Medion MD 9901 Specifications

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

The MICRO ATX ZX mainboard is a high-performance personal computer mainboard based on the Intel ® Pentium ® II/Pentium ® III/Celeron TM processor.

This mainboard combines leading edge nVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 technology in graphics and Creative ® ES1373 PCI technology in audio. The Intel ®

Pentium ® II/III/Celeron TM processor supports MMX TM (Multimedia Extension) technology.

The mainboard uses the highly integrated Intel ® 82443ZX AGP chipset to support the PCI/ISA and Green standards, and to provide the Host/AGP bridge. The Intel ® 82371EB chipset integrates all system control functions such as ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). The ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for the OSPM(OS Direct Power

Management) function. The Intel ® 82371EB chipset also improves the IDE transfer rate by supporting Ultra DMA/33 IDE that transfers data at the rate of 33MB/s.

The mainboard also supports the System Hardware Monitor Controller as an optional function. Its functions include: CPU /power supply/chassis fan revolution detect, CPU/system voltage monitor, system temperature monitor, and chassis intrusion detect(optional).

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1.1 Mainboard Features

CPU l l

Slot 1 for Intel ® Pentium ® II/Pentium ® III/Celeron TM processor.

Supports 233MHz, 266MHz, 300MHz, 333MHz, 350MHz, 400MHz,

450MHz, 500MHz and faster.

Chipset l Intel ® 440ZX AGPset

- support 66 or 100Mhz Host bus frequency l

- support AGP & PCI

Intel ® PIIX4E chipset

- PCI to ISA Bridge PC98 Compliant

- UltraDMA-33 Master Mode PCI IDE Controller

- Super I/O Interface

- 324 pin BGA package

FSB (Front Side Bus) l 66.6MHz and 100MHz clocks are supported.

Main Memory l l l

Supports four memory banks using two 168-pin unbuffered DIMM.

Supports a maximum memory size of 256MB (8M x 8).

Supports 3.3v SDRAM DIMM.

Slots l l

Three 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots

Supports 3.3v/5v PCI bus Interface.

On-Board IDE l An IDE controller on the Intel ® PIIX4E PCI Chipset provides IDE HDD/

CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA/33 operation modes.

l Can connect up to four IDE devices.

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On-Board Peripherals l On-Board Peripherals include:

- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and

2.88Mbytes.

- 1 serial port (COM A) + 1 serial connector (COM B)

- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode

- 1 MIDI/Game Port

- 2 USB ports

- 1 IrDA connector for SIR/FIR.

- 1 Audio port (Line_In, Line_Out, and Mic_In Jack)

- 1 VGA port

VGA l nVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64

- Running on AGP BUS.

- Onboard 32MB (4*16M) SDRAM.

- 3D Acceleration.

- AGP 2x mode support pipelined protocols.

Sound l Creative ® ES1373

- Running on PCI BUS.

- Support Direct Sound and Direct Sound 3D

- AC97’ Compliant

BIOS l The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the

peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.

l The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function

which records your mainboard specifications.

l ACPI(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) feature.

Dimension l MICRO-ATX Form Factor: 24.4cm(L) x 20.6cm(W) x 4 layers PCB

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Mounting l 6 mounting holes.

System Hardware Monitor (optional) l CPU/Power Supply/Chassis Fan Revolution Detect l CPU Fan Control (the fan will automatically stop when the system enters

suspend mode) l System Voltage Detect l CPU Overheat Warning.

l Display Actual Current Voltage

Other Features l Keyboard Password Wake-Up (reserved) l LAN Wake-Up l Internal/External Modem Wake-Up

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1.2 Mainboard Layout

JVSB1

(Reserved)

Top: Mouse

Bottom:

Keyboard

USB

Top: Port 1

Bottom:

Port 2

Top: LPT

PSFAN

CPUFAN

IR

4

SW1

1

FW82443ZX

Bottom:

COM A

VGA Port

JRMS1

Top: Midi/

Game Port

COM 2

Bottom:

Line-Out

Line-In

Mic

J5: MDM_IN

J7: AUX_IN

J8: CD_IN

Creative

ES1373 nVIDIA

Riva TNT2

M64

PCI SLOT 1

PCI SLOT 2

JMDM1

PCI SLOT 3

SDRAM SDRAM SDRAM SDRAM

BATT

+

JWOL

SYSFAN

JBAT1

FW82371EB

JGL1

JGS1 JFP

Medion 9901 MICRO ATX ZX Mainboard

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CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

Chapter 2

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 Central Processing Unit: CPU

2.1-1 Processor Installation Procedures

Step 1: Install the Retention Mechanism.

Attach the Retention Mechanism to the Mainboard. Push the Plastic lock to secure the Retention Mechanism into the mainboard.

Secure the processor by pulling up the Retention

Mechanism Processor

Lock

Insert the processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card

To release the processor, push the

Retention Mechanism

Processor lock down

Step 2: Install the Processor.

Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card.

Step 3: Lock the Processor.

Lock the processor by pulling up the Retention Mechanism processor lock shown above.

Note: The Retention Mechanism processor lock can only lock S.E.C.C. 2 and S.E.P.P. processor.

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2.1-2 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure

1. The DIP Switch SW1 (1, 2, 3, and 4) is used to set the Core/Bus (Fraction) ratio of the CPU. The actual core speed of the CPU is the Host Clock

Frequency multiplied by the Core/Bus ratio. For example:

If CPU Clock

Core/Bus ratio then CPU core speed

=

=

=

=

=

66MHz/100MHz

4

Host Clock x Core/Bus ratio

66MHz x 4/100MHz x 4

266MHz/400MHz

ON

ON

ON

ON

1

ON

ON

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

2

OFF

SW1

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

3

ON

OFF

OFF

ON

ON

OFF

OFF

ON

ON

OFF

OFF

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

4

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

OFF

CPU

Core/Bus Ratio

2.5

5

5.5

6

6.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

7

7.5

8

ON - Short OFF - Open

Note: The CPU Bus Frequency is set at 66MHz or 100MHz by CPU default.

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2.1-3 CPU Speed Setting: SW1

To adjust the speed of the CPU, you must know the specification of your

CPU (always ask the vendor for CPU specification). The mainboard can auto-detect between 66 or 100MHz CPU Bus Frequency.

