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AI61

AMD K7 processor

Based AGP 

MAIN BOARD

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for AI61

Page 1: ... 69 AI61 AMD K7 processor Based AGP MAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...nges in the specifications of the product described within it at any time without notice and without obliga tion to notify any persion of such revision or changes The information contained in this manual is provided for general use by the customers Trademarks AMD is a registered trademarks of AMD Corporation PS 2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation AWARD is a registered trademark of Award...

Page 3: ...1 STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION 10 Accessories Of AI61 10 STEP 1 Install the CPU 11 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 12 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory 12 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 13 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 14 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches LEDs Speaker 15 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 17 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 17 STEP 9 Connect...

Page 4: ...ctor 26 Parallel Port Connector 26 ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PW_ON 27 SMI Connector SMI 27 HDD LED Connector H_LED 28 PWR LED Green LED Connector P_LED 28 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 28 Keylock Connector KLOCK 28 Hardware Reset Connector RST 29 Front Panel USB Connector Heaker J2 29 Enhanced IDE Ports and Floppy Connectors 30 Housing Fan Connectors J8 J7 J9 30 ATX Power Supply Connector 31 W...

Page 5: ...TERING BIOS 38 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 39 Standard CMOS Setup 41 BIOS Features Setup 45 Chipset Features Setup 49 Integrated Peripherals 52 Power Management Setup 56 PnP PCI Configuration 60 PC Health Status Setup 62 Frequency Voltage Control 64 Load Fail Safe Defaults 65 Load Optimized Defaults 65 Supervisor Password Setting 66 User Password Setting 66 Save Exit Setup 67 Exit Without Saving 67 ...

Page 6: ...gs A Closer Look Page 22 Software Utility How to Install Page 34 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 38 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 WHAT SINTHEMANUAL ...

Page 7: ...ur new AI61 mainboard is just that easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AI61 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 to tune up ...

Page 8: ... in AMD 751 chipset ATX form factor including 2xUSB 2xSerial and 1xParallel ports plus 1xPS 2 Keyboard and 1xPS 2 Mouse connectors One ATA 66 Ribbon Cable One Floppy Ribbon Cable One set of Universal Retention Mechanism This AI61 User s Manual One CD ROM containing The AI61 user s manual on PDF format The IDE Bus Master Drivers The AGP and IRQ Miniport Drivers The Award Flashing Utility ...

Page 9: ...Frequency Voltage Control of the BIOS Setup utility Versatile Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM banks of PC100 compliant SDRAM to provide up to 768MB of system memory AGP Slots Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance compo nent level interconnect directed at 3D graphical display applications PCI Expansion Slots Provides five 32 bit PCI slots LPC Super I O Onboard Provid...

Page 10: ...s data transfer speeds of up to 33 66 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 Features four power savings modes Snoop Suspend to RAM Suspend to Disk and Soft Off ACPI provides more ...

Page 11: ...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 voltage levels to ensure stable curren...

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 AI61 3HARDWAREINSTALLATION ...

Page 13: ... and remove its cover Insert two Retention Mechanism 1 on opposite side of Slot A Fix 1 by inserting Attach Mounts 1 2 up through holes A1 A4 in the bottom of the mainboard and screw the four captive nuts 1 1 Install the CPU Insert CPU 2 into the Retention Mechanism 1 Ensure that the alignment notch in the processor fits over the plug then push processor down firmly until it is seated Push the lat...

Page 14: ...ion 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 two or three DIMM banks Note that SDRAM modules are ...

Page 15: ...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 16: ...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 between 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 to...

Page 17: ...m 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 and USB connectors to the mainboard s front panel connectors group J12 and J2 as shown below 1 ATX Soft Power On Off 2 SMI Hardware System Management Interface ...

Page 18: ... 16 3 HDD LED 4 Power LED G LED 5 PC Speaker 6 Keylock 7 Hardware Reset Switch 8 Front panel USB conneting header ...

Page 19: ... 17 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 FDD cable connector Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 SIR CIR connector ...

Page 20: ... 18 Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card ...

Page 21: ... 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 COM Ports 4 Parallel Port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 keyboard USB1 USB2 COM2 COM1 Parallel Port ...

Page 22: ...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 operating systems mentioned above you can only d...

Page 23: ...dy installed before running the drivers installation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the AI61 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 AI61 Driver for Win9x Win NT 4 Return to the main installation window and select the Miniport related program 5 Install AGP and IRQ Mninport Driv...

