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VIA693/693A 9

Main boards:

i440LX, i810, VIA® VPX, VP3, VIA®691, VIA®692-3 and

VIA®693A main boards

A.G.P cards:

S- 6326 and T-9850

Solo-1:

ESS-solo-1 sound driver

Pccillin:

anti- virus protection software

Chapter 2 Installation

2-1

Layout Reference

TURBO-66

is an over-clocking jumper which enables 66 MHz CPU to run at

100 MHz. TURBO66 is only reserved for internal test only. No guarantee is
provided for over-clocking setup.

SLOT1

KB &
MOUSE

USB1

LPT

COM2/4-COM1/3

CN2

AMR

CD_IN2

JP1

AGP1

JPX1

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

ISA1

ISA2

BIOS

WOL

USB2

VT82C686A

RTC

SW1

DIP

2 3 4 5 6

VT82C693

VT82C693A

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

IDE1

IDE2

FLOPPY

TURBO66

TURBO100

ATX1

JPX2

CASE FAN

CPU FAN

FAN2

CD_IN1

Summary of Contents for 6VA693A

Page 1: ...6VA693A ATX Form Factor Main Board User s Manual Ver 3 0...

Page 2: ...nscribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission This manual and the information contained herein...

Page 3: ...hange without notice The manufacturer of the main board will not be held responsible for technical or editorial omissions made herein nor for the incidental or consequential damages resulting from its...

Page 4: ...2 Jumper Setting 10 2 2 1 RTC1 CMOS Status 10 2 2 2 SW1 Pin1 Pin2 CPU Frequency Selector 11 2 2 3 SW1 Pin3 Pin6 CPU Ratio Selector 12 2 2 4 JPX1 AMR Function Selector 13 2 2 5 JPX2 CPU Type Selector 1...

Page 5: ...3 4 Chipset Features Setup 42 3 5 Power Management Setup 46 3 6 PNP PCI Configuration Setup 49 3 7 Integrated Peripherals 52 3 8 Supervisor User Password 55 3 9 IDE HDD Auto Detection 58 3 10 Load Se...

Page 6: ...VIA693 693A III...

Page 7: ...he memory subsystem supports up to either 384 MB SDRAM The main board using the Slot 1 socket accepts Intel Pentium II 66 100 MHz Pentium III 100 133 MHz processors Built in second level L2 cache in C...

Page 8: ...the network These are also key benefits in PC operation asset management new system setup and power conservation In conclusion the main board is a combination of the highest in performance flexibilit...

Page 9: ...nical applications and future s emerging applications as well Below is the reference for Pentium II III CPUs accommodating this main board Intel Processors for Slot 1 Pentium III Pentium II 133MHz F S...

Page 10: ...ave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it In the package there are the main board manual cables driver utility CD retention mechanism B Make sure power is off Durin...

Page 11: ...tallation This CD contains drivers as below Read Index before installing required drivers Index file is HTML format CD driver is always updated with the latest version so the actual CD content may hav...

Page 12: ...ce TURBO 66 is an over clocking jumper which enables 66 MHz CPU to run at 100 MHz TURBO66 is only reserved for internal test only No guarantee is provided for over clocking setup SLOT1 KB MOUSE USB1 L...

Page 13: ...main board built in VT82C693A DD chipset version TURBO 100 Operation Close Normal Open Over clock 2 2 Jumper Setting 2 2 1 RTC CMOS Status RTC is a 3 pin connector Clear CMOS if system password is fo...

Page 14: ...k ATX power cable to ATX connector connect AC power to power supply Step 6 Turn on system power If you d like to set password press Del Key during system bootup to enter CMOS setup and establish a new...

Page 15: ...ffective when chip is VT82C693A DD version Users can select the right frequency by BIOS please refer to 3 4 Chipset Features Setup CPU Host Clock directly 2 2 3 SW1 Pin3 Pin6 CPU Ratio Selector SW1 is...

