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HOT-671

Pentium

 II processor

Based AGP

 

MAIN BOARD

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for HOT-671

Page 1: ...HOT 671 Pentium II processor Based AGPMAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ... Radio TV Interference Problems This booklet is available from the U S Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 Stock 004 000 00345 4 FCC Warning The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Note In order for an installation of this product to maintain compliance with the limits for a ...

Page 3: ...MOS JP11 18 Flash EEPROM Vpp JP8 18 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse power on setting option 19 Connectors 19 CHAPTER 3 MEMORY CONFIGURATION 22 CHAPTER 4 FLASH UTILITY 23 CHAPTER 5 AWARD BIOS SETUP 25 The Main Menu 26 Standard CMOS Setup 28 BIOS Features Setup 30 Chipset Features Setup 33 Power Management Setup 36 PCI Configuration Setup 38 Integrated Peripherals 40 Password Setting 43 CHAPTER 6 ON BOARD SOUND...

Page 4: ...1 supports 3 3 V A G P devices with data transfer rates up to 133 MHz allowing data throughput of 500 MB sec The Intel s 82440EX AGPset chipset provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE control ler with two high performance IDE interfaces which allows up to four IDE devices connection and up to 33 MB sec of data transfer rates The on board I O controller provides standard PC I O functions floppy dr...

Page 5: ...isplay applications Onboard I O Provides one Floppy port one optional PS 2 mouse connector two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with ECP and EPP capabilities Serial Port 2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Onboard PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Two Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master IDE Ports supports four IDE devices up to 33 MB sec ID...

Page 6: ...s Suspend mode and the other is the Soft off mode Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds will place the system into Suspend mode When push the power button for more than 4 seconds the system enters the Soft off mode Wake On LAN The system will power on automatically by activating of LAN This function support Intel LAN card only Modem Ring Power on The system will power on automatically b...

Page 7: ...7 ACCESSORIES OF HOT 671 ...

Page 8: ...II processor the ideal choice foe executing modem 32 bit compute intensive and multimedia enhanced application work loads using advanced 32 bit operating systems The Pentium II and Celeron processor both have a separate 32KB on chip non blocking L1 cache which run at the processor frequency Pentium II processor also has a 512KB or 256KB on board L2 non blocking cache runs at half the processor spe...

Page 9: ... captive nuts that hold the S E C Cartridge in the Slot1 connector Refer to Figure 2 1 1 RM Attach Pin RMAP Plastic pins inserted through the RM to secure it to the mainboard four required per Assembly Refer to Figure 2 1 2 Heat Sink Support Base HSSBASE Plastic support bar mounted to the mainboard under the ATX heat sink Refer to Figure 2 1 3 HSS Pin HSSPIN Plastic pins inserted through the HSSBA...

Page 10: ...anism 1 Finds out the Retention Mechanism RM Mounting Holes and Pin 1 mark of Slot 1 on HOT 671 main board Refer to Figure 2 2 2 Insert the Retention Mechanism RM around the Slot 1 Be sure the Square Cut Mark of RM have the same orientation of Slot 1 pin 1 Refer to Figure 2 3 3 Insert four RM Attach Pin through the RM to secure it to the mainboard four required per Assembly Refer to Figure 2 3 Fig...

Page 11: ... Mounting Holes on HOT 671 main board Notice that one hole is larger than the other hole Refer to Figure 2 1 2 There are two plastic pegs on the bottom of Heat Sink Support Base HSSBASE bar Mount the two black plastic pegs onto the mainboard Notice that one hole and the bar of one peg are larger than the other hole and peg Refer to Figure 2 6 3 Insert the Heat Sink Pins HSSPIN through the HSSBASE ...

Page 12: ...processor down firmly with even pressure on both sides of the top until it is seated Push the latches on the processor outward until they click into place in the Retention Mecha nism The latches must be secured for proper electrical connection of the processor Slide the Heat Sink Top Bar HSSTOP on the supports forward to clip onto the HSSBASE through the fins of Heat Sink Also refer to Install Hea...

