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Key to Mainboard Components

Component Description

SOCKET-370 Socket for Intel FC-PGA Celeron or Cyrix

Joshua processor

DIMM1, DIMM2 Slots for 168-pin memory modules

IDE1, IDE2 Primary and secondary IDE channels

FDD1 Connector for floppy disk drives

AGP1 Slot for AGP graphics adapter

PCI 1, 2, 3 3 x 32-bit PCI expansion slot

ISA1 8/16-bit ISA expansion slot

ATX1 Connector for ATX power supply

CPUFAN1 Power connector for CPU cooling fan

PWRFAN1 Power connector for case cooling fan

SIR1 Connector for optional IR port

PANEL1 Panel connector for switches and indicators

CD1 Audio connector for optional CD-ROM drive
CD2 Auxiliary audio connector for optional CD-ROM

drive

SPDIF1 In/Out connector for 24-bit digital audio

WOL1 Wake up connector for network adapter

WOM1 Wake up connector for fax/modem card

JP1 Clear CMOS memory jumper
JP2 Keyboard power on jumper
JP3 Set CPU type for Socket-370 jumper
JP4 Enable Chassis open detection jumper
JP5 Enable Suspend-to-RAM jumper
JP6 Set CPU type for Socket-370 jumper
JP7 Set CPU type for Socket-370 jumper
JP8 Set system bus frequency jumper (133MHz)
JP9 Set system bus frequency jumper (100MHz)

JP10 Automatic (BIOS)/manual CPU core voltage

and multiplier ratio configuration jumper

JP11 Set CPU type for Socket-370
JP12 Enable Flash BIOS jumper

J1 Header for DAA connection

(additional I/O ports on front panel)

J2 Connector for fax/modem adapter card

VID Set CPU core voltage jumpers

BF Set CPU multiplier ratio jumpers

CLED1 Connector for dual color LED

LED1* Onboard 3VSB LED for SDRAM

LED2** Onboard Power LED

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Summary of Contents for P6VAP-Me

Page 1: ...r reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trad...

Page 2: ...e separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio...

Page 3: ...4 Preparing the Mainboard 16 Mainboard Guide 16 I O Ports Side View 18 Check the Jumper Settings 19 Install the Mainboard in the Case 25 Connecting Power Chassis Fan and Panel 26 Install Other Hardwar...

Page 4: ...ail Safe Defaults Option 66 Load Optimized Defaults Option 66 Set Supervisor and User Passwords 66 Save And Exit Setup Option 67 Exit Without Saving Option 67 Chapter 4 Software 68 About the Software...

Page 5: ...s that you can install the mainboard with a FC PGA Celeron or Cyrix Joshua processor The mainboard is micro ATX sized and measures 224mm x 200mm The board includes a built in sound system 5 expansion...

Page 6: ...hat make this one of the best value mainboards on the market About the Manual The manual consists of the following chapters Introduction Use the Introduction Chapter to learn about the features of the...

Page 7: ...gs by making changes to jumpers on the mainboard or changing the settings in the system setup utility We strongly recommend that you do not overclock the mainboard to run processors or other component...

Page 8: ...peeds of up to 533 MHz The new Cyrix FC PGA Joshua processor also fits into the Socket 370 The Joshua will include a 256K on chip L2 cache which runs at full processor speed It is the first non Intel...

Page 9: ...generation of 133 MHz processor types This chipset makes the evolutionary move from PC100 to PC133 increasing the speed of the system and memory buses from 100 MHz to 133 MHz The 133 MHz memory inter...

Page 10: ...either the ISA slot or the PCI slot but you cannot use both at the same time Integrated I O The board has a comprehensive set of integrated I O ports The I O port array features PS 2 keyboard and mous...

Page 11: ...ly programmable firmware enhances the system features and allows users to set power management CPU and memory timing LAN and modem wake up alarms and so on The firmware can also be used to set paramet...

Page 12: ...a case avoiding static electricity damage and setting jumpers Preparing the Mainboard Provides a guide to the mainboard and I O port locations full details on the jumper settings and advice on install...

