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1. t Disk Key keyboard or disk error but stops for all errors 4 3 7 Memory You cannot change any values in the Memory fields they are only for your information The fields show the total installed random access memory RAM and amounts allocated to base memory extended memory and other high memory RAM is counted in kilobytes KB approximately one thousand bytes and megabytes MB approximately one million bytes RAM is the computer s working memory where the computer stores programs and data currently being used so they are accessible to the CPU Modern personal computers may contain up to 64MB 128MB or more Base Memory Typically 640 KB Also called conventional memory The DOS operating system and conventional applications use this area Extended Memory 37 Above the 1 MB boundary Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1 MB but current PCs and their software can use extended memory Other Memory Between 640 KB and 1 MB often called High memory DOS may load terminate and stay resident TSR programs such as device drivers in this area to free as much conventional memory as possible for applications Lines in your CONFIG SYS file that start with LOADHIGH load programs into high memory Total memory System total memory is the sum of base memory extended memory and other memory 4 4 BIOS Features Setup Menu This screen Figure 3 contains industry s2. 4 8 7 Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal unless your hardware and software require one of the other modes offered in this field Standard parallel port mode Default Bi directional mode Fast buffered 50 ECP EPP Bi directional and buffered 4 8 8 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port 4 8 9 USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard 4 9 IDE HDD Auto Detection BIOS setup will display all possible modes that supported by the HDD including NORMAL LBA amp LARGE If HDD does not support LBA modes no LBA option will be shown If no of cylinders is less than or equal to 1024 no LARGE option will be show Users can select a mode which is appropriate for them 4 10 Password Setting When you select this function a message appears at the center of the screen ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory Now the message changes CONFIRM PASSWARD Again type the password and press Enter To abort the process at any time press Esc 51 In the Security Option item in the BIOS Features Setup screen select System or Setup System Enter a password each time the system boots and whenever you enter Setup Setup Enter a password whenever yo
3. Captive Nut Step 3 l Push the SEC Cartridge s two Press Down locks shown as right inward yi and insert the CPU SEC Push Push Cartridge to Retention Inward Inward Mechanism Press the top of CPU gently but firmly until it is fully inserted Finally make sure the SEC Cartridge has been installed Properly then connect the CPU Heatsink Fan cable to the onboard CPU Fan header J13 WARNING The Pentium II CPU Cartridge may be easily overheated and damaged in case of without a fan also the motherboard will be damaged Besides the insufficient airflow will cause the same situation 16 3 INSTALLATION Step 4 Setting CPU speed jumper block JP2 Processor core System bus 7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2 speed speed 7 2 233MHz 66 66MHz Close Open Close Open 4 266MHz 66 66MHz Close Close Open Close 9 2 300MHz 66 66MHz Close Open Open Close 3 833MHz 66 66MHz Close Close Open Open 3 300MHz 100MHz Close Close Close Open 7 2 350MHz 100MHz Close Open Close Open 4 400MHz 100MHz Close Close Open Close 9 2 450MHz 100MHz Close Open Open Close 17 3 INSTALLATION 3 3 System Memory DRAM 3 3 1 DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module The QS440BX features three 168 pin DIMM sockets each supporting 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB and 128 MB of SDRAM EDO Memory can be installed in one two or all three sockets Memory size and speed can vary between sockets Also variable memory
4. Chassis Fan 12V which may be mounted inside your case to GND mn cool down your system components If your chassis have a Chassis Fan this header will support it Key Lock Power LED Header LED A A NA This header combine Key Lock and Power LED4 gt U LED The Power LED is as same as the Power s LED connector found in the Front Panel lia i Connectors You can lock your system by Key Lock ee using a Key Lock on your case supports it rane CPU Fan ee Your Pentium II Cartridge may have an attached heatsink and Fan this connector is for the CPU Fan 29 X 3 INSTALLATION Ready To Turn On Power e Check Again 1 Is the CPU Cartridge installed exactly and firmly into Retention Mechanism Sec 3 2 2 Are all the DRAM modules installed properly Sec 3 3 K Did you insert expansion card VGA Sound etc CA ION already Sec 3 4 4 Are you sure that all the connectors described in Sec 3 5 have been connected to their variable devices Sec 3 5 e Yes I have checked and assured the above steps Now get ready to turn on your device using the following steps Mount your motherboard to the chassis frame and close the case cover 2 Switch off all power Connect the power supply cord into inlet of the system CAUTION Se 4 Connect the power supply cord into an outlet of power supply D Connect Monitor signal cable to system VGA port and the monitor power cord to power outlet D Now turn