Page 24: ...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 components When putting the mainboard down place it on top of its original packaging fil...

Page 25: ...r assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Slot A CPU Slot for AMD K7 processors DIM1 2 3 Three DIMM Sockets for 8 16 32 64 128 256MB 3 3V SDRAM AGP One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot PCI Five 32 bit PCI Expansion Slots Jumpers J4 Clear CMOS J13 Vcore Voltage Setting Back Panel Connectors KB PS 2 Keyboard MS PS 2 Mouse USB 2 USB Universal Serial Bus COM1 Serial Port 1 DB9 male COM2 Serial...

Page 26: ...KEYLOCK RST Hardware Reset Switch USB3 4 Front Panel USB Connector Header J2 Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD Floppy Disk Drive Interface IDE1 IDE Primary Interface Dual channel IDE2 IDE Secondary Interface Dual channel Other Connectors FAN J8 Housing Cooling Fan Power FAN J7 Housing Cooling Fan Power FAN J9 Housing Cooling Fan Power ATX Power 20 pin header J10 Wake On LAN Connector J1 SIR CIR ...

Page 27: ...ear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Insert jumper cap to J4 for a few seconds Step 3 Remove jumper from to J4 Step 4 Turn on the system power PC On Vcore Voltage Setting J13 J13 is used to adjust voltages Futher more AI61 Mainboard provide intelli gent CPU Voltages detecting and auto adjusting function Vcore Voltage Setting J13 AUTO 1 30V 1 50V 1 55V 1 60V 1 65V 1 70V 1 75V 1 8...

Page 28: ... 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 port COM1 COM2 at the back panel of you...

Page 29: ... PWON header on the mainboard SMI Connector SMI 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 Note Please notice the Speaker and all the LED connector is directional If your chassis s LED does not light during running please simply change to the opposi...

Page 30: ...ousing front panel to the PWR header on the mainboard The power LED stays lit while system is run ning or it will go flashing while system in suspend mode Speaker Connector SPEAKER Attach the PC speaker cable from the case to the 4 pin speaker connector SPK Keylock Connector KLOCK Attach the 2 pin Power LED connector cable from the housing front panel to the PWR header on the mainboard The power L...

Page 31: ...essing the reset switch causes the system to restart Front Panel USB Connector Header J2 This deader used to connect the cable at tached to USB connectors which mounted on front panel J2 USB3 4 Pin Assignments USB3 1 VCC 3 DATA 5 DATA 7 GND 9 GND USB4 2 GND 4 GND 6 DATA 8 DATA 10 VCC 13 14 USB3 USB4 ...

Page 32: ...nd one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Important Ribbon cables are directional therefore make sure to always connect with the red cable stripe on the same side as pin 1 of the IDE1 IDE2 or FDC connector on the mainboard Chassis Fan connectors J8 J7 J9 The mainboard provides three onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support Chassis J8 J7 and J9 cooling fans Note Both cable wiring a...

Page 33: ... the guides match perfectly making sure that pin 1 is properly positioned Note 2 Make sure 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 Wake on LAN Connector J10 Attach a 3 pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN WOL function This function le...

Page 34: ...Pin Assignments 1 VCC 3 RRXH 5 IRRX 7 GND 9 IRTX CIR Pin Assignments 2 NC 4 SR CIRRX 6 VCC 8 NC 10 NC Step 1 Attach the 10 pin infrared device cable to J1 connector Refer to the above diagram for IR pin assignment Step2 Configure the Infrared transfer mode in the UR2 Mode field of Integrated Peripherals menu in BIOS Setup This mainboard supports IrDA ASKIR Normal and SCR transfer modes 19 CIR SIR ...

Page 35: ... 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 by inserting additional SDRAM modules in available DIMM banks The total system memory is calculated by simply adding up the memory in all DIMM banks After upgrad...

Page 36: ...should 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 AI61 Mainboard Drivers for Windows Install Miniport Driver Software Installing AGP and IRQ Miniport Drivers Manual AI61 series mainboard user s manual in PDF format Browse this CD Allows you to see the cont...

Page 37: ...le click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Software bar Once you made 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 ...

Page 38: ...g mouse on the Install Miniport Driver Software bar Once you made your each 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 Then click on Install IRQ Miniport Driver Software bar to install IRQ Miniport Driver Then Miniport Drivers Applications windows will appear on ...

Page 39: ... appear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up 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 AI61 Manual bar to view AI61 user s manual ...

Page 40: ...r 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 at the compute...

Page 41: ...that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features ...

