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More compatible, more functional and more competitive. 

Excellent quality and faster response.

Supporting AMD Duron® and Thunderbird®
Socket A Processors,  UDMA33/66, PC100/133 SDRAM 

Quality, Performance Mainboards

Summary of Contents for PM133

Page 1: ...ANUAL More compatible more functional and more competitive Excellent quality and faster response Supporting AMD Duron and Thunderbird Socket A Processors UDMA33 66 PC100 133 SDRAM Quality Performance Mainboards ...

Page 2: ...inge AMD Duron Thunderbird are registered trademark of AMD Corporation VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies Incorporated 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 Windows 98 and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMI BIOS is a product of American Megatrend...

Page 3: ...eps 11 Installing the CPU 11 Installing the Memory 13 Attaching ATX Power Supply 14 Floppy Drive connector 15 IDE connector 15 Mounting Mainboard to chassis 16 Installing Add on Boards 17 Bios Setup 20 Glossary 41 CD Driver Software Installation Guide 48 Norton AntiVirus OEM Version Setup Guide 49 INSTANT ON Guide 51 Mainboard User s Manual Page 3 Table of Contents ...

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Page 5: ...OM s It s I O controller integrates floppy drive interface two FIFO serial ports one parallel port and Consumer Infra Red compatible interface VIA VT8363 Chipset supports AMD Duron Thunderbird Processors on Socket A with 100 133 200MHz Processor Front side Bus Supports 100 133MHz PC100 133 SDRAM DIMM Two DIMM slots support up to 1GB Memory Capacity Four USB ports support USB Devices WAKEUP LINK He...

Page 6: ...d circuit assemblies rough edges and corners and hot components Your Location Requirements Are A sturdy level surface for placement Space allowance around mainboard A stable environment with no abrupt temperature or humidity changes No exposure to chemicals or direct sunlight Line voltage and frequency not varying more than or 10 from the value stated on the package or nameplate located on the bac...

Page 7: ...e items below are missing please contact the representative for part replacement Micro ATX Box Standard Package 1 Mainboard 2 Driver CD with Norton AntiVirus 2001 OEM Version 3 User Guide 4 IDE Hard Drive Ribbon Cable 5 Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable 6 USB Cable for onboard USB Header Optional Installation Mainboard User s Manual Page 7 ...

Page 8: ...NT PAGE A PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector 41 B ATX Power Supply 41 C Universal Serial Bus USB Connector 42 E Infra Red IR connector 42 F Memory Module Sockets 43 G Serial COM1 COM2 and Parallel Port Connector 43 H Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Connector 43 I 3V Lithium Battery 43 J PCI Add in Board Connector 44 M Front Panel Function Connector 44 N Flash BIOS 44 O Floppy Drive Connector 44 P IDE Dev...

Page 9: ... IDE1IDE2 INFRARED M In L In L Out A C B G U J M T S F O E CPU FAN Y CD_IN Socket 462 T PCI 1 PARALLEL Buzzer DIMM2 WOL1 Front Pannel RESET PW BT EXTSMI FDD IR1 P SW1 JBAT1 1 2 NORMAL 2 3 CLEAR CMOS SYSTEM FAN HD LED PW LED 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Q USB2 3 BATTERY AGP 1 AUX_IN I SPEAKER SLP BN N X TEL 1 H Z 7 5 3 1 90 PM1331 A4 00 Installation Mainboard Diagram ...

Page 10: ...X 102 00 34 00 O O X X 100 90 33 57 X O O O 103 00 34 33 X O X O 105 00 35 00 X O O X 100 00 33 33 X O X X 107 00 35 67 O X O O 109 00 36 33 O X X O 110 00 36 67 O X O X 111 00 37 00 O X X X 113 00 37 67 X X O O 115 00 38 33 X X X O 117 00 39 00 X X O X 133 30 33 33 X X X X Clear CMOS Set the Jumper JBAT1 to 2 3 to clear CMOS Remember Please set it back to normal 1 2 after clear CMOS ...