5. For those individuals requiring more specific information please refer to the more detailed descriptions located within the latter chapters of this manual Note You must keep your power cable unplugged until the following installation steps are completed Getting Start Touch a grounded metal surface to release static electricity stored in your body before unpacking your motherboard For details please refer to Precaution section in Chapter 3 A Release Static Electricity Insert CPU amp RAM Install All Expansion Slots Couple Connectors Of HDD FDD Install the CPU by correctly aligning the CPU with the Slot 1 as noted in the motherboard diagram Once aligned press down on the CPU gently but firmly Next install either the 3 3 volt unbuffered EDO or SDRAM into the 168 pin DIMMs See Sec 3 2 amp Sec 3 3 After completing the above steps install any expansion cards into the appropriate PCI ISA or AGP slots and screw them tight to the chassis See Sec 3 4 Plug in all cables included in the package except for the power cord Please see Sec 3 5 Please recheck all steps to ensure no mistakes have been made and then plug in the power cord and turn on the power to enter the BIOS setup Chapter 4 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION How To Use This Manual Check Your Device Items 2 FEATURES Photo Of The Motherboard Features Of The Motherboard 3 INSTALLATION Motherboard Layout am
6. Secondary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Ooo oo o U D Parallel Port 4 7 PCI Configuration Setup Menu Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy Legacy 4 7 1 PNP OS Installed PCI IDE IRQ Map To PCI AUTO Primary IDE INT a gt A Secondary IDE INT E ESC Quit Fl Help F5 Old Values Shift F2 F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 6 The default setting is No when a non PNP OS installed or to prevent reassigning of interrupt setting for some of non PNP cards installed Select Yes if the OS is PNP aware e g Windows 95 47 4 7 2 Resources Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assign them 4 7 3 Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Date 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 4 7 4 IRQ 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 compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requi
7. button Prolonged system inactivity using the BIOS inactivity timer feature see Section 4 5 The 2 pin header supports a front panel sleep resume switch which must be a momentary SPST type that is normally open Power Switch J26 2 pin GROUND This connector supports the ATX case mounted Glais Power Switch which in turn supports System Suspend function When the BIOS sets the RR Power Button function to Suspend the system Power Switch 126 can be set to the suspended mode once you push the power switch for no longer then 4 seconds If the power switch is pushed down for over 4 seconds the system will be totally Power Off When the BIOS setting sets the Delay 4 second to On Off then Power Switch function work as regular power switch 25 3 INSTALLATION 3 5 6 Back Panel Connectors Parallel aaa we e Serial 2 PS 2 USB Serial 1 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports Mouse The motherboard offers 1 PS 2 Keyboard and 1 PS 2 Mouse port Keyboard Universal Serial Bus USB Ports gamas USB2 The motherboard has two USB connectors USB devices provide a more convenient operating environment and improve data transferring capacity True Plug amp Play han USB 1 this new bus technology will support over 127 different peripherals through a Hub 26 3 INSTALLATION Parallel Port The QS440BX includes a parallel port EPP ECP compatible The parallel Parallel Port port is cap
8. faster than conventional DRAM system memory Pentium II CPU has Level and Level 2 build in cache These fields allow you to Enabled Default or Disabled to turn on or turn off the memory cache ability 4 4 3 Boot Sequence The original IBM PCs loaded the DOS operating system from drive A floppy disk so IBM PC compatible 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 10 different boot sequences options of three drive each In addition to the traditional drives A and C options include IDE hard drives D E and F plus a SCSI hard drive and a CD ROM drive 39 4 4 4 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 4 4 5 Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720 KN lt 1 2MB and 1 44MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time 4 4 6 Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or 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 4 4 7 Typematic Rate Setting When D
9. of 6 items empty 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB in DIMM3 Then repeat again in DIMM2 DIMM1 to go through your own path A total of 216 combinations ensure you can insert your DIMM modules any way you prefer WARNING Do not use an extra TTL chip to convert the memory module from asymmetric to symmetric in DIMM 19 3 INSTALLATION 3 4 Expansion Slots This motherboard contains 8 expansion slots onboard Two 16 bit ISA Bus five 32 bit Icy PCI 2 EAE awe PCI expansion slots and one 32 bit AGP slot as shown above One PCI and one ISA are shared to accommodate either an ISA or a PCI expansion cards but not both at the same time All five PCI expansion slots accept PCI us master cards and are fully supported by the PC I 2 1 specification The Accelerated Graphics Port AGP or A G P is a high performance interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications and is based on a set of performance extensions or enhancements to the PCI bus AGP interface specification Rev 1 0 compliant To install expansion cards please read the expansion card s documentation for instructions and cautions Notice Some expansion cards require an IRQ to work and may cause a conflict There are total of 16 IRQs with some reserved for expansion cards In case of a conflict please contact the system manufacturer for technical support 20 3 INSTALLATION 3 5 Connectors Here in the motherboard contains IDE floppy
10. on monitor and system power After Power on The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The system will then do a power on tests item by item and additional messages will appear on screen If the screen blinks or the tests stops more than 30 seconds the system may have failed the power on test If so n please recheck the above steps or call your retailer for assistance If the power on test goes well hold down lt Delete gt button on the keyboard to enter BIOS Setup Next follow the instructions in the next chapter BIOS 30 SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP The QS440BX motherboard uses AWARD BIOS which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk based program The BIIOS has a built in Setup Program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery backed memory called CMMOS RAM that retains the information when the power is turned off The BIOS provides critical low level support for the system s central processing memory and I O subsystems The AWARD BIOS has been customized by adding important nonstandard features such as virus and password protection power management and detailed fine tuning of the chipset which controls the system The remainder of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring yo
