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Advanced Pentium II

Motherboard

IN440EX-D

USER’S MANUAL

Copyright

1998 GVC CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

NOTICE

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 GVC “Corporation or BCM Advanced

Research, Inc.

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.

§ IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of IBM.

§

AWARD is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc.

§

Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics 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.

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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:

FCC Compliance:

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 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.

Microsoft Windows Compliance:

Microsoft, Windows NT, Windows, and the Windows

Logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation.

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EASY INSTALLATION

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:

Touch 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 Slot

1 as noted in the motherboard diagram. Once aligned, press down on the CPU gently but firmly. Next, install either the 3.3 volt unbuffered EDO or SDRAM into the 168 pin DIMMs. See Sec. 3.2 & Sec. 3.3.

After completing the above steps, install any expansion cards into the appropriate PCI, ISA or AGP slots and screw them tight to the chassis. See Sec. 3.4.

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

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

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 …

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.

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CONTENTS

Rights: ................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.

Responsibility: .................................................................................. 2

ISO 9001 Certificate: ........................................................................ 3

CE Declaration: ................................................................................ 3

FCC Compliance: ............................................................................. 3

Microsoft Windows Compliance: ....................................................... 3

FEATURES ............................................................................ 11

Photo of the motherboard ................................................................11

FEATURES .....................................................................................12

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................... 15

1.1. Overview ...............................................................................15

1.1.1. Processor Subsystem ..........................................................15

1.1.2. Cache Subsystem ................................................................16

1.1.3. Memory Subsystem .............................................................16

1.1.4. Data Integrity Subsystem .....................................................17

1.1.5. A.G.P. Interface ...................................................................17

1.1.6. Embedded PCI Devices........................................................18

1.1.7. PCI Bus Master IDE .............................................................18

1.1.8. PCI Add-in Cards .................................................................18

1.1.9. Embedded A.G.P. Devices ...................................................18

1.1.10. Embedded I/O Subsystem....................................................18

1.1.11. System Management Subsystem .........................................19

1.1.12. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface “ACPI” ............19

2. FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE................................... 21

2.1. Processor Subsystem ............................................................21

2.1.1. SLOT-1 Processor Socket Pinout .........................................21

2.1.2. Processor Upgrade ..............................................................21

2.1.3. Processor Heat Sink.............................................................21

2.2. Memory Subsystem ...............................................................21

2.2.1. DRAM Subsystem ................................................................21

2.2.2. DRAM (DIMM) Sockets ........................................................22

2.2.3. System BIOS .......................................................................22

2.3. L2 Cache Subsystem .............................................................22

2.3.1. Cacheable and Non-Cacheable Regions...............................23

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2.4. Address Maps ....................................................................... 23

2.4.1. Memory Map ....................................................................... 23

2.5. Video Subsystem .................................................................. 24

2.5.1. FEATURES ......................................................................... 24

2.5.2. General Features................................................................. 26

2.5.3. Video Modes ....................................................................... 26

2.5.4. Video Memory ..................................................................... 27

2.5.5. Video (Monitor) Connector................................................... 27

2.6. Sound Subsystem ................................................................. 28

2.6.1. Sound Features ................................................................... 28

2.6.2. Line Out Connector ............................................................. 29

2.6.3. Microphone In Connector..................................................... 29

2.6.4. Line In Connector ................................................................ 29

2.6.5. 3D Sound ............................................................................ 29

2.6.6. CD-IN Connector (Audio)(J11)............................................. 29

2.6.7. Modem-In Connector(J9) ..................................................... 29

2.7. PCI/ISA Expansion Slots....................................................... 30

2.7.1. ISA Interface ....................................................................... 30

2.7.2. ISA/PCI Expansion Slots ..................................................... 30

2.7.3. ISA Bus Speed .................................................................... 30

2.7.4. AT Bus Refresh ................................................................... 30

2.8. Storage Subsystem............................................................... 31

2.8.1. IDE Hard Disk Drive Interface .............................................. 31

2.8.2. Floppy Disk Drive Interface.................................................. 31

2.9. I/O Subsystem ...................................................................... 31

2.9.1. Serial Ports ......................................................................... 31

2.9.2. Parallel Port ........................................................................ 32

2.9.3. Keyboard Interface .............................................................. 34

2.9.4. Mouse Interface................................................................... 34

2.9.5. Universal Serial Bus Connectors.......................................... 35

2.9.6. Real-Time Clock.................................................................. 36

2.9.7. Non-volatile CMOS Memory Battery .................................... 36

2.9.8. IR (Infra-Red) Support ......................................................... 36

2.9.9. IRDA Header (J19) .............................................................. 37

2.10. Miscellaneous Connectors .................................................... 37

2.10.1. PC Speaker Connector ........................................................ 37

2.10.2. CPU Fan Connector ............................................................ 37

2.10.3. Hard Drive LED Connector .................................................. 37

2.10.4. Suspend (Sleep) Connector (J27) ........................................ 37

2.10.5. Power Button Switch (J29)................................................... 38

2.10.6. Green/Power-on LED Connector.......................................... 38

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2.10.7. Reset Button Connector (J30) ..............................................38

3. CONFIGURATION ........................................................ 39

3.1. Product Configuration ............................................................39

3.2. DRAM Subsystem Configurations ..........................................39

4. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS . 41

4.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings ...................................................41

4.2. Electrical................................................................................41

4.2.1. DC Specifications for 5V and 3.3V Signals ...........................41

4.3. Power Supply.........................................................................42

4.3.1. Power Supply Connectors ....................................................42

4.3.2. Input Power Budget..............................................................42

4.4. Mechanical ............................................................................43

4.4.1. System Interfaces ................................................................43

4.4.2. User-Accessible Sockets ......................................................43

4.4.3. Back-Panel Interfaces ..........................................................43

4.5. Manufacturability/Serviceability .............................................44

5. BIOS SETUP................................................................. 46

5.1. How To Enter BIOS Setup .....................................................46

5.1.1. Setup Keys...........................................................................46

5.1.2. Getting Help.........................................................................47

5.1.3. In Case of Problems.............................................................47

5.2. Main Setup Menu...................................................................47

5.3. Standard CMOS Setup Menu.................................................49

5.3.1. Date.....................................................................................49

5.3.2. Time ....................................................................................49

5.3.3. Hard Disks ...........................................................................49

5.3.4. Drive A/B type ......................................................................51

5.3.5. Video ...................................................................................51

5.3.6. Halt on .................................................................................51

5.3.7. Memory................................................................................52

5.4. BIOS Features Setup Menu ...................................................53

5.4.1. Virus Warning ......................................................................53

5.4.2. Quick Power On Self Test ....................................................53

5.4.3. Boot Sequence.....................................................................53

5.4.4. Swap Floppy Drive ...............................................................54

5.4.5. Boot Up Floppy Seek............................................................54

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5.4.6. Boot Up NumLock Status .................................................... 54

5.4.7. Typematic Rate Setting ....................................................... 54

5.4.8. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)................................................ 54

5.4.9. Typematic Delay (Msec) ...................................................... 54

5.4.10. Security Option.................................................................... 54

5.4.11. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop....................................................... 55

5.4.12. OS select for DRAM>64MB ................................................. 55

5.4.13. Shadow ............................................................................... 55

5.5. Chipset Features Setup Menu ............................................... 56

5.5.1. SDRAM CAS latency Time .................................................. 56

5.5.2. System BIOS Cacheable ..................................................... 56

5.5.3. Video BIOS Cacheable ........................................................ 56

5.5.4. Video RAM Cacheable......................................................... 57

5.5.5. 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time ...................................................... 57

5.5.6. 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time..................................................... 57

5.5.7. Memory Hole At 15M-16M ................................................... 57

5.5.8. Passive Release .................................................................. 57

5.5.9. Delayed Transaction............................................................ 57

5.5.10. AGP Aperture Size (MB) ...................................................... 57

5.5.11. Power-Up State ................................................................... 58

5.6. Power Management Setup Menu .......................................... 58

5.6.1. ACPI Function ..................................................................... 58

5.6.2. Power Management............................................................. 58

5.6.3. PM Control by APM ............................................................. 59

5.6.4. Video Off Method ................................................................ 59

5.6.5. Video Off After..................................................................... 59

5.6.6. MODEM Use IRQ ................................................................ 59

5.6.7. Doze Mode .......................................................................... 59

5.6.8. Standby Mode ..................................................................... 59

5.6.9. Suspend Mode .................................................................... 60

5.6.10. HDD Power Down................................................................ 60

5.6.11. Throttle Duty Cycle .............................................................. 60

5.6.12. VGA Active Monitor ............................................................. 60

5.6.13. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN ....................................................... 60

