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VIA 693A ATX 

MAINBOARD

INSTALLATION

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INSTALLATION

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UNPACKING

The mainboard contains the following components. Please inspect the following
contents and confirm that everything is there in the package. If anything is missing or
damaged, call your supplier for instructions before proceeding.

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This mainboard.

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One USER‘S MANUAL.

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One Cable set for IDE and Floppy devices.

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One Pentium™ II Processor Retention Mechanism (RM).

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One socket 370 coupling board.

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One CD diskette for device driver and utility programs 

plus the Virtual Drive

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This mainboard contains electrostatic sensitive components and it can be easily
damaged by static electricity.  So please leave it sealed in the original packing until
when installing.

A grounded anti-static mat is recommended when unpacking and installation. Please
also attached an anti static wristband to your wrist and have it grounded to the same
point as the anti-static mat.

After the opening of the mainboard carton, please observe the mainboard carefully to
make sure there is no shipping and handling damage before you can start to install the
PC system.

Having finished all the procedures above, you are now ready to install the mainboard to
the chassis. Please make sure that the chassis is the ATX type so that the mounting hole
will match with this mainboard.

Summary of Contents for 6VAX2+

Page 1: ...DVAX2 6VAX2 Pentium II III Celeron Twin Processor VIA 693A ATX MAINBOARD VER 1 x USER S MANUAL DOC NO UM DVAX2 E2 PRINTED IN TAIWAN...

Page 2: ...LING THE DRAM MODULES 3 2 3 3 CONNECTORS 3 3 3 4 JUMPERS 3 13 3 5 INSTALLATION OF DEVICE DRIVERS 3 18 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 1 4 1 GETTING STARTED 4 1 4 2 MAIN MENU 4 1 4 3 CONTROL KEYS 4 2 4 4 STANDARD...

Page 3: ...the 5V standby voltage connected to the ATX form factor mainboard Without disconnecting the AC power connector from the PC system the mainboard can be damaged by any improper action WAKE ON LAN In or...

Page 4: ...els which you will find from this mainboard Please refer to the following table for the difference MODEL NAME IDE INTERFACE CPU INTERFACE DVAX2 IDE1 IDE2 SLOT 1 SOCKET 370 6VAX2 IDE1 IDE2 SLOT 1 In or...

Page 5: ...Chassis Fan CN16 WOL DIMM3 SLOT1 CPU AGP SLOT BIOS Socket 370 CPU CN10 IDE 2 CN9 IDE1 DIMM2 DIMM1 BAT1 CN8 FDC CN4 CN3 CN5 JP9 CN17 CN16 WOL SW JP1 JP11 JP100 5 5 U2 CN29 IDE 4 CN28 IDE3 JP11 Vcore Ad...

Page 6: ...IDE BUS FREQUENCY 66 MHz 100MHz and 133MHz selectable MEMORY Three 168 pin DIMM sockets Maximum 384 MB with ECC BIOS Award Plug Play System BIOS 256KB x 8 Flash ROM EXPANSION SLOTS AGP Slots One 32 bi...

Page 7: ...he mainboard status If there is something which is not working normally then you will receive a warning message on the screen display so that you can take proper action to prevent your system from dam...

Page 8: ...contains electrostatic sensitive components and it can be easily damaged by static electricity So please leave it sealed in the original packing until when installing A grounded anti static mat is re...

Page 9: ...ct password or a combination of hot key you can not use the power button on the front panel to power on the PC system Please refer to the Power On Function setup in Section 4 9 Integrated Peripherals...

Page 10: ...he mainboard When the mainboard detects the ring in signal from the serial port the system power will be turned on instantly To enable the Modem Ring In feature you have to run the BIOS setup utility...

Page 11: ...e the mainboard layout 3 1 INSTALLATION OF CPU There are two CPU sockets on the mainboard designed for Pentium II Pentium III and Celeron processors The CPU sockets on the mainboard are the Slot 1 and...

Page 12: ...es In order to have a better performance only the Synchronous SDRAM memory is recommended Both Symmetrical and Asymmetrical DRAM addressing are supported When installing SDRAM modules you don t have t...

Page 13: ...used to check the memory sub system and make sure there is no error during memory read and memory write Before you can enable the ECC feature in the BIOS setup program please check the memory module a...

Page 14: ...Connector DIMM3 BIOS DIMM2 DIMM1 COM 1 COM 2 CN4 CN3 COM ports viewed from the real panel Ping assignment of serial port connector 1 6 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 6 DSR...

Page 15: ...an be selected by the CMOS setup program DIMM3 BIOS DIMM2 DIMM1 Parallel Port CN5 Pin assignment of parallel port 1 14 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 STROBE 14 AUTO FEED 2 Data Bit 0 15 ERROR 3 Dat...

Page 16: ...iversal Serial Bus Connector CN6 USB 1 CN7 USB 2 DIMM3 BIOS DIMM2 DIMM1 Pin assignment of USB connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 USB1 USB2 H CN8 Floppy Disk Control Port Connector Use IRQ6 DMA channel...

Page 17: ...66 and backward compatible CN9 IDE 1 CN10 IDE 2 DIMM3 BIOS DIMM2 DIMM1 K CN12 IR FIR Infrared Rays Connector Consumer IR Connector Consumer IR connector is active only when W83977CTF AW I O Chip is in...

Page 18: ...693A ATX MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3 8 L CN13 CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector DIMM3 BIOS DIMM2 DIMM1 1 2 3 CN13 GND 12V Fan Signal M CN15 ATX Power Connector ATX Power connector CN15 DIMM3 BIOS DIMM2 D...

