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Page 2: ...d if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for complian...

Page 3: ...notice Trademarks All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation Windows 95 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Netware is a registered trademark of Novell AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Award is a re...

Page 4: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 iv ...

Page 5: ...PU Single or Dual Voltage Setting JV1 2 2 CPU Vcore Voltage Setting JV2 2 3 CPU Speed and Voltage Setting SW1 JV1 JV2 2 5 Fan Power Connectors CPUFAN SYSFAN 2 10 External Battery Connector JBAT1 2 11 Memory Installation 2 12 Memory Bank Configuration 2 12 Memory Installation Procedures 2 13 Memory Population Rules 2 15 Case Connector JFP1 2 17 Floppy Disk Connector FDC 2 19 v ...

Page 6: ...Power On Off Switch JRMS1 2 25 Keyboard Power On Enabled JP1 2 26 Infrared Module Connector SIR 2 27 Modem Wake Up Connector J6 2 28 Wake Up on LAN Connector J5 2 29 Keyboard Connector ATKB1 2 30 Mouse Connector PS1 2 31 USB Connector USB1 2 32 Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 Getting Help 3 2 The Main Menu 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup 3 6 BIOS Features Setup 3 9 vi ...

Page 7: ...3 29 Integrated Peripherals 3 30 Supervisor User Password Setting 3 34 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3 35 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS USER GUIDE 4 1 Enter BIOS Setup 4 2 Standard CMOS Setup 4 4 Advanced CMOS Setup 4 5 Advanced Chipset Setup 4 9 Power Management Setup 4 13 PCI Plug and Play Setup 4 17 Peripheral Setup 4 21 vii ...

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Page 9: ... slots The mainboard uses the highly integrated SiS 5591 chipset to support the AGP PCI ISA and Green standards and to provide the Host AGP bridge The SiS 5591 chipset integrates all system control functions such as ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for the OSPM OS Direct Power Management function The SiS 5595 chipset also improves the ID...

Page 10: ...sing three 168 pin unbuffered DIMM and two 72 pin SIMM sockets l Supports a maximum memory size of 384MB l Supports parity check and ECC function l Supports 3 3v Fast Page FP Extended Data Output EDO and SDRAM DIMM Slots l One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port slot AGP specification compliant AGP 66 133MHz 3 3v device support l Three 32 bit Master PCI Bus slots and three 16 bit ISA bus slots l Support...

Page 11: ...USB ports 1 IrDA connector for SIR BIOS l The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically l The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI function which records your mainboard specifications Switching Regulator l Provides CPU with voltage from 2 0v to 3 52v Dimension l Baby AT 24cm L x 22cm W x 4 layers PCB ...

Page 12: ...A Slot PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 AGP Slot DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 SIMM 1 SIMM 2 Socket 7 SiS 5591 chipset SiS 5595 chipset AT Power Supply AT Keyboard Connector ATX Power Supply IDE2 IDE1 FDC LPT COM 1 COM 2 SIR1 USB1 SYSFAN J6 J5 JP1 SW2 SW1 JFP JV1 JRMS1 JV2 CPUFAN Batt BIOS 1 5 6 10 0 3 JP2 JBAT1 PS1 ...

Page 13: ...y CPU installation a switch SW1 SW2 to set the proper speed for the CPU The CPU should always have a cooling fan attached to prevent overheating CPU CPU 3 Press the lever down to complete the installation 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for the white dot or cut edge in the CPU Match Pin 1 with the white dot cut edge Then insert the CPU It should insert easily Open Lever Pin 1 Sliding Plate W...

Page 14: ...CHAPTER2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 2 1 2 CPU Voltage Setting JV1 JV2 0 JV2 JV1 CPU Single or Dual Voltage Setting JV1 Single Dual CPU Voltage JV1 3 ...

Page 15: ...CHAPTER2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 3 JV2 Vcore V I O 3 5 3 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 3 3 2 9 3 3 2 8 3 3 3 1 0 0 CPU Vcore Voltage Setting JV2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...

Page 16: ...CHAPTER2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 4 3 3 2 6 3 3 2 5 3 3 2 4 Vcore V I O JV2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 0 3 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...

Page 17: ...PU you must know the specifica tions of your CPU always ask the vendor for CPU specifications Then refer to Table 2 1 Intel processors Table 2 2 Cyrix processors and Table 2 3 AMD processors for proper setting 2 1 3 CPU Speed and Voltage Setting SW1 JV1 JV2 SW1 0 JV2 JV1 3 6 1 ...

