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Summary of Contents for Fortress 9300

Page 1: ...s s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Hardware Installation BIOS Setup Utility SCSISelect Utility Open A Glossary Technical support ortress 9500 9300...

Page 2: ...ry documents and publications This company makes no representations or warranties either expressed or implied with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims the implied warranties of m...

Page 3: ...cked or covered The openings should never block by placing the product on a bed sofa rug or other similar surface This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register or in a b...

Page 4: ...electric shock Never spill liquid of any kind on the product 11 Do not attempt to service this product yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks...

Page 5: ...t s battery we recommend Use of another battery may present a risk of fire or explosion Refer battery replacement to a qualified serviceman 14 Warning The battery could explode if not handled properly...

Page 6: ...in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Open A C CD D R RO OM M S Sa af fe et ty y W Wa ar rn ni in ng g DANGER INVISIBLE RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT APPAREIL A LASER DE CLASSE...

Page 7: ...comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installat...

Page 8: ...n a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly appro...

Page 9: ...uctions for upgrade options and installation procedures Chapter 2 Fortress 9500 9300 Motherboard DX3R Plus U DX3R U This chapter describes the motherboard and all its major components It contains the...

Page 10: ...Text entered by user Represents text input by the user etc Represent the actual keys that you have to press on the keyboard NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current...

Page 11: ...NT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 3 CD ROM SAFETY WARNING 6 CAUTION ON LITHIUM BATTERIES 7 FCC CLASS B RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT 7 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 9 CONVENTIONS 10 WHAT S IN THIS MANUAL 11 CHAPTER...

Page 12: ...moving drive bay covers 40 1 4 2 Installing and Removing a 3 5 Device Drive 41 1 4 3 Installing and Removing a 5 25 Device Drive 45 1 5 INSTALLING A HOT SWAP CAGE OPTIONAL 48 1 5 1 Installing a HSC5 H...

Page 13: ...6 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 68 2 1 OVERVIEW 68 2 2 FEATURE HIGHLIGHT 70 CPU 70 Chipset 70 Memory 70 Expansion Slots 71 SCSI On board 71 Video Subsystem 71 Intel 82550 LAN controller 72 Power Man...

Page 14: ...s 83 2 6 6 ATX Power Connector 85 2 6 7 Redundant SPS Connector 86 2 6 8 IDE and Floppy Connector 87 2 6 9 68 pins Ultra160 50 pins Narrow SCSI Connector 90 2 6 10 JP6 SCSI Channel Terminator Control...

Page 15: ...Panel 102 2 6 21 Low ESR Capacitor 103 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 104 3 1 ENTERING SETUP 105 3 2 SYSTEM INFORMATION 107 3 2 1 Processor 108 3 2 2 Processor Speed 108 3 2 3 CPU SDRAM BUS Frequency 10...

Page 16: ...ial Port 2 111 3 2 14 Parallel Port 111 3 2 15 PS 2 Mouse 111 3 3 PRODUCT INFORMATION 112 3 3 1 Product Name 113 3 3 2 System S N 113 3 3 3 Main Board ID 113 3 3 4 Main Board S N 113 3 3 5 System BIOS...

Page 17: ...ANAGEMENT 131 3 6 1 Power Management Mode 133 3 6 2 Power Switch 4 sec 135 3 6 3 System Wake up Event 135 3 7 BOOT OPTIONS 138 3 7 1 Boot Sequence 139 3 7 2 Primary Display Adapter 139 3 7 3 Fast Boot...

Page 18: ...150 3 10 1 System Event Logging 152 3 10 2 Events Control 154 3 10 3 Event Process 155 3 10 4 Threshold Event Control 156 3 10 5 Temperature Threshold Setting 156 3 10 6 Voltage Threshold Setting 157...

Page 19: ...0 4 3 2 SCSI Parity Checking 173 4 3 3 Boot Device Options 175 4 3 4 Boot Channel Options 176 4 3 5 Boot SCSI ID Options 177 4 3 6 Boot LUN Number Options 178 4 3 7 Boot LUN Number 179 4 4 ADVANCED CO...

Page 20: ...erify Media 191 4 6 DISK DRIVES OVER 1 GBYTE 193 4 6 1 Extended Translation 193 4 6 2 DOS 1 GByte Limit 193 4 7 WHEN TO USE THE EXTENDED TRANSLATION 195 4 7 1 with DOS 5 0 and above 195 4 7 2 drives w...

Page 21: ...S MASTER IDE DMA MODE 199 CODEC CODING AND DECODING 199 DIMM DUAL IN LINE MEMORY MODULE 200 ECC ERROR CHECKING AND CORRECTION 200 EDO EXTENDED DATA OUTPUT MEMORY 200 EEPROM ELECTRONIC ERASABLE PROGRAM...

Page 22: ...RST SRAM 204 PC100 DIMM 204 PC133 DIMM 204 PDF FORMAT 204 PNP PLUG AND PLAY 205 POST POWER ON SELF TEST 205 RDRAM RAMBUS DRAM 205 RIMM 206 SDRAM SYNCHRONOUS DRAM 206 SIMM SINGLE IN LINE MEMORY MODULE...