Page 13: ...es the substrate is covered with a mylar insulator This insulator prevents the clip from shorting lines on the substrate Before you fully engage two legs of the clip into the heatsink Figure 6 make sure you remove the blue film covering the thermal interface The blue film protects the thermal interface from damage during shipping Grasp the heatsink clip assembly between the clip base and the heats...

Page 14: ... in the Slot 1 connector Refer to Figure 8 Post Pins Four Post pins are push into the RM s holes to fix RM on the PCB Lock Pins Four Lock pins are push into the Post holes to lock up RM on the PCB Place the mainboard on a workbench not in a chassis Be sure that the mainboard is bare that is no SIMMs cables or cards are installed 1 Finds out the Retention Mechanism RM Mount ing Holes of Slot 1 on H...

Page 15: ... processor so that the Heatsink is facing toward the DIMM sockets on the mainboard Slide the processor into the Retention Mechanism Push the processor down firmly with even pressure on both sides of the top until it is seated Refer to Figure 10 and Figure 11 ...

Page 16: ... on MANUAL group the user can figure the Host Bus Clock CPU Core Clock ratio multiplier manually CPU Plug Play function is supported when an Jumper Pack inserted on AUTOgroup Figure 2 10 Listed diagrams on right side show the sample position on jumper group of JP6 1 Setting CPU Clock from BIOS jumper pack on AUTO Factory default 2 Adjust multiplier manually from hardware jumper pack on MANUAL mult...

Page 17: ...le Table 2 3 shows all of the multipliers that the mainboard can support Pentium II Processor System Clock Multiplier 233 MHz 66 MHz 3 5 x 266 MHz 66 MHz 4 x 300 MHz 66 MHz 4 5 x 333 MHz 66 MHz 5 x System Clock PCI Bus Clock JP2 50 MHz 25 MHz 60 MHz 30 MHz 66 MHz 33 MHz 75 MHz 37 5 MHz 83 MHz 41 5 MHz Table 2 1 System Clock Configuration Table CPU Configuration Table Multiplier Table NOTE 75 83 MH...

Page 18: ...ni jumper from JP11 pin 1 2 3 Insert mini jumper to JP11 pin 2 3 for a brief while 4 Remove mini jumper from JP11 in 2 3 5 Reinsert mini jumper to JP11 pin 1 2 6 Turn on the PC HOT 671 mainboard supports two types of Flash EEPROM 5 volt and 12 volt By setting up jumper JP8 the main board can use both 5V or 12V flash EEPROM with new system BIOS files as they come available JP8 Pin 2 3 Close for 5V ...

Page 19: ...alsof BIOS setup Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Power On Setting option JP1 JP4 Connectors Front Panel Connectors Hardware Reset Connector J16 Attach 2 pin hardware reset switch to it Closing the reset switch restarts the system Speaker Connector JP9 PC speaker connector may attach a 4 pin PC speaker cable from the case to this connector HD LED Connector S3 Attach a 2 pin IDE drive LED cable to this connecto...

Page 20: ...tor USB1 USB2 Port Connectors Two female connectors are located at the rear of the board Plug the USB devices jack into this connector Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connector J4 It is a twenty pin male header connector Plug the connector from the power directly onto the board connector while making sure the pin 1 is in its position The main board requires a power supply with at least 200 watts...

Page 21: ...onnector J14 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 Enhanced IDE and Floppy connectors The main board shipped with one 40 pin ribbon cable for IDE H D D one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the conn...

Page 22: ...ng EC Error Checking or ECC Error Checking and Correcting in the memory array EC mode provides single and multiple bit error detection In ECC mode during reads from the DRAM the HOT 671 provides error checking and correction of the data To support ECC you must use true opposed to phantom parity generated by TTL chips 72 bit parity type DIMM for all modules Install memory in any or all of the banks...

Page 23: ...he ENTER key to begin the updating process 2 Once you enter you will see a main menu displaying 3 Move the cursor to File Name to Program 4 Type the program name test bin and then press the ENTER key 5 At the bottom of the menu you will be requested to answer Do You Want to Save BIOS Y N The following manual is intended to guide you through the process of both No and Yes cases respectively If No I...

