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Page 1: ...The AZZA 361 Mainboard Series Cover Click Here Table Of Contents Click Here Introduction Click Here Hardware Installation Click Here BIOS Management Click Here R ...
Page 2: ...nboard Series User Manual 361 Mainboard 361 Mainboard SOCKET A Micro ATX Mainboard 361 BM 361 BM 361 BS 361 BS Version 1 x UM 361BMS E2 Rev 1 0V Creation Date 11 July 2001 VIA_361_Manual_030701_Re page 1 Wednesday July 11 2001 13 37 Composite ...
Page 3: ...make changes to its contents at any time without prior notice 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM Windows 95 and Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMD DuronTM and AMD AthlonTM are registered trademarks of AMD corporation Award is the registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in ...
Page 4: ...tallation Section Subsection Page 2 1 Installation Checklist 10 2 2 Installation Steps 12 2 3 CPU Memory and Expansion Slots 12 2 3 1 Installation of the CPU 12 2 3 2 Memory Modules 12 2 3 3 PCI Slots 13 2 4 Internal Connectors 14 2 4 1 COM 2 Connector 14 2 4 2 Floppy Disk Drive FDD 14 2 4 3 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors 14 2 4 4 Standard Infrared Connector 15 2 4 5 CPU and Chassis Fan Conn...
Page 5: ... JP 2 Clearing CMOS Data 21 Chapter 3 Managing The PC BIOS Section Subsection Page 3 1 AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility 22 3 2 Main Menu 22 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup 23 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features 25 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features 28 3 6 Integrated Peripherals 32 3 7 Power Management Setup 35 3 8 PNP PCI Configuration 39 3 9 PC Health Status 40 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control 42 3 11 Load Optimized Defaul...
Page 6: ...NE IN MIC IN CN 7 USB 2 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI slot 3 CN 16 WOL CN 30 USB 3 CN 31 USB 4 CN 12 IR Speak and Power LED connector System Panel Buttons and LED connectors CN 17 Chassis Fan CN 9 IDE 1 CN 10 IDE 2 CN 8 FDD JP 1 CPU FSB Speed Selection CN 15 ATX Power Supply CN 4 COM 2 CPU Socket A VIA 8361 Chipset DIMM 1 DIMM 2 CN 13 CPU Fan PC 99 ATX Connector JP 2 Clear CMOS CN 21 Un housed CD In V...
Page 7: ...ds Chipset Northbridge VIA KLE133 VT8361 Southbridge VT82C686B CPU Switching Voltage regulator This mainboard is equipped with a switching voltage regulator that automatically detects a DC power supply from 1 1 V to 1 8 V System Memory The 361 mainboard series uses Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMM Each mainboard has two 168 pin DIMM sockets These sockets support 3 3V power level un buffered SDRAM S...
Page 8: ...appropriately networked software is designed for easy inventory maintenance and the simplified troubleshooting of computer systems WOL Wake WOL Wake On On LAN Po LAN Port rt One WOL connector supports Wake On LAN functionality USB USB Ports Ports The mainboard is equipped with 4 USB ports USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and...
Page 9: ...temperature It has an overheat alarm 2 VCORE 3 3V 5V 12V 2 5V voltages and failure alarm 3 Processor and chassis fan speeds It has a failure alarm for these fans 4 Read back capability that displays temperature voltage and fan speed 1 3 1 Hardware Monitoring System Utility The mainboard comes with the Hardware Monitoring System utility contained on the CD It is capable of monitoring the system s h...
Page 10: ...l modem only RTC Timer to Power RTC Timer to Power on the System on the System The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on at a set date and time Wake Wake On On LAN Ready LAN Ready The Wake On LAN function allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC Your LAN card must support the remote wakeup function The 5V SB power source of your ...
Page 11: ...ctor CPU fan CN 15 ATX Power Supply ATX CN 16 Wake on LAN connector WOL CN 17 Chassis Fan connector Chassis Fan CN 18 Game MIDI port connector Game CN 19 VGA connector VGA CN 21 Un Housed CD Audio In connector CD IN CN 30 and CN 31 Universal Serial BUS connectors USB 3 and USB 4 System Panel Buttons and LED connectors PW Power On Off and Suspend Switch connector HL HDD LED connector RS Reset Butto...
Page 12: ...CI 3 CN 4 COM 2 1 1 System Panel Buttons and LED Speaker Power LED 1 1 1 1 1 CN 17 Chassis Fan CN 9 IDE 1 CN 10 IDE 2 JP 2 Clear CMOS 1 JP 1 CPU FSB Speed CN 8 FDD DIMM 1 DIMM 2 CN 13 CPU FAN 1 1 CN 15 ATX Power Supply 1 CPU Socket A VIA Chipset Expansion Slots Jumpers and Internal Connectors CN 21 Un housed CD In VIA_361_Manual_030701_Re page 11 Wednesday July 11 2001 13 37 Composite ...
