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Page 1: ...m Memory i DRAM Memory j 2 14 Chapter 3 Introduction of BIOS CPU setup i CPU SOFT MENU j 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu 3 9 BIOS Features Setup Menu 3 11 Chipset Features Setup Menu 3 17 Power Management Setup Menu 3 19 PCI Onboard I O Setup 3 23 Load BIOS Defaults 3 28 Load Setup Defaults 3 28 Password Setting 3 29 µ IDE HDD Auto Detection 3 30 Appendix A Quick Installation Appendix B Intel Pentium...

Page 2: ...Appendix F Technical Support ...

Page 3: ... provides an extension slot allowing the user to upgrade Pipeline Burst SRAM to 512K Two 168 pin DIMM slots and four 72 pin SIMM slots meet the requirements for all memory configurations required by high level computing The 168 pin DIMM slots support traditional Fast Page and EDO DRAM as a memory standard for next generation 64 bit systems The two 168 pin DIMM slots have been reserved to meet requ...

Page 4: ...CPUs with MMX l Supports all AMD sixth generation AMD K5 CPUs 75MHz to 100MHz l Supports all Cyrix sixth generation 6x86 CPUs P120 P133 P150 P166 P200 l Reserved circuitry supports future sixth generation CPUs 3 Chipset l Intel 430VX chipset l Supports standard version PCI 2 1 4 L2 Cache Memory l 256K or 512K of cache memory Pipeline Burst SRAM 5 System DRAM l Four 72 pin SIMM sockets support FP a...

Page 5: ... port l Two floppy disk drive connectors FDD 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M 8 Other features l Standard ATX architecture dimensions l Four ISA bus slots and four PCI bus slots l Supports 3 MODE for a special Japanese floppy disk drive l Supports two bootable hard disks able to run two different operating systems Note All brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners ...

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Page 7: ...r 3 3V Host BUS Control Address Data Second Level Cache Ctrl Tag Ctrl Data TIO 0 7 Addr Ctrl PCI BUS TXD Ctrl Plink Control Address Data Fast IDE ISA BUS Universal Serial Bus TDX Main Memory DRAM CACHE SRAM TAG TVX PIIX3 CD ROM Hard Disk USB 1 USB 2 PCI Device s ALi M5123 ISA Device s Serial LPT FDC ...

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Page 9: ...hapter 1 For example the operating voltage of Cyrix s next generation CPUs is unknown at the present time Thus we were not able to include these specifications in your motherboard We will supply further information about CPU support when new CPUs arrive on the market This chapter is organized according the following features Œ Standard external connectors Jumpers and switches Ž Presentation and In...

Page 10: ...mputer user to perform the installation by themselves We have attempted to write this document in a very clear concise and descriptive manner to help overcome any obstacles you may face during installation Please read our instructions carefully and follow them carefully step by step ...

Page 11: ...low we will describe the significance of the first pin J6 Keylock connector Please pay attention to pin position and orientation This connector has a specific orientation Connect the five thread keylock connector cable to the J6 connector pins on the mainboard Pin number Name or significance of signal 20 5VDC 19 No connection 18 Ground 17 Keyboard inhibit Signal 16 Ground The keylock switch is use...

Page 12: ...n Connect the two thread hardware reset cable to the J6 connector pins on the mainboard Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Ground 2 Hardware reset signal The Hardware Reset is used to reset the computer during operation without turning the computer off and back on For example if you are running an application that stops responding to the computer you may press the Reset button to restart ...

Page 13: ...l 9 Anode terminal of Turbo LED 8 Cathode terminal of Turbo LED The hardware Turbo LED indicates the status of hardware operating speed J5 IDE LED connector This connector has a specific orientation Connect the two thread IDE LED connector cable attached to the case to the IDE LED connector on the mainboard Pin number Name or signifigance of signal 1 LED s Cathode 2 LED s Anode 3 LED s Anode 4 LED...

Page 14: ...switch is an electronic way to turn the computer s power off To use this feature the power supply system must permit a shutdown power supply 5VSB support the electronic switch feature and must also be used with the ATX power connector J3 on the mainboard For example when using Windows 95 your computer will automatically shut down after having saved your work when you exit Windows You do not need t...