Page 11: ...tatic free before you begin this section Page 11 Mainboard User s Manual The motherboard provides a 462 pins Socket A The CPU should have a fan attached to prevent overheating If a fan is not present user should purchase a fan prior to turning on the system The recommended heatsinks for the Socket A processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the motherbo...

Page 12: ...N Be sure that sufficient air circulation must be available across the processor s heatsink Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary Mainboard User s Manual Page 12 ...

Page 13: ...ge 13 Mainboard User s Manual After you have set the DIMM firmly into its socket snap the white chip holders up to lock in the DIMM Installing the memory Memory is installed in DIMM Sockets 1 2 F in diagram as follows ...

Page 14: ...s the shutdown in Windows 95 Start Menu The BIOS system will turn the system power off when it receives the proper APM command from the OS APM must be enabled in the BIOS and OS systems in order for the soft off feature to work properly Attaching the power supply ribbon cable IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector The four corners ...

Page 15: ...onnecting the single end to the mainboard connect the remaining plugs at the other end of your hard disk s If you install hard disks you must configure the drives by setting its jumpers according to the documentation of your hard disk Also you may connect the hard disk drives so that both become Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and the other on the secondary IDE connecto...

Page 16: ...ign the corresponding mounting holes on the mainboard with the holes on you chassis While chassis design varies you may need to refer to the chassis manual for the mainboard mounting area Insert white pins through the chassis and through the mounting holes on the mainboard into the black pin making sure they are snapped fully into place Black mounting pin Insert into chassis Insert white mounting ...

Page 17: ...ftware settings that may be required to set up your specific card Set any necessary jumpers on your expansion card and remove the cover plate on your computer case at the slot you intend to use Keep the plate for possible future use Carefully align the card s connector and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed from the cover plate ...

Page 18: ...n chassis shown below A C G in mainboard diagram You can now attach the Front Panel Function Connector M in mainboard diagram at P 9 wires and Keyboard Mouse and Monitor cables to the appropriate serial ports Connect the main power cable and boot your system Press the DEL key when prompted and continue BIOS configurations discussed in the next chapter ...

Page 19: ...BIOS Setup ...

Page 20: ...drive Monitor type and if keyboard is installed Sets Typematic Rate and Delay Above 1 MB Memory Test Memory Test Tick Sound Hit Del Message Display System Boot Up Sequence and many others Sets chipset specific options and features Controls I O Controller related options Controls power savings options Sets options related to PCI bus and Plug and Play options Display CPU or System Temperature Fan Sp...

Page 21: ...for the system Time Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Select these options to configure the drive named in the option Select Auto Detect IDE to let BIOS automatically configure the drive A screen with a list of drive parameters appears Floppy Drive A and B Move the cursor to these fields and select the floppy type The setting are 360 KB 5 1 4 inch 1 2 MB 5 1 4 inch 720 ...

Page 22: ...be stopped for any error that may be detected All errors When ever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped and you will be prompted All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop...

Page 23: ...uring system boot up The default value is Disabled CPU Internal Cache This category enables or disables the CPU internal cache to speed up memory access The default value is Enabled External Cache This category enables or disables the secondary level L2 cache to speed up memory access The default value is Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This category enables or disables the CPU L2 cache ECC Chec...

Page 24: ...Boot Up Floppy Seek The default setting is Enabled so that the BIOS will search for floppy disk drive during boot up If disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will be no warning message if the drive installed is 360K Boot Up NumLock Status It determines the Num Lock LED on keyboard is turned on off When the system is powered on so that the e...

Page 25: ...2 application access the memory in different mode Enable this option to allow the system use another mode to access the main memory for OS 2 applications Report No Floppy Disk For Windows 95 The system will report floppy disk status to Windows 95 if setting is Yes VIDEO BIOS Shadow The system BIOS is automatically shadowed The default setting for the Video BIOS Shadow is Enabled It determines whet...

