Pentium II Mainboard

USER'S MANUAL
Table of Contents
System Board Overview Chapter I O Specifications .....1-1 @ Component Placement............ ...............1-2 .................1-3 @ the system block diagram.....

Chapter

O cpuSetup I cPUSOFTMENUTM)
@ Standard CMOS Setup Menu @ nfOS Features Setup Menu @ Chipset Features Setup Menu @ Power Management Setup Menu @ PCf & Onboard I/O Setup @ Load BIOS Defaults @ Load Setup Defaults @ Password Setting @ fnE HDD Auto Detection ..

Introduction of BIOS .......3-3

...3-7 .....3-9
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... 3-22 ...... 3-26

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Chapter

Bus Master IDE Driver

Part No:MN-l00-2A0-71

Rev:1.00

Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix

A B C D E F

Quick Installation
General Discussion about HDD Installation

Technical Support
Flash BIOS User Instructions

How to install Ultra DMA/33 drive How to install PCI Bridge Batch file

System Board Overview

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System Board Overview

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The mainboard is designed for the new generation CPU. It supports the Intel CPU SLOTI( Pentium@Il.), memory up to lGB, super I/O, and Green PC functions. The mainboard provide high performance for the server system and meet the necessary of the desktop system for Multi-Media in the future,

O Specifications
1.

CPU:

Supports Intel Pentium Processor card.

@U

233-300 MHz

2. Chipset: Intel440 LX chipset 3. Memory@RAM): Four I68PIN DIMM

sockets support SDRAM

and EDO DRAM modules Supports up to 512MB (EDO DRAM up

to iGB )

4.

On board

IDE:

5. On board FDC: 6. On board Fast I/O:

slots: 2. BIOS: 3. Dimension:

1. I/O

ECC Support Two E-IDE channels Supports up to 4 hard devices Supports two floppy disk drivers up to 2.88MB One EPP/ECP parallel port (IEEE 1284 Compliant) Two high speed 165504 Compliant UARTs Supports Infrared - IrDA(HPSIR) and Amplitude Shift Keyed IR(ASKIR). Supports "PCI Bus master IDE controller" to reduce the work load of the CPU. Supports two Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface Supports one PS/2 mouse connector Four 32-bit PCI slots, three l6-bit ISA slots Award Plug and Play BIOS ATX form factor 245 x 305 mm

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Component Placement

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The System block diagram

CPU-SLOT1

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Secarity Option:
This option can be set to System or to Setup.

After you have created a password through PASSWORD SETTING, this option will deny access to your system (System) or modification of
computer setup (BIOS Setup) by unauthorized users. the computer boots up. If the correct password is not given, the system will not start, accessing the BIOS Setup. If you have not set a password PASSWORD SETTING option, this option is not available.

in

the

Notice: Don't forget your password. If you forget the password, you will
have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system. But doing this, you have to reset all the options you had set up before.

PCI /VGA Palette Snoop:

This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status, and to modi$ the information delivered from the Feature Connector of the VGA card to the MPEG Card. This option can solve the display inversion to black after you have used the MPEG card.

Delay IDE

Initiul:

This item is using for support some old model or special type of hard disks or CDROMs . Because the BIOS may not detect those kinds of devices during system booting .

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: When the system memory is bigger than 64MB, the communication method between the BIOS and the operating system will differ from one operating system to another. If you use OS/2, select OS2; if you choose
another operating system, select Non-OS2.

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PN1(Pin '13-141- Hardware Suspend Switch (SMl Switch) Attach the cable from the case's suspend switch (if exist) to this switch. Use this switch to enable/disable the power management function by
hardware.

Pin Assignment 13 G-*d 14 Suspend signal

PN1(Pin 1-2-3-4-5) - Keylock and Power LED Connector
Attach the case's keylock to connector.

Pin

2 3 4 5

ru

Assignment

No connection
Ground Keylock inhibit signal Ground

PN1(Pin 7-8) - HDD LED Connector Attach the cable from the case's HDD LED to this connector.