5.6.14. Resume by Ring.................................................................. 60

5.6.15. Resume By Alarm ............................................................... 60

5.6.16. Wake Up On LAN................................................................ 60

5.6.17. IRQ8 Break Suspend........................................................... 61

5.6.18. Reload global Timer Events................................................. 61

5.7. PCI Configuration Setup Menu.............................................. 61

5.7.1. PNP OS Installed ................................................................ 61

5.7.2. Resources Controlled by...................................................... 62

5.7.3. Reset Configuration Data..................................................... 62

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5.7.4. IRQ # Assigned to ................................................................62

5.7.5. DMA # Assigned to...............................................................62

5.7.6. PCI IDE IRQ Map To............................................................62

5.8. Integrated peripherals Menu ..................................................64

5.8.1. IDE HDD Block Mode ...........................................................64

5.8.2. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO............................64

5.8.3. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA........................64

5.8.4. On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE ...................................64

5.8.5. USB Keyboard Support ........................................................65

5.8.6. Init AGP Display First...........................................................65

5.8.7. Onboard FDC Controller.......................................................65

5.8.8. Onboard Serial Port 1/2........................................................65

5.8.9. UART2 Mode .......................................................................65

5.8.10. Onboard Parallel Port...........................................................65

5.8.11. Parallel Port Mode................................................................65

5.8.12. Onboard Sound Chip............................................................65

5.9. IDE HDD Auto Detection........................................................67

5.10. Password Setting ...................................................................67

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Photo of the motherboard

FEATURES

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P S / 2 M o u s e Parallel (Print Port) M I D I / G A M E P o r t

P S / 2 K / B U S B * 2 S e r i a l ( C O M P o r t ) V G A P o r t L i n e o u t L i n e I n M I C I n

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FEATURES

Processor/Cache:

Processor Intel “Deschutes”, “Klamath”, Celeron”,

“Mendocino” Pentium II 233 ~ 433 MHz

Operation with FSB (Front Side Bus) 66 MHz

Upgrades Slot 1

Cache CPU Cartridge Integrated; Write Back and Write

Through, direct mapped organization “BSB”

Cache

Size 0KB or 512KB

System Memory

Memory Size 8MB Min up to 256MB with Un-buffered SDRAM

Memory Sites 2 DIMM Sockets. SDRAM. Auto-detect w/Table

Free Configuration Double Density DIMMs.

ECC/EC Non-ECC support.

DIMM Type 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128MB. 64-bit non-

ECC

Memory Speed SDRAM 66Mhz parameter for synchronous memory.

Chipset

Chipset type 82440EX AGP/PCI/ISA Chipset

ISA/PCI Bus

ISA/PCI SPEC PCI Level 2.1. 33 MHz Zero Wait State

Graphics Support

“AGP” ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo 2X AGP with sidebands and pipelining 64-bit PCI Graphics Accelerator.

Video Memory SGRAM @ 100MHz (1M*16)

Memory Capacity 8MB on the motherboard,

Integrated I/O

I/O Controller Winbond W83977TF (Plug & Play Compliant)

Serial Ports One 9 pin connectors for dual asynchronous serial ports. High speed 16C550 compatible serial ports.

Infrared Interface Infrared port with FIR, IrDA and ASKIR

Parallel Port One 25 pin supporting EPP, ECP and Centronics

Interface

Hard Disk Controller PCI Bus Mastering IDE. Native and Compatible

Mode Support. IDE Transfer with Scatter Gather.

“Ultra 33” Synchronous DMA. Enhanced IDE

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PIO mode 4 (16MB/s) Independent IDE timing.

FIFOs for PCI Burst Transfers.

Swap-Bay Support. Integrated 8x32-bit buffer for

IDE PCI Burst Transfers

Hard Disk Connector 2 PCI IDE Connectors for 4 Drives Support

Floppy Controller 720 KB, 1.2, 1.44 and 2.88

Keyboard Port PS/2 (Integrated in the W83977TF)

Mouse Port PS/2 (Integrated in the W83977TF)

Real Time Clock Integrated in the PIIX4 (DS1287 Compatible)

System Monitor Winbond W83781D; Voltage/Temperature/Fan

Speed

External Communication Ports

Serial Bus Universal Serial Bus (USB), integrated with Core

Logic

Integrated Sound

Sound Chip ESS Solo –1 Business Audio

CODEC 16-bit Stereo

FM Synthesis ESFM™ Music Synthesiser

Sound Effects 3D stereo effects

Wave Table Software Wavetable

System BIOS

BIOS Type Winbond based 2Mbit Flash

Hard Disk Driver IDE, Auto-configuring

Plug&Play Support Steerable DMA Channels and Interrupts. ISA

Plug&Play

Special Features PC-98 ready. Multi-Boot. PCI Add-In cardauto- config.

Green Features

Power Management APM 1.2,

Advanced Features ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power

Interface) compliant hardware for use with APM

& PNP-BIOS APIs

Jumpers and Front Panel Connectors

Connectors Reset switch. Suspend/Resume Button.

Speaker. HD & PWR LED. Power Button. IR.

(Jumpers CPU Speed Multiplier.

Password/CMOS Clear.

Headers and Rear Panel Connectors

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Connectors Video. Parallel and Serial 1 Ports. Keyboard.

Mouse. Line-Out. Mic., Line-In, game/midi USB

1&2

Headers Serial 2. CPU Fan.

Headers and Connectors

Connectors None

Headers Floppy. IDE 1&2. CD-Audio In. Modem Audio.

Aux-In. Reset switch. Speaker.

Suspend/Resume Button. HDD & Power LED.

Chassis Fan.

Mechanical

Board Style MicroATX Form Factor

Board Size/Type 9.6” x 9.0”, Four Layer Board

Expansion Slots

Description Two PCI Expansion connectors and two ISA

Expansion connectors(One Shared).

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This section provides an overview for the MicroATX Pentium

II based

PCI/ISA Printed Wiring Assembly (PWA) code-named "IN440EX-D-D". It describes functional blocks and their relationship. The following diagram shows the functional blocks

1.1. Overview

The IN440EX-D-D is an implementation of BCM Advanced Research for a

High-Volume MicroATX motherboard featuring these subsystems:

§ Intel Pentium™ II MMX Processor cartridge support through the SLOT 1 connector

§ Intel 82440EX PCIset: 82443EX (“PAC” PCI A.G.P. Controller) and

82371SB (“PIIX4” PCI-ISA-IDE Xcelerator)

§

Accelerated Graphics Port “AGP” connector

§

PCI IDE Bus Master interface

§

Embedded advanced I/O support

§ System Management Logic

§ Advanced multiple Audio interface

§

USB (Universal Serial Bus)

§

System Monitoring Hardware

§

MicroATX form-factor motherboard

The targeted Operating Systems for the IN440EX-D-D are: Windows 95,

Windows 98 and Windows NT.

1.1.1. Processor Subsystem

The IN440EX-D has provisions to support the following processors: Intel

Pentium™ II Processor with MMX™ technology (Deschutes) operating at

333/66, 300/66, 266/66 and 233/66, Celeron at 366/66, 400/66 and 433/66

MHz. The Processor speeds are selectable with a four, (4) jumper block combination for the bus-to-core frequency ratio and CPU bus speed. The bus-to-core ratio is either 2/7, 1/4, 2/9 or 1/5 yielding the bus/core frequency;

66/233, 66/266, 66/300, 66/333, 66/366, 66/400 or 66/433 MHz respectively.

High-performance features, including pipelined 32-bit addressing, 64-bit data, 16KB/16KB Instruction/Data Write-back or Write-through 2-way set

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DIMM for support of SDRAM.

Two onboard DC/DC converters supply the +2.5 Volts for the CPU I/O voltage and the +1.5 Volts GTL+ bus voltage (VTT). An on-board switching power converter supplies the CPU core voltage (VCORE), the switcher supports the Pentium

II Voltage-ID pins for auto-voltage programming of the switcher supply.

1.1.2. Cache Subsystem

The cache and control functions are part of the Pentium

II Processor. The cache SRAM interface is through the processor’s Back-Side-Bus (BSB) and is included within the CPU cartridge.

The IN440EX-D can accept either the Pentium

II cartridge with 512KB of second level (L2) Pipelined Burst SRAM cache. The Pentium

II second level cache supports a direct mapped organization with a write-back policy, providing all necessary snoop functions and inquire cycles. Cacheability of the entire memory space in the first level cache is supported. For the second level cache only the first 512MB of main memory is cacheable, and only main memory controlled by the PAC DRAM interface will be cached, PCI and

ISA memory is not cached.

