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User Manual V1.0

Summary of Contents for 3IBAT

Page 1: ...ucts and trade names described within are mentioned for identification purpose only No affiliation with or endorsement of the manufacturer is made or implied Product names and brands appearing in this...

Page 2: ...en shipped This mainboard comes in a sturdy cardboard shipping carton which should contain the following items The main board This user manual One Floppy disk drive cable One Ultra DMA 66 IDE cable So...

Page 3: ...Static Electricity Precautions 10 Installation Procedures 11 2 1 Setting System Jumpers 11 2 2 System Memory DIMM 14 2 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 15 2 4 Expansion Cards 15 2 5 External Connectors...

Page 4: ...nitor SEETING 49 3 10 INTERGRATED PERIPHERALS 50 3 11 PASSWORD SETTING 53 3 12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 54 3 13 Exit Selecting 54 Software Driver install 55 4 1 UPDATED PRODUCT INFORMATION 55 4 2 PROMIS...

Page 5: ...USB ports 4 PCI Expansion slots and 2 ISA Slots 1 2 Specifications CPU Pentium III CeleronTM Processor CeleronTM Socket 370 PPGA packaged Processor 2nd level Cache Depend on CPU Coppermine Socket 370...

Page 6: ...in 4 channel the PCI IDE Controller supports PIO Mode 0 to Mode 4 Bus master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Ultra DMA 33 66 On board super Multi I O chip that support 2 serial port with 16550 Fast UART compatible...

Page 7: ...orts ACPI function and Green feature function DMI Plug and Play Flash ROM Form factor ATX Form Factor Dimensions 305mm x 190mm 4 layers PCB Drivers INF Update Utilities Promise Chipset Ulart DMA66 33...

Page 8: ...8 3IBAT User s Manual 1 4 Block Diagram...

Page 9: ...9 3IBAT User s Manual 1 5 Main Board Layout with Default Setting System default support PIII 100 133MHz FSB...

Page 10: ...e before you remove any system component from its protective antistatic packaging A grounded surface within easy reach is the expansion slot covers at the rear of the system case or any other unpainte...

Page 11: ...Jumpers You may configure your motherboard to match the needs of your applica tions by setting jumpers A jumper is the simplest kind of electrical switch It consists of two metal pins and a small meta...

Page 12: ...move any static charge before touching the board Modem electronic devices are very sensitive to static electric charges Use a grounding wrist strap at all times Place all electronic com ponents on a s...

Page 13: ...ery back up before turn on the computer Keyboard Power On Selection JP4 The keyboard power on selection function If your ATX power supply can supports 700mA 5V standby current with keyboard require yo...

Page 14: ...les DIMMs Sock ets are available for 3 3Volt power level Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM 2 The 100 133 MHz compliant SDRAM must be used because of the strict timing issues involved unde...

Page 15: ...the top side of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the CPU 2 4 Expansion Cards Alw...

Page 16: ...onnector will not allow standard AT large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards In some applications the keyboard is not present the standard BIOS will repo...

Page 17: ...USB devices 4 Parallel Port Connector Normally the parallel port is used to connect the system to a printer 5 Serial Port COM1 connector The COM1 port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A s...

Page 18: ...attach up to two floppy drives to the motherboard After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives The drive A should be connected on the end an...

Page 19: ...ec ond drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings Pin 20 is removed to prevent the users inserting the IDE devices in th...

Page 20: ...an Connectors FAN1 and FAN2 This motherboard provides CPU Power and Chassis fan connectors Ori entate the fan so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of t...

Page 21: ...er is turned on and will go off when the system power is turned off 14 System Warning Speaker Connector This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker 15 ATX Power Switch Lead The system po...

Page 22: ...our power switch This is a pre ferred method of rebooting to extend the life of the system power supply 18 ATX Power Connector This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power su...

Page 23: ...r cord to a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector You may then turn ON your devices in the following order 1 Your monitor 2 External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the ch...

Page 24: ...e to enter BIOS setup Follow the instructions in chapter 3 BIOS Setup To power off you computer you must first exit or shut down your operat ing system before switching OFF the power switch For ATX po...

