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6

Programmable Firmware

The mainboard includes Award BIOS that allows BIOS setting of
CPU parameters. This fully programmable firmware enhances
the system features and allows users to set such items as power
management, CPU and memory timing, and modem wake-up
alarms. The firmware can also be used to set parameters for
different processor clock speeds.

This concludes Chapter 1. The next chapter will cover installing
and building a working system.

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Summary of Contents for P6VPA2

Page 1: ...ng fan and heat sink CPU socket Important Information Copyright This publication including all photographs illustrations and software is protected under international copyright laws with all rights re...

Page 2: ...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 reception whi...

Page 3: ...d q This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Canadian Department of Communications This class B digital apparatus meets all requireme...

Page 4: ...t of items that are shipped with the package Installation Use the Installation Chapter to learn how to install the mainboard and get your system up and running Setup Use the Setup Chapter to configure...

Page 5: ...ALLATION 7 Quick Installation Table 7 Before You Begin 8 Static Electricity 8 Choosing a Case 9 Preparing the Mainboard 10 Mainboard Guide 10 I O Ports Side View 12 How to Set Jumpers 13 Check the Jum...

Page 6: ...gement Setup Option 57 PNP PCI Configuration Option 62 PCI Health Status Option 64 Frequency Control Option 65 Load Fail Safe Defaults Option 66 Load Optimized Defaults Option 66 Set Supervisor and Us...

Page 7: ...oubles the rate to 1 6 GBps or 2 1 GBps by transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock DDR SDRAM uses additional power and ground lines and requires 184 pin DIMM modules rather...

Page 8: ...on ts from the manufacturer to help ensure reliability and performance from this product q Features highlights the functions and components that make this one of the best value mainboards on the marke...

Page 9: ...rated speed Warning Overclocking components can adversely affect the reliability of the system and introduce errors into your system Overclocking can permanently damage the mainboard by generating exc...

Page 10: ...3 0 GB of the latest high speed DDR200 266 SDRAM These advanced memory technologies provide the bandwidth and performance necessary for even the most demanding Internet and 3D graphics The low 2 5 vo...

Page 11: ...stereo full duplex codec with independent and variable sampling rates Further features include support for four analog line level stereo inputs Expansion Options Five 32 bit PCI slots an 4xAGP slot a...

Page 12: ...le firmware enhances the system features and allows users to set such items as power management CPU and memory timing and modem wake up alarms The firmware can also be used to set parameters for diffe...

Page 13: ...ard Provides a guide to the mainboard and I O port locations full details on the jumper settings and advice on installing the mainboard in the system case Installing Other Hardware Provides guidance o...

Page 14: ...its 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 installation If you don t have a...

Page 15: ...the system case Ensure that your case supports all the features required The mainboard can support one or two floppy diskette drives and four enhanced IDE drives Ensure that your case has sufficient p...

Page 16: ...llowing illustration and key to identify the components on your mainboard L T I 1 P W R F A N 1 J P 2 V G A 1 P P G A 1 P W R F A N 1 C P U F A N 1 A T X 1 L T I 1 P W R F A N 1 J P 1 J P 2 V G A 1 P...

Page 17: ...ot J4 Extra MIC line out header CD1 Audio connector for CD ROM DVD drive CD2 Auxiliary connector for CD ROM DVD drive ACR1 Advanced Communication Rise ACR slot PCI1 PCI5 Five 32 bit PCI slots CNR1 Com...

Page 18: ...mponent Description PS 2 mouse PS 2 port for pointing device upper port PS 2 keyboard PS 2 port for keyboard lower port USB ports Two stacked Universal Serial Bus ports LPT1 External parallel port COM...

Page 19: ...er When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper is SHORT If you remove the jumper cap or place the jumper cap on just one pin the jumper is OPEN This illustration shows a 3 pinjumper The jump...

Page 20: ...r the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the BIOS Setup Utility are incorrect and are preventing your mainboard from operating To clear the CMOS memor...

Page 21: ...you leave the jumper on the normal operation setting Function Jumper Setting Normal Short pins 1 2 Force 66 MHz FSB to run at 100 MHz FSB Short pins 2 3 JP6 1 2 3 JP7 CPU frequency select jumper This...

Page 22: ...umper Use this jumper to enable or disable the BIOS flash protection on the mainboard You should disable this jumper when you want to flash the BIOS Function Jumper Setting Disable Short pins 1 2 Enab...

Page 23: ...choice of I O templates in the rear panel Make sure that the I O template in the case matches the I O ports installed on the rear edge of the mainboard This illustration shows a mainboard installed i...

Page 24: ...power connector ATX1 Your case and CPU might have cooling fans attached to provide adequate ventilation to the system Connect the CPU fan to the 12 volt connector CPUFAN1 Connect the case fan to the 1...