Page 18: ...eed CPU Voltage SW1 Vi o Vcore JV2 166MHz 200MHz 3 3 2 8 233MHz Intel Pentium processors with MMXTM technology Note If you encounter a CPU with different voltage just go to page 2 2 and look for the proper voltage settings Intel Pentium processors JV1 0 0 133MHz 150MHz 166MHz 200MHz 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 ...

Page 19: ...x86 6x86L Processor Table 2 2 Cyrix Processor Cyrix processor uses PR to rate the speed of their processors based on Intel Pentium processor core speed For example PR150 120MHz has 150MHz core speed of Intel Pentium processor but has 120MHz core speed in Cyrix processor Cyrix processor should always uses a more powerful fan ask vendor for proper cooling fan JV1 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 ...

Page 20: ...9 JV1 6x86MX PR200 6x86MX PR266 60 x 2 5 75 x 2 5 66 x 3 75 x 3 b Cyrix 6x86MX Processors 66 x 3 5 66 x 2 5 Note If you encounter a CPU with different voltage just go to Section 2 1 3 and look for the proper voltage settings This type of CPU is for future support 83x2 5 83x2 66 x 2 75 x 2 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 JV2 ...

Page 21: ...as 133MHz core speed of Intel Pentium processor but has 100MHz core speed in AMD K5 processor 3 5 CPU Type CPU Speed CPU Voltage SW1 VI O Vcore PR100 PR120 PR133 PR150 JV1 PR90 PR166 3 3 PR200 PR233 PR166 2 9 b AMD K6 Processor 3 3 3 2 Note If you encounter a CPU with different voltage just go to Section 2 1 3 and look for the proper voltage settings a AMD K5 Processor JV2 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 ...

Page 22: ...cted to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If your mainboard have a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan speed detect feature Note For fans with speed sensor every rotation of the fan will send out 2 pulses System Hardware monitor will count and report the fan rotation speed CP...

Page 23: ...you use the on board battery you must short 1 2 pins of JBAT1 to keep the CMOS data Keep Data Clear Data 1 3 JBAT1 Note You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position To be able to clear the CMOS you need to unplug the power plug of the system Otherwise the CMOS will not be cleared JBAT1 1 Function 1 3 ...

Page 24: ...he mainboard provides two 72 pin SIMMs Single In Line Memory Module and three 168 pin DIMM Double In Line Memory sockets It supports six memory banks for a maximum of 384MB memory Each bank supports up to 64MB memory You can use SIMM from 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB to 128MB and DIMM from 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB to 128MB DIMM3 ...

Page 25: ... the SIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the SIMM memory modules into the socket at 45 degree angle then push into a vertical position so that it will snap into place 3 The Mounting Holes and Metal Clips should fit over the edge and hold the SIMM memory modules in place A HowtoinstallSIMMModule Single Sided SIMM DoubleSidedSIMM Notched End ...

Page 26: ...DRAM so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in 3 The plastic clip at the side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM VOLT DRAM B HowtoinstallDIMMModule ...

Page 27: ...or one 168 pin DIMM module must be installed The system cannot operate with only one 72 pin SIMM module 3 This mainboard supports Table Free memory so memory can be installed on SIMM1 SIMM2 DIMM1 DIMM2 or DIMM3 in any order 4 DIMM and SIMM cannot be used at the same time Only one kind can be used at a time 5 Use only 3 3v unbuffered DIMM 6 Use only 5v EDO SIMM 7 The DRAM addressing and the size su...

Page 28: ...Bx8 128MBx16 16M 1Mx16 ASYM 11 8 8MBx4 16MBx8 2Mx8 ASYM 11 9 16MBx8 32MBx16 4Mx4 ASYM 11 10 32MB 64MB 64M 2Mx32 ASYM 11 9 32MBx2 64MBx4 2Mx32 ASYM 12 8 16MBx2 32MBx4 4Mx16 ASYM 11 10 32MB 64MB 4Mx16 ASYM 13 8 32MB 64MB 8Mx8 ASYM 13 9 64MB 128MB 16Mx4 ASYM 13 10 128MB 256MB 64M 2Mx32 ASYM 11 8 4Mx16 ASYM 12 8 8Mx8 ASYM 12 9 16Mx4 ASYM 12 10 DRAM Tech DRAM Density Width DRAM Addressing Address Size ...

