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Safety Information

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If battery is incorrectly replaced there poses a danger of explosion. Replace battery only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions.

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Chapter 1 Motherboard DescriptionChapter 1 Motherboard Description

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description

Features ............................................................................................................ 1-1

Motherboard Overview ..................................................................................... 1-3

Motherboard Connectors .................................................................................. 1-4

Power Supply Connector ......................................................................... 1-4

Front Panel Connectors............................................................................ 1-5

Rear Panel Connectors ............................................................................. 1-6

Board Expansion Connectors ................................................................... 1-9

FDD Connector........................................................................................ 1-9

Primary and Secondary E-IDE Connectors ............................................. 1-10

Chapter 2 Using the CMOS Setup ProgramChapter 2 Using the CMOS Setup Program

Chapter 2 Using the CMOS Setup Program

About the Setup Program ................................................................................. 2-1

Entering the Setup Program.............................................................................. 2-2

Exiting the Setup Program ................................................................................ 2-4

Setup Menu....................................................................................................... 2-5

Standard Setup Menu ............................................................................... 2-5

Advanced Setup Menu ............................................................................. 2-8

Chipset Setup Menu ................................................................................. 2-11

Power Control Setup Menu...................................................................... 2-12

PCI/PnP Setup Menu ............................................................................... 2-13

Peripheral Setup Menu ............................................................................. 2-15

Utility Menu ...................................................................................................... 2-17

Detect IDE ............................................................................................... 2-17

Color Set .................................................................................................. 2-18

CONTENTS

Security Menu................................................................................................... 2-18

Supervisor/User ........................................................................................ 2-18

Default Menu .................................................................................................... 2-22

Original ..................................................................................................... 2-23

Optimal ..................................................................................................... 2-23

Chapter 3 Installing and Removing Board OptionsChapter 3 Installing and Removing Board Options

Chapter 3 Installing and Removing Board Options

Before You Begin .............................................................................................. 3-1

Installing and Removing the Microprocessor ................................................... 3-2

Installing the Microprocessor .................................................................. 3-2

Setting the Processor Speed .................................................................... 3-5

Removing the Microprocessor ................................................................. 3-5

Installing and Removing Memory Modules ...................................................... 3-7

Installing a Memory Module .................................................................... 3-8

Removing a Memory Module ................................................................... 3-8

Changing DIP Switches and Jumper Settings .................................................. 3-9

Locations of the DIP Switches and Jumpers .......................................... 3-9

DIP Switch and Jumper Settings ............................................................. 3-10

The Things to do in Post-installation ................................................................ 3-11

Chapter 4 Audio Drivers and ApplicationsChapter 4 Audio Drivers and Applications

Chapter 4 Audio Drivers and Applications

Installing the Audio Drivers .............................................................................. 4-1

Installing and Using the Audio Applications...................................................... 4-6

Installing the Audio Applications .............................................................. 4-6

Using the Audio Applications ................................................................... 4-9

Chapter 5 Update on Installing Windows 95Chapter 5 Update on Installing Windows 95

Chapter 5 Update on Installing Windows 95

Installing the USB Driver .................................................................................. 5-2

Installing the ACPI Driver ................................................................................ 5-3

Installing the DirectX-5 Driver ......................................................................... 5-5

Installing the AGP VxD Driver ......................................................................... 5-6

Appendix A SpecificationsAppendix A Specifications

Appendix A Specifications

Form Factor...................................................................................................... A-1

Processor.......................................................................................................... A-1

Main Memory ................................................................................................... A-1

Apollo VP3 AGPset and PCI/IDE Interface ..................................................... A-2

I/O features....................................................................................................... A-2

Six usable expansion slots ............................................................................... A-3

Other features ................................................................................................... A-3

Manufacturing Options ..................................................................................... A-3

Power Supply ................................................................................................... A-3

Appendix Appendix

Appendix

Error and Information Messages Error and Information Messages

Error and Information Messages

BIOS Error Messages ....................................................................................... B-1

BIOS Beep Codes ............................................................................................. B-2

Appendix Appendix

Appendix

Motherboard Resources Motherboard Resources

Motherboard Resources

DMA Channels .................................................................................................. C-1

Interrupts .......................................................................................................... C-2

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Figure 1. Motherboard overview ...................................................................... 1-3

Figure 2. Motherboard connectors ................................................................... 1-4

Figure 3. Connecting the power supply ........................................................... 1-5

Figure 4. Front panel connectors ..................................................................... 1-5

Figure 5. Rear panel connectors ....................................................................... 1-6

Figure 6. Connecting the keyboard................................................................... 1-6

Figure 7. Connecting the mouse....................................................................... 1-7

Figure 8. Connecting the USB devices ............................................................. 1-7

Figure 9. Connecting the serial device .............................................................. 1-8

Figure 10. Connecting the parallel device ......................................................... 1-8

