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AWARD BIOS

3-7

BIOS Features

External Cache

Enabled

Disabled

Enabling this parameter activates the secondary cache
(currently, PBSRAM cache). Disabling the parameter
slows down the system. Therefore, we recommend
that

you

leave

enabled

unless

you

are

troubleshooting a problem.

BIOS Features

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

CPU L2 Cache
ECC Checking

Enabled

Disabled

This item lets you enable or disable L2 Cache ECC
checking.

BIOS Features

Processor Number Feature

Processor Number
Feature

Enabled

Disabled

This item is used to enable or disable Pentium III CPU
Number Feature.

BIOS Features

Quick Power On Self Test

Quick Power on
Self test

Enable

Disabled

This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some
items that are normally checked.

BIOS Features

Boot From LAN First

Boot From LAN
First

Enable

Disabled

This item is used to boot the system from a network
server.

Summary of Contents for AX6BC EZ

Page 1: ...Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Chapter 3 Award BIOS...

Page 2: ...CPU information is saved into the EEPROM With these technologies the disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper less designs are eliminated There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection and no...

Page 3: ...tant break through is not only an externally cased modem but also an internal modem card can be used to support Wake On Modem The AX6BC EZ and MP56 internal modem card implement a special circuit pate...

Page 4: ...out an UPS that needs to keep power on This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem In BIOS Setup settings if this item is set to Enabled the system will automa...

Page 5: ...face Floppy interface supports 3 5 inches drives with 720KB 1 44MB or 2 88MB format or 5 25 inches drives with 360KB 1 2MB format IDE Interface Dual channel IDE interface support maximum 4 IDE hard di...

Page 6: ...up PNP PCI Configuration PnP OS Installed select No This can give BIOS the capability to allocate system resources for Suspend to Hard Drive 3 Boot up your system into DOS command prompt If you are Wi...

Page 7: ...n C AOZVHDD c partition If there is no extra free partition and you don t want your data lost please do not use this partition method 6 After creating above partition or hidden file please reboot your...

Page 8: ...RO 2x AGP PLOTECH 3D IMAGE 9850 AGP CARDEX S3 Virge GX AGP Tip The following sound cards have been tested OK for Suspend to Hard Drive AOpen AW32 AOpen AW35 AOpen MP32 Creative SB 16 Value PnP Creativ...

Page 9: ...ower Buttons Note that this option will only be seen after step b mentioned above has been completed otherwise only Standby and Shutdown will be shown Select Hibernate and Apply 3 Run AOZVHDD utility...

Page 10: ...ct Add New Hardware under Control Panel Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware It will find ACPI BIOS and remove Plug and Play BIOS 3 Reboot system 4 Clean boot into DOS and run AOZVHDD EXE C File II...

Page 11: ...Hardware under Control Panel Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware It will find Plug and Play BIOS and remove ACPI BIOS 3 Reboot system 4 Run Add New Hardware again and it will find Advanced Power...

Page 12: ...answer a phone call such as answering machine or to send receive fax You may identify the true power off by checking fan of your power supply Both external box modem and internal modem card can be us...

Page 13: ...odem Select Enabled 2 Setup your application put into Windows 95 StartUp 3 Turn your system power off by soft power switch 4 Connect your RS232 modem cable from your external box Modem to COM1 or COM2...

Page 14: ...monitoring function monitors CPU core voltage It is automatically implemented by the BIOS and Hardware Monitoring Utility the program s file name is like aohwxxx exe where xxx means the version number...

Page 15: ...this motherboard implements the battery less motherboard design There is no need to have a battery for RTC real time clock and CMOS Setup as long as the ATX power cable is plugged in In case the AC po...

Page 16: ...C EZ implements a SB LINK connector to support Creative compatible PCI sound card If you have a Creative compatible PCI sound card installed it is necessary to link the card to SB LINK connector for c...

Page 17: ...n 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 install it...

Page 18: ...the locations of the jumpers and connectors on the system board I S A 1 I S A 2 FDC IDE1 IDE2 USB KB BIOS PANEL A G P P C I 1 P C I 2 P C I 3 P C I 4 IrDA JP14 CPU SLOT 1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM1 FAN CPU FA...

Page 19: ...tor USB USB connector FDC Floppy drive connector IDE1 IDE1 primary channel IDE2 IDE2 secondary channel CPUFAN CPU Fan connector FAN Housing Fan connector IrDA IrDA Infrared connector PANEL Front panel...

Page 20: ...he CPU frequency selection is set by going into BOIS Setup Chipset Features Setup CPU Clock Frequency The possible setting is 66 8 68 5 75 83 3 100 103 112 117 124 129 133 3 138 143 148 and 153 MHz BO...

Page 21: ...2 2 Setting the CPU Voltage This motherboard supports Pentium II Pentium III Celeron VID function the CPU core voltage is automatically detected the range is from 1 3V to 3 5V For overclocking the CPU...

Page 22: ...ility and specify a new password if needed Tip If your system hangs or fails to boot because of over clocking please clear the CMOS and the system will go back to its default setting 233MHz Tip If you...