Page 29: ...E INSTALLATION 2 17 2 4 Case Connector JFP1 The Turbo LED Reset Switch Key Lock Power LED Speaker and HDD LED are all connected to the JFP1 connector block JFP1 Keylock Power LED Turbo LED Reset Switch Speaker HDD LED ...

Page 30: ... you to disable the keyboard for security purposes You can connect the keylock to this pin 2 4 4 Power LED The Power LED is always lit while the system power is on You can connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin 2 4 5 Speaker Speaker from the system case is connected to this pin 2 4 6 HDD LED HDD LED shows the activity of a hard disk drive Avoid turning the power off while the HDD l...

Page 31: ... 2 19 2 5 Floppy Disk Connector FDC The mainboard also provides a standard floppy disk connector FDC that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector support the provided floppy drive ribbon cables FDC 1 ...

Page 32: ...k drives CD ROM 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2 These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk cable IDE1 PrimaryIDEConnector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also ...

Page 33: ...ors COM 1 COM 2 The mainboard has two serial ports COM A and COM B These two ports are 16550A fully compatible high speed communication ports that send receive 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into these connectors COM 2 COM 1 1 1 ...

Page 34: ...LATION 2 22 2 8 Parallel Port Connector LPT The mainboard provides a connector for LPT A parallel port is a standard printer port that also supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended capabilities Parallel Port ECP LPT 1 ...

Page 35: ...andard 12 pin AT type or PS 2 type connector Be sure to attach the connectors with the two black wires at the center Power Connector 12 1 Pin Description Pin Description 1 Power Good 7 Ground 2 5V DC 8 Ground 3 12V DC 9 5V DC 4 12V DC 10 5V DC 5 Ground 11 5V DC 6 Ground 12 5V DC ...

Page 36: ... Using the ATX power supply functions such as Modem Ring Wake Up and Soft Power Off are supported by this mainboard ATX Power Connector 11 20 10 1 PIN SIGNAL 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PW_OK 9 5V_SB 10 12V PIN DEFINITION ...

Page 37: ...ted by pushing it once the power supply will change its status from OFF to ON If Instant on is Disabled During ON stage push once and the system goes to sleep mode pushing it more than 6 seconds will change its status from ON to OFF If you want to change the setup you could go to the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Setup This is used for ATX type power supply only JRMS1 ...

Page 38: ...can provide sufficient 5V standby power for both the keyboard and the mainboard JP1 Enable Keyboard Wake up System Power Feature JP1 Feature Disable Keyboard Wake up System Power Feature Note a To be able to use this function you need a power supply that can provide enough power for the keyboard power on feature 200mA for 5V Stand by b Consult power supply vendor about the 5V stand by for your key...

Page 39: ...red Module Connector SIR The mainboard provides a 5 pin infrared connector SIR for IR module This connector is for optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module If you want to use this function you must configure the setting through BIOS setup SIR 1 ...

Page 40: ...ed with Modem add on card that supports the Modem Wake Up function Note Modem wake up signal is active low 1 5 PIN SIGNAL 1 NC 2 GND 3 MDM_WAKEUP 4 NC 5 5VSB Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature 750 ma power supply with 5V Stand by ...

Page 41: ...for use with LAN add on cards that supports Wake Up on LAN function J3 1 3 PIN SIGNAL 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 MP_WAKEUP Note LAN wake up signal is active high Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature 750 ma power supply with 5V Stand by ...

Page 42: ...6 Keyboard Connector ATKB1 The mainboard provides a standard AT style keyboard DIN connector for attaching a keyboard You can plug a keyboard cable directly to this connector AT Keyboard Connector Pin1 NC Pin2 VCC Pin3 DATA Pin4 GND Pin5 CLK ...

Page 43: ...2 17 Mouse Connector PS1 The mainboard provides a 5 pin connector for PS 2 mouse cable optional You can plug a PS 2 style mouse to PS 2 mouse cable The connector location as shown below PS1 1 Pin 1 VCC Pin 2 Pin 3 GND Pin 4 CLK Pin 5 DATA ...

Page 44: ...CHAPTER2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 32 2 18 USB Connector USB1 Connect a USB cable to support USB device such as keyboard and mouse USB GND GND DO DO VCC VCC DO DO GND GND ...