Pin
8 Pin
i1

Assignment

ttrt p"*HDD active

PNI (Pin 10-11) - Power Switch

re

Assignment
Power Switch signal

PN2 (Pin 9-10) - Green LED

Pin

Assignment

9 10

LED Power Green LED Active

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LPT

KEYBOARD

COMl

COM2

MOUSE - PS/2 Mouse Connector Attach aPSl2 mouse to this 6-pins Din-connector.

Pin
1

Assignment Mouse data No connection Ground

2
J
a

4
5

+5VDC Mouse clock No connection

KB - PS/2 Keyboard Gonnector

Attach a keyboard to this 6-pins Din-connector.
Pin
1

2
J
a

Assignment Keyboard data No connection Ground

4
5

+5VDC
Keyboard clock No connection

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ATX PWR - ATX Power input Gonnector

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Caution: If power supply connectors are not properly attached ATX PIryR, the power s or add-on cards may be damaged.

to

Attach the connectors from the power supply to ATX PWR.

PinAssignment +3.3V +3.3V Ground
11

+3.3V

2 J

12
13

-t2v
Ground ON/OFF control signal Ground Ground Ground

4
5

+5V
Ground

t4
15

6 7
8

+5V
Ground Powergood

I6
T7

18

9 10

+5V

t9
20

+tzv

-5V +5V +5V

FANl, FAN2 , FAN3 - DC-FAN Power Connector

Pin
I
2 J

Assignment Ground +12Y

Sense

lR - lR Connector(lnfrared)

Pin

Assignment

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

+5V FIRRX IR_RX

Ground

IR_TX No connection CIRRX +5V No connection No connection

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l/O port connectors

Name

No. of pins
40
40 34
25 9
9 8

Description

IDEl
TDE2

IDE channel

1 connector

IDE channel 2 connector Floppy disk connector

Parallel port Serial port COMI connector Serial port COM2 connector

FDC LPT

COMl
COM2
USB

Universal serial Bus

Notes: *IDEI,IDE2 are high performance PCI IDE connectors. Up to four IDE interface devices are supported.

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Jumper Switches
set

You

jumper switches on the mainboard to configure various hardware options. See Figure 1-1 for jumper locations.

Throughout this section the following symbols are used to indicate jumper
settings.

For 3-pin jumpers, the symbols below are used:

Pin

1-2 I L-l $*W-# I

r:#ffir
321

Short Pins

t and,2with a jumper cap.

Pin

2-3

ffi 321

Short pins

2 and3 with ajumper cap.

For 2-pins jumpers, the following symbols are used:

oN ffi lW

rlace rneJumper cap over rne rwo plns or me jumper to Short the jumper.

21
Remove the jumper cap to open the jumper cap.

Tl Lr oFF ll

21

Note:

To avoid losing jumper caps, attach the removed jumper cap to one of the jumper pins.

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Boot Up Namlock Status:

IDE HDD Block Mode:

This item can be set as Enable or Disable.

Most of new hard disk drives (IDE drives) support multi-sector transfers. This feature speeds up hard disk drive access performance and reduces the time necessary to access data. When this item is enabled, the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk drive supports this feature or not, and will choose the right settings for you.

E For further details about hard disk drive installation, refer to appendix E.

Typematic Rate Setting : This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate. When enabled, you can set the two keyboard typematic control that follow (Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate Delay). If this item is disabled, the BIOS will use
the default setting. Typ ematic Rate (C hars/Sec) : When you press a key continuously, the keyboard will repeat the keystroke according to the rate you have set. (Unit: characters/second )

Typematic Rote Delay (Msec):

When you press a key continuously, if you exceed the delay you have set here, the keyboard will automatically repeat the keystroke according a certain rate. (Unit: milliseconds)

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CP(I External Cache:

This item is used to enable or to disable the CPU extemal cache. When the external cache is enabled, the system works faster. The default is Enable.

Quick power on self test:

After the computer has been powered on, the BIOS of the mainboard will run a series of tests in orderto checkthe system and its peripherals. If the Quick power on self test feature is Enable, the BIOS will simplifu the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process. The default is Enable.

