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P6LX2-A User’s Manual

2:

 Using Your Mainboard – 2.14

Flashing The BIOS

This mainboard uses the Award BIOS. The BIOS is stored on

a programmable flash memory chip on the mainboard. Updates
to the BIOS can be installed by installing a new BIOS file on the
flash chip, which replaces the existing one. You do this using
software that comes on the Support Disk. There is an explana-
tion of how to install a BIOS update in a ‘readme’ text file in-
cluded with the program.

Bus Master Drivers

This mainboard comes with software drivers, for various Op-

erating Systems, that enable the PCI controller to operate in ‘Bus
Master’ mode. The drivers are on the Support Disk. The included
‘readme’ file has information on the drivers and installation in-
formation.

SCSI Support Software

There is a variety of support software for the onboard SCSI

and RAID

port

™ features on the Support Disk that comes with

the mainboard. Software for various Operating Systems is in-
cluded. The software also has documentation in each directory
to explain what it is and, where needed, how to use it.

Summary of Contents for P6LX2-A

Page 1: ...P6LX2 A Mainboard User s Manual...

Page 2: ...mits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipm...

Page 3: ...dware Features 2 6 Onboard Ports 2 6 Connectors 2 6 Optional Hardware Connectors 2 10 The CPU Retention Modules 2 12 Firmware Software 2 14 How To Use The CMOS Setup Utility 2 14 Clearing CMOS 2 14 Fl...

Page 4: ...on 4 1 Jumper Configuration Connector Summary 4 3 The AGP Slot 4 8 The RAIDport Slot 4 8 Supported CPUs 4 8 System Memory Specifications 4 9 CMOS Setup Utility Summary 4 10 Using the CMOS Setup Utilit...

Page 5: ...on 1 Package Product Information A brief overview of what comes in the mainboard package its basic features layout and component information Section 2 Using Your Mainboard Information on mainboard fea...

Page 6: ...Reader version 3 0 or later to view it Acrobat Reader for Microsoft Windows95 may also be supplied on the Support Disk If not you can obtain a free copy of the Reader software from the Abobe web site...

Page 7: ...IDE cable 1 50 pin Wide SCSI cable with SCSI option Support Disk IDE Bus Master Drivers Adaptec SCSI support software with SCSI option BIOS Flash Utility Infrared Module support software Intel LANDes...

Page 8: ...Supports LANDesk Client Manager PC Health Monitor Memory Modules 4 DIMM sockets Supports up to 512MB SDRAM or 1GB EDO Onboard SCSI optional Adaptec AIC 7880 SCSI controller Adaptec RAIDport slot for...

Page 9: ...arallel port The USB ports and the PS 2 ports Keyboard lower and Mouse upper are stacked one above the other Please see pages 4 6 and 4 7 for a full list of the onboard connectors COM1 Parallel USB CP...

Page 10: ...f the original IBM PC AT design They are 16 bit slots that run at a moderate bus speed There are many kinds of expansion cards that use this slot design to connect to the computer some of the most com...

Page 11: ...ted slot are available from a variety of vendors The AGP slot also requires Operating System support Win dows 98 directly supports AGP and other support methods may be forthcoming Please see Section 2...

Page 12: ...ort Controller Connections There are several ports and connectors on the mainboard Some are external ports and others are internal connectors that connect to other parts of the computer or internal op...

Page 13: ...tility that allow you customize some sys tem features Hardware Controls Indicators There are some control features and status indicators that con nect from the mainboard to your system case which is s...

Page 14: ...en lighted indicates the system is suspended Reset Switch Pressing the Reset switch restarts the system Keyboard Lock Disables keyboard via a lock on the front panel HDD Activity LED Flashes when hard...

Page 15: ...ry supported memory on the board The BIOS uses this record to function as an interface between the system hardware and the operating system Most of the settings in the CMOS Setup Utility are made auto...

Page 16: ...ncluding Vi rus Warning Boot Sequence and Security Option Virus Warning When enabled monitors the primary hard disk boot sec tor and warns of any attempt to write to it Boot Sequence Controls the orde...

Page 17: ...etup utility allows you to configure the power management features supported by the BIOS These can also operate in tandem with Operating System power management features You can use the Min Saving or...

