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Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Product Specifications

Processor

- Support Intel Celeron/Coppermine processors up to 866MHz
- System clock 66/100/133MHz
- High efficiency switching power modules (VRM 8.4 compliant)

Chipset

- VIA VT82C693A/596B two chip AGPset

DRAM Memory

- Four 168-pin DIMM sockets support up to 1GB SDRAM
- Provides single-bit ECC capability

Expansion Slots

- One 32-bit AGP slot (Rev 2.0 compliant)
- Five 32-bit PCI slots (Rev 2.2 compliant)
- Two 16-bit ISA slots (one PCI/ISA shared slot)

2Mb Boot-Block Flash ROM

- Award System BIOS, supports PnP, APM, DMI & Multi-device booting

features i.e. floppy, LS120, CD-ROM, HDD(IDE, SCSI), ZIP-ATAPI etc.

- BIOS Wonder technology including ChipAway Virus, Flash Write Protect, Embedded

Flash Utility, built-in Hard Disk Backup firmware

- Optional TWIN BIOS with Instant BIOS Recovery for triple BIOS insurance

Embedded Ultra DMA-66 PCI IDE controller

- Supports two IDE ports up to 4 ATAPI devices
- Supports up to PIO Mode 4 up to 16.6Mbps, Multi Mode 4 up to 66Mbps
with bus mastering
- Bus Mastering software drivers for all well known multi-task operating
systems

On-board I/O Functions

- ITE 8693 I/O chip with keyboard controller
- One floppy disk drive connector supports up to 2.88MB, Japanese 3-Mode,

and 1Mbps transfer rate

- Two UARTs support two serial ports and IR function (up to 115.2Kbps) for

HPSIR and ASKIR

- One parallel port supports SEPP/ECP/EPP

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Page 1: ...ct to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This declaration is given to the manufacturer CHAINTECH COMPUTER U S INC 509 Valley Way Milpitas CA 95035 U S A Tel 1 408 935 6988 Fax 1 408 935 6989 Chaintech President Simon Ho Signature EQUIPMENT MAINBOA...

Page 2: ...ith FCC regulations Changes 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 Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for audio noise emissions from digital apparatuses set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian De...

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

Page 4: ...19 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup 20 3 2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup 23 3 3 Advanced Chipset Setup 26 3 4 Integrated Peripherals 29 3 5 Power Management Setup 31 3 6 PnP PCI Configuration 34 3 7 PC Health Status 35 3 8 Frequency Voltage Control 36 3 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults 37 3 10 Load Optimized Defaults 38 3 11 Supervisor Password User Password Setting 39 3 12 Save and Exit Setup 40 3 13 Exit Without...

Page 5: ...Explanations Software Power off Control 10 Over ride Power Button 11 Blinking LED in Suspend Mode 11 Power On By PCI Card 33 Power On By Modem LAN 10 33 Power On By Alarm 33 Poly fuse Over Current Protection 12 ...

Page 6: ...120 CD ROM HDD IDE SCSI ZIP ATAPI etc BIOS Wonder technology including ChipAway Virus Flash Write Protect Embedded Flash Utility built in Hard Disk Backup firmware Optional TWIN BIOS with Instant BIOS Recovery for triple BIOS insurance Embedded Ultra DMA 66 PCI IDE controller Supports two IDE ports up to 4 ATAPI devices Supports up to PIO Mode 4 up to 16 6Mbps Multi Mode 4 up to 66Mbps with bus ma...

Page 7: ...ional CMedia 8738 audio chip w legacy audio SB16 Pro compatible Advanced 64 voice wavetable synthesizer Programmable independent sample rate form 4KHz to 48KHz for record and playback Full duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback Supports MS DLS Downloadable sample level 1 technology with limitless variety of instrument samples using PC RAM Supports HRTF 3D positional audio with MS...

Page 8: ...sary too guarantee full loading operation because some AGP cards and memory modules have high current consumption Output Voltage Max Regulation Requirement Min Current Requirement Amps 12V 5 5 5 5V 5 15 3 3V 5 15 5V 10 0 5 12V 10 0 5 5VSB 5 0 75 6aja2 m2 1 p65 2000 6 13 PM 02 37 3 ...

