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Summary of Contents for AH6E Pentium II

Page 1: ...rnal Connectors 2 4 Jumper and Switches 2 11 Installation of the CPU 2 13 Installing System Memory i DRAM Memory j2 16 Chapter 3 Introduction of BIOS CPU Setup i CPU SOFT MENU j 3 3 Standard CMOS Setu...

Page 2: ...ppendix B General Discussion about HDD Installation Appendix C Flash BIOS User Instructions Appendix D How to install Ultra DMA 33 drive Appendix E How to install the PCI bridge driver for 440LX chips...

Page 3: ...es needed to set CPU parameters l Employs switching type regulators to stabilize CPU operation l Supports 66 75 and 83 MHz CPU external clock speeds l Supports Pentium II 233 300 MHz processor cartrid...

Page 4: ...connectors l Built in PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse port connectors l Built in standard IrDA TX RX header and SB LinkTM header l Two built in USB connectors l Built in EISCA 12 pin header 7 Miscellaneo...

Page 5: ...Introduction of AH6 Feature 1 3 Layout Diagram Figure 1 1 Component Locations...

Page 6: ...1 4 Chapter 1 The System Block Diagram...

Page 7: ...ors now on the market For details see specifications in Chapter 1 This chapter is organized according the following features Installing the Mainboard to the Casing Standard external connectors Jumpers...

Page 8: ...puter 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 installa...

Page 9: ...re are screw holes this means you can attach the mainboard with bolts If the holes line up and there are only slots this means you can only attach the mainboard with spacers Take the tip of the spacer...

Page 10: ...e mainboard You need to carefully pay attention to any connection orientation the cables may have and if any notice the position of the first pin of the connector In the explanations that follow we wi...

Page 11: ...switch Use this switch to enable disable the power management function by hardware Pin number Name or significance of signal 13 Ground 14 Suspend signal PN1 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Keylock and Power LED Connect...

Page 12: ...to this connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 7 LED power 8 HDD active PN1 Pin 10 11 Power Switch Pin number Name or significance of signal 10 Ground 11 Power Switch signal PN2 Pin 9 10...

Page 13: ...number Name or significance of signal 1 Mouse data 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 5VDC 5 Mouse clock 6 No connection KB PS 2 Keyboard Connector Attach a keyboard to this 6 pin Din connector Pin number Nam...

Page 14: ...5 Ground 6 5V 7 Ground 8 Powergood 9 5V 10 12V 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 Ground 14 ON OFF control signal 15 Ground 16 Ground 17 Ground 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V FAN1 CPU FAN FAN2 DC FAN Power Connector Pin number Na...

Page 15: ...connectors Name Pin number Description IDE1 40 IDE channel 1 connector IDE2 40 IDE channel 2 connector FDC 34 Floppy disk connector LPT 25 Parallel port COM1 9 Serial port COM1 connector COM2 9 Seria...

Page 16: ...DATA 3 HCT 4 KEY 5 VCC 6 Speaker out 7 GND 8 VCCP 9 FAN1 sensor 10 VCC3 11 FAN2 sensor 12 12V WOL1 WOL2 Connector Wake On LAN Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Sense Input 2 GND 3 5VSB SB Li...

Page 17: ...are used to indicate jumper settings For 3 pin jumpers the symbols below are used For 2 pins jumpers the following symbols are used Note To avoid losing jumper caps attach the removed jumper cap to o...

Page 18: ...1 CMOS Discharge Jumper Jumper CCMOS discharge CMOS memory When you install the mainboard make sure this jumper is set for Normal Operation 1 2 See the jumper below Setting CCMOS Normal Operation Def...

Page 19: ...ther hole and peg base Push each peg into its hole firmly to the end until you hear it click into place 2 Slide a black plastic support onto each end of the fan heat sink making sure that the hole and...

Page 20: ...of the processor until they click into place 4 Hold the processor so that the fan shroud is facing toward the pegs on the mainboard Slide the processor Direction C into the retention mechanism and pr...

Page 21: ...l they click into place in the retention mechanism The latches must be secured for proper electrical connection of the processor Note l Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper h...

Page 22: ...lowing set of rules allows for optimum configurations l The memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide Without parity or with parity l Those modules can be populated in any order l Support single and double d...

Page 23: ...rations the 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 i...

Page 24: ...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 option CMOS DATA Maybe you have heard...

Page 25: ...tion This feature allows the user to complete more easily the installation procedures You can install the CPU without configuring any jumpers or switches The CPU must be setup according its specificat...

Page 26: ...nd that you use the User Define option to setup CPU speed and multiplier factor This option is for setup of future CPUs whose specifications are still unknown The specifications of all present CPUs ar...

Page 27: ...n the system on after having inserted the CPU in the slot without having to configure any jumpers or DIP switches But if you change your CPU normally you just have to turn off the power supply change...

Page 28: ...partment 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...

Page 29: ...GE 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 was unusable AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem y...

Page 30: ...ks 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 LARGE Mod...

Page 31: ...Enable or Disable When this feature is enabled if there is any attempt from a software or an application to access the boot sector or the partition table the BIOS will warn you that a boot virus is a...

Page 32: ...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 dr...

Page 33: ...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...

Page 34: ...computer 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...

Page 35: ...rd at the address CC000 CFFFF uses the shadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option Shadowing address ranges D0000 D3FFF Shadow This option allo...

