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EC Declaration of Conformity

We 

Iwill Corp.

No. 10, Wu-Chuan 3 Rd.,

Hsin-Chuang City,

Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.

declare under sole responsibility that the

XA100 motherboard

meets the intent of Directive 89/336/ECC for Electromagnetic Compatibility. Compliance was

demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the official Journal of the European

Communities:

EN 50081-1 Emissions:

EN 55022

Radiated, Class B

EN 55022

Conducted, Class B

EN 60555-2  Power Harmonics

EN 50082-1 Immunity:

IEC

801-2 Electrostatic Discharge

IEC 

801-3 RF Radiate

IEC 

801-4 Fast Transient

Summary of Contents for XA100 Ultra ATA-2

Page 1: ...of Directive 89 336 ECC for Electromagnetic Compatibility Compliance was demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the official Journal of the European Communities EN 50081 1 Emissions...

Page 2: ...spective component manufacturers Iwill assumes no responsibility or liability for it Version This manual is written to go with Iwill s XA100 motherboard Version 1 1 Trademarks IWILL and the IWILL logo...

Page 3: ...ION 19 2 1 PREPARATION AND INSPECTION 19 2 2 PLACEMENT 20 2 3 CPU GROUP 21 2 4 L2 CACHE MEMORY 25 2 5 D RAM CONFIGURATION 25 2 6 IDE INTERFACE 25 2 7 USB UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTION 26 2 8 ENHANCE...

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Page 5: ...CI PCI 2 1 reduces CPU latencies for smoother video and more realistic audio and Universal Serial Bus USB technology makes Plug and Play peripheral connections a reality Besides run with faster system...

Page 6: ...memories High performance write back second Level external static RAM cache This supports 512KB Synchronous Pipelined Burst Cache on baord The cacheabe size can achieve up to 512 MB It also supports...

Page 7: ...50 UART serial port IRQ selectable from BIOS Address changeable form system BIOS NS16C550 compatible Programmable Baud Rate Generator nParallel Port IRQ selectable for IRQ5 278h IRQ7 378h from system...

Page 8: ...8 0 3 Placement of XA100 ISA FAN3 PWR ON FAN1 BIOS FAN2 FDC IDE0 IDE1 PCI AGP F Panel PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard USB Serial 1 Serial 2 LPT Socket 7 ATX P IR DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 J1 J2 JP1 JP4...

Page 9: ...eset Switch IDE LED IDE LED P LED Power LED SPEAKER Speaker connector IDE0 40 pin key protected for Primary IDE connector IDE1 40 pin key protected for Secondary IDE connector IR 6 pin Infrared connec...

Page 10: ...Unpack the XA100 You should find the following components when open the box 1 XA100 Motherboard 2 This Operation Manual 3 40 pin internal IDE signal cable 4 34 pins internal Floppy Disk Drive signal...

Page 11: ...nced users for quick installation If you are a beginner and need to know more about this motherboard please start from Chapter 2 1 1 Placement for XA100 ISA FAN3 PWR ON FAN1 BIOS FAN2 FDC IDE0 IDE1 PC...

Page 12: ...ht direction CPU Cooler is required to be placed on the top of the CPU all the times to prevent CPU from over heating CPU Step2 Install CPU Coolers On this XA100 motherboard there are three fan connec...

Page 13: ...D K6 with MMX dual voltage 233 and 266MHz processor is installed please set to 3 2V If a AMD new generation K6 with MMX dual voltage 233 and 266MHz processor is installed please set to 2 2V If an Inte...

Page 14: ...rnal Freq Multiplier M1 PR166 66 2 200 66 3 M2 PR166 66 2 M1 PR 200 75 2 M2 PR 200 75 2 M2 PR 233 75 2 5 M2 PR 266 83 2 5 Note Freq stands for Frequency For example if your CPU is Intel Pentium MMX 16...

Page 15: ...eripherals The internal peripherals means devices that are in the computer chassis such as the Floppy Disk Drive Hard Disk Drive CD ROM Drive etc Within this motherboard package There are one 34 pin f...

Page 16: ...1 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Parallel Port Serial 2 USB USB Step 8 Connect the Reset switch Most computer chassis provides a reset switch on their front pannel control Connect the button with provided...

Page 17: ...nnect the header marked PWR ON to the switch Step 13 Connect the Power Supply This motherboard provides the new 20 pin ATX power connector Once the ATX power supply is plugged into this ATX power conn...

Page 18: ...SC to skip memory test Then press DEL to enter BIOS setup for the first time power on and choose the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS then BIOS will respond Load SETUP default Y N press Y and Enter Followed with m...

Page 19: ...g this board You should avoid static up If possible ground yourself by touching a metal table or your computer frame Keep the board in its conductive wrapping until it is configured and ready to be in...

Page 20: ...20 2 2 Placement ISA FAN3 PWR ON FAN1 BIOS FAN2 FDC IDE0 IDE1 PCI AGP F Panel PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard USB Serial 1 Serial 2 LPT Socket 7 ATX P IR DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 J1 J2 JP1 JP4...

Page 21: ...ery careful Lift the handle bar of this 321 Pin ZIF socket up carefully and insert the CPU into ZIF socket And make sure the CPU Pin 1 is with the square base and it goes to particular hole on the ZIF...

Page 22: ...22 There are three Fan connectors for users to upgrade their system Connectors Function Headers Fan 1 CPU Cooler Fan J49 Fan 2 System fan J50 Fan 3 System fan J51 Fan2 Fan1 SENSE 12V GND Fan3...

