Soltek SL-65KV2, SL-65KV User Manual

his User‘s Guide & Technical Reference is for assisting system

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© Copyright 2000 Soltek Computer Inc.

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EDITION : March 2000
VERSION : V2.0

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C O N T E N T

Chapter 1: Introduction ............................... 4

1-1 CPU .................................................................................... 4

1-2 CHIPSET ............................................................................ 4

1-3 L2 CACHE .......................................................................... 4

1-4 MAIN MEMORY .................................................................. 4

1-5 BIOS ................................................................................... 5

1-6 MUL TI-I/O FUNCTION........................................................ 5

1-7 AC97 CODEC FUNCTION ................................................. 5

1-8 MISCELLANOUS ............................................................... 5

1-9 MAINBOARD LAYOUT....................................................... 7

1-10 MAINBOARD CHIPSETS DIAGRAM ............................... 8

1-11 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGUATION .............................. 8

Chapter 2: Hardware Setup......................... 9

2-1 CPU TYPE CONFIGURA TION........................................... 9

2-2 JUMP SETTINGS............................................................. 12

2-3 CONNECTORS ................................................................ 1 7

2-4 DRIVER INSTALLA TION.................................................. 18

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup .............................. 20

3-1: INTRODUCE THE BIOS. ................................................ 20

3-2: WHAT IS SETUP............................................................. 20

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3-3: HOW TO RUN SETUP .................................................... 21

3-4: WHAT IS THE CMOS...................................................... 21

3-5: WHAT IS POST............................................................... 21

3-6 CMOS SETUP UTILITY ................................................... 22

3-7 STANDARD CMOS SETUP ............................................. 23

3-8 BIOS FEATURES SETUP................................................ 2 5

3-9 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ......................................... 29

3-10 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP .................................. 33

3-11 PnP / PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP............................ 36

3-12 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS............................................. 38

3-13 CPU SPEED SETTING .................................................. 39

3-14 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ...................................... 40

3-15 SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD ............................. 43

3-16 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ........................................ 44

3-17 SAVE & EXIT SETUP .................................................... 44

3-18 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING................................................ 44

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1-1 CPU

• Supports Intel® PPGA Celeron™ 370 CPUs at 233MHz ~ 700MHz.

• Supports Intel® FC-PGA Pentium !!!® Coppermine CPUs using at 500E
~ 750 MHz or higher.

• Supports Cyrix Joshua PR400/ PR450/ PR500 CPUs.

• Supports CPU voltage Auto-Detect circuit.

1-2 CHIPSET

• VIA 694X chipset (North Bridge) and VIA 686A chipset (South Bridge).

• Supports two 32-bit 3.3V/5V system bus. (one is AGP and the other is
PCI)

• Supports 66/100/133MHz CPU external bus speed.

• AGP 3.3V 1x/2x mode, AGP 1.5V 4x mode and PCI 2.1 compliant.

• Concurrent CPU and AGP access.

• Pipelined transfers up to 533MB/sec.

• Windows 95 OSR2 VxD and integrated Windows 98 / Windows 2000
miniport driver support.

• Ultra ATA33/66 Master Mode PCI EIDE controller.

• USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector.

• Sophisticated PC98-compatible Mobile Power Management.

1-3 L2 CACHE

• Intel® Celeron™ CPU supports 128K write back cache with Pipelined
Burst SDRAMs.

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Pentium !!!® Coppermine supports 256K/ 512K write back cache

• Intel
with Pipelined Burst SDRAMs.

1-4 MAIN MEMORY

• Supports total memory from 8MB to 768MB (SDRAM).

• Supports 3pcs 168pin DIMM sockets. ( 3.3V Unbuffered and 4 Clock
type)

• Supports SDRAM with 12ns/10ns/8ns speed.

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1-5 BIOS

• Award BIOS.

• Supports Plug & Play (PnP).

• FLASH MEMORY for easy upgrade.

• Supports Advanced Power Management (APM) Rev 1.2 function.

• Supports Advanced Configuration Power Management Interface (ACPI)
Rev 1.0 function.

• Year 2000 compliant.

1-6 MULTI-I/O FUNCTION

• One floppy port supports up to 2.88MB.

• 2x Built-in USB connectors.

• Ultra ATA33/66 bus master IDE supports up to 4 IDE devices. (Including
ZIP / LS-120 floppy devices)

• 2x 16550A Built-in fast UART compatible serial port connectors.

• Built-in SPP / EPP / ECP parallel port connectors.

• Built-in standard IrDA TX / RX header.

• Peripherals boot function with ATX power.

1-7 AC’97 CODEC FUNCTION

• SoundBlast Pro Hardware and Direct Sound Ready AC’97 Digital Audio
Controller.

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1-8 MISCELLANOUS

• ATX form factor.

• Mainboard size: 18mm X 30.5mm.

• Provides 5x PCI slots, 1x ISA slot, 1x AMR slot, 1x AGP slot and 3x
DIMM sockets.