4 3 2 1

SW1

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CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION a. 66MHz CPU Bus Frequency

CPU

Type

SW1

4 3 2 1

233MHz

4 3 2 1

266MHz

4 3 2 1

300MHz

4 3 2 1

333MHz

Table 2.1 233 ~ 333MHz Intel

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Pentium ® II/III/Celeron TM processor b. 100MHz CPU Bus Frequency

CPU

Type

SW1

4 3 2 1

350MHz

4 3 2 1

400MHz

4 3 2 1

450MHz

4 3 2 1

500MHz

4 3 2 1

550MHz

Table 2.2 350 ~ 550MHz Intel

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Pentium ® II/III processor

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2.1-4 Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN/PSFAN/SYSFAN

These connectors support system cooling fan with + 12V. It supports three pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connector, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the

+12V, the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. If your mainboard has System Hardware Monitor chipset on-board, you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of this function.

S E N S O R

+12V

PSFAN

GND

SENSOR

+12V

GND

CPUFAN

SENSOR

+12V

GND

SYSFAN

PSFAN: Power Supply Fan

CPUFAN: Processor Fan

SYSFAN: System(Chassis) Fan

For fans with fan speed sensor, every rotation of the fan will send out 2 pulses. System Hardware Monitor will count and report the fan rotation speed.

Note: 1. Always consult vendor for proper CPU cooling fan.

2. CPU FAN supports the FAN control. You can install PC Alert utility. This will automatically control the CPU FAN Speed according to the actual CPU temperature.

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2.2 Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1

A battery must be used to retain the mainboard configuration in CMOS

RAM. Short 1-2 pins of JBAT1 to store the CMOS data.

1

3

JBAT1

1

2

3

Keep Data

1

2

3

Clear Data

Note: You can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin, while the system is off.

Then, return to 1-2 pin position. Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on, it will damage the mainboard. Always unplug the power cord from the wall socket.

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2.3 Memory Installation

2.3-1 Memory Bank Configuration

The mainboard supports a maximum memory size of 256MB (8M x 8) for

SDRAM: It provides two 168-pin unbuffered DIMMs (Double In-Line

Memory Module) sockets. It supports 8 MB to 256 Mbytes DIMM memory module.

!

WARNING!

There are two kinds of DIMM specification supported by this mainboard: PC100 and PC66. If you use

66MHz CPU Bus Frequency, these two DIMM Specs. is supported. If you use 100 MHz CPU Bus Frequency, only PC100 DIMM Specs. is supported.

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2.3-2 Memory Installation Procedures

A. How to install a DIMM Module

Single Sided DIMM

Double Sided DIMM

1. The DIMM slot has a two Notch Key “VOLT and DRAM”, so the

DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction.

2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot.

Then push it in.

DRAM VOLT

3. The plastic clip at the side of the DIMM slot will automatically close.

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2.3-3 Memory Population Rules

1. Supports only SDRAM DIMM.

2. To operate properly, at least one 168-pin DIMM module must be

installed.

3. This mainboard supports Table Free memory, so memory can be installed on DIMM1 or DIMM 2 in any order.

4. Supports 3.3 volt DIMM.

5. The DRAM addressing and the size supported by the mainboard is shown below:

Table 2.3-1 SDRAM Memory Addressing

DRAM

Tech.

16M

64M

64M

DRAM

Density &

Width

1Mx16

2Mx8

2Mx32

2Mx32

4Mx16

4Mx16

8Mx8

2Mx32

4Mx16

8Mx8

DRAM

Addressing

ASYM

ASYM

ASYM

ASYM

ASYM

ASYM

ASYM

ASYM

ASYM

ASYM

Address Size

Row Column

11

13

13

12

11

11

11

12

13

13

10

8

9

8

8

9

9

8

8

9

MB/DIMM

Single

Side(S) no.

pcs.

Double

Side(D) no.

pcs.

8MBx4 16MBx8

16MBx8 32MBx16

32MBx2 64MBx4

16MBx2 32MBx4

32MB 64MB

32MB 64MB

64MB 128MB

16MB

32MB

32MB

64MB

64MB 128MB

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2.4 Case Connector: JFP

The Power Switch, Reset Switch, Power LED, Speaker, Keylock and HDD

LED are all connected to the JFP connector block.

Reset

Switch

Speaker

Buzzer

(short pin)

15

14

Keylock

JFP

Power

Switch

+

Dual

Single

Color

LED

Color

LED

+

Power LED

HDD

L E D

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2.4-1 Power Switch

Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. This switch has the same feature with JRMS1.

2.4-2 Reset Switch

Reset switch is used to reboot the system rather than turning the power ON/

OFF. Avoid rebooting while the HDD LED is lit. You can connect the Reset switch from the system case to this pin.

2.4-3 Power LED

The Power LED is lit while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin. There are two types of LED that you can use: 3-pin single color LED or 2-pin dual color LED(ACPI request).

a. 3 pin single color LED connect to pin 4, 5, & 6. This LED will lit

when the system is on.

b. 2 pin dual color LED connect to pin 5 & 6.

GREEN Color: Indicate the system is in full on mode.

ORANGE Color: Indicate the system is in suspend mode.

2.4-4 Speaker

Speaker from the system case is connected to this pin.

If on-board Buzzer is available:

Short pin 14-15: On-board Buzzer Enabled.

Open pin 14-15: On-board Buzzer Disabled.

2.4-5 HDD LED

HDD LED shows the activity of a hard disk drive. Avoid turning the power off while the HDD led is lit. You can connect the HDD LED from the system case to this pin.

2.4-6 Keylock

Keylock allows you to disable the keyboard for security purposes. You can connect the keylock to this pin.

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2.5 Floppy Disk Connector: FDD

The mainboard also provides a standard floppy disk connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

FDD

1

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2.6 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2

The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA/33 function. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2. These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk cable.

1

1

IDE1(Primary IDE Connector)

The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1. IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive. You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly.

IDE2(Secondary IDE Connector)

IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive.

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2.7 Power Supply

2.7-1 ATX 20-pin Power Connector: JWR1

This connector supports the power button on-board. Using the ATX power supply, functions such as Modem Ring Wake-Up and Soft Power Off are supported by this mainboard. This power connector supports instant power on function which means that system will boot up instantly when the power connector is inserted on the board.

11 1

20 10

ATX

Power Connector

PIN DEFINITION

7

8

9

10

2

3

4

5

6

PIN

1

SIGNAL

3.3V

3.3V

GND

5V

GND

5V

GND

PW_OK

5V_SB

12V

PIN

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

SIGNAL

3.3V

-12V

GND

PS_ON

GND

GND

GND

-5V

5V

5V

Warning: Since the mainboard has the instant power on function, make sure that all components are installed properly before inserting the power connector to ensure that no damage will be done.

