Transcend TS-AAP12 User Manual

TS-AAP12

Intel Pentium II, III Series

USER/S MANUAL

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Product Model: TS-AAP12
Manual Version: 3.0
Release Date: April,1999

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Package Contents ............................................................................................................. 1

1.2 Specifications and Features ............................................................................................ 1

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3

2.1 Transcend TS-AAP12 Motherboard .................................................................... 3

2.2 Layout of Transcend TS-AAP12 Motherboard................................................. 4

2.3 CPU Installation ............................................................................................ 5

2.4 66/100MHz System Configuration........................................................ 8

2.5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Setting............................................................ 8

2.6 Memory Configuration ................................................................................... 10

2.7 Keyboard Wake Up ....................................................................................... 11

2.8 Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors ............................................................. 11

2.9 Floppy Disk Drive Connector .......................................................................... 12

2.10 Fan Power Connectors .................................................................................. 12

2.11 Wake-on-LAN Connector ............................................................................ 13

2.12 IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector .................................................. 13

2.13 Panel Connectors....................................................................................... 14

2.14 Power Connector....................................................................................... 15

2.15 External Connectors....................................................................................16

2.16 Clear CMOS Jumper................................................................................... 17

2.17 SB-Link Connector.............................................................................. 17

CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 18

3.1 BIOS Setup........................................................................................................................ 18

3.2 The Main Menu ................................................................................................................. 18

3.3 Standard CMOS Setup.................................................................................................... 20

3.4 BIOS Features Setup ...................................................................................................... 23

3.5 Chipset Features Setup................................................................................................... 26

3.6 Power Management Setup ............................................................................................. 29

3.7 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup.......................................................................................... 32

3.8 Integrated Peripherals .................................................................................................... 35

3.9 Supervisor Password...................................................................................................... 38

3.10 User Password .............................................................................................................. 39

3.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection .............................................................................................. 39

3.12 Save & Exit Setup.......................................................................................................... 40

3.13 Exit Without Saving ....................................................................................................... 40

3.14 Load BIOS Defaults....................................................................................................... 41

3.15 Load Setup Defaults ..................................................................................................... 41

CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 42

4.1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version ........................................................42

4.2 Download Correct BIOS File from Web........................................................................ 42

4.3 How to Update Your Motherboard BIOS ........................................................................ 43

1

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Package Contents

This motherboard package contains the following items. If you discover any damaged or missing
items, please contact your retailer.

1 - TS-AAP12 Motherboard
2 - CD-ROM
3 - One FDD cable, one IDE cable
4 - Users Manual

1.2 Specifications and Features

• •

• CPU

• •

- Support Intel Pentium II 233MHz~450MHz

- Support Intel Pentium III 450MHz~533MHz

• •

• Chipset

• •

- VIA 693/596A AGPset(100MHZ Ultra DMA 33)

- VIA 693A/596B AGPset (133MHZ Ultra DMA 66)

• •

• DRAM Memory

• •

- Support Synchronous DRAM

- 3pcs of 168-pin DIMM module sockets on board

- 8~768 MB memory size

- 8/16/32/64/128/256MB SDRAM DIMM

- Support ECC

• •

• I/O BUS Slot

• •

- 1 AGP slot

- 5 Master / Slave PCI-BUS slots (PCI 2.1 compliant)

- 2 ISA BUS slots (one PCI/ISA shared)

• •

• I/O Functions

• •

- Support PIO Mode 3,4 ATAPI devices and Ultra DMA/33

- Support 2 high speed UART 16550 COM Ports

- Support EPP/ECP LPT Port

INTRODUCTION

- Support 1.44/2.88 MB floppy drive

- Support PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard

- Support IrDA port

- Support 2 Universal Serial Bus Ports

- Support Creative® SB-LInk

•

Award BIOS

- Support Plug-and-Play, PC98

- Support ACPI, DMI, Green Feature

•

Wake Up Features

- PS/2 mouse and keyboard Wake Up

- Support Wake-on-LAN function

- Remote Ring Wake Up

•

PCB Dimensions

TM

2

- ATX form factor, 4-layer PCB, 20.4cm x 30.5cm (8inch x 12inch)

3

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 Transcend TS-AAP12 Motherboard

* T:PS/2 Mouse
**B:PS/2 Keyboard

* T:USB1
**B:USB2

**B:COMB

*T:Parallel
Port

**B:COMA

AGP Port

Multi I/O Chip

ATX Power

Connector

Slot 1

3 DIMM

Sockets

CPU

Freq.-Ratio

DIP Switch

VIA

693/693A

Chipset

2 IDE

Connectors

FDD

Connector

66/100MHz

5 PCI Slots

BIOS

Li Battery

2 ISA Slots

*T:Top

**B:Bottom

Wake-on-LAN

VIA

596A/596B

Chipset

Panel

Connector

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

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2.2 Layout of Transcend TS-AAP12 Motherboard

KB MOUSE

PS/2

T:Mouse

B:Keyboard

USB

USB

T:Port 1
B:Port 2

COMB

Printer

Parallel Port

COMA

POWER-FAN

Connector

ATX Power

Slot 1

69

CPU-FAN

CPU Freq.-Ratio

VIA

/693A

ipset

4

DIP Switch

SW1

JP5

KB-AWK

IrDA

Li Battery

Multi-I/O

&
Keyboard
Controller

2Mbit Flash

(BIOS)

DIMM1 (64/72bit 168pin SDRAM Module)

66/100MHz

AG

end

P

JP1

Wake-on-LAN

WOL

SB_Link

VIA

Trans

PCI Slot1 (PCI1

PCI Slot2 (PCI2

PCI Slot3 (PCI3

DIMM3 (64/72bit 168pin SDRAM Module)

DIMM2 (64/72bit 168pin SDRAM Module)

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ID

E1
ID

596A/596B

PCI Slot4 (PCI4

Chipset

PCI Slot5 (PCI5

Hardware

ISA Slot1 (I

A1)

Monitor

CASE-FAN

JP4

CMOS-CLR

ISA Slot2 (I

A2)

Panel Connector

O

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HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.3 CPU Installation

•UNIVERSAL RETENTION MODULE (URM) INSTALLION

UNIVERASAL RETENTI

LOCK

OPEN

ON MODULE

EAR

2. Insert the BOARDLOCK BODY into the MAIN
BODY. Then turn the BOARDLOCK BODY clock­wise until it can be turned no more (there is a stop­per device on the MAIN BODY). Then the
BOARDLOCK BODR is secured on the MAIN
BODY.