• AGP 2.0 interface with 1x 2x / 4x data transfer and 2x / 4x fast write
capability.

• AGP Universal Connector supports via dual mode buffers.

• Supports SCSI, CD-ROM, ZIP, LS-120 boot up function.

• Supports Wake On LAN (WOL) boot up function.

• Supports BIOS Writing Protection.

• Supports BIOS Core Voltage Setting. (Optional)

• Provides DIP switch for easy setting.

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NOTE: To use Wake On LAN (WOL) function, the ATX

power supply must provide at least 5V/720mA
standby current capacity.

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1-9 MAINBOARD LAYOUT

• Mainboard default setting: Celeron 300A/66MHz.

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

lower

upper

USB0

COM2 COM1

USB1

2 16

1 15

LPT1

USB2

FAN1

RT1

ATX POWER

1 3

JP11

JP10

DIMM1

1

3

DIMM2

SOCKET 370

DIMM3

Clock
Generator

JP2

1

3

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LINE

LINE

1 4

1 4

313

JP8

MIC

OUT

IN

AC'97
Codec

1

JP9

CD_IN2
CD_IN1

1 3

ON DIP

GAME/MIDI PORT

JP3
JP4

FLASH BIOS

JWOL1

JP12

SW1

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 3
1 3

JP6
JP7

AMR

1 3

1 3
1 3

JP5

VIA

694X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

AGP

VIA

686A

ISA

RT2

FDC1

Li

Battery

HD/LED IR PWR SUSPEND

J2 J3

IDE2

FAN2

JBAT1

1 1

IDE1

3

1

SPK RST PWR/LED SUSLED

NOTE: Under 100MHz / 133MHz FSB, the SDRAM spec must complaint PC-100 / PC-133 spec.

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1-10 MAINBOARD CHIPSETS DIAGRAM

HCLK
SMI# / STPCLK# / SLP#

CKE#

Memory Bus

MCLK
HCLK
PCLK

CPUSTP#

PCISTP#

SMBus
Power Plane & Peripheral ControlUSB
GPIO and ACPI EventsKeyboard / Mouse

3D

Graphics

Controller

PCLK

Slot-1 or Socket-370

Host CPU

SMIACT#

GCLK

AGP Bus

GCKRUN#

PCKRUN#

PCI Bus

ATA 33/66

BIOS ROM

Apollo Pro 133A system with VT82C686A Mobile South-Bridge.

ISA

VT82C694X

Pro 133A

North Bridge

510 BGA

SUSCLK,
SUSST1#

VT82C686A

Mobile South

324 BGA

1-11 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION

SDRAM,

EDO,

or FPG

Clock
Buffer

Clock

Generator

his VIA 693Apollo Pro-Plus motherboard supports 168 pin DIMM of
4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB or 64MB or 128MB to form a memory

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size between 8MB to 768MB (SDRAM). VIA 693 Apollo Pro-Plus
chipsets provide “ Table Free ” function. It means that users can install
DRAM with any configuration and in any bank, and that is why the
DRAM table is not needed but do remember that the DRAM must be 3.
3V type.

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Chapter 2: Hardware Setup

2-1 CPU TYPE CONFIGURATION

CPU MODEL SW1 CPU RATIO

Celeron 233/66

Celeron 266/66
Pentium III 533EB/133*

Celeron 300/66
Pentium III 600EB/133*

Celeron 333/66
Pentium III 500E/100*
Pentium III 667B/133*

Celeron 366/66
Pentium III 550E/100*
Pentium III 733B/133*

Celeron 400/66
Pentium III 600E/100*

Celeron 433/66
Pentium III 650/100*

Celeron 466/66
Pentium III 700/100*

Celeron 500/66
Pentium III 750/100*

Celeron 533/66

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ONONON

OFF

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ONONON

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ONONON

OFF

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

OFF

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ONONON

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ON

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ONONON

OFF

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ONONON

OFF

OFF

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ON

ONONON

ON

ON

ON

ON

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3.5x

4.0x

4.5x

5.0x

5.5x

6.0x

6.5x

7.0x

7.5x

8.0x

* : Pentium III Coppermin FC-PGA CPUs.

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SW1 DIP1 ~ DIP4: BUS RATIO SELECT

3.0x

3.5x

4.0x

4.5x

5.0x

5.5x

ONONON

ON

14

ON

ON

14

ON

OFF

1

ON

OFF

14

ON

OFF

1

ON

OFF

1

OFF

OFF

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

ON

OFF

6.0x

ON

6.5x

ONONON

7.0x

4

ON

7.5x

ON

8.0x

4

ON

4

ONONON

ON

14

ON

ON

14

ON

ON

1

ON

ON

14

ON

OFF

1

SW1 DIP5 ~ DIP6: BUS CLOCK SELECT

ON

OFF

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

4

OFF

OFF

4

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SW1 DIP5 ~ DIP6 JP2: FSB Select

66/100/133MHz

Auto Select

(default)

100MHz

133MHz

ON

ON

ON

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

OFF

1 2 3 4 5 6

ON

OFF

ON

1

3

1

3

1

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WATCH OUT !!!

