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How to Get Technical Support

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Summary of Contents for BE6-II

Page 1: ...incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are property of their respective owners This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this m...

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Page 3: ...U 2 3 2 3 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY 2 3 2 4 CONNECTORS HEADERS AND SWITCHES 2 6 2 5 CPU FREQUENCY SETTINGS 2 19 CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION OF THE BIOS 3 1 3 1 SOFTMENU III SETUP 3 4 3 2 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 9 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 14 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU 3 20 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 3 24 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU 3 29 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATI...

Page 4: ...TILITY APPENDIX C HARDWARE MONITORING FUNCTION INSTALLING THE WINBOND HARDWARE DOCTOR UTILITY APPENDIX D INSTALLING THE DRIVER FOR ULTRA ATA 66 APPENDIX E THE THERMAL CABLE APPENDIX F BX 133 OVERCLOCKING GUIDE APPENDIX G HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT APPENDIX H TROUBLESHOOTING NEED ASSISTANCE ...

Page 5: ...dix C for detailed information they can monitor and protect your computer insuring a safe computing environment The BE6 II also supports the PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse password and hot key wake up features you can refer to section 3 5 for detailed information letting you easily wake up your system by these devices The motherboard can provide high performance for workstations and meets the requiremen...

Page 6: ... 2000 exe Award BIOS source code issued later than 18 November 1996 passes the NTSL 2000 exe test program 1 2 Specifications 1 CPU Supports Intel Pentium III 450 800 MHz Processor cartridge Supports Intel Pentium II 233 450 MHz Processor cartridge Supports Intel Celeron 266 533MHz processors Based on 66MHz PPGA package Supports 66 and 100MHz CPU external clock speeds 2 Chipset Intel 440BX chipset ...

Page 7: ... 33 devices PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connectors 1x Floppy Port up to 2 88MB 1x Parallel Port EPP ECP 2x Serial Ports 2x USB Connectors 6 Miscellaneous ATX form factor One AGP slot five PCI slots and one ISA slot Supports PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse password and hot key wake up functions Built in Wake on LAN header Built in IrDA TX RX header Built in SB Link header Built in Wake On Ring header Bui...

Page 8: ... devices to share IRQ signals with each other Windows NT for example you can t install a PCI card into PCI slot 3 PCI slot 5 shares IRQ signals with the PCI slot 2 HPT 366 IDE controller is designed to support high speed mass storage Thus we don t suggest you connect non disk devices that use ATA ATAPI interfaces such as CD ROM to HPT 366 IDE connector IDE3 IDE4 Above 66MHz 100MHz bus speeds are s...

Page 9: ...Introduction of BE6 II Features 1 5 User s Manual 1 3 Layout Diagram Figure 1 2 Motherboard component location ...

Page 10: ...1 6 Chapter1 BE6 II 1 4 The System Block Diagram Figure 1 3 System diagram of the 440BX chipset ...

Page 11: ...g the Motherboard to the Chassis 2 2 Installation of the Pentium II III Celeron CPU 2 3 Installing System Memory 2 4 Connectors Headers and Switches 2 5 CPU Frequency Settings Before Proceeding with the Installation Before you install or unplug any connectors or add on cards please remember to turn the ATX power supply switch off fully turn the 5V standby power off or take the power cord off Other...

Page 12: ...e unable to do this should you attach the board with spacers Take a careful look at the motherboard and you will see many mounting holes on it Line these holes up with the mounting holes on the base If the holes line up and there are screw holes this means you can attach the motherboard with studs If the holes line up and there are only slots this means you can only attach the motherboard with spa...

Page 13: ...e CPU is printed on the package of the retention mechanism that comes with the motherboard You can refer to it while you install the CPU This motherboard also supports the CeleronTM PPGA processor If you want to install the CeleronTM PPGA processor you have to use an additional adapter that allows you to use a CeleronTM PPGA processor in a slot 1 board For this ABIT makes the SlotKET adapter Note ...

Page 14: ...r to figure 2 3 to see what a 168 pin PC100 SDRAM module looks like Unlike installing SIMMs DIMMs may be snapped directly into the socket Note Certain DIMM sockets have minor physical differences If your module doesn t seem to fit please do not force it into the socket as you may damaged your memory module or DIMM socket The following procedure will show you how to install a DIMM module into a DIM...

Page 15: ...he socket in one way only Firmly press the DIMM module into the DIMM socket making certain the module is completely seated in the DIMM socket Step 6 Once the DIMM module has been installed the installation is complete and the computer s cover can be replaced Or you can continue to install other devices and add on cards that are mentioned in the following section Note When you install a DIMM module...