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2.7-2 Remote Power On/Off Switch: JRMS1

Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. During OFF state, press once and the system turns on. During ON stage, push once and the system goes to sleep mode: pushing it more than 4 seconds will change its status from ON

to OFF. If you want to change the setup, you could go to the BIOS Power

Management Setup. This is only used for ATX type power supply.

JRMS1

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2.8 IrDA Infrared Module Connector: IR

The mainboard provides one 5-pin infrared (IR) connector for IR modules.

This connector is for optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the

IR function. FIR and Consumer IR are reserved functions.

1

IR

I R T X

GND

IRRX

NC

VCC

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2.9 Serial Port Connectors: COM 1 and COM 2

The mainboard has a 9-pin male DIN connector for serial port COM 1. This port is a 16550A high speed communication port that send/receive 16 bytes

FIFOs. You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into this connector.

PIN DEFINITION

PIN

1

8

9

6

7

4

5

2

3

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9

COM 1

Serial Port (9-pin Male)

SIGNAL

DCD(Data Carry Detect)

SIN(Serial In or Receive Data)

SOUT(Serial Out or Transmit Data)

DTR(Data Terminal Ready)

GND

DSR(Data Set Ready)

RTS(Request To Send)

CTS(Clear To Send)

RI(Ring Indicate)

Note: There’s another serial port connector (COM 2), which is located on the mainboard. Connect a serial port 9-pin male port into this connector.

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2.10 Parallel Port Connector: LPT

The mainboard provides a 25 pin female centronic connector for LPT. A parallel port is a standard printer port that also supports Enhanced Parallel

Port(EPP) and Extended capabilities Parallel Port(ECP). See connector and pin definition below:

Parallel Port (25-pin Female)

L P T

1 1 3

2 5 1 4

PIN DEFINITION

8

9

10

11

12

13

6

7

4

5

2

3

PIN

1

SIGNAL

STROBE

DATA0

DATA1

DATA2

DATA3

DATA4

DATA5

DATA6

DATA7

ACK#

BUSY

PE

SELECT

17

18

19

20

PIN

14

15

16

21

22

23

24

25

SIGNAL

AUTO FEED#

ERR#

INIT#

SLIN#

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

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2.11 Mouse Connector: JKBMS1

The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 ® mouse mini DIN connector for attaching a PS/2 ® mouse. You can plug a PS/2 ® mouse directly into this connector. The connector location and pin definition are shown below:

P i n 6

NC

P i n 4

VCC

P i n 5

Mouse Clock

P i n 3

GND

P i n 1

Mouse DATA

P i n 2

NC

PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female)

2.12 Keyboard Connector: JKBMS1

The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 ® keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a keyboard. You can plug a keyboard cable directly to this connector.

P i n 5

KBD Clock

P i n 6

NC

P i n 4

VCC

P i n 2

NC P i n 1

KBD DATA

P i n 3

GND

PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female)

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2.13 Joystick/Midi Connectors

You can connect joystick or game pads to this connector.

Joystick/MIDI

2.14 Audio Port Connectors

Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones. Line In is used for external CD player, Tape layer, or other audio devices. Mic is a connector for the microphones.

Line Out Line In Mic

1/8” Stereo Audio Connectors

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2.15 USB Connectors

The mainboard provides a UHCI(Universal Host Controller Interface)

Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices like: keyboard, mouse and other USB devices. You can plug the USB device directly to this connector.

USB Port 2

1 2 3 4

USB Port 1

2

3

PIN SIGNAL

1 VCC

4

-Data0

GND

+Data0

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2.16 VGA DB 15 Pin Connector

The mainboard provides a DB 15-pin connector to connect to a VGA monitor.

5 1

15 11

VGA

Analog Video Display Connector(DB15-S)

Pin Signal Description

1

2

Red

Green

5

6

3

4

Blue

Not used

Ground

Ground

11

12

13

14

15

9

10

7

8

Ground

Ground

Not used

Ground

Not used

SDA

Horizontal Sync

Vertical Sync

SCL

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2.17 Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1

Attach a power saving switch to JGS1. When the switch is pressed, the system immediately goes into suspend mode. Press any key and the system wakes up.

JGS1

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2.18 Power Saving LED Connector: JGL1

JGL1 can be connected with two-color LED. There are two types of LED that you can use: 3-pin LED or 2-pin LED(ACPI request). When the 2-pin

LED is connected to JGL1: the light will turn color green, when system is

On; during sleep mode, the 2-pin LED will change color from Green to

Orange. For 3-pin LED, when LED is connected to JGL1 this will light when the system is On and blinks when it is in suspend/sleep mode. See page 3-

21 (Power status LED) for further instruction.

+

1 3

JGL1

3-pin LED 2-pin LED

Green Color

Orange

Color

1 3

Green Color

Orange

Color

1 3

1-2 Single Color 1-2 Dual Color

1-3 Blink

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2.19 Wake-Up on LAN Connector: JWOL

The JWOL connector is for use with LAN add-on cards that supports Wake

Up on LAN function. To use this function, you need to set the “Wake-Up on LAN” to enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup.

2

3

PIN

1

SIGNAL

5VSB

GND

MP_WAKEUP

Note: LAN wake-up signal is active “high”.

1

3

JWOL

Note: To be able to use this function, you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature.

(Power supply with 750mA 5V Stand-by)

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2.20 Modem Wake Up Connector: JMDM1

The JMDM1 connector is for used

with Modem add-on card that supports the Modem Wake Up function. To use this function, you need to set the

“Power On by Ring” to enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup.

1

JMDM1

5

4

5

2

3

PIN

1

SIGNAL

NC

GND

MDM_WAKEUP

NC

5VSB

Note: Modem wake-up signal is active “low”.

Note: To be able to use this function, you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature.


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2.21 Modem-In: J5

The connector is for Modem with internal voice connector.

SPK IN GND MIC OUT

J5

SPK_IN is connected to the Modem Speaker Out connector.

MIC_OUT is connected to the Modem Microphone In connector.

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2.22 AUX Line In Connector: J7

This connector is used for DVD Add on Card with Line In connector.

L GND R

J7

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2.23 CD-In Modem Connector: J8

This connector is for Modem with internal voice connector.

LGND R

J8

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2.24 Keyboard Power: JVSB1

The JVSB1 jumper is for setting keyboard power. This function is provided by keyboard and PS/2 mouse Wake-up function which can be set through

BIOS.

