Pentium Pro Mainboard USER`S MANUAL
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1. Chapter 4 Bus Master IDE Driver System Board Overview 1 1 Chapter 1 System Board Overview The mainboard is designed for the new generation CPU It supports the Intel CPU SLOT 1 Pentium Pro Pentium II Memory up to 1GB super I O and Green PC functions The mainboard provide high performance for the server system and meet the necessary of the desktop system for Multi Media in the future Specifications 1 CPU Supports Intel Pentium Pro 150 200 MHz Pentium II 233 266 MHz Chipset Intel 82440 FX chipset Memory DRAM Four 72PIN SIMM modules Two 168PIN DIMM modules Supports 8MB to 1GB memory capacity Supports EDO and FP DRAM type On board IDE Two E IDE channels Supports up to 4 hard devices On board FDC Supports two floppy disk drivers up to 2 88MB On board Fast I O One EPP ECP parallel port IEEE 1284 Compliant Two high speed 16550A Compliant UARTs Supports Infrared IrDAC HPSIR and Amplitude Shift Keyed IR ASKIR Supports PCI Bus master IDE controller to reduce the work load of the CPU Supports two Universal Serial Bus USB interface Supports one PS 2 mouse connector 7 TO slots Four 32 bit PCI slots three 16 bit ISA slots 8 BIOS Award Plug and Play BIOS 9 Dimension ATX form factor 245 x 305 mm won T Dain Chapter 1 Component Placement A SIMM1 5G HJ SIMM2 eg T SIMM3 i AM Ce simi2. G d DIMM z DIMM2 ab E N J 8 i G CPU SLOT1 82441 FX C D Heat Sink FDC1 IDE Clock js PCH PCI2 g 8 S 3 CCMOS PCB Ww w i PCI4 Flash ROM ISAI FAN2 ISA2 mo P PN2 BA AB AN6 Figure 1 1 Component Locations System Board Overview 1 3 The System block diagram VRM 8 1 CPU SLOT1 Host BUS Control Address DBX Memory 82442FX Control PCI Address Data SLOT s PCI IDE HEADER ISA BUS ISA SLOT s ail RTC X BUS IrDA Flash BIOS 1 4 Chapter 1 Hardware Setup 2 1 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup This chapter describes the mainboard s connectors and how to set the mainboard s jumpers Precautions You should take the following precautions before you begin working with the motherboard and its components Turn off the mainboard s power and unplug the power cord Unplug all cables connect the mainboard to any external devices Caution Make sure you first turn off all power to the system before attaching components to the mainboard Connectors You attach system components and case devices to the mainboard s connectors A description of each connector and its pin assignments follows Refer to Figure 1 1 for connector location on the mainboard PN2 Pin 4 5 6 7 Speaker Connector Attach the system speaker to connector PN2 Pin Assignment 4 Speaker data 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 5VDC 2 2 Chapter 2 PN2
3. Cache Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Enable this option and a warning message appears when there is any attempt to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table This option enables disables the CPU s internal cache The Default setting is Enabled This option enables disables the external cache memory The Default setting is Enabled Enabled provides a fast POST at boot up The system can be boot from drive A or C There are two sequences can be choose A C C A Award BIOS Setup Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek IDE HDD Block Mode Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec Security Option PCI VGA Palette Snoop Video or Adapter BIOS Shadow 3 7 Enabled changes the sequence of the A and B drives The Default setting is Disabled Enable this item and the BIOS searches for installed floppy disk drives to determine if they are 40 tracks 360K drive or 80 tracks 720K 1 2M 1 44M or 2 88M drives Disable this item and the BIOS does not search for floppy drive type by track number This option enables disables the IDE HDD Block Mode function Older HDDs do not support this function The Default setting is Enabled Enable this option to adjust the keystroke repeat rate Choose the rate a Character keeps repeating Choose how long after you press a key that a character begins repeating Choose Setup or Syste
4. Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT 1 Doze Mode Disable IRQ 8 RTC Alarm Standby Mode Disable IRQ 9 IRQ2 Redir Suspend Mode Disable IRQ 10 Reserved HDD Power Down Disable IRQ 11 Reserved IRQ 12 PS 2 Mouse Wake Up Events In Doze amp Standby IRQ 13 Coprocessor IRQ 3 Wake Up Event ON IRQ 14 IDE 1 IRQ 4 Wake Up Event ON IRQ 15 IDE 2 IRQ 8 Wake Up Event OFF IRQ12 Wake Up Event ON Esc Quit Ne Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 3 6 Power Management Setup Menu 2 Use the arrow keys to move between items and to select values Modify the selected fields using the PgUp PgDn keys A short description of selected screen items follows Power Options are as follows Management User Define Set the power saving options by user Default Disabled Disables the Green PC Features Min Saving Doze 1Hour Standby 1Hour Suspend 1Hour Max Saving Doze 1Min Standby 1Min Suspend 1Min 3 10 PM Control by APM Video Off Method Video Off Option Modem Use IRQ HDD Power Down Doze Mode Standby Mode Chapter 3 Choose No or Yes Default APM stands for Advanced Power Management Yes makes your power management more flexible Choose DPMS Blank screen or V H Sync Blank Default With this item V H SYNC is controlled by software If you have a VGA card that is not compatible with t
5. IDE is now include in the mainboard OS Support Windows 95 Windows NT 3 5 3 51 4 0 OS 2 V2 x amp Warp 3 0 Installation Each OS has different install procedure please check README TXT file under each OS s directory 4 2 Chapter 4
6. Pin 1 2 Hardware Reset Connector Attach the cable from the case s Reset switch to this connector Press and hold the reset button for at least one second to reset the system Pin Assignment 1 Reset input 2 Ground PN1 Pin 13 14 Hardware Suspend Switch SMI Switch Attach the cable from the case s suspend switch if exist to this switch Use this switch to enable disable the power management function by hardware Pin Assignment 13 Suspend signal 14 Ground PN1 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Keylock and Power LED Connector Attach the case s keylock to connector Pin Assignment 5VDC No connection Ground Keylock inhibit signal Ground nABRWNe PN1 Pin 7 8 HDD LED Connector Attach the cable from the case s HDD LED to this connector Pin Assignment 7 LED power 8 HDD active Hardware Setup 2 3 LPT MOUSE PS 2 Mouse Connector Attach a PS 2 mouse to this 6 pins Din connector Pin Assignment Mouse data No connection Ground 5VDC Mouse clock No connection DNNnBWNH KB PS 2 Keyboard Connector Attach a keyboard to this 6 pins Din connector Pin Assignment Keyboard data No connection Ground 5VDC Keyboard clock No connection DNNnBWNH 2 4 Chapter 2 ATX PWR ATX Power input Connector Caution If power supply connectors are not properly attached to ATX PWR the power supply or add on cards may be damaged Attach the connectors from the power supply to ATX PWR Pin Assignme
7. can change CPU setting by software easily In each item press the lt F1 gt key which will display the available option ROM PCI ISA BIOS XXXXXXXX CPU SOFT MENU AWARD SOFTWARE INC Intel Pentium Pro 150 Turbo Frequency Disabled Esc Quit Ne Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 3 2 CPU SOFT MENU Intel Pentium Pro Available item as below 150 166 180 200 Turbo Frequency If external clocks support turbo frequency then screen will display this item The meaning of the turbo frequency is external clock frequency that can improve the system performance Disable CPU external clock is normal frequency Enable CPU external clock is turbo frequency Note Disable turbo mode is recommended 3 4 Chapter 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories Each category includes none one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item Date mm dd yy Wed Apr 21 1993 Time hh mm ss 14 53 31 HARDS DISK Type Size CYLs HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Base Memory 640K Floppy 3 Mode Support Disable Extended Mem
8. mainboard make sure this jumper is set for Normal Operation 1 2 See the jumper as below Normal Operation Default Discharge CMOS JR1 ATX Power Power On Setting Low active High active Default 2 8 Chapter 2 JD1 DIMM Power Select Setting 5V 3 3V Default Installation of CPU The mainboard is equipped with a CPU SLOT1 slot to accommodate the KP6 CPU card and Intel Pentium II CPU or above The default clock rate setting for KP6 CPU card is 150MHz and Pentium II CPU is 233MHz depend on autodetect from BIOS But there is an advantage way for setup menu The details please refer the chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Hardware Setup 2 9 Installation of Memory The