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Page 1: ...The AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Cover Click Here Table Of Contents Click Here Introduction Click Here Hardware Installation Click Here BIOS Management Click Here R ...

Page 2: ...The AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 1 U601 Mainboard Series User Manual U601BL U601BV SOCKET 370 Micro ATX Mainboard Version 1 x UM U601BL E1 Rev 1 0V Creation Date 22 January 2002 ...

Page 3: ...hanges to its con tents 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 PentiumTM III Cop permineTM TualatinTM and CeleronTM are registered trademarks of Intel corporation Award is the registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of p...

Page 4: ... 2 3 Expansion Slots Jumpers and Internal Connectors 13 2 4 CPU Memory and Expansion Slots 14 2 4 1 Installation of the CPU 14 2 4 2 Memory Modules 14 2 4 3 PCI Slots 15 2 5 Internal Connectors 16 2 5 1 Floppy Disk Drive FDD 16 2 5 2 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors 16 2 5 3 CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors 16 2 5 4 ATX Power Supply Connector 17 2 5 5 WOL Wake On LAN Connector 18 2 5 6 CD Audio ...

Page 5: ...nnector 23 2 9 Clear CMOS Memory 23 Chapter 3 Managing The PC BIOS Page 24 3 1 AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility 25 3 2 Main Menu 25 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup 26 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features 28 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features 32 3 6 Integrated Peripherals 35 3 7 Power Management Setup 38 3 8 PNP PCI Configuration 42 3 9 PC Health Status 43 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control 44 3 11 Load Optimized Defaults 44 3 ...

Page 6: ... 1 1 Mainboard And PC99 ATX External Connector Layout PC99 ATX External Connector JP1 Clear CMOS CN30 USB3 CN31 USB4 CN17 CHASSIS FAN SPKR PWR LED System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors PCI2 PCI1 CN8 FDC CN9 IDE1 CN10 IDE2 DIMM2 CN15 ATX Power Supply Connector DIMM1 CN36 S PDIF CN21 CD IN CN45 AUX IN CN16 WOL CN12 IR Introduction ...

Page 7: ...ectors are optional items see ap pendix A for further details They also have a single jumper for clearing CMOS and this facilitates simplified assembly 1 2 2 Mainboard Dimensions Width 244 mm Length 180 mm 1 2 3 Environmental Limitations Operating Temperature 10 C to 40 C 50 F to 104 F Required Airflow 50 linear feet minute across the CPU Storage Temperature 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F Humidity 0 t...

Page 8: ... wake on LAN WOL function and remote wake up Onboard Audio Features Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D and AC97 Full Duplex Word Size Data Path 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit Address Path 32 bit Front Side Bus Frequency FSB FSB frequencies of 66MHz 100MHz and 133MHz are supported BIOS Award BIOS Windows 95 98 Plug and Play PnP compatible Supports SCSI sequential boot up Flash EPROM for easy...

Page 9: ...ne CPU Fan connector One Chassis Fan connector Two USB connectors One WOL connector One CD audio in connector One Auxiliary in connector One connector for IrDA interface optional see appendix A One S PDIF connector optional see appendix A ATX Double Deck Ports PC 99 color coded connectors Two USB ports One external DB 9 serial port connector COM 1 One External LAN port RJ 45 One SPP ECP EPP DB 25 ...

Page 10: ...sage will automatically pop up We recommend that you use the Default Settings which are the ideal settings that will maintain the system in a good working condition 1 4 2 Installation To install this utility please insert the CD into the CD ROM drive The auto run screen Driver Utility will automatically appear Click the Hardware Monitoring button choose the chipset model number and the OS that is ...

Page 11: ...ically power on at a set date and time Wake On 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 power supply must be at least 720mA ACPI Ready The mainboard is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy s...