Page 23: ...23 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l ZIP FILE 208 TROUBLESHOOTING 209 PRODUCT REGISTRATION 213 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 215 PART NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMB...

Page 24: ...Ch ha ap pt te er r 1 1 H Ho ou us si in ng g I In ns st tr ru uc ct ti io on n S SV V5 52 20 0 1 1 1 1 I In nt tr ro od du uc ct ti io on n This installation guide describes the features of the SV52...

Page 25: ...re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 1 1 2 2 F Fe ea at tu ur re es s 1 2 1 Front Panel Additional duplicate keys can be found at the b...

Page 26: ...A No Icon Item 1 Event log LED 2 HDD access LED 3 Power Suspend LED 4 Power button 5 3 5 FDD Optional 6 3 5 FDD eject button 7 CD ROM tray Optional 8 CD ROM tray eject button 9 Tape drive Optional 10...

Page 27: ...en A 13 BPL6 HDD tray lock Optional 14 Drive bay cover 15 Housing wheels 16 SCSI drive error LED 17 SCSI drive activity LED 18 SCSI drive power LED 19 Hot swap redundant fan fail LED 20 Drive LED Ambe...

Page 28: ...28 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 26 3 5 FDD activity LED...

Page 29: ...29 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 1 2 2 Real Panel...

Page 30: ...No Item 1 Add on card brackets 2 RJ45 LAN port 3 1st USB port 4 VGA D sub 15 pins connector 5 Parallel port 6 Serial port COM1 7 PS 2 keyboard connector 8 PS 2 mouse connector 9 System power socket 10...

Page 31: ...s ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 13 Parallel port punch out hole 14 SCSI connector punch out hole 15 Serial port punch out hole 16 NMI...

Page 32: ...32 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 1 2 3 Internal Component...

Page 33: ...re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A No Item 1 Drive bays 2 DX3R Plus U DX3R U M B 3 Expansion brackets 4 Rear fan 5 Power supply 6 Fro...

Page 34: ...34 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 1 2 4 BPL6 Jumpers and Connectors Optional...

Page 35: ...connector CN2 Front power LED connector CN3 SCSI 68 pin P connector Out CN4 SCSI 68 pin P connector Out CN5 For SAF TE card use CN6 For SAF TE card use CN7 SCSI 68 pin P connector In CN8 SCSI 68 pin...

Page 36: ...Slot 4 ID switch SW5 Slot 5 ID switch SW6 Slot 6 ID switch 1 For the SCSI backplane board s loading requirement please insert the independent power cable that don t connect to other device to each pow...

Page 37: ...1 3 3 O Op pe en ni in ng g t th he e H Ho ou us si in ng g P Pa an ne el ls s 1 3 1 Opening the front panel door To open front door 1 Insert the key push and then turn it clockwise If you are using t...

Page 38: ...ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 1 3 2 Removing the front panel door The door is attached to the main housing by screw less hinges Follow these steps to remove the door 1 Unlock the...

Page 39: ...Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 1 3 3 Removing the side panels To remove the side panels 1 Turn off the power to the system unit and unplug all cables 2 Unscrew two thumbscrews located at...

Page 40: ...itch and unplug the power cord before installing or removing diskette drives 1 4 1 Removing drive bay covers The drive bay cover protects the inside of the chassis when the drive bay is not occupied T...

Page 41: ...25 plastic casing for installing 3 5 storage devices To install 3 5 inch device drives 1 Open the front panel of the housing See Opening the housing panel on page 38 for more information 2 Attaching...

Page 42: ...9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 4 Insert the casing into the bay If the drive bay has a cover remove the cover first See Removing drive bay covers on pag...

Page 43: ...o or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 6 Connect the power cable and signal cables to the storage devices 7 Reinstall the side...

Page 44: ...on 2 Disconnect the power and signal cables 3 Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screws located on the right side of the plastic casing Gently pull out the plastic casing 4 Again use a Phillips...

Page 45: ...ther 5 25 inch device into the drive bay To install 5 25 inch devices 1 Open the front panel door and remove the side panels See Opening the housing panels on page 38 for more information 2 Attach the...

Page 46: ...95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 4 Secure the storage drive with two screws 5 Connect the power cable and signal cables to the external devices...

Page 47: ...e panels See Opening the housing panels on page 38 for more information 2 Disconnect the power and signal cables 3 Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screws located on the right side of the stor...

Page 48: ...g ge e O Op pt ti io on na al l The hot swap cage occupied four drive bays For more information about the backplane board please refer to BPL6 Jumpers and Connectors on page 35 The BPL6 hot swap cage...

Page 49: ...o install the hot swap cage into the housing 1 Open the front panel door and remove the side panels See Opening the housing panels on page 38 for more information 2 Attach two pairs of drive rails on...