Page 23: ...n and the others are used to select processor s Multiplier This motherboard supports four External Frequency 66 MHz 75 MHz 83 MHz and 100 MHz Regarding the External Frequency and Multiplier for differ...

Page 24: ...MHz and the other jumper cap on the position marked x 2 5 on J1 2 3 4 CPU Voltage Selection The manufacture default on this J2 jumper is 2 8V This J2 jumper sets the voltage for the CPU For example th...

Page 25: ...ine Memory Module must be inserted in this XA100 Ultra DMA 33 motherboard DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM1 Install the DIMM 2 6 IDE Interface 2 6 1 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Primary Secondary IDE are 40 pin i...

Page 26: ...iversal Serial Bus Connection The USB is suitable for mid to low speed devices like Mouse Keyboard Joystick etc In the past all these devices were using different connectors and it is complicated for...

Page 27: ...same connector and also supports QIC 80 Tape Driver with floppy interface Use the provided 34 pin flat cable to connect between this connector and floppy drives FDC 2 8 2 Parallel Port Connector The p...

Page 28: ...c This motherboard provides a high speed 16550 compatible serial port which is faster in transfer speed than a traditional 16450 compatible serial port Serial 1 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Parallel Port...

Page 29: ...for other purpose use Serial 1 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Parallel Port Serial 2 USB USB 2 9 3 Power Supply Connector This is a 20 pin ATX standard power connector It is used to connect power lines and...

Page 30: ...IDE LED P LED Speaker Keylock Connectors RST IDE LED SPEAKER 1 1 PWR LED Speaker 5V GND 5V NC RST IDE GND IDE Reset VCC GND NC SPKR PWR LED 2 9 5 CMOS Clear Jumper Function JP1 Note NORMAL 1 2 DEFAULT...

Page 31: ...31 JP1 1 3 The JP1 is a 3 pin header connector jumper cap on 1 2 for normal operation or jumper cap on 2 3 for clear CMOS...

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Page 33: ...pdate utility are available from Iwill through the WWW site Enter BIOS setup program The BIOS setup program is accessed by pressing the Del key after Power On Self Test POST memory test begins and bef...

Page 34: ...um performance and reliability It is very dangerous to change any setting without full understanding We strongly suggest that DO NOT update your BIOS if the system works perfect DO NOT change any sett...

Page 35: ...ription of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen The main menu includes the following setup pages STANDARD CMOS SETUP Allocates resources for hardware components BIOS FEATURES...

Page 36: ...default setting into CMOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Specifies on board controller features SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD Specifies passwords IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Auto detect the parameters of IDE disks SAVE...

Page 37: ...time clock Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave This field specifies the geometric parameters and addressing method of IDE disk drives TYPE This field specifies the geometric...

Page 38: ...M 3 5 in A 2 88M floppy drive is connected Base Memory The POST will determine the amount of base conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 640K This field...

Page 39: ...gures the boot sequence of boot devices Options Description Disable Disable the first Boot device IDE 0 Boot from Master IDE disk drive on Primary channel IDE 1 Boot from Master IDE disk drive on Seco...

Page 40: ...ion The settings are Setting Description Disabled AMIBIOS test all system memory AMIBIOS waits up to 40 seconds for a READY signal from the IDE hard disk drive AMIBIOS waits for 5 seconds after sendin...

Page 41: ...nly Hard Disk Access Control This option specifies the read write access that is set when booting from a hard disk drive The settings are Read Write or Read Only PS 2 Mouse Support Set this option to...

Page 42: ...an be read from or written to cache memory The contents of this memory segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster execution The settings are Enabled or Disabled Video Shadow...

Page 43: ...e Legacy Support Set this option to Enabled to enable support for older USB keyboards and mouse devices if the USB Function option is set to Enabled The settings are Enabled or Disabled DRAM Timing La...

Page 44: ...sion 2 1 compliant requires this field to be enabled This field is for experienced user only Options Enabled Disabled ISA Master Line Buffer This setting enable or disable ISA Master line buffer Optio...

Page 45: ...will count down to zero When the timer equal to zero the system will be forced into the related power saving mode If any predefined signal or event is detected during the timer counting period the ti...

Page 46: ...of time expires the computer enters Standby power state The settings are Disabled 4 msec 8 msec 12 msec 16 msec up to 508 msec in increments of 4 msec Suspend Timeout This option specifies the length...

Page 47: ...o Enable the system will resume in the time set by The following option RTC Alarm Date Set the system resume time date RTC Alarm Hour Set the system resume time hour RTC Alarm Minute Set the system re...

Page 48: ...g PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks This option specifies the latency timings in PCI clocks for PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 PCI VGA Pal...

Page 49: ...ed the motherboard onboard IDE controller is automatically disabled The settings are Disabled Auto Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 Slot5 or Slot6 If Auto is selected AMIBIOS automatically determines the corre...

Page 50: ...should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be rem...

Page 51: ...es the onboard floppy controller Options Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port1 2 These fields configure the onboard serial ports There are servral port addresses and IRQ channel can be selected Option...

Page 52: ...ed on serial port 2 This option only appears if the Onboard Serial Port2 option is not set to Auto or Disabled The settings are Half or Full There are no default settings IR Receiver Polarity This opt...

Page 53: ...to 2 5 Megabits per second ECP provides symmetric bi directional communication EPP Version This option specifies the Enhanced Parallel Port specification version number that is used in the system Thi...

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