11. 1 Hr If any item defined is enabled amp active STANDBY timer will be reloaded 4 6 6 Standby Mode After the selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour the fixed disk drive and the video shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed 45 4 6 7 Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour all devices except the CPU shut off 4 6 8 HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity 1 to 15 minutes the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active 4 6 9 VGA Active Monitor When Enabled any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode 4 6 10 Soft Off by PWR BTTN When this feature set to Delay 4 sec the system will become suspend once the Power Switch be pressed within 4 second and the system will Power Off once the Power Switch be pressed over 4 second If it set to Instant Off the system will unconditional Power Off once the Power Switch be pressed 4 6 11 Resume by Ring The system will be awaked by telephone ring if this feature set to Enable 4 6 12 IRQ8 Clock Event You can turn On or Off monitoring of IRQ8 the Real Time Clock so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode 4 6 13 Reload global Timer Events When Enabled an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global time for Standby mode 46 IRQ3 7 9 15 NMI Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0
12. Advanced Pentium II Motherboard User s Manual QS440BX USER S MANUAL Copyright 1998 GVC CORPORATION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED NOTICE Rights No part of this manual including but not limited to the products and software described in it may be reproduced transmitted transcribes stored in a retrieval system or translated in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of GVC Corporation or BCM Advanced Research Inc Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation purposes without intent to infringe Oo Intel MMX and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Oo IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Oo AWARD is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Oo Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Inc Responsibility This manual is provided As is with no warranties of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of this product s fitness for any particular purpose In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profits loss of business loss of data interruption of business or indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error i
13. Menu In the Standard CMOS Menu Figure 2 you can set the system clock and calendar record disk drive parameters and the video subsystem type and select the type of errors that stop the BIOS POST Date mm dd yy Sun May 12 19996 Time hh mm ss 10 10 00 HARD DISKS TYPE SI HEAD PRECOMP Primary Master Auto Primary Slave Auto Secondary Master Auto Secondary Slave Auto Drive A 1 44MB 3 5 in Base Memory Drive B None Extended Memory Other Memory EGA VGA All Errors Total Memory T4 e Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Change Color Figure 2 4 3 1 Date The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the 34 desired value into the field 4 3 2 Time The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field 4 3 3 Hard Disks The BIOS supports up to four IDE drives This section does not show information about other IDE devices such as a CD ROM drive or about other hard drive types such as SCSI drives NOTE We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives The BIOS can au
14. able of being disabled or remapped to either the secondary LPT address or the primary LPT address through BIOS if another parallel port is installed The parallel port contains 12mA source output drivers on the drive interface and incorporates Chip Protect circuitry for protection against damage due to printer s power being on Serial Port The motherboard has two serial ports The electrical characteristics are compliant with the EIA 232 D Serial Communications Specifications The serial ports may be remapped over other installable serial ports or disabled through the BIOS 27 3 INSTALLATION 3 5 7 Additional Connectors SB LINK Header s 4 PCPCIGNTN DGND PCPCIREQN SERIRQ To support the legacy Sound Blaster compatible Audio to the PCI bus KEYDGND gt KR R 189 L Ss WOL Wake On LAN This header is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a network GND WOL requires a PCI add in network 12V interface card NIC with remote GND m lt wakeup capabilities The remote wakeup header on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN header For Wake on LAN the 5 V standby line for the power supply must be capable of delivering SV 5 at 720mA 1 2 SB LINK oo Header foto DIG 28 3 INSTALLATION vee i Power LED CPU FAN as Key Lock Chassis Fan Headers GND This header can supply power for