Page 16: ...ease pay attention and read the whole section for necessary information before attempting to finish all of the hardware installation inside the computer chassis Figure 2 5 shows you all of the connectors and headers that we ll discuss in the next section you can use this diagram to visually locate each connector and header we describe All connectors headers and switches mentioned here will depend ...

Page 17: ...nnector insuring that you have a good connection Note Watch the pin position and the orientation FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN header Attach the connector from the individual CPU fan to the header named FAN1 and attach the connector from the chassis fan to FAN2 or FAN3 header You must attach the CPU fan to the processor or your processor will work abnormally or may be damaged by overheating Also if you want ...

Page 18: ...ogies can be found in Intel s TX LX BX and newer core logic chipsets This technology provides the DMA and IRQ signals present in ISA Bus today but not available on the PCI Bus The SB LINK serves as a bridge between the motherboard and PCI sound card to deliver Sound card for real mode DOS games Check to see if your card supports this Note Watch the pin position and the orientation WOR Wake On Ring...

Page 19: ...ed for system management bus SMBus The SMBus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus I2 C is a multi master bus which means that multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating a data transfer If more than one master simultaneously tries to control the bus an arbitration procedure decides which master gets priority Note Watch the pin position and ...

Page 20: ...able or Enable power recovery function This function has to cooperate with the BIOS setting see section 3 5 Short pin 1 2 Disable power recovery Short pin 2 3 Enable power recovery default NOTE If you enable the power recovery function and connect a ZIP device to the LPT port you have to turn off the power of your ZIP device after you shutdown your computer Otherwise the onboard battery will run d...

Page 21: ... to watch the pin position and the orientation or you may cause system malfunctions Figure 2 7 shows you the PN1 and PN2 functions of the pins Figure 2 7 The definition of PN1 and PN2 pins PN1 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Power LED and Keylock Switch Headers There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 3 Insert the three threaded power LED cable to pins 1 3 and the two threaded keylock cable into pin 4 and...

Page 22: ...t panel power switch to this header PN1 Pin 10 11 Hardware Suspend Switch SMI Switch Header Attach the cable from the case s front panel suspend switch if there is one to this header Use this switch to enable disable the power management function by hardware Note If you enable the ACPI function in the BIOS setup this function will not work PN2 Pin 1 2 Hardware Reset Switch Header Attach the cable ...

Page 23: ...e list please refer to table 2 2 Table 2 2 PN1 and PN2 pin count name list PIN Name Significance of signal PIN Name Significance of signal PIN 1 5VDC PIN 1 Ground PIN 2 No connection PIN 2 Reset input PIN 3 Ground PIN 3 No connection PIN 4 Keyboard inhibit Signal PIN 4 5VDC PIN 5 Ground PIN 5 Ground PIN6 LED power PIN6 Ground PIN 7 HDD active PIN 7 Speaker data PIN 8 Ground PIN 8 No connection PIN...

Page 24: ...pically designates the location of pin 1 You need to align the wire pin 1 to the FDC1 connector pin 1 then insert the wire connector into the FDC1 connector IDE1 and IDE2 Connectors An IDE hard disk drive ribbon cable has 40 wires and two connectors to provide a connection for two IDE hard disk drives After connecting the single end to the IDE1 or IDE2 connect the two connectors on the other end t...

Page 25: ... connector pin 1 then insert the wire connector into the IDE1 or IDE 2 connector IDE3 and IDE4 ATA 66 Connectors The BE6 II supports the Ultra ATA 66 Also known as Ultra DMA 66 specification It enhances existing Ultra ATA 33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity This new high speed interface doubles the Ultra ATA 33 burst data transfer rate to 66 6 Mbytes sec The result is m...

Page 26: ...ackward compatible with both Ultra ATA 33 and DMA and with existing ATA IDE hard drives CD ROM drives and host systems The Ultra ATA 66 protocol and commands are designed to be compatible with existing ATA IDE devices and systems Although a new 40 pin 80 conductor cable is required for Ultra ATA 66 the chip set pin connector remains the same at 40 Hard drives that support Ultra ATA 66 also support...

Page 27: ... Attach the BLUE connector to the appropriate 40 pin IDE plug on the motherboard Attach the BLACK connector to the mating plug on the master hard drive Attach the GREY connector to the mating plug on the slave drive secondary hard drive CD ROM or tape drive Please refer figure 2 10 Figure 2 11 BE6 II back panel connectors Figure 2 11 shows the BE6 II back panel connectors these connectors are for ...

Page 28: ...e your operating system supports this feature and you may need to install an additional driver for individual devices Please refer to your device user s manual for detailed information Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connector This motherboard provides two COM ports you can connect an external modem mouse or other devices that support this communication protocol Parallel Port Connector This parallel por...

