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1 × PS/2 Keyboard connector
2 × USB connectors
3 × USB Hub connectors (optional)
2 × DB9 Serial connectors 16550 UART compatible
1 × Infrared communications port ASKIR and HPSIR compatible.
(Serial port COM2 can also be redirected to an external IrDA Adapter
for wireless connection.)
1 × DB25 Parallel port supporting Standard Parallel Port (SPP),
Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP), and Extended Capabilities Port (ECP)
data transmission schemes.

 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Onboard

Two UltraDMA 33/66 Bus Master Dual-channel IDE ports provide 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 33/66 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 efficient Energy Savings Features
controlled by your operating system that supports OS Direct Power Manage-
ment (OSPM) functionality.

 System BIOS

Provides licensed Award V4.51PG BIOS on 2MB Flash EEPROM.
Supports Green PC and Desktop Management Interface (DMI).

Summary of Contents for av61

Page 1: ...AV61 PentiumTM II III processor Based AGP MAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ity however no guarantee 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 prov...

Page 3: ...1 STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION 10 Accessories Of AV61 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: ... JP48 29 Over Clocking the CPU 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 31 HDD LED Connector IDE LED S3 32 Hardware Reset Connector RST J32 32 Speaker Connector SPK JP24 32 PWR LED Connector ...

Page 5: ...OFTWARE UTILITY 37 4 1 AV61 MAINBOARD CD OVERVIEW 37 4 2 INSTALL MAINBOARD 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 50 PnP PCI Configuration 53 CPU Features Setup 56 Integrated Peripherals 58 User Password Setting 62 Save Exit Setup 63 Exit With...

Page 6: ...ge 10 Jumper Settings A Closer Look 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 WHAT SINTHEMANUAL ...

Page 7: ...new Shuttle AV61 mainboard is just that easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AV61 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 tun...

Page 8: ...th onboard Slot1 built in VIA693A 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 AV61 User s Manual One CD ROM containing The AV61 user s manual on PDF format The VIA 4 IN 1 Drivers The Award Flashing Utility ...

Page 9: ...p menu of the BIOS Setup utility Versatile Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM banks of PC 100 and PC 133 compliant SDRAM to provide up to 768MB of system memory Configurable support for EC Error Checking and ECC Error Checking and Correcting AGP Slots Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance compo nent level interconnect directed at 3D graphical display applications PCI a...

Page 10: ...mum of four IDE devices one Master and one Slave per channel The IDE Bus implements 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 s...

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 AV61 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 Ports ...

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 operating systems mentioned above you can only d...

Page 24: ...ms only Make sure your Windows 9x operating system is already installed before running the drivers installation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the AV61 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 AV61 Driver for Win9x Win NT ...

Page 25: ...with 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 components 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 func tions 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 I...

Page 29: ...ard Configure function to adjust your CPU host frequency manually 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 N A 133MHz Default N A 140MHz N A 150MHz N A Note 75 83 MHz are over clock usage for 66MHz base processor 112 103MHz ...

Page 30: ...roup 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 6 5 x 432 66 650 100 866 133 2 x 133 66 200 100 4 5 x 300 66 450 100 7 x 465 66 700 100 2 5 x 166 66 250 100 5 x 333 66 500 100 667 133 7 5 x 498 66 750 100 3 x 200 66 300 100 5 5 x...

Page 31: ...ttings and restoring the original factory set system settings Pin 1 2 Default Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Remove jumper cap from JP19 pins 1 2 Step 3 Place the jumper cap on JP19 pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 4 Return the jumper cap to pin 1 2 Step 5 Turn on the system power PC On 4 5 Increase 0 15 CPU Core Voltage Increase 0 5 CPU Core Voltage Increase 1 5 C...

Page 32: ...rd 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 port COM1 ...

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: ...E 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 cable stripe on ...

Page 36: ...r connector clicks into place to ensure a solid attachment Note 3 For the requirement of CPU power consumption AV61 needs the power supply which with 250W minimum load and minimum 20A DC output current on 5V 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 Note Bot...

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 23 24 SB Link Connector JP46 The main board provides a 2x3 pin SB...