Page 24: ...g and press the ENTER key 6 When the programming is finished the showing message will appear 7 Once you see the showing message Power Off or Reset System please restart your system 8 When you power on the computer again you will find your old BIOS has already been successfully updated To view a complete usage of FLASH utility please type awdflash and press the ENTER key Notes About Award Flash Uti...

Page 25: ...w message appear briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press Del key or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt and Esc keys Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF the ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pres...

Page 26: ...ion setup This item specifies the value in units of PCI bus blocks of the latency timer for the PCI bus master and the IRQ level for PCI device Power on with BIOS defaults Load BIOS Defaults BIOS defaults loads the values required by the System for the maximum performance However you can change the parameter through each Setup Menu Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults loads the values required by th...

Page 27: ...Setup UserPassword 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 Automatically configure IDE hard disk drive parameters Save Exit setup Save CMOS value change to CMOS and exit setup Exit without saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup ...

Page 28: ...d disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this item If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually If you select Type User related information is asked to be entered to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press Enter Those information should be provided in the document...

Page 29: ... is display only It is automatically detected by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the mainboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the mainboard Extended Memory The BIOS d...

Page 30: ... This item enables CPU internal cache to speed up memory access External Cache This item enables CPU secondary cache to speed up memory access Quick Power On Self Test This item speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If it is set to Enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST BootSequence This item determines which drive computer searches first for the...

Page 31: ...it will begin the report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you select the rate at which the keys are accelerated Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you to select the delay be...

Page 32: ...32 C8000 CBFFFShadow DC000 DFFFFShadow These categories determine whether option ROMs will be copied to RAM An example of such option ROM would be support of SCSI Add on card ...

Page 33: ...es EDO RAS To CAS Delay When EDO DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are address separately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from Row Address Strobe RAS to Column Address Strobe CAS The options are 3 and 2 EDORAS PrechargeTime DRAM must continually be refreshed or it will lose its data Normally DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request Thi...

Page 34: ... item allows the user to set whether the video BIOS C000 C7FF areas are cacheable or non cacheable Video RAM Cacheable 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 8 Bit ...

Page 35: ...S Precharge Time SDRAM must continually be refreshed or it will lose its data Normally DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request This option allows you to determine the number of CPU clocks allocated for Row Address Strobe to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and data lost The options are Slow for 3 and F...

Page 36: ...l 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 modee g DOZE STANDBY orSUSPEND Video Off After This item define when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The settings are N A Doze Standby and Suspend MODEM Use IRQ This item deter...

Page 37: ...rmal system power off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds The setting of Delay 4 Sec allows the button to have a dual function where to press the button for less than 4 seconds will place the system in suspend mode and pressing the button for more than 4 seconds will shut place the system off Resume by Ring This item determine the system will resume by activating of modem ring IRQ 8 Break ...

Page 38: ...ndows 95 Reset Configuration Data This item allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to These items allow you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available for PCI slot Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI ISAPnP DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to These items allow you to determine the DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not...

Page 39: ...e C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 and N A Used MEM Length This item is used to select a length for the memory area specified in the previous field this field does not appear if no base address is specified The choices are 8K 16K 32K and 64K Assign IRQ for USB This item allows the user to assign IRQ to on board USB controller or not Since on board controller is enabled always if none of IRQ is assign...

Page 40: ... board Primary Master PIO timing IDE Primary Slave PIO In this items there are five modes defined in manual mode and one automatic mode There are 0 1 2 3 4 and AUTO is the default settings for on board Primary Slave PIO timing IDE Secondary Master PIO In this items there are five modes defined in manual mode and one automatic mode There are 0 1 2 3 4 and AUTO is the default settings for on board S...

Page 41: ... IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA 33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB sec The options are Disabled En abled and Auto Auto is the default settings for on board Secondary Slave UltraDMA33 Note Your hard drive must also support UDMA for this feature to work On Chip Primary PCI IDE As stated above your system includes two built in IDE controllers both of which operate on the PC...