Page 29: ...DS4 External Clock Frequency DS5 DS6 DS7 DS8 1 5 ON OFF ON ON 66 OFF OFF OFF OFF 2 0 OFF ON ON OFF 75 OFF ON OFF OFF 2 0 ON OFF OFF ON 83 ON OFF OFF OFF 2 5 OFF OFF ON OFF 100 OFF OFF ON OFF 3 0 OFF ON OFF OFF 103 ON ON ON OFF 3 5 OFF OFF OFF OFF 112 OFF ON ON OFF 4 0 OFF ON ON ON 124 ON ON OFF OFF 4 5 OFF OFF ON ON 133 ON OFF ON OFF 5 0 OFF ON OFF ON 5 5 OFF OFF OFF ON 6 0 ON ON ON OFF 6 5 ON OFF...

Page 30: ... Soft Menu III The DS10 lets you enable or disable Soft Menu III The Soft Menu III allows you to configure the CPU settings easily through BIOS setup refer to section 3 1 When you enable Soft Menu III all DIP switches must be set to OFF DS10 ON Disable Soft Menu III OFF Enable Soft Menu III ...

Page 31: ...ill produce errors the computer will crash and sometimes you will even not be able to boot the computer after it has crashed We recommend that you do not change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you are very familiar with them If you are not able to boot your computer anymore please refer to the CMOS Discharge Jumper in Section 2 4 Chapter 2 When you start the computer it is controlled by the ...

Page 32: ...d user friendliness In the BIOS Setup main menu in Figure 3 1 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 Press up down and right to choose the option you want to confirm or to modify in the main menu Press the Enter key to select the item you want Simply...

Page 33: ...s to select You may see the right cursor symbol appear on the left side of some items indicating that additional information or options can be select in a Sub Menu for this item Note The item heading in the square outlet represents the default setting for that field Computer Knowledge CMOS Data Maybe you have heard of someone losing CMOS DATA What is the CMOS Is it important CMOS is the memory in ...

Page 34: ...jumpers or switches The CPU must be setup according its specifications Figure 3 2 CPU Soft MenuTM III Screen Shot System Processor Type Intel Pentium III MMX Intel Pentium II MMX Intel Celeron MMX CPU Operating Frequency This option sets the CPU speed In this field the CPU speed is indicated like this CPU speed External clock Multiplier factor select the CPU speed according the type and the speed ...

Page 35: ... than the PCI chipset or processor specs may cause abnormal memory module functioning system hangs hard disk drive data lose abnormal functioning of the VGA card or abnormal functioning with other add on cards Using non specification settings for your CPU is not the intention of this explanation These should be used for engineering testing not for normal applications If you use non specification s...

Page 36: ... times 2 Generally if you set the CPU FSB clock to 66MHz you ought to select 1 1 If you set the CPU FSB clock to 100Mhz or higher you ought to select 2 3 AGP Transfer Mode This function allows the user to determine the capability of the AGP device Selecting Default gives optimized performance The video driver will decide the data transfer mode automatically If the CPU FSB clock exceeds 125MHz sett...

Page 37: ...unknown The specifications of all present CPUs are included in the default settings Unless you are very familiar with all CPU parameters it is very easy to make mistakes when you define the external clock and the multiplier factor by yourself Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup Normally if the CPU clock setup is wrong you will not be able to boot In this case turn the sy...

Page 38: ... to enter BIOS Setup to set up CPU parameters again Attention After setting up the parameters and leaving the BIOS SETUP and having verified that the system can be booted 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 SOFT MENU III again to set up the parameters all over again Spread Spectrum Modulat...

Page 39: ... settings Figure 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup Screen Shot Date mm dd yy You can set the date in this item month mm date dd and year yy Time hh mm ss You can set the time in this item hour hh minute mm and second ss IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave These items have a sub menu to let you choose further options You can refer to the follow figure to check what options are available ...

Page 40: ...y IDE HDD must have its partition set to active within the FDISK procedure If you are using an old HDD that is already formatted auto detection can not detect the correct parameters You may need to do a low level format or set the parameters manually and then check if the HDD is working IDE Primary Master Three settings are available Auto Manual and None If you choose Auto the BIOS will automatica...

Page 41: ...al positions Currently all high capacity hard disks support this mode that s why we recommend you use this mode Currently the BIOS can support the INT 13h extension function enabling the LBA mode to support hard disk drive capacities exceeding 8 4GB 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 supp...

Page 42: ...t units of data permit You can configure this item to sectors per track The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 255 Driver A Driver B If you have installed the floppy disk drive here then you can select the type of floppy drive it can support Six options are available None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Four op...

