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WinFast

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 6200MA User’s Manual 

 

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Appendix A  Technical Support 

 

Calling for Technical Support  

In the event of not finding the solution for your problem after going 
through the Appendix B, please contact our Technical Support staff 
or E-Mail to 

[email protected]

.

    

Product Name 

It will be easier for our staff to answer your question if you know the 
name of the product.  The name is displayed during system boot.

 

Software Driver Version 

From time to time we update the Utilities and Drivers, which are 
place in our Web Site (

www.leadtek.com.tw

) for your download.

 

CPU Type and Speed 

We need to know the type of processor you are using and its speed. 

Monitor Manufacturer and Model 

Please determine the type of monitor you are using.  List the mode 
your monitor supports described in your monitor manual.

 

Detailed Description of your Problem 

Please answer in detail all the problems you encountered.  What 
kind of software/hardware you are using and the contents of your 
system files? 

Summary of Contents for WinFast 6200MA

Page 1: ...1 IDE1 PW1 IDE2 J2 COM1 VGA Game Port LPT1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 USB1 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Socket 370 SiS 5595 SiS 620 BATTERY BIOS Super I O COM2 J5 J6 WinFast 6200MA DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM1 PCI 1...

Page 2: ...E 7 2 3 SPECIFICATIONS 8 2 4 PACKAGE CONTENT 9 CHAPTER 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 10 3 1 CPU INSTALLATION 10 3 2 MEMORY INSTALLATION 12 3 3 CASE SIGNAL CONNECTOR JP2 13 3 4 DISK CONNECTOR 14 3 4 1 Hard D...

Page 3: ...35 4 7 LOAD BASIC DEFAULTS 36 4 8 LOAD BEST DEFAULTS 36 4 9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 37 4 10 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 39 4 11 USER PASSWORD 39 4 12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 40 4 13 SAVE EXIT SETUP 41 4 14EXIT...

Page 4: ...WINDOWS 95 98 WINDOWS NT 4 0 46 CHAPTER 6 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 47 6 1 POST MESSAGES 47 6 2 POST BEEP 47 6 3 ERROR MESSAGES 47 6 4 TIME DMA CHANNELS MAP 50 6 5 INTERRUPT MAP 50 APPENDIX A TECHNICAL SU...

Page 5: ...nnector PW1 4 Not available 5 Secondary IDE Connector IDE 2 6 Primary IDE Connector IDE 1 7 Clear CMOS Data jumper JP1 8 Floppy Disk Connector FDD 9 Wake On Lan Connector WOL 10 Case Signal Connectors...

Page 6: ...d Power On to operate correctly Quick CPU and SDRAM Clock Frequency Selection In BIOS Setup the CPU Host SDRAM Clock item of Chipset Features Setup Menu can set CPU and SDRAM combined clock frequencie...

Page 7: ...WinFast 6200MA User s Manual 3 Quick Jumper Connector Description...

Page 8: ...On LAN J1 PS 2 Mouse top PS 2 Keyboard bottom USB1 USB1 USB2 J3 Printer COM1 VGA J4 Midi Joystick Mic In Line In 1 Line Out 1 SYSFAN System Fan J5 Audio Connector 1 J6 Audio Connector 2 IDE 1 Hard Dis...

Page 9: ...88 For power saving the SDRAM can be put into suspend mode The PCI interface is PCI2 2 compliant and supports up to 3 PCI masters The built in PCI arbiter uses rotating priority arbitration scheme wi...

Page 10: ...dwidth The internal arbitration logic further allows concurrent transactions to take place in different data paths As a result the overall system performance can be maintained at a reasonable high lev...

Page 11: ...WinFast 6200MA User s Manual 7 2 2 WinFast 6200MA Picture...

Page 12: ...Software power off control for WIN95 Over ride power button Two Ultra DMA 33 66 IDE ports Support up to PIO mode 4 Multi word DMA mode2 and Ultra DMA33 66 MB Sec Bus master drivers for all well known...