Page 15: ...or COM2 serial ports to which you can also connect a Mouse This mainboard features an extra PS 2 Mouse port so when you buy a mouse be sure that it is a PS 2 Mouse before connecting it to this port But if you cannot find any PS 2 Mouse you can still use COM1 or COM2 to connect a serial mouse to your computer J2 PS 2 Keyboard Connector This has an orientation pin Connect your keyboard connector to ...

Page 16: ...D 7 Ground 2 5VDC 8 Ground 3 12VDC 9 5VDC 4 12VDC 10 5VDC 5 Ground 11 5VDC 6 Ground 12 5VDC J3 ATX Power input Connectors These have a specific orientation The three warning marks indicate that if you make a mistake in pin number or connection orientation you could destroy your equipment During installation you just need to connect to the correct pins and in the correct orientation and to connect ...

Page 17: ...ber Name of the signal or signification 1 5VDC 2 No connection 3 Receive data 4 Ground 5 Transmit data I O Port connectors Watch the pin number and the orientation Connector name Pin number Name of the peripheral connected IDE 1 40 IDE Channel 1 IDE 2 40 IDE Channel 2 FDC 34 Floppy Disk connector LPT 26 Parallel port connector COM1 10 Serial port COM1 connector COM2 10 Serial port COM2 connector U...

Page 18: ...are very serious you must avoid them But if you have made one of these errors this jumper can save your life First turn off the power supply and open the computer case than place the jumper on pins 2 and 3 in order to save your computer But if you use your computer normally you should not need to use this feature After you have deleted the CMOS information the computer is saved but you still have ...

Page 19: ...tel adds new models to the Pentium CPU series That is why the CPU market is filled with a lot of different models and brands All CPUs have different electrical specifications That s why installing a CPU is becoming more and more complex You can t help that because everybody wants to be able to upgrade its hardware So you have to take a bit of time to read this section in order to be able to instal...

Page 20: ...SPEED or AT CLOCK or even ISA Bus clock Ten years ago the original specification of AT Bus clock installed in the first generation PC AT computers was 8MHz this means that there are some interface cards which can only work at 8MHz In order to guarantee compatibility with older hardware we still support 8MHz AT Bus clock but if your interface card is newer or faster you can choose a higher speed fo...

Page 21: ...n reason is that Cyrix has improved the internal architecture of the 6x86 CPU which means that with the same internal clock speed the actual clock speed will be different Having read the related terminology above please refer to the information in appendices B C or D for the type and specifications of your own CPU We suggest that you note down these specifications which will help you when you inst...

Page 22: ... pin DIMM modules but you will rarely encounter this kind of configuration Before you proceed with installation be patient first read what follows 1 Factory default setting of the mainboard is for 70ns FP or EDO modules If your memory modules are faster than 70ns say 60ns or 45ns you can modify the BIOS settings in order to speed up the operating speed of the system But if you don t want to modify...

Page 23: ... type of memory modules notice l i SIMM1 and SIMM2 j must use the same memory type as well as i SIMM3 and SIMM4 j l i SIMM1 and SIMM2 j use the same memory type and i SIMM3 and SIMM4 j can use the same type or a different type in order to permit you to obtain the best speed configuration for each single pair and to make the system work at its maximum capacity If one memory pair is slower it will h...

Page 24: ...ainboard will automatically detect the size of the memory installed on the mainboard Below is a list of all the possible situations Scenario 1 You use only 72 pin SIMM modules l The maximum memory size is 128M bytes l Support possible for single density or double density memory modules l Memory modules supported 1Mx32 i 4M j 2Mx32 i 8M j 4Mx32 i 16M j or 8Mx32 i 32M j l i SIMM1 and SIMM2 j is the ...

Page 25: ...rectly refer to table 2 2 Scenario 3 You use 72 pin SIMM modules and 168 pin DIMM modules l The maximum memory size is 128M Bytes l Support possible for single density or double density memory modules l Memory modules supported Refer to case 1 and case 2 above l Support possible for mixed use of single density and double density modules l Since there is a lot of possible configurations no table is...

