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BIOS SETUP

3.15 Load Setup Defaults

This option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields. These

default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system.

3.14 Load BIOS Defaults

NOTE: This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently

stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high

performance features.

Summary of Contents for TS-ABX11

Page 1: ...TS ABX11 TS AZX11 USER S MANUAL Intel Pentium II IIITM Series ...

Page 2: ...ion the information and specifications are subject to change without prior notice Disclaimer Transcend provides this manual as is without any warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Transcend its management employees distributors and agents are in no way liable for any ind...

Page 3: ...llation 5 2 4 66 100MHz System Configuration 8 2 5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Settings 8 2 6 Memory Configuration 10 2 7 Keyboard Wake Up 11 2 8 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors 11 2 9 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 12 2 10 Fan Power Connectors 12 2 11 Wake on LAN Connector 13 2 12 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 13 2 13 Panel Connectors 14 2 14 Power Connector 15 2 15 External Connectors ...

Page 4: ...ion Setup 33 3 8 Integrated Peripherals 35 3 9 Supervisor Password 38 3 10 User Password 39 3 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection 39 3 12 Save Exit Setup 40 3 13 Exit Without Saving 40 3 14 Load BIOS Defaults 41 3 15 Load Setup Defaults 41 CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 42 4 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version 42 4 2 Download the Correct BIOS File from the Web 42 4 3 How to Update Your Motherboard BIOS 4...

Page 5: ...MHz Chipset Intel 440BX 440ZX AGPset DRAM Memory Supports Synchronous DRAM 3pcs of 168 pin DIMM module sockets onboard for TS ABX11 2pcs of 168 pin DIMM module sockets onboard for TS AZX11 8 768MB memory capacity for TS ABX11 8 256MB memory capacity for TS AZX11 8 16 32 64 128 256MB SDRAM DIMM for TS ABX11 8 16 32 64 128MB SDRAM DIMM for TS AZX11 64 data bits or 72 data bits ECC structure for TS A...

Page 6: ...oppy drive Supports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard Supports IrDA port Supports 2 Universal Serial Bus Ports Supports Creative SB LInkTM Award BIOS Supports Plug and Play PC98 Supports ACPI DMI Green Feature Wake Up Features PS 2 mouse and keyboard Wake Up Supports Wake on LAN function Remote Ring Wake Up PCB Dimensions ATX form factor 4 layer PCB 20 4cm x 30 5cm 8inch x 12inch ...

Page 7: ...CI slots for TS ABX11 4 PCI slots for TS AZX11 T PS 2 Mouse B PS 2 Keyboard T USB1 B USB2 B COMB B COMA T Parallel Printer AGP Port ATX Power Connector 2 IDE Connectors 3 DIMM Sockets Intel 443BX 443ZX Chipset Slot 1 CPU Freq Ratio DIP Switch 5 PCI Slots 2 ISA Slots Multi I O Chip BIOS Li Battery Floppy Drive Connector Wake on LAN 66 100MHz Panel Connector Intel PIIX4 Chipset ...

Page 8: ...M M o d u l e PCI Slot 1 PCI1 PCI Slot 2 PCI2 PCI Slot 3 PCI3 PCI Slot 4 PCI4 PCI Slot 5 PCI5 ISA Slot 1 ISA1 ISA Slot 2 ISA2 PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard U S B T Port 1 B Port 2 C O M B C O M A Printer Parallel Port A T X P o w e r C o n n e c t o r Intel PIIX4 Chipset Multi I O Keyboard Controller Hardware Monitor KB MOUSE USB POWER FAN CPU FAN CPU Freq Ratio DIP Switch SW1 66 100MHz JP1 WOL Wake on ...

Page 9: ...tically turn to an angle and lock inside the BOARDLOCK BODYs Then pull the PIN back up to the stopper in order for the BOARDLOCK BODY to be easily inserted into the PC BOARD For the ease in installation BOARDLOCK BODYs should be inserted into the UNIVERSAL RETENTION MODULE before it is installed onto the PC BOARD Then you only need to push the BOARDLOCK PINs all the way down and the MODULE would b...

Page 10: ...our motherboard retailers or refer to your motherboard documentation if you have any questions If the Intel Pentium II processor is S E C C package only push the processor latches B in completely to install Carefully slide the proceessor into the retention mechanism and connector 6 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Intel Celeron Intel Pentium II Intel Pentium III Processor Processor Processor S E P P S E C C ...

Page 11: ... in unless it is properly oriented Do Not apply excessive force when installing the CPU Step 2 Lock the CPU in the URM Lock the processor into the URM by pushing the top right and left latches to the outward position as shown in the illustration Step 3 How to Remove the Processor A Unlock the CPU by pushing the top right and left latches inward B Push both slides on the URM right and left branches...

