Advanced Pentium II

Motherboard

GT440ZX

USER’S MANUAL

1

2

DECLARATION

D E C L A R A T I O N

Rights:

No part of this manual, including but not limited to the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribes, stored in a retrieval system, or translated in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of the manufacture.

Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation purposes without intent to infringe.

♦

Intel, MMX and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.

♦

IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines.

♦

AWARD is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc.

Responsibility:

This manual is provided “As is” with no warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of this product’s fitness for any particular purpose. In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business, or indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind, even the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. We reserve the right to modify and update the user manual without prior notice.

COMPLIANCE & CERTIFICATE

C O M P L I A N C E &

C E R T I F I C A T E

ISO 9001 Certificate:

This device was produced in our plant with advanced quality system certified by DNV QA Ltd. in according to ISO 9001.

This Certificate is valid for:

DESIGN & MANUFACTURE OF MOTHER BOARDS AND

PERSONAL COMPUTERS.

CE Declaration:

CE marking is a visible declaration by the manufacturer or his authorized representatives that the electrical equipment to which it relates satisfies all the provisions of the 1994

Regulations.

FCC Compliance:

FCC stands for Federal Communications Commission.

This product complies with FCC Rules Part 15 and has been tested, and complied with the EMI rules by a certified body.

In normal operation, there shall be no harmful interference caused by this device nor shall this devise accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation of this product.

Year 2000 Compliance:

This product is tested to be qualified to bear the NSTL Year

2000 Compliant logo. Year2000 problem is mainly a problem of computer software (OS), and the hardware issue.

With the support of BIOS on motherboard, the Y2K problem can be thoroughly conquered.

3

4

EASY INSTALLATION

E A S Y I N S T A L L A T I O N

Easy Installation Steps

The following “Easy Installation” steps are for users accustomed to the assembly of a computer system. For those individuals requiring more specific information please refer to the more detailed descriptions located within the latter chapters of this manual. Note: You must keep your power cable unplugged until the following installation steps are completed.

Getting Start:

T

ouch a grounded metal surface to release static electricity stored in your body before unpacking your motherboard. For details please refer to Precaution section in Chapter 3.

Install the CPU by correctly aligning the CPU with the slot1 as noted in the motherboard diagram. Once aligned, press down on the CPU gently but firmly and lock it. Next, install the 3.3 volt unbuffered SDRAM into the 168 pin

DIMMs. See Sec. 3.2 & Sec. 3.3.

Set CPU speed in according to Sec.3.2.

A

fter completing the above steps, install any expansion

Cards( PCI, ISA) into riser card and have the riser card installed firmly into the slot for riser card on board. See Sec. 3.4.

P

lug in all cables included in the package except for the power cord. Please see Sec. 3.5.

Please recheck all steps to ensure no mistakes have been made and then plug in the power cord and turn on the power to enter the BIOS setup, Chapter 4.

R e l e a s e

S t a t i c E l e c t r i c i t y

I n s e r t C P U &

R A M

S e t J u m p e r s o f

C P U

I n s t a l l A l l

E x p a n s i o n S l o t s

C o u p l e

C o n n e c t o r s O f

H D D , F D D …

EASY INSTALLATION

5

6

CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................8

2 FEATURES ............................................................................9

3 INSTALLATION......................................................................12

3.1

S LOTS A ND C ONNECTORS ..................................................15

3.2

CPU (C ENTRAL P ROCESSING U NIT ).....................................16

3.2.1

Install CPU..........................................................................16

3.2.2

Set CPU Speed ..................................................................18

3.3

S

YSTEM

M

EMORY

(DRAM) .................................................20

3.3.1

DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module).....................................20

3.3.2

Installation Procedure..........................................................20

3.3.3

DIMM Module Combinations................................................21

3.4

E

XPANSION

S

LOTS

.............................................................22

3.5

C ONNECTORS ....................................................................23

3.5.1

Primary IDE Connector (J21, 39-pin block) ..........................23

3.5.2

Secondary IDE Connector (J18, 39-pin block) .....................23

3.5.3

Floppy Drive Connector (J23, 33-pin block) .........................24

3.5.4

Power Input Connector (J20, 20-pin block) ..........................24

3.5.5

Front Panel connectors .......................................................25

3.5.6

Back Panel Connectors.......................................................27

Additional Connectors......................................................................30

4 BIOS SETUP .........................................................................36

4.1

H OW T O E NTER BIOS S ETUP .............................................36

4.1.1

Setup Keys .........................................................................37

4.1.2

Getting Help........................................................................37

4.1.3

In Case of Problems............................................................37

CONTENTS

4.2

M AIN S ETUP M ENU .............................................................38

4.3

S TANDARD CMOS S ETUP M ENU .........................................40

4.4

BIOS F

EATURES

S

ETUP

M

ENU

...........................................44

4.5

C HIPSET F EATURES S ETUP M ENU ........................................47

4.6

P OWER M ANAGEMENT S ETUP M ENU ....................................49

4.7

PCI C ONFIGURATION S ETUP M ENU ......................................52

4.8

I

NTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

M

ENU

........................................53

4.9

L OAD S ETUP D EFAULTS ......................................................56

4.10 U SER P ASSWORD ..............................................................56

4.11 IDE HDD A

UTO

D

ETECTION

...............................................56

4.12 S

AVE

& E

XIT

S

ETUP

...........................................................56

4.13 E XIT W ITHOUT S AVING .......................................................57

7

8

1. INTRODUCTION

1 I N T R O D U C T I O N

How To Use This Manual

This manual provides information necessary for Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs) and home users to build a PC-AT compatible system using the Pentium II PCI/ISA/AGP motherboard. Just follow the installation procedure presented on the EASY

INSTALLATION Page and refer to the section number following each

step if you require more detailed instructions.

