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Installing the driver for Ultra ATA/66

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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: ...1 3 1 CPU Setup SOFT MENU II 3 3 3 2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu 3 8 3 3 BIOS Features Setup Menu 3 11 3 4 Chipset Features Setup Menu 3 17 3 5 Power Management Setup Menu 3 21 3 6 PNP PCI Configuration 3 28 3 7 Load Setup Defaults 3 30 3 8 Integrated Peripherals 3 31 3 9 Password Setting 3 36 3 10 IDE Hard Disk Detection 3 37 3 11 Save Exit Setup 3 38 3 12 Quit Without Saving 3 38 APPENDIX A BIOS FL...

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Page 5: ...The BE6 has built in hardware monitoring functions you can refer to Appendix C for detailed information they can monitor and protect your computer insuring a safe computing environment The BE6 also supports both the PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse wake up features you can refer to section 3 8 for detailed information letting you easily wake up your system by these devices The motherboard can provide ...

Page 6: ...ports Intel Pentium II 233 450 MHz Processor cartridge Supports Intel Celeron 266 466MHz processors Based on 66MHz PPGA package Supports 66 and 100MHz CPU external clock speeds 2 Chipset Intel 440BX chipset 82443BX and 82371EB HPT366 Ultra DMA66 IDE controller supports four Ultra DMA66 devices Supports Ultra DMA 33 IDE protocol Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface ACPI Ac...

Page 7: ...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 two ISA slots Supports PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse 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 Built in SMBus header Hardware monitoring Included fan speed voltages CPU and sys...

Page 8: ...ow peripheral devices to share IRQ signals with each other Windows NT for example you can t install a PCI card into PCI slot 3 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 supported but not guaranteed due to th...

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

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

Page 11: ... 1 Installing 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 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 Otherwise you may ca...

Page 12: ... 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 spac...

Page 13: ...the 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 Celeron PPGA processor If you want to install the Celeron PPGA processor you have to use an additional adapter that allows you to use a Celeron PPGA processor in a slot 1 board For this ABIT makes the SlotKET adapter Note Inst...

Page 14: ... 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 DIMM...

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: ...Please 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 depen...

Page 17: ...connector 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 FAN2 and attach the connector from the chassis fan to FAN1 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 wan...

Page 18: ...echnologies 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 WOR1 Wake ...

Page 19: ... 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 the orientation CON2 header This header is f...

Page 20: ...clear the CMOS you have to turn the power off first including the 5V standby power Otherwise your system may work abnormally or malfunction PN1 and PN2 Headers PN1 and PN2 are for switches and indicators for the chassis s front panel there are several functions that come from these two headers You have to watch the pin position and the orientation or you may cause system malfunctions Figure 2 7 sh...

Page 21: ...position and orientation PN1 Pin 6 7 HDD LED Header Attach the cable from the case s front panel HDD LED to this header If you install it in the wrong direction the LED light will not illuminate correctly Note Watch the HDD LED pin position and the orientation PN1 Pin 8 9 Power on Switch Header Attach the cable from the case s front panel power switch to this header PN1 Pin 10 11 Hardware Suspend ...

Page 22: ...e system PN2 Pin 4 5 6 7 Speaker Header Attach the cable from the system speaker to this header PN2 Pin 9 10 Suspend LED Header Insert the two threaded suspend LED cable into pin 9 and pin 10 If you install it in the wrong direction the LED light will not illuminate correctly Note Watch the HDD LED pin position and the orientation For the PN1 and PN2 pin s count name list please refer to table 2 2...

Page 23: ...d what their functions are FDC1 Connector This 34 pin connector is called the floppy disk drive connector You can connect a 360K 5 25 1 2M 5 25 720K 3 5 1 44M 3 5 or 2 88M 3 5 floppy disk drive you can even connect a 3 Mode floppy disk drive it s a 3 1 2 drive used in Japanese computer systems A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for the connection of two flo...

Page 24: ...n the motherboard that is the IDE2 connector on the motherboard Two hard disks can be connected to each connector The first HDD is referred to as the Master The second HDD is referred to as the Slave For performance issues we strongly suggest you don t install a CD ROM drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk Otherwise the system performance on this channel may drop how much depends on your CD...