Page 18: ...l port which can also be configured as the COM4 port in the CMOS Setup Utility Parallel Port The parallel port can be configured as a Standard ECP or EPP parallel port in the CMOS Setup Utility PS 2 K...

Page 19: ...E and Floppy controllers and the settings for the external ports This section enables and con figures the optional USB and Infrared features The SCSI features operate in dependent of the CMOS Setup ut...

Page 20: ...CMOS Setup utility s Power Management Setup section must be set to Enabled for this fea ture to function LAN Wake Up The J1 connector on the mainboard is for connecting a signal cable from a LAN card...

Page 21: ...re The Onboard SCSI Connectors Controller The two SCSI connectors on the mainboard are controlled by the onboard Adaptec SCSI controller It controls both the Wide SCSI SCSI 2 and the Ultra Wide SCSI S...

Page 22: ...so allows you to configure one SCSI port as an external port while still maintaining one port for RAID or other use The documentation that accompanies the SCSI software on the Support Disk has further...

Page 23: ...tic wrist strap If you don t have an anti static surface to work on place the board on the anti static bag it comes in If you don t have a wrist strap inexpensive and available at electronics stores t...

Page 24: ...settings used by the BIOS the basic software that is an interface between the system hardware and software The software component is comprised of software drivers that support the PCI IDE controller...

Page 25: ...ing to the board being unable to operate properly If this happens the CMOS record can be cleared by setting jumper JP3 to the clear setting for a moment and then setting it back to the Normal setting...

Page 26: ...t file in cluded with the program Bus Master Drivers This mainboard comes with software drivers for various Op erating Systems that enable the PCI controller to operate in Bus Master mode The drivers...

Page 27: ...s Slots ISA expansion cards often use system resources in the form of IRQs and DMA channels Newer cards that comply with the Plug and Play PnP standard are designed to allow the Operating System to au...

Page 28: ...n the Support Disk RAIDport and AGP Slots This mainboard has two other expansion slots The Adaptec RAIDport slot extension and the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port slot The Adaptec RAIDport slot extensio...

Page 29: ...t supports Plug and Play such as Windows95 you should set the first line PNP OS Installed to Yes Running CMOS Setup To run the CMOS Setup utility press the Delete or the Del key while your computer is...

Page 30: ...resources as needed If you are installing a legacy ISA card that requires manual configuration you can manu ally assign the required re sources as needed Legacy cards by definition are not PnP compli...

Page 31: ...ome amount of memory installed on the board You can tell how much by checking the configuration screen that appears when the computer is starting up With some memory installed there may be some socket...

Page 32: ...tail The sockets are num bered DIMM1 to DIMM4 start ing from the top in the picture Modules press into place and are held in position by a retaining clamp at each end of the socket When you want to re...

Page 33: ...o force it If All Sockets Are Occupied If you want to install more memory and there are no sockets available you must remove some installed modules and replace them with the upgrade modules If you hav...

Page 34: ...s on the board In order to do this you will need to know internal clock speed of the Pentium II you want to install The internal clock speed is the speed the CPU operates at to process data and is the...

Page 35: ...llustrations the Pin 1 position is shaded and the jumpers shown in a bird s eye view look like this A jumper with a cap in position looks like this If you need to leave a two pin jumper open put the c...

Page 36: ...ttings Function Jumper Settings Internal JP6 3 5x 5 6 7 8 233MHz CPU Clock Factor D 4 0x 1 2 3 4 7 8 266MHz CPU 4 5x 3 4 7 8 300MHz CPU 5 0x 1 2 7 8 333MHz CPU Note External Bus Clock is 66MHz JP6 Int...

Page 37: ...P6LX2 A User s Manual 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 11 Jumper Locations The illustration above shows the location of the jumpers on the mainboard JP3 JP6 JP1...

Page 38: ...ard chipset The transfer of data between the hard disk and the system takes place using one of a number of transfer modes either one of several PIO modes or UltraDMA mode Although there are several PI...

Page 39: ...imum Settings for this screen You can install IDE devices under these settings and the system will automati cally detect and set the best mode for each device You can also set the transfer mode for ea...