3. Push the BOARDLOCK PINs all the way down.
The PINs automatically turn to an angle and lock
inside the BOARDLOCK BODYs. Then pull the PIN
back up to the stopper in order for the
BOARDLOCK BODY to be easily inserted into the
PC BOARD. For the ease in installation,
BOARDLOCK BODYs should be inserted into the
UNIVERSAL RETENTION MODULE before it is
installed onto the PC BOARD. Then you only need
to push the BOARDLOCK PINs all the way down
and the MODULE would be set up tightly on the
PC BOARD.

1. Before installing the UNIVERASAL RETENTION
MODULE, pull the supporting EARs 90o outward
until you hear a Click and both EARs sit upright
in the notches of the main body.

RDLOCK BODY

BOA

BOARDLOCK BODY

CPU

CPU

MAIN BODY

4. When the UNIVERSAL RETENTION MODULE is
installed on the PC BOARD, move the SLIDER
to the LOCK position to lock in the CPU. To re­move the CPU, push the SLIDER down to the
OPEN position to unlock it.

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BOARD

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

•The Intel Processor Type

Intel Celeron Intel Celeron

Intel Celeron

Intel Celeron Intel Celeron

Processor Processor Processor Processor Processor Processor

Processor Processor Processor

Processor Processor Processor Processor Processor Processor

(S.E.E.P) (S.E.C.C) (S.E.C.C.2) (S.E.E.P) (S.E.C.C) (S.E.C.C.2)

(S.E.E.P) (S.E.C.C) (S.E.C.C.2)

(S.E.E.P) (S.E.C.C) (S.E.C.C.2) (S.E.E.P) (S.E.C.C) (S.E.C.C.2)

Intel Processor II Intel Processor IIIIntel Processor II Intel Processor III

Intel Processor II Intel Processor III

Intel Processor II Intel Processor IIIIntel Processor II Intel Processor III

6

A-(the retention mechanism)

B-(the Processor Latches)

Note: The retention mechanism must support your specific Processor

Some retention mechanism may not support all processor. Contact your

motherboard manufacture or refer to your motherboard documentation

if you have any question

IF the Intel Pentium II Processor is S.E.C.C package only. push the

Processor latches [B] In completely to install.

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HARDWARE INSTALLATION

•The Intel Processor Installion

Setp1:

Slide the Processor into the URM Assembly and
insert it in Slot1,while making sure that the heat
sink assembly is facing towards the chipset, as
shown in the figure .press down firmly on the cpu
until it is fully seated in the Slot1 connector

Important : The Slot1 connector is directionally keyed
and the processor will not go in unless it is properly
oriented. Do Not apply excessive force when installing
the cpu

Step2: Lock the cpu in the URM
Lock the Processor into the URM by pushing the
top-right and left latches in the outward position
as shown in the illusration

Step3: How to Remove the Processor
(A) unlock the cpu by pushing the top-right and left latches
inward

(B) Push both slides on the URM right and left branches
downward

(C) remove the Processor by pulling it upward while holding
the two slides in the down position

A B C

HARDWARE INSTALLATION 8

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2.4 66/100MHz System Configuration

The jumper 1 (JP1) allows you to set FSB (Front Side Bus) to be 66 or 100MHz configuration.
When you set FSB to 66MHz, you can select the system bus frequency from 66MHz to 83.3MHz
through CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI) of Chipset Features Setup in BIOS (Please refer to page

26). When you set FSB to 100MHz, you can select the system bus frequency from 100MHz to
150MHz through CPU Host/PCI Clock (CPU/PCI) of Chipset Features Setup in BIOS (Please
refer to page 26).

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TS-AAP12 66/100MHz

1
1

1

SB Configuration Jumper

JP1

66/100MHz

66MHz

100MHz

2.5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Setting

The switch 1 (SW1) is designated for adjusting the CPU internal frequency ratio. The frequency
ratio is defined as the table shown below. The internal frequency can be calculated by the follow­ing formula:

CPU internal frequency = frequency ratio x system bus frequency *

* System bus frequency is set in CPU Host /PCI Clock (CPU/PCI) of Chipset Features Setup
in BIOS (Please refer to page 28).

NOTE: Because Intel has locked the frequency ratio for new CPUs, setting SW1 to ad-

just the frequency ratio is useless. Howerer, it is effective for old version CPUs.

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HARDWARE INSTALLATION

CPU Internal

Frequency

233/350MHz

266/400MHz

300/450MHz

333/500MHz

366/550MHz

400/600MHz

433/650MHz

466/700MHz

500/750MHz

533/800MHz

O: ON
X: OFF

JP1

66/100MHz

66/100MHz

66/100MHz

66/100MHz

66/100MHz

66/100MHz

66/100MHz

66/100MHz

66/100MHz

66/100MHz

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TS-AAP12 CPU Freq.

