AP5V
Mainboard
User
Guide
Page 1: ...AP5V Mainboard User Guide...
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Page 4: ...allation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the int...
Page 5: ...system board Chapter 2 Hardware Installation tells how to install the hardware components configure the system by resetting the jumpers install the system board and add expansion cards Chapter 3 AMI...
Page 6: ...o press on the keyboard NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic WARNING Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions CA...
Page 7: ...4 1 3 4 Expansion Slots 1 5 1 3 5 DRAM Sockets 1 5 1 3 6 Second level Cache 1 5 1 3 7 Two channel PCI Mode 4 Enhanced IDE Interface 1 5 1 3 8 Super I O Controller 1 6 1 3 9 Keyboard Connector 1 6 1 3...
Page 8: ...12 2 8 1 Selecting the DIMM Type 2 12 2 8 2 Selecting the ECP DMA Channel 2 12 2 8 3 Clearing the CMOS 2 13 2 8 4 Disabling the Onboard Super I O Controller 2 13 2 8 5 Setting the ISA System Clock 2...
Page 9: ...ion Boards 2 23 Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Utility 3 1 Entering the AMI BIOS Setup 3 1 3 2 Setup Menu 3 3 3 2 1 Standard Setup 3 3 3 2 2 Advanced CMOS Setup 3 8 3 2 3 Chipset Features Setup 3 13 3 2 4 Power M...
Page 10: ...ontents x 3 4 2 Language 3 30 3 5 Default Setup 3 31 3 5 1 Original 3 31 3 5 2 Optimal 3 32 3 5 3 Fail safe 3 32 3 6 Exiting Setup 3 33 3 7 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers 3 34 Appendix A Jumper and Connect...
Page 11: ...SDRAM Fast Page Mode and EDO type DRAMs The board also comes with either a 256 KB or a 512 KB pipeline burst cache memory A super I O controller and a two channel PCI mode 4 enhanced IDE interface ar...
Page 12: ...lel port connector 19 Real time clock with battery 6 168 pin DIMM sockets 20 ISA slots 7 Voltage regulator with heatsink 21 Keyboard controller 8 IDE1 connector 22 System BIOS 9 IDE2 connector 23 Supe...
Page 13: ...Overview 1 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 19 18 17 16 27 26 25 24 23 22 21...
Page 14: ...Architecture ISA PCI Expansion Slots Three ISA and four PCI slots Ports One parallel port SPP ECP EPP Two serial ports UART 16C550 Two channel PCI mode 4 IDE ports bus master transfer support One flop...
Page 15: ...level cache controller The Intel 82438DX serves as the memory controller data path The Intel 82371SB acts as the ISA PCI bus bridge that translates the PCI bus cycles into ISA bus cycles or vice versa...
Page 16: ...that support 3 3V Synchronous or 3 3V Fast Page Mode FPM Extended Data Out EDO type DRAMs Chapter 2 discusses the different memory configurations available 1 3 6 Second level Cache The AP5V motherboa...
Page 17: ...rives with 720 KB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB format 5 25 inch floppy disk drives with 360 KB 1 2 MB format 1 3 9 Keyboard Connector The onboard keyboard connector allows you to connect any AT compatible keybo...
Page 18: ...pansion boards and other components Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component 1 Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to inst...
Page 19: ...Hardware Installation 2 2 2 2 Jumper Locations The following figure shows the locations of the jumpers on the system board...
Page 20: ...mper Set a jumper switch as follows To open a jumper remove the jumper cap To close a jumper insert the plastic jumper cap over two pins of a jumper The conventions in the figure are used to represent...
Page 21: ...tool Follow these steps to install a CPU into a ZIF type CPU socket Make sure that the system power is OFF before installing a component 1 Locate the CPU socket on the system board and pull up the so...
Page 22: ...tsink and fan to the CPU 5 Plug the fan cable onto the two pin fan connector onboard The fan connector is marked CN12 on the system board 2 pin fan power connector J2 GND 6 Set jumpers JP5 and JP6 acc...
Page 23: ...r CPU CPU FREQUENCY SELECT 2 5 Upgrading the Microprocessor To upgrade a CPU 1 Turn off the system power and remove the housing cover 2 Locate the CPU socket on the system board 3 Pull up the socket l...
Page 24: ...board comes with a separate voltage regulator module that enables the system to support the processor operating voltage ranging from 2 1V to 3 5V The following sections tell how to install and remove...
Page 25: ...tor pins The holding clips must be facing on the rear side of the VRM 4 Press the VRM downward until the holding clips click into place 2 6 2 Removing a VRM 1 Push the holding clips outward to release...
Page 26: ...ies The following are the possible DIMM configurations Memory Configurations DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Total Memory 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB...
Page 27: ...hese steps to install a DIMM 1 Align pin 1 of the DIMM with pin 1 of the socket Pin 1 is labeled 1 on both the DIMM and the socket 2 Gently push the DIMM until the holding clips lock the DIMM into a v...