Page 16: ...4 5x ON OFF OFF ON 5x OFF OFF OFF ON 5 5x ON ON ON OFF 6x OFF ON ON OFF 6 5x ON OFF ON OFF 7x OFF OFF ON OFF 7 5x ON ON OFF OFF 8x 2 2 4 JPX1 AMR Function Selector JPX1 is a 2 pin connector Set ON for...

Page 17: ...693 693A 14 2 2 5 JPX2 CPU Type Selector JPX2 is a 3 pin connector Set 1 2 for normal Slot 1 CPU and 2 3 for Coppermine CPU JPX2 CPU Type Selector Set to 1 2 Normal Set to 2 3 Coppermine CPU 1 2 3 1 2...

Page 18: ...ctors There are many connectors on this main board Refer to the following pages for details 2 3 1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors as EXTSMI PW BT HDD LED RESET SPEAKER TURBO and PW LED Please r...

Page 19: ...lose and back to open the system will enter sleep mode immediately This function is to make sure power saving is working well In PC system it is used to connect to the push button EXTSMI switch locate...

Page 20: ...status of system It is used to connect to the Power Button on the front panel of the case if there is HDD LED Marked as HDD LED Hard Disk activity LED connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip It is used...

Page 21: ...se front panel Shorting both pin 1 pin 2 can reset the system which is similar to the power off and then on again SPEAKER Speaker SPK connector is a 4 pin keyed Berg strip It is used to connect to the...

Page 22: ...2 pin Berg strip on case front panel indicated the current speed status of system It is used to connect to the Turbo LED on the front panel of the case if there is PW LED J4 front panel SPEAKER Data N...

Page 23: ...the LED on the case front panel The LED shows the status of the power 2 3 2 Back Panel There are COM1 3 COM2 4 LPT USB and keyboard mouse and CN2 on the case back panel Please refer to more details a...

Page 24: ...male connector COM1 3 and COM2 4 COM1 3 and COM2 4 can be disabled in BIOS setup Please refer to Chapter 3 Integrated Peripherals for more information LPT Parallel Port The onboard parallel port is a...

Page 25: ...s USB is used to connect USB devices There are 2 USB connectors on this main board Keyboard Mouse The onboard PS 2 keyboard and mouse connector is 6 pin Mini Din connectors marked as KEYBOARD and MOUS...

Page 26: ...bus standard that allows the bus speed to run at 66 MHz with up to 133 MHz data transfer capabilities which is four times as fast as that of the PCI bus At this speed the AGP graphic cards can transfe...

Page 27: ...EISA bus or 8MB s on ISA bus PCI interface has synchronous data transfer rate from CPU to PCI with good graphic performance While plugging into 4 PCI add on cards PCI 1 PCI 3 are master bus and PCI4 i...

Page 28: ...VIA693 693A 25 ISA Slots There are two standard 16 bit ISA slots on board All of them are bus mastering ISA ISA1 ISA2...

Page 29: ...he Soft Power On Momentary switch which connects on the front panel switch to the 2 pin PW BT on the system board While the power switch on the back of ATX power is turned on the full power will not g...

Page 30: ...n connectors on this system board and they are marked FAN 1 FAN2 and FAN3 Each fan connector has three pins 2 3 6 Floppy Interface Floppy interface connector with 34 pins is used to attach the floppy...

Page 31: ...2 IDE 1 IDE 2 both have 40 pins There are 2 IDE connectors supported on this system board IDE1 is primary channel and IDE2 is secondary channel Each channel supports 2 IDE devices and 4 devices in tot...

Page 32: ...ke LAPlink or WIN95 Direct Cable Connection user can transfer data to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR ASKIR and Fast IR Attach Infrared module to IR connector...

Page 33: ...support this feature a network card is required for the system and in addition a network management software must be installed too WOL Wake up on LAN function requirement Power supply should offer at...

Page 34: ...ke up on LAN function requirement To find Modem Ring Resume under Power Management and set Enabled 2 3 10 Internal Audio Connectors Internal Audio Connectors are CD_IN 1 and CD_IN 2 Internal Audio Con...