Page 36: ...hadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option SHADOW What is the SHADOW The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM and it is o...

Page 37: ...alues use the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS option Fig 3 4 Chipset Features Setup You can use the arrow keys to move between the items Use PgUP PgDn and to change the values When you have finished setting up th...

Page 38: ...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 block located...

Page 39: ...evice These are referred to as Power Management Events In cases where none of these events occur the system enters the power saving mode When one of the controlled events occurs the system immediately...

Page 40: ...minimum power savings Doze 1 hour Standby 1 hour Suspend 1 hour 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...

Page 41: ...DD Doze Mode When the setting selected for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour If no power management event occurs during this time period me...

Page 42: ...hen four seconds while the system is in the working state then the system will transition to the soft off Power off by software This is called the power button over ride Resume by Ring To connect a ex...

Page 43: ...OS or BIOS Force Update ESCD If you want to clear ESCD data next time you boot up and ask the BIOS to reset the settings for the Plug Play ISA Card and the PCI Card select Enabled But the next time yo...

Page 44: ...erted in PCI slotX Some old PCI IDE cards cannot be detected by the BIOS If the onboard BIOS cannot detect a PCE IDE card you have to specify on which PCI slot the IDE card is inserted to make the BIO...

Page 45: ...s are available IrDA HPSIR mode ASK IR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR mode Disabled IR Tr Re Polarity Set IR transmission reception polarity as High or Low On board Parallel Port Set the I O address and IRQ...

Page 46: ...ve Mode Auto the BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the HDD installed in order to set its data transfer rate Default PIO Mode 0 4 User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in order to set its da...

Page 47: ...ter 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...

Page 48: ...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 co...

Page 49: ...formation 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 auto detect t...

Page 50: ...3 28 Chapter 3...

Page 51: ...IDE Driver The Intel PIIX4Bus Master IDE is now include in the mainboard OS Support Windows 95 Windows NT 3 5 3 51 4 0 OS 2 V2 x Warp 3 0 Installation Each OS has different install procedure please c...

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Page 53: ...ners of the mechanism Slightly and gently insert the Pentium II processor into the retention base make sure all the components are affixed securely According to your CPU speed set up the CPU in the CP...

Page 54: ...ientation PN1 There is a specific orientation for pin 1 to pin 5 Insert the two threads keylock cable into pin 4 and pin 5 and three threads power LED cable to Pin 1 pin 3 Correct pins of connector on...

Page 55: ...signal or signification 13 Ground 14 Suspend signal PN2 This connector has a specific orientation Connect the two threads LED connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification...

Page 56: ...in 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...

Page 57: ...1 FAN2 sensor 12 12V Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Sense Input 2 GND 3 5VSB Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 GNTA 2 GND 3 KEY 4 REQA 5 GND 6 SERIRQ Mouse There is an orientati...

Page 58: ...ormal operation Adjust them according to the following recommendations CCMOS G Put jumper on pin 1 and pin 2 Parameters and CPU settings After you have followed the steps described above and completed...

Page 59: ...vers 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 ne...

Page 60: ...es 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 acce...

Page 61: ...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...

Page 62: ...et 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...

Page 63: ...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...

Page 64: ...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 un...

Page 65: ...EWBIOS 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 current system BIOS execute the following command AWDFL...

Page 66: ...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...

Page 67: ...rt the operating system s Ultra DMA driver software All packages sold by ABIT contain this driver software Complete the installation process exactly as below In Windows 95 place the Ultra DMA 33 diver...

Page 68: ...D 2 Appendix D 2 License Notebook close the view 3 Question Click Yes 4 Select Components Click INSTALL...

Page 69: ...How to install the Ultra DMA 33 driver D 3 5 Question Click Yes 6 Question Click Yes...

Page 70: ...D 4 Appendix D 7 Information Click OK After previous instructions have been followed the driver will automatically install It will automatically restart the computer after it has finished installing...

Page 71: ...pdate drive version 3 0 It can be used to update both 430TX and 440LX chipset if your motherboard uses one of these Intel chipsets The following procedure will describe how to install and update the P...

Page 72: ...E 2 Appendix E PCI Bridge Driver for Windows 95 then you will see the screen below Step3 Click NEXT Step 4 You will see the license agreement dialog screen click Yes...

Page 73: ...How to install the PCI Bridge Batch File E 3 Step 5 Click Next then wait a while until you see the installation complete screen...

Page 74: ...E 4 Appendix E Step 6 Restart your computer then check the Device Manager again First you can check Hard Disk Controller then take a look to see if the Bus Master driver is already recognized...

Page 75: ...How to install the PCI Bridge Batch File E 5 Step 7 Also check System Device to find out if three devices are identified as well Please see the arrows below You have completed all things now...

Page 76: ...E 6 Appendix E...

Page 77: ...ibed 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...

Page 78: ...C 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...

Page 79: ...ctions given below 1 MODEL Note the model number given in your user s manual Example PT5R2 PR5R2 2 Mainboard model number REV Note the mainboard model number labeled on the mainboard as REV Example RE...

Page 80: ...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 indica...

Page 81: ...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 S...

Page 82: ...F 6 Appendix F...

Page 83: ...ort 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 CO...

Page 84: ...F 8 Appendix F...

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