DataExpert MBX8440 Page 4 User Manual Download

Page: 4 / 44

Page : 1

Chapter 1

Introduction

Chapter 1

Introduction

The mainboard is a high-

performance mainboard based

on the advanced PENTIUM

II microprocessor, the AGP,

PCI Local Bus and the Intel

440BX chipset.

The mainboard offers a high

degree of flexibility in

configuration and is fully IBM

PC compatible.

Summary of Contents for MBX8440

Page 1: ...gistered trademarks of Microsoft Corp PCITM is a registered trademark of the PCI Special Interest Group VESATM is a trademark of the Video Electronics Standards Association All trademarks are the properties of their respecitve owners MBX8440 User s Manual Version A The information presented in this publication has been carefully for reliability however no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies...

Page 2: ...ector 10 PS 2 Mouse Connector 10 USB Universal Serial Bus Connector 10 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors 10 LPT1 Parallel Printer Connectors 10 J1 KBLOCK SPK RST HDLED ATXSW SUSLED Power LED 11 JP2 CPU Speed Selectors 13 JP1 CPU Internal Clock Speed Selectors 13 FAN1 CPU FAN POWER 13 FAN2 System FAN POWER 14 IR IR Connector 14 J4 SB LINKTM Connector 14 FDD1 Floppy Drive Connector 14 IDE1 Primary ID...

Page 3: ...CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP 26 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 28 PNP PCI SLOT CONFIGURATION 30 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 31 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP 32 USER PASSWORD SETTING 34 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 34 SAVE EXIT SETUP 35 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 35 Hardware Monitor Setup AGP Utility 37 A 1 System Health Monitor Utility 38 A 2 Installing the Utility 39 A 3 Application 39 A 4 AGP and 8440BX chip Utility 40 3 A ...

Page 4: ...ction The mainboard is a high performance mainboard based on the advanced PENTIUMTM II microprocessor the AGP PCI Local Bus and the Intel 440BX chipset The mainboard offers a high degree of flexibility in configuration and is fully IBM PC compatible 1 ...

Page 5: ...d Graphics Port slot x 1 System BIOS support 4 IDE harddisk drivers that don t need device driver for S W application the capacity each harddisk can large than 528MB up to 8 4GB PCI Bus master IDE interface on board with two connectors support 4 IDE devices in 2 channel the PCI IDE Controller supports PIO Mode 0 to Mode 4 Bus master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Ultra DMA 33MB sec On board super Multi I O ch...

Page 6: ...hing regulator to support CPU core voltage Supports LS 120 floppy disk drive 120MB Supports 3V 5V and 12V 20 pins ATX power connector ATX form factor 180mm x 305 mm Hardware Monitor Support CPU System FAN status monitoring and alarm CPU voltage system temperature monitoring Supports SB LINK connector for Creative AWE64 PCI sound card Poly switch resettable fuse over current protection for keyboard...

Page 7: ...ing A grounded surface within easy reach is the expansion slot covers at the rear of the system case or any other unpainted portion of the system chassis During configuration and installation touch a ground surface frequently to discharge any static electric charge that may build up in your body Another option is to wear a grounding wrist strap When handling a mainboard or an adapter card avoid to...

Page 8: ...2 Hardware Configuration Before you install the mainboard into the system chassis you may find it convenient to first configure the mainboard hardware This chapter describes how to set jumpers and install memory modules and where to attach components 2 ...

Page 9: ...ation 2 2 1 Mainboard Component Locations Figure 2 1 Mainboard Component Locations IR J4 J1 JP1 K B Mouse USB COM1 COM2 AGP SLOT PCI SLOT4 PCI SLOT3 PCI SLOT2 PCI SLOT1 ISA SLOT1 ISA SLOT2 ISA SLOT3 SLOT 1 Printer JP2 BIOS FAN2 FAN1 RT1 ...

Page 10: ...uld take the following precautions Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cord before you begin Unplug all cables that connect the mainboard to any external devices 2 3 Connectors Attach system components and case devices to the mainboard via the mainboard connectors A description of each i connector and its connector pins follows See Figure 2 1 for the location of the connectors on the ma...

Page 11: ...ving the jumper cap Note When you open the jumper attach the plastic jumper cap to one of the pins so you won t lose it Symbols For setting 3 pin jumpers the symbols below are used Pins 1 and 2 are Shorted with a jumper cap Pins 2 and 3 are Shorted with a jumper cap For setting 2 pin jumpers the following symbols are used The jumper is Shorted when the jumper cap is placed over the two pins of the...

Page 12: ... push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned Pin Description Pin Description 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PW OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V Note Make sure that the ATX power supply can take at least 10mA load on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female Serial Port 9 pin Male COM1 COM2 PS 2 Mouse USB1 U...