Page 25: ...system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Starting Setup The AwardBIOSTM is immediately activated when you first power on the...

Page 26: ...Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes key Increase the nume...

Page 27: ...ve been carefully chosen by both Award and your systems manufacturer to provide the absolute maxi mum performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the chipset setup has the potential f...

Page 28: ...highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen SETUP ITEMS The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries STANDARD CMOS FEA...

Page 29: ...stom BIOS to maximize performance the manufacturer has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs CPU and H W Monitor SETUP Use this menu to specify your settings for CPU DIMM frequency co...

Page 30: ...select the value you want in each item Date The date format is day date month year Press F3 to show the calendar day The day from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is dis play only date The date f...

Page 31: ...ter the information directly from the keyboard and press Enter This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer If the controller of HDD i...

Page 32: ...ter will stop if an error is detected during power up No errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the sys te...

Page 33: ...frequent user of this RAM area since this is where it shadows RAM 3 4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the sy...

Page 34: ...forehand CPU Internal Cache External Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design The default value is en able Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache...

Page 35: ...tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K 1 2M or 1 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks C A SCSI D A SCSI E A...

Page 36: ...device used to address memory above 1 Mbytes Initially the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard Today while keyboards still provide with this support it is more common and much faster for th...

Page 37: ...Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not ent...

Page 38: ...However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow T...

Page 39: ...ally competent users only Do not reset these values unless you understand the consequences of your changes NOTE This chapter describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen Your system b...

Page 40: ...elay time in HCLKs of 2 2 or 3 3 The system board designer should set the values in this field depending on the DRAM installed Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifi cations...

Page 41: ...rogram writes to this memory area a system error may result Enabled Video RAM access cached Disabled Video RAM access not cached PCI and IDE Configuration 8 Bit I O Recovery Time The recovery time is...

Page 42: ...bedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI speci fication version 2 1 The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB Select...

Page 43: ...ows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is...

Page 44: ...ce the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No The choice Enabled Disabled Video Off Method This determines the manner in...

Page 45: ...me of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other dev...

Page 46: ...ice Enabled Disabled Resume by Alarm When Enabled your can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode The choice Enabled Disabled Reload Global T...

Page 47: ...e any changes to the default settings PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware e g Windows 95 The Choice Yes No Resource Controlled by The Award Plug and...

Page 48: ...n Assigned to When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA chan nel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant wit...

Page 49: ...message similar to Load BIOS Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS When you press Enter on this item yo...

Page 50: ...d Disabled CPU Host Clock CPU PCI This item allows you to select the CPU DIMM and PCI Frequency The choice Default 50 66 75 83 100 103 112 133 MHz The option provides fan rotations Voltages and temper...

Page 51: ...s possible only if your IDE hard drive sup ports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system softwa...

Page 52: ...378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 3BCH IRQ7 Disabled Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Normal EPP Extended Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port CEP EPP PC...

Page 53: ...lection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled t...

Page 54: ...larger than 528 MB 3 13 Exit Selecting SAVE EXIT SETUP Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a spe ci...

Page 55: ...55 3IBAT User s Manual 4 1 UPDATED PRODUCT INFORMATION 1 Enter the INF subdirectory and double click SETUP EXE 2 Click Next at the Welcome screen...

Page 56: ...56 3IBAT User s Manual 3 Read the license agreement and click Yes to continue 4 Read readme txt information and click NEXT to continue...

Page 57: ...g Windows 95 98 Windows 95 4 00 950 4 00 950A 1 Install Windows 95 normally 2 Set you r CD ROM device on the IDE1 or IDE2 connector first 3 After installation go to the Start menu and choose Settings...

Page 58: ...double click on the System icon 6 In the System window choose the Device Manager tab 7 In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI Mass Storage Controller Choose it and then...

Page 59: ...ng now recommended then press Next 10 Choose Specify Location and then type d driver promise in the text box 11 Insert the Ultra66 Driver into the CD ROM drive 12 Press the Next button A message infor...

Page 60: ...Manual 5 1 Anti Virus software installation Put CD title driver into CD ROM then choose Anti Virus software on the main menu follow each instruction on the screen as the followings Anti Virus softwar...

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