1.1.3. Memory Subsystem

The IN440EX-D DRAM controller supports a 64-bit memory data interface, optionally supporting 64-bit wide DIMM modules, without ECC/EC. The

DRAM types supported are Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM). SDRAM is supported at 66 MHz using symmetrical addressing.

The IN440EX-D Main Memory interface provides two (2) 168-pin DIMM socket (DIMM0 and DIMM1) sites, allowing system memory from 8MB to

256MB of SDRAM.

The DIMM sockets support either single or double-sided ‘Unbuffered DIMM’ modules. The installed DRAM type can be 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB or

128MB DIMMs. The DRAM Controller uses the JEDEC standard Serial

Presence Detect (SPD) Mechanism to detect memory and array configurations, there is no jumper settings required for the memory size.

Memory is automatically detected by the system BIOS.

Rules for Populating the DIMM memory array

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§ DIMM sockets can be populated in any order.

§ The DRAM Timing register, which provides the DRAM speed grade control for the entire memory array, will be programmed to use the timings of the slowest DRAMs installed.

1.1.4. Data Integrity Subsystem

Several data integrity features are included in the system. These are 64-bit

DRAM interface for EX chipset, parity generation and checking on the PCI

Bus and A.G.P. (for PCI transactions).

PCI Bus.

The system implements parity generation/checking as defined by the PCI specification.

A.G.P. Bus.

For the operations on the A.G.P. interface using PCI protocol, the system supports Parity generation/checking as defined by the PCI specification.

Main Memory DRAM Protection Modes.

The system supports three modes of data protection of the DRAM array:

Non-ECC with Byte-Wise Write Support (Default mode, in this mode there is no provision for protecting the integrity of data in the DRAM array.)

1.1.5. A.G.P. Interface

The A.G.P. is a high performance, component level interconnect targeted at

3D graphics applications and is based on a set of performance enhancements to PCI. The IN440EX-D is designed to support the A.G.P.

Interface.

The A.G.P. implementation is compatible with the Accelerated Graphics Port

Specification. The system supports only a synchronous A.G.P. interface coupling to the host bus frequency. The actual bandwidth will be limited by the capability of the system’s memory, reaching the highest performance with fast SDRAM. The A.G.P. Interface supports PCI operations as defined by the PCI specification. Electrically, only 66MHz PCI operations are supported.

For the definition of A.G.P. Interface functionality (protocols, rules and signalling mechanisms, as well as the platform aspect of A.G.P. functionality), refer to the latest A.G.P. Interface Specification. This

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INTRODUCTION document focuses only on the Controller specifics of the A.G.P. interface functionality.

1.1.6. Embedded PCI Devices

The PCI bus contains 1 embedded PCI device: PCI bus mastering IDE interface. The arbiter within the PAC performs arbitration for PCI bus masters.

1.1.7. PCI Bus Master IDE

PIIX-4 provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE controller with two high performance IDE interfaces for up to four devices, such as Hard Drives and

CD-ROM.

1.1.8. PCI Add-in Cards

High Performance PCI I/O cards can be used in the IN440EX-D through the

PCI connector slots. The PCI bus is specified to support 10 loads. Each embedded controller or bridge (Video, PCI to ISA Bridge) count as 1 load, each PCI expansion slot used counts as 2 loads. To support multiple PCI devices in a single slot, add an expansion board containing PCI to PCI

Bridge to a secondary PCI segment.

1.1.9. Embedded A.G.P. Devices

The AGP bus contains 1 embedded device: The ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo 2X

Graphics Accelerator. The 3D Rage Pro is a highly integrated graphics controller, integrating the 2D, 3D and video accelerators, palette DAC and quadruple clock synthesiser.

1.1.10. Embedded I/O Subsystem

The Winbond Plug and Play Ultra I/O controller “W83977TF” represents the newest technology in functionality and integration. While providing the standard PC I/O requirements the Ultra I/O complies with the ISA Plug-and-

Play standard version 1.0a, and provides for the recommended functionality to support Windows 95. The Ultra I/O qualifies 16-bit address to allow relocation of 480 different addresses, with 13 IRQ options and 3 DMA channels available for each logical device.

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Other features of the Ultra I/O are: 8042 keyboard controller. An Infrared interface for Fast IR (FIR), IrDA and ASKIR. Floppy interface. Two serial ports with 16-byte FIFOs. One EPP/ECP supported bi-directional parallel port.

1.1.11. System Management Subsystem

The IN440EX-D support the System Monitor services using Winbond’s

W83781D System Management chip. The W83781D is used to monitor

Voltage, Temperature and Fan Speed. The combination of the System

Monitor and the Wake On LAN (WOL) functionality achieves the

Management Level 3.

1.1.12. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface “ACPI”

The IN440EX-D supports the ACPI specification and its key elements; The

Operating System Directed Power Management (OSPM). ACPI evolves the existing collection of power management BIOS code, APM APIs, PNP BIOS

APIs, and so on into a well-specified power management and configuration mechanism. It provides support for an orderly transition from existing

(legacy) hardware to ACPI hardware, and it allows for both mechanisms to exist in a single machine and be used as needed. ACPI evolves the existing motherboard configuration interfaces to support these advanced architectures in a more robust, and potentially more efficient manner.

OSPM provides a new appliance interface to customers. In particular, it provides for a sleep button. This sleep button is a “soft” button, which does not turn the machine physically off but signals the OS to go into a ‘soft off’ or sleeping state. ACPI defines two types of these “soft” buttons: one for putting the machine into sleep mode and one for putting the machine into ‘soft off’ mode.

This gives the OEM two different ways to implement machines: A one or a two-button model. The button on the one-button model can be used as a power button or a sleep button as determined by user settings. The twobutton model has an easily accessible sleep button and a separate power button. In either model, an override feature that forces the machine to turn off or to reset without OS consent is also needed to deal with various rare, but problematic, situations.

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INTRODUCTION

ACPI is neither a software nor a hardware specification, although it addresses both software and hardware and how they must behave. ACPI is actually an interface specification.

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FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE

2 .

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F u n c t t i i o n a l l A r r c h i i t t e c t t u r r e

2.1. Processor Subsystem

The Pentium

II processor connects with the system through a 242-pin connector type socket on the circuit board labelled SLOT-1. The 242-pin configuration corresponds to a standard pinout that can accommodate the following processors:

Intel Pentium™ II Processor with MMX (Celeron)

Intel Pentium™ II Processor with MMX (Klamath)

Intel Pentium™ II Processor with MMX (Deschutes)

2.1.1. SLOT-1 Processor Socket Pinout

The 242-pin connector is provided to allow for easy configuration at the time of manufacture or as a field upgrade of the microprocessor.

Reference: SLOT-1

Connector Type: Female, 242 pin Dimm

Connector Part Number: Molex 71796-0001 (Or equivalent)

2.1.2. Processor Upgrade

The Pentium™ II processor maybe removed and replaced to accommodate

Kamath or “Deschutes”. Changes to the VCORE (Core Voltage Selection) are automatically adjusted.

2.1.3. Processor Heat Sink

The IN440EX-D M/B provides 12V power for the cooling fan through a 3-pin header with Fan-On control and Fan Speed detection.

2.2. Memory Subsystem

2.2.1. DRAM Subsystem

The IN440EX-D has two 64-bit (168-pin) DIMM sockets (DIMM0 and DIMM1) allowing system memory from 8 MB to 256MB of main DRAM. There are no

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The DIMMs are rated 66 MHz (Klamath) or 100 MHz (Deschutes) SDRAM

(Synchronous DRAM). DIMM modules must be ‘Unbuffered’ and operate at

3.3V. All the allowable memory size configurations are described on table

2.1 (Refer to Table 3.6 in the “Configuration” section for the different combinations and sizes of DIMMs).

Table 2.1. DRAM memory configurations in

Megabytes.

8

64

144

16

72

176

24

80

32

96

192 256

40

128

48

136

2.2.2. DRAM (DIMM) Sockets

Connection to the main system DRAM can be done via two (2) DIMM connectors on the system PWA.

Reference: DIMM0, DIMM1

Connector Type: female, 168 pin DIMM, in-line connector

Connector Part Number: Berg. 91145-60024 (Or equivalent)

2.2.3. System BIOS

The system and video BIOS are stored in a 2M-bit (256Kx8) Flash Memory device. The system BIOS is always shadowed and cached.

