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P6EIMG
High Performance
Pentium II PCI
Mainboard
User’s Guide

Version 1.02

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Page 1: ...P6EIMG High Performance Pentium II PCI Mainboard User s Guide Version 1 02 ...

Page 2: ...rks of Microsoft Corporation Novell Netware are trademarks of Novell Inc Lotus 1 2 3 and Symphony are trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation PC AT PC DOS OS 2 and Presentation Manager are trademarks of IBM Corporation UNIX is the trademark of AT T Intel i82440EX and Pentium II are registered trademark of Intel Corporation All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademar...

Page 3: ... PANASONIC 14 3 10 J16 JA1 CPU SYSTEM POWER SUPPLY FAN CONNECTOR 14 3 11 J19 FLOPPY DRIVE CONTROLLER 14 3 12 JP5 WAKE UP ON LAN 14 3 13 SLOT 1 FOR PENTIUM II CPU 14 3 14 PS1 ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR 15 3 15 PS 2 KEYBOARD CONNECTOR 15 3 16 PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR 15 3 17 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS PORT 0 1 15 3 18 SERIAL PORT COM1 COM2 16 3 19 PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR 16 3 20 AUDIO PORT CONNECTOR 16 3 21 R...

Page 4: ... PCI AGP CHIPSET PATCH UTILITY FOR WINDOWS 95 36 5 2 INTEL BUS MASTER IDE DRIVER FOR WIN 95 INSTALLATION 36 5 3 SOUND DRIVER INSTALLATION 37 5 4 THE AUDIORACK32 FOR WIN95 37 5 4 1 INTRODUCTION 38 5 4 2 INSTALLING THE AudioRack32 38 5 4 3 UNINSTALLING THE AudioRack32 41 CHAPTER 6 FLASH AND DMI UTILITY 42 6 1 AWARD FLASH UTILITY 42 6 2 DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE DMI OVERVIEW 44 APPENDIX A QUICK GU...

Page 5: ...oth Synchronous DRAM and Extended Data Output EDO Mode DRAM Modules ECC Function ensure data correction and integrity Multi I O On board Multi I O supports two serial one parallel ports and floppy drive controller Serial ports are 16550 Fast UART compatible Parallel port has EPP and ECP capabilities PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector is provided IrDA supported USB supported Accelerated Graphic...

Page 6: ...g and Play support for Audio Joystick FM Controller MPU 401 Wave Audio support sample rates from 4KHz to 44KHz Full duplex monophonic mode half duplex stereo mode System BIOS Award BIOS 128KB Flash EPROM Slots One AGP slot Two PCI slots Two ISA slots Form Factor Mini ATX Form Factor Size 244mm x 200mm 4 Layer Fig 1 Key Components of the Mainboard ...

Page 7: ...th a jumper cap 1 2 3 The jumper is shorted when the jumper cap is placed over the two pins of the jumper The jumper is open when the jumper cap is removed from jumper Jumpers Convention Different color of jumper caps mini jumpers are used on the board to represent different usage of the jumpers Red CPU Clock setting Black Other ...

Page 8: ...Chapter 2 8 2 2 GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF JUMPER SETTINGS Fig 2 Jumper Location of the mainboard ...

Page 9: ...ach jumper of the motherboard CPU Type Freq Ratio Bus Freq Rating Setting Pentium II 233MHz 3 5x JP2 1 2 OFF 3 4 OFF 5 6 ON Pentium II 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz JP2 1 2 ON 3 4 ON 5 6 OFF Pentium II 300MHz 4 5x JP2 1 2 OFF 3 4 ON 5 6 OFF Pentium II 333MHz 5 0x JP2 1 2 ON 3 4 OFF 5 6 OFF Table 1 Jumper Setting ...

Page 10: ... OFF Table 3 2 6 MEMORY CONFIGUARTION The mainboard lets user upgrade system memory via DIMM sockets on the mainboard On board memory is located in four banks Bank 0 3 Two DIMM sockets are provided for EDO DRAM or Synchronous DRAM Table 4 provide the typical memory configurations supported by the mainboard The maximum memory size is up to 256MB SDRAM or 512MB EDO The size of each DIMM can be 8MB 1...