Page 13: ...ate Pin 1 for the Socket on the mainboard 3 There is a lever on the side of the socket First push this lever sideways and then lift it to a 90 degree angle 4 Insert the CPU into the Socket Please make sure that Pin 1 for the CPU is inserted into Pin 1 of the Socket 4 When the CPU is installed correctly push the lever back into place 5 Install a proper heat sink with cooling fan for proper heat dis...
Page 14: ...are inserting your PCI card make sure that the pins are correctly aligned When the pins are properly aligned with the hole s in the slot push down gently Top view of a PCI slot 11 pins 49 pins NOTE Out Of Memory Error Message If you have installed more than 512 MB of RAM and are running Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 98 or Windows 95 you may experience memor...
Page 15: ...ing a second serial port COM 2 The cable for this serial port is optional so you need to purchase it separately Top View of Serial Port 2 COM 2 2 4 3 Primary and Secondary IDE connectors Connector CN 9 primary CN 10 secondary Type 40 pin blocks The 361 mainboards all have two IDE connectors a primary and secondary Each IDE connec tor can support two IDE drives These mainboards can therefore suppor...
Page 16: ...pin The cooling fans must be connected to their respective power connectors If you have in stalled the hardware monitoring feature you will be able to monitor the rotating speed of the CPU cooling fan in your Windows operating system Hardware Installation PIN 2 PIN 1 PIN 4 PIN 3 PIN 5 No Connector IR Receiver Ground IR Transmitter 5V DC Top view of IR connector 5V DC IR Receiver Ground Front view ...
Page 17: ...bility to provide a driving current of at least 720 mA and be connected to a 5V standby voltage 2 4 7 ATX Power Supply Connector Connector CN 15 Type 20 pin block This must be connected to an ATX power supply The plug from the power supply can only be inserted in one orientation Make sure the pins are correctly aligned Find the correct orienta tion and push the plug down firmly Hardware Installati...
Page 18: ...nd 2 see external connectors These connectors allow you to add on an optional kit to expand the total number of USB ports available This will allow you to use extra 2 USB devices See below and page 18 for the diagrams Hardware Installation Hardware Installation PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 Ground Data 5V DC Ground Data Top View of USB 3 4 CN 30 31 Ground 5V DC Data Data Front View of USB 3 4 CN 3...
Page 19: ...When system power is ON you can select two different mode Mode 1 Press and hold the Power ON button for less than 4 seconds and then release it The system will be turned into Suspend mode turned into the GREEN mode When the system is in the Suspend mode n Press the Power on button less than 4 seconds the system will return to Full ON mode n Press and hold the Power On Button for more than 4 second...
Page 20: ... When you turn your system on this LED will also be turned on Note All the external connectors can be found at the back of the mainboard on an ATX connector shown below 2 7 External Connectors CN 1 PS 2 K B CN 6 USB 1 CN 2 PS 2 M S CN 5 LPT CN18 Game MIDI Port CN 3 COM 1 CN 19 VGA Port SPK OUT LINE IN MIC IN CN 7 USB 2 Hardware Installation Hardware Installation Hardware Installation PIN 3 Ground ...
Page 21: ...Q3 IRQ4 selected by CMOS setup 2 7 4 2 7 4 Parallel Port Parallel Port Connector Connector Connector CN 5 Type 25 pin female This parallel port is used by printers which support the SPP EPP and ECP modes IRQ7 or IRQ5 is selectable The ECP mode will use either DMA 3 or DMA 1 which can be selected by the BIOS setup program 2 2 7 5 Universal Serial Bus USB Port 1 2 7 5 Universal Serial Bus USB Port 1...
Page 22: ... jumper it is known as a SHORT Below is an example of a short setting on a jumper 2 8 1 JP 1 CPU FSB Clock Speed Selection This allows you to select the speed of your CPU If you are using a 200 MHz CPU on your mainboard then you need to SHORT JP1 If you are using a 266 MHz CPU you need to OPEN JP1 2 8 2 JP 2 Clearing CMOS Data If you have made an improper setting in the BIOS setup and your compute...
Page 23: ...t be activated If your computer completes the POST you need to restart the system to activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility To restart the system you can either turn the power off press the reset button on your chassis or press the Ctrl Alt Delete button In all three cases the system will restart and to activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility you must immedi ately press the Delete button 3 2 MAIN MENU ...
Page 24: ... the CMOS and exits the setup Note BIOS software is continuously updated therefore the BIOS menus and the descriptions that are given in this manual are for reference purposes only 3 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 3 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP The STANDARD CMOS SETUP menu is on The STANDARD CMOS SETUP menu is on page 24 page 24 Date mm dd yy Sets your system to the date that you specifiy usually the current date...
Page 25: ...condary IDE Connector Move the selection bar to the IDE Hard Drive you want to configure Press the ENTER key If you select AUTO the system BIOS will detect the HDD type automatically Drive A B The 361 mainboard series can support up to two floppy disk drives These two selection fields allow you to select the floppy drives that are installed on your computer Select the correct specifications for th...