Page 50: ...BPL6 backplane board and attach the other end of the connector cable to the motherboard See Motherboard Map on page 73 a Power cables b SCSI terminator c I2 C cable CN1 connect to motherboard d SCSI...

Page 51: ...Hot Swapping SCSI SCA Hard Disk Drive The hot swap cage supports up to six hot swapping SCSI SCA hard disk drives You can hot swap remove an replace a hard disk drive any time when it fails to operat...

Page 52: ...O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A Follow these steps to install a hot swappable SCSI drive 1 Use the hex key provided with the system to unlock the drive tray 2 Use your...

Page 53: ...truction Open A 3 Place a hard disk on the tray Secure it with four screws with the metal holder as shown below 4 Insert the tray into the hot swap cage with the lever still extended Make sure that th...

Page 54: ...ap cage supports up to three hot plug fan sink modules to keep it cool You can hot swap remove and replace a hot plug fan sink any time when it fails to operate indicated by the yellow LED Follow thes...

Page 55: ...Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 3 Insert a new fan sink into the hot swap cage Push the fan sink until it locks into p...

Page 56: ...ower supply module bays that allow the installation of two 337 watts power supply modules in a hot swappable redundant configuration A redundant power configuration enables a fully configure system to...

Page 57: ...57 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 2 Secure the power supply with a screw...

Page 58: ...nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A To remove a hot swappable redundant power supply An orange colored LED indicates a failed power supply 1 Remove the screw using a Phillips screwdriver 2 Press the...

Page 59: ...struction Open A The power supply subsystem should supply a minimum of 337 Watts to the whole system If you only have one power supply or if you have tow power supplies and are planning to remove both...

Page 60: ...ci in ng g t th he e P Po ow we er r S Su up pp pl ly y F Fa an n To replace the power supply fan 1 Open the front panel door and remove the right panel See Opening the housing panels on page 38 for m...

Page 61: ...61 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 4 Insert a new fan and gently push it down until it locks into place...

Page 62: ...o cool down the system two in front and one at the back The rear cooling fan is fixed and not hot swappable You have to shutdown the system before changing the rear cooling fan However the cooling fan...

Page 63: ...63 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 1 8 1 Hot Swap Fan Base Board...

Page 64: ...a rear housing fan 1 Shutdown the system 2 Open the front panel door and remove the side panels See Opening the housing panels on page 38 for more information 3 Remove the fan cable from the motherboa...

Page 65: ...ning the housing panels on page 38 for more information 2 See which of the fan is defective Refer to the LED located at the bottom side of each fan 3 Insert your forefinger into the grasp hole and use...

Page 66: ...motherboard expansion slots The number of expansion slots available depends on the motherboard that you want to install However the chassis can only accommodate a maximum of seven expansion cards To i...

Page 67: ...0 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Housing Instruction Open A 3 Align and insert the expansion card to the empty expansion slot 4 Secure the expansion card to the chassis with a...

Page 68: ...and OSB4 south bridge chipsets The dual channel SCSI architecture supports Ultra160 SCSI with bandwidth of up to 160MB s for each channel The DX3R Plus U DX3R U also integrates the Intel 82550 10 100M...

Page 69: ...9 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation Open A EPP ECP feature a diskette drive interface and two embedded hard disk interfaces...

Page 70: ...e is in charge of the host bus interface and memory bus control The memory bus control supports two and four way interleaved of PC 100 and PC 133 SDRAM registered ECC DIMM up to 4GB The north bridge p...

Page 71: ...33MHz 2X 4X mode SCSI On board DX3R Plus U only The dual channel Adaptec AIC 7899 chip host adapter delivers Ultra160 m SCSI data transfer rates which doubles the Ultra3 SCSI data transfer rate of up...

Page 72: ...maximum of 4MB video memory option Intel 82550 LAN controller Another cost effective feature for network solution is the integration of Intel 82550 10 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller that supports...

Page 73: ...wer saving standards of the U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA Energy Star program It also offers Plug and Play that helps save users from configuration problems thus making to system user friend...

Page 74: ...E Chipset Thermal Sensor Connector x2 PC 100 133 DIMM x4 Maximum up to 4GB 1GB per DIMM slot Redundant SPS Connector Front Panel Connector BP Backplane Connector WOL Wake On LAN Connect 32bit PCI Slot...

Page 75: ...ocket Coppermine Tualatin Up to 1 0 GB s Memory Bandwidth Secondary PCI Bus 64b 33 66MHz 100 133MHz Up to 4GB SDRAM Primary PCI Bus 32b 33MHz Adaptec AIC 7899 Ultra160 SCSI OSB4 PCI ISA bridge Intel 8...

Page 76: ...respective functions Connector or Jumper Description Page CN3 ATX Power Connector 76 CN4 Keyboard Mouse Connector 93 CN5 Serial Port Connector 93 CN7 CN25 CPU1 CPU2 Thermal Sense Connector 72 CN8 CN2...

