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1. 51 IDE LED RESET S Socket 370 CPU Socket 54 K SA 14 T CPU FAN Connector 51 KEYLOCK 9 SPEAKER SMI Page 14 Mainboard User s Manual Mainboard User s Manual Page 15 Please follow these steps in order to assure your series Mainboard installation is successful Please refer to the back chapters for further information regarding boot up and configuration An anti static rist band is recommended when handling electronic components be sure your work area is static free before you begin this section Installing the Central Processing Unit CPU The Mainboard provides a 242 pin CPU card slot S in diagram The CPU card should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating If a fan is not present user should purchase a fan prior to turning on the system The J17 fan power connector should be included Page 16 Mainboard User s Manual Q CPU Cooling Fan Installation Diagram The recommended heatsinks for the Pentium Il processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the motherboard J17 provides the 12 Volts D C for your CPU cooling fan CAUTION Be sure that sufficient air circulation is available across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may inst
2. W GL520SM Hardware Monitor 52 ISA 1 g We Q K ISA 2 Mainboard User s Manual Page 11 Page 10 Mainboard User s Manual ma Ta Be Fa PR Pie Tu ge Mu Um m i IHLDIDSIRMBRR8RhIDA Far Tro na ra ru aa Pa Eg mai mg na ig Su Wa mH F a F a Hg ma Ep E Fin in Fp ty ma gu Um a marl mag Od 7 T Buc Ra Ra my Nm m ae T PLI en nua m Wu Bar pa g Fa F g Wa a ask Tru R8 Phu Tr mu Ta uu Pag db ak xn 4 ma Foy m Pa ma m a Fe 729 742 Ba n Ban taa 52 44 T i Pa a s Hg Tung F Fa Hg wa P T 3 Ha _ o ala ma sm T fe F a ma m a E m fe tee Fe FH n m Wa m a FE ee a ma m Ep E T a E Wa Na Tg Pa 74 74 7 Wa m Fa t gay Eu ia FE u m m Ta C ELE LPS ho Bg m T F F 1 a a a F Roa REPE 4 PaL ee a Before we begin installing your series Mainboard we have provided you with a diagram of the Mainboard to help you locate the appropriate connector s we will make reference to on the Quick otep portion of this manual The lett
3. C4000 C8000 CC000 0000 04000 08000 or DC000 The Optimal and Fail Safe settings are N A Page 38 BIS SETUP RPRALUINI XDDnEI EE EI Eeri EEEE E Hakeup String a Moas Fouer om Modem Haxhe nm LAH on LHE RTC fillare Resumes Fros Soft OFF LINIEN E tate Aire he er ees Pope HapaqeeegpL Poi APT been FPL Monitor Power State Video Powe Doan Poche Hard Disk Powee Dun Mole a RIT LA imata 1 pee rad pue d n 0 lheattle Slow Chock Ratio Leese 10 rt Est Exit 14 Select Pg pz PgDn Modify Power Management APM Set this option to Enabled to enable the chipset power management and APM Disabled Disabled led Disab led Disabled 15 Le Jt Emah ped Stami Hij EXIT tare Hij Dinah led Disabled SHE bz 5x Power Management Setup The AMIBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing Power Management Setup from the AmIBIOS Setup main menu F1 Langage F r Fd Go lir a TESI LUN P i All Rigkts Fai lable Options Li Th tei d Option Advanced Power Management features The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Power Button Function This option specifi
4. C Relative 3 Users Guide humidity 20 oc to 80 e stable environment with no abrupt temperature or humidity changes e No exposure to chemicals or direct sunlight Line voltage and frequency not varying more than or 1040 from the value stated on the package or nameplate located on the back opposite the power plug Page 6 Mainboard User s Manual Mainboard User s Manual Page 7 a 7 7 TI LP 9o 6 O6 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O0 O0 O0 05 O0 000000000000200000 Hau Toa a teeter ee ag tu tug Pih m n m T an ee P Oe te te a b d Before we begin installing your series Mainboard we have provided n AE g ra you with a diagram of the Mainboard to help you locate the appropriate connector s we will make reference to on the Quick Step portion of this manual The letters below describes the key NUN eee Ss J17 Mainboard components Page number in the right hand column T FTE 3 SUC 5 will direct you to a detailed description of the component FAN mene In W i 98 BXe98 ATX 98 BX133 ATX m m am 2 m COMPONENT PAGE bpm Auch A PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector s 46 GH SS _ A D N B ATX Power Supply 46 C Universal Serial Bus USB Connector
5. PIO mode that is not supported by the IDE drive The drive will not work properly If you are absolutely cer tain that you know the drive s PIO mode Select PIO mode 0 4 as appropriate Select Type Select CDROM Click on OK when AMIBIOS displays the drive parameters Select Type You must know the drive parameters Select the drive type that exactly matches your drive s parameters Select Type If the drive parameters do not match the drive parame ters listed for drive types 1 46 Select User and enter the correct hard disk drive parameters Description The number for a drive with certain identification parameters The number of cylinders in the disk drive The number of heads The actual physical size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track diameter diminishes Yet each sector must still hold 512 bytes Write precompensation circuitry on the hard disk compensates for the physical difference in sector size by boosting the write current for sec tors on inner tracks This parameter is the track number on the disk surface where write precompensation begins This number is the cylinder location where the heads normally park when the system is shut down The number is the cylinder location where the heads normally park when the system is shut down The formatted capacity of the drive is the number of heads times the number of cylinders times the number of sectors per track times 512 bytes per sector Mainboard
6. Video Card and Add On Boards First read your Video card documentation for hardware and software settings that may be required to set up your specific card Remove the opening cover plate on your computer case at the slot aligned with the AGP port Keep the plate for possible future use Carefully align the card s connector s and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed from the cover plate ERE BALA C Se 7 DUPRE ree e es MITT A Pg PT Pow Eiin 4 222002142 e r4 a cH ln st NES UV Eh ey Se vi g h LLLITTETTTTTTTTTTITS cal ILS 6 Board Installation Installing PCI Add in Boards First read your expansion card documentation for hardware and software settings that may be required to set up your specific card Set any necessary jumpers on your expansion card and remove the opening cover plate on your computer case at the slot you intend to use Keep the plate for possible future use Carefully align the card s connector s and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed from the cover plate Page 22 Mainboard User s Manual Make sure to align rear external I O connector s with the corresponding openings in chassis shown below A C amp G in diagram You can now attach the Front Panel Function Conne
7. a F More compatible more functional and more competitive Excellent quali ty and faster response Supporting Intel PENTIUM PENTIUM 1 or Celeron Processors Accelerated Graphics Port Hardware Monitor Optional Pd Bus Master IDE SDRAM Quality Performance Mainboards No part of this manual including the products and software described in it may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes without the express written permission of MANUFACTURER MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE INNO EVENT SHALL MANUFACTURER ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT 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 and to the owne
