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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.

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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.

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IRQ8 Break Suspend:

Supports the RTC alarm wake up from suspend function (via IRQ8).

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IDE Primary Master:

If any IDE primary master I/O activity occurs, it will cause the computer to re-count the

time elapsed.

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IDE Primary Slave:

If any IDE primary slave I/O activity occurs, it will cause the computer to re-count the

time elapsed.

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IDE Secondary Master:

If any IDE secondary master I/O activity occurs, it will cause the computer to re-count

the time elapsed.

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IDE Secondary Slave:

If any IDE secondary slave I/O activity occurs, it will cause the computer to re-count the

time elapsed.

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Floppy Disk:

If any floppy disk I/O activity occurs, it will cause the computer to re-count the time

elapsed.

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Serial Port:

If any serial port I/O activity occurs, it will cause the computer to re-count the time

elapsed.

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Parallel Port:

If any Parallel port I/O activity occurs, it will cause the computer to re-count the time

elapsed.

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Mouse Break Suspend:

Four options are available: Yes

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No (COM1) 

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No (COM2) 

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No (PS/2) 

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Summary of Contents for BM6

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: ...WITCHES 2 6 CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE BIOS 3 1 CPU SETUP CPU SOFT MENU I I 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 16 3 5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU 3 20 3 6 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 3 27 3 7 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 3 29 3 8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 3 30 3 9 PASSWORD SETTING 3 35 3 10 IDE HARD DISK DETECTION 3 36 3 11 SAVE EXIT SETUP 3...

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Page 5: ...asily wake up your system by these devices The motherboard can provide high performance for workstations and meets the requirements for desktop systems for multimedia in the future The PPGA processor is the next addition to the Intel Celeron processor product line it implements a Dynamic Execution micro architecture and executes MMX m edia technology instructions for enhanced media and communicati...

Page 6: ...r application software cannot handle Year 2000 dates you will still be facing the Y2K threat because it is not a hardware problem that relates to the motherboard itself According to Award BIOS it is BIOS source code released after 31 May 1995 complies with all known Y2K issues however it may still fail the 2000 exe test Award has modified its BIOS source code to accommodate the requirements of 200...

Page 7: ...ices Including LS 120 MB floppy drive l Built in Standard EPP ECP parallel port connector l Two built in 16550 fast UART compatible serial port connectors l Built in PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse port connectors l Built in standard IrDA TX RX header l Two built in USB connectors 7 Miscellaneous l ATX form factor l One AGP slot five PCI slots and two ISA slots l Supports PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse...

Page 8: ...ve Technology Ltd in the United States and certain other countries Sound Blaster LINK and SB LINK are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd Specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice Note All brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners 1 3 Layout Diagram Figure 1 2 Motherboard component location ...

Page 9: ...Introduction of BM6 Features 1 5 User s Manual 1 4 The System Block Diagram Figure 1 3 System diagram of the 440BX chipset ...

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Page 11: ... Motherboard to the Chassis 2 2 Installation of the Celeron PPGA processor 2 3 Installing System Memory 2 4 Connectors Headers and Switches NNNN Before Proceeding with the Installation NNNN 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 cause the mot...

Page 12: ...re 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 sp...

Page 13: ...r The Intel Celeron PPGA package processor installation is easy like Pentium processors before Because it uses the Socket 370 ZIF Zero Insertion Force socket it can easily let you fix the processor on to its position firmly Figure 2 3 shows you what the 370 socket looks like and how to open the lever Its pin count is more than socket 7 Therefore the Pentium level processor cannot be inserted into ...

Page 14: ...Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 1 DIMM1 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 8MB 256MB Bank 2 3 DIMM2 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 8MB 256MB Bank 4 5 DIMM3 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 8MB 256MB Total System Memory 8MB 768MB Generally installing SDRAM modules to your motherboard is an easy thing to do You can refer to figure 2 5 to see what a 168 pin PC100 SDRAM module looks like Unlike installing...

Page 15: ...n refer to figure 2 6 for the details This insures the DIMM module will be plugged into the 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...