Check Your Device Items

The standard package should contain following items marked with a “4”, If you find any these items missing or damaged.

Please contact your retailer.

4The GT440ZX motherboard

4Universal Retention Mechanism ( Support both Pentium II & Celeron CPU)

41 IDE ribbon cable

41 floppy ribbon cable

41 CD with drivers of Audio and PIIX4E Bus Master.

2. FEATURES

2 F E A T U R E S

Photo Of The Motherboard

9

10

2. FEATURES

Features Of The Motherboard

The GT440ZX motherboard integrates the Pentium II

 microprocessor, memory, I/O and AGP, and is designed to fit into a

Micro ATX form factor chassis. Page 14 illustrates the Layout for the GT440ZX motherboard. Below lists the key features provided by this motherboard:

Processor (+Cache) l Single Slot-1 for Intel Pentium II Processor.

l Intel Pentium II CPU with built-in 512K/128K/0K L2 Cache.

l Support Pentium II, Celeron processor speeds (233-500MHz)

Chipset l Intel 440ZX, PIIX4E Chipset l Winbond W83977EF super I/O Controller.

l Creative Lab. ES1373 PCI 3D Audio Chip, AC97 Codec.

System Memory l Two168-pin DIMM sockets l Minimum 8MB up to maximum 256 MB Memory Capacity.

l 66MHz / 100MHz SDRAM DIMM module.

PCI Bus Master IDE Controller l Integrated PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Chip with Ultra-DMA33 capabilities. Up to four IDE devices can be supported using the two onboard IDE connectors. Also supported is PIO Modes 3&4, Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Enhanced IDE devices such as

Tape Backup machines and CD-ROMs. Either the 5.25-inch or 3.5 inch (1.44MB or

2.88MB) floppy drives can be used without requiring an external card. Additionally,

Floppy 3 mode (Japanese standard 3.5 inch disk drive, 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5 inch disk drive: 120MB, 1.44MB, 720K) are also supported.

Integrated I/O l 1 Floppy Port (up to 2.88 MB), 1 Parallel Port (ECP/EPP).

l 2 Serial Ports (16C550 Fast UART Compatible).

l 1 IrDA TX/RX Port. (option, shared with COM2) l 1 PS/2 Mouse Connector, 1 PS/2 Keyboard connector.

l 2 Standard USB Connector (48MHz).

System BIOS l 2MB with bootblock flash BIOS. Award PCI BIOS.

l PC97 and PnP compatible. ACPI, APM and DMI support.

l Bootable from CD-ROM supported.

Green Features l Power Management: APM 1.2.

2. FEATURES l Additionally, with support for ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) feature and On-Now, your system will become more wise in management of power.

Sound System l Creative Lab. ES1373 PCI 3D Audio Chip, AC97 Codec.

l 3 Audio Phone Jacks (Line out, Line in, Mic. In) l 1 MIDI/Game port, 1 CD in, 1 Modem in. 1 Aux in.

l SPDIF Interface support.

Additional features l Wake-On-LAN header l Keyboard power on function l Modem Ring up function l Front USB header (optional) l Hardware Monitor Capability (optional)

Expansion Slots l 1 AGP, 1 ISA, 2 PCI expansion slots and one shared PCI.

Mechanical l This motherboard complies with the Micro ATX Form Factor specifications and is a four layers with dimensions of 9.6” x 8”.

11

3.INSTALLATION

3 I N S T A L L A T I O N

Motherboard Layout & Main Parts

Front Panel

Ring-In

PCI Slots

Speaker

USB Select

AGP Slot

Chassis FAN

FDD

Front USB

Pri. HDD

Sec. HDD

ATX Power

DIMM Sockets CPU FAN CPU Slot CPU Freq. Ratio

COM2

Printer

COM1

USB*2

PS/2 *2

ISA Slot

Modem-in

S/PDIF

Clear Password &

Clear CMOS

WOL

CD-in

Aux-in

Mic-in

Line-in

Line-out

Game/MIDI

12

Front Panel Connectors

Power Switch

Power LED

Speaker

Reset

Sleep

HDD LED

3.INSTALLATION

Significant Parts List

Back Panel Connectors

PS/2-style keyboard and mouse connectors

USB connectors

Two serials ports

One parallel port

One Game Port

Line-out

Line-in

MIC-in

Expansion Slots/Sockets

SEC CPU Slot

DIMM Sockets

ISA/PCI/AGP Slots

Power/IDE/FDD Connectors

IDE connectors

Power connector

FDD connector

Additional Connectors

Chassis Fan

Clear Password

Clear CMOS

IrDA

CPU Fan

Modem-IN

WOL Connector

SB-LINK

CD-IN

AUX-IN

Front USB Header

Sec. 3.5.5

Sec. 3.5.5

Sec. 3.5.5

Sec. 3.5.5

Sec. 3.5.5

Sec. 3.5.5

Sec. 3.5.6

Sec. 3.5.6

Sec. 3.5.6

Sec. 3.5.6

Sec. 3.5.6

Sec. 3.5.6

Sec. 3.5.6

Sec. 3.5.6

Sec. 3.2

Sec. 3.3

Sec. 3.4

Sec. 3.5.1

Sec. 3.5.4

Sec. 3.5.3

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

Sec. 3.5.7

13

3.INSTALLATION

Precaution Before Start

Static Electricity Damage:

Static electricity can easily damage your motherboard. Observing a few basic precautions can help safeguard against damage that could result in expensive repairs. Follow the simple measures below to protect your equipment from static electricity damage:

1. Keep the motherboard and other system components in their anti-static packaging until you are ready to install them.

2. Touch a grounded surface before you remove any system component from its protective anti-static packaging. Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded, anti-static mat. The operator should be wearing an antistatic wristband, grounded at the same points as the anti-static mat.