Page 11: ...t step is to connect the internal cables The internal cables are wire leads with plastic female connectors that attach to the connectors The mainboard connectors have varying numbers of pins and are the points of contact between the mainboard and other parts of the computer Fig 4 Connector Location ...

Page 12: ...y The power is turned on by short the power switch once It needs to hold the power switch about 4 seconds to turn it off when it has not start to display 3 3 J3 RESET Attach the Reset switch cable to this connector The Reset switch restarts the system 3 4 J5 KEYLOCK CONNECTOR Attach the power led cable to this connector If the system is power on the indicator lights Fig 6 Keylock Connector ...

Page 13: ...IrDA CONNECTOR J7 is a IrDA connector that use UART2 as interface of IrDA Infrared and ASKIR Fig 8 IrDA Connector 3 7 J9 J10 PRIMARY SECONDARY IDE CONNECTORS These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to your hard disk or other device 3 8 J11 CD ROM AUDIO CONNECTOR SONY Fig 9 CD ROM Audio ...

Page 14: ...the CPU Fan Power cable JA1 is another three pin connector for optional System Power Supply Fan 3 11 J19 FLOPPY DRIVE CONTROLLER This connector supports the floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drive 3 12 JP5 WAKE UP ON LAN Fig 11 Wake up On LAN 3 13 SLOT 1 FOR PENTIUM II CPU Fig 12 Slot 1 for Pentium CPU ...

Page 15: ...connector using a PS 2 plug If a standard AT size keyboard plugs you may use the DIN to mini DIN adaptor 3 16 PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR This connector is a six pin female mini DIN connector using a PS 2 plug Plug the jack on the PS 2 keyboard cable into this connector 3 17 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS PORT 0 1 These connectors are two four pin female sockets which are available for connecting USB device ...

Page 16: ...male connectors used as speaker line in and microphones SPK can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers Line In allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your computer or played through the SPK MIC allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice 3 21 RETENTION MECHANISM KITS INSTALLATION GUIDE Retention Mechanism Kits includes following components 1 Rete...

Page 17: ...Connector Configuration 17 2 Retention Mechanism Attach Mount Fig 15b 3 Heatsink Top Support Fig 15c 4 Heatsink Support Base Fig 15d ...

Page 18: ...RM installation The hole position and usage is as following Fig 16 Installation Guide for Pentium II 1 Mount the two RM Attach Mounts onto the motherboard from bottom side These mounts will be used to attach the RM Assembly 2 Put the RM Assembly on the Slot 1 and use the four screws to fix RM Assembly to the RM Attach Mount ...

Page 19: ...7 4 Insert the Heatsink Top Support to the Pentium II Heatsink and the Heatsink Support Base as the following diagram Fig 18 Installation Guide for Celeron 1 Mount the two RM Attach Mounts onto the motherboard from bottom side These mounts will be used to attach the RM Assembly 2 Put the RM Assembly on the Slot 1 and use the four screws to fix RM Assembly to the RM attach Mount ...

Page 20: ...ere is mechanical conflict between Intel Box Celeron CPU s Cooler with normal Pentium II retention Cause the CPU with a bit inclination When installing the Top Holder for Celeron make sure that the PCB of the CPU is fitted into the rail inside the Top Holder The situation is shown as below Fig 21 ...

Page 21: ...he BIOS setup program to tell the operating system what type of devices such as disk drives are connected to the system board The system setup is also called CMOS setup Normally users need to run system setup if either the hardware configuration is not identical with information contained in the CMOS RAM or the CMOS RAM has lost power 4 1 AWARD BIOS SETUP The setup program provided with the mainbo...

Page 22: ...ORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Data Hard Disk Type Fig 22 3 Choose an option and press Enter Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in the system see the following sections for more information 4 Press ESC at anytime to return to the Main Menu 5 In the Main Menu ...

Page 23: ...ideo EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory Extended Memory Other Memory Total Memory 0K 0K 512K 512K Esc Quit Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color Fig 23 Date mm dd yy Type the current date Time hh mm ss Type the current time Hard Disks Choose from the standard hare disk types 1 to 45 Type 47 is user definable Type Auto is for auto detect the hard disk type Drive A B Choose 360K...