1

3

JVSB1

1

3

5V Standby (default)

Enable keyboard power on function

1

3

5V

Disable keyboard power on function

Note: To be able to use this function, you need a power supply that

provide enough power for this feature.


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CHAPTER 3 AWARD

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BIOS SETUP

Chapter 3

AWARD

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BIOS SETUP

Award ® BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed RAM (CMOS RAM), so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

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CHAPTER 3 AWARD

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BIOS SETUP

3.1 Entering Setup

Power on the computer and press <Del> immediately to allow you to enter Setup. The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer.

When the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> key or simultaneously press

<Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Esc> keys.

TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT, PRESS <CTRL-ALT-ESC>

OR <DEL> KEY

If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the “RESET” button on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys. If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to,

PRESS <F1> TO CONTINUE, <CTRL-ALT-ESC>

OR <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

3.2 Getting Help

Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu

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 <F1> or <Esc>.

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BIOS SETUP

3.3 The Main Menu

Once you enter Award ® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KM4J)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

USER PASSWORD

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Esc : Quit

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

↑ ↓ → ←

: Select Item

(Shift)F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Standard CMOS Setup

This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS.

BIOS Features Setup

This setup page includes all the items of Award ® special enhanced features.

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BIOS SETUP

Chipset Features Setup

This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features.

Power Management Setup

This category determines the power consumption for system after setting the specified items. Default value is Disable.

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup

This category specifies the IRQ level for PCI and ISA devices.

Load Setup Defaults

Chipset defaults indicates the values required by the system for the maximum performance.

Integrated Peripherals

Change, set, or disable onboard I/O, IRQ, and DMA assignment.

Supervisor Password/User Password

Change, set or disable password. This function allows the user access to the system and setup or just setup.

IDE HDD Auto Detection

Automatically configure hard disk parameters.

Save & Exit Setup

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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BIOS SETUP

3.4 Standard CMOS Setup

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.


STANDARD CMOS SETUP


Date(mm:dd:yy): Fri, Feb 28,1997

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

HARD DISKS

Primary Master:

TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTOR MODE

Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO

Primary Slave : Auto

Secondary Master : Auto

Secondary Slave : Auto

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

AUTO

AUTO

AUTO

Drive A : 1.44M,3.5in. Base Memory:

Drive B : None

640K

Extended Base Memory:15360K

384K Other Memory:

Video : EGA/VGA

Halt On :

All, but Keyboard

Total Memory: 16384K

ESC : Quit

F1 : Help

↑ ↓ → ←

: Select Item

(Shift)F2 : Change Color

PU/PD/+/- : Modify

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Date

The date format is <day><month> <date> <year>.

Day month date year

Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by

BIOS. Read-only.

The month from Jan. through Dec.

The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.

The year, depends on the year of the BIOS

Time

The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>.

PrimaryMaster/PrimarySlave

SecondaryMaster/Secondary Slave

These categories identify the types of 2 channels that have been installed in the computer. There are 45 pre-defined types and 4 user definable types for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Type 1 to Type 45 are pre-defined. Type

User is user-definable.

Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press <Enter>. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually.

If you select Type User, related information is asked to be entered to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

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If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be

“Type 1”.

If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be

“None”.

If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be

“None”.

CYLS.

HEADS

PRECOMP

LANDZONE number of cylinders number of heads write precom landing zone

SECTORS number of sectors

MODE HDD access mode

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3.5 BIOS Features Setup

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KM4J)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

CPU Internal Cache

External Cache

: Enabled

: Enabled

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: Enabled

Processor Number Feature : Disabled

Quick Power on Self Test : Enabled

Boot From LAN First : Disabled

Boot Sequence

Swap Floppy Drive

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Floppy FIFO Control

Boot up NumLock status

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: On

Gate A20 Option

Security Option

: Fast

: System

PCI/VGA palette snoop : Disabled

OS select for DRAM>64MB : Non-OS2

Video BIOS Shadow

C8000-CBFFF Shadow

CC000-CFFFF Shadow

D0000-D3FFF Shadow

D4000-D7FFF Shadow

D8000-DBFFF Shadow

DC000-DFFFF Shadow

:Enabled

:Disabled

:Disabled

:Disabled

:Disabled

:Disabled

:Disabled

Esc : Quit

↑ ↓ → ←

: Select item

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

F5 : Old Value(Shift) F2 : Color

F6 : Load BIOS Defaults

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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CPU Internal Cache

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled (default) Enable cache

Disabled Disable cache

Note: The internal cache is built in the processor.

External Cache

Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache memory.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache memory ECC(error check correction). Using 66MHz CPU BUS Pentium II processor, set to Enabled or Disabled. Using 100MHz CPU BUS Pentium ® II/

III processor, always set to Enabled. For Celeron TM processor without cache, always set to Disabled.

Processor Number Feature

This item is specifically for Pentium ® III CPU. If set to Enabled, you can check the Processor Number of the Pentium ® III CPU through the utility.

The default setting is Disabled.

Quick Power On Self Test

This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If this is set to Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

Enabled (default) Enable quick POST

Disabled Normal POST

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Boot From LAN First

During Enabled, if there’s a LAN card onboard, the priority booting will be from the LAN.

Boot Sequence

This category determines which drive the computer searches first for the disk operating system (i.e., DOS). The settings are CD-ROM,A,C/

A,C,SCSI/C,A,SCSI/C,CD-ROM,A/CD-ROM,C,A/D,A,SCSI/E,A,SCSI/

F,A,SCSI/SCSI,A,C/SCSI,C,A/C only/LS/ZIP,C. Default value is CD-

ROM,A,C.

Swap Floppy Drive

Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B. Default is Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all

80 tracks.

Floppy FIFO Control

During Enabled, the FDD disk will perform better.

Boot Up NumLock Status

The default value is On.

On (default)

Off

Keypad is numeric keys.

Keypad is arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option

Normal

Fast(default)

The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller or chipset hardware.

The A20 signal is controlled by port 92 or chipset specific method.

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Security Option

This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Setup(default) The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

PCI VGA Palette Snooping

Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible, take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide the boot information and the VGA compatibility.

However, the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors, and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the

VGA controller. To do this, the non-VGA graphic controller watches for the

Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data. In PCI based systems, where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non-VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus, the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Writes.

In this case, the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write.

It should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus. The non-VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus. Unless you have the above situation, you should disable this option.

Disabled (default)

Enabled

Disables the function

Enables the function

OS Selection for DRAM > 64MB

Allows OS2 ® to be used with > 64 MB of DRAM. Settings are Non-

OS/2 (default) and OS2. Set to OS/2 if using more than 64MB and running

OS/2 ® .