Boot Sequence:
When the computer boots up, it can load the operating system from floppy drive A:, hard disk drive C:, SCSI disk drive or CD-ROM. There are many options for the boot sequence: > A, C, SCSI 1 C, A, SCSI

1 >

D, A, SCSI (at least 2IDE HDD can be used) E, A, SCSI (at least 3 IDE HDD can be used)

A, SCSI, C
LS12O, C

Swap Floppy Drive:

This item can be set as Enable or Disable. When this feature is enabled, you don't need to open the computer case to swap the position of floppy disk drive connectors. Drive A: can be set as drive B:, and drive B: can be set as drive A:.

Boot Up Floppy Seek:

When computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has FDD or not. When this item is enabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive effor message. If this item is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test,

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@ BIOS Features Setup Menu

BIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum operation. If you do not really understand each of the options in this menu, we recomrnend you use default values.

In each item, you can press <F1> at any time to display all the options for
this item.

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Virus Vltarning:

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This item can be set as Enable or Disable.

When this feature is enabled, if there is any attempt from a software or an application to access the boot sector or the partition table, the BIOS will warn you that aboot virus is attempting to access to the hard disk.

CPU Internal Cache:

This item is used to Enable or to Disable the CPU internal cache. When the cache is set at Disable, it is much slower, so the default setting for this item is Enable. Some old and very bad programs will make the computer malfunction or crash if the system speed is to high. In that case, you should Disable this feature.

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> LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode:

Chapter 3

LBA mode supports hard disk drives up to 8.4Giga, This mode

uses a different method to calculate the position of disk data to be accessed. It translates Cylinders (CYLS), Heads and Sectors into a logical address where data are located. The Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors displayed in this menu do not reflect the actual structure of the hard disk, they are just reference values

used to calculate actual positions. Currently, all high capacity hard disks support this mode, that's why we recommend you use this mode. The HDD AUTODETECTION option in the Main Menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported.

> LARGE Mode:

When the number of cylinders (CYLs) of the hard disk exceeds 1024 and DOS is not able to support it, or if your operating system does not support LBA mode, you should select this mode.

o FDD supporting
drive.

3 Mode:

3 Mode floppy disk drives (FDD) are 3 1/2" drives used in Japanese computer systems. If you need to access data stored in this kind of floppy, you must select this mode, and of course you must have a 3 Mode floppy
B For further information about HDD installation, refer to Appendix
E.

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@ Standard CMOS Setup Menu

configuration parameters of the BIOS. These parameters include the settings of date, hour, VGA card, FDD and HDD.

It is the basic

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Standard CMOS Setup Menu

o Set up of HDD operating mode

LARGE

I xOnvAL,

LBA,

Since old operating systems were only able to support HDD whose capacity was not bigger than 528M8, any hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable. AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem: you can, according to your operating system, choose three operating modes: NORMAL, LBA or LARGE.

> Normal mode:

Standard normal mode supports hard disks of 528MB or less. This mode directly uses positions indicated by Cylinders

(CYLS), Heads, and Sectors to access data.

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Chapter 3

Note

The increase by 2.5o/o of the CPU speed is not a standard feature of this product. It is only for use by our development department to verifu that the CPU is able to work normally
when CPU speed, operating temperature and power supply are 2.5% higher or lower than the standard values. This is to guarantee product stability. We require the manufacturer of the Clock Generator to meet the demands of our development department and to add a TURBO Frequency feature used for testing purposes by our R&D department. Of course, you can use this feature to test the stability of your own system, but after you have tested the product, we recommend that you set it back to its normal value in order to guarantee system stability.

Attention: After setting up the parameters and you leave the BIOS SETUP, and you have verified that the system can be booted, do not press the Reset button or turn off the power supply. Otherw'ise the BIOS will not read correctly, the parameters will fail and you must enter CPU SOFT MENLITM againto set up the parameters all over again.

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Chapter

Hardware Setup

This chapter describes the mainboard's connectors and how to set the mainboard's jumpers.

