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3.4 Advanced Chipset Features Setup
3.5 Integrated Peripherals
3.6 Power Management Setup
3.7 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup
3.8 PC Health Status
3.9 Frequency Control
3.10 Load Fail-SafeDefaults
3.11 Load Optimized Defaults
3.12 Set Supervisor/User Password
3.13 Save & Exit Setup
3.14 Exit Without Saving

Chapter 4. Software Installation

4.1 INF Update for Windows 95/98/ME/2000

4.1.1 For Windows 95/98 Gold Edition

4.1.2 For Windows 98 SE

4.1.3 For Windows 2000/ME

4.2 Installing the Graphics Driver

4.2.1 For Windows 95/98/ME

4.2.2 For Windows 2000

4.2.3 For Windows NT 4.0

4.2.4 For Windows 3.11, NT 3.51 & OS/2

4.3 Installing the Sound Driver

4.4 Installing the Intel Security Driver

4.5 Installing Ultra ATA Storage Driver

4.6 Installing Hardware Doctor 

Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function

 

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Product Overview

Thank you for purchasing the 

P3WMA series 

motherboard. This motherboard utilizes 

Intel

's latest Accelerated

Hub Architecture technology. It uses 

82810(DC100) or 82810E, 82801AA/AB & 82802AB

 controller Hub. We

have  conducted  a  motherboard  compatibility  test  with  a  variety  of  hardware  and  software,  such  as  CPUs,
memory, display cards, CD ROMs, Novell, MS Office ....etc and has passed NSTL Year 2000 certification test
program. 

We  have  set  high  standards  on  our  quality  control,  with  absolute  confidence,  we  believe  this  product  is  the
wisest choice.

This  manual  is  composed  of  four  sections.  The  first  section  is  the  introduction  of  this  motherboard,  and  the
second section explains the proper procedure to setup the motherboard, the third section provides information
on how to setup the CMOS. The last section states the device drivers & utilities installation .

1.2 Features

- Support Desktop Management Interface (DMI) through BIOS.
- Integrated Direct AGP Graphics/AC '97 controller.
- Support Ultra DMA 66.(for P3WMA, P3WMA-DC & P3WMA-E only)
- Support 133MHz FSB.(for P3WMA-E only)
- Modem Remote Ring On.
- Wake up on LAN.
- Wake on Keyboard.
- RTC Wake up Alarm: Program the date/time to wake up your system.
- Support NCR SCSI BIOS.
- Support Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI).
- Low-power sleep modes, and 4Mbits “Plug & Play” Flash ROM.
- ADI AD1881 Audio CODEC on board .
- Support Hardware Monitor function.

- 

Allows CPU settings and easy overclocking of frequency and Vcore voltage.

- 

Support Suspend to RAM.

- Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meet PC '99 compliant.

Summary of Contents for P3WMA Series

Page 1: ... of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel such as Celeron Celeron II Pentium III 366 400 566 etc You can ignore the four jumpers if you have this CPU on board and it will be auto detected by motherboard Please check with the CPU manufacturer or vendor for the CPU Ratio information The CPU CLK over specification operation is optional Please see session 3 9 3 for more information P3WMA P3WMA E Motherb...

Page 2: ...quency Setting 2 2 Installation of CPU 2 2 1 For Celeron Pentium II III CPU 2 2 2 For Socket 370 CPU 2 3 Installation of Memory 2 3 1 Installation of 168 pin DIMM 2 3 2 Removal of 168 pin DIMM 2 3 3 Memory Configuration 2 4 I O Connections Panel Connections 2 4 1 ATX Power Connector 2 4 2 CPU Chassis Fan Connector 2 4 3 Wake up on LAN Connector 2 4 4 Creative s SB_LINK Sound Connector 2 4 5 Floppy...

Page 3: ...bility test with a variety of hardware and software such as CPUs memory display cards CD ROMs Novell MS Office etc and has passed NSTL Year 2000 certification test program We have set high standards on our quality control with absolute confidence we believe this product is the wisest choice This manual is composed of four sections The first section is the introduction of this motherboard and the s...

Page 4: ...support and green function Plug and Play BIOS Supports CD ROM HD SCSI Floppy LS120 ZIP and LAN boot up Supports NCR SCSI BIOS I O Devices One FDD control port supports two of the 5 25 or 3 5 floppy drives up to 2 88 MB Two high speed 16550 UART compatible serial ports One parallel ports with ECP EPP compatibility One PS 2 mouse port One PS 2 Keyboard connector IR Port One IrDA ASKIR compatible Inf...

Page 5: ...iver CD User s Manual Quick Installation Chart 1 5 MotherBoard Layout Notice P3WMA has 82810 82801AA 82802AB chipset P3WMA L has 82810 82801AB 82802AB chipset P3WMA DC has 82810DC100 82801AA 82802AB chipset P3WMA E has 82810E 82801AA 82802AB chipset Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Installation Procedure ...