2.3. L2 Cache Subsystem

The Pentium

II processor cartridge provides an unified 0KB or 512KB second level (L2) cache to complement the level one data and instruction

(L1) internal caches. The L2 cache is Direct-Mapped non-sectored, supporting the Write Back policy architecture.

Table 2.2. L2 Cache latency with Burst SRAM

Cycle Type

Burst Read

Burst Write (Write-back)

Single Read

Clock Count

X-1-1-1

X-1-1-1

X

Single Write X

Pipelined Back-to-Back Burst X-1-1-1,1-1-1-1

1

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Reads

1

: The back-to-back cycles do not account for CPU idle clocks between cycles

2.3.1. Cacheable and Non-Cacheable Regions

The system caches the following regions:

All system memory, including 0 to 640 KB and all memory present above 1

MB up to 1GB.

System and integrated video controller BIOS.

The system does not cache the following regions:

The video memory block from A0000 to BFFFF.

PCI memory space on top of main memory.

Any access to the PCI or AT bus.

2.4. Address Maps

2.4.1. Memory Map

The following table describes the breakdown of the IN440EX-D memory areas and how they are assigned.

Table 2.3. Memory Map

LOCATION

0FFFFFFF-

FFFFFFFF

000E0000-

000FFFFF

000C8000-

000DFFFF

000C0000-

000C7FFF

000A0000-

000BFFFF

00080000-

0009FFFF

00000000-

0007FFFF

SIZE

256MB

128KB

96KB

32KB

128KB

128KB

512KB

TO

4GB

1MB

DESCRIPTION

BIOS ROM

System BIOS (Shadowed in

DRAM)

896KB Expansion region (Shadowed in DRAM)

800KB Video BIOS (Shadowed in

DRAM)

768KB Video Buffer (SMM space

Non-Cacheable)

640KB Optional memory space gap

(DOS Apps)

512KB DOS applications (No read/write protect)

(Always cacheable)

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2.5. Video Subsystem

3D RAGE PRO Graphics Controller is a highly integrated graphics controller.

Incorporated within this single chip are the 2D, 3D and video accelerators, palette DAC, and quadruple clock synthesiser. This multi-function integrated controller delivers superior 3D performance, TV-quality scaled video optimized for MPEG playback, industry-leading Mach64 2D performance, and video expansion capability suited for video conferencing, cable TV viewing, and hardware MPEG decoding.

The availability of ATI BIOS, drivers, utilities, and application software developed for the entire chip family is a major strength for the 3D RAGE

PRO. Being register-compatible with all other controllers in the Mach64 accelerator series means immediate compatibility with a wide range of application drivers. Since this controller is also pin-compatible with ATI's family of other mach64 integrated controllers, it provides to the OEM a lowcost upgrade path to additional features and performance.

This controller uses active power management techniques to monitor activity levels within its’ self and to perform real-time power reductions such as dynamic clock control and graphics engine shutdown. Because full-speed operation can be restored without delay, these techniques do not impact performance. Major advances have been included in this chip to boost performance in the area of a new bus interface, Accelerated Graphics Port

(AGP). With AGP data the throughput between host and 3D RAGE PRO has greatly increased. The result is even faster 2D and 3D performance and enhancements to motion video support (e.g. MPEG-2 motion compensation).

2.5.1. FEATURES

3D Accelerator

Complete 3D primitive support: points, lines, triangles, lists, strips and

Quadrilaterals

Triangle Setup Engine with floating point to integer parameter conversion

4K on-chip Texture Cache

Destination Alpha

Gouraud shading

Alpha blending and alpha interpolation

16-bit Z buffer

Fogging and fog interpolation

Dithering support in 16 bpp for near 24 bpp quality

Perspectively correct mip-mapped texture mapping hardware, supporting:

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Palletized CI4 and CI8 texture expansion

Texture filtering models including tri-linear mip mapping

Texture lighting modes

Ability to use YUV format textures

Alpha in texture map

Texture maps up to 1024 x 1024

Non square texture maps

Software driver support for Direct 3D, QuickDraw 3D RAVE and OpenGL interfaces, as well as others.

Video Accelerator/Video Capture

Back end scaling

Color interpolation during scaling for improved high resolution video quality

Integrated 768 pixel wide dual video line buffers support filtered video scaling

4 tap horizontal and 2 tap vertical scalers for high-quality, full-screen video playback with MPEG-2 (720x480) sources

YUV to ROB color space conversion with support for both packed and planar

YUV formats as follows:

YUV422, YUV410 (YUV9), YUV420 (YUV12)

RGB32, RGB16/15

Built-in continuous brightness and gamma correction to correct 'dark' images

Chroma keying for effective overlay of video on graphics

Overlay true color video regardless of the current graphics mode

New buffer and frame synchronization modes to reduce display tearing

Ability to turn off graphics data access behind video, hence reducing bandwidth

Support for CCIR 656 video standard

Ability to capture VBI and Intercast data

Mirror video capture to support video conference

2D Accelerator

Hardware acceleration - Rectangle Fill, Line Draw, BitBlt, Polygon

Fill,Panning/Scrolling, Bit Masking, Monochrome Expansion, Scissoring, and full ROP support

PCI bus master support for GUI programming

8x8x8 SRC Brush support

Quick engine setup with alias registers

Improved FIFO management to memory controller

Increased command FIFO to 128 DWORDs

Hardware cursor up to 64x64x2

Acceleration provided in 8/l6/24/32bpp modes. Packed pixel support (24bpp) enables true color in 1MB configurations

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Game acceleration for Microsoft's DirectDraw—Double Buffering, Virtual

Sprites, Transparent Blit and Masked Blit

Increased display FIFO to 32 DWORDs. Additional 64 entry FIFO for Bus mastering

True 24-bit, true-color palette DAC:

Pixel clock rates up to 200MHz, with 230MHz option, for up to 1600x1200 screen resolution at 85Hz vertical

Pixel depth of 32 bit at 1600x1200 screen resolution with WRAM and external RAMDAC at 240 MHz

Gamma correction for true WYSIWYG

Full 24-bit palette

2.5.2. General Features

Integrated 3D, 2D, and Video accelerators with palette DAC and quad-clock synthesiser in a single chip

Comprehensive AGP support, including 66 MHz and 133 MHz pipeline operation with sideband addressing

PCI revision 2.1 bus for Plug-and-Play ease of use

Bi-endian support for compliance on a variety of processor platforms

128-level command FIFO assures fast response to host command transfers for maximum CPU/host bus/controller efficiency and concurrent operation

Additional 64 entry FIFO dedicated to Bus mastering

Programmable flat or paged memory model with enhanced host access to a linear frame buffer

32-bit wide read/writeable memory mapped registers with optimized organization, reduces instruction overhead and raises performance

DDC1 and DDC2B+ Plug-and-Play monitor support

Power management for full VESA Display Power Management

Signalling(DPMS) and EPA Energy Star compliance. Also, register support for controller power reduction and DAC power down

Built-in CRC, chip diagnostics and manufacturing SCAN to ensure quality components

2.5.3. Video Modes

The following video modes are supported on the system board by the ATI-3D

Rage Pro Graphics and Video Controller

Table 2.4. Video Modes

Display

Screen

Resolution

640x480

Refresh

Rate

Hor.

Scan

(kHz)

Pixel

Clock

(MHz)

Colors (Bits per Pixel)

8 MB DRAM

4

60 31.4 25.2

8

16

24

32

26

640x480

640x480

640x480

640x480

640x480

800x600

800x600

800x600

800x600

72 37.7 31.2

75 37.5 31.5

90 47.9 39.9

100 52.9 44.9

120 63.7 55.0

48 33.8 36.0

56 35.1 36.0

60 37.8 40.0

70 44.5 44.9

800x600

800x600

800x600

800x600

72 48.0 50.0

75 46.8 49.5

90 57.0 56.6

100 62.5 67.5

800x600 120 76.0 81.0

1024x768 43 35.5 44.9

1024x768 60 48.3 65.0

1024x768 70 56.4 75.0

1024x768 72 58.2 75.0

1024x768 75 60.0 78.8

1024x768 90 76.2 100

1024x768 100 79.0 110

1024x768 120 96.7 130

1152x864 43 45.9 65.0

1152x864 47 44.8 65.0

1152x864 60 54.9 80.0

1152x864 70 66.1 100

1152x864 75 75.1 110

1152x864 80 75.1 110

1152x864 85 77.1 121.5

1280x1024 43 50.0 80.0

1280x1024 47 50.0 80.0

1280x1024 60 69.3 110

1280x1024 70 74.6 126

1280x1024 74 78.8 135

1280x1024 75 79.9 135

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.5.4. Video Memory

The system’s video memory consists of SGRAM only. In it’s standard configuration, the system will have 1M*16 SGRAM chips soldered on the board to give a total of 2MB/4MB.