15. can be combined for a total memory of 8MB to 384MB with variable combination The BIOS will automatically detects memory type size and speed 3 3 2 Installation Procedure Step1 Pin 1 of the DIMM must match pin 1 of the DIMM socket Step2 Insert the DIMM module into J the DIMM socket at a 90 degree angle If pin 1 of the DIMM module does not line up with pin 1 of the socket the DIMM module will not DIMM Socket DIMM Module insert correctly into the socket Step 3 After inserting the DIMM module completely into the socket push up on the at LUIT lnm S u T mn I SSS H i A le socket latches securing the DIMM into place Be careful not to misfit the DIMM Module into DIMM sockets in wrong direction This module can be inserted into DIMM socket only one way Please note the A for pin 1 location To release the memory module push both latches down and carefully rock the module forward and backward while slowly lifting it upward 18 3 3 3 DIMM Combination Each DIMM socket can be inserted with 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB DIMM or empty The total combinations are 6 6 6 216 selections You can refer to following figure to select one way to insert your DIMM for example Select ie Trop sme Mio 32MB 64MB 128MB SS Empiy MB 1648 32MB same 128MB DIMM 3 64MB Select DIMM 2 16MB DIMM 1 128MB gt Total 64 16 128 208 MB To select 1 out
16. ct a ribbon cable to this port you must orient the cable connector so that the PIN 1 edge of the cable is at the PIN 1 end of the onboard port 3 5 4 Power Input Connector J15 20 pin block connect it 1 2 20 This connector supports a standard ATX power supply When connecting make sure the lock key matches the hook attached on a power supply cable The power cord should be unplugged when you WARNING Make that the ATX Power Supply can take at least 10 mA load on the 5 Volt Standby lead SVSB You may experience difficulty in powering on your system without this 22 3 5 5 Front Panel connectors J20 J26 Front Panel includes headers for the following seven I O connectors Speaker Reset Switch Power LED Hard drive activity LED Infrared IrDA port Sleep Switch Power Switch Please refer to the following figure Front Panel connectors S f ay hf Speaker Reset PwrLED HD LED IrDA Sleep Pwr J20 J21 J22 J23 J24 J25 J26 Speaker Connector or Onboard Buzzer J20 4 pin SpkrDat It is used to drive a chassis mounted speaker Buzzer Speaker Sel This header can select between the chassis tf ee ee speaker and internal buzzer by installing a cap LLL Lm over pinl amp 2 When the chassis mounted speaker 4 is needed the jumper should be removed Speaker J20 Ground Reset Switch Connector J21 2 pin Reset wami Li This c
17. d instructions H CHECK ITEMS M Retention Mechanism M 1 IDE ribbon cable M 1 floppy ribbon cable d D D Check Your Device Items The standard package should contain following items marked with a v If you find any these items missing or damaged Please contact your retailer M The QS440BX motherboard 1 CD ROM Diskette with system Hardware Monitor and PIIX4 Bus Master Driver inside or 1 Floppy Diskette with only PITX4 bus Master Driver Infrared IrDA module with ribbon cable optional Pentium II Retention Mechanism optional 2 FEATURES Photo Of The Motherboard 2 FEATURES Features Of The Motherboard Ji The QS440BX motherboard integrates the Pentium Fa II microprocessor memory I O and AGP j Accelerated Graphics Port and is designed to fit into a standard ATX form factor chassis Page 12 illustrates the Layout for the QS440BX motherboard Below lists the key features provided by this motherboard Processor Cache 6 Single slot 1 for Pentium II processor L Supports Pentium II processor speeds 233 450MHz 6 512KB second level cache integrated into the Single Edge Pentium II Contact cartridge Chipset e 82440BX AGP PCI ISA Chipset System Memory 6 Three 168 pin DIMM sockets L Minimum 8MB up to maximum 384 MB of unbuffered SDRAM or EDO RAM 6 ECC Error Checking amp Correction or non ECC memory support Graphics Support e Supports AGP Accelerated Graphics Po
18. egree of power saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes See the section PM Timers for a brief description of each mode This table describes each power management mode Disable Global Power Management will be disabled Max Saving Maximum power savings Only Available for SL CPUs Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode User Define Set each mode individually Select time out periods in the PM Timers 44 section following Min Saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode except the hard drive 4 6 2 PM Control by APM If Advanced Power Management APM is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings 4 6 3 Video Off Method Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and SYNC Blank writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association 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 4 6 4 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 4 6 5 Doze Mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering DOZE mode The range is from 1 min to
19. elds as determined by the system board manufacturer for the installed DRAM This value is access speed so a lower value means a faster system 4 5 3 DRAM ECC Parity Select Select Parity ECC or Disabled depending on the type of DRAM installed in your system Also you need install Pentium II CPU cartridge with ECC support for ECC function properly once you installed 36 bit SIMM 4 5 4 System BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOh FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result 42 4 5 5 Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at FOOOOh FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result 4 5 6 8 Bit I O Recovery Time The recovery time is the length of time measured in CPU clocks which the system will delay after the completion of an input output request This delay takes place because the CPU is operating so much faster than the input output bus that the CPU must be delayed to allow for the completion of the I O This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit I O Choices are from NA 1 to 8 CPU clocks 4 5 7 16 Bit I O Recovery Time This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16 bit I O Choices are from NA 1 to 4 CPU clocks 4 5 8 Memory Hole At 15M 16M In