Page 43: ...o halt Five options are available All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key You can see your system memory list in the lower right box it shows the Base Memory Extended Memory and total Memory size configurations in your system It is detected by the system during boot up procedure ...

Page 44: ...stand each of the options in this menu we recommend you use the default values Figure 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Screen Shot Quick Power On Self Test After the computer has been powered on the BIOS of the motherboard will 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...

Page 45: ... level 2 cache When the external cache is enable it will speed up memory access and the system works faster The default setting is Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item is used to enable or to disable the CPU level 2 cache ECC Error Correction Code checking function The default setting is Enabled Processor Number Feature This feature can let the program read the data inside your processor Th...

Page 46: ...ed The default setting is Disabled When this feature is enabled you don t need to open the computer case to swap the position of floppy disk drive connectors Drive A can be set as drive B and drive B can be set as drive A Boot Up Floppy Seek When the computer boots up the BIOS detects if the system has a FDD or not When this item is enable if the BIOS detects no floppy drive it will display a flop...

Page 47: ...rd through PASSWORD SETTING this option will deny access to your system System or modification of computer setup BIOS Setup by unauthorized users SYSTEM When you choose System a password is required each time the computer boots up If the correct password is not given the system will not start SETUP When you choose Setup a password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup If you have not set ...

Page 48: ...atly decrease Shadowing address ranges This option allows you to decide if the ROM BIOS area of an interface card at a specific address uses the shadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option You have six address ranges you can select C8000 CBFFF Shadow CC000 CFFFF Shadow D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shad...

Page 49: ...ot detect those kinds of devices during system booting You can adjust the value to fit such devices Larger values will give more delay time to the device The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 15 The default setting is 0 ...

Page 50: ...rrow keys to move between the items Use and Enter key to change the values When you have finished setting up the chipset press Esc to go back to the main menu The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might well occur if your system has mixed speed DRAM chips installed so t...

Page 51: ...When select Disabled means SDRAM issue precharge on all command and gives more stable performance DRAM Data Integrity Mode Two options are available Non ECC or ECC This option is used to configure the type of DRAM in your system ECC is Error Checking and Correction when your memory is ECC memory choose the ECC option System BIOS Cacheable You can select Enabled or Disabled The default setting is E...

Page 52: ...he default setting is Disabled This option is used to reserve the memory block 15M 16M for ISA adapter ROM Some special peripherals need to use a memory block located between 15M and 16M and this memory block has a size of 1M We recommend that you disable this option Passive Release Two options are available Enabled and Disabled Set the option to enabled or disabled passive release for the Intel P...

Page 53: ... memory that can be used by the AGP device The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space SDRAM Leadoff Command Two options are available 3 and 4 This item lets you set the SDRAMs access speed You can leave it on the default setting 3 If you want to adjust this item you must check out your SDRAM SPD values first ...

Page 54: ...e Disabled it will effect the settings of four items not available For example if you disabled the Onboard IDE 1 Controller you will also disable the Master Slave Drive PIO Mode and Master Slave Drive Ultra DMA Master Slave Drive PIO Mode Six options are available Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Back to Auto The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output items let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each...

Page 55: ...a problem in using Ultra DMA devices you can try to disable this item Onboard IDE 2 Controller Description is same as the Onboard IDE 1 Controller USB Keyboard Support Two options are available Enabled and Disabled The default setting is Disabled If your system contains a USB keyboard set it to Enabled Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI slot or AGP slot VGA fir...

Page 56: ...8 and you have a keyboard that is designed for the Windows 98 operating system You can enable this item and use your keyboard wake up key to wake up your computer KB Power ON Password If your Power On Function is set to Password then you need to enter the password for keyboard wake up When your computer is shutdown and you want to wake it up you only need to type the correct password then you can ...

Page 57: ...RQ11 3E8h IRQ10 2E8h IRQ11 and AUTO Onboard Serial Port 2 This is used to specify the I O address and IRQ of Serial Port 1 Ten options are available Disable 3F8h IRQ4 2F8h IRQ3 3E8h IRQ4 or 2E8h IRQ3 3F8h IRQ10 2F8h IRQ11 3E8h IRQ10 2E8h IRQ11 and AUTO Onboard IR Function Three options are available Normal IrDA HPSIR mode ASK IR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR mode UR2 Duplex Mode Two options are availab...

Page 58: ...ode Use DMA When the mode selected for the onboard parallel port is ECP the DMA channel selected can be Channel 1 or Channel 3 EPP Mode Select When the mode selected for the onboard parallel port is EPP two EPP version options are available EPP1 7 and EPP1 9 PWR ON After PWR Fail This setting lets you set the system action after a power failure Three options are available Off On Former Sts The def...

