6VA694T (VIA 82C694T Chipset, S-370) ATX Form
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1. The screen is not as long on your monitor You can use the arrow keys to scroll up and down the page IDE Channel Settings The following table explains IDE channel settings and what they mean Enables the use of the first primary IDE channel This will disable the use of the first primary IDE channel Onchip Enabled Enables the use of the secondary IDE channel Secondary i 7 PCI IDE Disabled This will disable the use of the secondary IDE channel The BIOS will assign a PIO mode to this device automatically when appropriate Select a PIO Mode here PIO mode 0 is slowest PIO mode 4 is xxx PIO fastest check your HDD to see what PIO mode it supports If your IDE device supports UDMA mode then it best to enable that mode since it is considerably faster than PIO mode Set to auto for auto detection The BIOS will automatically use Ultra DMA Mode if the IDE device supports it This will disable the use of Ultra DMA for this device IDE HDD Enabled Block mode allows faster transfer of data between the system Block Mode and the HDD Most modern HDDs support it 54 Disabled Block Mode is not used USB Setting Values Meaning USB Controller USB Keyboard Support Display Initialization Enabled This will allow use of a USB drive Disabled Enabled If you do not need a USB drive set this item to disabled This will allow use of a USB keyba2. eeeveenveeeeveneeeoeeee 12 2 4 CPU Installation TD 13 2 4 1 CPU and System Cooling 4 444444040000 16 2 5 CONNECLOFS sis fees sseds kate i sun sis dekaad eses sade kadi davai 17 2 5 1 Front Panel i iti sivsvs e tad v ves vidi kin su v sv nes v nine ao ako v vl s nes sees 17 2 5 2 Back Panel Connectors eeveeneeenneenveeneeenaeeone sav eena ee 19 2 5 3 ATX Power Supply Connector erenvenonvenoenosoononoonoene 24 2 5 4 AT Power Supply Connector eeevenooenosononoennoenos eoon 25 2 5 5 LR IrDA Connectors 66 505052 ssi vaein vaas s e ass ses isad Vino ire vi vets 26 2 5 6 Floppy Disk Connector veeeveeneeeneeoveenveeneeene asak 27 2 5 7 IDET and IDE2 5 2022 edene save VR ossa varia v vaesed vo vea 28 2 5 8 Internal Audio Connecoftrs neeeveeneeoneaneeenenaoeneeane ena 29 2 5 9 WOL1 WakeUp On LAN Optional vervenoenoeoonoonoe 30 2 6 Memory esse teda osa ce chew ee ves ot i dd VAK eee vut aaa v i saua Rod a okn aa ve 31 2 6 1 Memory Installation oereenonnonnvenoenonaoenoenoenoe seene 32 Chapter 3 Software Installation eeeveeneeeeeeee0 33 3 1 Notice of Driver Installation cccccccccccccccccccccccceccceeees 33 3 2 How to Install Software Drivers eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeoe 34 Chapter 4 The BIOS siss vaia aasa aata D0 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 3 1
3. Keyboard Typematic Rate and Delay Settings If you set the typematic rate setting item to disabled the system will use the defaults of 6 and 250 for the rate and delay items If you set it to enabled you can select the values yourself Refer to the table below Meaning This value sets the amount of time a character is repeated per second if it is kept down on the keyboard Choose from the following values 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 This value sets the amount of time in ms before a character starts repeating after it was pressed on the keyboard Choose from 250 500 750 and 1000 ms Security Option The security option item allows you to select when the password needs to be entered Refer to the table below Password must be entered only when the user wants to enter the BIOS setup The password must always be entered at boot Some Harddisks support SMART a diagnostic standard that allows the HDD to tell the system about problerns Enable this item only if your HDD supports SMART Default setting Report No FDD For WIN 95 Values Meaning 49 Small Logo EPA Show Values Meaning Small Logo Disabled EPA Show Enabled 4 3 3 Chipset Features Setup Select the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key 50 SDRAM Timing If the SDRAM Timing by SPD item is set to Enabled the three items below will automatically be set be the BI
4. 40 Pressing Y and enter will save the changes pressing N and enter will keep the old settings Exit Without Saving Selecting Exit Without Saving will exit Setup without saving changes to CMOS Pressing Y and enter will Exit without saving pressing N and enter will not Exit 41 4 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup Select the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the Main Menu and press Enter key This screen allows you to change the basic CMOS Settings such as date and time harddisk type etc After you have made the changes you need to make press ESC to return to the main menu 42 Date and Time Default Possible Settings Weekday month Type the current date Using the P Up P Dn keys to day year weekday auto changes toggle is possible hh mm ss Type the current time 24 hour clock format 15 15 00 3 15 00 IDE Devices When you select one of the IDE devices a submenu will pop up Refer to the picture below to Detection PressEnter This Menu is the same for all 4 IDE devices m Primary Master IDE 1 first device m Primary Slave IDE 1 second device m Secondary Master IDE 2 first device m Secondary Slave IDE 2 second device values Meaning OO Pressing Enter will make the BIOS auto detect the IDE device 43 This will use the setting set by the user No auto detection at start up will ta
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6. Sound Codec CD IN AGP Slot GAME PORT LINE IN LINE OUT MIC IN LPT COM USB PS 2 Mouse amp K B 2 2 Layout Reference PS 2 Mouse a lt N D INNIG LINE OUT gt VIA WT82C694T LINE IN S MIC IN z 8 8599 JI NA 8 10000000 e eoeoosessecese 12 2 3 Jumper Setting 2 3 1 JKB1 Keyboard Wake up Selector JKBI is a 3 pin selector which provides keyboard wake up function Set 1 2 to disable and set 2 3 to enable keyboard wake up function JP 22 Keyboard Wake up Selector EEE Ya Set to 1 2 Normal default 3 2 L Set to 2 3 Enable keyboard E wake up function 13 2 3 2 J3 Audio Function J3 is a 2 pin connector which provides audio function Please see details as below 14 2 4 CPU Installation The first step in the installation of your CPU is the insertion of the CPU into the 370 pins CPU socket Please follow the steps as outlined below carefully to avoid damage to the CPU Avoid Static Electricity The Intel PIII Tualatin and Coppermine processors and your motherboard contain sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity We recommend that you leave the processor in its original packaging until you are ready to install it You should only touch the edges of the processor NEVER touch the pr
