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WHAT’S IN THE MANUAL ................................................................ 4

Quick Reference .................................................................................................4

About This Manual..............................................................................................4

Technical Support ..............................................................................................4

1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 5

1.1 TO DIFFERENT USERS................................................................................5

FIRST-TIME DIY SYSTEM BUILDER ....................................................... 5

EXPERIENCED DIY USER ....................................................................... 5

SYSTEM INTEGRATOR ........................................................................... 5

1.2 ITEM CHECKLIST .........................................................................................6

2 FEATURES.................................................................................... 7

2.1 SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................7

3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION....................................................... 10

3.1 STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION................................................................10

Accessories Of AB61 ...............................................................................10

STEP 1 Install the CPU ........................................................................... 11

STEP 2 Set Jumpers ...............................................................................13

STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory ................................................. 13

STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case ............................... 14

STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis ....................... 15

STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches/LEDs/Speaker .......................... 16

STEP 7 Connect IDE & Floppy Disk Drives ............................................ 18

STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals ........................................... 18

STEP 9 Connect the Power Supply......................................................... 19

STEP 10 Install Add-on Cards in Expansion Slots .................................. 19

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Summary of Contents for AB61

Page 1: ... 63 AB61 PentiumTM II III processor Based AGP MAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...uarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents In the interest of continued product improve ment this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes in the specifi cations of the product described within it at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any persion of such revision or changes The information contained in this manual is provided for general...

Page 3: ...1 STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION 10 Accessories Of AB61 10 STEP 1 Install the CPU 11 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 13 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory 13 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 14 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 15 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches LEDs Speaker 16 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 18 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 18 STEP 9 Connect...

Page 4: ... J55 JP45 29 Clear CMOS JP19 29 PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connectors 30 USB1 USB2 Port Connectors 30 COM1 COM2 Connector 30 Parallel Port Connector 30 ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON S1 31 Green LED Connector GLED J48 31 EPMI Connector EPMI J42 32 HDD LED Connector IDE LED S3 32 Hardware Reset Connector RST J32 32 Speaker Connector SPK JP24 32 PWR LED Connector PWR J27 32 Keylock Connector K...

Page 5: ... MAINBOARD CD OVERVIEW 37 4 2 INSTALL INF DRIVER 38 4 3 TO VIEW THE USER S MANUAL 39 5 BIOS SETUP 40 5 1 ENTERING BIOS 40 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 41 Standard CMOS Setup 43 BIOS Features Setup 45 Chipset Features Setup 48 Power Management Setup 51 PnP PCI Configuration 54 CPU Features Setup 56 Integrated Peripherals 58 User Password Setting 61 Save Exit Setup 62 Exit Without Saving 62 ...

Page 6: ... Page 23 Software Utility How to Install Page 37 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 40 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 5 For Experienced DIY User Page 5 For System Integrator Page 5 Technical Support Contact Your Dealer Shuttle s RMA or Warranty Policy WHAT SINTHEMANUAL ...

Page 7: ...your new Shuttle AB61 mainboard is just that easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AB61 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system Refer to section 3 2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Software Utility to find out how to get the best out of your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Setup also contains relevant information on how t...

Page 8: ...tium II III AB61 built in Intel 440BX chipset ATX form factor including 5xUSB 2xSerial and 1xParallel ports plus 1xPS 2 Keyboard and 1xPS 2 Mouse connectors One IDE Ribbon Cable One Floppy Ribbon Cable One set of Universal Retention Mechanism This AB61 User s Manual One Shuttle Bundled CD ROM containing The AB61 user s manual on PDF format The Intel INF driver The Award Flashing Utility ...

Page 9: ...tage Soft configure CPU Speed The CPU operating speed is software configurable in the CMOS Setup menu of the BIOS Setup utility Versatile Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM banks of PC 100 compliant SDRAM to provide up to 768MB of system memory AGP Slots Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance component level interconnect directed at 3D graphical display applications PCI...