Page 12: ...N12 CN13 CN15 CN16 CN17 CN21 CN30 CN31 CN36 CN45 Floppy Disk Drive Primary IDE Secondary IDE Infrared CPU Fan ATX Power Supply Wake On Lan Chassis Fan CD Audio In Universal Serial Bus 3 Universal Serial Bus 4 Sony Phillips Digital Interface Auxiliary In FDC IDE1 IDE2 IR optional CPU Fan ATX WOL Chassis Fan CD In USB3 USB4 S PDIF optional AUX IN CN1 CN2 CN3 CN5 CN6 CN7 CN18 CN19 CN35 PS 2 Keyboard ...

Page 13: ... you use a grounded anti static mat We further recommend that you attach an anti static wristband which is grounded at the same location as the mat to your wrist A Diagram of the Expansion Slots Jumpers and Connectors can be seen on the following page 2 2 Installation Steps Installation Checklist Continued System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors PW SL HL RS Power On Off and Suspend Switch Connecto...

Page 14: ...S u p p ly C o n n e cto r 1 C N 8 FD C 1 C N 2 1 C D IN 1 C N 4 5 A U X IN 1 1 C N 1 6 W O L 1 C N 1 2 IR C N 1 7 C h assis Fan 1 C N 3 6 S P D IF P W S L H L R S 1 1 1 1 1 P W R L E D 1 S P K R 1 1 C N 3 1 U S B 4 C N 3 0 U S B 3 C N 1 0 ID E 2 C N 9 ID E 1 JP 1 C le ar C M O S 1 D IM M 1 D IM M 2 P C I 1 P C I 2 C N 1 3 C P U Fa n 1 1 1 C N 9 ID E 1 C N 1 5 A T X P ow e r S u p p ly C o n n e c...

Page 15: ...our mainboard IMPORTANT CPU COOLING FAN Please ensure that you have an approved heat sink with cooling fan Without a proper heat sink with cooling fan you will damage both the mainboard and the CPU 2 4 2 Memory Modules The U601 mainboards have two 168 pin DIMM slots and are able to support a maximum of 1GB PC 100 PC 133 SDR SDRAM The DIMM slots are located on the right hand side of the board To in...

Page 16: ... 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 memory problems Two symptoms of these problems are being unable to run an MS DOS session while you are running Windows or the computer may stop responding while Windows is starting There are three possible sol...

Page 17: ...inboard To connect use the ribbon cable that has been provided Make sure that the red strip is connected to PIN 1 of the connector 2 5 Internal Connectors 2 5 2 Primary and Secondary IDE connectors Connector CN 9 primary CN 10 secondary Type 40 pin blocks The U601 mainboard has two IDE connectors a primary and secondary Each IDE connector can support two IDE drives These mainboards can therefore s...

Page 18: ...erted in one orientation Make sure the pins are correctly aligned Find the correct orientation and push the plug down firmly ATX Power Supply Connector Pin 1 Pin 11 12V 5VSB PWR_OK GND 5VDC GND 5VDC GND 3 3VDC 3 3VDC 5VDC 5VDC 5VDC GND GND GND PS_ON GND 12VDC 3 3VDC CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors 1 Ground 2 12V DC 3 Fan Signal 1 Ground 2 12V DC 3 Fan Signal Chassis Fan CPU Fan Hardware Installatio...

Page 19: ... CN 21 Type 4 pin un housed This mainboard has one CD Audio in connectors This connector is used to connect the CD ROM audio out 2 5 5 WOL Connector Connector CN 16 WOL Type 3 pin The Wake On LAN WOL connector must be connected to a LAN card that has Wake On LAN output This con nector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card In order to use the WOL LAN c...

Page 20: ...sed separately that ends in a standard USB connector Ask your re tailer for more details Connectors for USB3 and USB4 1 DC 5V 2 Data 3 Data 4 Ground 5 Ground 1 DC 5V 2 Data 3 Data 4 Ground 5 Ground USB3 USB4 Auxiliary IN Connector 1 Left Channel AUX IN 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel AUX IN 2 6 System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors Pin 1 Pin 2 PW Power On OFF and Suspend Switch Connector 5V DC...