8. go as high as 532 MB s LITHIUM BATTERY A 3V CR 2030 Lithium battery is installed on the on board battery socket This battery is sued to supply the CMOS RAM backup power during system powered off Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Therefore if you have any dif ficulties please consult to the technical personnel Page 48 Mainboard User s Manual PCI Add In Board Connector s r SA Add In Board Connector s The Mainboard provides four 32 bit PCI 2 1 compatible expan sion slots and two 16 bit ISA expansion slots Front Panel Function Connector s The Mainboard integrates all system front panel functions into a single on board 26 pin connector JP9 These include con nections for the following features Function Connector Pin Out Label System Reset RESET Power LED Keylock KEYLOCK Hard Drive Activity LED IDE LED System Speaker SPEAKER Soft Touch Button Power On Off SW ON Turbo LED TBLED External Power Saving Control optional EXTSMI SPEAKER EXTSMI KEYLOCK VCC SPKR GND GND GND GND EXT Key eee SMI LOCK 13 26 14 GND GND GV VR ECC VCC RST IDE PUSH ON LED TBLED SWON IDE LED Mainboard User s Manual Page 49 N Flash BIOS The Mainboa
9. is used in the system This option only EU E a a UN 4 tt 4 i ta i fag rere oe T F appears if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP h ee een B LIB PI LM ELI 1 The settings are 1 7 or 1 9 There are no Optimal and Fail ea iri iia ears frets es H Safe default settings because the default setting for the ee x Parallel Port Mode option is not EPP corde te ae r a rT CEEE BS apes ONES Sees F dus uad all LE rabies tr aes DELE Parallel Port DMA Channel MALIS This option is only available if the setting for the Parallel Port ta j iil ferrets TATH Mode option is ECP This option is ECP This option sets the EATA EE DMA channel used by the parallel port The settings are DMA GIDS a Ae eee HE IHRER EPIS Channel 0 1 or 3 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings TRUM IDE D DU IMTMENEDUIDEESS are not provided T Prat T NEEDS T Te UM INTE AID T IM a 7 Tft T Parallel Port IRQ T 1 gin M he Ea f Hg lu baa c RAS HE 1 ma Ew Fus This option specifies the IRQ used by the parallel port The EIL fof IN settings are Auto IRQ 5 or IRQ 7 The Optimal Fail PE
10. or read from cache memory C800 16K Shadow 16K Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16K Shadow 0800 16K Shadow 0 00 16K Shadow These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option the ROM area not used by ISA adapter cards is allocated to PCI adapter cards The settings are Setting Description Disabled The contents of the video ROM are not copied to RAM Cached The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h C7FFFh are copied from ROM to RAM and can be written to or read from cache Enabled The contents of the video ROM area from C000h C7FFFh are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM for faster execution Mainboard User s Manual Page 31 AMI Dou ubIUL ADUAACCD Jnc ALJ HLylits laserovej GOAN Jieiny AAR APA hU RENE Uptions conl inure SURAN Phila bu Sep Enabled to LAGE deldeu J SELIS IE WAGE ELIIS Cnet led LAGS Letencu SELIS Leedorl Cid Jiminy Auto n Lategeitu Node Aon ELC URAN Relcesh Hate G2 9 us Disabled WGA Unul er UGH Dlsabled Tel er UZHE Dlisbled Usd Hrite ln t Enabled breayplics Apecture wire Gru w erch Jor Resources Wes Uption Coument Leo Kecovern Jins 1 zrlh lobit JA T lne 1 Us Uasslve lltleecse Enabled Pass lve Enabled LISa Dela
11. overwhelmed by jumper settings on the Mainboard It is capable of detecting the CPU brand and core voltage setting the appropriate CPU speed according to the instructions from the user through the CMOS setup Mainboard User s Manual 5 Checking The Package Contents Remove the items from the box and make sure you have the following items before beginning If you are missing any of the items below please contact the representative for a replacement This section will aid you in quickly setting up your series part Mainboard be sure to use caution to avoid personal injury and damage to wiring due to sharp pins on connector s and printed circuit assemblies rough edges and corners and hot components Adhere to warnings regarding accessibility into ares designated ATX Box Standard Package only for authorized Technicians 1 Mainboard 2 IDE Hard Drive ribbon cable Auto Jumper This Mainboard is among our Auto 3 Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable T Jumper Series that eliminates the necessity for the user to be Overwhelmed by jumper settings on the Mainboard 4 CD ROM It is capable of detecting the CPU brand and core voltage 5 Users Guide setting the appropriate CPU speed according to the instructions from the user through the CMOS setup Your Location Requirements Are AT Box Standard Package A sturdy level surface for placement 1 Mainboard e Space allowance around mainboard 2 CD ROM Room temperature 50 to 90 5 F10 to 325
12. s 47 LL Bl C E Infra Red IR connector 47 E X F 3 3v Memory Module Sockets 48 G Serial COM1 Serial COM2 and Parallel Port Connector s 48 SN Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Connector 48 A 3V Lithium Battery 48 J PCI Add in Board Connectors 49 _ K ISA Add in Board Connector s 49 IDE2 M Front Panel Function Connector s et M Elash 08 so E lt VU mI O Floppy Drive Connector 50 NERARED P IDE Device Connector s 50 J L PCI 4 Q WAKEUP LINK Header 51 B Link io c H c QE R SB LINK and Creative PCI Header 51 e e on SIT S CPU Gard SIOt1 51 N BOTE Z E T CPU FAN Connector 51 L E 5 W GL520SM Hardware Monitor 52 e ISA 1 a K ISA 2 Page 8 Mainboard User s Manual Mainboard User s Manual Page 9 a lagram ain M b Before we begin installing your series Mainboard we have provided you with a diagram of the Mainboard to help you locate the appropriate connector s we will make reference to on the Quick otep portion of
13. should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector The four corners of the connector s are labeled on the motherboard Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives ATX Power Connector ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR The single 20 pin connector B in diagram incorporates standard 5V and 12V with 3n optional 3 3V ani soft on off signals With a power supply that supports remote power on off the mainboard can turn off the system power through the software control such as the shutdown in Windows 95 Start Menu The BIOS system will turn the system power off when it receives the proper APM command from the OS APM must be enabled in the BIOS and OS systems in order for the soft off feature is to work properly AT Power Connector A 12 Pin power supplies provide two plugs incorporates standard n5V and 12V each containing six wires two of which are black Orient the connectors so that the black wires are together Mainboard User s Manual Page 19 FLoppy Disk Drive Connector 34 pin FLOPPY This is a 34 pin connector that supports the provided floppy o Installing the mainboard into your computer chassis drive ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the onap black mounting pins onto the mainboard as shown on board FLOPPY connector O in diagram connect the Carefully insert the mainboard into the computer chassis remaining
14. 1 1 1 1 ce 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 PS 2 Mouse 0 Mainboard User s Manual Page 53 The connector pin out signal definitions are described as the table below Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 USB1 USB 5 Volt 11 USB2 USB 5 Volt 2 USB Port 1 12 USB Port 2 3 USB Port 1 13 USB Port 2 4 Ground 14 Ground 5 No Connect 15 No Connect 6 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Data 16 IR 5V 7 PS 2 Clock 17 No Connect 8 Ground 18 Infrared Receive 9 No Connect 19 Ground 10 5V 20 Infrared Transmit S 370 CPU SOCKET The Mainboard provides a 370 pin Socket 370 CPU Socket for use with Intel Socket 370 Celeron processor The CPU should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating If a fan is not present a fan should be installed prior to turning the system on For Software Installation please refer to the CD ROM Page 54 Mainboard User s Manual
