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370LXB Motherboard

 

User’s Manual

 

Product Name : 370LXB

 

Manual Revision: English, 1.0

 

Trademarks

Intel and Socket 370 are trademarks of Intel Corporation
Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc.
MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
OS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp
Novell is a trademark of Novell Corporation
Sound Blaster SB16 is a trademark of Creative Technology
ESS and Solo-1 are trademarks of ESS Technology, Inc.
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Product Overview
1.2 Specifications
1.3 Content
1.4 MotherBoard Layout

Chapter 2. Hardware Setup

2.1 Installation Procedure

2.1.1 Jumper Setting
2.1.2 Enable/Disable Sound
2.1.3 Clearing the CMOS
2.1.4 CPU Voltage Setting

2.2 Installation of CPU
2.3 Installation of Memory

2.3.1 Installation of 168-pin DIMM
2.3.2 Removal of 168-pin DIMM
2.3.3 Memory Configuration

2.4 I/O Connections/Panel Connections

2.4.1 ATX Power Connector
2.4.2 AT Power Connector
2.4.3 CPU Fan Connector
2.4.4 Infrared Connector
2.4.5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector
2.4.6 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector
2.4.7 PS/2 Mouse Port
2.4.8 Serial Port
2.4.9 Printer Port
2.4.10 USB Connectors
2.4.11 Wake-up on LAN Connector
2.4.12 Creative’s SB_LINK Sound Connector
2.4.13 Game/MIDI Connector
2.4.14 Line out/Line in/Microphone Connector
2.4.15 Mitsumi CD-ROM Audio
2.4.16 ATAPI/IDE Sony CD-ROM Audio
2.4.17 Panel Connection

Chapter 3. BIOS Setup

Summary of Contents for 370LXB

Page 1: ...pecifications 1 3 Content 1 4 MotherBoard Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Installation Procedure 2 1 1 Jumper Setting 2 1 2 Enable Disable Sound 2 1 3 Clearing the CMOS 2 1 4 CPU Voltage Setting 2 2 Installation of CPU 2 3 Installation of Memory 2 3 1 Installation of 168 pin DIMM 2 3 2 Removal of 168 pin DIMM 2 3 3 Memory Configuration 2 4 I O Connections Panel Connections 2 4 1 ATX Power Conn...

Page 2: ...atures Support Desktop Management Interface DMI through BIOS Support Accelerated Graphics Port AGP cards for high performance Modem Remote Ring On Wake up on LAN RTC Wake Up Alarm Program the date time to wake up your system Support Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI BIOS Green feature function and Plug Play Flash ROM ESS Solo 1 PCI Sound on board 1 2 Specifications CPU Supports Intel Soc...

Page 3: ...Integrated dual game port Support PC games and application for Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster pro Support Microsoft Windows Sound System Meet PC 97 98 and WHQL specifications Sample record playback rates up to 48KHz Others Supports Creative s Sound Blaster 16 compatibility for real mode DOS games Expansion Slots Three 32 bit PCI expansion slots Two 16 bit ISA expansion slots One 32 bit AGP expans...

Page 4: ...w Jumper Cap Sets the Function of Flash CMOS JRTC WARNING Electronic parts are Static sensitive To prevent damage to the computer and its parts please take the following measures Work on a surface such as concrete linoleum or hard wood floor Ground your self with either a properly installed grounding strap or by touching a major electrical appliance long enough to discharge the static 2 1 2 Enable...

Page 5: ... PGA370 ZIF socket Push level bar away from the socket and pull upward 90 degrees Insert the CPU into the socket Make sure the notch of the CPU corresponds with the white dot on the ZIF socket the corner without pin socket Do not push in the CPU Make sure all pins are aligned with the CPU socket ON the level bar 2 3 Installation of Memory 370LXB motherboard has 3x168 pin 64 bit Dual Inline Memory ...

Page 6: ...IrDA Connector Cable optional FLOPPY Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE1 2 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors MOUSE PS 2 Mouse Port KEYBOARD AT Keyboard Connector COM1 2 Serial Ports 1 2 PRINTER Printer Port USB1 2 USB Connector WOL Wake up on LAN connector SB_LINK For link with Creative s Sound Blaster 16 GAME Game MIDI Connector AUDIO Line out Line in Microphone in Connector MITSUMI The Connector for...

Page 7: ...dule onto Infrared connector and configure the setting through UART Mode Select in Integrated Peripherals to select whether UART is directed for use with COM2 or Infrared 2 4 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable Orient the red stripe to pin 1 2 4 6 Primary Secondary IDE Connector Two 40 pin IDE These connectors support the ...

