary Slave UltraDMA33.

Note : Your hard drive must also support UDMA for this feature to work.

IDE Secondary Master UDMA

On this mainboard, Intel PIIX4 improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/
33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are Disabled, En-
abled and Auto, Auto is the default settings for on board Secondary Master UltraDMA33.

Note : Your hard drive must also support UDMA for this feature to work.

IDE Secondary Slave UDMA

On this mainboard, Intel PIIX4 improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/
33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are Disabled, En-
abled and Auto, Auto is the default settings for on board Secondary Slave UltraDMA33.

Note : Your hard drive must also support UDMA for this feature to work.

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

As stated above, your system includes two built-in IDE controllers, both of which operate
on the PCI bus. This setup item allows you either to enable or disable the primary control­ler. You might choose to disable the controller if you were to add a higher performance or
specialized controller.

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE

As above for the Primary controller, this setup item you either to enable or disable the
secondary controller. You might choose to disable the controller if you were to add a
higher performance or specialized controller

USB Keyboard Support

This item is used to defined USB Keyboard is Enabled or Disabled.

Init Display First

This item is used to determine initial device when system power on. The options are PCI
and AGP.

POWER ON Function

This item is used to defined Keyboard & PS/2 mouse power-on function enabled or
disabled. The options are Button Only, HOT-Key and PS/2 Mouse.
Button Only - Only soft-on/off button on the front panel is available.

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Hot Key Power ON

Power-on by soft-on/off button and keyboard are available. The user may set power-on
hot-key from <Ctrl><F1> to <Ctrl><F12>.

KBC input clock

This item to set the input clock to onboard keyboard controller. The options are 8MHz
and 12MHz.

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

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

Onboard Serial Port 2

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

UART Mode Select

The main board support IrDA(HPSIR) and Amplitudes Shift Keyed IR(ASKIR) infrared
through COM 2 port. 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 available currently.

RxD , TxD Active

This item specifies the Active level for RxD & TxD signal.

IR Transmittion delay

This item enable/disable the delay of the IR state change from Rx to Tx mode or Tx to Rx
mode.

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 page 17
"Clear CMOS".

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ON BOARD AUDIO CONTROLLER

Introduction

CREATIVE ES1371 Sound Blaster AudioPCI™ 64V

The On-board audio controller is the new Creative AC97 digital controller which pro­vides the next generation of audio performance to the PC market. The ES1371 is avail­able in a 5.0 V PCI bus compatible device that enables the Creative/ENSONIQ
Wavetable synthesis PCI solution.

The ES1371 chip includes a complete audio recording and playback system. The ES1371
interfaces to the PCI bus and to AC97, an industry standard CODEC/mixer. This solu­tion is sound Blaster PCI compatible utilizing a patented method of Sound Blaster emula­tion from Ensoniq. In addition, it is compliant to AC97 interface, Microsoft PC97 and
PC98, and Multimedia PC Level II and III specifications.

The ES1371 provides 64 voices polyphony for wavetable audio, sound effects such as
reverb, chorus, bass, and treble. As a result, the produced music is more complete and
closer to the actual sound. What's more, the ES1371 supports the 3D Positional Audio
algorithm from Ensoniq. This 3D Positional Audio implementation also supports the
Aureal A3D API for 3D Positional Audio. This allows applications written to this API to
run on the ES1371.

The ES1371 support Microsoft DirectSound, DirectSound 3D and DirectMusic. All of
these implementations are accelerated through the drivers from Ensoniq. This provides
better overall performance for the system and the audio quality.

What is AudioPCI™ ?
AudioPCI™ technology is a combination of hardware and software that provides the

highest quality in PC sound and the greatest compatibility with current standards.

Why PCI?

The PCI bus is far superior to the ISA bus. It is capable of transferring data on a wider
32-bit bandwidth bus. This allows much more data to pass from the PCI bus to the host
processor. The ISA bus is only capable of 16-bit bandwidth transfers. Using the PCI bus
will allow a 4 to 20 times increase in speed over much slower DMA transfers on the ISA
bus. This drastically reduces the overhead on the host CPU. This tremendous processing
power opens up new possibilities for sound cards. Real-time software based sound fields
are now possible without bogging down the host CPU.

