SuperPower SP-A586B User Manual

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CONTENTS

MAIN BOARD FEATURE INTRODUCTION

SPECIFICATION..………………………………………………..………………..……...1

SETUP GUIDE

MAIN BOARD LAYOUT DRAWING ……………………………………..…………...…2

MEMORY INSTALLATION……………………………………………………………....3

CPU QUICK INSTALLED TABLE………………………………………….……………4 JUMPER SETTING

1. CPU TO BUS FREQUENCY RATIO JUMPER SETTING (JB1) ………………..5

2. CPU CLOCK JUMPER SETTING (JC1,JC2,JC3) …………….………………….5

3. CPU VOLTAGE JUMPER SETTING 1 (JV1) …...…………….…………………..6

4. CPU VOLTAGE JUMPER SETTING 2 (JV2) …...…………….…………………..6

5. BIOS VOLTAGE JUMPER SETTING (JR1) ………………….………..…...……..7

6. CMOS CLEAR (JBT1)……………………………………………………….……....7

7. BETTERY ………………………………………………………..……………..…….8

8. ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR(J1)……….……………....…..…………...8

9. AT POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR(J2).……………………..………..…………9

10. SYSTEM PANEL CONNECTORS(CN6)………………….………..……..……….9

11. IR CONNECTOR (FIR1) …..……………………………..……………...………...10

12. FAN CONNECTORS ( FAN1, FAN2)……….……………………………...……..10

13. LAN WAKE-UP CONNECTORS (CN4, CN5)…………………..………………..11

BIOS SETTING

INTRODUCTION ……………………………………….……….………………....……12

MAIN MENU……………….…………………………………....…………….………….15

STANDARD CMOS SETUP….………..………………….………………………….…18 BIOS FEATURES SETUP.………………………………..…………………..………...22

INTEGTATED PERIPHERALS FEATURES SETUP.…....………...……….………..27

SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD SETTING……….……………………….……...30 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP.…………………………………………...……………31 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP…………………………………………….……….35 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP………………...…………………….………….39 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS.…………………………………………………….………….43 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS..…………………………...……………………….……….44 SAVE AND EXIT SETUP………………………..……………………….……………..45 LOW – LEVEL FORMAT UTILITY...……………………………...……….…………...46

UPGRADE BIOS…………………………………………………………………………48

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MAIN BOARD FEATURE INTRODUCTION

SPECIFICATIONS

Chipset SUPER I/O

CPU Support CPU Host Clock

From Factor BIOS Vendor Voltage CACHE

Memory

ISA PCI

Slots

AGP

I/O

Other

Dimension New Function

ALI – V M1542 ALI M1543 One321-pin Socket 7 for INTEL P54C/MMX, AMD K5/

K6/K6-2, CYRIX 6x86/L/M2 and WINCHIP IDT C6 Processors

60 , 66 , 75 , 83.3 , 95 , 100 MHz AT AWARD GREEN , Plug & Play

2.0V ~ 3.5V On board PBSRAM 64K x 64 (512K)

Three 168-pin DIMMs [support FPM/EDO(3.3V)/ SDRAM(support PC-100MHz)]

Two 16-Bit ISA Three 32-Bit PCI

One AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port) for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display application

1. Two high speed 16550 compatible serial ports.

2. One Multi-Mode Parallel port fixed (SPP/EPP/ECP standard).

3. Two Universal Serial Bus ports (USB).

4. Keyboard and PS/2 mouse.

5. Two IDE ports ,supports four IDE devices (PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra DMA 33), and LS-120/ZIP disk driver

6. Two720KB/1.2MB/1.44MB/2.88MB Floppy disk controller.

1. Auto Temperature Sensor Monitor & Music Alarm (OPTION).

2. CPU FAN control in Suspend ON/OFF .

3. LAN wake-up . Modem Ring wake-up .

Four-Layer PCB , AT size ( 220mm X 230mm ) Trend ChipAwayVirus In BIOS & Pc-cillin 95 in diskette

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MAINBOARD LAYOUT DRAWING:

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MEMORY INSTALLATION

Three by 168-pin DIMM sockets (DIMM1, DIMM2,DIMM3) to support 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB or 256MB to from a memory size between 8MB to 768MB , support FAST PAGE MODE (FPM) , EXTENDED DATA OUTPUT

(EDO/3.3V) and SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (SDRAM/PC-100MHz) DIMMs .

