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HARDWARE INSTALLATION

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2.7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-pin FDC)

This connector supports the provided FDD ribbon cable. After connecting the single end to the

motherboard, connect the two plugs on the other end to the FDD(s).

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FDD Connector

FDC

NOTE: Orient the red

stripe to Pin1

PIN1

FDD Connector

2.8 Fan Power Connectors

There are two fan power connectors on the motherboard: the CPU-FAN and the CASE-FAN.

Each connector pr12V power. Ensure fan power cables are connected in the right

orientation, or they may cause damage. These connectors support cooling fans of 500 mA

(6W) or less.

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Fan Power Connectors

CPU-FAN

CASE-FAN

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FAN

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Summary of Contents for TS-AKT4 Series

Page 1: ...TS AKT4 Family USER S MANUAL AMD Duron Athlon Motherboard ...

Page 2: ...cifications 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 conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Transcend its management employees distributors and agents are in no way liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential damages ...

Page 3: ...lems No matter what happens during BIOS updating the user s system can still boot from the floppy drive allowing the updating command to be executed again One Click On Line BIOS Updating For users of Windows 95 98 ezBIOS allows you to use Transcend s innovative on line updating technology Just one click can detect the BIOS version of your system download the latest version and execute all the upda...

Page 4: ...stem Configuration 8 2 4 CPU Frequency Ratio Setting 9 2 5 Memory Configuration 10 2 6 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors 11 2 7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 12 2 8 Fan Power Connectors 12 2 9 Wake on LAN Connector 13 2 10 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 13 2 11 Panel Connectors 14 2 12 Power Connector 15 2 13 External Back Panel I O Ports 16 2 14 Using Jumper JP5 to Clear CMOS 17 2 15 Onboa...

Page 5: ...ion Setup 42 3 9 PC Health Status 44 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control 44 3 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults 45 3 12 Load Optimized Defaults 46 3 13 Supervisor Password 47 3 14 User Password 48 3 15 Save Exit Setup 49 3 16 Exit Without Saving 49 CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 50 4 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version 50 4 2 Download the Correct BIOS File from Our Web Site 50 4 3 How to Upgrade Your Mothe...

Page 6: ...ic charge in your body A static discharge strong enough to damage computer components is not perceptible by a human Observe these precautions while handling the motherboard and other computer components 1 If possible wear an anti static wrist strap connected to a natural earth ground 2 Touch a grounded or anti static surface or a metal fixture such as a pipe or the chassis of your system before to...

Page 7: ...ment The battery which holds the system settings memory CMOS RAM on your motherboard should not require replacement for at least five years and probably much longer In picture 2 2 it is located towards the lower edge of the motherboard Incorrect computer time and or loss of time may indicate a weak motherboard battery Please replace your battery only with the same type or a similar type recommende...

Page 8: ...Duron Athlon 550MHz 1G Hz Socket A CPU Chipset TS AKT4 VIA KT133 686A TS AKT4 B VIA KT133 686B TS AKT4 A VIA KT133A 686B TS AKM4 VIA KM133 686A TS AKM4 VIA KM133 686A TS AKM4 B VIA KM133 686B DRAM Memory Supports Synchronous DRAM 3 x 168pin DIMM Module Sockets On Board Up to 1 5GB Memory Capacity 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB SDRAM VCM PC100 PC133 VCM133 SDRAM Compliant I O BUS Slot 1 x AGP Slot 5 x Ma...

Page 9: ...ne Out Line In and MIC In Jacks Supports Game MIDI Port Award BIOS Supports Plug and Play PC99 Supports ACPI APM DMI and Green Features Easy BIOS Recovery Wake Up Features Supports Wake on LAN Function Remote Ring Wake Up Time Wake Up PCB Dimensions ATX Form Factor 4 Layer PCB 21 3cm x 30 5cm 8 4 inch x 12 inch Switching Voltage Regulator VRM 9 0 Compliant Other Features Year 2000 Compliant Anti V...

Page 10: ...1 6 8 p i n S D R A M M o d u l e FDC IDE1 IDE2 AMR AGP PWR Connector JP5 USB1 2 Socket 462 JP6 Battery ISA CPU FAN C D 1 C D 2 V I D E O A U X M O D E M COMB BIOS USB Connector C A S E F A N South Bridge Nouth Bridge Game Pont MIDI Port and Audio W O L IrDA Panel Connector SW2 SW1 JP4 Green LED 5 HARDWARE INSTALLATION CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 Layout of Transcend s TS AKT4 Family TS AKT...

