TMC/MyComp/MyNix/Megastar TI7NBA, TI7NBAG, TI7NBAY, TI7NBAP User Manual for TI7NBA series

TI7NBA

Socket 370 ATX Motherboard

User's Manual

Version 1.0B

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README FIRST

If your motherboard has a VIA 82C693 (Apollo Pro Plus) chipset, please do the following.

1. For Windows 95.

a. Install Windows 95 OSR2 or later version. b. Install USB supplement to OSR2. You m ay download

the supplement from Microsoft’s web site.

c. Install VIA VXD Driver (VIA_GART table driver) V2.6 or

later version. The driver can be found in the enclosed CD. Refer to the following figure.

d. Install the VGA driver as supplied by the VGA vendor. e. Install the VIA IDE driver version V2.1.26 or later

version from the enclosed CD.

2. For Windows 98 a. Install the VIA Chipset Functions’ Registry Driver V1.1

or later version. It is imperative that this driver is installed first, even if you don’t have an AGP card in your system.

b. Install the VIA VXD Driver (VIA_GART table driver) V2.6

or later version. The driver can be found in the enclosed

CD. c. Install the VGA driver as supplied by the VGA vendor. d. Install the VIA IDE driver version V2.1.26 or later

version. The driver can be found in the enclosed CD.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.................................................... 1

Chapter 2 Specifications..................................................2

Chapter 3 Hardware Description ...................................5

3.1 Processor....................................................................................7

3.2 L2 Cache....................................................................................7

3.3 Main Memory............................................................................7

3.4 BIOS..........................................................................................9

3.5 I/O Port Address Map................................................................9

3.6 DMA Channels........................................................................10

3.7 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines.................................................10

3.8 Onboard PCI-IDE....................................................................10

3.9 Onboard Multi-I/O...................................................................11

3.10 Onboard AGP Slot.................................................................11

3.11 Hardware Monitoring IC........................................................11

3.12 Onboard Audio......................................................................11

Chapter 4 Configuring the Motherboard ....................13

4.1 CPU Frequency/Speed Setting.................................................15

4.2 Clear CMOS Select: JP10........................................................15

4.3 Bus Speed Select: JP8..............................................................16

Chapter 5 Installation....................................................17

5.1 I/O Connectors.........................................................................19

5.2 JP1: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors...................19

5.3 J1, J2: Serial Ports ...................................................................20

5.4 J4: Parallel Port Connector......................................................20

5.5 P1: Line Out/Line In/ Microphone, Game Port .......................21

5.6 JP3: IrDA Connector...............................................................21

5.7 JP5, JP6: CD-ROM Audio In Connectors...............................21

5.8 JP7: Wake on LAN Connector................................................ 22

5.9 J7: CPU Fan Power Connector................................................22

5.10 J13: Chassis Fan Power Connector ........................................22

5.11 J19: AGP Fan Power Connector............................................22

5.12 J14: ATX Power Supply Connector ......................................23

5.13 J16: Floppy Drive Connector.................................................23

5.14 J17, J15: EIDE Connectors....................................................23

5.15 J18: Front Bezel Connectors.................................................. 25

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Chapter 6 BIOS and System Setup...............................29

6.1 BIOS Introduction...................................................................32

6.2 BIOS Setup..............................................................................32

6.3 Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................34

6.4 BIOS Features Setup...............................................................37

6.5 Chipset Features Setup............................................................41

6.6 Power Management Setup....................................................... 46

6.7 PNP/PCI Configuration...........................................................50

6.8 Load BIOS Defaults................................................................ 53

6.9 Load Setup Defaults................................................................ 53

6.10 CPU Speed Setting................................................................54

6.11 Integrated Peripherals............................................................56

6.12 Supervisor / User Password...................................................59

6.13 IDE HDD Auto Detection.....................................................60

6.14 Save & Exit Setup .................................................................61

6.15 Exit Without Saving.............................................................. 61

Chapter 7 Audio Driver Installation Guide.................62

Chapter 8 System Monitor Utility User’s Guide.........72

Chapter 9 LANDesk User’s Guide ............................... 80

9.1 Introduction.............................................................................81

9.2 Installation...............................................................................82

9.2.1 Installing the Local Version of LDCM.........................83

9.2.2 Installing the Administrative Version of LDCM ..........85

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Chapter 1 Introduction

This manual is designed to give you information on the TI7NBA motherboard. It is divided into the following sections:

•••• Introduction

•••• Specifications

•••• Hardware Description

•••• Configuring the Motherboa r d

•••• Installation

•••• BIOS and System Setup

•••• Audio Driver Installation Guide

•••• System Monitor Utility User’s Guide

•••• LANDesk User’s Guide

Checklist

Please check that your package is com plete and contains the items below. If you discover damaged or missing items, please contact your dealer.

•••• The TI7NBA Motherboard

•••• 1 IDE ribbon cable

•••• 1 floppy ribbon cable

•••• 1 CD containing System Monitor, PIIX4 Bus Master IDE driver

and utilities.

optional.

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Chapter 2 Specificat i ons

Chapter 2 Specifications

The TI7NBA is a high-performance ATX motherboard with a Socket 370 connector for PPGA 370-type Pentium II processors. It offers flexibility in terms of CPU frequency and main memory type and size. The main features of the motherboard consist of the following:

CPU Socket

Socket 370

Processor

Intel Celeron 300~600MHz CPU frequency

Bus Speed

66~150MHz

L2 Cache

CPU integrated L2 cache

CPU Voltage

Switching voltage regulator on board supporting multiple voltage ranging 1.3V-2.0V

Main Memory

Three 168-pin DIMM sockets

NOTE:

For 440ZX chipset-based motherboard, there are only two DIMM memory sockets.

Memory types: SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)

: Use only SDRAM modules that support SPD (Serial

NOTE

Presence Detect). Install PC100 modules when running 100MHz CPU bus speed and PC66 modules when running 66MHz CPU bus speed.

Chipset

Intel 82440BX /ZX/GX or VIA 82C693 with built-in PCI-IDE

Onboard Audio

The onboard audio consists of the Creative ES1373 Chip + AC97. With a PCI Bus Mastering interface with DOS compatibility, it supports 32 voices wavetable, surround sound, 3D audio, and audio effects such as reverb and chorus. Creative ES1373 uses single, shareable PCI interrupt and is PC97/PC98 compliant.

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BIOS

Y2K compliant Award BIOS featuring ISA PnP extension, DMI, bootable CD-ROM and power-management features

Power Connector

ATX power supply connector (Use an ATX power supply with 3.3V power.)

DMI BIOS Support

Desktop Management Interface (DMI) allows users to download system hardware-level information such as CPU type, CPU speed, internal/external frequencies and memory size.

PCI Bus Master IDE Controller (Ultra DMA/33)

Onboard PCI Bus Master IDE (Ultra DMA/33) controller with two connectors for up to four IDE devices in two channels, supporting enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives, PIO Mode 3/4 and Bus Masterin g Ul tra DMA /33 (You have to install the Bus Master IDE driver to enable this feature.)

Super I/O

Onboard super I/O is a Winbond W83977TF that provides:

z

Two 16550 UART compatible serial ports

z

One parallel port (ECP/EPP compatible)

z

One floppy controller (2.88MB compatible)

z

One IrDA port

z

Keyboard Controller

Keyboard and Mouse Connectors

PS/2 type

USB Connector

2 ports onboard

Win95-shut-off

Allows shut-off control from within Windows 95

Modem-ring-on

Supports PC powering on through an external modem.

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Onboard AGP Slot

The AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot supports AGP compliant VGA cards to achieve rich 3D and video graphics display. AGP is a bus specification that enables 3D graphics capabilities including support for z-buffering, alpha blending and faster texture mapping.

Expansion Slots

Four PCI 32-bit slots Two ISA 16-bit slots One AGP slot

NOTE:

For 440ZX chipset-based motherboard, ther e ar e three PCI

Master 32-bit slots and one PCI slave 32-bit slot. The PCI slave slot is PCI4.