Page 45: ...CHAPTER2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 33 ...

Page 46: ...OS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3 1 Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP Award BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed RAM CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information even when the power is turned off ...

Page 47: ...ssing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to PRESS F1 TOCONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TOENTERSETUP 3 2 Getting Help 3 2 Getting Help 3 2 Getting Help 3 2 Getting Help 3 2 Getting Help Mai...

Page 48: ...The Main Menu 3 3 The Main Menu 3 3 The Main Menu 3 3 The Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IKM49 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC INTE...

Page 49: ...is category determines the power consumption for system after setting the specified items Default value is Disable PNP PCI Configuration Setup This category specifies the IRQ level for PCI and ISA devices Load Setup Defaults Chipset defaults indicates the values required by the system for the maximumperformance Integrated Peripherals This category specifies the I O used by your system Supervisor P...

Page 50: ... AWARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP BIOS SETUP 3 5 IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatically configure hard disk parameters Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup ...

Page 51: ...em and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IM4A STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Date mm dd yy Mon Jan 12 1998 Time hh mm ss ...

Page 52: ...mputer There are 45 pre defined types and 4 user defin able types for Enhanced IDE BIOS Type 1 to Type 45 are pre defined 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 drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this categ...

Page 53: ... controller of HDD interface is ESDI the selection shall be Type 1 If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI the selection shall be None If the controller of HDD interface is CD ROM the selection shall be None CYLS number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precom LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS number of sectors MODE HDD access mode ...

Page 54: ...ssage will appear For the meantime you can run an anti virus program to locate the problem The settings are None Both Trend or Award WARNING Disk Boot Sector is to be modified Type Y to accept write or N to abort write Award Software Inc Virus Protection By None Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Quick Power on Self Test Disabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI Swap...

Page 55: ... function is available only for DOS and other OS that do not trap INT13 CPU Internal Cache The default value is Enabled If your CPU is without Internal Cache then this item CPU Internal Cache will not be shown Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Note The internal cache is built in the processor External Cache Choose Enabled or Disabled This option enables the level 2 cache memory Q...

Page 56: ...I E A SCSI F A SCSI SCSI A C SCSI C A C only Default value is A C SCSI Swap Floppy Drive Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B Default is Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Floppy FIFO Control During Enabled the FDD disk wi...

Page 57: ... color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the P...

Page 58: ...et to OS 2 if using more than 64MB and running OS 2 Report No FDD For WIN95 When set to yes BIOS will not report any IRQ for FDD when FDD is disabled in Windows 95 This function is used only when you re testing SCT for Windows 95 logo Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution Video shadow will increase the video performance Enabled default Video sha...

Page 59: ...e using your system ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IKM49 CHIPSET FEATURE SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Esc Quit Select item F1 Help PU PD modify F5 Old Value Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults AGP Aperture Size 64MB System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M Disabled CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Current CPU Temperature 310 C 870 F Shutdown Temperature Disabled Current...

Page 60: ...able to suffer longer refresh time such as 15 6 x 1 15 6 x 2 15 6 x 3 and so on The settings are 15 6 62 4 124 8 or 187 2 RAS Pulse Width Refresh Select the number of CPU clock cycles for RAS DRAM refresh Fewer clock cycles give faster performance and more cycles give more stable performance The settings are 4T 5T 6T or 7T RAS Precharge Time Defines the length of time the Row Address Strobe is all...

Page 61: ...Assertion Timing This item allows you to select the RAMW assertion timing RAMW is internal DRAM control signal of chipset The settings are 3T or 2T CAS Precharge Time EDO This item allows you to select CAS precharge time for EDO RAM The settings are 1T 1T 2T or 2T CAS Precharge Time FP This item allows you to select CAS precharge time for FP RAM The settings are 1T 1T 2T or 2T CAS Pulse Width EDO ...

Page 62: ...ttings are Enabled or Disabled CPU to PCI Burst Mem WR Select enabled permits PCI burst memory write cycles for faster performance When disabled performance is slightly slower but more reliable The settings are 3T or 2T AGP Aperture Size This option determines the effective size of the graphics aperture used in the particular PAC configuration The AGP aperture is memory mapped while graphics data ...