15. Contents OvervieW 5 Fast start installation 6 Checking the Package Contents 7 Mainboard diagram 9 6 quick steps 16 Installing the CPU 16 Installing RAM 18 Attaching power 19 Floppy Drive connector 20 IDE 20 Mounting Mainboard to chassis 21 Installing Video 22 Installing Add on Boards 22 Bios 24 46 Mainboard User s Manual Page 3 Tri Ta LM tte ag a al a F m a TH MJ 2 a ity a Higa a Au tty TEM HH 2 E fa HB LE i ma Thank You for purchasing our High Performance PENTIUM PENTIUM Il or CELERON Mainboard Our advanced technology mainboard is designed for processing speeds of 233MHz and 333MHz or above and is upgradeable for future processors The Intel Mainboard Utilizes Intel s PCI chipset and their IDE Xcelerator provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE controller with two 2 high performance IDE interfaces for up to
16. DENT y NI Safe default settings are auto Ea T fale ha Hg elite Na TN T F en ra L an Ew j tE 1 hg wu Uu PR or ee T Tee TT Pres ti PL LIE b E hg ur Ma TE i a Dur lire r DIRE Lu Ru Tul a ee Pee urbe P Lr Pu au rm Seti retry ee Fu ims d Tu 9 o F irre hte Peete ie tee re I I JI DEIMMRTHEDMSUISMEHL Thiele zc ur uu ua fd Tace p T I cited ee ei t Peg Fa Pra te s ia Eg ad Eg ii Mag TE Pa E ee Tr n Ag ee te re ral ee 1 Ta LI n EESMIPS F Eerie reog F Li E Ru Rm l um 1 m a T i uj Lb n es n MIT ru III i 1 04 ress ee Pee E rri ee Sani jn ua Fae Dg Pur a i Tau FA i i JIRI Fiat ba LI Pats Ta Page 44 Mainboard User s Manual P 5 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector s The Mainboard provides two on board PS 2 connector s one for the keyboard and the other for a mouse PS 2 devic
17. IE E ESC Beit 1151 Fillanguage F2 FS olor FiB Save AMIBIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup Sets time date hard disk type types of floppy drive Monitor type and if keyboard is installed i III Pe ra 7 ES IM UIMIHIB IESE ee eee Advanced CMOS Setup Sets Typematic Rate and Delay Above 1 MB HIM t I Memory Test Memory Test Tick Sound Hit Del Message Display System Boot Up Sequence and many others Advanced Chipset Setup Sets chipset specific options and features Power Management Setup ntrol wer conservation option PCI PnP Setup Sets options related to PCI bus and Plug and Play _ Peripheral Setup Controls I O Controller related options CPU Configuration Setup This option selects the type of CPU install in the motherboard The settings are Auot AMBIOS auto matically determines the CPU type Mainboard User s Manual Page 25 ARIBIOS SETUP SZI6MDARD CHO SETUP Pasty ay ino All Cee el a gt lus Deo 1 1998 Hasa ika ihh 1 12 40 44 Extd Pemoru Floppy Drive A 1 44 Floppy Drive Mot Installed LER lippe oie Sec Pade no 1 Puto Auto 2 Puto gt Muto rt Sector Virus Protection Disabled lect ftailable Options Exit T4 sel Disabled Pale Poet bP ay Fi Chinga Language FFA Oo lor Standard CMO
18. S Setup Select the AMIBIOS Setup Setup options by choosing Standard Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Standard Setup options are described below Floppy Drive A and B Move the cursor to these fields via and and select the floppy type The setting are 360 KB 5 1 4 inch 1 2 MB 5 1 4 inch 720 KB 3 1 2 inch or 2 88 MB 3 1 2 inch Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Select these options to configure the drive named in the option Select Auto Detect IDE to let AMIBIOS automatically configure the drive A screen with a list of drive para meters appears Click on OK to configure the drive Page 26 Mainboard User s Manual SCSI IDE CD ROM Standard MFM Non Standard MFM Entering Drive Parameters Parameter Type Cylinders Heads Write Precompensatio n Landing Zone Sectors Capacity How to Configure Select Type Select Not Installed to the drive parameter screen The SCSI drivers provided by the SCSI manufacturer should allow you to configure the SCSI drive Select Type Select Auto to let AMIBIOS determine the parameters Click on OK when AMIBIOS displays the drive parameters Select LBA Mode Select On if the drive has a capacity greater than 540 MB Select Block Mode Select On to allow block mode data transfers Select 32 Bit Mode Select On to allow 32 bit data transfers Select the PIO Mode It is best to select Auto to allow AMIBIOS to determine the PIO mode If you select a
19. T ee ee ee Te Aga Pa RR EP Parallel Port Mode DH IERI This option specifies the parallel port mode The Optimal MIDI I I MI default setting is Normal The Fail Safe default setting is I oF Disabled The settings are 1 TE Setting Description if P JU JUI H M aC IR Bae sis Normal The normal parallel port mode is used 2 hs IU Se T Ix ILU MIS ME HII TEM eee er Fi DERI ERIS Bi Dir Use this setting to support Bidirectional transfers on the parallel port Ur DD IPIPRME ee ts he al p E Zi 1 llf ZEE EPP The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere in the drae EEEE EI ei e ee i TEREE ERII Tara of TIT Enhanced Parallel Port EPP specification ECP uses the DMA ita Pra Pa PERI Jr ES MEI tocol to achieve data transfer rates up to 2 5 Megabits per second 7 ie ECP provides symmetric bidirectional communication Der iy ee eh eee ie Pes eee itis oie ofan cress T TINI Peep site hes pare acses tac oslo hoo amir ese 7 i F bar cu HOUR IO D E Epp Version ari F T UT ERO This option specifies the Enhanced Parallel Port specification Es Aum odio sl vun version number that
20. User s Manual Page 27 RMIBEIS SETUP CPU CONFIGURATION SETIP American Megatreses inc All Rights Reserved CPU Type Fentiwn 11 Warning clocking may Galas sustem instabl iti Bote If system hangs reboot the system to enter setup ESC Exit 5 PallgA Palo Mod ify LP HOC lw CPU Configuration Setup Page 28 The system BIOS is capable to detect the CPU type say Pentium II or Celeron The user is only required to select the CPU speed In addition over clocking option is provided for advanced users who prefer to run the CPU over the specified clock frequency Mainboard User s Manual ADNAHCCO CHOS uEILL Awarican Henatrgnds Jnc ALJ lleserved lont lst Uoot Devle end Uoot whe Jrd Uoot De Uther Hont Devices Cloppu Access lard DLSk Access Control u H B 1 1 Inr llard Wisk Lock Cloyppu Derive Cloppu Dreis Seek Tere Mouse Support lr lier Usp lau EE dT DT D Check Lo Week 2 on Enabled Lable Wptions Flopp LUE H IEEE TR EDU Crnebled Wes Hr Lte Head HrLte Enabled on Disabled Enabled UbAY EGA URP EE TELLURE L1 L2 Cache Hritelark TIRE TERR Lou Cacheable Enabled Sedo Cee led Ilk 5 D Cec led m 106 HERE 16 lado HR T4 hod
21. all an auxiliary fan if necessary Insert the Cartridge Push the SEC cartridge s two locks inward With the heatsink facing the mainboard s chipset press this cartridge gently but firmly until it is fully inserted Installing the Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a 370 pins Socket 370 The CPU should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating If a fan is not present user should purchase a fan prior to turning on the system The recommended heatsinks for the Socket 370 processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the motherboard J17 provides the 12 Volts D C for your CPU cooling fan Mainboard User s Manual Page 17 Installing the memory Memory is installed in DIMM Sockets 1 3 F in diagram as follows using the chart on the following page After you have set the memory firmly into its slot snap the white chip holders up to lock in the memory chip The chart below will help you determine what slot to use for the memory configuration you want The following table for mainboards with WHITEDIMM 3 Only One 1 5 single Bank Two 2 S S Single Bank Three 3 S S S Single Bank Two 2 S S D Single Bank S D S One 1 Double Bank D S S Two 2 D D Double Bank S Single Bank DIMM module D Double Bank DIMM module Page 18 Mainboard User s Manual Attaching the power supply ribbon cable IMPORTANT Ribbon cables