mainboard provides four 72 pin SIMM and two 168 pin DIMM sites for memory expansion The SIMM socket supports 1Mx32 4MB 2Mx32 8MB 4Mx32 16MB 8Mx32 32MB 16Mx32 64MB and 32Mx32 128MB single side or double side SIMM modules The DIMM socket supports 1Mx64 8MB 2Mx64 16MB 4Mx64 32MB 8Mx64 64MB 16Mx64 128MB and 32Mx64 256MB or double side DIMM modules Minimum memory size is 8MB and Maximum memory size will be 1GB There are four banks of Memory on the system board In order to create a memory array certain rules must be followed The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations SIMM modules must be populated in pairs the memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide Without parity or with parity Those
9. OS XXXXXXXX POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Reset PnP Config Data Disabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled PCI IRQ Actived By Level Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 BIOS Auto Config PCI IRQ Disabled Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 1st Available IRQ 210 Onboard IR Function IrDA 2nd Available IRQ Ba IR Duplex Mode Half 3rd Available IRQ 19 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 4th Available IRQ 15 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA 13 PCI IDE Card 2nd Channel Enable PCI IDE Card IRQ Map to PCLAUTO Primary IDE INT iA Secondary IDE INT B Onboard USB Controller Disabled Onboard IDE 1 Controller Enabled Master Drive PIO Mode Auto Esc Quit Ne Select Item Slave Drive PIO Mode Auto F1 Help PU PD Modify Onboard IDE 2 Controller Enabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Master Drive PIO mode Auto F6 Load BIOS Defaults Slave Drive PIO mode Auto F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 3 7 PCI Configuration Setup Menu Reset PnP Config If you want to clear ESCD data next time you boot up Data and ask the BIOS to reset the settings for the Plug amp Play ISA Card and PCI Card select Enabled But the next time you boot up this option will automatically be set as Disabled PCI PnP BIOS Choose Enabled Default or Disabled If Enabled the Auto Config BIOS will automatically assigns IRQ to the PCI INT If Disabled the PCI INT will be assigned by
10. Table of Contents i Pentium Pro Mainboard USER S MANUAL Table of Contents Chapter 1 System Board Overview SPOCwCAtiONS 221 s2eeeiesieeeseeddeed sd eededeevedesd sd eel thaddeas diecast 1 1 Component Placement 20 5 0054 dice idle liee linda dese 1 2 The system block dia gran lt ofpcoscossichece See 2ee these eedeseuteaeiehss 1 3 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup PreCautiGMs ocsiviss vescecoigcteecsibeseecethescicghocveueadoesiedehieseieaioestee 2 1 CONNECLOES i A xcs E ein esd nace ia eee RE 2 1 Dumper SWite hess cy 225 Aecdecua Pied nen a Aee aR ana 2 5 InstallationOP CPUs aeni ee ah a ae 2 7 Installation Of Memory 00 eee ee eeeeeeeeeessneeeeeessneeeeeeenaeeees 2 7 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup CPU SOFE MENU esteriai eantas n eaa Eiai aiai 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menut ssseeseeeeeceeeseereesrrerssrrrrrsereen 3 4 BIOS Features Setup Menu eeessececeessneeeeeeenneeees 3 6 Chipset Features Setup Mens secnieecc ccs ecteteeteerestaueetes 3 8 Power Management Setup eeeseeesssseeeeeeesneeeeeesnneeees 3 9 PCI amp Onboard J O Setup 2 420224 k eee kaa ae 3 12 Load BIOS Defaults 3 scicc2hesgsicdch cede tianthnt deettt eastsicetes 3 14 Load Setup Defaults ia sseris tice siti teer ees ass 3 14 Setting ASS WTC iepener orlen s eT deel ls 3 15 IDE HDD Auto Detection eeeeeeeeessneeeeeeenneeees 3 15 Standard types of hard disks 0 0 0 eeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeneeeeeees 3 16 Part Number MN 094 2A1 01 Rev 1 01 ii Table of Contents