Page 40: ...cable is colored to indicate the Pin 1 side When you connect the cable to the main board and a device you must orient the cable so that this colored edge is at the Pin 1 side of the connector you are...

Page 41: ...Wide SCSI The onboard SCSI controller supports both of them and uses software that is provided on the Support Disk SCSI devices connect to the mainboard in a daisy chain that is in a series connected...

Page 42: ...ermanently terminated and there constitutes one end of the chain The last device in the chain whether it is internal or external must also be terminated SCSI devices use various termination methods so...

Page 43: ...ns and settings Using This Section The information in this section is presented in a summary for mat to make it easy to find specific information If you need re lated explanations please refer to the...

Page 44: ...oard The COM1 and COM2 ports are underneath the Parallel port The USB ports and the PS 2 ports Keyboard lower and Mouse upper are stacked vertically COM1 Parallel USB CPUFan1 Keybd Mouse COM2 SCSIN SC...

Page 45: ...cap on a three or more pin jumper e g 1 2 or For a two pin jumper On if the cap is in place and Off if a cap is not in place In the jumper illustrations the Pin 1 position is shaded and the jumpers s...

Page 46: ...4 0x 1 2 3 4 7 8 266MHz CPU 4 5x 3 4 7 8 300MHz CPU 5 0x 1 2 7 8 333MHz CPU Note External Bus Clock is 66MHz Other Jumper Settings SMI Signal JP1 From IOAPIC 1 2 D Source From PIIX4 2 3 Clear CMOS JP...

Page 47: ...P6LX2 A User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 5 JP6 Internal Clock Factor 3 5X 2 1 8 7 JP3 Clear CMOS Clear Normal JP3 JP1 SMI Signal Source IOAPIC PIIX4 4 0X 4 5X 5 0X JP3 2 1 8 7 2 1 8 7 2 1 8 7...

Page 48: ...ondary IDE 40 pin connector connects to 2 device cable End device is Secondary Master middle is Slave J3 Case Features Connects to case features Pins 1 3 Power On LED 4 5 Suspend Switch 6 8 Suspend LE...

Page 49: ...AIDPORT RAIDport RAIDport slot extension to slot PCI4 for ARO 1130 RAID card ATXPWR ATX Power Connects to 20 pin ATX power supply lead BT1 Battery Socket for CMOS support Lithium Ion battery Pin 1 3 P...

Page 50: ...will support the following RAID levels RAID Level 0 RAID Level 0 1 RAID Level 5 For more information on this feature please see the documen tation that accompanies the SCSI support software on the Sup...

Page 51: ...es are supported up to a total memory capacity of 512MB SDRAM or 1GB EDO Memory Configurations You can install any combination of module sizes as long as you follow these requirements All modules must...

Page 52: ...tility This mainboard uses the Award system BIOS It is stored in a Flash ROM memory chip on the mainboard The BIOS uses a software program also stored on the same chip to create a sys tem configuratio...

Page 53: ...P6LX2 A User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 11...

Page 54: ...to move around the screen and select a menu item An item is highlighted when it is selected Change Color Change the program color scheme by pressing Shift F2 The section at the bottom of the screen di...

Page 55: ...are affected by these items Supervisor Password User Password Sets a system password which is configured by the Security Option item in BIOS Features Setup IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatically detects...

Page 56: ...ommands If you look at the lower portion of the screen illustration you ll see a section that lists the control commands for this level of the program You execute a command by pressing the key for tha...

Page 57: ...pt for adjusting the Date and Time entries if necessary Date Time The first two lines on the screen are the date and time settings for the system clock Hard Disk Type Parameters For an IDE hard disk d...

Page 58: ...ual physical address The maximum drive size sup ported is 8 4GB Large For 1GB or smaller drives with more than 1024 cylinders and no LBA support This access mode causes the Operating Sys tem to treat...

Page 59: ...fault setting is Disabled Video Display Types You set this according to the type of display card in your sys tem This should normally be left on EGA VGA The options are EGA VGA Mono for Hercules or MD...

Page 60: ...A User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 18 BIOS Features Setup To enter this section of the Setup program highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will...

