VIA 693/693A Twin Processor Mainboard
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter & Section
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1. INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................1-1
1.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................. 1-1
1.2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT ....................................................................... 1-2
1.3 SPECIFICATIONS.................................................................................. 1-3
2. INSTALLATION ................................................................................2-1
2.1 UNPACKING ........................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM.................... 2-2
2.3 POWER OFF THE PC SYSTEM .......................................................... 2-4
3. HARDWARE SETUP........................................................................3-1
3.1 INSTALLATION OF CPU ..................................................................... 3-1
3.2 INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES ........................................... 3-2
3.3 CONNECTORS........................................................................................ 3-3
3.4 JUMPERS................................................................................................. 3-13
3.5 INSTALLATION OF DEVICE DRIVERS........................................... 3-22
4. AWARD BIOS SETUP .....................................................................4-1
4.1 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................ 4-1
4.2 MAIN MENU .......................................................................................... 4-2
4.3 CONTROL KEYS................................................................................... 4-2
4.4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP................................................................. 4-3
4.5 BIOS FEATURES SETUP.................................................................... 4-4
4.6 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP............................................................ 4-7
4.7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................... 4-11
4.8 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION............................................................... 4-15
4.9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS .......................................................... 4-19
4.10
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS .............................................................. 4-22
4.11
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD.............................................................. 4-23
4.12
USER PASSWORD............................................................................. 4-24
4.13
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION....................................................... 4-26
4.14
SAVE & EXIT SETUP...................................................................... 4-26
4.15
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING............................................................... 4-28