11. assigned to the same IRQ Do not use them at the same time Slotl INT C Slot2 INT D and Slot3 INT A are assigned to the same IRQ Do not use them at the same time Slotl INT D Slot2 INT A and Slot3 INT B are assigned to the same IRQ Do not use them at the same time Onboard FDD This option enables or disables the on board floppy disk Controller controller Onboard Serial Choose Disable 3F8h IRQ4 2F8h IRQ3 3E8h IRQ4 Port X 2E8h IRQ3 to set the on board serial ports But don t choose duplicate I O port and IRQ Serial Port 2 Use This option enables disables the IR function in on board IR serial port 2 and selects IR mode HPSIR IrDA or ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR 3 14 IR Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Onboard IDE Controller Onboard IDE PIO Mode Chapter 3 IR duplex mode Half Default or Full selection Choose Disable 3BCh IRQ7 278h IRQS or 378h IRQ7 Default to set the on board parallel port Choose EPP1 7 EPP1 9 ECP ECP EPP1 7 ECP EPP1 9 PS 2 or Normal Default mode Choose DMA channel 1 or channel 3 to set the ECP mode This option enables or disables the one board PCI IDE controller Choose Mode 0 Mode 4 or Auto Default to change IDE data transfers speed Load BIOS Defaults BIOS Defaults indicates the values required by the system for the minimum performance Choose this item a
12. configurations like keyboard floppy drive hard disk initialize EGA or VGA if there is any Hook to the add in BIOS include NCR PCI SCSI BIOS or expansion BIOS to perform initialization and driver link to the system Award s BIOS ROM has a built in setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed RAM so that the setup information is retained when the power is turned off When the system is powered on or reset the Award BIOS will display a copyright message on the screen then the BIOS will perform the system diagnostics test and initialization When all of the above tests have been passed the message TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL KEY 3 2 Chapter 3 is display If the Del key or Ctrl Alt Esc is pressed the screen will be cleared and then the following message will be shown ROM PCI ISA BIOS XXXXXXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC 1 CPU SOFT MENU LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS STANDARD CMOS SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS BIOS FEATURES SETUP PASSWORD SETTING CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PCI amp ONBOARD VO SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc Quit Jt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Description of each function Figure 3 1 Main Menu Award BIOS Setup 3 3 CPU SOFT MENU The CPU SOFT MENU is for setting CPU parameter User
13. detects the hard disk type and configures the STANDARD CMOS SETUP accordingly 3 16 Chapter 3 Standard types of hard disks Type Size Cylinders Heads W Pcomp L Zone Sect 1 10MB 306 4 128 305 17 2 20MB 615 4 300 615 17 3 30MB 615 6 300 615 17 4 62MB 940 8 512 940 17 5 49MB 940 6 512 940 17 6 21MB 615 4 65535 615 17 7 32MB 462 8 256 511 17 8 31MB 733 5 65535 733 17 9 117MB 900 15 65535 901 17 10 20MB 820 3 65535 820 17 11 35MB 855 5 65535 855 17 12 49MB 855 7 65535 855 17 13 20MB 306 8 128 319 17 14 42MB 733 7 65535 733 17 16 20MB 612 4 0000 663 17 17 40MB 977 5 300 977 17 18 56MB 977 7 65535 977 17 19 59MB 1024 7 512 1023 17 20 30MB 733 5 300 732 17 21 42MB 733 7 300 732 17 22 30MB 733 5 300 733 17 23 10MB 306 4 0000 336 17 24 53MB 925 7 0000 925 17 25 69MB 925 9 65535 925 17 26 43MB 754 7 754 754 17 27 68MB 754 11 65535 754 17 28 40MB 699 7 256 699 17 29 68MB 823 10 65535 823 17 30 53MB 918 7 918 918 17 31 93MB 1024 11 65535 1024 17 32 127MB 1024 15 65535 1024 17 33 42MB 1024 5 1024 1024 17 34 10MB 612 2 128 612 17 35 76MB 1024 9 65535 1024 17 36 68MB 1024 8 512 1024 17 37 40MB 615 8 128 615 17 38 24MB 987 3 987 987 17 39 57MB 987 7 987 987 17 40 40MB 820 6 820 820 17 41 40MB 977 5 977 977 17 42 40MB 981 5 981 981 17 43 48MB 830 7 512 830 17 44 68MB 830 10 65535 830 17 45 114MB 917 15 65535 918 17 46 152MB 1224 15 65535 1223 17 Bus Master IDE Driver 4 1 Chapter 4 Bus Master IDE Driver The Intel PIIX3 Bus Master
14. ecovery Time Heal 60 ns 16 Bit O Recovery Time 71 4 Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Enab DRAM Fast Leadoff Disabled Enab Passive Release Enabled x2 2 3 Delayed Transaction Disabled x3 3 3 PCICLK 3 Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enab Enab Enab Esc Quit Ne Select Item Enab F1 Help PU PD Modify Enab F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Disabled F6 Load BIOS Defaults Disabled F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 3 5 Chipset Feature Setup Menu Choose Enable or Disable Default Used to reserved memory addressing space for some special add on card that requires 1M bytes addressing space from 15 to 16M 2 Use the arrow keys to move between items and select values Modify selected fields