Page 35: ...93 693A 32 2 4 DIMM Memory Installation The main board has 3 DIMMs on board Either DIMM1 DIMM2 or DIMM3 supports 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB and 128MB Maximum memory for SDRAM is up to 384MB DIMM1 DIMM2 DI...

Page 36: ...orientation as shown There is no jumper setting for memory configuration Chipset only allows synchronuos operation for DIMM and CPU Therefore to have a stable system the system must use 100 MHz PC 100...

Page 37: ...may refer to the attached page enclosed with the RM kit to install the processors 1 Check if the following set of piece parts are included in your package 4 seperate piece parts in total Retention Mec...

Page 38: ...retenion mechanism and RMAM Check if all the piece parts are fastened tightly 5 Put the CPU in the RM kit Push the CPU horizontally into the RM kit Due to different packages of Katmai Celeron SECC II...

Page 39: ...ge is displayed at the bottom of the screen as cursor is moving to various items which provides user better understanding of each function When a selection is made the menu of selected item will appea...

Page 40: ...nstalled in the system floppy drive type and the type of display monitor Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted direction keys to move cu...

Page 41: ...fields Select AUTO to detect the HDD type automatically Selecting NONE the system will not detect hard dsk type 2 SIZE the hard disk size The unit is mega byte MB 3 CYLS the cylinder number of the ha...

Page 42: ...e lba function you have to set at LARGE Select NORMAL if your hard disk supporting cylinder is below 1024 Note1 if hard disk primary master slave and secondary master slave were set to auto the hard d...

Page 43: ...OS F6 or CMOS F7 area if shown data is corrupted This provides the system a capability to recover from any possible error Virus Warning Enabled Disabled default CPU Internal Cache Enabled default enab...

Page 44: ...the system searches first Take A C SCSI for example System will search in turn for floppy disk drive second is hard disk drive and finally SCSI drive Default value is A C SCSI Options are as below A...

Page 45: ...d the default is controlled by keyboard Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 6 Characters Per Second default 8 8 Characters Per Second 10 10 Characters Per Second 12 12 Characters Per Second 15 15 Characters Pe...

Page 46: ...M 64MB This option is especially set for OS2 operating system Set Non OS2 for RAM memory over 64MB and set Non OS2 for other operating systems like Windows 95 98 or NT Non OS2 default OS2 Video BIOS S...

Page 47: ...VIA693 693A 44 Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 DRAM Timing...

Page 48: ...k Host CLK default System shows the actual DRAM speed the system uses HCLK 33M HCLK 33M Please check DRAM clock for optimize selection Memory Hole this field enable a memory hole in main memory space...

Page 49: ...of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation 128M default 64M 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP...

Page 50: ...VIA693 693A 47 OnChip Modem Enabled Disabled default Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Disabled default Spread Spectrum Disabled default 0 25 0 50...

Page 51: ...VIA693 693A 48 3 5 Power Management Setup...

Page 52: ...t for APM s prompt before it enter any PM mode e g Doze standby or suspend Note 1 If APM is installed and there is a task running even if the timer is time out the APM will not prompt the BIOS to put...

Page 53: ...Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 hour Modem Ring Resume Enabled modem ring on function system can be turned on through modem Disable default disble this function Note this function...

Page 54: ...VIA693 693A 51 Select on it adds the following functions IRQ3 COM2 IRQ15 Reserved OFF Select off IRQ3 COM2 IRQ15 Reserved will not show 3 6 PNP PCI Configuration Setup...

Page 55: ...as required Auto The table will not show the above items and the system will automatically assign the above setup Reset Configuration Data Disabled default Enabled to reset Extended System Configurat...

Page 56: ...rite Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled default Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Enabled Disabled default AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled default Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Enabled D...

Page 57: ...VIA693 693A 54 3 7 Integrated Peripherals...

Page 58: ...r transfer instead of one sector per transfer Most of IDE drivers except very early designs can use this feature Enabled default Disabled Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO This feature detects your...