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CPU QUICK INSTALLED TABLE

INTEL CPU

P (MMX) – 266MHz P (MMX) – 233MHz P (MMX) – 200MHz

P (MMX) – 166MHz PENTIUM – 200MHz PENTIUM – 166MHz PENTIUM – 150MHz PENTIUM – 133MHz

AMD CPU

K6 – 2/350MHz K6 – 2/333MHz K6 – 2/300MHz

K6 – 2/266MHz

K6 – 2/250MHz

K6 – 300MHz

K6 - 266MHz K6 – 233MHz K6 – 200MHz K6 – 166MHz

À Á À

CYRIX CPU

6x86M¢º – 300MHz 6x86M¢º – 233MHz 6x86M¢º – 200MHz 6x86M¢º – 200MHz

6x86M¢º – 166MHz 6x86L – P200 (150MHz) 6x86L – P166 (133MHz) 6x86L – P150 (120MHz)

Note : O – OPEN S – SHORT

For AMD K6-300MHz JV2:OPEN (3.45V). À : 100MHz Á : 95MHz

* This “CPU Quick INSTALLED TABLE” at present market condition, thereafter

new CPU installed, please reference material CPU or write on CPU setting speak.

CPU CLK

JC1 JC2 JC3 1-2 3-4 5-6 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8

O S S S O S O O O S O S S O O O O O O S O S S O S O O O O S O S S S S O O O O S O S S O S O O S S S O S S S S O O S S S S S S S S O O S S S O S S S O O O S S S

CPU CLK

JC1 JC2 JC3 1-2 3-4 5-6 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8

O O O O O O O S O O S O O O O O O S O O O O O O S O O S O O O S S S O S O S O O O O O S S O O S O O O S S S S S O S O O O S S S O S O S O O O S S O O O O S O O O S S O S O S O O S O S S S S O S O O S

CPU CLK

JC1 JC2 JC3 1-2 3-4 5-6 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8

S S O O S O S O O S S S O S S O S O O S S S O S O O O O O S O S S S S O S O O S O S S S O O S O O S S S O S O O O O O S O S S S O O O O O S S S S S O O O O O S

CPU RATIO

(JB1)

CPU RATIO

(JB1)

CPU RATIO

(JB1)

CPU VOLT

(JV1)

CPU VOLT

(JV1)

CPU VOLT

(JV1)

