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ATX431

User’s Manual

SMART SOFT-CPU Fast and Easy

Latest Jumperless Design

451-043100000

REVISION:C

19-Sep-1997

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Page 1: ...ATX431 User s Manual SMART SOFT CPU Fast and Easy Latest Jumperless Design 451 043100000 REVISION C 19 Sep 1997 ...

Page 2: ...8 MANUFACTURER DataExpert Corporation ADDRESS BREGUETLAAN 1 1438 BA OUDE MEER THE NETHERLANDS TELEPHONE 31 20 653 2243 FAX 31 20 653 2265 TYPE OF PRODUCT Motherboard MODEL NO ATX431 I the undersigned hereby declare that the equipment specified above conforms to the above Directive and Standards S I G N A T U R E V ICE P R E S I D E N T P O S I T I O N T I T L E JULY 17 1997 D A T E O F I S S U E ...

Page 3: ...or consequential damages of any kind even if DataExpert has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising form any defect or error in this manual or product DataExpert may revise this manual from time to time without notice Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identification purposes only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or cop...

Page 4: ... re marked memory will show polished surface We do not guarantee reliability for re marked memory For BIOS setting for DRAM configuration it is advisable to set the default setting for initial checking of the system Good performance needs all installed configuration device installed for excellent quality including memory hard disk VGA and others Hard Disk For best performance it is best recommende...

Page 5: ...ainst damage that could result in expensive repairs Follow the measures below to protect your equipment from static discharge Keep the mainboard and other system computers in their antistatic packaging until you are ready to install them Touch a grounded surface before you remove any system component from its protective anti static packaging A grounded surface within easy reach is the expansion sl...

Page 6: ...ossened integrated circuits from their sockets If any integrated circuit appears loose press carefully to seat it firmly in its socket Do not apply power if the mainboard appears damaged If there is damage to the board or items are missing contact your dealer immediately Power Precautions Before you begin configuration make sure you are working with an unplugged mainboard Many components are power...

Page 7: ... CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION 10 2 1 Installing DRAM 10 2 2 Possible Memory Configurations 12 2 3 Installing CPU with SMART SOFT Feature 14 2 4 Installing Flash ROM Utility 16 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM BIOS SETUP 18 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup 19 3 2 Advanced CMOS Setup 21 3 3 Advanced Chipset Setup 26 3 4 Power Management Setup 28 3 5 PCI PnP Setup 32 3 6 Peripheral Setup 35 3 7 Smart Soft CPU Setting 39 RMA FORM ...

Page 8: ...etup Select the SMART SOFT CPU Setting to configure the CPU speed according to the CPU installed SMART SOFT provides you with CPU Auto Voltage Detection CPU ID type and Soft frequency setting on the BIOS SMART SOFT CPU Setting option You need only to setup the CPU speed type on the BIOS according to the CPU installed In the case of wrong or over rating setting of the CPU Frequency which exceeds yo...

Page 9: ...ith on board 512K L2 write back cache it provides workstation level computing performance at PC system level The ATX431 design provides Auto banking for memory expansion with 4x SIMMs or 2x DIMMs sockets It can support up to 256MB of DRAM The ATX431 motherboard provides outstanding I O capabilities with 4x PCI 2 1 bus mastering slots for a high bandwidth data path for data movement intensive funct...

Page 10: ...e 2 fast serials 16550 1 Parallel Standard ECP EPP FDC controller PS 2 Mouse Port 2 x PCI Bus Master DMA 33 Mode IDE controllers Provides 3 x 16 bit ISA slot 4 x Concurrent PCI 2 1 expansion slot Supports Auto banking 8MB 256MB Memory utilizing 4 x 72 pin EDO FPM SIMMs or 2 x 3 3V 168 pin DIMMs for SDRAM expansion Support Flash BIOS for Plug Play DMI Anti virus LS120 technology 120MB Capacity feat...

Page 11: ...o prevent damage Board Design 4 layer Implementation for low noise operation Remote Ring on Turn on the computer remotely through a modem It works only in Standby mode Installing Ultra DMA 33 Drivers Ultra DMA is a new protocol for the ATA IDE hard disk drive interface that doubles the current burst data transfer rate to 33 megabytes MB per second The protocol is a Quantum Corporation patented tec...