1. Please refer to your processor installation or other
documentation attached with your CPU for detailed
installing instruction.

2. Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary
for proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Uncor­rected installation may result in overheating and
damage of your CPU.

3. Before changing the setting of CPU Vcore from
BIOS program, user SHOULD make sure of correct
specification both of CPU CLOCK and RATIO.
Uncorrected setting may cause damage to your
CPU.

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2-2 JUMP SETTINGS

FAN#: Onboard FAN (12V) Connector.

FAN# FUNCTION
FAN1 CPU FAN
FAN2 SYSTEM FAN

JP3 / JP4: USB Port Select (1)

USB Port Select JP3 / JP4

Redirect USB port3 to

USB2 connector (default)

Redirect USB port3 to

AMR

JP6 / JP7: USB Port Select (2)

USB Port Select JP6 / JP7

Redirect USB port2 to

USB2 connector (default)

Redirect USB port2 to

AGP

JP3
JP4

JP3
JP4

JP6
JP7

JP6
JP7

1 3

1 3
1 3

1 3

1 3

1 3
1 3

1 3

JP5 / JP9: AC’97 Codec Control

AC’97 Codec JP5 / JP9

Disabled

Enabled (default)

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1 3

JP5 JP9

1 3

JP5 JP9

3

1

3

1

JP8: Power Lost Resume

This feature must work with BIOS. Please refer to the BIOS “Power On
After PWR-Fail” sector.

Power Lost Resume JP8

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Enabled

Normal (default)

JP10 / JP11 / JP12: Intel / Cyrix CPU Select

CPU TYPE

Intel CPU (default)

Cyrix JOSHUA CPU

JP10

1 3

1 3

JP11

1

3

1

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JBAT1: Clear CMOS Data

Before you clear the CMOS data, it’s necessary to turn the power off first
(including +5V standby power). Otherwise, the system may work
abnormally or malfunction.

CMOS Status JBAT1

3

1

3

1

JP12

1 3

1 3

Retain Data (default)

Clear CMOS Data

3

1

3

1

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RT2: Thermal Sensor Connector

CD1/CD2: CD-ROM Audio Connector

CD_IN1PIN # CD_IN2
PIN 1 Left Channel
PIN 2 GND
PIN 3
PIN 4 Right Channel

GND

Left Channel

GND

Right Channel

GND

GAME/MIDI Port:

Connect joystick or MIDI to this connector.

a: Connect to RT2.
b: Connect this thermal sensor to
particular device which generates
lots of heat such as Hard Disk,
VGA chip, etc. When connected,
user could observe the tempera­ture change from the BIOS
program.

MIC :Microphone Jack

Connect to microphone device.

LINE IN: Audio In Jack

Connect audio line in.

LINE OUT/SPEAKER OUT: Audio Out Jack

Connect audio line out or speaker out.

JWOL1: Wake On LAN (WOL) Connector

This connector is designed to boot up system via LAN. Connect the wake
on signal form the LAN card to this connector.

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J2 SIGNAL DESCRIPTIONPIN

HDD LED CONNECTOR

N.C.

INFRARED CONNECTOR

N.C.

ATX POWER SWITCH

N.C.

1

+5V

2

HDD LED SIGNAL

3

HDD LED SIGNAL

4

+5V

5

NONE

6

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

7

GND

8

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL (LOW SPEED)

9

NONE

10

+5V

11

NONE

12

ATX POWER SWITCH

13

GND

14

N.C.

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N.C.

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PIN1~PIN4: HDD DISK LED CONNECTOR

Connect cable from the chassis’s “H.D.D” to this connector.

PIN6~PIN10: IR (INFRARED) CONNECTOR

Connect cable from the chassis’s “IR” to this connector.

PIN12~PIN13: ATX POWER SWITCH CONNECTOR

Connect cable from the chassis’s “POWER” to this connector.

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J3 SIGNAL DESCRIPTIONPIN

SPEAKER CONNECTOR

RESET SWITCH

N.C.

POWER LED CONNECTOR

N.C.

SUSPEND LED

1

SPEAKER SIGNAL

2

NO CONNECTION

3

GND

4

+5V

5

RESET SIGNAL

6

GND

7

NONE

8

+5V

9

NO CONNECTION

10

GND

11

NONE

12

NONE

13

NONE

14

SUSPEND LED

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GND

PIN1~PIN4: SPEAKER CONNECTOR

Connect cable from the chassis’s “SPEAKER” to this connector.

PIN5~PIN6: RESET SWITCH

Connect cable from the chassis’s “RESET” to this connector. User can
use this function to make a hardware re-boot. Press and hold this switch
at least one second to re-boot.

PIN8~PIN10: POWER LED CONNECTOR

Connect to Power LED.

PIN14~PIN15: SUSPEND LED CONNECTOR

Connect to Suspend LED.