20. elect color backward Calendar only for Status Page Setup Menu lt F5 gt Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the Setup default Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 4 1 2 Getting Help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc or the F1 key again 4 1 3 In Case of Problems If after making and saving system changes with Setup you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default configuration You can invoke this override by immediately pressing Insert when you restart your computer You can restart by either using the ON OFF switch the RESET button or by pressing Ctrl Alt Delete 32 The best advice is to alter only settings that you thoroughly understand In particular do not change settings in the Chipset screen without a good reason BCM Advanced Research Inc or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability has carefully chosen the Chipset defaults Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become unstable 4 2 Main Setup Menu When you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility a Main Menu Figure 1 appears on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several Setup functions and two
21. erals such as for example a SCSI adapter Shadowing copy firmware from ROM into system RAM where the CPU can read it through the 16 bit or 32 bit DRAM bus Firmware not shadowed must be read by the system through the 8 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 1 MB 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 CO000 C7FFF gt 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 4 5 Chipset Features Setup Menu 41 TLE 94 PU PD Shift F2 C faults Figure 4 4 5 1 Auto Configuration Auto Configuration selects predetermined optimal values of chipset parameters When Disabled chipset parameters revert to setup information stored in CMOS Many fields in this screen are not available when Auto Configuration is Enabled 4 5 2 DRAM Speed Selection The value in this field must correspond to the speed of the DRAM installed in your system DO NOT change the default setting of this fi
22. exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu A brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen P UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISO POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION AVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING T l gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Figure Following is a brief summary of each Setup category Options in the original PC Al compatible BIOS Award enhanced BIOS options Fe Options specific to your system chi Advanced Power Management AP Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration a options O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripherals controller in your system Change set or disable a password In BIOS versions that allow 33 Password Setting separate user and supervisor passwords only the supervisor password permits access to Setup The user password generally allows only power on access DE HDD Auto Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters Detection Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults are factory settings for optimal performance system operations Save amp Exit Setup Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Set Exit Without Save Abandon all changes and exit Setup 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup
23. isabled 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 Enabled you can select a typematic a rate and typematic delay 4 4 8 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 4 4 9 Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic delay the delay before keystrokes begin to repeat of 250 500 750 or 1000 milliseconds 4 4 10 Security Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the 40 System boots or only when you enter Setup 4 4 11 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards that are not standard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG cards may not show the correct colors the setting can correct this problem once you set it to Enable To default setting leave at Disabled 4 4 12 OS select for DRAM gt 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your system 4 4 13 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 periph
24. it requires two interrupt services The primary and secondary IDE INT fields default to values appropriate for two PCI IDE channels with the primary PCI IDE channel having a lower interrupt than the secondary 4 8 Integrated peripherals Menu Disabled Enabled 3F8 IRO4 ESC Quit 2F8 IRQ3 Help PU PD Standard F5 Old Values shift F2 7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 7 4 8 1 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector ZAMS read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support 4 8 2 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 4 8 3 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 4 8 4 Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports 4 8 5 UART2 Mode Select the UART2 mode there are 2 option Standard or IrDA 4 8 6 Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port
25. n this manual or product We reserve the right to modify and update the user manual without prior notice COMPLIANCE amp CERTIFICATE ISO 9001 Certificate CE Declaration CE FCC Compliance Testad To Deh Wih OC itinink FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE This device was produced in our plant with advanced quality system certified by DNV QA Ltd in according to ISO 9001 This Certificate is valid for DESIGN amp MANUFACTURE OF MOTHER BOARDS AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS CE marking is a visible declaration by the manufacturer or his authorized representatives that the electrical equipment to which it relates satisfies all the provisions of the 1994 Regulations FCC stands for Federal Communications Commission This product complies with FCC Rules Part 15 and has been tested and complied with the EMI rules by a certified body In normal operation there shall be no harmful interference caused by this device nor shall this devise accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation of this product Microsoft Windows Compliance Designed for G Designed for Microsofta Windows NTe and Microsoft WindowsnT Windowsa95 Logo Windows 95 Microsoft Windows NT Windows and the Windows Logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation EASY INSTALLATION The following Easy Installation steps are for users accustomed to the assembly of a computer system