Page 11: ...he lever sideways away from the socket then upwards at a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU in the correct direction smear the heat dissipation grease over the CPU die then put a CPU fan on to cover the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU HARDWARE INSTALLATION 6 Transcend Information Inc Caution 1 Remember to always make sure the system power is off before installing or removing any...

Page 12: ... the socket s lever while holding down the CPU Step 2 Connect the CPU fan s power cable to the CPU FAN connector indicated on the diagram below Ensure that the cable is connected correctly It will be obvious which way it should fit 7 HARDWARE INSTALLATION CPU Installation CPU FAN Transcend TS AKT4 Family ...

Page 13: ...nfiguration Jumper SW2 O ON CPU 1 3 4 133 100 X O X X X X X O 5 2 X OFF X X Transcend 2 3 100 133 MHz System Configuration SW2 allows you to set the FSB Front Side Bus for 100 or 133 MHz Configuration 133MHz for AKT4 A Transcend Information Inc ...

Page 14: ...N OFF OFF ON x6 5 ON OFF OFF OFF x7 OFF ON ON ON x7 5 OFF ON ON OFF x8 OFF ON OFF ON x8 5 OFF ON OFF OFF x9 OFF OFF ON ON x9 5 OFF OFF ON OFF x10 OFF OFF OFF ON x10 5 OFF OFF OFF OFF x11 ON ON ON ON x11 5 ON ON ON OFF x12 ON ON OFF ON 12 5 ON ON OFF OFF x7 5 OFF ON ON OFF x8 OFF ON OFF ON x8 5 OFF ON OFF OFF x9 OFF OFF ON ON x9 5 OFF OFF ON OFF x10 OFF OFF OFF ON x10 5 OFF OFF OFF OFF x11 ON ON ON...

Page 15: ...install memory in any combination of capacities as follows 168pin DIMM SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MBytes SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MBytes SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MBytes 1 5GBytes max 168pin DIMM Sockets Unbuffered Position 3 3V Position 168pin SDRAM Module DIMM1 168pin SDRAM Module DIMM2 168pin SDRAM Module DIMM3 Transcend DIMM Location DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 Total Memory NOTE Different types of...

Page 16: ...o reach this speed If you intend to operate two IDE devices from the same channel one device must be set to Master mode the other to Slave mode HDDs CD ROMs or other IDE devices can have either setting depending on the device s jumper setting Please refer to the device s manual for more information Transcend IDE Connectors Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector IDE1 IDE2 NOTE Orient the red...

Page 17: ...ctor FDC NOTE Orient the red stripe to Pin1 PIN1 FDD Connector 2 8 Fan Power Connectors There are two fan power connectors on the motherboard the CPU FAN and the CASE FAN Each connector provides 12V power Ensure fan power cables are connected in the right orientation or they may cause damage These connectors support cooling fans of 500 mA 6W or less Transcend Fan Power Connectors CPU FAN CASE FAN ...

Page 18: ...nnector can be configured to support a wireless infrared module With this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection the user can transfer data to from laptops notebooks PDAs and printers Transcend IrDA Connector IrDA CN6 5V NC IRRX GND IRTX 1 5 13 HARDWARE INSTALLATION NOTE This function requires that the LAN Wake Up function in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in ...

Page 19: ...SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Pin13 5V Pin15 GND Pin17 NC Pin19 SPK Hard Disk LED 2 pin HD_LED This 2 pin connector connects to the LED of the hard disk drive HDD This LED lights up when an HDD is active Pin 6 5V Pin 8 GND Transcend Panel Connectors 1 2 HD_LED RST PW_BN SPEAKER 19 20 PWR_LED SLP Transcend Information Inc ...

Page 20: ...panel to this connector Pin18 PW BN Pin20 GND 15 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 12 Power Connector 20 pin PWR CONN Make sure to plug into the ATX power supply connector in the right direction The pin definition is shown below Make sure that your ATX power supply can support at least 720mA on standby Transcend PSON Power Supply on Power Good 3 3V 3 3V G N D 5 0V G N D 5 0V G N D 5 0V Standby 12 0V 3 3V 12...

Page 21: ...therboard housing 1 PS 2 Mouse Port Green 6 pin MOUSE The onboard PS 2 Mouse port is a 6 pin Mini Din 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 ports The motherboard contains two 4 pin USB ports which are marked as ...

