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Introduction of BIOS

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Load BIOS Defaults

BIOS defaults are the reference settings that allow your system to work at

a comparatively low performance. When you choose the option, the following
message is displayed:

“

Load BIOS Defaults (Y/N)? N

”

If you want to use BIOS default values, press

“

”

, than <Enter>.

Load 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

“

”

, 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

set up CPU parameters, otherwise the BIOS will replace set parameters by
default parameters.

Summary of Contents for AB-IT5H

Page 1: ...andard External Connectors 2 3 Jumpers and Switches 2 10 Presentation and Installation of the CPU 2 11 Installing Pipeline Burst SRAM 2 14 Installing System Memory DRAM Memory 2 15 Chapter 3 Introduction to BIOS CPU setup CPU SOFT MENU 3 4 Standard CMOS Setup Menu 3 10 BIOS Features Setup Menu 3 12 Chipset Features Setup Menu 3 18 Power Management Setup Menu 3 20 PCI Onboard I O Setup 3 24 Load BI...

Page 2: ...k Installation Appendix B Intel Pentium CPUs Appendix C AMD K5 CPUs Appendix D Cyrix 6x86 CPUs Appendix E General Discussion about HDD Installation Appendix F Technical Support Appendix G Flash BIOS User Instructions ...

Page 3: ...M on board It also 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 res...

Page 4: ...Intel Pentium CPUs 75MHz to 200MHz and P55C CPUs with MMX l Supports all AMD sixth generation AMD K5 CPUs 75MHz to 166MHz AMD K6 CPUs 200MHz and 233MHz l Supports all Cyrix sixth generation 6x86 CPUs P120 P133 P150 P166 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 Pipe...

Page 5: ...IO mode 0 4 and Bus Master l One EPP ECP parallel port and one 16550 serial port l Two floppy disk drive connectors FDD 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M 8 Other features l Standard AT 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 bra...

Page 6: ...1 4 Chapter 1 l Layout diagram Fig 1 1 Layout diagram ...

Page 7: ...cessor 3 3V Host BUS Control Address Data Second Level Cache Addr Ctrl Tag Ctrl Data Ctrl TIO 0 7 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 ...

Page 8: ...ntium CPUs 75MHz to 200MHz and P55C CPUs with MMX l Supports all AMD sixth generation AMD K5 CPUs 75MHz to 166MHz AMD K6 CPUs 200MHz and 233MHz l Supports all Cyrix sixth generation 6x86 CPUs P120 P133 P150 P166 l Reserved circuitry supports future sixth generation CPUs 3 Chipset l Intel 430 HX chipset l Supports standard version PCI 2 1 4 L2 Cache Memory l 256K or 512K of cache memory Pipeline Bu...

Page 9: ...IO mode 0 4 and Bus Master l One EPP ECP parallel port and one 16550 serial port l Two floppy disk drive connectors FDD 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M 8 Other features l Standard AT 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 bra...

Page 10: ...1 8 Chapter 1 l Layout diagram Fig 1 3 Layout diagram ...

Page 11: ...Control Address Host BUS Second Level Cache Data Addr Ctrl Ctrl Tag Ctrl ECC TIO 0 7 TIO 8 10 Data PCI BUS Control Address Data Fast IDE Universal Serial Bus ISA BUS USB 1 USB 2 Main Memory DRAM CACHE SRAM TAG TXC PIIX3 CD ROM Hard Disk PCI Device s ISA Device s ALi M5123 Serial LPT FDC ...

Page 12: ...1 10 Chapter 1 Fig 1 4 System block diagram ...

Page 13: ...Introduction of IT5 Series Features 1 11 ...

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Page 15: ...ample 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 Installing the CPU steps for insta...

Page 16: ...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 17: ...tation the cables may have and if any notice the position of the first pin of the connector In the explanations that follow we will describe the significance of the first pin PN1 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 PN1 connector pins on the mainboard Pin number Name o...

Page 18: ...of you can ignore this instruction If your case has a cable for the Standby feature you should connect this cable to the connector on the Mainboard Pin number Name or significance of signal 10 Standby power supply 5VSB 11 Control signal of computer switch of the case The standby connector unlike the traditional mechanical switch is an electronic way to turn the computer s power off To use this fea...

Page 19: ...orientation Connect the two thread hardware reset cable to the PN2 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 ...

Page 20: ...rating speed JS1 Power Control connector This has a specific orientation The present power supply units of AT computer do not support this feature so you can ignore this connector If your power supply unit features this connector insert plug JS1 but be sure that the signification of the signal cable is the same and be sure to use this feature in connection with the Standby connector on connector P...

