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anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard
disk partition table.
Disabled:
No warning message will appear when there is something
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition
table

Note: Many diagnostic (or boot manager) programs
which attempt to access the boot sector table can cause
the above warning message.  If you will be running such a
program, we recommend that you disable the virus
protection first.

CPU Internal

Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled.  This option allows

Cache

you to enable or disable the CPU's internal cache.

External Cache

Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled.  This option allows
you to enable or disable the external cache memory.

Quick  Power  On

Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled.  This option allows

Self Test            

you to speed up the Power On Self Test routine.

Boot Sequence

Default is "A, C, SCSI".  This option determines which
drive to look for first for an operating system.

Swap Floppy

Choose Enabled or Disabled

Drive

(default).  This option swaps floppy drive assignments
when it is enabled.

Boot Up Floppy

Enabled (default): During POST, BIOS checks the track

Seek

number of the floppy disk drive to see whether it is 40
or 80 tracks.

Boot Up Num

Choose On (default) or Off.  This option lets user to

Lock Status

activate the NumLock function at boot-up.

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Typematic Rate

Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).  Enable this

Setting

option to adjust the keystroke repeat rate.

Summary of Contents for R-626

Page 1: ...R 626 AT FORM SiS AGP 686 MAINBOARD USER S MANUAL _________________________________________________________________ ...

Page 2: ...uide has been carefully checked for reliability however there may still be inaccuracies and information in this document is subject to change without notice DISCLAIMER The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate We assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may still be contained in this manual We reserves the right to make changes to this mate...

Page 3: ...r ON OFF Switch 2 5 2 1 5 CMOS Clear Jumper 2 5 2 1 6 Upgrading System Memory 2 7 2 2 Connectors 2 8 2 2 1 I O Ports 2 9 2 2 2 External Connections 2 10 Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup 3 2 3 2 BIOS Feature Setup 3 3 3 3 Chipset Features Setup 3 7 3 4 Power Management Setup 3 12 3 5 PNP PCI Configuration Setup 3 18 3 6 Integrated Peripherals 3 21 3 7 Load Setup Default 3 25 3 8 Supervi...

Page 4: ...mainboard including the following Supports Slot 1 for Intel Pentium II CPU 233MHz 266 300 333MHz 66MHz 350 400 450 500 100MHz Chipset SiS 5600 5595 Pentium II CPU Built in 0K 256K 512KB L2 Cache Supports 3 Banks of DIMMs Three 168PIN DIMM Sockets Supports SDRAM from 4MB up to 1 5GB of total main memory Supports Fast Page FP and Extended Data Out EDO Mode DRAM and SDRAM PC 100 Two 16 bit ISA Slots ...

Page 5: ...lf before handling the mainboard or other system components Electrostatic discharge can easily damage the components Note that you must take special precaution when handling the mainboard in dry or air conditioned environments Take these precautions to protect you equipment from electrostatic discharge z Do not remove the anti static pachaging until you are ready to install the system board and ot...

Page 6: ...ng hardware settings on the board They specify configuration options for various features The settings are made using something called a Jumper A jumper is a set of two or more metal pins in a plastic base attached to the mainboard A plastic jumper cap with a metal plate inside fits over two pins to create an electrical contact between them The contact establishes a hardware setting Some jumpers h...

Page 7: ...rting the first and second pins creates one setting and shorting the second and third pins creates another The same type of diagrams are used in this manual The jumpers are always shown from the same point of view as shown in the whole board diagram in this chapter Jumpers diagrams Jumper caps like this Jumpers are shown like this Jumper settings like this 1 3 Pin 1 2 Short Open __________________...

Page 8: ...4 5X 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 5 0X 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 5 5X 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 6 0X 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 CPU Bus Clock Select JP4 JP4 CPU CLK AGP CLK PCI CLK 1 2 3 4 5 6 MHz MHz MHz Open Open Open 100 66 6 33 3 Open Close Open 83 3 66 6 33 3 Open Open Close 75 75 37 5 Open Close Close 66 8 66 8 33 4 2 1 3 Future Function Jumper JP7 Function JP7 Default Setting 2 3 Close __________________________________________...

Page 9: ...sink Support Base Step 2 1 Insert the Pentium II CPU into the Retention Mechanism Making sure the CPU is fully inserted into the CPU Slot and the Heatsink is facing the memory Sockets Facing Memory Socket Pull out Top Bar Insert Down CPU Heatsink 2 Snap the Top Bar onto the rigid pins of the Heatsink Support Base optional Step 3 Slide the Top Bar into the Heatsink and Lock it optional Slide in opt...

Page 10: ...4 sec When the system is OFF press This button system will ON Press this button again system will enter to Suspend Mode then press this button and hold for 4 second the system will OFF Note Please make sure the AC Power Switch which on the Power Supply already switch to ON If your Power Supply have AC Power Switch 2 1 5 CMOS Clear Jumper JP12 Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting this Jump...