Page 25: ...ct non disk devices that use ATA ATAPI interfaces such as CD ROM to HPT 366 IDE connector IDE3 IDE4 Figure 2 8 The difference between Ultra ATA 33 and Ultra ATA 66 Conductor Cables Figure 2 9 shows you a photo of an Ultra ATA 66 Conductor Cable An Ultra ATA 66 capable cable is a 40 pin 80 conductor cable with a black connector on one end a blue connector on the other end and a gray connector in th...

Page 26: ...e cable must be 80 conductor the length should not exceed 18 inches If all the above requirements are met you can enjoy the Ultra ATA 66 features of your computer system How to install the Ultra ATA 66 Cable Assembly The BLUE connector MUST be plugged into the motherboard or your system will not work Each connector on the Ultra ATA 66 cable assembly has a small polarization tab centrally located o...

Page 27: ...ter adapter then you can connect your AT keyboard to this connector We suggest you use a PS 2 keyboard for best compatibility KM1 Upper PS 2 Mouse Connector Attach a PS 2 mouse to this 6 pin Din connector USB Port Connectors This motherboard provides two USB ports Attach the USB connector from the individual device to these connectors You can attach USB devices such as a scanner monitor mouse keyb...

Page 28: ... connect an external modem mouse or other devices that support this communication protocol Parallel Port Connector This parallel port is also called an LPT port because it usually connects to the printer You can connect other devices that support this communication protocol like a scanner M O drive etc ...

Page 29: ...oduce 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 section Erase CMOS data in Chapter 2 When you start the computer it is controlled by the BIOS program The...

Page 30: ...Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option Computer Knowledge CMOS Data Maybe you have heard somebody saying that their CMOS DATA was lost What is the CMOS Is it important The CMOS is the memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have configured This memory is passive You can read its data and you can also store data in it But this memory has to be ...

Page 31: ...e CPU must be setup according its specifications In the first option you can press F1 at any time to display all the items that can be chosen for that option Figure 3 2 CPU SOFT MENU II CPU Name Is Intel Celeron MMX Intel Pentium II MMX Intel Pentium III MMX CPU Operating Speed This option sets the CPU speed In this field the CPU speed is indicated like this CPU speed External clock Multiplier fac...

Page 32: ...on These should be used for engineering testing not for normal applications If you use non specification settings for normal operation your system may not be stable and may effect system reliability Also we do not guarantee the stability and compatibility for settings that are not within specification and any damage of any elements on the motherboard or peripherals is not our responsibility Turbo ...

Page 33: ...own system but after you have tested the product we recommend that you set it back to its normal value in order to guarantee system stability External Clock 66MHz 1 2 100MHz 1 3 75MHz 1 2 83MHz 1 2 112MHz 1 3 133MHz 1 3 124MHz 1 3 133MHz 1 4 124MHz 1 4 150MHz 1 4 140MHz 1 4 105MHz 1 3 110MHz 1 3 115MHz 1 3 120MHz 1 3 Note CPU bus speed above 66MHz 100MHz supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI...

Page 34: ... setting is Default Speed Error Hold The default setting is Disabled If you change the setting to Enabled when the CPU speed setting is wrong the system will hold Normally we do not recommend that you use the User Define option to setup CPU speed and multiplier factors This option is for setup of future CPUs whose specifications are still unknown The specifications of all present CPUs are included...

Page 35: ...o erase the parameters of the original CPU and 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 II again to set up the para...

Page 36: ...et time information in this item hour hh minute mm and second ss Setup of the HDD operating mode NORMAL LBA LARGE Since old operating systems were only able to support HDDs whose capacity was not bigger than 528MB any hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem you can according to your operating system choose three operating modes NORMAL LBA or LARGE...

Page 37: ...upport 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 support LBA mode you should select this mode Drive A If you have installed the floppy disk drive here then you can select the type of floppy...

Page 38: ...tting is EGA VGA Halt On You can select which type of error will cause the system to halt Five options are available All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key Back to All Errors You can see your system memory list in the lower right box it shows the Base Memory Extended Memory and other Memory size configuration in your system ...

Page 39: ...can be set as 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 attempting to access to the hard disk CPU Level 1 Cache This item is used to Enable or to Disable the CPU level 1 cache When the cache is set at Disable it is much slower so the default se...

Page 40: ...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 the floppy drive A hard drive SCSI drive or CD ROM There are many options for the boot sequence A C EXT C A EXT C CD ROM A CD ROM C A D A EXT At least 2 IDE HDD can be used E A EXT At least 3 IDE...