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 7 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: ...ector insuring that you have a good connection Note Watch the pin position and the orientation 2A and 2B Headers CPUFAN and FAN2 Headers Attach the connector from the individual CPU fan to the header named CPUFAN and attach the connector from the chassis fan to FAN2 header You must attach the CPU fan to the processor or your processor will work abnormally or may be damaged by overheating Also if y...

Page 18: ...gies 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 5 WOR1 Wake On Ri...

Page 19: ...e orientation 7A 7B and 7C RT1 RT2 and RT3 Header The Thermistors RT1 and RT3 are already onboard RT1 is used to detect the system environment temperature and RT3 is used to detect the CPU temperature The RT2 is for you to connect an additional thermistor to detect the temperature in the location of your choice You can buy the thermistor at an electronics store and ask for a 10KΩ thermistor which ...

Page 20: ... your system may work abnormally or malfunction 9 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 9 shows you the PN1 and PN2 functions of the pins Figure 2 9 The definition of PN1 and PN2 pin...

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: ...at 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 ROM drive performan...

Page 25: ... best compatibility MS1 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 keyboard hub CD ROM joystick etc to one of each USB connector You must make sure your operating system support...

Page 26: ...BM6 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 27: ...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 BIOS ...

Page 28: ...age Up 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...

Page 29: ...the CPU without configuring any jumpers or switches The 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 ä Intel Celeron MMX CPU Operating Speed This option sets the CPU speed In this field the CPU speed is indicated like this CPU speed External clock M...

Page 30: ...ecification 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 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 ele...

Page 31: ...fter you have tested the product we recommend that you set it back to its normal value in order to guarantee system stability External Clock ä66MHz 1 2 ä75MHz 1 3 ä83MHz 1 2 ä100MHz 1 3 ä105MHz 1 3 ä110MHz 1 3 ä112MHz 1 3 ä115MHz 1 3 ä120MHz 1 3 ä124MHz 1 3 ä124MHz 1 4 ä133MHz 1 3 ä133MHz 1 4 Note CPU bus speed above 66MHz 100MHz supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI and chipset specs Multip...

Page 32: ...u 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 system off then on again The CPU will automatically use its standard parameters to boot You can then enter the BIOS Setup again and set up the CPU clock If you can t enter the BIO...

Page 33: ...e 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 parameters all over again CPU Power Supply This option allows you to switch between CPU default and user defined voltages äCPU Default The system will detect the CPU type and select the proper voltage automatically When it is enabled the option Core Voltage will sh...

Page 34: ...n this item month mm date dd and year yy Time hh mm ss You can set 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 o...

Page 35: ...mmend 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 ä LARGE Mode When the number of cylinders CYLs of the hard disk exceeds 1024 and DOS is not able to support it or if your operating system does not support LBA mode you should select this mode Drive A If you have installed the floppy disk...

Page 36: ...ting is EGA VGA Halt On You can select which type of error will cause the system to halt Five options are available All Errors è No Errors è All But Keyboard è All But Diskette è All But Disk Key è 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 37: ...ptions in this menu we recommend you use default values Figure 3 4 BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning This item 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 ...

Page 38: ... 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 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 dri...

Page 39: ...port multi sector transfers This feature speeds up hard disk drive access performance and reduces the time necessary to access 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 The default is Disable Typematic Rate Setting This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate When ena...

Page 40: ...rget the password you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But by doing this you will have to reset all the options you had set up before PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status and to modify the information delivered from the Feature Connector of the VGA card to the MPEG Card This option can so...

Page 41: ...ess 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 Shadow Computer Knowledge SHADOW...

Page 42: ...TS 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 Precharge Control T...

Page 43: ...dapter manual to find out if any compatibility problems will occur 8 Bit I O Recovery Time Nine options are available NA è 8 è 1 è 2 è 3 è 4 è 5 è 6 è 7 èBack 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 option...