Page 13: ...ck 6 N C PS 2 Mouse Connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 Mouse Data 2 N C 3 Ground 4 5VDC 5 Mouse CLK 6 N C USB Universal Serial Bus Connector This connector supports two port USB Bus Pin Description Pin Description 1 5 VDC 5 5VDC 2 DATA 6 DATA 3 DATA 7 DATA 4 Ground 8 Ground COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors LPT1 Parallel Printer Connector ...

Page 14: ...t 2 NC 3 Ground 4 5V KBLOCK Keylock Power LED Connectors KB Lock is a keylock connector that enables and disables the keyboard and the Power LED on the case Pin Description 11 LED Output 12 NC 13 Ground 14 Keylock 15 GND HDLED Hard Disk LED Connector Pin Description 6 5V 16 Active Low P3 P4 P2 P1 P14 P15 P13 P12 P11 P6 P16 P20 P10 P11 P1 SPK KBLOCK PSW SUSLED HDLED RST Power LED ...

Page 15: ...pend switch cable to this connector Holding the power switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds the system is into sleep mode Setting Description Open Normal mode Default Short Suspend mode RST Reset Switch Connector Attach the Reset switch cable to this connector Setting Description Open Normal Mode Short Reset System P7 P17 P8 P18 P...

Page 16: ... 5 Open Open Short Open x 4 0 Short Short Open Short x 4 5 Open Short Open Short x 5 0 Short Open Open Short x 6 0 Short Short Short Open Intel CPU Ratio Bus Freq Pentium II 233 3 5 x 66MHz Pentium II 266 4 0 x 66MHz Pentium II 300 4 5 x 66MHz Pentium II 333 5 0 x 66MHz Pentium II 300 3 0 x 100MHz Pentium II 350 3 5 x 100MHz Pentium II 400 4 0 x 100MHz Pentium II 450 4 5 x 100MHz Celeron 266 4 0 x...

Page 17: ...12VDC 3 FAN Speed Sensor IR Connector Pin Description 1 VCC 2 N C 3 IRRX 4 Ground 5 IRTX 6 Fast IR J4 SB LINKTM Connector J4 for Creative AWE64 PCI Sound Card FDD1 Floppy Drive Connector IDE1 Primary IDE Connector IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector RT1 Thermistor Connector P3 P1 P2 P2 P3 P4 P5 P1 P6 ...

Page 18: ...r the remaining instructions into the bottom of the mainboard with the curved edges facing outwards toward the edge of the mainboard 3 Use a screw driver to lightly tighten the retention base screws 4 Insert the heatsink support base into the holes on either side of the 440BX PCIset located next to Slot 1 Note that one hole is bigger than the other to prevent backwards insertion Attach Mount Bridg...

Page 19: ...t the top of the retention base Note that when removing the processor these snaps can be clicked into a completely vertical position leaving your hands free to stabilize the board and pull the processor evenly and gently out of the board Also note that like PCI and ISA slots Slot 1 has a divider that prevents backwards insertion 7 Insert the heatsink support top bar into the heatsink support base ...

Page 20: ...the following memory configurations and DIMM socket consists of three 168 pin DIMM Modules BANK MEMORY MODULE DIMM 1 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 168PIN DIMM Single Side Double Side DIMM 2 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 168PIN DIMM Single Side Double Side DIMM 3 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 168PIN DIMM Single Side Double Side Notes DRAM type 3 3V 64 72 bit EDO DRAM 50 60ns and SDRAM 8 10 12ns ...

Page 21: ...Chapter 2 Page 18 Hardware Configuration 2 ...

Page 22: ...Page 19 Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup 3 Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup This chapter explains how to configure the mainboard s BIOS setup program 3 ...

Page 23: ...stem The following message appears at the bottom of the screen Press DEL to enter setup ESC to skip memory test 2 Press the DEL key to enter the Award BIOS setup program and the following screen appears 3 Choose an option and press Enter Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in the system See the following sections for more information 4 Press ESC at anytime to return to th...

Page 24: ...elds Select auto to detect the HDD type automatically SIZE The hard disk size The unit is Mega Bytes CYLS The Cylinder number of the hard disk HEAD The read write head number of hard disk PRECOMP The cylinder number at which the disk drive changes the write timing LANDZ Landing zone SECTOR Number of sectors ROM PCI ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Mon APR 20 1998 Time ...

Page 25: ...ders is below 1024 Drive A B Choose 360KB 5 1 4 1 2MB 5 1 4 720KB 3 1 2 1 44MB 3 1 2 Not installed 2 88MB 3 1 2 Video Choose Monochrome Color 40x25 VGA EGA Color 80x25 Not installed Halt On Choose All Errors Default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key Note You can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during bootup 3 ...

Page 26: ...better performance make sure you always choose Enabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequen...

Page 27: ...abled or Disabled When Enabled Floppy drives A B are swapped under DOS Boot Up Floppy Seek Choose Enabled or Disabled Disabled provides a fast boot and reduces the possibility of damage to the heads Boot Up Num Lock Status Choose On or Off On puts numeric keypad in Num Lock mode at boot up Off puts this keypad in arrow key mode at boot up Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate E...

