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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

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System Hardware Monitor

This can be used with Intel

LDCM to monitor system voltage, system

temperature & fan rotation speed.

This can also be used to monitor overall system status over the network.

System temperature sensor: (TOP Tech)
- detect Pentium

II processor’s temperature.

System voltage monitor:
- monitor CPU core voltage, CPU interface voltage, 3.3v,+12v, +5v

Fan speed monitor:
- monitor chassis fan, power fan & CPU cooling fan speed.

Power Management Features

Doze/Standby/Suspend mode.

System management mode compliant.

Support APM 1.2.

Meet ACPI spec.

PC97 compliant.

Sound

YAMAHA

YMF740 Audio Controller.

Sound Blaster PRO Compatible.

Support Plug and Play:
- stereo 16-bit A/D
- stereo 16-bit D/A

Stereo enhancement support.

Advanced power management.

Maximum 32 voice xG capital wavetable.

Synthesizer including GM compatible.

Network

Summary of Contents for NLX BX4

Page 1: ...nd Green standards and to provide the Host AGP bridge The Intel 82371EB chipset integrates all system control functions such as ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for the OSPM OS Direct Power Management function The Intel 82371EB chipset also improves the IDE transfer rate by supporting Ultra DMA 33 IDE that transfers data at the rate of 3...

Page 2: ...ator l Conforms to Intel VRM ver 8 2 specifications l Over Voltage and Over Current protection Chipset l Intel 82440BX AGP chipset Clock Generator l 66 6MHz and 100MHz clocks are supported MainMemory l Supports six memory banks using three 168 pin unbuffered DIMM sockets l Supports a maximum memory size of 768MB l Supports ECC 1 bit Error Code Correct function l Supports only 3 3v SDRAM DIMM VGA l...

Page 3: ... CPU core voltage CPU interface voltage 3 3v 12v 5v l Fan speed monitor monitor chassis fan power fan CPU cooling fan speed PowerManagementFeatures l Doze Standby Suspend mode l System management mode compliant l Support APM 1 2 l Meet ACPI spec l PC97compliant Sound l YAMAHA YMF740 Audio Controller l Sound Blaster PRO Compatible l Support Plug and Play stereo 16 bit A D stereo 16 bit D A l Stereo...

Page 4: ...nector l One printer port with SPP EPP ECP function l One USB connector l One MIDI Joystick connector l One RJ 45 LAN connector l Audio conectors Speaker Line In Mic Dimension l NLXFormFactor 20 7cm L x25 4cm W x4layersPCB Other Features l Bulk Erase Flash ROM l Supports DMI l System Wake up by modem l System Wake up by alarm l Soft power off Windows 95 l Polyfuse function this function works when...

Page 5: ...OT 1 DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 T mouse B keyboard Port USB T LPT B COM A VGA Joystick MIDI LAN RJ 45 MIC L IN SPKR BATT BIOS FW82443BX CPUFAN1 Intel 82558 10 100M Ethernet YAMAHA YMF740 Intel 740 Graphics Accelerator COM B PIIX4E JSOR1 JBAT1 JP2 J4 SW1 JMIC1 J2 JP5 ...

Page 6: ... CPU The mainboard operates with Intel Pentium II processor with MMXTM technology The mainboard uses a CPU Slot called Slot 1 for easy CPU installation and a DIP switch SW1 to set the proper speed for the CPU The CPU should always have a Heat Sink and a cooling fan attached to prevent overheating ...

Page 7: ...rt Base HSSBASE Plastic support bar mounted to the mainboard under the ATX heatsink One leg is always bigger than the other one Processor Lock Retention Mechanism Pentium II Processor Heat Sink W Fan Notch Hole Heat Sink Support Base Heat Sink Support Pin Heat Sink Support Top Bar Different kinds of Pentium II processor that is currently used the OEM version the Boxed version and CeleronTM OEM Pen...

Page 8: ...he mainboard 2 required per Assembly Heat Sink Support Top Bar HSSTOP Plastic bar that clips onto the HSSBASE through the fins on the ATX heatsink Heat Sink w fan Heat Sink that can be attached to the Pentium II processor with metal clip Note Provided by MSI mainboard Provided by Special request RM HSSPIN HSSTOP HSSBASE RMAM ...