Page 13: ...board power on jumper Use this 3 pin jumper to enable keyboard power on with hot keys or password Function Jumper Cap Enable keyboard power on Short pins 1 2 Disable keyboard power on Short pins 2 3 J...

Page 14: ...Hz Use this 3 pin jumper to set the system bus frequency In the normal setting the system automatically selects the correct frequency according to the kind of processor installed In the Force 100 MHz...

Page 15: ...VID2 VID3 VID4 VID5 Auto 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 05V 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 00V 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 95V 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 90V 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 85V 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 80V 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2...

Page 16: ...ratio See later in this chapter for information on the system bus multiplier ratio setting required for the processor that you have installed Ratio Short Pin Settings BF1 BF2 BF3 BF4 Auto 1 2 1 2 1 2...

Page 17: ...on this product These circuits and chips are sensitive and can be permanently damaged by static discharge If possible wear a grounding wrist strap clipped to a safely grounded device during the insta...

Page 18: ...your case has sufficient power and space for all the drives that you intend to install The mainboard has a set of I O ports on the rear edge Ensure that your case has an I O template that supports the...

Page 19: ...the same 3 pin jumper The jumper cap is placed on pins 1 and 2 so this jumper setting is SHORT PINS 1 2 In this manual all the jumper illustrations clearly show the pin numbers When you are setting t...

Page 20: ...Preparing the Mainboard Mainboard Guide Use the following illustration and key to identify the components on your mainboard 16...

Page 21: ...n Out connector for 24 bit digital audio WOL1 Wake up connector for network adapter WOM1 Wake up connector for fax modem card JP1 Clear CMOS memory jumper JP2 Keyboard power on jumper JP3 Set CPU type...

Page 22: ...s green indicator turns on whenever the system is turned on It warns you that the system is active and you should not carry out any work on the mainboard I O Ports Side View Key to I O Ports Component...

Page 23: ...d in CMOS memory You might need to erase this data if incorrect settings are preventing your system from operating To clear the CMOS memory turn off the system disconnect the power cable from the main...

Page 24: ...rocessor type you are using in the PGA370 processor socket If pins 1 2 are shorted the Socket 370 is set for use with the Intel Celeron processor If pins 2 3 are shorted the Socket 370 is set for use...

Page 25: ...y according to the kind of processor installed In the Force 133 MHz setting the system uses a 133 MHz system bus even if the processor is designed to operate with a 66 or 100 MHz bus Function Jumper C...

Page 26: ...with another version Function Jumper Cap Enable Flash BIOS Short pins 1 2 Disable Flash BIOS Short pins 2 3 VID Set CPU core voltage jumpers Use this 3 x 5 pin jumper set to manually set the CPU core...

Page 27: ...2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2V 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1V 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Auto When all 1 2 pins are shorted the core voltage will automatically be determined BF Set system bus multiplier ratio jumpers U...

Page 28: ...1 2 5 5 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 6 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 8 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 7 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Res 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 6 5 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 5 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 7 5 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Auto When all 1 2 pins a...

Page 29: ...u can secure the mainboard in the system case by placing the mainboard over the mounting brackets and driving screws through the mainboard into the mounting brackets Note Do not overtighten the screws...

Page 30: ...cable from the case power supply unit to the mainboard power connector ATX1 Connect the chassis if your case has them to the 12V power supply connector PWRFAN1 on the mainboard Then connect the case s...

Page 31: ...Use the CLED1 connector to connect a dual color LCD to the mainboard Panel Connector The mainboard PANEL1 connector has a standard set of switch and indicator connectors that are commonly found on ATX...

Page 32: ...he socket 370 supports the FC PGA Intel Celeron and Cyrix Joshua processor Intel FC PGA Celeron FC PGA stands for Flip Chip Plastic Pin Grid Array This is a description of the square plastic package t...

Page 33: ...cket 370 and the pin 1 corner on the processor The socket pin 1 corner is adjacent to the handle of the locking lever The processor pin 1 corner is beveled 4 Matching the pin 1 corners drop the proces...

Page 34: ...u should automatically configure the CPU by using the BIOS Features page of the setup utility See Chapter 3 for more information However you have the possibility to manually set the system bus speed m...