Page 10: ...vide support to a maximum of four IDE devices one Master and one Slave per channel The IDE Bus implements data transfer speeds of up to 33 MB sec and also supports Enhanced PIO Modes 3 4 ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply unit can connect to the onboard 20 pin ATX power connector supporting Suspend and Soft On Off by dual function power button Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Fe...

Page 11: ...r on function by keyboard or PS 2 mouse Wake on LAN WOL The onboard WOL connector can be attached to a network card that supports this function to wake up the system via the LAN Modem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automatically by activation of the modem ring Optional Features Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key elements such as the CPU and other critical system voltag...

Page 12: ...efer to the following mainboard layout to help you identify various jumpers connectors slots and ports Then follow these steps designed to guide you through a quick and correct instal lation of your system 3 1 Step by Step Installation Accessories Of AB61 3HARDWAREINSTALLATION ...

Page 13: ...its cover Locate the Retention Mechanism 1 around the Slot 1 Take care of the Square Cut Mark 1 1 Fix 1 by inserting Attach Mounts 1 4 up through holes A1 A4 in the bottom of the mainboard and screw the four captive nuts 1 3 Install the CPU Insert CPU 2 into the Retention Mechanism 1 Ensure that the alignment notch in the processor fits over the plug 1 2 then push processor down firmly until it is...

Page 14: ...te side of Slot 1 Fix 3 by inserting Attach Mounts 4 up through holes A1 A4 in the bottom of the mainboard and screw the four captive nuts 3 1 Install the CPU Hold the processor 5 so that the Heatsink is facing toward the DIMM sockets on the mainboard Slide the processor into the RM Push the provessor down firmly with even pressure on both sides of the top until it is seated ...

Page 15: ... are not totally familiar with mainboard configuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance For the advanced users who wish to custom ize their system section 3 2 Jumper Settings will provide detailed informa tion on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install SDRAM System Memory To install memory insert SDRAM memory module s in any one t...

Page 16: ...equired jumpers on each device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM have to set jumpers to Master or Slave mode depending on whether you install more than one device of each kind 2 Connect IDE cable and FDD cable on the back panel of the internal peripheral devices Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe usually red or magenta...

Page 17: ...ssis and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical shorts be tween the board and the metal frame of the chassis If your computer case is already equipped with mounting studs you will need to tighten screws to attach the mainboard Note In most computer housings you will be able t...

Page 18: ...ady existing in the system case and originating from the computer s front panel devices HDD LED Power LED Reset Switch PC Speaker etc These cables serve to connect the front panel switches and LEDs to the mainboard s front panel connectors group as shown below 1 ATX Soft Power On Off 2 Power LED 3 HDD LED ...

Page 19: ... 17 4 EPMI Hardware System Management Interface 5 Green LED 6 PC Speaker 7 Hardware Reset Switch 8 Keylock ...

Page 20: ... 18 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 FDD cable connector Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 IR connector Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector ...

Page 21: ... 19 Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card 3 ISA Card ...

Page 22: ... Peripherals to Back Panel You are now ready to put the computer case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard 2 USB Devices 3 Parallel Port 4 COM Port ...

Page 23: ...ce available to the extended partition The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition which will be shown in the FDISK program After FDISK procedure reboot your system by using the same system floppy disk Note DOS 6 2x and Windows 95A can only support up to 2 1GB of HDD partition If you use the FDISK utility with one of the operat ing systems mentioned above you can only ...

Page 24: ...tems only Make sure your Windows 9x operating system is already installed before running the drivers installation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the AB61 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Select the Mainboard related program 3 Install the INF driver for Win9x ...

Page 25: ...ith two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the desired pair of pins Caution 1 Do not remove the mainboard from its antistatic protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Carefully hold the mainboard by its edges and avoid touching its compo nents When putting the mainboard down place it on top of its original pack...