Page 41: ...ystem has an FDD or not When this item is enabled if the BIOS detects no floppy drive it will display a floppy disk drive error message If this item is disabled the BIOS will skip this test Boot Up NumLock Status On At boot up the Numeric Keypad is in numeric mode Off At boot up the Numeric Keypad is in cursor control mode IDE HDD Block Mode This item can be set as Enable or Disable Most of new ha...

Page 42: ...authorized 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 a password in the PASSWORD SETTING option this option is not available Notice Don t forget your password If you forget the passwo...

Page 43: ... processor into your motherboard and when your system boots up then this item will show up in BIOS Two items will be available Enabled and Disabled When you choose Enabled the specific program can read your processor s serial number When you choose Disabled it will not allow the program to read your processor s serial number The default setting is Disabled Video BIOS Shadow This option is used to ...

Page 44: ...at is the SHADOW 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 ...

Page 45: ... SETUP DEFAULTS option Figure 3 5 Chipset Features Setup You can use the arrow keys to move between the items Use PgUP PgDn or key to change the values When you have finished setting up the chipset press ESC to go back to the main menu SDRAM CAS latency Time Two options are available 2 and 3 You can select SDRAM CAS Column Address Strobe latency time according your SDRAM specification SDRAM Precha...

Page 46: ...ur VGA adapter manual to find out if any compatibility problems will occur 8 Bit I O Recovery Time Nine options are available NA 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Back to NA This option specifies the length of a delay inserted between consecutive 8 bit I O operations For an earlier 8 bit Add on card sometimes you need to adjust its recovery time to make it work normally 16 Bit I O Recovery Time Five options are ava...

Page 47: ...his option for optimal results AGP Aperture Size MB Seven options are available 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 Back to 4 This option specifies the amount of system 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 Spread Spectrum Three options are available Disable 0 25 0 5 For EMC Electro Magnetic Compatibility Te...

Page 48: ...t is unchangeable Note The hardware monitoring features for temperature fans and voltages will occupy the I O address from 294H to 297H If you have a network adapter sound card or other add on cards that might use those I O addresses please adjust your add on card I O address to avoid the use of those addresses There are small differences in the chipset feature setup according to different motherb...

Page 49: ...nd other device 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 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 ...

Page 50: ...re drivers If you want to know if your devices 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 ACPI requires an ACPI aware operating system ACPI features include Plug and Play inclu...

Page 51: ...ce events can wake up the 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 Sleep button Sleeping mode Table 5 2 Effect of Pressing the Power Switch If the system is in...

Page 52: ...ntel and other major manufacturers Video Off Method Three video off methods are available Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank and DPMS The default is V H SYNC Blank If this setting does not shut off the screen select Blank Screen If your monitor and video card support DMPS standard select DPMS Video Off After Select the saving mode in which the video is switched off NA The video will never be switched off...

Page 53: ... 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 meaning the computer is inactive during this period the system will enter the Standby power saving mode If this mode is disabled the system will enter the next mode in the sequence Suspend mode Suspend Mode When the set...

Page 54: ... enable this feature you must make sure your network software and network adapter LAN card support such a function This function is also called Wake on LAN WOL Power on by Ring If you connect an external modem to the onboard serial port the system will be turned on when a telephone ring up occurs Power on by Alarm The RTC alarm can turn on the system You can set date of month and time hour minute ...

Page 55: ...ry slave I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed IDE Secondary Master If any IDE secondary master I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed IDE Secondary Slave If any IDE secondary slave I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Floppy Disk If any floppy disk I O activity occurs it will cause th...

Page 56: ... the settings for the Plug Play ISA Card and the PCI Card select Enabled But the next time you boot up this option will automatically be set as Disabled Computer Knowledge ESCD Extended System Configuration Data The ESCD contains the IRQ DMA I O port memory information of the system This is a specification and a feature specific to the Plug Play BIOS Resources Controlled By When resources are cont...

Page 57: ...n choose to disable this item and you can get an IRQ But in some situations in Windows 95 it may cause the USB port to malfunction or have other problems Two options are available Enable or Disable PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No PIRQ_3 Use IRQ No This item allows you to specify the IRQ number for the device installed on PCI slots Which means you can specific the fixed IRQ number for the device installed on the...