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2-3 CONNECTORS

J2, J3:

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A1 A2

--

++

J2

1

1

J3

A1: 1st HDD LED
B. : INFRARED (IR)
D. : NONE
F. : RESET SWITCH
H. : NONE

A.

B. C. D.

EF

B

+

G

A2: 2nd HDD LED
C. : POWER SWITCH
E. : SPEAKER
G. : POWER LED
I. : SUSPEND LED

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C

H I

D

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E. F. G. H. I. J. K.

A. : PS/2 MOUSE
C. : LPT1 PORT
E. : PS/2 KEYBOARD
G. : COM1
I. : LINE/SPK OUT
K. : MIC

B. : USB 0
D. : GAME/MIDI PORT
F. : USB 1
H. : COM2
J. : LINE IN

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2-4 DRIVER INSTALLATION

Onboard AC’97 Audio Codec Controller Driver Installation for Win­dows95 / Windows98:

1. Go to CD-ROM driver, we suggest the CD-ROM title is D:\.

2. Find and run D:\DRIVER\AUDIO\VIA AC97\SETUP.EXE

3. Then the setup program will detect your O.S. to install relative files
into your system.

4. Reboot your computer.

NOTE 1: IF USER WANTS TO USE EXTERNAL SOUND CARD, USER

NOTE 2: UNDER WINDOWS95, USER MUST INSTALL Direct X FOR
NOTE 3: User can also install 4in1 Driver from CD instead of the

MUST RUN BIOS PROGRAM TO DISABLE “Onchip Sound”
option in the “Chipset Feature Setup” and “Onboard
Legacy Audio” option in the “Integrated Peripherals”.

AGP ENVIRONMENT.
following drivers. (For avoid CD-ROM compalibility issue,

user can ignore the IDE driver)

PART 1:

1. Put the CD into your CD-ROM.

2. There appears a welcome window.

(If doesn’t, it means that your CD-ROM auto-run function does not
enable, but you still can browser the CD via Windows Explorer and
change the directory to where your CD-ROM directory is. Then run the
autorun.exe)

3. Select “Install Driver”.

4. Select “Install VIA Chipsets Driver”.

5. Select “Install 4in1 Driver”.

6. Then the program will automatically setup all drivers your

system needs.

7. Finally, the system will re-boot.

NOTE: AFTER INSTALLED “ 4in1 Driver”, USER DOESN’T

NEED TO INSTALL ANY OTHER PROGRAM IN PART 2.

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PART 2:

VIA Patch Code Installation

Windows95 / Windows98:

1. Go to CD-ROM driver, we suggest the CD-ROM title is D:\.

2. Find and run D:\Patch\Via\patch9x\Setup\Setup.exe

3. Select “Install VIA Chipset Functions’ Registry”, then it will automati-

cally install this program.

NOTE: This program should be installed before any other VIA’s

drivers.

VIA AGP VxD Driver for Windows9x Installation

Windows95 / Windows98:

1. Go to CD-ROM driver, we suggest the CD-ROM title is D:\.

2. Find and run D:\Driver\Via\Agp\Setup\Setup.exe

3. Select “Install VIA AGP VxD in turbo mode” or “Install VIA AGP VxD

normal mode”, then it will automatically install this program.

VIA PCI IRQ Routing Miniport for Windows9x Installation

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Windows95 / Windows98:

1. Go to CD-ROM driver, we suggest the CD-ROM title is D:\.

2. Find and run D:\Patch\Via\Virq9x\Setup.exe

NOTE: Before install Windows98, user must enable two functions

for this miniport driver in the BIOS menu, one is “OnChip
USB” in the “Chipset Features Setup” and another is “Assign
IRQ for USB” in the “PnP/PCI Configuration Setup”.

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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

3-1: INTRODUCE THE BIOS.

IOS stands for Basic Input Output System. It is sometimes call the

B

ROM BIOS because it is stored in a Read-Only Memory (ROM)
chip on the motherboard. BISO is the first program to run when you
turn on your computer. It performs the followin functions:

• initializing and testing hardware in your computer (a process called
“POST”, for Power On Self Test)

• loading and running your operating system.

• managing SETUP for making changes in your computer.

• helping your operating system and application programs to manage
your PC hardware by means of a set of routiness called BIOS Run­Time Services.

3-2: WHAT IS SETUP

ETUP is an interactive BIOS program that you need to run when:

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• Changing the hardware on your system. (for example: installing a new
Hard Disk, etc.)

• Modifying the behavior of your computer. (for example: changing the
system time or date, or turning special features on or off, etc.)

• Enhancing your computer’s behavior. (for example: speeding up
performance by turning on shadowing or caching.)

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3-3: HOW TO RUN SETUP

ne way of running SETUP is to press a special function key or key

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combination during POST, before the operating system is loaded.

