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Motherboard Installation

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Display Mode At Add-On ROM Init

This option specifies the system display mode that is set at the time that
AMIBIOS POST initializes an optional option ROM. The settings are:

Setting

Description

Force

BIOS

The display mode currently being used by
AMIBIOS is used.

Keep

Current

The current display mode is used.

Floppy Access Control

This option specifies the read/write access that is set when booting from a
floppy drive. The settings are Read/Write or Read-Only. The Optimal and Fail-
Safe default settings are Read/Write.

Hard Disk Access Control

This option specifies the read/write access that is set when booting from a hard
disk drive. The settings are Read/Write or Read-Only. The Optimal and Fail-
Safe default settings are Read/Write.

S.M.A.R.T. For Hard Disks

Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to use the SMART (System Management
System Management and Reporting Technologies) protocol for reporting server system
information over a network. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-

Safe default settings are Disabled

.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Typematic Rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a
key is pressed and held down. The settings are Fast or Slow.

Boot Up CPU Speed

This option lets you specify the CPU speed at system boot. The settings are Low or High. The
Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are High.

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Summary of Contents for 6mlx

Page 1: ...MARKS 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...

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 10 Installing System Memory RAM 11 Expansion Cards Installation 11 Connecting External Connector 12 ...

Page 3: ... as a super highway for intensive 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 ...

Page 4: ...DE LED PWR ON RESET TB_LED JP2 JP3 JP4 JP5 JP21 BIOS PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 AGP ISA 1 ISA 3 ISA 2 CPU SLOT BOTTOM KEYBOARD USB COM2 PARALLEL COM1 TOP MOUSE POWER SOCKET FLOPPY SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE 6MLX CPU FAN DIMM 4 DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 440LX 82371 D F R M JP2 JP3 JP18 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: ...ctly D PENTIUM II Slot 1 The 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 which supports from 2 1V to 3 5V PENTIUM II processors running at 233 266 MHz The regulator m...

Page 7: ...t panel I O header Serial port 2 can be re directed to the IrDA module When configured for IrDA the user can transfer files to or from portable devices such as laptops PDA s and printers using application software such as LapLink The IrDA specification provides for data transfers at 115kbps from a distance of 1 meter Support for Consumer Infra Red ASK IR is also included please refer to your IR eq...

Page 8: ...e of memory for your system use P Floppy Drive Connector A 34 pin connector on board allows connection to two 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44 2 88M floppy disk drives Q 82443LX PCI Bridge AGP and Memory Controller PAC The 82443LX comes in a 492 pin BGA package and provides the following features CPU interface control up to 66MHz with true 32 bit addressing Integrated 64 72 bit DRAM controller supporting from ...

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: ...P17 JP12 JP11 SPEAKER SMI POWER LED IDE LED PWR ON RESET TB_LED JP2 JP3 JP4 JP5 JP21 BIOS PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 AGP ISA 1 ISA 3 ISA 2 CPU SLOT BOTTOM KEYBOARD USB COM2 PARALLEL COM1 TOP MOUSE POWER SOCKET FLOPPY SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE 6MLX CPU FAN DIMM 4 DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 440LX 82371 JP2 JP3 JP18 Fig 2 Map of the Onboard Jumpers ...

Page 11: ...r 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 CMOS Reset If you want to reset the CMOS data you need to turn off the main power switch of the system power supply and remove the jumper and reinstall it After the CMOS reset all the system BIOS confi...

Page 12: ...ore you turn on the system There are two CPU fan power connector JP2 and JP3 on board CPU COOLING FAN 12V Red Ground Black J3 J2 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 J2 and J3 provide the 12 Volts d c for your CPU cooling fan J2 and J3 Pin Signal Name 1...

Page 13: ...DIMM Module Installation Diagram Expansion Cards Installation 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 t...

Page 14: ...soft power signals 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 Pi...

Page 15: ... 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 a on boa...

Page 16: ...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 J15 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 17: ...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 18: ...Chapter 2 AMIBIOS Setup AMIBIOS Setup is a setup program to access the system information stored in CMOS RAM Starting AMIBIOS Setup As POST executes the following appears Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP Press Del to run AMIBIOS Setup ...

Page 19: ... to configure the hard disk drive named in the option When you click on an icon the following parameters are listed Type LBA Large Mode Block Mode 32Bit Mode and PIO Mode Configuring an MFM Drive If configuring an old MFM hard disk drive you must know the drive parameters Choose Type and choose the appropriate hard disk drive type 1 46 User Defined Drive If you are configuring a SCSI drive or an M...

Page 20: ...d click On to support IDE drives that permit 32 bit accesses Click on PIO Mode to select the IDE Programmed I O mode The settings are Auto 0 1 2 3 4 or 5 Click on Auto to allow AMIBIOS to automatically choose the PIO mode that the IDE drive being configured uses If you select 0 5 you must make absolutely certain that you are selecting the PIO mode supported by the IDE drive being configured Config...