Page 9: ...ard Software power off control for Win9x and Over ride power button Three states Power failure recovery Always On Always Off and Last State Chassis intrusion detection with mnemonics during power loss Blinking Power LED in suspend Hardware Reset Protect 1 3 Package Contents This product comes with the following components One mainboard One 40 pin Ultra DMA 66 IDE connector ribbon cable Figure 1 1 ...

Page 10: ...s 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 important not to confuse jumpers with connectors or headers Puttingjumpercapsonanythingthatisnotajumpermayresultindamaging yourmainboard PleaserefertoSection1 3 MainboardLayout forthelocation ofjumpersonyourmainboard As indicated in Figu...

Page 11: ...et 370 that contains the end of the lever Allow the 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 necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU Failing to install these items may result in overheating and possible burn out of your CPU 2 3 CPU Jum...

Page 12: ... 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 processors to hang when turning on the system When the processor hangs the screen remains blank and the system does not boot To solve this problem do the following 1 Turn off the computer and then press th...

Page 13: ...Chapter 2 8 CN7 CN6 CN2 CN3 IR1 JP4 CN13 JP1 JP2 JP3 FAN1 CPU FAN JP6 JP5 JP8 JP7 CN1 FAN2 System FAN ...

Page 14: ...CN1 Over ride Power Button Connector 11 Keyboard Lock Power Indicator LED Connector Green Switch Connector Green LED Connector System Reset Switch Connector Speaker Connector IDE Activity LED Connector Turbo LED Connector CN2 CD ROM Audio in Connector 15 CN3 Auxiliary CD ROM Audio in Connector 15 CN6 WOL Wake on LAN Connector 15 CN7 Chassis Intrusion Monitoring Connector 16 CN13 S PDIF Connector 1...

Page 15: ...r interface which incorporates standard 5V 12V optional 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 the system in it s minimum power state Software Power Off Control This mainboard can be powered down using theWindows 95 Software Power Off function To ...

Page 16: ...r LED Connector 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 power indicator LED shows the system s power status It is important to pay attention to the correct cables and pin orientation i e not to reverse the order of these two connectors Blinking ...

Page 17: ... 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 Poly fuse Over Current Protection The poly fuse protects the system from dangerous voltages the system might be exposed to via the keyboard or USB connectors In case of such exposure the poly fuse will im...

Page 18: ...OnFunction 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 supplied by the Suspend 5V of modern power supplies When using older keyboards disable this function Optional CMedia Audio JP4 This function allows you to enable and disable the CMedia optional audi...

Page 19: ...tion 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 press enter 5 Set the system configuration in the Standard CMOS Setup menu Optional BIOS Boot Jumper JP8 This feature enable you to manually shift to another BIOS once the the BIOS fail to boot Set the pin...

Page 20: ... Menu to use this function The capability to remotely manage PCs on a network is a significant factor in reducing administrative and ownership costs Magic Packet technology is designed to give WOL Wake on LAN capability to the LAN controller When a PC capable of receiving wake up command goes to sleep the Magic Packet mode in the LAN controller is enabled When the LAN controller receives a Magic P...

Page 21: ...ected to the cable from an external device Ex 2 channel decoded AC 3 from DVD decoders CPU System Cooling Fan Connectors FAN1 FAN2 These added connectors allow the fan to draw their power from the mainboard instead of the disk drive connector The board s management extension hardware is able to detect the CPU and system fan speed in rpm revolutions per minute These connectors supports 3 pin coolin...

Page 22: ...ensive way to connect up to 125 devices to a single computer port Keyboards mice tablets digitizers scanners 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 micro controller technology its modular layered software protocol supports sophisticated devic...

Page 23: ...DIMM Modules 66MHz 12ns or faster 1GB 100MHz 10ns or faster SPD Serial Presence Detect This is an EPROM that contains speed and design information about the memory module The mainboard queries the module and makes adjustments to system operation based on what it finds ECC DRAM Capability This mainboard can be configured to support ECC Error Check and Correct functionwhenutilizingparityDIMMmodules ...