2.5.5. Video (Monitor) Connector

Connection to VGA monitor is via a connector on the rear panel on the system PWA.

Reference: J1 (Video)

Connector Type: female, high density DB15S, 15-pin ATcompatible

Connector Part Number: Foxconn Dz11AA1B8 or equivalent

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Table 2.5. Video Monitor Connector Pinout

11

12

13

14

15

16

4

5

6

7

PIN

1

2

3

8

9

10

17

Description

RED

GREEN

BLUE

N/C

LOGIC-GROUND

RED GROUND RETURN

GREEN GROUND RETURN

BLUE GROUND RETURN

+5V PULL-UP

LOGIC GROUND

N/C

DDC DAT

HORIZONTAL-SYNC

VERTICAL-SYNC

DDC CLK

LOGIC-GROUND

1

LOGIC-GROUND

1

1

: Pins 16 and 17 are connector mounting holes connected to logic ground.

2.6. Sound Subsystem

The IN440EX-D uses the ESS Solo-1 (ES1938), which is a single chip multimedia audio system controller. It includes an integrated FM synthesiser and a Plug and Play PSI interface. The ES1938 is compatible with the

Microsoft Windows Sound System standard and will run software written to the Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster Pro interfaces.

2.6.1. Sound Features

Compatible with Sound Blaster™, Sound Blaster Pro™, and Windows Sound

System™, PC97/PC98 and WHQL specifications.

High-Quality ESFM™ Music Synthesiser.

Fully Plug-and-Play PCI Compatible

Integrated Spatializer® 3D Audio Effects Processor.

16-Bit Address Decode Support

4248 Register Compatible

Dynamic Range (SNR) Over 80dB

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ACP1 Compliant

2.6.2. Line Out Connector

The audio subsystem provides external sound through a user accessible stereo jack connector (J5-1) soldered to the PWA. This jack will allow the connection of self-amplified speakers.

Reference: J5-1 (LINE OUT)

Connector Type: 1/8 in. Audio Jack Connector

Connector Part Number: Singatron, SJ-500C-0 (or equivalent)

2.6.3. Microphone In Connector

An external accessible jack connector (J5-3) is soldered to the PWA to allow the connection of a microphone for voice input.

Reference: J5-3 (MIC IN)

Connector Type: 1/8 in. Microphone Jack Connector

Connector Part Number: Singatron, SJ-500C-0 (or equivalent)

2.6.4. Line In Connector

An external accessible jack connector (J5-2) is soldered to the PWA to allow the connection of a Line-In for line input.

Reference: J5-2 (Line-In)

Connector Type: 1/8 in. Line-In Jack Connector

Connector Part Number: Singatron, SJ-500C-0 (or equivalent)

2.6.5. 3D Sound

The ESS Solo-1 has integrated the 3D Audio Effects processor which uses technology from Spatializer® Audio Laboratories, Inc., and expands the sound field emitted by two speakers to create a resonant 3D sound environment.

2.6.6. CD-IN Connector (Audio)(J11)

Access to the CD-IN connector for audio input from CD-ROM drives.

2.6.7. Modem-In Connector(J9)

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Access to the MODEM-IN connector for audio input and output from the phone connection.

2.7. PCI/ISA Expansion Slots

2.7.1. ISA Interface

The IN440EX-D incorporates a fully ISA (AT) bus compatible master and slave interface that is compatible with the IEEE 996 specification. The ISA interface also provides byte swap logic and I/O recovery support.

The ISA interface supports the following types of cycles:

PCI master-initiated I/O and memory cycles to the ISA bus

DMA compatible cycles between main memory and ISA I/O and between ISA

I/O and ISA memory

Enhanced DMA cycles between PCI memory and ISA I/O

ISA refresh cycles initiated by either the controller or an external master

ISA master-initiated memory cycles to PCI and ISA master-initiated I/O cycles to the controller registers

2.7.2. ISA/PCI Expansion Slots

The IN440EX-D motherboard support ISA and PCI expansion buses to implement up to two (2) ISA and two (2) PCI slots. The IN440EX-D will support one (1) ISA, one (1) PCI and one (1) shared ISA/PCI slot.

2.7.3. ISA Bus Speed

Dividing the PCI clock by 4 generates the ISA system clock. The divide by 4 setting is used for 30MHz and 33MHz PCI bus speed. The frequencies supported are 7.5MHz and 8.33MHz.

2.7.4. AT Bus Refresh

The IN440EX-D system board supports hidden refresh cycles which allows the CPU to continue to execute unless an AT bus cycle is attempted coincident with the AT bus refresh cycle (ISA Bus refresh cycles are completely decoupled from DRAM Refresh). Transactions driven by PCI masters that target ISA or IDE resources while refresh is active are held off with wait states until the refresh is complete.

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2.8. Storage Subsystem

2.8.1. IDE Hard Disk Drive Interface

The IN440EX-D provides two (2) independent high performance busmastering PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3, Mode 4 and ‘Ultra33’ Synchronous DMA mode devices. The integrated IDE interface can control up to four IDE devices allowing for both CD-ROM and Hard Disk drives. IDE PRI & IDE SEC are the primary and secondary IDE connectors respectively. Both IDE controllers can be disabled through BIOS to allow for external disk drive controllers.

2.8.2. Floppy Disk Drive Interface

The IN440EX-D has an integrated 765B compatible floppy disk controller using the Winbond’s W83977TF component. The FDC sub-section can control one (720KB, 1.2, 1.44 or 2.88MB) floppy disks or compatible tape drives. The floppy I/O address can be relocated to 480 different locations. 13

IRQ and 3 DMA channel options are available as well. Includes multiple power down modes for reduced power use.

The floppy disk interface contains 48mA drivers and Schmitt trigger inputs on the drive interface.

2.9. I/O Subsystem

The I/O Subsystem consists of a single component from Winbond. The

IN440EX-D uses the Plug and Play Compatible Ultra I/O Controller

“W83977TF”, this device provides support for the ISA Plug-and-Play version

1.0a and includes the recommended functionality to support Windows 95.

Through internal configuration registers, each of the W83977TF’s logical device’s I/O address, DMA channel and IRQ channel may be programmed.

There are 480 I/O address location options, 13 IRQ options and 3 DMA channel options for each logical device.

The Ultra I/O device provides two (2) high speed UARTs compatible serial ports with send/receive 16 Byte FIFOs or one IR port, one Multi-Mode

Parallel Port with ECP/EPP modes, and a Floppy/Tape Controller supporting up to 2.88MB transfer rates.

2.9.1. Serial Ports

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The IN440EX-D has two (2) UARTs compatible serial ports configured as

Data Terminal Equipment (DTE). The electrical characteristics are compliant with the EIA-232-D Serial Communications Specifications. The serial ports may be remapped above other installable serial ports or disabled through

BIOS. As a minimum the first serial port (COM1) must be capable of remapping to COM3. The second serial port (COM2) must be able to be remapped to COM4. The serial ports I/O address can be relocated within 480 different locations. The default address for COM1, COM2, COM3 and COM4 are 3F8H, 338H, 2F8H and 238H respectively. 13 different IRQ options are available to the serial ports.

One port (COM1) is available through a connector (J4) is located on the rear panel of the system PWA. The second Serial Port (COM2) is available through a header on the PWA.

Reference: J4 (COM1)

Connector Type: male, 9 pin metal shell D-SUB

Connector Part Number: Amp 1-103322-5 or equivalent

Reference: J13 (COM2)

Connector Type: male, 2x5, 0.100” centerline, straight

Connector Part Number: Amp 1-103322-5 or equivalent

Table 2.6. Serial Port Connector Pinout.

PIN

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

DESCRIPTION

DATA-CARRIER-DETECT (DCD)

RECEIVE-DATA (RXD)

TRANSMIT-DATA (TXD)

DATA-TERMINAL-READY (DTR)

LOGIC-GROUND

DATA-SET-READY (DSR)

REQUEST-TO-SEND (RTS)

CLEAR-TO-SEND (CTS)

RING-INDICATOR (RI)

SHELL-GROUND

1

SHELL-GROUND

1

1

: Pins 10 and 11 (Shell Ground) are mounting holes connected to the metal connector housing on serial port 1.