Page 77: ...50 pins Narrow SCSI Connector 81 CN30 2nd USB Connector 86 CN35 CN38 68 pins SCSI Connector 81 CN37 WOL Connector 84 CN40 FDD Connector 78 CN41 System Event LED Connector 92 CN42 BP Backplane Connect...

Page 78: ...n damage your processor disk drives expansion boards and other components Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component 1 Do not remove a component from its protective...

Page 79: ...the CPU socket level and up to 90 degree angle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden cut edge on the CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge Then insert the CPU into the socket 3 Pr...

Page 80: ...A 2 6 2 CPU Fan 3 pins Housing Fan 4 pins Connector Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3 pin CPU FAN connector and housing fan cable to the Housing Fan connector Note Some CPU fans do not have sense pin...

Page 81: ...li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 3 Thermal Sensse Connector The Thermal Sense Connector CN7 CN25 provides you to use the thermal sensor to detect the temperature of the c...

Page 82: ...e e M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 4 JP10 CPU Terminator Jumper When you are using single Intel Pentium III Celeron CPU with DX3R Plus U DX3R U you must short the pin 1 and pin 2...

Page 83: ...Slots This motherboard has four 168 pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 Registered memory up to 4 0GB DIMM can be single side or double side it has 64 bit data and 2 or 4 clock...

Page 84: ...clock and 4 clock DIMM you may check if there are traces connected to the golden finger pins 79 and 163 of the SDRAM If there are traces the SDRAM is probably 4 clock otherwise it is 2 clock Tip To id...

Page 85: ...e M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 6 ATX Power Connector The DX3R Plus U DX3R U uses 20 pins ATX power connector Make sure you plug the connector in the right direction 5V 5V COM 5V...

Page 86: ...l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 7 Redundant SPS Connector The Redundant SPS connector provides the signal to hardware monitoring module if it had fail 1 2 14 13 PS 1 Fail I 2 C CLK Present 1 Fan 3...

Page 87: ...A 2 6 8 IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34 pin floppy cable and 40 pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector Pin1 of cable is normally marked with red color Be careful of the pin1 orie...

Page 88: ...one can be the hard disk or the CDROM The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly Warning The specificat...

Page 89: ...ock per 33MHz PCI Clock Count Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate PIO mode 0 30ns 20 600ns 1 600ns x 2byte 3 3MB s PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns 1 383ns x 2byte 5 2MB s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns 1 240ns x 2byte 8...

Page 90: ...l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 9 68 pins Ultra160 50 pins Narrow SCSI Connector DX3R Plus U only The DX3R Plus U provides two 68 pins Ultra Wide Ultra2 3 and one 50 pins Narrow SCSI connectors fo...

Page 91: ...30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 10 JP6 SCSI Channel Terminator Control DX3R Plus U only The JP6 allows you to enable or disable the on board SCSI termina...

Page 92: ...l l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 11 Front Panel Connector Attaching such as power LED speaker reset switch power switch connector etc to corresponding pins ATX Power LED Reset Switch HDD LED Chass...

Page 93: ...rts this feature and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector The system identification information probably IP address is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffi...

Page 94: ...e es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation Open A The picture shown below is only for your reference WOL Connector Motherboard Side WOL Connector E...

Page 95: ...allation Open A 2 6 13 Support 2 nd USB Port This motherboard supports four USB ports Two of them are on back panel connector the other two are on the left bottom area of this motherboard With proper...

Page 96: ...ua al l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 14 NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Switch Jumper Non Maskable Interrupt used for event handling When event is occurred system will receive an NMI and execute a uniq...

Page 97: ...n nu ua al l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 15 BP Backplane Connector The BP connector provides the signals of BPL6 backplane to ASM Advanced Server Management software monitoring program such as st...

Page 98: ...M Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 16 External Speaker Connector If you want to use external case mounted speaker instead of internal buzzer the 4 pins external speaker connector can...

Page 99: ...Ma an nu ua al l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 17 JP5 System Event Clear Jumper The JP5 allows you to clear the system event log record whenever the event log area is full Please short the JP5 by...

Page 100: ...l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 18 JP8 System BIOS Password Check There is one jumper cap over pin2 and pin3 of JP8 for system BIOS password check If you want to use the system without BIOS passwo...

Page 101: ...al l Hardware Installation Open A 2 6 19 Event LED Connector The DX3R Plus U DX3R U BIOS supports the system monitored event logs recording function If there is any event happens or hard disk fails wh...

Page 102: ...PS 2 plug PS 2 Mouse For PC Mouse which is using a PS 2 plug USB Port Available for connecting USB devices Parallel Port To connect with SPP ECP EPP printer COM1 COM2 Port To connect with pointing de...

Page 103: ...Installation Open A 2 6 21 Low ESR Capacitor The quality of low ESR capacitor Low Equivalent Series Resistance during high frequency operation is very important for stability of CPU power The location...

Page 104: ...ed to run BIOS setup program when starting the computer unless you get a run setup program message The setup program loads configuration values into the battery backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS R...