During POST, the BIOS usually displays a prompt such as:

Press DEL to enter SETUP

3-4: WHAT IS THE CMOS

MOS is a special kind of memory maintained by a battery after you

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turn your computer off. The BIOS uses CMOS to store the settings
you selected in SETUP. The CMOS also maintains the intermal clock.
Every time you turn on your computer, the BIOS looks in CMOS for
the settings you selected and configures your computer accordingly. If
the battery charge runs too low, the CMOS content will be lost and
POST will issue a “CMOS invalid” or “CMOS checksum invalid”
message. If this happens, you may have to replace the battery. After
the battery is replaced, the proper settings will need to be stored in
SETUP.

3-5: WHAT IS POST

OST is an acronym for Power On Self Test. It is a traditional name

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for the routines that the BIOS uses to test and initializes the devices
on your system when the PC is powered on. Its meanings has grown
to include anything the BIOS does before the operating system is
started.

Each of POST routines is assigned a POST code, an unique number

which is sent to I/O port 080h before the routine is executed.

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3-6 CMOS SETUP UTILITY

This VIA 694x chipset mainboard comes with the AWARD BIOS from

AWARD Software Inc. Enter the BIOS program main menu by:

Turn on the computer, after a series of diagnostic checks, the following

message will appear:

PRESS <Del> TO ENTER SETUP

Press <Del> and the main program screen will appear as follows:

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3-7 STANDARD CMOS SETUP

tandard CMOS Setup allows you to record some basic system

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hardware configuration and set the system clock and error
handling. You only need to modify the configuration values of this
option when you change your system hardware configuration or the
configuration stored in the CMOS memory gets lost or damaged.

Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows:

1. Choose “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” from the Main Menu and a

screen with a list of options will appear.

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/- keys.

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Date (mm:dd:yy)

Primary (Secondary)

Drive A / B

Video

Halt On

Set the current date and time.

This field records the specification for all non-SCSI Hard
Disk Drives installed in your system. Refer to the respec­tive documentation on how to install the drives.

Set the field to the type(s) of Floppy Disk drive(s) installed
in your system.
The choice:
360KB, 5.25in.

1.2MB, 5.25in.
720KB, 3.5in.

1.44MB, 3.5in.

2.88MB, 3.5in.

Set the field to the type of video display card installed in
your system.
The choice:
Monochrome,
Color 40x25,
EGA / VGA, (default)
Color 80x25

Set this warning feature for the type of errors that will
cause the system to halt.
The choice:
All Errors, (defaults)
No Errors,
All But Keyboard,
All But Diskette,
All But Disk / Key

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard

your setting.

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3-8 BIOS FEATURES SETUP

IOS Features Setup allows you to improve your system perfor

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mance or set up system features according to your preference.

Run the BIOS Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu and a

screen with a list of options will appear.

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/- keys.

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Virus Warning

CPU Internal Cache

External Cache

Quick Power On Self

Boot Sequence

Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots

up causing a warning message to appear if
there is anything attempting to access the boot
sector or Hard Disk partition table.

Disabled: No warning message will appear when there is

something attempting to access the boot sector
or Hard Disk partition table.

Note: Many diagnostic (or boot manager) programs which

attempt to access the boot sector table can cause
the above warning message. If you will be running
such a program, we recommend that you disable the

Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled. This option allows
user to enable or disable the CPU internal cache.

Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled. This option allows
user to enable or disable the external cache memory.

Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled. This option allows
user to speed up the Power-On-Self-T est routine.

Default is “A , C, SCSI”. This option determines which
drive to boot at first for an operating system.

Swap Floppy Drive

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Boot Up NumLock

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Default is “A, C, SCSI”. This option determines which
drive to boot at first for an operating system.

Enabled (default): During POST, BIOS checks the track

number for Floppy Disk drive to see whether it’s
40 or 80 tracks.

Disabled: During POST, BIOS will not check the track

number for Floppy Disk drive.

On (default): Activate the NumLock function at boot up.
Off: Close the NumLock function at boot up.

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IDE HDD Block Mode

Gate A20 Option

Memory Parity / ECC

Typematic Rate Setting

Typematic Rate

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled. If your Hard Disk
size is larger than 540MB, choose Enabled, and if you are
using the IDE HDD Auto Detection option, the BIOS will
choose this option automatically.

Note: Some older model Hard Disk drives do not provide

Choose Normal or Fast (default): This option allows the
RAM to access the memory above 1MB by using the fast
gate A20 line.

Choose Enabled or Disabled.

Choose Enabled or Disabled (default): Enable this option
to adjust the deystroke repeat rate.

Range between 6 (default) and 30 characters per second.
This option controls the speed of repeating keystrokes.

Choose 250 (default), 500, 750 and 1000. This option sets
the time interval for displaying the first and the second
characters.

Security Option

PCI / VGA Palette

OS Select for DRAM >

Report No FDD For

Choose System or Setup (default). This option prevents
unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup.

Choose Enabled or Disabled (default). It determines
whether or not the MPEG ISA cards can work with PCI /
AGP.

Non-OS2 (default): For Non-OS/2 operating system.
OS: For OS/2 operating system.

Yes: BIOS reports “NO FDD” to Win95.
No (default): BIOS will not report “NO FDD” to Win95.