Page 25: ...indicators Function Pins Power switch 22 23 Hard disk LED Indicator 20 21 Empty pin 19 Speaker 15 16 17 18 Empty pin 14 Reset switch 12 13 Keyboard lock 10 11 Green LED indicator 7 8 9 Empty pin 6 Sl...

Page 26: ...clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory Higher clock speeds and larger amounts of cache memory deliver greater perform...

Page 27: ...in place 6 Locate the power cable on the heatsink cooling fan assembly that is attached to the top of the processor 7 Plug the power cable into the CPU cooling CPUFAN1 12V power supply on the mainboa...

Page 28: ...by transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock DDR SDRAM uses additional power and ground lines and requires 184 pin DIMM modules rather than the 168 pin DIMMs used by SDRAM If...

Page 29: ...ed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed correctly Check that the cutouts on the DIMM module edge connector match the notches in the DIMM slot 3 Push the...

Page 30: ...interface IDE2 The mainboard ships with one IDE ribbon cable that supports one or two IDE devices All IDE devices have jumpers or switches that can be used to set the IDE device as MASTER or SLAVE If...

Page 31: ...It doesn 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 su...

Page 32: ...the cable matched with the pin 1 side of the connector 3 Plug a power cable from the case power supply unit into the power connector on the back edge of the CD ROM DVD drive 4 Use the audio cable prov...

Page 33: ...age in your system case Plug the diskette drive cable into the diskette drive interface on the mainboard FDD1 2 Plug one of the connectors on the diskette drive cable into the data connector on the ba...

Page 34: ...an Advanced Communication Riser card PCI Slots The PCI slots can be used to install add in cards that have the 32 bit PCI Peripheral Components Interconnect interface CNR Slot This slot can be used t...

Page 35: ...re that the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 4 Secure the metal bracket of the card in the empty slot in the system case with a screw 5 For some add in cards for example graphics adapter...

Page 36: ...30 The following illustration shows how to insert an ACR card...

Page 37: ...d Port This mainboard can support a Serial Infrared SIR data port Infrared ports allow the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptop...

Page 38: ...rd This is the Wake On LAN feature When your system is in a power saving mode any traffic through the network automatically resumes the system You must enable this item using the Power Management page...

Page 39: ...USB devices 3 LPT1 is a parallel port that can be used by printers or other parallel communications devices 4 COM ports are serial ports used by serial devices such as mice or fax modems COM1 is iden...

Page 40: ...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 mouse Green Serial Te...

Page 41: ...saves this information even when the power is turned off When the system is turned back on the system is configured with the values found in CMOS Using easy to use pull down menus you can configure s...

Page 42: ...Power Management configuration When changing the password or making other changes to the security setup Normally running the Setup Utility is needed when the system hardware is not consistent with th...

Page 43: ...tup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type This screen provides access to the utility s various functions BIOS Navigation Keys Listed bel...

Page 44: ...formation Setting passwords have this kind of dialog box Enter Password Selecting some fields and pressing the enter key displays a list of options for that field In the Standard CMOS Features screen...

Page 45: ...r 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 4 Download the Flash Utility...

Page 46: ...Primary Slave None IDE Secondary Master None IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 63488 Total Memory 64512K Men...

Page 47: ...ive that supports LBA mode more than one line will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave If you leave this item at Auto the sys...

Page 48: ...Floppy 3 Mode Support Default Disabled Floppy 3 mode refers to a 3 5 inch diskette with a capacity of 1 2MB Floppy 3 mode is sometimes used in Japan Video Default EGA VGA This item defines the video m...

Page 49: ...250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM DRAM Non OS2 Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone at...

Page 50: ...em start up a little faster You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device Default Floppy HDD 0 LS120 Use these thre...

Page 51: ...Option Default Setup If you have installed password protection this item defines if the password is required at system start up or if it is only required when a user tries to enter the Setup Utility O...

Page 52: ...tem logic Generally you should leave the items on this page at their default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your system hardware If you change the values inco...

Page 53: ...tem at the default value DRAM Timing Default By SPD The DRAM timing is controlled by the DRAM Timing Registers The timings programmed into this register are dependent on the system design Slower rates...

Page 54: ...this item at the default value AGP Mode Default 4X This item allows you to set the AGP speed at 1X 2X or 4X Enabling AGP 4X Mode can greatly improve the display speed If your graphics display card doe...

Page 55: ...Enter to view the following screen CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software CPU PCI Bus Control Item Help CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled PCI Delay Transacti...

Page 56: ...s in the CPU PCI Bus Control screen press Esc to return to the Advanced Chipset Features screen Memory Hole Default Disabled This item can be used to reserve memory space for some ISA expansion cards...