Page 24: ...bled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled HDD S M A R T capability Report No FDD For WIN 95 Disabled No ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 24 BIOS Setup Defaults A short description of the screen items follows Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boo...

Page 25: ...re common and much faster for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20 Typematic Rate Setting Choose Enabled or Disabled Enabled will determines the typematic rate defined by following two options Typematic Rate The number selected 6 8 10 indicates how fast the number of characters can response in one second Typematic Delay Msec The number selected indicates the time period between two i...

Page 26: ...t of the system options in the computer Note Change these Settings only if user is familiar with the Chipset ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JD1F CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration DRAM Speed Selection MA Wait State EDO RAS To CAS Delay EDO RAS Precharge Time Enabled 60ns Slow 3 4 Current System Temp Current CPU Temperature Current CPU FAN Speed Current System FAN Speed EDO DRAM Rea...

Page 27: ...e to precharge EDO DRAM Read Write Burst This sets the timing for burst mode read write from DRAM The options are x222 or x333 System Video BIOS Cacheable Choose Enabled or Disabled Enabled allows system video BIOS be cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Choose Enabled or Disabled Enabled allows video RAM to be cacheable Memory Hole At 15M 16M Choose Enabled or Disabled Enabled allows some linear VGA car...

Page 28: ...hift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 26 A short description of the screen items follows ACPI Function To enabled feature for supporting the operating system with Advanced Configuration and Power Interface such as Windows 98 Power Management Available selection are Disabled User Define Max Saving and Min Saving Disabled will disable all the power saving functions User Define makes the time peri...

Page 29: ...wer Down To select the time period will turn the HDD off Accessing the HDD again will take a few seconds for HDD to spin up for operation HDD Down When Suspend If Enabled the HDD will turn off when entering Suspend Mode VGA Active Monitor When Enabled any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby Mode Soft Off by PWR BTTN Available options are Instant Off and Delay 4 sec For Instant Off...

Page 30: ... IRQ 5 assigned to IRQ 7 assigned to IRQ 9 assigned to IRQ 10 assigned to IRQ 11 assigned to IRQ 12 assigned to IRQ 14 assigned to IRQ 15 assigned to No Manual Disabled PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI IDE IRQ Map To Primary IDE INT Secondary IDE INT Used MEM base addr Used MEM Length PCI AUTO A A C800 8K DM...

Page 31: ... PnP is chosen the BIOS will make the specified IRQ DMA have a chance to be assigned to the PCI or ISA PnP devices PCI IDE IRQ Map To Choose PCI AUTO PCI SLOT1 PCI SLOT2 PCI SLOT3 ISA The default setting is PCI AUTO Primary Secondary IDE INT Each PCI peripheral connection is capable of activating up to four interrupts INT A INT B INT C and INT D By default a PCI connection is assigned INT A Assign...

Page 32: ...P Mode Use DMA ECP Mode Select 378 IRQ7 ECP EPP 3 EPP1 7 Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select RxD TxD Active IR Transmittion delay 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 IrDA Hi Lo Enabled ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 28 A short description of the screen items follows IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to...

Page 33: ...d 2E8 IRQ3 While choosing proper I O Address IRQ be sure not to cause Address conflict with other I O devices The default setting is 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 Choose Auto Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 While choose proper I O Address IRQ be sure not to cause Address conflict with other I O devices The default setting is 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Choose Standard ASKIR Amplitu...

Page 34: ...ystem or entering BIOS Setup With the supervisor password both the system booting and BIOS setup changing is allowed This main menu item lets the user to set up the Supervisor Password Change the password as follows 1 Choose PASSWORD SETTING in the Main Menu and press Enter The following message appears ENTER PASSWORD 2 Enter the Password and press Enter The following message appears CONFIRM PASSW...

Page 35: ...CMOS Setup Utility select hard disk type to be Not Installed In Advanced CMOS Setup Utility Disable Adapter ROM Shadow DC00 On the SCSI Controller card set the jumpers which configure the SCSI card BIOS segment address located at DC00 or DE00 Format the SCSI disk by the Formatter provided in the SCSI BIOS 4 13 SAVE EXIT SETUP MENU When you select this function the following message will appear at ...