22. amount of system memory that can be used by the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP The settings are 4 MB 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB or 256 MB The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 256 MB System Type This option sets the system type The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the system type DP or UP The Optimal and Fail Safe default set tings are Auto USWC Write Post This option sets the status of USWC posted write to I O The settings are Settings Description Enabled USWC posted writes to I O are enabled Disabled USWC posted writes to I O are disabled Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines if USWC posted writes to I O should be enabled and sets this option accordingly The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto Page 34 Mainboard User s Manual AGP Common SERR Set this option to Enabled to permit a common SERR signal for AGP and the standard PC bus The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled AGP System Error Forwarding Set this option to Enabled to enable AGP system errors to be forwarded The set tings are Enabled or Disabled the Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled AGP Parity Error Response Set this option to Enabled to enable AGP parity error response The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled IRQ12 This option specifies how IRQ12 is used The set
23. and Page 36 Mainboard User s Manual VGA Palette Snoop Bit Description Disabled Data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette registers nable ata read ana written by the Is directed to the both the VGA device s palette registers and ISA VGA device palette registers permitting the palette registers of both devices to be identical Allocate IRQ To PCI VGA Set this option to Yes to allocate an IRQ to the VGA device on the PCI bus The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Yes PCI IDE Bus Master Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI bus has bus mastering capability The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Offboard PCI IDE Card This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is used in the computer You must also specify the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard where the offboard PCI IDE controller card is installed If an offboard PCI IDE controller is used the motherboard onboard IDE controller is automatically dis abled the settings are Disabled Auto Slot1 Slo Slot3 Slot4 Slot5 or Slot6 If Auto is selected AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct setting The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto This option forces IRQ 14 and 15 to a PCI slot on the PCI local bus This is necessary to support non compli ant PCI IDE adapter car
24. are soft errors hard uncorrectable error occurs writing the fixed data back to DRAM system memory does not solve the problem In this case the second time the error occurs in the same location m a Parity Error is reported indicating an uncorrectable error If ECCI is selected AMIBIOS automatically enables the System Management Interface SMI is enabled If you do not want to enable power management set the Power Management APM option to Disabled and set all Power Management APM to Enabled and set the power management timeout options as desired Mainboard User s Manual Page 33 Fixed Memory Hole This option specifies the location of an area of memory that cannot be addressed on the ISA bus The settings are Disabled 15 MB 16 MB or 512KB 640 KB The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled TypeF DMA Buffer Control1 TypeF DMA Buffer Control2 These options specify the DMA channel where TypeF buffer control is implement ed the settings are Disable Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled 0 Type DMA 1 Type DMA 2 Type DMA 3 Type DMA 5 Type DMA 6 Type DMA 7 Type These options specify the bus that the specified DMA channel can be used on The settings are PC PCI Distributed or Normal ISA The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Normal ISA AGP Aperture Size This option specifies the
25. bled 3F8h 2F8h 2E8h or 3E8h The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto IR Mode This option specifies the type of infrared devices supported by the system This option onlyl appears if the Onboard Serial Por option is not set to Auto or disabled The set tings are Encoded or Non Encoded There are no default settings IR Duplex Mode This option specifies type of duplexing used for infrared on serial port 2 This option only appears if the Onboard Serial Por option is not set to Auto or Disabled The set tings are Half or Full There are no default settings IR Transmitter This option specifies the type of transmission used by the infrared devices attached to serial port 2 This option only appears if the Onboard Serial Por option is not set to Auto or Disabled The settings are 1 6 uS or 3 16 Buad There are no default set tings Onboard Parallel Port This option specifies the base I O port address of th parallel port on the motherboard The settings are Disabled 378h 278h or 3BCh The Optimal default setting is 378h Mainboard User s Manual Page 43 ea Toe te ae Pte ete ee ee eee eee ibis testes renee rica TIERE TEE T Lh IMPULSE br re UI CREE DIDIT TEETHHEPEIEMUEPEMIT E far irr tein CHIESE 5 a T
26. ctor M in diagram wires and Keyboard Mouse and Monitor cables to the appropriate serial ports connect the main power cable and Boot your system Boot the system while pressing the key on your keyboard to detect CPU speed and Auto Configure Mainboard Press the DEL key when prompted and continue BIOS configurations discussed in the next chapter I O connector s aligned with openings REMEMBER This Mainboard is among our Auto Jumper Series that eliminates the necessity for the user to be overwhelmed by jumper settings on the Mainboard It is capable of detecting the CPU brand and core voltage setting the appropriate CPU speed according to the instructions from the user through the CMOS setup Mainboard User s Manual Page 23 API BIoS HLFLES MILITE VERSION 1 ZHE LE Ahar ican Heqatrends i All Rights Haaar mi 3 SEE IM COS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup eae Le Power lFanagement Setup PLL Piling and Play Setup Peripheral Setup CPU Configurationm setup Harduare Monitor Setup Patent Hard Disks Change User Passed Change Supereisor Password Change Language Mode fate Conk iquesation with Optinal settings sate Exit Emit Hithout Sav IPIS Lh HH m fe ma im Pu Pig Fr Pug Far PAA ey ek Ea r Ei JE oan ee i F ri Rz GEmmndapd CHO Fore i ima tise date hard disk a
27. d transmit Mainboard User s Manual Page 47 3 3V Memory Module Sockets DIMM The Mainboard provides three 168 pin standard DIMM sockets for installation of 3 3V unbuffered Single or Double Bank SDRAM modules For ZX Series two DIMM only G Serial COM1 Serial COM2 and Parallel Port Connector s The ATX Mainboard provides two serial port connector s and one parallel port connector Based on the ATX standard 2 9 pin serial ports and 1 25 pin parallel port are now built on the mainboard back panel This design makes your mainboarats installation easier The parallel port can be BIOS configured into standard SPP mode Enhanced Parallel Port EPP mode and a high speed Extended capabilities Port ECP mode EPP Mode requires a driver provided by the peripheral manufacturer in order to operate properly The AT Mainboard provides two 10 pin serial ports and one 26 pin parallel port pin Headers for Cable are now built on the mainboard Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Connector The Mainboard provides an AGP slot compatible with the Accelerated Grahics Port specification AGP compliant video cards offer a much higher throughput than equivalent PCI bus video cards PCI currently only supports a 33 Mhz bandwidth and can transport at peak rates up to 133 MB s over its 32 bit data bus AGP operates at a 66 Mhz bandwidth which enables a peak rate of 266 MB s in what is known as X1 mode Using X2 mode the peak transport rate can