Page 23: ...equency and the AGP bus frequency Therefore when you set the CPU external frequency to 100MHz the AGP bus will also runs at 100MHz With 100MHz Pentium II CPU the north bridge automatically set AGP fre...

Page 24: ...This jumper is used to enable or disable the Keyboard Mouse Power ON function If you select Enabled you may choose the wakeup mode from the BIOS Setup To implement this function the 5V Stand By curre...

Page 25: ...nnecting the power cable 5V 5V 5V SB 3 3V 3 3V PWR2 2 3 2 Fan Plug in the fan cable to the 3 pin fan connector onboard The fan connector is marked CPUFAN1 and FAN1 on the system board SENSE GND 12V CP...

Page 26: ...3 4 Keyboard The onboard PS 2 keyboard connector is a 6 pin Mini Din connector marked KB2 The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing PS 2 KB PCB 2 3 5 Serial Devices C...

Page 27: ...a 25 pin D type connector marked PRINTER The view angle of the drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing PRINTER PCB 2 3 7 USB Device You can attach USB devices to the USB connector Th...

Page 28: ...devices In order to work together the two devices on each channel must be set differently to master and slave mode Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM The setting as master or slave mode depe...

Page 29: ...e 4th Master 1st Slave 2nd IDE2 Secondary Channel IDE1 Primary Channel 2 3 10 Panel Connector The Panel multifunction connector is a 20 pin connector marked as PANEL on the board Attach the power LED...

Page 30: ...aplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection the user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA devices and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters and ASK IR 56Kbps Install the...

Page 31: ...f it is recommended to use an internal modem To use AOpen MP56 connect 4 pin cable from RING connector of MP56 to the WOM connector on the motherboard Pin 1 2 3 4 Description 5V SB NC RING GND 1 2 3 4...

Page 32: ...NK is used to connect Creative PCI sound card If you have a Creative PCI sound card installed it is necessary to link the card to this connector for compatibility issue under DOS environment Pin 1 2 3...

Page 33: ...erboard does not support Registered SDRAMs and EDO DRAMs Warning If you install two double side SDRAMs the possible combinations are DIMM1 DIMM2 or DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM modules can be identified by the fo...

Page 34: ...the positions are different only non buffered DIMMs can be inserted into the DIMM sockets on this motherboard Although most DIMMs available in the current market are non buffered we still recommend y...

Page 35: ...B Yes 1M by 16 1Mx64 x2 8 16MB Yes 2M by 8 2Mx64 x1 8 16MB Yes 2M by 8 2Mx64 x2 16 32MB Yes 4M by 16 4Mx64 x1 4 32MB Yes 4M by 16 4Mx64 x2 8 64MB Yes 8M by 8 8Mx64 x1 8 64MB Yes 8M by 8 8Mx64 x2 16 12...

Page 36: ...te your BIOS via AWARD Flash Utility Important Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the mainboard design the BIOS information contained in this chapter especially the Chipset Setup...

Page 37: ...f Test The BIOS Setup Main Menu appears as follows Tip Choose Load Setup Defaults for recommended optimal performance Choose Load Turbo Defaults for best performance with light system loading Refer to...

Page 38: ...ight an item and or to select the value for each item Standard CMOS Date To set the date highlight the Date parameter Press or to set the current date The date format is month date and year Standard C...

Page 39: ...t None if no HDD is connected to the system The IDE CDROM is always automatically detected Tip For an IDE hard disk we recommend that you use the IDE HDD Auto Detection to enter the drive specificatio...

Page 40: ...the left Standard CMOS Video Video EGA VGA CGA40 CGA80 Mono This item specifies the type of video card in use The default setting is VGA EGA Since current PCs use VGA only this function is almost use...

Page 41: ...te the warning message This feature protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk from virus intrusion Any attempt during boot up to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive st...

Page 42: ...Cache ECC Checking Enabled Disabled This item lets you enable or disable L2 Cache ECC checking BIOS Features Processor Number Feature Processor Number Feature Enabled Disabled This item is used to en...

Page 43: ...p Floppy Drive Enabled Disabled This item allows you to swap floppy drives For example if you have two floppy drives A and B you can assign the first drive as drive B and the second drive as drive A o...

Page 44: ...res Typematic Delay Msec Typematic Delay 250 500 750 1000 This parameter allows you to control the delay time between the first and the second keystroke where the repeated keystrokes begin The typemat...

Page 45: ...such case PCI VGA is silent while MPEQ Video capture is set to function normally BIOS Features OS Select for DRAM 64MB OS Select for DRAM 64MB OS 2 Non OS 2 Set to OS 2 if your system is utilizing an...

Page 46: ...atures DC00 DFFF Shadow C8000 CBFFF Shadow Enabled Disabled These six items are for shadowing ROM code on other expansion cards Before you set these parameters you need to know the specific addresses...

Page 47: ...e features are related to system performance Caution Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything You may change the parameter settings to improve...

Page 48: ...orrect it is recommended to use DIMMs with SPD Chipset Features SDRAM RAS Precharge SDRAM RAS precharge 2T 3T Auto The RAS Precharge means the timing to inactive RAS and the timing for DRAM to do prec...

