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SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD

1. RS Reset Button connector HL HDD LED connector TL Turbo LED SL Sleep LED connector PW Power On Off Suspend switch 1 RS Reset Button Connector Pin Signal name Pinl amp 2 Function l Reset Control Open No action 2 Ground Short System Reset 3 11 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 2 HL IDE HDD LED Connector Pin Signal name 1 5V DC Pull up 2 HDD Active Signal 3 TL TURBO LED Connector Pin Signal name l SV DC Pull up 2 Ground 4 SL Sleep LED Connector valid only with ATX power supply This LED will be lightened when the AC power is connected and the system is power off darkened when the AC power is disconnected or the system is powered on Pin Signal name l Signal Pin 2 Ground 5 PW Power On Off and External Suspend Switch Connector 5 a When this mainboard has the ATX power supply connected According to the setup in CMOS the PW connector has two functions It can be the Power Switch or Suspend Switch of your PC system please refer to Section 4 7 and section 4 8 for BIOS setup Ifthe setup in CMOS is Delay 4 Sec the switch function will be A When system is power off A short click on this switch the system will be powered on B When system power is on a The system is in Full ON mode a 1 Click on this switch less t
2. O JP2 JP3 JP4 BUS CLOCK AGP CLOCK PCI CLOCK 2 3 2 3 2 3 112 MHz 74 7 MHz 37 3 MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 66 8 MHz 66 8 MHz 33 4 MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 124 MHz 82 7 MHz 41 3 MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 75 MHz 75 MHz 37 5 MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 133 3 MHz 88 7 MHz 44 3 MHz 1 2 2 3 1 2 83 3 MHz 66 6 MHz 33 3 MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 95 MHz 63 5 MHz 31 75 MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 100 MHz 66 6 MHz 33 3 MHz Note 1 2 means mini jumper on Pin1 and Pin2 2 3 means mini jumper on Pin3 and Pin3 The BUS clock mentioned in the table above is the system bus clock which will be connected to the system devices such as CPU MIMM etc When the BUS clock is defined in the BIOS setup program the setting on these jumpers will not make any change to the BUS clock CPU will use BUS clock and have it multiplied with the clock ratio and decide the system speed 3 16 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP C JP5 JP6 JP7 JP8 CPU Clock Ratio Selection optional JP5 JP6 JP7 and JP8 is designed on the mainboard to select the CPU clock ratio Basically the CPU clock ratio can be selected in the BIOS setup program So you may find these jumpers are not presented on the board When these jumpers are installed on the mainboard you have to Disable the Processor Core Frequency in BIOS setup program before you can use these jumper settings to select the CPU clock ratio Note the setting in the sy
3. hl Mmm a E mi DO9 6 v LU DDOQQ rwr LED KBLOCK Speaker LED and Key Lock Connector SPK Speaker connector 1 Pin Signal name 5VDC 2 Speaker Data Signal 3 Speaker Data Signal 4 Speaker Data Signal 5 No Connection PWR LED amp KBLOCK Panel Power LED and Key Lock Connector 1 Pin Signal name 1 Pullup 5V DC for Power LED gt Ground 3 Ground 4 KeyboardLock 5 Ground 5 3 14 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 3 JUMPERS This section will discuss the jumper setting on this mainboard In order to let you have better idea of the jumper setting please see below for the explanation of Jumper settings before you start this section A jumper is a set of two three or more jumper pins which allows users to make different system configuration by putting the plastic connector plug mini jumper on 1t open 00 000 show gt 1 l 1 2 cm z 1 1 The following jumpers which labeled with optional means they are optional on the mainboard and the related components are normally not populated on the board In order to make the mainboard works properly please make sure all jumper settings are at correct before installing this mainboard A JP1 Keyboard OnNow Function Selection This mainboard supports the OnNow function The OnNow function will allow you t
4. q r 101174 4 a m LOIS IOd LOTS IOd A O CN9_IDEI CNIO IDE2 D CN3 COM 1 Serial Port 1 Connector CN4 COM 2 Serial Port 2 Connector LOTS VSI LOTS VSI 4 LOTS IOd 4 LOTS IOd 4 LOTS IOd q H LOTS 10d 4 TINY g E n lio CN9_IDEI CNIO IDE2 Ping assignment of serial port connector 1 6 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name DCD Data Carrier Detect 6 DSR Data Set Ready 2 RD Received Data 7 RTS Request To Send 3 TD Transmit Data 8 CTS Clear To Send 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 9 RI Ring Indicator 5 Ground 5 9 I O address 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H IRQ3 IRQ4 selected by CMOS setup 3 4 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP E CN5 Parallel Port Connector CN 5 PARALLEL PORT LOTS Id LOTS VSI LOTS VSI LOTS 19d A U 4 Ea Are LOTS Idd a IOTS_1Dd 4 1 ut CN9 IDEI CNIO IDE2 Pin assignment of parallel port
5. C CDROM A CDROM C A D A SCSP E A SCSI F A SCSI SCSLA C SCSLC A C only and LS ZIP C When select to load the OS from CDROM C A or LS ZIP C you must select the HARD DISK TYPE and MODE properly the Auto selection is recommended so that you can use CDROM or LS ZIP device to load the OS into your system You can find these items in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP Swap Floppy Drive default setting Disabled When enable this option the device name of the floppy drives will be swapped For example drive A will be treated as drive B and drive B as Drive A 4 25 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Boot Up Floppy Seek default setting Enabled Enable this feature will tell the system to seek and check on the floppy drive when boot up the system Boot Up NumLock Status default setting On Select ON in this field will light the NumLock LED when boot up the system When select Off the Numlock LED will be darkened Boot Up System Speed default setting High The field allows you to select the system speed the default setting is High Memory Parity Check default setting Enabled When select Enabled the system board will use the parity bit to check the memory sub system When select Disabled the system board will not check the parity bit Assign IRQ for VGA default setting Enabled Some of the VGA displ
6. M CN14 AT Power Connector CN 14 4 ai remmmemer EE AT Power Connector 92 9 9 9999 4 LOTS IDd LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS Id LOTS VSI LOTS VSI OF 3 8 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP PIN ASSIGMENT OF AT POWER CONNECTOR l 2 ORA nS on O CA 9 BMH 11 e 12 Pin Assignment 1 Power Good Orange 2 5V DC Red 3 12V DC Yellow 4 12V DC Blue 5 Ground Black 6 Ground Black 7 Ground Black 8 Ground Black 9 5V DC White 10 5V DC Red 11 5VDC Red 12 5VDC Red Note There are two connectors from the switching power supply P8 amp P9 Wrong connection will cause permanent damage to the mainboard Be sure to make the power connector correctly all the time Joint the black cable and then have the connectors connected to the mainboard N CN15 ATX Power Connector HHHH LOTS VSI LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS VSI SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP PIN ASSIGNMENT
7. only one connector can be installed The factory default is the AT type connector installed on the board When the AT type K B installed on the board the PS 2 type CN20 become invisible K B CONNECTORS Either PS 2 or AT type K B connector can be installed on the mainboard Basically these two connectors share the same space so there is only one connector can be installed Default AT type connector installed ly 4 4 4 d LOTS Dd LOTS IOd LOTS Dd LOTS Dd LOTS VSI LOTS VSI OR CN9 IDEI CNIO IDE2 CN8 FDC Pin assignment of PS 2 keyboard connector CN20 is under CNT Pin Signal name Pin Signal name Pin Signal name l Keyboard Data 3 Ground 5 Keyboard Clock 2 No Connection 4 SV DC 6 No Connection Pin assignment of AT keyboard connector CN1 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name Pin Signal name l Keyboard clock 3 No connection 5 Keyboard Clock 2 Keyboard data 4 Ground 6 5V DC 3 3 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP C CN2 PS 2 Mouse Connector Mouse Data No Connection Ground 5V DC Mouse Clock TR CNA ome LOTS VSI LOTS VSI im 1 LOTS 19d