Page 57: ...lect PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnChip IDE Device Scroll to OnChip IDE Device and press Enter to view the following sc...

Page 58: ...If you install a device that supports UltraDMA change the appropriate item on this list to Auto You may have to install the UltraDMA driver supplied with this mainboard in order to use an UltraDMA dev...

Page 59: ...you set the I O base address for the Sound Blaster card SB IRQ Select Default IRQ 5 This item lets you set the Interrupt Request IRQ for the Sound Blaster card SB DMA Select Default DMA 1 This item l...

Page 60: ...Optimized Defaults Power On Function Default Hot KEY This system can be resumed from a software powerdown or a power saving mode by password hot key mouse activity or keyboard activity Use these items...

Page 61: ...e the infrared IR function of the onboard infrared chip The options are Full and Half default Full duplex means that you can transmit and send information simultaneously Half duplex is the transmissio...

Page 62: ...of the USB ports or USB headers that are integrated on this board USB Keyboard Support Default Disabled Enable this item if you plan to use a keyboard connected through the USB port in a legacy operat...

Page 63: ...s a power saving mode If any item in the list of Reload Global Timer Events is Enabled then any activity on that item will reset the timeout counters to zero Wake Up Calls If the system is suspended o...

Page 64: ...system memory Power Management Option Default User Define This item acts like a master switch for the power saving modes and hard disk timeouts If this item is set to Max Saving power saving modes oc...

Page 65: ...Up Alarms This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the normal power button on your system If the item is set to Instant Off then the power button causes a software power...

Page 66: ...rive PCI Master Default Off When set to Off any PCI device with Master function will not power on the system PowerOn by PCI Card Default Disabled Use this item to enable PCI activity to wakeup the sys...

Page 67: ...Q 15 Reserved Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Primary INTR Default ON Set Primary INT...

Page 68: ...led Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Menu Level Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices M...

Page 69: ...the first item Reserved Memory Base to set the start address of the memory you want to reserve for the ISA expansion card Use the second item Reserved Memory Length to set the amount of reserved memor...

Page 70: ...p CPU Fan 1 CPU Fan 2 Menu Level MoveEnter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Chassis Function Default Disabled Enables...

Page 71: ...IMM PCI Clk Default Enabled When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM and PCI slots Spread Spectrum Default Enabled If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly r...

Page 72: ...e fail safe defaults as a first step in getting your system working properly again If you only want to install fail safe defaults for a specific option select and display that option and then press F6...

Page 73: ...han eight characters or numbers The Set Supervisor User Password item differentiates between upper case and lower characters Press Enter after you have typed in the password If you are deleting a pass...

Page 74: ...this item and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit Without Saving dialog box appears press Y to discard changes and exit...

Page 75: ...ware program and the location for your mainboard version More information on some programs is available in a README file located in the same directory as the software Note Never try to install softwar...

Page 76: ...r Installation Notes later in this chapter The support software CD ROM disc loads automatically under Windows 98 When you insert the CD ROM disc in the CD ROM drive the autorun feature will automatica...

Page 77: ...rs for different operating systems such as DOS WIN NT or WIN98 95 Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using To install the software execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE...

Page 78: ...zard An item installation screen appears Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items Drivers and software are automatically installed in sequence You will need to follow the onscreen in...

Page 79: ...oftware from the following folders Utility Folder You can use the software in the following sub folders q AWDFLASH Software to erase and install new revisions of the system BIOS CMOS q GAMUT Audio rac...

Page 80: ...se AWD7XX EXEto flash the BIOS where 7XX is the version number You can use any version but we suggest you use the latest version To use the utility you must be in real mode DOS not the DOS box that is...

Page 81: ...ftware Super Voice To install the Super Voice voice fax data communication application for use with the built in fax modem go the directory UTILITY SUPERVOICE then run PICSHELL EXE to install the appl...

Page 82: ...Refer to the OS user s manual for instructions on installing the driver Installation for Windows NT4 0 Go the directory VIA 8233AC97 WINNT40 to install the audio drivers for Windows NT IDE Software Th...

Page 83: ...peration setting Reconnect the power cables and start the system When the POST starts press the delete key to start the BIOS Setup Utility and reload BIOS optimal settings Refer to Chapter 3 for infor...

Page 84: ...Short pins 2 3 JP7 1 2 3 Note The CPU speed is determined by the CPU Host PCI Clock speed multiplied by the CPU Clock Ratio Refer to the Frequency Control Option in Chapter 3 for more information For...

Page 85: ...isk LED Indicator 20 21 Empty pin 19 Speaker 15 16 17 18 Empty pin 14 Reset switch 12 13 Keyboard lock 10 11 Green LED indicator 7 8 9 Empty pin 6 Sleep switch 4 5 Power LED indicator 1 2 3 PANEL1 Spe...

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