3. After removing the motherboard from its original packaging, only place it on a grounded, anti-static surface component side up. Immediately inspect the board for damage. Due to shifting during shipping, it is suggested that the installer press down on the entire socket ICs to ensure they are properly seated. Do this only with the board placed on a firm flat surface.

4. During configuration and installation touch a grounded surface frequently to discharge any static electrical charge that may have built up in your body.

The best precaution is to wear a grounded wrist strap. When handling the motherboard or an adapter card avoids touching its components. Handle the motherboard and adapter cards either by the edges or by the adapter card case-mounting bracket.

Misplaced Jumper Damage:

There are critical headers used for connectors or power sources.

These are clearly marked separately from the jumpers listed in

Motherboard Layout. Incorrectly setting jumpers and connectors may lead to damage to your motherboard. Please pay special attention not to connect these headers in wrong directions.

14

3.INSTALLATION

3.1

Slots And Connectors

This motherboard requires jumper setting for CPU speed. Please refer to Jumper setting List in sec.3.2.2.

PIN 1

In following pages, the triangle s mark stands for pin 1 of connectors.

Slots/Connectors List

J1: Keyboard / Mouse

J3: COM2

J5: Line-in, Line-out and Mic-in

J7: Printer

J9: SPDIF

J11: PCI 3

J13: PCI 1

J15: AGP Slot

J17: CPU Fan Header

J19: Ring-IN

J21: Primary IDE

J23: Floppy

J25: Chassis Fan

JP1: CPU Speed Jumper

JP2:

JP3:

Clear CMOS jumper

Clear Password

JP4&JP5: USB select (Reserved)

J2: USB1 / USB2

J4: COM1

J6: Game / MIDI

J8: MODEM-In

J10: CD-IN

J12: PCI 2

J14: Front USB Header

J16: WOL (Wake On LAN)

J18: Secondary IDE

J20: ATX-Power

J22: Front Panel headers

J24: Speaker

J26: AUX-IN

PIN 1

15

3.INSTALLATION

3.2

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

This motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot and a Bridges on the board for the Pentium II processor packaged in a SEC cartridge. This cartridge includes the processor core, second-level cache, thermal plate and black cover. When mounted in Slot1, the processor is secured by two retention mechanism attached to the motherboard.

3.2.1 Install CPU

Please follow the below steps to install your CPU, and configure the speed in according to Processor Jumper Setting List.

First please ensure the following parts you received with this motherboard. One

Pentium II URM (Universal Retention Mechanism) and four Lock Pins. Usually, the

URM was set on motherboard already.

Four Lock Pins

Universal Retention Mechanism

16

3.INSTALLATION

1. Unfold the Retention

Mechanism.

2. Place the Retention

Mechanism over CPU Slot.

3. Push 4 lock pins into holes to fix Retention Mechanism on motherboard.

4. Insert CPU. Push the two lock pins inward and press CPU down gently.

Step 1: Place the Universal Retention Mechanisms over the CPU slot (SEC slot) on motherboard.

Step2: Fix the Retention Mechanism to the motherboard with four Lock Pins. To insert the Lock Pins into holes to lock them tight and firmly. And then unfold the URM.

Step 3: Push the SEC Cartridge’s two locks inward and insert the CPU into

Retention Mechanism. Press the top of CPU gently but firmly until it is fully inserted.

Warning : It is strongly recommended that a heatsink and CPU cooling fan be used to prevent the CPU from overheating. Applying a thermal of jelly between the

17

3.INSTALLATION

CPU and the heatsink/fan will further cool the CPU.

3.2.2 Set CPU Speed

For different CPU frequency ratio, you have to configure the jumper settings for your

CPU. Please refer to the following figure and tables to carefully finish it.

4

2

8

6

3

1

7

5

CPU /BUS Speed

Now follow the below table to configure your CPU settings.

Setting CPU/BUS Speed

Pin 3&4

JP1

Pin 5&6

Intel CPU/BUS

X3.5

(233/66 MHz)

X4

(266/66 MHz)

X4.5

(300/66 MHz)

X5

(333/66 MHz)

X5.5

(366/66 MHz)

X6

(400/66 MHz)

X6.5

(433/66 MHz)

Pin 1&2 Pin 7&8

18

3.INSTALLATION

X7

(466/66 MHz)

Intel CPU/BUS

X3

(300/100 MHz)

X3.5

(350/100 MHz)

X4

(400/100 MHz)

X4.5

(450/100 MHz)

X5

(500/100 MHz)

Pin 1&2 Pin 3&4

JP1

Pin 5&6 Pin 7&8

Note: Host Bus Frequency (66 MHz or 100 MHz) will be auto-detected by this motherboard.

19

3.INSTALLATION

3.3

System Memory (DRAM)

3.3.1 DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module)

The GT440ZX features two 168-pin DIMM sockets. You can configure the system memory size from 8MB to 256MB in a variety of ways by using different combinations of the three 168-pin DIMM. Note that you must use only

PC/100-compliant DIMMs if the CPU Host frequency was set in 100 MHz.

DIMM1

DIMM2

3.3.2 Installation Procedure

Step1: Pin 1 of the DIMM must match pin 1 of the DIMM socket.

Step2: Insert the DIMM module into the DIMM socket vertically. After inserting the DIMM module completely into the socket, push up on the socket latches securing the DIMM into place.

If pin 1 of the DIMM module does not line up with pin 1 of the socket, the

DIMM module will not be inserted correctly into the socket.

Be careful not to misfit the DIMM Module into DIMM sockets in wrong direction.

This module can be inserted into DIMM socket only one way. Please note the “s“ for pin 1 location. To release the memory module, push both latches down and carefully rock the module forward and backward while slowly lifting it upward.