Page 21: ...2 Mouse cable provided to the Mouse connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 Mouse data 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 5VDC 5 Ground 6 Mouse clock The PS 2 Mouse Port is different from COM1 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 connecti...

Page 22: ... 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 connectors P8 and P9 of the power supply unit to the connectors on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification Pin number Name...

Page 23: ...er 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 US...

Page 24: ...er 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 to go back to the BIOS Setup menu and reset one by one all the specifications CPU date hour FDD and HDD parameters etc before your computer will get back into normal operation JC1 Installing the cache memory in the cache memory extens...

Page 25: ...e months Intel 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 abl...

Page 26: ...2 12 Chapter 2 multiplier factors ...

Page 27: ... as ISA 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 ...

Page 28: ...ason 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 install ...

Page 29: ...tal JC1 settings Mode 1 NO NO NO 0K OFF Mode 2 YES NO NO 256K OFF Mode 3 YES NO 256K module 512K ON Mode 4 NO NO 256K module 256K OFF Mode 5 NO NO 512K module 512K ON Mode 6 NO YES NO 512K OFF Notes 1 If your mainboard features a 512K cache when it is delivered from the factory Mode 6 in the table the mainboard will not have any cache extension slot COAST or JC1 jumper 2 The configurations listed ...

Page 30: ...d will meet your needs 3 Easy installation You just need to insert the modules without the help of God Isn t it great Besides the features mentioned above you can use simultaneously 72 pin SIMM modules and 168 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 i...

Page 31: ...inboard IT5V 128M Bytes It is the upper limit supported by the 430 VX chipset IT5H 512M Bytes It is the upper limit supported by the 430 HX chipset Relationships between memory modules and Pentium CPUs Pentium 6x86 and AMD K5 are all 64 bit CPUs but 72 pin SIMM modules are only 32 bit That s why they have to be used in pairs because the CPU will always be only able to see 64 bits This means that 7...

Page 32: ...sure that you use 3 3V unbuffered 168 pin DIMM modules and insert them in the memory socket 168 pin DIMM modules specifications According to the standards defined by JEDEC there are a lot of different types of specifications for 168 pin DIMM sockets Here are the possible types l 3 3V UNBUFFERED DIMM l 3 3V BUFFERED DIMM l 5V UNBUFFERED DIMM l 5V BUFFERED DIMM These types of DIMM modules differ not...

Page 33: ...tes IT5H 256M Bytes l Support possible for single density or double density memory modules l Memory modules supported 1Mx64 8M 2Mx64 16M or 4Mx64 32M l DIMM1 is the first pair DIMM2 is the second pair Usually you first insert modules in DIMM1 socket than in DIMM2 socket but it is possible to do the reverse l You can also directly refer to table 2 2 Scenario 3 You use 72 pin SIMM modules and 168 pi...

Page 34: ...DRAM Yes Yes Support EDO DRAM Yes Yes 168 pin DIMM specifications 3 3V Unbuffered 3 3V Unbuffered 168 pin DIMM socket 2 DIMMs 2 DIMMs Support FP DRAM Yes Yes Support EDO DRAM Yes Yes Support synchronous DRAM SDRAM Yes No DRAM Error Check No ECC Parity Maximum memory size 128MB 512MB ...

Page 35: ...Mx32 16Mx2 40MB 8Mx32 32Mx2 72MB 16Mx32 64Mx2 136MB 1Mx32 4Mx2 24MB 2Mx32 8Mx2 2Mx32 8Mx2 32MB 4Mx32 16Mx2 48MB 8Mx32 32Mx2 80MB 16Mx32 64Mx2 144MB 1Mx32 4Mx2 40MB 4Mx32 16Mx2 2Mx32 8Mx2 48MB 4Mx32 16Mx2 64MB 8Mx32 32Mx2 96MB 16Mx32 64Mx2 160MB 8Mx32 32Mx2 1Mx32 4Mx2 72MB 2Mx32 8Mx2 80MB 4Mx32 16Mx2 96MB 8Mx32 32Mx2 128MB 16Mx32 64Mx2 192MB 16Mx32 64Mx2 1Mx32 4Mx2 136MB 2Mx32 8Mx2 144MB 4Mx32 16Mx...

Page 36: ...4 8M 16MB 2Mx64 16M 24MB 1Mx64 8M 4Mx64 32M 40MB 8Mx64 64M 72MB 16Mx64 128M 136MB 1Mx64 8M 24MB 2Mx64 16M 32MB 2Mx64 16M 4Mx64 32M 48MB 8Mx64 64M 80MB 16Mx64 128M 144MB 1Mx64 4Mx2 40MB 2Mx64 8Mx2 48MB 4Mx64 32M 4Mx64 16Mx2 64MB 8Mx64 64M 96MB 16Mx64 128M 160MB 1Mx64 4Mx2 72MB 2Mx64 8Mx2 80MB 8Mx64 64M 4Mx64 16Mx2 96MB 8Mx64 64M 128MB 16Mx64 128M 192MB 1Mx64 4Mx2 136MB 2Mx64 8Mx2 144MB 16Mx64 128M ...