Page 9: ...Retention Mechanism Attach Mount at the bottom of the mainboard Step 2 Install the Retention Mechanism Look for the key on Slot 1 and match it with the Notch Key on the Retention Mechanism for proper direction Then attach the Retention Mechanism to the Retention Mechanism Attach Mount Use a Screwdriver to secure the Retention Mechanism ...

Page 10: ...her The Four top pins of the Heat Sink Support Base should also be oriented towards Slot 1 Push the Heat Sink Support Base onto the mainboard until you hear a click sound Check for a perfect fit Step 4 Install the Heat Sink Support Pin Push the Heat Sink Support Pins onto the two holes of the Heat Sink Support Base Check for a perfect fit These pins are used to secure the Heat Sink Support Base He...

Page 11: ...eat Sink Support Base Holder Attach the Heat Sink to the processor Look at the back of the Heat Sink and take note of the 2 secure posts Insert these 2 Secure posts to the 2 secure holes on the back of the processor Align the ears of the metal clips with the clip holders on the back of the processor Use a screw driver to push the metal clips onto the clip holders Check for a perfect fit Pentium II...

Page 12: ...2 7 Step 6 Install the Processor Unlock the Processor by pushing in the Processor Locks Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card Step 7 Lock the Processor Locks Secure the CPU by pulling the Processor Locks out è ç ç è ...

Page 13: ...TION 2 8 Step 8 Install the Heat Sink Support Top Bar Push the Heat Sink Support Top Bar to the Heat Sink Support Base Until you hear a click sound Check for a perfect fit The installation is now complete Heatsink Support Top Bar ...

Page 14: ...tention Mechanism SLOT1 Retention Mechanism ê ê Key ê ê Retention Mechanism Attach Mount Notch Key Step 1 Insert the Retention Mechanism Attach Mount at the bottom of the mainboard Step 2 Install the Retention Mechanism Look for the key on Slot 1 and match it with the Notch Key on the Retention Mechanism for proper direction Then attach the Retention Mechanism to the Retention Mechanism Attach Mou...

Page 15: ...or the 2 holes across Slot 1 and match it with the 2 Heat Sink Support Base Take note that one hole base is bigger than the other Push the Heat Sink Support Base onto the mainboard until you hear a click sound Check for a perfect fit Retention Mechanism Notch Hole Heat Sink Support Base ...

Page 16: ...PentiumTM II Processor Step 4 Install the Heat Sink Support Attach the 2 Heat Sink Supports to the sides of the Processor These Heat Sink Supports will fit in any direction so be sure that the Heat Sink Support Locks are oriented outwards for the proper direction Heat Sink Support ...

Page 17: ... 12 PC 3744 Processor Lock Heatsink Support Lock Step 5 Unlock the Processor Locks and Heat Sink Support Locks Push in the Processor Locks Open the Heat Sink Support Locks Step 6 Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card ...

Page 18: ...R 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 13 Step 7 Lock the Processor Locks and Heat Sink Support Locks Secure the CPU by pushing out the Processor Locks Close the Heat Sink Support Locks The installation is now complete ...

Page 19: ...h Mount at the bottom of the mainboard Step 2 Install the Retention Mechanism Look for the key on Slot 1 and match it with the Notch Key on the Retention Mechanism for proper direction Then attach the Reten tion Mechanism to the Retention Mechanism Attach Mount Use a Screwdriver to secure the Retention Mechanism C OEM CeleronTM Processor Installation Procedures ...

Page 20: ...like inserting a PCI or an ISA card Step 5 Lock the Processor Lock the processor by putting the Retention Cap provided Take note of the two plastic lock at the side of the Retention Cap This two plastic lock should be aligned properly into the Retention Mechanism notch hole ê ê Retention Cap ê Heat Sink CeleronTM processor ê plastic Clip Plastic Lock Notch Hole Notch Hole The instruction procedure...