20

3.INSTALLATION

3.3.3 DIMM Module Combinations

Each DIMM socket can be inserted with 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB DIMM or empty. The total combinations are,6*6 selections. You can refer to following figure to select one way to insert your DIMM, for example:

DIMM 1

DIMM 2

Empty 8MB

Empty 8MB

16MB 32MB

Select

64MB 128MB

16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB

Select DIMM 1: 64MB

DIMM 2: 16MB

Total

64 + 16 = 80 MB

To select 1 out of 6 items (empty, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB) in DIMM1.

Then, repeat again in DIMM2 to go through your own path.

A total of 36 combinations ensure you can insert your DIMM modules any way you prefer.

21

3.INSTALLATION

3.4

Expansion Slots

ISA

1

PCI

3

PCI

2

PCI

1

AGP

This motherboard contains 5 expansion slots onboard. One 16-bit ISA Bus, Three 32bit

PCI expansion slots and one 32-bit AGP slot as shown above.

All three PCI expansion slots accept PCI us master cards and are fully supported by the

PCI 2.1 specification.

The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.) is a high performance interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications and is based on a set of performance extensions or enhancements to the PCI bus. (AGP interface specification Rev. 1.0

compliant)

To install expansion cards, please read the expansion card’s documentation for instructions and cautions.

22

3.INSTALLATION

3.5

Connectors

This GT440ZX motherboard contains IDE, floppy, power input, front panel, back panel and additional connectors.

1 2

1

2

39

Pri. IDE

40 39

Sec IDE

40

3.5.1 Primary IDE Connector (J21, 39-pin block)

This connector supports two primary channel IDE devices via a ribbon cable. When two IDE devices are installed using the primary IDE connector, make sure that the second IDE device is set to slave mode as indicated in the device’s manual.

3.5.2 Secondary IDE Connector (J18, 39-pin block)

This connector supports two secondary channel IDE devices as well as the 120MB

Floppy drives via a ribbon cable. When two IDE devices are installed using the secondary IDE connector, make sure that the second IDE device is adjusted to slave mode as instructed in the device’s manual.

WARNING: When you connect a ribbon cable to these ports, you must orient the cable connector so that the PIN 1 edge of the cable is at the PIN 1 edge of the onboard connector.

23

3.INSTALLATION

3.5.3 Floppy Drive Connector (J23, 33-pin block)

1 2

33 34

The FDC sub-system can control three types of floppy drives (1.2,

1.44 and 2.88MB) or compatible tape drives. The connection to the floppy drive is via a header (J19).

The floppy disk interface includes

48mA drivers and inputs on the drive interface.

3.5.4 Power Input Connector (J20, 20-pin block)

1

33

2

34

This connector supports a Micro

ATX power supply. When connecting, make sure the lock key matches the hook attached on a power supply cable. The power cord should be unplugged when you connect it.

24

3.INSTALLATION

3.5.5 Front Panel connectors

Front Panel includes headers for the following six I/O connectors:

Power Switch, Power LED, Speaker, Reset, Sleep and HDD LED.

IrDA Reset HDD-LED

Speaker

Sleep Pwr Yel_Grn

Infrared (IrDA) connector (4-pin)

The GT440ZX offers an IrDA infrared header that supports third party infrared modules. The case must reserve space for the IR module if you want to use the

IrDA function. This option supports wireless transmission and reception of infrared data. The module mounts in a small opening on the system case that supports this feature. The efficient distance is 100cm and the transfer rate is

115,200 bits/sec.

Reset Switch Connector (2-pin)

This connector supports the front panel case-mounted reset button. It is advised that the reset switch be used for rebooting the system in order to extend the life of the system’s power supply.

HDD ( IDE ) LED Connector (2-pin)

The GT440ZX supports one straight 4-pin header for connecting to front Panel

Hard Disk activity LED indicator.

Sleep Switch (2-pin)

When the APM (Advanced Power Management) feature is enabled in the system

25

3.INSTALLATION

BIOS and the operating system’s APM driver is loaded, the system can enter the sleep (standby) mode in one of the following ways:

♦

Optional front panel sleep/resume button

♦

Prolonged system inactivity using the BIOS inactivity timer feature

(Section 4.5)

The 2-pin header supports a front panel sleep/resume switch, which must be a momentary SPST type that is normally open

Power Switch (2-pin)

This connector supports the ATX case-mounted Power Switch, which in turn supports System Suspend function. When the BIOS sets the Power Button function to “Delay 4 sec.”, the system can be set to the suspended mode once you push the power switch for no longer then 4 seconds. If the power switch is pushed down for over 4 seconds the system will be totally Power Off. When the

BIOS setting sets the Delay 4 second to “Instant-off”, then Power Switch function work as regular power switch.

Power LED (2-pin)

This header can be connected to a LED that will light when the computer is powered on.

Speaker Connector (4-pin)

It is used to drive a chassis-mounted speaker if desired.

26

3.INSTALLATION

3.5.6 Back Panel Connectors

Printer Game / MIDI

PS/2 USB COM1 COM2 Audio headers

PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports (J1)

The motherboard offers 1 PS/2 Keyboard and 1 PS/2 Mouse port.

Mouse

Keyboard

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports (J2)

The motherboard has two USB connectors. USB devices provide a more convenient operating environment and improve data transferring capacity. True

Plug & Play, this new bus technology will support over 127 different peripherals through a Hub.

USB2

USB1

27

3.INSTALLATION

Parallel Port (Printer, J7)

The GT440ZX includes a parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible). The parallel port is capable of being disabled or remapped to either the secondary LPT address or the primary LPT address through BIOS if another parallel port is installed.

Printer(Parallel )

Serial Port (COM, J4&J3)

The motherboard has two serial ports. The electrical characteristics are compliant with the EIA-232-D Serial Communications Specifications. The serial ports may be remapped over other installable serial ports or disabled through the BIOS.

COM1 COM2

28

3.INSTALLATION

GAME / MIDI Port (J6)

The GT440ZX integrate a Game/MIDI port. This port can let you pulg a joystick or MIDI device.