Page 8: ...etting in Integrated Peripherals of the COMS SETUP UTILITY 2 4 10 USB Connectors Two 5 pin USB You can attach USB devices to the USB connector 2 4 11 Wake up on LAN Connector 3 pin WOL The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network This feature requires the Wake up on LAN function in BIOS is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply...

Page 9: ...hone in Connector 10 pin AUDIO The Line Out phonejack provides the audio outputs for the left and right stereo channels The Line In phonejack is used to attach monaural or stereo devices such as a cassette Digital Audio Tape or Minidisc players for playback mixing or recording The Microphone In phonejack is used to attach a monaural microphone for live audio input for playback mixing or recording ...

Page 10: ...h WARNING To avoid the system from failing turn off the power before connecting any devices to the system Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 CMOS Setup Utility To activate CMOS Setup press DEL key immediately after you turn on the system The following message Press DEL to enter SETUP should appear in the lower left hand corner of your screen When you enter the CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will be displa...

Page 11: ...4 34 00 3 2 3 Hard Disks Setting The BIOS supports Dual Channel PIO and PCI Bus Master IDE ports Each port supports one master and one slave hard drive You can use PageUp or PageDown key to change hard drive type Incorrect setting may result in boot up error or system hang If your hard disk drive is not listed you can select Type USER to define your own drive manually We recommend that you select ...

Page 12: ... External Cache These options are to enable or disable CPU Internal L1 Cache or External L2 Cache 3 3 3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select Enabled to enable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select Disabled to disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking 3 3 4 Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to speed up time required to complete Power On Self Test 3 3 5 Boot Sequence This option allows user to assign boot sequ...

Page 13: ...w copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM 3 3 17 C8000 CBFFF DC000 DFFFF Shadow Optional firmware will be copied from ROM to RAM When this option is enabled 3 4 Chipset Features Setup These settings are intended for the Chipset function on the motherboard Fine tuning these options enhances the performance of the system Figure 3 4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SCREEN ...

Page 14: ...ency of PCI cycles to from ISA bus Try to enable or disable it if you have ISA card compatibility problem 3 4 13 AGP Aperture Size MB Choose 4 8 16 32 64 128 256MB Memory mapped graphics data structures can reside in the Graphics Aperture 3 4 14 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay These are timing of SDRAM CAS Latency and RAS to CAS Delay Calculated by clocks They are important parameters affects SDRAM Perform...

Page 15: ... Management System features allow the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature 3 5 5 Video Off After This option allows your monitor to blank after your system went into Doze Standby or Suspend mode You can elect to not blank screen by select N A Default value is Standby 3 5 6 Doze Mode When system is inactive after the predefined time limit system performance will dr...

Page 16: ...ff peak hours Set to Enabled to set this feature 3 5 15 Date of Month Alarm Time hh mm ss Alarm Set these options to specify the RTC Alarm time on Date Hour Minute Second 3 5 16 IRQ 8 Break Suspend To enable or disable the detection of IRQ 8 RTC event for power down state transition 3 5 17 IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI To enable or disable the detection of IRQ 3 7 IRQ 9 15 or NMI interrupt events for power dow...

Page 17: ...th item PCI IDE IRQ Map To specify the IRQ routing of the primary or secondary channel of the PCI IDE add on card 3 6 8 Used MEM base addr This item in conjunction with the Used MEM Length lets you set a memory space for non PnP compatible ISA card 3 6 9 Assign IRQ For USB Default is Enabled You can disable this item when you do not attach any USB devices on board and need extra IRQ for other devi...

Page 18: ...r key Then press the Y and Enter keys to confirm Otherwise press the N key to cancel 3 10 Supervisor User Password You can assign modify or cancel password settings To modify highlight Supervisor Password or User Password and press the Enter key The screen will prompt you Enter Password Enter your password The maximum size of the password is 8 characters System will prompt you to reenter the passw...

Page 19: ...tton click Next one more times 6 This Wizard searches for new drivers for PCI Multimedia Audio Device you have to attempt to locate a driver provided by the manufacturer 7 Please insert the CD Driver into the CD drive then click Next button 8 What do you want Windows to do Please click search for the best driver for your device Recommended then click Next button 9 Please click Specify a location t...

Page 20: ...6 Once you have chosen the default directory or entered a directory of your own choosing the Setup Program will install the AudioRack32 ...

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