Page 105: ...n ng g S Se et tu up p To enter Setup press the DELETE key You must press DELETE while the system is booting This key does not work during any other time The Setup Utility Main Menu appears The system...

Page 106: ...you are in the Advanced Level The parameters on the screens show default values These values may not be the same as those in your system The grayed items on the screens have fixed settings and are no...

Page 107: ...e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 3 2 2 S Sy ys st te em m I In nf fo or rm ma at ti io on n The following screen appears if you select System Information from the Main menu The System...

Page 108: ...um III processors up to 1 4GHz S370 Tualatin and Coppermine CPU are also supported up to 1 2GHz 3 2 2 Processor Speed The Processor Speed parameter specifies the speed of the processor currently insta...

Page 109: ...A This parameter specifies the system s current diskette drive A settings 3 2 7 Diskette Drive B This parameter specifies the system s current diskette drive B settings 3 2 8 IDE Primary Channel Maste...

Page 110: ...isplay the new memory size 1st Bank 2nd Bank 3rd Bank The 1st Bank 2nd Bank and 3rd Bank parameters indicate the type and size of DRAM installed in DIMM sockets 1 2 and 3 respectively The None setting...

Page 111: ...s parameter shows the serial port 2 address and IRQ setting 3 2 14 Parallel Port This parameter shows the parallel port address and IRQ setting 3 2 15 PS 2 Mouse The BIOS utility automatically detects...

Page 112: ...od du uc ct t I In nf fo or rm ma at ti io on n The Product Information contains the general data about the system such as the product name serial number BIOS version etc This information is necessar...

Page 113: ...ecifies the official name of the system 3 3 2 System S N This parameter specifies the system s serial number 3 3 3 Main Board ID This parameter specifies the motherboard s identification number 3 3 4...

Page 114: ...114 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 3 6 SMBIOS Version This parameter specifies the version of the SMBIOS version...

Page 115: ...00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 3 4 4 D Di is sk k D Dr ri iv ve es s Select Disk Drives to input configuration values for disk drives The followin...

Page 116: ...B None 360KB 5 25 1 2MB 5 25 720KB 3 5 1 44MB 3 5 2 88MB 3 5 These items select the floppy drive type The available settings and types supported by the motherboard are listed to the left Follow the sa...

Page 117: ...DE channel 1 IDE Primary Channel Slave This option lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 1 The following screen appears if you select any of the IDE Drive p...

Page 118: ...s no device in the channel Device Type This parameter shows which type of IDE drive currently used Cylinder This parameter specifies the number of cylinders of your hard disk and is automatically set...

Page 119: ...rd Disk LBA Mode Hard Disk Block Mode Auto Default Disabled This function enhances disk performance depending on the hard disk in use If you set this parameter to Auto the BIOS utility automatically d...

Page 120: ...Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 3 5 5 O On nb bo oa ar rd d P Pe er ri ip ph he er ra al ls s The Onboard Peripherals Configuration allows you to configure the onboard communication ports...

Page 121: ...121 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A This page is the lower half of Onboard Peripherals submenu...

Page 122: ...5 1 Serial Ports 1 and 2 Serial Port 1 2 Enabled Default Disabled These parameters allow you to enable or disable serial ports 1 and 2 3 5 1 1 Base Address Base Address Serial Port 1 3F8h Default 3E8h...

Page 123: ...10 This function lets you assign an interrupt for serial ports 1 and 2 The options for serial ports 1 are IRQ 4 and 11 The options for serial port 2 are IRQ 3 and 10 The Base Address and IRQ paramete...

Page 124: ...3 5 2 2 IRQ IRQ 7 Default 5 This function lets you assign an interrupt for the parallel port The options are IRQ 5 and 7 The Base Address and IRQ parameters are configurable only if Parallel Port is...

Page 125: ...ectional EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Parallel Port Setting Function Standard Parallel Port Standard Allows normal speed one way operation Bi directional Parallel Port Bi directional Al...

Page 126: ...BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 5 2 4 ECP DMA Channel ECP Mode Use DMA 3 1 Default This item becomes active only if you select Extended Capabilities Port ECP as the operation mode It allows you to assign...

Page 127: ...M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 5 3 Onboard Device Settings The Onboard Device Settings menu allows you to configure the onboard communication ports and the onboard devices Selecting th...

Page 128: ...disable the onboard floppy disk controller 3 5 3 2 IDE Controller IDE Controller Both Default Primary Disabled Set this parameter to Primary to enable only the primary IDE controller Both to enable b...

Page 129: ...em When disabled it deactivates the function 3 5 3 5 USB Legacy Mode USB Legacy Mode Enabled Disabled Default This parameter lets you enable or disable the USB controller on board When enabled it acti...

Page 130: ...00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 5 3 7 Onboard Ethernet Chip On board Ethernet Chip Enabled Default Disabled This parameter allows you to enable or...

Page 131: ...M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 3 6 6 P Po ow we er r M Ma an na ag ge em me en nt t The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system power management feature The following...

Page 132: ...nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A This page is the lower half of Power Management submenu A parameter with an asterisk mark indicates that the parameter appears only when you...