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Video BIOS Shadow

Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution. Video shadow will increase the video performance.

Enabled (default)

Disabled

Video shadow is enabled

Video shadow is disabled

C8000 - CFFFF Shadow/E8000 - EFFFF Shadow

Determines whether the optional ROM will be copied to RAM for faster execution.

Enabled

Disabled (default)

Optional shadow is enabled

Optional shadow is disabled

Note: For C8000-DFFFF optional-ROM on PCI BIOS , BIOS will automatically enable the shadow RAM. User does not have to select the item.

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3.6 Chipset Features Setup

The Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer.

Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu and the following screen will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KM4J)


CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

SDRAM Configuration by

SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay

:SPD

:3

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time :3

SDRAM CAS Latency Time :3

DRAM Data Integrity Mode :Non-ECC

System BIOS Cacheable :Disabled

Video BIOS Cacheable

Video RAM Cacheable

:Disabled

:Disabled

8 Bit I/O Recovery Time :1

16 Bit I/O Recovery Time :1

Memory Hole at 15M-16M

Passive Release

:Disabled

:Enabled

Delayed Transaction

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

:Disabled

:64

Esc : Quit

↑ ↓ → ←

: Select item





Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset.

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SDRAM Configuration by

Choose SPD, the SDRAM time will load from the DIMM EEPROM value. Choose manual, the value will be set by SDRAM Ras-to-CAS Delay and SDRAM CAS Latency Time. The settings are SPD and Manual.

If the DIMM is without EEPROM, then set this item to Manual.

Set SDRAM Ras-to-CAS Delay and SDRAM CAS Latency Time to 3.

SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay

You can select the SDRAM RAS to CAS delay time in HCLKs of 2 or 3 (default). This should be set depending on the SDRAM installed.

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time

You can select the SDRAM RAS Precharge time in HCLKs of 2 or

3 (default). This should be set depending on the SDRAM installed.

SDRAM CAS Latency Time

You can select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2 or 3 (default). This should be set depending on the SDRAM installed.

DRAM Data Integrity Mode

Select Non-ECC or ECC (error-correcting code), according to the type of installed DRAM. The settings are Non-ECC (default) or ECC.

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.

Enabled BIOS access cached

Disabled BIOS access not cached

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Video BIOS Cacheable

Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at C0000h-

F7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

Enabled Video BIOS access cached

Disabled Video BIOS access not cached

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.

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.

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.

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.

Enabled

Disabled

Memory hole supported.

Memory hole not supported.

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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. The settings are Enabled or Disabled.

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. The settings are Enabled or Disabled.

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture.

The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.

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3.7 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup will appear on your screen like this:


POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP


Power Management

PM Control by APM

Video Off Method

Video Off After

Modem Use IRQ

Reserve IRQ9

Doze Mode

Standby Mode

:User Define

:Yes

:V/H Sync+Blank

:Standby

:3

:Yes

:Disable

:Disable

Suspend Mode

HDD Power Down

Throttle Duty Cycle

PCI/VGA Act-Monitor

:Disable

:Disable

:62.5%

:Disabled

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN :Instant-Off

CPUFAN off in Suspend :Enabled

PowerOn by Ring

Power Status LED

Power On by Alarm

:Disabled

:Dual Color

:Disabled

IRQ 8 Break Suspend :Disabled

** Reload Global Timer Events **

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

Primary IDE 0

Primary IDE 1

: Enabled

: Enabled

Secondary IDE 0

Secondary IDE 1

Floppy Disk

Serial Port

Parallel Port

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Enabled

: Disabled

Esc : Quit

↑ ↓ → ←

: Select item


Wake Up on LAN : Disable




Power Management

This category determines the power consumption for system after selecting below items. Default value is user define. The following pages tell you the options of each item & describe the meanings of each options.

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Power Management

User Define

Min Saving

Max Saving

Users can configure their own power management.

Pre-defined timer values are used such that all timers are in their MAX value.

Pre-defined timer values are used such that all timers are in their MIN value.

PM Control by APM

No

Yes

System BIOS will ignore APM when power managing the system.

System BIOS will wait for APM’s prompt before it enter any PM mode

Note :Enable this for O.S. with APM like Windows ® 95, Windows ® NT, etc.

Video Off Method

Blank Screen

V/H SYN C+Blank

DPMS

The system BIOS will only blank off the screen when disabling video.

In addition to (1), BIOS will also turn off the V-SYNC & H-SYNC signals from VGA card to monitor.

This function is enabled only for VGA card supporting DPMS.

Note: Green monitors detect the V/H SYNC signals to turn off its electron gun.

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Video Off After

The settings are N/A, Standby, Doze, or Suspend. This option is for choosing the setting in which the monitor will turn off.

N/A Always turn on.

Doze During Doze mode, the monitor will be turned off.

Standby During Standby mode, the monitor will be turned off.

Suspend During Suspend mode, the monitor will be turned off.

The default setting is Standby.

MODEM Use IRQ

Name the interrrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. The settings are NA, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, or 11.

Reserve IRQ 9

This item is reserved for Windows



98 ACPI mode. Choose yes, if you use Windows



98 ACPI mode. Otherwise, set to no.

Doze Mode

Disable System will never enter DOZE mode.

1 Min/2 Min/

4 Min/8 Min/

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

20 Min/30 Min/ If any item defined in the options of “Power

40 Min/1 Hr Down and Resume events” is enabled & active,

DOZE timer will be reloaded. When the system have entered Doze mode, any of the items enabled in “Wake Up Events in Doze and

Standby” will trigger the system to wake up.

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Standby Mode

Disable System will never enter STANDBY mode.

1 Min/2 Min/

4 Min/8 Min/

20 Min/30 Min/

40 Min/1 Hr

Defines the continuous idle time before the system enters STANDBY mode.

If any item defined in the options of “Power

Down and Resume events” is enabled & active,

STANDBY timer will be reloaded. When the system has entered Standby mode , any of the items that are enabled in “Wake Up Events of

Doze and Standby” will trigger the system to wake up.

Suspend Mode

Disable System will never enter SUSPEND mode.

1 Min/2 Min/

4 Min/8 Min/

20 Min/30 Min/

40 Min/1 Hr

Defines the continuous idle time before the system enters SUSPEND mode.

If any item defined in the options of “Power

Down & Resume Events” is enabled & active,

SUSPEND timer will be reloaded. When the system has entered SUSPEND mode, any of the items enabled in the “Power Down & Resume

Events” will trigger the system to wake up.