8. 1 14 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 STROBE 14 AUTO FEED 2 Data Bit 0 15 ERROR 3 DataBitl 16 INIT 4 DataBit2 17 SLCTIN 5 DataBit3 18 Ground 6 Data Bit4 19 Ground 7 DataBit5 20 Ground 8 DataBit6 21 Ground 9 Data Bit 7 22 Ground 10 ACK 23 Ground 11 BUSY 24 Ground 12 PE 25 Ground 13 SLCT 26 N C 15 25 3 5 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP F CN6 USB 1 Universal Serial Bus Connector G CNT USB 2 Universal Serial Bus Connector Jos Dd 4 A LOTS Id V U I VSI LOTS VSI 3 Er LOTS Tod r3 IOI Dd 4 H CN9 IDEI CNIO IDE2 no Pin assignment of USB connector CN 7 CN 6 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment O 5 Ground BLACK WIRE 1 5V DC RED WIRE 4 Ground BLACK WIRE 2 DATA WHITE WIRE 3 DATA GREEN WIRE 3 DATA GREEN WIRE 2 DATA WHITE WIRE e 4 Ground BLACK WIRE l 5V DC RED WIRE e 3 Ground BLACK WIRE H CN8 Floppy Disk Control Port Connector using IRQ6 DMA 2 TOTS VSI 4 DI 4 LOTS 19d 1018 Dd 4 TL LOTS 19d 4 Ba LOTS IOd 4 H CN9
9. INTRODUCTION SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD MAINBOARD LAYOUT 1 2 s90IA9p JSN Fureisui uom Ajmyoreo e qeo SN ou ajpuey sAeMje osto d H IN 91 JO S9149P ESN SU JUNIO Konsap jim o qeo SN Jo od Suor mM iNOILNVO ZAC OINO Tad 6NO PAT 8NO ZUMOS EWLION 7 MO OT ple SOINO AV 6df Aoneg eSWIS S D T WIWIG 7 C ININIG y ININIG ssuryos Jodwmnf 0 19J9I oseo d POP Nd PAS pdf df Tdf De E o l o UA NdI FINI TS MONUO g df J9o O0d LV VI NO 19 0d XLV SINO ERR ER Ue sissey LINO iU E Zum s Jodumf 0 19701 oseo q OBI YOOTI ND VAS 8df Sdf PCI SLOT PCI SLOT uod Ul TINI ssa SLOT 3 LEER AGP PCI SLOT P PCI SLOT a Ls uone ejsug YING YIM MOB PIBOQUIETA 1 2 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION 1 3 SPECIFICATION CPU Intel Pentium M II processor and Celeron processor 1 When the FSB clock is 66 MHz it supports 233 MHz up to 533 MHz CPUs 2 When the FSB clock is 100 MHz it supports 350 MHz up to 500 MHz CPUs CPU VCC Switching Voltage Regulator onboard supports 1 30V DC 3 5V DC Vcore Note The CPU Core Voltage will be Detected and adjusted automatically by the mainboard so there is no jumper setting requ
10. PCIISA PnP PCIAISA PnP PCIAISA PnP Legacy ISA Legacy ISA PCIISA PnP PCIAISA PnP PCIISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCIISA PnP PCIISA PnP PCI IRQ Actived By Level PCI IDE IRQ map To PCI AUTO Primary IDE INT DA Secondary IDE INT B Assign IRQ For USB Enabled ESC Quit Select Item Fl Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults PNP PCI CONFIGURATION setup screen The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific 4 41 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP requirement If you do not have the related technical background do not attempt to make any change Resource controlled by Default setting is Manual The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 The choice Auto Manual IRQ3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Assigned to When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and
11. Re connect the AC power cable HOW TO MAKE JUMPER SETTING TO SELECT CPU CLOCK Basically there are two parameters which will decide the system speed the Front Side Bus FSB speed it is also called BUS clock and CPU clock ratio When you have installed the processor onto the mainboard the system BIOS will detect the CPU type and decide the FSB speed automatically if you have told the system BIOS to use the default setting please refer to section 4 6 CPU Host Clock CPU AGP As for the clock ratio it is selected either by BIOS setup program or by the jumper setting on JP7 JP8 and JP9 as shown above The following formula is the simple rule to calculate your CPU frequency FSB Clock x Clock Ratio CPU Frequency 3 18 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP SELECTION OF FSB CLOCK please refer to section 4 6 Different processors may have the different FSB clock and you will see the information from the data sheet which comes with the CPU package However when you have installed the processor onto the mainboard the system BIOS will detect the type of the processor and decide the proper FSB clock automatically you can use either the BIOS setup program or JP5 JP6 JP7 and JP8 to select other FSB clock The brief reference of FSB clock for different processors are shown as followings Processors for 66MHz FSB clodk Pentium II 233 266 300 and 333MHz processors Celeron 266 300 300A 3
12. 4 aceti ore on enne sna saos oaa socia enano 4 38 49 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 4 41 4 10 LOAD SETUP DEFAULT Sinai 4 44 4 11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD 4 45 4 12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 4 46 4 13 SAVE amp EXIT SEIUP nia 4 47 4 14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING tini 4 48 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD SOMETHING IMPORTANT TRADEMARKS All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners X LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS is the function which will have the BIOS default settings loaded into the CMOS memory these default settings are the best case values that should optimize system performance and increase system stability This function will be necessitated when you receive this mainboard or when the system CMOS data is corrupted Please refer to the Section 4 10 for the details DISCHARAGE CMOS DATA Whenever you want to discharge the CMOS data or open the system chassis Make sure to disconnect the AC power first because there is always the 5V standby voltage connected to this mainboard when using an ATX switching power supply Without disconnecting the AC power connector from the PC system the mainboard may be damaged by any improper action Please refer to the Section 3 3 for details WAKE ON LAN In order to support the Wake On LAN feature the system requires a ATX type SPS switching power supply and it must be able to provide at least 700 mA of driving capabil
13. IDEI CNIO IDE2 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP D CN9 IDE 1 Connectors Primary IDE Port 1F0H IRQ 14 J CN10 IDE 2 Connectors Secondary IDE Port 170H IRQ 15 3 Ea LOTS VSI 1 LOTS VSI LOTS Id LOTS Id 4 LOTS 19d 4 LOTS 10d 4 V B Oer n Fri CN9 IDE 1 CN10 IDE2 K CNI12 IR FIR Infrared Rays Connector IR FIR INFRARED RAYS C 5VDC 4 FIR RECEIVE 7 IRRECEIVE 4 GROUND 4 IRTRANSMIT 5 4 LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS VSI LOTS VSI 1 Oz SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP L CN13 CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector CN13 CPU Cooling Fan 1 O Ground 2 O 12V DC 3 O Fan Sense Signal 3 Ex LOTS IOd LOTS 10d LOTS 10d LOTS 10d LOTS VSI LOTS VSI
14. ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP PASSWORD SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type This option will save all setup value to CMOS memory and then exit the SETUP routine Move the selection bar to SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and then press the Enter key Confirm with the Y and Enter keys to the screen prompt and the setup information will be stored in the CMOS memory The setup program will be terminated and the system will start to reboot 4 47 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP PASSWORD SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type This item exit the setup routine without saving any changed values to CMOS RAM When you do not want to save your change to the CMOS memory you may choose to run this o
15. to the date and time which is recorded in the CMOS memory SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD INSTALLATION O MODEM RING IN This mainboard can be triggered by a modem ring in signal When you have a external modem installed you can use it to power on the PC system When there is the incoming message from te external modem the PC system will be triggered by the ring in signal and wake up automatically to receive the message for you In order to use the ring in signal to wake up your PC system you will have to use the EXTERNAL MODEM and have it connected to one of the Serial Ports COMI or COM2 When the system power is off this mainboard will continue to detect the serial port status When it detects the ring in signal from the serial port the system power will be turned on and start to receive the incoming messages automatically To enable the Modem Ring In feature you have to run the BIOS setup utility and enable the Ring Power Up Control option it is in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP please refer to Section 4 7 for the settings Note This function is not available when using the internal MODEM card O WAKE ON LAN WOL There is a WOL connector CN16 see Section 3 2 on the mainboard which is designed to connect to the signal from a LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN feature When such LAN card is installed you may use it to turn on the PC system from your remote server and monitor the PC status To enable this feature you wi