Page 42: ...ge control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations While Award has de signed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to...

Page 43: ... use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item Date Month DD YYYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS Set the system time IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed opt...

Page 44: ...44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video Select the default video device The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you The choice All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Dis kette All but Disk Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up The choice N A Extended Memory Displays t...

Page 45: ...ill let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE The choice None Auto Manual Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk The choice Normal LBA Large Auto Capacity Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk check ing program Auto Display your disk drive size The follow...

Page 46: ... 44 Precomp Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Min 0 Max 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Number of sectors per track Min 0 Max 255 ...

Page 47: ...abled and someone at tempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk parti tion table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk parti tion t...

Page 48: ...S attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choice Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN Disabled Boot Other Device Select Your Boot Device Priority The Choice Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives you can swap the logical drive name assignments The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek S...

Page 49: ...ematic delay can be se lected The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The choice 250 500 750 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every t...

Page 50: ...enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The choice Non OS2 OS2 ...

Page 51: ...tem The only time you might con sider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system 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 This is a...

Page 52: ...uc tures can reside in Graphics Aperture The choice 32 64 128 256 SDRAM ECC Setting This item set SDRAM ECC Mode Disabled or Enabled The choice Enabled Disabled Post Memory Write Enable Disabled The PCI targets state machine waits until the cycle is complete before passing ready back to the PCI bus Enabled The one DWORD write buffer from PCI target writes to the ISA bus is enabled This buffer is o...

Page 53: ...ivate to activate of the same bank The choice 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle 8 Cycle SDRAM Trp Timing Value This item set the delay from precharge command to activate command The choice 2 Cycle 3 Cycle SDRAM Tras Timing Value This item set the mimimum bank active time The choice 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle SDRAM CAS Latency This item set the delay from SCAS to data val...

Page 54: ...provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA33 66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master drive...

Page 55: ...ed Disabled Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The choice PCI Slot AGP IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the...

Page 56: ... choice IrDA ASKIR Normal UART2 Duplex Mode This item specifies onboard infrared transfer mode to full duplex This item will not show up when IrDA ASKIR or MIR UR2 modes are selected The choice Half Full RxD TxD Active This item specifies the Active level for RxD TxD signal The choice Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo Hi Hi IR Transmittion delay This item enable disable the delay of the IR state change from Rx to...

Page 57: ...ended Capabilities Port and EPP ECP The choice SPP EPP ECP 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 SPP and EPP printer mode is selected The choice 1 3 EPP Mode Select This item select the EPP Mode The choice EPP1 9 EPP1 7 ...

Page 58: ...er Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes HDD Power Down Doze Mode Suspend Mode Min Power Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL...

Page 59: ...signaling The choice V H SYNC Blank Blank Screen DPMS Support Suspend Type Select the Suspend Type The choice PwrOn Suspend Stop Grant Standby Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The choice Disabled 30 Sec 1 Min 4 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 1 Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard dis...

Page 60: ...d this feature system will power on itself from power off when the activity of LAN or Modem The choice Enabled Disabled MODEM Use IRQ This decermines the IRQ in which the Modem can Use The choice NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 RTC Resume 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 f...

Page 61: ...t system activity event will not be monitored to reload global timer If these items is set to Enabled that system activity event will be monitored to reload global timer These items include IRQ 3 15 NMI Primary IDE0 1 Secondary IDE 0 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port and Parallel Port ...

Page 62: ... OS Installed This item allows you to determine install PnP OS or not The choice Yes No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Ex tended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The choice Enabled Disa...

Page 63: ...e to any PCI slot Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compli ant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The Choice Reserved PCI Device PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI Latency Timer CLK The number of clocks programed in the PCI Latency Timer rep...

Page 64: ... C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 C 151 F 70 C 158 F Current CPU Temperature Since the mainboard support CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert This item indicate the current Processor temperature Current System Temp Since the mainboard support System temperature monitoring and overheat alert This item indicate the current main board temperature Current System FAN Speed The mainboard can de...

Page 65: ...e voltage regulators and power supply VBAT V Battery voltage Shutdown Temperature Select the combination of lower and upper limits for the system shut down temperature if your computer contains an environmental moni toring system If the temperature extends beyound either limit the system shuts down The choice Disabled 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F ...

Page 66: ...you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock The choice Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum Modulated This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock The choice Default 50 25MHz 66 33MHz 100 33MHz 133 33MHz ...

Page 67: ...N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations ...

Page 68: ...access 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...

Page 69: ...ge 25 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 is r...

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