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Quick Installation 

 

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Appendix A    Quick Installation

 

Appendix A will 

give you a simplified installation  procedure, 

in order to allow you 

to install  tour main board quickly and correctly. 

If you need further information or if you need to change some other settings, read 

from Chapters 1. 

 

Lift up the lever of the CPU socket, insert your CPU on the 
socket,  and  lower  the  lever  back  in  position.  Notice  the 
CPU socket is specially  keyed, so the CPU can be inserted 

to the socket only if it is aligned correctly with the socket. 
 

 
According  to  your  CPU  voltage  and 
speed, set up the CPU in the CPU 

SOFT 

MENU

 of the BIOS SETUP. For information  about your  CPU, refer to appendices 

B, C or D, and to information labeled on the CPU itself. 

 

 

Inserting your DRAM modules into the  DIMM 1 ~  4. 

 

FDC- 

Connect one end of the 34-pin cable that comes with the 

drive to the FDD connector, and the other end of the cable to 
the FDC pin connector on the main board. 

Note: 

Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors. 

 

IDE1- 

Connect one end of the 40-pin  cable  that comes  with 

the drive to the HDD connector, and the other end to IDE1 pin 
connector on the main board. 

Note: 

Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first 

pin of the connectors. 

 

IDE2- 

Connect one end of the 40-pin  cable that 

comes with the drive to the CD-ROM connector, 
and the other end to the IDE2 pin  connector  on 

the main board. 

Note: 

Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors. 

 

LPT- 

There is a 25-pin D-shaped female connector 

on  the  main  board  standard  two-level  ATX 
interface  panel.  Connect  your  external  parallel 

devices and apply power to them only after you have finished the system assembly. 

 

COM1  and  COM2  -

    There  are  two  9-pin  D-

shaped (DB-9) male  connectors with ribbon  cable 
and 10-pin headers to be connected with CN3 and 

CN4 on the main board. Connect your external serial devices to DB-9 connector. If your 
serial  device has a 25-pin connector, a 9 to 25 pin converter is required. 

 

PN1 -

 There is a specific orientation for pin 1 

to pin 5. Insert the five-threads Keylock and 
Power  LED  cable  into  correct  pins  of 

connector on the main board. 

Installing the CPU:

 

Adjusting CPU voltage and speed:

 

Installing DRAM:

 

Installing FDD:

 

Installing HDD:

 

Installing CD-ROM Drive:

 

Installing parallel device:

 

Installing serial device:

 

Installing Keylock connector:

 

Summary of Contents for PowerPro VX

Page 1: ...PowerPro VX Pentium Main Board User Manual...

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Page 3: ...SYSTEM BIOS 15 CPU SOFTMENU 17 STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU 22 BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU 24 CHIPSETFEATURES SETUP MENU 29 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU 31 PCI ONBOARD I O SETUP 35 LOAD BIOSDEFAULTS 38 LOAD...

Page 4: ...ii APPENDIX G FLASH BIOS UPGRADE 1...

Page 5: ...t CPU speed and operating voltage with ease The PowerPro VX uses Intel 430VX series chip set with 512K Level 2 Pipeline Burst SRAM on board Two 168 pin DIMM slots meet the requirements for all memory...

Page 6: ...Supports 50 55 60 66 MHz bus clock and as well as 75 83MHz bus clock reserved Supports Intel Pentium CPUs 100MHz to 200MHz and Pentium with MMX processors from 166MHz to 233MHz Supports AMD K5 CPUs PR...

Page 7: ...channels PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master supporting four IDE devices One EPP ECP parallel port and two 16550 serial ports Two floppy disk drive connectors FDD 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M 8 Other features S...

Page 8: ...ar CMOS Short 2 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 CPU ZIF Socket 7 Cache Cache IDE2 IDE1 FDC PCIset 82438VX 1 40 2 1 40 2 34 1 2 Power LED RESET IDE LED KeyLock SMI Speaker USB Ports J 4 J 5 Pin 1 Pin 4 CN3 Serial 1 CN...

Page 9: ...2371SB PIIX3 CD ROM Hard Disk USB 1 USB 2 PCI Device s ISA Device s IT8680 Serial Ports Parallel Port FDC Host Bus Tag Ctrl TIO 0 7 Address Control Control Control Address Data Address Data PCI BUS IS...

Page 10: ...e informed for further information about future CPU support This chapter is organized according the following features Standard external connectors Jumpers and switches Presentation and Installing of...

Page 11: ...is used to lock the computer s keyboard When you lock the keyboard from your computer s switch panel the computer keyboard will not function unless it is unlocked using the key or disconnect the Keyl...

Page 12: ...installation you just need to connect to the correct pins and in the correct orientation and to connect connector of the power supply unit to the connector on the main board Pin number Name of the sig...