16. 33 and 366MHz processors Processors for 100MHz FSB clodk Pentium II 350 400 450 and 500MHz processors HOW TO DECIDE THE CPU CLOCK RATIO Modify the formula mentioned mentioned above and we will get CPU Frequency FSB Clock Clock Ratio Now we can use the formula above to calculate the CPU clock ratio Please refer to the following illustration for the calculation For example if you are installing the 350MHz Pentium M II processor onto the mainboard You may look into the data sheet which comes with the processor or the information in the previous page and you will see the FSB clock is 100MHz Now you may introduce these parameters into the formula and get 350MHz CPU Frequency 100MHz FSB Clock 3 5X Clock Ratio 3 19 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP According to the example above you can see that it is very easy to calculate the CPU clock ratio when you have the information of your information of CPU frequency and its FSB speed In order to let you have a better picture of the calculation the procedures are summarized as following l Check the data sheet for your CPU frequency 2 Check the data sheet and get the FSB clock of your CPU 3 Use the following formula to calculate the CPU clock ratio CPU Frequency FSB Clock Clock Ratio 3 20 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 1 GETTING STARTED When the
17. AINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP ECC Function for Bank 0 1 2 default setting Disabled Enable Disable the ECC function for Bank 0 1 2 The choice Enabled Disabled SDRAM CAS Latency default setting 3T When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value unless you have the sufficient technical background The choice 2T 3T SDRAM WR Retire Rate default setting x 1 1 1 The field is designed to select the correct timing for data transfers from the write buffer to memory according to DRAM specifications Do not reset this field from the default value unless you have the sufficient technical background The choice x 1 1 1 x 2 2 2 SDRAM WR Retire Rate default setting 1WS The field is designed to select the wait state of memory sub system The choice 1WS OWS RAMW Assertion Timing default setting 3T RAMW is an output signal to enable local memory writes Do not attempt to make change to this field from the default value unless you have the sufficient technical background The choice 2T 3T CAS Precharge Time EDO default setting 2T Select the number of CPU clocks allocated for the CASH signal to accumulate its charge before the EDO RAM is refreshed If insufficient time is selected refresh may be incomplete and cause data lost The choice 1T 1T 2T 2T CAS Pulse Width f
18. D CMOS SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Thr MENA 7 1998 Time hh mm ss 14 59 21 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Auto 0 0 0 0 0 None 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Base Memory Floppy 3 mode support Disabled Extended Memory xxxxxx K Video EGA VGA Other Memory xxxxxx K Halt On All Errors Total Memory xxxxxx K Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Change Color Fig 4 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP screen MODE The BIOS on the mainboard provides three different modes to support both normal IDE HDD and the one which is above 528MB NORMAL For IDE hard disk drives which is smaller than 528MB LBA For IDE hard disk drive which is above 528MB ideally it can be as big as 8 4GB that use Logic Block Addressing LBA mode LARGE For IDE HDD which is above 528MB and does not support LBA mode Note large mode may not be fully supported by all operation systems It is suggested to be used with the MS DOS such HDD is not very popular nowadays AUTO This mode will auto detect your IDE driver during boot up 4 23 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Note Some certain operation systems such as SCO UNIX only NORMAL mode is allowed when installation Floppy 3 Mode Support Default setting disabled This
19. DE Secondary Master PIO USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE Secondary Slave PIO Init Display First PCI Slot Primary Master UltraDMA Current CPU Temperature 362C 96F Primary Slave UltraDMA Current CPUFAN1 Speed 3970 RPM Secondary Master UltraDMA Current CPUFAN2 Speed 0 RPM Secondary Slave UltraDMA INO V 11 70V INI V 5 12 V IDE Burst Mode Enabled IN2 V 3 41V IN3 V 2 05 V IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard UART 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard UART 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard UART 2 Mode Standard Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Normal Fig 5 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS setup screen WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background don t attempt to make any change except the following items Internal PCI IDE Default setting Both This chipset contains a internal PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels The choice Primary Secondary Both 4 38 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO Default setting Auto The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto
20. ENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP PCI CONFIGURATION INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Fig 4 2 CMOS SETUP MAIN MENU screen 4 3 CONTROL KEYS Listed below is the explanation of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screens which will be used in the CMOS SETUP program Arrow Keys Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired item Enter Select the desired item F1 Display the help screen for the selected feature Shift F2 To change the screen color total 16 colors ESC Exitto the previous screen PgUp PgDn To modify or change the content of the highlighted item F5 Retrieves the previous value from CMOS data only the current page setup will be retrieved F7 Loads the SETUP default values from BIOS default table only the current page setup will be loaded F10 Save all changes to CMOS RAM from the MAIN MENU 4 22 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP The following pages show the screens that you will find in the CMOS SETUP program each picture contains the selection items and its default settings At the bottom of some screen you will find the description of all function key which can be used to change the settings If you are not quite sure of the definition for some specific items please consult with other technician for details 4 4 STANDAR
21. ION 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 UNPACKING The mainboard contains the following components in the package Please inspect the following contents and confirm that everything is there in the package If anything is missing or damaged call your supplier for instructions before proceeding This mainboard One USER S MANUAL One Cable set for peripheral devices One Pentium II Processor Retention Mechanism CPU Holder One CD diskette for device drivers and utility programs This mainboard contains electrostatic sensitive components and it can be easily damaged by static electricity So please leave it sealed in the original packing until when installing A grounded anti static mat is recommended when unpacking and installation Please also attached an anti static wristband to your wrist and have it grounded to the same point as the anti static mat After the opening of the mainboard carton please observe the mainboard carefully to make sure there is no shipping and handling damage before you can start to install the PC system SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD INSTALLATION 2 22 AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM Basically you can connect either AT or ATX power supply to this mainboard When the ATX power supply is connected there are many ways to power on the system Please read the following description for the details O POWER BUTTON The power button on the front panel is not only for power on and power off the PC system I