Page 26: ... pair it will not be repeated 1Mx32 i 4Mx2 j 16MB 1Mx32 i 4Mx2 j 2Mx32 i 8Mx2 j 24MB 4Mx32 i 16Mx2 j 40MB 8Mx32 i 32Mx2 j 72MB 1Mx32 i 4Mx2 j 24MB 2Mx32 i 8Mx2 j 2Mx32 i 8Mx2 j 32MB 4Mx32 i 16Mx2 j 48MB 8Mx32 i 32Mx2 j 80MB 1Mx32 i 4Mx2 j 40MB 4Mx32 i 16Mx2 j 2Mx32 i 8Mx2 j 48MB 4Mx32 i 16Mx2 j 64MB 8Mx32 i 32Mx2 j 96MB 1Mx32 i 4Mx2 j 72MB 8Mx32 i 32Mx2 j 2Mx32 i 8Mx2 j 80MB 4Mx32 i 16Mx2 j 96MB 8...

Page 27: ...j inserted 32MB Since the installation described above is valid for the first pair as well as for the second pair it will not be repeated 1Mx64 i 8M j 16MB 1Mx64 i 8M j 2Mx64 i 16M j 24MB 4Mx64 i 32M j 40MB 1Mx64 i 8M j 24MB 2Mx64 i 16M j 2Mx64 i 16M j 32MB 4Mx64 i 32M j 48MB 1Mx32 i 4Mx2 j 40MB 4Mx32 i 32M j 2Mx32 i 8Mx2 j 48MB 4Mx32 i 16Mx2 j 64MB In fact the table above shows that you just need...

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Page 29: ...e parameters of the hardware synchronization and detects all the hardware Only when these tasks are completed does it give up control of the computer to the program of the next level which is the operating system Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate it will be the key factor to system stability and to ensure that your system performs at its best After the BIO...

Page 30: ...tion of the function keys you may use here l Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup l Press ô õ ö up down left right to choose in the main menu the option you want to confirm or to modify l Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu l Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active opt...

Page 31: ...he items that can be chosen for that option ROM PCI ISA BIOS XXXXXXXX CPU SOFT MENU AWARD SOFTWARE INC CPU Name Is Intel Pentium MMX CPU Type Speed 133 66x2 Turbo Frequency Disable External Clock 66MHz Multiplier Factor 2 CPU Power Plane Dual Voltage Core Plane Voltage 2 80v I O Plane Voltage 3 30v Esc Quit ô õ ö Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F...

Page 32: ...x2 ä 150 60x2 5 ä 166 66x2 5 ä 200 66x3 i Note 2 j For AMD K5 CPUs from AMD you can choose the following P Ratings ä PR75 50x1 5 ä PR90 60x1 5 ä PR100 66x1 5 ä PR120 60x1 5 ä PR133 66x1 5 ä PR166 66x1 75 ä PR200 66x2 i Note 3 j For Cyrix 6x86 and 6x86L CPUs you can choose the following P Ratings ä P120 50x2 äP133 55x2 ä P150 60x2 äP166 66x2 ä P200 75x2 i Note 4 j User define external clock and mul...

Page 33: ...ng within the limts of the Turbo mode Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup Normally if the CPU external clock setup is wrong you will not be able to boot In this case turn the system off than on again The CPU will automatically use its standard parameters to boot You can then enter BIOS Setup again and set up the external clock When you change your CPU The AR5 mainboard h...

Page 34: ...re the manufacturer of the Clock Generator to meet the demands of our development department and to add a TURBO Frequency feature used for testing purposes by our R D department Of course you can use this feature to test the stability of your own system but after you have tested the product we recommend that you set it back to its normal value in order to guarantee system stability CPU Power Plane...

Page 35: ...e options according to what we can forecast from present documentation We cannot give you detailed information about the voltage required by each kind of CPU in this chapter For the correct values refer to appendices B C and D Set up the voltage via CPU Marking If you consider using the Appendices to set up as too complicated you can use the CPU Marking within the options under CPU Marking Is set ...

Page 36: ...e BIOS SETUP and you have verified that the system can be turned on do not press the Reset button or turn off the power supply Otherwise the BIOS will not read correctly the parameters will fail and you must enter CPU SOFT MENU again to set up the parameters all over again ...

Page 37: ...8K Video EGA VGA Expanded Memory 0K Other Memory 128K Halt On All Errors Total Memory 4096K Esc Quit F1 Help ô õ ö Select Item Shift F2 Change color PU PD Modify F3 Toggle Calender Fig 3 2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu l Set up of HDD operating mode i NORMAL LBA LARGE j Since old operating systems were only able to support HDD whose capacity was not bigger than 528MB any hard disk with more than 528MB ...