Page 28: ...ing of Disabled OS 2 Onboard Memory 64M When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Choose enabled default let the VGA BIOS map to system RAM C8000 CBFFFF to DC000 DFFFF These fields are used for shadowing others expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs...

Page 29: ...e Wise Writes supported ECC Generation and Checking Correction System BIOS Cacheable When enabled access to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H FFFFFH are cached provided thatthe cache controller isenabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC DRAM Speed Selection 60ns CPU Warning Temperature 70o C 158o F SDRAM CAS latency Time 3 Current CPU Temperature 19o C 66o F DRAM Da...

Page 30: ...to reserve 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards This makes memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB By default this field is set to Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB Memory mapped graphics data structures can reside in a graphics aperture The AGP Aperture Size register allows the selection of an aperture size of 4MB 8MB 16M...

Page 31: ...ility Min saving This mode will minimize the power saving capability User define Allow user to define time out parameters to control power saving timing Refer to item B shown below ROM PCI ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management User Define Reload Global Timer Events PM Control by APM Yes IRQ3 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank Primary IDE 0 Disabled V...

Page 32: ...DEM use IRQ When the system is in green function modem wakes up the system through IRQ Doze Mode When disabled the system will not enter Doze mode The specified time option defines the idle time the system takes before it enters Doze mode Suspend Mode When disabled the system will not enter Suspend mode The specified time option defines the idle time the system takes before it enters Suspend mode ...

Page 33: ... by Ring activity Resume by Ring Enabled Wake up the system from ring signal Disabled default Ring signal can not wake up the system PNP PCI SLOT CONFIGURATION The PNP PCI SLOT CONFIGURATION sets the system for use with PCI bus cards Run the PNP PCI Slot Configuration program as follows 1 Choose PNP PCI CONFIGURATION from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of items appears ROM PCI ISA BIOS PNP...

Page 34: ...etting Enabled If you had plugged some Legacy cards in the system and there were records into ESCD Extended System Configuration Data You can set this field to Enabled and to clear ESCD one time When some Legacy cards were removed 4 After you have finished with the PCI Slot Configuration program press the ESC key and then follow screen instructions to save or disregard your settings LOAD SETUP DEF...

Page 35: ...ault value is Enabled Enabled Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode The HDD transfer rate is better than Disable Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode ROM PCI ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled UART Mode Select Normal IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto Parallel Port Mode SPP IDE Secondary...

Page 36: ... secondary master hard disk mode or to detect it by the BIOS if the hard disk supports UDMA Ultra DMA faster than DMA On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE Turn on enable Turn off disable the onboard IDE function USB Keyboard Support Enable USB keyboard Disable AT keyboard Onboard FDC Controller Choose disabled when you use an ISA card with FDD function or choose enabled to use the onboard FDD connect...

Page 37: ...rd drive you can use this utility to detect its parameters and automatically enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup 2 For IDE hard disk driver the BIOS provide three modes to support both normal IDE hard disk and also drivers large than 528MB a short description of three modes as follows a Normal mode For drivers small than 528MB b Large Mode For drives larger than 528MB that do not use LBA There...

Page 38: ...g press Esc again or move cursor to Exit Without Saving and press Y to retain the Setup settings The following message will appear at the center of the screen to allow you to save data to CMOS and exit the setup utility Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N EXIT WITHOUT SAVING If you select this feature the following message will appear at the center of the screen to allow you to exit the setup utility withou...

Page 39: ...Chapter 3 Page 36 AWARD BIOS Setup 3 ...

Page 40: ...Page 37 Appendix Hardware Monitor Setup AGP Utility A Appendix Hardware Mointor Setup AGP Utility This chapter explains how to configure the mainboard s hardware mointor setup program and AGP utility A ...

Page 41: ...rature voltage and fan Refer to the Chipset Features Setup Chapter 3 section for details When you hear a failure alarm you must power off your computer and check the following processor fan heatsink chassis fan and power supply We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good working condition Sets the time interval for monitoring the syst...

Page 42: ...d the Chipset Features Setup For other operating systems you may only use the Chispset Features Setup A 2 Installing the Utility Insert the CD diskette that came with the system board Run SETUP EXE of the System Health Monitor utility After completing installation you will find this utility in StartUp under Programs of WindowsR 95 NT 4 0 Please refer to the Readme file for details on using the uti...

Page 43: ... Utility A A 4 AGP and BX Chip Utility Microsoft 95 system not support the AGP controller by Intel 440BX Please install winp2x4 exe to upgrade inf file under Win95 DOS prompt 1 Start Win95 2 Run MS DOS prompt 3 Insert CD diskette run winp2x4 exe ...

Page 44: ...Page 41 Appendix Hardware Monitor Setup AGP Utility A ...

Search results

Summary of Contents for MBX8440

Reviews:

Related manuals for MBX8440

Brands by name

Popular brands

DataExpert MBX8440, User Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for MBX8440

Reviews:

Related manuals for MBX8440

Brands by name

Popular brands