GAME/MIDI

Audio Port ( Line-in, Line-out, MIC-in) (J5)

The GT440ZX also provides external sound system through a user accessible stereo jack connector soldered to the PWA.This jack allow the connection of selfamplified speakers, Line-in voice input and MIC-in voice input.

Line-out Line-in Mic-in

29

3.INSTALLATION

3.5.7 Additional Connectors

Ring-In

JP3 JP2

Clear Password Clear CMOS

Chassis FAN

JP5

JP4

USB Select

Jumper

Front USB Header

Ring In (J19, 2-pin)

This header is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a modem. Ring-

In requires an add-in modem card with remote wakeup capabilities. The remote wakeup header on the add-in modem card must be connected to the onboard

Ring-In header.

Clear Password (JP3, 2-pin)

If an unknown password is set in the BIOS, it can be cleared by inserting a cap over pin 1&2 of the " Clear Password" header.

Clear CMOS (JP2, 2-pin)

You can insert a cap over pin 1&2 of the “Clear CMOS” header to clear the

CMOS data and reload the default settings.

Chassis Fan (J25, 3-pin)

This header can supply power for Chassis Fan which may be mounted inside your case to cool down your system components. If your chassis have a Chassis Fan, this header will support.

30

3.INSTALLATION

Front USB Header (J14, 10-pin)

You can use either this Front USB or Back Panel USB by setting the USB Select jumper. Following table shows the jumper settings.

USB Select Jumper

USB Select Front USB Back USB

JP4

JP5

WOL

MODEM-IN

S/PDIF

CD-IN

AUX-IN

CPU FAN

WOL (Wake On LAN ) (J16, 3-pin)

This header is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a network. WOL requires a PCI add-in network interface card (NIC) with remote wakeup capabilities. The remote wakeup header on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN header. For Wake on LAN, the 5-V standby line for the power supply must be capable of delivering 5V

±

5% at 720mA.

CPU Fan (J17, 3-pin)

Your Pentium Cartridge may have an attached heatsink and Fan; this connector is for the CPU Fan.

31

3.INSTALLATION

MODEM-IN Header (J8, 4-pin, Green)

A 1x4 pin ATAPI style connector (J2F1) is available for connecting the monaural audio signals of an internal telephony device to the audio subsystem. A monaural audio-in and audio-out signal interface is necessary for telephony applications such as speakerphones, fax modems, and answering machines..

S/PDIF(J9, 2-pin)

This connector is the digital link between the motherboad and your audio devices such as CD player, or DAT recorder. It allows the digital transmission of audio data in SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Format.

CD-IN Header (J10, 4-pin, Black)

A connector is available for audio input from CD-ROM drives.

AUX-IN Header (J26, 4-pin, White)

Access to the AUX-IN connector for audio input from AUX devices.

32

3.INSTALLATION

Ready To Turn On Power

♦

Check Again

1. Is the CPU installed exactly and firmly into socket (Sec.

3.2)?

2. Are all the DRAM modules installed properly (Sec. 3.3)?

3. Did you insert expansion card (VGA, Sound…. etc.) already (Sec. 3.4)?

4. Are you sure that all the connectors (described in Sec 3.5) have been connected to their variable devices (Sec. 3.5)?

♦

Yes, I have checked and assured the above steps!

Now get ready to turn on your device by the following steps.

1. Mount your motherboard to the chassis frame and close the case cover.

2. Switch off all power.

3. Connect the power supply cord into inlet of the system case.

4. Connect the power supply cord into an outlet of power supply.

5. Connect Monitor signal cable to system VGA port, and the monitor power cord to power outlet.

6. Now turn on monitor and system power.

After Power on, The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. For

ATX power supplies, the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed.

The system will then do a power-on tests item by item, and additional messages will appear on screen. If the screen blinks or the tests stops more than 30 seconds, the system may have failed the power-on test. If so, please recheck the above steps or call your retailer for assistance.

If the power-on test goes well, hold down <Delete> button on the keyboard to enter BIOS Setup. Next, follow the instructions in the next chapter, BIOS

33

SETUP.

3.INSTALLATION

34

3.INSTALLATION

35

4. BIOS SETUP

4 B I O S S E T U P

The GT440ZX motherboard uses AWARD

BIOS, which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk-based program. The BIOS has a built-in Setup

Program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings. The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery-backed memory, called CMOS

RAM that retains the information when the power is turned off. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for the system’s central processing, memory and I/O subsystems. The AWARD BIOS has been customized by adding important, nonstandard, features such as virus and password protection, power management, and detailed fine-tuning of the chipset which controls the system. The remainder of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using the BIOS Setup.

4.1

How To Enter BIOS Setup

The AWARD BIOS is immediately activated when you first turn on the computer. The

BIOS reads system configuration information in CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking the system and configuring it through the power-on self test (POST). When these preliminaries are finished, the BIOS seek an operation system on the data storage devices (hard drive, floppy drive, etc.). The BIOS launches the operating system and hands over control of system operation to it.

To start Setup, press the <Del> key during boot-up before or while a message similar to this appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during POST (Power On Self Test):

Press DEL if you want to enter SETUP

If the above message disappears before you have responded and you still wish to enter

Setup, reboot the system to try again by pressing the “RESET” button on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing the <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys.

Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP

36

4. BIOS SETUP

4.1.1 Setup Keys

These keys help you navigate in Setup:

<↑>

,

<↓>

Move to previous or next item

<←>

,

<→>

Move to the item in the left or right hand

<

Esc

>

Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS

Other Pages -- Exit current page and return to Main Menu

<

PgUp

>

/

<

+

>

Increase the numeric value or make changes

<

PgDn

>

/

<−>

Decrease the numeric value or make changes

<

F1

>

General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page

Setup Menu

<

<

F2

F3

>

>

Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select Shift-F2 color forward, Shift-F2 to select color backward

Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu

<

F5

>

Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option

Page Setup Menu

<

F7

>

<

F10

>

Load the Setup default

Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

4.1.2 Getting Help

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press Esc or the F1 key again.