22. MB 8MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256MB System BIOS Cacheable Size default setting Disabled Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable default setting Dosabled Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at C0000h F7FFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled 4 30 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Memory Hole at 15M 16M default setting Dosabled You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements Concurrent funetion lt MEM gt default setting Dosabled This field allows you to Enable disable the concurrent function for memory The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Pipeline Control default setting Enabled Pipelining allows the system controller to signal the CPU for a new memory address even before all data transfers for the current cycle are complete resulting in increased throughput PCI Delay Transaction default setting Disabled The chipset has an emb
23. OF ATX POWER CONNECTOR 11 1 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 11 3 3V DC L 33VDC 12 12VDC 2 33VDC 13 Ground 3 Ground 14 PS ON 4 SVDC 15 Ground 5 Ground 16 Ground 6 SVDC 17 Ground 7 Ground 18 SVDC 8 PW OK 19 SVDC 9 5VSB 20 SVDC 10 12V DC 20 10 O CN16 WOL Wake On LAN Connector LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS VSI LOTS VSI Pin assignment of WOL Connector 1 2 3 Pin Signalname Pin Signalname Pin Signal name 1 5V standby 2 Ground 3 WOL Signal 3 10 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP P CN17 Chassis Fan Power Connector CPUFAN2 LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS IOd LOTS VSI LOTS VSI Ground OJ 12V DC O Fan Sense Signal Q Push buttons and LED connectors A series of connectors are designed on the board to connect the push buttons and LED indicators Followings are the details LOTS VSI LOTS VSI LOTS IOd LOTS Id LOTS IOd
24. PT 6SBT PENTIUM II AT MAINBOARD USER S MANUAL DOC NUMBER UM SBT EI ccocococossococcccocosc eso rorco coros oro coco oo 000000 000000004 PRINTED IN TAIWAN 3185600 AT PENTIUM II MAINBOARD USER S MANUAL DOC NUMBER UM SBT Ol ccccococoscococcccocoscrcocor coco nossos oro o coco 00000000 000000 PRINTED IN TAIWAN SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter amp Section Page t SIN PRODUC LION ceto tiennent teg datae to kehrte nonton ona aod aaa sessioissa 1 1 Il OVERVIEW aliena analista 1 1 1 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT tetro ilaria 1 2 L3 SPECIFICATIONS niter retener aaa 1 3 Zs INSTALLATION alla 2 1 21 UNPACKING re cp 2 1 2 2 AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM 2 2 2 3 POWER OFF THE PC SYSTENML eine pneso conis een alain 2 4 3 HARDWARE SETUP rina 3 1 3 1 INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES eere eene nnnns 3 1 3 2 CONNECTORS ibra pito ose e iudei paci usus ae eo apo dada dae 3 2 3 9 JUMPERS ccnl oa tito edad RE REI DE NOIRE ia 3 15 d AWARD BIOS SETUP srl 4 21 4 1 GETTING STARTED lilla 4 21 427 MAIN MENU ilaele alla 4 22 4 3 CONTROL KE VS lia 4 22 4 4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP iecit cro tons R rosa didi neo ka c PG nse abuse nosse 4 23 4 5 BIOS FEATURES SETUP rrr tore tea epar eren are eeutd 4 24 4 6 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP criari 4 27 4 7 POWER MANAGEMENT SET UD cerdo nici sierici 4 32 4 8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
25. Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice Legacy ISA PCI ISA PnP DMA0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice Legacy ISA PCI ISA PnP PCI IRQ Activated by Default setting is Level This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device Under all circumstances you should retain the default configuration unless advised by qualified technicians The choice Level Edge PCI IDE IRQ Map to Default setting is PCI AUTO This allows you to configure your system to the type of IDE disk controller in use By default Setup assumes that your controller is an ISA Industry Standard Architecture device rather than a PCI controller The more apparent difference is the type of slot being used If you have equipped your system with a PCI controller changing this allows you to 4 42 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP specify which slot has the controller and which PCI interrupt A B C or D is associated with the connected hard drives Re
26. RTS 3 One SPP EPP ECP parallel port 4 One Floppy Disk Control port IR PORT One HPSIR and ASKIR or Fast IR optional compatible IR port HARDWARE MONITORING 1 Monitor the system voltages CPU temperature and two cooling fan speeds 2 Supports LDCM optional ACPI This feature is valid only when ATX power supply is connected Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI function is strongly recommended by PC 98 because it will let you have many additional features and that will make your PC system becomes very friendly and convenient Followings are the ACPI features designed on the board Power on the system by panel switch Power on the system by RTC alarm Power on the system by modem Ring in signal Power on the system by LAN signal Wake On LAN Power on the system by Keyboard Optional Resumed by Modem ring in RTC alarm etc Supports Full On Doze Standby Suspend operating modes Power off soft off by OS active with ATX SPS only or Panel switch o o a O tn BWN 1 4 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION DIMENSION 4 layers PCB 220mm x 240mm Baby AT Form Factor ENVIRONMENT LIMIT 1 Operating Temperature 10 t040 50 tol04 2 Required Airflow 50 linear feet per minute across CPU 3 Storage Temperature 40 to70 40 to158 4 Humidity 0 to 90 non condensing 5 Altitude 0 to 10 000 feet 1 5 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD INSTALLAT
27. UP 4 12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP PASSWORD SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type In order to make the IDE hard disk known to the system you need to tell the system what kind of hard disk is connected to the mainboard by giving a set of hard disk parameters Sometimes it is not easy for users to find the proper parameters for their IDE hard disk drive In order to help users to find the parameters the system BIOS provides a convent way the auto detection of IDE hard disk drive To run the auto detection program is extremely easy Move the selection bar to IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION and then press Enter the system BIOS take over the job and try to detect the type of IDE hard disk If it succeeds you will see a list of hard disk with its related parameters You may press on the Y key or select one of the hard disk type listed on the screen The system BIOS will transfer the parameters to the corresponding fields in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP menu and you have completed the IDE hard disk setup 4 46 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 13 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP
28. able the ACPI function Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The choice Enabled Disabled Power Management Default setting User Define This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 Doze Mode 2 Standby Mode 3 Suspend Mode The following table describes the power management modes Disable default No power management Disables all four modes Min Power Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU S Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable PM Control APM Default setting Yes When enabled an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No 4 33 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Video Off Option Default setting Susp Stby gt Off When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monitor will remain on durin