using the PgUp PgDn keys 3 After you have finished with the Chipset Features Setup press the lt Esc gt key and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your new settings Award BIOS Setup 3 9 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup option lets you set the system s power saving functions 1 Choose POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP from the Main Menu ROM PCI ISA BIOS XXXXXXXX POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management User Define Power Down amp Resume Events PM Control by APM Yes IRQ 3 COM2 Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank IRQ 4 COM1 Video Off Option Susp stby gt off IRQ 5 LPT2 Modem Use IRQ NA IRQ 6
15. he default option switch to Blank screen even though it consumes more power than V H SYNC Blank If your VGA card and VGA monitor support VESA DPMS switch the option to DMPS Choose Always On All Modes Off Suspend Standby and Doze mode Susp Stby Off Default and Suspend Off This item shuts the video off when entering Doze mode Standby mode or Suspend mode Setting Modem Use IRQ for the APM modem ring wake up function Choose a time interval from 1 to 15 minutes or Disabled Default When the set time has elapsed the BIOS sends a command to the HDD to enter idle sleep mode turning off the motor This function is only valid for IDE HDDs that support power saving function The default setting is Disabled When the Power Management item is switched to User Define you can select a time interval from I minute to 1 hour When the set time elapses without activity the system enters Doze mode If the idle time for all PM events IRQ 3 15 Activity is greater than the Doze mode and the CPU speed slows down If the Video Off Option is set to All Modes Off the screen shuts off The default setting is Disabled When the Power Management item is switched to User Define you can select a time interval from 1 minute to 1 hour When the set time elapses without activity the system enters Standby mode Award BIOS Setup 3 11 If the idle t
16. ime for all PM events is greater than the Standby time you set the system will enter Standby mode and the CPU speed slows down If the screen will shut off Suspend Mode The default setting is Disabled When the Power Management item is switched to User Define you can select a time interval from 1 minute to 1 hour When the set time elapses without activity the system enters Suspend mode If the idle time for all PM events is greater than the Suspend time you set the system will enter Suspend mode and the CPU Internal frequency drops to 0 MHz If the Video Off Option is set to Suspend Off the screen will shut off Wake up Event ON Wake up the system when IRQn signal received in the Doze amp Standby mode OFF IRQn signal does not wake up the system when the system is in the Doze amp Standby mode Power Down amp There are several Power Management events can be Resume Events selected IRQ3 15 Activity ON Reset green timer whenever PM Events Activity OFF Discard any PM Events Activity and continuously accumulate timer count down for green function 3 After you have finished with the Power Management Setup press the lt Esc gt key to return to the Main Menu 3 12 Chapter 3 PCI amp Onboard I O Setup The PCI amp Onboard I O Setup option lets you assign INT s IRQs I O ports and other hardware settings to the mainboard s PCI slots and onboard I O ROM PCI ISA BI
17. m Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup System Each time the system is booted the password prompt appears Setup If a password is set the password prompt only appears if you attempt to enter the Setup program Choose Enable or Disable Used to alter VGA palette setting while graphics pass through feature connector of PCI VGA card and processed by MPEG card BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM 3 8 Chapter 3 Chipset Features Setup Menu The Chipset Features Setup Menu are used to change the parameter of the chipset internal registers All of these parameters are hardware dependent A wrong parameters may be caused the mainboard out of order Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows 1 Choose CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP from the Main Menu and following screen appears Auto Configuration DRAM Speed Selection DRAM RAS Precharge Time MA Additional Wait State RAS to CAS Delay DRAM Read Burst B E F DRAM Write Burst B E F ISA Bus Clock DRAM Refresh Queue DRAM RAS Only Refresh DRAM ECC PARITY Select Fast Dram Refresh Read Around W rite Combine PCI Burst Write Combine PCI To DRAM Pipeline CPU To PCI Write Post CPU To PCI IDE Posting System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Note Memory Hole At 15M 16M ROM PCI ISA BIOS XXXXXXXX CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Enab 8 Bit O R