Page 38: ...sks support this mode that s why we recommend you use this mode The HDD AUTODETECTION option in the Main Menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported ä LARGE Mode When the number of cylinders CYLs of the hard disk exceeds 1024 and DOS is not able to support it or if your operating system does not support LBA mode you should select this mode l FDD supportin...

Page 39: ...ce A C SCSI D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Typematic Rate Setting Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup PCI VGA Pallete Snoop Disabled OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Esc Quit ô õ ö Select Item...

Page 40: ...of tests in order to check the system and its peripherals If the Quick power on self test feature is Enable the BIOS will simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process The default is Enable Boot Sequence When the computer boots up it can load the operating system from floppy drive A hard disk drive C SCSI disk drive or CD ROM There are many options for the boot sequence Œ A C ...

Page 41: ...ss data When this item is enabled the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk drive supports this feature or not and will choose the right settings for you 2 For further details about hard disk drive installation refer to appendix E Typematic Rate Setting This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate When enabled you can set the two keyboard typematic control that follow Typema...

Page 42: ... and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But doing this you have to reset all the options you had set up before PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status and to modify the information delivered from the Feature Connector of the VGA card to the MPEG Card This option can solve the display inversion to black after you have used the MPEG c...

Page 43: ...FFF uses the shadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option Shadowing address ranges D4000 D7FFF Shadow This option allows you to decide if the memory block BIOS of an interface card at the address D4000 D7FFF uses the shadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option Shadowing address ranges D...

Page 44: ... BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM and it is often very slow With the Shadow feature the CPU reads the BIOS on the VGA card and copies it into RAM When the CPU runs this BIOS the operation is speeded up Computer knowledge ...

Page 45: ...sabled Refresh RAS Assertion 5 Clks ISA Bus Clock PCICLK 3 SDRAM CAS Lat RAS to CAS 3 3 System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled 8 Bit I O Recovery Time 1 Esc Quit ô õ ö Select Item 16 Bit I O Recovery Time 1 F1 Help PU PD Modify Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disable F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Peer Concurrency Enabled F6 Load BIOS Defaults Passive Release Enabled F7 Load Setup Defaul...

Page 46: ...e characteristics of your DRAM and to choose the best settings Memory Hole At 15M 16M This option is used to free up the 15M 16M memory block Some special peripherals need to use a memory bloc located between 15M and 16M and this memory block has a size of 1M We recommend that you disable this option There are small differences in the chipset feature setup according to different mainboard models b...

Page 47: ...ur modes proceed in the following sequence Normal Mode Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode The system consumption is reduced according the following sequence Normal Doze Standby Suspend 1 In the Main Menu select Power Management Setup and press Enter The following screen is displayed ROM PCI ISA BIOS XXXXXXXX POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management Use Define Power Down Resume E...

Page 48: ...the system is set up for minimum power savings Doze 1 hour Standby 1 hour Suspend 1 hour ä Max Saving When the three saving modes are enabled the system is set up for maximum power savings Doze 1 minute Standby 1 minute Suspend 1 minute PM Control by APM Power Management is completely controlled by the APM APM stands for Advanced Power Mangement it is a power management standard set by Microsoft I...

Page 49: ...that the APM can control it HDD Power Down If the system has not accessed data on the hard disk drive during the specified time period the engine of the HDD will stop in order to save electricity You can set 1 to 15 minutes or select Disable according to your use of the HDD Doze Mode When the setting selected for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute ...

Page 50: ...ompletely If this mode is disabled the system will not enter the Suspend mode Wake Up Events When system is in Doze or Standby power saving mode it will check for the wake up events IRQ4 3 8 12 defined When it detects an activity of one of the IRQs defined it exits the power saving mode and returns to full operation mode Normal Wake up events are all operations or signals that cause the system to ...

Page 51: ...PCI IDE Card IRQ Map to PCI AUTO Primary IDE INT A Secondary IDE INT B Onboard USB Controller Disabled Onboard IDE 1 Controller Enabled Master Drive PIO Mode Auto Esc Quit ô õ ö Select Item Slave Drive PIO Mode Auto F1 Help PU PD Modify Onboard IDE 2 Controller Enabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Master Drive PIO Mode Auto F6 Load BIOS Defaults Slave Drive PIO Mode Auto F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig...

