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K6XV3+

Rev. A+

System Board

Users Manual

38700901

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Page 1: ...K6XV3 Rev A System Board User s Manual 38700901 ...

Page 2: ...o notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes All Rights Reserved 1999 Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM Windows 95 and Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Cyrix 6x86 6x86L 6x86MX and M II are registered trademarks of Cyrix Corporation AMD K5 K6 and K6 2 are registered trademarks ofAdvanced ...

Page 3: ...rticular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an ...

Page 4: ...es and Wires of the Ports and Connectors Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Setup 3 1 2 BIOS Features Setup 3 1 3 Chipset Features Setup 3 1 4 Power Management Setup 3 1 5 PNP PCI Configuration 3 1 6 Load Fail Safe Settings 3 1 7 Load Optimal Settings 3 1 8 Integrated Peripherals 3 1 9 Supervisor Password 3 1 10 User Password 3 1 11 IDE HDD Aut...

Page 5: ...Utility 4 3 Drivers Appendix A Identifying Processors A 1 Intel Processors A 2 Cyrix Processors A 3 IBM Processors A 4 AMD Processors A 5 IDT Processors Appendix B System Error Messages B 1 POST Beep B 2 Error Messages Appendix C Troubleshooting C 1 Troubleshooting Checklist 50 53 54 55 55 56 56 56 ...

Page 6: ...6MX PR166 PR200 PR233 PR266 and M II 300 333 350 400 IBM 6x86MX PR200 PR233 PR266 PR300 PR333 AMD K5 PR90 PR100 PR120 PR133 PR166 K6 166 200 233 266 300 and K6 2 250 266 300 333 350 366 380 400 IDT C6 180 200 225 240 and WINCHIP2 200 225 240 266 300 System Memory 16MB to 384MB memory using unbuffered DIMMs Three 168 pin DIMM sockets using x64 or x72 SDRAM 3 3V PC 100 SDRAM DIMM for 100MHz external...

Page 7: ...ation in the DMI pool 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 Refer to Chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility ATX Double Deck Ports 2 USB ports 2 DB 9 serial ports 1 DB 25 parallel port 1 PS 2 mouse port 1 PS 2 keyboard port Conn...

Page 8: ...ltaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS Award BIOS Windows 95 Plug and Play compatible Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades 1 1 2 Intelligence Monitors Processor Temperature and Overheat Alarm The system board is able to detect the temperature of the processor An alarm will sound in case of processor overheat Monitors Processor AGP Fan Speed and Failure Alarm The system board i...

Page 9: ...ernal modem only If you are using this function make sure to turn on the power of the modem prior to powering off the system RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on on the set date and time ACPI The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving fea...

Page 10: ...ckage contains the following items þ The system board þ A user s manual þ One 40 pin IDE hard disk cable þ One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable þ One CD If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance ...

Page 11: ...11 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ...

Page 12: ...are set correctly before applying power or you may damage the processor or system board There are 4 switches on SW1 and 6 switches on SW2 The black rectangle in the diagram denotes the part that is protruding the adjustable switch In the example above Switch 1 Off Switch 4 On Switch 2 On Switch 5 On Switch 3 On Switch 6 Off ...

Page 13: ... 2 5x M II 300 75MHz 3x M II 333 83MHz 3x M II 350 100MHz 3x M II 400 100MHz 3 5x M II 300 66MHz 3 5x 6x86L PR150 60MHz 2x 6x86L PR166 66MHz 2x 6x86MX PR166 60MHz 2 5x 6x86L PR200 75MHz 2x Intel Processors SW2 1 6 90MHz 60MHz 1 5x 100MHz 66MHz 1 5x 120MHz 60MHz 2x 133MHz 66MHz 2x 150MHz 60MHz 2 5x 166MHz 66MHz 2 5x 200MHz 66MHz 3x MMX166MHz 66MHz 2 5x MMX200MHz 66MHz 3x MMX233MHz 66MHz 3 5x Intel ...

