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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Essential Handling Precautions ......................................................................................1

1.2 Checklist: Hardware Required for Setup .......................................................................2

1.3 Package Contents .................................................................................................. 2

1.4 Specifications and Features ..........................................................................................3

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 5

2.1 Transcend’s TS-AVD3 Motherboard ................................................................. 5

2.2 Layout of Transcend’s TS-AVD3 Motherboard ................................................. 6

2.3 CPU Installation ............................................................................................ 7

2.4 66/100/133MHz System Configuration ............................................................... 9

2.5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Setting .........................................................9

2.6 Memory Configuration ................................................................................... 11

2.7 Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors ............................................................. 12

2.8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector .......................................................................... 13

2.9 Fan Power Connectors ............................................................................... 13

2.10 Wake-on-LAN Connector ............................................................................ 14

2.11 IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector .................................................. 14

2.12 Panel Connectors ....................................................................................... 15

2.13 Power Connector ....................................................................................... 17

2.14 External Back Panel I/O Ports ..................................................................... 17

2.15 Clearing CMOS Using Jumper ............................................................................... 18

2.16 Keyboard Wake Up................................................................................. 19

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Page 1: ...Your Supplier Your Partner Your Friend Transcend TS AVD3 USER S MANUAL Intel Socket 370 Celeron Pentium III FC PGA Series Cyrix III Joshua Series ...

Page 2: ...tware In addition 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 liab...

Page 3: ... AVD3 Motherboard 6 2 3 CPU Installation 7 2 4 66 100 133MHz System Configuration 9 2 5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Setting 9 2 6 Memory Configuration 11 2 7 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors 12 2 8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 13 2 9 Fan Power Connectors 13 2 10 Wake on LAN Connector 14 2 11 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 14 2 12 Panel Connectors 15 2 13 Power Connector 17 2 14 External ...

Page 4: ... 35 3 8 Integrated Peripherals 38 3 9 Supervisor Password 41 3 10 User Password 42 3 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection 42 3 12 Save Exit Setup 43 3 13 Exit Without Saving 43 3 14 Load BIOS Defaults 44 3 15 Load Setup Defaults 44 CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 45 4 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version 45 4 2 Downloading the Correct BIOS File from the Transcend Web Site 45 4 3 How to Update Your Motherboa...

Page 5: ...grounded or anti static surface or a metal fixture such as a pipe or the chassis of your system before touching the motherboard 3 When you have removed the motherboard from its anti static packaging try to hold it only by the edges without touching any components 4 Avoid contacting the components on add on cards motherboards and modules with the golden fingers gold colored connectors which plug in...

Page 6: ...dware available before you unpack your motherboard from its anti static packaging and start building your system Computer case and chassis with appropriate power supply Monitor Slot 1 Central Processing Unit DIMM memory module PS 2 or USB Keyboard PS 2 or USB Mouse Hard Disk Drive Floppy Disk Drive CD ROM Drive Optional External Peripherals printer speakers plotter MODEM Optional Internal Peripher...

Page 7: ... sockets on board 8 768MB memory size 8 16 32 64 128 256MB SDRAM DIMM Supports ECC 64 data bits structure only PC100 PC133 SDRAM compliant I O BUS Slot 1 x AGP slot 5 x Master Slave PCI slots PCI 2 1 compliant 1 x ISA slot one PCI ISA shared I O Functions Supports PIO Mode 3 4 ATAPI devices and Ultra DMA 33 66 Supports 2 high speed UART 16550 COM ports Supports SPP EPP ECP LPT port Supports 1 44 2...

Page 8: ...d Wake Up Supports Wake on LAN function Remote Ring Wake Up Time Wake Up PCB Dimensions ATX form factor 4 layer PCB 20 4cm x 30 5cm 8 inch x 12 inch Switching Voltage Regulator Intel VRM 8 4 compliant Other Features Year 2000 compliant Anti Virus Boot up System voltage monitors for CPU Vcore VTT 3 3V 5V and 12V CPU temperature monitor FAN speed monitor ...

Page 9: ... Series Cyrix III Joshua Series Main Memory 3x 168 pin DIMM 8 768 MB SDRAM FDD Connector Floppy Disk Drive Connector PCI IDE Connector Bus Master PIO Mode 3 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 IrDA Header SIR ASKIR WOL Header Wake on LAN VIA Apollo Support 66 100 133MHz FSB AGP Connector 1X 2X AGP VIA Expansion Slots 5 x PCI Slots 1 x ISA Slot Support I O 16550 Fast Ultra Support EPP ECP Printer Support IR transmis...