Page 21: ...ault settings are IDE 0 2 nd 3 rd and 4 th Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the second boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy or IDE 0 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Try Other Boot Devices Set this option to Yes to instruct AMIBIOS to attempt to boot from any other drive in the system if it...

Page 22: ...he read write access that is set when booting from a hard disk drive The settings are Read Write or Read Only The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Read Write S M A R T For Hard Disks Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to use the SMART System Management System Management and Reporting Technologies protocol for reporting server system information over a network The settings are E...

Page 23: ...e Enabled or Disabled The default settings are Disabled Floppy Drive Seek Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drive A will perform a Seek operation at system boot The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled PS 2 Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 type mouse Pins 2 3 of the PS 2 Mouse Selector ...

Page 24: ...ord Check This option enables password checking every time the system boots or when you run AMIBIOS Setup If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if AMIBIOS is executed See the Advanced Setup chapter for instructions on changing a password The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are Setup Parity Check Set thi...

Page 25: ...settings are Enabled CPU Selection This option selects the type of CPU install in the motherboard The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the CPU type or Intel The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto CPU Microcode Update Set this option to Enabled to permit the CPU to be updated online at any time The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default set...

Page 26: ...dowed from ROM to RAM for faster execution Cached The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h C7FFFh are copied from ROM to RAM and can be written to or read from cache memory The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Cached C800 16K Shadow CC00 16K Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16K Shadow D800 16K Shadow DC00 16K Shadow These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in...

Page 27: ...Page 25 System Keyboard This option specifies the error messages are displayed or not displayed if a keyboard is not attached This option permits you to configure workstations with no keyboard The settings are Absent or Present ...

Page 28: ...he system use another mode to access the main memory for OS 2 applications Internal Cache This option enables the internal L1 cache memory of the CPU The settings are Writeback or Disabled External Cache This option enables the internal and external cache memory You can either Enable or Disable External cache System BIOS Cacheable This option enables the cache features on system BIOS Video ROM Sha...

Page 29: ...d mouse devices if the USB Function option is set to Enabled The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled EDO DRAM Speed ns This option specifies the RAS Access Time in nanoseconds for the EDO DRAM system memory installed in this computer The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the RAS access Time parameter Manual 50 60 or 70 The Optim...

Page 30: ...e Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Slow SDRAM Timing Latency This option specifies the latency for the Synchronous DRAM system memory signals The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the optimal delay or Manual The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto RAS To CAS This option specifies the length of the delay inserted between the RAS and CAS signals of the DRAM sys...

Page 31: ...gle bit errors are corrected by the chipset Corrected bits of data from memory are not written back to DRAM system memory If Level I is selected the J25 External SMI software jumper on the Series 745 board is disabled ECC Multibit errors are detected and reported as parity errors Single bit errors are corrected by the chipset and are written back to DRAM system memory If a soft correctable memory ...

Page 32: ...nd Fail Safe default settings are Disabled DMA 0 Type DMA 1 Type DMA 2 Type DMA 3 Type DMA 5 Type DMA 6 Type DMA 7 Type These options specify the bus that the specified DMA channel can be used on The settings are PC PCI Distributed or Normal ISA The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Normal ISA AGP Aperture Size This option specifies the amount of system memory that can be used by the Acce...

Page 33: ...is option sets the strength of the signal for the MD buffer The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct setting 42mA 38mA or 33mA The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto WE Buf Strength This option sets the strength of the signal for the WE buffer The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct setting 42mA 38mA or 33mA The Optimal and Fail Saf...

Page 34: ...AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct setting 42mA 38mA or 33mA The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto SRAS3 Buf Strength This option sets the strength of the signal for the SRAS3 buffer The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct setting 48mA 42mA or 22mA The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto SRAS2 0 Buf Strength This option sets the streng...

Page 35: ...he Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto CS7 6 Buf Strength This option sets the strength of the signal for the CS7 6 buffer The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct setting 48mA 42mA or 22mA The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto CS5 0 Buf Strength This option sets the strength of the signal for the CS5 0 buffer The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automa...

Page 36: ...se IRQ12 is used by the PS 2 mouse The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto PIIX4 SERR Set this option to Enabled to enable the SERR signal for the Intel PIIX4 chip The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled USB Passive Release Enable Set this option to Enabled to enable passive release for USB The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Op...

Page 37: ...nts of 08h The settings are 00h Master Lat Timer This option specifies the latency for the Timer The settings are 00h through F8h in increments of 08h The settings are 00h The system is automatically set up at optimum performance when you load the optimal default setting from the optimal icon You should not change the setting unless you know what are you are doing ...

Page 38: ...anced Advance Power Management Enable this option to enable the Green PC features The system provides two timer for user specified the time to indicate that the system has been idle for a programmed period of time The timer counts down from a specified start value and will enter power saving modes in the following order 1 Enabled During Full On Normal Mode if the system idle prior to the Standby T...

Page 39: ...o monitor enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Off Standby Suspend or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power state that the video subsystem enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of d...

