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Overview

1-4

Please refer to next two pages about each component, and this manual will

explain  every important one at the following chapter.

1.

Socket 370 processors socket

2.

ATX Power Port

3.

North Bridge VIA VT82C694X

4.

DIMM sockets

5.

Floppy Port

6.

IDE Ports

7.

BIOS

8.

South Bridge VIA VT82C686A

9.

Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) Slots

10.

Industry Standard Architecture(ISA)

11.

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot

12.

Audio Modem Riser Card (AMR) slot

13.

Audio Port --Mic in(pink), Line in(blue), Line out(green)

& Joystick Game Port

14.

COM1 & COM2

15.

Printer Port

16.

USB devices ports

17.

PS/2 Keyboard (purple) / Mouse (green)

Summary of Contents for VXZA

Page 1: ...VXZA Socket 370 ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL Model VXZA Manual Version English version 1 2 Release Date July 28th 2000...

Page 2: ...company reserves the right to alter the contents of this publication at any time and without notice The contents of this publication may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors and is supplied f...

Page 3: ...er s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful...

Page 4: ...mory Installation 2 9 Install DIMM 2 10 Removing a Memory Module 2 10 Install Expansion Cards 2 11 Connector Devices 2 12 Panel Connector 2 12 Power Connector 2 12 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connectors 2 13...

Page 5: ...14 Power Management 3 18 PnP PCI Configurations 3 24 PC Health Status 3 26 Frequency Voltage Control 3 27 Load Fail Safe Defaults 3 28 Load Optimized Defaults 3 28 Set Supervisor User Password 3 29 Sa...

Page 6: ...VIA chipset North Bridge VT82C694X South Bridge VT82C686A Its new features include that it support AGP 2x 4x super I O and voltage temperature and fan speed hardware monitoring and there are four USB...

Page 7: ...720KB 1 44MB 2 88MB 5 25 inches 360KB 1 2MB IDE Interface The VT82C686A includes dual channel master mode PCI support 4 IDE devices Support PIO Mode 4 ULTRA DMA 33 ULTRA DMA 66 USB Port Four USB ports...

Page 8: ...1 3 Overview VXZA Components VXZA Components VXZA Components VXZA Components VXZA Components 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17...

Page 9: ...IA VT82C694X 4 DIMM sockets 5 Floppy Port 6 IDE Ports 7 BIOS 8 South Bridge VIA VT82C686A 9 Peripheral Component Interface PCI Slots 10 Industry Standard Architecture ISA 11 Accelerated Graphics Port...

Page 10: ...Motherboard Layout Motherboard Layout Motherboard Layout Motherboard Layout Motherboard Layout 1 5 Overview...

Page 11: ...PU Fan JP10 CPU Fan Connector 6 Chassis Fan JP8 Chassis Fan Connector 7 Wake on LAN LAN Wake Up Connector 8 Wake on MODEM MODEM Wake Up Connector 9 ATX Power ATX Power Connector 10 COM1 COM2 Serial Po...

Page 12: ...To prevent static damage discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your motherboard electronic components such as the microprocessor Observe the follow ing precautions Do not...

Page 13: ...placed over the jumper pin s according to the required configuration A jumper is said to be shorted when the black cap has been placed on one or two of its pins The types of jumpers used in this manu...

Page 14: ...be aligned with the blank corner on the socket Then gently push the processor straight into the socket until its pins are completely inserted into the holes of the socket Caution If you install the pr...

Page 15: ...to try overclock it may damage your CPU and result in a slower speed Please think carefully before you use overclock function We introduce you how to clear CMOS and enter into system BIOS it could he...

Page 16: ...rough the BIOS setting Frequency Voltage Control How to enter the BIOS While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated by pressing the Del key during the POST Power On Self Test 2 Pin...

Page 17: ...ixIII you may select CPU host clock from the BIOS for over clock 1 If your CPU is 66MHz clock frequency Celeron you may select CPU host clock from the BIOS for overclock Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Sprea...

Page 18: ...150 37MHz Caution Frequencies above133MHz exceed the specifications for the CPU and are not guaranteed to be stable and results in damanging your peripheral devices Frequency Voltage Control 3 If your...

Page 19: ...7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2 Open Open Open Open 133 3 33 3 CPU 4 Open Open Open Short 124 31 CPU 4 Open Open Short Open 150 37 5CPU 4 Open Open Short Short 140 35 CPU 4 Short Open Open Open 100 33 3 CPU 3 Short...

Page 20: ...o ensure reliability it is recommended to use PC 100 SDRAM or PC 133 SDRAM for your high clock SDRAM performance requirement If you are using low clock SDRAMs you should set the SDRAM clock option of...

Page 21: ...outward until they snap open 2 Orient a DIMM to the socket so the two notches in the DIMM connector are aligned with the crossbars in the socket 3 Press the DIMM straight into the socket until the re...

Page 22: ...ed to the mainboard increase the capabilities of your system VXZA features 5 PCI bus one AGP bus one AMR and 1 ISA bus expansion slots 1 After removing the cover insert a flat blade screwdriver into a...

Page 23: ...h Connector 2 pins HDD LED HDD LED Connector 2 pins PWR LED ATX Power LED Connector 3 pins SPEAKER Chassis Speaker Connector 4 pins KEY LOCK Keyboard Lock Connector 2 pins Connect the 20 pin ATX power...

Page 24: ...ard to the onboard 6 pin Mini Din connector marked as MOUSE and KB JP10 CPU FAN JP17 SYS FAN CPU Fan SYS Fan CHS Fan 4 FAN Connectors Connect the CPU and SYS fan cables to the fan connectors shown bel...