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JR1

TAG

CACHE

CLK

AT POWER

CN1

CN3

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

USB

M1542

A586B REV A

JC1

JC2

JC3

100 MHz

95 MHz

JC1

JC2

JC3

75 MHz

JC1

JC2

JC3

75 MHz

JB1

x 5.0

x 4.5

JB1

x 3.0

JB1

x 2.5

JB1

x 5.5

JUMPER SETTING

1. CPU TO BUS FREQUENCY RATIO JUMPER SETTING (JB1) :

FIR1

ALi

M1543

COM2

COM1

CN1

CN3

JB1

2 4 6

x 2.0

JB1

2 4 6

CN6

BIOS

CN4

CN5

JV1

ISA1ISA2

JB1

PCI2

PCI3

JBT1

FAN2

JB1

1 3 5

x 1.5 / x 3.5

JB1

1 3 5

x 4.0

2. CPU CLOCK JUMPER SETTING (JC1,JC2,JC3) :

FIR1

ALi

M1543

JC1 JC2 JC3

60 MHz

JC1

JC1 JC2

JC2 JC3

JC3

83 MHz

JC1 JC2 JC3

66 MHz

JC1 JC2 JC3

COM2

COM1

LPT

FDD

IDE2

IDE1

ALi

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TAG

CACHE

SOCKET 7

JV1

M1542

A586B REV A

TAG

CACHE

SOCKET 7

JR1

JV1

A586B REV A

3.45V

JV1

3.5V

JV1

3.3V

JV1

3. CPU VOLTAGE JUMPER SETTING 1 (JV1) :

JV1

2.0V

JV1

2.8V

2 4 6 8

CN6

ISA1ISA2

JB1

1 3 5 7

2.7V

4. CPU VOLTAGE JUMPER SETTING 2(JV2) :

1 3 5 7

2.1V

JV1

1 3 5 7

2.9V

2.2V

JV1

3.0V

2.3V

3.1V

2.5V

2.4V

3.2V

2.6V

FIR1

ALi

M1543

BIOS

JV2 JV2

CN4

CN5

ISA1ISA2

CN6

JB1

JV2

COM2

COM1

CN3

3.3V

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SOCKET 7

JR1

A586B REV A

JR1

TAG

CACHE

CLK

SOCKET 7

AT POWER

JR1

CN1

CN3

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

FAN1

USB

M1542

A586B REV A

NORMAL

5. BIOS VOLTAGE JUMPER SETTING (JR1) :

FIR1

ALi

M1543

JR1

CN4

PCI3

CN5

JBT1

JV1

ISA1ISA2

CN6

JB1

6. CMOS CLEAR (JBT1) :

FIR1

FAN2

ALi

M1543

BIOS

COM2

COM1

COM2

COM1

LPT

FDD

IDE2

IDE1

JBT1

CN1

CN3

12V

JBT1

CN4

CN5

JV1

ISA2

ISA1

CN6

JB1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI1

JBT1

FAN2

CMOS Clear

BAT

AGP

ALi

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TAG

CACHE

CLK

SOCKET 7

AT POWER

JR1

CN1

CN3

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

FAN1

USB

M1542

A586B REV A

TAG

CACHE

CLK

SOCKET 7

AT POWER

JR1

CN1

CN3

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

FAN1

USB

M1542

A586B REV A

7. BATTERY :

FIR1

ALi

M1543

BIOS

ISA2

CN4

CN5

JV1

ISA1

CN6

JB1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI1

JBT1

BAT

FAN2

AGP

8. ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR (J1) :

FIR1

ALi

M1543

BIOS

FDD

IDE2

IDE1

COM2

COM1

LPT

FDD

IDE2

BATTERY

IDE1

CR2032 3V LITHIUM CELL

ALi

COM2

COM1

LPT

CN4

CN5

JV1

ISA2

CN6

FAN2

ISA1

ATX POWER

JB1

PCI3

JBT1

PCI2

PCI1

BAT

AGP

ALi

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TAG

CACHE

CLK

SOCKET 7

AT POWER

JR1

CN1

CN3

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

FAN1

USB

M1542

A586B REV A

TAG

CACHE

CLK

SOCKET 7

AT POWER

JR1

CN1

CN3

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

FAN1

USB

M1542

A586B REV A

SPEAKER

+HDD LED

+SMI LED

HDD LED-

SMI LED-

LED

1 22

11 12

9. AT POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR (J2) :

FIR1

ALi

M1543

BIOS

CN4

PCI3

CN5

JBT1

JV1

FAN2

ISA1ISA2

CN6

JB1

PCI2

PCI1

BAT

AGP

COM2

COM1

LPT

FDD

IDE2

IDE1

ALi

10. SYSTEM PANEL CONNECTORS (CN6) :

FIR1

ALi

M1543

BIOS

COM2

COM1

LPT

FDD

IDE2

CN6

IDE1

POWER

CN4

CN5

JV1

ISA2

ISA1

CN6

JB1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI1

JBT1

BAT

FAN2

AGP

KEY LOCK

ALi

SMI SW

RESET

TB LED-

PS-ON

+5V

GND GND +TB LED

+3VSB

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SOCKET 7

AT POWER

CN1

CN3

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

FAN1

USB

A586B REV A

SOCKET 7

JR1

USB

GND

12V

GND

AGP FAN

GND

12V

GND

CPU FAN

FIR1

IRTX

IRRX

11. IR CONNECTOR (FIR1) :

FIR1

ALi

M1543

COM2

COM1

CN1

CN3

BIOS

CN4

CN5

JV1

ISA2

ISA1

CN6

JB1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI1

JBT1

BAT

FAN2

GND

12. FAN CONNECTORS (CPU FAN2, AGP FAN1) :

FIR1

ALi

M1543

COM2

COM1

212

LPT

FDD

IDE2

IDE1

ISA1ISA2

CN6

PCI2

PCI1

JBT1

BAT

JV1

FAN2

JB1

AGP

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TAG

CACHE

CLK

SOCKET 7

AT POWER

JR1

CN1

CN3

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

FAN1

USB

M1542

A586B REV A

CN4

13. LAN WAKE-UP CONNECTOR (CN4 or CN5) :

FIR1

BIOS

CN4

CN5

JV1

ISA2

CN6

FAN2

ISA1

JB1

ALi

M1543

PCI2

PCI3

PCI1

JBT1

BAT

AGP

COM2

COM1

LPT

FDD

IDE2

IDE1

ALi

LAN Wake-up require 5V stand-by voltage > 600mA for your ATX power.

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BIOS SETTING

Introduction

This manual discusses Award's Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery back-up RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

The Award BIOS installed in your computer system ROM (Read Only Memory) is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Intel/Cyrix/AMD/ C6 processors in a standard IBM-AT compatible input/output system. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial and parallel ports.

The Award BIOS has been customized by adding important, but non-standard, features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system.

The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup.

Starting Setup

The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you first power on the computer. The BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMOS and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it. When it finishes, the BIOS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch and turn control over to the operating system.

While the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways:

1. By pressing <Del> immediately after switching the system on, or

2. by pressing the <Del> key when the following message appears briefly at the

bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test). 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 then ON or pressing the "RESET" button on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing

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<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

Using Setup

In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program using the keyboard.

Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand Right arrow Esc key Main Menu -- Quit and not save changes into CMOS

PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes + key Increase the numeric value or make changes

- key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup

(Shift)F2 key F3 key Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu F4 key Reserved F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page

F6 key Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only for Option

F7 key Load the default F8 key Reserved F9 key Reserved F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

Move to next item

Move to the item in the right hand

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu -- Exit current page and return to Main Menu

Menu Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select color forward, (Shift) F2 to select color backward

Setup Menu

Page Setup Menu

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Getting Help

Press <F1> to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc> or the <F1> key again.

In Case of Problems

If, after making and saving system changes with Setup, you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot, the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings which resets your system to its defaults.

The best advice is to only alter settings which you thoroughly understand. To this end, we strongly recommend that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults. These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your systems manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to the chipset setup has the potential for causing you to use the override.

A Final Note About Setup

Not all systems have the same Setup. While the basic look and function of the Setup program remains the same for all systems, individual motherboard and chipset combinations require custom configurations. For example, you may find that your Setup main menu has a different number of entries from the main menu displayed in this manual. These are simply features not supported (or not user configurable) on your system.

The final appearance of the Setup program also depends on the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) who built your system. If your OEM has decided that certain items should only be available to their technicians, those items may very well be removed from the Setup program.

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1. MAIN MENU

Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP//PCI CONFIGURATION

LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc : Quit áâàß : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color

Virus Protection, Boot Sequence….

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

USER PASSWORD

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen.

Setup Items

The main menu includes the following main setup categories. Recall that some systems may not include all entries.

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Standard CMOS

Setup

SETUP GUIDE

This setup page includes all the items in a standard, AT-compatible BIOS.

BIOS FEATURES

SETUP

Super / User

Password Setting

Chipset Features

Setup

Power

Management Setup

PNP / PCI

Configuration

Setup

Load BIOS

Defaults

Load Setup

Defaults

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

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

This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features.

This entry only appears if your system supports Power Management, ”Green PC”, standards.

This entry appears if your system supports PNP / PCI.

The BIOS defaults have been set by the manufacturer and represent settings which provide the minimum requirements for your system to operate.

The chipset defaults are settings which provide for maximum system performance. While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the manufacturer has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs.

Integrated

Peripherals

This section page includes all the items of IDE hard drive and Programmed Input / Output features.

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IDE HDD Auto

Detection

SETUP GUIDE

Automatically detect and configure hard disk parameters. The Award BIOS includes this ability in the event you are uncertain of your hard disk

parameters.

HDD Low Level

Format

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Save

If supported by your system, this provides a hard disk low level format utility.

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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Secondary Master

: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed, Jul, 29, 1998/7/29 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 9 : 25 : 5

HARD DISK TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master

Primary Slave

Secondary Slave

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5in. Drive B : None

Video : EGA/VGA Halt On : All Errors

: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

Base Memory : 640K Extended Memory : 261120K Other Memory : 384K ___________________________ Total Memory : 262144K

Ecs : Quit áâàß : Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify F1 : Help (Shift)F2 : Change Color

DATE

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

day date The date, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum

month The month, Jan through Dec. year The year, from 1994 through 2079

The day, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display-only

allowed in the month)

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TIME

SETUP GUIDE

The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

DAYLIGHT

SAVING

The category adds one hour to the clock when daylight-saving time begins. It also subtracts one hour when standard time returns.

Enabled Enable daylight-saving Disabled Disable daylight-saving

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Primary

Master/Primary

Slave/Secondary

Master/Secondary

Slave

Drive A Type /

Drive B Type

SETUP GUIDE

The categories identify the types of 2 channels that have been installed in the computer. There are 45 predefined types and 4 user definable types are for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Type 1 to Type 45 are predefined. Type user is user-definable.

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 category. 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”, you will need to know the information listed below. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be ”Type 1”.

If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be ”None”.

If you select Type ”Auto”, BIOS will Auto-Detect the HDD & CD-ROM Drive at the POST stage and showing the IDE for HDD & CD-ROM Drive.

TYPE drive type CYLS. number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precom LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS number of sectors MODE mode type

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

The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that have been installed in the computer.

The choice: None, 360K(5.25in), 1.2M(5.25in), 720K(3.5in), 1.44M(3.5in), 2.88M(3.5in) .

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VIDEO

SETUP GUIDE

The category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to select the type in Setup.

The choice: EGA/VGA, CGA 40, CGA 80, MONO .

HALT ON

MEMORY

The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.

The choice: No errors, All errors; All, But Keyboard; All, But Diskette; All, But Disk/Key .

The category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory

The POST 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 motherboard, or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard.

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.

Other Memory

This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space. This is memory that can be used for different applications. DOS uses this area to load device drivers in an effort to keep as much base memory free for application programs. The BIOS is the most frequent user of this RAM area since this is where it shadows RAM

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3. BIOS FEATURES SETUP

This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You

have the opportunity to select the system default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security.