Page 19: ...r supply must be able to provide at least 700mA current driving ability on the 5V standby voltage DIMM3 BIOS DIMM2 DIMM1 CN 16 WOL 1 2 3 Pin assignment of WOL Connector 1 2 3 Pin Signal name Pin Signa...

Page 20: ...ns and LED indicators on the front panel Followings are the details PUSH BUTTONS AND LED CONNECTORS RS Reset Button connector HL HDD LED connector SL Sleep LED connector PW Power On Off Suspend switch...

Page 21: ...s OFF Press this switch the system will power on when password is selected in the CMOS setup program you will be unable to use the PW button to turn on the power of the PC system please see Section 2...

Page 22: ...powered off instantly S Speaker and Key Lock connector SPKR KBLOCK CONNECTORS SPK 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 PWR LED KBLOCK DIMM3 BIOS DIMM2 DIMM1 SPK Speaker connector 1 Pin Signal name 1 5V DC 2 No Connect...

Page 23: ...correct before installing this mainboard A jumper is a set of two three or more jumper pins which allows users to make different system configuration by putting the plastic connector plug mini jumper...

Page 24: ...on pin 2 3 of JP9 around 3 to 5 seconds and then return it to the original position pin 1 2 3 Re connect the AC power cable C JP11 CPU Voltage Adjustment Optional This mainboard will detect the CPU ty...

Page 25: ...and CPU or uninstall the CPU from the mainboard while the system power is ON Under such circumstance mainboard may receive wrong VID signal and send wrong Vcore to the CPU Unfortunately wrong Vcore m...

Page 26: ...Pin 3 Pin 4 Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Auto Short Open Short Open 66MHz Open Short Open Short 100MHz Open Open Open Short 133MHz Open Open Open Open Note 1 JP100 and JP133 will have no function unless D...

Page 27: ...d inside the CPU 1 2 3 4 ON SW toggle switch DIMM3 BIOS DIMM2 DIMM1 Note SW setting will have no function when the clock ratio is locked in the CPU Settings of the toggle switch CPU MHz Clock Ratio SW...

Page 28: ...lect D Driver Mainboard VIA Pentium_II directory Note D is the device name of your CD ROM drive Step3 Run SETUP EXE in this directory and follow the screen display to install the mainboard device driv...

Page 29: ...ST the following message appears at the lower left corner of the screen Press DEL to enter SETUP To start the BIOS Setup program please press the DEL key The STANDARD CMOS SETUP screen as shown in fig...

Page 30: ...will be retrieved F7 Loads the SETUP default values from BIOS default table only the current page setup will be loaded F10 Save all changes to CMOS RAM from the MAIN MENU 4 4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP ROM...

Page 31: ...ng 4 5 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69LGXXX BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 CPU Internal Cache Enabled HDD S M A R T capability...

Page 32: ...ilt in Pentium II or Celeron processors CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking default setting Enabled This option will enable or disable the ECC checking on the CPU L2 cache The ECC checking will ensure the accur...

Page 33: ...field so that the IRQ12 can be released for the other devices If you are using the PS 2 mouse leave this field Enabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop default setting Disabled Some display cards are non standar...

Page 34: ...d F1 Help PU PD Modify USB Keyboard Support Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who ca...

Page 35: ...area a system error may result Video RAM Cacheable default setting Disabled Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this...

Page 36: ...uency When you select default setting the system BIOS will detect the CPU type and decide the FSB clock automatically You may also use this field to select different FSB clock and force your CPU to ru...

Page 37: ...DD ON IRQ15 Reserved Disabled DMA Master OFF Modem or LAN Resume Disabled ESC Quit Select Item RTC Alarm Resume Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults WARNIN...

Page 38: ...ent device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No Video Off after Default setting Suspe...

Page 39: ...oze Mode Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode Defaul...

Page 40: ...ct the On setting default any event occurring at will awaken a system which is in Suspend mode The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT p...

Page 41: ...I ISA PnP F1 Help PU PD Modify DMA 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 6 assigned to PCI ISA PnP F7 Load Setup Defaults DMA 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP WARNING The selection field...

Page 42: ...er there is the new PCI or ISA devices plugged onto the mainboard system BIOS will detect it and assign a free IRQ or DMA for the new devices Note Most IRQ and DMA have its own purpose and they can no...

Page 43: ...s a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability AGP Master 1 WS Read Default setting Disabled This implements a single del...

Page 44: ...nnel0 1 Default setting Disabled The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactiva...

Page 45: ...ou may enter up to four alphanumeric characters in this field When you have entered the password and press the Enter key reconfirm the password one more time to complete password setup KBC input clock...

Page 46: ...setup procedure you may use this option to load the SETUP default values from the BIOS default table It is easy to load the default value simply highlight the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS field and then press...

Page 47: ...Function mentioned in Section 2 2 and Section 4 9 Those password settings are used to power on your PC system However the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD will be used to check the authority when power on the PC...

Page 48: ...SUPERVISOR PASSWORD mentioned in previous page The User Password will have different function according to the Supervisor Password and the Security Option setup in Section 4 5 A When there is the pas...

Page 49: ...Option Users can use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program and they can make all the change in the BIOS setup program 2 When System is selected in Security Option When turn on the PC sy...

Page 50: ...C system know the IDE HDD type you have to tell the system what kind of HDD is connected to the mainboard by giving a set of HDD parameters Sometimes it is not easy for users to find the proper parame...

Page 51: ...TED PERIPHERALS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type This option will save all setup va...

Page 52: ...LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type This item exit the setup routine without saving any changed values to CMOS RAM When you do n...

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