Page 52: ... IRQ That is this IRQ will be assigned to the first interrupt number INT found on the PCI bus 2nd Available IRQ This means that the second interrupt number INT found on the PCI bus will use this IRQ That is this IRQ will be assigned to the second interrupt number INT found on the PCI bus The third and the fourth available IRQ will be assigned in sequence to the third and the fourth interrupt numbe...

Page 53: ...rst PCI slot the INT B signal of the second PCI slot the INT C signal of the third PCI slot and the INT D signal of the fourth PCI slot are the same so be careful not to use them simultaneously The INT B signal of the first PCI slot the INT C signal of the second PCI slot the INT D signal of the third PCI slot and the INT A signal of the fourth PCI slot are the same so be careful not to use them s...

Page 54: ... ports otherwise the serial ports will not be able to operate normally Onboard IR Function Onboard serial port 2 can support IR Infrared function Three options are available ä Disable No support for IR function ä IrDA HPSIR mode ä ASK IR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR mode IR Duplex Mode Set the IR mode as Half or Full Default is Half IR Tr Re Polarity Set IR transmission reception polarity as High or L...

Page 55: ...oard IDE 2 controller can be set at Enable of Disable Master drive PIO Mode ä Auto the BIOS can auto detect the PIO mode of the HDD installed in order to set its data transfer rate Default ä Mode 0 Mode 4 User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate Slave drive PIO Mode ä Auto the BIOS can auto detect the PIO mode of the HDD installed in order to set its data tra...

Page 56: ...oad Setup Defaults Setup defaults are the settings that allow your system to operate at its highest performance When you choose this option the following message is displayed Load Setup Defaults Y N N If you want to use BIOS Setup default values press Y than Enter to complete the loading of the settings for best performance You should first load the best settings than enter the CPU Soft Menu to se...

Page 57: ...age is displayed Enter Password Type your password When complete press Enter The following message is displayed Confirm Password Type your password again When complete press Enter The password setting is completed Password clearing procedure When you select the Password setting option the following message is displayed Enter Password Press Enter the message Password Disable is displayed Press a ke...

Page 58: ...mation into the hard disk information section If the CMOS data were erased and you had forgotten the hard disk specifications it was a great problem But now you can use this option to autodetect the hard disk type and specifications and the BIOS will automatically detect all the relevant information and place them in the Hard Disk data section of the Standard CMOS Setup Menu in order to allow you ...

Page 59: ...f the BIOS SETUP For information about your CPU refer to appendices B C or D and to information labeled on the CPU itself SIMM1 SIMM4 DIMM1 DIMM2 Since Pentium are 64 bit CPUs you have to use two 72 pin DRAM modules or one 168 pin DRAM module Refer to the scenarios listed below to install your DRAM modules Scenario 1 Two identical 72 pin DRAM modules Insert your DRAM modules into SIMM1 and SIMM2 m...

Page 60: ...e on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors IDE2 Connect one end of the 40 pin cable that comes with the drive to the CD ROM connector and the other end to the IDE2 pin connector on the mainboard Note Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors LPT Connect the 26 pin cable that comes with the hardware to the LPT connector on the mainboard COM1 ...

Page 61: ...the connector on mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 Activity LED Cathode 2 IDE LED signal i LED Anode j 3 IDE LED signal i LED Anode j 4 Activity LED Cathode Watch the pin position and the orientation J6 There is a specific orientation for pins 6 and 7 Connect the two threads suspend switch connector of the computer case to correct pins of connector on the mainboard You can...

Page 62: ...Connect the four threads speaker cable to the correct pins of connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 11 5VDC 12 Ground 13 Ground 14 Sound Signal J6 There is not specific orientation for pins 8 and 9 Connect the two threads connector to the correct pins of connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 9 Anode terminal of Turbo LED 8 Cat...

Page 63: ...pin position and the orientation J3 Connect the power supply unit to the correct connectors on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 3 3VDC 11 3 3VDC 2 3 3VDC 12 12VDC 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5VDC 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5VDC 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 POWERGOOD 18 5VDC 9 5VDC 19 5VDC 10 12VDC 20 5VDC J2 There is an ori...