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Page 39: ... parameters of the hardware synchronization and detects all the hardware Only when these tasks are completed does it give up control of the computer to the program of the next level which is the operating system Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate it will be the key factor to system stability and to ensure that your system performs at its best After the BIOS...

Page 40: ...EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change color Description of each function Fig 3 BIOS Setup main menu In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3 you can see several options We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here l Press Esc to quit the BIOS Set...

Page 41: ...ou can read its data and you can also store data in it But this memory has to be powered by a battery in order to avoid any loss of its data when the computer is turned off Since you may have to change the CMOS battery when it is out of power and indoing so you will loose all CMOS data therefore we recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware or to put a label with these param...

Page 42: ...can press F1 at any time to display all the 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 Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shi...

Page 43: ...choose the following settings ä 75 50x1 5 ä 90 60x1 5 ä 100 66x1 5 ä 120 60x2 ä 133 66x2 ä 150 60x2 5 ä 166 66x2 5 ä 200 66x3 Note 2 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 Note 3 For Cyrix 6x86 and 6x86L CPUs you can choose the following P Ratings ä PR120 50x2 ä PR133 55x2 ä PR150 60x2...

Page 44: ...3 6 Chapter 3 However differences will exist because of the various brands and types available ...

Page 45: ... external clock is operating within the normal limits ä Enable CPU external clock is operating within the limits 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 ente...

Page 46: ...pment department to verify that the CPU is able to work normally when CPU speed operating temperature and power supply are 2 5 higher or lower than the standard values This is to guarantee product stability We require the manufacturer of the Clock Generator to meet the demands of our development department and to add a TURBO Frequency feature used for testing purposes by our R D department Of cour...

Page 47: ... I O Plane Voltage ä 3 52v Reserved ä 3 38v Some CPUs from AMD need this I O Plane Voltage ä 3 30v For most of the dual voltage CPUs default currently available The CPU voltage must be set according to voltage indications via CPU Marking given by the manufacturer Since the CPU voltage will decrease as technology improves we have reserved some options according to what we can forecast from present ...

Page 48: ...ven is the central value For example the voltage range of 3 52V is 3 45V to 3 6V The central voltage value between 3 45V and 3 6V is 3 52V Attention After setting up the parameters and you leave the 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 ...

Page 49: ...y 3328K Video EGA VGA Expanded Memory 0K Other Memory 128K Halt On All Errors Total Memory 4096K Esc Quit F1 Help Select Item Shift F2 Change color PU PD Modify F3 Toggle Calendar Fig 3 2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu l Set up of HDD operating mode NORMAL LBA LARGE Since old operating systems were only able to support HDD whose capacity was not bigger than 528MB any hard disk with more than 528MB was u...

Page 50: ...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 51: ...uence 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 Palette Snoop Disabled OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Esc Quit Select Item F1...

Page 52: ...ll run a series 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...

Page 53: ...Introduction of BIOS 3 15 as drive B and drive B can be set as drive A ...

Page 54: ...a 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 Typematic Ra...

Page 55: ... case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But doing this you have to reset all the options you had set up before PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status and to 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 M...

Page 56: ...ses 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 D8000 ...

Page 57: ...W The 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 58: ...lay CLK 1 Fast EDO Path Select Disabled 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 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 E...

Page 59: ...Introduction of BIOS 3 21 options ...

Page 60: ...is memory block has a size of 1M We recommend that you disable this option DRAM ECC PARITY SELECT This option is used to select the DRAM check feature ä ECC Error check and correction ä PARITY Parity error check Only IT5H has this feature Memory Parity ECC Check This option is used to enable or disable memory check feature ä Enable Enable memory check feature ä Disable Disable memory check feature...

Page 61: ...Introduction of BIOS 3 23 describe all the features of this menu ...

Page 62: ...ode and Suspend Mode The four 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...

Page 63: ...Introduction of BIOS 3 25 F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 3 5 Power Management Setup Menu ...

Page 64: ...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 65: ...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 66: ...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 67: ...ode Use DMA 3 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 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 Defa...

Page 68: ... 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 f ound 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 numb...

Page 69: ...mitations be careful The INT A signal of the first 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 sl...

Page 70: ... IRQ4 2F8h IRQ3 3E8h IRQ4 or 2E8h IRQ3 Attention Do not select the same I O address and IRQ for the two serial 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...