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C8000-CBFFF to DC000-

These options are used to shadow other expansion card
ROMs.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard

your setting.

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3-9 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

hipset Features Setup changes the values of the chipset registers.

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These registers control the system options.

Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu and a

screen with a list of options will appear.

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/- keys.

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Bank 0/1 2/3 4/5 DRAM

SDRAM Cycle Length

Memory Hole

Read Around Write

This item allows you to select the value in this field,
depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or
EDO (extended data output) DRAMs.
The choice:
EDO 50ns,
EDO 60ns,
Slow,
Medium,
Fast,
Turbo

Y ou can select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2/2 or 3/3.
The system board designer should have set the values in
this field, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not
change the values in this field unless you change
specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU.

Choose Enabled or Disabled (default). In order to improve
performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for
ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the
memory’s space below 16MB.

DRAM optimization feature: If a memory read is ad­dressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a
buffer before being written to memory , the read is satisfied
through the buffer contents, and the read is not sent to the
DRAM.
The choice:
Enabled,
Disabled

Fast R / W Turn Around

System BIOS

Video RAM Cacheable

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When disabled, CPU bus will be occupied during th entire
PCI operation period.
The choice:
Enabled,
Disabled

Choose Enabled or Disabled (default). When Enabled, the
access to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H­FFFFFH is cached.

Choose Enabled or Disabled (default). When enabled, the
access to the VGA RAM addressed is cached.

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Note: Don’t enable this option unless your AGP card does

support AGP-4X mode. For the stability of system,

Note: Wrong setting of CPU Vcore may cause damage to

CPU. In consequence of such a potential risk, we
strongly recommend user to leave DEFAULT setting
unless user does comprehend how to set accurate

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

AGP-4X Mode

OnChip USB1

USB Keyboard Support

OnChip Sound

Choose 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 (default), 128 or 256MB. Memory
map and graphics data structures can reside in a
Graphics Aperture. This area is like a linear buffer. BIOS
will automatically report the starting address of this buffer
to the O.S.

Enabled: Use AGP 4X mode.
Disabled (default): Use AGP 1X / 2X mode.

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

Enabled: Enables function when the USB keyboard is

being used.

Disabled (default): When the A T keboard is being used.

Enabled (default): Turn on AC’97 chip controller .
Disabled: Turn off AC’97 chip controller or user can

external add-on sound card.

OnChip Modem

CPU Host Clock

Enabled: Turn on MC99 feature.
Disabled (default): Disable this feature or user can

Choose 66/33, 75/37, 83/41,100/33, 103/34, 105/35, 110/
36, 1 15/38, 124/31, 133/33, 140/35, 1 12/37, 140/35, 124/
41 or 133/44MHz.

CPU Vcore Select

The choice: default, -0.05V, -0.1V, +0.05V, +0.1V, +0.2V,

external add-on modem.

+0.3V, +0.4V

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3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard

your setting.

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3-10 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

ower Management Setup changes the system power savings

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function.
Run the Power Management Setup as follows:

1. Choose “Power Management SETUP” from the Main Menu and a

screen with a list of options will appear.

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/- keys.

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ACPI Function

Power Management

PM Control By APM

Video Off Method

Video Off After

Modem Use IRQ

Soft-Off By PWR-BTTN

Enabled: Turn on ACPI function.
Disabled (default): Turn off ACPI function.

Choose Max. Saving, User Define (default), Disabled, or
Min. Saving.

Choose Y es (default) or No. You need to choose Yes when
the operating system has the APM functions, otherwise
choose No.

Choose Blank, DPMS or V/H Sync+Blank (default). Y ou
can choose either DPMS or V/H Sync+Blank when ther
monitor has the Green function. Y ou need to choose Blank
when the monitor has neither the Green function.

Choose NA, Suspend, Standby (default) or Doze.

Assign the IRQ number to the modem which is being used
so that the ring signal can wake up the system. The
default setting is 3 (COM2).

Instant-Off (default): Turn of f the system power at once

after pushing the power button.

Delay 4 Sec: Turn off the system power 4 seconds after

pushing the power button (to meet PC97/98
spec)

HDD Power Down

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Doze Mode

Standby Mode

This mode sets the CPU speed down to 33MHz.

These two options allow you to choose the mode for the
different timer. The Standby mode turns of f the VGA
monitor, and the Suspend mode turns off the CPU and
saves the energy of the system.

Time is adjustable from 1 to 15 minutes. When the set
time has elapsed, the BIOS sends a command to the HDD
to power down which turns off the motor .

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Note: These functions can only be activated when the

Modem Ring Resume

RTC Alarm Resume

IRQ (#), NMI;

Primary IDE O

Primary IDE 1;

Secondary IDE 0

Secondary IDE 1;

Floppy Disk;

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

Enabled: Wake on the system from the LAN card (LAN

card must support wake on LAN function and the
power supply must provide at least 5V/7750mA
standby current)

Enabled (default): The system can not enter the power

saving mode when I/O ports or IRQ# is
activated.