Page 26: ...wer on the system again and Load Optimized Default DRAM Clock This item allows you to control the DRAM speed The Choice 100MHz 133MHz SDRAM Cycle Length When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer The Choice 2 3 Bank Interleave Set this option to enabled the D...

Page 27: ... item allows you to enable or disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency The Choice Enabled Disabled Fast R W Turn Around This item controls the DRAM timing It allows you to enable or disable the Fast Read Write turn around The Choice Enabled Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if ...

Page 28: ...tem allows you to set Auto or Manual change the AGP Driving Value AGP Driving Value This item allows you to control the driving value of the AGP K7 CLK_CTL Select This item allows you to set the clock control signal for K7 to optional or Default Setting The Choice Optional Default OnChip USB This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it Even w...

Page 29: ...xecuted with zero wait states The choice Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The choice Enabled Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry When disabled PCI 2 will not be disconnected until access finishes default When enabled PCI 2 will be disco...

Page 30: ...tains a PCI IDE interface with support two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to inactivate this interface The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not...

Page 31: ...rt The Choice Auto Disabled Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active PCI Slot or AGP first The choice PCI Slot AGP IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive HDD Enabled IDE controller uses block mode Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode Onboard FDD Controller This should be enabled ...

Page 32: ... Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Normal EPP Extended Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP PC AT parallel port Bidirectional port Fast buffered port Fast buffered bidirectional port Select Normal unless you are certain your hardware and software both support these modes Choices are Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA...

Page 33: ...onfiguration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled Power Management APM 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 Page 33 Mainboard User s Manual BIOS Setup ...

Page 34: ...h ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to choose the Advanced Power Management ACPI Suspend Type The choice S1 POS S3 STR PM Control by APM When enabled an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If Advance Power Management APM is installed on your system selecting Yes gives be...

Page 35: ...t Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system hung The choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off Wake Up Events Wake Up are 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 whic...

Page 36: ...ate and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode These options specify the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots The setting is Auto When set On activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it IRQ3 COM 2 IRQ4 COM 1 IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT 1 IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir ...

Page 37: ...configuration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup The choice Enabled Disabled Resources Controlled By TheAward Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing un...

Page 38: ...ainboard User s Manual Page 38 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled Choices are Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For USB VGA Enable Disable to assign IRQ for USB VGA Choices are Enabled Disabled ...

Page 39: ...BIOS Setup Page 39 Mainboard User s Manual Frequency Control Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk options Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum options Enabled Disabled ...

Page 40: ...Glossary ...

Page 41: ...d 12V 3 3V and soft on off signals With a power supply that supports remote power on off the mainboard can turn off the system power through software control such as the shutdown command in the Windows 95 Start Menu The BIOS system will turn the system power off when it receives the proper APM command from the OS APM must be enabled in the BIOS and OS systems in order to set the soft off feature w...

Page 42: ... sec data transfer rate Eventually all external devices connected to your computer will be standardized to USB E Infra Red IR Connector The Mainboard provides a 5 pin header interface IR for connection to a Hewlett Packard HSDSL 1000 compatible infrared IrDA transmitter receiver Connect IR to the front panel I O IrDA connector provided with your system Once the module is connected to the front pan...

Page 43: ...rd provides a 10 pin serial port pin Header for COM2 Cable is now built on the mainboard H Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Connector The Mainboard provides an AGP slot compatible with the Accelerated Graphics Port specification AGP compliant video cards offer a much higher throughput than equivalent PCI bus video cards PCI currently only supports a 33 MHz bandwidth and can transport at peak rates up...

Page 44: ...ch Button Power On Off PW BN External Power Saving Control optional EXTSMI Sleep Button SLPBTN N Flash BIOS The Mainboard flash BIOS provides users with more flexibility in upgrading their mainboards The flash BIOS can be easily reprogrammed via software O Floppy Drive Connector The Mainboard provides a 34 pin connector that supports the included floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting the sing...