Page 61: ...d when it is selected Modify To change the setting of a highlighted selection you can press either the Page Up PU and Page Down PD keys or the Plus and Minus keys Pressing a key once will switch to th...

Page 62: ...in cache Leave it enabled to maintain system performance The default setting is Enabled Quick Power On Self Test This feature speeds up the Power On Self Test POST by skip ping some parts of the POST...

Page 63: ...e On Numeric keypad mode Default Off Cursor control mode Security Option This sets when password protection is active The two op tions are System Password required at boot up Setup Password controls a...

Page 64: ...This copies the video display card BIOS into system DRAM to increase display speed and is required for system performance The default setting is Enabled Shadowing Address Ranges The next six lines fro...

Page 65: ...onfiguration is active Un less you know what you are doing we recommend against mak ing any manual settings in this section with the exception of the Memory Hole AGP Aperture Size and Special Features...

Page 66: ...ill use to store 3D texture mapping data The larger the aperture the better the performance of this 3D func tion The settings range from 4MB to 256MB The default setting is 64MB Special Features If yo...

Page 67: ...r Management Setup To enter this section of the Setup program highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key The screen above will appear Menu Commands The menu commands for this sc...

Page 68: ...Management This controls the entire power management scheme There are four settings User Defined You set the power saving options manually Disable Turns off all power management Max Saving Maximizes p...

Page 69: ...ode in the sequence if this is disabled Standby Mode This sets the period of system inactivity after which the sys tem goes into Standby mode the intermediate power saving state The settings range fro...

Page 70: ...is in User Define mode HDD Power Down does not affect SCSI hard disks The default setting is Disabled The system automatically resumes from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as...

Page 71: ...ystem into Suspend mode If your system has a separate Suspend switch you can set this to Instant Off and the power switch will only function to turn the system on and off Delay 4 Sec Default Instant O...

Page 72: ...events noted occur The defaults are shown on the screen illustration on the next page Reload Global Timer Events The system will restart the power saving count down when an event generates from any of...

Page 73: ...I Configuration To enter this section of the Setup program highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Menu Commands The menu commands for this s...

Page 74: ...set this line to Manual the screen changes as shown above and allows manual configuration In general you should only need to do this if you are installing an ISA card that requires manual configuratio...

Page 75: ...ISA PCI SLOT1 PCI SLOT2 PCI SLOT3 PCI SLOT4 PCI SLOT5 If you set this option to ISA both the Primary IDE INT and Secondary IDE INT options below it will not appear on the screen Primary Secondary IDE...

Page 76: ...The settings are not optimal and turn off all the performance features Standard CMOS Setup is not affected by this command Load Optimum Settings To use this command highlight it in the main menu and...

Page 77: ...rmation 4 35 Integrated Peripherals This section sets the IDE transfer mode for all IDE channels It also configures the other onboard ports Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same...

Page 78: ...te The system will auto detect the PIO mode of a device in any of these positions when they are set to Auto the recommended setting Alternatively you can set the mode manually Modes 0 to 4 are support...

Page 79: ...3 Disabled UART 2 Mode Sets mode for the second serial port UART If you select an IR module type the second serial port will not be available The setting options are Standard default used by COM2 seri...

Page 80: ...8 Onboard Parallel Port Sets the I O address for the onboard parallel port The setting options are 378H IRQ7 default Disabled 278H IRQ5 3BCH IRQ7 If you set this option to Disabled the next option Onb...

Page 81: ...is option to SPP or EPP SPP the ECP Mode Use DMA option will not appear on the screen If you set this option to SPP or ECP the Parallel Port EPP Type option will not appear on the screen ECP Mode Use...

Page 82: ...screen Warning Messages and PC Status The Warning Messages section has settings that con trol the monitoring function The PC Status section displays the current status of the listed items as detected...

Page 83: ...Disabled CPU 1 Fan Disabled Chassis Fan Disabled Chassis Enabled PC Status When you call up the PC Health Monitor screen this section displays the current readings from the onboard sensor The read in...

Page 84: ...n you set a password the Security Option line in BIOS Features Setup controls when the password is required You can set the option to require the password when the system boots up or when calling up t...

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