Page 12: ...PS 567 1 PENTIUM MMX 200 1311 76 MHz 101 6 MIPS 680 6 PENTIUM MMX 233 1530 37 MHz 123 6 MIPS 794 0 CYRIX 6x86 133 1353 98 MHz 74 8 MIPS 761 2 CYRIX 6x86 150 1469 25 MHz 81 3 MIPS 826 CYRIX 6x86 166 1613 31 MHz 88 9 MIPS 907 CYRIX 6x86 200 1860 62 MHz 101 6 MIPS 1018 0 CYRIX 6x86 MX 166 1860 MHz 98 1 MIPS 1018 2 CYRIX 6x86 MX 200 2072 54 MHz 109 4 MIPS 1133 9 CYRIX 6x86 MX 233 2326 25 MHz 123 6 MIP...

Page 13: ... MOU SE CPU SOCKET 7 USB CONNECTOR 33 1 34 2 FD C1 COM 1 COM 2 1 3 JP 3 S W 1 J10 J1 J2 J3 J4 JP1 KEYLOCK SPK HDD_LED RESET 1 5 1 4 1 4 SIM 4 SIM 3 SIM 2 SIM 1 1 1 4 4 40 2 39 1 Secondary IDE 40 2 39 1 Primary IDE KEYBO ARD 82439T X 82371A B U6 U7 SRAM SRAM PRINTER PORT JP 6 J11 JP 11 J8 J9 1 1 4 5 DIM 2 DIM 1 ATX POWER ON OFF TURBO LED BIO S ...

Page 14: ...fault Setting l l 1 2 3 l l 1 2 3 l l PS 2 MOU SE CPU SOCKET 7 USB CONNECTOR 33 1 34 2 FD C1 COM 1 COM 2 1 3 JP 3 S W 1 J10 J1 J2 J3 J4 JP1 KEYLOCK SPK HDD_LED RESET 1 5 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 4 40 2 39 1 Secondary IDE 40 2 39 1 Primary IDE KEYBO ARD 82439T X 82371A B U6 U7 SRAM SRAM PRINTER PORT JP 6 J11 J8 J9 1 1 4 5 ATX POWER ON OFF TURBO LED BIO S ...

Page 15: ...A GROUND J2 SPEAKER CONNECTOR 1 2 3 4 5V DC GROUND NC DATA OUT J3 HDD LED 1 2 3 4 5V DC DATA OUT DATA OUT 5V DC J4 RESET 1 2 GROUND RESET IN J8 IR CONNECTOR 1 2 3 4 5 5V DC FIRRX IRRX GROUND IRTX J9 CONSUMER IR CONNECTOR 1 2 3 4 5V DC IRTX CIRRX GROUND J10 J11 USB CONNECTOR 1 2 3 4 5V DC DATA OUT DATA OUT GROUND JP1 TURBO LED 1 2 5V DC GROUND ...

Page 16: ...g a PS 2 mouse USB or Infrared devices you must purchase an optional external connector set The external connector set connects to the 18 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer s chassis The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup and USB Function in PnP and PCI Setup of...

Page 17: ...extended memory of 8MB to 256MB n The layout of the DRAM memory banks on board is shown below DRAM INSTALLATION AND OR AND OR The 72 pin group includes four SIMMs each SIMM can be 4 8 16 or 32MB in size The 168 pin group includes two DIMMs each DIMM can be 8 16 32 or 64MB in size Please use the RAM modules of the same size in the group Auto banking memory features are supported for SIMMs or DIMMs ...

Page 18: ... a Row on the motherboard Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMM s can be used when the SIMM sockets are not used Two sockets are available for 3 3 Volt power level Unbuffered Synchronous DRAMs SDRAM or EDO DRAM of either 8 16 32 64 or 128MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB One side with memory chips of the DIMM module takes up one Row on the motherboard IMPORTANT Memory speed is set up through...

Page 19: ...B 4MB 72MB 8MB 8MB 32MB 32MB 80MB 32MB 32MB 8MB 8MB 80MB 16MB 16MB 32MB 32MB 96MB 32MB 32MB 16MB 16MB 96MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 128MB 64MB 64MB None None 128MB n TABLE2 DIMM DIMM1 BANK0 DIMM2 BANK1 Total Memory 8MB 8MB 8MB 8MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 128MB 128MB 128MB 128MB 128MB 256MB Note DIMM and SIMM can t be installed together SIMM Memory Inst...

Page 20: ...The module will only fit in the orientation as shown SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides DIMM modules are longer and have different pin contact on each side and therefore have a higher pin density The notch on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type of DIMM to be inserted into the DIMM socket on the motherboar...