Form Factor

ATX, 12.05” x 7.09” (30.6cm x 18cm)

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Chapter 3 Hardware Description

This chapter briefly describes each of the major features of the TI7NBA motherboard. The layout of the board in Figure 1 shows the location of the key components. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

3.1 Processor...................................................................................7

3.2 L2 Cache ...................................................................................7

3.3 Main Memory............................................................................7

3.4 BIOS..........................................................................................9

3.5 I/O Port Address Map................................................................9

3.6 DMA Channels........................................................................10

3.7 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines.................................................10

3.8 Onboard PCI-IDE....................................................................10

3.9 Onboard Multi-I/O ..................................................................11

3.10 Onboard AGP Slot.................................................................11

3.11 Hardware Monitoring IC........................................................11

3.12 Onboard Audio......................................................................11

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Figure 1: Layout of the TI7NBA Motherboard

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3.1 Processor

The TI7NBA motherboard is designed to take an Intel Celeron/Mend ocino processors r unning 333~533MHz at 66MHz CPU bus speed or 300/ 350/400/600MHz at 100MHz CPU host f requency wit h its Socket 370 processor connector.

3.2 L2 Cache

The L2 cache is integrated in the Pentium II processor. The private L2 cache bus is not connected to package pins; rather its signals are routed between the two cavities using standard package techniques.

3.3 Main Memory

The TI7NBA motherboard supports three 168-pin DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) sockets to form a memory configuration from 8MB to 384MB. DIMM modules can be 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB an d 128MB in SDRAM DRA M. In populati ng the DIMM s ockets, D IMM1, DIMM2 and DIMM3 bank can be populated first. Refer to the following table on how to configure the memory.

: Use SDRAM modules with PC100 specification when running

NOTE

100MHz CPU bus speed. Wi th 66MHz CPU bus speed, SDRAM modules with PC66 or PC100 specification can be used.

(DIMM3) (DIMM2) (DIMM1) Total Memory

168-pin DIMM (3.3V) Unbuffer SDRAM

8MB ----- ----- 8MB 16MB ----- ----- 16MB 32MB ----- ----- 32MB 64MB ----- ----- 64MB

128MB ----- ----- 128MB

8MB 8MB ----- 16MB 16MB 8MB ----- 24MB 32MB 8MB ----- 40MB 64MB 8MB ----- 72MB

128MB 8MB ----- 136MB

8MB 8MB 8MB 24MB 16MB 8MB 8MB 32MB 32MB 8MB 8MB 48MB 64MB 8MB 8MB 80MB

128MB 8MB 8MB 144MB

16MB 16MB ----- 32MB 32MB 16MB ----- 48MB

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(DIMM3) (DIMM2) (DIMM1) Total Memory

64MB 16MB ----- 80MB

128MB 16MB ----- 144MB

16MB 16MB 8MB 40MB 32MB 16MB 8MB 56MB 64MB 16MB 8MB 88MB

128MB 16MB 8MB 152MB

16MB 16MB 16MB 48MB 32MB 16MB 16MB 64MB 64MB 16MB 16MB 96MB

128MB 16MB 16MB 160MB

32MB 32MB ----- 64MB 64MB 32MB ----- 96MB

128MB 32MB ----- 160MB

32MB 32MB 8MB 72MB 64MB 32MB 8MB 104MB

128MB 32MB 8MB 168MB

32MB 32MB 16MB 80MB 64MB 32MB 16MB 112MB

128MB 32MB 16MB 176MB

32MB 32MB 32MB 96MB 64MB 32MB 32MB 128MB

128MB 32MB 32MB 192MB

64MB 64MB ----- 128MB

128MB 64MB ----- 192MB

64MB 64MB 8MB 136MB

128MB 64MB 8MB 200MB

64MB 64MB 16MB 144MB

128MB 64MB 16MB 208MB

64MB 64MB 32MB 160MB

128MB 64MB 32MB 224MB

64MB 64MB 64MB 192MB 128MB 64MB 64MB 256MB 128MB 128MB ----- 320MB 128MB 128MB 8MB 264MB 128MB 128MB 16MB 272MB 128MB 128MB 32MB 288MB 128MB 128MB 64MB 320MB 128MB 128MB 128MB 384MB

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3.4 BIOS

The BIOS on the TI7NBA motherboard provides the standard BIOS functions plus the following additional features:

1. ISA Plug and Play (PnP ) Extension

Unlike PCI cards that are Plug and Play, ISA cards require setting jumpers to resolve hardware conflicts. To make a computer system PnP, an ISA PnP standard is established and supported by new operating systems, such as Windows 95. Under Windows 95, the motherboard BIOS must have an ISA PnP extension to support new ISA PnP cards.

2. Power Management

The power management fea ture provides power sa vings by slowing down the CPU clock, turning off the monitor screen and stopping the HDD spindle motor. The BIOS fully conforms to ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification.

3.5 I/O Port Address Map

Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I/O port addresses, which also becomes the identity of the device. There is a total of 1K port address space available. The following table lists the I/O port addresses used on the motherboard.

Address Device Description

000h - 01Fh DMA Controller #1 020h - 03Fh Interrupt Controller #1 040h - 05Fh Timer 060h - 06Fh Keyboard Controller 070h - 07Fh Real Time Clock,, NMI 080h - 09Fh DMA Page Register 0A0h - 0BFh Interrupt Controller #2 0C0h - 0DFh DMA Controller #2 0F0h Clear Math Coprocessor Busy Signal 0F1h Reset Math Coprocessor 1F0h - 1F7h IDE Interface 2F8h - 2FFh Serial Port #2(COM2) 378h - 3FFh Parallel Port #1(LPT1) 3F0h - 3F7h Floppy Disk Controller 3F8h - 3FFh Serial Port #1(COM1)

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3.6 DMA Channels

There are seven DMA channels available on the motherboard. Only DMA2 is used by the fl oppy con troller. In t he case that ECP mode on the parallel port is utilized, DMA1 or DMA3 will be used.

3.7 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines

There are a total of 15 IRQ lines available on the m otherboard. Peripheral devices use an interrupt request to notify the CPU for the service required. The following table sh ows the IRQ lines u sed by the devices on the motherboard:

Level

Function

IRQ0 System Timer Output IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ2 Interrupt Cascade IRQ8 Real Time Clock IRQ9 IRQ10 Reserved or PCI Slot Int# IRQ11 Reserved or PCI Slot Int# IRQ12 PS/2 Mouse or PCI Slot Int# IRQ13 Co-Processor IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ15 Secondary IDE IRQ3 Serial Port #2 IRQ4 Serial Port #1 IRQ5 Parallel Port #2 or PCI Slot Int# IRQ6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ7 Parallel Port #1

Software Redirected to Int 0Ah or PCI Slot Int#

3.8 Onboard PCI-IDE

The PCI-IDE controller is a part of the 82440BX or VIA 82C693 chipset. It supports PIO mode 3/4 and bus mastering Ultra DMA/33. The peak transfer rate of PIO mode 3/4 can be as high as 17MB/sec. Using HDDs that support Ultra DMA/33, the peak transfer rate can reach 33MB/sec. There are two IDE connectors - primary IDE and secondary IDE. With two devices per connector, up to four IDE devices can be supported.

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3.9 Onboard Multi-I/O

The onboard multi-I/O chip, W83977TF, supports a k eyboard controller (AMI copyrigh t), tw o serial ports , one parallel port, on e floppy con troller and one IrDA port. The serial ports are 16550 UART compatible. The parallel port features high-speed EPP/ECP mode. The floppy controller supports up to 2.88MB format.

3.10 Onboard AGP Slot

The AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot supports AGP compliant VGA cards to achieve rich 3D and video graphics display. AGP is a platform bus specification that enables 3D graphics capabilities including support for z-buffering, alpha blending and faster texture mapping.

3.11 Hardware Monitoring IC

The TI7NBA comes with the Winbond W83783 hardware monitoring IC. It monitors several hardware parameters including power supply voltages, fan speeds, and temperatures, which are very important for a high-end computer system to work stable and properly.

