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BIOS UPGRADE

CHAPTER 5 BIOS UPGRADE

Caution!

Only users familiar with the upgrade procedure are recommended to update the BIOS

of the motherboard and only when there is a need to do so. Please note that you have

to download and install the right file on your motherboard. Otherwise, you might cause

some serious system malfunctions.

5.1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version

Please turn on PC first, the screen will display as follows (For example):

TRANSCEND MODULAR BIOS : AWE3-Ver.1.01.

5.2 How to Download the Correct BIOS File from the Web

Please enter the Transcend website on: http://www.transcendusa.com/

On the front page, click on the”Motherboard” icon, which is the second one down: on the

Motherboard page, click on the “BIOS” icon near the top. The BIOS page contains important

information: please take time to read it carefully. Then go to the bottom of the BIOS page, click on

“Slot 1” and choose your motherboard model.

Your BIOS file name must absolutely match the one shown on our web site. Then download the

suitable version to your disk.

You can see the BIOS description on the third line.

BIOS Version 1.01

BIOS File Name

AWE3 - Ver.1.01.

( You can upgrade to a newer version if your BIOS version is older
than this version.)

(Make sure the first 5 charactors are exactly the same as your own
version, otherwise you shouldn't try to upgrade your BIOS.)

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Page 1: ...Your Supplier Your Partner Your Friend Transcend TS AWE3 TS AWH3 USER S MANUAL Intel Socket 370 CeleronTM Pentium III FC PGA Series ...

Page 2: ...ormation 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 indirect speci...

Page 3: ...nfiguration 7 2 4 Memory Configuration 8 2 5 Keyboard Wake Up 9 2 6 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors 10 2 7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 11 2 8 Fan Power Connectors 12 2 9 Wake on LAN Connector 13 2 10 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 14 2 11 Panel Connectors 15 2 12 Power Connector 17 2 13 External Back Panel I O Ports 18 2 14 Using Jumper JPS to clear CMOS 19 2 15 FWH Lock Jumper 20 2 16 ...

Page 4: ... Control 44 3 11 Load Fail Safe Default 45 3 12 Load Optimized Defaults 45 3 13 Supervisor Password 46 3 14 User Password 47 3 15 Save Exit Setup 47 3 16 Exit Without Saving 48 CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE SETUP 49 4 1 INF Update for 810 Chipset 49 4 2 VGA Driver Setup 50 4 3 Intel Security Controller Driver 51 4 4 Audio Driver Setup 52 CHAPTER 5 BIOS UPGRADE 57 5 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Vers...

Page 5: ...uch a 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 p...

Page 6: ...d contain the following items Please check them as soon as you unpack If you find any damaged or missing items please contact your retailer TS AWH3 TS AWE3 motherboard 1 X CD ROM 1 X FDD cable User s Manual COM port cable x 1 Ultra DMA 66 cable x 1 1 3 Specifications and Features CPU Supports Intel Petium III CeleronTM Series Chipset TS AWH3 Intel 810 DC100 Chipset GMCH ICH FSB 66 100 MHz TS AWE3 ...

Page 7: ...and PS 2 Keyboard Supports IrDA port Supports 2 USB Universal Serial Bus ports Supports VGA port INTRODUCTION 3 Supports Line out Line in and MIC in jack Supports Game MIDI port Switching Voltage Regulator Intel VRM 8 4 compliant Other Features Year 2000 compliant Power failure resume FWH Firmware Hub supports security manageability BIOS Virus protection warning PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Wake Up Sup...

Page 8: ...4 INTRODUCTION PCB Dimensions ATX form factor 4 layer PCB 20 4cm x 30 5cm 8 inch x 12 inch ...

Page 9: ...Intel 82802AB System BIOS PCI IDE Connector Bus Master PIO Mode 3 4 DMA Mode 2 Ultra DMA 66 PCI IDE Connector Bus Master PIO Mode 3 4 DMA Mode 2 Ultra DMA 66 FDD Connector Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD Connector COM Connector Serial COM port 2 Connector COM Connector Expansion Slots Expansion Slots 5 x PCI Slots 1 x AMR connector Audio Modem Riser 5 Audio Modem Riser Wake on LAN WOL Header Game ...