7. The three items below are set to disabled 1 min 1min respectively Will power down the HDD if it is idle for the araount of minutes selected here 1 Min to 1 Hour Suspend Mode Will not power down the HDD Selecting a time will force the system into suspend mode after being idle for that time Choose from the following time intervals 1 2 4 6 8 10 20 30 40 min and 1 Hour Disabled The system will never enter suspend mode 58 Video Options The screen will be blank black only Video Off Method blank The vertical and horizontal sync pulses will be stopped and the screen will be blank If your monitor supports DPMS it can be switched off through that Video Offm Yes Suspend Suspend Type PwrOn Suspend Modem IRO Modem Use This disables the modem IRO IRQ Select an IRQ line that will be assigned to your modem here Choose from 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 Switches the system off immediately when pressing the power button Wake Events This requires you to press the power button for at least 4 seconds before the system switches off EEE Values Meaning Allow the system to wake up on a PCI card IRC Wake Up By Enabled PCI Card Disabled Resume By Alarm Will not allow the system to wake up on a IRO form a PCI card Values Meaning You can set the date and time on RTC real time clock alarm awaken a
8. all errors but a diskette error Stop booting on all errors but keyboard and diskette errors 45 4 3 2 BIOS Features Setup Select the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Main Menu and press Enter key so Disabled m 46 The screen is not as long on your monitor You can use the arrow keys to scroll down and up the page The following explains all individual items and their meaning Virus protection Virus Warning The BIOS will give a beep and a warning whenever an attempt is made to write to the boot sector of the HDD The BIOS will allow write attempts to the boot sector This will enable the Internal L1 cache of your CPU Not recommended This will enable the Internal L2 cache of your CPU External Enabled Cache Disabled Not recommended This will enable CPU Internal L2 cache ECC Error Checking Not recommended Not recommended Not recommended Quick Power On Self Test 47 Males Meaning O The BIOS will execute test routines that test most parts of the motherboard during boot up The BIOS will skip the tests speeding up the boot process Errors will on the other hand not be detected Boot Devices The first to third boot device items allow you to select what device the system should boot from If the BIOS fails to boot from the first boot device it will attempt to boot from the second boot device if that fails
9. given in the hardware installation section where appropriate refer to the BIOS Setup Section for details Appendix Provides useful information Q amp A 1 1 Main Specifications m PCB board size 19 5cm x 30 5cm m PCB layer 4 layers m Supported CPUs Can support the latest FC PGA 66 100 133MHz system bus Socket 370 Intel PIII Tualatin and Coppermine CPUs a This motherboard can not support the PPGA CPUs b Tualatin CPU is Intel s new 0 13u pvoass CPU m Chipset Northbridge The VIA VT82C694T system controller supports a 66 100 133MHz Front Side Bus FSB up to 1 5G of PC 133 PC 100 SDRAM It was designed especially to deliver enhanced Intel Pentium III Intel Celeron Tualatin or VIA CyrixIII processors system performance m Chipset Southbridge The VIA VT82C686B PCI Super I O Integrated Peripheral Controller PSIPC supports UltraDMA 100m which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 100MB sec AC97 audio Using the on board VT1611A Audio Codec USB controller with root hub and foru function ports m Memory Thhis motherboard comes equipped with three Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 PC133 compliant 32 64 128 or 256MB DIMM modules up to 1 5G m PCI Expansion Slots With five 32 bit PCI Rev 2 2 expansion slots which can support Bus Master PCI cards such as LAN or Video grabber cards PCI supports up to 133 MB s maximum throughput this motherboard is
10. or use Subsequent changes to this manual will be incorporated into the next edition We welcome any suggestion regarding this manual or our computer products Trademarks Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corpation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation PCI is a registered trademark of PCI Special Interest Groups AWARD is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction eeereeeenoeenoeennoesneeeeeeeee3 1 1 Main Specifications ccccccscecccccccccccecccecceccecccssessesees 4 1 2 Other Features codec es Vespa n esvs ena v vs ak Pod Vo KOSA PV ase ora see vee 6 1 3 Notice of Hardware Installation eeeveeeeeonenveneeeeon e 7 Chapter 2 Installatiol sss ki vea e indoneesia dann 8 2 1 Component Locations ccccccscceeeececceccececceccecceceseeseessees 8 2 2 Layout Reference rennennoenoononoonoonoeno even veo ononeno en onne nee 9 2 3 Jumputer Setting 4 4 s44s4 40e000000000000 testsessies 10 2 3 1 JP10 Audio Function Selector ccccescecccecccecccececseeees 10 2 3 2 CN11 Smart Card Reader Connector Optional 11 2 3 3 Turbo 66 Turbo 100 Selection
11. system which has been powered dowr 59 Disabled Disabled this function Date Setting You can set the date of month and timer hh mm ss any event occurring will awaken a system which has been powered down sd Values Meaning Primary Enabled Enabled monitor Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 for Green event Secondary 7 F IDE 0 1 Disablec Disabled this function FDD COM LPT Port OO i Values Meaning FDD COM Enabled LPT Port Disabled Wake Events Lo Values Meaning PCI PIRQ Enabled A D Disabled 4 3 6 PnP PCI Configurations Select the PnP PCI Configurations option from the Main Menu and press Enter key wation Data Disabled 60 Reset Configuration Data This will not reset the system configuration data IROs DMAs on reboot This will reset the configuration data Remember to enable this item every time you make a change to your system such as switching PCI cards etc The table will show the below items Reset Configuration Data IRO 3 assigned to DMA 0 assigned to The user can adjust the shown items as reguired The table will not show the above items and the system will automatically assign the above setup Resources If you set the Resources Controlled by item to Auto ESCD the BIOS will manage all resources for you If you set it to manual to two items below will allow you to assi