28. ds Offboard PCI IDE Card This option specifies the PCI interrupt used by the primary IDE channel on the offboard PCI IDE controller The settings are Disable Hardwired INTA INTB INTC or INTD The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Offboard PCI IDE Secondary IRQ This option specifies the PCI interrupt used by the secondary IDE channel on the PCI IDE controller The settings are Disabled Hardwired INTA INTB INTC or INTD The Optimal and Fail Safe settings are Disabled Mainboard User s Manual Page 37 PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority PCI Slo IRQ Priority PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority These options specify the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots The settings are Auto IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 and 11 in priority order The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 These options allow you to specify the bus type used by each DMA channel The set tings are PnP or ISA EISA The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are PnP IRGA IRQ5 IRQ7 1 9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ14 IRQ15 These options specify the bus that the specified the IRQ line is used on These options allow you to reserve IRQs for legacy ISA adapter cards These options determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configureable by the s
29. e Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and one on the secondary IDE connector Page 50 Mainboard User s Manual WAKEUP LINK Header The Mainboard provides a WAKEUP LINK header used to con nect an add in NIC Network Interface Card which has Wake on LAN capability R P and Creative PCI Header The Mainboard provides headers for PCI add in cards that support the Creative SB Link The Creative SB LINK interface supports Sound Blaster AWE64D PCI compatible sound solutions SB LINK utilizes Intel s PC PCI technology that exists in Intel 440LX or newer corelogic chipsets S CPU Card Slot 1 The Mainboard provides a 242 pin CPU card slot for use with Intel Pentium 11 processor The CPU card should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating If a fan is not present a fan should be installed prior to turning the system on T CPU Fan Connector The recommended heatsinks for the processor are those with 12 Volt three conductor fans that can be connected to the fan connec tor J17 on the mainboard J17 provides 12 Volts DC to the CPU cooling fan as follows 17 PIN IGNAL NAME 1 No Connection 2 12 3 Ground CAUTION Be sure that sufficient air circulation is available across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is work ing Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the mainboard You may install a
30. e Read Write or Read Only The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings and Read Write Hard Disk Access Control This option specifies the read write access that is set when booting from a hard disk drive The settings are Read Write or Read Only The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Read Write S M A R T For Hard Disks Set this option to Enable to permit AMIBIOS to use the SMART System Management System Management and Reporting Technologies protocol for reporting server system information over a network The settings are Enable Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Boot Up Num Lock Set the option to Off to turn the Num Lock Key off when the computer is booted SO you can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard The settings are On or Off The default settings are On PS 2 Mouse Support Set this option to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 type mouse Pins 2 3 of the PS 2 mouse support The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Primary Display This option configures the type of monitor attached to the computer The set tings are Mon CGA 40x25 CGA 80x25 VGA EGA or Absent The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are VGA EGA Password Check This option enables password checking every time the system boots or when you run AMIBIOS Setup If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned
31. e default settings are Ignore Keyboard Wakeup amp PS 2 Mouse Wakeup Guide These features enable using Keyboard or PS 2 Mouse to wakeup the system Keyboard Wake Up Setup 1 Boot Up System 2 Press DEL to enter CMOS 3 Select Power Management Setup 4 Enable Keyboard Power On 5 Select Wakeup string amp Press Enter Wake up String The Screen shows iEnter new keyboard wakeup string 1 a Press lt Enter gt Enter to set default as Right Shift Key Shift b Enter a Wakeup String for Keyboard Wakeup eg apple PS 2 Mouse Wake Up Setup 1 Boot Up System 2 Press DEL to enter CMOS 3 Select Power Management Setup 4 Enable PS 2 Power On How to wakeup using Keyboard or PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Wakeup Shut down system Press Right Shift or Type the preset string eg apple amp Press Enter Mouse Wakeup Bootup OS with Mouse Driver eg Win98 gt Shut Down gt Double Click Left Mouse Button Mainboard User s Manual Page 41 AMIBIOS SETUP PERIPHERAL SETUP DPSS ioe Pee at iu 1 vH Hights RTI T I M ds d L 1 EH x I LE H Kes pel Th oe Ley Lj cupport twr FIH Miu re terial Forti Micard erial Portz zerian l Portz Fie Duplex Pode inBoard Parallel Poort Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port Parallel Port DPW Channel Micard LDE Availale Opt ions Ted Piit Disabled Puta F Ena led Puto 1 Full Puto ECP Both
32. el JP9 wm KEYLOCK SPEAKER SMI Mainboard User s Manual Page 13 Mainboard you with a diagram of the Mainboard to help you locate the appropriate connector s we will make reference to on the Quick la m otep portion of this manual The letters below describes the key Mainboard components Page number in the right hand column will direct you to a detailed description of the component BXi98 CT ZX98 CT BXv98 CT BX133 CT S CP COMPONENT PAGE a AT Keyboard Connector 53 3 b AT 53 2 B ATX Power Supply 46 e Integrated Functional Connector 53 F 3 3v Memory Module Sockets 48 G AT Serial COM1 Serial COM2 and Parallel Port Cable Connector s pin headers 48 AGP cpuran Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Connector 48 N y l Lithium Battery 48 p z e z e J PCI Add in Board Connectors 49 PCI imi gt po in Board Connectors E Z M Front Panel Function 49 PCI 9 T N Flash BIOS 2 00 0 50 O O Floppy Drive Connector 50 sca WARE 7 P IDE Device Connectors 50 N E en Q WAKEUP LINK Header
33. ers below describes the key Mainboard components Page number in the right hand column will direct you to a detailed description of the component 98 ZX98 AT BXv98 AT BX133 AT COMPONENT PAGE a AT Keyboard Connector 53 b AT Power 53 B ATX Power Supply 46 e Integrated Functional Connector 53 F 3 3v Memory Module Sockets 48 G AT Serial COM1 Serial COM2 and Parallel Port Cable Connector s pin headers 48 H Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Connector 48 l 3V Lithium Battery 48 J PCI Add in Board Connectors 49 K ISA Add in Board Connector s 49 M Front Panel Function Connectors 49 N Flash BIOS 50 O Floppy Drive Connector 50 P IDE Device Connectors 50 Q WAKEUP LINK Header 51 o Card SIOL T dose Ede y ewe xn 51 T CPU FAN Connector 51 Page 2 Mainboard User s Manual Mainboard lagram B b T ri L SLOT O T CPUFAN ME i Q Q D oem Q A gt PCI2 a amp 2 MEME LL rr A d p ep en ET K SA 14 Front Pan
34. es all have a standard 6 pin round shape connector If you are already using a PS 2 mouse or keyboard simply plug them into the cor responding connecior s No jumper settings are necessary ATX Power Supply Connector The Mainboard provides a single 20 pin ATX power supply con nector J3 which incorporates standard 5V and 12V with optional 3 3V and soft on off signals With a power supply that supports remote power on off the mainboard can turn off the system power through software control such as the shutdown command in the Windows 95 Start Menu The BIOS system will turn the system power off when it receives the proper APM com mand from the OS APM must be enabled in the BIOS and OS systems in order for the soft off feature is to work properly Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PW_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PWRGOOD 18 5V 9 5VSB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V Page 46 Mainboard User s Manual e e o 6e 06 lt e P 4 e e e t T About the Soft Touch Power Button In an ATX based system the new soft touch power button replaces the main power switch that turns your system on and off From an OFF state you can switch the system ON by sim ply pressing the power button From an ON state the system can be turned OFF by pressing and holding the power button for four 4 seconds The functions of the power butto