Page 35: ...module in any one of the two DIMM slots Each module may be installed with up to 512 MB of memory so the maximum capacity is 1 GB The mainboard supports memory chips that have EC Error Correction or E...

Page 36: ...n the cable About IDE Devices Your mainboard has a primary IDE channel interface IDE1 and a secondary IDE interface IDE2 The mainboard ships with one IDE ribbon cable which supports one or two IDE dev...

Page 37: ...esn t matter which connector on the cable that you use Make sure that you have the pin 1 side of the cable matched with the pin 1 side of the connector 4 Plug a power cable from the case power supply...

Page 38: ...de of the cable matched with the pin 1 side of the connector 4 Plug a power cable from the case power supply unit into the power connector on the back edge of the CD ROM drive 5 Use the audio cable pr...

Page 39: ...m case 2 Plug the diskette drive cable into the diskette drive interface on the mainboard FDD1 3 Plug one of the connectors on the diskette drive cable into the data connector on the back edge of the...

Page 40: ...ll add in cards that have the 32 bit PCI Peripheral Components Interconnect interface ISA Slot The ISA slot can be used to install add in cards that have the legacy 8 16 bit ISA Industry Standard Arch...

Page 41: ...the empty slot in the system case 5 Install the edge connector of the add in card into the expansion slot Press down quite firmly so that you are sure that the edge connector is correctly seated in t...

Page 42: ...l automatically resume the system You must enable this item using the Power Management page of the setup utility See Chapter three for more information WOM1 Wake on Modem If you have installed a fax m...

Page 43: ...modem Card You must install the fax modem card in order to use the built in fax modem The fax modem card is an optional item supplied with this mainboard 1 Locate the J2 fax modem connector on the mai...

Page 44: ...t to the appropriate place on your system case Note An IR port may use some of the resources required by a second serial port or a fax modem card If you have more than one of these items installed you...

Page 45: ...nect it to the input pins of the SPDIF connector On the mainboard locate the digital audio connector SPDIF1 Connect the cable from the digital audio extension bracket to SPDIF1 If you have digital aud...

Page 46: ...You can use this port to connect a joystick or a MIDI device to your system 4 The lower part of JS1 is three audio jacks The left side jack is for a stereo line out signal The middle jack is for a ste...

Page 47: ...GA Blue Audio line in Light blue Audio line out Lime Digital monitor flat panel White IEEE 1394 Grey Microphone Pink MIDI Game Gold Parallel Burgundy PS 2 compatible keyboard Purple PS 2 compatible mo...

Page 48: ...to make changes to the setup utility This happens when the system finds an error during the POST Power On Self Test that it carries out at start up Starting the Setup Utility You can only start the se...

Page 49: ...ing the Escape key You can save the current selections and exit the utility by pressing the F10 key When you are in one of the options that displays a dialog box you can return to the main menu by pre...

Page 50: ...or the present 3 Your computer must be running in a real mode DOS environment not the DOS window of Windows NT or Windows 95 98 We recommend that you create a new formatted DOS system floppy diskette...

Page 51: ...S Features Option This option displays a table of items which defines basic information about your system Date and Time The Date and Time items show the current date and time held by your computer If...

Page 52: ...fines some special ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA Large Block Addressing Leave this value at Auto and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the har...

Page 53: ...difications to most of these items without introducing fatal errors to your system Note that the page has a scroll bar to scroll down to more items Virus Warning Default Disabled When this item is ena...

Page 54: ...system start up a little faster You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly First Second Third Boot Device Default Floppy HDD 0 LS ZIP Us...

Page 55: ...This item is only required if you have installed more than 64 MB of memory and you are running the OS 2 operating system Otherwise leave this item at the default Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Default Ena...

Page 56: ...recommend that you leave this item at the default value Memory Hole Default Disabled This item can be used to reserve memory space for some ISA expansion cards that require it P2C C2P Concurrency Defa...

Page 57: ...ult value PCI Dynamic Bursting Default Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Default Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Default Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Default Enabled These items determine how the system ca...

Page 58: ...a slave device These four items let you assign which kind of PIO Programmed Input Output is used by IDE devices You can choose Auto to let the system auto detect which PIO mode is best or you can inst...