SW1

Freq.-Ratio

x 3.5

x 4.0

x 4.5

x 5.0

x 5.5

x 6.0

x 6.5

x 7.0

x 7.5

x 8.0

1

O

X

X

X

X

O

O

O

O

X

2

X

O

O

X

X

O

O

X

X

O

SW1

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

-Ratio DIP Switch Setting

3

X

O

X

O

X

O

X

O

X

O

4

O

O

O

O

O

X

X

X

X

X

: 233/350MHz

: 266/400MHz

: 300/450MHz

: 333/500MHz

: 366/550MHz

: 400/600MHz

: 433/650MHz

: 466/700MHz

: 500/750MHz

: 533/800MHz

HARDWARE INSTALLATION 10

2.6 Memory Configuration

This motherboard must be installed with DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module). The DIMMs must
be 3.3 Volt synchronous DRAM modules. It also supports ECC (Error Checking and Correcting).

IMPORTANT: Memory speed setup is required through Auto Configuration in BIOS

Chipset Features Setup.

Install memory in any combination as follows:

DIMM Location

DIMM1
DIMM2
DIMM3

Total Memory

168-pin DIMM
SDRAM 8,16, 32, 64,128, 256MBytes
SDRAM 8,16, 32, 64,128, 256MBytes
SDRAM 8,16, 32, 64,128, 256MBytes
768MBytes (max.)

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3.3V Position

Unbuffered Position

168Pin SDRAM Module (DIMM1)

168Pin SDRAM Module (DIMM2)

168Pin SDRAM Module (DIMM3)

TS-AAP12 168Pin DIMM Sockets

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2.7 Keyboard Wake Up (3-pin KB-AWK)

This function disables or enables you to use the keyboard to power up the system. Set this
jumper to Enable if you wish to use your keyboard to power up your computer.

JP5

1

KB-AWK

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TS-AAP12 Ke

1

1

board Wake Up

Disable

Enable

2.8 Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-pin IDE)

This mainboard supports two 40-pin IDE connectors marked as IDE1(primary IDE channel) and
IDE2 (secondary IDE channel). Each channel supports two IDE devices that make total of four
devices. In order to work together, two devices on each channel must be set differently to master
and slave mode, either one can be hard disk or CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode
depends on the jumper on your IDE devices. Please refer to their manual accordingly. Connect
your first IDE hard disk to master mode of the primary channel.

Transcend

TS-AAP12 ID

Note: Orient the red

stripe to Pin1

IDE2

IDE2

IDE2IDE2

PIN1

IDE1

IDE1

IDE1IDE1

PIN1

Connectors

Secondary IDE Connector

Primary IDE Connector

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2.9 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-pin FDC)

This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single
end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives.

Note: Orient the red

stripe to Pin1

Floppy Drive Connector

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TS-AAP12 Floppy Dis

k Drive Connector

FDC

PIN1

2.10 Fan Power Connectors

There are three fan power connectors on the mainboard: CPU-FAN, POWER-FAN, and CASE­FAN. Each connector provides +12V power. Make sure it is in the right orientation, or it may
cause damages. These connectors support cooling fans of 500 mA (6W) or less.

POW

R-FAN

FAN

GND

Transcend

CASE-FAN

TS-APP12 Power C

nnectors

CPU-FAN

+12V
Rotation

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2.11 Wake-on-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL)

This connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake-on-LAN output. The system can be powered
up when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the LAN card.

NOTE:This function requires that the Wake-on-LAN Power Up Control is set to En-

abled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA +5V standby

power.

Transcend

WOL

+5 Volt Standby
Ground

PME

TS-AAP12 Wake-o

-LAN Connector

2.12 IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector (5-pin IrDA)

The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module. With this module and
application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer files
to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA and printers.

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TS-AAP12 IrDA

+5V

Connector

IrDA

15

IRTX

NC

IRRX

GND

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2.13 Panel Connectors

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TS-AAP12 Pan

l Connectors

Power LED Lead (3-pin KEYLOCK)

This 3-pin connector attaches to the power LED.

Pin1 : +5V
Pin2 : NC

Pin3 : GND

S_LED

HDD_LED

RESET

SOFT_OFF

SUS

11

+++

1

++

POWER LED

KEY LOCK

SPEAKER

1020

Keylock Lead (2-pin KEYLOCK)

Use the keylock to enable or disable the keyboard.
Pin4 : KEYLOCK

Pin5 : GND

Speaker Lead (4-pin SPEAKER)

This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker.

Pin7 : +5V
Pin8 : GND

Pin9 : NC
Pin10 : SPK

Suspend Mode LED Lead (2-pin S_LED)

The S_LED will light when the suspend mode works.

Pin11 : +5V
Pin12 : GND

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Harddisk LED Lead (2-pin HDD_LED)

This 2-pin connector connects to LED of harddisk. The LED lights when a HDD is active.

Pin13 : +5V
Pin14 : GND

Suspend Switch Lead (2-pin SUS)

This allows the user to manually place the system into the suspend mode or Green mode where
system activities will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain
components when the system is not in use.
Pin15 & Pin16

Reset Switch Lead (2-pin RESET)

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer
without having to turn off your power switch.

Pin17 & Pin18

Software Power-Off Lead (2-pin SOFT_OFF)

Attach the SOFT_OFF Switch of the panel to this connector.

Pin19 & Pin20

2.14 Power Connector (20-pin PWR-CONN)

Make sure to plug the ATX power supply connector to the right direction. The pin definition is
shown below. Make sure that your ATX power supply can support at least 720mA on the standby
lead.

PWR-CONN

+3.3V

-12.0V

Ground

PSON#

Ground

Ground

Ground

-5.0V

+5.0V

+5.0V

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+3.3V

+3.3V

+5.0V

+12.0V

+5.0V Standby

PSON# : Power Supply on

+5.0V

Ground

Ground

Power Good

Ground

TS-AAP12 Po

er Connectors

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2.15 External Connectors

There are 5 kinds of external connectors on the motherboard.

1. PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin MOUSE)
The onboard PS/2 mouse connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked MOUSE
The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing.

2. PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pin KB)
The onboard PS/2 keyboard connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked KB. The
view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing.

3. Universal Serial BUS USB Ports 1 & 2 (Two 4-pin USBs)
You can attach USB devices to the USB connector. The motherboard contains two USB
connectors, which are marked as USB.

4. Parallel Port Connector (25-pin PRN)
The onboard printer connector is a 25-pin D-type connector marked PRN. The view
angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing.

5. Serial Port Connectors (Two 9-pin COMA/COMB)
The onboard serial connectors are 9-pin D-type connectors on the back panel of
motherboard. The serial port1 connector is marked asCOMA and the serial port2
connector is marked as COMB.

1. PS/2 Mouse

3. USB1

3. USB2

2. PS/2 Keyboard

4.

. Parallel Port (Printer)

5.

OMB 5. COMA

TS-AAP12 Ext

rnal Connectors

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2.16 Clear CMOS Jumper (3-pin JP4)

To clear the CMOS data, you should turn off your computer power and short the pin1 and pin2
of JP4.

1

JP4

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TS-AAP12 Clear C

1

1

OS Jumper

CMOS_CLR

Default

2.17 SB-Link Connector

SB-Link connector is used only for Creative® PCI sound cards. If your sound card supports this
function, attach the SB-Link cable to this connector.

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PCPCIGNTN

DGND
PCPCIREQN
SEPIRQDGND

TS-AAP12 SB-Lin

k Connector

BIOS SETUP 18

CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP

3.1 BIOS Setup

Award BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configu­ration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM. So it can retain the Setup information when the
power is turned off. When the battery of CMOS fails, it will cause the data lost. When it happens,
you should set up your configuration parameters again after replacing the battery.

3.2 The Main Menu

As you turn on or reboot the system, the BIOS is immediately activated. It will read the system
configuration information, and check the system through Power On Self Test (POST). During the
POST process, press the [Del] key, and you can enter the Award BIOS configuration system.
The following screen will appear.

In the Award BIOS system, you can use the arrows (
and press the [Enter] key to enter the sub-menu. The following keys help you navigate in Setup.
[Esc] Main Menu: Quit and not save changes into CMOS RAM

Other pages: Exit current page and return to Main Menu
[PgUp] Increase the numeric value or make changes
[PgDn] Decrease the numeric value or make changes
[ + ] Increase the numeric value or make changes
[ - ] Decrease the numeric value or make changes

) to highlight the item,

19 BIOS SETUP

[F1] General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu
[F2] Change color from total 16 colors

[F2] to select color forward

[Shift + F2] to select color backward
[F3] Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu
[F5] Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu
[F6] Load the default CMOS RAM value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page

Setup Menu
[F7] Load the default
[F10] Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

The Following is a brief summary of each setup category.

• STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Options in the original PC AT-compatible BIOS

• BIOS FEATURES SETUP

Award enhanced BIOS options

• CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

Available options specific to your system Chipset

• POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

Advanced Power Management (APM) options

• PnP/PCI CONFIGURATION

Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options

• LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

BIOS defaults are factory settings for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations.

• LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

Setup defaults are factory settings for optimal-performance system operations.

• INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

I/O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripherals controller in your system

BIOS SETUP 20

• SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD

Change, set, or disable a password. In some BIOS versions that allow separate user and
supervisor passwords, only the supervisor password permits access to Setup. The user pass­word generally allows only power-on access.

• IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters.

• SAVE & EXIT SETUP

Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup.

• EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Abandon all changes and exit Setup.

3.3 Standard CMOS Setup

• Date (mm:dd:yy) / Time (hh:mm:ss)

Highlight the items and use PageUp/PageDown to change the value of Date/Time.

• Primary Master / Primary Slave / Secondary Master / Secondary Slave

This mainboard can support four IDE devices. We recommend that you select type AUTO
for all drives. The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating
mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS
detects its specifications during POST while the system boots. If you do not want to select
drive type AUTO, other methods of selecting the drive type are also available.

21 BIOS SETUP

1. Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with the preprogrammed values

for drive type 1 through 45.

2. Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field.

3. Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION function in Main Menu.
Here are the brief explanation of drive specifications.

* TYPE : The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types. Each defined drive type

has a specified number of cylinders, number of heads, write precompensation factor,
landing zone, and number of sectors. Drives whose specifications do not accommo­date any pre-defined type are classified as type USER.

* SIZE : Disk drive capacity (approximately). Note that this size is usually slightly greater

than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program.
* CYLS : Number of cylinders
* HEAD : Number of heads
* PRECOMP : Write precompensation cylinder
* LANDZ : Landing zone
* SECTOR : Number of sectors
* MODE : AUTO, NORMAL, LARGE, or LBA

- AUTO : The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.

- NORMAL : Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sectors supported are 1024,
16, and 63 respectively.

- LARGE : For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders.

- LBA (Logical Block Addressing) : During drive access, the IDE controller transforms
the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical
block address. This will significantly improve data transfer rates for drives with
greater than 1024 cylinders.

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Drive A / Drive B

Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) installed in the computer.

- None : No diskette drive installed

- 360K, 5.25 in : 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity

- 1.2M, 5.25 in : 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity

- 720K, 3.5 in : 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte capacity

- 1.44M, 3.5 in : 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 megabyte capacity

- 2.88M, 3.5 in : 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 2.88 megabyte capacity

•

Video

Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer. The BIOS usually detects the
correct video type automatically. The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem, but do
not select it in this Setup.

- EGA/VGA : Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For EGA, VGA, SEGA,
SVGA or PGA monitor adapters.

- CGA 40 : Color Graphics Adapter, powers up in 40-column mode

- CGA 80 : Color Graphics Adapter, powers up in 80-column mode

- MONO : Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution monochrome adapters

•

Halt On

During the Power On Self Test (POST), the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware
error. You can set the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot-up
process. The followings are the selections.