Disabled: The system still can enter the power saving

mode when I/O ports or IRQ# is activated.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard

your setting.

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3-11 PnP / PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP

nP/PCI Configuration Setup defines PCI bus slots.

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Run the PnP/PCI Configuration Setup as follows:

1. Choose “PnP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP” from the Main Menu

and a screen with a list of options will appear.

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/- keys.

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Note: BIOS will automatically diable all PnP resources ex-

cept the boot device card when you select Yes on

PNP OS Installed

Resources Controlled

Reset Configuration

IRQ-x assigned to

Assign IRQ for USB

Assign IRQ for VGA

Y es: OS supportsss Plug and Play function.
No (default): OS doesn’t support Plug and Play function.

Choose Manual (default) or Auto. The BIOS checks the
IRQ/DMA channel number on the ISA and PCI card
manually if you choose Manual. And the IRQ/DMA
channel number will be checked automatically if you
choose Auto.

Choose Enabled or Disabled (default). Disable retains
Enabled PnP configuration data in BIOS and resets the
PnP configuration data in the BIOS.

Legacy ISA: Manually assigns IRQ/DMA to device.
PCI/ISA PnP: BIOS assigns IRQ/DMA to device

automatically.

Enabled (default): Add one IRQ to USB controller.
Disabled: Remove IRQ from USB controller. The system

will have extra IRQ for other devices but the
USB controller will still not be diabled (only IRQ
was removed)

Enabled (default): Add one IRQ to VGA controller.
Disabled: Remove IRQ from VGA controller. The system

will have extra IRQ for other devices but the
VGA controller will still not be disabled (only
IRQ will be removed)

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard

your setting.

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3-12 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

oad Setup Defaults option loads the default system values to the

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system configuration fields. If the CMOS is corrupted the defaults

are loaded automatically.
Choose this option and the following message will appear:

Load Setup Defaults (Y/N)? N

To use the Setup Defaults, change the prompt to “Y” and press
<Enter>.

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3-13 CPU SPEED SETTING

PU Speed Setting shows the change of temperature for some

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particular devices such as CPU, FAN, etc.

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3-14 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

ntegrated Peripherals option changes the values of the chipset

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registers. These registers control system options in the computer.

Run the Integrated Peripherals as follows:

1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from the Main Menu and a

screen with a list of options will appear.

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/- keys.

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Note: This option will not be displayed unless the EPP/ECP

IDE Primary

Master/Slave PIO

IDE Secondary

On-Chip Primary/

Onboard FDC

Onboard Serial Port1

Onboard Serial Port2

UART 2 Mode

IR Function Duplex

Choose Auto (default) or Mode 0~4. The BIOS will detect
the HDD mode type automatically when you choose Auto.
Y ou need to set to a lower mode than Auto when your hard
disk becomes unstable.

Enabled (default): Turn on the onboard IDE function.
Disabled: Turn off the onboard IDE function.

Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled. Choose Disabled
when you use an ISA card with FDD function, or choose
Enabled to use the onboard FDD connector.

Choose Auto (default), 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4,
2E8/IRQ3 or Disabled. Don’t set port 1 & 2 to the same
value, except when setting at Disabled.

Choose Auto (default), 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4,
2E8/IRQ3 or Disabled.

Choose Standard (default), HPSIR or ASKIR.

Choose Half or Full.

Onboard Paralle Port

Onboard Parallel Mode

Choose the printer I/O address: 378H/IRQ7 (default),
3BCH/IRQ7, 278H/IRQ5 or Disabled.

Choose Normal (default), ECP/EPP, SPP mode. The
mode depends on the external device connected to this
port.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Choose DMA3 (default) or DMA1. Most sound cards use
DMA1. Check with your sound card configuration to make
sure that there is no conflict with this function.

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Note: The above 2 options will not be displayed unless the

Parallel Port EPP Ty pe

Onboard Legacy Audio

Sound Blaster

SB I/O Base Address

SB IRQ Select

SB DMA Select

MPU-401

Choose EPP1.7 (default) or EPP1.9. EPP1.9 supports
hardware handshake. This setting is dependent upon your
EPP device.

Use default setting.

Use default setting.

Use default setting.

Use default setting.

Use default setting.

Use default setting.

MPU-401 I/O Address

FM Port (388H-38BH)

GAME Port (200H-207H)

Use default setting.

Use default setting.

Use default setting.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard
your setting.

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3-15 SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD

Note: If you forget or lose the password, the only way to

access the system is to clear the CMOS RAM by set­ting JBAT1. All setup information will be lost and back
to default seting. You need to run the BIOS setup
program and re-define all settings again.

hese two options allow you to set your system passwords.

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Normally, the supervisor has a higher ability to change the CMOS
setup option than the user. The way to set up the passwords for both
supervisor and user are as follows:

1. Choose “CHANGE PASSWORD” from the Main Menu and press

<Enter>. The following message appears:

Enter Password:

2. The first time you run this option, enter your own password up to 8

characters and press <Enter>. The screen doesn’t display the
entered characters.