Page 59: ...and other device These are referred to as Power Management Events If none of these events occur the system enters the power saving mode When one of the controlled events occurs the system immediately returns to normal mode and operates at its maximum speed Power saving modes can be divided into three modes according to their power consumption Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode The four modes ...

Page 60: ...s or add on cards support ACPI or not please contact the device or add on card manufacture for more information If you want to know more about ACPI specifications please go to the address below for more detailed information http www teleport com acpi acpihtml home htm Note If you enable the ACPI function in the BIOS setup the SMI function will not work ACPI requires an ACPI aware operating system ...

Page 61: ...e computer from this state Power switch Sleeping mode or power off mode RTC alarm Sleeping mode or power off mode LAN Sleeping mode or power off mode Modem Sleeping mode or power off mode IR command Sleeping mode USB Sleeping mode PS 2 keyboard Sleeping mode PS 2 mouse Sleeping mode Table 3 6 2 Effect of Pressing the Power Switch If the system is in this state and the power switch is pressed for t...

Page 62: ...n 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Hour 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15 Min The default setting is Disabled Min Saving When these two saving modes are enabled the system is set up for minimum power savings Doze Mode 1 Hour Standby Mode 1 Hour Suspend Mode 1 Hour HDD Power Down 15 Min Max Saving When the two saving modes are enabled the system is set up for maximum power savings Doze Mod...

Page 63: ...he video is switched off NA The video will never be switched off in no power saving mode Suspend The video will only be switched off in Suspend mode Standby The video will only be switched off in Standby or Suspend mode Doze The video will be switched off in all power saving modes Modem Use IRQ You can specify the IRQ for modem use Eight options are available N A 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 The default settin...

Page 64: ...stops working completely If this mode is disabled the system will not enter the Suspend mode 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 Throttle Duty Cycle This is used to specify the CPU speed in...

Page 65: ...cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Resume events are operations or signals that cause the computer to resume time counting IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI If any IRQ or NMI Non Mask Interrupt activities occur this will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed VGA Active Monitor If there is any VGA data transfer or any I O activities this will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed IR...

Page 66: ... will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Parallel Port If any Parallel port I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Mouse Break Suspend Four options are available Yes No COM1 No COM2 No PS 2 Back to Yes CPU FAN Off In Suspend Two options are available Enabled and Disabled When select Enabled the CPU fan turns off during Suspend mode ...

Page 67: ...e 3 9 PnP PCI Configurations Setup Screen Shot PNP OS Installed The device resource assigned by PnP OS e g Windows 95 or BIOS Force Update ESCD Two options are available Enabled and Disabled Default setting is Disabled Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on card and the system rec...

Page 68: ...ant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for the PCI or ISA bus architecture The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and PnP compatible devices If you select Auto ESCD The IRQ DMA and Memory Resources items will be disabled as the BIOS automatically assigns them But if you have trouble in assigning the interrupt resources automatically...

Page 69: ...assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the DMA channel Figure 3 11 PnP PCI Configurations DMA Resources Setup Screen Shot Memory Resources This sub menu can let you control the memory resource Figure 3 12 PnP PCI Configurations Memory Resources Setup Screen Shot ...

Page 70: ... and you have one or more USB devices connected If you are not using your system USB controller you can select Disabled to free the IRQ resource PIRQ_0 3 Use IRQ No Eleven options are available Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Default setting is Auto This item allows the system to automatically specify the IRQ number for the device installed on PCI slots Which means the system can specify the fixed I...

Page 71: ...d that will occupy the bus master signals into PCI slot 5 What kind of PCI card needs to use the bus master signal Generally speaking most of the PCI cards need to use the bus master signal but some Add on cards such as the Voodoo series of graphics cards and some PCI VGA and LAN cards don t occupy the bus master signal PCI slot 3 shares IRQ signals with the HPT366 IDE controller Ultra ATA 66 The ...

Page 72: ...xtends beyond the limit the system will shut down The default setting is 75 C 167 F CPU Warning Temperature This item lets you select the temperature at which you want the system to send out a warning message to the PC speakers of when the temperature goes beyond either limit You can select the temperatures you want The ranges are from 30 C 86 F to 120 C 248 F default setting is 70 C 158 F All Vol...

Page 73: ...creen Shot When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 3 10 Load Optimized Defaults Figure 3 15 Load Optimized Defaults Screen Shot ...

Page 74: ...nauthorized access Password setting procedure When you choose the Set Password option the following message 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 Set Password option the following ...

Page 75: ...confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again ...