Page 10: ...A M POWER FAN PCI Slot1 PCI1 PCI Slot2 PCI2 PCI Slot3 PCI3 PCI Slot5 PCI5 PCI Slot4 PCI4 Transcend Li Battery COMB JP6 FWH JP7 JP5 Panel Connector IrDA Winbond 83627 FDC IDE2 IDE1 Intel ICH GMCH 810E 810DC 100 Intel JP15 JP1 PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard KB MOUSE USB T Port 1 B Port 2 USB COMA VGA Parallel Port P R I N T E R PWR CONN FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 JP3 AMR PGA 370 WOL JP2 Game Port CD2 CD1 MODEM ...

Page 11: ...refer to page 44 When you set the FSB to 100MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 100MHz to 124MHz through CPU Host PCI Clock of Frequency Voltage Control in the BIOS Setup menu please refer to page 44 When you set the FSB to 133MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 133MHz to 150MHz through CPU HOST PCI Clock of Frequency Voltage Control in the BIOS Setup menu please refer to pag...

Page 12: ... e l b u o D d e d i S e l g n i S l l a t s n i t o n o D M M I D y n a l l a t s n i t o n o D M M I D y n a 2 d e d i S e l b u o D d e d i S e l g n i S d e d i S e l b u o D d e d i S e l g n i S l l a t s n i t o n o D M M I D y n a 3 d e d i S e l b u o D d e d i S e l g n i S d e d i S e l g n i S d e d i S e l g n i S NOTE This motherboard supports memory module with 8 16 32 64 128 256MB ...

Page 13: ...oard Power Up the system Set this jumper to Enable if you d like your Keyboard to Power Up your computer Then go to the Power On Function in the Integrated Peripherals please refer to page 35 36 and choose the setting you prefer Keyboard Wake Up 1 1 Disable Enable JP1 1 KB AWK Transcend ...

Page 14: ...wise the HDD won 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 Ma...

Page 15: ...After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs at the other end to the floppy drives Remember as in the last section the red stripe on the edge of the ribbon cable must be the nearest to PIN 1 otherwise your connection won t work This means it must be on the left as the motherboard is shown below Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN1 Floppy Connector F D C Transcend ...

Page 16: ...d CPU FAN POWER FAN and CASE FAN Each connector provides 12V power The cables can only be attached a certain way If you try to put them in the wrong way they won t fit These connectors support cooling fans of 500 mA 6W or less CPU FAN POWER FAN CASE FAN Fan Power Connectors Rotation 12V GND FAN Transcend ...

Page 17: ... a wakeup packet or signal is received from the LAN card NOTE This function requires that the Wake Up by PCI WOL function in the Power Management Setup is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power HARDWARE INSTALLATION 13 5V Standby GND PME W O L Transcend Wake on LAN Connector ...

Page 18: ...onfigure the setting through UART Mode Select in the Integrated Peripherals please refer to page 34 to select IrDA Connect the Standard IR SIR device to the onboard SIR connector according to the pin definitions An optional Consumer Infrared CIR set connects to the CIR and SIR connectors simultaneously for both wireless transmitting and remote control functions through one external infrared module...

Page 19: ... Pin3 NC Pin5 GND Keylock Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK Use the keylock to enable or disable the Keyboard Pin7 KEYLOCK Pin9 GND Speaker Lead 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Pin13 5V Pin15 GND Pin17 NC Pin19 SPK Panel Connector S_LED HDD_LED NC RESET SOFT_OFF SPEAKER KEY LOCK 1 19 20 2 POWER LED Transcend ...

Page 20: ...ED of the hard disk The LED lights up when a HDD is active Pin6 5V Pin8 GND Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without turning on your power switch Pin14 Pin16 Software Power Off Lead 2 pin SOFT_OFF Attach the SOFT_OFF switch of the panel to this connector Use the switch to Power On Off your system Pin18 Pin20 ...

Page 21: ...elow Make sure that your ATX power supply can support at least 720mA 5V standby power for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI functions HARDWARE INSTALLATION 17 Power Connector PSON Power Supply on PWR CONN Power Good 3 3V 3 3V GND 5 0V GND 5 0V GND 5 0V Standby 12 0V 3 3V 12 0V GND PSON 5 0V 5 0V 5 0V GND GND GND Transcend ...

Page 22: ... pin PRN The onboard printer port is a 25 pin D type connector marked PRN 5 Serial Port COMA Turquoise 9 pin COMA The first onboard serial port is a 9 pin D type connector marked COMA The second onboard serial port COMB is a 10 pin header connector Please refer to page 26 for the location and details 6 Display VGA Port Blue 15 pin VGA The onboard VGA port is a 15 pin D type connector marked VGA 7 ...