HDD Power Down

Disable HDD’s motor will not shut off.

1 Min/2 Min/

3 Min/4 Min/

5 Min/6 Min/

7 Min/8 Min/

9 Min/10 Min/

11 Min/12 Min/

13 Min/14 Min/

15 Min

Defines the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD enters the power saving mode (motor off). BIOS will turn off the HDD’s motor when time is out.

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Throttle Duty Cycle

This option will determine how much power will be used by the

CPU , if the system goes into suspend mode.

PCI/VGA Act-Monitor

During Enabled, if there’s no activity in the monitor screen, the system will go into Power Saving Mode. During Disabled, the system will go into Power Saving Mode, whether there is activity in the monitor screen or not. The settings are Disabled and Enabled.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

The settings are Delay 4 sec or Instant-off. During Delay 4 sec, if you push the switch once, the system goes into suspend mode. If you push it more than 4 seconds, the system will be turned off. During instant-off, the system will turn off once you push the switch.

CPUFAN Off in Suspend

During Enabled, if the system goes into suspend mode, the CPU fan will stop. During Disabled, if the system goes into suspend mode, the

CPU fan will resume.

PowerOn by Ring

During Disabled, the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem. During Enabled, the system will boot up if there’s an incoming call from the modem.

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system, before this function will work.

Please refer to JMDM1 (page 2-26) for details.

Power Status LED

This item determines which state the Power LED will use. The settings are Blink, Dual color, and Single color. During blink, the power LED will blink when the system enters the suspend mode. When the mode is in

Dual Color, the power LED will change its color. Choose the single color and the power LED will always remain lit.

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Power on by Alarm

This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled, you cannot use this function. During Enabled, choose the Date and Time Alarm:

Date(of month) Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up. Set to 0, to boot every month.

Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm You can choose what hour, minute and second the system will boot up.

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system, before this function will work.

Wake Up On LAN

To use this function, you need a LAN add-on card which support power on functions. It should also support the wake-up on LAN jumper

(JWOL1).

Enabled

Disabled

Wake up on LAN supported.

Wake up on LAN not supported.

IRQ 8 Break Suspend

You can Enable or Disable monitoring of IRQ 8 so it does not awaken the system from suspend mode.

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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

: Enabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Disabled

: Enabled

: Enabled

: Enabled

During Enabled, if any interrupt event occurs, the system will wakeup from suspend mode. During Disabled, the system will not monitor any interrupt event.

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3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup

You can manually configure the PCI Device’s IRQ. The following pages tell you the options of each item & describe the meanings of each options.


PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP


PnP OS Installed :No

Resources Controlled By :Manual

Reset Configuration Data :Disabled

Assign IRQ for VGA : Enabled

Assign IRQ for USB : Enabled

Used MEM base addr : N/A

IRQ-3 assigned to

IRQ-4 assigned to

IRQ-5 assigned to

IRQ-7 assigned to

IRQ-9 assigned to

IRQ-10assigned to

IRQ-11assigned to

IRQ-12assigned to

IRQ-14assigned to

IRQ-15assigned to

DMA-0assigned to

DMA-1assigned to

DMA-3assigned to

DMA-5assigned to

DMA-6assigned to

DMA-7assigned to

:Legacy ISA

:Legacy ISA

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

:PCI/ISA PnP

Esc : Quit

↑ ↓ → ←

: Select item





PnP OS Installed

When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows ® 95 or 98. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. So, for non-PnP operating system (DOS,

Netware ® ), this option must set to NO.

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Resources Controlled By

By Choosing “Auto”, the system BIOS will detect the system resource and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA Channel for each peripheral.

By Choosing “Manual”(default), the user will need to assign IRQ &

DMA for add-on cards. Be sure that there is no conflict for IRQ/DMA and

I/O ports.

Note: When choosing “Auto”, you must be sure that all of the system add-on cards are PnP type.

Reset Configuration Data

The system BIOS supports the PnP feature so the system needs to record which resource is assigned and protect resources from conflict.

Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and update

ESCD to the memory locations. These locations (4K) are reserved at the system BIOS.

If Disabled (default) is chosen, the system’s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one.

If Enabled is chosen, the system will be forced to update the system’s ESCD. Then, this option will be auto-set to Disable.

IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA


IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP







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DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP






The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the Resources Controlled By function.

Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the

ISA Bus and provides for non PnP ISA add-on card. PCI/ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals.

Assign IRQ for VGA

Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for VGA card.

Assign IRQ for USB

Set to Enabled when USB port will be used. Set to Disable if the

USB port will not be used.

Used MEM base addr

Lets the user choose the Legacy ISA addr. The settings are NA#,

C800, CC00, D000, D400, D800 or DC00.

Used MEM base addr

Lets the user choose the Legacy ISA addr. memory length. The settings are 8K, 16K, 32K, or 64K.

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3.9 Load BIOS/Setup Defaults

This Main Menu item loads the default system values. If the CMOS is corrupted, the defaults are loaded automatically. Choose this item and the following message appears:

“ Load Setup Defaults (Y / N) ? N “

To use the Setup defaults, change the prompt to “Y” and press < Enter >

Note: The Setup defaults can be customized to increase performance.

However the BIOS defaults can always be used as a back up if there is some problem with the mainboard operation.

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3.10 Integrated Peripherals


INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS


IDE HDD Block Mode

IDE Primary Master PIO

IDE Primary Slave PIO

:Enabled

:Auto

: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 Primary PCI IDE :Enabled

USB Keyboard Support

Init Dislay First

Onboard Sound

:Disabled

:AGP

:Enabled

Onboard FDC Controller

Onb0ard Serial Port 1

Onboard Serial Port 2

UART Mode Select

Onboard Parallel Port

Parallel Port Mode

EPP Mode Select

PWRON After PWR-Fail

:Enabled

:3F8/IRQ4

:2F8/IRQ3

:Normal

:378/IRQ7

:EPP

:EPP 1.7

:Off

Power On Function

KB Power On Password

:Password

:Enter

Esc : Quit

↑ ↓ → ←

: Select item





IDE HDD Block Mode

Enabled/Disabled Enabled allows the Block mode access for the

IDE HDD.

IDE Primary Master PIO

Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4

IDE Primary Slave PIO


IDE Secondary Master PIO


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IDE Secondary Slave PIO


For these 4 IDE options, choose “Auto” to have the system BIOS auto detect the IDE HDD operation mode for PIO access.

