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CS15 Series

Rev. A+

System Board
User’s Manual

49000116

Summary of Contents for CS15-BN

Page 1: ...CS15 Series Rev A System Board User s Manual 49000116...

Page 2: ...its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98...

Page 3: ...nterference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television...

Page 4: ...ic Input Output System 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals 3 1 5 Power Management Setup 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations...

Page 5: ...ed Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface Appendix A System Error Messages A 1 POST Beep A 2 Error Messages Appendix B Troubleshooting B 1 Troubleshooting Checklist Appendix C Watchdog Timer C 1 W...

Page 6: ...ntium III FCPGA 133MHz FSB 533EB 1GHz or 100MHz FSB 500E 850E processor CeleronTM 66MHz FSB FCPGA 566MHz 700MHz or PPGA 300A 533MHz processor Future VIA CyrixIII processor System Memory 32MB to 512MB...

Page 7: ...Technology DVMT tech nology This freely changes in size because graphics memory is allocated from the system memory according to current needs Graphics controller 3D hyper pipelined architecture 2D ha...

Page 8: ...connector 1 power board connector 2 connectors for CPU and chassis fans Power Boards CS15 BN Uses ATX power board which is compatible with ATX switching power CS15 SN Uses DC DC power board 12V input...

Page 9: ...which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier Re...

Page 10: ...ode Wake On Keyboard Wake On Mouse This function allows you to use the keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Refer to Keyboard Mouse Power On in the Integrated Peripherals section in chapter 3...

Page 11: ...e occurs Refer to PWR Lost Resume State in the Integrated Peripherals section in chapter 3 for more information Year 2000 Compliant Supports hardware Y2K function Supports hardware Random Number Gener...

Page 12: ...2 12 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation CS15 System Board Note The connector in the dotted line box is located on the solder side of the board...

Page 13: ...2 Hardware Installation 13 CS15 ATX Power Board Note The power board connector is located on the solder side of the board CS15 DC DC Power Board...

Page 14: ...the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board is equipped with two stac...

Page 15: ...s ratio was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below 1...

Page 16: ...stem press Del to enter the main menu of the BIOS 5 Select the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock Ratio field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency rati...

Page 17: ...2 Hardware Installation 17 2 4 Ports and Connectors 2 4 1 Serial Ports COM 1 Serial Port COM 2 J3...

Page 18: ...d is equipped with an onboard serial port CN6 Teal Turquoise for COM 1 primary serial port located at the ATX double deck ports of the board It is also equipped with a 9 pin connector at location J3 f...

Page 19: ...yboard Purple ports both at location JKBM1 of the ATX double deck ports of the system board The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQ12 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQ12 for ot...

Page 20: ...n bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate Allows bidirectional parallel port op eration at maximum speed 2 4 3 Parallel Port The system board is equipped with a shro...

Page 21: ...in 1 of the header You may enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable 1 Install the 34 pin header connector of the floppy...

Page 22: ...the onboard primary or secondary IDE controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable 1 If you are connecting two IDE drives install the 40 pin connect...

Page 23: ...A 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used to...

Page 24: ...located at the ATX double deck ports of the board USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals You must have the prop...

Page 25: ...ck ports of the board If your monitor supports analog video but does not have a 15 pin D shell connector see your monitor dealer for the adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into...

Page 26: ...Fast Ethernet Port The system board is equipped with three onboard RJ45 fast ethernet LAN ports at locations J5 and JLAN1 of the ATX double deck ports It allows the system board to connect to a local...

Page 27: ...se The CPU must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J6 on the system board The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the spee...

Page 28: ...d is equipped with two system fan connectors Installing system fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU The system is capable of monitoring and controll...

Page 29: ...er board is compatible with ATX switching power ATX Power Connector Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Function 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground PW OK 5VSB 12V Pin 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Function 3 3...

Page 30: ...ion LAN Active LED Pins 1 and 2 Active LED 1 Pins 3 and 4 Active LED 2 Power Board Connector The power board connector is located on the solder side of the board Connect this to the power board connec...