35. es how the power button mounted externally on the computer chas sis is used The settings are Setting Description On Off Pushing the power button turns the computer on or off Suspend Pushing the Power button places the computer in Suspend mode or Full On power mode Instant On Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for the Intel InstantON specifi cation The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default set tings are Disabled Mainboard User s Manual Page 39 Green PC Monitor Power State This option specifies the power state that the green PC compliant video monitor enters when AMBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Off Standby Suspend or Disabled the Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power state that the video subsystem enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Standby Suspend or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Standby or Suspend The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Hard Disk Timeout Th
36. four 4 IDEdevices hard drives or CD ROM s It s I O controller integrates floppy drive interface two 2 FIFO serial ports one 1 parallel port and Consumer Infra Red compatible interface The VIA Mainboard utilizes VIA s PCI chipset The VIA s PCI ISA IDE provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE controller with two high performance IDE interfaces for up to four IDE devices such as hard drives or CD ROM The integrated super controller integrates the standard PC I O functions floppy interface two FIFO serial ports one EPP ECP capable parallel port and support for an IrDA and Consumer Infra Red compatible interface This mainboard is designed to support the new graphic interface standard Accelerated Graphic Port AGP The AGP interface can reach a theoretical 532Mbytes sec transfer rate for 3D graphics data On the other hand the on board 32 bit PCI local bus slots allow a high bandwidth data path which serves as a super highway for intensive data movement such as networking The BIOS support PCI bridge user configuration which allows for further expansion of the system with PCI peripherals Up to two 16 bit ISA slots allow this board to be backward compatible with the older expansion card A total of six expansion slots may be populated with full length add in cards since one PCI and ISA slot share the same chassis I O panel This Mainboard is among our Auto Jumper Series that eliminates the necessity for the user to be
37. he settings are expressed as a percentage between the normal CPU clock speed and the CPU clock speed when the computer is in the power con serving state The settings are 0 12 5 12 5 25 25 37 5 37 5 50 50 62 5 62 5 75 or 75 87 5 The Optimal and Fail Safe Default settings are 50 62 5 Page 40 Mainboard User s Manual Display Activity When set to Monitor this option enables event monitoring on the video display If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches for display activity The computer enters the Full On state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if display activity occurs The set tings are Monitor or Ignore The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Ignore Device 6 Serial Port 1 Device 7 Serial Port 2 Device 8 Parallel Port Device 5 Floppy Disk Device 0 Primary Master IDE Device 1 Primary Slave IDE Device 2 Secondary Master IDE Device 3 Secondary Slave IDE When set to Monitor these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line The computer enters the Full On state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line The settings for each of these options are Monitor or Ignore The Optimal and Fail Saf
38. il Safe default set tings are 4 CLKs VGA Frame Buffer USWC Set this option to Enabled to enable the VGA video frame buffer using USWC Uncacheable Speculatable Write Combined memory The settings are Enabled ro Disabled Older ISA VGA card drivers may not behave correctly if this option is not set to Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Frame Buffer USWC Set this option to Enabled to enable the USWC memory attribute and improve video performance when a PCI video adapter is installed However VGA card dri vers may not behave correctly when this option is set to Enabled The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are Disabled DRAM Integrity Mode This option sets the type of system memory checking The settings are Setting Description Non ECC No error checking or error reporting is done ECC Only Multibit errors are detected and reported as parity errors Single bit errors are corrected by the chipset Corrected bits of data from memory are not written back to DRAM system memory If Level is selected the J25 External SMI software jumper on the Series 745 board is dis abled ECC Multibit errors aer detected and reported as parity errors Single bit errors are corrected by the chipset and are written back to DRAM sys tem memory If a soft correctable memory error occurs writing the fixed data back to DRAM system memory will resolve the problem Most DRAM errors
39. ily 1 1 color D v v E Advanced CMOS Setup Quick Boot Set this option to Enabled to instruct AMIBIOS to boot quickly when the computer is powered on This option replaces the old Above 1 MB Memory Test Advanced Setup option The settings are 1st Boot Device This option set the type of device for the first boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Network Optical SCSI CDROM IDE 0 IDE 1 IDE 2 or IDE 3 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are IDE O 2nd Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the second boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy or IDE 0 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Floppy Mainboard User s Manual Page 29 3rd Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the third boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disable CD ROM or IDE 0 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are CD ROM Try Other Boot Devices Set this option to Yes to instruct AMIBIOS to attempt to boot from any other drive in the system if it cannot find a boot drive among the drives specified in the 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device options Floppy Access Control This option specifies the read write access that is set when booting from a flop py drive The settings ar
40. is option specifies the length of a period of hard disk drive inactivity When this legth of time expires the computer enters power conserving state specified in the Hard Disk Power Down Mode Option see previous page The settings are Disable 1 min minute 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min 7 min 8 min 9 min 10 min 11 min 12 min 13 min 14 min 15 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Standby Suspend Timer Unit This option specifies the unit of time used for the Standby and Suspend timeout peri ods The settings are 4 msec 4 sec 32 sec or 4 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 4 min Standby Timeout This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power on state When this length of time expires the computer enters Standby power state THe settings are Disabled 4 msec 8 msec 12 msec 16 msec up to 508 msec in increments of 4 msec The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Suspend Timeout This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Standby state When this length of time expires the computer enters Suspend power state The set tings are Disabled 4 msec 8 msec 12 msec 16 msec up to 508 msec in increments of 4 msec The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Slow Clock Ratio This option specifies the speed at which the system clock runs in the Standby Mode power saving state T
