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AI5VG 

Pentium VP3 Baby AT Motherboard 

User

s  Manual 

Version 2.0 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Summary of Contents for AI5VG

Page 1: ...AI5VG Pentium VP3 Baby AT Motherboard User s Manual Version 2 0...

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Page 3: ...rated Graphics Port AGP Slot 11 Chapter 4 Hardware Settings 12 4 1 SW1 1 8 CPU Frequency Selector 14 4 2 SW2 1 4 CPU Voltage Selector 16 4 3 JP5 Clear CMOS Selection 18 Chapter 5 Installation 19 5 1 I...

Page 4: ...S Setup 34 6 4 BIOS Features Setup 37 6 5 Chipset Features Setup 40 6 6 Power Management Setup 42 6 7 PNP PCI Configuration 45 6 8 Load BIOS Defaults 48 6 9 Load Setup Defaults 48 6 10 Integrated Peri...

Page 5: ...lation BIOS Configuration Checklist Please check that your package is complete and contains the items below If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your dealer The AI5VG Motherboard Th...

Page 6: ...mproved disk I O throughput The main features of this motherboard are listed as follows Main Processor Intel Pentium 90 100 120 133 150 166 200 Intel Pentium MMX P55C 90 100 120 133 150 166 200 233 Cy...

Page 7: ...temperature exceeds threshold value the CPU slows down automatically to allow it to cool down to a safe level Windows 95 Shut Down This allows the PC to power off via Windows 95 operating system This...

Page 8: ...oard is shown in Figure 1 which shows the locations of the key components The topics covered in this chapter are as follows 3 1 Processor and CPU Voltage 6 3 2 L2 Cache Memory 6 3 3 Main Memory 6 3 4...

Page 9: ...Chapter 3 Hardware Description AI5VG Pentium VP3 Baby AT Motherboard User s Manual 5 Figure 1 Layout of the AI5VG Motherboard...

Page 10: ...Cache boosts the system s performance 10 higher than regular Asynchronous Cache 3 3 Main Memory The AI5VG motherboard supports four 72 pin SIMMs and two 168 pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Module socke...

Page 11: ...otal Memory 4MB 2 8MB 8MB 2 16MB 16MB 2 32MB 32MB 2 64MB 64MB 2 128MB 4MB 2 4MB 2 16MB 8MB 2 4MB 2 24MB 16MB 2 4MB 2 40MB 32MB 2 4MB 2 72MB 64MB 2 4MB 2 136MB 8MB 2 8MB 2 32MB 16MB 2 8MB 2 48MB 32MB 2...

Page 12: ...4MB 192MB 128MB 128MB 256MB 3 4 BIOS The BIOS on the AI5VG motherboard provides the standard BIOS functions plus the following additional features 1 DMI Desktop Management Interface The motherboard su...

Page 13: ...nectors primary IDE and secondary IDE With two devices per connector up to four IDE drives are supported The VP3AT also supports Ultra DMA 33 a new synchronous DMA protocol for faster data transfers 3...

Page 14: ...070h 07Fh Real Time Clock NMI 080h 09Fh DMA Page Register 0A0h 0BFh Interrupt Controller 2 0C0h 0DFh DMA Controller 2 0F0h Clear Math Coprocessor Busy Signal 0F1h Reset Math Coprocessor 1F0h 1F7h IDE...

Page 15: ...Level Function IRQ0 System Timer Output IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ2 Interrupt Cascade IRQ3 Serial Port 2 IRQ4 Serial Port 1 IRQ5 Parallel Port 2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ7 Parallel Port 1 IRQ8 Real Time...

Page 16: ...settings to configure the AI5VG motherboard 4 1 SW1 1 8 CPU Frequency Selector 14 4 2 SW2 1 4 CPU Voltage Selector 16 4 3 JP5 Clear CMOS Selection 18 For the locations of the jumpers refer to Figure 2...