Page 25: ...onnector onboard marked as USB Top USB1 Botton USB2 6 Serial Device COM1 COM2 and Printer Connectors Connect your serial device s to the onboard 9 pin serial connectors marked as COM 1 and COM 2 Conne...

Page 26: ...nnector Connect the floppy drive cable to the onboard 34 pin floppy drive connector marked as FDD JP11 IrDA 8 IrDA Connector Connect your IR device to the IrDA connector onboard marked as JP11 Pin Des...

Page 27: ...M user manual for detailed settings of IDE master and slave mode IDE1 IDE2 9 IDE Hard Drives Connector Connect your IDE devices to the 40 pin IDE connectors onboard marked as IDE1 and IDE2 10 AMR AC97...

Page 28: ...on LAN Wake on Modem functions should be supported by Network Card and Modem Card To use the functions you must enable the Power On By Ring LAN field in the Power Management Setup of the Award BIOS M...

Page 29: ...CMOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Main Menu Once you enter the BIOS setup utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions the arrow keys to...

Page 30: ...es basic information about your system Below are the keyboard function keys you can use under the menu F1 F10 ENTER ESC Menu function keys To Move around the screen An item is highlighted if it is sel...

Page 31: ...IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Menu Level Change the day month year and century Drive A Drive B 1 44M 3 5in None Video Halt On EGA VGA All But Keyboard Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memo...

Page 32: ...ed in your system The available options for Drive A and Drive B The optional are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in Drive A default 2 88M 3 5 in and NONE Drive B default Video Select t...

Page 33: ...ed Disabled Item Help Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BI...

Page 34: ...g system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The optional are Floppy First Default HDD 0 Second Default LS ZIP Third Default HDD 1 2 3 ZIP 100 SCSI CDROM LAN Disabled Boot Other D...

Page 35: ...u hold the key down The optional are 6 Default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Select the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the key strokes The optional are 250...

Page 36: ...from ROM to RAM to increase system performance The optional are SDRAM 10ns Default SDRAM 8ns Normal Medium Fast Turbo This item allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of th...

Page 37: ...10ns SDRAM 8 10ns SDRAM 8 10ns 3 Host CLK Disabled Enabled Disabled Disabled 64M Enabled Auto DA Disabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Auto Auto Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enable...

Page 38: ...tem BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The optional are Enabled Disabled Default Video RAM Cac...

Page 39: ...the AGP Fast Write The optional are Enabled Disabled Default On Chip USB This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it Even when so equipped if...

Page 40: ...l the write is complete before starting another write cycle The optional are Enabled Default Disabled PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable trans...

Page 41: ...r1 WS Write When Enabled writes to AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The optional are Disabled Default Enabled AGP Master1 WS Read This item enabled to detect the memory...

Page 42: ...me Port 200 207 Enabled Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled PCI Slot Disabled Enabled Auto Auto Standard Half No Yes 378 IRQ7 Normal 3 EPP1 9 Enabled Disabled 220H...

Page 43: ...our system software both support Ultra DMA 66 select Auto to enable BIOS support The optional are Auto Disabled Default Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot of...

Page 44: ...nable This item allow you to enable the TX RX inverting which depends on different H W requirement This field is not recommended to change its default setting for avoiding any error in your system The...

Page 45: ...ype Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 The optional are EPP 1 9 Default EPP 1 7 Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard legacy audio Sound Blaster Disabled Default SB I O Base Address 220H D...

Page 46: ...Optimized Defaults The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use ACPI Function This...

Page 47: ...Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The optional are Disable Default 1Min 2Min...

Page 48: ...ystems enters the Suspend mode All Modes Off Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode The optional are Always On Suspend off Default All Modes Off Video Off Method This determines...

Page 49: ...which is configured as On even when the system is in a power down mode VGA LPT COM HDD FDD PCI Master Wake Up on LAN Modem Ring Resume RTC Alarm Resume Date Of Month Resume Time hh mm ss Primary INTR...

Page 50: ...lets you select Wake Up on LAN The optional are Enabled Disabled Default Modem Ring Resume An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens th...

Page 51: ...will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COM1 IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 Floppy disk IRQ7 LPT 1 IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Re...

Page 52: ...l Component Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of CPU itself using when communicates with its own special components This section covers some very...

Page 53: ...evices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 98 The optional are Auto ESCD Default Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave t...

Page 54: ...h Status PC Health Status This section helps you to get more information about your system including CPU temperature FAN speed and voltages It is recommended that you contact with your motherboard sup...

Page 55: ...or absence of components in DIMM and PCI slots and turns off system clock generator pulses to empty slots The optional are Enabled Default Disabled Spread Spectrum when the system clock generator puls...

Page 56: ...ut Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all datas Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Opti...

Page 57: ...or Password and User Password is the privilege Because Supervisor Password allows you to modify all CMOS setup but User password only some of them Their steps all as follows 1 Highlight the item Set S...

Page 58: ...you have made in the setup utility and exit the setup program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to return to the setup main menu Save Exit Setup Use this op...

Page 59: ...5 At the A prompt type AWDFLASH and then press Enter The screen will displays the following window How to Update Y How to Update Y How to Update Y How to Update Y How to Update Your Motherboard our M...

Page 60: ...BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If...

Page 61: ...rogram which you need most it will assist your computer system to high performance Note For update driver please visit EUPA web site www www www www www eupacomputer eupacomputer eupacomputer eupacomp...

Page 62: ...contents step by step VXZA integrates AC 97 audio system providing perfect audio quality to users AC 97 system is the very popular with audio system in the world According to the most of users require...

Page 63: ...4 3 Software Utility...

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