Page 24: ...ard BIOS setup program The primary screen as shown in Figure 3 1 is a list of the menus and functions available 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 help information is displayed on the left bottom edge of the screen Select Item Esc Quit F10 Sa...

Page 25: ...iles etc are based on this timer Hard Disk Setup Primary Secondary Master Slave This category identifies up to four IDE hard disk drives that have been installed in the computer This section does not show information on other IDE devices such as CD ROM drives or other hard drive types such as SCSI drives CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Menu ...

Page 26: ...ese categories Precomp Older hard drives i e MFM or RLL drives have the same number of sectors 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 physical size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track diameter diminishes each sector must still hold 512 bytes Write pre...

Page 27: ... 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 discussed under Hard Disk Setup and will indicate User for the Field value Please see Section 3 9 for more information Floppy Disk Drives Choose the memory capacity and disk size that corresponds with that of your floppy disk...

Page 28: ...elp Menu Level Figure 3 3 Advanced BIOS Features Screen CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Boot ROM by BIOS setting Boot BIOS HDD Instant Recovery Anti Virus Protection CPU Internal Cache External Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking ...

Page 29: ...lization and diagnostic tests discussed below Quick Power On Self Test POST Enable this function to reduce the amount of time 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 boot up is better than loosing data during your work First Second Third Boot Other Device This option ...

Page 30: ...ram H OS Select For DRAM 64MB If your system s DRAM is larger than 64MB and you are running OS 2 select OS 2 as the item value Otherwise set the item value to Non OS 2 for all other operating systems I Shadow Memory Software such as system BIOS video BIOS SCSI BIOS etc that resides in ROM Read Only Memory chips is called firmware Shadowing of firmware occurs when BIOS is copied to RAM address C000...

Page 31: ...O Extended Data Output DRAMs B SDRAM Cycle Length When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of the clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this setting from the default value specified by the system designer Figure 3 4 Chipset Features Setup Screen Item Help Menu Level Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing Bank 4 5 DRAM Timing Bank 6 7 DRAM Timing SDRAM Cycle Le...

Page 32: ...in better system performance However if any programs write to this memory area a system error may occur F AGP Aperture Size This function determines the amount of system memory that is given to the AGP card Options range from 4MB to 128MB This is a dynamic memory allotment in that the AGP card will only use the amount of memory that it needs The remaining memory not in use will be available for th...

Page 33: ...nction is especially useful to prevent accidental resets for file servers and routers etc which should be available 24 hrs day When disabled your PC s hardware reset button will function normally J Memory Parity ECC Check If the DRAM chips in your system support parity ECC check select Enabled 6aja2m2 3 p65 2000 6 13 PM 03 35 28 ...

Page 34: ...ted Peripherals option from the Standard CMOS Features menu Figure 3 1 the screen below is displayed This sample screen contains the manufacturer s default values for the mainboard CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help Menu Level On Chip IDE Channel0 On Chip IDE Channel1 IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO S...

Page 35: ...e drive can support F Power On Function Select Button Only to control your computer power by the button on your system case Set this function to Any Key to turn on the computer by touching any key on the keyboard Set this function to Mouse Click to turn on the computer by clicking on the mouse If you set this function to Hot Key or Password you must designate the keystrokes that will turn on the c...

Page 36: ...ch as CD ROM players when they are not in use B Power Management Power management allows the computer to save electricity when it is not in use by entering increasingly deep power saving modes as shown by the diagram below Figure 3 7 Power Saving Mode Flow Chart Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup Figure 3 6 Power Management Setup Scr...

Page 37: ...ves as both a screen saver and an electricity saver DPMS Supported Select this option if your video card supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard i e you have a monitor that supports Green features Use software supplied by your video subsystem to set video power management options E Modem Use IRQ If your computer has an modem use this function to tell BIOS which IRQ is being o...

Page 38: ...em to the COM port and turn on the resume event in green mode J Power On By Alarm When enabled this setting allows the system to turn back on at a designated time of the month 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 Power Off feature in Section 2 4 ...

Page 39: ...CSI RAID card installed on PCI slot and this feature is set to enabled The BIOS scan from the highest PCI bus number to boot up If set disabled BIOS scan from the lowest PCI bus number to boot up D FDD IRQ Can Be Free This function allows user to choose if the FDD IRQ is able to be freed up The default setting is Yes and this does not allow the IRQ to be free Menu Level PNP OS Installed Reset Conf...