Page 21: ...vailable Options CPU Frequency MHz 233 66 3 5 90 60 1 5 CPU Voltage V 3 3 100 66 1 5 CPU Temperature Setup C 50 120 60 2 CPU Current Temperature C 0 133 66 2 Thermal Slow Clock Ratio 37 5 150 60 2 5 166 66 2 5 180 60 3 200 66 3 233 66 3 5 ESC Exit áâ Sel PgUp PgDn Modify F2 F3 Color The Smart Soft CPU Setting can let you simply change the CMOS BIOS setting to attain your goal the CPU s working spe...

Page 22: ...rating If the limit exceeded a warning alarming can be head from the PC speaker A utility is provided to work in conjunction with this feature to monitor critical hardware components of the PC The utility provides the user with a PC health meter with GREEN indicator for normal operation and Red for abnormal operation for effective troubleshooting A Graphical User Interface GUI display overall syst...

Page 23: ...eal mode The method is 1 Restart your computer 2 Press F8 to show the multiboot menu as soon as the Starting Windows 95 message appears on the screen 3 Choose 6 Command prompt only 4 Run AMIFLASH to write the updated content to your BIOS if necessary Another method is Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS environment without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS...

Page 24: ...S is accessed by pressing Del at the appropriate time during system boot Setup configures data in CMOS RAM The following screen shows the types of AMIBIOS Setup AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 16 C 1996 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Power Management Setup PCI Plug and Play Setup Peripheral Setup Smart Soft CPU Sett...

Page 25: ...n Sec Master Auto On Sec Slave Auto On Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled 32 bit transfer should be enabled only if ESC Exit áâ Sel supported by controller PgUp PgDn Modify F2 F3 Color Date Time Select the Date Time option to change the date or time The current date and time are displayed Enter new values through the displayed window Floppy Drive A B Choose the Floppy Drive A or B icon to speci...

Page 26: ...hoose On to support IDE drives that permit 32 bit accesses Configuring a CD ROM Drive Select the appropriate drive icon Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master or Sec Slave Choose the Type parameter and select CD ROM You can boot the computer from a CD ROM drive Configuring a LS 120 device The LS 120 device will be auto detected by BIOS To create LS 120 device boot able Disc format the LS 120 disk under W...

Page 27: ... Boot To OS 2 No Wait For F1 If Error Disabled Hit DEL Message Display Disabled External Cache Disabled ESC Exit áâ Sel System BIOS Cacheable Enabled PgUp PgDn Modify C000 16K Shadow Cached F2 F3 Color xxx Boot Device Priority of Device pre defined in sequence for Booting S M A R T Feature S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a technology developed to manage the reliabili...

Page 28: ...ot check if the Del key was pressed You cannot run AMIBIOS Setup at system boot if this setting is selected Boot Up Num Lock When this option is set to On AMIBIOS turns off the Num Lock key when the system is powered on so the end user can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard The settings are On or Off The Optimal default and Fail Safe default settings are On Floppy Drive...

Page 29: ...e computer is powered on or rebooted The AMIBIOS password does not have to be enabled The end user sets the password by choosing the Password icon on the AMIBIOS Setup screen Boot to OS 2 Set this option to Yes to permit AMIBIOS to run properly if OS 2 or any other operating system that does not support Plug and Play is to be run on this computer If running OS 2 in a computer with 64 MB or more of...

Page 30: ...ies the system BIOS from ROM to RAM for faster execution Set this option to Enabled to permit the contents of the F0000h RAM memory segment to be written to and read from cache memory The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal default setting is Enabled The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled C000 16K Shadow C400 16K Shadow These options specify how the contents of the video ROM at C0000h ...

Page 31: ...er cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards The settings are Setting Description Disabled The specified ROM is not copied to RAM Cached The contents of the ROM area are not only copied from ROM to RAM for faster execution the contents of the RAM area can be written to or read from cache memory Enabled The contents of the ROM area are copied from ROM to RAM for faster execution The Optimal and ...

Page 32: ...PgDn Modify F2 F3 Color DRAM Speed This option specifies the RAS Access Time parameter for the installed DRAM SIMMs The settings are Manual 60 ns or 70 ns The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 70ns For Cyrix IBM PR200 MHz or 233 MHz MMX CPUs it is recommended to configure the setting as 70ns for reliability DRAM Read Burst Timing This option specifies the access timings for DRAM system me...

Page 33: ... or 15 16M from 15 MB to 16 MB The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled USB Function Set this option to Enabled to enable the system BIOS USB Universal Serial Bus functions The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support Set this option to Enabled to provide support for older non USB keyboard and mouses T...