Page 63: ...e cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements CPU Warning Temperature During Enabled whenever the processor temperature reach a Critical level this will show warning Shutdown Temperature This support the ACPI specification During Enabled whenever the system temperature reach a critical level the system will auto...

Page 64: ...nction Enable Power Management User Define PM Control by APM Yes Video Off Option Susp Stby Off Video Off Method DPMS Supported Switch Function Break Wake Doze Speed div by 2 8 Stdby Speed div by 1 8 Modem Use IRQ 3 Ctrl ALt Backspace Power Off Soft off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Ring Power UP Enable LAN Power Up Enable Power Up by Alarm Disable PM Timers HDD Off After Disable Doze Mode Disable Stand...

Page 65: ...anagement Doze Mode 20 min Standby Mode 20 min Suspend Mode 20 min and HDD Power Down Disabled MaxPowerSaving Maximumpowermanagement ONLY AVAILABLEFORSL GreenMode CPU S Doze Mode 20 sec Standby Mode 20 sec Suspend Mode 20sec and HDD Power Down Disabled User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which r...

Page 66: ...This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V HSYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blank to the video buffer DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics S...

Page 67: ... simultaneously to suspend the system During Disabled this key will not function Soft Off by PWR BTTN The settings are Delay 4 sec or Instant off During Delay 4 sec if you push the switch one time the system goes into suspend mode and if you push it more than 4 second the system shuts down During Instant off the system will shut down once you push the switch Ring Power Up During Disabled the syste...

Page 68: ... If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system Then power off the system This function will work the next time you power on PM Timers PM Timers PM Timers PM Timers PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected See Above for available ...

Page 69: ...vents PM Events PM Events PM Events PM Events Power Down Activities events 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 which is configured as On even when the system is in a power down mode Primary Activity Secondary Activity When set to En...

Page 70: ...spend The following is 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 an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service As above the choices are On and Off When set On activ...

Page 71: ...y Manual Reset Configuration Data Disabled IRQ 3 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 4 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 15assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 0assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 1assigned to PCI ISA PnP DM...

Page 72: ...ug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 The settings are Auto or Manual Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot The settings are Enabled or Disab...

Page 73: ... The IDE standard supports two channels interfaces with two devices on each channel Enable the second channel if your system has two PCI IDE connectors in use either on the system board or on expansion boards Disable the second channel if a second IDE connector is not present or not in use The settings are Enabled or Disabled PCI IDE IRQ Map to This allows you to configure your system to the type ...

Page 74: ...etup Defaults This Main Menu item loads the default system values If the CMOS is corrupted the defaults are loaded automatically Choose this item and the following message appears Load Setup Defaults Y N N To use the Setup defaults change the prompt to Y and press Enter Note The Setup defaults can be customized to increase performance However the BIOS defaults can always be used as a back up if th...

Page 75: ...ry Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UltraDMA Auto Primary Slave UltraDMA Auto Secondary Master UltraDMA Auto Secondary Slave UltraDMA Auto IDE Burst Mode Enabled IDE Data Port Post Write Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDD controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto UART 2 Mode Standard Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 Esc Quit Select item F1 Help PU PD modify ...

Page 76: ...ut Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by themselves This is simpler and more efficient and faster Your system supports five modes numbered from 0 default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is ...

Page 77: ...uld be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature The settings are Enabled or Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1 port 2 controller with I O address The settings are 3F8 I...

Page 78: ...ort EPP or ECP mode The settings are SPP ECP EPP ECP or EPP SPP USB Controller This items allows you to determine whether to enable the USB Universal Serial Bus function or not The settings are Enabled or Disabled USB Keyboard Support This items allows you to use USB Keyboard without installing any driver on some OS If you want to use this function you must enable USB Controller function The setti...

Page 79: ...are as follow 1 Choose Change Password in the Main Menu and press Enter The following message appears Enter Password 2 The first time you run this option enter your password up to only 8 characters and press Enter The screen does not display the entered characters For no password just press Enter 3 After you enter the password the following message appears prompting you to confirm the password Con...

Page 80: ...112 1023 64 0 4094 63 LBA 1 2113 4095 16 65535 4094 63 NORMAL 3 2113 2047 32 65535 4094 63 LARGE ESC Skip 3 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection You can use this utility to automatically detect the characteristics of most hard drives When you enter this utility the screen asks you to select a speci...