12. too the third boot device is tried If you set the boot other device item to enabled the BIOS will try to boot from other devices if the first to third choices all fail If you set this item to disabled the BIOS will not boot if the first to third devices all fail to boot The system attempt to boot from diskette first boot device default The system will attempt to boot from an attached LS 120 drive Third boot device default The system will attempt to boot from the first HDD Second boot device default The system will attempt to boot from the first device attached to First Third the first SCSI interface boot device The system will attempt to boot from the first CD ROM found The system will attempt to boot from the second HDD The system will attempt to boot from the third HDD The system will attempt to boot from the fourth HDD The system will attempt to boot from an attached ZIP 100 drive The system will attempt to boot over the network You will require a LAN card with boot BIOS for this option to function This disables booting from this device This will swap floppy A and B Most systems not even have 2 floppy drives so this item is irrelevant Floppy A and B are not swapped The BIOS will test whether the floppy has 40 or 80 tracks Floppy Seek during boot up All new floppy drives are 80 tracks Boot up 48 Disabled The BIOS will not test the amount of tracks
13. 6VA694T VIA 82C694T Chipset S 370 ATX Form Factor Main Board User s Manual Ver 1 0 Copyright Copyright 2001 by this company No part of this document may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright All rights reserved Copyright 2001 All Rights Reserved Revision History Revision Date Release Notes 1 0 Dec 2001 First Official Release Warning and Disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about the Pentium Ill Tualatin Cyrix III system board Meticulous efforts have been made to make this manual as accurate as possible but no warranty or fitness is implied All the information is provided on an as is basis The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this manual or from the use of the system board that accompanies it Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice The manufacturer of the system board will not be held responsible for technical or editorial omissions made herein nor for the incidental or consequential damages resulting from its furnishing performance functionality
14. CI Clock PC133 Values Meaning 64 Default or 66 33 150 37MHz CPU Clock Ratio This item allows setting of the CPU and PCI bus frequencies If set to default the BIOS will select the values automatically Otherwise if you have a 100MHz FSB CPU we recommend you use the 100 33 setting If you have a 133MHz FSB CPU we recommend you use the 133 33 setting Any other setting will make the system operate without it specifications and we can not guarantee proper functioning in that case The other setting are 66 33MHz 70 35MHz 75 38MHz 80 40MHz 83 42MHz 100 33MHz 105 35MHz 110 37MHz 115 38MHz 133 33MHz 137 34MHz 140 35MHz 145 36MHz 150 38MHz 160 40MHz JAE Values Meaning CPU Clock X3 X8 Ratio 4 3 9 Passwords 65 The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup The passwords are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords H Supervisor password m User password The function of the supervisor password depends on the setting for the Security Option item on the Advanced BIOS Features page If set to System the supervisor password must be given every time the system boots if set to setup the password must be given only when you want to enter the BIOS Setup
15. FFF 512K 80000 9FBFF 127K Extended conventional memory 9FC00 9FFFF 1K Extended BIOS data area if PS 2 mouse is installed A0000 C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory C8000 DFFFF Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000 EEFFF Available for UMB EF000 EFFFF 4K Video service routine for monochrome amp CGA adapter 68 5 2 I O Map 000 01F 020 021 Timer control registers 69 5 3 Time DMA Channels Map Time map Timer channel 0 system timer interrupt Timer channel 1 DRAM refresh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator DMA channels DMA channel 0 available DMA channel onboard ECP option DMA channel 2 floppy disk SMC chip DMA channel 3 onboard ECP default DMA channel 4 cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA channel 5 available DMA channel 6 available DMA channel 7 available 70 5 4 Interrupt Map INMI non maskable interrupt IRO H W 0 system timer interrupt from timer 0 1 keyboard output buffer full 2 cascade for IRO 8 15 3 serial port2 4 serial portl 5 parallel port 2 6 floppy disk SMC chip 7 parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 available 10 available 11 available 12 PS 2 mouse 13 math coprocessor 14 onboard hard disk IDET channel 15 onboard hard disk IDE2 channel 71 5 5 RTC CMOS RAM Map RTC amp CMOS 00 seconds 01 seconds alarm 02 minutes 03 minutes alarm 04 hours 05 hours alarm 06 day of week 07
16. ING Make sure that you unplug vour power supply when adding or removing memory modules or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards 32 Chapter3 Software Install 3 1 Notice of CD Driver Installation This CD contains below drivers The user must read Index before installing required drivers Index offers all the information on all the drivers E W a S 4 3 Sen Gaap5 6va593a BvaG93am 6va594 Gvapm vmplel Gvmple2 Gvplel AmdK Cm2 C15880 Dx8 Hashrom m m m m 5 m m 1810 1815e 1845 Intelinf IntelAC97 Inty K mkle m m m m m m amp Eivat Ktapro Ext 33 P vas R4i8139b Vap2ffa WIA4inl CD driver is always updated with the latest version so the actual CD p content may be somewhat different from the above picture 1 Main boards 5gxm 6aap5 6va693a 6va693am 6va694 6vapm 6vmpl lel Am mplel mple2 1810 181 33 184 Intv K7mkle K7vat Ktapro Kx133 P4vas Vap266a please select I845 directory for this main board DX8 Windows DirectX8 driver Flashrom BIOS flash upgrade utility 3 2 How to Install Software Driver Installation Procedure 1 Setup 1 Install Intel INF Path root Intel infi Setup exe M M M m Z setupdir Win2000 Win98 Win988E WinME Xp datal datal hdr data2 ikemelex _infinst_autol infupd layout bin a ja X Setup setup inx setup iss 2 S
17. OS To do this the BIOS will read information out of the SPD EPROM that is located on the DIMM module this information will tell the BIOS how to best accesses the memory If you set this item to disabled you can set the memory access items yourself A word of warning though if you are not familiar with DRAM settings does NOT make any changes for the sake of system stability Refer to the table below for the meaning of the individual DRAM items 2 is the fastest setting use this setting only if your DIMM modules support CAS 2 This is the default setting always use this setring when the system is unstable Cycle Time Tras Tre SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay These controls the DRAM page miss and row miss lead off 3 timing SDRAM RAS Precharge SDRAM precharge time by RAS Time 3 51 BIOS Cacheable Males Meaning O System BIOS Enabled Cacheable Disabled Define whether system BIOS area cacheable or not Video BIOS Enabled A Disabled To define whether video BIOS area cacheable or not CPU Latency timer Values Meaning CPU Latency Enabled Timer Disabled Delay Transaction values Mg Delay Enabled Transaction Disabled AGP Graphics Size ae Values Meaning On Chip 64M Video Window Size 32M System Memory Frequency Meaning 52 4 3 4 Integrated Peripherals Select the Integrated Peripherals option from the Main Menu and press Enter key