Page 133: ...hard disk and system timers Setting it to Disabled deactivates the power management feature and its timers 3 6 1 1 IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer Off Default 1 to 15min This p...

Page 134: ...yboard or mouse action or any activity detected from the IRQ channels resumes system operation 3 6 1 3 Sleep Mode Sleep Mode Standby Suspend Default This parameter lets you specify the power saving mo...

Page 135: ...e power switch is pressed for less than 4 seconds When set to Suspend the system enters the suspend mode when pressed for less than 4 seconds 3 6 3 System Wake up Event The system wake up event allows...

Page 136: ...disable the PCI power management function 3 6 3 3 RTC Alarm RTC Alarm Enabled Disabled Default This item allows you to set a certain time on a certain day to wake up the system from suspend mode Resum...

Page 137: ...option Here you can specify what time you want to wake up the system 3 6 3 4 Restart On AC Power Failure Restart On AC Power Failure Enabled Disabled Default Pre State When Enabled the system automati...

Page 138: ...nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 3 7 7 B Bo oo ot t O Op pt ti io on ns s This option allows you to specify your preferred setting for boot up The following screen appears...

Page 139: ...from the 1st specified drive 3rd If the 1st and 2nd searches fail then it boots from this drive 4th If the 1st 2nd and 3rd searches fail then it boots from this drive BIOS will display an error messag...

Page 140: ...abled BIOS is in graphical mode and displays only an identification logo during POST and while booting After booting the screen displays the operating system prompt such as DOS or logo such as Windows...

Page 141: ...on booting 3 7 6 Memory Test Memory Test Enabled Disabled Default When set to Enabled this parameter allows the system to perform a RAM test during the POST routine When set to Disabled the system det...

Page 142: ...a an nd d T Ti im me e The real time clock keeps the system date and time After setting the date and time you do not need to enter them every time you turn on the system As long as the internal batte...

Page 143: ...date following the weekday month day year format Valid values for weekday month day and year are Weekday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Day 1 to 31...

Page 144: ...144 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59...

Page 145: ...an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 3 9 9 S Sy ys st te em m S Se ec cu ur ri it ty y The Setup program has a number of security features to prevent unauthorized access to the system and its dat...

Page 146: ...0 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 9 1 Supervisor Password Supervisor Password None Default Present This item can prevent unauthorized access to the BIOS utility The...

Page 147: ...careful when typing your password because the actual characters do not appear on the screen 3 Press the ENTER key Re type the password to verify your first entry then press ENTER key again 4 Highligh...

Page 148: ...e when only Supervisor Password is set 3 9 3 Disk Drive Control The disk drive control features allow you to control the floppy drive or the hard disk drive boot function to prevent loading operating...

Page 149: ...Open A Write Protect Boot Sector Disables the write function only on the boot sector Hard Disk Drive Setting Description Normal Hard disk drive functions normally Write Protect All Sectors Disables t...

Page 150: ...ve en nt t L Lo og g The system event log enables you to record and monitor events that occurs in your system like system temperature fan stops and others This feature allows you to specify the approp...

Page 151: ...151 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A...

Page 152: ...Event Logging Enabled Default Disabled This item allows you to enable or disable the system event logging function 3 10 1 2 Clear Event Logs Clear Event Logs Enabled Disabled Default This item allows...

Page 153: ...mber of Event Logs Total Number of Event Logs The currently number of events located in the event log area 3 10 1 5 Available Space for Event Logs Available Space for Event Logs The percentage of spac...

Page 154: ...event log file if there is a change in status 3 10 2 1 Temperature Voltage Fan Temperature Volta ge Fan Enabled Default Disabled Enable or disable the monitoring of the system s temperature voltage an...

Page 155: ...ect is a 32 bit bus that can run at clock speeds of 33 MHz This parameter monitors the activity of this bus when set to enabled 3 10 3 Event Process 3 10 3 1 Action After Critical Event Action After C...

Page 156: ...When this parameter is enabled BIOS will stop POST operation whenever it finds a bad CPU or memory Otherwise if disabled the system will continue running 3 10 4 Threshold Event Control Threshold Event...

Page 157: ...nu ua al l BIOS Setup Utility Open A 3 10 5 2 System System User Input This item allows you to set the system critical temperature value 3 10 6 Voltage Threshold Setting Voltage Threshold Setting CPU...

Page 158: ...load the default settings for the optimized system configuration When you load the default settings some of the parameters are grayed out with their fixed settings These grayed parameters are not use...

Page 159: ...Ch ha an ng ge e Use this option to disregard your changes to the BIOS and reload your previous settings The following dialog box appears when you select Abort Settings Change from the main menu Selec...

Page 160: ...without opening the system or changing jumpers The table below lists the settings that you can change using the SCSISelect utility and the default value for each setting Some settings apply globally...

Page 161: ...ard Disks Boot only Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives 1 GB Enabled Display Ctrl A Message During BIOS Initialization Enabled Multiple LUN Support Disabled BIOS Support for Bootable CD ROM Enabl...