Page 28: ...Hardware Installation 2 11 2 7 2 Removing a DIMM To remove a DIMM 1 Press the holding clips on both sides of the socket outward to release the DIMM 2 Gently pull the DIMM out of the socket 1 1 2...
Page 29: ...nfigure the system board to meet the desired performance 2 8 1 Selecting the DIMM Type Set the jumpers JP8 and JP9 according to the DIMM type that you wish to support The AP5V board accepts SDRAM EDO...
Page 30: ...ontroller The board is preset by the manufacturer with the onboard I O controller enabled In case you wish to use an external I O controller you need to disable the onboard I O before the external I O...
Page 31: ...ation on BIOS see Chapter 3 2 8 7 Selecting the Flash ROM Type The AP5V board supports both 5V and 12V Flash ROM types Normally the board comes with a 5V Flash ROM and with jumper JP16 set to 1 2 Rese...
Page 32: ...system board into a housing 1 Open the system housing Refer to the housing documentation for steps on how to remove the housing cover 2 Install the board into the housing and secure it with the screws...
Page 33: ...supply has two cables with six wires each Plug these cables to the onboard power connector in such a way that all the black wires are in the center The power connector is marked CN4 on the system boar...
Page 34: ...PS 2 bracket connector onto CN1 on the system board Plug a PS 2 mouse into the mouse port on the bracket Serial Mouse To connect a serial mouse plug in the serial bracket connectors onto the CN5 and...
Page 35: ...l port bracket connectors onto the appropriate onboard connectors The COM1 connector is marked CN5 and the COM2 connector is marked CN6 on the system board 2 10 4 Floppy Disk Drives Connect the drive...
Page 36: ...he printer port on the bracket accepts the printer cable 2 10 6 IDE Devices Primary IDE Connector The primary IDE connector marked CN8 on the system board supports two IDE devices one IDE hard disk an...
Page 37: ...is interface To install an IDE CD ROM drive connect the CD ROM drive connector to the interface master port If you have more than two IDE hard disks connect your third IDE hard disk to the master port...
Page 38: ...Switch Green Mode LED Reset Speaker Power LED Keylock Some housings have a five pin connector for the keylock and power LED Speaker Keylock Power LED Break Switch Green Mode LED Turbo Switch Turbo LE...
Page 39: ...PS 2 keyboard connector is optional 2 10 9 Keyboard Connector Bracket To further protect the keyboard against EMI the motherboard comes with a keyboard connector bracket and two screws This bracket m...
Page 40: ...before removing the expansion board from its protective packaging 2 Locate an empty expansion slot on the system board 3 Remove the bracket opposite the slot that you want to use Save the cover and sc...
Page 41: ...AMI BIOS Utility This chapter tells how to configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters 3 1 Entering the AMI BIOS Setup To enter the AMI BIOS Setup press The AMI BIOS Setup Main Menu appears a...
Page 42: ...he arrow keys to move the highlight bar or simply click on the icon of the desired option After making your selection press or double click on the icon to open the selected menu option You may press t...
Page 43: ...S Utility 3 3 3 2 Setup Menu The figure below shows the Setup window Use the arrow keys to highlight an option 3 2 1 Standard Setup The following screen appears if you select Standard from the Setup o...
Page 44: ...e primary IDE connector select Primary Master and press The following screen appears To configure the hard disk connected to the slave port of the primary IDE connector select Primary Slave The second...
Page 45: ...Large Mode This enhanced IDE feature allows the system to use a hard disk with a capacity of more than 504 MB This is made possible through the Logical Block Address LBA mode translation Set the param...
Page 46: ...the parameter Otherwise set this parameter to Off PIO Mode Setting this parameter to On allows the system to use a faster hard disk drive If your hard disk does not support the PIO mode feature set th...
Page 47: ...manually DATE TIME To set the date and time highlight Date Time and press The following screen appears Select the arrow keys to move among the items Press or click on or to set the current time and da...
Page 48: ...py drive 3 2 2 Advanced CMOS Setup The following screen appears if you select the option Advanced from the Setup menu The first screen does not show all the parameters of the Advanced Configuration me...
Page 49: ...AMI BIOS Utility 3 9 Do not change the settings of the Advanced Setup parameters if you are not a qualified technician Doing so may cause fatal system failure...
Page 50: ...priority The default is A C CD ROM Boot up Numlock Setting this parameter to On enables the numeric function of the numeric keypad Set this parameter to Off to disregard the function Disabling the nu...
Page 51: ...System Keyboard Set this parameter to Present if there is a keyboard connected to the system Otherwise select Absent Primary Display This function specifies the VGA type in use The selections are VGA...
Page 52: ...the BIOS routines are copied into the RAM area This enhances system performance as information access is faster in RAM than in ROM Disabling the parameter prevents the system BIOS from being cached T...
Page 53: ...AMI BIOS Utility 3 13 The F000 and E000 addresses are exclusively shadowed for BIOS...
Page 54: ...Features Setup controls the board chipset settings The controls for this menu are the same as for the previous screens The Chipset Features Setup screen appears as follows To scroll down the rest of...