Note: Some IDE HDD can not operate at the responding HDD’s mode.

When the user has selected “Auto” and the system BIOS has accepted the HDD response mode, the user may degrade the

HDD’s operation mode. Ex: IF the HDD reported it can operate in mode 4 but it is not operating properly, the user will have to manually change the operation mode to mode 3.

Choosing Mode 1-4 will have the system ignore the HDD’s reported operation mode and use the selected mode instead.

Note: According to ATA specs. Mode 4 transfer rate is > Mode 3 > Mode 2

> Mode 1 > Mode 0. If the user’s HDD can operate at Mode 3 the user can also select a slower Mode (i.e. Mode 0-2) but not a faster Mode (ie

Mode 4).

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

Enabled/Disabled

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE

Enabled/Disabled The system provides for a On-Board

On-Chipset PCI IDE controller that supports Dual Channel IDE (Primary and Secondary). A maximum of 4 IDE devices can be supported. If the user install the Off-Board PCI IDE controller

(i.e. add-on cards), the user must choose which channels will be disabled.

This will depend on which channel will be used for the Off-Board PCI IDE addon card.

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USB Keyboard Support

Enabled/Disabled

Init Display First

PCI Slot

AGP(default)

Choosing Enabled will allow the system to use USB keyboard without a device driver.

If both PCI VGA card and AGP card are installed, the system will display the PCI

VGA card first.

If both PCI VGA card and AGP card are installed, the system will show the AGP card first.

Onboard Sound

Enabled/Disabled Enabled or Disabled the onboard sound chip.

Power ON Function

This function allows you to select

Button only, Keyboard 98, Password,

Mouse Left or Mouse Right, which features the same function to Power ON the system.

Note: If you choose Mouse Left or Mouse Right, you have to save this option and let the system boot up until it goes to the BIOS table configuration, before this function will work. During Power OFF, double click the left or right mouse button to Power ON the system.

You need to short the JVSB1 jumper pin 1-2. Please refer to page 2-

30.

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Onboard FDC Controller

Enabled/Disabled The system has an on-board Super I/O chip with a FDD controller that supports

2 FDDs for 360K/720K/1.2M/1.44M/

2.8M. Choose “Enabled” to use the onboard FDD controller for accessing the

FDD. Otherwise choose “Disabled” to use the off-board FDD controller.

Onboard Serial Port 1

Disabled/(3F8/IRQ4)/(2F8/IRQ3)/ (3E8/IRQ4)/(2E8/IRQ3)

Onboard Serial Port 2

Disabled/(3F8/IRQ4)/(2F8/IRQ3)/(3E8/IRQ4)/(2E8/IRQ3)

The system has an On-board Super I/O chipset with 2 serial ports.

The On-board serial ports can be selected as:

Disabled

3F8/IRQ4

2F8/IRQ3

3E8/IRQ4

2E8/IRQ3

COM 1 uses IRQ4

COM 2 uses IRQ3

COM 3 uses IRQ4

COM 4 uses IRQ3

Note: Because the ISA Bus Interrupt accepts low to high edge trigger, the interrupt request line cannot be shared by multiple sources. If an offboard ISA add-on card with a serial port is installed, the user may have to disable the on-board serial port because it will conflict with IRQ request line for the off-board serial port.

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BIOS SETUP

UART Mode Select

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

Onboard Parallel Port

Disabled

(3BCH/IRQ7)/

(278H/IRQ5)/

(378H/IRQ5)

There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features.

It has the following options:

Disable

3BCH/IRQ7 Line Printer port 0

278H/IRQ5 Line Printer port 2

378H/IRQ5 Line Printer port 1

Parallel Port Mode

SPP : Standard Parallel Port

EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port

ECP : Extended Capability Port

SPP/(EPP/SPP)/

ECP(ECP/EPP)

To operate the onboard parallel port as

Standard Parallel Port only, choose

“SPP.” To operate the onboard parallel port in the ECP and SPP modes simultaneously, choose “ECP/SPP.” By choosing “ECP”, the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only.

Choosing “ECP/EPP” will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously.

The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel, so choose the onboard parallel port with the ECP feature. After selecting it, the following message will appear:

“ECP Mode Use DMA” At this time, the user can choose between DMA

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BIOS SETUP channels 3 or 1. The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with the EPP function, the following message will be displayed on the screen: “EPP Mode Select.” At this time either EPP 1.7 spec. or EPP 1.9 spec.

can be chosen.

PWRON After PWR-Fail

ON (Power will be ON)

OFF (Power will be OFF)

Former-Sts (Power will depend on last state)

The settings are power on , power off or former status. During ON, after every AC power loss, the system will be turned on. During Former Status, after every AC power loss, whatever the system status, it will be the same when the AC power returns. During OFF, after every AC power loss, the system will be shutdown.

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BIOS SETUP

3.11 Supervisor/User Password Setting

This Main Menu item lets you configure the system so that a password is required each time the system boots or an attempt is made to enter the Setup program. Supervisor Password allows you to change all CMOS settings but the User Password setting doesn’t have this function. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and User are as follow:

1. Choose “Change Password” in the Main Menu and press <Enter>.

The following message appears:

“Enter Password:”

2. The first time you run this option, enter your password up to only 8 characters and press <Enter>. The screen does not display the entered characters. For no password, just press <Enter>.

3. After you enter the password, the following message appears prompting you to confirm the password:

“Confirm Password:”

4. Enter exactly the same password you just typed in to confirm the password and press <Enter>.

5. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the password.

6. If you need to delete the password you entered before, choose the

Supervisor Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password that you had before.

7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the option you did. Otherwise, the old password will still be there when you turn on your machine next time.

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3.12 IDE HDD Auto Detection

You can use this utility to automatically detect the characteristics of most hard drives.

When you enter this utility, the screen asks you to select a specific hard disk for Primary Master. If you accept a hard disk detected by the BIOS, you can enter “Y” to confirm and then press <Enter> to check next hard disk.

This function allows you to check four hard disks and you may press the

<Esc> after the <Enter> to skip this function and go back to the Main Menu.

ROM ISA BIOS



HARD DISKS

Primary Master:

TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTOR MODE

Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO

Primary Slave : Auto

Secondary Master : Auto

Secondary Slave : Auto

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

AUTO

AUTO

AUTO

Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip) : N

OPTIONS SIZE

2

1

3

2112

2113

2113

CYLS

1023

4095

2047

HEAD

64

16

32

PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

0

65535

65535

4094

4094

4094

63

63

63

LBA

NORMAL

LARGE

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CHAPTER 4 VGA DRIVER

Chapter 4 nVIDIA TNT2 M64 VGA DRIVER

1. Overview

The nVIDIA TNT2 M64 is a highly integrated graphics controller. Incorporated within this single chip are the 2D, 3D, and video accelerators, palette

DAC, and dual-clock synthesizer. This multi-function integrated controller delivers TV-quality scaled video optimized for MPEG playback, industryleading mach64 2D performance.