3. After you entered the password, the following message appears

prompting you to confirm the password:

Confirm Password:

4. Enter the same password “exactly” as you just typed again to

confirm the password and press <Enter>.

5. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the password.

6. If you need to delete the password you entered before, choose the

Supervisor Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password
that you had before.

7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the option you did,

otherwise the old password will still be there the next time you turn
your machine on.

8. Press <ESC> to exit to the Main Menu.

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3-16 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

DE HDD Auto Detection detects the parameters of an IDE Hard Disk

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drive and automatically enters them to the Standard CMOS Setup

screen.

The screen will ask you to select a specific Hard Disk for Primary

Master after you selected this option. If you accept a Hard Disk
detected by the BIOS, you can enter “Y” to confirm and then press
<Enter> to check next Hard Disk. This function allows you to check
four Hard Disks and you may press the <ESC> after the <Enter> to
skip this function and go back to the Main Menu.

3-17 SAVE & EXIT SETUP

ave & Exit Setup allows you to save all modifications you have

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specified into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main

Menu and the following message appears:

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Press <Enter> key to save the configuration changes.

3-18 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

xit Without Saving allows you to exit the Setup utility without saving

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the modifications that you have specified. Highlight this option on

the Main Menu and following message appears:

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

You may change the prompt to Y and press the

<Enter> key to leave this option.

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Appendix A

APPENDIX A

FLASH MEMORY UPDATE INSTALLATION

1. Download BIOS files and flash utility from your board vendor. They are:
awdflash.exe and .bin file.

2. Copy them to bootable diskette and boot from diskette.

3. The diskette cannot include memory manager e.g. emm386.exe,qemm and
himem.sys, otherwise there will appear an error message “insufficient memory”.

4. Type “awdflash filename(XXXX.bin)”.

5. Next screen will ask you save current bios to file or not? Depend on your
diskette capacity, choose Y or N for this option.

6. Then screen ask you programming the flash memory now? type Y for this
option.

7. Programming finish,utility will ask you reboot system.

8. Reset system and press DEL key enter bios setup screen.

9. Select LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS, press ENTER, press Y, press F10, press Y

10. Finish update procedure.

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Appendix B

APPENDIX B DRIVER INSTALLATION

If you are using Windows 98 SE, you do not need to install the 4-in-1
driver as the IRQ Routing Driver and the ACPI Registry are already incorpo­rated into the operating system. Users with Windows 98 SE may update the
IDE Busmaster and AGP drivers by installing them individually.

PART 1:

1. Put the CD into your CD-ROM.

2. There appears a welcome window.

(If doesn’t, it means that your CD-ROM auto-run function does not enable, but
you still can browser the CD via Windows Explorer and change the directory to
where your CD-ROM directory is. Then run the autorun.exe)

3. Select “Install Driver”.

4. Select “Install VIA Chipsets Driver”.

5. Select “Install 4in1 Driver”.

6. Then the program will automatically setup all drivers your system needs.

7. Finally, the system will re-boot.

NOTE: AFTER INSTALLED “ 4in1 Driver”, USER DOESN’T NEED TO INSTALL ANY

OTHER PROGRAM IN PART 2.

PART 2:

CAUTION!! ALL THE VIA MAINBOARD MUST INSTALL FOLLOWING 3 DRIVERS!!!

VIA Patch Code Installation

Windows95/Windows98:

1. Go to the CD-ROM disk, we suggest the CD-ROM title is D:\.

2. Find and run D:\Patch\Via\patch9x\Setup\Setup.exe

3. Select “Install VIA Chipset Functions’ Registry”, then it will automatically
install this program.

Note! This program should be installed before any other VIA’s drivers.

VIA AGP VxD Driver for Windows 9x Installation

Windows95/Windows98:

1. Go to the CD-ROM disk, we suggest the CD-ROM title is D:\.

2. Find and run D:\Driver\Via\Agp\Setup\Setup.exe

3. Select “Install VIA AGP VxD in turbo mode” or “Install VIA AGP VxD normal
mode”, then it will automatically install this program.

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Appendix B

VIA PCI IRQ Routing Miniport for Windows 9x Installation

Windows95/Windows98:

1. Go to the CD-ROM disk, we suggest the CD-ROM title is D:\.

2. Find and run D:\Patch\Via\Virq9x\Setup.exe

Note: Before install Windows98, user must enable two functions for this miniport driver

in the BIOS menu, one is “OnChip USB” in the “Chipset Features Setup” and
another is “Assign IRQ for USB” in the “PNP/PCI Configuration Setup”.

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Appendix C

APPENDIX C THERMAL SENSOR

Thermal Sensor Connector

a: Connect to RT2.
b: Connect this thermal sensor to

particular device which gener­ates lots of heat such as Hard
Disk, VGA chip, etc. When
connected, user could observe
the temperature change from
the BIOS program.

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