Page 26: ...ated Graphics Port Slot PCI Five 32 bit PCI Expansion Slots ISA Two 16 bit ISA Expansion Slots Jumpers JP38 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Power On requires to always set JP38 jumper in order to enable either or both KB PS 2 mouse power on functions In addition you need to set Power On Function in BIOS setup JP39 CPU Host frequency setting JP37 CPU Clock Ratio setting JP48 Voltage setting J55 JP45 Over Clock...

Page 27: ...LED KEYLOCK J27 Keylock Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD Floppy Disk Drive Interface IDE1 IDE Primary Interface Dual channel IDE2 IDE Secondary Interface Dual channel Other Connectors J31 ATX Power 20 pin header CPU FAN CPU Cooling Fan Power FAN JP28 Housing Cooling Fan Power FAN J43 Housing Cooling Fan Power FAN J47 Housing Cooling Fan Power JP4 IR Connector J45 Wake On LAN Connector JP46 SB L...

Page 28: ... on the system by PS 2 mouse you only need to double click with the mouse Note that power on by serial mouse is not supported To enable disable either or both keyboard and PS 2 mouse power on functions follow the steps outlined below JP38 1 3 4 6 default Step 1 Adjust the jumper group JP38 as shown in the following table Step 2 Set the Power On field to the proper value Hot key or PS 2 Mouse in In...

Page 29: ... CPU host frequency manually Note Before you adjust your CPU host frequency by jumper you need to set CPU Host PCI Clock to default in frequency voltage control of BIOS setup program Insert mini jumper caps properly on JP39 to reach desired CPU Host Frequency as shown in the following table 2 CPU Host Clock JP39 66MHz based processor JP39 100MHz based processor 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz 100MHz N A 112MHz ...

Page 30: ...m Auto group and inserting mini jumpers on Manual group properly the user can configure the CPU Clock Ration manually 3 CPU Clock Ratio JP37 CPU Clock Ratio JP37 CPU Clock Ratio JP37 BIOS Setup 2x 5x Default 4 x 266 66 400 100 533 133 6 5 x 432 66 650 100 2 x 133 66 200 100 4 5 x 300 66 450 100 600 133 7 x 465 66 700 100 2 5 x 166 66 250 100 5 x 333 66 500 100 7 5 x 498 66 750 100 3 x 200 66 300 1...

Page 31: ...ainboard Over Clocking the CPU J55 JP45 Warning Over clocking is not a recommended practice for it may damage both the mainboard and the processor Clear CMOS JP19 JP19 is used to clear CMOS data Clearing CMOS will result in perma nently erasing the previous system configuration settings and restoring the original factory set system settings Pin 1 2 Default Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the sy...

Page 32: ... keyboard and mouse jacks into their corresponding connectors USB1 USB2 Port Connectors Two female connectors USB1 USB2 share the same USB Universal Serial Bus bracket at the rear panel of your mainboard Plug each USB device jack into an available USB1 USB2 connector COM1 COM2 Connector This mainboard can accommodate two serial device on COM1 COM2 Attach a serial device cable to the DB9 serial por...

Page 33: ... savings mode Doze Standby Suspend When the system resumes to normal operation mode the Green LED will go off Attach a 2 pin Green LED cable to GLED header EPMI Connector EPMI J42 Hardware System Management Interface EPMI header may attach to a 2 pin mo mentary switch Press the EPMI switch to force the system into power savings mode press again to resume normal operation 12 Note Please notice the ...

Page 34: ...he 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart Speaker Connector SPK JP24 Attach the PC speaker cable from the case to the 4 pin speaker connector SPK PWR LED Connector PWR J27 Attach the 2 pin Power LED connector cable from the housing front panel to the PWR header on the mainboard The power LED stays lit while the system is running 1...