Page 31: ...DC DC power board 12V input over 110W adapter with 4 defined pins LAN Active LED Pins 1 and 2 Active LED 1 Pins 3 and 4 Active LED 2 Power Board Connector The power board connector is located on the s...

Page 32: ...ware Installation Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 HD LED IDE LED PWR LED Power Standby LED ATX SW ATX power switch RESET Reset switch Pin Assignment VCC HDDLED PLED GND PWR SW GND FP_RST GND 2 4 13 Front Panel Co...

Page 33: ...15 SN system board is equipped with a 90o PCI slot located on the solder side of the board The CS15 EN system board is equipped with a riser card slot located on the solder side of the board for conne...

Page 34: ...rt the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Fea...

Page 35: ...Secondary Slave field then press Enter IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen The settings on the screen are for reference...

Page 36: ...erating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select Drive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in...

Page 37: ...system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Base Memory...

Page 38: ...Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function...

Page 39: ...r serial number which by default is activated Therefore when connected to the Internet the processor transmits the serial number online making it possible to track your online activity This field prov...

Page 40: ...the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys Gate A20 Option This field allow...

Page 41: ...d is entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt OS Select for DRAM 64MB This field allows you to access th...

Page 42: ...y SDRAM RAS Precharge Time System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M 16M CPU Latency Timer Delayed Transaction AGP Graphics Aperture Size Display Cache Frequency System Memory Freq...

Page 43: ...System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache R...

Page 44: ...esses are made AGP Graphics Aperture Size This field is relevant to the memory mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in its default setting which is 64MB Display Cac...

Page 45: ...de control The options are Open and Close RAS to CAS Override This field is used to select the display cache clock periods control The options are by CAS LT and Override 2 RAS Timing This field contro...

Page 46: ...On KB Power On Password KB Power On Hot Key Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA PWR Lost Resume...

Page 47: ...er checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories USB Controller We recommend that you leave this fi...

Page 48: ...l not function once a keyboard password has been set in the KB Power On Password field You must type the correct password to power on the system If you forgot the password power off the system and rem...

Page 49: ...bled Disables the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode The options are SPP EPP ECP and ECP EPP These apply to a standard specification and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refer to...

Page 50: ...he Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on Last State When power returns after an AC power failure the system wi...

Page 51: ...power saving time in the Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down fields X X CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function Power Management Video Off Method Vide...

Page 52: ...nd mode The options are Yes and No Suspend Type Set this field to PwrOn Suspend to enable the Power On Suspend S1 function MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 or 11...

Page 53: ...and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month Alarm and Time hh mm ss Alarm fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network R...

Page 54: ...to the specified field Primary IDE 0 1 Secondary IDE 0 1 FDD COM LPT Port or PCI PIRQ A D will cause the system to wake up completely from the power management mode When disabled the system will not...

Page 55: ...l automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the specific IRQ in the IRQ Resources field The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one X...

Page 56: ...PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MP...

Page 57: ...IN1 V and IN2 V These fields show the voltage of the processor 5V 12V VBAT V and 5VSB V These fields show the output voltage of the power supply The settings on the screen are for reference only Your...

Page 58: ...cally detect and send clock frequency to the memory and PCI bus Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician CPU Clock...

Page 59: ...rocessor Now press the Del key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Select Frequency Voltage Control and set the appropriate field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio Note Use a PS...

Page 60: ...s option in the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded 3 1 10 Load Opti...

Page 61: ...in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and p...

Page 62: ...tics on the screen If you wish to make additional changes to the setup press Ctrl Alt Esc simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done 3 1 14 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the...

Page 63: ...evision numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based periph...

Page 64: ...e or arrow keys then press Enter 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected information 4 Press F10 to update the e...

Page 65: ...or arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press Enter 3 The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you wo...

Page 66: ...consists of a single long beep A 2 Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Aw...

Page 67: ...fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard...

Page 68: ...st the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion sl...

Page 69: ...ing happens 1 Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system 2 Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the...

Page 70: ...a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 1 Make sure tha...

Page 71: ...nfigured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 1 Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no k...

Page 72: ...y clear the system according to the set time interval If the system hangs or fails to function it will reset according to the set time interval so that your system will continue to operate Debug Enter...

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