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

ChipAwayVirus on Guard CPU Internal Cache External cache Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up Numlock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option IDE Second Channel Control PS/2 mouse function control PCI/VGA Palette Snoop OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Report No FDD For WIN 95

: Enabled : Enabled : Enabled : Enabled : A, C, SCSI : Disabled : Enabled : On : Fast : Disabled : 6 : 250 : Setup : Disabled : Disabled : Disabled : Non-OS2 : No

Video BIOS Shadow C8000-CBFFF Shadow CC000-CFFFF Shadow D0000-D3FFF Shadow D4000-D7FFF Shadow D8000-DBFFF Shadow DC000-DFFFF Shadow

Esc : Quit áâàß : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

: Enabled : Disabled : Disabled : Disabled : Disabled : Disabled : Disabled

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ChipAwayVirus on

Guard

SETUP GUIDE

When this item is Trend ChipAwayVirus (TCAV) on Guard. Boot Viruses pose the most severe threat

because they can move from a floppy diskette to your hard drive in less then a second. And it all happens during the loading of the boot sector. Provides a virusfree boot and operating system, experience peace of mind though hardware-base virus protection, detects known and unknown boot viruses with rule-based technology, receive immediate protection! Already installed on this board!.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled .

CPU Internal

Cache/External

Cache

Quick Power On

Self Test

Boot Sequence

These two categories speeds up memory access. However, it depends on CPU /Chipset design. The default value is enable.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled .

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

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled .

This category determines which driver to search first for the disk operating system (i.e.,DOS). Default value is A,C.

The Choice: A,C,SCSI ; C,A,SCSI ; C,CDROM,A ; CDROM,C,A ; D,A,SCSI ; SCSI,A,C ; SCSI,C,A ; C only ; LS/ZIP,C .

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Swap Floppy

Driver

SETUP GUIDE

This item allows you to determine whether enable the swap floppy driver or not.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled .

Boot up Floppy

Seek

Boot Up NumLock

Status

Boot Up System

Speed

Gate A20 Option

During POST , BIOS will determine if the floppy disk driver installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled .

This allows you to determine the default status of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on .

The Choice: On , Off .

Selects the default system speed – the normal operating speed at power up.

The Choice: High , Low . This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is

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

The Choice: Normal , Fast .

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Typematic Rate

Setting

SETUP GUIDE

This determines if the typematic rate is to be used. When disabled, con-tinually 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.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled .

Typematic Rate

(Chars/Sec)

Typematic Delay

(Msec)

Security Option

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

The Choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30 .

When the typematic rate is enabled, this selection allows you to select the delay between when the key was depressed and when the acceleration begins .

The Choice: 250, 500, 750, 1000 .

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

The Choice: System, Setup . Note: To disable security, select PASSWORD

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

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OS Select for

DRAM > 64MB

SETUP GUIDE

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

The Choice: Non-OS2 , OS2 .

PCI / VGA Palette

Snoop

Video BIOS

Shadow

C8000 – CBFFF

Shadow / DC000 –

DFFFF Shadow

It determines whether the MPEG ISA / VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI / VGA or not .

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled .

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

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled .

These categories determine whether option ROMs will be copied to RAM. An example of such option ROM would be support of on-board SCSI.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled .

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4. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS :

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

On-Chip Primary IDE Master PIO Slave PIO Master Ultra DMA Slave Ultra DMA On-Chip Secondary IDE Master PIO Slave PIO Master Ultra DMA Slave Ultra DMA IDE HDD Block Mode On-Chip USB Controller

: Enabled : Auto : Auto : Auto : Auto : Enabled : Auto : Auto : Auto : Auto : Enabled : Disabled

Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UR2 Mode

Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode

: Enabled : 3F8/IRQ4 : 2F8/IRQ3 : Normal

: 378/IRQ7 : SPP

Init Display First Ring/Wake On LAN Control RTC Alarm Controller

On-Chip First

Channel

On-Chip Second

Channel

: PCI Slot : Disabled : Disabled

Esc : Quit áâàß : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

This chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface, if you install a first and/or second add-in IDE interface IDE interface.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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IDE HDD Block

Mode

SETUP GUIDE

This item allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive (HDD). Select Enabled only if your hard drives support block mode. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

IDE Primary/

Secondary Master/

Slave PIO

IDE Primary/

Secondary Master/

Slave UDMA

Onboard FDD

Controller

Onboard Serial

Port 1/Port 2

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

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

This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive (FDD) 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.

This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1/port 2 controller with I/O address.

The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled.

UART 2 Mode

This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip.