Page 17: ...Chapter 4 Hardware Settings AI5VG Pentium VP3 Baby AT Motherboard User s Manual 13 Figure 2 Jumper Locations of the AI5VG...

Page 18: ...ff off 66MHz 1 5x P54C 100 on off off off on off off off 60MHz 2x P54C 120 off off off off on off off off 66MHz 2x P54C 133 on off off off on on off off 60MHz 2 5x P54C 150 off off off off on on off o...

Page 19: ...66MHz 2x P166 133MHz For Cyrix 6x86MX CPU SW1 Bus Clock Mutiplier CPU FREQ off off off off on on off off 66MHz 2 5x PR200 166MHz off off off off off on off 66MHz 3x PR233 200MHz off off off off off of...

Page 20: ...166 off off off off off on off off 66MHz 3x K6 200 off off off off off off off off 66MHz 3 5x K6 233 4 2 SW2 1 4 CPU Voltage Selector For Single Voltage CPU Intel P54C Cyrix 6x86 AMD K5 C6 SW2 VIO VC...

Page 21: ...ix 6x86L MX AMD K6 SW2 VIO VCORE CPU off off on on 3 3V 3 2V K6 233 0 35 on on off on 3 3V 3 1V off on off on 3 3V 3 0V on off off on 3 3V 2 9V K6 166 200 6x86MX off off off on 3 3V 2 8V P55C 6x86L on...

Page 22: ...1V K6 233 0 25 off off off off 3 3V 2 0V 4 3 JP5 Clear CMOS Selection Use JP5 a 3 pin header to clear the contents of the CMOS RAM Do not clear the CMOS RAM unless it is absolutely necessary You will...

Page 23: ...llowing items are covered in this chapter 5 1 I O Connectors 21 5 2 J3 AT Power Supply Connector 21 5 3 J2 ATX Power Supply Connector 22 5 4 J1 J4 AT Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connectors 22 5 5 J7 J6 Se...

Page 24: ...Chapter 5 Installation 20 AI5VG Pentium VP3 Baby AT Motherboard User s Manual Figure 3 Connector Location on the AI5VG...

Page 25: ...Connector When using an AT compatible power supply plug both of the power supply connectors into J3 Make sure the power supply connectors are connected in the right orientation The power supply conne...

Page 26: ...me Pin Pin Signal Name 3 3V 11 1 3 3V 12V 12 2 3 3V Ground 13 3 Ground PS ON 14 4 5V Ground 15 5 Ground Ground 16 6 5V Ground 17 7 Ground 5V 18 8 Power good 5V 19 9 5VSB 5V 20 10 12V 11 1 20 10 5 4 J1...

Page 27: ...t to send 8 CTS Clear to send 9 RI Ring indicator 10 Not Used 5 6 J8 Floppy Drive Connector J8 of the AI5VG is a 34 pin header and will support up to 2 88MB floppy drives Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Na...

Page 28: ...DACK0 29 30 Ground IRQ14 31 32 No connect Address 1 33 34 No connect Address 0 35 36 Address 2 Chip select 0 37 38 Chip select 1 Activity 39 40 Ground J11 Secondary IDE Connector Signal Name Pin Pin S...

Page 29: ...9 Ground PD5 parallel data 5 7 20 Ground PD6 parallel data 6 8 21 Ground PD7 parallel data 7 9 22 Ground ACK acknowledge 10 23 Ground Busy 11 24 Ground Paper empty 12 25 Ground Select 13 N A N A 5 9 J...

Page 30: ...r for the CPU fan power connector The fan must be a 12V fan Pin Signal Name 1 Rotation 2 12V 1 2 3 3 Ground 5 13 J20 Front Bezel Connector The front bezel of the case has a control panel which provide...

Page 31: ...e 11 Power LED 12 No connect 13 Ground 14 Keylock 15 Ground ATX Power ON Switch Pins 7 and 17 This 2 pin connector is an ATX Power Supply On Off Switch on the motherboard that connects to the power sw...