4.1.3 In Case of Problems

If after making and saving system changes with Setup, you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot, the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default configuration.

The best advice is to alter only settings that you thoroughly understand. In particular, do not change settings in the Chipset screen without a good reason. Your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability has carefully chosen the Chipset defaults. Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become unstable.

37

4. BIOS SETUP

4.2

Main Setup Menu

When you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, a Main Menu (Figure 1) appears on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several Setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press

Enter to accept and enter the sub-menu.

A brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

LOAD SETUPDEFAULTS

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

USER PASSWORD

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Esc : Quit

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

↑→ ← ↓

: Select Item

(Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type

Figure 1: Main Menu

38

4. BIOS SETUP

Following is a brief summary of each Setup category.

Standard CMOS Options in the original PC AT-compatible BIOS.

BIOS Features Award enhanced BIOS options.

Chipset Features Options specific to your system chipset.

Power

Management

PnP/PCI

Configuration

Integrated

Peripherals

Advanced Power Management (APM) options.

Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options.

Supervisor/User

Password Setting

I/O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripherals controller in your system.

Change, set, or disable a password. In BIOS versions that allow separate user and supervisor passwords, only the supervisor password permits access to Setup. The user password generally allows only power-on access.

Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters.

IDE HDD Auto

Detection

Load Setup

Defaults

Setup defaults are factory settings for optimal-performance system operations.

Save & Exit Setup Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup.

Exit Without Save Abandon all changes and exit Setup.

39

4. BIOS SETUP

4.3

Standard CMOS Setup Menu

In the Standard CMOS Menu (Figure2) you can set the system clock and calendar, record disk drive parameters and the video subsystem type, and select the type of errors that stop the BIOS POST.

Move to items

Modify values

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE , INC

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed, Jun 4, 1997

Time (hh:mm:ss) : 8 : 53 : 11

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECOTR MODE

Primary Master :Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO

Primary Slave :Auto 0

Secondary Master :Auto 0

Secondary Slave :Auto 0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 AUTO

0 AUTO

0 AUTO

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in.

Drive B : None

Video : EGA/VGA

Halt on : All , But Keybaord

Esc : Quit

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Base Memory :

Extended Memory :

0K

0K

Other Memory : 512K

Total Memory : 512K

↑→←↓ : Select Item

(Shift) F2 : Change Color

PU/PD/+/- : Modify

Figure 2: Standard CMOS setup

Enter Sub-Menu

Exit to Main

Menu

Date

The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information. This field is for information only. Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field (date, month, year). Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the desired value into the field.

Time

The time format is based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is

13:00:00. Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field. Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the desired value into the field.

Hard Disks

The BIOS supports up to four IDE drives. This section does not show information about other IDE devices, such as a CD-ROM drive, or about other hard drive types, such as SCSI drives.

40

4. BIOS SETUP

NOTE: We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives.

The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detects its specifications during POST, every time the system boots.

If you do not want to select drive type AUTO, other methods of selecting the drive type are available:

1) Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45.

2) Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field.

3) Use the IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION function in Setup.

Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications:

•

Type: The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types. Each defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders, number of heads, write precompensation factor, landing zone, and number of sectors. Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre-defined type are classified as type

USER.

•

Size: Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program.

•

Cyls: Number of cylinders

•

Head: Number of heads

•

Precomp: Write precompensation cylinder

• Landz: Landing zone

•

Sector: Number of sectors

•

Mode: Auto, Normal, large, or LBA

•

Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.

•

Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sectors supported are 1024,

16, and 63.

•

Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders.

•

LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For drives

41

4. BIOS SETUP with greater than 1024 cylinders.

Drive A/B type

Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) installed in the computer.

None No diskette drive installed

360K, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity

1.2M, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity

720K, 3.5 in 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte capacity

1.44M, 3.5 in 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 megabyte capacity

2.88M, 3.5 in 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 2.88 megabyte capacity

Video

Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer. The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically. The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem, but you do not select it in Setup.

EGA/VG

A

Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For EGA, VGA,

SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters.

CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode.

CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode.

MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution monochrome adapters.

Halt on

During the power-on self-test (POST), the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error. You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot-up process. These are the selections:

No errors

All errors

All, But keyboard

All, But Diskette

All, But Disk/Key

POST does not stop for any errors.

If the BIOS detects any non-fatal error, POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action.

POST does not stop for a keyboard error, but stops for all other errors.

POST does not stop for diskette drive errors, but stops for all other errors.

POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but stops for all other errors.

42

4. BIOS SETUP

Memory

You cannot change any values in the Memory fields; they are only for your information.

The fields show the total installed random access memory (RAM) and amounts allocated to base memory, extended memory, and other (high) memory. RAM is counted in kilobytes (KB: approximately one thousand bytes) and megabytes (MB: approximately one million bytes).

RAM is the computer's working memory, where the computer stores programs and data currently being used, so they are accessible to the CPU. Modern personal computers may contain up to 64 MB, 128 MB, or more.

Base Memory

Typically 640 KB. Also called conventional memory. The DOS operating system and conventional applications use this area.

Extended Memory

Above the 1-MB boundary. Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1 MB, but current PCs and their software can use extended memory.

Other Memory

Between 640 KB and 1 MB; often called High memory. DOS may load terminateand-stay-resident (TSR) programs, such as device drivers, in this area, to free as much conventional memory as possible for applications. Lines in your

CONFIG.SYS file that start with LOADHIGH load programs into high memory.

Total Memory

System total memory is the sum of base memory, extended memory, and other memory.