Page 26: ...mory Indicates the total memory installed in the PC system 3 4 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 3 4 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES The ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES menu is on The ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES menu is on page 26 page 26 Virus Warning When you enable the virus warning you will receive a warning message whenever a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard ...
Page 27: ...Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Menu Level 4 Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard disk boot sector protection If this function ...
Page 28: ...th 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks Very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives so we therefore recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots This field is toggled be tween On or Off When it is on the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling the cursor operat...
Page 29: ...s use the default setting Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability You may enable this option if your Hard Drive supports the S M A R T technology Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology feature S M A R T will monitor and report your Hard Drive health status Check with your Hard Drive Vendor for further information Video BIOS XXXXX XXXXX Shadow These fields allow you to change the Video BIOS locatio...
Page 30: ...stem BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Frame Buffer Size 8M AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP Mode 4x AGP Driving Control Auto x AGP Driving Value DA OnChip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled OnChip Sound Auto CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Write ...
Page 31: ...I Master Pipeline Req This field allows you to enable or disable the PCI pipeline access P2C C2P Concurrency This selection field allows you to enable disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency Fast R W Turn Around This item controls the DRAM timing It allows you to enable disable the fast read write turn around System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM This ...
Page 32: ...bled as the mainboard Universal Serial Bus USB controller for you to use your USB Keyboard peripherals OnChip Sound This item allows you to control the onboard AC 97 audio CPU to PCI Write Buffer When this field is enabled writes from the CPU to the PCI bus is buffered to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus When disabled the writes are not buffered and the CPU must...
Page 33: ...nboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE pre fetching for faster drive access If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface which does not support pre fetching set this field to Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 throu...
Page 34: ...ster UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display first PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto UART 2 Mode Standard IR Function Duplex Half TX RX inverting enable No Yes Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode Normal ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Parallel Port EPP Type EPP 1 9 Onboard Legacy Audio Enabled Sound...
Page 35: ...of the onboard Infrared Chip There are three choices Standard ASKIR or HPSIR IR Function Duplex This field allows you to select the IR half full duplex function TX RX inverting enable This item allows you to enable TX RX inversion which depends on different H W require ments To avoid any errors in your system we recommend that you do not change the de fault setting in this field Onboard Parallel P...
Page 36: ... by PWRBTN Instant off 4 Wake Up Events Press Enter The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system for effective energy sav ing while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use ACPI function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI Power Management When you press the Enter key on this selection field the f...
Page 37: ...in active Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at a slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode When enabled after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off PM Control by APM When enabled an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mod...
Page 38: ...ing in signal to wakeup your PC system you have to install the External modem to your PC system and tell the PC system which serial port connects to the modem by selecting the IRQ in this field officially COM 1 uses IRQ4 and COM 2 uses IRQ3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung Wake Up Events When...
Page 39: ...ollowing two fields to select the time and date to wake up the PC system from power saving mode Date of Month Resume Time hh mm ss When RTC Alarm Resume is enabled your can setthe date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode IRQs Activity Monitoring The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT p...
Page 40: ...ATION 3 8 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PNP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Ø BIOS can automatically configure all the boot Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields since BIOS automatically assigns them Resources Controlle...
Page 41: ... the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled all the time Assign IRQ For VGA USB A system s IRQs are limited S...
Page 42: ...ction checks the spinning status of the CPU fan If the fan does not spin when power is applied to the system the system will shut down immediately This is to protect the CPU from overheating and burning out The default setting for this option is Enabled If you are using an old cooling fan one with only two wires for voltage connection the sys tem will always shutdown as soon as you start up the co...
Page 43: ...e EMI radiation on this mainboard will be reduced Clock By Slight Adjust You can use this field to adjust the front side system bus clock speed of the CPU The clock frequency can be incremented by 1MHz This allows you to fin tune the system perform ance of your PC 3 11 Load Optimized Defaults 3 11 Load Optimized Defaults 44 Standard CMOS Features 44 Frequency Voltage Control 4 Advanced BIOS Featur...
Page 44: ...is field to load the optimized defaults which are defined in the system BIOS Our engineer recommends the Optimized Defaults If this option is selected it will give a series of parameters that will ensure the reliability and performance of your PC If you lose your CMOS data or you don t know how to complete the setup procedure you may use this option to load the Optimized default values from the BI...
Page 45: ...equest that you to enter the Password Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operating system won t be loaded B When there is no password stored in the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setup is selected in Security Option Users can use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program and they can change any of the BIOS settings 2 When System is selected in Security Option When ...
Page 46: ...hout Saving Save Exit Setup This option will save all setup values to CMOS RAM and exit the SETUP utility Move the selec tion bar to SAVE EXIT SETUP and press the Enter key then type Y and press the Enter key The values you have entered will be saved and all the information will be stored in the CMOS memory Exit Without Saving This item exits the setup utility without saving any of the values you ...