29. activity all devices except the CPU will be shut off 4 35 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP PM Events You may disable activity monitoring of some common I O events and interrupt requests so they do not wake up the system When On or named in the case of LPT amp COM any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system HDD Ports Activity Default setting Enabled When select Enabled default any event occurring at a HDD serial port will awaken a system which has been powered down COM Ports Activity Default setting Enabled When select Enabled default any event occurring at a COM ports will awaken a system which has been powered down LPT Ports Activity Default setting Enabled When select Enabled default any event occurring at a LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down VGA Activity Default setting Enabled When select Enabled default any event occurring at VGA will awaken a system which has been powered down IRQ 3 7 9 1 NMI Default setting Enabled When select Enabled activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it sign
30. als this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service e IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI e IRQ 8 Break Suspend You can Enable or Disable monitoring of IRQS the Real Time Clock so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode 4 36 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Power Button Over Ride Default setting Instant Off You can press the power button for more than 4 seconds and forces the system to power off when select Delay 4 Sec If you select Instant Off a short click on the Power Button PW button will power off the PC system Please refer to Section 2 for details The choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec Ring Power Up Control Default setting Disabled When you select Enabled a signal from ring from the external modem will returns the system to Full On state The choice Enabled Disabled Power Up by Alarm Default setting Disabled When you select Enabled there appear some additional selection fields It let you set the alarm that returns the system to Full On state The choice Enabled Disabled 4 37 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC Internal PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO PS 2 mouse function Enabled IDE Primary Slave PIO USB Controller Enabled I
31. alues that will optimize system performance and increase system stability In case that the CMOS data is corrupted the SETUP DEFAULTS settings will be loaded automatically when you press the Del key and enter the main setup screen So you may select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP to leave setup program and the system is loaded with the default settings 4 44 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 11 PASSWORD SETTING ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type The password entry in this field will be used to check the authority when power on Whenever there is the password stored in this fields the correct password will be requested so that the PC system will continue to load the operation system You can enter up to eight alphanumeric characters here When you have typed in the password and pressed the Enter key you will be asked to reconfirm your password again to complete password setup If you press the Enter key twice without any alphanumeric character entered the PASSWORD will be disabled 4 45 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SET
32. ay card has some additional feature on the board and it may need the IRQ signal When the system board need more IRQ signal for other devices and your VGA does not use the IRQ you may select Disable on this field to release IRQ so that other devices can use it OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB default setting Non OS 2 When you are using the OS 2 operating system and the system memory is more than 64MB you will have to select the setting to OS2 otherwise leave this on the default setting Non OS2 for all other operating systems 4 26 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 6 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP89 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration DI AGP Aperture Size 64MB RAS Pulse Width Refresh System BIOS Cacheable Disabled RAS Precharge Time Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled RAS to CAS Delay Memory Hole at 15 16MB Disabled CPU to PCI post Write Enabled Concurrent function MEM Disabled Starting Point of Paging SEA ECC Function for Bank 0 Disabled ECC Function for Bank 1 Disabled CPU Pipeline Control Enabled ECC Function for Bank 2 Disabled PCI Delay Transaction Disabled SDRAM CAS Latency e dh Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled SDRAM WR Retire Rate x 1 1 1 Spread Spectrum Disabled SDRAM Wait State Control IWS CPU Host Clock CPU AGP Default RAMW Assertion Timing 3T CPU Clock Ratio Jumpless Enabled CAS Precharge T
33. e is designed on the board and you don t have to make any jumper or switch setting when installing the CPU For example when you are installing the CPU onto the mainboard the system board will detect the CPU type and decide the proper Voltage As for the CPU frequency you can choose to have the system board detect the CPU type and decide the frequency for you or you may use the BIOS setup program to select the CPU clock by yourself Two channels PIO and Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master mode PCI IDE ports one Floppy Disk control port two high speed Serial ports UARTs and one multi mode Parallel port and supports PS 2 mouse IR and USB ports are built on the board The PentiumTM II and CeleronTM Processor are the 64 bit processors with RISC technology which offer several key features such as built in 128 256KB 512KB L2 cache some Celeron does not have L2 cache 12 stage super pipeline architecture out of order execution etc In order to optimize of its performances the 32 bit Operating System such as Windows NT and OS 2TM and 32 bit applications are recommended The Accelerated Graphics Port A G P on the mainboard is designed for AGP 3D video display card Unlike PCI based display cards the AGP technology provides lightning data throughput to fully facilitate the 3 Dimensional and multimedia graphics display The data transfer rate on AGP can be up to 133Mhz and which is much faster than the traditional 33MHz PCI VGA card
34. e to the boot sector or partition table on the IDE hard disk drive will trigger this feature and give you some warning messages on the screen and then halt the system When you find the message on your screen please run the anti virus program to see whether your system is infected by a virus or not Enabled A warning message will be displayed on the screen when something 4 24 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear on the screen when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU Internal External Cache default setting Enabled These fields allow you to turn on or turn off the Level 1 and Level 2 cache that built inside the Pentium II processors CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking default setting Enabled This option will enable or disable the ECC checking on the CPU L2 cache The ECC checking will ensure the accuracy of the data stored on the L2 cache Quick Power on Self Test default setting Enabled The Quick Power On Self Test will skip some test and speed up the boot process If you find the system is working normally you can always enable this feature so that you don t have to wait too long on the POST Boot Sequence default setting A C SCSI This field allows you to use some other device to boot the operating system The options available are A C SCSI C A SCSI
35. edded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The choice Enabled Disabled Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk default setting Enabled When enabled the system board will detect the clock speed for DIMM and PCI clock The choice Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum Default setting Disabled When you select Enabled the special feature designed in the system chipset will be triggered and reduce the EMI noise The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Host Clock CPU AVG default setting Default This field allows you to select the CPU AGP clock speed the jumper free feature is designed on the board and you can use the selection in this field to decide the CPU AGP clock For more information please press the F1 key CPU Clock Ratio Jumpless default setting Enabled The Jumper free feature is designed on the board and you don t have to use the Jumper setting to select the CPU clock ratio If you want to use the jumper setting it is optional to select the CPU clock ratio please select Disabled 4 31 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Processor Core Frequency default setting x 3 5 When CPU Clock Ratio Jumpless is Enabled you can use this field to select the clock ratio When CPU Clock Ratio Jumpless is Disabled you will have to use Jumper setting to select the cloc