2.9.2. Parallel Port

The system PWA has a single, bi-directional parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible). The parallel port is capable of being disabled or remapped to

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A connector is located on the rear panel of the system PWA for the external connection to the port. The parallel port interface contains 12mA source output drivers on the drive interface, and incorporates ChipProtect circuitry for protection against damage due to printer Power-On.

Reference: J7 (PARALLEL)

Connector Type: female, 25 pin metal shell D-SUB

Connector Part Number: AMP 750096-3 or equivalent

Table 2.7. Printer Port Connector Pinout

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

6

7

8

9

PIN

1

2

3

4

5

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

DESCRIPTION

STROBE*

PD0

PD1

PD2

PD3

PD4

PD5

PD6

PD7

ACKNOWLEDGE*

BUSY

PAPER-END (PE)

SELECT

AUTO-FEED*

ERROR*

INIT*

SELECT -IN*

LOGIC-GROUND

LOGIC-GROUND

LOGIC-GROUND

LOGIC-GROUND

LOGIC-GROUND

LOGIC-GROUND

LOGIC-GROUND

LOGIC-GROUND

SHELL-GROUND

1

SHELL-GROUND

1

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1

: Pins 26 and 27 are connector-mounting holes connected to the metal connector housing.

2.9.3. Keyboard Interface

The system PWA has a PS/2-compatible keyboard interface. The shielded keyboard interface connector has a PS/2-compatible pinout and is located on the rear panel on the system PWA, this connector is a dual package with the

Mouse connector residing on top. To meet the requirements for UL compliance, the Vcc pin (pin 4) is connected through a fuse prior to connection to the external connector.

Reference: J2 (KEYBOARD) bottom

Connector Type: female, 6-pin metal shield mini-DIN

Connector Part Number: AMP 749231-1 or equivalent

Table 2.8. Keyboard Connector Pinout

PIN

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

DESCRIPTION

KEYBOARD-DATA

N/C

LOGIC-GROUND

KEYBOARD-Vcc

KEYBOARD-CLOCK

N/C

SHELL-GROUND

1

SHELL-GROUND

1

SHELL-GROUND

1

1

: Pins 7-9 are, connector-mounting hole pins connected to the metal connector housing

2.9.4. Mouse Interface

The system PWA has a PS/2-compatible mouse interface. The shielded mouse port can be disabled through SETUP. A connector, utilizing PS/2 pinouts, is located on the rear panel on the system PWA. To meet the requirements for UL compliance the Vcc pin (pin 4) was connected through a fuse prior to connection to the external connector.

Reference: J2 (MOUSE) Top

Connector Type: female, 6-pin metal shield mini-DN

Connector Part Number: AMP 749231-1 or equivalent

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Table 2.9. Mouse Connector Pinout

PIN

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

DESCRIPTION

MOUSE-DATA

N/C

LOGIC-GROUND

MOUSE-Vcc

MOUSE-CLOCK

N/C

SHELL-GROUND

1

SHELL-GROUND

1

SHELL-GROUND

1

1

: Pins 7-9 are connector-mounting hole pins connected to the metal connector housing.

2.9.5. Universal Serial Bus Connectors

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a communications architecture that gives a PC the ability to interconnect a variety of devices via a simple four-wire cable. The USB is actually a two-wire serial communication link that runs at

12 megabits (Mbs) per second. USB protocols can configure devices at startup or when they are plugged in at run time. These devices have been broken into five major classes:

§

Monitors

§ Communication devices

§ Audio

§

Human input

§

Mass storage

More classes will be identified as the USB Standard matures.

The IN440EX-D is equipped with two USB Serial Ports. This permits connection of two USB peripheral devices directly to the system without an external hub. If more devices are needed, an external hub can be connected to either of the built-in ports.

Reference: J3, (USB-1) + USB2

Connector Type: USB CONN, DUAL

Connector Part Number: Molex, 87525-001 or equivalent

Table 2.10. USB-1 & 2 Connector Pinout

PIN

1

DESCRIPTION

VCC

COMMENT

Cable power

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2

3

4

- Data

+ Data

Ground Cable ground

2.9.6. Real-Time Clock

The integrated Real Time Clock (RTC) is DS12887/MC146818 compatible and provides the time of day clock, 100-year calendar with alarm features and is accurate to within 1 minute per month, it consumes less than 1

µ

A of standby current (Typ.). The (RTC) supports 256 bytes of battery backed

Non-volatile CMOS memory in two banks of 128 bytes each, both banks being reserved for BIOS use. One bank of CMOS memory is used to maintain the clock and user-system-setting configuration parameters when the main system power is removed. The other bank (128 bytes) is lockable in 4x32 byte blocks and can be used to store and lock miscellaneous information.

The CMOS RAM can be set to specific values or cleared to the system default values using the BIOS SETUP program. Also to prevent a lock-up situation the CMOS RAM values can be cleared to the system defaults by using the CLR CMOS jumper on the PWA.

2.9.7. Non-volatile CMOS Memory Battery

An external coin-cell style battery provides power to the RTC and CMOS memory when system power is removed. The battery has an estimated lifetime of five to seven years and is socketed for easy replacement.

Reference: BT1

Socket Type: COIN TYPE

2.9.8. IR (Infra-Red) Support

The IN440EX-D I/O subsystem incorporates an IR interface supporting the following industry standards; Fast IR, IRDA (HP-SIR), ASK-IR. The IR header provides the necessary signal interface allowing a two-way wireless communication port using infrared as the transmission medium. The user can transfer files to/from portable devices such as laptops, PDA’s and printers using application software such as LapLink. The Fast IR

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2.9.9. IRDA Header (J19)

A header is available on the IRDA header for a cable connection to the IR module.

2.10. Miscellaneous Connectors

2.10.1. PC Speaker Connector

A header is available on the Speaker header (J22), pin 1 and pin 4 to drive a chassis-mounted speaker if desired.

2.10.2. CPU Fan Connector

A 1 x 3 straight header is available on the PWA to drive the CPU mounted cooling fan and provide the system with the Fan’s tachometer input.

Reference: J18 (FAN)

Connector Type: 1 x 3 male straight 0.100

Connector Part Number: AMCO 463-2-03 or equivalent

Table 2.11. CPU Fan Conn. Pinout

PIN

1

2

3

SIGNAL

LOGIC-GROUND

FAN-PWR-ON

FANTACH3

2.10.3. Hard Drive LED Connector

A header is available on the primary IDZ connector (J32) and secondary IDZ connector (J28) to power an LED on the front panel to indicate hard drive activity.

2.10.4. Suspend (Sleep) Connector (J27)

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A header is available on the Sleep Header (J27) for connecting a momentary contact switch on the front panel, which can be used to turn the system into

Sleep Mode.

2.10.5. Power Button Switch (J29)

A header is available on the power button header (J29) for connecting a momentary contact switch on the front panel, which can be used to turn the system power off or on.

2.10.6. Green/Power-on LED Connector

A header is available on the Green LED (J23, pin 1 and pin 3) for connecting to a Green LED or Power-on indicator (J23).

2.10.7. Reset Button Connector (J30)

A header is available on the Reset header (J30) for connecting a momentary contact switch on the front panel, which can be used to reset the system.

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3 .

.

C o n f f i i g u r r a t t i i o n

3.1. Product Configuration

The PWA component will be produced by BCM without the microprocessor installed, it is assumed that the microprocessor will be installed during the customer’s integration process. The same applies to the system memory

DRAM DIMMs.

Processor Speed Select Jumper

To select the processor speed there is a jumper block of user-accessible jumpers labeled “JP1”.

To select the processor speed install the jumper as follows:

Table 3.1. CPU Speed Selection

Klamath CPU

Speed (MHz)

233

266

300

333

366

400

433

1-2

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

ON

ON

3-4

OFF

ON

ON

OFF

OFF

ON

ON

5-6

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

OFF

OFF

7-8

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

3.2. DRAM Subsystem Configurations

The IN440EX-D supports 8 MB to 256MB of system RAM. The allowable memory configurations are shown below:

Table 3.2. DIMMs Configurations

DIMM0

8MB

8MB

16MB

16MB

DIMM1

EMPTY

8MB

EMPTY

8MB

Total Memory

8MB

16MB

16MB

24MB

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16MB

32MB

32MB

32MB

32MB

64MB

64MB

64MB

16MB

EMPTY

8MB

16MB

32MB

EMPTY

8MB

16MB

32MB

32MB

40MB

48MB

64MB

64MB

72MB

80MB

64MB

64MB

128MB

128MB

128MB

128MB

128MB

32MB

64MB

EMPTY

8MB

16MB

32MB

64MB

96MB

128MB

128MB

136MB

144MB

176MB

192MB

128MB 128MB 256MB

For simplicity other memory configurations were not included on this table.