3.12 Onboard Audio

The onboard audio consist s of the C reative ES1373 Ch ip + AC97. With a PCI Bus Mastering interface with DOS compatibility, it supports 32 voices wavetable, surround sound, 3D audio, and audio effects such as reverb and chorus. Creative ES1373 uses single, shareable PCI interrupt and is PC97/PC98 compliant. The onboard audio shares the same interrupt with PCI2 slot, INTB#.

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Chapter 4 Configuring the Motherboard

The following sections describe the necessary procedures and proper jumper settings to configure the TI7NBA moth erboard. For the locations of the jumpers, refer to Figure 2.

4.1 CPU Frequency/Speed Setting................................................15

4.2 Clear CMOS Select: JP10 .......................................................15

4.3 Bus Speed Select: JP8 .............................................................16

The following examples show the conventions used in this chapter.

Jumper Open

Jumper Closed/Short

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Figure 2: Jumper Location on the TI7NBA

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4.1 CPU Frequency/Speed Setting

The motherboard allows users to set the CPU speed through the BIO S. The parameters in setting the CPU speed include

CPU Clock Multiplier

(X3, X3.5, X4, X4.5, X5, X5.5, X6.5, X7, X7.5, X8) and

Clock Select

(66/33MHz, 75/37MHz, 83/41MHz or 100/33MHz,

CPU/PCI

103/34MHz, 105/35MHz, 110/36MHz, 112/37MHz, 115/38MHz, 120/40MHz, 124/41MHz, 124/31MHz, 133/44MHz, 133/33MHz, 140/35MHz, 150/37MHz). The parameters only appear when CPU Speed is set to Manual.

: Processors with locked/fixed frequencies will have a fixed CPU

NOTE

Clock Multiplier and will not allow changes to its value. Aside from the Manual option , CPU Speed can be set to 200MHz (66x3),

233MHz (66x3.5), 266MHz (66x4), 300MHz (66x4.5), 333MHz (66x5), 366MHz (66x5.5), 400MHz (66x6), and 433MHz (66x6.5). Press the ↑ and ↓ keys to change the CPU speed or press the PageUp or PageDown key to see the selections for CPU Clock Multiplier and CPU Clock.

: Overclocking could cause the system not to boot. When this

NOTE

happens, turn off the computer by pressing the power button and turn it on again by pressing the button simultaneously. Then pr es s t he

key and the power

Insert

key to enter BIOS

Delete

Setup and configure the CPU speed.

4.2 Clear CMOS Select: JP10

Use JP10, a 3-pin header, to clear th e conten ts of the CMOS R AM. Do not clear the CMOS RAM unless it is absolutely necessary . You will lose your password, etc.

JP10 Jumper Setting Function

1 2 3

pin 1-2: short Normal

pin 2-3: short Clear CMOS

To clear CMOS, the ATX-power connector should be

NOTE

disconnected from the motherboard.

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4.3 Bus Speed Select: JP8

Use JP8, a 2-pin header, to configure the bus speed at 100MHz or by CPU Auto Detect.

JP8 Jumper Setting Function

open 100MHz bus speed

short CPU Auto Detect

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Chapter 5 Installation

This chapter describes the interface that the TI7NBA provides for creating a working system. Refer to Figure 3 for the location of the connectors.

The following items are covered in this chapter:

5.1 I/O Connectors ........................................................................19

5.2 JP1: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors...................19

5.3 J1, J2: Serial Ports...................................................................20

5.4 J4: Parallel Port Connector...................................................... 20

5.5 P1: Line Out/Line In/ Microphone, Game Port.......................21

5.6 JP3: IrDA Connector...............................................................21

5.7 JP5, JP6: CD-ROM Audio In Connectors...............................21

5.8 JP7: Wake on LAN Connector................................................22

5.9 J7: CPU Fan Power Connector................................................22

5.10 J13: Chassis Fan Power Connector........................................22

5.11 J19: AGP Fan Power Connector............................................22

5.12 J14: ATX Power Supply Connector......................................23

5.13 J16: Floppy Drive Connector ................................................23

5.14 J17, J15: EIDE Connectors ...................................................23

5.15 J18: Front Bezel Connectors .................................................25

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Figure 3: Connector Location on the TI7NBA

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5.1 I/O Connectors

The I/O connectors connect the TI7NBA to the most common peripherals. To attach cables to these connectors, carefully align Pin 1 of the cables to that of the connectors. R efer to Figure 4 for the location and orientation of the connectors.

Figure 4: Orientation of the I/O Connector

5.2 JP1: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

Below are the pin-out assignments of the connectors.

Signal Name Keyboard Mouse Signal Name

Keyboard data 1 1 Mouse data

N.C. 2 2 N.C.

GND 3 3 N.C.

5V 4 4 5V

Keyboard clock 5 5 Mouse Clock

N.C. 6 6 N.C.

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5.3 J1, J2: Serial Ports

The onboard serial ports of the TI7NBA, J1 and J2, are two DB-9 external connectors. The following table shows the pin-out assignments of these connectors.

Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name

DCD, Data carrier detect 1 6 DSR, Data set ready

RXD, Receive data 2 7 RTS, Request to send

TXD, Transmit data 3 8 CTS, Clear to send

DTR, Data terminal ready 4 9 RI, Ring indicator

GND, ground 5 10 Not Used

J4 (Parallel Port)

J1 (COM1 ) J2 (COM2)

5.4 J4: Parallel Port Connector

J4 is a DB-25 external connector as seen in the above figure. The following table describes the pin- out assignments of this connector.

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Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name

Line printer strobe 1 14 AutoFeed PD0, parallel data 0 2 15 Error PD1, parallel data 1 3 16 Initialize PD2, parallel data 2 4 17 Select PD3, parallel data 3 5 18 Ground PD4, parallel data 4 6 19 Ground PD5, parallel data 5 7 20 Ground PD6, parallel data 6 8 21 Ground PD7, parallel data 7 9 22 Ground

ACK, acknowledge 1 0 23 Ground

Busy 11 24 Ground

Paper empty 12 25 Ground

Select 13 N/A N/A

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5.5 P1: Line Out/Line In/ Microphone, Game Port

The connectors for Line Out, Line In, Microphone, and Game Port are features supported by the on board Creative La bs ES1373 audio chipset .

Game Port

LineOut LineIn Mic

5.6 JP3: IrDA Connector

This connector is used for an IrDA connector that supports infrared wireless communication.

+5V IRRX IRTX

JP3 Pin # Signal Name

1 +5V 2 No connect 3 Ir RX 4 Ground

N.C. GND

5 Ir TX

5.7 JP5, JP6: CD-ROM Audio In Connectors

JP5 and JP6 are the onboard CD-ROM audio in connectors. Below are their pin assignments.

1 2 3 4

JP6 JP5

Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name

Ground 1 1 Left

Left 2 2 Ground

Ground 3 3 Ground

Right 4 4 Right

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5.8 JP7: Wake on LAN Connector

JP7 is a 3-pin header for the Wake on LAN fun ction on the motherboard. The following table shows the pin out assignments of this connector. Wake on LAN will function properly only with an ATX power supply with 5VSB that has 200mA.

Pin # Signal Name

1 +5VSB 2 Ground

3 2 1

3 Wake on LAN

5.9 J7: CPU Fan Power Connector

J7 is a 3-pin header for the CPU fan power connector. The fan must be a 12V fan.

Pin # Signal Name

1 Rotation

1 2 3

2 +12V 3 Ground

5.10 J13: Chassis Fan Power Connector

J13 is a 3-pin header f or the C PU fan pow er connector. The f an m ust be a 12V fan.

Pin # Signal Name

1 2 3

1 Rotation 2 +12V 3 Ground

5.11 J19: AGP Fan Power Connector

J19 is a 3-pin header for the AGP f an power con nector. The fan must be a 12V fan.

Pin # Signal Name

1 2 3

1 Rotation 2 +12V 3 Ground

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5.12 J14: ATX Power Supply Connector

J14 is a 20-pin ATX pow er supply con nector. Refer t o the following table for the pin out assignments. (Use an ATX pow er supply wit h 3.3V power.)