Page 21: ...ON OFF OFF OFF 5 5 OFF ON ON ON 6 OFF OFF ON ON 6 5 OFF ON OFF ON 7 OFF OFF OFF ON 7 5 OFF ON ON OFF 8 1 The DIP Switch SW1 1 2 3 and 4 is used to set the Core Bus Fraction ratio of the CPU The actual core speed of the CPU is the Host Clock Frequency multiplied by the Core Bus ratio For example If CPUClock 66MHz Core Bus ratio 4 then CPU core speed Host Clock x Core Bus ratio 66MHzx4 266MHz 2 The ...

Page 22: ... CPU Speed Setting SW1 To adjust the speed of the CPU you must know the specifications of your CPU always ask the vendor for CPU spec The mainboard can auto detect beteween 66 or 100MHz CPU Bus Frequency Speed Setting SW1 ON OFF 1 2 3 4 ON DIP ...

Page 23: ...1 2 3 4 ON DIP ON OFF 1 2 3 4 ON DIP ON OFF 1 2 3 4 ON DIP b 100MHz CPU Bus Frequency Table 2 1 200 333MHz Intel Pentium II CeleronTM processor 233MHz 266MHz 300MHz 333MHz 200MHz CPU Type SW1 ON OFF 1 2 3 4 ON DIP ON OFF 1 2 3 4 ON DIP ON OFF 1 2 3 4 ON DIP ON OFF 1 2 3 4 ON DIP ON OFF 1 2 3 4 ON DIP a 66MHz CPU Bus Frequency ...

Page 24: ...he positive and should be connected to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If your mainboard had a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control Note For fans with speed sensor every rotation of the fan will send out 2 pulses System Hardware monitor will count and report the fan ...

Page 25: ...s of JBAT1 to keep the CMOS data Keep Data Clear Data 1 3 JBAT1 Note You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position To be able to clear the CMOS you need to unplug the power plug of the system because there s a 3V standby power for PIIX4E chipset which is provided by the power supply Otherwise the CMOS will not be cleared Function 1 3 JBAT1 3 1 ...

Page 26: ...oot Up by Switch the system will boot up only when the power on switch is pressed For Immediate Boot Up the system will boot up instantly when the power connector is connected into the system JP2 Select Boot Up by Switch Select Immediate Boot Up Feature Table 2 3 Power On Mode Feature Note Short JP2 when using Boot Up by Switch feature Open JP2 to enable Immediate Boot Up JP2 ...

Page 27: ...odule sockets It supports 8 MB to 256 Mbytes DIMM memory module The memory module can only support SDRAM Synchronous DRAM MODE DRAM DIMM2 Bank2 DIMM3 Bank3 DIMM1 Bank1 There are two kinds of DIMM specification supported by this mainboard PC100 and PC66 If you use 66MHz CPU Bus Frequency these two DIMM Specs is supported If you use 100 MHz CPU Bus Frequency only PC100 DIMM Specs is supported WARNIN...

Page 28: ...OLT and DRAM so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in 3 The plastic clip at the side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM VOLT DRAM 2 4 2 Memory Installation Procedures ...

Page 29: ...on Rules 16M 1Mx16 ASYM 12 8 8MB 16MB 2Mx8 ASYM 12 9 16MB 32MB 4Mx4 ASYM 12 10 32MB 64MB 64M 2Mx32 ASYM 12 9 32MB 64MB 2Mx32 ASYM 13 8 16MB 32MB 4Mx16 ASYM 12 10 32MB 64MB 4Mx16 ASYM 14 8 32MB 64MB 8Mx8 ASYM 14 9 64MB 128MB 16Mx4 ASYM 14 10 128MB 256MB DRAM Tech DRAM Density Width DRAM Addressing Address Size MB DIMM Row Column Single Side S Double Side D Table 2 4 1 SDRAM Memory Addressing Note B...

Page 30: ...communication ports that send receive 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into this connector PIN SIGNAL 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 COM A PIN DEFINITION ...

Page 31: ...board provides a DB 15 pin connector to connect to a VGA monitor Analog Video Display Connector DB15 S Pin Signal Description 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Not used 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Not used 10 Ground 11 Not used 12 SDA 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 15 SCL 15 11 ...