Page 58: ...s 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 driver for HPT 366 IDE controller supports IRQ sharing with other PCI devices But if you install a PCI card that doesn t allow IRQ sharing with other devices into PCI slot 3 you may encounter some problems Furthermore ...

Page 59: ...ed Master Drive PIO Mode Auto The BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate Default You can select the PIO mode from 0 to 4 of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate Slave Drive PIO Mode Auto The BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate Default You can select the PIO mode ...

Page 60: ...n be set at Enabled or Disabled Master Drive PIO Mode Auto The BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate Default You can select the PIO mode from 0 to 4 of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate Slave Drive PIO Mode Auto The BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate Default...

Page 61: ...the situation Two options are available OS or BIOS OS is the default setting With the BIOS option you can use a USB keyboard under the MS DOS environment but don t need to install a driver Init Display First When you install more than one display cards you can choose either a PCI display card or an AGP display card to activate the display boot up screen If you only installed one display card the B...

Page 62: ...ey to wake up your computer Hot Key Power On There are twelve options are available Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12 You can select this item and using the Ctrl plus the one of each function key F1 to F12 to power on the computer Onboard FDD Controller This is to Enable or Disable the Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 This is used to specify the I O address and IRQ of Serial Port 1 Ten options are a...

Page 63: ... IRQ of the onboard parallel port Four options are available Disable 3BCh IRQ7 278h IRQ5 and 378h IRQ7 Default is 378h IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Can be set as ECP EPP ECP EPP or Normal SPP mode Default is Normal SPP mode ECP Mode 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 on...

Page 64: ...e is displayed Enter Password Type your password When complete press Enter The following message is displayed Confirm Password Type your password again When complete press Enter The password setting is completed Password clearing procedure When you select the Password setting option the following message is displayed Enter Password Press Enter the message Password Disable is displayed Press a key ...

Page 65: ...he relevant information into the hard disk information section If the CMOS data was erased and you had forgotten the hard disk specifications it was a great problem But now you can use this option to auto detect 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 or...

Page 66: ...9 Save Exit Setup You can save all your selection to CMOS and exit BIOS to reboot your computer 3 12 Quit Without Saving Figure 3 10 Exit Without Saving You can exit and without saving all your selection to CMOS then exit BIOS to reboot your computer ...

Page 67: ...pe 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 A 2 Note A 1 The other method is to just type awdflash under Award flash BIOS utility directory then press enter the Flash Memory Writer V7 05 screen will show up please refer to Figure A 1 Note A 1 You need to type NEWBIOS the ...

Page 68: ...Flash Memory Writer V7 05 Complete Screen Figure A 3 shows you what commands you can use for the flashing program you need to go into the pure DOS environment and type awdflash then you will see Figure A 3 Figure A 3 Flash Commands Screen ...

Page 69: ...ate 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 Notes A 2 NEWBIOS indicates the file name for the new BIOS which can b...

Page 70: ...his disk to automatically execute a BIOS update The content of the disk should be the following 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 BIOS version to FZ BE6_KY BIN you need to type A AWDFLASH BE6_KY BIN P...

Page 71: ... 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 72: ...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 Pro ...

Page 73: ...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 74: ...nse 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 75: ...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 77: ... 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 78: ...o 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 79: ...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 81: ...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 82: ...BE6 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 83: ... 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 84: ...er 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 85: ...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 86: ...rrectly 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...

Page 87: ...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 88: ...ions 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 BIOS FEATURE SETUP after you enter BIOS setup utility Then set the Boot Sequence as EXT C A and the Boot Sequence EXT Means as UDMA66 NOTE Don t remove you...

Page 89: ...k the 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 beca...

Page 90: ...fore 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 p...

Page 91: ...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 92: ...T 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 93: ...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 ...

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Page 95: ... threaded thermal cable A to the motherboard s CON2 header see the figure below then tape the other end of thermal cable B onto the CPU s heat sink When you tape the thermal cable onto the CPU s heat sink we suggest you tape it as near the CPU chipset as possible and avoid having it near the CPU FAN After you have installed the thermal cable you will see the detected temperature in the BIOS Setup ...

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Page 97: ...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 98: ...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 99: ...Troubleshooting Need Assistance F 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 100: ...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 0IDE2 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 101: ...al Technical Support Form Company name 1 Phone Contact 2Fax 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 3 Problem Description ...

Page 102: ...F 6 Appendix F BE6 ...

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