11 1

Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name

3.3V 11 1 3.3V

-12V 12 2 3.3V

Ground 13 3 Ground

PS-ON 14 4 +5V Ground 15 5 Ground Ground 16 6 +5V Ground 17 7 Ground

-5V 18 8 Power good +5V 19 9 5VSB +5V 20 10 +12V

20 10

5.13 J16: Floppy Drive Connector

J16 of the TI7NBA is a 34-pin header and will support up to 2.88MB floppy drives. The following table shows its pin-out assignments.

Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name

Ground 1 2 RM/LC Ground 3 4 No connect Ground 5 6 No connect Ground 7 8 Index Ground 9 10 Motor enable 0 Ground 11 12 Drive select 1 Ground 13 14 Drive select 0 Ground 15 16 Motor enable 1 Ground 17 18 Direction Ground 19 20 Step Ground 21 22 Write data Ground 23 24 Write gate Ground 25 26 Track 00 Ground 27 28 Write protect Ground 29 30 Read data Ground 31 32 Side 1 select Ground 33 34 Diskette change

5.14 J17, J15: EIDE Connectors

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J17: Primary IDE Connector

Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name

Reset IDE 1 2 Ground Host data 7 3 4 Host data 8 Host data 6 5 6 Host data 9 Host data 5 7 8 Host data 10 Host data 4 9 10 Host data 11 Host data 3 11 12 Host data 12 Host data 2 13 14 Host data 13 Host data 1 15 16 Host data 14 Host data 0 17 18 Host data 15

Ground 19 20 Key

DRQ0 21 22 Ground

Host IOW 23 24 Ground

Host IOR 25 26 Ground

IOCHRDY 27 28 Host ALE

DACK0 29 30 Ground

IRQ14 31 32 No connect Address 1 33 34 No connect Address 0 35 36 Address 2

Chip select 0 37 38 Chip select 1

Activity 39 40 Ground

J15: Secondary IDE Connector

Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name

Reset IDE 1 2 Ground

Host data 7 3 4 Host data 8 Host data 6 5 6 Host data 9 Host data 5 7 8 Host data 10 Host data 4 9 10 Host data 11 Host data 3 11 12 Host data 12 Host data 2 13 14 Host data 13 Host data 1 15 16 Host data 14 Host data 0 17 18 Host data 15

Ground 19 20 Key

DRQ0 21 22 Ground

Host IOW 23 24 Ground

Host IOR 25 26 Ground

IOCHRDY 27 28 Host ALE

DACK1 29 30 Ground

MIRQ0 31 32 No connect Address 1 33 34 No connect Address 0 35 36 Address 2

Chip select 0 37 38 Chip select 1

Activity 39 40 Ground

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5.15 J18: Front Bezel Connectors

The front bezel of the case has a control panel, which provides light indication of the computer activities and switches to chan ge the computer status. J18 is a 20-pin header that provides interfaces for the following functions.

Hard Disk Drive LED

Turbo LED Connector

SMI / Hardware Switch

Speaker

Reset Switch

ATX Power On Switch

Power LED and Keylock

Speaker: Pins 1 - 4

This connector provides an interface to a speaker for audio tone generation. An 8-ohm speaker is recommended.

Pin # Signal Name

1 Speaker out 2 No connect 3 Ground 4 +5V

Power LED and Keylock: Pins 11 - 15

The power LED indicates the status of the main power switch. The keylock switch, when closed, will disable the keyboard function.

Pin # Signal Name

11 Power LED 12 No connect 13 Ground 14 Keylock 15 Ground

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SMI/Hardware Switch: Pins 6 and 16

This connector supports the "Green Switch" on the control panel, which, wh en pressed, will f orce the sy stem board into the power-saving mode immediately.

Pin # Signal Name

6 Sleep

16 Ground

ATX Power ON Switch: Pins 7 a nd 17

This 2-pin connector is an “ATX Power Supply On/Off Switch” on the motherboard that connects to the power switch on the case. When pressed, the power switch will force the motherboard to power on. When pressed again, it will force the motherboard to power off.

Turbo LED Connector: Pins 8 and 18

There is no turbo/deturbo function on the motherboard. The Turbo LED on the control panel will always be On when attached to this connector.

Pin # Signal Name

8 5V

Reset Switch: Pins 9 and 19

The reset switch allows the user to reset the system without turning the main power switch Off and then On. Orientation is not required when making a connection to this header.

18 Ground

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Hard Disk Drive LED Connector: Pins 10 and 20

This connector connects to the hard drive activity LED on control panel. This LED will flash when the HDD is being accessed.

Pin # Signal Name

10 Ground 20 5V

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This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

6.1 BIOS Introduction...................................................................32

6.2 BIOS Setup..............................................................................32

6.3 Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................34

Date Time Primary HDDs / Secondary HDDs Drive A / Drive B Video Halt On

6.4 BIOS Features Setup...............................................................37

Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache / External Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up System Speed Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option PCI/VGA Palette Snoop OS Select for DRAM > 64MB HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability Report No FDD for WIN 95 Video BIOS Shadow C8000 - CBFFF Shadow/DC000 - DFFFF Shadow

6.5 Chipset Features Setup............................................................41

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay SDRAM RAS Precharge Time SDRAM CAS Latency Time Bank DRAM Timing

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DRAM Clock SDRAM Precharge Control SDRAM Cycle Length Memory Hole Read Around Write Concurrent PCI/Host Video RAM Cacheable DRAM Data Integrity Mode System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time Memory Hole at 15MB - 16MB Passive Release Delayed Transaction AGP Aperture Size (MB) Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Spread Spectrum

6.6 Power Management Setup .......................................................46

ACPI function Power Management PM Control by APM Video Off Method Video Off After Video Off Option Modem Use IRQ Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Throttle Duty Cycle PCI/VGA Act-Monitor Soft-Off by PW R-BTTN Resume by Alarm IRQ 8 Break Suspend Reload Global Timer Events PM Events

6.7 PNP/PCI Configuration...........................................................50

PNP OS Installed Resources Controlled by

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Reset Configuration Data IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12 /14/15, DMA0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to CPU to PCI Write Buffer PCI Dynamic Bursti ng PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction PCI#2 Access #1 Retry AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read PCI IRQ Activated by Assign IRQ for USB/VGA

6.8 Load BIOS Defaults................................................................ 53

6.9 Load Setup Defaults................................................................ 53

6.10 CPU Speed Setting................................................................54

CPU Speed, CPU Clock Multiplier, CPU/PCI Clock Select CPU Warning Temperature Current System / CPU Temp. Current CPU /Chassis / V G A Fan Speed Vcore / +5V / +3.3V / -12V / +12V CPU /Chassis / VGA Fan Monitor Shutdown Temperature

6.11 Integrated Peripherals............................................................56

IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slav e UDMA On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE OnChip IDE Channel0/1 USB Keyboard Support Init AGP Display First Power On Function Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial/Parallel Port UART Mode Select Parallel Port Mode

6.12 Supervisor / User Password...................................................59

6.13 IDE HDD Auto Detection.....................................................60

6.14 Save & Exit Setup .................................................................61

6.15 Exit Without Saving.............................................................. 61

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6.1 BIOS Introduction

The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in your computer sys tem’s ROM supports Intel Pentiu m II process ors. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial ports, and parallel ports. It also adds virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system.

6.2 BIOS Setup

The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system conf ig u ration s an d s ettin g s. The BIOS ROM of th e system stores the Setup utility. When you turn on the computer, the Award BIOS is immediately activated. Pressing the <Del> key immediately allows you to enter the Setup utility. If you are a little bit late pressing th e <Del> key, POST (Power On Self Test) will continue with its test routines, thus preventing you from invoking the Setup. If you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by pressing the ”Reset” button or simultaneously pressing the <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys. You can also restart by turning the system Off and back On again. The following message will appear on the screen:

Press <DEL> to Enter Setup

In general, you press the arrow keys to highlight items, <Enter> to select, the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, <F1> for help and <Esc> to quit.

When you enter the Setup utility, the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices.