Page 14: ... 5x K6 2 250 100MHz 2 5x K6 2 266 66MHz 4x K5 PR90 60MHz 1 5x K5 PR100 66MHz 1 5x K5 PR120 60MHz 2x K5 PR133 66MHz 2x K5 PR166 66MHz 2 5x K6 166 66MHz 2 5x K6 266 66MHz 4x K6 2 400 100MHz 4x K6 2 380 95MHz 4x K6 2 366 66MHz 5 5x K6 2 350 100MHz 3 5x K6 2 333 95MHz 3 5x K6 2 300 100MHz 3x K6 2 333 66MHz 5x K6 300 66MHz 4 5x K6 2 300 66MHz 4 5x ...

Page 15: ...cy Ratio SW2 1 3 2x 2 5x 4x 4 5x 5x 3x 5 5x DIP Switch Settings for IDT Processors C6 180 60MHz 3x C6 200 66MHz 3x WINCHIP2 200 66MHz 3x IDT Processors SW2 1 6 IDT Processors SW2 1 6 C6 225 75MHz 3x WINCHIP2 225 75MHz 3x WINCHIP2 266 83MHz 3x C6 240 60MHz 4x WINCHIP2 240 60MHz 4x WINCHIP2 300 100MHz 3x DIP Switch Settings for IBM Processors IBM Processors SW2 1 6 IBM Processors SW2 1 6 6x86MX PR20...

Page 16: ...lock SW2 4 6 60MHz 83MHz 66MHz 95MHz 75MHz 100MHz Voltage JP8 SW1 2 8V 2 0V 2 1V 2 9V 3 0V 3 1V Voltage JP8 SW1 2 2V 2 3V 2 4V 2 5V 2 6V 2 7V 3 2V 3 3V 3 4V 3 5V Warning We do not guarantee that 75MHz 83MHz 95MHz and 100MHz external system bus clock processors will work with all types of add in cards DIMM modules or other devices ...

Page 17: ...n the CMOS data becomes corrupted the system can be reconfigured with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values power off your system and unplug the power cord Set JP9 pins 1 and 2 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP9 back to its default setting pins 2 and 3 On You may now plug the power cord and power on your system 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 18: ...y when used with 75 83 95 100MHz processors However if you encounter compatibility problems with PC 100 SDRAM DIMMs or you are using EDO PC 66 SDRAM DIMMs set the SDRAM clock according to the AGP clock 1 2 On 2 3 On SDRAM CLK CPU CLK 1 2 On SDRAM CLK AGP CLK default 1 2 3 1 2 3 CPU CLK 60MHz 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz 95MHz 100MHz SDRAM CLK 60MHz 66MHz 60MHz 66MHz 66MHz 66MHz AGP CLK 60MHz 66MHz 60MHz 66MH...

Page 19: ...al printers remote display terminals and other serial devices You can set the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals setup of the Award BIOS 2 6 2 PS 2 Mouse Port The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQ12 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQ12 for other expansion cards Warning Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or k...

Page 20: ...S 1 Install the 34 pin header connector into the shrouded floppy disk header J4 on the system board The colored edge of the ribbon should be aligned with pin 1 of J4 2 Install the other 34 pin header connector s into the disk drive s Align the colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable with pin 1 of the drive edge connector s The end most connector should be attached to the drive you want to d...

Page 21: ... using an ATAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode 2 6 5 IDE Hard Disk Interface 1 If you are connecting two hard drives install the 40 pin connector of the IDE cable into the primary shrouded IDE header connector J5 If you are adding a third or fourth IDE de...

Page 22: ...less connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices Connect your IrDA cable to connector J2 on the system board Make sure Onboard UART 2 Mode in the Integrated Peripherals setup of the Award BIOS Chapter 3 is set to the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA peripheral device You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use this connector Refer to your op...

Page 23: ...fan on the add on card connect the fan s connector to location J3 on the system board Refer to the add on card s manual for instructions on installing the fan Pin 1 2 3 Function GND 12V Sense 2 6 8 CPU Fan Connector The processor 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 Pin 1 2 3 Function GND 12V Sense ...