The choice: Normal, ASK IR, IrDA.

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IR Function

Duplex

SETUP GUIDE

This item allows you to select the IR function when you select the UART 2 Mode is ASKIR

The choice: Half, Full.

Onboard Parallel

Port

Onboard Parallel

Mode

ECP Mode Use

DMA

Parallel Port EPP

Type

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I/O address.

The choice: 378/IRQ7,278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Normal EPP (Extended Parallel Port) ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) CEP+EPP PC AT parallel port Bi-directional port Fast, buffered port Fast, buffered, bi-directional port.

Select Normal unless you are certain your hardware and software both support EPP or ECP mode.

The choice: SPP, ECP/EPP, ECP, EPP/SPP.

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

The choice: 3, 1.

This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I/O chip.

The choice: EPP1.9, EPP1.7.

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Supervisor/User Password Setting

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are:

supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus. user password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change

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

ENTER PASSWORD:

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

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

PASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration.

Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer.

You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is set to ”System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.

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5. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP :

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Auto Configuration L2 TAG RAM Size AT Bus Clock DRAM Timing SDRAM CAS Latency Pipelined Function Graphics Aperture Size SDRAM Burst X-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 DRAM Date Integrity Mode Memory Hole At 15-16M Host Read DRAM Com Mode AGP Read Burst ISA Line Buffer Passive Release Delay Transaction Primary Frame Buffer VGA Frame Buffer Data Merge IO Recovery Period

This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered. The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system. The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system.

: Enabled : 8 : CLK 2/4 : Normal : 3 : Enabled : 64MB : Enabled : Disabled : Disabled : Syn. : Enabled : Enabled : Enabled : Disabled : All : Enabled : Disabled : 1 us

Spread Spectrum CPU Warning Temperature Current CPU Temperature

Esc : Quit áâàß : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

: Disabled : Disabled : 46¢J/114¢K

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DRAM Setting

The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost. Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips.

Auto

Configuration

L2 TAG RAM Size

AT Bus Clock

DRAM Timing

This item allows you select pre-determined optimal values for DRAM, cache, timing according to CPU type & system clock. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. Note: When this item is enabled, the pre-defined items will become SHOW-ONLY.

The system uses tag bits to determine the status of data in the L2 cache. Set this field to match the specifications (8 or 10 bits) of the installed tag RAM chip.

The Choice: 8,10.

You can set the speed of the AT bus in terms of a fraction of the CPU clock speed (PCLK2), or at the fixed speed of 7.16 MHz.

The Choice: 7.16 MHz, CLK2/2, CLK2/3, CLK2/4, CLK2/5, and CLK2/6

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

The Choice: Normal, Fast, Slow.

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SDRAM CAS

Latency

SETUP GUIDE

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer.

The Choice: 2, 3.

Pipelined Function

DRAM Data

Integrity Mode

Host Read DRAM

Command Mode

ISA Line Buffer

When Enabled, the controller signals the CPU for a new memory address before all data transfers for the current cycles are complete, resulting in faster performance.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements.

The choice : Enabled, Disabled.

This item allows you to select the type of Host Read DRAM Command Mode.

The choice : Syn., Bypass.

The PCI to ISA Bridge has an 8-byte bi-directional line

buffer for ISA or DMA bus master memory reads from or writes to the PCI bus. When Enabled, an ISA or DMA bus master can prefetch two doublewords to the line buffer for a read cycle.

The choice : Enabled, Disabled

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Passive Release

SETUP GUIDE

When Enabled, CPU to PCI bus accesses is allowed during passive release. Otherwise, the arbiter only accepts another PCI master access to local DRAM.

The choice : Enabled , Disabled.

Delay Transaction

Primary Frame

Buffer

VGA Frame

Buffer

Primary Frame

Buffer

VGA Frame Buffer

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

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Select a size for the PCI frame buffer. The size of the buffer should not impinge on local memory.

The choice : Disabled, 2MB 4MB, 8MB, 16MB.

When Enabled, a fixed VGA frame buffer from A000h to BFFFh and a CPU-to-PCI write buffer are implemented.

The choice: Enabled , Disabled.

Select a size for the PCI frame buffer. The size of the buffer should not impinge on local memory.

The choice: 1M, 2M, 4M, 8M, 16M, Disabled.

When Enabled, a fixed VGA frame buffer from A000h to BFFFh and a CPU-to-PCI write buffer are implemented.

The choice: Enabled , Disabled.

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Data Merge

This field controls the word-merge feature for frame buffer cycles. When Enabled, this controller checks the eight CPU Byte Enable signals to determine if data words read from the PCI bus by the CPU can be merged.

The choice: Enabled , Disabled.

6. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP :

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

** External Switch ** Power Management PM Control by APM MODEM Use IRQ Video Off Option Video Off Method

** PM Monitor ** HDD Power Down Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode Throtte Duty Cycle

** PM Events **

Primary HDD Floppy COM Port Keyboard LPT Port

: Use Define : Yes : 3 : Susp,Stby->Off : DPMS Support

: Disabled : Disabled : Disabled : 8 Min : Disabled

: Disabled : Disabled : Disabled : Enabled : Disabled

Power Button : Power Off

Esc : Quit áâàß : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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

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Power

Management

Disable (default) No power management. Disables all four modes Min. Power Saving

Max. Power Saving

User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually. When not

Its category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes:

1. Doze Mode

2. Suspend Mode

3. HDD Power Down

There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings.

Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min. Maximum power management -- ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU . Doze Mode = 1 min., Standby

Mode = 1 min., Suspend Mode = 1 min., and HDD Power Down = 1 min.

disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.

PM Control APM

Video Off Option

When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock. If Advance Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings.

If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be preset to No.

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

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SETUP GUIDE

Video Off Method

Always On Monitor will remain on during power

Suspend --> Off

Susp,Stby --> Off

All Modes --> Off

saving modes.

Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode.

Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or Standby modes.

Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode.

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC+Blank

This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the

video buffer.

DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports

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

PM Timers

The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected. See above for available selections.

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HDD Power Down

SETUP GUIDE

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

Doze Mode

Standby Mode

Suspend Mode

External Switch

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.

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.

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

When Enabled, an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global time for Standby mode.

Primary HDD Floppy Disk Serial Port Keyboard Parallel Port

This wake-up optional is special for M/B manufacturers’ desingn.

Power Button

This item allows you select the function of power button.

The choice : Disabled, Green Mode, Power Off.

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7. PnP / PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP :

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS

PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

\PNP OS Installed Resources Controlled by Reset Configuration Data

: No : Auto : Disabled

PCI IDE 2nd Channel PCI IRQ Actived By PCI IDE IRQ Map To

Esc : Quit áâàß : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

: Disabled : Level : ISA

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal

Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at

speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.

PCI Slot Configuration

PNP OS Installed

Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug-and-Play aware (e.g., Windows 95).

The Choice: Yes and No.

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Resource

Controlled By

SETUP GUIDE

The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity 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 such as Windows95.

The choice: Auto and Manual.

Reset

Configuration Data

IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/

12/14/15 Assigned

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

The choice: Enabled and Disabled .

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

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

The choice: Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

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DMA0/1/3/5/6/7

Assigned To

SETUP GUIDE

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

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

The choice: Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

PCI IRQ Activated

This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device. Under all circumstances, you should retain the default configuration unless advised otherwise by your system manufacturer.

The choice: Level (default) and Edge.

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PCI IDE IRQ Map

SETUP GUIDE

This 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 (Industry Standard Architecture) device rather than a PCI controller. The more apparent difference is the type of slot being used.

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 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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SETUP GUIDE

Esc : Quit F5 : Manu in BIOS : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color

8. LOAD BIOS SETUP :

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS ( Y / N ) ? Y

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

USER PASSWORD

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

This Load BIOS Defaults option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM . These default setting are non-optimal and disable all high performance features. To load these default setting, highlight Load BIOS Defaults on the main screen and then press the <Enter> key. The system displays a confirmation massage on the screen. Press the <Y> key and then the <Enter> key to confirm. Press the <N> key and then the <Enter> key to abort. This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen.

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SETUP GUIDE

F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color

9. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS :

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

Esc : Quit F5 : Manu in BIOS : Select Item

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ( Y / N ) ? Y

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

USER PASSWORD

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields. These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system. To load these default values, highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press the <Enter> key. The system displays a confirmation message on the screen. Press the <Y> key and then the <Enter> key to confirm. Press the <N> key and then the <Enter> key to abort. This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen.

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SETUP GUIDE

F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color

10. SAVE AND EXIT SETUP :

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

Esc : Quit b F5 : Manu in BIOS : Select Item

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

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

USER PASSWORD

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specify during the current session. To save the configuration changes, highlight the Save & Exit Setup option on the main screen and then press the <Enter> key.

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11. LOW-LEVEL FORMAT UTILITY :

formatting your hard disk. The Utility automatically looks for the necessary This Award Low-Level-Format Utility is designed as a tool to save your time information of the drive you selected. The Utility also searches for bad tracks and lists them for your reference.

Shown below is the Main Menu after you enter into the Award Low-LevelFormat Utility.

Control Key

Use the Up and Down arrow keys to move around the selections displayed on the upper screen. Press <Enter> to accept the selection. Press <Esc> to abort the selection or exit the Utility.