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CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP/PCI CONFIGURA T ION IDE HDD AUTO DETE CT ION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT W ITHOUT SAVING ESC : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type

(For

Intel 82440BX /ZX/GX or VIA 82C693)

CPU SPEED SETTING

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: Select Item

The section below the setup items of the Main Menu displays the control keys for this menu. Another section at the bottom of the Main Menu just below the control keys section displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list.

After making and saving system changes w it h Setup, you find

NOTE

that your computer cannot boot, the Awar d BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default.

We strongly recommend that you avoid making any changes

to the chipset defaults. These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability.

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6.3 Standard CMOS Setup

“Standard CMOS Setup” choice allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error handling. If the motherboard is already installed in a working system , you will not need to select this option. You will need to run the Standard CMOS option, however, if you change your system hardware configurations, the onboard battery fails, or the configuration stored in the CMOS memory was lost or damaged.

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed, Mar 4 1998 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 00 : 00 : 00

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

Primary Master Primary Slave

Secondary Master Secondary Slave

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

Video : EGA / VGA Halt On : All Errors

ESC : Quit F1 : Help

Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

(For

Intel 82440BX /ZX/GX or VIA 82C693)

At the bottom of the menu are the control keys for use on this menu. If you need any help in each item field, you can press the <F1> key. It will display the relevant information to help you. The memory display at the lower right-hand side of the menu is read-only. It will adjust automatically according to the memory changed. The following describes each item of this menu.

Date

The date format is:

Day : Sun to Sat Month : 1 to 12 Date : 1 to 31 Year : 1994 to 2079

To set the date, highlight the “Date” f ield and use the PageUp/ PageDown or +/- keys to set the current time.

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Extended Memory : 15360K

: Select Item

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(Shift) F2 : Change Color

Base Memory : 640K

Other Memory : 384K

Total Memory : 16384K

PU / PD / + / - : Modify

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Time

The time format is:

Minute : 00 to 59 Second : 00 to 59

Hour : 00 to 23

To set the time, highlight th e “Tim e” field an d use the <PgUp>/ <PgDn > or +/- keys to set the current time.

Primary HDDs / Secondary HDDs

The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other I DE devices . Each channel can support up to two hard disks; the first is the “Master” and the second is the “Slave”.

To enter the specifications for a hard disk drive, you must select first a “Type”. There are 45 predefined types an d 4 u s er def in able types are for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Type 1 to 45 are predefined. Type “User” is user-definable. For the Primary Master/Slave as well as Secondary Master/Slave, you can select “Auto” under the TYPE and MODE fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives and CD-ROM drive during POST.

Press <PgUp>/<PgDn> to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press the <Enter> key. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter incorrect information for this field. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually . If y ou select Type User, related information is asked to be entered to the following items.

CYLS : Number of cylinders HEAD : Number of read/write heads PRECOMP : Write precompensation LANDZ : Landing zone SECTOR : Number of sectors SIZE : Automatically adjust according to the configuration MODE (for IDE HDD only) : Auto

Normal (HD < 528MB) Large (for MS-DOS only) LBA (HD > 528MB and supports

Logical Blo ck Addressing)

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The specifications of your drive must match with the drive

NOTE

table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter incorrect information in these fields. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually.

Drive A / Drive B

These fields identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer. The available specifications are: 360KB

5.25 in.

1.2MB

5.25 in.

720KB

3.5 in.

1.44MB

3.5 in.

2.88MB

3.5 in.

Video

This field selects the type of video display card installed in your system. You can choose the following video display cards: EGA/VGA For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters. (default) CGA 40 Power up in 40 column mode. CGA 80 Power up in 80 column mode. MONO For Hercules or MDA adapters.

Halt On

This field determines whether the system will halt if an error is detected during power up. No errors The system boot w ill not be halted f or any error

that may be detected.

All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error,

the system will stop and you will be prompted.

All, But Keyboard The system boot will not be halted for a

keyboard error; it will stop for all other errors

All, B ut Diskette T he system boot will not be halted for a disk

error; it will stop for all other errors.

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not be halted for a key-

board or disk error; it will stop for all others.

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6.4 BIOS Features Setup

This section allows y ou to configure an d improve y our syst em and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference.

Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow External Cache : Enabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Enabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D4000-D7FFF Shadow Boot Sequence : A, C, SCSI D8000-DBFFF Shadow Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled DC000-DFFF Shadow Boot Up Floppy Drive : Enabled Boot Up Numlock Status : On Gate A20 Option : Fast Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled Typematic Rate (chars/Sec) : 6 Typematic Delay (Msec) : 250 Security Option : Setup PCI /VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled

OS Select For DRAM>64MB : Non-OS2 ESC : Quit HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability : Enabled F1 : Help Report No FDD For WIN 95 : Yes F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color

ROM / PCI ISA BIOS

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: Disabled

Video BIOS Shadow

F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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

: Select Item

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(For

Intel 82440BX /ZX/GX or VIA 82C693)

Virus Warning

This item protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications. If an attempt is made, the BIOS will halt the system and display a warning message. If this occurs, you can either allow the operation to continue or run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the problem.

Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the

NOTE

boot sector table can cause the virus warning. If you will run such a program, disable the Virus Warning feature.

CPU Internal Cache / External Cache

Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). CPUs from 486-type on up contain internal cache memory, and most, but not all, modern PCs have additional (external) cache memory. When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. These items allow you to enable (speed up memory access) or disable the cache function. By default, these items are

Enabled

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CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

When enabled, this allows ECC checking of the CPU’s L2 cache. By default, this field is

Enabled

Quick Power On Self Test

When enabled, this field speeds up the Pow er On Self Test (POST) after the system is turned on. If it is set to Enabled, BIOS will skip some items.

Boot Sequence

This field determines the drive that the system searches first for an operating system. The default value is

A, C, SCSI

. The options are : A, C, SCSI D, A, SCSI SCSI, C, A C, A, SCSI E, A, SCSI C only C, CDROM, A F, A, SCSI LS/ZIP, C CDROM, C, A SCSI, A, C

Swap Floppy Drive

This item al lows you to determine whet h er t o enabl e S wap Floppy Drive or not. When enabled, the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B, and Drive B becomes Drive A. By default, this field is set to

Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When enabled, the BIOS will seek whether or not the floppy drive installed has 40 or 80 t rack s . 360K type has 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M all have 80 tracks. By default, this field is set to

Enabled.

Boot Up NumLock Status

This allows you to activate the Num Lock fu nction after y ou power up the system. By default, the system boots up with

NumLock

On.

Boot Up System Speed

This has no function and se lects the default system speed

(High).

Gate A20 Option

This field allows you to select how Gate A20 is worked. Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 MB. The default setting is

Fast.

Typematic Rate Setting

When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance. When enabled, you can set the tw o ty pematic controls listed next. By default, this field is set to

Disabled.

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Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

When the typematic rate is enabled, the system registers repeated keystrokes speeds. You can select speed range from 6 to 30 characters per second. By default, this item is set to

Typematic Delay (Msec)

When the typematic rate is enabled, this item allows you to set the time interval for displaying the first and second characters. By default, this item is set to

250msec.

Security Option

This field allows y ou to limit access to the Sys tem and Setu p. The default value is

. When you select System, th e s ystem prompts for the User

Setup

Password every time you boot up. When you select Setup, the system always boots up and prompts for the Su perv i s or Pas s word only when the Setup utility is called up.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Some non-standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly. This field allows you to set whether MPEG ISA/VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI/VGA or not. When this field is enabled, a PCI/VGA can work with a MPEG ISA/ VESA VGA card. When this field is disabled, a PCI/VGA cannot work with a MPEG ISA/VESA Card.

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM memory when used with OS/2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory. The default setting is

Non-OS/2

HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability

This option enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) capability hard disks.

Report No FDD for WIN 95

This option allows Windows 95 to share with other peripherals IRQ6 that is assigned to a floppy disk drive if the drive is not existing. The default setting is No.

Video BIOS Shadow

This item allows you to change the Video BIOS location from ROM to RAM. Video Shadow will increase the video speed.

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C8000 - CBFFF Shadow/DC000 - DFFFF Shadow

Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB to 1024KB. These fields determine w hether optional ROM w ill be copied to RAM or not.