Page 6: ...s concrete linoleum or hard wood floor Ground your self with either a properly installed grounding strap or by touching a major electrical appliance long enough to discharge the static 2 1 2 Enable Disable Audio Codec JSND Red Jumper Cap The Audio Codec function and jumper are optional This jumper lets you to enable or disable the audio codec function 1 2 Enable Audio Coedc function Default Settin...

Page 7: ...the CPU Auto Detect 66MHz 100MHz or 133MHz FSB frequency can be selected with this jumper The over specification operation is not recommended 2 1 6 CPU Voltage Setting Red Jumper Caps The motherboard supports CPU VID function It supports auto detect mode and manual setting When all of the JVID jumpers has no connection N C the CPU core voltage is automatically detected the range is from 1 3V to 3 ...

Page 8: ...1 2 2 3 7 5x 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 8 0x 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 The Ratio of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel such as Celeron Celeron II Pentium III 366 400 566 etc You can ignore the four jumpers if you have this CPU on board and it will be auto detected by motherboard Please check with the CPU manufacturer or vendor for the CPU Ratio information 2 2 Installation of CPU 2 2 1 For Celeron Pentium II III CPU ...

Page 9: ...ower is off Locate the level bar on the PGA370 ZIF socket Push level bar away from the socket and pull upward 90 degrees Insert the CPU into the socket Make sure the notch of the CPU corresponds with the white dot on the ZIF socket the corner without pin socket Do not push in the CPU Make sure all pins are aligned with the CPU socket ON the level bar 2 3 Installation of Memory This motherboard has...

Page 10: ...ed Connector Cable optional JWOL Wake up on LAN connector SB_LINK for link with Creative s Sound Blaster 16 FLOPPY Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE1 2 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors MS PS 2 Mouse Port KB PS 2 Keyboard Connector VGA VGA output Connector COM1 2 Serial Ports 1 2 PRINTER Printer Port USB USB Connector GAME Game MIDI Connectors LINE_OUT Line out Connector LINE_IN Line in Connector MIC...

Page 11: ...nction in BIOS is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power 2 4 4 Creative s SB_LINK Sound Connector 6 pin SB_LINK The SB_LINK serves as a bridge between the mainboard and Creative s PCI sound card This connector delivers Sound Blaster 16 compatibility for real mode DOS games 2 4 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 pin FLOPPY This connector suppo...

Page 12: ...re such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection user can transfer files to or from their laptops notebooks PDA PCs and printers The connector supports IrDA 115 2Kbps 2 meters and ASK IR 56Kbps An optional consumer infrared CIR set connects to the CIR and SIR connectors simultaneously for both wireless transmitting and remote control functions through one external infrared module Install infrar...

Page 13: ...assette Digital Audio Tape or Minidisc players for playback mixing or recording 2 4 16 Microphone In Connector optional The Microphone In phonejack is used to attach a monaural microphone for live audio input for playback mixing or recording 2 4 17 Game MIDI Port optional The Game MIDI Port connector is used to attach a joystick for game interaction or to attach an external MIDI device for playbac...

Page 14: ... your screen When you enter the CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will be displayed Figure 3 1 You can use arrow keys to select your function press Enter key to accept the selection and enter the sub menu Figure 3 1 CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Sub Menu Note that a right pointer symbol appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indic...

Page 15: ...e is 1 31 Range for Year is 1994 2079 System BIOS will calculate the day of the week automatically 3 2 2 Time To assign the system time the format is hh mm ss The setting is in military time When entering 2 34pm enter 14 34 00 3 2 3 Hard Disks Setting The BIOS supports Dual Channel PIO and PCI Bus Master IDE ports Each port supports one master and one slave hard drive You can use Enter or PageUp o...

Page 16: ... CGA80 3 2 7 Halt On This function allows the system to halt when an error is detected during Power On Self Test 3 3 Advanced BIOS Features Setup The sub menu Figure 3 3 includes all AWARD enhanced functions The correct setting can enhance boot up efficiency You can assign system speed setup sequence typematic and system password setting You can enter F1 key for help on highlighted topics If you w...

Page 17: ...serial number which by default is activated Therefore when connected to the internet Pentium III processor transmits the serial number online making it possible to track your online activity The field provides you the option of disabling this function 3 3 5 Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to speed up time required to complete Power On Self Test 3 3 6 First Second Third Boot Device Boot Oth...

Page 18: ... 1000 3 3 14 Security Option You can select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter the Setup You can assign Supervisor Password and User Password in the main CMOS Setup Utility Screen 3 3 15 OS Select for DRAM 64MB If you are using OS 2 operating system and installed memory is larger than 64MB You need to have the setting in the enable mode 3 3 16 Repor...