36. efault setting Enabled Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Default setting Disabled Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The choice Enabled Disabled Init Display First Default setting PCI Slot When you have both the AGP and PCI VGA card installed in the system you can use this field to decide the display priority AGP Slot the display will be active on the AGP adapter PCI Slot The display will be active on the PCI VGA adapter 4 40 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Current CPUFANI 2 Speed Indicate the speed of current CPUFAN 1 CPUFAN 2 IN0 1 2 3 V Indicate the system voltage status INO indicates the 12V status indicates the 5V status indicates the 3 3V status INI IN2 IN3 4 9 indicates the CPU Vcore status PNP PCI CONFIGURATION Resources Controlled By Reset Configuration Data Fig 4 8 WARNING assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC Disabled PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCIISA PnP Legacy ISA PCIISA PnP
37. er Default setting Enabled This item should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature The choice Enabled Disabled 4 39 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Onboard UART 1 UART 2 Default setting 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1 port 2 controller with its IRQ and I O address The choice 3F8 IRQA 238 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Onboard Parallel Port Default setting 378 IRQ7 This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O address The choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Onboard Parallel Mode Default setting Normal Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes The choice SPP EPP ECP ECP E PP PS 2 mouse function Default setting Enabled This mainboard built in a PS 2 mouse port In case that you prefer to connect your mouse to the serial port instead of using the PS 2TM mouse you may choose Disable in this field so that the IRQ12 can be released for the other devices If you are using the PS 2 mouse leave this field Enabled USB Controller D
38. g power saving modes Suspend gt Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode Susp Stby gt Off Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or Standby modes All Modes gt Off Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode Video Off Method Default setting Blank screen This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked This selection will cause the system to turn off V H SYNC Blank the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards to select video power management values Doze Speed div by Default setting 2 8 Sets the CPU s speed during Doze mode The speed is reduced to a fraction of the CPU s normal speed The divisors range from 1 to 8 The choice 1 8 Stdby Speed div by Default setting 1 8 Select a divisor to reduce the CPU speed during Standby mode to a fraction of the full CPU speed The speed is reduced to a fraction of the CPU s normal speed The divisors range from 1 to 8 0 The choice 1 8 4 34 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Modem Use IRQ Default setting 3 This mainboard has the ACPI feature designed on the board and it will wakeup automatically when it detec
39. han 4 seconds the system will be turned into Suspend mode get into a GREEN mode a 2 Press and hold this switch for more than 4 seconds the system will be powered off 3 12 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP b When the system is in Suspend mode b 1 Click on this switch less than 4 seconds the system will return to Full ON mode b 2 Press and hold this switch more than 4 seconds the system will be powered off The setup in CMOS is Instant off A When system power is off Click on this switch the system will be powered on B When system power is on Click on this switch the system will be powered off instantly 5 b When this mainboard has the AT power supply connected the PW switch can only be used as the suspend switch A When the BIOS setup is Delay 4 sec The PW switch can be used as a suspend switch When it is first pressed the PC system will be turned into suspend mode when clicked again the PC system will be back to the normal state B When the BIOS setup is Instant off The PW switch does not have any function on it If you want to power ON OFF the PC system you will have to use the power switch on the power supply 3 13 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP R Speaker LED and Key Lock Connector LOTS VSI LOTS VSI ois Dd d Lois Dd 4 A LOIS Tod
40. hen Disabled chipset parameters revert to setup information stored in CMOS Many fields in this screen are not available when Auto Configuration is Enabled The Choice Enabled Disabled Note When this item is enabled the pre defined items will become SHOW ONLY RAS Pulse Width Refresh default setting 6T The item allows you to select the number of CPU clock cycles allot for the RAS pulse refresh according to DRAM specifications The choice 4T ST 6T 7T RAS Precharge Time default setting 3T The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh If insufficient time is selected refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data The Choice 2T 3T 4T 5T RAS to CAS Delay default setting 3T When DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed separately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe The choice 2T 3T AT 5T CPU to PCI Post Write default setting Enabled Select enabled to use a fast buffer for posting writes to memory Using a fast buffer releases the CPU before completion of a write cycle to DRAM The choice Enable Disabled Starting Point of Paging default setting 2T This value controls the start timing of memory paging operations The choice 1T 2T 4T 8T 4 28 SiS5600 Pentium II AT M
41. ime EDO AA Processor Core Frequency x 3 5 CAS Pulse Width for EDO 2T CAS Precharge Time FP va ESC Quit Select Item CAS Pulse Width for FP 2T F1 Help PU PD Modify CPU to PCI Burst Mem WR Enabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color SDRAM Input Signals Delay 0 5ns F7 Load Setup Defaults SDRAM Output Signals Lead 0 0ns Fig 4 5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP screen This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background do not attempt to make any change except the following items 4 27 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Auto Configuration default setting Disabled This item allows you to select pre determined optimal values of chipset parameters W
42. inboard is a simple task only a few jumpers connectors cables and sockets need to be selected and configured Please refer to the following sections for the settings 3 1 INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES This mainboard integrates a main memory controller that supports a 64 bit DRAM interface The DRAM controller supports the following features 1 DRAM type Synchronous SDRAM DRAM 2 Memory size 8MB to 768MB 3 Memory modules supported Single and double density 3 3V DIMMs 4 Ea CN3 CN4 ome LOTS 10d LOIS Dd 4 LOIS Dd q Ba LOW Dd 4 E LOTS VSI LOTS VSI 1L DIMM 3 DIMM2 DIMM 1 CN9 IDEI CNIO IDE2 I DIMM 3 BANK4 BANKS I II DIMM2 BANK2 BANK3 I I DIMM 1 BANKO BANKI DRAM Subsystem Diagram When use the SDRAM DIMM modules on the mainboard the clock of the memory sub system will be synchronous with the FSB clock So please use the PC 100 compatible DIMM modules when you are using the 100MHz CPU on the mainboard SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP The memory module suggested on this mainboard will be either EDO or SDRAM 3 3V modules When you are installing memory modules on the mainboard you don t have to start from DIMM 1 first you can install the memory in any of the s