Page 35: ...r up to four IDE devices such as CD ROM and Hard Disk Drives H D D This mainboard also includes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDC to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive F D D Moreover this mainboard comes with one 40pin ribbon cable to connect to IDE H D D and one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Important Ribbon cables are directional therefore make sure to always connect with the red c...

Page 36: ...e the latch of the ATX power connector clicks into place to ensure a solid attachment Note 3 This mainboard requires an ATX power supply of at least 200 watts with power good signal 21 Cooling Fan Connectors for CPU JP29 Chassis JP28 J43 J47 The mainboard provides four onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support CPU JP29 Chassis JP28 J43 and J47 cooling fans 22 Note Both cable wiring and t...

Page 37: ...transfer mode in the UR2 Mode field of integrated Peripherals menu in BIOS Setup This mainboard supports IrDA ASKIR Normal and SCR transfer modes Wake on LAN Connector J45 Attach a 3 pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN WOL function This function lets users wake up the connected system through the LAN card SB Link Connector JP46 The main board provides a 2x3 pin SB Link h...

Page 38: ...oth error checking and correction of the data Install Memory Install memory in any or all of the banks and in any combination as follows Note You do not need to set any jumper to configure memory since the BIOS utility can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total system memory value in the BIOS Standard CMOS Setup menu Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory b...

Page 39: ...d appear If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click or run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description Install Mainboard Software Installing INF driver for Windows 9x Manual AB61 series mainboard user s manual in PDF format Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage Browse this CD Allows you to see the contents of this CD Quit Close th...

Page 40: ...ade your selection a Setup window which automatically runs the installation When the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insure that the files are installed correctly Note When the Windows 95 98 first reboot after Intel INF drivers in stalled some new hardware devices will be found and added For those new hardware devices related software driver will be searched for install i...

Page 41: ...ear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows will appear on your screen Click on the Install Acrobe Reader 3 0 bar if you need to install acrobe reader Then click on AB61 Manual bar to view AB61 user s manual ...

Page 42: ...its POST Power On Self Test routine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 If you miss the train the message disappears before you can respond and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET switch located a...

Page 43: ...s at the bottom of the screen Standard CMOS Setup This setup page includes all items in a standard compatible BIOS BIOS Features Setup This setup page includes all items of Award special enhanced fea tures Chipset Features Setup This setup page includes all items of chipset features Power Management Setup This setup page includes all items of Power Management features PnP PCI Configuration setup T...

Page 44: ...all items of CPU speed features Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all items of peripheral features Supervisor Password Change set or disable supervisor password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup User Password Change set or disable user password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatica...

Page 45: ...lculated base on the 24 hour military time clock For example 5 p m is 17 00 00 Hard Disks Type This item identify the types of hard disk drives that has been installed in the computer There are 46 predefined types and a user definable type Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press Enter Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive t...

Page 46: ...used for the primary system monitor that must matches your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup Halt On This item determines if the system will stop when an error is detected during power up Memory This item is display only It is automatically detected by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS BaseMemory The POST of the B...

Page 47: ...remove the problem before any damage is done CPU Internal Cache This item enables CPU internal cache to speed up memory access External Cache This item enables CPUsecondaryl cache to speed up memory access CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled memory checking is enable when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs Processor Number Feature Allows you to Enabled Disabled the Pentium III pro...

Page 48: ... This option sets the speed of the CPU at system boot time The set t i ngsar e High or Low Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 MByte Initially the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard Today while key boards still provide this support it is more common and much faster set to Fast for the system...

Page 49: ... to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item must be set to enabled if there is a MPEG ISA card installed in the system and disabled if there is no MPEG ISA card installed in the system OS Select For DRAM 64MB This item allows you to access the memory that over 64 MB in OS 2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 This item enable for report No FDD...

Page 50: ...em will not show up EDO CASx MA Wait State When enabled one additional wait state is inserted before the asser tion of the first memory address line MA and CAS RAS assertion during DRAM read or write lead off cycles SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay When SDRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are address sepa rately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from Row Address Strob...

