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Brief Software Driver Guide

Chapter 4

The Mainboard Software Guide is found on the CD-ROM that is enclosed with your

mainboard and is a PDF file which must be viewed with Adobe's freeware called

Acrobat

Reader. The Acrobat Reader software is also included on the same CD-

ROM. See the Readme.txt file in the CD-ROM's root directory for installation

instructions of the Acrobat Reader. The Mainboard software guide discusses the

following items:

The following items are discussed in the PDF files:

- Bus Master/PIO IDE Driver Installation
- USB Driver Installation
- Removing the Exclamation and/or Question Marks From the Windows 95 Device

Manager Menu

- Updating Your System BIOS
- Installing and Using a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Utility

Brief Software Driver Guide

Summary of Contents for QS440BXP

Page 1: ...evice that complies with 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any inte...

Page 2: ...nges or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canadian Department of Communications Statem...

Page 3: ...Main Board User s Manual...

Page 4: ...3 CPU Jumper Configuration 8 2 4 Detailed Layout 10 2 5 Connector and Jumper Settings 11 2 6 Main Memory Configuration 20 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Program 23 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup 24 3 2 BIOS Feat...

Page 5: ...ns Software Power off Control 11 Power On By Modem 11 38 Over ride Power Button 12 Blinking LED in Suspend Mode 12 Poly fuse Over Current Protection 13 Power On by Keyboard 14 Chassis Intrusion Monito...

Page 6: ...Memo...

Page 7: ...ports PnP APM DMI Multi device booting features i e floppy LS120 CD ROM HDD IDE SCSI ZIP ATAPI etc Includes SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS BIOS Wonder technology including ChipAway Virus Flash Write Protect Embedd...

Page 8: ...f control r r r r r Board Dimensions ATX form factor 305mm x 220mm 4 Layers r r r r r Product Features CompleteCPUprotectionwithOverVoltageProtect OVP andOverCurrent Protect OCP technology OnboardLDCM...

Page 9: ...r Supply Requirement 3 3V at 15Amps is necessary too guarantee full loading operation because some AGP cards and memory modules have high current consumption Output Voltage Max Regulation Requirement...

Page 10: ...chanism and four screws r One 40 pin IDE connector ribbon cable Figure 1 1 r One 34 pin floppy disk drive ribbon cable Figure 1 2a or Figure 1 2b r One User s Manual r One Driver CD ROM IDEcable Figur...

Page 11: ...5 Introduction 1 3 Mainboard Layout 1 3 Mainboard Layout 1 3 Mainboard Layout 1 3 Mainboard Layout 1 3 Mainboard Layout...

Page 12: ...itch Connector Green LED Connector System Reset Switch Connector Speaker Connector IDE Activity LED Connector Turbo LED Connector CN2 CD ROM Audio in Connector CN3 Auxiliary CD ROM Audio in Connector...

Page 13: ...ock 2 1 Introduction to Jumpers Jumpers are used to select between various operating modes A jumper consists of a row of gold colored pins that protrude from the surface of the mainboard It is importa...

Page 14: ...he the weight of the CPU to push itself into place Do not apply extra pressure as doing so may result in damaging your CPU Snap the lever back into place Installing a heat sink with cooling fan is nec...

Page 15: ...system failure etc Many processors are frequency locked processors and are not able to perform overclocking Regardless of whether the processor is a frequency locked overclocking may cause some proces...

Page 16: ...Chapter 2 10 2 4 Detailed Layout CN7 CN6 CN2 CN4 CN3 IR1 JP4 CN13 JP1 JP2 JP3 FAN1 CPU FAN PW1 ATX Power JP6 JP5 SW1 JP8 JP7 CN1 FAN2 System FAN...

Page 17: ...ptional 3 3V and Soft power signals The Soft power signal a 5V trickle supply is continuously supplied when AC power is available When the system is in the Soft Off mode this trickle supply maintains...

Page 18: ...Plugging this connector into the lock on the front panel of the system case allows the lock to enable or disable the keyboard This function provides limited security against casual intruders The powe...

Page 19: ...s G Turbo LED Connector This mainboard does not have a Turbo De turbo speed modes Even though this function does not exist the turbo LED will light when the LED is connected and turbo button pressed P...

Page 20: ...n option in BIOS s Integrated Peripherals screen See section 3 8 You must also set this jumper s cap to pins 2 3 to use this function Some out of date keyboards may require larger current than supplie...

Page 21: ...ation 2 3 for 5 seconds then set it back to the default position 3 Connect the system s power and then start the system 4 Enter BIOS s CMOS Setup Utility and choose Load Setup Defaults Type Y and pres...

Page 22: ...iary CD ROM Audio in Connector CN3 Use the auxiliary audio cable enclosed with your CD ROM disk drive to connect the CD ROM to your mainboard This will enable your CD ROM s audio function Audio Mono i...

Page 23: ...up the PC This header is used to connect an add inNIC NetworkInterfaceCard whichgivesWOL capability to the mainboard To support this function a switching power supplywithaminimumof750mA5VSBstandby sig...

Page 24: ...f3500 RPM The wiring and plug may vary depending on the manufacturer On standard fans the red is positive 12V the black is ground and the yellow wire is the rotation signal Infrared Connector IR1 Ifyo...

Page 25: ...bar codereaders modems printers and many more can all be used at the same time USB is a dynamically reconfigurable serial bus with an elementary data rate of 12Mbps Based on off the shelf low cost mic...

Page 26: ...MM type 3 3V unbuffered registered 64 72 bit Synchronous DRAM with SPD Module size Single double side 16 32 64 128 256 MBytes Parity Either parity or non parity The compatibility of 512MB and Register...

