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Mainboard Installation

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Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while
operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.

ACPI function

This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).

The choice:  Enabled, Disabled.

Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the
following modes:

1.

 

HDD Power Down

2.

 

Doze Mode

3.

 

Suspend Mode

Summary of Contents for Zida BX3DCT

Page 1: ...onents on the boards add on cards modules and the gold finger connectors plugged into the expansion slot It is better to handle system components by their mounting bracket Ensure the system power is c...

Page 2: ...egistered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation MS DOS Windows Windows NT Windows 95 and Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AWARD BIOS is a product of Aw...

Page 3: ...SION CARDS INSTALLATION 10 CONNECTING EXTERNAL CONNECTOR 10 AUTO JUMPER GUIDE 15 QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE 17 AWARD BIOS AND CMOS SETUP UTILITY 20 AWARD CMOS SETUP 21 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 23 BIOS FEATUR...

Page 4: ...AGP interface can reach a theoretical 532Mbytes sec transfer rate for 3D graphics data On the other hand the on board 32 bit PCI local bus slots allow a high bandwidth data path which serves as a supe...

Page 5: ...top management interface DMI which allows higher level of hardware compatibility Flash BIOS for a more easy upgrade path Three 168 pin DIMM sockets support up to 768MB SDRAM One Accelerated graphic po...

Page 6: ...new motherboard you must follow the steps below 1 Install the CPU with cooling fan 2 Install RAM modules 3 Connect cables wires and power connector 4 Install expansion cards Auto Jumper After hardware...

Page 7: ...rchase a fan before you turn on the system There is one CPU fan power connector named J6 on board 12V Red Ground Black CPU FAN Fig 2 CPU Cooling Fan Installation Diagram CAUTION Without an effective c...

Page 8: ...to it to prevent overheating If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on the system 1 90 Socket 370 Intel CPU 2 45 degree Index corner CPU COOLING FAN 12V Red Ground Black CPU Insta...

Page 9: ...n DIMM The three 168 pin DIMM sockets are divided into three banks and each bank can accept SDRAM module 3 3V Key Unbuffered DRAM Key Push to remove DIMM module Push to remove DIMM module 64 Bit 168 P...

Page 10: ...s and press firmly make sure at the connection is good 7 Secure the card on the slot 8 Replace the computer s cover 9 Setup the BIOS configuration if necessary 10 Install the required software drivers...

Page 11: ...em power through software control such as the shutdown in Windows 95 Start menu The system BIOS will turn the system power off when it receives the proper APM command from the OS APM must be enabled i...

Page 12: ...the primary IDE connector and one on the secondary IDE connector NOTICE For the flat ribbon cable connection please make sure that the pin 1 of the ribbon cable the red wire side of the cable is corre...

Page 13: ...SB2 connector Pin6 to Pin10 for PS 2 connector Pin16 to Pin20 InfraRed connector The connector pin out signal definitions are described as the table below Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 USB1 USB 5...

Page 14: ...ton in the CMOS setup at power management section Infra Red connector Serial port 2 can be configured to support an IrDA module via a 5 pin header connector Once configured for IrDA the user can trans...

Page 15: ...ugh CMOS Setup Menu To clear the CMOS contents the user only needs to press the key F during power on If a wrong CPU speed is selected the system may behave unstable causing the user not being able to...

Page 16: ...IA VIA M FLOPPY PRIMARY IDE SECONDARY IDE WAKEUP LINK IDE2 IDE1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM1 AGP CPUFAN P O T PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 ISA1 ISA2 CPU SLOT S H Q COM1 COM2 1 Printer 14 Front Panel JP7 JP12 11 20 10 BX9...

Page 17: ...Functions Connector O Floppy Drive Connector F 3 3v DIMM Sockets P IDE device connector G Serial COM1 and 2 Port Headers Q WAKEUP LINK Header H Accelerated Graphic Port AGP I 3V Lithium Battery S SLOT...

Page 18: ...VIA M FLOPPY PRIMARY IDE SECONDARY IDE WAKEUP LINK IDE2 IDE1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM1 AGP CPUFAN P O T PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 ISA1 ISA2 S H Q COM1 COM2 1 Printer 14 Front Panel JP7 JP12 11 20 10 BX3D CT SPEAKE...

Page 19: ...unctions Connector O Floppy Drive Connector F 3 3v DIMM Sockets P IDE device connector G Serial COM1 and 2 Port Headers Q WAKEUP LINK Header H Accelerated Graphic Port AGP I 3V Lithium Battery S SOECK...

Page 20: ...Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF and then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart your system by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete key...

Page 21: ...p a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc THE MAIN MENU Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Set...

Page 22: ...E interface Load BIOS Defaults This function is for user to load the BIOS default settings The BIOS defaults indicates the most appropriate value of the system parameter which the system would be in m...

Page 23: ...inable type Type 1 to Type 46 are predefined Type User is user definable Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press Enter Note that the specifications of your...

Page 24: ...This category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the syst...

Page 25: ...anything attempt to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table during system boot up The default value is Disabled CPU Internal Cache This category enables or disables the internal cache to s...

Page 26: ...ignal is controlled by chipset specific method Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen at which characters on the screen repeat The default setting is Dis...

Page 27: ...default setting for the Video BIOS Shadow is Enabled It determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional from chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed C8000...

Page 28: ...not reset these values unless you understand the consequences of your changes NOTE This chapter describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen Your system board designer may omit or mod...

Page 29: ...caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Enabled Video RAM access cached Disabled Video RAM access no...

Page 30: ...a manner consistent with your own style of computer use ACPI function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled Power Mana...

Page 31: ...the CPU internal clock If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No Video Off Option Selects the power saving modes during which the monitor goes blank Always On Monitor remains on...

Page 32: ...I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device...

Page 33: ...a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing...

Page 34: ...hnical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play...

Page 35: ...en resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC...

Page 36: ...g for greater stability The choice Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for great...

Page 37: ...e user isonly required to select the CPU speed In addition Manual option is provided for advanced users who prefer to run the CPU over the specified clock frequency CPU SPEED AUTO SETTING 66MHz 100MHz...

Page 38: ...y and or secondary add in IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching The choice Enabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to...

Page 39: ...r you will need to disable this feature The Choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1 port 2 controller with which I O address...

Page 40: ...nal port Fast buffered port Fast buffered bidirectional port Select Normal unless you are certain your hardware and software both support EPP or ECP mode Choices are SPP ECP EPP ECP EPP SPP ECP Mode U...

Page 41: ...d into USB standard which are all have a special 4 pin rectangle shape connector Therefore with the Intel chipset this motherboard builds two USB headers on board for you future investment If you are...

Page 42: ...If using the X2 mode it can transport up to 532MB s at peak rate 3V Lithium Battery An on board battery holder is used to hold a 3 Volts CR 2032 Lithium battery which makes the battery s replacement...

Page 43: ...g up to Mode 4 and UltraDMA 33 devices The system BIOS supports automatic detection of the IDE device data transfer rate and translation between different kinds of device mode such as Logical Block Ad...

Page 44: ...o USB connectors on board for you future investment External I O Connectors Based on the ATX standard two 9 pin serial ports and one 25 pin parallel port are now built on the motherboard back panel to...

Page 45: ...internal non blocking L2 cache on the 233 266 MHz processors card is 512k KB cache The PENTIUM II processor card maintains full backward compatibility with the 8086 80286 Intel386TM Intel486TM and Pe...

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