18. modules can populated in any order SIMM modules pairs need to populated with the same densities single or double For example BankO must populated with identical densities However Bank can be populated with different densities than Banko The asymmetrical DRAM modules should be the same type in the same bank The EDO DRAM modules can mixed with standard page mode DRAM module but must not be in the same bank For example BankO can be populated with EDO DRAM module Each bank will be optimized for that type of memory according to the BIOS setup The following is the valid memory configuration Memory Module Total Memory BankO 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB x2 SIMM1 2 64MB 128MB Bank1 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB x2 8MB 256MB SIMM3 4 64MB 128MB 8MB 256MB Bank2 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 8MB 256MB DIMM 1 128MB 256MB Bank3 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB DIMM 128MB 256MB Total System Memory 8MB 1GB 8MB 256MB 2 10 Chapter 2 Award BIOS Setup 3 1 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup All personal computer use a BIOS or Basic Input Output system to provide control for the hardware functions When system is powered on or reset the CPU is reset and BIOS will do the following Self test on CPU Verify ROM BIOS checksum Verify CMOS configuration chip Initialize timer Initialize DMA controller Verify system memory and cache memory Install all BIOS function call utilities Verify initialize all system
19. nd following message appears Load BIOS Defaults Y N N To use the BIOS defaults change the prompt to Y and press lt Enter gt Load Setup Defaults Setup Defaults indicates the values of system parameters which will give the best performance Choose this item and the following message appears Load Setup Defaults Y N N To use the Setup defaults change the prompt to Y and press lt Enter gt Award BIOS Setup 3 15 Setting Password This Main Menu item lets you configure the system so that a password is required every time the system boots or an attempt is made to enter the Setup program Change the password as follows 1 Choose PASSWORD SETTING in the Main Menu and press lt Enter gt The following message appears Enter Password 2 Enter a password and press lt Enter gt If you do not wish to use the password function you can just press lt Enter gt and a Password disabled message appears 3 After you enter your password the following message appears prompting you to confirm the new password Confirm Password 4 Re enter your password and then Press lt ESC gt to exit to the Main Menu Important If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to set the CMOS RAM discharge jumper to clear the CMOS RAM All setup information is lost and you must run the BIOS setup program again IDE HDD Auto Detection The BIOS automatically
20. nt 3 3V 3 3V BRWN re 5V 5V 5V 0 12V FP OMAANAMN Ground Ground Ground Powergood Pin Assignment 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 Ground 14 ON OFF control signal 15 Ground 16 Ground 17 Ground 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V FAN1 FAN2 DC FAN Power Connector Pin WN Re Assignment Ground 12V Ground IR IR Connector Infrared Pin nAnRWNe Assignment 5V No connection IR_RX Ground IR_TX Hardware Setup 2 5 I O port connectors com o sapon con om com o Sia pot CON ome Notes IDE1 IDE2 are high performance PCI IDE connectors Up to four IDE interface devices are supported 2 6 Chapter 2 Jumper Switches You set jumper switches on the mainboard to configure various hardware options See Figure 1 1 for jumper locations Throughout this section the following symbols are used to indicate jumper settings For 3 pin jumpers the symbols below are used Short Pins 1 and 2 with a jumper cap Pin 1 2 Pin 2 3 Short Pins 2 and 3 with a jumper cap 3 2 1 For 2 pins jumpers the following symbols are used Place the jumper cap over the two pins of the jumper to Short the jumper ON Remove the jumper cap to Open the jumper cap OFF N gt 2 1 Note To avoid losing jumper caps attach the removed jumper cap to one of the jumper pins Hardware Setup 2 7 CCMOS CMOS Discharge Jumper Jumper CCMOS discharge CMOS memory When you install the