26. onnector supports the front panel case w mounted reset button It is advised that the reset Reset J21 switch be used for rebooting the system in order to extend the life of the system s power supply 23 3 INSTALLATION Power LED Sleep Message Waiting J22 3 pin ne This header can be connected to an LED that will ii ii I Iil niill mii light when the computer is powered on TETAAN nea LED Status Light Off Light On HDD LED Connector J23 4 pin The QS440BX supports one straight 4 pin LE header for connecting to front Panel Hard Disk T activity LED indicator HIHIH TH N UN HD LED J23 Infrared IrDA connector J24 6 pin IR Remote or Fast IR round The QS440BX offers an IrDA infrared header E P T that supports third party infrared modules The ital case must reserve space for the IR module if you mn a a w A f iov want to use the IrDA function This option RE I supports wireless transmission and reception of infrared data The module mounts in a small opening on the system case that supports this feature The efficient distance is 100cm and the transfer rate is 1 44M KB sec T 3 INSTALLATION Sleep Switch J25 2 pin When the APM Advanced Power Management D feature is enabled in the system BIOS and the GROUND operating system s APM driver is loaded the system can enter the sleep standby mode in WD 0 0001 mll one of the following ways E switch 6 Optional front panel sleep resume
27. or Page22 IDE connectors Page21 FDD connector Page22 Additional Connectors CPU Fan Page28 Chassis Fan Page28 Key Lock Page28 WOL Connector Page27 SB LINK Header Page27 12 3 INSTALLATION Precaution Before Start Static Electricity Damage Static electricity can easily damage your motherboard Observing a few basic precautions can help safeguard against damage that could result in expensive repairs Follow the simple measures below to protect your CAUTION i L equipment from static electricity damage 1 Keep the motherboard and other system components in their anti static packaging until you are ready to install them 2 Touch a grounded surface before you remove any system component from its protective anti static packaging Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti static mat The operator should be wearing an anti static wristband grounded at the same points as the anti static mat 3 After removing the motherboard from its original packaging only place it on a grounded anti static surface component side up Immediately inspect the board for damage Due to shifting during shipping it is suggested that the installer press down on the entire socket ICs to ensure they are properly seated Do this only with the board placed on a firm flat surface 4 During configuration and installation touch a grounded surface frequently to discharge any static electrical charge that may have built up in
28. 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 You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When that area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements 4 5 9 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 4 5 10 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 43 4 6 Power Management Setup Menu ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JB3A POWER AWARD SOFTWARE I Power Management Disable Reload Global Timer Events PM Control by APM Yes IRQ 3 7 Disabled Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank Video off After Suspend Secondary IDE 0 Doze Mode Di Secondary IDE 1 Standby Mode Floppy Disk Suspend Mode 1 Serial Port HDD Power Down S Parallel Port Disabled VGA Active Monitor PWR BTIN Resume by Ring Disabled Break Event From Suspend IRQ8 clock event Disabled Quit Noe Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults Figure 5 4 6 1 Power Management This option allows you to select the type or d
29. p Main Parts Significant Parts List Precaution Before Start 3 1 Slots And Connectors 3 2 CPU 3 3 System Memory DRAM 3 3 1 DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module 3 3 2 Installation Procedure 3 3 3 DIMM Combinations 3 4 Expansion Slots 3 5 Connectors 3 5 1 Primary IDE Connector 3 5 2 Secondary IDE Connector 3 5 3 Floppy Drive Connector Page7 Page7 Page8 Page9 Pagel1 Page12 Page13 Page14 Page15 Page18 Page20 Page21 CONTENTS 3 5 1 Power Input Connector 3 5 2 Front Panel Connectors 3 5 3 Back Panel Connectors 3 5 4 Additional Connectors Ready To Turn On Power 4 BIOS SETUP 4 1 How To Enter BIOS Setup 4 1 1 Setup Keys 4 1 2 Getting Help 4 1 3 In Case of Problems 4 2 Main Setup Menu 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu 4 4 BIOS Features Setup Menu 4 5 Chipset Features Setup Menu 4 6 Power Management Setup Menu 4 7 PCI Configuration Setup Menu 4 8 Integrated Peripherals Menu 4 9 IDE Auto Detection 4 10 Password Setting Page30 Page31 Page33 Page34 Page39 Page42 Page44 Page48 Page50 Page52 Page52 1 INTRODUCTION USER MANUAL How To Use This Manual This manual provides information necessary for Original Equipment Manufactures OEMs and home users to build a PC AT compatible system using the Pentium II AGP PCI motherboard Just follow the installation procedure presented on the EASY INSTALLATION Page and refer to the section number following each step if you require more detaile
30. power input front panel back panel and additional connectors 3 5 1 Primary IDE Connector J14 39 pin block 2 This connector supports two primary channel IDE devices via a ribbon cable When two IDE devices are installed using the primary IDE connector make sure that the second IDE device is set to slave mode as indicated in the device s manual WARNING When you connect a ribbon cable to these ports you must orient the cable connector so that the PIN 1 edge of the cable is 40 at the PIN 1 edge of the onboard connector 3 5 2 Secondary IDE Connector J18 39 pin block This connector supports two secondary channel IDE devices as well as the 120MB Floppy drives via a ribbon cable When two IDE devices are installed using the secondary IDE connector make sure that the second IDE device is adjusted to slave mode as instructed in the device s manual E Tta 7 WARNING When you connect a ribbon cable to these ports you must orient the cable connector so that the PIN 1 edge of the cable is at the PIN 1 edge of the onboard connector 21 3 INSTALLATION 3 5 3 Floppy Drive Connector J19 33 pin block 2 34 The FDC sub system can control three types of floppy drives 1 2 1 44 and 2 88MB or compatible tape drives The connection to the floppy drive is via a header J19 The floppy disk interface includes 48mA drivers and inputs on the drive interface WARNING When you conne