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: ...screen 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 AV61 Mainboard Drivers for Windows Manual AV61 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 ...

Page 40: ...re that the files are installed correctly Note The mainboard software includes four VIA 4 In 1 driver VIA Registry ACPI Driver VIA AGP VxD driver VIA ATAPI Vendor support Driver and VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver and VIA USB driver The user may install the appropriate drivers according to the operation system you use please make a reference to list table Windows 2000 Windows 98 SE Windows 95 Windows ...

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 AV61 Manual bar to view AV61 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 CPU secondary 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: ... 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 chipset to provide support for gate A20 Memory Parity ECC Check This item allows you to Enabled Disabled memory erro...

Page 49: ...sword is not entered at the prompt When Setup is selected the System will boot but access 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 m...

Page 50: ...e space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards Read Around Write This is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must leave this on the default setting of Disabled if your display card cannot support this feature or else your system may not boot Concurrent PCI Host This item disable CPU bus will be occup...

Page 51: ...display card cannot support this feature or else your system may not boot AGP Aperture Size MB This item allows the user to set memory mapped graphics data struc tures can reside in Graphics Aperture AGP 2X Mode This item allows you to enable disable AGP 2X function See www apgforum org for AGP information On Chip USB Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and...

Page 52: ...ws 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 SUSPEND Video Off After This item define when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management ...

Page 53: ... off The options are from 1 min to 15 min and Disabled Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed 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 be shut off PM Events PM events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the syste...

Page 54: ...has been powered down Primary INTR When set to On default any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down This following is a list of IRQ Interrupt ReQuests which can be exampled much as the COM ports and LPT port above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operation system is ready to ...

Page 55: ... 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 56: ...rst protocol in which greater amounts of data are transferred at a single command PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are command with zero wait states PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 PCI 2 Access 1 Retry This item allows you...

Page 57: ...urrent data transfer phase and surrender the bus as soon as its bus grant is removed The PCI Latency Timer is used to guarantee to the PCI agents a mini mum amount of the system resource MS IRQ Routing Table This item allows the user to set BIOS IRQ Routing Table Enabled or Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the user to set VGA IRQ Routing table Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 58: ...et to Auto The user may adjust CPU Host Clock from 75 MHz to 83 MHz when 66 MHz based Pentium II or Celeron processor is used from 103 MHz to 112 MHz when 100 MHz based Pentium II III processor is used and from 140 MHz to 150 MHz when 133 MHz based Pentium III processor is used This item will not show up when JP39 is set to Manual CPU PCI Clock Ratio This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Cl...

Page 59: ...in board tempera ture Current CPU1 2 Temperature optional Since the mainboard support System and CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert This item indicate the current Processor tempera ture Current CPUFAN1 2 3 Speed optional The mainboard can detect three fans rotation speed for CPU cooler and system IN0 V IN2 V 5V 5V optional The mainboard support CPU and mainboard voltages monitoring The ...

Page 60: ... drive interface where the errors occur Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled HDD Block Mode This item is used to set IDE HDD Block Mode If your IDE Hard Disk supports block mode then you can enable this function to speed up the HDD access time If not please disable this function to av...

Page 61: ...to 33MB sec The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto Auto is the default settings for on board Secondary Master Slave UltraDMA 33 66 Note Your hard drive must also support UDMA for this feature to work Init Display First This item is used to determine initial device when system power on The options are PCI and AGP POWER ON Function This item is used to defined Keyboard PS 2 mouse power on functio...

Page 62: ...F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto or Disabled Onboard Serial Port 2 This item is used to define onboard serial port 2 to 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto or Disabled UART Mode Select The main board support IrDA HPSIR and Amplitudes Shift Keyed IR ASKIR infrared through COM 2 port This item specifies onboard Infra Red mode to IrDA 1 0 ASKIR MIR 0 57M MIR 1 15M FIR or Standard Disabled Note FIR...

Page 63: ...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 EPP Mode Select This item select the EPP Mode EPP 1 9 or EPP 1 7 PWRON After PWR Fail This item to set the ATX power supply status when power resume after unexpected power fail When off is selected power supply will maintain on soft off status when power is resume ...

Page 64: ...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 65: ... 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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