Page 32: ...ed Parallel Port EPP and Extended capabilities Parallel Port ECP See connector and pin definition below PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 STROBE 14 AUTOFEED 2 DATA0 15 ERR 3 DATA1 16 INIT 4 DATA2 17 SLIN 5 DATA3 18 GND 6 DATA4 19 GND 7 DATA5 20 GND 8 DATA6 21 GND 9 DATA7 22 GND 10 ACK 23 GND 11 BUSY 24 GND 12 P E 25 GND 13 SELECT PIN DEFINITION 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 ...

Page 33: ... connector location and pin definition are shown below PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 9 Keyboard Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a keyboard You can plug a keyboard cable directly to this connector PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female Pin1 Mouse DATA Pin6 NC Pin2 NC Pin4 VCC Pin3 GND Pin5 Mouse Clock Pin1 KBD DATA Pin6 NC Pin2 NC Pin3 GND Pin5 KBD Clock P...

Page 34: ...ick X1 4 GND 5 GND 6 Joystick Y1 7 Joystick But1 8 5v 9 5v 10 Joystick But2 11 Joystick X2 12 Midi Out 13 Joystick Y2 14 Joystick But3 15 Midi In Joystick MIDI Connector 2 10 Joystick Midi Connector You can connect MIDI keyboard joystick or game pads to this connector 1 8 9 15 ...

Page 35: ...inboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices like keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB device directly to this connector PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 Data0 3 GND 4 Data0 USB Port 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 36: ...CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 31 2 12 LAN Connector The mainboard provides a RJ 45 connector for your network need RJ 45 Connector ...

Page 37: ...2 13 Audio Port Connectors Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones Line In is used for external CD player Tape player or other audio devices Mic is a connector for the microphones Line Out Line In 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors MIC ...

Page 38: ...CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 33 2 14 AUX Line In Connector J2 This connector is used for DVD Add on Card with Line In connector J2 GND AUXLGND AUXR 1 ...

Page 39: ...CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 34 2 15 MIC Selector Jumper JMICI This jumper is used to select which type of microphone to use Three Terminal MIC Two Terminal MIC 1 3 JMICI Function 1 3 JMICI 3 1 ...

Page 40: ...5 2 16 SB_LinkTM Card Sound Connector J4 The mainboard provides a distributed DMA connector for PCI sound card with this feature such as Creative PCI 3D sound card GND DMA Request Signal Serial Interrupt Signal DMA Grand Signal GND 1 J4 ...

Page 41: ...WARE INSTALLATION 2 36 2 17 CPU Temperature Sensor JSOR1 optional This is used to check the CPU temperature The JSOR1 is a sensor that is placed near the processor heatsink This will monitor the CPU temperature JSOR1 ...

Page 42: ...ION 2 37 2 18 Onboard VGA Disable Enable Jumper JP5 If your mainboard supports onboard VGA this jumper is used to disable the onboard VGA JP5 Enable Onboard VGA Disable Onboard VGA Feature Table 2 18 Onboard VGA Jumper Feature JP5 ...

Page 43: ... HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 38 2 19 Serial Port Connector COM B The mainboard provides another serial port connector COM B This port is a 16550A high speed communication ports that send receive 16 bytes FIFOs COM B ...

Page 44: ... 20 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot AGP1 reserved This is an optional function If there s an onboard VGA chipset on the mainboard the AGP slot will not exist But if there s no onboard VGA on the mainboard the AGP slot will exist AGP Slot ...

Page 45: ...onal The MS 5931 Riser card can be used with the MS 6121 mainboard MS 5931 Front View MS 5931 Back View PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 IDE1 IDE2 FDD1 PSFAN1 SFAN1 U1 J3 J4 JWOL J2 J1 JSW1 JIR1 USB2 J9 J6 J7 ATX Power Connector USB2 ATX Optional Connector ...

Page 46: ...D J1 This connector is used by Power Saving LED 1 2 Note During Suspend Mode this LED will light up Note During System On Mode this LED will light up 2 19 3 Front Panel Connector U1 Power LED Turbo L E D Reset Switch Speaker HDD LED 1 2 J1 J2 U1 Suspend Switch ...

