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TS-AVE3/B

USER’S MANUAL

Intel

Socket 370 Celeron/

Pentium III /Tualatin Series

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Page 1: ...TS AVE3 B USER S MANUAL Intel Socket 370 Celeron Pentium III Tualatin Series ...

Page 2: ...tion and specifications are subject to change without prior notice Disclaimer Transcend provides this manual as is without any warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to implied warranties conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Transcend its management employees distributors and agents are in no way liable for any indirect special incid...

Page 3: ...tely avoid these problems No matter what happens during BIOS updating the user s system can still boot from the floppy drive allowing the updating command to be executed again One Click On Line BIOS Updating For users of Windows 9x NT 4 0 2000 Me XP ezBIOS allows you to use Transcend s innovative on line updating technology Just one click can detect the BIOS version of your system download the lat...

Page 4: ... 4 66 100 133 MHz System Configuration 9 2 5 Using Jumper JP5 to Clear CMOS 10 2 6 Onboard Audio Setting 10 2 7 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors 11 2 8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 12 2 9 Fan Power Connectors 12 2 10 Memory Configuration 13 2 11 Panel Connectors 14 2 12 Power Connector 15 2 13 Wake on LAN Connector 16 2 14 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 17 2 15 Internal Audio Connectors 1...

Page 5: ...Setup 41 3 9 PC Health Status 43 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control 44 3 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults 45 3 12 Load Optimized Defaults 45 3 13 Supervisor Password 46 3 14 User Password 47 3 15 Save Exit Setup 47 3 16 Exit Without Saving 48 CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 49 4 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version 49 4 2 How to Download the Correct BIOS File from Our Web Site 49 4 3 How to Upgrade Your Mo...

Page 6: ...cautions while handling the motherboard and other computer components 1 If possible wear an anti static wrist strap connected to a natural earth ground 2 Touch a grounded or anti static surface or a metal fixture such as a pipe or the chassis of your system before touching the motherboard 3 When you have removed the motherboard from its anti static packaging try to hold it only by the edges withou...

Page 7: ... memory CMOS RAM on your motherboard should not require replacement for at least five years and probably much longer In picture 2 2 it is located near the center of the motherboard Incorrect computer time and or loss of time may indicate a weak motherboard battery Please replace your battery only with the same type or a similar type recommended by the battery manufacturer If the battery is replace...

Page 8: ...t 1 x ISA slot 1 x AMR slot Shared with ISA slot Award BIOS Supports Plug and Play PC99 Supports ACPI APM DMI Green Features Easy BIOS Recovery I O Functions Supports PIO Mode 3 4 5 ATAPI devices and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Supports 2 high speed UART 16550 COM ports Supports SPP EPP ECP LPT port Supports 1 44 2 88 MB floppy drive Supports PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Supports IrDA port Supports 4 USB ...

Page 9: ...5 compliant Other Features Supports Transcend ezBIOS Year 2000 compliant Anti Virus Boot up System voltage monitoring for CPU Vcore 2 5V 3 3V 5V and 12V CPU temperature monitoring CPU and CASE FAN speed monitoring PCB Dimensions ATX form factor 4 layer PCB 19cm x 30 5cm 8 in x 12 in ...

Page 10: ...C PCI IDE Connectors Bus Master PIO Mode 3 4 DMA Mode 2 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 WOL Header WOL Header 3 x 168pin DIMM Sockets 8MB 1 5GB SDRAM Memory Intel VRM 8 5 Compliant Switching Reg Switching Reg 5 x PCI Slots 1 x AMR Slot 1 x ISA Slot Shared with AMR Expansion Slots Expansion Slots 1 x AGP Slot South Bridge Flash EEPROM Flash EEPROM Award BIOS PnP DMI ACPI compliant Inte l Pentium III FC PGA Cel...

Page 11: ...S 2 B Keyboard USB T Port 1 B Port 2 COMB COMA Parallel Port KB MOUSE USB T Mouse JP5 CPU FAN AGP Slot VIDEO CD1 AC97 CODEC JP6 2M bit Flash BIOS EEPROM IrDA PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 AMR Slot ISA Slot USB 3 4 JP4 Power Connector IDE1 IDE2 CASE FAN Panel Connectors PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 2 G a m e P o r t Li Battery South Bridge W O L MODEM AUX CD2 ...

Page 12: ... Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards at a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU into the socket in the correct orientation Install the CPU fan if you haven t already done so With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the CPU TS AVE...

Page 13: ...or indicated on the diagram below Ensure that the cable is connected correctly It will be obvious which way it fits HARDWARE INSTALLATION 8 Socket 370 CPU Bottom View Socket 370 CPU Installation Notch CPU_FAN Socket 370 CPU Top View Notch Transcend Information Inc ...

Page 14: ...ock in Frequency Voltage Control Please refer to page 43 When you set the FSB to 100MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 100MHz to 124MHz through CPU Host PCI Clock When you set the FSB to 133MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 124MHz to 150MHz through CPU Host PCI Clock TS AVE3 B AUTO 100MHz 1 66 100 133MHz 66 100 133MHz FSB Configuration Jumper JP4 66MHz 133MHz NOTE If you a...

Page 15: ...NSTALLATION 10 2 6 Onboard Audio Setting 9 Pin JP6 The onboard audio CODEC can be enabled or disabled via this jumper Please disable the onboard audio CODEC if you want to use an external AMR Sound Card Audio Selection Jumper 1 2 3 Disable onboard Audio 1 2 3 Enable onboard Audio JP6 1 2 3 NOTE If you want to use a PCI Sound Card with audio controller on it please disable the OnChip Sound function...