Figure 11. Connecting the audio devices .......................................................... 1-9

Figure 12. Opening the ZIF socket................................................................... 3-2

Figure 13. Alignin the microprocessor on the ZIF socket ............................... 3-3

Figure 14. Inserting the microprocessor in the ZIF scoket ............................. 3-3

Figure 15. Connecting the heatsink fan connector ........................................... 3-4

Figure 16. Removing the heatsink fan connector ............................................. 3-5

Figure 17. Removing the microprocessor from the ZIF socket ...................... 3-6

Figure 18. Installing a memory module ............................................................ 3-8

Figure 19. Removing a memory module .......................................................... 3-8

Figure 20. DIP switches and jumpers .............................................................. 3-9

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Motherboard Description

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The motherboard supports the following features:

Smallest PCB size in the ATX form factor

Intel Pentium P54C(S), Intel Pentium P55C-MMX, AMD K5/K6, or Cyrix 6x86/6x86MX

Three 168 pin DIMM sockets, support up to 384 MB of synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) memory and support unbuffered EDO DRAM

512 KB of synchronous Pipeline Burst SRAM external cache

Two built-in PCI bus Enhanced IDE hard disk drive controllers, each channel supports up to two hard disk drives or CD-ROM drives

VT82C597 Single chip north bridge (PCI/AGP/Memory controller)

VT82C586B PCI/ISA/IDE Xcelerator

IT8661F super I/O controller

CX4236B audio controller and CS9236 wavetable (Ready for CS4235 with 3D)

Three 32-bit PCI slots, one 16-bit ISA slot, and one shared PCI/ISA slot

One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot

Chapter 1

This chapter describes the major features of your motherboard.

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Motherboard Description

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Note

The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) is a high-performance interconnect for graphic-intensive applications, such as 3D applications. AGP is independent of the PCI bus and is intended for exclusive use with graphical-display devices.

System and video BIOS shadow RAM

Plug-and-Play (PnP) BIOS feature

A built-in PS/2 style keyboard connector and a built-in PS/2 compatible mouse connector

Two Universal Serial Bus (USB) interfaces

Two serial ports and one parallel port

One Joystick and three audio I/O interface port

The following are manufacturing options:

Wake up on LAN connector

System chassis intrusion

Management extension hardware

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Note

The motherboard has two USB ports; one USB peripheral can be connected to each port. For more than two USB devices, an external hub can be connected to either port. The motherboard fully supports the universal host controller interface (UHCI) and uses UHCI-compatible software drivers.

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Note

The Wake up on LAN header allows the computer to wake from sleep mode, or power on when a call is received on a network device, such as a LAN. The first incoming call powers up the computer. A second call must be made to access the computer.

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Motherboard Description

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Figure 1. Motherboard overview

ISA connectors

Back Panel I/O connectors

Microprocessor socket (socket 7)

CPU voltage jumper (J11)

CPU fan connector

Power supply connector

DIMM sockets

Speaker

Front panel connectors FDD connector

Battery

Wake up LAN

connector

VIA VT82C586B

CMOS clear jumper

DIP switches (SW1)

Main clock frequency jumper (J6)

Board type selection

jumper (J8 and J10)

Seconary E-IDE connector

VIA VT82C597 Aging jumper (J12)

Primary E-IDE connector

PCI connectors

IT8661F super

I/O controller

CX4236B audio controller (optional)

AGP connector

CD audio connector

IrDA connector

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Motherboard ConnectorsMotherboard Connectors

Motherboard Connectors

Figure 2. Motherboard connectors

Power Supply Connector

The power supply converts AC power from a wall outlet to the DC voltages required by motherboard and devices in your system. The power supply has a large motherboard connector and several internal device (hard disk, CD-ROM, and floppy disk drive, etc.) connectors.

The power supply should match the physical configuration of the chassis. Before attaching all components, make sure the proper voltage has been selected. Power supplies often can run on a wide range of voltages and must be set (usually via a switch) to the proper range.

ISA connectors

Back Panel I/O connectors

CPU fan connector

Power supply connector

Front panel connectors FDD connector

Wake up LAN

connector

Seconary E-IDE connector

Primary E-IDE connector

PCI connectors

AGP connector CD audio connector

IrDA connector

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Figure 3. Connecting the power supply

Front Panel Connectors

The motherboard has connectors for controls and indicators typically located on the front panel of the computer.

Figure 4. Front panel connectors

Power supply cable

Power supply

connector

You can connect the power supply cable to the power connector on the motherboard.

Power LED

Suspend/Resume

Reset (optional)

Power button

Speaker Key lock

HDD LED

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Rear Panel Connectors

Figure 5. Rear panel connectors

Keyboard Connector

Your system's PS/2 style keyboard plugs into the keyboard connector.