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: : : : : : : : : : : :

: :

: : : : : : : : : :

6.5 Chipset Features Setup

This Setup menu controls the configuration of the motherboard chipset.

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay SDRAM RAS Precharge Time :3 SDRAM CAS Latency Timer SDRAM Precharge Control DRAM Integrity Mode System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time Memory Hole At 15MB-16MB Passive Release Delayed Transaction AGP Aperture Size (MB)

ESC : Quit Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Spread Spectrum F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

(For

Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing SDRAM Cycle Length DRAM CLOCK Memory Hole Read Around Write Concurrent PCI/Host Video RAM Cacheable AGP Aperture Size (MB)

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk :Disabled Spread Spectrum

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

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay

When DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately. This field allows you to determine the timing of transition from Row Address Stove (RAS) to Column Address Strobe (CAS).

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CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

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3 Disabled Non-ECC Disabled Enabled Disabled 3 2 Disabled Enabled Disabled 64

: Select Item Disabled F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify Disabled F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color

Intel 82440BX/ZX/GX)

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTW ARE INC.

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SDRAM RAS Precharge Time

The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh. If insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data.

SDRAM CAS Latency Time

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.

Bank DRAM Timing

These fields define the speed of the DRAM memory onboard. The options are Normal, Medium, Fast, Turbo, SDRAM 8ns and SDRAM10ns. By default, these fields are set to

SDRAM 10ns

DRAM Clock

The DRAM Clock can be set to Host CL K or the CPU clock itself and to 66MHz. By default, this field is set to

Host CLK

SDRAM Precharge Control

This field enables of enables the SDRAM Precharge Control.

SDRAM Cycle Length

This field sets the SDRAM cycle length to either 2 or 3. The default setting is 3.

Memory Hole

In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards. This field allows you to reserve 15MB to 16MB memory addres s space to ISA expan sion cards. This m akes mem ory f rom 15MB and up unavailable to the sy stem. Expan sion cards can on ly access memory up to 16MB. By default, this field is set to

Disabled.

Read Around Write

DRAM optimization f eatu re: If a memory read is addres sed 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 default setting is

Enabled

Concurrent PCI/Host

This field enables or disables the concurrent PCI/Host. The default setting is

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Video RAM Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allow s cach in g of th e v i deo BIOS R OM at C 0000h to C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a memory access error may result.

DRAM Data Integrity Mode

Set this field to ECC if the DRAM installed in the system supports it. Otherwise, do not reset the default of

Non-ECC

System BIOS Cacheable

When enabled, access to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH is cached, provided that the cache controller is disabled.

Video BIOS Cacheable

When enabled, access to video BIOS addressed at C0000H to C 7FFFH is cached, provided that the cache controller is disabled.

Video RAM Cacheable

8 Bit I/O Recovery Time

This option specifies the length of the delay (in sysclks) inserted between consecutive 8-bit I/O operations. The settings are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8. The default setting is 3.

16 Bit I/O Recovery Time

This option specifies the length of the delay (in sysclks) inserted between consecutive 16-bit I/O operations. The s etting s are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8. The default setting is 2.

Memory Hole at 15MB - 16MB

Disabled

Passive Release

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

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Delayed Transaction

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

Enabled

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

The field sets aperture size of the graphics. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The options available are 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M and 256M. The default setting is

64M

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

When enabled, the system automatically shuts off clocks of unused DIMM/PCI slots. The default setting is testing use only.

Disabled

. This field is for CE

Spread Spectrum

This field sets the value of the spread spectrum. Options are Disabled,

1.8% (CNTR), 0.6% (CNTR), 1.8% (DOWN), and 0.6% (DOWN). The default setting is

Disabled

. This field is for CE testing use only

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6.6 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will sh ut down the hard disk and turn off video display after a period of inactivity.

ACPI function : Enabled ** Reload Global Timer Events ** Power Management : User Define IRQ3 (3-7, 9-15), NMI : Disabled PM Control by APM : Yes Primary IDE 0 : Enabled Video Off Method : V/H SYNC +Blank Primary IDE 1 : Enabled Video Off After : Standby Secondary IDE 0 : Disabled MODEM Use IRQ : 3 Secondary IDE 1 : Disabled Floppy Disk : Disabled Doze Mode : Disabled Serial Port : Enabled Standby Mode : Disabled Parallel Port : Disabled Suspend Mode : Disabled HDD Power Down : Disabled Throttle Duty Cycle : 62.5% VGA Active Monitor : Enabled Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN : Instant-Off Resume by Ring : Disabled Resume by Alarm : Disabled ESC : Quit F1 : Help IRQ 8 Break Suspend : Di sabled F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

ACPI Function : Enabled Primary INTR : ON Power Management : User Define IRQ3 (COM2) : Primary PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ4 (COM1) : Primary Video Off Option : Suspend -> Off IRQ5 (LPT 2) : Primary Video Off Method : V/H SYNC +Blank IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) : Primary Soft-Off by PWRBTN : Instant-Off IRQ7 (LPT 1) : Primary

** PM Timers ** IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) : Disabled HDD Power Down : Disabled IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) : Second ary Doze Mode : Disabled IRQ10 (Reserved) : Secondary Suspend Mode : Disabled IRQ11 (Reserved) : Secondary

** PM Events ** IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) : Primary VGA : OFF IRQ13 (Coprocessor) : Primary LPT & COM : LPT / COM IRQ14 (Hard Disk) : Primary HDD & FDD : ON IRQ15 (Reserved) : Primary DMA / master : OFF ESC : Quit PWR-On by Modem/LAN : Disabled F1 : Help RTC Alarm Resume : Disabled F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults

(For

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Intel 82440BX/ZX/GX)

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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PU/PD/+/- : Modify

Ç È Æ Å

PU/PD/+/- : Modify

: Select Item

(For

VIA 82C693)

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ACPI function

ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration Power Interface. The default setting of this field

Enabled

Power Management

This field al lows you to select the type of power saving management modes. There are fours selections for Power Management.

Min. Power Saving Minimum power management Max. Power Saving Maximum power management. User Define Each of the ranges are from 1 min. to

1hr. Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min.

NOTE

In order to enable the CPU overheat protection feature, the

(Default)

Power Management field should not be set to Disabled.

PM Control by APM

This field allo ws you to use the Advance d Power Management device t o enhance the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU’s internal clock. If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this w ill be preset to NO.

Video Off Method

This field defines the Video Off features. There are three options. V/H SYNC + Blank Default setting, blank the screen and turn off vertical and horizontal scanning. DPMS Allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it

supports the DPMS feature.

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

Video Off After

As the system moves from lesser to greater power-saving modes, select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank.

Video Off Option

This field determines the state at which video enters in to when turned off. By default, this field is set to

Suspend -> Off

Modem Use IRQ

This field names the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your s ys tem . Activ ity of th e selected IRQ always awak ens the system. By default, the IRQ is set to 3.

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Doze Mode

When enabled, and after the set tim e of sy stem inactiv ity , the CPU clock w ill run at a slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.

Standby Mode

After the selected period of system in activity, th e fixed disk drive and the video shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed.

Suspend Mode

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

HDD Power Down

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

Throttle Duty Cycle

When the system en ters Doze mode, the CPU clock runs only part of the time. You may select the percent of time that the clock runs.

PCI/VGA Act-Monitor

When enabled, any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode. The default setting is

Disabled

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

This field def ines the pow er- off m ode w hen u sing an A TX power su pply. The Instant-Off mode allows powering off immediately upon pressing the power button. In the Delay 4 Sec mode, the system powers off when the power button is pressed for more than four seconds or places the system in a very low-power-usage state, with only enough circuitry receiving power to detect power button activity. The default value is

Instant-Off

Resume by Alarm

This allows a co mputer to be tur ned on a utomatica lly thro ugh the t imer set in the BIOS to make the system more scheduleable. By default, this field is set to

Disabled

IRQ 8 Break Suspend

You can enable or disable the m onitorin g of IRQ 8 (Real Tim e Cl ock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode.

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Reload Global Timer Events

This section determines the reloading of the ‘timers’ after entering the Full On You can enable or disable the monitoring of IRQ 8 (Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode.