- No Errors : POST does not stop for any error.

- All Errors : If the BIOS detects any non-fatal error, POST stops and prompts you to take
corrective action.

- All, But Keyboard : If the BIOS detects any non-fatal error except keyboard, POST stops
and prompts you to take corrective action.

- All, But Diskette : If the BIOS detects any non-fatal error except floppy disk drive, POST
stops and prompts you to take corrective action.

- All, But Disk / Key : If the BIOS detects any non-fatal error except floppy disk drive or
keyboard, POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action.

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3.4 BIOS Features Setup

This BIOS FEATURES SETUP option allows you to improve your system performance and set
up system features according to your preference.

•

Virus Warning

When the function is enabled, you will receive a warning message if a program (specifically,
a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive. You
should then run an anti-virus program. Keep in mind that this feature protects the boot sector
only, not the entire hard drive.

NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger

the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that

you first disable the virus warning.

• CPU Internal Cache / External Cache

Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system
memory). CPUs from 486-type or up contain internal cache memory. 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. The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external
cache memory.

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• CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

Select Enabled to make sure the data accuracy.

• Quick Power On Self Test

Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the Power On Self Test (POST).
A quick POST skips certain steps. We recommend that you normally disable quick POST.
Its better to find a problem during POST than to lose data during your work.

• Boot Sequence

The original IBM PCs load the DOS operating system from drive A (floppy disk). So, IBM PC­compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system first on drive A, and then
on drive C (hard disk). However, the BIOS now offers 11 different boot sequence options. In
addition to the traditional drives A and C, options include IDE hard drives D, E, and F; plus a
SCSI hard drive, a LS/ZIP drive and a CD-ROM drive.

• Swap Floppy Drive

This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting Enabled assigns
physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B.

• Boot Up Floppy Seek

While enabled, the BIOS will seek drive A once.

• Boot Up NumLock Status

Toggle between On and Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots.
When toggled On, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor
operations.

• Gate A20 Option

Choose Fast (default) or Normal. Fast allows RAM access above 1MB to use the fast
gate A20 line.

•

Typematic Rate Setting

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When this function is disabled, the following two items (Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay)
are irrelevant. Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your
system. When this function is enabled, you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay

•

Typematic Rate (Chars / Sec)

When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic rate (the rate at which
character repeats) when you hold down a key of 6, 8, 10,12, 15, 20, 24 or 30 characters per
second.

•

Typematic Delay (Msec)

When the typematic delay setting is enabled, you can select a typematic delay (the delay
before key strokes begin to repeat) of 250, 500, 750 or 1000 milliseconds.

•

Security Option

If you have set a password, select whether the password is required while the system boots,
or only when you enter Setup.

•

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

This function is used to prevent conflict when a MPEG card or some capture cards use the
same palette address. Enable this to make the cards work normally.

•

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of RAM
on your system.

•

HDD S.M.A.R.T capability

S.M.A.R.T. ( Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting )
If your hard disk supports this function, select Enabled.

•

Report No FDD For WIN95

Select Yes to report when there is no floppy disk drive under win95 operating system.

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•

Video BIOS Shadow

Software that resides in a read-only memory (ROM) chip on a device is called firmware. The
Award BIOS permits shadowing of firmware such as the system BIOS, video BIOS, and
similar operating instructions that come with some expansion peripherals, such as a SCSI
adapter. Shadowing copies firmware from ROM into system RAM, where the CPU can read
it through the 64-bit DRAM bus. Firmware not shadowed must be read by the system through
the 8-bit or 16-bit X-bus. Shadowing improves the performance of the system BIOS and
similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals, but it also reduces the amount of high
memory (640KB to 1MB) available for loading device drivers, etc. Enable shadowing into

each section of memory separately. Many system designers hardwire shadowing of the sys­tem BIOS and eliminate a System BIOS Shadow option. Video BIOS shadows into memory
area C0000-C7FFF. The remaining areas shown on the BIOS Features Setup screen may
be occupied by other expansion card firmware. If an expansion peripheral in your system
contains ROM-based firmware, you need to know the address range the ROM occupies to
shadow it into the correct area of RAM.

3.5 Chipset Features Setup

This option will change the values of the chipset registers and the system setting will alter. Do
not change any values if you are not familiar with the chipset.

• Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5, DRAM Timing

The DRAM timing of Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5, in this field is set by the system board
.

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manufacturer, depending on whether the board has fast paged DRAMs or EDO
(extended data output) DRAMs.
The Choice: Normal, Medium, Fast, Turbo, FP/EDO 60ns, FP/EDO 70ns

• DRAM Clock

Host CLK is Default , Can choose 66MHz

• Memory Hole

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

Enabled : Memory hole supported. Disabled: Memory hole not supported.

• Read Around Write

DRAM optimization feature: If a memory read is addressed to a location whose latest

write is being held in a buffer before being written to memory, the read is satisfied
through the buffer contents, and the read is not sent to the DRAM
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

• Concurrent PCI/Host

When disable, CPU bus will be occupied during the entire PCI operation period.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled
.

• System BIOS Cacheable

Select Enabled allows caching of the System BIOS Cacheable, resulting in better system
performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

• Video RAM Cacheable

Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM , resulting in better system performance.

• AGP Aperture Size (MB)

Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion

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of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host
cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. See
www.agpforum.org for AGP information.

• AGP-2X Mode

Select Enabled can support AGP-2X mode.

•

CPU Host/PCI Clock (CPU/PCI)

This function allows you to set FSB frequency of the CPU and the speed of PCI bus. When
JP2 is set to 66MHz, then default FSB is 66MHz, and there are several options under
100MHz available. When JP2 is set to 100MHz, then default FSB is 100MHz, and there
are also several options above 100MHz available for you to choose.