41. n a auxiliary fan if necessary Mainboard User s Manual Page 51 W 3 GL520SM Hardware Monitor The Mainboard provides sophisticated hardware monitoring via the on board GL520SM integrated circuit The GL520SM can be used to monitor temperatures power supply voltages and fan speeds and will generate interrupts and audible tones that allow the system speaker to sound an alarm if it detects an abnormal system situation Through the SMBus software interface the host can program the temperature trip points and query the GL520SM about system interrupt status current temperature voltage and fan speed Page 52 Mainboard User s Manual FOR BABY AT Mainboards ONLY AT Keyboard Connector The Mainboard provides a on board AT keyboard connector D ur AT Power Connector A 12 Pin power supplies provide two plugs incorpo rates standard 5V and 12V each containing six wires two of which are black Orient the connectors so that the black wires are together Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Power Good Signal 7 Ground 2 5V 8 Ground 3 12V 9 5V 4 12V 10 5V 5 Ground 11 5V 6 Ground 12 5V e Integrated Function Connector The total two USB device connectors a PS 2 mouse and an Infrared devices are all allocated at this connector JP 2 Pin1 to Pin5 for USB1 connector Pin11 to Pin15 for USB2 connector Pin6 to Pin10 for PS 2 connector Pin16 to Pin20 InfraRed connector 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
42. n can also be be altered in the Power Management section of the CMOS setup Universal Serial Bus USB Connector s The Mainboard provides two 4 pin Universal Serial Bus USB connector s USB is a new interface standard for adding exter nal Plug and Play PnP devices to the computer system Peripherals that support USB PnP capabilities can operate at u to a 12Mb sec data transfer rate Eventually all external device connected to your computer will be standardized to USB 23 Infra Red IR Connector The Mainboard provides a 5 pin header interface JP15 for connection to a Hewlett Packard HSDSL 1000 compatibl infrared IrDA transmitter receiver Connect JP15 to the front panel I O IrDA connector provided with your system Once the module is connected to the front panel I O IrDA connector Serial port 2 can be re directed to the IrDA module When con figured for IrDA the user can transfer files to or from portable devices such as laptops PDA s and printers using application software such as LapLink The IrDA specification provides for data transfers at 115 kbps from a distance of 1 meter Support for Consumer infrared ASK IR is also included Please refer to your IR equipment for more detailed information The 15 header pin out Is as follows is Pin oignal Name iu acu EAE UU VCC power source gt Pr NO Connection E gud US IUS HEC NES IRRX infra red receive 4 No Connection a ue PP IRTX infra re
43. on If setup is chosen the password prompt appears if AMIBIOS is executed See Advanced Setup chapter for instructions on changing a password The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are Setup Page 30 Mainboard User s Manual Boot To OS 2 Set this option to Enabled if running OS 2 operating system and using more than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled CPU Microcode Update Set this option to Enabled to permit the CPU to be updated online at any time The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default set tings are Enabled System BIOS Cacheable When set to Enabled the contents of the F0000h system memory segment can be read from or written to cache memory The contents of this memory seg ment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster execu tion The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal default setting is Enabled the Fail Safe default setting is Disabled C000 16K Shadow C400 16K Shadow The options specify how the 32 KB of video ROM at C0000h is treated The settings are Setting Description Disabled The contents of the video ROM are not copied to RAM Enabled The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h C7FFFh are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM for faster execution Cached The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h C7FFFh are copied from ROM to RAM and an be written to
44. op Tiel JDC Uwsneastec Dlsabled urrunard JUL LUE Card Auto Wri oaed JUL LUE Jcdmacy Lill DlLsatled urrinard JUL LUE secondary Lil DLs5Bhled UNA Channel UNA 1 UNA ChsnnelL UMA Ehennel UNA CO Went UNA EChennel IHH I UL c I n1 ILL J Hao PELE J n1 J IL 18411 Kuc Exit Languege FZ LJ cnlnr PCI PnP Setup Choose PCI Plug and Play Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup screen to display the PCI and Plug and Play Setup options described below Plug and Play Aware O S Set this option to Yes to inform AMIBIOS Setup that the operating system can handle plug and play PnP devices The settings are No or Yes The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks This option specifies the latency timing in PCI clocks for PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 64 PCI VGA Palette Snoop When this option is set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA
45. plugs on the other end to the corresponding and align the corresponding mounting holes on the floppy drives mainboard with the holes on you chassis While chassis design varies you may need to refer to the chassis manual for the mainboard mounting area Insert white pins through the chassis and through the mounting holes on the mainboard into the black pin making sure they have snapped fully into place OTECRTVSVENVETVPA S V Peste SNP Floppy connection 31 mos Black mount pin IDE connection IDE Connector The 2 on board IDE connector s P in diagram support the provided 40 pin IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the mainboard connect the 2 remaining plugs at the other end of your hard disk s If you install 2 hard disks you must configure the 2 drives by setting its jumpers according to the documentation of your hard disk Also you may connect the 2 hard disk drives so that both become Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary ID connector and the other on the secondary IDE connector Insert into chassis NOTE For the flat ribbon cable connection please make sure that the pin 1 of the ribbon cable the red wire side of the cable is correctly connected to the on board connector s pin 1 as shown on the diagram the mainboard Insert White mount pin Page 20 Mainboard User s Manual Mainboard User s Manual Page 21 Installing the AGP
46. ption Comeent Em 11 tm iei t Falip Pg Die Fi LAr ape Far Fa io o Peripheral Setup Peripheral Setup options are displayed by choosing Peripheral Setup form the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Peripheral Setup options are described here USB Function Set this option to Enabled to enable USB Universal Serial Bus support The settings are Enabled or Disabled USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support Set this option to Enabled to enable support for older keyboards and mouse devices if the USB Function option is et to Enabled The settings are Enabled or Disabled Page 42 Mainboard User s Manual Onboard IDE This option specifies the IDE channel used by the onboard IDE controller The set tings are Disabled Primary or Secondary Onboard Floppy Controller Set this option to Enabled to enable the floppy drive controller on the motherboard The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines if the floppy controller should be enabled Enabled or Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 This option specifies the base l O port address fo serial port 1 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 2E8h or 3E8h The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 This option specifies the base I O port address fo serial port 2 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disa