Page 42: ...tandard Disabled Note FIR is not available currently Onboard Parallel Port This item specifies 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 chan...

Page 43: ...ll 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 abort the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter password A message will confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you ca...

Page 44: ...tect and configure devices that conform to the standard This elimi nates the user having to know and configure the correct IRQ DMA and I O channel settings 3D Sound Enhancement___Supports 3D spatial enhancement and effects tuning Wave Audio___Maximum recording and playback sampling rate of up to 48 KHz stereo Sixteen bit digital to analog and analog to digital con verter___16 bit and 8 bit digitiz...

Page 45: ...modate the system plus the waveset chosen 4MB wavesets included VGA or SVGA graphics adapter monitor and mouse AT leaset 12MB of free on hard disk space for installing all 82C933 software and samples MS Windows 95 Windows 95 OSR2 Windows NT 3 51 4 0 Windows 3 x DOS 6 x or OS 2 Warp3 0 Merlin 4 0 External speakers microphone or headphones optional 45 ...

Page 46: ...not more than 600 ohms Joystick MIDI The Joystick MIDI port is a 15 pin female connector This port can be connected to any IBM PC compatible joystick with a 15 pin D sub connector Disable the joystick port on the sound card using the SNDINIT EXEprogram if you already have a game port or game card MIDI Instrument Connection You need a MIDI adapter to connect a MIDI instrument to the sound card The ...

Page 47: ...ocess to install all the appropriate files Using Software Wavetable To use the software wavetable you can either use Windows 95 MediaPlayer or HOT 671 bundled MediaRack For the utilization of audio tuning functions we recommend MediaRack To play MIDI file by software wavetable in MediaPlayer you need to select Device then Properties Select CyberSynth to switch the MIDI device to OPTi CyberSynth So...

Page 48: ...ed you will need to shutdown the system and disable the on board 82C933 chip If you restart without removing the card Windows 95 will detect and ask for the drivers again Select Yes or press Y to shut down the computer Installing Real Mode DOS Driver under Windows 95 After you have successfully installed the drivers for Windows 95 and the system has booted correctly you can install the drivers for...

Page 49: ...d drive 5 After the install files are copied the installation program will restart system Windows 3 x Applications After the installation is complete and you will see a new program group on your desktop Audio Mixer The Audio Mixer lets you adjust the volume settings for each of the individual audio sources that the HOT 671 supports Advanced Click the Advanced button on Volume Control Mixer to show...

Page 50: ...D Opti933 WinNT English or German French Chinese 6 Click the OK button in the Add Unlisted or Updated Driver box For Windows NT 4 0 1 Start Windows NT in Administrator mode 2 Choose Multimedia from Control Panel 3 Click on Devices tab 4 Click the Add Button 5 Select Unlisted or Updated Driver and click the OK button 6 Insert the HOT 671 Installation CD into your CD ROM drive and browse path to D O...

Page 51: ... 2 Desktop open double click the OS 2 System folder and then open the Command Prompts folder 3 Open either the OS 2 Window icon or the OS 2 Full Screen icon to start an OS 2 command prompt session 4 Insert the HOT 671 Installation CD into your CD ROM drive 5 Type D Opti933 OS2 Minstall andENTER 6 MINSTALL will display 3 options to install OPTi WAVE OS 2 Driver OPTi OPL3 Driver and OPTi WIN OS 2 Au...

Page 52: ...t is available in Windows 3 x Windows 95 and Windows NT4 0 environment and support multi language 52 WebPhone Directory path Opti933 Utility Webphone Webphn32 Webphn16 WebPhone is a professional feature rich audio and video communication system which requires some preparation on your part in order to use it properly and to take advantage of all thefunc tions that it has to offer Please take the ti...

Page 53: ...adio stations news music and lectures It is available in Windows 95 and Windows NT4 0 environment CyberKeyboard Directory path Opti933 Utility Cyberkbd The source of sound in your computer is CyberSynth a powerful software synthesizer that is used as the sound source for many music game and multimedia software applications CyberSynth reproduces a wide variety of instrument sounds from the most com...

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