Page 24: ... 14 15 16 17 18 Pin Assignment SP LED ATX power LED HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED G LED Green LED ATX SW ATX power switch G SW Green switch H RST Reset switch ATX Power Ground Open HDD HDD LED Power Open Green LED Power Green Open PWRBT Ground Open SMI Ground Open H W Reset Ground Open ...

Page 25: ... your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PWRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 G SW Green Switch This switch will allow your system to enter the Suspend mode To wake up the system PM Events in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 must be enabled so that access to the specified IRQ will allow the system to wake up completely from the Suspend mode Pin 19 20 21...

Page 26: ...ystem thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis KEYLOCK Keylock Connector and Power LED Connector This is used to connect to the keyboard lock for locking the keyboard Use pins 24 to 26 to connect to the Power LED ...

Page 27: ...PL1 of the system board Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Function 3 3V 14A 3 3V 14A COM 5V COM 5V COM PW OK 5VSB 12V Pin 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Function 3 3V 14A 12V COM PS ON COM COM COM 5V 5V 5V Important Your power supply must meet the ATX specification supporting 3 3V 14A minimum otherwise your system will not boot properly ...

Page 28: ...spond restart your 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 program screen will appear 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Setup and press Enter A screen similar to the one on the next page will appear ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC ST...

Page 29: ...er improper information for this category You can use Type User to define your own drive type manually This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor If you select Type Auto the BIOS will auto detect the HDD CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None and press Enter The settings on ...

Page 30: ...nced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA and PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 80 column mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt On This category determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up The default setting is All Err...

Page 31: ... 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU s memory address map Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space This is the memory that can be used for different applications DOS uses this ar...

Page 32: ...disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this category Also disable this category if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 95 or the operating system may not install nor work ROM PCI ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE I...

Page 33: ...ppy drive the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A When this option is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A You must have two floppy drives to use this function Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish between 720K 1 2M 1 44M...

Page 34: ...celerated Typematic Delay Msec This selection allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins Security Option System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the promp...

Page 35: ...g hard drives that support S M A R T set this field to Enabled SMART is supported in ATA 3 or later hard drives Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM Video Shadow will increase the video speed Note that some graphics boards require that this option be disabled The default value is Enabled Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CBFFF ...

Page 36: ...ou may select between using the utility and the Chipset Features Setup For other operating systems you may only use the Chipset Features Setup Refer to the System Health Monitor Utility section Chapter 4 for more information Normal Normal Normal 3 Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled 64 Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS CHIPSET ...

Page 37: ... and heat dissipation The chassis or cabinet has poor ventilation CPU Fan Speed Limit and AGP Fan Speed Limit These fields allow you to manually set a limit to the speed of the CPU and AGP fans If the CPU AGP fan speed is under the speed set in these fields an alarm will sound informing you to attend to any issue that may damage your system The sound of the alarm resembles that of the siren of an ...

Page 38: ...imum power management Standby Mode 1 min and Suspend Mode 1 min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When enabled each option ranges from 1 min to 1 hr ROM PCI ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management PM Control by APM Video Off Method VideoOffAfter Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWRBTN Resume on Ring Resume on Alarm UserDefine Yes ...

Page 39: ...uffer DPMS Initializes display power management signaling Use this option if your video board supports it Video Off After N A The system BIOS will never turn off the screen Suspend The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode Standby The screen is off when the system is in the Standby mode Standby Mode This is user configurable only when the Power Management category is set to User Def...

Page 40: ...f this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system Resume On Ring Enabled Enables the Modem Ring on feature This allows your system to power on to respond to...

Page 41: ...de When disabled the system will not wake up from the power management mode despite access to the specified IRQ The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 5 PNP PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any...

Page 42: ...n data PCI IRQ Actived By This category is used to set the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device Under all circumstances you should retain the default configuration unless a different setting is needed Assign IRQ for VGA When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the VGA card installed Your VGA card will need an IRQ only when using ...