47. rd flash BIOS provides users with more flexibility in upgrading their mainboards The flash BIOS can be easily reprogrammed via software mai Floppy Drive Connector The Mainboard provides a 34 pin connector that supports the included floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the on board FLOPPY connector connect the remain ing plugs on the other end of the cable to the corresponding floppy drives NOTE Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting the connector in the wrong orientation IDE Device Connector s The Mainboard provides 2 independent bus mastering PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting up to Mode 4 and Ultra DMA 33 devices The system BIOS supports automatic detec tion of the IDE device data transfer rate and translation between different kinds of device modes such as Logical Block Addressing LBA Extended Cylinder Sector Head ECSH translation modes and ATAPI e g CD ROM devices on both IDE interfaces The two on board IDE connector s support the provided 40 pin IDE hard disk ribbon cables After connecting the single end to the mainboard connector s connect the two remaining plugs at the other end of your hard disk s and or CD Rom drive s If you install two hard disks and or CD Rom drives you must config ure the two drives by setting their IDE master slave jumpers according to the documentation for those devices Also you may connect the two hard disk drives so that both becom
48. rs benefit without intent to infringe Intel Pentium Pentium II are registered trademark of Intel Corporation VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies Incorporated IBM IBM PC IBM PC AT PC DOS OS 2 and OS 2 WARP are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Ms DOS Windows Windows NT Windows 98 and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMI BIOS is a product of American Megatrends Inc AWARD BIOS is a product of Award Software Inc Third party brands and names mentioned in this User s Guide are the property of their respective owners The product name and revision number are both printed on the board itself Manual revisions are released for each board design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL FURNISHED FOR INFORMATION USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTURED AS A COMMITMENT BY MANUFACTURER MANUFACTURER ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 1999 Manufacturer All Rights Reserved Manual Revision 1 00 Release Date April 1999 Part No 90 NEW981 00 00 Page 2 Mainboard User s Manual Table Of
49. this manual The letters below describes the key EN rcm S Mainboard components Page number in the right hand column A E 55 UE T will direct you to a detailed description of the component 18 ite 98 BXe98 CX BXv98 CX BX133 CX C B 5 2 PAGE HH W A PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector s 46 GH B ATX Power Supply 46 C Universal Serial Bus USB Connector s 47 lt E Infra Red IR 47 F 3 3v Memory Module Sockets 48 z G Serial COM1 Serial COM2 and gt Parallel Port Connector s 48 H pa lt H Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Connector 48 nmm T l 3V Lithium Battery 48 PCI 1 J PCI Add in Board Connector s 49 K ISA Add in Board Connector s 49 H M Front Panel Function Connector s 49 TTE 50 O Floppy Drive Connector 50 INERARED ae R P IDE Device Connectors 50 J I M Q WAKEUP LINK Header 51 Link E R SB LINK and Creative PCI Header 51 E s Socket 370 CPU Socket 54 N PCI5 T CPU FAN Connector 51 Si
50. tings are Settings Description Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines how IRQ12 should be allocated Standard IRQ12 is made available for use on the ISA bus Mouse IRQ12 is used by the PS 2 mouse The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto 4 SERR Set this option to Enabled to enable the SERR signal for the Intel PIIX4 chip The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled USB Passive Release Enable Set this option to Enabled to enable passive release for USB The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled 4 Passive Set this option to Enabled to enable passive release for the Intel PIIX4 chip the settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled 4 Delayed Transaction Set this option to Enabled to enable delayed transactions for the Intel PIIX4 chip The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Master Lat Timer This option specifies the latency for the Timer The settings are 00h through F8h increments of 08h The settings are OOh Mainboard User s Manual Page 35 ANI Lou wey UL fel PLUG AAD SLAY LEI LIU Aaecican Jvc ALJ Wleserved Juy and HosBrgE Ue H bhblilshlg Uptions Clesac H IIRH Tol Latency Jimer CLL Clocks Uy liar brepliocs Adapt er UGA l alette uno
51. yed Jrensact Lon Dlsabled Eut Exit Ll Langueye Feld ecodor Advanced Chipset Setup Choose Chipset Setup on the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Chipset Setup options are then displayed AMIBIOS Setup can be customized AMIBIOS Setup can be customized AMIBIOS Setup can be customized via AMIBCP See the AMIBIOS Utilities Guide for additional information MA Wait State This option specifies the length of the delay inserted between MA signals The settings are Slow or Fast The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Slow SDRAM Timing Latency This option specifies the latency for the Synchronous DRAM system memory sig nals The settings are Auto AMBIOS automatically determines the optimal delay or Manual The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto RAS To CAS This option specifies the length of the delay inserted between the RAS and CAS signals of the DRAM system memory access cycle The settings are 2 CLKs ro 3 CLKs The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 3 CLKs Page 32 Mainboard User s Manual CAS Lat This option sets the latency period for the CAS signal The settings are 2 CLKs or d3 CLKs The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 3 CLKs RAS Precharge This option specifies the length of the RAS precharge part of the DRAM system memory access cycle when EDO DRAM system memory is installed in this com puter The settings are 3 CLKs or 4 CLKs the Optimal and Fa
52. ystem BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed rom the pool the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA EISA setting to it Onboard is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard are configured as PCI PnP IRQ12 only appears if the Mouse Support option in Advanced Setup is set to Disabled IRQ14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard PCI IDE is enabled If all IRQs are set to ISA EISA and IRQ14 and 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices because at least one IRQ must be available for PCI and PnP devices The settings are ISA EISA and IRQ14 and 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices because at least one IRQ must be available for PCI and PnP devices The settings are ISA EISA or PCI PnP The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are PCI PnP Reserved Memory Size This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards the settings are Disable 16K 32K or 64K The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Reserved Memory Address This option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area the specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards This option does not appear if the Reserved Memory Size option is set to Disabled The settings are C0000

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