Page 47: ...ive Avoid turning the power off while the HDD led is lit You can connect the HDD LED from the system case to this pin f Suspend Switch This 2 pin connector is used to suspend the system 2 19 4 USB Secondary Port USB2 Connector for USB devices like keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB device directly to this connector 2 19 5 Power ON Off Switch Connector JSW1 Connect to a 2 pin...

Page 48: ...e BIOS setup to use the IR function Consumer IR is a reserved function for future Super I O chipset CIRRX is reserved VCC 1 NC IRRX GND IRTX NC CIRRX NC NC NC JIR1 J3 Chassis Intrusion Short pin 7 8 To Enable Chassis Intrusion Open pin 7 8 To Disable Chassis Intrusion 2 19 7 Internal Modem Ring Wake Up Connector Chassis Intrusion Selector J3 The J3 pin 1 6 is used for special internal modem that s...

Page 49: ...J4 2 19 9 Wake On LAN Connector JWOL The JWOL connector is for use with LAN add on cards that supports Wake Up on LAN function JWOL 1 3 PIN SIGNAL 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 MP_WAKEUP Note LAN wake up signal is active high Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature 750 ma power supply with 5V Stand by ...

Page 50: ...Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the power and system fan control S E N S O R 12V GND PSFAN1 SFAN1 Note For fans with speed sensor every rotation of the fan will send out 2 pulses System Hardware monitor will count and report the fan rotation speed 2 19 11 2mm CD ROM Input Connector J6 J6 is used as a CD Line in connector Connect...

Page 51: ...BIOS SETUP Award BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed RAM CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off ...

Page 52: ...ry again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to PRESS F1 TOCONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TOENTERSETUP 3 2 Getting Help Main Menu The on line descript...

Page 53: ...TY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS SPECIAL FEATURES SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Select Item Shift F2 Change Color Standard CMOS Setup Thi...

Page 54: ... ISA devices Supervisor Password User Password Change set or disable password This function allows the user access to the system and setup or just setup Load Setup Defaults Chipset defaults indicates the values required by the system for the maximumperformance Special Features Setup This function is reserved for Special Hardware Monitor IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatically configure hard disk para...

Page 55: ...M4A STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Drive A 1 44M 3 5in Base Memory 640K Drive B None Extended Base Memory 15360K Other Memory 384K Video EGA VGA Halt On All but Keyboard Total Memor...

Page 56: ...e for Enhanced IDE BIOS Type 1 to Type 45 are pre defined Type User is user definable and Auto is BIOS auto detectable Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press Enter Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive typ...

Page 57: ...ll be Type 1 If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI the selection shall be None If the controller of HDD interface is CD ROM the selection shall be None CYLS number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precom LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS number of sectors MODEHDD access mode ...

Page 58: ...ct item F1 Help PU PD modify F5 Old Value Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Anti Virus Protection Disable CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power on Self Test Disabled Boot From LAN First Disabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Floppy FIFO Control Disabled Boot up NumLock status On Gate A20 O...

Page 59: ... Disable cache Note The internal cache is built in the processor External Cache Choose Enabled or Disabled This option enables the level 2 cache memory CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Choose Enabled or Disabled This option enables the level 2 cache memory ECC error check correction Using 66MHz CPU BUS Deschutes processor set to Enabled or Disabled Using 100MHz CPU BUS Deschutes processor always set to E...

Page 60: ...e Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B Default is Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Floppy FIFO Control During Enabled the FDD disk will perform better Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On On default Keypad is n...

Page 61: ...olors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI ...

Page 62: ...ill increase the video performance Enabled default Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow Determines whether the optional ROM will be copied to RAM for faster execution Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled default Optional shadow is disabled Note For C8000 DFFFF optional ROM on PCI BIOS BIOS will automati cally enable the shadow RAM U...

Page 63: ...d Transaction Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB 64 3 6 Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers These registers control most of the system options in the computer Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP from the Main Menu and the following screen will appear ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IM4A CMOS SETUP UTILITY CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Note Change t...