Page 40: ...nd Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Standby Suspend Timer Unit This option specifies the unit of time used for the Standby and Suspend timeout periods The settings are 4 msec 4 sec 32 sec or 4 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 4 min Standby Timeout This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power on state When this length of time expires...

Page 41: ...ings are 0 12 5 12 5 25 25 37 5 37 5 50 50 62 5 62 5 75 or 75 87 5 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 50 62 5 Display Activity When set to Monitor this option enables event monitoring on the video display If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches for display activity The computer enters the Full On state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Sta...

Page 42: ...he Green PC compliant video monitor enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Off Standby or Suspend The default settings are Disabled Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power management state that the video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Standby or Suspend The ...

Page 43: ...wn clock speed The settings are 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 64 or 1 128 The default setting is 1 1 Display Activity Select the power down mode for VESA video display in this option The system will use this information to send different control signals to set the screen blank There are three options Suspend The System BIOS will only blank off the screen when disabling video for VGA monitor Off In a...

Page 44: ...ard Activity Not shown Harddisk Activity Not shown IRQ 3 Com 2 LAN Activity IRQ 4 Com 1 Activity IRQ 5 Lpt 2 Activity IRQ 7 Lpt 1 Activity IRQ 9 Activity IRQ 10 Activity IRQ 11 Activity IRQ 12 Activity IRQ 15 Secondary IDE channel Activity ...

Page 45: ...is option correctly or PnP aware adapter cards installed in your computer will not be configured properly The settings are No or Yes PCI Burst Mode Set this option to Enabled to enable PCI burst mode The settings are Disabled or Enabled PCI Concurrency Set this option to Enabled to enable PCI Concurrency mode The settings are Disabled or Enabled PCI Steamming Set this option to Enabled to enable P...

Page 46: ...or Slot4 If Auto is selected AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct setting for this option The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto IRQ3 IRQ15 These options specify the bus that the named interrupt request lines IRQs are used on These options allow you to specify IRQs for use by legacy ISA adapter cards These options determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of avai...

Page 47: ...on specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are C0000 C4000 C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 or DC000 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are C0000 ...

Page 48: ...troller FDC This option enables the use of the floppy drive controller on the board The settings are Enabled or Disabled On Board Serial Port 1 IRQ4 is used for the first serial port COM 1 This option enables the serial port 1 on the board The setting are 3E8h On Board Serial Port 2 IRQ3 is used for the first serials port COM 2 This option enables the serial port 2 on the board The setting are 2E8...

Page 49: ...the parallel port in ECP Mode Onboard PCI IDE You can disable the on board IDE interface by using this option The on board IDE interface can be disable individually or both SECTION 2 UTILITY UTILITY The following icons appear in this section Detect IDE If hard disk is an IDE drive the parameters for hard disk are automatically detected and reported to the hard disk screen in Standard Setup so you ...

Page 50: ...M Enter a 1 6 character password The password does not appear on the screen when typed WinBIOS will ask you to retype the password If you forget it you must drain CMOS RAM and reconfigure the system Changing a password Select the Password icon from the Security section of the WinBIOS main menu Enter the password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered After the new passw...

Page 51: ...13h Hard Disk Drive Service Format Possible VIRUS Continue Y N _ Formatting the Hard Disk Drive You should not enable anti virus protection when formatting a hard disk drive The DOS hard disk Format utility does not use INT 13h function AH 05h to format the hard disk It only verifies the hard disk using the INT 13h Verify function AH 04h The virus warning message is not displayed during DOS hard d...

Page 52: ... WinBIOS Setup when you first began this WinBIOS Setup session Optimal You can load the optimal default settings for the WinBIOS Setup options by selecting the Optimal icon The Optimal default settings are best case values that should fit most system configuration If CMOS RAM is corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically Fail Safe You can load the Fail Safe WinBIOS Setup option settin...

Page 53: ...t and rear 5 to 300 Hz Y axis left and right 5 to 300 Hz Dimensions and Weight Dimension Approx 305 x 244 mm 12 x 9 6 inches Net Weight 0 65 Kg 1 43 lb Electrical Specification Onboard Voltage Regulation Under 3 3V condition Voltage transient 5 Set point variation 1 Onboard Current Limitation Under 3 3V condition about 14 Ampere max Power Consumption The is designed to operate with a 200 W ATX pow...

Page 54: ...Motherboard Technical Specification Page 52 calculated power dissipation is about 80W However this information is provided only as reference for the total system power usage ...

Page 55: ...ND SPEED BIOS VERSION PURCHASE DATE PROBLEM DESCRIPTION OPERATING SYSTEM APPLICATION SOFTWARE PROBLEM DESCRIPTION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Display Card Brand Model Resolution IDE Controller Card Brand Model LAN Card Brand Model Fax Modem Card Brand Model SCSI Controller Brand Model Multi I O Card Brand Model Other Add on Card Brand Model PRIMARY MASTER Brand Model IDE Disk Drive PRIMARY SLAVE Brand Mo...

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