Page 36: ...o use with Windows 95 a Under Windows 95 insert the Intel 82440EX PCISET diskette into the floppy drive say a b Click Start on the taskbar in Windows 95 c Click Run on the menu bar in Windows 95 d Type a PIIX4 PIIX4 a being the letter of the floppy drive e Closed the DOS Prompt windows Restart Windows 95 to let the drivers take function 5 2 INTEL BUS MASTER IDE DRIVER FOR WIN 95 INSTALLATION a Wit...

Page 37: ...the drivers take function II Windows 95 For a newly installed Win95 system a Upon boot up the system will detect the ESS 1869 Plug and Play Audio Drive b Windows 95 will prompt for the driver diskette then insert the ESS ES1869 Sound Drive Utility Disk 2 diskette into the floppy driver say A c When Windows 95 ask for driver browse for driver A WIN95 directory d For the GamePort joy stick setting u...

Page 38: ...ontroller adds 3 D stereo and tone controls to the AudioRack32 Audio Mixer controls the volume and balance of the AudioRack32 devices Digital Audio Player plays and records files in the WAV format MIDI Player enables you to play MIDI files Compact Disk Player enables you to play audio CDs on a CD ROM drive In addition the AudioRack32 has a miniature mode enabling you to control the AudioRack32 whi...

Page 39: ...p dialog box appears Note the instructions then click Next to proceed or Cancel to leave Setup Next the Choose Destination Location dialog box appears Click Next to install the AudioRack32 in the default directory or Browse to choose a different directory Click on Cancel to leave the Setup program or Back to return to the Welcome dialog box ...

Page 40: ...n t exist you will be asked to confirm your selection Click Yes to proceed or No to go back and enter a new destination directory Once you have chosen the default directory or entered a directory of your own choosing the Setup program will install AudioRack32 Before completing installation of the AudioRack32 you will be given the option to view the README file before exiting the setup program Clic...

Page 41: ...ioRack32 To remove the AudioRack32 from your system start by clicking on but not releasing Start on the task bar Move the cursor to Settings and select Control Panel From the Control Panel choose Add Remove Programs Select AudioRack 2 0 from the list and click Add Remove After you confirm your decision the AudioRack32 will be uninstalled ...

Page 42: ...les to let you have a more clear understanding of the updating process How to Begin 1 Please type awdflash and press the ENTER key to begin the updating process 2 Once you enter you will see a main menu displaying FLASH MEMORY WRITER V5 XX Copyright C 1996 Award Software Inc For I430HX 2A59F000 Flash Type File Name to Program DATE 06 18 96 Error Message Fig 29 3 Type the program name test bin and ...

Page 43: ...n the file name 2A59F000 OLD 11 Then you will be requested to answer Are You Sure to Program Y N 12 Type Y to begin programming and press the ENTER key 13 When the programming is finished the showing message will appear Programming Flash Memory 1FF00 0K Message Please Power off or Reset System 14 Once you see the showing message Power Off or Reset System please re start your system 15 When you pow...

Page 44: ...hose collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard s flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG EXE must be used in real mode in order for the program to run the base memory must be at least 180K Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by windows must not be installed You can boot up from a system diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT a...

Page 45: ... up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC will send you back to the left hand menu without any messages Add DMI This DMI C...

Page 46: ...Flash and DMI Utility 46 Load DMI File You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here ...

Page 47: ...DMI File You can save the DMI normally only saved to flash ROM to a file by entering the drive and path here If you want to cancel save you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved ...

Page 48: ...f the motherboard Function Jumper Settings CPU Speed Selection Pentium II 233MHz JP2 1 2 off 3 4 off 5 6 on Pentium II 266MHz JP2 1 2 on 3 4 on 5 6 off Pentium II 300MHz JP2 1 2 off 3 4 on 5 6 off Pentium II 333MHz JP2 1 2 on 3 4 off 5 6 off Clear Normal J4 2 3 short CMOS Data Clear J4 1 2 short ...

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