18. PIII Processor without a suitable cooling solution will result in permanent damage to the processor and potentially other components within the system FAN Headers Your motherboard allows the use of in all 3 FANs Of these 3 FANS the CPU Heatsink assembly can use 1 The other 2 FAN Headers allow connection of a Chassis Fan and a Power Supply FAN respectively For a the location of the FAN connectors refer to the following picture Fan Signal SENSE 12V GND 20 2 5 Connectors There are many connectors on this main board Refer to the following pages for details 2 5 1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors such as POWER LED SPEAKER RESET HD LED TURBO LED POWER ON Please refer to the following further information POWER LED is a 3 pin connector It is used to connect to the LED on the case front panel The LED shows the status of the power SPEAKER is a 4 pin keyed Berg strip This speaker connector is for the internal case speaker This speaker will enable the BIOS to give spoken messages in case of boot up trouble The BIOS been codes also use this speaker For Games and Music this speaker will not be used but rather the back panel line out connector RESET connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip connected to the push button reset switch on the case front panel Shorting both pin amp pin 2 can reset the system which is similar to the power off and then
19. The user password has the same functionality with the only difference that anybody logging in with the user password may only change the user password when entering the BIOS Setup page All other items in the BIOS Setup will be disabled unchangeable When both passwords are disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions Setting the password To set the Supervisor password select the Set Supervisor Password item in the main BIOS Setup Menu Now a dialog will pop up asking you to enter a password Now you can enter your password after entering the password the menu will pop up again and will ask you to reconfirm the password After entering and pressing enter the password will be stored to CMOS RAM and the password will be enabled Disabling the password 66 To disable the password simply press enter without entering any other letters or numbers This will disable the password the BIOS will tell you by displaying the following dialog Password Unknown If you forgot the password you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS RAM The RAM data containing the password information is powered by the onboard button cell battery Please refer to the CMOS RAM section earlier in this chapter After clearing the CMOS memory hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences 67 Chapter 5 Appendix 5 1 Memory Map Address range 00000 7F
20. anel connectors of this motherboard are all color coded This allows the user to easily locate certain connectors m System BIOS This motherboard comes with a 2MB BIOS that provides CPU SDRAM freguency boot block write protection and HD SCSI CD Floppy boot selection DMI is also supported through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility 1 3 Notice of Hardware Installation Before hardware installation make sure you have checked the following things A Check the package If any of these items is missing or damaged contact the dealer from whom you purchase Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it In the package there are ze k V h P gt This Motherboard ka at Manual Driver Installation CD ROM gt 1 IDE ATA 66 100 Flat Cable gt 1 Floppy Disk Drive Flat Cable Tikas B Make sure power is off During hardware installation be sure that there is no power connected during this period C Avoid ESD Electrical Static Discharge While installing the main board wear a grounded wristband or ankle strap to avoid ESD Electrical Static Discharge 10 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Component Locations NO 00 U Au BU DN OU GA U BUN FO 11 FANI Power Supply CPU Socket 370 VIA VT82C694T DIMM IDE VIA VT82C686B BATTERT FDD FAN2 BIOS ISA Slot AMR Slot PCI Slot
21. ary slave master hard disk drive 12 Secondary slave hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the secondary slave IDE hard disk drive 76
22. day of month 08 month 09 year Oa status register a Ob status register b Oc status register c Od status register d Oe diagnostic status byte Of shutdown byte 10 floppy disk drive type byte 12 hard disk type byte 13 reserve 14 equipment type 15 base memory low byte 16 base memory high byte 17 extension memory low byte extension memory high byte 19 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 Reserved for extension memory low byte reserved for extension memory high byte date century byte information flag 12 34 3f reserve 40 7f reserved for chipset setting data 5 6 ISA VO Address Map DMA Controller 1 8237A 5 2E2 2E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 0 364 367 Reserved 080 09F DMA Page Register 74LS612 380 38F SDLC Bisynchronous 2 3B0 3BF Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter B90 B93 Cluster Adapter 2 2390 2393 Cluster Adapter 4 A2E1 GPIB Adapter 5 C2E1 GPIB Adapter 6 E2E1 GPIB Adapter 7 74 Chapter6 Q amp A 6 1 Errors Messages During Power On Self Test During power on self test post BIOS will automatically detect the system devices Below is the guestion that users most often meet The user may press Esc key to skip the full memory test 1 Beep sound On power on the system make beep sound to offer different messages If the system is configured correctly it prompts a short beep to show device configuration is done correctly When VGA card and DIMM modules are not plu