Page 59: ...Auto default Disabled Init Display First AGP default PCI Slot Onboard FDD Controller Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto default Disabled On Board S...

Page 60: ...fference is Supervisor Password this function allows you the right to change the options of setup menu User Password this function only allows you to enter the setup menu but not to change the options...

Page 61: ...VIA693 693A 58 Step 2 Confirm Password Typing the password again and pressing Enter Note If you forget password please clear CMOS ENTER PASSWORD CONFIRM PASSWORD...

Page 62: ...up and CMOS setup 2 How to Disable Supervisor Password User Password Step 1 Go to CMOS Setup Menu need to key in password first Step 2 Enter Supervisor Password or User Password After enter it shows E...

Page 63: ...Z SECTOR MODE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Note Some Oses like SCO UNIX must use NORMAL for installation Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD P...

Page 64: ...auto detect the hard disk size and model on display during post The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes NORMAL LBA LARGE 1 Normal mode Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller...

Page 65: ...X No Sector 63 X No Bytes Per Sector 512 8 4 GB 3 Large Mode Extended HDD access mode supported by Award software Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support in some cases user...

Page 66: ...rt either LBA or large and must utility the standard mode Unix can support drives larger than 528MB 3 10 Load Setup Defaults Load Setup Defaults loads optimized settings which are stored in the BIOS R...

Page 67: ...VIA693 693A 64 3 11 Save Exit Setup The Save Exit Setup option will bring you back to boot up procedure with all the changes you have made which are recorded in the CMOS RAM...

Page 68: ...3 693A 65 3 12 Quit Without Saving The Quit Without Saving option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM All of the old data in the CMOS will not be dest...

Page 69: ...PS 2 mouse is installed A0000 C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory C8000 DFFFF 96K Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000 EEFFF 60K Available for UMB EF000 EFFFF 4K Video service routine...

Page 70: ...ports CMOS I O ports 080 09F DMA register 0A0 0BF Interrupt controller slave 0C0 0DF DMA controller slave 0F0 0FF Math coprocessor 1F0 1FB Hard disk controller 278 27F Parallel port 2 2B0 2DF Graphic...

Page 71: ...fresh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator DMA channels DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ECP option DMA channel 2 floppy disk Winboand chip DMA channel 3 onboard ECP default DMA...

Page 72: ...r 0 1 keyboard output buffer full 2 cascade for IRQ 8 15 3 serial port2 4 serial port1 5 parallel port 2 6 floppy disk Winbond chip 7 parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 available 10 available 11 available...

Page 73: ...5 Hours Alarm 06 Day of Week 07 Day of Month 08 Month 09 Year 0A Status Register A 0B Status Register B 0C Status Register C 0D Status Register D 0E Diagnostic Status Byte 0F Shutdown Byte 10 Floppy D...

Page 74: ...ce 000 01F DMA Controller 1 8237A 5 020 03F Interrupt Controller 1 8259A 040 05F System Timer 8254 2 060 06F 8042 Keyboard Controller 070 07F real time Clock CMOS and NMI Mask 080 09F DMA Page Registe...

Page 75: ...ter Adapter I O Address HEX I O device 3C0 3CF Enhanced Graphics Adapter 3D0 3DF Color Graphics Monitor Adapter 3F0 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 3F8 3FF Serial Port 1 RS 232 C 6E2 6E3 Data Acquisitio...

Page 76: ...lways meet The user may press Esc key to skip the full memory test 1 Beep sound On power on the system make beep sound to offer different messages If the system is configured correctly it prompts a sh...

Page 77: ...drives require more time to initialize 6 Hard disk install failure The system can not find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive Check if the controller is set correctly If no hard dis...

Page 78: ...ently Asked Questions Below are question users always come out with Q is for question A is for answer Q Why can t my AGP card work under Win 95 A Windows 95 OSR2 0 does not support AGP function You mu...

Page 79: ...since this is not included in chipset specification Q Why is my system not stable with 100 MHz CPU A There are many reasons for this condition One of the most common is that SDRAM does not match PC 10...

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