Page 32: ...eset the system without turning the main power switch Off and then On Orientation is not required when making a connection to this header Hard Disk Drive LED Connector Pins 10 and 20 This connector co...

Page 33: ...ondary HDDs Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Video Halt On 6 4 BIOS Features Setup 37 Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot...

Page 34: ...er Down Doze Mode Suspend Mode PM Events 6 7 PNP PCI Configuration PNP OS Installed Resources Controlled by Reset Configuration Data IRQ3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 DMA0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to CPU to PCI W...

Page 35: ...econdary Master Slave PIO IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Parallel Port UART 2 Mode Onboard Parallel Mode 6 11 Supervisor User Password 51 6 12 IDE HDD Au...

Page 36: ...utility When you turn on the computer the Award BIOS is immediately activated Pressing the Del key immediately allows you to enter the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the Del key P...

Page 37: ...r Time Date Hard Disk Type The section below the setup items of the Main Menu displays the control keys for this menu Another section at the bottom of the Main Menu just below the control keys section...

Page 38: ...imary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Primary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Master None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drive A 1 44M 3 5in Base Memory 640K Drive B None Extended Memory 1...

Page 39: ...r is user definable For the Primary Master Slave as well as Secondary Master Slave you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives and CD ROM driv...

Page 40: ...ive at drive A Drive B Installed 3 mode drive at drive B Both Installed 3 mode drive at drive A and B Video This field selects the type of video display card installed in your system You can choose th...

Page 41: ...ity ECC Check Disabled Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 ESC Quit...

Page 42: ...ecomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A By default this field is set to Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will seek whether or not the floppy drive installed has 40 or 80 tracks 36...

Page 43: ...ystem prompts for the User Password every time you boot up When you select Setup the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up PCI VGA Pal...

Page 44: ...2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Bank DRAM Timing These fields defines the speed of the DRAM memory onboard The options are Normal Medium Fast Turbo 70ns and 60ns By default these...

Page 45: ...This field allows you to reserve 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards This makes memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB...

Page 46: ...Secondary Doze Mode Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Secondary Suspend Mode Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Primary IRQ13 Coprocessor Primary PM Events IRQ14 Hard Disk Primary VGA OFF IRQ15 Reserved Disabled LPT COM...

Page 47: ...he IRQ being used by the modem By default the the IRQ is set to 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN This field defines the power off mode when using an ATX power supply The Instant Off mode allows powering off immed...

Page 48: ...n I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and perfor...

Page 49: ...o PCI ISA PnP Primary IDE INT A IRQ 14 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Secondary IDE INT B IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 1 assigned to PCI ISA PnP ESC Quit Select Item DMA 3...

Page 50: ...ata transaction By default this field is set to Disabled PCI Master Read Prefetch When this item is enabled the system is allowed to prefetch the next read and initiate the next process By default thi...

Page 51: ...figure the type of IDE disk controller in your system The default setup is ISA If you have equipped with PCI controller you need to specify which slot has the controller and PCI interrupt is associate...

Page 52: ...ft F2 Change Color Load BIOS Defaults except Standard CMOS Setup To load BIOS defaults value to CMOS SRAM enter Y If not enter N 6 9 Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default valu...

Page 53: ...Mode Standard F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 F7 Load Setup Defaults OnChip Primary Secondary PCI IDE These fields allow you eit...

Page 54: ...re Auto and Disabled Onboard FDD Controller This option allows you to select the onboard FDD port Onboard Serial Parallel Port These fields allow you to select the onboard serial and parallel ports an...

Page 55: ...ype it again After setting a password the screen automatically returns to the main screen To disable a password just press the Enter key when you are prompted to enter the password A message will conf...

Page 56: ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORMAL NOTE Some OSes like SCO UNIX must use N N N NORMAL for installation Up to four IDE drives can be detected with parameters for each appearing in sequence inside a box To accept th...

Page 57: ...S EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Save Data to CMOS Exit Setup 6 15 Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving t...

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