23. ecceessees 73 Chapter 6 O E TTT STT 75 Important Warnings WARNING NEVER run the processor without the heatsink properly and firmly attached This will damage the processor within SECONDS Also do NOT try to use Pentium Heatsinks these will NOT fit and do NOT provide adeguate cooling WARNING Make sure your power supply can deliver the power your system needs We recommend AT LEAST a 250W power supply Even better get a 300W power supply especially when using many peripherals Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing this high quality motherboard we are confident that you will be able to use this motherboard to your full satisfaction This manual is divided into 6 main sections as described below Introduction The introduction contains information on the main specifications for this motherboard the package contents and cautionary notes Hardware Installation The Hardware Installation section is the most important in the manual It describes in detail how to set the motherboard up for operation Read all information and follow all steps especially if you are a new user Software Installation The software section describes the drivers that need be installed to make your OS operates properly The drivers are provided on the driver CD BIOS Setup Information on how to enter the BIOS setup and change settings is given here In addition all individual BIOS items are described Although some BIOS setting information is
24. es thke the following steps Start up the system After memory counting has finished press DEL to enter the BIOS Setup pages Now the following menu will appear Selecting items To Select items use the following method m Use the arrow keys to move between items and select fields m Press enter to enter the selected submenu Submenus 39 All items that start with a are submenus Pressing enter when a submenu is selected will enter that submenu Modifying selected items The Up Down keys can be used to modify values within the selected fields Note that some fields also let you enter values directly Hot Keys Throughout the BIOS Setup Pages the hot keys will give you access to a group of commands Refer to the following table for the hot keys and their function Conimand Description Save Exit Setup Saves the changes made and reboots the system Ouit Returns to the previous menu Help General Help Help Help for specific item Previous values Restores the previous values These are the values that the user started the current session with Optimized Defaults Loads all options with the Optimized Default values Save Exit Setup When you select the SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option from the Main Menu all changes that you made will be saved to the CMOS memory and the setup utility will exit rebooting your system
25. etup 2 Install VGA Driver For Windows 95 98 Path root 1810 Vga Win9X Setup exe For Windows NT4 0 Path root 1810 Vga Winnt4 Setup exe For Windows 2000 Path root I810 Vga Win2000X Setup exe 3 Setup3 Install Sound Driver SOUND CODEC CHIP AD1881 Alc200 Ymf752 For Windows 95 Path root IntelAC97 Ad1881 Win95 Setup exe For Windows 98 Path root IntelAC97 Ad1881 Win98 Setup exe For Windows NT4 0 Path root IntelAC97 Ad1881 Nt4 Setup exe For Windows 2000 Path root IntelAC97 Ad1881 Win2000 Setup exe 34 Chapter4 The BIOS The BIOS is a piece of software Basic Input Output System that performs most low level tasks When you start up your system the BIOS is the first code that gets to run The BIOS resides in a FLASH ROM and the code in the FLASH ROM can be updated through a special utility called AWDFLASH Award Flash This is generally not necessary but in some cases updating the BIOS is necessary to support new devices that were not on the market at the time the motherboard was released For the physical location of the BIOS FLASH ROM IC on your motherboard refer to the picture below The BIOS IC is inserted in an IC socket which means that it can be removed and exchanged for another IC if necessary Is updating my BIOS necessary As a general rule if your system is functioning properly and you are not an experienced user do n
26. free an Interrupt The BIOS also allows swapping of floppy A and B although this will not be useful to most users 27 2 5 6 IDE1 and IDE2 The IDE connectors are used to connect IDE devices such as Harddisks and CD ROM drives to the motherboard Each connector constitutes an IDE channel each channel accepts 2 IDE devices one Master and one Slave The IDE 1 connector is also known as the primary channel IDE 2 is the secondary channel Therefore the primary Master is the IDE device connected to IDE1 as Master the primary Slave is the IDE device conneced to IDE 1 as Slave Jumpers on the IDE device determine Master and Slave settings Your harddisk or CD ROM should have a sticker with jumper settings Make sure that you set these jumpers correct Please use the following advice as reference If you have only device connected to an IDE connector always set it as Master Ifyou have one HDD and CD ROM in your system then connect the HDD to IDE1 as Master and the CD ROM to IDE 2 as Master If you have one Harddisk and one CD ROM connected to the same IDE connector set the HDD to Master and the CD RAM to Slave unonunonnn JIDED tessa IDE 28 2 5 7 Internal Audio Connectors Internal Audio Connectors are CD_IN It is a CD ROM external audio input signal to line out speaker of the main board FO JP25 JP26 CD IN fefof o o JP 26 OOO O pas 29 2 5 8 WOLI Wake up on LAN O
27. gged well the system makes longer and constant beep sounds 2 BIOS ROM checksum error It indicates the checksum of the BIOS code is not right and system will always halt on power on screen Contact the dealer to exchange a new BIOS 3 CMOS battery fails It indicates the CMOS battery does not work Contact the dealer to exchange a new battery 4 CMOS checksum error It indicates the CMOS checksum is incorrect Load the default values in BIOS to solve this problem This error may result from a weak BIOS so exchange a new BIOS if necessary 5 Hard disk initialize Please wait a moment Some hard drives require more time to initialize 75 6 Hard disk install failure The system can not find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive Check 1f the controller is set correctly If no hard disk is installed Hard drive selection must be set to none 7 Keyboard error or no keyboard present This means the system can not initialize the keyboard Check if the keyboard is plugged well and be sure no keys are pressed during power on self test 8 Memory test fails There will be more information to specify the type and location of the memory error 9 Primary master hard disk fail The BIOS find an error in the primary master hard disk drive 10 Primary slave hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the primary slave hard disk drive 11 Secondary master hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the second