SELECT DRIVE

Select from installed hard disk drive C or D. Listed at the bottom of the screen is the drive automatically detected by the utility.

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SETUP GUIDE

BAD TRACK LIST

Auto Scan Bad

Track

Add Bad Track

Modify Bad Track

Delete Bad Track

Clear Bad Track

Table

PREFORMAT

Interleave

The utility will automatically scan bad tracks and list the bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen.

Directly type in any information about known bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen.

Modify information about the added bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen.

Delete the added bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen.

Clear the whole bad track list in the window at the right side of the screen.

Select the interleave number of the hard disk drive you wish to perform low level format. You may select from 1 to 8. Check the documentation that came with the drive for the correct interleave number, or select 0 for utility automatic detection.

Auto Scan Bad

Track

Start

This allows the utility to scan for bad sectors first then format by each track.

Press <Y> to start low level format.

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12. UPGRADE BIOS

The upgrade process requires two files from SUPERPOWER , the new BIOS file (newbios.bin) and the upgrade utility (awdflash.exe).

RUNNING THE UPGRADE PROGRAM:

1. Boot system from the bootable floppy diskette you created. Booting from the diskette bypasses loading drivers from the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXE. BAT files on the hard drive, eliminating the possibility of loading a program (a.g., a memory manager) that conflicts with the AWARD flash utility.

NOTE : The Award flash utility cannot run when EMM386 or QEMM are loaded. If you try, an error message appears.

2. At the DOS command line, type AWDFLASH and press <Enter>.

3. The cursor should be opposite “FILE NAME to PROGRAM”

4. Type the name of the new BIOS file (e.g., newbios.bin), and press <Enter>.

5. At the bottom of the menu, this prompt appears:

Do you Want to Save BIOS (Y/N)?

6. If you DO NOT wish to save the old BIOS, type <N> and press <Enter>. Then move to step 8.

If you DO wish to save the old BIOS, respond <Y>, and press <Enter>.

7. In the “File Name to Save” field, type a file name for the old BIOS (for example, oldbios.bin), and press <Enter>.

Your old BIOS is saved in a file as named, in the default drive and directory (in this example, on the A drive).

8. Then the program prompts you

Do You Want to Update? (Y/N)

9. If you DO NOT wish to update the BIOS, type <N> and press <Enter>. The program exits to the command line. Skip the remainder of this section and go directly to the next section.

If you DO wish to update the BIOS, respond <Y> and press <Enter>. When the updating is finished, the following message appears:

Programming Flash Memory – 1FF00 OK Please Power off or Reset System

10. Restart you system. You BIOS should be successfully update.

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This Board is Protected by Trend ChipAwayVirus Here’s

Why it Makes a Better Board:

Provides a virus-free boot and operating

system

Experience peace of mind though

hardware-base virus protection

Detects known and unknown boot viruses

with rule-based technology

Receive immediate protection! Already

installed on this board!

You’re right to be concerned about viruses. With over 2600 in existence, they pose a very real threat to any PC user. They can strike in an instant, without warning or prejudice – and erase gigabytes of data. Boot Viruses pose the most severe threat because they can move from a floppy diskette to your hard drive in less than a second. And it all happens during the loading of the boot sector, making anti-virus programs that load through the config.sys and autoexec.bat files worthless.

Finally, a Solution from Anti-virus expert*

Anti-virus software alone can’t do the job. But Trend ChipAwayVirus can make up this deficiency. It’s a hardware-base anti-virus solution that stops virus damage and infection through a proven rule-base anti-virus technology – meaning it watches for virus behaviors rather than virus code. So Trend ChipAwayVirus can catch both known and unknown viruses, including mutation-engine viruses, both boot sector viruses, stealth viruses and general viruses! For today and tomorrow.

And thanks to JumpLoadingTM technology, Trend ChipAwayVirus takes control early in the boot cycle, before boot viruses have a chance to load. So the entire boot process is virus-free and your computer boots to a clean operating system.

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Peace of Mind For Your Customers

Best of all Trend ChipAwayVirus is here – on this board. So you can offer your customers all the protection of Trend ChipAwayVirus just by choosing this board. So choose Trend ChipAwayVirus. The same technology chosen for Intel mother boards. You’ll be providing a quality board and peace of mind. That’ s always a great combination! See how Trend ChipAway Virus protect your computer during the boot-up procedure :

Power On

ROM BIOS Starts

The Boot up Procedure of PC:

Ext BIOS Loads

PartitionTable Loads

Boot Sector Loads

IO.SYS runs

MSDOS.SYS runs

COMMAND.COM

AUTOEXEC.BAT

Finish Boot-up Procedure

TCAV loads here

Without TCAV,

a Virus can be loaded here

Anti-virus program

loads here!

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