Page 76: ...Without Saving Screen Shot Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer ...

Page 77: ...o flash your BIOS One is to directly type the full line commands that are described in this section The utility will then flash your BIOS When you finish the flash operation you will see the screen as in Figure F 2 Note F 1 The other method is to just type awdflash under Award flash BIOS utility directory then press enter The Flash Memory Writer V7 22 screen will appear Please refer to Figure F 1 ...

Page 78: ...riter V7 22 Complete Screen Figure F 3 shows you what commands you can use for the flashing program You need to go into the pure DOS environment and type awdflash Figure F 3 will then appear Figure F 3 Award Flash Memory Writer V7 22 Flash Commands Screen ...

Page 79: ... SY Example 2 To update the BIOS create a backup of current system BIOS and clear the CMOS execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS SAVEBIOS CC Example 3 To update the 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 AWDFLASH NEWBIOS PN SAVEBIOS Note F 2 NEWBIOS indicates the file name for the n...

Page 80: ...tent of the disk should be as follows 1 Startup system files COMMAND COM MSDOS SYS IO SYS 2 AWDFLSH EXE 3 The NEWBIOS file which can be download from ABIT web site 4 AUTOEXEC BAT which has the following content A AWDFLASH NEWBIOS PY SN CC CD For example to update the BE6 II BIOS version to MJ BE6 II_MJ BIN you need to type A AWDFLASH BE6 II_MJ BIN PY SN CC CD CKS 3 If you try to flash an incorrect...

Page 81: ... you need CD Xpress We ll tell you more about it CD ROM technology is growing fast but its performance is still unacceptable compared to today s hard drives The transfer rates of today s hard drives can exceed 18MB sec with access times below 12ms However transfer rates for the fastest CD ROM drives on the market are below 2MB sec with access times over 100 ms CD Xpress was created to accelerate t...

Page 82: ...a check next to Use automatic setting 7 Uncheck the box and when the system asks you to reboot click yes 8 After the system restarts the yellow mark should be gone 4 De Installation To uninstall XStore Pro from your system run Uninstall from the HighPoint XStore Pro program group This uninstall utility will deactivate CD Xpress if CD Xpress is active remove the buffer space and uninstall XStore Pr...

Page 83: ...Setup exe file to start installation Step 1 In Windows 95 98 place the CD ROM into the computer The main menu will show up Click the HighPoint XStore Pro Install button then you will see the XStore Pro installer is preparing the InstallShield Wizard When it is done the Welcome screen will show up Step 2 Press the Next key you will see the screen below You then need to choose whether you want to in...

Page 84: ...cense screen Step 4 Press Yes to the continue screen below Step 5 When installation process is done you will see the screen below This screen will show up only when you install both XStore Pro and CD Xpress If you want to see the ReadMe file you can click on the circle ...

Page 85: ...6 Choose the Yes I want to restart my computer now button then system will restart Or you can choose the No I will restart my computer later Note You must restart your computer after you installed the XStore Pro utility Otherwise software may works not properly ...

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Page 87: ... may result in permanent damage of the PC Once any item is out of its normal range a warning message will pop up and remind the user to take proper measures The following description will tell you how to install the Hardware Doctor and use it This CD ROM Or floppy diskette has the Winbond Hardware Doctor utility If you have a floppy diskette and not the CD ROM just insert diskette 1 and execute th...

Page 88: ... to use the default path click the icon to continue the install process Now the screen will show you the percentage of installation progress Step 4 When the progress finishes click the OK button Step 5 Go to the Windows toolbar and click the Start button then choose the program HWDoctor See the arrow mark on figure below ...

Page 89: ...mple problems If the warning message pops up due to the wrong warning limit you can adjust it in the Configuration option For example if you set the temperature high limit to 40 C you are easy to exceed proper temperature Please pay attention to two things when you want to make any changes in the Configuration option Firstly you have to make sure your new setting is in the proper range Secondly af...

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Page 91: ...g systems DOS The Ultra ATA 66 BIOS supports DOS 5 x or above and Windows 3 1x without software driver Windows 95 Step 1 Install Windows 95 normally Step 2 After you have finished installation and entered Windows 95 please enter Control Panel System and then select Device Manager Other Devices Select one of the PCI Mass Storage Controllers and then click Properties Step 3 Select Driver and then cl...

Page 92: ...6 II Step 4 Select Yes Recommended and then click Next Step 5 Insert the Ultra ATA 66 driver disk into drive A and then click Other Locations Step 6 Enter A Win95_98 in blank space and then click OK Step 7 Click Finish ...