Page 22: ... Game MIDI Port 7 Line_out 8 Line_in 3 USB1 9 MIC in External Back Panel I O Ports 2 14 Using Jumper JP5 to Clear CMOS To clear the CMOS data you should turn off your computer s power and put the JP5 jumper in the position as shown below Transcend Clear CMOS Jumper CLEAR CMOS NORMAL JP5 TS AKT4 Family ...

Page 23: ... disabled via this jumper Please disable the onboard audio CODEC if you want to use an AMR Sound Card CODEC Selection Jumper Disable Enable JP6 7 4 1 Transcend Transcend Information Inc NOTE If you want to use a PCI Sound Card with audio controller on it please disable the On Chip Sound function in Advanced Chipset Features in BIOS Setup ...

Page 24: ...tor It also allows the sharing of mono_in such as a phone and mono_out such as a speaker between the onboard audio and the voice modem card Transcend Internal Audio Connectors GND Modem In Voice to Modem Modem Out Voice from Modem MODEM White GND Left Audio Channel CD1 Black Right Audio Channel GND CD2 White Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel GND Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel VIDEO Bl...

Page 25: ...ports USB1 2 please refer to Section 2 12 External Back Panel I O Ports Internal USB Port Connector VCC USB3 USB3 GND GND VCC USB4 USB4 GND GND 1 2 9 10 USB3 USB4 Transcend Congratulations You have completed Hardware Setup You may now continue with Chapter 3 BIOS Setup and turn on your PC Transcend Information Inc NOTE Please make sure that the two red stripes on the cable are seated on pin1 and p...

Page 26: ... 2 The Main Menu As you turn on or reboot the system the BIOS is immediately activated It will read the system configuration information and check the system through the Power On Self Test POST During the POST process pressing the Del key allows you to enter the Award BIOS configuration system The following screen will appear In the Award BIOS system you can use the arrows to highlight an item and...

Page 27: ...ripherals I O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripheral controllers in your system Power Management Setup Advanced Power Management APM and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI options PnP PCI Configurations Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options PC Health Status To display the fan status CPU temperature system temperature etc and to provide the tempera...

Page 28: ...d Save Exit Setup To save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup Exit Without Saving To abandon all changes and exit Setup 3 3 Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss Highlight the items and use PageUp PageDown to change the value of Date Time TS AKT4 Family ...

Page 29: ... Heads and Sectors supported are 1024 16 and 63 respectively LBA Logical Block Addressing During drive access the IDE controller transfers the data address described by sector head and cylinder number into a physical block address This significantly improves data transfer rates for drives with more than 1024 cylinders Large For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders Auto ...

Page 30: ...ystem in your computer The BIOS will detect the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but do not select it in this Setup EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA 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 adapt...

Page 31: ...ance and setup system features according to your preferences Virus Warning When this function is enabled you will receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk You should then execute an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects the boot sector only not the entire hard drive Transcend Inform...

Page 32: ...ring POST than to lose data during your work First Second Third Boot Device Boot Other Device The original IBM PCs loaded the DOS operating system from drive A floppy disk Therefore IBM PC compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system first on drive A and then on drive C hard disk However the selections in these fields will determine the sequence that BIOS will follow in attemp...

Page 33: ...owing two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are irrelevant Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your system When this function is enabled you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the Typematic Rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic rate the rate at which characters repeat to 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 charact...

Page 34: ...with ROMs you need to know which address the ROMs specifically use Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K depending on the used amount 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features This option will change the values of the chipset registers and the system settings will alter Do not change any value if you are unfamiliar with the chipset DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled lets BIOS detect the ...

Page 35: ...etween 15 and 16MB to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting This makes between 15 and 16MB of memory unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default setting is Disabled PCI Master Pipeline Req If Enabled this option will enhance the system s performance P2C C2P Concurrency When Disabled the CPU bus will be occupied during the entire PCI ...

Page 36: ...g force Choosing Manual allows you to key in an AGP Driving Value in the next selection We recommend that you set this field to Auto to avoid any errors in the system AGP Driving Value This field allows you to adjust the AGP driving force from 00 FF OnChip USB Select Enabled if you use a USB Keyboard or any other USB device USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if you want to use a USB Keyboard OnCh...

Page 37: ...re executed with zero wait states PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transaction cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Select Enabled to support PCI 2 AGP bus access to PCI 1 PCI bus retry function when a error occurrs The default value is Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Selectin...