43

4. BIOS SETUP

4.4

BIOS Features Setup Menu

This screen (Figure 3) contains industry-standard options additional to the core PC AT

BIOS. This section describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen. Some fields may vary from those in your Setup program. Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields.

Move to items

Modify values

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

Quick Power On Self Test

Boot Sequence

Swap Floppy Drive

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Boot Up NumLock Status

Typematic Rate Setting

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Security Option

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Assign IRQ For VGA

OS Select For DRAM >64MB

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

: Enabled

: Disabled

: A, C, SCSI

: Disabled

: Enabled

: On

: Disabled

: 6

: 250

: Setup

: Disabled

: Enabled

: Non-OS2

Video BIOS Shadow

C8000-CBFFF Shadow

CC000-CFFF Shadow

D0000-D3FFF Shadow

D4000-D7FFF Shadow

D8000-DBFFF Shadow

DC000-DFFFF Shadow

: Enabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

Esc : Quit

↑→←↓

: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old value (Shift) F2 : Color

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup Menu

Enter Sub-Menu

Exit to Main

Menu

CPU L2 Cache ECC checking

Select Enabled to allows CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking function.

Quick Power On Self Test

This allows you to enable or disable system self test when power on.

Boot Sequence

The original IBM PCs loaded the DOS operating system from drive A (floppy disk), so

IBM PC-compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system first on drive A, and then on drive C (hard disk). However, the BIOS now offers 10 different boot sequence options of three drives each. In addition to the traditional drives A and

C, options include IDE hard drives D, E, and F; plus a SCSI hard drive and a CD-ROM drive.

Swap Floppy Drive

This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting Enabled

44

4. BIOS SETUP assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When Enabled, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks; drives with 720 KB, 1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks. Because very few modern PCs have 40-track floppy drives, we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled On, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations.

Typematic Rate Setting

When Disabled, the following two items (Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay) are irrelevant. Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your system. When Enabled, you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic rate (the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key) of 6, 8, 10,12, 15, 20, 24 or 30 characters per second.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic delay (the delay before key strokes begin to repeat) of 250, 500, 750 or 1000 milliseconds.

Security Option

If you have set a password, select whether the password is required every time the

System boots, or only when you enter Setup.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Some display cards that are not standard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG cards may not show the correct colors, the setting can correct this problem once you set it to Enabled, to default setting leave at Disabled.

45

4. BIOS SETUP

Assign IRQ For VGA

Set this option to Yes to allocate an IRQ to VGA device on the PCI Bus. The setting are Enabled or Disabled.

OS select for DRAM > 64MB

Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of

RAM on your system.

Shadow

Software that resides in a read-only memory (ROM) chip on a device is called

firmware. The Award BIOS permits shadowing of firmware such as the system BIOS, video BIOS, and similar operating instructions that come with some expansion peripherals, such as, for example, a SCSI adaptor.

Shadowing copies firmware from ROM into system RAM, where the CPU can read it through the 16-bit or 32-bit DRAM bus. Firmware not shadowed must be read by the system through the 8-bit X-bus. Shadowing improves the performance of the system

BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals, but it also reduces the amount of high memory (640 KB to 1 MB) available for loading device drivers, etc.

Enable shadowing into each section of memory separately. Many system designers hardwire shadowing of the system BIOS and eliminate a System BIOS Shadow option.

Video BIOS shadows into memory area C0000-C7FFF. The remaining areas shown on the BIOS Features Setup screen may be occupied by other expansion card firmware. If an expansion peripheral in your system contains ROM-based firmware, you need to know the address range the ROM occupies to shadow it into the correct area of RAM.

46

4. BIOS SETUP

4.5

Chipset Features Setup Menu

Move to items

Auto Configuration

System BIOS Cacheable

Video BIOS Cacheable

Video RAM Cacheable

Memory Hole At 15M-16M

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

Power-Up State

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M)

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

: Enabled

: Enabled

: Enabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: 64

: Stay Off

Enter Sub-Menu

Modify values

Esc : Quit

↑→←↓

: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old value (Shift) F2 : Color

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup Menu

Exit to Main

Menu

Auto Configuration

This item allows you select pre-determined optimal values for DRAM, cache, timing according to CPU type & system clock. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Note: When this item is enabled, the pre-defined items will become SHOW-ONLY.

System BIOS Cacheable

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.

Video BIOS Cacheable

Select Enabled allows caching of the Video BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

Video RAM Cacheable

Select Enabled allows caching of the Video RAM, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

47

4. BIOS SETUP

Memory Hole At 15M – 16M

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.

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

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.

Hose cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any transiation. See www.agpforum.org

for AGP information.

Power-Up State

It specifies how the computer responds following a power failure. “Stay Off” keeps power off until power button pressed. “Last State” restores previous power state before a power failure. “ Power On” restores power without restoring previous power state.

48

4. BIOS SETUP

4.6

Power Management Setup Menu

Move to items

Modify values

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M)

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

ACPI Function

Power Management

PM Control by APM

Video Off Method

Video Off After

MODEM Use IRQ

Doze Mode

Standby Mode

Suspend Mode

HDD Power Down

PCI/VGGA Act-Monitor

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

CPUFAN Off In Suspend

PowerOn by Ring (WOR)

PowerOn by LAN (WOL)

: Enabled

: User Devine

: Yes

: V/H SYNC+Blank

: Standby

: 3

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Instant-Off

: Enabled

: Enabled

: Enabled

IRQ[3-7,9-15], NMI

Primary IDE 0

Primary IDE 1

Secondary IDE 0

Secondary IDE 1

Floppy Disk

Serial Port

Parallel Port

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Enabled

: Disabled

Esc : Quit

↑→←↓

: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old value (Shift) F2 : Color

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure 5: Power Management Setup Menu

Enter Sub-Menu

Exit to Main

Menu

ACPI Function

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) evolves the existing motherboard configuration interfaces to support these advanced architectures in a more robust, and potentially more efficient manner.