28. gn the resources manually This setting means the BIOS will assign the interrupt as needed This means that it is not fixed to a device If you need to make sure that a certain interrupt is assigned to an ISA device set that interrupt to legacy ISA This setting means the BIOS will assign the DM A Channel as needed it is not fixed to a device If you need to make sure that a certain DMA channel is assigned to an ISA device set that channel to legacy ISA 61 PCI VGA Palette Snoop OESE Values Meaning Disabled Default setting PCI VGA S S This will allow the system to look at the palette the VGA uses Snoop Enabled to display Some applications speed up with this setting but it is mostly obsolete INT Pin x Assignment 4 3 7 PC Health Status p 62 Current CPU Fan I Speed Fan 2 Speed Fan 3 Speed System will automatically detect the above items and show the status 4 3 8 Freguency Voltage Control Select the Freguency Voltage Control option from the Main Menu and press Enter key DIMM PCICIk OO Disabled tem He Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk If set to enabled the BIOS will detect the values for the PCI and DIMM clock If disabled the BIOS will use the values set on his page and on the Advanced Chipset Features page Spread Spectrum eee Values Meaning Spread Enabled Spectrum Disabled CPU Host P
29. io connectors are LINE OUT LINE IN MIC IN for audio functions 24 2 5 3 ATX Power Supply Connector The main board supports standard AT and ATX power supply ATX power supply connector has 20 pins which is especially designed for ATX case The ATX power supply supports the function of the Soft Power On Momentary switch which connects the front panel switch to the 2 pin SOFT PWR on the system board While the power switch on the back of ATX power is turned on the full power will not go into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Push the switch again to turn off the power to the system board JOMO XIV 23 2 5 4 LR IrDA Connector IR connector supports wireless infrared module With this module and application software like Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection user can transfer data to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR ASKIR and Fast IR Attach Infrared module to IR connector Be sure to put in the right direction during installation IR1 IrDA Connector 0 Pinl U amp G2 DN 26 2 5 5 Floppy Disk Connector Floppy Disk Connector has 34 pins and allows connection of a floppy drive In all two floppy drives can be connected to the mother board known as floppy A and B The BIOS allows you to disable the floppy controller if you do not use any floppy driver that will
30. ke place This setting means no device is present This will prevent the BIOS from looking for a device and speed up booting Selects the CHS access mode Logical Block Addressing for HDD drives larger than 504MB All modern HDDs For very large HDDs The BIOS will automatically detect the best access mode Drive A and Drive B The Drive A B items allow you select the type of device that you have attached to the Floppy FDD1 connector on the motherboard You can select between different floppy disk drive types by using the Page Up and Page Down keys If you press enter while Drive A or B is selected the following menu will pop up that will allow to choose a device as well Video The Video item allows you to select a video mode Since most modes are outdated we advise you to always select EGA VGA You can select between different video modes by using the Page Up and Page Down keys If you press enter a menu pops up Mono is for a monochrome screen that can only display one color GAGA I I 44 Halt On The BIOS will stop booting when an error is detected You can set through this item what errors will stop the system booting You can select between different error modes by using the Page Up and Page Down keys Stop booting on all errors Always Boot no matter what error is detected Stop booting on all errors but not on a keyboard error Stop booting on
31. ll give you an error message wgen it detects a low battery voltage The error message CMOS checksum error may also point to a low battery problem Restoring default settings You can load default values into the CMOS memory by selecting Load Optimized Defaults in the BIOS Setup If you need to force the CMOS settings to default without entering the BIOS Setup page you can use the CMOS jumper For the location of the jumper and the battery refer to the following picture Normally JP12 will be in the 1 2 position this will connect the battery to the southbridge of the chipset which contains the CMOS memory If JP12 is temporarily set to 2 3 this will interrupt the battery electricity flow and the CMOS memory will be erased this will however only work if the power supply is not switched on Now at the next reboot the BIOS will automatically load the CMOS default values Take the following steps to clear CMOS memory m Take the power cord from the power supply m Temporarily set CMOS to 2 3 and set it back to 1 2 m Put the power cord back and restart the system the default values will be loaded CMOS Status JP12 Retain CMOS settings Clear CMOS Settings CMOS Ei E BSS ESE 128 123 The following part of this chapter will describe the individual BIOS Setup pages and all the items that can be adjusted to fine tune your system 38 4 3 The BIOS Setup Pages To enter the BIOS Setup pag
32. ll the heatsink It is important to note that If you have never installed a heatsink on an Intel PIII Tualatin or Coppermine processor before it may be difficult We recommend you do a dry run a few times before doing the final installation To allow you to do this read the following instructions Do not remove the film on the thermally conductive compound until you are ready to do the final installation WARNING Never run the processor without the heatsink properly and irmly attached Step3 The picture below shows the bottom of the heatsink Notice the step in the heatsink surface this portion fits over the top of the socket where the legend Socket 370 is molded into the plastic The heatsink must be mounted with this step above the top of the socket or the heatsink will not be touching the processor properly The next picture shows the removal of the plastic film from the thermally conductive compound The thermal compound is a thin layer of material that increases the efficiency of the heatsink by filling microscopic surface voids in the processor or heatsink surface with a thermally conductive material Please do not remove the plastic film until you have practiced installing the heatsink and mounting the clips on the socket It can take a few tries to get used to doing this 16 The following picture shows a side view of the heatsink with the retaining clip at the bottom of the heatsink Make sure this retaining clip is at the bot