Page 64: ...g code according to the type of installed DRAM The settings are Non ECC or ECC System BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Enabled BIOS access cached Disabled BIOS access not cached Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of th...

Page 65: ... space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB Enabled Memory hole supported Disabled Memory hole not supported Passive Release When Enabled CPU to PCI bus accesses are allowed during passive release Otherwise the arbiter only accepts another PCI master access to local DRAM The settings are Enabled or Disabled Delayed Transaction The chi...

Page 66: ...Off After Standby Modem Use IRQ 3 Doze Mode Disable Standby Mode Disable Suspend Mode Disable HDD Power Down Disable Throttle Duty Cycle 62 5 VGA Active Monitor Disable Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off CPUFAN off in Suspend Enabled Resume by Ring Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled Date of Month Alarm 2 Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Wake Up On LAN Disable Esc Quit Select item F1 Help PU PD modify F5 Old...

Page 67: ...n their MIN value PM Control by APM No System BIOS will ignore APM when power managing the system Yes System BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before it enter any PM mode Note Enable this for O S with APM like Windows 95 Windows NT etc Video Off Method Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blank off the screen when disabling video V HSYNC Blank In addition to 1 BIOS will also turn off the V SYNC H ...

Page 68: ...urned off Suspend During Suspend mode the monitor will be turned off The default setting is Standby MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system The settings are NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 or 11 Defines the continuous idle time before the system enters DOZE mode If any item defined in the options of Power...

Page 69: ... in the options of Power Down Resume Events is enabled active SUSPEND timer will be reloaded When the system has entered SUSPEND mode any of the items enabled in the Power Down Resume Events will trigger the system to wake up Defines the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD enters the power saving mode motor off BIOS will turn off the HDD s motor when time is out Defines the continuous idle tim...

Page 70: ...Delay 4 sec if you push the switch once the system goes into suspend mode and if you push it more than 4 seconds the system will be turned off During instant off the system will turn off once you push the switch CPUFAN Off in Suspend During Enabled if the system goes into suspend mode the CPU fan will stop During Disabled if the system goes into suspend mode the CPU fan will not be turned off Resu...

Page 71: ...need a LAN which support power on functions It should also support the wake up on LAN jumper JWOL1 Enabled Wake up on LAN supported Disabled Wake up on LAN not supported Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system before this function will work Restore on AC Power Loss The settings are power on or last status During power on after every...

Page 72: ...nabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled Floppy Disk Enabled Serial Port Enabled Parallel Port Enabled During Enabled if any interrupt event occurs the system will wake up from suspend mode During Disabled the system will not monitor any interrupt event ...

Page 73: ...s option must set to NO PnP OS Installed No Resources Controlled By Manual Reset Configuration Data Disabled IRQ 3 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 4 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 15assigned to PCI I...

Page 74: ...otect resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved at the system BIOS If Disabled default is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If Enabled is chosen the s...

Page 75: ...a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides for non PnP ISA add on card PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals Assign IRQ for VGA Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for VGA card Assign IRQ for USB Set to Enabled when USB port will be used Set to Disable if the USB port will not be used Used MEM base addr Le...

Page 76: ...lts are loaded automatically Choose this item and the following message appears Load Setup Defaults Y N N To use the Setup defaults change the prompt to Y and press Enter Note The Setup defaults can be customized to increase performance However the BIOS defaults can always be used as a back up if there is some problem with the mainboard operation ...

Page 77: ...the CPU FAN voltage chart during system boot up During Disabled this will not show POST SHOWING Chassis Fan Detected Disabled Power Fan Detected Disabled CPU Fan Detected Enabled Chassis Intrusion Detect Disabled Voltage Detected Enabled Vcore Voltage Detected Enabled 2 5V Voltage Detected Enabled 3 3V Voltage Detected Enabled 5 0V Voltage Detected Enabled 12V Voltage Detected Enabled 12V Voltage ...

Page 78: ...go back to Enabled Chassis Power CPU Fan RPM During Enabled this will monitor the RPM of your CPU Chassis Power fan System Temperature CPU Temperature This will show the System and CPU temperature CPU Critical Temp This option is for setting the critical temperature level for the proces sor When the processor reach the temperature you set this will reduce the load on the processor Shutdown Temp Th...