Page 38: ...two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface IDE Prefetch Mode The Onboard IDE drive interface supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If your IDE drive has add in IDE interface and doesn t support prefetching please set this field to Disabled ...

Page 39: ... to decide whether to activate either the PCI Slot or the AGP first 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 that the drive can support Onboard FDD Controller You can use this fu...

Page 40: ...but in one direction only EPP Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP Allows DMA and bidirectional operation It is faster than the EPP mode ECP EPP Allows normal speed operation in two way mode ECP Mode Use DMA Assign DMA channel 1 or 3 to the port for ECP mode operation Parallel Port EPP Type Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the on...

Page 41: ... recommend you leave this field on default MPU 401 Select Enabled to use an MPU 401 device MIDI synthesizer or keyboard you have installed MPU 401 I O Address Assign MPU 401 resource Game Port Select Enabled to assign Game Port resource Transcend Information Inc ...

Page 42: ...he Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to minimize energy consumption according to your own style of computer use ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI Power Management ...

Page 43: ...e 1 Min Suspend Mode 1 Min 3 User Define Allows you to set each mode individually Select the time out period for each mode shown above ACPI Suspend Type Select the ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS or S3 STR If your expansion cards do not support the STR function you must leave this field on S1 POS setting STR Suspend to RAM is an energy saving feature It takes only a few seconds to wake up the system and ...

Page 44: ...er management and green features V H SYNC Blank Blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning DPMS Support The DPMS Display Power Management System feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature MODEM Use IRQ You can select one of the following interrupt resources for modem use N A 3 4 5 7 9 10 and 11 Soft Off by PWRBTN When set to Inst...

Page 45: ...lect On any activity on PCI Master wakes up the system Ring WOL Resume Select Enabled to Power On your system when the external modem receives a call or a wakeup packet is received via the LAN RTC Alarm Resume Select Enabled if you want to Power On your system at a certain time on the same day every month or at a certain time every day NOTE This function requires an external modem which supports t...

Page 46: ...f IRQs Interrupt Requests When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the Operating System it asserts an IRQ signal When the Operating System is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service The IRQs Activity Monitoring function monitors the IRQs you select On Activity from any of them will awaken a system which has been powered down ...

Page 47: ...e this field on Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD if you have just installed a new add on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot The setting will automatically be set back to Disabled when the system reboots Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure al...

Page 48: ...o one of the following depending on which type of device is using the interrupt PCI ISA PnP devices whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture compliant with the Plug and Play standard Legacy ISA Devices requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port1 compliant with the original PC AT bus specification DMA Resources ...

Page 49: ...h end cards with video capture function do Consult your VGA documentation to set this field Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Assign IRQ For USB When Enabled BIOS will assign an IRQ channel for the USB controller 3 9 PC Health Status This menu provides two thermo protection functions CPU warning temperature and shutdown temperature and a hardware monitoring center These featur...

Page 50: ...u to Enable or Disable Clock By Slight Adjust This function allows you to set the FSB frequency of the CPU time 3 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM TS AKT4 Family 45 BIOS SETUP NOTE These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features ...

Page 51: ...3 12 Load Optimized 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 Transcend Information Inc ...

Page 52: ... Your password can be up to 8 alpha numeric characters When you type the characters they appear as asterisks on the password screen box 2 After typing the password press the Enter key 3 At the next prompt re type your password and press the Enter key again to confirm the new password After password entry the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To disable the password press the Enter ke...

Page 53: ...C RAM 1 Unplug your computer 2 Short the JP5 jumper 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down Delete key during the POST process and enter BIOS Setup to re configure BIOS 3 14 User Password This option allows you to set a password to prevent others from changing the BIOS settings of your system This operation is the same as Supervisor Password Transcend Information Inc ...

Page 54: ...3 16 Exit Without Saving Abort the current changes and exit the BIOS utility 49 BIOS SETUP 3 15 Save Exit Setup Save the settings and exit the BIOS utility TS AKT4 Family ...

Page 55: ... 02 01 01 The BIOS description shows on the third line AKT4 Family Ver 1 01 BIOS File Name Make sure the first 5 charactors are exactly the same as your own version if you want to upgrade your BIOS BIOS Version 1 0 V11 for Version 1 1 You can upgrade to a newer version if your BIOS version is older than this version CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 4 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version Turn on yo...

Page 56: ...Make a system Disk 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 Ref 4 1 and 4 2 Step ...

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