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Summary of Contents for LM6E Pentium II

Page 1: ...e manufacturer be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for ident...

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Page 3: ...3 Jumper and Switches 2 11 4 Installation of the Pentium II CPU 2 13 5 Installation of the Celeron processor 2 16 6 Installing System Memory 2 19 Chapter 3 Introduction of BIOS 1 CPU Setup 3 3 2 Stan...

Page 4: ...dix B General Discussion About HDD Installation Appendix C Flash BIOS User Instructions Appendix D How to install the IDE Bus Master driver Appendix E How to install the PCI bridge driver for 440LX ch...

Page 5: ...pe regulators to stabilize CPU operation l Supports 66 75 and 83 MHz CPU external clock speeds l Supports Intel Pentium II 233 333 MHz processor cartridge l Supports Intel Celeron 266MHz processor 2 C...

Page 6: ...in USB connectors 7 Miscellaneous l ATX form factor l One AGP slot Five PCI slots and Two ISA slots l Wake Up On LAN l SB LINK connector l Wake On Ring Modem Ring On l Reserved hardware monitoring fu...

Page 7: ...Introduction Of LM6 Features 1 3 2 Layout Diagram Figure 1 1 Motherboard Component Locations...

Page 8: ...1 4 Chapter 1 3 The System Block Diagram...

Page 9: ...on the market For details see specifications in Chapter 1 This chapter is organized according the following features 1 Installing the Motherboard to the Casing 2 Standard external connectors 3 Jumper...

Page 10: ...e computer user to perform the installation by themselves We have attempted to write this document in a very clear concise and descriptive manner to help overcome any obstacles you may face during ins...

Page 11: ...re are screw holes this means you can attach the motherboard with bolts If the holes line up and there are only slots this means you can only attach the motherboard with spacers Take the tip of the sp...

Page 12: ...and if any notice the position of the first pin of the connector In the explanations that follow we will describe the significance of the first pin PN1 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Keylock and Power LED Header There...

Page 13: ...dware Suspend Switch SMI Switch Header Attach the cable from the case s suspend switch if there is one to this switch Use this switch to enable disable the power management function by hardware Pin nu...

Page 14: ...eader Attach the system speaker to connector PN2 Pin number Name or significance of signal 4 5VDC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Speaker data PN2 Pin 9 10 Suspend LED Header Pin number Name or significance of si...

Page 15: ...mber Name or significance of signal 1 Mouse data 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 5VDC 5 Mouse clock 6 No connection Keyboard PS 2 Keyboard Connector Attach a keyboard to this 6 pin Din connector Pin number...

Page 16: ...Ground 8 Power Good 9 5VSB 10 12VDC 11 3 3VDC 12 12VDC 13 Ground 14 On Off control signal 15 Ground 16 Ground 17 Ground 18 5VDC 19 5VDC 20 5VDC FAN1 CPU FAN DC Fan Power Header FAN1 CPU FAN Pin numbe...

Page 17: ...TX I O Port Connectors Name Pin number Description IDE1 40 IDE channel 1 connector IDE2 40 IDE channel 2 connector FDC 34 Floppy disk connector LPT 25 Parallel port COM1 9 Serial port COM1 connector C...

Page 18: ...k Header Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 GNTA 2 Ground 3 KEY 4 REQA 5 Ground 6 SERIRQ JP3 Wake On Ring Header Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 5VSB 2 No connection 3 Sense Input...

Page 19: ...ols are used to indicate jumper settings For 3 pin jumpers the symbols below are used For 2 pins jumpers the following symbols are used Note To avoid losing jumper caps attach the removed jumper cap t...

Page 20: ...1 CMOS Discharge Jumper Jumper CCMOS discharge CMOS memory When you install the motherboard make sure this jumper is set for Normal Operation 1 2 See the jumper below Setting CCMOS Normal Operation De...

Page 21: ...the base of one peg are larger than the other hole and peg base Push each peg into its hole firmly to the end until you hear it click into place 2 Slide a black plastic support onto each end of the f...

Page 22: ...of the processor until they click into place 4 Hold the processor so that the fan shroud is facing toward the pegs on the motherboard Slide the processor Direction C into the retention mechanism and p...

Page 23: ...tward until they click into place in the retention mechanism The latches must be secured for proper electrical connection of the processor Note l Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary fo...

Page 24: ...ke the Pentium II processor without the cartridge outside It s directly attached to the heat sink and processor chip without fan The actual package of Celeron processor will depend on Intel s shipping...

Page 25: ...Installing the Motherboard 2 17 2 Take the processor with both sides to insert processor to Slot 1 socket Vertically align the processor gold finger and contact the Slot 1 socket properly...

Page 26: ...procedure of the processor Note l Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU Failing to install these items may result in overheating and damage of...

Page 27: ...banks In order to create a memory array certain rules must be followed The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations l The memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide Without parity or with pari...

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Page 29: ...completed does it give up control of the computer to the program of the next level which is the operating system Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate it will be...

Page 30: ...e Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option CMOS DATA Maybe you have heard somebody saying that their CMOS DATA was lost What is the CMOS Is it important The CMOS...