Page 19: ...pansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB 3 4 8 Delayed Transaction This function is used to meet the latency of PCI cycles to from ISA bus Try to enable or disable it if you have ISA card compatibility problem 3 4 9 On Chip Video Windows Size This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data 3 4 10 CAS Latency This field is used to select the local memory cloc...

Page 20: ...hen under Auto mode the system automatically set the best mode for each device 3 5 3 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA When set to Auto mode the system will detect if the hard drive supports Ultra DMA mode 3 5 4 USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller 3 5 5 USB Keyboard Support This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver wi...

Page 21: ...haracters Type in exactly the same password to confirm then press Enter Hot Key When this option is selected move the cursor to the Hot Key Power On field to select a function key you would like to use to power on the system The options are from Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12 Mouse Left When this option is selected double click the left button of the mouse to power on the system Mouse Right When this option ...

Page 22: ...er is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If the system s power is on when AC power failure occurs the system will power on when power returns 3 5 20 Game Port Address This field sets the address of the onboard game port connector 3 5 21 Midi Port Address This field is used to select the midi port s address If you have selected the midi port s address you may sel...

Page 23: ...ing function when the inactivity period exceeds 1 min User Defined Allows user to define the inactivity period before power saving function activates 3 6 4 Video Off Method This field defines the video off features The following options are available DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby and DPMS Suspend The DPMS Display Power Management System features allow the BIOS to...

Page 24: ...er on function 3 6 11 Wake up on LAN This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by sending a wake up frame or signal With this feature you can remotely upload download data to from systems during off peak hours Set to Enabled to set this feature 3 6 12 CPU Thermal Throttling Set the percent of power consumption when CPU over heat 3 6 13 Resume by Alarm Set this option to...

Page 25: ...de 3 7 3 IRQ Resources CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software IRQ Resources 3 7 4 IRQ xx assigned to If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special IRQ to support its function set the selected IRQ x assigned to Legacy ISA This setting informs the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected IRQ for the installed legacy ISA card 3 7 5 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Enable this option to ...

Page 26: ...output by the voltage regulators These values refresh upon any key entry The function is optional 3 9 Frequency Control Figure 3 9 Frequency Control CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Frequency Control 3 9 1 Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK If you have the EMI issue set the option as Enabled it keeps its interference under control 3 9 2 Spread Spectrum Using the default setting this w...

Page 27: ...d Defaults This feature loads optimized setting from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Type Y and press Enter to load the Setup default values 3 12 Set Supervisor User Password You can assign modify or cancel password settings To modify highlight S...

Page 28: ...ROM and double click SETUP EXE 5 Follow the prompts to complete the installation and restart your computer 6 Add New Hardware Wizard will search for some devices 7 If Insert Disk dialog is displayed please insert the Windows 95 or 98 CD ROM into the CD drive then click OK button 8 Click Yes button to restart your computer 4 1 2 For Windows 98 SE 1 Insert the CD Driver into the CD drive enter the I...

Page 29: ...OM into the drive enter the INTEL SecurityDRV directory on the CD ROM and double click SETUP EXE 3 Follow the prompts to complete the installation and restart your system 4 Please refer to the IntelSecurityDriver_Readme txt file for more information 4 5 Installing Ultra ATA Storage Driver 1 Start up Windows 98 98SE ME 2000 or NT 4 0 2 Insert the CD ROM into the drive enter the INTEL ULTRAATA direc...

Page 30: ...tup p j If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information Boot Windows 98 In the Windows 98 desktop click the Start button Move the cursor to Setting then click Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device...

Page 31: ...8 Double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Performance tab ...

Page 32: ... computer you do not need to go through the process of closing files applications and operation system You can power off the computer at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 To power on the computer just press the power button The operating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds However the p...

Page 33: ...D MODEL NO P3WMA The measurements shown in this test report were made in accordance with the procedures given in EUROPEAN COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 89 336 EEC The equipment was passed the test performed according to European Standard EN 55022 1994 A1 1995 A2 1997 Class B and EN 50 082 1 1997 EN 61 000 4 2 1995 EN 61 000 4 3 1996 EN 61 000 4 4 1995 NSTL NSTL Year 2000 Test Certification Letter August 27 19...

Page 34: ...pport the year 2000 The Year 2000 certification test has been done under the following system configuration System Model Name P3WMA Hardware Revision B CPU Model Intel Pentium II 333 66 MHz On Board Memory L2 Cache PC100 SDRAM DIMM 64MBx1 128KB System BIOS Award Modular BIOS v6 00PG P3WMA VER 1 0 06 23 1999 i810 W83627HF 6A69MTP9C 00 RTC Brand Name Intel RTC Model Name FW82801AA ...

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