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4 .

.

E l l e c t t r r i i c a l l a n d M e c h a n i i c a l l

S p e c i i f f i i c a t t i i o n s s

This section specifies Electrical parameters for the IN440EX-D motherboard and describes its Mechanical characteristics.

4.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings

Stresses beyond those shown in the following table may cause permanent damage to the system (provided for stress testing only).

Table 4.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings

Operating Temperature

Storage Temperature

Voltage on any Signal with Respect to VSS

Supply Voltage with Respect to VSS (5v)

Supply Voltage with Respect to VSS (3.3V)

0°C to + 55°C

-55°C to + 150°C

-0.3 to Vcc +0.3 V

-0.3 to +5.5 V

-0.3 to +4.0 V

The topics in this section specify the normal operating conditions for the

IN440EX-D motherboard. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions for extended periods may affect the system reliability.

4.2. Electrical

IN440EX-D DC specifications are summarized here, for motherboard signaling environment, power connectors and 5V power budget. Refer to PCI

Local Bus Specification Rev. 2.1, and ISA Bus Specification for PCI and ISA

DC and AC electrical specifications. Refer also to the documentation for

ASIC devices used on the IN440EX-D motherboard.

4.2.1. DC Specifications for 5V and 3.3V Signals

The following tables, show the required DC specifications for 5V and 3.3V

CPU bus signalling environment.

Table 4.2. 5 Volt DC Specifications

Symbol Parameter

Vcc Supply Voltage

Vih

Vil

Voh

Input High Voltage

Input Low Voltage

Output High Voltage

Condition Min

Ioh, max

4.75

2.2

0.3

2.4

Max

5.25

5.25

0.8

Units

V

V

V

V

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Vol Ouput Low Voltage

Vcc, min

Iol, max

Vcc, min

0.4 V

Table 4.3. 3.3 Volt DC Specifications

Symbol Parameter

Vcc3 Supply Voltage

Vih

Vil

Input High Voltage

Input Low Voltage

Voh

Vol

Output High Voltage

Ouput Low Voltage

Condition Min Max Units

3.168 3.432 V

2.2 3.432 V

-0.3 0.8 V

2.4

0.4

V

V

4.3. Power Supply

4.3.1. Power Supply Connectors

The input power is supplied via the ATX power supply. The ATX power supply incorporates the power supply connector (J17) on the system PWA.

4.3.2. Input Power Budget

The +5V current available reflects the rating of the power connector. The

Power itself may deliver more so the system integrator must be sure that the total load does not exceed the system power supply or board power connector rating, whichever is less. The rating of the ISA slots is 4.5A per slot. The ISA specification recommends supporting an average of 3.0A per slot. The average current consumption may not exceed 3A per slot. The system integrator must also guarantee that worst-case power consumption does not exceed the maximum allowed by the motherboard power connector.

Table 4.4. IN440EX-D Motherboard Power Budget

Voltage

Input

-12V

-5V

+5V

+12V

3.3

Tolerance

+/-5%

+/-5%

+/-5%

+/-5%

+/-4%

Current Load(A)

Minimum

0

0

1

0.2

1.5

Maximum

0.1 amp

0.1 amp

9 amp

0.8 amp

5 amp

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4.4. Mechanical

4.4.1. System Interfaces

4.4.2. User-Accessible Sockets

The following user accessible sockets are located on the top of the system

PWA:

Table 4.5. Accessible Sockets

U22 (BIOS)

MICROPROCESSOR UPGRADE

DIMM0, DIMM1

System and Video BIOS PROM

(During development only)

SLOT 1 processor socket

DIMM sockets

4.4.3. Back-Panel Interfaces

The following interface connections are located on the rear panel of the system PWA:

Table 4.6. Back-Panel Interfaces

J2 (bottom)

J2 (top)

J3

J1

J4

J5-3

J5-1

J5-2

J6

J7

Keyboard connector

PS/2 Mouse connector

Universal Serial Bus connector 1

SVGA Connector

COM 1 port connector

Mic-In

Line-Out

Line-In

Game/MIDI port

Parallel port connector

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4.5. Manufacturability/Serviceability

IN440EX-D is designed to be both easy to manufacture and service. The items specifically related to the system PWA are:

Connector location & labeling

Jumper location & labeling

PWA bar code label (part number and revision)

Flash BIOS

DIMM sockets labeling & location

Video memory upgrade DRAM sockets & labeling location

Regulatory

BCM will supply information and resource to assist in the IN440EX-D product qualification testing for compliance with the regulatory agency approvals.

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BIOS SETUP

5 .

.

B

I

I O S S E T

U

P

The IN440EX-D motherboard uses AWARD BIOS, which is stored in a Flash

EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk-based program. The BIIOS has a built-in Setup Program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings. The settings are then stored in a dedicated batterybacked memory, called CMMOS 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 finetuning 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.

5.1. 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

5.1.1. Setup Keys

These keys help you navigate in Setup:

<↑>

,

<↓>

Move to previous or next item

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<←>

,

<→>

<

Esc

>

Move to the item in the left or right hand

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

>

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

<

F3

>

<

F5

>

Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu

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

5.1.2. 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.

5.1.3. 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. BCM

Advanced Research Inc. or 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.

5.2. 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.

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURE SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

USER PASSWARD

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

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

Advanced Power Management (APM) options.

PnP/PCI

Configuration

Integrated

Peripherals

Supervisor/User

Password

Setting

IDE HDD Auto

Detection

Load Setup

Defaults

Save & Exit

Setup

Exit Without

Save

Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options.

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.

Setup defaults are factory settings for optimalperformance system operations.

Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup.

Abandon all changes and exit Setup.

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5.3. Standard CMOS Setup Menu

In the Standard CMOS Menu (Figure 2) 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.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Sun, May 12 19996

Time (hh:mm:ss) : 10 : 10 : 00

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD



Primary Master

Primary Slave

:

:

Auto

Auto

0

0

0

0

0

0

Secondary Master

Secondary Slave

:

Auto

:

Auto

0

0

0

0

0

0

PRECOMP

0

0

0

0

Drive A

Drive B

:

1.44MB, 3.5 in.

:

None

Video

Halt On

:

EGA/VGA

:

All Errors

Base Memory:

Extended Memory:

640K

31744K

Other Memory: 384K



Total Memory: 32768K

ESC : Quit

F1 : Help

↑ ↓ → ←

: Select Item

(Shift)F2 : Change Color

PU/PD/+/- : Modify

Figure 2

5.3.1. 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.

5.3.2. 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.

5.3.3. Hard Disks

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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.

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:

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

Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field.

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 herds

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.

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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 with greater than 1024 cylinders.

5.3.4. 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

5.3.5. 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.

5.3.6. Halt on

During the power-on self-test (POST), the computer stops if the BIOS detect 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 POST does not stop for any errors.

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

All, But POST does not stop for a keyboard error, but stops for all

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Keyboard other errors.

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

All, But

Disk/Key

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

5.3.7. 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 64MB, 128MB, 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 terminate-and- 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.

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5.4. 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.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Virus Warning

Quick Power On Self Test

Boot Sequence

Swap Floppy Drive

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Boot Up Numlock Status

: Disabled

: Enabled

: A,C, SCSI

: Disabled

: Enabled

: On

Video BIOS Shadow

C8000-CBFFF Shadow

CC000-CFFFF Shadow

D0000-D3FFF Shadow

D4000-D7FFF Shadow

D8000-DBFFF Shadow

D8000-DFFFF Shadow

:

Enabled

:

Disabled

:

Disabled

:

Disabled

:

Disabled

:

Disabled

:

Disabled

Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : 6

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Security Option

: 250

: Setup

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled

Assign IRQ For VGA : Enabled

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB : Non-OS2



ESC : Quit

↑↓→←

: Select Item

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

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure 3

5.4.1. Virus Warning

When enabled, you receive a warning message if a program (specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive. You should then run an anti-virus program. Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector, not the entire hard drive.

NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus-warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that you first disable the virus warning.

5.4.2. Quick Power On Self Test

Select Enabled allows system to shorten or skip certain checks during the

Power On Self Test(POST). The system will boot more quickly.

5.4.3. 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,

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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.

5.4.4. Swap Floppy Drive

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

Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B. or 80 tracks. Only 360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks; drives with 720 KN<

1.2MB, and 1.44MB capacity all have 80 tracks. Because very few modern

PCs have 40-track

5.4.5. Boot Up Floppy Seek

When Enabled, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 floppy drives, we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time.

5.4.6. 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.