Page 31: ...s feature allows the user to complete more easily the installation procedures You can install the CPU without configuring any jumpers or switches The CPU must be setup according its specifications In...

Page 32: ...lock 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz Multiplier Factor You can choose the following multiplier factors 2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 4 0 4 5 5 0 However differences will exist because of the various brands and types available No...

Page 33: ...clock If you can t enter BIOS setup you must try turning the system on a few times 3 4 times or press INSERT key when turn on and the system will automatically use its standard parameters to boot You...

Page 34: ...roduct stability We require the manufacturer of the Clock Generator to meet the demands of our development department and to add a TURBO Frequency feature used for testing purposes by our R D departme...

Page 35: ...ption Core Voltage will show the current voltage setting that is defined by the CPU and this will not be changeable We recommend is using this CPU default setting and not changing it unless current CP...

Page 36: ...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 HDD operating mode NORMAL LBA LARGE Since old operating systems...

Page 37: ...ate actual positions Currently all high capacity hard disks support this mode that s why we recommend you use this mode Currently the BIOS can support INT 13h extension function then the LBA mode supp...

Page 38: ...lect the VGA modes for your video adapter five options are available MONO EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 Back to MONO The default setting is EGA VGA Halt On You can select which type of error will cause the sy...

Page 39: ...s 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...

Page 40: ...will simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process The default is Enable Boot Sequence When the computer boots up it can load the operating system from floppy drive A hard disk d...

Page 41: ...his 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 For further details about...

Page 42: ...MOS before you can start up the system But doing this you have to reset all the options you had set up before PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status and to modify the...

Page 43: ...ature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option Shadowing address ranges D0000 D3FFF Shadow This option allows you to decide if the memory block BIOS of an...

Page 44: ...hadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option SHADOW What is the SHADOW The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM and it is o...

Page 45: ...hardware if the setup is not correct or false the motherboard will become unstable or you will not be able to boot up If you don t know the hardware very well use default values i e use the LOAD SETUP...

Page 46: ...dditional MA DRAM Memory Address wait state Which means if you have heavy loading or lower speed DRAM you should set it to Fast EDO RAS To CAS Delay Two options are available 2 or 3 Because when DRAM...

Page 47: ...low post write cycles from the CPU to the PCI IDE interface IDE accesses are posted in the CPU to PCI buffers For optimal result you should Enabled this option System BIOS Cacheable You can select Ena...

Page 48: ...em you can try to enable or disable this option for optimal result Delayed Transaction Two options are available Enabled and Disabled Set the option to enabled or disabled delayed transaction for the...

Page 49: ...on Spread Spectrum Modulated Four options are available Disable 0 50 CNTR 0 5 DOWN For EMC Electro Magnetic Compatibility Test testing may need to adjust these options for optimal result we do not rec...

Page 50: ...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 retu...

Page 51: ...oze 1 hour Standby 1 hour Suspend 1 hour Max Saving When the three saving modes are enabled the system is set up for maximum power savings Doze 1 minute Standby 1 minute Suspend 1 minute Disable Disab...

Page 52: ...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 that computer is inactive during this period the system will e...

Page 53: ...he 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 Power Button Override Support ACPI...

Page 54: ...is will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed 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 IRQ8 Break Susp...

Page 55: ...me elapsed Serial Port If any serial port I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Parallel Port If any IDE secondary master I O activity occurs it will cause the co...

Page 56: ...t 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 ESC...

Page 57: ...n IRQ15 to this channel PCI IDE Card IRQ Map to Three options are available for this item PCI Auto PCI SlotX and ISA PCI Auto The onboard BIOS auto detects which PCI slot has an IDE card inserted in P...

Page 58: ...d IDE 1 controller can be set as Enable or Disable Master drive Mode Auto the BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate Default PIO 0 PIO 4 User can spec...

Page 59: ...s 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 On board...

Page 60: ...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 E...

Page 61: ...ad BIOS Defaults BIOS defaults are the reference settings that allow your system to work at a comparatively low performance When you choose the option the following message is displayed Load BIOS Defa...

Page 62: ...e contents of the CMOS and boot the system up again By doing this you must reset all your parameters 10 IDE Hard Disk Detection After you have installed the hard disk in old systems you had to know th...

Page 63: ...3 8 Save Exit Setup You can save all your selection to CMOS and exit BIOS to reboot your computer 12 Exit Without Saving Fig 3 9 Exit Without Saving You can exit and without saving all your selection...

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Page 65: ...Slightly and gently insert the Pentium II processor into the retention base make sure all the components are affixed securely According to your CPU speed set up the CPU in the CPU SOFT MENU II of the...

Page 66: ...to the CD ROM connector and the other end to the IDE2 pin connector on the motherboard Note Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors Watch the pin position a...

Page 67: ...h cable to the PN1 header pins on the motherboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 8 Ground 9 Power On Off switch PN1 Pin 10 11 There is no specific orientation for pin 10 and pin 11 Con...