31. ring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture 4 7 5 DMA 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 interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific DMA channel PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture 4 7 6 PCIIRQ Activated by Leave the IRQ trigger set at Level unless the PCI device assigned to the interrupt specifies Edge triggered interrupts 48 4 7 7 PCIIDE IRQ Map To This field lets you select PCI IDE IRQ mapping or PC AT ISA interrupts If your system does not have one or two PCI IDE connectors on the system board select values according to the type of IDE interface s installed in your system PCI or ISA Standard ISA interrupts for IDE channels are IRQ14 for primary and IRQ15 for secondary 4 7 8 Primary Secondary IDE INT Each PCI peripheral connection is capable of activating up to four interrupts INT A INT B INT C and INT D By default a PCI connection s assigned INT3 A Assigning INT B has no meaning unless the peripheral device requires two interrupt services rather than just one Because the PCI IDE interface in the chipset has two channels
32. rt for increased performance of Graphic Displays special 3D operations in multimedia and higher speed to satisfy the users optical vision L AGP Interface supports data transfers at 66 MHz 1x or 133 MHz 2X with full side band signals PCI Bus Master IDE Controller L Integrated PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Chip with Ultra DMA33 capabilities Up to four IDE devices can be supported using the two onboard IDE connectors Also supported is PIO Modes 3 amp 4 Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup machines and CD ROMs Either the 5 25 inch or 3 5 inch 1 44MB or 2 88MB floppy drives can be used without requiring an external card Additionally Floppy 3 mode Japanese standard 3 5 inch disk drive 1 2MB and LS 120 floppy disk drives 3 5 inch disk drive 120MB 1 44MB 720K are also supported 2 FEATURES Features Of The Motherboard Integrated I O L Winbond 977 supporting two async serial ports with high speed 16C550 and 16 byte FIFO One Parallel port supporting EPP ECP and Bi directional modes PS 2 keyboard port and mouse port 6 Optional Infrared port module IrDA for wireless interface Hardware Monitoring 6 Optional Onboard LM78 LM75 chip to monitor variable voltages used in system CPU fan speed and temperature External Communication Ports L Universal Serial Bus USB integrated with Core Logic System BIOS L AWARD BIOS based on 1MB Flash ROM Enable IDE Auto configuring suppo
33. rt ISA Plug amp play PC 97 Multi Boot and PCI Add In card auto configuring 6 Also it supports DMI which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled component Green Features e Power Management APM 1 2 Meets EPA Mode 2 0 L Additionally with support for ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface feature your system will become more wise in management of power Additional features e Wake On LAN header 6 Smart soft power control 6 SB LINK header to support legacy Sound Blaster compatible Audio to the PCI bus Expansion Slots e Five PCI Two ISA bus slots one slot is shared and One AGP slot for your variable usage Mechanical 6 This motherboard complies with the ATX Form Factor specifications and is a four layers with dimensions of 7 5 x 12 0 10 3 INSTALLATION Motherboard Layout amp Main Parts 3 INSTALLATION Significant Parts List Front Panel Connectors Speaker Page23 Reset switch Page23 Power LED Page23 Hard drive activity LED Page24 Infrared IrDA port Page24 Sleep switch Page24 Power switch Page24 Back Panel Connectors PS 2 style keyboard and mouse connectors Page25 Two USB connectors Page25 Two serials ports Page26 One parallel port Page26 Expansion Slots Sockets DIMM Sockets Pagel8 SEC CPU Slot Pagel6 ISA Slots Page20 PCI Slots Page20 AGP Slot Page20 Power IDE FDD Connectors Power connect
34. tandard options additional to the core PC AT BIOS This section describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen Some fields may vary from those in your Setup program Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields 38 Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled External Cache Enabled CBFFF Shadow Disabled Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled 0 Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence Ch Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Di w Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek S D8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Numlock Status Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec Security Option Setup Assign IRQ For VGA Disabled SC Quit Noe Select Item Help PU PD Modify OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults Figure 3 4 4 1 Virus Warning When enabled you 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 only the boot sector 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 4 4 2 CPU Level 1 Level 2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much