Page 11: ...r AWARD BIOS AMIFLASH COM for AMI BIOS 2 Copy the new bios file to the diskette BIN is AWARD BIOS ROM is AMI BIOS 3 Turn the power off 4 Turn the system on and run the Flash utility 5 Follow the promp and input the file name 6 Save the old BIOS and when prompt to program hit Y 7 After the BIOS is Flash turn off the system and clear the CMOS _________________________________________________________...

Page 12: ...5GB Each of module can be either single or double sided DRAM TYPE 3 3v 168pin Fast Page Mode FP or Extended Data Output EDO or PC 100 SDRAM DRAM Speed 60ns or faster Parity Either parity or non parity Require Parity Memory to Support ECC Installing a DIMM Module A Insert the DIMM module into the socket at an angle B Put out the DIMM module from the DIMM socket Press down Press down M B R 626 DIMM ...

Page 13: ... the same component as the jumper switchs There are connectors for the switchs and indicator lights from the system case There are also connectors for the on board I O port and the leads from a system power supply _____________________________________________________________ 2 8 ...

Page 14: ...e I O connectors you must orient the cable connector so that the Pin 1 edge of the cable is at the Pin 1 end of the on board connector The pin 1 edge of the ribbon cable is colored to indentify it Port Controller Cables The mainboard comes with One IDE ribbon connector cable and One Floppy Disk drive ribbon connector cable The COM1 COM2 and LPT with D Type Connector On board 1 Floppy Drive ribbon ...

Page 15: ...ctor for both a case mounted lock and a Power On LED SPEAKER Connector for the lead from a speaker mounted inside the system case RESET Connector for the lead from a Reset switch mounted on the system case HD LED Connector for IDE activity LED CN1 AT Form Power Supply Connector CN2 ATX Form Power Supply Connector PW BN ATX Power ON OFF Switch refer Page 2 5 ACPI LED For Future used _______________...

Page 16: ...tors as following USB 1 Pin Name USB 2 Pin Name Pin 1 SBV0 Pin 1 SBV1 Pin 2 SBD0 Pin 2 SBD1 Pin 3 SBD0 Pin 3 SBD1 Pin 4 SBG0 Pin 4 SBG1 IR IR Connector Pin assignment Pin Number Pin Name Pin 1 5V Pin 2 Pin 3 IR RxL Pin 4 GND Pin 5 IRTX _______________________________________________________________ 2 11 ...

Page 17: ... and the main program screen appears as in the following page 3 Using one of the arrows on your keyboard to select and option and press Enter Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in the system 4 You may return to the Main Menu anytime by press ESC 5 In the Main Menu SAVE AND EXIT SETUP saves your changes and reboots the system and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ignores your changes a...

Page 18: ...TUP from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options appears 2 Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys A short description of screen options follows Date mm dd yy Set the current date and time Time hh mm ss Type the current time Primary Secondary This field records the specifications for all non Master Slave SCSI hard disk dri...

Page 19: ...e the system to halt The choices are All Errors default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette or All but Disk Key 3 Press Esc to return the Main Menu when you finish setting up in the Standard CMOS Setup 3 2 BIOS Features Setup BIOS Features Setup allows you to improve your system performance or set up some system features according to your preference Run the BIOS Features Setup as follows 1...

Page 20: ...e values are the values with which the user started the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values A short description of screen options follows ________________________________________________________________ 3 4 _________________________________ 3 Virus Warning Enabled Cache Activates automatically when the system boots up c...

Page 21: ... external cache memory Quick Power On Choose Enabled default or Disabled This option allows Self Test you to speed up the Power On Self Test routine Boot Sequence Default is A C SCSI This option determines which drive to look for first for an operating system Swap Floppy Choose Enabled or Disabled Drive default This option swaps floppy drive assignments when it is enabled Boot Up Floppy Enabled de...

Page 22: ... work with PCI VGA or not OS Select for Non OS2 default For Non OS 2 system DRAM 64MB OS For OS 2 system Report No FDD Yes BIOS reports NO FDD to Win95 for WIN 95 No default BIOS will not report NO FDD to Win95 Video BIOS Enabled default Map the VGA BIOS to system RAM Shadow Disabled Don t map the VGA BIOS to system RAM C8000 CBFFF to These options are used to shadow other expansion DC000 DFFFF ca...

Page 23: ...e of the screen auto matically when choose Enabled RAS Pulse Width Select the number of CPU clock cycles allotted for the Refresh RAS pulse refresh according to DRAM specifications The choice 4T 5T 6T 7T _______________________________________________________________ 3 7 3 __________________________________ RAS Precharge The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the Time RAS to accum...

Page 24: ...M The choice Enabled Disabled Starting Point of This value controls the start timing of memory paging Paging operations The choice 1T 2T 4T 8T ECC Function for Those items only can used when system memory Bank 0 support ECC Correction function Bank 1 Bank 2 SDRAM CAS When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of Latency cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The choice 2T 3T _________...