Page 79: ...Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot Onboard Sound Enable Onboard LAN Enable Onboard FDC controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Ser...

Page 80: ...will have the system ignore the HDD s reported operation mode and use the selected mode instead Note According to ATA specs Mode 4 transfer rate is Mode 3 Mode 2 Mode 1 Mode 0 If the user s HDD can operate at Mode 3 the user can also select a slower Mode i e Mode 0 2 but not a faster Mode ie Mode 4 On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Disabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Disabled The system provi...

Page 81: ...oard audio controller Otherwise choose Disabled to use the add on sound card controller Onboard LAN Enabled Disabled The system has an on board Intel 82558 10 100M Ethernet LAN Controller Choose Enabled to use the on board LAN controller for accessing the RJ 45 Otherwise choose Disabled to use the add on LAN Card Onboard FDC Enabled Disabled The system has an on board Super I O chip with a FDD con...

Page 82: ...isabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 The system has an On board Super I O chipset with 2 serial ports The On board serial ports can be selected as Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 COM 1 uses IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 COM 2 uses IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 COM 3 uses IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 COM 4 uses IRQ4 Note Because the ISA Bus Interrupt accepts low to high edge trigger th...

Page 83: ...will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel so choose the onboard parallel port with the ECP feature After select ing it the following message will appear ECP Mode Use DMA At this time the user can choose between DMA chan nels 3 or 1 The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec compliant so after the user chooses the on...

Page 84: ...ime you run this option enter your password up to only 8 characters and press Enter The screen does not display the entered characters For no password just press Enter 3 After you enter the password the following message appears prompting you to confirm the password Confirm Password 4 Enter exactly the same password you just typed in to confirm the pass word and press Enter 5 Move the cursor to Sa...

Page 85: ...94 63 NORMAL 3 2113 2047 32 65535 4094 63 LARGE ESC Skip 3 13 IDE HDD Auto Detection You can use this utility to automatically detect the characteristics of most hard drives When you enter this utility the screen asks you to select a specific hard disk for Primary Master If you accept a hard disk detected by the BIOS you can enter Y to confirm and then press Enter to check next hard disk This func...

Page 86: ...TM graphics accelerator is well suited for home user edutainment systems small business graphics enabled authoring plat forms and corporate data intensive tools This platform provides a leap in graphics performance enabling creativity and consumer business applica tions In addition to its breakthrough 3D capabilities the Intel740TM graphics accelerator provides a complete graphics solution consist...

Page 87: ...g Highest perf AGP l Full Featured AGP support l Up to 533MB sec l Direct Memory Execution 64 bit 2D Accelerator l Supports up to 1600x1200 60Hz Video Acceleration l 205MHz DAC l Full Screen Playback l Vert horiz scaling l 30 fps full screen l 24 fps software DVD PowerManagement l Supports VESA Display Power Management Signaling DPMS compliant VGA monitor for power management MultimediaApplication...

Page 88: ...A Driver installa tion and Usage Computer Intel Pentium II processor or higher Monitor VGASupport mimimum640x480resolu tion Operating system DOS 5 0 or higher Windows 95 Windows NT 3 51 or 4 0 or OS 2 CD ROM Double Speed or Higher Chipset Intel 740 AGP Graphics Accelerator VGABIOS Version 1 01 or Higher ...

Page 89: ...board Windows 95 will auto detect the changes in your hardware configuration and will install the Standard VGA Driver To get a higher resolution and performance you need to install the MS 6121 VGA Driver Before installing the VGA driver you need to install theWindows 95 OSR2 USB supplement Otherwise there will be a in the device manager To install Windows 95 OSR2 USB supplement follow the steps be...

Page 90: ...CHAPTER 4 VGA DRIVER 4 5 Step 4 Click on Yes button Step 5 Click on Yes button ...

Page 91: ...CHAPTER 4 VGA DRIVER 4 6 Step 4 Click on OK button Step 5 Click on the OK button This will restart your system This will first scan the C drive then copy the neces sary files needed ...