33. n Advanced Chipset Features Video BIOS Shadow in Advanced BIOS Features Save the changes by selecting save and exit and restart the computer m Press Ctrl F5 just before Windows is starting up right after the second BIOS screen for a DOS boot you will see the message Windows is bypassing all your startup files You end up at a DOS prompt m Now type cd FLASH to change to the newly created directory m Here type AWDFLASH mybios bin py cc sn cd where mybios bin is the file name for the BIOS binary file you want your BIOS to upgrade to Now the upgrading will begin WARNING Do NOT in any way disturb the system during upgrading If for any reason the system is stalled your system may not be able to boot again m After the upgrading has ended press F1 to reset press DEL to go into BIOS and make the following changes 36 Load Setup Defaults Go into the Freguency Voltage Control page to adjust your CPU speed and voltage please make sure the CPU voltage matches your CPU specs in case of doubts leave it to default Save your settings and you are done 4 2 The CMOS memory The BIOS uses the CMOS memory to store all the settings that have been made through the BIOS Setup pages Battery The CMOS memory remembers all settings even when the system is switched off by use of a 3V Lithium battery If this battery runs low CMOS is unable to keep its settings and you will need to replace the battery The BIOS wi
34. nal test only No guarantee is provided for over clocking setup since chipset does not support Set JP28 as ON on 1 2 amp 2 3 and JP29 JP30 as OFF then can Enabled Auto detectopm function meanwhile remove JP28 jumper Caps as OFF amp set JP29 JP30 as ON to allow cpu clock selection Over clocking Setup m E gt e e IE JP 30 JP 29 JP 28 Set the JP28 1 2 3 4 to ON JP29 OFF and Jp30 OFF for Auto detect default The manufacturer shall have neither liability to any person or entity E with respect to any loss or damages arising by user s over clocking or over voltage 18 2 4 2 CPU Frequency Selector S2 is a 2 port connector that provides CPU Frequency selection If user sets JP28 as OFF move jumper cap on both 1 2 amp 3 4 then jump ON cap to JP29 amp JP30 this allows user to select his own CPU clock speed as below table S2 CPU Frequency Selector Default S2 External Frequency Selection SDRAM 66 MHz 100MFz 133MHz 133MHz 100MHz 100MHz 133MHz 100MHz This potion tells the clock generator what freguency to send to the CPU DRAM and the PCI bus This allows the selection of the CPU s External Frequency or Bus Clock The Bus Clock multiplied by the Freguency Multiple eguals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed 19 2 4 3 CPU and System Cooling Any attempt to operate the Intel
35. ocessor pins to avoid static discharge First take a moment to inspect your CPU for obvious damage due to shipping or handling Be sure that no noticeable damage exists before proceeding You should have the following items O 1 Intel PIII Tualatin or Coppermine processor O 1 good heatsink and fan assembly Step I The following figure shows the processor socket Note that the release lever on the right side of the socket is down and latched This position is used to lock the processor in place The lever must be raised to install the processor To do this first push the lever sideways to unlatch it then raise it all the way up approximately 90 degrees Step 2 The processor pin array at the top two corners is angled and has no pins in the corners Notice that at the top of the socket on the motherboard near where it says Socket 370 the corners also do not have positions for pins The processor must be positioned so the pins match up properly When you do that the corner of processor that is cut off will be positioned next to the release pivot It should take no force to install the processor this is a zero insertion force ZIF socket If it takes any force you are doing something wrong Check the pin alignment and also make sure the release lever is raised up completely 15 After placing the CPU lower the release lever to lock the processor in place E Now with the processor properly installed you can proceed to insta
36. on again HD LED Hard Disk activity LED connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip It is used to connect to front panel Hard Disk LED This LED will light up whenever one of your IDE devices is being accessed TURBO LED is a 2 pin Berg strip on case front panel indicates the current speed status of system POWER ON is ATX SOFT PWR with 2 pins SOFT PWR is for ATX power supply only 22 2 5 2 Back Panel Connectors Back Panel Connectors are GAME Port MIC LINE IN LINE OUT COM1 COM2 LPT USB1 USB2 PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse on case back panel Keyboard COMI COM2 LINE OUT MIC_IN LINE IN 23 KBD PS2 MOUSE The onboard PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors are 6 pin Mini Din connectors USB1 USB2 USB Universal Serial Bus Connector Universal Serial Bus connector marked as USB1 is used to connect USB devices There are 2 USB connectors on this main board COM1 COM2 The onboard serial port I and port 2 are the 9 pin D subminiature male connector COM1 and COM2 COM1 and COM2 can be disabled in BIOS setup Please refer to Chapter 3 Integrated Peripherals for more information LPT The onboard parallel port is a 25 pin female connector It supports standard Printer port Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Extended Capabilities Port ECP Standard Parallel Port SPP Midi Game Port amp External Audio Connectors Midi Game port has 15 pins connecting to the game joystick External Aud
37. ord Disabled If you do not need a USB keyboard set this itera to disabled Meaning The BIOS will first search for a VGA adapter 01 the PCI bus if one is found it will be used as primary display Floppy Drive JE Values Meaning Onboard FDD Controller AC97 Settin Values Enabled AC97 Audio Disabled Enabled The onboard AGP is first scanned This will allow use of a floppy drive Disabled If you do not need a floppy drive set this item to disabled Meaning This will allow use of a onboard AC97 sound codec If you do not need a onboard AC97 sound codec set this item to disabled Power On Function Power On Function Values Meaning Any Key Turn on power by click and key Button Only Only push power on button Click with muti media keyboard power on Power on after key in password must key in password first Power on by not key must set hot key first 55 KB Power On Password Hot Key IR Control UR2 Duplex Mode Mouse Move Power on when mouse move Mouse Click Power on when mouse key click Ctrl F1 The bios will automatically use serial ports If you do not need the serial port in question set this item to disabled Set an IO address and an IRQ to be used by serial ports Allows use of the IR port in IrDA mode Allows use of the IR port in ASKIR mode Half Allows