21. ort This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5 diskette 3 6 Chapter 3 BIOS Features Setup Menu The BIOS Features setup program is equipped with a series of help screens accessed by the lt Fl gt key which will display the available options for a particular configuration feature and special help for some of the options If you don t really understand the meanings of each item please don t change the following default values Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache Quick Power on Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up Numlock Status IDE HDD Block Mode Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec Security Option PCI VGA Palette Snoop ROM PCI ISA BIOS XXXXXXXX BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Disabled Video BIOS shadow Enabled Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled A C D40000D7FFF Shadow Disabled Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled On Enabled Enabled 30 250 Setup Disabled Esc Quit Ne Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 3 4 BIOS Feature Setup A short description of screen items follows Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External
22. ory 3328K Expanded Memory 0K Video EGA VGA Other Memory 128K Halt On All But Keyboard Total Memory 4096K Esc Quit Jt Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color F3 Toggle Calendar Figure 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu The setup program is completely menu driven 1 Use arrow keys to select entry of Data Time Hard Disk Floppy Display and Keyboard Use PgUp PgDn key to modify the options of each entry 3 Use Esc to exit Hard Disk size selection The Award BIOS supports three HDD modes NORMAL LBA and LARGE NORMAL mode The maximum HDD size supported by the NORMAL mode is 528 Megabytes Award BIOS Setup 3 5 LBA mode Logical Block Addressing mode is a new HDD accessing method designed to overcome the 528Megabytes limitation The number of cylinders heads and sectors shown in setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD During HDD accessing the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by cylinder head and sector number into its own physical address inside the HDD The maximum HDD size supported by the LBA mode is 8 4Gigabytes LARGE mode Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinders without LBA supports This access mode tricks DOS or other OS that the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2 At the same time the number of heads is Multiplied by 2 The maximum HDD size supported by LARGE mode is Gigabytes Floppy 3 mode supp
23. the next setup item Xth Available IRQ Xth Available IRQ These categories select a IRQ for INT There are ten IRQs options 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 for available IRQs Ist Available IRQ means BIOS will assign this IRQ to first INT found on the PCI slots the assignment sequence is slot1 2 3 Award BIOS Setup 3 13 PCI IDE Card 2nd Choose Disable or Enable Default If the 2nd channel Channel is not used on the PCI IDE card switch the option to Disable Or IRQ15 can not work on the ISA slots PCI IDE Card PCI Auto IRQ Map to If the BIOS can detect PCI IDE on one of the PCI slots then the appropriate INT will be auto assigned to IRQ14 PCI slotX If the BIOS can not detect a PCI IDE card because the PCI IDE card does not support this function the user needs to manually select the PCI slot occupied by the PCI IDE card Primary IDE INT Secondary IDE INT If the IDE card supports 2 IDE channels the BIOS needs to assign 2 INT channels for the IDE card Don t select same INT ISA This setting assigns no IRQs to the PCI slots Use this setting with PCI IDE cards that connect IRQ14 and IRQ15 directly from an ISA slot using a cable from a legacy paddle board Note M B PCI Slot INT hardware is designed as below Slotl INT A Slot2 INT B and Slot3 INT C are assigned to the same IRQ Do not use them at the same time Slotl INT B Slot2 INT C and Slot3 INT D are
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