Page 92: ... the steps below Step 1 Insert the CD provided into your CD ROM drive After inserting the CD this will autorun showing this window Step 2 Click on Device Drivers button Step 3 Click on the OK button This will install the VGA driver automatically and restart the Windows 95 ...

Page 93: ...ally and restart the Windows 95 Note a After Restarting the Windows 95 will ask you to Please Insert the disk labeled Adapter Configurations and Drivers Diskette Just Click OK b Windows 95 will also look for these files ndis eyoubidos and nt e100bur sys Just Skip file and restart the Windows 95 ...

Page 94: ...CHAPTER 4 VGA DRIVER 4 9 This will be the new Display Properties ...

Page 95: ...CHAPTER 4 VGA DRIVER 4 10 Using Display Properties new function This function is used to show the Display Driver version and memory size ...

Page 96: ...CHAPTER 4 VGA DRIVER 4 11 This function is used to adjust the Gamma Ramp Gamma Brightness Contrast and color ...

Page 97: ...icon Step 4 Select Setting on the Display properties Step 5 Select Display Type Step 6 Select Change from the Adapter Type area Step 7 Select Have Disk from change display Step 8 Click on the Browse button of install disk Step 9 Look for your CD_ROM driver Intel i740 nt4 0 Step 10 Choose oemsetup and click open Step 11 When the Change Display dialog box appears click OK Step 12 When the Third Part...

Page 98: ...Step 5 To select desktop resolution size go to the Desktop area and use the slide bar to change resolution from 640x480 800x600 1024x768 to1280x1024 Step 6 Select Test to test the resolution If the display test screen was good then select Yes when the Testing Mode dialog box appears If the display test screen was bad then select No Windows NT will give you an error message Step 7 Click OK If the d...

Page 99: ...port Sound Blaster game compatibility l Support Windows sound system compatibility lFull Duplex Operation l Support Software Wave Table 1 2 System Requirements This section describes system requirements for the Audio Driver installation and Usage Computer Intel Pentium II processor or higher Operating system DOS 5 0 or higher Windows 95 Windows NT 3 51 or 4 0 or OS 2 CD ROM Double Speed or Higher ...

Page 100: ...Step 2 Look for the CD_ROM drive double click on the CD_ROM icon This will show the setup screen Step 3 Click on Device Driver icon Step 4 This will copy the audio drivers into the hard drive Step 5 A message will appear stating you must restart the Win dows 95 system select yes to restart 2 1 2 Windows 95 Application Step 1 Insert the provided CD_ROM disk into the CD ROM drive Step 2 Look for the...

Page 101: ...M disk into the CD ROM drive Step 2 Look for the CD_ROM drive double click on the CD_ROM icon This will show the setup screen Step 3 Click on YAMAHA XG Studio icon Step 4 Follow the setup procedures Step 5 A message will appear stating you must restart the Win dows 95 system select yes to restart ...

Page 102: ...p 6 Insert the CD ROM Disk into the CD ROM Drive Step 7 When the Install from Disk dialog box appears look for your CD ROMdrive YAMAHA YMF740 NT40 Step 8 ClickOK Step 9 Select the language of the driver Step 10 ClickOK Step 11 Set parameters Step 12 A message will appear stating that the drivers were succesfully installed Click OK You must now restart Windows NT 4 0 2 3 Detailed User s Manual The ...

Page 103: ...ce l Backward software compatible to the 82557 l Internal transmit and receive FIFOs 3 kbytes each l Back to back transmit at 100 Mbps within minimum IFS l EEPROM support for configuration and customized feature selection l Advanced configuration and Power Interface Specifica tion Revision 1 0 and PCI Power Management Specifica tion Revision 1 0 compliant l Remote Wake Up Magic Packet support in A...

Page 104: ...D ROM will autorun Press the button for install ing the LAN driver 2 2 Other OS driver To install the driver for other operating system just insert the provided CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Type CD ROM Path E100B Setup readme This will show different procedure for the installation of LAN driver for different kind of operating system Just follow the procedures given ...

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