Page 23: ...you should turn off your computer s power and short pin1 and pin2 in JP5 1 PS 2 Mouse 2 PS 2 Keyboard 4 Parallet Port Printer 3 USB2 5 COMA 6 VGA Port 7 Game MIDI Port 8 Line_out 9 Line_in 3 USB1 10 MIC in Back Panel I O Ports Clear CMOS Jumper 1 1 CLEAR NORMAL JP5 CMOS_CLR Transcend 1 ...

Page 24: ... FWH The top block block 7 also called Boot Block stores some critical codes To guard against accidents such as a virus program bug etc we recommend that you lock this block Even if other blocks were erased you could still recover your system easily by following the 2 steps below 1 Reboot with a DOS 95 98 system boot floppy disk 2 Reflash BIOS according to section 5 3 Step 5 Page 58 FWH Lock Jumpe...

Page 25: ...e onboard audio CODEC can be enabled or disabled via this jumper Please disable the onboard audio CODEC If you want to use a PCI Sound Card or an AMR Card JP3 Setting Disable onboard audio JP3 Setting Enable onboard audio AMR Slot Audio Selection Jumper Transcend JP3 1 4 7 ON BOARD AUDIO 1 4 7 1 4 7 ...

Page 26: ... with a matched connector 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 Internal Audio Connecotrs GND Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel AUX GND Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel GND CD2 Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel VIDEO GND Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel GND Modem Out Voice from M...

Page 27: ...serial devices Regarding the onboard COMA please refer to Section 2 14 External Back Panel I O Ports page 20 Congratulations you have now completed Hardware Setup This means that you can move on to Chapter 3 the BIOS Setup section and turn on your PC Internal Serial Port Connector COMB COMB DCD SOUT SIN DTR GND DSR CTS RTS RI NC 1 2 9 10 Transcend ...

Page 28: ... 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 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 an item and press th...

Page 29: ...ur system Chipset Integrated Peripherals I O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripheral controllers in your system Power Management Setup Advanced Power Management APM and Advanced Configuration 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...

Page 30: ...d Save Exit Setup To save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup Exit Without Saving To 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 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave Press Enter to enter the sub menu ...

Page 31: ...A Large or Auto Normal Maximum number of cylinders heads and sectors supported are 1024 16 and 63 respectively LBA Logical Block Addressing During drive access the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector head and cylinder number into a physical block address This will significantly improve data transfer rates for drives with more than 1024 cylinders Large For drives that do ...

Page 32: ...ur 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 adapter includin...

Page 33: ... performance and set up system features according to your preference 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 drive You should then execute an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects the boot sector only not the entire hard drive NO...

Page 34: ...t Device The original IBM PCs load the DOS operating system from drive A floppy disk So 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 BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these fields In addition to the traditional drives A Floppy and C HDD 0 options include HDD ...

Page 35: ...ou can select a typematic rate the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec When the Typematic Delay setting is enabled you can select a typematic delay the delay before key strokes begin to repeat of 250 500 750 or 1000 milliseconds Security Option If you have set a password you can select whether the password ...

Page 36: ...e command and the read write command Leave it on the default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM Leave it on the default setting System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS This action can increase system performance 32 BIOS SETUP 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features This option will change the values of t...

Page 37: ...he size of mapped memory for the VGA AGP driver to use The choices 64MB 32MB and Disabled Local Memory Frequency Onboard Display Cache Setting Only 810E Chipset This field is displayed only if there is onboard display cache on the system Initial Display Cache Select Enabled if you want to use the on board display cache The suggested selecfion is Enable CAS Latency Set the CAS Latency of the onboar...

Page 38: ... interface IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Mode 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best one for each device 34 BIOS SETUP 3 6 Integrated Peripherals This option will load t...

Page 39: ... Slot or the AGP first AC97 Audio MODEM If you select Enabled BIOS will detect whether you are using any Audio MODEM devices When an Audio MODEM device is detected the onboard Audio MODEM controller will be enabled If you want to use your own Audio MODEM card set these fields to Disabled If not set these fields Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block Mode is also called Block Transfer Multiple Commands o...

Page 40: ...able the onboard FDC controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and the corresponding interrupt for each of the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 and Auto The second serial port shares the resources address and IRQ with IrDA UART Mode Select Choose the right type of infrared device Normal Normal operation IrDA IrDA compliant seria...

Page 41: ...elect Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Assign DMA channel 1 or 3 to the port for ECP mode operation PWR ON After PWR Fail Choose if you want the system to automatically Power On after the power has failed Off Disable this function On Enable this function Former Sts Not only to Power On the system but also to return it to its former status Game Port Address Set Joystick Game Port Ad...