Page 10: ...ot2 PCI2 PCI Slot3 PCI3 PCI Slot4 PCI4 PCI Slot5 PCI5 ISA Slot1 ISA1 CPU FAN POWER FAN JP1 JP9 Chipset VIA 596B VIA 693A Chipset JP8 JP7 SW1 PGA 370 JP4 CASE FAN Panel Connector IDE2 IDE1 FDC DIMM1 64 72bit 168pin SDRAM Module DIMM3 64 72bit 168pin SDRAM Module DIMM2 64 72bit 168pin SDRAM Module PWR CONN WOL Multi I O Keyboard Controller 2Mbit Flash BIOS Hardware Monitor KB AWK CMOS CLR IrDA VIO L...

Page 11: ...for the CPU to prevent overheating If there is no fan on it please purchase one before you turn on your system WARNING Be sure that sufficient air circulation is available across the processor s passive heatsink Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary Please follow the steps below to...

Page 12: ...short pin2 pin3 for a CYRIX Joshua series CPU Connect the CPU s fan cable to the CPU FAN connector as indicated on the diagram below Ensure that the cable is connected correctly It will be obvious which way it fits CPU Type Configuration Transcend INTEL CYRIX 1 JP8 1 1 Socket 370 CPU Top View Socket 370 CPU Bottom View Socket 370 CPU Installation Notch Notch CPU_FAN Transcend ...

Page 13: ...ease refer to page 30 NOTE If you are not familar with this feature we recommend you set this jumper to AUTO HARDWARE INSTALLATION 9 2 5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Setting Switch 1 SW1 is designated for adjusting the CPU internal frequency ratio The frequency ratio is defined in the table shown below The internal frequency can be calculated by the following formula CPU internal frequency frequen...

Page 14: ...0 133MHz 4 X O X O X O X O X O 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 O O O O X X X X X 2 O X X X X O O O O X 3 X O O X X O O X X O SW1 Transcend SW1 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 333 500 666 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 366 550 733 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 400 600 800 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 433 650 866 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 466 700 933 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 233 350 466 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 266 400 533 1 2 3 4 ON DIP 300 450 60...

Page 15: ... Checking and Correcting mode You can 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 NOTE Different type of DRAM modules should not be installed on one motherboard at the same time 168Pin DIMM Sockets 3 3V Position 168Pin SDRAM Module DI...

Page 16: ...n t be able to 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 A Hard Disk CD ROM or other IDE device can have either setting depending on device s jumper Please refer to the device s manual for more information NOTE The connectors must be attached to the IDE channels the right way round Make sure that th...

Page 17: ...are three fan power connectors on the mainboard CPU FAN POWER FAN and CASE FAN Each connector provides 12V power Make sure they are in the right orientation or they may cause damage These connectors support cooling fans of 500 mA 6W or less HARDWARE INSTALLATION 13 Floppy Disk Drive Connector Floppy Drive Connector Note Orient the red stripe next to Pin1 Transcend PIN1 FDC FAN Connectors POWER FAN...

Page 18: ...ur system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Wake on LAN Connector 5 Volt Standby Ground PME WOL Transcend 2 11 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IrDA The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared modules With this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection the user can transfer files to or from laptop...

Page 19: ... Pin2 NC Pin3 GND Panel Connector Transcend S_LED HDD_LED SUS RESET SOFT_OFF SPEAKER KEY LOCK 1 10 20 11 POWER LED Keylock Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK Use the keylock 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 ...

Page 20: ... 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 turning off your power switch Pin17 RESET Pin18 GND Software Power Off Lead 2 pin SOFT_OFF Attach the SOFT_OFF Switch of the panel to this connector Pin19 SOFT OFF Pin20 GND 16 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ...

Page 21: ... USB 4 Parallel Port Burgundy 25 pin PRN The onboard printer port is a 25 pin D type connector marked PRN 5 Serial Ports Turquoise two 9 pin COMA COMB The onboard serial ports are 9 pin D type connectors on the back panel of motherboard The serial port 1 is marked as COMA and the serial port 2 is marked as COMB HARDWARE INSTALLATION 17 2 13 Power Connector 20 pin PWR CONN Make sure to plug the ATX...

Page 22: ...u should turn off your computer power and short pin1 and pin2 of JP4 1 PS 2 Mouse 2 PS 2 Keyboard 3 USB1 3 USB2 4 Parallel Port Printer 5 COMB 5 COMA External Back Panel I O Ports Jumper to Clear CMOS 1 1 CMOS_CLR Default Transcend 1 JP4 18 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ...

Page 23: ...yboard Power Up the system Set this jumper to Enable if you would like your Keyboard to Power Up your computer Then go to the Integrated Peripherals in the BIOS SETUP MENU please refer to page 38 and choose the setting you prefer Keyboard Wake Up 1 1 Disable Enable KB AWK Transcend 1 JP1 ...