Page 64: ...of the signal or signification 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Ground Some jumpers are reserved for future functions or are not to be adjusted in normal operation Adjust them according to the following recommendations JP6 G Put jumper on pin 1 and pin 2 Parameters and CPU settings After you have followed the steps described above and completed the installation when you power the computer on you will see the foll...

Page 65: ...005 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0540 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0541 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0666 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C SX961 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C SZ977 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0700 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0749 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD MD Yes P54C SX998 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD MD Yes P54C SZ994 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD MD Yes P54C SU070 75MHz 1 5...

Page 66: ...VR STD Yes P54C Q0543 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD DP Yes P54C Sx879 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD STD Yes P54C Sx885 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD MD Yes P54C Sx909 90MHz 1 5 60MHz VR STD Yes P54C Q0628 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0611 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0612 90MHz 1 5 60MHz VR STD Yes P54C Sx923 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD STD Yes P54C Sx922 90MHz 1 5 60MHz VR STD Yes P54C Sx921 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD MD Yes P54C ...

Page 67: ...TD STD Yes P54C Sx970 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE MD Yes P54C Q0784 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C SY007 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0563 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0587 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VR STD Yes P54C Q0614 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VR STD Yes P54C Q0677 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE MD Yes P54C Q0656 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD MD Yes P54C Q0698 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE MD Yes P54C Q0697 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD...

Page 68: ...Sx994 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE MD No P54C Q0732 S 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE MD No P54C Q0785 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE STD No P54C SY008 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE STD No P54C SY033 120MHz 2 60MHz STD STD No P54C Q0707 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE STD No P54C Q0732 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE MD No P54C SU033 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE MD No P54C Q0776 120MHz 2 60MHz STD Yes P54C SK110 120MHz 2 60MHz STD Yes P54C Q0808 120MHz 2 60MHz STD Yes P54C SX99...

Page 69: ... 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Sk107 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Q0843 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS SY022 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Q0844 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS SY023 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS 133 MHz SU038 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS SU073 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Q0882 133MHz 2 66MHz Yes P54CS SY082 133MHz 2 66MHz Yes P54CQS Q0733 133MHz 2 66MHz STD MD Yes Convert to P54CS P54CQ...

Page 70: ... DP Speed Spec Clock Factor Clock Vcore VIO Timing Supp Note P54CS SY016 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P54CS Q0841 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P54CS SY017 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P54CS Q0949 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Kit No PPGA up P54CS SY037 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE No PPGA up P54CS 166MHz Q0951F 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Kit Yes PPGA P54CS SY044 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Kit Yes PPGA P54CS Q0836 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes...

Page 71: ...DP Speed Spec Clock Factor Clock Vcore VIO Timing Supp Note P54CS Q0951 200MHz 3 66MHz VRE No PPGA up P54CS SY045 200MHz 3 66MHz VRE Kit No PPGA up P54CS 200 MHz Q0951F 200MHz 3 66MHz VRE Kit Yes PPGA P54CS SY044 200MHz 3 66MHz VRE Yes PPGA P55C Q018 200MHz 3 66MHz 2 8V 3 3V PPGA ...

Page 72: ... Kit Supports timing for C55 C88 cache chipsets design P54C 1 Beginning with the P54C E Step standard timings have been replaced by existing Min Delay timing P54CS 1 P54CS PPGA UP No DP No APIC No FRC 2 Beginning with the P54C E Step standard timings have been replaced by existing Min Delay timing P55C 1 P55C A Step is NOT production stepping 2 A 1 step Vcc and timing on initial samples is 2 9V 0 ...

Page 73: ...ure Q 60 J R 70 J W 55 J X 65 J Y 75 J Z 85 J Internal Clock 75MHz 90MHz 100MHz 120MHz 133MHz Processor name K5 Operating Voltage B 3 45V 3 60V C 3 30V 3 465V F 3 135V 3 465V G x y H 2 86V 3 00V 3 30V 3 465V J 2 57V 2 84V 3 30V 3 465V K 2 38V 2 63V 3 30V 3 465V x Vcore y Vio P Rating 75 90 100 120 133 150 166 Package Type A SPGA 296 pin ...