Page 13: ...es This Manual IDE Cable x 1 FDD Cable x 1 COM2 Cable x 1 Optional Accessories Ultra ATA 66 IDE Cable WinFast Software Pack CD x 1 Award BIOS Flash Utility On Board VGA Audio Drivers IDE bus master dr...

Page 14: ...and the system board Unpacking The system board is shipped in anti static packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board be sure the person handling the board is static protected 3 1 CPU i...

Page 15: ...in the order they appear in this chapter should eliminate the most common problems encountered when installing a system NOTE Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding remo...

Page 16: ...F you use 100Mhz CPU Bus SDRAM bus synchronous frequency you must use the qualify SDRAM which meets PC 100 Specifications The procedures 1 Checking The DIMM slot has two keys marked VOLT and DRAM Thus...

Page 17: ...g the system when the HDD LED is blinking Pins 7 10 Speaker connector Connects to the Speaker lead from the system s case Pins 12 13 and 25 26 Hard Drive LED Pins 12 13 for IDE1 and pins 25 26 for IDE...

Page 18: ...ive to the Primary port and the first CD ROM to the Secondary Make sure to align the RED stripe on the ribbon cable with Pin 1 on the mainboard IDE connector On most hard drives and CD ROMs the RED st...

Page 19: ...3 8 Power Supply Connector PW1 This mainboard features an ATX style Power Supply Connector This connector is keyed to prevent connection in the wrong direction Line up the locking mechanism on the co...

Page 20: ...Control field in the Power Management Setup of the Award BIOS Connect the cable that comes with your LAN card to location WOL on the system board Refer to the add in card s manual for details Note Yo...

Page 21: ...WinFast 6200MA User s Manual 17 3 14 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector These two connectors are located on the back panel of the mainboard PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard...

Page 22: ...etup The AwardBIOS is immediately activated when you first turn on the computer The BIOS reads system configuration information in CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking out the system and config...

Page 23: ...Setup Utility a Main Menu appears on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several Setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to ac...

Page 24: ...has card compatibility issues we suggest you to use Load BASIC Defaults Load BEST Defaults The Load BEST Defaults are settings that provide the better system performance This is Default setting from L...

Page 25: ...board But Keyboard But Keyboard But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Base Memory 640K Base Memory 640K Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Extended Memory 130048K Extended Memory 130048K Extended Memory...

Page 26: ...ter than 1024 cylinders Drive A Drive B Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed in your computer The choice None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3...

Page 27: ...the computer stores programs and data currently being used so they are accessible to CPU Base Memory Typically 640 KB Also called conventional memory The DOS operating system and conventional applicat...

Page 28: ...ed abled abled abled Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up NumLock Status Off Off Off Off Memory Parity Check Disabled Memory Parity Check Disabled Memory Parity...

Page 29: ...e A IDE Hard Disk Drive C D E F or SCSI The choice A C SCSI C A SCSI C CDROM A CDROM C A D A SCSI E A SCSI F A SCSI SCSI A C SCSI C A C only LS ZIP C Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in...

Page 30: ...elay before key strokes begin to repeat 250 default 250 msec 500 500 msec 750 750 msec 1000 1000 msec Security Option If you have set a password at USER PASSWORD option in main menu select whether the...

Page 31: ...ry area C0000 C7FFF The remaining areas shown on the BIOS Features screen may be occupied by other expansion card firmware If an expansion peripheral in your system contains ROM based firmware you nee...

Page 32: ...System BIOS Cacheable Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable...

Page 33: ...stem 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 choice Enabled Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Select...

Page 34: ...he extreme values from spikes to flat curves thus reducing EMI This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing critical devices such as a clock sensitive SCSI device You can reduc...

Page 35: ...Speed div by 8 8 Stdby Speed div by 8 8 Stdby Speed div by 8 8 Stdby Speed div by 8 8 Stdby Speed div by 8 8 MODEM Use IRQ NA MODEM Use IRQ NA MODEM Use IRQ NA MODEM Use IRQ NA Hot Key Function Hot K...