Page 34: ... Monitor Primary IDE 0 Monitor Primary IDE 1 Monitor Secondary IDE 0 Monitor Secondary IDE 1 Monitor System Thermal Monitor Resume on Ring Disabled Modem Use IO Port N A Modem Use IRQ N A ESC Exit áâ Sel Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant off PgUp PgDn Modify RTC Alarm Resume From Soft off Disabled F2 F3 Color Power Management APM Set this option to Enabled to enable the Intel 430TX power management fea...

Page 35: ...puter enters power conserving state specified in the Hard Disk Power Down Mode option see the previous page The settings are Disabled 1 min 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min 7 min 8 min 9 min 10 min 11 min 12 min 13 min 14 min or 15 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Standby Time out Minute This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power o...

Page 36: ...ity occurs on the specified IRQ line If set to Ignore video display monitor activity is not monitored The settings are Ignore or Monitor The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Ignore IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ13 IRQ14 IRQ15 When set to Monitor these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line If set to Monitor and the computer is in ...

Page 37: ...ter only when in Standby mode Soft Off by PWR BTTN This option allows you to determine the time to enter Soft off mode when Power on for ATX Power Supply RTC xx This option sets the RTC Alarm The format is Date Hour Minute Second 3 5 PCI PnP Setup Choose the PCI PnP Setup icon from the AMIBIOS Setup screen to display the PCI and Plug and Play Setup options described below ...

Page 38: ...F2 F3 Color Plug and Play Aware O S Set this option to Yes if the operating system in this computer is aware of and follows the Plug and Play specification Currently only Windows 95 is PnP aware The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings No PCI Slot 1 IRQ Priority PCI Slot 2 IRQ Priority PCI Slot 3 IRQ Priority PCI Slot 4 IRQ Priority These options specify the priority I...

Page 39: ... must be removed from the pool the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA PCI setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as PCI PnP IRQ14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard PCI IDE is enabled If all IRQs are set to ISA EISA and IRQ14 and 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ9 will still be available f...

Page 40: ...cy ISA adapter cards The settings are C0000 C4000 C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 or DC000 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are C8000 3 6 Peripheral Setup Choose the Peripheral Setup icon from the AMIBIOS Setup screen to display the Peripheral Setup options described below AMIBIOS SETUP PERIPHERAL SETUP C 1996 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ...

Page 41: ...rd Serial PortA This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 1 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 2E8h or 3E8h The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are 3F8H Onboard Serial PortB This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct b...

Page 42: ...AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disabled 378h 278h or 3BCh The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 378H Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Normal The settings are Setting Description Normal Specify this option to use the standard 8 bit IBM PC AT compatible Centronics parallel port ...

Page 43: ...tomatically sets the correct parallel port IRQ The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto Parallel Port DMA Channel This option is only available if the setting of the Parallel Port Mode option is ECP This option sets the DMA channel used by the ECP capable parallel port The settings are None 0 DMA Channel 0 1 DMA Channel 1 or 3 DMA Channel 3 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are...

Page 44: ...he Fail Safe default settings consist of the safest set of parameters Use them if the system is behaving erratically They should always work but do not provide optimal system performance characteristics ...

Page 45: ...tion on this AMIBIOS SETUP CPU CONFIGURATION SETUP C 1996 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU Type Pentium Available Options CPU Frequency MHz 233 66 3 5 90 60 1 5 CPU Voltage V 3 3 100 66 1 5 CPU Temperature Setup C 50 120 60 2 CPU Current Temperature C 0 133 66 2 Thermal Slow Clock Ratio 37 5 150 60 2 5 166 66 2 5 180 60 3 200 66 3 233 66 3 5 ESC Exit áâ Sel PgUp PgDn Modify F2 F3 Co...

Page 46: ...RANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR USE ARE LIMITED TO THE PERIOD FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE FOR ONE YEAR Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitations may not apply to you The limited warranty is non transferable and does not apply if the product has been damaged by abuse misuse modification accident misapplication or shipment to DataExp...

Page 47: ... CACHE Brand Speed ns Total K TAG RAM Brand Speed ns BIOS DATA CODE SYSTEM SPEED RUNNING MHz VIDEO CARD Chip RAM VGA Mode Bus ISA VESA or PCI OTHER ADD ON CARDS SOFTWARE OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION SOFTWARE PROGRAM BIOS SETUP DRAM Wait State CACHE Wait State If you change BIOS SETUP please describe the changes A ERROR HANG UP NO SCREEN FLOPPY R W ERROR HARD DISK R W ERROR PARITY MEMORY ERROR OTHER B ...

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