5.4.7. 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 a\rate and typematic delay.

5.4.8. 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.

5.4.9. Typematic Delay (Msec)

When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic delay

(the delay before keystrokes begin to repeat) of 250, 500, 750 or 1000 milliseconds.

5.4.10. 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.

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5.4.11. 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 Enable, To default setting leave at

Disabled.

5.4.12. 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.

5.4.13. OS select for DRAM>64MB

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

64MB of RAM on your system.

5.4.14. 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 adapter.

Shadowing copy 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 (640KB 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.

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5.5. Chipset Features Setup Menu

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A)

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

SDRAM CAS latency Time : 3

System BIOS Cacheable : Disabled

Video BIOS Cacheable : Disabled

Video RAM Cacheable : Disabled

8 bit I/O Recovery Time : 1

16 bit I/O Recovery Time : 1

Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabled

Current CPU Temperature:

Current CPUFAN1 Speed :

IN0 (V) : IN1 (V) :

IN2 (V) : +5V :

+12 V : -12V :

-5 V :

Passive Release : Enabled

Delayed Transaction : Disabled

AGP Aperture Size (MB) : 64

Power-Up State : Stay Off



ESC : Quit

↑ ↓ → ←

: Select Item

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

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure 4

5.5.1. SDRAM CAS latency Time

You can select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2/2 or 3/3. The system board designer should set the values in this field, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU.

5.5.2. System BIOS Cacheable

Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

5.5.3. Video BIOS Cacheable

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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.

5.5.4. 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.

5.5.5. 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time

The recovery time is the length of time, measured in CPU clocks, which the system will delay after the completion of an input/output request. This delay takes place because the CPU is operating so much faster than the input/output bus that the CPU must be delayed to allow for the completion of the I/O.

This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit I/O.

Choices are from NA, 1 to 8 CPU clocks.

5.5.6. 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time

This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16 bit I/O.

Choices are from NA, 1 to 4 CPU clocks.

5.5.7. Memory Hole At 15M-16M

In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below

16 MB. You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM.

When that 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.

5.5.8. Passive Release

When Enabled, CPU to PCI bus accesses are allowed during passive release. Otherwise, the arbiter only accepts another PCI master access to local DRAM.

5.5.9. Delayed Transaction

The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1.

5.5.10. AGP Aperture Size (MB)

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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

AGP information.

5.5.11. 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.

5.5.12. Current CPU1 Temperature

This item presents the current hardware situation for the hardware monitoring feature of this motherboard.

5.6. Power Management Setup Menu

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A)

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

ACPI function

Power Management

PM Control by APM

Video Off Method

Video off After Suspend

MODEM Use IRQ

Doze Mode

Standby Mode

Suspend Mode

HDD Power Down

Throttle Duty Cycle

VGA Active Monitor

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN:

Resume by Ring

Resume by Alarm

Wake UP On LAN

IRQ8 Break Suspend

: Disabled

: User Define

: Yes

: V/H SYNC+Blank

: Standby

: 3

: Disable

: Disable

: Disable

: Disable

: 62.5%

: Disabled

: Instant-Off

: Disabled

: Disabled

** Reload Global Timer Events **

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

Primary IDE 0

Primary IDE 1

Secondary IDE 0

Secondary IDE 1

Floppy Disk

Serial Port

Parallel Port

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

Enabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

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ESC : Quit

↑↓→←

: Select Item

F1

F5

:

:

Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color

: Disabled

: Disabled

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure 5

5.6.1. 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.

5.6.2. Power Management

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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 Global Power Management will be disabled

Max Saving Maximum power savings. Only Available for SL CPUs.

Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode.

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

PM Timers section, following.

Min Saving Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode (except the hard drive).

5.6.3. PM Control by APM

If Advanced Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting

Yes gives better power savings.

5.6.4. Video Off Method

Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H

SYNC+Blank

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

DPMS Support 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.

Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer.

5.6.5. 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.

5.6.6. MODEM Use IRQ

Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system.

5.6.7. Doze Mode

Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering DOZE mode.

The range is from 1 min to 1 Hr. If any item defined is enabled & active,

STANDBY timer will be reloaded

5.6.8. Standby Mode

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After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), the fixed disk drive and the video shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed.

5.6.9. Suspend Mode

After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), all devices except the CPU shut off.

5.6.10. HDD Power Down

After the selected period of drive inactivity (1 to 15 minutes), the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active.

5.6.11. Throttle Duty Cycle

When the system enters Doze mode, the CPU clock runs only part of the time. You may select the percent of time that the clock runs.

5.6.12. VGA Active Monitor

When Enabled, any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode.

5.6.13. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

When this feature set to “Delay 4 sec.” , the system will become suspend once the Power Switch be pressed within 4 second, and the system will

Power Off once the Power Switch be pressed over 4 second. If it set to

“Instant Off”, the system will unconditional Power Off once the Power Switch be pressed.

5.6.14. Resume by Ring

An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state.

5.6.15. Resume By Alarm

This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system. You may configure your system to power up at a certain time on a certain date by selecting Enabled to configure it.

5.6.16. Wake Up On LAN

This option specifies whether the computer responds to an incoming call or not. Wake-On Lan requires a PCI add-in network interface card with remote wakeup capabilities.

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Note: The above three items (Resume By Ring, Resume By Alarm & Wake

Up On Lan) only work when Power On is selected in Power-Up State item(See Chipset Features Setup in main menu).

5.6.17. IRQ8 Break Suspend

You can turn On or Off monitoring of IRQ8 (the Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode.

5.6.18. Reload global Timer Events

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

§

IRQ3 -7, 9-15, NMI

§

Primary IDE 0

§ Primary IDE 1

§ Secondary IDE 0

§

Secondary IDE 1

§

Floppy Disk

§

Serial Port

§

Parallel Port

5.7. PCI Configuration Setup Menu

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A)

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

PNP OS Installed

Resources Controlled by

Reset Configuration Data :

:

:

No

Auto

Disabled

PCI IDE IRQ Map To : PCI-AUTO

Primary IDE INT# : A

Secondary IDE INT# : B

5.7.1. PNP OS Installed



ESC : Quit

↑↓→←

: Select Item

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

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure 6

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The default setting is No when a non PNP OS installed or to prevent reassigning of interrupt setting for some of non PNP cards installed. Select

Yes if the OS is PNP aware (e.g. Windows 95).

5.7.2. 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 assign them.

5.7.3. Reset Configuration Data

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

System

Configuration Date (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.

5.7.4. IRQ # 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 Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.

5.7.5. DMA # 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 DMA channel.

PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.

5.7.6. PCI IDE IRQ Map 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.

ISA devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a specific DMA channel.

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PCI-SLOT1, PCI-SLOT2, PCI-SLOT3 and PCI-AUTO, set the

Primary/Secondary IDE INT# manualy.

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5.8. Integrated peripherals Menu

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A)

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled

IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto

IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto

IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto

IDE Secondary Slave PIO : AUTO

IDE Primary Master UDMA : AUTO

IDE Primary Slave UDMA : AUTO

IDE Secondary Master UDMA : Auto

IDE Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled

USB Keyboard Support : Disabled

Init AGP Display First : Disabled

Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled

Onboard Serial Port1 : 3F8/IRQ4

Onboard Serial Port2 : 2F8/IRQ3

UART2 Mode Select : Normal

RxD , TxD Active : Hi, Lo

IR Transmission delay : Enabled

Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7

Parallel Port Mode : ECP+EPP

Onboard Sound Chip : Enabled



ESC : Quit

↑↓→←

: Select Item

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

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Figure 7

5.8.1. IDE HDD Block Mode

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.

5.8.2. 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. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In

Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

5.8.3. 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 you system software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS support

5.8.4. On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately.

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5.8.5. USB Keyboard Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard.

5.8.6. Init AGP Display First

5.8.7. 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 an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select disabled in this field.

5.8.8. Onboard Serial Port 1/2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.

5.8.9. UART2 Mode Select

This item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) function of onboard I/O chip. The Choice are Standard, ASKIR and HPSIR.

5.8.10. RxD , TxD Active

5.8.11. IR Transmission delay

5.8.12. Onboard Parallel Port

Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel (printer) port.

5.8.13. Parallel Port Mode

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.

SPP Standard parallel port mode (Default)

EPP

ECP

Bi-directional mode

Fast, buffered

ECP+EPP Bi-directional and buffered

5.8.14. Onboard Sound Chip

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Select Enabled to use the onboard integrated sound system or Disabled to use other add-in sound card.

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5.9. 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.

5.10. Password Setting

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 PASSWARD:

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.

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