Page 36: ...andards Switch Function You can choose whether or not to permit your system to enter complete Suspend mode Suspend mode offers greater power savings with a correspondingly longer awakening period Brea...

Page 37: ...20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour PM Events You may disable activity monitoring of some common I O events and interrupt requests so they do not wake up the system The default wake up event is keyboard activ...

Page 38: ...k Research Inc 34 Press Enter for setting password for keyboard power on function Power Up by Alarm When you select Enabled fields appear that let you set the alarm that returns the system to Full On...

Page 39: ...PCI ISA PnP IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ IRQ IRQ IRQ 12 assigned 12 assigned 12 assigned 12 assigned...

Page 40: ...types Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific DMA channel PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or...

Page 41: ...Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Basic Defaults F7 Load Best Defaults Internal PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface that supports two IDE channels Primary IRQ 14 and Secondary IRQ 15 Each ch...

Page 42: ...bled Auto IR Address Select Select the Onboard IrDA port The choice Disabled 2E8H 2F8H 3E8H 3F8H 3E0H 2E0H IR Mode Select an operating mode for the second serial port The choice IrDA Normal ASK IR IR...

Page 43: ...stem and or enter the BIOS setup but can t change its contents A Supervisor Password is used to protect the stored CMOS options from being changed by unauthorized users Keep in mind that when set a pa...

Page 44: ...NOTE HDD Modes The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes NORMAL LBA and LARGE mode Generic access mode that is neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make transformations during accessing NORMAL mode...

Page 45: ...Cylinder 1024 x no Head 32 x no Sector 63 x bytes per sector 512 1 Gigabyte NOTE To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs there must be some software involved All software is located in the Award HDD Serv...

Page 46: ...Modes When drivers were installed properly Click the mouse right button on Win95 98 desktop wallpaper area and select properties menu A window with a title name Display Properties will appear on scree...

Page 47: ...p the new setting If the monitor does not support the adjusted refresh rate the screen will go blank and Windows will restore your original refresh rate after 10 seconds 5 1 3 Gamma Correction Use the...

Page 48: ...4 5 1 4 Video Setting This application can only be used if a VCD DVD playback is in operation Adjust the Contrast and Brightness by moving the scroll bar to its desirable position to get the most suit...

Page 49: ...sion number is Windows NT 4 00 1381or later If your system is an older version we recommend you upgrade it to the latest version 5 2 2 Install Display Driver for Windows NT 4 0 Step 1 Reboot the syste...

Page 50: ...lution color palette refresh rate and font size you desire You can use the TEST button to verify whether the monitor can support the specified resolution and refresh rate or not Press the OK button to...

Page 51: ...UM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISK BOOT FAILURE INS...

Page 52: ...attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL BUT KEYBOARD This w...

Page 53: ...aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy Type dismatch Hard D...

Page 54: ...OPPY DISK SMC CHIP DMA Channel 3 Onboard ECP default DMA Channel 4 Cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA Channel 5 Available DMA Channel 6 Available DMA Channel 7 Available 6 5 INTERRUPT MAP NMI Parity che...

Page 55: ...layed during system boot Software Driver Version From time to time we update the Utilities and Drivers which are place in our Web Site www leadtek com tw for your download CPU Type and Speed We need t...

Page 56: ...Leadtek Research Inc 52 Appendix B Debug DIY...

Page 57: ...ew directory from X FLASH sub directory X means CD ROM drive letter Step 4 Copy the new BIOS binary file to the above said new directory Step 5 Change to the new directory and type the following comma...

Page 58: ...efully designed and tested we do not guarantee that this product is or will be perfectly bug free Although also carefully prepared we do not guarantee the accuracy of this manual In no event will we b...

Page 59: ...LAN cards and modem cards 1996 Continues to expand and improve various product lines Introduces ISDN TA products 3D sound generator and extensive line of 2D 3D graphics video accelerator cards WinFas...

Page 60: ...search and Development Our R D Department is the backbone and strength of our company This together with our strategic connections to chip vendors allows us to develop innovative products Leadtek is r...

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