Page 44: ...sults AGP Aperture Size MB Seven options are available 4 è 8 è 16 è 32 è 64 è 128 è 256 è 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 Disableè0 50 CNTR è0 5 DOWN For EMC Electro Magnetic Compatibility Te...

Page 45: ...an Monitor it 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 diffe...

Page 46: ...ce 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 four modes pr...

Page 47: ...are 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 l Plug and Play in...

Page 48: ...ake 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 this state and...

Page 49: ...nagement standard set by Microsoft Intel 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 ä N...

Page 50: ...e Standby Mode When the setting selected for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour If no power management event occurs during this time period 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 Suspen...

Page 51: ...LAN To 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 m...

Page 52: ...ivity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed ä IDE Secondary Master If any IDE secondary master I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed ä IDE Secondary Slave If any IDE secondary slave I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed ä Floppy Disk If any floppy disk I O activity occurs it will cause the computer...

Page 53: ...ce Update ESCD If you want to clear ESCD data next time you boot up and ask the BIOS to reset the settings for the Plug Play ISA Card and the PCI Card select Enabled But the next time 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...

Page 54: ...y you can select Manual to set which IRQ and DMA are assigned to PCI ISA PnP or legacy ISA cards Assign IRQ For VGA You can assign an IRQ for the PCI VGA or Disabled Assigned IRQ For USB If you need another IRQ to be freed up you can 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 ar...

Page 55: ...ot PCI slot 2 PCI slot 3 PCI slot 4 PCI slot 5 PIRQ_1 INT A INT D INT C INT B PIRQ_2 INT B INT A INT D INT C PIRQ_3 INT C INT B INT A INT D PIRQ_4 INT D INT C INT B INT A l USB used PIRQ_4 l Each PCI slot has four INT s INT A INT D and the AGP slot has two INT INTA and INT B 3 7 Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults are the settings that allow your system to operate at its highest performance When yo...

Page 56: ... Master Drive PIO Mode äAuto 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 äAuto 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 57: ...his item Onboard IDE 2 Controller The onboard IDE 2 controller can be set at Enabled or Disabled Master Drive PIO Mode äAuto 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 äAuto The BIOS can auto detect the transfer mod...

Page 58: ... the USB keyboard Depending on 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 i...

Page 59: ... item and use your keyboard wake up key 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 I...

Page 60: ...s the I O address and 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 mod...

Page 61: ...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 Password setting option the following message is displayed Enter Password Press Enter the message Password Disable is displayed Press ...

Page 62: ...nformation 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 order to allow ...

Page 63: ...ure 3 9 Save Exit Setup You can save all your selection to CMOS and exit BIOS to reboot your computer 3 12 Exit 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 ...

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Page 65: ...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 66: ...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 67: ...he 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 be dow...

Page 68: ...isk 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 BM6 BIOS version to FZ BM6_FZ BIN you need to type A AWDFLASH BM6_FZ BIN PY SN ...

Page 69: ... 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 70: ...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 71: ...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 72: ...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 73: ...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 75: ... 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 76: ... 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 è HWDoctor See the arrow mark on figure below ...

Page 77: ...l pop up when the error of the same item happens again Disable The chosen item will be no longer monitored thereafter unless you activate it in the Configuration page Shutdown Choosing this button will shutdown the computer Help You can read more information and self diagnose simple problems If the warning message pops up due to the wrong warning limit you can adjust it in the Configuration option...

Page 78: ... save it Otherwise the program will start with the default value the next time If you meet any problems or have any questions about the software settings and adjustments please use the Winbond hardware doctor on line help it should give you enough information to answer your questions ...

Page 79: ...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 F 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 ...

Page 80: ... 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 JJJ Main instructions To fill in this Technical Support Form refer to the step by step instructions given b...

Page 81: ...Troubleshooting Need Assistance D 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 82: ...the brand and specifications of your CD ROM drive Specify if it uses IDE1 or IDE2 A and check ü in case you give no indication we will consider that your CD ROM is þIDE2 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 examp...

Page 83: ...ual Technical Support Form Company name Phone J 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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