Page 71: ...transfer rate Slave drive PIO Mode ä Auto the BIOS can auto detect the PIO mode of the HDD 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 Onboard IDE 2 Controller The onboard 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 in...

Page 72: ...DD data transfer rate But it does not mean that you can select the highest MODE value just as you like you first have to be sure that your HDD supports this MODE otherwise the hard disk will not be able to operate normally 2 For further information about HDD installation refer to Appendix E Computer knowledge ...

Page 73: ...nter Load 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...

Page 74: ...s 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 key The...

Page 75: ... information 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 allo...

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Page 77: ...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 78: ...red line 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 mainboar...

Page 79: ...Quick Installation A 3 computer case ...

Page 80: ...DE LED connector to the connector on mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 7 Activity LED Cathode 8 IDE LED signal LED Anode Watch the pin position and the orientation PN1 There is a specific orientation for pins 13 and 14 Connect the two threads suspend switch connector of the computer case to correct pins of connector PN1 on the mainboard You can ignore this connector since mo...

Page 81: ... 7 Connect the four threads speaker cable to the correct pins of connector PN2 on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 4 5VDC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Sound Signal PN2 There is not specific orientation for pins 9 and 10 Connect the two threads connector to the correct pins of connector PN2 on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 9 Anode terminal of Turbo ...

Page 82: ...d Mouse Connect the six threads PS 2 Mouse cable that comes with the hardware to the connector on the mainboard Install the bracket located on the other end of the computer case When you buy a Mouse it has to be a PS 2 Mouse for it to be connected to this port Attach the bracket of Parallel Port Serial Port and PS2 Mouse on the computer case FAN There is a specific orientation Connect the three th...

Page 83: ...t need to use any jumper 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 following message displayed TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL KEY Press immediately Del key to enter BIOS Setup Select Load Setup Defaults than enter CPU Soft Menu to set CPU parameters Adjusting oth...

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Page 85: ...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 86: ...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 87: ...STD STD Yes P54C Sx970 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE M D 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 M D Yes P54C Q0656 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD M D Yes P54C Q0698 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE M D Yes P54C Q0697 100MHz 1 5 66MHz ST...

Page 88: ...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 89: ...Hz 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 P54CQS Sk098 133MHz 2 66MHz STD MD Yes Convert to P54CS P54CQS Q0751 133MHz 2 66MHz STD MD Yes P54CQS Q0775 133MHz 2 66MHz VRE MD Yes Convert to P54CS Pentium 150MHz CPU CPU Internal Bus External Power CPU DP Speed Spec Clock Factor Clo...

Page 90: ...s P54CS Q0886 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes PPGA P54CS Q0890 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes PPGA P54CS SY072 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P55C Q0940 166MHz 2 5 66MHz 2 9V 3 3V CPGA P55C Q0942 166MHz 2 5 66MHz 2 9V 3 3V PPGA P55C Q975 166MHz 2 5 66MHz 2 8V 3 3V CPGA P55C Q978 166MHz 2 5 66MHz 2 8V 3 3V PPGA P55C Q019 166MHz 2 5 66MHz 2 8V 3 3V PPGA Pentium 200MHz CPU CPU Internal Bus External Power CPU DP Speed S...

Page 91: ...nal 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...

Page 92: ...Appendix B B 8 ...

Page 93: ...mperature Q 60 R 70 W 55 X 65 Y 75 Z 85 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 ...

Page 94: ...Appendix C C 2 ...

Page 95: ...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 ...

Page 96: ...Appendix D D 2 ...

Page 97: ...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 98: ...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 99: ... 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 100: ...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 101: ...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 102: ... 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 p artition otherwise your hard ...

Page 103: ...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 104: ...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 105: ...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 106: ... manual Example PT5R2 PR5R2 2 Mainboard model number REV Note the mainboard model number labeled on the mainboard as REV Example 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 107: ... 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 writ...

Page 108: ...06 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 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 a...

Page 109: ...or message Example 1 To update BIOS and create a backup of the current system BIOS execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Py SAVEBIOS Sy Example 2 To update BIOS create a backup of current system BIOS and clear the CMOS execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS SAVEBIOS CC Example 3 To update BIOS and clear PnP settings execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Sn CP Example 4 To make a backup of the curre...

Page 110: ... First it is strongly suggested that youformat a disk that can boot your computer before you update your BIOS If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS update you will be able to use this disk to automatically execute a BIOS update The content of the disk should be the following a Startup system files COMMAND COM MSDOS SYS IO SYS b AWDFLSH EXE c The NEWBIOS file which can be downloaded fro...

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