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2.1 System Board Layout

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

Mounting hole used for installing

a mounting screw to secure the

system board to the chassis.

Warning:

Remember to remove the mounting screw located underneath the

processor prior to removing the system board from the chassis. To

access the mounting screw, you must first loosen the fan/heatsink

and remove the processor.

Summary of Contents for P5BV3+/e

Page 1: ...P5BV3 e Rev A System Board User s Manual 36411913 ...

Page 2: ...ntity 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 Pentium and Pentium with MMX technology are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Cyrix 6x86L 6x86MX and M II are registered trademarks of Cyrix Corporation AMD K5 K6 K6 2 and K III are registered trademarks of Adv...

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: ...les 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 Au...

Page 5: ...vers 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 47 50 51 51 52 52 53 ...

Page 6: ...6 III 400 Intel Pentium 90 100 120 133 150 166 200MHz or Intel Pentium processor with MMXTM technology 166 200 233MHz Cyrix 6x86L PR150 PR166 PR200 6x86MX PR166 PR200 PR233 PR266 or M II 200 266 300 333 366 380 400 IBM 6x86MX PR200 PR233 PR266 PR300 PR333 IDT C6 180 200 225 240 WinChip2 200 225 233 240 266 300 or future WinChip3 series System Memory 16MB to 256MB memory using unbuffered DIMMs Two ...

Page 7: ...d 1 shared PCI ISA slot All PCI and ISA slots are bus masters Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board comes with a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked ...

Page 8: ...nectivity between your computer and peripheral devices It supports infrared peripheral devices that meet the ASKIR or HPSIR standard USB Ports The system board is equipped with two connectors for external USB ports USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS Award BIOS Windows 95 98 Plug and Play compatible Fl...

Page 9: ...ge bracket with a 25 pin printer port cable and a PS 2 mouse port cable Option 2 One card edge bracket with two 9 pin serial port cables and a PS 2 mouse port cable One 25 pin printer port cable for chassis mounting þ One 40 pin IDE hard disk cable þ One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable þ One CD One card edge bracket with two USB ports optional If any of these items are missing or damaged please con...

Page 10: ...lling a mounting screw to secure the system board to the chassis Warning Remember to remove the mounting screw located underneath the processor prior to removing the system board from the chassis To access the mounting screw you must first loosen the fan heatsink and remove the processor ...

Page 11: ...ding the adjustable switch Important If you are using a 100MHz ex ternal system bus clock processor make sure that you use PC 100 SDRAM DIMM ONLY Just in case you encounter compatibility problems we recommend that you try setting the SDRAM clock according to the AGP clock JP2 pins 1 and 2 On This may help solve some compatibility problems In the example on the left Switch 1 Off Switch 6 Off Switch...

Page 12: ...00MHz 66MHz 3x MMX166MHz 66MHz 2 5x MMX200MHz 66MHz 3x MMX233MHz 66MHz 3 5x Intel Processors SW1 1 6 Default DIP Switch Settings for IDT Processors C6 180 60MHz 3x C6 200 66MHz 3x IDT Processors SW1 1 6 IDT Processors SW1 1 6 C6 225 75MHz 3x WinChip2 266 100MHz 2 33x C6 240 60MHz 4x WinChip2 300 100MHz 2 5x WinChip2 200 66MHz 3x WinChip2 225 75MHz 3x WinChipP2 240 60MHz 4x WinChip2 233 66MHz 3 5x ...

Page 13: ...Switch Settings for Cyrix Processors Cyrix Processors SW1 1 6 Cyrix Processors SW1 1 6 6x86MX PR200 66MHz 2 5x 6x86MX PR233 75MHz 2 5x 6x86MX PR266 83MHz 2 5x M II 300 75MHz 3x M II 333 83MHz 3x M II 400 95MHz 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 M II 200 66MHz 2 5x M II 266 66MHz 3x M II 333 66MHz 4x M II 333 75MHz 3 5x M ...

Page 14: ...6 300 66MHz 4 5x K6 2 250 100MHz 2 5x K6 2 300 100MHz 3x K6 2 333 95MHz 3 5x K6 2 350 100MHz 3 5x K6 2 400 100MHz 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 2 333 66MHz 5x K6 2 366 66MHz 5 5x K6 2 380 95MHz 4x K6 2 300 66MHz 4 5x K6 2 450 100MHz 4 5x K6 III 400 100MHz 4x K6 2 266 66MHz 4x ...

Page 15: ...your processor External System Bus Clock Settings External System Bus Clock SW1 1 3 60MHz External System Bus Clock SW1 1 3 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz 95MHz 100MHz 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 memory modules or other devices Frequency Ratio SW1 4 6 1 5x 3 5x Frequency Ratio SW1 4 6 2x 2 5x 4x 4 5x...

Page 16: ...16 2 Hardware Installation Frequency Ratio SW1 4 6 3 5x Frequency Ratio SW1 4 6 2x 3 3x 2 5x 4x 4 5x 2 33x 5x 3x 2 66x 5 5x Frequency Ratio Settings for IDT Processors ...

Page 17: ...7 2 Hardware Installation DIP Switch and Jumper Settings for Core Voltage Voltage JP3 SW1 7 10 2 8V 2 0V 2 1V 2 9V 3 0V 3 1V Voltage JP3 SW1 7 10 2 2V 2 3V 2 4V 2 5V 2 6V 2 7V 3 2V 3 3V 3 4V 3 5V Default ...

Page 18: ...ear CMOS Data If for some reason 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 Set JP1 pins 1 and 2 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP1 back to its default setting pins 2 and 3 On You may now power on your system ...