•

CPU Warning Temperature

Enable this item to protect the CPU from overheating.

•

Current CPU Temperature

This item shows the CPU Temperature.

•

Current Power FAN Speed

This item will show the fan speed of power by RPM.

•

Current CPU FAN Speed

This item will show the fan speed of CPU by RPM.

•

Current CASE FAN Speed

This item will show the fan speed of case by RPM.

•

VCORE

This item will show the CPU working Voltage

•

VTT

This item will show the GTL Bus Voltage.

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3.6 Power Management Setup

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

•

ACPI function

This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management
(ACPI).
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

• Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to
the following modes.
There are three selections for Power Management. Three of which have fixed mode settings.

1. Min. Power Saving : Minimum power management mode. Inactivity peroid is
definded as below.

Doze Mode = 1 hr. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min.

2. Max. Power Saving : Maximum power management mode. Inactivity period is defined
as below.

Doze Mode = 1 min. Suspend Mode = 1 min . HDD Power Down = 1 min..

3. User Defined : Allow you to set each mode individually. Select time-out period for each

mode shown above.

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• PM Control by APM

••

When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the
Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock.
If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be preset to No.

•

Video Off After

Select the power-saving modes during which the monitor goes blank.
Doze : Monitor remains on during Doze modes.
Suspend : Monitor blanked when system enters Suspend mode.
N/A : It is default. When system enters power-saving mode, it does not do the video off
action.

•

Video Off Method

Determine the manner in which the montor is blanked.

-V/H SYNC+BLANK : System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization and ports
and 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 Associatoin (VESA). Use the software supplied for your
video subsystem to select video power management values.

- Blank Screen : System only writes blanks to the video buffer.

•

Modem Use IRQ

You can select one of the following interrupt resources for modem use: 3.4.5.7.9.10.11.
There are three Green PC power saving functions. They are user-configurable only
during User Defined Power Management mode.

• Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

When set to Instant-off, the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power off button.

When set to Delay 4 seconds, you need to hold the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds

if you want to power off system.

• HDD Power Down

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity(1 to 15 minutes), the hard disk

drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active

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• Doze Mode

After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), the CPU clock runs at

slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.

• Suspend Mode

After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), all devices except the CPU
shut off.

PM events

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

• VGA

When set to On (default), any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which

has been powered down.

• LPT & COM

When set to On (default), any event occurring at a COM(serial)/LPT (printer) port will awaken

a system which has been powered down.

• HDD & FDD

When set to On (default), any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken a

system which has been powered down.

• DMA/Master

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

down.

• LAN Wake Up

This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by sending a wake up

frame or signal.

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• Ring Wake Up

This allows either setting of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer when the

modem receives a call and the computer is in the soft-off mode.

NOTE: This feature requires the network interface and an ATX power supply with

at least 720mA +5 V standby power.

• Time Wake Up

This item can power on your computer at the time you selected.

• Primary INTR

This item can set IRQ for device

IRQ[3-15], NMI

To enable or disable the detection of IRQ 3 -15 or NMI interrupt events

Primary IDE 0
Primary IDE 1
Secondary IDE0
Secondary IDE1
Floppy Disk
Serial Port
Parallel port

for powering down state transition.
These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy,
serial and parallel port activities for powering down state transition.
Actually it detects the read/write to/from I/O ports.

3.7 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI (Personal Computer Interconnect)
is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed that 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 can make some changes.

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• PNP OS Installed

This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system to configure the PCI bus
slots instead of using the BIOS. Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is
selected. When a non-PnP OS is installed in order to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings,

select the default setting of No.

• Resource Controlled by

The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play
(PnP) compatible devices. If you select Auto, all the interrupt request (IRQ) and DMA as­signment fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them.

The choice: Auto and Manual.

• Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System
Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup, if you have installed a new add-on and
the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating

system cannot boot.

• IRQ-n Assigned to

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

- Legacy ISA Devices, requiring a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port1), compli­ ant with the original PC AT bus specification.

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- PCI/ISA PnP devices, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture, compliant with the
Plug and Play standard. AT bus specification,

- PCI/ISA PnP devices, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture, compliant with the
Plug and Play standard.

• DMA n Assigned to

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system DMA channel as one of the

following types, depending on the type of device using the DMA.- Legacy ISA Devices, re-

quiring a specific DMA channel, compliant with the original PC

• CPU to PCI Write Buffer

When Enabled, up to four Dword of data can be written to the PCI bus without interrupting
the CPU . When disabled, a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be
completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to the data.

• PCI Dynamic Bursting

When Enabled, every write transaction goes to the write buffer. Burstable transactions then
burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions

• PCI Master 0 WS Write

When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states.

• PCI Delay Transaction

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

• PCI #2 Access #1 Retry

This item allows you enable/disable the PCI #2 Access #1 Retry.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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•· AGP Master 1 WS Write

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

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

• AGP Master 1 WS Read

This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus. By default, two-wait states
are used by the system, allowing for greater stability.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

• PCI IRQ Activated by

This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes the IRQ service is Being requested
by a device . Under all circumstances, you should retain the default configuration unless
advised otherwise by your systems manufacturer
The choice : Level(default) and Edge

• Assign IRQ For VGA

Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the VGA on your system
. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system.

3.8 Integrated Peripherals

This option will load the default BIOS values. Choose the option and the following message
appears.

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• On Chip IDE Channel 0/1

••

Select Enabled to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select Disabled to
deactivate an interface, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

••

• IDE Prefetch Mode

••

The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching, for faster drive accesses.
If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled
if the interface does not support prefetching.

• •

• IDE HDD Block Mode

• •

The item means HDD access uses over one cycle method for improving HDD performance.

If the HDD supports this function, choose Enabled.

• Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

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.

••

• Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

••

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

••

• Init Display First

••

This item allows you to decide to activate PCI Slot or AGP first.