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Page 75: ...and voltage 6x86 P166 GP 133 MHz 3 52V 028 Name of the processor 6x86 6x86L P Rating 90 120 133 150 166 200 CPU Core Frequency 100 110 120 133 150 VCC Specification Full spec 3 15V 3 70V C spec 016 3 15V 3 45V C spec 028 3 40V 3 70V Center of Core Voltage 3 3V 3 52V 2 5V 2 7V ...

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Page 77: ...U delivers input output I O orders through the chipset on the mainboard to the hard disk drive and than puts these data into the system memory This is the PIO mode What is the Master mode When the system needs to access hard disk data these data are directly accessed from the hard disk by the chipset on the mainboard using a DMA or a PIO mode and then the data is put into the memory In this case t...

Page 78: ...hes 4 16Mbyte sec DMA Mode 1 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 13 3Mbyte sec DMA Mode 2 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 16 6Mbyte sec Usually PIO mode means that the hard disk data are accessed by the CPU through the chipset and placed into memory and the chipset is using PIO mode to access hard disk data MASTER mode means that hard disk data are accessed by the chipset and that the ch...

Page 79: ... disk drives are set at Master as a default so you don t need to adjust any setting Just connect one end of the 40 pin cable on the drive connector and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard Installing one HDD one CD ROM drive The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector Method 1 Set the HDD at Master and the CD ROM drive at Slave Connect one connecto...

Page 80: ...Set the hard disk drive used for boot up as Master set the other HDD at Slave connect one connector of the 40 pin cable to the first drive another connector to the second drive and the other end of the cable to connector IDE1 on the mainboard You can ignore the setting of the CD ROM drive Connect one end of the 40 pin cable to the drive and the other end to connector IDE2 on the mainboard We recom...

Page 81: ...d drive and the other end of the cable to connector IDE2 on the mainboard Installing three HDDs one CD ROM drive The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector Set the hard disk drive used for boot up at Master set another HDD the second at Slave connect one connector of the 40 pin cable to the first drive another connector to the second drive and the other end o...

Page 82: ... Using FDISK DOS command This command is found in the DOS disks FDISK is a tool used to organize and to partition the hard disk The hard disk must have been partitioned before use You can create one unique partition on the hard disk or create several partition and use a different Operating System on each partition Just don t forget that you have to specify an Active partition otherwise your hard d...

Page 83: ...ribed below First remove all interface cards except the VGA card and try to reboot F If you still cannot boot up Try installing another brand model VGA card and see if the system will start If it still does not start note the VGA card model mainboard model Bios identification number CPU on the technical support form refer to main instructions and describe the problem in the problem description spa...

Page 84: ...XEC BAT edit CONFIG SYS with a text editor and in front on the line that loads the Sound Card Driver add a remark REM in order to disable the Sound Card Driver See the example below CONFIG SYS DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE HIGHSCAN DOS HIGH UMB FILES 40 BUFFERS 36 REM DEVICEHIGH C PLUGPLAY DWCFGMG SYS LASTDRIVE Z Restart the system If the system starts and does not reset you can b...

Page 85: ...port Form Company name Phone J Contact Fax Model BIOS ID Mainboard model no DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware name Brand Specifications C P U HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory DRAM COAST ADD ON CARD Problem Description ...

Page 86: ... manual Example PT5R2 PR5R2 2 Mainboard model number REV Note the mainboard model number labeled on the mainboard as REV Exemple REV 2 11 3 BIOS ID See below Example PENTIUM S CPU at 150Mhz Memory Test 32768K OK Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright C 1995 Award Software Inc Press DEL to enter SETUP 04 19 96 SiS 5511B 5513 2A5IDA1CC D6 D6 is the BIOS ID number ...

Page 87: ...n the Brand space write AMD in the Specifications space write P75 7 HDD Indicate the brand and specifications of your HDD s specify if the HDD is using IDE1 or IDE2 If you know the disk capacity indicate it and check ü in case you give no indication we will consider that your HDD is þIDE1 Master Example In the HDD space check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space wri...

Page 88: ...6 Or in the Brand space write SEC in the Specifications space write DIMM S DRAM 8MB G12 10 COAST Indicate the brand and specifications of your COAST Example In the Brand space write Winbond in the Specifications space write 256KB or W25P010AF 8 C 11 ADD ON CARD Indicate which add on cards you are absolutely sure are related to the problem If you cannot identify the problem origin indicate all the ...

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