C Precautions
You should take the following precautions before you begin working with the
motherboard and its components:

o Turn off the mainboard's power, and unplug the power cord. o Unplug all cables connect the mainboard to any external devices.
Caution: Make sure you first turn off all power to the system before attaching components to the mainboard.

Connectors

You attach system components and case devices to the mainboard's connectors. A description of each connector and its pin assignments follows. Refer to Figure 1-1 for connector location on the mainboard.

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PN2(Pin 4-5-6-71 - Speaker Connector

Attach the system speaker to connector PN2.

Pin 4 5 6 7

Assignment + SVDA Ground Ground Speaker data

PN2(Pin 1-21 - Hardware Reset Connector Attach the cable from the case's Reset switch to this connector. Press and hold the reset button for at least one second to reset the system.

Pin I 2

Assignment Ground Reset input

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CCMOS 1 - CMOS Discharge Jumper Jumper CCMOS discharge CMOS memory. When you install the mainboard, make sure this jumper is set for Normal Operation(1-2). See the jumper as below.
Setting

CCMOS

Normal Operation (Default)

321

Discharge CMOS

321

lnstallation of CPU
is

The mainboard

equipped with a CPU-SLOTI slot to accommodate Intel Pentium@Il CPU or above. The default clock rate setting for Pentium@Il CPU is 233MHz depend on autodetect from BIOS. But there is an advantage way for setup menu. The details please refer the chapter 3 "Award BIOS Setup".

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lnstallation of Memory

The mainboard provides four 168-pin DIMM sites for memory expansion.. The DIMM socket supports 1 Mx64(8MB), 2Mx64( 1 6MB), 4Mx64(32MB), 8Mx64(64MB), 16Mx64(128MB), and 32Mx64(256M8) or double side DIMM modules. Minimum memory size is 8MB and Maximum memory size will be 512 MB SDRAM and lGB EDO.
There are four banks of Memory on the system board.

In order to create a memory array certain rules must be followed.

following set of rules allows for optimum configurations.

The

o The memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide. (Without o Those modules can populated in any order. o Support single and double density DIMMS.
The following is the valid memory configuration: Bank Bank0

parity or with parity)

Memory Module 8MB,16MB, 32M8,64MB, 128M8 8MB,16MB, 32MB,64M8, 128MB 8MB,16MB, 32M8,64M8, 128MB 8MB,16MB, 32MB,64MB, 128MB

Total Memory 8MB

(DrMMl)
Bankl (DrMM2)
Bank3

256MB

8MB

256MB

8MB

256M8

(DrMM3)
Bank4

8MB

- 256M8

(DrMM4)

Total System Memory

8MB

lGB

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Introdaction of BIOS

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Chapter

lntroduction of BIOS

The BIOS is a program located on a Read-Only Memory chip on the mainboard. This program will not be lost when you turn the computer off. This program is also referred to as the boot program. It is the only channel for the hardware circuit to communicate with the operating system. Its main function is to manage the setup of the mainboard and interface cards parameters, including simple parameters such as time, date, hard disk drive, as well as more complex parameters such as hardware synchronization, device operating mode, CPU SOFT MENtITM techniques, setup of CPU voltage and speed. The computer will operate normally, or will operate at its best, only if all these parameters are
correctly configured through the BIOS.

Ci Don't

change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you know what you are doing

The parameters inside the BIOS are used to setup the hardware synchronization or the device operating mode. If the parameters are not
will produce errors, the computer will crash, and sometimes you will even not be able to boot the computer after it has crashed. We
correct, they recommend that you do not change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you are familiar with them. If you are not able to boot your computer anymore, lease refer to the section "Erase CMOS data" in Chapter 2.

