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Manual Revision History

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REVISION HISTORY

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Revision 1.0

First release.

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Revision 1.1 

Add Celeron CPU settings

Summary of Contents for 6ABX

Page 1: ...RKS Intel Pentium Pentium II are registered trademark of Intel Corporation IBM IBM PC IBM PC AT PC DOS OS 2 and OS 2 WARP are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation MS DOS Windows Windows NT and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMI BIOS is a product of American Megatrends Inc Third party brands and names mentions in this User s Guide are t...

Page 2: ...PTER 1 1 FEATURES OF THE BOARD 1 Overview 1 Features Summary 1 Quick Reference of Your Motherboard 3 Motherboard Installation 7 CPU Card Installation 9 Installing System Memory RAM 10 Expansion Cards Installation 10 Connecting External Connector 11 ...

Page 3: ...data movement such as video or networking The BIOS support PCI bridge user configuration which allows for further expansion of the system with PCI peripherals Up to three 16 bit ISA slots allow this board backward hardware compatible with the older expansion card A total of seven expansion slots may be populated with full length add in cards since one PCI and ISA slot share the same chassis I O pa...

Page 4: ...TOM KEYBOARD USB COM 1 PARALLEL COM 2 TOP MOUSE POWER SOCKET FLOPPY 6ABX LX CPU FAN 440BX LX 82371 H F R M J2 J3 PCI 5 BIOS DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE JP7 JP8 JP9 JP10 JP1 4 SPEAKER SMI POWER LED IDE LED PWR ON RESET TB_LED JP2 G 1 1 1 SB LINK TB LINK WAKE UP LINK TA LINK Fig 1 Parts Location on the Motherboard ...

Page 5: ...30 48 cm x 24 38 cm The location of I O connectors CPU socket PCI and ISA slots and mounting holes are also strictly based on the ATX specification By simply rotating the board through 90 degrees with respect to baby AT form factor within the chassis the end user gains a great deal in ease of use and improved functionality With the processor relocated all expansion slots can be full length Since t...

Page 6: ...ver provided by the peripheral manufacturer in order to operate correctly D PENTIUM II CPU CARD Slot The CPU card slot slot 1 is a 242 pin slot design for PENTIUM II single edge contact cartridge along with a programmable voltage regulator for the CPU core It provides users with a performance upgrade path to PENTIUM II OverDrive technology The motherboard built in a switching voltage regulator whi...

Page 7: ...n on board 26 pin panel function connector K 82371AB PCI ISA IDE Accelerator PIIX4 The Intel 82371AB is a 392 pin BGA package IC which provides the following features Interface between the PCI local bus and ISA bus Supports for 2 Universal Serial Bus USB ports Integrated fast IDE interface which supports up to 4 devices With separated Master Slave mode support it provides data transfer rate up to ...

Page 8: ...512MB main memory Fully synchronous PCI bus interface with 33 MHz bandwidth Write data Buffering and supports PENTIUM II to PCI burst writes P DIMM Sockets Four 168 pins standard DIMM socket allows your system using either for 3 3V unbuffered SDRAM Q 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 more convenient...

Page 9: ...our system to match your requirements This chapter contains the information on the various jumpers settings and connector on your motherboard Jumpers Jumpers are used to make several hardware settings on the motherboard From the Map of the Motherboard shown above you can identify the location of the jumpers There are two kinds of jumper on board 2 pin jumper and 3 pin jumper On the symbol of jumpe...

Page 10: ... As mentioned before the on board regulator makes use of the VID capabilities to automatically adjust its voltage output to match that of the installed processor Therefore jumper setting is no longer required for this item on PENTIUM II CPU 66 Mhz support on 6ABX The 6ABX main board is optimal for 100 Mhz bus design 66Mhz bus on this board is not recommended However if you want to use a 66Mhz CPU ...

Page 11: ...re you turn on the system There are two CPU fan power connector JP2 and JP3 on board CPU COOLING FAN 12V Red Ground Black J4 J3 Fig 3 CPU Cooling Fan Installation Diagram CAUTION Without an effective cooling fan the CPU can overheat and cause damage to both the CPU and the motherboard CPU Cooling fan Connector J3 and J4 provide the 12 Volts D C for your CPU cooling fan J3 and J4 Pin Signal Name 1 ...

Page 12: ...tion At the most of beginning you must read your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software settings that may be required The installation procedures are summarized as below 1 Read the User s Guide Manual of your expansion card 2 If necessary set any jumpers on your expansion card 3 Power off the system and then disconnected the power cord 4 Remove your computer s cover 5 Remove the...

Page 13: ...als With a power supply supports remote power on off the motherboard can turn off the system 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 in the system BIOS and OS in order for the soft off feature to work correctly Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1...

Page 14: ...he 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 correctly connected to the on board connector s pin 1 as shown on the Map of the Motherboard Front Panel Function Connector All the front panel indicator speaker and switch functions are grouped into an on ...

Page 15: ...h as laptops PDA s and printers using application software such as LapLink The IrDA specification provides for data transfers at 115 Kbps from a distance of 1 meter Consumer IR is also supported by the same connector JP5 Pin Signal Name 1 VCC power source 2 N C 3 IRRX infra red receive 4 N C 5 IRTX infra red transmit I O Back Panel Connectors The I O back panel allows external access to PS 2 keybo...

Page 16: ...ctor 26 pin Parallel Port Male connector 26 pin Female Connector SERIAL MOUSE EXTERNAL MODEM PARALLEL Onboard Back I O Connector 9 pin Seriall Port Female connector 9 pin Male Connector COM 1 COM 2 Fig 8 I O Back Panel Connector Installation Diagram for Serial and Parallel Ports ...

Page 17: ...Manual Revision History Page 15 REVISION HISTORY v Revision 1 0 First release v Revision 1 1 Add Celeron CPU settings ...

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