Page 93: ... Mass Storage Controller driver The installation procedure is the same as Steps 3 to 10 After updating another controller driver the system will ask you to restart your computer again Click Yes to restart your computer Step 11 After your system has restarted you can enter Control Panel System and then select Device Manager SCSI Controllers If Ultra ATA 66 driver is installed correctly you will see...

Page 94: ...fter you have finished installation and entered Windows 95 please enter Control Panel System and then select Device Manager Other Devices Select one of the PCI Mass Storage Controllers and then click Properties Step 3 Select Driver and then click Update Driver Step 4 Click Next ...

Page 95: ...ser s Manual Step 5 Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now Recommended and then click Next Step 6 Select Specify a Location and then type A Win95_98 in the text box Click Next Step 7 Click Next Step 8 Click Finish ...

Page 96: ...ctly you will see the figure on the left Windows NT 4 0 Installing drivers during Windows NT installation CD ROM disk Install The following instructions explain how to install the Ultra ATA 66 driver while installing Windows NT 4 0 Step 1 When you power the computer on you will see the following message appear briefly at the bottom of the screen during POST PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP Please press th...

Page 97: ...ures Setup Step 3 Insert the Windows NT installation CD must be bootable into your CD ROM Press the F6 key immediately when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears Step 4 Press S to specify an additional device Ultra ATA 66 IDE controller Step 5 Press ENTER to select Others Step 6 Insert the Ultra ATA 66 Driver diskette into drive A and press ENTER ...

Page 98: ...llow the instructions displayed in the NT setup program Step 9 After the first stage installation of Windows NT 4 0 is finished you will need to restart your computer Please enter the BIOS setup utility again when your system is rebooting refer to step 1 Select ADVANCED BIOS FEATURE SETUP after you enter BIOS setup utility Then set the First Boot Device as UDMA66 NOTE Don t remove your Windows NT ...

Page 99: ...e system will reboot On the reboot press F6 immediately when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears If you install a general drive to IDE1 or IDE2 and an Ultra ATA 66 drive to IDE3 or IDE4 we suggest you don t format your general drive with FAT32 file system Otherwise you will encounter some problems when you install Windows NT on Ultra ATA 66 drive because ...

Page 100: ...efore the setup program autodetects your hardware The other is after setup program autodetects your hardware If you choose the former you will need to install every device s driver manually Therefore we suggest you letting the setup program autodetects your hardware first then press S to install the Ultra ATA 66 driver Step 3 Select Other requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer and then ...

Page 101: ...inue setup Step 7 After you configure your hard disk and specify the installation path the NT setup will ask you to insert the Ultra ATA 66 driver disk into drive A again Insert the driver disk and then press ENTER to continue setup If you have followed the steps described above you should be finished installing your Ultra ATA 66 controller For the rest of Windows NT installation steps please foll...

Page 102: ...NT 4 0 file system you can install the Ultra ATA 66 into the existing system by following procedure Step 1 Open Control Panel and then enter SCSI Adapters Step 2 Select Drivers and then click Add Step 3 Click Have Disk Step 4 Insert the Ultra ATA 66 driver disk into drive A and then click OK ...

Page 103: ...Installing the driver for Ultra ATA 66 D 13 User s Manual Step 5 Click OK Step 6 Enter A in blank space and then click Continue Step 7 Click Yes to restart your computer ...

Page 104: ...D 14 Appendix D BE6 II ...

Page 105: ...emperature in the location of your choice You can attach one end of the two threaded thermal cable A that comes with the motherboard to the TSYS2 header then tape the other end of the thermal cable B onto the location you want to detect the temperature After you have installed the thermal cable you will see the detected temperature in the BIOS Setup and Winbond Hardware Doctor Utility ...

Page 106: ...E 2 Appendix E BE6 II ...

Page 107: ... will enjoy the feeling of finding out the best performance of your system What is PC133 PC133 is the latest memory standard increasing bus speeds 33 when compared to the PC100 In the past 133MHz speed was only available when users overclocked their BX system But users have previously found that they could not overclock their system to 133MHz successfully due to set CPU chipset and memory restrict...

Page 108: ...t the CPU FSB clock to 100MHz and choose 1 3 here the PCI bus clock will be 33 3 MHz We suggest you choose the ratio which brings the PCI bus clock as close to 33MHz as possible AGP CPU FSB Clock 1 1 and 2 3 options let the user adjust the AGP clock We suggest you choose the ratio which brings the AGP clock as close to 66MHz as possible CPU Core Voltage 1 3 3 5 V manually adjustable but protected ...