Power Management

This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving for Doze,

Standby, and Suspend modes. See the section PM Timers for a brief description of each mode. This table describes each power management mode:

Disable

Max Saving

User Define

Min Saving

Global Power Management will be disabled

Maximum power savings. Only Available for SL CPUs.

Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode.

Set each mode individually. Select time-out periods in the PM

Timers section, following.

Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode

(except the hard drive).

PM Control by APM

49

4. BIOS SETUP

When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock. If Advance Power

Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings.

If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be preset to No.

Video Off Method

Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC+Blank

DPMS Support

Blank Screen

System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer.

Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power

Management Signaling (DPMS) standard of the Video

Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values.

System only writes blanks to the video buffer.

Video Off After

As the system moves from lesser to greater power-saving modes, select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank

Modem Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.

The choices: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

Doze Mode

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

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

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off.

HDD Power Down

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be

50

4. BIOS SETUP powered down while all other devices remain active.

PCI/VGA Act-Monitor

When Enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

This item allows you to select the function of power button.

The choice: Instant-Off, Delay 4 Sec.

PowerOn By Ring (WOR)

This item allows you to power on the system from Ring by selecting Enabled.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PowerOnBy LAN(WOL)

This item allows you to power on the system from LAN by selecting Enabled.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

** Reload Global Timer Events **

IRQ[3-7, 9-15], NMI/Primary IDE0/Primary IDE1/Floppy Disk/Serial

Port/Parallel Port

When Enabled, an event occurring on each device listed above restarts the global time for Standby mode.

51

4. BIOS SETUP

4.7

PCI Configuration Setup Menu

PNP OS Installed

Resource Controlled By

Reset Configuration Data

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M)

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

: No

: Auto

: Disabled

Move to items

Enter Sub-Menu

Modify values

Esc : Quit

↑→←↓

: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old value (Shift) F2 : Color

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure 6: PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Menu

Exit to Main

Menu

PNP OS Installed

This item allows you to determine install PnP OS or not.

The choice: Yes, No.

Resources Controlled by

The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and

Play-compatible devices. If you select Auto, all the interrupt request (IRQ) and DMA assignment fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them.

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System

Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot.

52

4. BIOS SETUP

4.8

Integrated peripherals Menu

Move to items

Modify values

IDE HDD Block Mode

IDE Primary Master PIO

IDE Primary Slave PIO

IDE Secondary Master PIO

IDE Secondary Slave PIO

IDE Primary Master UDMA

IDE Primary Slave UDMA

IDE Secondary Master UDMA

IDE Secondary Slave UDMA

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE

USB Keyboard Support

Init Display First

POWER ON Function

Onboard FDC Controller

Onboard Serial Port 1

Onboard Serial Port 2

UART Mode Select

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M)

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

: Disabled

: Auto

: Auto

: Auto

: Auto

: Auto

: Auto

: Auto

: Auto

: Enabled

: Enabled

: Disabled

: PCI Slot

: Button Only

: Enabled

: 3F8/IRQ4

: 2F8/IRQ3

Normal

Onboard Parallel Port

Parallel Port Mode

ECP Mode Use DMA

Onboard Audio Device

: 378/IRQ7

: ECP+EPP

: 3

: Enabled

Figure 7: Integrated Peripherals setup Menu

Enter Sub-Menu

Exit to Main

Menu

IDE HDD Block

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select

Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The Choice: Enabled, Disable.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

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.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party

IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra

DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The Choice: Auto, Disabled

On-chip Primary IDE

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select

Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

53

4. BIOS SETUP

On-Chip Secondary IDE

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select

Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Keyboard Support Controller

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Keyboard.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or AGP first. The choices:

PCI Slot, AGP.

Power On Function

This item allows you to power on your system in other ways from pressing power button. The choices: Password, Hot Key, Mouse Left, Mouse Right, Any Key and

Button Only.

Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install and-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2

This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1/port 2 controller with which I/O address. The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled,

Auto.

UART Mode Select

This item allows you to determine which Infra Red(IR) function of onboard I/O chip.

The choices: IrDA, ASKIR, Normal.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which

I/O address. The choice: 378H/IRQ7, 278H/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode (Activated by Onboard Parallel Port)

Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal unless your hardware and software require one of the other modes offered in this field.

54

4. BIOS SETUP

The choice: PS/2, EPP1.9, ECP, ECPEPP1.9, SPP, EPP1.7.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. The choice: 3, 1.

Onboard Audio Device

This system embeds an audio chip to feature the excellent audio function. Select

Enabled to use the onboard audio system or Disabled to abort.

55

4. BIOS SETUP

4.9

Load Setup Defaults

The chipset defaults are settings which provide for maximum system performance.

While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the manufacturer has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs.

4.10

User Password

When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen:

ENTER PASSWORD:

Type the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter. Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory. Now the message changes:

CONFIRM PASSWORD:

Again, type the password and press Enter.

To abort the process at any time, press Esc.

In the Security Option item in the BIOS Features Setup screen, select System or

Setup:

System Enter a password each time the system boots and whenever you enter

Setup.

Setup Enter a password whenever you enter Setup.

NOTE: To clear the password, simply press Enter when asked to enter a password.

Then the password function is disabled.

4.11

IDE HDD Auto Detection

BIOS setup will display all possible modes that supported by the HDD including

NORMAL, LBA & LARGE. If HDD does not support LBA modes, no ‘LBA’ option will be shown. If no of cylinders is less than or equal to 1024, no ‘LARGE’ option will be show. Users can select a mode which is appropriate for them

4.12

Save & Exit Setup

This feature allows the changes to be made to the CMOS setup to be saved.

The system will resume booting after a successful save.

56

4. BIOS SETUP

4.13

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all CMOS value change without saving.

57