Page 19: ...hen 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 CPU CLK 60MHz 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz 95MHz 100MHz SDRAM CLK 60MHz 66MHz 60MHz 66MHz 66MHz 66MHz AGP CLK 60MHz 66MHz 60MHz 66MHz 66MHz 66MHz C...

Page 20: ... can set the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals setup of the Award BIOS Connecting the Serial Ports Two serial port cables mounted on a card edge bracket are provided with the system board Connect one serial port cable to connector J6 for COM 1 primary serial port and the other serial port cable to connector J5 for the COM 2 secondary serial port Make sure the colored stripes o...

Page 21: ...e system board has a standard printer port for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports SPP ECP and EPP modes You can set the port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals setup of the Award BIOS Connecting the Parallel Printer Port Attach the DB 25 printer port cable to connector J7 on the system board Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable aligns with pin 1 of J7 Use a small n...

Page 22: ...be attached to the drive you want to designate as Drive A 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 J9 If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device install the 40 pin connector of the other IDE cable into the secondary shrouded IDE header connector J10 2 Install the other 40 p...

Page 23: ...he master and the other as the slave Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and or switches on the drives We recommend that you use Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 3 and Ultra DMA hard drives be from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not...

Page 24: ...n 5 has been plugged to prevent incorrectly inserting the connector Mount the card edge bracket to the system chassis 2 6 7 IrDA Connector The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices Connect your IrDA cable to connector J4 on the system board Make sure Onboard UART 2 Mode in the Integrated Peripherals setup of the Award...

Page 25: ... prior to installing an AGP card into the AGP slot 1 The length of the AGP card must not exceed 16 5cm You will not be able to install a card longer than this length because of the processor fan heatsink located near the AGP slot 2 When you install the AGP card and it hits the fan heatsink it may be that the clip of the heatsink on this side is too high Try to re orient the fan heatsink so that th...

Page 26: ...hapter 3 must be enabled so that access to the specified IRQ will allow the system to wake up completely from the Suspend mode RESET Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system 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 and Power LED Connector ...

Page 27: ...dary IDE LED G LED Green LED G SW Green switch RESET Reset switch SPEAKER Speaker connector KEYLOCK Keylock and Power LED connector HDD HDD LED Power N C Green LED Power Green N C SMI Ground N C H W Reset Ground N C Speaker Power Ground N C Speaker N C LED Power N C Ground Keylock Ground Use pins 18 to 20 for the Power LED ...

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: ...enter 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 ...

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: ...ssage 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 The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ROM PCI ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE I...

Page 32: ...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 33: ...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 34: ...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 35: ...ic Bursting PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction PCI Master Read Prefetch PCI 2 Access 1 Retry AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources It also coordina...

Page 36: ...m power management Standby Mode 1 min and Suspend Mode 1 min User Define Allows you to set each mode individually When enabled each option ranges from 1 min to 1 hr The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ROM PCI ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management PM Control by APM Video Off Method Video Off After Standby Mode...

Page 37: ...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 38: ...fied IRQ 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 changes to the default settings The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ROM PCI ISA BIOS PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC Resources Co...

Page 39: ...ll then recreate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration 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 autom...

Page 40: ...n off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option on the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Settings Y N N If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded 3 1 7 Load Optimal Settings The Load Optimal Settings option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM ...

Page 41: ...mmands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and 3 1 8 Integrated Peripherals The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ROM PCI ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC Onboard Primary PCI IDE Onboard Secondary PCI IDE IDE Prefetch Mode IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Primary Ma...

Page 42: ...BIOS will select the best available option after 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 field in its default setting Enabled USB Keyboard Support By default this field is Disabled If you are using a USB keyboard please enable this function Onbo...

Page 43: ...ow Onboard UART 2 Mode IR Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously Use IR Pins Set this field according to the IR pins of your IrDA peripheral device Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 3BCH IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port Parallel Port M...

Page 44: ...tion selected in the BIOS Features Setup If you want to protect access to setup only but not your system set a supervisor s password with the Setup option selected in the BIOS Features Setup You will not be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system Use the arrow keys to highlight the Supervisor Password option and press Enter The message below will appear Enter Password Type in the pas...

Page 45: ...he parameters for the hard disk drives installed in your system These parameters will then be automatically entered into the Standard CMOS Setup The IDE HDD Auto Detection screen displays the following categories of information Size Cylinders Heads Precomp LandZone Sectors and Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you ...

Page 46: ...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 47: ...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 Running the DMI Utility ...

Page 48: ...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 49: ...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 50: ...ontained 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 ...

Page 51: ...D timings S for min valid standard timings M U is not tested for DP S is tested for DP UP and MP 6x86MX PR166 Product name P rating 60MHz Bus 2 5x Processor clock speed 2 9V Core voltage A 1 Intel Processors A 2 Cyrix Processors or as marked Appendix A Identifying Processors M II 300GP Product name 75MHz Bus 3x Processor clock speed Core voltage or as marked 2 9V ...

Page 52: ...Case temperature W 55o C R 70o C Q 65o C Y 75o C X 65o C Z 85o C A 4 AMD Processors A 3 IBM Processor 6x86MX PR266 Product name P rating 2 5x 83MHz 2 9V CORE Processor clock speed Core voltage AMD K6 2 300AFR K6 2 Processor core 300 Performance rating A Package type Type A 321 pin CPGA F Operating voltage 2 1 2 3V Core 3 135 3 6V I O X Case temperature W 55o C R 70o C Q 65o C Y 75o C X 65o C Z 85o...

Page 53: ...T Processors C6 PSME200GA Product name Processor clock speed 3 52Vcc 66MHz clock Processor voltage External system bus clock WinChip2 233 Product name Processor clock speed 3 5 X 66MHz Clock Processor voltage External system bus clock ...

Page 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...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 58: ... 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 59: ...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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