PM Events

The VGA, LPT & COM, HDD & FDD, DMA /master, PWR-On by Modem/LAN, RTC Alarm Resume and Primary INTR section are I/O events which can prev en t th e s ystem from en tering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it sign als this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service. The default value is

. When set On, activity will neith er prevent the system from going into

Off

a power management mode nor awaken it. The IRQ section sets the wake-up call of the system. If activity is detected from any enabled IRQ channels in the left-hand group, the system wakes up from suspended mode.

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6.7 PNP/PCI Configuration

This option configure s the PCI bus system. All PCI bus systems on the system use INT#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value.

PNP OS Installed : Yes Used MEM base addr : N/A Resources Controlled by : Manual Reset Configuration Data : Disabled

IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA IRQ-4 assigned to : Legacy ISA IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-7 assigned to : Legacy ISA IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-10 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-11 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-14 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP ESC : Quit DMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F1 : Help DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F6 : Load BIOS Defaults DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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PNP OS Installed

This field allows you to specify if the operating system installed in your system is plug and play aware.

Operating systems such as DOS, OS/2, and Windows 3.x do

NOTE

not use PnP

Resources Controlled by

This PnP BIOS can configure all of the boot and compatible devices automatically. How ever, th is capability needs y ou to use a PnP operating system such as Windows 95. The default value is

Manual

Reset Configuration Data

This field allows y ou to determ ine w hether to reset the configu ration data or not. The default value is

Disabled

IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15, DMA0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to

These fields allow you to determine the IRQ/DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot.

Used MEM base addr

Select a base address for the memory area used by any peripheral that requires high memory. The default setting is

N/A

CPU to PCI Write Buffer

When enabled, this option increases the efficiency of the PCI bus to and speed up the execution in the processor. By default, this field is set to

Enabled

PCI Dynamic Bursting

When enabled, this option combines several PCI cycles into one. By default, this field is set to

Disabled

PCI Master 0 WS Write

When enabled, this option increases the write cycle speed.

PCI Delay Transaction

When enabled, this option delays PCI data transaction. By default, this field is set to

Enabled

PCI#2 Access #1 Retry

This item enables PC#2 Access #1 attempts. By default, this field is set to

Disabled

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AGP Master 1 WS Write

When enabled, writes to the A GP bus are execu ted w ith 1 w ait s tates. By default, this field is set to

Enabled

AGP Master 1 WS Read

When enabled, reads to the AGP bus are executed with 1 wait states. By default, this field is set to

Enabled

PCI IRQ Activated by

This field allows you to select the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device. The default value is

Assign IRQ for USB/VGA

These fields allow you to enable or disable the IRQ for USB and VGA. By default, these fields are enabled.

Level.

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6.8 Load BIOS Defaults

This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high-performance features.

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To load BIOS defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter “Y”. If not, enter “N”.

6.9 Load Setup Defaults

This option allows you to load the default values to your system configuration. These default settings are optimal and enable all high performance features.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP CPU SPEED SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP/PCI CONFIGURA T ION IDE HDD AUTO DETE CT ION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

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

Load BIOS Defaults except Standard CMOS Setup

To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter “Y”. If not, enter “N”.

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6.10 CPU Speed Setting

This setup option sets the CPU speed and parameters of the CPU temperature and fan speeds.

CPU Speed : 33MHz (66x5)

CPU Warning Temperature : 75℃/167℉ Current System Temp. : 63℃/145℉ Current CPU Tem. : 43℃/109℉ Current CPU Fan Speed : 4383 RPM Current Chassis Fan Speed : 3901 RPM Current VGA Fan Speed : 4192 RPM Vcore : 2.01V +3.3V : 3.39V + 5 V : 4.99V +12 V : 11.97V

-12 V :-12.19V CPU Fan Monitor : Disabled Chassis Fan Monitor : Disabled VGA Fan Monitor : Disabled Shutdown Temperature : 95℃/203℉ ESC : Quit F1 : Help F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

CPU Speed, CPU Clock Multiplier, CPU/PCI Clock Select

The motherboa rd allows users to set the CP U spee d through the BIO S. The parameters in setting the CPU speed include CPU Clock Multiplier (X3, X3.5, X4, X4.5, X5, X5.5, X6.5, X7, X7.5, X8) and CPU/PCI Clock Select (66/33MHz, 75/37MHz, 83/41MHz or 100/33MHz, 103/34MHz, 105/35MHz, 110/36MHz, 112/37MHz, 115/38MHz, 120/40MHz, 124/41MHz, 124/31MHz, 133/44MHz, 133/33MHz, 140/35MHz, 150/37MHz). The parameters only appear when CPU Speed is set to Manual.

: Processors with locked/fixed frequencies will have a fixed CPU

NOTE

Clock Multiplier and will not allow changes to its value.

Aside from the Manual option , CPU Speed can be set to 200MHz (66x3), 233MHz (66x3.5), 266MHz (66x4), 300MHz (66x4.5), 333MHz (66x5), 366MHz (66x5.5), 400MHz (66x6), and 433MHz (66x6.5). Press the ↑ and ↓ keys to change the CPU speed or press the PageUp or PageDown key to see the selections for CPU Clock Multiplier and CPU Clock.

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: Overclocking could cause the system not to boot. When this

NOTE

happens, turn off the computer by pressing the power button and turn it on again by pressing the button simultaneously. Then pr es s t he

key and the power

Insert

key to enter BIOS

Delete

Setup and configure the CPU speed.

CPU Warning Temperature

This field sets the threshold temperature at which an alert is sounded through the system’s speaker. T he onb oard t hermal sensor monitors the CPU temperature to prevent the CPU from overheating.

Current System / CPU Temp.

These read-only fields reflect the functions of the hardware thermal sensor that monitors the chip blocks and system temperatures to ensure the system is stable.

Current CPU /Chassis / VGA Fan Speed

These read-only fields show the current speeds in RPM (revolution per minute) for the CPU fan and chassis fan as monitored by the hardware monitoring IC.

Vcore / +5V / +3.3V / -12V / +12V

These read-only fields sh ow the curren t voltages in the voltage regulators and power supply as monitored by the hardware monitoring IC.

CPU /Chassis / VGA Fan Monitor

These fields disable the monitoring of the CPU fan, chassis fan , and VGA fan or set the minimum RPM as 3,000RPM, 3,500RPM, and 4,000RPM. When the actual RPM falls below the set value, the system’s speaker will sound an alarm. By default, these fields are set to

Disabled

Shutdown Temperature

This field allows you to set the temperature at which the system automatically shuts down once it is reached, in order to avoid damage to system components.

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6.11 Integrated Peripherals

This option sets your hard d i sk configuration, mode and port .

IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4 IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8/IRQ3 IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto UART Mode Select : Normal IDE Secondary Slave PIO : Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA : Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA : Auto Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 IDE Secondary Master UDMA : Auto Parallel Port Mode : SPP IDE Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled USB Keyboard Support : Disabled Init AGP Display First

POWER ON Function : Button Only ESC : Quit

F1 : Help F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F6 : Load BIOS Defaults F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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On-Chip IDE Channel 0 : Enabled Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled On-Chip IDE Channel 1 : Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4 IDE Prefetch Mode : Disabed Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8/IRQ3 IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled UART Mode Select : Normal Primary Master PIO : Auto Primary Slave PIO : Auto Secondary Master PIO : Auto Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 Secondary Slave PIO : Auto Parallel Port Mode : SPP Primary Master UDMA : Auto Primary Slave UDMA : Auto Secondary Master UDMA : Auto Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto Init AGP Display First

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IDE HDD Block Mode

This field allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

These fields allow y our sys tem hard dis k controller to w ork faster. Rath er than have the BIOS issue a series of commands that transfer to or from the disk drive, PIO (Programmed Input/Output) allows the BIOS to communi cate w ith th e controll er and CPU direct ly . The sy st em supports five modes, numbered from 0 (default) to 4, which primarily differ in timing. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

These fields allow your system to improve disk I/O throughput to 33Mb/sec with the Ultra DMA/33 feature. The options are Auto

and

Disabled.