Page 59: ...on the system by pressing hot keys or typing a password If you choose Password you can use the item KB Power On Password to install a power on password Press Enter to display the Password dialog box...

Page 60: ...ate changes to this item If you have changed the parallel port to ECP mode use the following item ECP Mode Use DMA to assign a DMA channel to the port If you are using EPP mode use the next item to se...

Page 61: ...incoming traffic to a modem a LAN card a PCI card or a fixed alarm on the system realtime clock ACPI Function Default Enabled This mainboard supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power management...

Page 62: ...he hard disk Doze Mode Default Disabled Suspend Mode Default Disabled If you have selected User Define for the Power Management item you can set this item to a timeout between 1 Min to 1 Hour The syst...

Page 63: ...power down In a software power down the system can be resumed by Wake Up Alarms This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the normal power button on your system If the ite...

Page 64: ...mainboard Wake On Modem connector and the LAN card to a mainboard Wake On LAN connector for this feature to work Ext Modem Ring Resume Default Disabled If this item is enabled it allows the system to...

Page 65: ...nterrupt request lines When the Primary INTR item is set to OFF then the interrupts have no effect on system power management Press Esc to close the the IRQ Activity Monitoring sub menu and return to...

Page 66: ...PNP configuration data stored in the BIOS setup is cleared from memory New updated data is created Resources Controlled By Default Auto ESCD You should set this item at Auto ESCD Under this setting th...

Page 67: ...PCI Health Status Option On mainboards which support hardware monitoring this item lets you set parameters for critical voltages critical temperatures and fan speeds If this option is active on your s...

Page 68: ...tly reduce the EMI electromagnetic interference that your system generates by modulating the extreme values of the clock generator pulses Enabling this item might cause problems with timing critical d...

Page 69: ...n If you only want to install a fail safe defaults for a specific option select and display that option and then press the F6 key Load Optimized Defaults Option This option opens dialog box that lets...

Page 70: ...er or just press Enter if you are deleting a password that is already installed 5 If you typed the password correctly the password will be installed Save And Exit Setup Option Highlight this item and...

Page 71: ...ry to install software from a folder that is not specified for use with your mainboard Folders for this Mainboard For this board you can install software from the following folders Utility Folder You...

Page 72: ...This folder contains the IDE driver update for use with Windows NT GL520SM Folder Win9x This folder has hardware monitoring software for Windows 95 98 WinNT This folder has hardware monitoring softwa...

Page 73: ...otes Award Flash Memory Utility This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on the mainboard and lets you copy an updated BIOS to the chip Take care how you use this prog...

Page 74: ...ilt in fax modem run PICSHELL CMI8X38 Folder Installation Notes Audio Software This folder has software and drivers for the sound system that is integrated on this mainboard Drivers are provided for W...

Page 75: ...atically detect the presence of your modem When the Plug and Play wizard begins to look for modem drivers click on the button that says Have Disk and then browse or type in the pathname to the CMI8x58...

Page 76: ...directory to install the IDE driver updates for use with Windows NT GL520SM Folder Installation Notes This folder has system management monitoring software stored in one Win9x for Windows 95 98 and st...

Page 77: ...able keyboard power on Short pins 1 2 Disable keyboard power on Short pins 2 3 JP3 JP6 JP7 JP11 Select Celeron or Joshua Processor for Socket 370 Use these 3 pin jumper sets to select the processor ty...

Page 78: ...Hz Use this 3 pin jumper to set the system bus frequency In the normal setting the system automatically selects the correct frequency according to the kind of processor installed In the Force 100 MHz...

Page 79: ...1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 05V 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 00V 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 95V 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 90V 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 85V 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 80V 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 75V 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 2...

Page 80: ...hapter for information on the system bus multiplier ratio setting required for the processor that you have installed Ratio Short Pin Settings BF1 BF2 BF3 BF4 Auto 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 2...

Page 81: ...and indicators on your system case Function Pins Speaker 1 3 5 7 Power Indicator 2 4 6 Keylock 8 10 Green Indicator 13 14 Hard Disk Indicator 15 16 Reset Switch 17 18 Suspend Switch 19 20 Power Switc...

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