Page 162: ...mand No Initiate Wide Negotiation Yes When to Use the SCSISelect Utility Use the SCSI Select utility if you need to do any one of the following Change any of the default values listed in the SCSI Cont...

Page 163: ...IS Se el le ec ct t U Ut ti il li it ty y A screen message giving the option to access the SCSISelect utility appears after the BIOS and POST routine To start the utility press A when the following me...

Page 164: ...that the AIC 7899 SCSI controller is in the system it displays the following Options menu Adaptec AIC 7899 SCSISelect TM Utility v2 10 You have an AIC 7899 SCSI host adapter in your system Move the c...

Page 165: ...li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Open A 4 2 1 Configuring Channel A The following screens appear if you select Channel A If you choose to configure Channel B a similar SCSI Utility Screen will appear Th...

Page 166: ...n Esc to exit default Using and and then press to make selections in the SCSISelect utility Press at any time to return to the previous menu AIC 7899 at Bus 02h Device 09h Channel A Would you like to...

Page 167: ...F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Open A You can press to toggle the display between color and monochrome modes This feature may not work with s...

Page 168: ...al l Open A SCSISelect Utility 4 4 3 3 C Co on nf fi ig gu ur re e V Vi ie ew w H Ho os st t A Ad da ap pt te er r S Se et tt ti in ng gs s M Me en nu u The Configure View Host Adapter Settings menu...

Page 169: ...pop up menu with a list of possible settings for the parameter Press at any time to return to the previous menu AIC 7896 at Bus 02h Device 09h Channel A Configuration SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Ho...

Page 170: ...sk throughout the selection submenus 4 3 1 Host Adapter SCSI ID This parameter allows you to change the host controller SCSI ID The following screen shows the available IDs used for the AIC 7899 The d...

Page 171: ...ler must be set to a unique SCSI ID The SCSI ID serves two purposes It uniquely identifies each SCSI device on the bus and it determines AIC 7899 at Bus 02h Device 09h Channel A Configuration SCSI Bus...

Page 172: ...lect Utility the device s priority on the bus during the arbitration phase The arbitration phase determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices request for the use of it Using and t...

Page 173: ...abled Adaptec AIC 7899 SCSISelect TM Utility v2 10 Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default AIC 7899 at Bus 02h Device 09h Channel A Configuration SCSI Bus Interface Defini...

Page 174: ...when reading from the SCSI bus to verify the correct transmission of data from the SCSI devices You should disable the SCSI Parity Checking parameter if any of the installed SCSI devices do not suppor...

Page 175: ...this setting Below is the Boot Device Configuration menu screen Adaptec AIC 7899 SCSISelect TM Utility v2 10 BIOS Information Interrupt IRQ Channel 11 AIC 7899 at Bus 02h Device 09h Channel A Configur...

Page 176: ...s run only in this setting Below is the Boot Device Configuration menu screen Adaptec AIC 7899 SCSISelect TM Utility v2 10 Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default AIC 7899...

Page 177: ...ing since most system applications run only in this setting Below is the Boot Device Configuration menu screen Adaptec AIC 7899 SCSISelect TM Utility v2 10 AIC 7899 at Bus 02h Device 09h Channel A Con...

Page 178: ...ys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default AIC 7899 at Bus 02h Device 09h Channel A Configursation SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID 7 BIOS Information Interrupt IR...

Page 179: ...3 7 1 SCSI Device Configuration This parameter allows you to configure details of each SCSI device on the SCSI bus The screen shows a column of information for each SCSI ID even if some SCSI IDs are...

Page 180: ...160 0 160 0 160 0 160 0 160 0 160 0 160 0 Initiate Wide Negotiation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Enable Disconnection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Send Start Unit Command Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye...

Page 181: ...SCSI controller supports rates up to the Fast Wide SCSI maximum of 80 0 MB per second The default value is 80 0 In most cases you can use the maximum value of 80 0 However if the SCSI controller is no...

Page 182: ...connect Reconnect Disconnect Reconnect allows the SCSI controller to perform other operations on the SCSI bus while the SCSI device is temporarily disconnected When set to Yes the SCSI device may disc...

Page 183: ...mand is sent to the SCSI device at system boot When set to No each SCSI device powers up in the normal procedure The Send Start Unit Command setting is valid only if the host adapter BIOS is enabled I...

Page 184: ...Open A SCSISelect Utility 4 4 4 4 A Ad dv va an nc ce ed d C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n O Op pt ti io on ns s Selecting the Advanced Configuration Options displays a screen as shown below D...

Page 185: ...09h Channel A Configuration SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID 7 BIOS Information Interrupt IRQ Channel 11 I O Port Address A000h Advanced Configuration Options Reset SCSI Bus at IC I...

Page 186: ...ontroller Several SCSISelect options cannot be used unless the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled 4 4 2 Display Ctrl A Message During BIOS Initialization This option allows entering the SCSISelect utilit...