On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately.

OnChip IDE Channel0/1

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately.

USB Keyboard Support

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

Init AGP Display First

This field allows the system to initialize first the VGA card in the AGP slot on the motherboard when system is turned on.

Power On Function

The default for this field is

Button Only

. When set to KB Power ON

Password, the user is allowed to set a password with a maximum of 5

characters. The system recognizes the size (lowercase/uppercase) of the characters entered. The third option is Hot Key Power ON. The keys Ctrl-F1 to Ctrl-F12 can be set to power on the system.

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Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. This option allows you to select the onboard FDD port.

Onboard Serial/Parallel Port

These fields allow y ou to s elect th e on board serial and parallel ports and their addresses. The default values for these ports are: Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 Parallel Port 378H/IRQ7

UART Mode Select

This field determines the UA RT mode in your com puter. The settings are Normal, IrDA and ASKIR. The default value is

Normal

Parallel Port Mode

This field allows you to determine parallel port mode function. SPP Normal Printer Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port

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6.12 Supervisor / User Password

These two options set the system password. Supervisor Password sets a password that will be used to protect the system and Setup utility. User Password sets a password that will be used exclusiv ely on th e system . To specify a password, highlight the type you want and press <Enter>. The Enter Password: message prompts on the screen. Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again. After setting a password, the screen automatically returns to the main screen.

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

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6.13 IDE HDD Auto Detection

This option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive, and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen.

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

Primary Master:

Select Primary Mast er Option (N=SKIP) : N

OPTIONS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

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Up to four IDE drives can be detected, with parameters for each appearing in sequen ce inside a box. To accept the display ed entries, press the “Y” key to skip to th e next driv e, press th e “N” key . If you accept the values, the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen.

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6.14 Save & Exit Setup

This option allows you to determine whether to accept the modifications or not. If you type “Y”, you w ill quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory. If y ou ty pe “ N”, you will return to Setup utility.

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6.15 Exit Without Saving

Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session. Typing “Y” will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications. Typing “N” will return you to Setup utility.

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Chapter 7 Audio Driver Installation Guide

This chapter describe the audio driver installation procedure for the onboard audio chipset The onboard audio consists of the Creative ES1373 Chip + AC97. With a PCI Bus Mastering interface with DOS compatibility, it supports 32 voices wavetable, surround sound, 3D audio, and audio eff ects such as reverb and chorus . Creative ES1373 u ses single, shareable PCI interrupt and is PC97 compliant.

For normal operations and to maximize the audio functions of the motherboard, follow the audio driver installation procedure below.

Installing The Audio Drivers For Windows 95

1. Under Windows 95, click START => Setting => Control Panel.

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2. Under the Control Panel window, click the System icon.

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3. Click Device Manager.

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4. Click O ther Device, then select PCI Multimedia Audio Device and click the Remove icon.

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Confirm the remove command by clicking OK.

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6. Click Close.

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7. Insert the CD that comes with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive. The following screen will appear.

Now click Sound.

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8. Double click Creative Labs 1373.

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10. Follow the procedure in each screen until you arrive the Setup Option screen as shown below, then select Full Installation.

11. Proceed with Setup to install the Win dows 98 Drivers , Legacy DOS Drivers into your system.

12. After installation, the system will ask you to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

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Chapter 8 System Monitor Utility User’s Guide

This chapter introduces System Monitor Utility that comes with the motherboard in conjunction with the onboard hardware monitoring IC. The sections below give the functions of the utility.

System Monitor is a softw are utility that oversees the g eneral performance of systems, covering areas like system temperature, system voltage, CPU and system fan rotational speeds. If conditions become adverse, that is, when voltages are erratic or CPU temperature exceeds the safe limits, an alarm will be sounded; thereby preventing system crashing and ensuring overall stability.

When System Monitor is initiated, the icon below appears in the task bar in the Windows environment.

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The following screen appears upon clicking on the System Monitor icon.

Clicking on the ‘X’ on t he upper right cor ner would show you the l atest company information or on any icon on the left side to display further information.

The following section describes the different functions of System Monitor.

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1. Computer - displays the operating working system version and

processor type.

2. Memory - displays the current memory usage status.

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3. Hard Disk - displays the supported disk formats and disk space.

4. Heat - displays the current rotational speed of CPU and Chassis fans, as well as the system and CPU temperatures.

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5. Power - displays the current vol tage status.

: For Pentium II p rocessors, System Monito r detects the VCC3

NOTE

and VCCP values. For Pentium-level processors, System Monitor detects the VCORE and VIO values.

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6. Log - displays errors occurring after System Monitor is started.

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7. Alarm - sets the values at which an alarm is sounded.

Voltage : the acceptable voltage range between the "MAX" and "MIN" value. Temperature : temperature threshold. Fan Rotation Speed : the minimum rotation speed.

NOTE: Intel has defined a margin of difference for the voltages as below:

12 Volts - 10% (10.8V ~ 13.2V) 5 Volts - 5% (4.75 ~ 5.25%) Vio - 5% (Vio for P54C CPU is 3.5V. Vio for P55C is 3.3V.) Vcore- 5%

* VCC3 / VIO and VCCP / VCORE values vary according to the processors used. Please cont act the CPU manufact urer for f urther information.

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Chapter 9 LANDesk User’s Guide

This chapter gives a brief introduction to the optional LANDesk Manager (LDCM) utility, as well as the installation procedures.

The following items are covered in this chapter:

9.1 Introduction .............................................................................81

9.2 Installation...............................................................................82

9.2.1 Installing the Local Version of LDCM

9.2.2 Installing the Administrative Version of LDCM

LANDesk is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

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9.1 Introduction

LANDesk Client Manager (LDCM 3.1) provides the capability for managing components (network interface cards, memory, printers, software applications, etc.) within a PC system. It uses the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) standard established by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). Manageable components can be viewed, monitored, and administrated across multiple platforms, either locally or remotely on a network.

The LDCM package has been im plemented in two differen t ways: a user (client/local) version and an administrative version (Remote Companion). The user version provides the ability to only manage the local PC. The administrative version allows a network administrator to manage the local PC and other PC n odes on the netw ork. This m eans that the administrative version has the ability to gather information about remote PCs, as well as rem otely controlling the PCs. The remote access is based upon granted rights by the managed client.

LDCM provides the user with self-help diagnostics, including a PC health meter, local alerting of potential problems, and hardware and software inventory. Automatic polling and alerting of memory and hardware conditions and predictive failure mechanisms minimize downtime and increase effective troubleshooting. LDCM can take periodic “snapshots” of critical configuration files for easy change management and restoration when needed.

To use LDCM, your computer must meet the following requirements:

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Hardware Interfaces: a network card for communication on the network

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9.2 Installation

The optional LANDesk utility that comes with the CPU card runs in Windows NT or Windows 95 operating system.

Upon entering the Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95 environment, insert the CD. Windows will autorun the installation program and show the following screen.

During Setup, you will be asked to install Internet Explorer

NOTE

3.02 in order to continue, or else Setup will be aborted. LDCM supports various languages and will default to English if it is unable to load ‘language.dl’..

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9.2.1 Installing the Local Version of LDCM

Double Click on ‘LANDesk Client Manager’ in the initial screen and the following screen will appear. Double click on the local version of LANDesk Client Manager.

When the Welcome screen appears, click on “Next” to continue with Setup.

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Choose the directory location where Setup will install LANDesk Client Manager. Click “Browse” if you want to change the directory suggested. Otherwise, click “Next” to start installing LDCM.

When Setup is finished, changes will have been made to the file AUTOEXEC.BAT. Restart you r com puter f or the chan ges to take eff ect.

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9.2.2 Installing the Administrative Version of LDCM

After double clicking on ‘LA NDesk Client Manager’ in the initial screen, select the administrative version of the LDCM and the Welcome screen below will appear. Click on “Next” to continue.

The screen below allows you to install the documentation in Adobe Acrobat format and the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. Select the options you need and click on “Next” to start the installation.

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After LANDesk Client Manager Setup is complete, restart your com puter to be able to use the LANDesk Client Manager.

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