Page 21: ...s than 4 seconds the system will return to Full ON mode Press and hold the Power On Button for more than 4 seconds the sys tem will be powered off Mode 2 Press and hold the Power ON button for more than 4 seconds the system will be completely powered off Option 2 If you choose Instant OFF In the BIOS CMOS Setup the power switch will operate like a normal ON OFF Power button 2 6 2 SL LED Connector ...

Page 22: ...er LED Connectors SPEAKER 5V DC 5V DC No Con nector No Con nector No Con nector Ground Speaker Signal No Con nector POWER LED PIN 1 PIN 1 This connector only supports a PS 2 mouse plug If a PS 2 mouse is de tected then IRQ 12 will be directed to CN 2 2 8 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector Connector CN 2 Type 6 pin female 2 8 1 PS 2 Keyboard connector This connector only supports a PS 2 keyboard plug If you ha...

Page 23: ...d is also equipped with an expansion connector that supports two additional USB external connectors The USB cable is not included with the mainboard USB 2 USB 1 Connector CN 18 Type 15 pin female The Game MIDI port connector is a dual purpose connector It can either be used to connect a joystick to the computer for game participation or it can be used to attach an external MIDI device All these mo...

Page 24: ...e user flexibility to configure the mainboard settings to meet their specific requirements The U601BL mainboard has a single three pin jumper On a three pin jumper if a jumper cap is inserted on pins 1 and 2 we say PIN 1 and PIN 2 are SHORT When the jumper cap is inserted on pin 2 and 3 we say PIN 2 and PIN 3 are SHORT see the diagrams below SHORT PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN2 PIN 3 PIN 1 2 3 PIN 1 2 3 Three P...

Page 25: ... jumper JP 1 to clear the CMOS memory and to reconfigure your system To clear the CMOS please follow these instructions 1 Turn the system power OFF and unplug your computer 2 Insert the jumper cap on Pin 2 and Pin 3 for 3 5 seconds 3 Pull out the jumper cap and replace it on Pin 1 and Pin 2 4 Turn your PC on and run the BIOS setup program JP1 Clear CMOS PIN 1 2 3 Hardware Installation ...

Page 26: ...S 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 im mediately press the Delete button CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS F...

Page 27: ... IDE Hard Drive you want to configure Press the ENTER key If you select AUTO the system BIOS will detect the HDD type automatically Control Key Function Up Arrow Moves to the previous item Down Arrow Moves to the next item Left Arrow Moves to the item on the left Right Arrow Moves to the item on the right Enter Selects the desired item F1 Displays the help screen for the selected feature Esc key E...

Page 28: ...n 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 50 in 1 44M 3 50 in 2 88M 3 50 in No diskette drive installed 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 3 1 2 inch single sided drive 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 360 KB 1 2 MB 720 KB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Dri...

Page 29: ...ase Memory Extended Memory Total Memory This field displays the amount of memory detected by the system during boot up This is a display only field You cannot make any changes to this field Base Memory Indicates the memory installed below the conventional 1MB space Extended Memory Indicates the memory installed above the 1MB space Total Memory Indicates the total memory installed in the PC system ...

Page 30: ...er Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting X Typematic Rate Chars Sec X Typematic Delay Msec Security Option OS Select For DRAM 64 MB HDD S M A R T Capability Video BIOS Shadow C8000 CBFFF Shadow CC000 CFFF Shadow D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow Item Help Menu Level Allows you to choose t...

Page 31: ...to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 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 between On or...

Page 32: ...rmation Note Using this feature may decrease system performance Typematic Rate This is the rate a character will repeat itself on the screen when you hold down a key Typematic Delay This is the delay time Msec before the repetition of characters starts Security Option This field allows you to select the Setup or System security option It works concurrently with the Set Supervisor Password in the m...