Page 81: ...S USER S GUIDE 4 1 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS USER GUIDE The system configuration information and chipset register information is stored in the CMOS RAM This information is retained by a battery when the power is off Enter the BIOS setup if needed to modify this information The following pages will describe how to enter BIOS setup and all about options ...

Page 82: ...L key the BIOS setup screen will appear AMIBIOS C 1996 American Megatrends Inc AGIOMS VXXX XXXXXX Hit DEL if you want to run setup C American Megatrends Inc 61 XXXX 001169 00111111 071592 i82440FX H 4 1 Enter BIOS Setup EntertheAMI setup Program s Main Menu as follows 1 Turn on or reboot the system The following screen appears with a series of diagnostic check Note If you don t want to modify CMOS...

Page 83: ...assword Change Supervisor Password Change Language Setting Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings Save Settings and Exit Exit without Saving 4 Use the Up and Down key to move the highlight scroll up or down 5 Use the ENTER key to select the option 6 To exit press ESC To save and exit press F10 7 Section 4 2 to 4 7 will explain the option in more details...

Page 84: ...etup 1 Press ENTER on Standard CMOS Setup of the main menu screen AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP C 1996 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Sat Jan 17 1998 Time hh mm ss 17 09 25 Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 1 2 Floppy Drive B Not Installed LBA Blk PIO 32Bit Type Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode Pri Master Auto ON ON AUTO ON Pri Slave Auto ON ON AUTO ON Sec Maste...

Page 85: ...vice CD ROM 4th Boot Device Disabled Boot From Card BIOS Yes Try Other Boot Devices Yes Quick Boot Disabled BootUp Num Lock On Floppy Drive Swap Disabled PS 2 Mouse Support Enabled Primary Display VGA EGA Password Check Setup Boot to OS 2 DRAM 64MB or Above No Internal Cache WriteBack External Cache Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled C000 16k Shadow Enabled C400 16k Shadow Enabled C800 16k Shad...

Page 86: ...om the SCSI Network The system will boot from the Network drive CD ROM The system will boot from the CD ROM Disable Disable this sequence Boot From Card BIOS This option support boot ROM under DOS mode Try other Boot Devices This option sets the device boot if all the Four Boot Devices failed Quick Boot Set this option to Enabled to permit AMI BIOS to boot within 5 seconds This option replaces the...

Page 87: ... or VGA EGA The optimal and Fail Safe default settings are VGA EGA Password Check This option specifies the type of AMI BIOS password protection that is implemented The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Setup Boot to OS 2 DRAM 64MB or Above Set this option to Enabled to permit the BIOS to run properly if OS 2 is to be used with 64MB of DRAM The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal...

Page 88: ...OM from C0000h C7FFFh are not only copied from ROM to RAM it can also be written to or read from cache memory Shadow the Contents of the video ROM from C0000h C7FFFh are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM for faster execution The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Cached C800 16k Shadow CC00 16k Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16k Shadow D800 16k Shadow DC00 16K Shadow These options specify how the...

Page 89: ...Normal SDRAM Timing Fast Read Disabled Back Back Read Timing 51112111 Write Retire Rate x 1 1 1 CAS Latency 2T Read Delay 1T After W Cycle Disabled RAS CAS Assert Time 1T Pulse Wait State 1 Wait CACHE Setting ISA Control Setting ISA Bus Clock PCICLK 4 16Bit I O Cycle Recovery Time 5 BUSCLK 8BIT I O Cycle Recovery Time 8 BUSCLK Memory Hole Disabled Graphic Window Control 64Mbyte USB Setting USB Fun...

Page 90: ...EDO FP SDRAM Select the number of CPU clock cycles for RAS DRAM refresh Fewer clock cycles give faster performance and more cycles give more stable performance The settings are 6T 5T 5T 4T 7T 6T or 8T 7T Refresh Queue Depth This option is for minimizing the performance penalty caused by refresh cycles Refresh request is arbitrated with other DRAM request If a refresh request does not get served it...

Page 91: ...all CPU write cycle first and then forward the data to DRAM Retire Rate is the speed of the buffer to DRAM The settings are X 1 1 1 or X 2 2 2 CAS Latency This item allows you to select the SDRAM Latency Time The settings are 2T or 3T Read Delay 1T After W Cycle This option read command timing control when Read Cycle follows after Write Cycle The setting is 0 wait and 1 wait state RAS CAS Assert T...