Figure 6. Connecting the keyboard

Keyboard connector

Mouse

USB ports Serial ports

MIDI/Game port

SPK jack

Line-in jack

MIC jack

Parallel port

Keyboard

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Mouse Connector

Your system's PS/2 compatible mouse plugs into the mouse connector.

Figure 7. Connecting the mouse

USB Connectors

You can connect any USB compliant devices to either of the USB connectors. USB devices include low-speed peripherals such as microphone, digital joystick, and speaker.

Figure 8. Connecting the USB devices

Mouse connector

USB connectors

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Motherboard Description

Serial Port (COM1, 2) Connectors

You can connect a serial device, such as an external modem and printer, to the serial port connectors.

Figure 9. Connecting the serial device

Parallel Port (LPT1) Connector

You can connect a parallel device, such as a printer, to the parallel port.

Figure 10. Connecting the parallel device

Parallel port connector

Clips

Serial port connectors

COM 1

COM 2

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Audio Connectors (Optional)

Your motherboard has three audio jacks (SPK, Line-in, and MIC) and one MIDI/ Game port connector. Your optional audio devices and MIDI/Game device are connected to these connectors, as shown below.

Figure 11. Connecting the audio devices

Board Expansion Connectors

There are three PCI slots, one ISA slot, and one shared slot (for a PCI or ISA card). The PCI bus supports up to four bus masters through the four PCI connectors.

FDD Connector

You can connect your diskette drive(s) to the diskette drive connector on the motherboard by using the diskette drive ribbon cable. The diskette drive ribbon cable has two connectors for diskette drives in general. After connecting the one end of the diskette drive ribbon cable to the motherboard, attach the connector(s) on the other end to the diskette drive(s).

Joystick

Audio device

Speaker

Microphone

MIDI keyboard

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Primary and Secondary E-IDE Connectors

Your motherboard has two built-in PCI E-IDE interfaces (primary and secondary). Each interface supports up to two IDE drives (master and slave). After connecting the one end of the IDE ribbon cable to the primary or secondary E-IDE connector on the motherboard, connect the connector(s) at the other end to your IDE drive(s) such as the hard disk drive or CD-ROM drive.

If you install two hard disks by using one IDE ribbon cable, you must configure the second drive to slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly. See the manual of your hard disk for the jumper settings.

You may configure two hard disk drives to be both masters by connecting one ribbon cable (one hard disk drive will be attached to it) to the primary E-IDE connector and another ribbon cable (the other hard disk drive will be attached to it) to the secondary IDE connector. When you install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on the other IDE drive, you can select the boot device through the Setup program.

The BIOS in the motherboard supports boot up from IDE CD-ROM drive, floptical drive, SCSI drive or network drive. So, you can select a CD-ROM drive or floptical drive as a boot device by setting the 1st/2nd /3rd Boot Device option to CD-ROM or Floptical in the Advanced Setup menu of the Setup program.

NOTE : The hard disk drive controller on the motherboard supports Ultra DMA/ 33, a DMA data transfer protocol for hard disk drives. This allows DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33MB/sec. Both the controller and the hard disk must be capable of supporting Ultra DMA/33 in order to enable this feature.

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Using the Setup Program

Using the CMOS Setup Program

About the Setup ProgramAbout the Setup Program

About the Setup Program

This chapter explains how to use the CMOS Setup program. You can use the Setup program to change the computer's configuration information and boot-up sequence, etc.

The Setup program is stored in the computer's read only memory (ROM), so you can run the program at any time when you turn on or reset your computer. You need not insert a diskette or access the hard disk.

The Setup program lets you verify or change the followings:

On the Setup menu, you can set up and modify some of the basic options of a system, such as time, date, diskette drives and hard disk drives.

On the Utilities menu, you can perform system functions.

On the Security menu, you can specify password that can be used to limit access to the system.

On the Default menu, you can select a group of settings for all CMOS Setup options.

The configuration you define through the Setup program is stored in a special area of memory called CMOS RAM. The battery on the main board backs up this memory, so the memory is not erased when you turn off or reset the computer. Whenever you reboot the computer, it checks the settings, and if it discovers a difference between the information in the CMOS RAM and its actual hardware configuration, it prompts you to run the Setup program.

Chapter 2

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Using the Setup Program

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Note

For reference purposes, you should write down the current Setup settings. When you make changes to the settings, update this record.

You may see a message such as the following:

CMOS Settings Wrong Press F1 to Resume

If this happens, just press F1 to run the Setup program and then correct the setting.

Entering the Setup ProgramEntering the Setup Program

Entering the Setup Program

To enter the Setup program, turn the computer on and press <Del> when you see the message:

"Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP."

As soon as you see this message, hit the DEL key. If you do not press DEL key quickly, the computer starts loading the operating system and you will not be able to run the Setup program. If this happens, reset the computer again.

When you enter the Setup program, you will see the Setup menu.