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General Specifications

Wavetable Synthesis

Creative synthesis engine
Digital effects engine for reverb and chorus
64-voice polyphony and multi-timbral capability
16 MIDI channels, 128 GM and GS compatible instruments and 10 drum kits
MT-32 compatible instrument set
2MB, 4MB and 8MB sample sets included

3D Audio Technology

Support for Microsoft DirectSound
Localized 3D Sound technology expands the spaciousness of sounds in the tradi-

tional two speaker system
Multi-Algorithm reverb and chorus

Memory Subsystem

Utilizes system RAM for wavetable samples
User-configurable for 2MB, 4MB or 8MB

CD-Quality, 16-Bit Stereo Digital Audio

8-bit and 16-bit , mono and stereo recording and playback
User-selectable sample rates from 5 kHz to 48 kHz
Full Duplex support enables simultaneous record and playback for internet

communications software

MIDI Interface / Joystick Port

Built-in 15-pin MIDI interface (cable available separately)
Compatible with Sound Blaster and MPU-401 UART modes
IBM-compatible 15-pin joystick port with analog support

Compatible with the Following Standards

General MIDI
Plug and Play
Sound Blaster PCI

AudioPCI Mixer

6 Channel Mixer control for access to CD/Auxiliary, Microphone/Line,
Music Synthesizer and Digital Audio

Spatial audio control for Digital Audio and Music Synthesizer
Reverb and Chorus control for Music Synthesizer

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Connecting Audio Devices to 673

Line Out

LINE-OUT is a stereo output through which the combined signal of all internal and
external audio sources on the board is output. It can be connected to 1/8-inch TRS stereo
headphones or to amplified speakers.

Line Input

LINE-IN is a stereo line-level input that accepts a 1/8-inch TRS stereo plug. It can be
used as a source for digital sound recording, a source to be mixed with the output, or
both.

Mic Input

MIC-IN is a 1/8-inch jack that provides a mono input. It can use a dynamic mono or
stereo microphone with a resistance of not more than 600 ohms.

Joystick / MIDI

The Joystick/MIDI port is a 15-pin female connector . This port can be connected to any
IBM PC compatible joystick with a 15-pin D-sub connector.

MIDI Instrument Connection

You need a MIDI adapter to connect a MIDI instrument to the sound card. The MIDI
adapter can be connected to the Joystick/MIDI port. You will also need MIDI sequencing
software to run MIDI instruments with your computer.

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CD Audio-In Connection - SJ1, SJ2 & SJ3

SJ1, SJ2 and SJ3 are used to connect CD Audio output from
CD-ROM drive.

SJ1 pin assignment

1 : Ground
2 : Right channel (CD_In)
3 : Gound
4 : Left channel (CD_In)

SJ2 pin assignment

1 : Left Channel (CD_In)
2 : Gound
3 : Gound
4 : Right Channel (CD_In)

SJ3 pin assignment

1 : Left Channel (AUX)
2 : Gound
3 : Gound
4 : Right Channel (AUX)

CD_In

CD_In

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Auto-installing Applications and Drivers
(for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT4.0)

1. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2. If AutoRun is enabled on your system, the "Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup"
will appear on your screen. Otherwise, double-click the My Computer icon on
your Windows Desktop, then Right-click on your CD-ROM drive icon and click
on AutoRun.EXE program.

3. Select the "Install Sound Device Software" button after Sound Baster AudioPCI 64V
screen is appeared, click on the "Install" button.

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

5. Restart your system when prompted.

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Uninstalling Software in Windows 95/98 and Windows NT4.0

1. Click the Start menu, point to Settings and click Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. On the Install/Unistall tabbed page, select Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V.

4. Click the Add/Remove button, and then click the Yes button when prompted to remove
the software.

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