Page 13: ...ctor on board to connect a 25 pin D shaped female connector for connecting an External Parallel device to your computer You may want to change your parallel port setting in BIOS setup to tune up the p...

Page 14: ...per is used for clearing BIOS setup data in CMOS when you experience difficulties For instance You have forgotten the password you set You have inappropriately setup the BIOS and the system become uns...

Page 15: ...e CPU into the ZIF Zero Insertion Force CPU socket and you have installed necessary display interface card you can simply turn the computer on The only thing you will need to do next is to enter BIOS...

Page 16: ...o guarantee compatibility with older hardware we still support 8MHz AT Bus clock but if your interface card is newer or faster you can choose a higher speed for the AT Bus clock in order to increase t...

Page 17: ...ps on the DIMM socket ends outward orientates the notches on the DIMM against the socket keys and gently push it down Gradually increase the force you use and make sure the clips are properly snapped...

Page 18: ...check and correction feature may not be effective and since you cannot easily find memory modules with memory check and correction 4 Memory modules size supported 1Mbitx64 8MByte 2Mx64 16MB 4Mx64 32M...

Page 19: ...auto diagnostic routine for all the necessary hardware configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization and detects all the hardware Only when these tasks are completed does it give up contro...

Page 20: ...setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option CMOS DATA What is th...

Page 21: ...ust be setup according its specifications with the SOFT MENU In the first option you can press F1 at any time to display all the items that can be chosen for that option Fig 3 1 CPU SOFT MENU CPU Name...

Page 22: ...ose the following P Ratings PR120 50x2 PR133 55x2 PR150 60x2 PR166 66x2 Note 4User define external clock and multiplier factor User Define External Clock 50MHz 55MHz 60MHz 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz Multiplier...

Page 23: ...en designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted the CPU in the socket without configuring any jumpers or DIP switches But if you change your CPU normally you just need...

Page 24: ...ge CPUs default currently available The CPU voltage must be set according to the manufacture s specification The voltage information can be derived from the CPU Marking by the manufacturer Since the v...

Page 25: ...System BIOS 21 correctly and you must re enter CPU SOFT MENU to set up the parameters all over again...

Page 26: ...E HDD whose capacity was not bigger than 528MB any IDE hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable under DOS AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem you can according to your operating system c...

Page 27: ...disks support this mode that s why we recommend you use this mode The HDD AUTODETECTION option in the Main Menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported LARGE...

Page 28: ...ult values In each item you can press F1 at any time to display all theoptions for this item Fig 3 3 BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning This item can be set as Enable or Disable When this feature is en...

Page 29: ...tests in order to check the system and its peripherals If the Quick power on self test feature is Enable the BIOS will simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process The default i...

Page 30: ...When this item is enabled the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk drive supports this feature or not and will choose the right settings for you For further details about hard disk drive i...

Page 31: ...d clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But doing this you have to reset all the options you had set up before PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to previ...

Page 32: ...of an interface card at the address D4000 D7FFF uses the shadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option Shadowingaddressranges D8000 DBFFF Shadow...

Page 33: ...use the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS option Fig 3 4 Chipset Features Setup You can use the arrow keys to move between the items Use PgUP PgDn and to change the values When you have finished setting up the chi...

Page 34: ...characteristics of your DRAM and to choose the best settings Memory Hole At 15M 16M This option is used to free up the 15M 16M memory block Some special peripherals need to use a memory bloc located b...

Page 35: ...These are referred toas Power Management Events In cases where none of these events occur the system enters the power saving mode When one of the controlled events occurs the system immediately return...

Page 36: ...system is set up for minimum power savings Doze 1 hour Standby 1 hour Suspend 1 hour Max Saving When the three saving modes are enabled the system is set up for maximum power savings Doze 1 minute Sta...

Page 37: ...e HDD Doze Mode When the setting selected for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour If no power management event occurs during this time period...

Page 38: ...sed to specify the CPU speed in saving mode Seven options are available 12 5 25 0 37 5 50 0 62 5 75 0 or 87 5 CPU Fan Off In Suspend CPU fan can be turn off in suspend mode Reload GlobalTimer Events W...

Page 39: ...ISA Card and the PCI Card select Enabled But the next time you boot up this option will automatically be set as Disabled ESCD Extended System Configuration Data The ESCD contains the IRQ DMA I O Port...

Page 40: ...make the BIOS assign IRQ15 to this channel PCI IDE Card IRQ Map to Since the main board has two IDE controllers on board you rarely want to use an add on PCI IDE card However if you do there are three...

Page 41: ...8h IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Can be set as EPP v 1 7 EPP v 1 9 ECP ECP EPP 1 7 ECP EPP 1 9 or Normal SPP mode Default is Normal SPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA When the mode selected for the onboard parallel...

Page 42: ...system to work at a comparatively low performance When you choose the option the following message is displayed Load BIOS Defaults Y N N If you want to use BIOS default values press Y than Enter LOAD...