Page 24: ...e BIOS is immediately 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 h...

Page 25: ...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 and Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI options PNP PCI CONFIGURATION Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options LOAD...

Page 26: ...s and use PageUp PageDown to change the value of Date Time Primary Secondary Master Slave This motherboard can support four IDE devices We recommend that you set both TYPE and MODE to AUTO for all drives The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives When you select AUTO for a hard drive the BIOS detects its specifications during POST ...

Page 27: ...IZE Disk drive capacity approximately Note that this size is usually slightly larger than the size of a 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 28: ...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 followings are the selection...

Page 29: ...tire 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 ...

Page 30: ...l 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 tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 4...

Page 31: ...curity Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required while the system boots or only when you enter Setup PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards such as graphics accelerators or MPEG vido cards might not show color properly Set Enabled to correct this problem or leave this field on Disabled OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating syste...

Page 32: ...ROMs use specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K depending on the used amount Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 DRAM Timing The DRAM timing of Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 in this field is set by the system board manufacturer depending on whether the board has fast paged DRAMs EDO extended data output DRAMs or SDRAMs The Choices Normal Medium Fast Turbo SDRAM 10ns SDRAM 8ns SDRAM Cycle...

Page 33: ...ritten to memory the read is satisfied through the buffer contents and the read is not sent to the DRAM The choices Enabled and Disabled Concurrent PCI Host When Disabled the CPU bus will be occupied during the entire PCI operation period System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the System BIOS resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory are...

Page 34: ...z you can select from 124MHz to 150MHz NOTE If you are not familar with this feature we recommane you set this jumper to AUTO CPU Warning Temperature This feature allows you to set the CPU warning temperature You can choose from 50 C 122 F to 70 C 158 F or Disabled Current System Temp This field shows the current system Temperature Current CPU Temperature This field shows the current CPU Temperatu...

Page 35: ...voltage of 12V and 5V on the motherboard 3VSB and 5VSB This fields show the standby mode voltage Shutdown Temperature This feature will automatically shutdown the system when the Current CPU Temperature field arrived the setting point you set in this field ...

Page 36: ...type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management Three of which have fixed mode settings 1 Min Power Saving Minimum power management mode Inactivity peroid is definded as below HDD Power Down 15 min Doze Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr 2 Max Power Saving Maximum power management mod...

Page 37: ... the video buffer Video Off After Select the power saving modes during which the monitor goes blank Doze Monitor remains on during Doze modes Suspend Monitor blanked when system enters Suspend mode N A This is default When system enters power saving mode it does not do the video off action 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 S...

Page 38: ...de In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as On even when the system is in power saving mode VGA When set to On default any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been Powered Down LPT COM When set to LPT COM default any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been Powered Down HDD F...

Page 39: ...ely Power Up your system through your network by sending a wake up frame or signal NOTE This feature requires the network interface and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 V standby power Primary INTR When set to On default any primary interrupt request will awake the system which has been Power Down Following is a list of IRQs Interrupt Requests You can set each IRQ channel to be Primary Se...

Page 40: ... the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended 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 cannot boot IRQ n Assig...

Page 41: ... more data PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions will write to PCI bus immediately PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transac...

Page 42: ...bled to activate the first and or second onboard IDE interface Select Dis abled to deactivate an onboard interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not supp...

Page 43: ... can both support Ultra DMA 33 66 select Auto to enable BIOS support Init Display First This item allows you to decide whether to activate PCI Slot display card or AGP display card first Power On Function Button only Power On only by pushing button on the case Default Keyboard 98 You can Power On system by pushing Power On key of keyboard 98 Password Power On only if you key in correct password Ho...

Page 44: ...heral documentation to set this field IR Tranmission Delay Consult your IR peripheral documentation to set this field Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port The choice 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 3BCH IRQ7 or Disabled Parallel Port Mode This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting SPP allows norma...

Page 45: ... 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 disabled EPP Mode Select There are two versions 1 7 and 1 9 available for EPP Mode Wher setting the ve...

Page 46: ...revent others from changing the BIOS setting of your system This operation is the same as Supervisor Password 42 BIOS SETUP 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 47: ...BIOS SETUP 43 3 12 Save Exit Setup Save the setting and exit the BIOS utility 3 13 Exit Without Saving Abort the current change and exit the BIOS utility ...

Page 48: ...ues permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features 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 ...

Page 49: ... Name and Version Please turn on PC first the screen will display as follows TRANSCEND MODULAR BIOS AVD3 Ver 1 01 You can see a description shown on the third line 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 01 BIOS File Name AVD3 Ver 1 01 You can ...

Page 50: ...Step 2 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 of 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...

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