Page 25: ...ocated for the CAS Time EDO signal to accumulate its charge before the EDO RAM is refreshed If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and data lost The choice 1T 1T 2T 2T CAS Pulse Width The system designer must set duration of a CAS signal for EDO pulse in timer ticks The choice 2T CAS Precharge This item allows you to select CAS precharge time for FP Time FP RAM The choice 1T 1T ...

Page 26: ...ure The aperture is a portion 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 See www agpforum org for AGP information The choice 4M 8M 16M 32M 64M 128M 256M System BIOS Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS Cacheable ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system per...

Page 27: ...n MEM Memory function Concurrent Enable Disable the CPU PCI Concurrently Access Function PCI PCI Bus function CPU Pipeline Control the CPU running in Pipeline Mode or none Control Pipeline Mode PCI Delay Use the default setting Transaction 3 Press ESC and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your settings _______________________________________________________________ 3 11 3 _______...

Page 28: ... Power This option allows you to select the type or degree Management of power saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes See the section PM Timers for a brief description of each mode _______________________________________________________________ 3 12 __________________________________ 3 This table describes each power management mode Disable default No power management Disables four modes ...

Page 29: ...Advance Power Management APM is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes Suspend Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode Susp Stby...

Page 30: ...ed Div by Sets the CPU s speed during Doze mode The speed is reduced to a fraction of the CPU s normal speed The divisors range from 1 to 8 The choice 1 8 Stdby Speed Div by Select a divisor to reduce the CPU speed during Standby mode to a fraction of the full CPU speed The speed is reduced to a fraction of the CPU s normal speed The divisors range from 1 to 8 0 The choice 1 8 MODEM Use IRQ Name t...

Page 31: ...e set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Standby Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the fixed disk drive and the video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will ...

Page 32: ... system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service As above the choices are On and Off When set On activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it z IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI z IRQ 8 Braek Suspend you can Enable or Disable monitoring of IRQ 8 the Real Time Clock so it does not awaken the system from Sspend mode Power Butto...

Page 33: ...ear Alarm They let you set the alarm that returns the system to Full On state The choice Enabled Disabled Month Alarm Select a month 1 12 or NA if you want the alarm active during all month Day of Month Select a date in the month Select 0 zero if you prefer Alarm to set a weekly alarm below Week Alarm Turn the alarm On and Off on specific days Time hh mm ss Set the time you want the alarm to go of...

Page 34: ...ompatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you a using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 The choice Auto Manual _______________________________________________________________ 3 18 __________________________________ 3 Reset Configuration Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled Data to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when ...

Page 35: ...el PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice Legacy ISA PCI ISA PnP PCI IRQ Activated This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that by an IRQ service is being requested by a device Under all circumstances you should retain the default configuration unless advised otherwise by your system s manufacturer The ...

Page 36: ...d in Slot x Using INT above Selecting PCI Auto allows the system to automatically determine how your IDE disk system is configured 3 Press ESC and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your settings ______________________________________________________________ 3 20 _________________________________ 3 3 6 Integrated Peripherals The Integrated Peripherals option changes the values of ...

Page 37: ...______________________________________ 3 21 3 __________________________________ IDE Primary The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields Secondary Master let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE Slave PIO devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each...

Page 38: ...hoice Enabled Disabled IDE HDD Block The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support Mode for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary and or secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface IDE interface Enabled Secondary HDD controller used Disabled Secondary HDD controller not used __________...

Page 39: ...peripherals The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support legacy USB Keyboard Support The choice Enabled Disabled __________________________________________________________________ 3 23 3 _________________________________ Onboard Parallel This item allows you to determine access onboard Port parallel port controller with which I O address The choice 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 3BCH IRQ7 Disabled Onboar...

Page 40: ...rent CPUFAN2 Speed Detect the CPU Fan Speed IN0 V IN3 V IN0 V System 5V Voltage IN1 V System 3 3V Voltage IN2 V 2 5V Voltage for CPU IN3 V Current CPU Vcore Voltage 3 Press ESC and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your settings _______________________________________________________________ 3 24 __________________________________ 3 3 7 Load Setup Detaults Load Setup Defaults opt...

Page 41: ...m Password 4 Enter exact the same password you just typed again to confirm the passwod and press Enter 5 Move the cursor to Save Exit Setup to save the password __________________________________________________________________ 3 25 3 __________________________________ 6 If you need to delete the password you entered before choose the Super visor Password and press Enter It will delete the passwor...

Page 42: ... back to the Main Menu 3 10 Save Exit Setup Save Exit Setup allows you to save all modifications you have specified into the CMOS memory Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Press Enter key to save the configuration changes __________________________________________________________________ 3 26 __________________________________ 3 3 1...

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