Page 40: ...nism programmed into your system will be activated CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status Item Help Menu Level Figure 3 8 PC Health Status Screen Shutdown Temperature Vcore 1 5V 3 3V 5 V 12 V 12 V Voltage Battery CPU Temperature SYS Temperature CPU Fan Speed SYS Fan Speed Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Sa...

Page 41: ...ency Voltage Control A Spread Spectrum When Enabled this function will cause lower EMI by spreading the system frequency spectrum For normal operation disable this function B CPU Host Clock CPU PCI The CPU Host Clock feature allow your to select a timing combination for the CPU and the PCI bus Figure 3 9 SeePU Setup Screen Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous...

Page 42: ...e computer Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Setup Saving Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configur PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Esc Quit F10 Save Exit...

Page 43: ...mputer Figure 3 11 Load Optimized Defaults Screen CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configur PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Setup Saving Esc Quit F10 ...

Page 44: ...dows 95 found on the boot drive This is shown in Figures 3 12 and 3 13 The third and fourth variables are user password and supervisor password selected in BIOS Figure 3 1 The main purpose of separating user and supervisor is to allow only the supervisor to have control over the settings in BIOS The user on the other hand is only allowed to access the computer s operating system and change the use...

Page 45: ... this and type Y for yes followed by the Enter key the values entered in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the BIOS chip 3 13 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing Y followed by the Enter key lets you exit the Setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones 6aja2m2 3 p65 2000 6 13 PM 03 35 40 ...

Page 46: ... 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 Sy...

Page 47: ...42 Chapter 4 Memo ...

Page 48: ... Keyboard IRQ1 060 064 3 Programmable INT IRQ2 0020 0021 00A0 00A1 4 COM2 B IRQ3 2F8 2FF 5 COM1 A IRQ4 3F8 3FF 6 Floppy IRQ6 3F0 3F7 7 LPT1 IRQ7 378 37F 8 Real Time Clock IRQ8 070 071 9 PS 2 Mouse IRQ12 060 064 10 Math coprocessor IRQ13 0F0 0FF 11 IDE 1 IRQ14 1F0 1F7 12 IDE 2 IRQ15 170 177 IRQ 5 9 10 and 11 are available for interface cards ...

Page 49: ...44 User s Manual Memo ...

Page 50: ... B and then press Enter to start programming 3 As programming finishes the system will automatically Restart Note Flash BIOS Protection must be set to Disabled in the Advance Chipset Feature from the CMOS Setup Utility menu See Chapter 3 Don t turn off or restart your system during programming process Make sure that your floppy diskette have only one BIN file to aviod confussion FLASH MEMORY WRITE...

Page 51: ...up depends on your O S type Smart Backup FAT16 32 format i e Win 95 98 O S Backup space is the actual system space used Equivalent Backup NTFS format i e Windows 2000 NT Backup space equivalent to the drive space where the O S located Utility Installation 1 Enable the HDD Instant Recovery in the BIOS Features setup from the CMOS Setup Utility menu Save and exit to reboot 2 Upon system boot up the ...

Page 52: ...up the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on the screen Selet Defragmenter by pressing Alt F4 key 2 You will be prompt to confirmed defragment your drive Type Y and press Enter key 3 Wait for the defrgmentation process to finish and the system will automatically reboot r Hard Disk Copy 1 Upon system boot up the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on the screen Selet Hard Disk Copy b...

Page 53: ...ther BIOS once the the BIOS fails to boot Set JP8 jumper pin to 2 3 to enable hardware booting and then press the reset button together with the power on button hold for 2 3 seconds to boot up Selecting Boot BIOS Set JP8 jumper pin to 1 2 to enable BIOS selection in the BIOS Features setup from the CMOS Setup Utility menu Select Boot BIOS and choose between BIOS 1 default or BIOS 2 option to boot ...

Page 54: ...uter 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 in the Advance Chipset Feature from the CMOS Setup Utility menu See Chapter 3 Don t turn off or restart your system during programming process ...

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