Page 92: ... can be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements Graphic Window Control This option determines the effective size of the graphics aperture used in the particular PAC configuration This is a memory mapped while graphics data structure can reside in a graphics aperture The option allows the selection of 4 8 16 ...

Page 93: ...egatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Keyboard Power ON Disabled Power Management APM Enabled GPC Monitor Power State Standby Video Power Down Mode Standby Hard Disk Power Down Mode Standby HardDisk Time Out minute Disabled Standby Time Out 10 Min Suspend Time Out 15 Min Slow Clock Ratio 50 Primary IDE Both Secondary IDE Both Floppy Port Both Serial Port 1 Both Serial Port 2 Both Parallel Port Both DM...

Page 94: ... specifies the power state that the green PC compliant video monitor enters when AMI BIOS places it in a power savings 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 Standby Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the VESA VGA video subsystem enter...

Page 95: ...When this length of time expires the computer enters Standby power state The settings are Disabled 1 min 2 min 3 min 4 min 5min 6min 7min 8min 9min 10min 11min 12min 13min 14minor 15 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Suspend Time Out This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Standby state When this length of time expires the computer enter...

Page 96: ...hardware interrupt request line If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMI BIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line The computer enters the full on power state if any activity occurs AMI BIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line Power Off By Power Button The setting are Delay 4 sec or Instant Off During Delay ...

Page 97: ...o Clear NVRAM on Every Boot No PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks 64 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled OffBoard PCI IDE Card Auto OffBoard PCI IDE Primary IRQ Disabled OffBoard PCI IDE Secondary IRQ Disabled Assign IRQ to PCI VGA Card Yes PCI IDE Busmaster Disabled PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot2 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority Auto DMA Channel 0 PnP DMA Channel 1...

Page 98: ...l and Fail Safe default settings are 64 PCI VGA Palette Snoop When this option is set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer o...

Page 99: ...es where the offboard PCI IDE controller adaper card is installed Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 or Slot4 The Optimal and Fail Safe settings are Auto If an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed in the computer you must also set the Offboard PCI IDE Primary IRQ and Offboard PCI IDE Secondary IRQ options Offboard PCI IDE Primary IRQ Offboard PCI IDE Secondary IRQ These options specify the PCI int...

Page 100: ...S should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the pool the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA EISA setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMI BIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as PC...

Page 101: ... ESC to go back to the main menu AMIBIOS SETUP PERIPHERAL SETUP C 1996 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoard FDC Auto OnBoard Serial Port1 Auto OnBoard Serial Port2 Auto Serial Port2 Mode Normal IR Duplex Mode Full IrDA Protocol 1 6us OnBoard Parallel Port Auto Parallel Port Mode Normal EPP Version N A Parallel Port IRQ Auto Parallel Port DMA Channel N A Onboard PCI IDE Both Primary ...

Page 102: ...on card has Onboard FDC to be set at FDCexist none FDC exist Disabled Enabled ü ü ü ü DISABLED X DISABLED X ü ü X X COM3 4 COM4 3 X X ü ü COM1 4 COM2 3 ü X X ü COM2 3 COM3 4 X ü ü X COM1 4 COM4 3 ü ü ü X COM4 3 DISABLED X ü ü X ü COM3 4 DISABLED X ü X ü ü COM2 3 DISABLED X X ü ü ü COM1 4 DISABLED X X X X X COM1 4 COM2 3 ü X X X COM2 3 COM3 4 X ü X X COM1 4 COM3 4 X X ü X COM1 4 COM2 3 X X X ü COM1...

Page 103: ... the IR transmit active pulse time according to the specification of IR module Based on different IR module the user can select active pulse time as 1 6us or 3 16 bit Onboard Parallel Port Choose Auto the BIOS automatically assigned onboard parallel port to the available parallel port or disabled If the ISA add on card has Onboard parallel port to be set as ü ü ü Disabled X ü ü X LPT3 5 ü X ü LPT2...

Page 104: ...rallel port The settings are Normal SPP EPP or ECP mode Parallel Port IRQ If the onboard parallel mode is not on auto mode the user can select the interrupt line for onboard parallel port We suggest that the user select the interrupt for the onboard parallel port as shown below Parallel Port DMA Channel This option allows user to choose DMA channel 1 to 3 for the onboard parallel port on ECP mode ...

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