38. ot try to update the BIOS Only if you have specific problems that a BIOS update may solve may it be advisable to update the BIOS The update process is pretty complex and you should bear in mind that if updating the BIOS goes wrong you may render your system unbootable Therefore do not update unless you know what you are doing 35 Finding the latest official BIOS revision For the latest official BIOS revision please go to our website at www lucky star com tw On the support page you can find the latest BIOS files for our motherboards 4 1 Updating the BIOS As said this procedure is complicated only update your BIOS when you experience problems with your system Because each BIOS release completely overwrites the previous version and there is no need to update to intermediate BIOS releases when updating the BIOS Therefore always use the latest BIOS revision when doing a BIOS update The BIOS update procedure is as follows m In order to flash update the BIOS you will need 2 files The BIOS binary file bin file from the website AWDFLASH EXE utility file This utility can be downloaded from our website m Create a directory on your C harddisk drive and name it FLASH m Put the BIOS bin file and the AWDFLASH utility in the FLASH directory You may want to jot the BIOS bin file name down on a piece of paper m Restart the computer press DEL to go into the BIOS then please disable the following System BIOS Cacheable i
39. ptional Wake up on LAN marked as WOL1 is a 3 pin connector To support this feature a network card is required for the system and network management software must be installed too WOL1 Wake up on LAN OOO WOLI Wake up on LAN function requirement Power supply should be able to offer at least 1A driving ability to the signal SV trickle voltage 30 2 6 Memory This motherboard supports only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Three sockets are available for 3 3 Volt unbuttered SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory The sizes that are supported are 8 16 32 64 128 or 256 memory sizes between 8MB to 256MB can be formed this way Refer to the picture below for the position of the DIMM slots Memory speed is controlled through the BIOS on the Advanced Chipset Features Setup page you will find several items related to SDRAM speed Refer to the BIOS section for more details 31 WARNING DIMM modules that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard Due to signal integrity Ifthe system CPU bus operates at 100MHz 133MHz use only PC100 PC133 compliant DIMMs System won t boot otherwise 2 6 1 Memory Installation The DIMM modules can be inserted in DIMM slots 1 to 2 Because of the two notches in the DIMM module it can be inserted in only one way Please refer to the picture below for information on how to insert the DIMM modules DIMM WARN
40. ready for the most demanding applications H AGP Slot This motherboard comes with an AGP Slot with Support for AGP cards for high performance The AGP 66MHz 4X mode is supported as well further increasing system performance m AMR Slot An Audio Modem Riser AMR slot also is supported a very affordable audio and or modem riser card can be used m USB interface With support for up to 4 USB ports two on the back panel and two on board this motherboard provides ample USB expansion room u IDE interface This motherboard comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four ATA100 66 33 devices on two channels Supports UDMA100 66 33 PIO Modes 3 amp 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Enhanced IDE devices such as CD R RW DVD ROM CD ROM Tape Backup and LS 120 drives m Super Multi O This functionality is integrated into the southbridge of the chipset It provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities m Infrared IrDA Connector This functionality is also integrated into the southbridge of the chipset The IrDA connector supports an optional IR remote control device for wireless interfacing with external peripherals personal gadgets or an optional remote controller 1 2 Other Features m Wake On LAN WOL1 These 3 pin connectors allow the motherboard to wake up on network activity m Color coded Connectors The back p
41. tom of the heatsink before trying to install it The following picture shows the non moveable end of the heatsink retaining clip installed on the lug at the bottom of the processor socket This end of the clip simply slides over the lug when you tilt the heatsink fan assembly towards the lug Now lock the locking clip for the retaining strap over the lug at the other pivot end of the processor socket This is an easy procedure after you do it a few times but initially it will reguire you to use a finger on one hand to push the latch down and use your other hand to push the latch in This is the part you need to practice to install the clip properly When you are holding the heatsink make sure you do apply pressure to the fan You could damage it and cause thermal failure of the processor WARNING Be careful not to scrape the motherboard during the mounting of the fan or else damage may occur to the motherboard Now connect the wire from the heatsink fan to the FAN1 connector on the motherboard This connector is keyed and can only be installed one way If you use a heatsink assembly that has two cooling fans connect one to FANI and the other to FAN2 For more information on the FAN connectors refer to the FAN connector section later in this section 17 2 4 1 Over Clocking Setup JP28 JP29 JP30 are over clocking function jumpers JP28 is a 4 pin jumper JP29 is a 2 pin jumper and JP30 is a 2 pin jumper These jumpers are for inter
42. use of the IR port in SCR mode Select if your IR device supports Half duplex only Full For IR devices that support full duplex Parallel Port Printer Port Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode Disables use of the parallel port Select an IO Address and an IRO to be used by the parallel port Enables use of SPP devices Enables use of EPP devices Enables use of EPP devices 56 ECP EPP Enables use of ECP EPP devices Select either DMA channel 1 or 3 This is only relevant if ECP was selected above Default is channel 3 sd Values Meaning 300 Set mpu401 port address at 300 330 Set mpu401 port address at 330 Midi Port IRO 5 Set mpu 40 port IRQ address at 5 10 Set mpu 40 port IRQ address at 10 Setting game port address at 201 Game Port Setting game port address at 209 Disabled game port 4 3 5 Power Management Setup Select the Power Management Setup option from the Main Menu and press Enter key mno Enabled tem He The screen is not as long on your monitor You can use the arrow keys to scroll up and down the page sd Values Meaning This allows use ACPI Function ACPI Enabled Function Disabled This not allows use ACPI Function S1 POS The three items below can be set by the user The three items below are set to disabled 1 hour 1hour respectively HDD Power Down
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