Page 45: ...ur hard disk s and or CD ROM drive s If you install two hard disks and or CD Rom drives you must configure the two drives by setting their IDE master slave jumpers according to the documentation for those devices Also you may connect the two hard disk drives so that both become Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and one on the secondary IDE connector Q WAKEUP LINK Header T...

Page 46: ... 3 Ground CAUTION Be sure that sufficient air circulation is available across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the mainboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary U Audio Connectors The Mainboard provides Audio headers Audio Connectors L Out Line Output L...

Page 47: ... Audio Connector CD Audio input Right Ground Ground Left Y Auxiliary Connector Auxiliary input Right Ground Ground Left Z Telephony Connector Telephony input Right Ground Ground Left Page 47 Mainboard User s Manual ...

Page 48: ...are Installation Guide Steps 1 Boot up the Operating System Windows 95 98 NT 2000 2 Put the CD Disc into the CD ROM Drive and wait for Autorun 3 Select PM133 and click your Operating System Type 4 Follow the instructions and install suitable drivers ...

Page 49: ...uide Step 1 Load the Driver CD in CDROM and find the Norton AntiVirus 2001 Install Option Step 2 When CD finishes loading press Install Norton AntiVirus to install the software Mainboard User s Manual Page 49 Norton Anti Virus Setup Guide ...

Page 50: ...Step 3 Follow the installation procedures on screen Step 4 Select Yes and press Finish button to reboot computer Page 50 Mainboard User s Manual ...

Page 51: ... recognize various wake up triggers or signals respectively INSTANT ON function Installation Please follow the steps to complete the INSTANT ON function installation There are two ways 1 Setup with Windows 98 CD A Insert the Windows 98 CD into your CD ROM drive select Start and then Run B Type without quotes D setup p j in the window provided Hit the enter key or click OK C After setup completes r...

Page 52: ...em C Select the Device Manager tab and then the System Devices item Double click the Plug and Play BIOS item or select Properties 2 Update from Windows98 Advance Power Management APM mode If your Windows 98 system is in APM mode please follow the steps to update your system to ACPI mode Page 52 Mainboard User s Manual ...

Page 53: ...pdate Device Driver Wizard will appear Press the Next button F In the Update Device Driver Wizard window select the Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location so you can select the driver you want Then press the Next button Mainboard User s Manual Page 53 ...

Page 54: ...r Warning will show up and ask Are you sure you want to use this driver Select the Yes button I Update Device Driver Wizard will show up again Select the Next button and start copying files to the system J When complete press the Finish button K Restart your computer Your system will start up using the ACPI mode Page 54 Mainboard User s Manual ...

Page 55: ...BIOS Setup Select the item POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP then select Enable in Suspend to RAM option Remember to save the settings by pressing ESC and choose the SAVE EXIT SETUP option The installation of INSTANT ON is completed You can use this function in Windows 98 Mainboard User s Manual Page 55 ...

Page 56: ...tem into Stand by mode There are two ways 1 Choose the Stand by item in the Shut Down Windows area B Choose the Stand by item and Click OK A Press the Start button and then select Shut Down Page 56 Mainboard User s Manual ...

Page 57: ...INSTANT ON GUIDE 2 Set the system power on button to initiate sleep mode A Double click My Computer and then Control Panel B Double click the Power Management item Mainboard User s Manual Page 57 ...

Page 58: ...en you want to enter sleep mode just press the Power on button How to recover from the sleep mode There are four ways to wake up the system 1 Press the Power On button 2 Use the Keyboard Power On function 3 Use the Modem Lan Resume function 4 Use the Resume by Alarm function Page 58 Mainboard User s Manual ...

Page 59: ...ON GUIDE Notice to INSTANT ON users 1 ATX power supply requirement comply with the ATX 2 01 provide more than 720 mA 5V Stand By current 2 SDRAM requirement PC 100 133 compliant Mainboard User s Manual Page 59 ...

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