Page 12: ...this feature we recommend you set this jumper to AUTO 8 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Setting Switch 1 SW1 is for adjusting the CPU internal frequency ratio The frequency ratio is shown in the table overleaf The internal frequency can be calculated by the following formula CPU internal frequency frequency ratio x system bus frequency System bus frequency is set in CPU Host...

Page 13: ...MHz 4 O O O O O X X X X X Freq Ratio x 3 5 x 4 0 x 4 5 x 5 0 x 5 5 x 6 0 x 6 5 x 7 0 x 7 5 x 8 0 1 O X X X X O O O O X 2 X O O X X O O X X O 3 X O X O X O X O X O SW1 TS ABX11 TS AZX11 CPU Freq Ratio DIP Switch Setting SW1 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON DIP Transcend ON O OFF X x 3 5 ...

Page 14: ...Configuration in BIOS Chipset Features Setup Install memory in any combination as follows 168 pin DIMM SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MBytes SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MBytes SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MBytes 768MBytes max DIMM Location DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 Total Memory DIMM3 is for TS ABX11only 768 MB is maximum for the TS ABX11 while 256MB is maximum for the TS AZX11 TS ABX11 TS AZX11 168Pin DIMM Sockets Transc...

Page 15: ...s which makes a total of four devices In order to work together two devices on each channel must be set differently to master and slave modes either one of which a can be hard disk or CD ROM The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE devices Please refer to their manual accordingly Connect your first IDE hard disk to the master mode of the primary channel TS ABX11 TS AZX...

Page 16: ...rs There are three fan power connectors on the motherboard CPU FAN POWER FAN and CASE FAN Each connector provides 12V power Make sure it is in the right orientation or it may cause damage These connectors support cooling fans of 500mA 6W or less TS ABX11 TS AZX11 Fan Power Connectors Rotation 12V GND FAN POWER FAN CASE FAN CPU FAN Transcend TS ABX11 TS AZX11 Floppy Disk Drive Connector Floppy Driv...

Page 17: ...system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power 2 12 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IrDA The IrDA connector can be configured to support a wireless infrared module With this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection users can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers TS ABX11 TS AZX11 Wake on LAN Connecto...

Page 18: ... to enable or disable the keyboard Pin4 KEYLOCK Pin5 GND Speaker Lead 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Pin7 5V Pin8 GND Pin9 NC Pin10 SPK Suspend Mode LED Lead 2 pin S_LED The S_LED will light when the suspend mode works Pin11 5V Pin12 GND TS ABX11 TS AZX11 Panel Connectors S_LED HDD_LED RESET SOFT_ OFF SPEAKER KEY LOCK 1 10 20 11 POWER LED Transcend ...

Page 19: ...d Hard disk LED Lead 2 pin HDD_LED This 2 pin connector connects to LED of hard disk The LED lights when a HDD is active Pin13 5V Pin14 GND Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch Pin17 Pin18 TS ABX11 TS AZX11 Power Connectors PSON Power Supply on PWR CONN Power Good 3 3V 3...

Page 20: ...connector marked MOUSE 2 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 6 pin KB The onboard PS 2 Keyboard port is a 6 pin Mini Din connector marked KB 3 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports 1 2 Black two 4 pin USBs You can attach USB devices to the USB port The motherboard contains two USB ports which are marked as USB 4 Parallel Port Burgundy 25 pin PRN The onboard printer port is a 25 pin D type connector marked PRN 5 Se...

Page 21: ...d pin2 of JP4 2 17 SB Link Connector The SB Link connector is used only for Creative PCI sound cards If your sound card sup ports this function attach the SB Link cable to this connector TS ABX11 TS AZX11 Clear CMOS Jumper 1 1 CMOS_CLR Default 1 JP4 Transcend TS ABX11 TS AZX11 SB Link Connector DGND PCPCIREQN SEPIRQ DGND PCPCIGNTN Transcend ...

Page 22: ... activated It will read the system configuration information and check the system through Power On Self Test POST During the POST process press the Del key and you can enter the Award BIOS configuration system The following screen will appear In the Award BIOS system you can use the arrows to highlight the item and press the Enter key to enter the sub menu The following keys help you navigate in S...

Page 23: ...a brief summary of each setup category STANDARD CMOS SETUP Options in the original PC AT compatible BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP Award enhanced BIOS options CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Available options specific to your system Chipset POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Advanced Power Management APM options PNP PCI CONFIGURATION Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS BIOS defa...

Page 24: ...UT SAVING Abandon all changes and exit Setup Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss Highlight the items and use PageUp PageDown to change the value of Date Time Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave This motherboard can support four IDE devices We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almos...

Page 25: ...SIZE Disk drive capacity approximately Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of formatted disk given by a disk checking program CYLS Number of cylinders HEAD Number of heads PRECOMP Write precompensation cylinder LANDZ Landing zone SECTOR Number of sectors MODE AUTO NORMAL LARGE or LBA AUTO The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode NORMAL Maximum number of cylinder...