Page 187: ...as Fixed Disks This option allows you to control which removable media drives are supported by the SCSI controller BIOS This is only valid when the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled The default setting...

Page 188: ...ia SCSI device is controlled by the SCSI controller BIOS do not remove the media while the drive is powered on or you may lose data 4 4 5 BIOS Support for Bootable CD ROM When enabled this option allo...

Page 189: ...s When you select SCSI Disk Utilities from the Options menu the SCSISelect Utility scans the SCSI bus and lists all SCSI devices installed on the SCSI bus The list shows the individual SCSI IDs assign...

Page 190: ...Channel A Arrow keys to move cursor Enter to select option Esc to exit default Select a disk device to display a small menu window From this menu select Format Disk or Verify Media Select SCSI Disk a...

Page 191: ...formatted again The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk drives Run it on hard disk drives or removable media drives that were previously used with a non Adap...

Page 192: ...192 F Fo or rt tr re es ss s 9 95 50 00 0 9 93 30 00 0 O On nl li in ne e M Ma an nu ua al l Open A SCSISelect Utility You can press at any time to abort the Verify Disk Media utility...

Page 193: ...rive capacities under DOS Adaptec has included an extended translation scheme for the AIC 7896 SCSI controllers This feature supports disk drives of up to 8 GB capacity under DOS The section Extended...

Page 194: ...e M Ma an nu ua al l Open A SCSISelect Utility If you have already partitioned a large hard disk drive with one translation method conversion to another method erases the data on the drive Be sure to...

Page 195: ...nabled 4 7 2 drives with mixed partitions Use standard translation not extended translation on drives formatted with two or more partitions for different operating systems Partitions for UNIX and NetW...

Page 196: ...st of sound modem onboard solution can be reduced A AC CP PI I A Ad dv va an nc ce ed d C Co on nf fi ig gu ur ra at ti io on n P Po ow we er r I In nt te er rf fa ac ce e ACPI is the power management...

Page 197: ...data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s AGP is now moving to 4X mode 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s AOpen is the first company to support 4X AGP motherboards by both AX6C Intel 820 and MX64 AX64 V...

Page 198: ...s both rising edge and falling edge but doubles UDMA 33 transfer rate The data transfer rate is 4 times of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x4 66MB s To use ATA 66 you need special ATA 66 IDE cab...

Page 199: ...as st te er r I ID DE E D DM MA A m mo od de e The traditional PIO Programmable I O IDE requires the CPU to involve in all the activities of the IDE access including waiting for the mechanical events...

Page 200: ...C CC C E Er rr ro or r C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g a an nd d C Co or rr re ec ct ti io on n The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64 bit data Each time memory is accessed ECC bits are updated and checked by...

Page 201: ...attery less design E EP PR RO OM M E Er ra as sa ab bl le e P Pr ro og gr ra am mm ma ab bl le e R RO OM M Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM EPROM can only be erased by ultra violet UV...

Page 202: ...w package of Intel for Pentium III CPU It can plug into SKT370 socket but require motherboard to add some signals on socket 370 That is the motherboard needs to be redesigned Intel is going to ship FC...

Page 203: ...4 4 P1394 IEEE 1394 is a standard of high speed serial peripheral bus Unlike low or medium speed USB P1394 supports 50 to 1000Mbit s and can be used for video camera disk and LAN P Pa ar ri it ty y B...

Page 204: ...otal 6 clocks which is faster than asynchronous SRAM PBSRAM is often used on L2 level 2 cache of Socket 7 CPU Slot 1 and Socket 370 CPU do not need PBSRAM P PC C1 10 00 0 D DI IM MM M SDRAM DIMM that...

Page 205: ...Q DMA Memory Currently almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are already PnP compliant P PO OS ST T P Po ow we er r O On n S Se el lf f T Te es st t The BIOS self test procedure after power on s...

Page 206: ...CPU host bus EDO and FPM are asynchronous and do not have clock signal It is similar as PBSRAM to use burst mode transfer SDRAM comes in 64 bit 168 pin DIMM and operates at 3 3V AOpen is the first co...

Page 207: ...t allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send receive message S SP PD D S Se er ri ia al l P Pr re es se en nc ce e D De et te ec ct t SPD is a small ROM or EEPROM devi...

Page 208: ...rt tu ua al l C Ch ha an nn ne el l M Me em mo or ry y NEC s Virtual Channel Memory VCM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service multimedia req...

Page 209: ...ua al l Open A Glossary Technical support Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable then remove all of the add on cards and cables including VGA IDE FDD COM1 COM2 and printer T Tr ro ou ub bl...

Page 210: ...Technical support Install the VGA card Then connect your monitor and keyboard Continue Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly The problem is probably caused by powe...

Page 211: ...A Glossary Technical support Continue Press Ctrl and Alt key at the same time hold them and then press Del to reboot the system Check if there is display No Yes Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is def...

Page 212: ...chnical support Continue During system rebooting press Del to enter BIOS setup Choose Load Setup Default Check if the system can reboot successfully No The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or...

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