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Part No:MN-086-B21-21

Rev:1.01

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction of AR5 Features

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Specifications .....................................................................1-2

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Layout diagram ..................................................................1-4

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System block diagram.........................................................1-5

Chapter 2

Installing the Mainboard

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Standard External Connectors ............................................2-3

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Jumpers and Switches.......................................................2-10

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Presentation and Installation of the CPU...........................2-11

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Installing System Memory 

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DRAM Memory

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Chapter 3

Introduction of BIOS

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CPU setup 

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CPU SOFT MENU™

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Standard CMOS Setup Menu .............................................3-9

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BIOS Features Setup Menu ..............................................3-11

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Chipset Features Setup Menu ...........................................3-17

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Power Management Setup Menu ......................................3-19

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PCI & Onboard I/O Setup ................................................3-23

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Load BIOS Defaults .........................................................3-28

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Load Setup Defaults.........................................................3-28

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Password Setting..............................................................3-29

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IDE HDD Auto Detection................................................3-30

Appendix A

Quick Installation

Appendix B

Intel Pentium CPUs

Appendix C

AMD-K5 CPUs

Appendix D

Cyrix 6x86 CPUs

Appendix E

General Discussion about HDD Installation

Summary of Contents for AR5

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 Managemen...

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 hi...

Page 4: ...PUs 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 generat...

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 s...

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

Page 7: ...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...

Page 8: ...1 6 Chapter 1...

Page 9: ...Chapter 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 furt...

Page 10: ...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 11: ...ow 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 keyloc...

Page 12: ...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 th...

Page 13: ...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 Co...

Page 14: ...witch 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...

Page 15: ...r 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...

Page 16: ...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...

Page 17: ...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...

Page 18: ...re 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 a...

Page 19: ...el 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 CP...

Page 20: ...PEED 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 card...

Page 21: ...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 termin...

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...

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...

Page 24: ...inboard 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...

Page 25: ...ectly 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...

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 48M...

Page 27: ...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...

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Page 29: ...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 opera...

Page 30: ...ion of the function keys you may use here l Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup l Press 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...

Page 31: ...lay 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 C...

Page 32: ...x1 5 120 60x2 133 66x2 150 60x2 5 166 66x2 5 200 66x3 i Note 2 j For AMD K5 CPUs from AMD you can choose the following P Ratings PR75 50x1 5 PR90 60x1 5 PR100 66x1 5 PR120 60x1 5 PR133 66x1 5 PR166 66...

Page 33: ...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 s...

Page 34: ...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 course you can...

Page 35: ...s 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 ap...

Page 36: ...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 yo...

Page 37: ...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 Calender Fig 3 2 Standard CMOS...

Page 38: ...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 39: ...ence 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 E...

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 defaul...

Page 41: ...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 42: ...d 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 previ...

Page 43: ...FF 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 mem...

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 t...

Page 45: ...t 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 1...

Page 46: ...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...

Page 47: ...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 Mai...

Page 48: ...system is set up for 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 St...

Page 49: ...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 s...

Page 50: ...mpletely 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...

Page 51: ...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 PI...

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 T...

Page 53: ...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...

Page 54: ...al 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 Disable No support for I...

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

Page 56: ...ad 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...

Page 57: ...ge 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...

Page 58: ...tion 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 har...

Page 59: ...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 pi...

Page 60: ...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...

Page 61: ...he 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 posit...

Page 62: ...onnect 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 speci...

Page 63: ...in 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 significatio...

Page 64: ...f 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 recommendation...

Page 65: ...05 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 75...

Page 66: ...R 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 Ye...

Page 67: ...D 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...

Page 68: ...x994 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 6...

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 P5...

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...

Page 71: ...P 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...

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...

Page 73: ...re 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...

Page 74: ...Appendix C C 2...

Page 75: ...nd 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 1...

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Page 77: ...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 syst...

Page 78: ...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 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...

Page 80: ...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 81: ...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 th...

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 un...

Page 83: ...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 84: ...EC 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 85: ...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 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...

Page 87: ...In 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 ind...

Page 88: ...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 Spec...

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