When you start the computer, it is controlled by the BIOS program. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic for all the necessary hardware,
configurates the parameters of the hardware synchronization, and detects all the hardware. Only when these tasks are completed does it give up control of the computer to the program of the next level, which is the operating system. Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate, it will be the key factor to system stability, and to ensure that your system performs at its best. After the BIOS has achieved the auto-diagnostic and auto-detection operations, it will display the following message: PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP

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Three to five seconds after the message is displayed, if you press the Del key, you will access the BIOS Setup menu. At that moment, the BIOS will display the following message:

Fig

BIOS Setup main menu

In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: o Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup. o Press t J --- (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to confirm or to modiff. o Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu. o Press Page Up/Page Down or *l- keys when you want to modiff the BIOS parameters for the active option.

Computer knowledge

CMOS DATA Maybe you have heard somebody saying that their CMOS DATA was lost. What is the CMOS? Is it important? The CMOS is the memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have configured. This memory is passive. You can read its data, and you can also store data in it. But this memory has to be powered by a battery, in order to avoid any loss of its data when the computer is tumed off. Since you may have to change the CMOS battery when it is out of power and indoing so, you will loose all CMOS data, therefore, we recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware, or to put a label with these parameters on your hard disk.

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CPU Setup

( CPU SOFT MENu"rM)

The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch (CpU SOFT MENUr9, that replaces traditional manual hardware configuration. This feature allows the user to complete more easily the installation procedures. You can install the CPU without configuring any jumpers or switches. The CPU
must be setup according its specifications.

in the first option, you can press <F1> at any time to display all the items
that can be chosen for that option.

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CPU Name Is:

3-1 CPU SOFT MENUTM

> Intel Pentium

II MMX

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is operating within the normal limits. Enable: CPU external clock is operating within the limits of the Turbo mode.
Disable: CPU extemal clock
Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup: Normally, if the CPU clock setup is wrong, you will not be able to boot. In this case, tum the system off than on again. The CPU will automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter BIOS Setup again and set up
the CPU clock.

If you can't enter BIOS setup , you must try turning the system on a few times (3-4 times) and the system will automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter BIOS SETUP again and set up the new
parameters.

When you change your CPU: The mainboard have been designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted the CPU in the socket without having to configure any jumpers or DIP switches. But if you change your CPU, normally, you just have to turn off the power supply, change the CPU and then, set up the CPU parameters through CPU SOFT MENIITM. However, if the CPU brand and type is the same. and if the new CPU is slower than the old one, we offer you two methods to successfully complete the CPU change operation. Method

l:

Setup up the CPU for the lowest speed for its brand. Tum the power supply off and change the CPU. Then tum the system on again, and set up the CPU parameters through CPU SOFT

MENU.
Method 2: Since you have to open the computer case when you change the CPU, it could be a good idea to use the CCMOS jumper to erase the parameters of the original CPU and to enter BIOS Setup to set up CPU parameters again.

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CPU Operating Speed:

This option sets the CPU speed. In this field, the CPU speed is indicated like this: CPU speed (external clock x multiplier factor) Select the CPU speed according the type and the speed of your CPU.

( Note

For Intel Pentium II MMX CPUs, you can choose the following settings: > 266 (66x4) > 233 (66x3.5) > 333 (66x5) > 300 (66xa.5) User define external clock and multiplier factor: - Ut"t D"fitt

I Note 4 )

> 60MHz > 75MHz

rnar crock:

>

> 66MHz > 83MHz

100MHz

o Mukiplier

Factor:

You can choose the following multiplier factors:

> 2.0 > 3.0 > 4.0 > 5.0

> 2.5 > 3.5 > 4.5

However, differences

will exist because of

the

various brands and types available. Normally, we do not recommend that you use the "User Deftne" option to setup CPU speed and multiplier factor. This option is for setup of future CPUs whose specifications are still unknown. The specifications of all present CPUs are included in the default settings. Unless you are very familiar with all CPU parameters, it is very easy to make mistakes when you define by yourself the external clock and the multiplier factor.

o Turbo Frequency:
This item will only be displayed Turbo mode.

if your CPU external clock supports

The Turbo mode allows you to speed up the external clock by approximately 2.5%. This feature is used to veriff the design flexibility. It is a very important tool for test units to veriff CPU
stability. Do not use this feature.