• •

• Power On Function

• •

1 - Button only : Power on only by pushing button on the case (Default).
2 - Keyboard 98 : You can power on system by pushing Power-On key of keyboard 98.
3 - Password : Power on only if you key in correct password.

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4 - Hot KEY : You can choose either of followings as hot key to power on the system.

A.[ CTRL] + [F1] ~[ CTR]L +[ F12] B. Mouse [Left] C. Mouse [Right]

• •

• KBC Input Clock

• •

1 - 6MHz 2 - 8MHz 3 - 12MHzà Default 4 - 16MHz
Set the frequency for the keyboard controller input clock.

••

• Onboard FDC Controller

••

You can use this function to enable or disable Onboard FDC controller

••

• Onboard Serial Port 1

••

Select an address and the corresponding interrupt for each of the first and second serial
ports
The Choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.

••

• Onboard Serial Port 2

••

The second serial port shares resources (address and IRQ) with IrDA.

••

• UART Mode Select

••

Normal : Normal operation
IrDA : IrDA compliant serial infrared port
ASKIR : Amplitude shift keyed infrared port

••

• Onboard Parallel Port

••

Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel (printer) port.
The choice: 378H/IRQ7, 278H/IRQ5, 3BCH/IRQ7, Disabled.

••

• Parallel Port Mode

••

This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The setting Normal,
allows normal-speed operation but in one direction only; EPP allows bidirectional parallel
port operation at maximum speed; ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional
mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate; ECP+EPP allows normal
speed operation in a two-way mode.

• •

• ECP Mode Use DMA

• •

This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP+EPP in the Parallel Port Mode.
Select either DMA Channel 1, 3, or Disable.

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• •

• EPP Mode Select

• •

There are two versions of 1.7 and 1.9 available for EPP Mode. While setting version, check
if the device connected to the parallel port needs the specified version or not. If not, its
recommended to select the version of 1.9.

••

• OnChip USB

••

Select Enabled if you have a USB keyboard or any device.

3.9 Supervisor Password

This option will set the password to prevent others from making changes to your system.

Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts
for the correct password before you boot or access to Setup

To set a password:

1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters.
When you type the characters, they appear as asterisks on the password screen box.

2. After typing the password, press [Enter] key.

3. At the next prompt, re-type your password and press [Enter] key again to confirm the new
password. After the password entry, the screen automatically reverts to the main screen.

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To disable the password, press [Enter] key when prompted to enter the password. The screen
displays a message confirming that the password has been disabled.

3.10 User Password

This option will set the password to prevent others from making changes to your system when
accessed by POWER ON. This operation is same as SUPERVISOR PASSWORD.

3.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection

Use the BIOS utility to detect the HDD type automatically. Press Y to accept, N to reject, and
ESC to the next detection.

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3.12 Save & Exit Setup

Save the setting and exit the BIOS utility.

3.13 Exit Without Saving

Abort the current change and exit the BIOS utility.

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3.14 Load BIOS Defaults

NOTE: 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.

3.15 Load Setup Defaults

This option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields. These
default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system.

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4.1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version

Please turn on PC first, the screen will display as follows :

AAP1A-V10

TRANSCEND MODULAR BIOS : AAP1A-V10

You can see a description shows at the third line.

AAP1A - V10

BIOS Version 1.0 (V11 for Ve
( You can upgrade to newer
than this version.)

BIOS File Name
(Make sure the first 5 charac

version, if you want to upgrad

4.2 Download Correct BIOS File from Web

Please enter Transcend Internet web : http://www.transcendusa.com.
Choose BIOS upgrade environment.
The BIOS file name consists of 5 characters. Check the exact BIOS to download. Your BIOS file
name must absolutely match the one shown on our web. Then download the suitable version to

your disk.

Warning:

Your system could be damaged, if a w
accidently used. If you are not sure wh
choose, please contact us at techsuppor

BIOS UPDATE

4.3 How to Update Your Motherboard BIOS

Please follow these 5 steps listed below to update your BIOS.
Step 1: Make a record of your original or existing BIOS Setup parameters.

- Press [Del] during the Power On Self Test to enter BIOS Setup Program when you
start your system.

- Write down the value of each parameter in order to re-configure your system after
BIOS updating.

Step 2: Make a System Disk

- Put a clean 3.5" disk in Drive A
MS-DOS : Key in FORMAT A:/S and press [Enter].
Windows O/S : Select the icon of [My Computer]

Click [3.5" Floppy (A:)]

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Select [File/Format] from Command Bar
Under Format 3.5 Floppy (A:) Menu select

Format type = Full item and
Other Options = Copy system files

Click [Start] button

Step 3: Download the updated BIOS EXE file from the web site to a floppy disk.

(Ref 4.1 and 4.2)
Step 4: Execute the download file to decompress it.
Step 5: Please read the file of Readme.TXT carefully, and follow the instructions step by step.
Then you can finish the BIOS update.

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IRQ[3-7, 9-15], NMI

Primary IDE 0
Primary IDE 1
Secondary IDE0
Secondary IDE1
Floppy Disk
Serial Port
Parallel port

To enable or disable the detection of IRQ 3-7, IRQ 9-15 or NMI inter­rupt events for powering down state transition.
These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy,
serial and parallel port activities for powering down state transition.
Actually it detects the read/write to/from I/O ports.

3.7 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI (Personal Computer Interconnect)
is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed that 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 can make some changes.

• PNP OS Installed

This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system to configure the PCI bus
slots instead of using the BIOS. Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is
selected. When a non-PnP OS is installed in order to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings,

select the default setting of No.

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• Resource Controlled by

The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play
(PnP) compatible devices. If you select Auto, all the interrupt request (IRQ) and DMA as­signment fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them.

The choice: Auto and Manual.

• Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System
Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup, if you have installed a new add-on and
the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating

system cannot boot.

• IRQ-n Assigned to

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

- Legacy ISA Devices, requiring a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port1), compli­ant with the original PC AT bus specification.

- PCI/ISA PnP devices, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture, compliant with

the Plug and Play standard.

• DMA n Assigned to

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

- Legacy ISA Devices, requiring a specific DMA channel, compliant with the original PC

AT bus specification,

- PCI/ISA PnP devices, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture, compliant with

the Plug and Play standard.

• PCI 1,2,3,4 Use IRQ No.

These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot. The default setting for each
field is Auto, which uses auto-routing to determine IRQ used. The other options are manual

settings of NA, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 15 for each slot.

• Used MEM Base Addr

This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses
any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range. If you have more than
one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range, you can increase
the block size to either 8K, 16K, 32K or 64K.

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3.8 Integrated Peripherals

This option will load the default BIOS values. Choose the option and the following message
appears.

• •

• IDE HDD Block Mode

• •

The item means HDD access uses over one cycle method for improving HDD performance.

If the HDD supports this function, choose Enabled.

• IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

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.

• •

• IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave Ultra DMA

• •

Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive can support and the

operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus

master driver). If your hard disk drive and your system software can both support Ultra DMA/

33, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

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• •

• On Chip IDE Primary / Secondary PCI IDE

• •

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface which supports two IDE channels. Select Enabled

to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate an interface,

if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.

• •

• USB Keyboard Support

• •

Select Enabled if you have a USB keyboard.

• Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to activate PCI Slot or AGP first.

• •

• POWER ON Function

• •

1 - Button only : Power on only by pushing button on the case (Default).
2 - Keyboard 98 : You can power on system by pushing Power-On key of keyboard 98.
3 - Password : Power on only if you key in correct password.
4 - Hot KEY : You can choose either of followings as hot key to power on the system.

A. CTRL + F1 ~ CTRL + F10
B. Mouse Left

C. Mouse Right

• •

• KBC Input Clock

• •

1 - 6MHz
2 - 8MHz
3 - 12MHzà Default
4 - 16MHz

Set the frequency for the keyboard controller input clock.

• •

• Onboard FDC Controller

• •

You can use this function to enable or disable Onboard FDC controller.

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• •

• Onboard Serial Port 1

• •

Select an address and the corresponding interrupt for each of the first and second serial
ports.
The Choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.

• •

• Onboard Serial Port 2

• •

The second serial port shares resources (address and IRQ) with IrDA.

• •

• UART Mode Select

• •

Normal : Normal operation
IrDA : IrDA compliant serial infrared port
ASKIR : Amplitude shift keyed infrared port

• •

• Onboard Parallel Port

• •

Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel (printer) port.
The choice: 378H/IRQ7, 278H/IRQ5, 3BCH/IRQ7, Disabled.

• •

• Parallel Port Mode

• •

This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The setting Normal,
allows normal-speed operation but in one direction only; EPP allows bidirectional parallel
port operation at maximum speed; ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional
mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate; ECP+EPP allows normal
speed operation in a two-way mode.

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3.9 Supervisor Password

This option will set the password to prevent others from making changes to your system.

Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts
for the correct password before you boot or access to Setup

To set a password:

1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters.
When you type the characters, they appear as asterisks on the password screen box.

2. After typing the password, press [Enter] key.

3. At the next prompt, re-type your password and press [Enter] key again to confirm the new
password. After the password entry, the screen automatically reverts to the main screen.

To disable the password, press [Enter] key when prompted to enter the password. The screen
displays a message confirming that the password has been disabled.

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3.10 User Password

This option will set the password to prevent others from making changes to your system when
accessed by POWER ON. This operation is same as SUPERVISOR PASSWORD.

3.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection

Use the BIOS utility to detect the HDD type automatically. Press Y to accept, N to reject, and
ESC to the next detection.

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3.12 Save & Exit Setup

Save the setting and exit the BIOS utility.

3.13 Exit Without Saving

Abort the current change and exit the BIOS utility.

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3.14 Load BIOS Defaults

NOTE: 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.

3.15 Load Setup Defaults

This option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields. These
default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system.

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4.1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version

Please turn on PC first, the screen will display as follows :

TRANSCEND MODULAR BIOS : ABX1A-V10

You can see a description shows at the third line.

ABX1A - V10

BIOS Version 1.0 (V11
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BIOS File Name
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version, if you want to

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4.2 Download Correct BIOS File from Web

Please enter Transcend Internet web : http://www.transcendusa.com.
Choose BIOS upgrade environment.
The BIOS file name consists of 5 characters. Check the exact BIOS to download. Your BIOS file
name must absolutely match the one shown on our web. Then download the suitable version to

your disk.

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tact us at [e-mail]

4.3 How to Update Your Motherboard BIOS

Please follow these 5 steps listed below to update your BIOS.
Step 1: Make a record of your original or existing BIOS Setup parameters.

- Press [Del] during the Power On Self Test to enter BIOS Setup Program when you
start your system.

- Write down the value of each parameter in order to re-configure your system after
BIOS updating.

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Step 2: Make a System Disk

- Put a clean 3.5" disk in Drive A
MS-DOS : Key in FORMAT A:/S and press [Enter].
Windows O/S : Select the icon of [My Computer]

Click [3.5" Floppy (A:)]
Select [File/Format] from Command Bar
Under Format 3.5 Floppy (A:) Menu select

Format type = Full item and
Other Options = Copy system files

Click [Start] button

Step 3: Download the updated BIOS EXE file from the web site to a floppy disk.

(Ref 4.1 and 4.2)
Step 4: Execute the download file to decompress it.
Step 5: Please read the file of Readme.TXT carefully, and follow the instructions step by step.
Then you can finish the BIOS update.