Page 42: ... cards do not support the STR function you must leave this field on S1 POS setting The STR Suspend to RAM is an energy saving feature It takes only a few seconds to wake up the system and return to the previous situation NOTE This feature STR requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI functions Otherwise the system will...

Page 43: ...ethod Defines the Video Off features Blank Screen Only blanks the screen Use this for monitors without power management and green features V H SYNC BLANK Blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning DPMS The DPMS Display Power Management System feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature VIDEO Off In Suspend This determines the mann...

Page 44: ...en a PCI or LAN event occurs Power On by Ring Select Enabled to Power On your system when the external MODEM receives a call NOTE This function requires an external MODEM which supports the Ring Wake Up function CPU Thermal Throttling Select the CPU Thermal Throttling rate If BIOS detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will slow down the CPU s speed according to this field The choices 87 ...

Page 45: ...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 next time the system reboots Resources Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and ...

Page 46: ... specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port1 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 VGA Palette Snoop Some VGA cards such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards might not show colors properly Select Enabled to correct this problem If you don t have such problem...

Page 47: ...Disabled if you like Current CPU System Temperature These two fields display the CPU and the on board system temperature Current CPU Power Case Fan Speed These fields display the fan speeds of the CPU Power and Case Vcore This field displays the CPU working voltage VTT This field displays the GTL bus voltage 3 3VSB This field displays the 3 3V standby power supplied to the CMOS battery Shutdown Te...

Page 48: ...tem bus frequency from 133MHz to 150MHz CPU Ratio This function allows you to set the CPU internal frequency ratio It determines the CPU internal frequency according to the following formula CPU internal frequency frequency ratio x system bus frequency System bus frequency is set in the previous field CPU Host PCI Clock The choices 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 7 5 and 8 NOTE Because Intel has locked ...

Page 49: ...permanently stored in the BIOS ROM NOTE These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features 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 ...

Page 50: ...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 disabled Forget the password If you forget the password you can clear it by erasin...

Page 51: ...assword This option allows you to set a password to prevent others from changing the BIOS setting of your system This operation is the same as Supervisor Password 3 15 Save Exit Setup Save the setting and exit the BIOS utility ...

Page 52: ...3 16 Exit Without Saving Abort current changes and exit the BIOS utility 48 BIOS SETUP ...

Page 53: ...doesn t fit your motherboard please re select the correct one 4 1 INF Update for 810 Chipset This section introduces INF files in Windows 95 98 for the following items System and Graphics LPS Interface SM Bus PCI Bridge Bus master IDE USB Host Controllers Click INF Update Utility for Intel 810 chipset and follow the figures as below Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 SOFTWARE SETUP 49 Click he...

Page 54: ... Click here 5 Click here 6 4 2 VGA Driver Setup This section introduces Intel 810 DC 100 or 810E system and graphics controller Driver Click VGA Driver Setup and the follow the figures as below Click here 1 Click here 2 ...

Page 55: ...re 4 4 3 Intel Security Controller Driver This section helps you to install a security controller for Windows 95 98 Click Security Driver Setup and then followthe figures as below SOFTWARE SETUP 51 Click here 1 Click here 2 ...

Page 56: ...ction helps you to setup the onboard audio device Click Audio Driver Setup and choose the opration system you use A Audio Driver for Windows 95 98 2000 The figures follow are captured from Windows 98SE and you can setup the Audio Codec in almost the same way in Windows 95 and Windows 2000 ...

Page 57: ...SOFTWARE SETUP 53 Click here 3 Click here 2 Click here 1 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 ...

Page 58: ...54 SOFTWARE SETUP Click here 7 Click here 11 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here 12 ...

Page 59: ...SOFTWARE SETUP 55 B Audio Driver for WindowsNT Click here 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 ...

Page 60: ...56 SOFTWARE SETUP Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 ...

Page 61: ... website on http www transcendusa com On the front page click on the Motherboard icon which is the second one down on the Motherboard page click on the BIOS icon near the top The BIOS page contains important information please take time to read it carefully Then go to the bottom of the BIOS page click on Slot 1 and choose your motherboard model Your BIOS file name must absolutely match the one sho...

Page 62: ...nd press Enter Windows O S Select the My Computer icon 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 4 Type Bios exe to decompress it Step 5 Please read the file of Readme txt ca...

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