Page 27: ...on when utilizing parity DIMM modules To utilize the chipset s ECC features you must use a 72 bit DIMM module These modules are automatically detected during bootup However the user must configure the...

Page 28: ...Chapter 2 22 Memo...

Page 29: ...ble in the setup program Select the desired item and press enter to make changes Operating commands are located at the bottom of this and all other BIOS screens When a field is highlighted on line hel...

Page 30: ...med events such as power management saving files etc are based on this timer HardDiskSetup Primary Secondary Master Slave This category identifies up to four IDE hard disk drives that have been instal...

Page 31: ...esamenumberofsectors per track at the innermost tracks as at the outermost tracks Thus the data density at the innermost tracks is higher and the bits are lying closer together Even though the physica...

Page 32: ...re are no IDE HDD devices in your system You can use the IDE HDD Auto Detection function to auto detect your hard drive parameters Using this function will automatically insert the parameters discusse...

Page 33: ...orm periodical version updates after new viruses have been found Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color ESC Quit F1 Help F5 Old Values F7 Load Setup Defaults ROM PCI ISA BIOS jm69KC0C BIOS FEATURES S...

Page 34: ...required to run the POST Power On Self Test BIOS saves time by skipping some items during POST It is recommended that you disable this setting Discovering a problem during bootup is better than loosin...

Page 35: ...VGAcardsorMPEGvideocardsmaynotshowcolorsproperly Setting this function to Enabled can correct this problem H OS Select For DRAM 64MB If your system s DRAM is larger than 64MB and you are running OS 2...

Page 36: ...ware you need to know the address range the ROM occupies to shadow it into the correct area of RAM Shadowing improves the firmware s performance because the firmware can be read by the CPU through the...

Page 37: ...p www award com A DRAM Data Integrity Mode BIOSautomaticallydetectsthepresenceofECCDIMMs 72 bitmodules However to take advantage of ECC you must set this function at ECC If any non parity DIMMs are in...

Page 38: ...h faster than the ISA bus The options are 1 to 8 and N A E Memory Hole at 15M 16M Enabling this function will reserve the memory address space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA expansion cards However ena...

Page 39: ...for file servers and routers etc which should be available 24 hrs day When disabled your PC s hardware reset button will function normally I Spectrum Spread When Enabled this function will cause lowe...

Page 40: ...e computer to save electricity when it is not in use by entering increasingly deep power saving modes as shown by the diagram below ROM PCI ISA BIOS jm69KC0C POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC...

Page 41: ...abling the Power Management function will result in enabling the HDD Power Down function Max Saving 15 min Min Saving 1 min The HDD Power Down function is not part of the Power Management scheme as in...

Page 42: ...power saving mode after the chosen event expires The Power Management function must be enabled to use this function F Modem Use IRQ If your computer has an modem use this function to tell BIOS which I...

Page 43: ...speed will be 0 MHz J HDD Power Down The Power Management function must not be set to disabled to enable this function When the HDD idle time has elapsed BIOS sends a command to the hard disk to turn...

Page 44: ...onth User must designate date of month and time of day This function is only available when using an ATX power supply and the Software Power Off function to turn off the computer See the Software Powe...

Page 45: ...gned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 1 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 6 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP...

Page 46: ...et as default for on board devices COM2 COM1 Printer port PS 2 mouse IDE1 and IDE2 E Assign IRQ For VGA This function allows BIOS to make an IRQ available to VGA cards Most current VGA card models do...

Page 47: ...be loaded automatically when you turn on the computer INTERGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FE POWER MA PNP P...

Page 48: ...7 Hardware Monitoring By choosing the Hardware Monitoring option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu Figure 3 1 the screen below is displayed This sample screen contains the manufacturer s default value...

Page 49: ...IDEdevicethattheinternalPCIIDEinterfacesupports Modes0through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device On chipPrimary...

Page 50: ...he CMOS data as discussed in Section 2 4 to clear the password E Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use...

Page 51: ...stem for example Windows 95 found on the boot drive This is shown in Figures 3 10 and 3 11 The third and fourth variables are user password and supervisor password selected in BIOS Figure 3 1 The main...

Page 52: ...User s Manual 46 B Set Both Supervisor Password and User Password Figure 3 11 Set Both Supervisor and User Password...

Page 53: ...OS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE ESC Skip Primary Master Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR M...

Page 54: ...User s Manual 48 Memo...

Page 55: ...the same CD ROM See the Readme txt file in the CD ROM s root directory for installation instructions of the Acrobat Reader The Mainboard software guide discusses the following items The following item...

Page 56: ...50 Chapter 4 Memo...

Page 57: ...eyboard8 IRQ18 060 064 3 Programmable INT IRQ28 0020 0021 00A0 00A1 4 COM2 B 8 IRQ38 2F8 2FF 5 COM1 A 8 IRQ48 3F8 3FF 6 Floppy8 IRQ68 3F0 3F7 7 LPT18 IRQ78 378 37F 8 Real Time Clock8 IRQ8 070 071 9 PS...

Page 58: ...52 User s Manual Memo...

Page 59: ...jumper pin to 2 3 to enable hardware booting and then press the reset button together with the power on button to boot up Selecting Boot BIOS Set JP8 jumper pin to 1 2 to enable BIOS selection in the...

Page 60: ...ter upon post press ALT F2 Keys to enter AWDFLASH setup Select the BIOS you want to update Press F1 BIOS 1 Press F2 BIOS 2 Press ESC to continue Post Note Flash BIOS Protection must be set to Disabled...

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