Page 51: ...recharge This item Enable Disable the SDRAM precharge when a page miss occurs DRAM Data Integr This item allows the user to set DRAM data integrity mode to Non ECC or ECC Non ECC has byte wide write capability but no provision for protecting data integrity in the DRAM array ECC allows a detec tion of single bit and multiple bit errors and recovery of single bit errors System BIOS Cach This item al...

Page 52: ...e from NA 1 to 4 CPU clocks Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB Passive Release When enabled the chipset provides a programmable passive release mechanism to meet the required ISA master latencies Delayed Transaction Since the 2 1 revision of the PCI specification r...

Page 53: ...time of the system inactivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving feature User Defined allows you to set power saving options according to your preference PM Control by APM If this item set to No system BIOS will be ignored and APM calls the power to manage the system If this item setup to Yes system BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before it enter any PM mode e g DOZE STANDBY or SU...

Page 54: ...t off HDD Power Down This item defines the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD enters power saving mode motor off The options are from 1 min to 15 min and Disabled Throttle Duty Cycle This item determines the duty cycle for the clock control thermal throttling mode The duty cycle indicates the percentage of time while in the thermal throttle mode The settings between 12 5 and 87 5 PCI VGA Act ...

Page 55: ...o it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode Resume by Alarm This item determine the system will resume by activity of R T C If enabled this feature and enter resume date and time When date and time expire system will power on itself from power off Reload Global Timer Events If any of these items is set to Disabled that system activity event will not be monitored to reload global timer If the...

Page 56: ... allow the PnP OS Windows 95 control the system resources except PCI devices and PnP boot devices Default setting is No Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices How ever this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system as Windows 95 Reset Conf...

Page 57: ...or not Since on board controller is enabled always if none of IRQ is assigned to it there will be a question mark report on system device under windows 95 PCI Latency Timer CLK The number of clocks programed in the PCI Latency Timer represents the guaranteed time slice alloted to the 440BX after which it must complete the current data transfer phase and surrender the bus as soon as its bus grant i...

Page 58: ...item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Bus Clock from BIOS when JP37 is set to Auto This item will not show up when JP37 is set to Manual CPU PCI Clock Ratio This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Clock Internal Clock ration when JP37 is set to Auto The user may adjust CPU Clock Ratio from x2 to x8 This item will not show up when JP37 is set to Manual CPU Speed This item is show only when C...

Page 59: ...re This category is not available if optional feature absent Current CPUFAN1 2 3 Speed The mainboard can detect two fans rotation speed for CPU cooler and system CPUFAN1 indicate the CPU cooling fan s rotation speed which inserting on JP28 and CPUFAN2 indicate cooling fans rotation speed which inserting on JP29 This category is not available if optional feature absent IN0 V IN2 V 5V 5V The mainboa...

Page 60: ... Secondary Master Slave UDMA On this mainboard Intel 440BX PCIset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA 33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB sec The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto Auto is the default settings for on board Primary Secondary Master Slave UltraDMA33 Note Your hard drive must also support UDMA for this feature to work On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE...

Page 61: ...ed please also adjust jumper JP38 to the proper position 2 USB keyboard USB Mouse and Serial Mouse are not supported to this function KB Power ON Password This item set the keyboard power on password When using keyboard to power on just Enter the password Hot Key Power ON Power on by soft on off button and keyboard are available The user may set power on hot key from Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12 KBC Input ...

Page 62: ...onboard parallel port address to 378H 278H 3BCH or Disabled Parallel Port Mode This item specifies onboard parallel port mode The options are SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port and EPP ECP ECP Mode Use DMA This item specifies DMA Direct Memory Access channel when ECP device is in use The options are DMA 1 and DMA 3 This item will not show up when S...

Page 63: ...s to the options By setting separate Supervisor and User password a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abor...

Page 64: ... page 29 Clear CMOS Save Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system i...

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