43. ired to select the CPU voltage WORD SIZE Data Path 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit Address Path 32 bit PC SYSTEM CHIPSET S185600 and SiS5595 system chipset SUPER I O CHIPSET FDC37C669 FRONT SIDE BUS FREQUENCY 66 6 75 83 3 95 100 112 124 133MHz Selected by system BIOS MEMORY DRAM Three 168 pin DIMM sockets onboard support 3 3V SDRAM DIMM modules Max memory size 768MB CACHE 256KB or 512KB L2 Cache memory built in Pentium TI processor OKB or 128KB L2 Cache memory in Celeron processor BIOS AWARD System BIOS 2MB Flash ROM supports Plug amp Play ACPI DMI and Green functions EXPANSION SLOTS AGP Slots 32 bitx1 Supports Ix or 2x AGP graphics cards PCI Slots 32 bitx 4 All Master Slave PCI 2 1 Compliant ISA Slots 16 bitx2 One of the slot is PCI ISA shared 1 3 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION POWER CONNECTOR AT and ATX power connectors are both designed on the mainboard WOL PORTS One WOL connector supports Wake On LAN USB PORTS Two Universal Serial Bus USB ports IDE PORTS Two channels of Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master IDE ports which will support up to 4 IDE devices like IDE hard disk ATAPI CD ROM etc The IDE ports can be programmed to support PIO Mode 4 DMA mode 2 and Ultra DMA 33 SUPER I O PORTS 1 Supports PS 2 Mouse connector PS 2 Keyboard connector optional and AT Keyboard connector 2 Two high speed NS16C550 compatible serial ports UA
44. ity on the 5V standby voltage Please refer to the Section 3 3 for details WARNING The Static Electricity may cause damage to the components on the mainboard In order to avoid the damage to the mainboard accidentally please discharge all static electricity from your body before touching this mainboard NOTICE The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice IMPORTANT In case that you make a wrong BIOS setup and you can not power on the PC system you may press and hold the INSERT key and then press the PW button to turn the system power on When you are using such way to power on you PC system the system BIOS will force the PC system running at the slower speed and then you may trigger the BIOS setup program and select the proper parameters for the mainboard such feature is valid for both AT and ATX power SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 OVERVIEW This mainboard is the AT form factor with A G P Accelerated Graphics Port and PCI Local Bus on board designed based on the SiS5600 S185595 system chipset It is a high performance Penttum II personal computer mainboard with 100MHz ultra high Front Side Bus FSB frequency It is designed for the high performance Pentium II or Celeron processor 233 MHz 266 MHz 300 MHz 333MHz 366MHz 400MHz 450MHz and up to 500MHz The clock ratio selectable can be up to 8X on the board The jumper free featur
45. k ratio Note the CPU clock ratio selected in the system BIOS setup program always has the higher priority than the jumper settings 4 7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ACPI function Power Management User Define IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled PM Control by APM Yes IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled Video Off Option Susp Stby gt off Power Button Over Ride Instant Off Video Off Method Blank Screen Ring Power Up Control Disabled Doze speed div by 2 8 KB Power ON Password Enter Stby speed div by 1 8 Power Up by Alarm Disabled Modem Use IRQ 3 PM Timers HDD Off After Disable Doze Mode Disable Standby Mode Disable Suspend Mode Disabled PM Events ESC Quit Select Item HDD Ports Activity Enabled F1 Help PU PD Modify COM Ports Activity Enabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color LPT Ports Activity Enabled F7 Load Setup Defaults VGA Activity Enabled Fig 4 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP screen WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background do not attempt to make any change except the following items ACPI function Default setting Enabled 4 32 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP This field allows you to enable or dis
46. ll have to use the BIOS setup utility to enable the Ring Power Up Control it is located at POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP please refer to Section 4 7 for the settings 2 3 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD INSTALLATION 2 3 POWER OFF THE PC SYSTEM 1 When ATX power supply is connected There are two ways to power off the system a Shut Down by Power Button b Shut Down by OS such as Windows 95 and Windows 98 you can choose the Shut Down from the file menu and the system will be powered off immediately 2 When AT power supply is connected You can not use the power button PW switch to turn the system power off You can only use the power switch on the power supply to power off the PC system IMPORTANT Incase that you make a wrong BIOS setup and you can not power on the PC system you may press and hold the INSERT key and then press the PW button to turn the system power on When you are using such way to power on you PC system the system BIOS will force the PC system running at the slower speed and then you may trigger the BIOS setup program and select the proper parameters for the mainboard such feature is valid for both AT and ATX power SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 HARDWARE SETUP Before you can start to install this mainboard some hardware settings is required to make sure it will work perfectly with the component which you are going to install in your PC system To configure this ma
47. member that this setting refers to the hard disk drive itself rather than individual partitions Since each IDE controller supports two separate hard drives you can select the INT for each Again you will note that the primary has a lower interrupt than the secondary as described in Slot x Using INTP above Selecting PCI Auto allows the system to automatically determine how your IDE disk system is configured 4 43 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 10 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP PASSWORD SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type If you lost the CMOS data or you don t know how to complete the setup procedure you may use this option to load the SETUP default values from the BIOS default table It is easy to load the default value simply highlight the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS field and then press the Enter key when you see the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Y N displayed on the screen response to it with Y and then press the Enter key the SETUP default values will be loaded Basically the SETUP default settings are the best case v
48. mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Default setting Auto UDMA Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB s When you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields for each of up to four IDE devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Burst Mode Default setting Enabled Selecting Enabled reduces latency between each drive read write cycle but may cause instability in IDE subsystems that cannot support such fast performance If you are getting disk drive errors try setting this value to Disabled This field does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Default setting Enabled The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary and or secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface IDE interface Enabled Secondary HDD controller used Disabled Secondary HDD controller not used Onboard FDD Controll
49. mode is for the Japanese 3 5 inch floppy disk drive If you have such drive installed in your PC system please select enable otherwise use the default setting 4 5 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Boot Up System Speed High Memory Parity Check Enabled Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup ESC Quit Select Item PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 F7 Load Setup Defaults Report No FDD For WIN 95 Yes Fig 4 4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP screen Virus Warning Basically The default setting of this feature is Disabled In order to avoid virus infection happens on your PC system this mainboard provides the virus warning features in the BIOS During and after the operation system is loaded any attempt to writ