Page 33: ...1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Clock This field allows you to select the DRAM access speed control to the memory performance DRAM Timing By SPD When you select enabled the system BIOS will read the DRAM parameters from the SPD chip on the DIMM module and set the DRAM timing automati cally SDRAM Cycle Length Before SDRAM can execute a read comm...

Page 34: ...rea a system error may occur Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may occur Frame Buffer Size A Frame Buffer is the memory region on your graphics card that stores all the information which is not on the screen This field allows you to choose the buffer size AGP Ape...

Page 35: ...rsting When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don t PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance wit...

Page 36: ...MA Secondary Slave UDMA Init Display First IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard LAN Boot ROM Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART 2 Mode IR Function Duplex TX RX Inverting Enable Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Parallel Port EPP Type Onboard Legacy Audio Sound Blaster SB I O Base Address SB IRQ Select SB DMA Select MPU 401 MP 401 I O Address Ga...

Page 37: ...MA driver Windows 98 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 66 select Auto to enable BIOS support Init Display First This field allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot of VGA card or AGP first IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard dr...

Page 38: ...rallel printer port Select Nor mal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes ECP Mode Use DMA This item allows you to select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use dur ing ECP mode Parallel Port EPP Type This field allows you to select EPP port type between 1 7 or 1 9 Onboard Legacy Audio If the Onboard legacy audio contr...

Page 39: ...u to select the DMA Direct Memory Access Channel for the Sound Blaster The default DMA channel is DMA 1 but if you find you have difficulties or if this DMA channel is already being used then you can select a different channel The options are DMA 2 DMA 3 DMA 0 MPU 401 If an MPU 401 card is being used then this field must be changed from it s disabled default setting to enabled MPU 401 I O Address ...

Page 40: ...ode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable When the ACPI function has been successfully installed on you PC system you must change the default disabled setting to enabled You will then find the ACPI func...

Page 41: ... your system selecting Yes gives better power savings Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power sav ing mode Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor goes blank V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the verti cal and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This...

Page 42: ...nd time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode IRQs Activity Monitoring The menu on the following page page 42 is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is rea...

Page 43: ...C 1984 2001 Award Software IRQs Activity Monitoring Item Help Menu Level Primary INTR ON IRQ3 COM 2 Enabled IRQ4 COM 1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled PNP OS Install...

Page 44: ...able the IRQ on the VGA or USB port the IRQ will be released and becomes available for other devices Please make sure that you have a USB or VGA adapter that does not need an IRQ before you select Disabled The PC Health Status menu allows you to monitor the health status of your PC system You can select a field of interest and monitor it s status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Soft...

Page 45: ...pread Spectrum When Spread Spectrum is enabled the EMI radiation on this mainboard will be reduced CPU Host PCI Clock According to different CPU installed on this mainboard you will see different clock frequency available for your choice in this field This field allows to select the CPU FSB and PCI clock speed 3 11 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Adv...

Page 46: ... the optimized defaults which are defined in the system BIOS Our engineer recommends the Opti mized 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 pro cedure you may use this option to load the Optimized default values from the BIOS default tab...

Page 47: ...isor Password to log into the PC system you will have the complete rights to all the BIOS settings 2 When System is selected in Security Option When you turn on the PC system it will request that you enter the Pass word Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the oper ating system won t be loaded B When there is no password stored in the SUPERVISOR PASS WORD 1 When Setup is select...

Page 48: ...l be saved and all the information stored in the CMOS memory Exit Without Saving This option will exits the setup utility without saving any of the values you changed in the CMOS RAM If you do not want to save any of the changes or settings you selected in the BIOS SETUP utility move the selection bar to the CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Frequency V...

Page 49: ...hese connectors are Made To Order An end user cannot add them on at a later date If you are a reseller or a sys tem integrator you must pre order these items with the manufacturer If you are an end user and you would like to have these functions on the board please speak to your retailer A 2 S PDIF Connector Connector CN 36 Type 2 pin The Sony Phillips Digital Interface S PDIF connector is a digit...

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