Page 43: ...ystem up again But doing this you must reset all your settings IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION After you have installed the hard disk in old systems you had to know the hard disk specifications such as the num...

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Page 45: ...ive to the HDD connector and the other end to IDE1 pin connector on the main board Note Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors IDE2 Connect one end of the 4...

Page 46: ...r supply before you connect the power supply to the main board Pin number Description Pin number Description 1 Power Good Signal 7 Ground 2 5V 8 Ground 3 12V 9 5V 4 12V 10 5V 5 Ground 11 5V 6 Ground 1...

Page 47: ...ed above and completed the installation when you power the computer on you will see the following message TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL KEY Press Del key immediately to enter BI...

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Page 49: ...STD Yes SY005 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes Q0540 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes Q0541 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes Q0666 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes SX961 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes SZ977 75MHz 1 5 50MHz...

Page 50: ...Q0542 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0613 90MHz 1 5 60MHz VR STD Yes P54C Q0543 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD DP Yes P54C Sx879 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD STD Yes P54C Sx885 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD MD Yes P54C Sx909 90...

Page 51: ...D STD Yes P54C Sx970 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE MD Yes P54C Q0784 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C SY007 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0563 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0587 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VR...

Page 52: ...x994 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE MD No P54C Q0732 S 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE MD No P54C Q0785 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE STD No P54C SY008 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE STD No P54C SY033 120MHz 2 60MHz STD STD No P54C Q0707 120MHz 2 6...

Page 53: ...133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Sk107 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Q0843 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS SY022 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Q0844 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS SY023 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P5...

Page 54: ...DP Speed Spec Clock Factor Clock Vcore VIO Timing Supp Note P54CS SY016 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P54CS Q0841 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P54CS SY017 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P54CS Q0949 166MHz 2 5 66MHz...

Page 55: ...ended voltage is 3 38V VRE 3 450V 3 6V Recommended voltage is 3 52V Timing STD Standard Timing MD Min Delay denoting shorter minimum valid delay AC timing for some signal Kit Supports timing for C55 C...

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Page 57: ...erature Q 60 R 70 W 55 X 65 Y 75 Z 85 Internal Clock 75MHz 90MHz 100MHz 120MHz 133MHz Processor name K5 P Rating 75 90 100 120 133 150 166 Operating Voltage B 3 45V 3 60V C 3 30V 3 465V F 3 135V 3 465...

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Page 59: ...andvoltage 6x86 P166 GP 133 MHz 3 52V 028 Name of the processor 6x86 6x86L P Rating 90 120 133 150 166 200 CPU Core Frequency 100 110 120 133 150 VCC Specification Full spec 3 15V 3 70V C spec 016 3 1...

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Page 61: ...the main board using a DMA or a PIO mode and then the data is put into the memory In this case the CPU does not participate in the data transfer The Master mode can reduce the CPU load especially in a...

Page 62: ...rd Drive is usually set to Master Please refer to the hard disk drive manual for the jumper setting Installing one HDD Be sure that your hard disk drive is set at Master Actually most hard disk drives...

Page 63: ...e verified the Master Slave settings connect one connector at the end of the 40 pin cable to the HDD the middle connector to the CD ROM drive and the other end of the cable to connector IDE2 on the ma...

Page 64: ...Appendix E E 4 If all your HDDs are new you can use the IDE HDD Auto Detection option in the CMOS to autodetect the parameters of all your drives You don t need to set any hard disk parameter...

Page 65: ...FDISK Using FDISK DOS command This command is found in the DOS disks FDISK is a tool used to organize and to partition the hard disk The hard disk must have been partitioned before use You can create...

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Page 67: ...and try to reboot If the system still do not boot up Try installing another brand model VGA card and see if the system will start If it still does not start check the power supply and try another cou...

Page 68: ...stem when it runs the Sound Card Driver it resets automatically This problem may be due to the Sound Card Driver or other memory resident programs including virus First get a bootable floppy disk and...

Page 69: ...ark not defined IDE1 Error Bookmark not defined M S IDE2 M S System Memory DRAM ADD ON CARD Problem Description Instructions To fill in this Technical Support Form refer to the step by step instructio...

Page 70: ...Example In the HDD column check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space write ST31621A 1 6GB 8 CD ROM Drive Indicate the brand and specifications of your CD ROM drive spec...

Page 71: ...OS and clear PnP settings execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Sn CP Example 4 To make a backup of the current system BIOS execute the following command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Pn SAVEBIOS Notes NEWBIOS ind...

Page 72: ...pdate your BIOS If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS update you will be able to use this disk to automatically execute a BIOS update The content of the disk should be the following a Star...

Page 73: ...be defective in form or function will be repaired or at our option replaced at no charge This warranty does not apply if the product has been damaged by accident abuse misuse or as result of service o...

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