Page 55: ...cify your own parameter settings FAST MA TO RAS DELAY This option specifies the wait state between the master address MA and row address strobe RAS signals The settings are 1 clock and 2 clocks EDO SP...
Page 56: ...en the row address strobe RAS and column address strobe CAS signals The available settings are 3 clocks and 2 clocks DRAM LEAD OFF TIMING This option specifies the DRAM waiting time or the delay befor...
Page 57: ...to your system The settings range from 1 8 SYSCLK and Disabled 16 bit I O Recovery Time Sysclk This parameter allows you to set the response time of the 16 bit I O devices connected to your system Th...
Page 58: ...the USB operation to make sure that the system complies with the PCI revision 2 1 specification Set this to Disabled to disregard the function 3 2 4 Power Management Setup To take advantage of the po...
Page 59: ...er after being in power saving mode for a certain period of time Green Monitor Power down State This function lets you set when to power down your green PC monitor The options are Standby Suspend and...
Page 60: ...nutes This function lets you set when to put the system into standby mode In standby mode the CPU clock slows down Any event detected returns the system to full power The setting range from 1 15 Minut...
Page 61: ...the power management function bypasses the display activities detected IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 These parameters enable or disable specific I O devices as wake up events in the power management...
Page 62: ...The PCI PNP Setup allows you to specify the setting for your PCI devices The screen below appears on screen if you select PCI PnP from the Setup menu To scroll down the rest of the parameters press U...
Page 63: ...nfigurable these let you specify the appropriate interrupt for each occupied PCI slots PCI VGA Palette Snoop PCI devices support the palette snooping technique that enables the device to control acces...
Page 64: ...rable PCI IDE Secondary IRQ This parameter lets you assign an IRQ for the IDE device connected to your secondary IDE connector The settings are INTA INTB INTC INTD Hardwired and Disabled If the PCI ID...
Page 65: ...d Serial Port 1 This parameter allows you to select the address for the first serial port The available settings are Auto 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h and Disabled Selecting Disabled deactivates the port Onboa...
Page 66: ...he default is Normal PARALLEL PORT ECP DMA CHANNEL 1 This parameter is configurable only if the Onboard Parallel Port is NOT set to Auto and the Parallel Port Mode is set to ECP This allows you to set...
Page 67: ...AMI BIOS Utility 3 27 3 3 Security Setup The Security window contains the password and anti virus features...
Page 68: ...set a Supervisor password select Supervisor from the Security window The following screen appears Follow these steps to set up a password using the keyboard 1 Type in a six character password using l...
Page 69: ...erisks 2 Click on 3 Enter the password when a confirmation box appears 3 3 2 User Password If you enabled the User password it is impossible to boot the computer and enter Setup without entering the c...
Page 70: ...Virus from the Security window to display the following option box The virus protection options allow you to enable or disable the virus protection feature 3 4 Utility Setup The Utility window lets yo...
Page 71: ...dow to display the following screen Use the arrow keys or simply click an option to select your desired background color for WinBIOS 3 4 2 Language Select Language from the Utility window to display t...
Page 72: ...lt window allows you to select a group of settings for all WinBIOS Setup options 3 5 1 Original When you select Original a dialog box prompts you to restore the old values Select No to keep your curre...
Page 73: ...s you to load the optimal values Select No to keep your current settings or Yes to load the optimal values 3 5 3 Fail safe When you select Fail safe a dialog box prompts you to load the fail safe valu...
Page 74: ...the battery loses power or the CMOS chip is damaged you will know what values to enter when you rerun setup Press to display the following screen Press or then or simply click on an option to select...
Page 75: ...ith the NCR 53C810 SCSI controller card The DOS format device drivers are for SCSI devices used with DOS Windows NT Novell NetWare and OS 2 The SCO UNIX format device drivers are for SCSI devices used...
Page 76: ...l Open Open CPU Voltage CPU Voltage JP7 3 45V 1 2 3 52V 2 3 CPU Frequency CPU Frequency JP1 JP2 JP3 JP4 75 MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 90 MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 100 MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 120 MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 13...
Page 77: ...SDRAM Open Open EDO FPM Closed Closed ECP DMA Channel ECP DMA Channel JP10 JP11 DMA 3 1 2 1 2 DMA 1 2 3 2 3 CMOS Function JP12 Normal 1 2 Clear CMOS 2 3 Onboard I O Function JP13 Enabled 1 2 Disabled...
Page 78: ...3 PS 2 Mouse Function JP15 Enabled 1 2 Disabled 2 3 Flash ROM Type Type JP16 12V 1 2 5V 2 3 Keyboard Clock KB Clock JP24 8 MHz 1 2 12 MHz 2 3 Reserved Jumpers Jumper Setting default JP17 1 2 JP18 1 2...
Page 79: ...yboard connector CN4 Power connector CN5 COM1 connector CN6 COM2 connector CN7 Printer connector CN8 Primary E IDE connector CN9 USB connector optional CN10 FDC connector CN11 Secondary E IDE connecto...