Page 109: ...e settings will give you the optimum system for stability The following table lists all of the CPU default settings CPU Speed FSB Clock PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock AGP Clock CPU FSB Clock 233 66 1 2 33 1 1 66 266 66 1 2 33 1 1 66 300 66 1 2 33 1 1 66 333 66 1 2 33 1 1 66 300 100 1 3 33 3 2 3 66 67 350 100 1 3 33 3 2 3 66 67 400 100 1 3 33 3 2 3 66 67 450 100 1 3 33 3 2 3 66 67 366 66 1 2 33 1 1 66 400...

Page 110: ... and choose the ratio which brings the PCI clock as close to 33MHz as possible Second when you are selecting the AGP CPU FSB clock please refer to the CPU FSB you set and choose the ratio which brings the AGP clock as close to 66MHz as possible Finally for the PC133 system we recommend the setting of the PCI CPU FSB Clock to 1 4 the AGP CPU FSB Clock to 2 3 the AGP Transfer Mode to Normal and the ...

Page 111: ...00 Intel I740 Pass Matrox G100 MGA G100 Pass Matrox Mystique MGA G200 Pass Matrox Millennium MGA G400 Pass 4Matrox Millennium II Millennium Pass Leadtek L2300 Permedia II Pass Leadtek 3D S3500ZX RIVA 128ZX Pass ASUS V3400 RIVA TNT Pass Creative TNT RIVA TNT Pass DIAMOND Viper V550 RIVA TNT Pass ELSA ErazorII RIVA TNT Pass Leadtek S320 RIVA TNT Pass STB Velocity4400 RIVA TNT Pass TOP Solution RIVA ...

Page 112: ...ECC SPD CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC8M8A2 75 B ECC SPD CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC8M8A2 75 B SPD APACER SIEMEMS HYB39S64800AT 7 5 SPD APACER LGS GM72V66841ET75 SPD Capacity 32MB CRUCIAL MT48LC4M16A2 75 B SPD OK Fail PC 100 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Capacity 256MB TWINMOS SEC KM44S16030BT GL SPD Capacity 128MB CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC8M8A2 8E ECC SPD TWINMOS TOSHIBA TC59S6408BFT 80 ECC SPD CORSAIR SEC KM48S8030BT GL ECC SPD...

Page 113: ... the best quality and compatibility In case you need service or technical support please understand the constraint we have and always check with the reseller who sold the product to you first To expedite service we recommend that you follow the procedures outlined below before contacting us With your help we can meet our commitment to provide the best service to the greatest number of ABIT custome...

Page 114: ... They integrated and sold the system to you They should know best what your system configuration is and your problem They should have reasonable return or refund policies How they serve you is also a good reference for your next purchase 5 Contacting ABIT If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department First please contact the support ...

Page 115: ... abituksales compuserve com abituktech compuserve com Tel 44 1438 741 999 Fax 44 1438 742 899 In Germany and Benelux Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg countries AMOR Computer B V ABIT s European Office Van Coehoornstraat 5a 5916 PH Venlo The Netherlands sales abit nl technical abit nl Tel 31 77 3204428 Fax 31 77 3204420 All other territories not covered above please contact Taiwan Head Office When co...

Page 116: ...vice there 6 Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT Because of tremendous number of email messages we receive every day we are forced to give greater weight to certain types of messages than to others For this reason any compatibility problem that is reported to us giving detailed system configuration information and error symptoms will receive the highest priority For the other questions we reg...

Page 117: ...l VGA card and see if the system will start If it still does not start note the VGA card model motherboard model Bios identification number CPU on the technical support form refer to main instructions and describe the problem in the problem description space provided If you can boot up Insert back the interface cards you have removed one by one and try to start the system each time you insert a ca...

Page 118: ...he system If the system starts and does not reset you can be sure that the problem is due to the Sound Card Driver Note down the Sound Card model motherboard model BIOS identification number on the technical support file refer to main instructions and describe the problem in the space provided Main instructions To fill in this Technical Support Form refer to the step by step instructions given bel...

Page 119: ...Troubleshooting Need Assistance H 3 User s Manual 4 DRIVER REV Note the driver version number indicated on the DEVICE DRIVER disk if have as Release For example ...

Page 120: ... the brand and specifications of your CD ROM drive Specify if it uses IDE1 or IDE2 and check in case you give no indication we will consider that your CD ROM is IDE2 Master Example In the CD ROM drive space check the box in the Brand space write Mitsumi in the Specifications space write FX 400D 9 System Memory DRAM Indicate the brand and specifications SIMM DIMM of your system memory For example I...

Page 121: ...nual Technical Support Form Company name Phone Contact Fax Model BIOS ID Motherboard Model No DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware name Brand Specifications CPU HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory DRAM ADD ON CARD Problem Description ...

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