35. that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders N LBA Logical Block Addressing During drive accesses the IDE controller Transforms the data address described by sector head and cylinder number into a physical block address significantly improving data transfer rates For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders 4 3 4 Drive A B type Select the correct oa for the diskette drive s installed in the computer None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in 4 3 5 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 you do not select it in Setup EGA VCA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode 36 CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters 4 3 6 Halt on During the power on self test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detect a hardware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process These are the selections 0 errors ny errors ors n fatal error POST stops and prompts you t Keyboard keyboard error but stops for all other t Diskette iskette drive errors but stops for all other
36. tomatically 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 every time the system boots If you do not want to select drive type AUTO other methods of selecting the drive type are available 1 Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive s with the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45 2 Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field 3 Use the IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION function in Setup Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications e 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 e Size Disk drive capacity approximate Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program e Cyls Number of cylinders e Head Number of herds 35 e Precomp Write precompensation cylinder e Landz Landing zone e Sector Number of sectors e Mode Auto Normal large or LBA N Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode N Normal Maximum number of cylinders heads and sectors supported are 1024 16 and 63 N Large For drives
37. u enter Setup NOTE To clear the password simply press Enter when asked to enter a password Then the password function is disabled 52
38. ur system using the BIOS Setup 4 1 How To Enter BIOS Setup The AWARD BIOS is immediately activated when you first turn on the computer The BIOS reads system configuration information in CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking the system and configuring it through the power on self test POST When these preliminaries are finished the BIOS seek an operation system on the data storage devices hard drive floppy drive etc The BIOS launches the operating system and hands over control of system operation to it To start Setup press the lt Del gt key during boot up before or while a message similar to this appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during POST Power On Self Test Press DEL if you want to enter SETUP If the above message disappears before you have responded and you still wish to enter Setup reboot the system to try again by pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys 31 Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP 4 1 1 Setup Keys These keys help you navigate in Setup Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Other Pages Exit current page and return to Main Menu Increase the numeric value or make changes lt F1 gt General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu lt F2 gt Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select Shift F2 color forward Shift F2 to s
39. y Connector 16 J20 Speaker 17 J21 Reset 18 J22 Power LED 19 J23 HDD LED 20 J24 IrDA Infrared Data Association 21 J25 Sleep 22 J26 Power Switch 23 J27 SB LINK Header 14 3 INSTALLATION 3 2 CPU Central Processing Unit This motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact SEC slot and a Bridges on the board for the Pentium II processor packaged in a SEC cartridge This cartridge includes the processor core second level cache thermal plate and black cover When mounted in Slot 1 the processor is secured by a retention mechanism attached to the motherboard Also this motherboard can be upgraded with Pentium II processors that run at higher speeds When upgrading the processor use the BIOS configuration mode to change the processor speed Pentium II Retention Mechanism Mount Bridges One pair installed on motherboard already In your Packaging one Pentium II Retention Mechanism is attached and one pair of Mount Bridges is installed on the motherboard 15 3 INSTALLATION Next follow the following steps to complete CPU Installation Step 1 SL pd Place the Pentium II Retention Retention Mechanism over Mechanism peas ef the CPU slot SEC slot on motherboard It is designed to fit only one way into CPU slot SEC Slot M ount Bridges Step 2 Fix the Pentium II Retention Mechanism to the motherboard by screwing the four captive nuts tight to Mounting Bridges
40. your body The best precaution is to wear a grounded wrist strap When handling the motherboard or an adapter card avoids touching its components Handle the motherboard and adapter cards either by the edges or by the adapter card case mounting bracket Misplaced Jumper Damage There are critical headers used for connectors or power sources These are clearly marked separately from the jumpers listed in Motherboard Layout Incorrectly setting jumpers and connectors may lead to damage to your CA ION motherboard Please pay special attention not to connect these headers in wrong directions 13 3 INSTALLATION 3 1 Slots And Connectors This motherboard requires no jumper setting for CPU speed All settings will be completed in BIOS In Chapter 4 you will be navigated to set the CPU speed in BIOS Features Setup Menu This motherboard will automatically configure a correct voltage for the CPU making voltage jumpers unnecessary In following pages the triangle A mark stands for pin 1 of connectors on m pN 1 Slots Connectors List 1 Jl Mouse Keyboard 2 J2 Serial Port COM 2 3 J3 Serial Port COM 1 4 J4 USB1 USB2 5 J5 Parallel Port 6 J6 J10 PCI Slots 7 Jil WOL Wake On LAN Connector 8 J12 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 9 J13 CPU Fan 10 J14 Primary IDE 11 J15 ATX Power Connector 12 J16 Chassis Fan 13 J17 Key Lock amp Power LED 14 Jig Secondary IDE 15 J19 Flopp
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