1.1 nVIDIA TNT2 M64

l Support 32M SDRAM for 143MHz.

l Support AGP 2X BUS.

l 2D & 3D Acceleration l Integrated DVD and superior MPEG-2

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1.2 System Requirements

This section describes system requirements for the VGA Driver installation and Usage.

Computer

Monitor

Intel ® Pentium ® II processor or higher

VGA Support, mimimum 640x480 resolution

Operating system DOS 5.0 or higher, Windows ® 95/98,

Windows ® NT 3.51 or 4.0, or OS/2 ®

CD-ROM

Chipset

VGA BIOS

Double Speed or Higher nVIDIA TNT2 M64

Version 1.01 or Higher

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2. nVIDIA TNT2 M64 Driver Setup & Usage

Procedures

Insert the CD-title into your CD-ROM drive. This CD will auto-run.

This will display installation for VGA driver and sound driver. Also included are Intel ® PIIX4E patch for Windows ® 95, Trend PC-cillin 98 and Bus Master driver. Just click the button for automatic installation for VGA driver.

2.1 Windows

®

95/98

If you start Windows ® 95/98, this will automatically detect this hardware onboard “PCI Multimedia Audio Device” and “Gameport

Joystick”. You need to click “Next”, then “Finish”. Do not click on the “Cancel”. The driver need these ID.

2.1-1 Display Driver Installation Procedure:

Step 1: Insert the provided CD_ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive.

Step 2: Look for the CD_ROM drive, double click on the CD_ROM icon. This will show the setup screen.

Step 3: Click on “nVIDIA VGA Driver” button.

Step 4: Click “OK”.

Step 5: This will copy the VGA drivers into the hard drive.

Step 6: A message will appear stating you must restart the Windows ® 95/98 system, select yes to restart.

Step 7: After restarting, Windows ® 95/98 will show a new display setting.

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2.1-2 Changing resolution, color depth, and refresh rate:

Step 1: Click Start menu and select Control Panel from Settings group.

Step 2: Select Display icon.

Step 3: Select Settings.

Step 4: Select Color Palette to change between 16 color, 256 color,

Hi color, or True color.

Step 5: Select desktop resolution from 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024.

Step 6: Select Refresh rate list box to change the screen refresh rate.

Step 7: Click OK or Apply.

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2.2 Windows

®

NT 4.0

You need to install Windows ® NT “Service Pack”, before you install

Windows ® NT driver.

2.2-1 Display Driver Installation Procedure:



Step 3: Click on “nVIDIA VGA Driver” button.

Step 4: Click “OK”.

Step 5: This will copy the VGA drivers into the hard drive.

Step 6: A message will appear stating you must restart the Windows ® NT system, select yes to restart.

Step 7: After restarting, Windows ® NT will show a new display setting.

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2.2-2 Changing resolution, color depth, and refresh rate:


Step 2: Select Display icon.

Step 3: Select Settings.

Step 4: Select Color Palette to change between 16 color, 256 color,

32768 colors, 65536 colors, and 16777216 colors.

Step 5: To select desktop resolution size, go to the Desktop area and use the slide bar to change resolution from 640x480,

800x600, 1024x768, to 1280x1024.

Step 6: Select Test to test the resolution. If the display test screen was good, then select Yes when the Testing Mode dialog box appears. If the display test screen was bad, then select

No. Windows ® NT will give you an error message.

Step 7: Click OK. If the display test screen was good and you select Yes, Windows ® NT 4.0 will change the mode without restarting the system.

2.3 AutoCAD, OS/2 and other application. Please refer to “On-Line Manual” in the CD-ROM. You need to install the “Acrobat Reader 3.01” program first.

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Chapter 5

CREATIVE

®

AUDIO DRIVER

1. Overview

The Creative ® ES1373 digital controller provides the next generation of audio performance to the PC market.

1.1 Features

l SoundScape WaveTable Synthesizer.

l Full DOS Game Compatibility.

l PCI Bus Master for fast DMA.

l Fully Compliant with PC97 Power Management Specification.

1.2 System Requirements

This section describes system requirements for the Audio Driver installation and Usage.

Computer Intel ® Pentium ® II/Celeron TM processor or higher

Operating system DOS 5.0 or higher, Windows ® 95/98,

Windows ® NT 3.51 or 4.0, or OS/2 ®

CD-ROM

Chipset

Double Speed or Higher

Creative ® ES1373

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2. Audio Driver Setup & Usage Procedures

Insert the CD-title into your CD-ROM drive. This CD will auto-run.

This will display installation for VGA driver and sound driver. Also included are Intel ® PIIX4 patch for Windows ® 95/98, PC-cillin 98, and

Bus Master driver. Just click the button for automatic installation for audio driver.

2.1 Windows

®

95/98

If you start Windows ® 95/98, this will automatically detect this hardware onboard “PCI Multimedia Audio Device” and “Gameport

Joystick”. You need to click “Next”, then “Finish”. Do not click on the “Cancel”. The driver need these ID.

2.1-1 Audio Driver Installation Procedure:



Step 3: Click on “ENSONIQ AudioPCI” icon.

Step 4: This will copy the audio drivers into the hard drive.

Step 5: A message will appear stating you must restart the Windows ® 95/98 system, select yes to restart.

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NT 4.0

2.2-1 Audio Driver Installation Procedure:


Step 2: Select Multimedia icon.

Step 3: Click on the Devices tab.

Step 4: Click Add.

Step 5: Double click on Unlisted or Updated Driver in the list.

Step 6: Insert the CD-ROM Disk into the CD-ROM Drive.

Step 7: When the Install from Disk dialog box appears, look for your

CD-ROM drive :\Sound\Ensoniq\AudioPCI\NT40\

Step 8: Click OK.

Step 9: Click OK.

Step 10: A message will appear stating that the drivers were succesfully installed. Click OK. You must now restart

Windows ® NT 4.0.

2.3 Detailed User’s Manual

The detailed user’s manual can be found on following path of the

CD-ROM provided:

PATH: Sound\Ensoniq\AudioPCI\Docs\Manual.doc

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