Page 43: ...ard UART 2 Onboard UART 2 Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Parallel Port EPP Type Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Standard 378 IRQ7 ECP EPP 3 EPP1 7 3 1 6 Load Fail Safe Settings The Load Fail Safe Settings option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should ...

Page 44: ...DE Secondary Master Slave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by themselves Your system supports five modes 0 default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is select...

Page 45: ...ress for the onboard serial port 1 and serial port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port 1 and serial port 2 Disabled Disables the onboard serial port 1 and or serial port 2 Onboard UART 2 Mode The system board supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices You may not use IrDA J...

Page 46: ...the Onboard Parallel Port field This option applies to a standard specification and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refer to your peripheral s manual for the best option Select the parallel port mode according to the type of printer device connected to your onboard parallel port The parallel modes are Normal EPP ECP and ECP EPP The default is ECP EPP Both ECP Mode Use DMA and Para...

Page 47: ...ou type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Supervisor Password and press Enter instead of typing in a new password Press the Esc key to return to the main menu 3 1 10 User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup set a user s password with the System option se...

Page 48: ... the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select Normal or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 2 Y 853 827 32 0 1653 63 LBA...

Page 49: ...stics 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 13 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press Enter The message below will appear Quit Without Saving Y N N Type Y and press Enter The system will reboot and you will once again see ...

Page 50: ...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 peripherals which may not be automatically detected can be manually recorded in the DMI pool by using the Add DMI menu The DMI pool data is then verified or updated whenever the system hardware or setup is altered 4 1 1 Runni...

Page 51: ...he 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 edited information into the flash ROM Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort Exit Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc 1996 Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File Save DMI File ...

Page 52: ...e 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 would like to load and press Enter 4 The following message will appear Do you want to execute Y N Type Y All previous DMI structures will be destroyed and the new file will be saved into the flash ROM ...

Page 53: ...recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good working condition Genesys Logic System Health Monitor Rev A for VIA The time interval for monitoring the system User Setting Quit Update w o Save Default Setting Update and Save Polling Interval Temperature CPU Over Heat Temperature 4 Seconds 80 CPU Hysterisis Temperature 75 CPU Temperature 29 ...

Page 54: ...comes with drivers contained in the provided CD To install the drivers please refer to the readme file in the CD All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please refer to the readme files for the latest information Installing Windows 98 on a VIA Chipset Based System 1 Before installing Windows 98 make sure yo...

Page 55: ...ot tested for DP S is tested for DP UP and MP A 1 Intel Processors A 2 Cyrix Processors Appendix A Identifying Processors 6x86MX PR166 Product name P rating 60MHz Bus 2 5x Processor clock speed 2 9V Core voltage or as marked M II 300GP Product name 75MHz Bus 3x Processor clock speed Core voltage or as marked 2 9V 6x86L PR200 GP Product name P rating Grid array package 150MHz Processor clock speed ...

Page 56: ...ssor core PR166 Performance rating A Package type Type A CPGA B Operating voltage B 3 45V 3 60V H 2 76V 3 0V 3 3V core IO C 3 30V 3 465V J 2 57V 2 84V 3 3V core IO F 3 135V 3 465V K 2 38V 2 63V 3 3V core IO X Case temperature W 55o C R 70o C Q 65o C Y 75o C X 65o C Z 85o C AMD K6 233ANR K6 Processor core 233 Performance rating A Package type Type A CPGA B Operating voltage N 3 1V 3 3V core 3 135V ...

Page 57: ...of a single long beep B 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 Awards BIOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recom...

Page 58: ...e 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 present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely ...

Page 59: ...utlet 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 slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 1 Make sure t...

Page 60: ...hing 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 back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using 3 The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access t...

Page 61: ... 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 that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line 2 Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached 3 Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ set...

Page 62: ...onfigured 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 keys are pressed during the booting process System Board 1 Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and p...

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