Page 68: ...the PN2 header pins on the motherboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 4 5VDC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Speaker data Watch the pin position and the orientation PN2 Pin 9 10 There is a specif...

Page 69: ...5 Ground 6 5VDC 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 Power Good 18 5VDC 9 5VSB 19 5VDC 10 12VDC 20 5VDC Watch the pin position and the orientation KB1 lower connector There is an orientation pin Connect you...

Page 70: ...e functions or are not to be adjusted in normal operation Adjust them according to the following recommendations CCMOS Always put jumper on pin 1 and pin 2 this is default setting Parameters and CPU s...

Page 71: ...ivers input output I O orders through the chipset on the motherboard to the hard disk drive and then puts this data into the system memory This is the PIO mode What is the Master mode When the system...

Page 72: ...es 4 16Mbyte sec DMA Mode 1 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 13 3Mbyte sec DMA Mode 2 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 16 6Mbyte sec Usually PIO mode means that the hard disk data are acce...

Page 73: ...isk drives are set at Master as a default so you don t need to adjust any setting Just connect one end of the 40 pin cable on the drive connector and the other end to connector IDE1 on the motherboard...

Page 74: ...the hard disk drive used for boot up as Master set the other HDD at Slave connect one connector of the 40 pin cable to the first drive another connector to the second drive and the other end of the c...

Page 75: ...nector IDE1 on the motherboard Set another drive the second drive at Master and the third drive at Slave connect one connector of the 40 pin cable to the second drive another connector to the third dr...

Page 76: ...ed hard disk drive Software use The basic step in using a hard disk drive is to make a HDD Low Level Format than run FDISK and than FORMAT the drive Most of present HDD have already been subjected to...

Page 77: ...FORMAT C S Using FORMAT DOS command This command is found in the DOS disks FORMAT is used to format the hard disk The HDD have to be formatted before use Don t forget to add S after C otherwise the ha...

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Page 79: ...EWBIOS SAVEBIOS CC Example 3 To update BIOS and clear PnP settings execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS SN CP Example 4 To make a backup of the current system BIOS execute the following command AWDFL...

Page 80: ...can boot your computer before you update your BIOS If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS update you will be able to use this disk to automatically execute a BIOS update The content of the...

Page 81: ...installation process exactly as below In Windows 95 place the CD ROM into the computer The main menu will show up Click the Drivers button then select the IDE Master button again select the OS in whic...

Page 82: ...D 2 Appendix D 1 Welcome Click NEXT 2 License screen Notepad will show the content close the notepad to continue...

Page 83: ...How to install the IDE Bus Master driver D 3 3 Question Click Yes 4 Select Components Click INSTALL 5 Question Click Yes...

Page 84: ...u restart your Windows 95 just follow the step shows on the screens After you see the screen below please set the path to C WINDOWS SYSTEM IOSUBSYS then finish the following steps You will need to res...

Page 85: ...e 3 2 2 drives version It can be used to update the 440LX chipset motherboard The following procedure describes how to install and update the PCI bridge If you have a floppy diskette and not the CD RO...

Page 86: ...Step2 Execute the Product CD Title ABITCD EXE and choice Driver PCI Bridge Driver for Windows 95 then you will see the screen below Step3 Click NEXT Step 4 You will see the license agreement dialog sc...

Page 87: ...How to install the PCI bridge driver for the 440LX chipset E 3 Step 5 Click Next then wait a while until you see the installation complete screen Step 6 Click OK the system will restart...

Page 88: ...E 4 Appendix E Step 7 Restart your computer then check the Device Manager again First you can check Hard Disk Controller then take a look to see if the Bus Master driver is already recognized...

Page 89: ...to install the PCI bridge driver for the 440LX chipset E 5 Step 8 Also check System Device to find out if four devices are identified as well Please see the arrows below You have completed all things...

Page 90: ...E 6 Appendix E...

Page 91: ...ed below First remove all interface cards except the VGA card and try to reboot If you still cannot boot up Try installing another brand model VGA card and see if the system will start If it still doe...

Page 92: ...XEC BAT edit CONFIG SYS with a text editor and in function the line that loads the Sound Card Driver add a remark REM in order to disable the Sound Card Driver See the example below CONFIG SYS DEVICE...

Page 93: ...o the step by step instructions given below 1 MODEL Note the model number given in your user s manual Example LX6 LM6 AH6 etc 2 Motherboard model number REV Note the motherboard model number labeled o...

Page 94: ...MX 233MHz 7 HDD Indicate the brand and specifications of your HDD s specify if the HDD is using IDE1 or IDE2 If you know the disk capacity indicate it and check in case you give no indication we will...

Page 95: ...6 Or in the Brand write NPNX in the Specifications space write SIMM EDO DRAM 8MB 06 Or in the Brand space write SEC in the Specifications space write DIMM S DRAM 8MB G12 10 ADD ON CARD Indicate which...

Page 96: ...F 6 Appendix F...

Page 97: ...upport Form Company name Phone Contact Fax Model BIOS ID Motherboard model no DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware name Brand Specifications C P U HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory DRAM...

Page 98: ...Appendix F F 8...

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