Page 26: ...monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter powers up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter powers up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt On During the Power On Self Test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error You can set the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process The foll...

Page 27: ...re hard drive NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type or up contain internal cache memory Most but no...

Page 28: ...tional drives A and C options include IDE hard drives D E and F plus a SCSI hard drive a LS ZIP drive and a CD ROM drive Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A and physical drive A to logical drive B Boot Up Floppy Seek While enabled the BIOS will seek drive A once Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle ...

Page 29: ...ing system with greater than 64 MB of RAM on your system HDD S M A R T capability S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting If your hard disk supports this function select Enabled Report No FDD For WIN95 Select Yes to report when there is no floppy disk drive under the Windows 95 operating system Video BIOS Shadow Software that resides in a read only memory ROM chip on a device is called fi...

Page 30: ...etting will alter Do not change any values if you are not familiar with the chipset Auto Configuration Auto configuration selects predetermined optimal values of chipset parameters When this function is disabled chipset parameters revert to setup information stored in CMOS Many fields in this screen are not available when Auto Configuration is enabled EDO DRAM Speed Selection The value in this fie...

Page 31: ...ect Check function ECC Enable Error Correct Check Function System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS This action can increase system performance Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS This action can increase system performance Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM which results in better system perfor...

Page 32: ...e is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation For more information please refer to www agpforum org for AGP information CPU Host PCI Clock CPU PCI This function allows you to set the FSB frequency of the CPU and the speed of PCI bus When JP2 is set to 66MHz then defa...

Page 33: ...you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power 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 1 Doze Mode 2 Standby Mode 3 Suspend Mode 4 HDD Power Down There are three selections for Power Management Three of which have fixed mode settings 1 Disable Defaul...

Page 34: ...dvanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No Video Off Method Determine the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC BLANK System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization and ports and writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Select this option if...

Page 35: ...he selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour the fixed disk drive and the video shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour all devices except the CPU shut off HDD Power Down After the selected period of system inactivity 1 to 15 minutes the hard disk drive powers down while all other devi...

Page 36: ...ke Up This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by sending a wake up frame or signal NOTE This feature requires a network interface and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 V standby power Ring Wake Up This allows either setting of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer when the modem receives a call and the computer is in the soft off mode Time Wake Up T...

Page 37: ...PNP OS Installed This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected When a non PnP OS is installed in order to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Resource Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configu...

Page 38: ...esources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the DMA Legacy ISA Devices requiring a specific DMA channel compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP devices whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture compliant with the Plug and Play standard PCI 1 2 3 4 Use IRQ No These fields set how I...

Page 39: ...uccessively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive can support it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard disk drive and your system software can both...

Page 40: ... password 4 Hot KEY You can choose either of followings as hot key to power on the system A CTRL F1 CTRL F10 B Mouse Left C Mouse Right KBC Input Clock 1 6MHz 2 8MHz 3 12MHzà Default 4 16MHz Set the frequency for the keyboard controller input clock Onboard FDC Controller You can use this function to enable or disable onboard FDC controller On Chip IDE Primary Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains...

Page 41: ...aster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP Mode Use DMA This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 1 3 or Disable EPP Mode Select There are two versions 1 7 and 1 9 available for EPP Mode When setting the version check if the device connected to the parallel port needs ...

Page 42: ...asterisks on the password screen box 2 After typing the password press Enter key 3 At the next prompt re type your password and press Enter key again to confirm the new password After the password entry the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To disable the password press Enter key when prompted to enter the password The screen displays a message confirming that the password has been d...

Page 43: ...o prevent others from making changes to your system when accessed by POWER ON This operation is same as SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 3 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection Use the BIOS utility to detect the HDD type automatically Press Y to accept N to reject and ESC to the next detection ...

Page 44: ...40 BIOS SETUP 3 13 Exit Without Saving Abort the current change and exit the BIOS utility 3 12 Save Exit Setup Save the setting and exit the BIOS utility ...

Page 45: ...nfiguration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system 3 14 Load BIOS Defaults NOTE This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features ...

Page 46: ...TRANSCEND MODULAR BIOS ABX1A V10 4 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version Please turn on PC first the screen will display as follows CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE Your system could be damaged if a wrong BIOS version is accidently used If you are not sure what version you should choose please contact us at techsupport transcend com tw Warning BIOS Version 1 0 V11 for Version 1 1 BIOS File Name ABX...

Page 47: ...Put a clean 3 5 disk in Drive A MS DOS Key in FORMAT A S and press Enter Windows O S Select the icon My Computer Click 3 5 Floppy A Select File Format from Command Bar Under Format 3 5 Floppy A Menu select Format type Full item and Other Options Copy system files Click Start button Step 3 Download the updated BIOS EXE file from the web site to a floppy disk Please refer 4 1 and 4 2 of page 42 Step...

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