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Using the Setup Program

You can use your keyboard or mouse to select the options.

The mouse functions are click (change or select both global and current field) or double click (perform an operation in the selected field).

The following list provides an overview of function keys in the Setup program.

Setup Key

Tab Moves to the next window or field.

Description

←, →, ↑, or ↓

Move to the next field to the right, left, above, or below.

Enter

Selects the current field.

Increases a value.

Decreases a value.

Esc

Closes the current operation and return to previous level.

PgUp

Returns to the previous page.

PgDn Advances to the next page. Home

Returns to the beginning of the text.

End

Advances to the end of the text.

Alt-H

Accesses a help window. It describes the keys available in Setup.

Alt-Spacebar Exits System Setup

Alphabetic keys

A to Z are used in your keyboard.

Numeric keys

0 to 9 are used in either the numeric keys along the top of the keyboard or the numeric keypad.

The Setup program is composed of four windows that contain several icons. An information line at the bottom of the menu displays simple explanations for each option.

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Using the Setup Program

Exiting the Setup ProgramExiting the Setup Program

Exiting the Setup Program

To exit the Setup program, press Alt and Spacebar keys simultaneously. If you press these keys, you can see the following window.

To save the settings and exit, select Save changes and Exit. The system reboots with your new settings.

If you want to exit the Setup program without saving your settings, select Do not save changes and Exit. The system reboots with your original settings.

To return to the Setup menu to make corrections, select Continue.

If you saved your changes or quitted without saving the settings, the Setup program resets the system and the computer performs its power on diagnostic tests.

If your computer detects a problem in your Setup configuration, you may see an error message and a prompt to run the Setup program when it is rebooting. Follow the instructions on the screen to run the Setup program and correct the problem.

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Using the Setup Program

Standard Setup Menu

Standard Setup options are displayed by choosing the Standard icon from the BIOS Setup menu. All Standard Setup options are described below.

Setup MenuSetup Menu

Setup Menu

The Setup menu has 6 icons, each of which contains a submenu.

Pri Master/Pri Slave/Sec Master/Sec Slave

Choose these icons to configure the hard disk drive named in the option. When you click on an icon, the following parameters are listed: Type, LBA/Large Mode, Block Mode, 32Bit Mode, and PIO Mode.

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Type

You can choose the appropriate hard disk and CD-ROM drives type for yours.

Type : The number for a drive with certain identification parameters.

Cyl : The number of cylinders in the disk drive.

HD : The number of heads.

WP : The size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track diameter diminishes. Yet each sector must still hold 512 bytes. Write precompensation circuitry on the hard disk compensates for the physical difference in sector size by boosting the write current for sectors on inner tracks. This parameter is the track number where write precompensation begins.

Sec : The number of sectors per track. MFM drives have 17 sectors per track. RLL drives have 26 sectors per track. ESDI drives have 34 sectors per track. SCSI and IDE drives have more sectors per track.

Size (MB) : The formatted capacity of the drive. (Size = Number of heads × Number of cylinders × Number of sectors per track × 512 bytes per sector.)

User : If you are configuring a drive with drive parameters that do not match drive types, you can select the User in the Type field. You must then enter the drive parameters on the screen that appears.

AUTO : If the hard disk drive to be configured is an IDE drive, select the appropriate drive icon (Pri Master, Pri Slave, Sec Master, or Sec Slave). Select the IDE Detect icon to automatically detect all drive parameters.

BIOS automatically detects the IDE drive parameters (including ATAPI CD-ROM drives) and displays them. Click on the OK button to accept these parameters or you can set the parameters manually if you are absolutely certain that you know the correct IDE drive parameters.

CDROM : Select the appropriate drive icon (Pri Master, Pri Slave, Sec Master, or Sec Slave). Choose the Type parameter and select CDROM. You can boot the computer from a CD-ROM drive. You can also choose Auto and let BIOS will automatically set the correct drive parameters.

Floptical : If a floptical drive is connected to the IDE connector, select FLOPTICAL for the drive. You can boot the computer from the floptical drive.

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LBA/Large Mode

To use the IDE drives with capacities greater than 528 MB, set this option to On. The settings are On and Off.

Block Mode

To use the IDE drives that use Block transfer Mode, set this option to On. The settings are On and Off.

32Bit Mode

Set it to On to support IDE drives that permit 32-bit accesses. The settings are On and Off.

PIO Mode

This option selects the IDE Programmed I/O mode. PIO programming also works with ATAPI CD-ROM drives. The settings are Auto, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Choose Auto to allow BIOS to automatically find the PIO mode that the IDE drive being configured uses. If you select 0-5 you must make absolutely certain that you are selecting the PIO mode supported by the IDE drive being configured.

Date/Time

Select the Date/Time option to change the date or time. The current date and time are displayed. Enter new values through the displayed window.

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