50. o use Keyboard password to power on the PC system Some keyboards may not support the OnNow function and it will cause trouble to your PC system Should it happened please use JP1 to disable the OnNow function OnNow Disabled LOTS VSI LOTS VSI LOTS 19d LOTS 10d LOTS 10d E pm SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP B JP2 JP3 JP4 Clock Selection for system BUS AGP and PCI slot optional JP2 JP3 and JP4 is designed on the mainboard to select the clock speed of the system Bus AGP and PCI Basically the clock speed for this devices can be selected in the BIOS setup program So you will find that these jumper is optional on the board When these jumpers is installed on the mainboard you have to select default setting in the BIOS setup program first and then you can use these jumpers to select system Bus AGP and PCI clock Note the setting in the system BIOS has the higher priority than the jumper setting JP4 JP3 JP2 e O LOTS VSI L IC LOTS Id LOTS IOd 4 LOTS Id LOTS IOd 4 dDV LOTS VSI Er OTs K hl
51. ock which is available However if you use this mainboard to upgrade your PC system and you want to keep your old memory modules In case that you have more than one modules and they have different access time In this case please install the slower DIMM module in DIMMI first and then install the faster ones in DIMM2 and DIMM3 Please also run the BIOS setup program and select the parameters which is comply with the slowest module installed on the mainboard Note In order to increase of the system performance and steability install memory modules starting from DIMM 1 is recommended 3 2 CONNECTORS The connectors on mainboard will be used to connect the accessories or peripheral devices such as power mouse printer etc Followings are the connectors with its description and pin assignment which is designed on the mainboard A BATI Battery Socket Use the 3 Volts Lithium battery CR2032 4 Ea CN4 LOTS DDd LOTS Dd LOTS Dd LOTS IDd LOTS VSI LOTS VSI E CN9 IDEI CN10 IDE2 BATI Battery Socket Battery Positive Ground 3 2 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP B CNI Keyboard Connectors Either the PS 2 CN20 type or the AT CN1 type keyboard connector can be installed here
52. or EDO default setting 2T The selection field allows you to select the duration of a CAS signal pulse in timer ticks Do not attempt to make change to this field from the default value unless you have the sufficient technical background The choice OT 2T 4 29 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP CAS Precharge Time FP default setting 2T This item allows you to select CAS precharge time for FP RAM Do not attempt to make change to this field from the default value unless you have the sufficient technical background The choice 1T 1T 2T 2T CAS Pulse Width for FP default setting 2T The item allows you to select duration of a CAS signal pulse for FP RAM Do not attempt to make change to this field from the default value unless you have the sufficient technical background The choice 1T 2T OT CPU to PCI Burst Mem WR default setting Enabled Select enabled permits PCI burst memory write cycles for faster performance When disabled performance is slightly slower but more reliable Choices are Enabled Disabled AGP Aperture Size default setting 64MB Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation See www agpforum org for APG information The choice 4
53. ption and the setting what you made in the BIOS setup routine will be given away Move the selection bar to EXIT WITHOUT SAVING and click on the Enter key then you will be asked to confirm the action to exit press the Y and Enter key the setup program will be terminated and the system will start to reboot 4 48
54. stem BIOS has the higher priority than the jumper setting Ratio 66 3 5X 66 4 0X 66 4 5X 66 5 0X 66 5 5X 66 6 0X 100 3 5X 100 4 0X 100 4 5X 100 5 0X Ea LOTS Dd LOTS Iod LOTS 0d LOTS IOd LOTS VSI LOTS VSI Mini jumper on Pinl amp Pin2 Mini jumper on Pin2 amp Pin3 3 17 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP D JP9 CMOS Data Clear Button LOTS VSI LOTS VSI LOTS IOd LOTS 0d LOTS IOd Normal Setting Clear CMOS Note Improper BIOS setting may cause PC system hang up In case that it happened use JP9 to clear the CMOS information and get the PC system back to normal Improper connection may cause permanent damage to the mainboard Please refer to the following steps to clear the CMOS 1 Unplug the AC power cable from the PC system 2 Put the mini jumper on pin 2 3 of JP9 around 3 to 5 seconds and then return it to the original position pin 1 2 3
55. system is first time powered on or reset by user the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test routines POST which will display a copyright message on the screen and execute a diagnostics and initialization procedure In case that there is any error or malfunction detected the BIOS will give a series of beep sound or display the error message on screen When the system is normal the simulate figure Fig 5 1 will be displayed on the screen when the system is powered on Award Modular BIOS v4 51PG An Energy Star Ally RE Copyright C 1984 97 Award Software Inc i xxbod xx XXXXXXX XXXxXxxx CPU at xxxMHz EPA POLLUTION PREVENTER Memory Test xxxxxK OK Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright C 1997 Award Software Inc Press DEL to enter SETUP ESC to skip memory test xxboexdboctXxXX xo XXXX XXC 00 Fig 4 1 Initial Power On screen During the power on self testing POST the following message appears at the lower left corner of the screen Press DEL to enter SETUP 4 21 SiS5600 Pentium II AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP To execute the Award BIOS CMOS Setup program please press the DEL key The STANDARD CMOS SETUP screen as shown in figure Fig 5 2 will be triggered 4 2 MAIN MENU ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6ILP8A CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP PASSWORD SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEM
56. t can programmed by COMS setup program and it has different features Please refer to Section 3 2 for the detail of function description KEYBOARD PASSWORD optional This mainboard allows you to enter your personal password and you can use it to power on your system When the system power is off This mainboard has the stand by 5V voltage active and it will keep scanning the keyboard status waiting for the correct password input to turn on the system power you will see the Keyboard LED lights when system power is off it is because the standby SV is still active When the Password is enabled in the system BIOS you will have to reboot the PC system to activate the setting when you see the POST Power On Self Test is completed the setting is changed and stored in the CMOS memory Having finished the procedure you may turn the power off and then you can use the keyboard to power on the PC system afterward O RTC ALARM PC system can be waked up by the RTC setting in the CMOS You can set the alarming date and time in the RTC memory When RTC alarms the PC system will be triggered and wakes up automatically Enable the Power Up by Alarm selection in the BIOS setup utility and then input the accurate date and time in its following fields the Power Up by Alarm is in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP section please refer to Section 4 7 Having stored the RTC alarm setting the PC system will be turned on automatically according
57. ts the incoming modem Ring in signal Before you can use the Ring in signal to wakeup your PC system you have to install the External modem to your PC system and tell the PC system which serial port connects to the modem by selecting the IRQ in this field officially COMI uses IRQ4 and COM2 uses IRQ3 The choices NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected See above for available selections HDD Off After Default setting Disable By default this item is Disabled meaning that no matter the mode the rest of the system the hard drive will remain ready Otherwise you have a range of choices from 1 to 15 minutes or Suspend This means that you can elect to have your hard disk drive be turned off after a selected number of minutes or when the rest of the system goes into a Suspend mode Doze Mode Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Standby Mode Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the fixed disk drive and the video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system in

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