Page 49: ...ery Time 1 2 3 4 NA The same as 16 bit I O recovery time This item lets you specify the recovery time for the execution of 16 bit I O commands by count of ISA bus clock If you find any of the installe...

Page 50: ...Pentium II CPU we strongly recommend to enable this item for system reliability reason However this microcode may slightly reduce CPU performance We provide this option for your convenience if you li...

Page 51: ...u don t need to change the default setting Chipset Features System Frequency System Frequency 233 MHz 266 MHz 300 MHz 333 MHz 350 100 366 MHz 400 MHz 400 100 433 MHz 450 100 466 MHz 500 MHz 500 100 55...

Page 52: ...set external clock bus clock The correct setting may vary because of different CPU products refer to your CPU specification for more details Chipset Features CPU Clock Ratio CPU Clock Ratio 1 5 2 0 2...

Page 53: ...Y2K CMOS Update Y2K CMOS Update Enabled Disabled This item is designed for some Y2K testing programs for example Check It 98 If you are using this kind of program to test your system and fails enable...

Page 54: ...S is ACPI enabled you have to set this item to Enabled or there may be unexpected errors If your OS is APM mode you can remain the Disabled setting Power Management Power Management Power Management M...

Page 55: ...unction For example stop CPU internal clock Power Management Video Off Method Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank DPMS Blank Screen This determines the way that the monitor is off Blank Screen writes blan...

Page 56: ...de Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Suspend mode The Suspend mode can be Power On Suspen...

Page 57: ...er is turned On the system goes back to your original work within just few seconds which depending on your memory size You need utility AOZVHDD to reserve disk space Power Management Throttle Duty Cyc...

Page 58: ...r than 4 seconds the system will be turned Off The default setting is Instant Off If Instant Off is selected the soft power switch is only used to control On and Off so there is no need to press it fo...

Page 59: ...l to go into Doze Standby Suspend mode Power Management IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled Disabled To enable or disable the detection of IRQ3 7 IRQ9 15 or NMI interrupt events for power down s...

Page 60: ...ces are allocated by BIOS during POST Power On Self Test If you are using a PnP operating system such as Windows 95 set this item to Yes to inform BIOS to configure only the resources needed for booti...

Page 61: ...iguration IRQ15 IDE2 IRQ 3 Legacy ISA PCI ISA PnP If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special IRQ to support its function set the selected IRQ to Legacy ISA This setting informs the...

Page 62: ...ur system Set this item to Auto to allow BIOS to automatically configure the installed PCI IDE card s PNP PCI Configuration Primary IDE INT PNP PCI Configuration Secondary IDE INT Primary IDE INT A B...

Page 63: ...CI Configuration Modem Use IRQ Modem Use IRQ N A 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 This item lets you set an IRQ for the modem PNP PCI Configuration Used MEM Base Addr Used MEM Base Addr N A C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC...

Page 64: ...USB PNP PCI Configuration Assign IRQ for VGA Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled Disabled This item lets you set an IRQ for VGA PNP PCI Configuration PCI Slot1 IRQ Right PNP PCI Configuration PCI Slot2 IRQ PN...

Page 65: ...parameter in the BIOS Features Setup and Chipset Features Setup to get slowest and safer setting 3 8 Load Turbo Defaults The Load Turbo Defaults option gives better performance than Load Setup Defaul...

Page 66: ...nu This option allows you to configure the I O features Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Disabled This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multisector dat...

Page 67: ...ble the IDE device connected to the primary IDE connector Integrated Peripherals USB Keyboard Support USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disabled This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver...

Page 68: ...ecify the hot key from Hot Key Power On item Mouse Left This function allows you wake up the system by clicking left mouse button twice successively Note that the mouse can t be moved while double cli...

Page 69: ...sure JP28 has been enabled or your system cannot be boot up properly any more Under this situation the only solution is to clear CMOS Integrated Peripherals Hot Key Power On Hot Key Power On Ctrl F1 C...

Page 70: ...he original state Integrated Peripherals LED Flash As Power Saving LED Flash As Power Saving Enabled Disabled This item is used to enable or disable the LED flash while power saving mode Integrated Pe...

Page 71: ...lows infrared serial communication at a maximum baud rate of 115K baud ASKIR Select this setting if you installed an Infrared module via IrDA connector refer to section 2 3 Connectors This setting all...

Page 72: ...set the parallel port mode The mode options are SPP Standard and Bidirection Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Parallel Port SPP is the IBM AT and PS 2 compatible mode EPP enh...

Page 73: ...ing that the password has been disabled 3 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection If your system has an IDE hard drive you can use this function to detect its parameters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup...

Page 74: ...he previous settings you may use Load EEPROM Default to reload 3 15 Exit without Saving Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes Do not use this option if you want to save...

Page 75: ...ny memory handler such as EMM386 or device driver It needs around 520K free memory space 3 Execute A 6BCEZ200 DO NOT turn off the power during FLASH PROCESS 4 Reboot the system by turn off the power a...

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