Page 16: ...le to reach the higher speeds If you intend to operate two IDE devices from the same channel one device must be set to Master mode the other to Slave mode A HDD CD ROM or other IDE device can have either setting depending on device s jumper Please refer to the device s manual for more information IDE Connectors Note Orient the red stripe to Pin1 Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector IDE1 I...

Page 17: ...he edge of the ribbon cable must be the nearest to PIN1 or your connection won t work Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN1 Floppy Drive Connector Note Orient the red stripe to Pin1 2 9 Fan Power Connectors There are two fan power connectors on the motherboard the CPU FAN and the CASE FAN Each connector provides 12V power The cables can only be attached the correct way If you try to put them in the wro...

Page 18: ...g modules You can install memory in any combination as follows TS AVE B 13 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 168Pin DIMM Sockets Unbuffered Position 3 3V Position 168Pin SDRAM Module DIMM1 168Pin SDRAM Module DIMM2 168Pin SDRAM Module DIMM3 DIMM Location DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 Total Memory 168pin DIMM SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB 1 5GB max NOTE Differ...

Page 19: ...ase mounted speaker Pin13 5V Pin15 GND Pin17 NC Pin19 SPK Suspend Mode LED Lead 2 pin S_LED The S_LED will light when the system is in suspend mode Pin2 5V Pin4 GND Hard Disk LED Lead 2 pin HD_LED This 2 pin connector connects to the LED of the hard disk The LED lights up when the HDD is active Pin6 5V Pin8 GND Transcend Information Inc Panel Connectors 1 2 S_LED HD_LED RESET SOFT_OFF SPEAKER 19 2...

Page 20: ... Set Soft Off by PWR BTN in Power Management Setup in BIOS to either Instant Off or Delay 4 Sec Pin18 SOFT OFF Pin20 GND 2 12 Power Connector 20 pin PWR CONN Make sure to plug the ATX power supply into the connector properly The pin definition is shown below Make sure that your ATX power supply can support at least 720mA 5V standby power for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI func...

Page 21: ...n Power up when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the LAN card NOTE This function requires that the Ring WOL Resume function be set ON in Wake Up Events inPOWERMANAGEMENTSETUP and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Transcend Information Inc Wake On LAN Connector 5 Volt Standby GND PME W O L ...

Page 22: ...d to support a wireless infrared module With this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection users can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDAs and printers You must also configure settings through UART 2 Mode in Integrated Peripherals in BIOS IrDA 5V IRRX NC GND IRTX IrDR Connecotr ...

Page 23: ...ring of mono_in such as a phone and mono_out such as a speaker between the onboard audio and the voice modem card AUX Green GND Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel GND Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel CD2 White GND Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel CD1 Black GND Modem In Voice to Modem Modem Out Voice from Modem MODEM White VIDEO White GND Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel Inter...

Page 24: ...Black two 4 pin USBs See 2 17 Inter nal USB Port Connector regarding USB Ports 3 and 4 4 Parallel Port Burgundy 25 pin Printer 5 Serial Ports COMA and COMB Turquoise two 9 pin COMA and COMB 6 Game Port MIDI Port Gold 15 pin GAME 7 Line_out Lime Green 1 8 LINE_OUT 8 Line_in Light blue 1 8 LINE_IN 9 MIC_in Pink 1 8 MIC 19 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1 PS 2 Mouse 2 PS 2 Keyboard 4 Parallel Port Printer 3 U...

Page 25: ...4 You can use the optional USB port bracket to add two USB ports for additional USB devices Regarding the external USB Ports 1 and 2 please refer to 2 16 External Back Panel I O Ports NOTE Please make sure that the two red stripes on the cable are seated on Pin1 and Pin2 Internal USB Port Connector VCC USB3 USB3 GND VCC USB4 USB4 GND GND 1 2 9 10 USB3 USB4 USB3 Transcend Information Inc ...

Page 26: ...n Menu As you turn on or reboot the system the BIOS is immediately activated It will read the system configuration information and check the system through the Power On Self Test POST During the POST process pressing the Del key allows you to enter the Award BIOS configuration system The following screen will appear In the Award BIOS system you can use the arrows to highlight an item and then ente...

Page 27: ...em s Chipset Integrated Peripherals I O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripheral controllers in your system Power Management Setup Advanced Power Management APM and Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI options PnP PCI Configurations Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options PC Health Status To display the status of the fans CPU temperature and voltage monitor...

Page 28: ...isor User Password To change set or disable a password Save Exit Setup To save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup Exit Without Saving To abandon all changes and exit Setup 3 3 Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss Highlight the items and use PageUp PageDown to change the value of Date Time ...

Page 29: ...ficantly improve data transfer rates for drives with more than 1024 cylinders Large For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal access mode Capacity Disk drive capacity Note that this size is slighty greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads...

Page 30: ...rror You can set the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process The following are the available selections All Errors If the BIOS detects any nonfatal errors POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action No Errors POST does not stop for any error All But Keyboard If the BIOS detects any nonfatal errors except keyboard POST stops and prompts you to take correc...

Page 31: ...UP 26 NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you disable the virus warning first Transcend Information Inc CPU Internal Cache External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type and up contain internal cache...

Page 32: ...n to Floppy and HDD 0 options include LS120 HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 CDROM ZIP100 a LAN drive plus a SCSI hard drive If your boot device is not included in the list you can set the Boot Other Device field to Enabled and let the system detect the drive automatically Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive ...

Page 33: ...ds Security Option If you have set a password you can select whether the password is required while the system boots System or only when you enter Setup OS Select for DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running the OS 2 operating system with more than 64 MB of RAM in your system Otherwise select Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Select Enabled to change the video BIOS location form ROM to RAM where the C...

Page 34: ...of the Memory Module and choose the proper setting Disabled allows the timing to be set manually DRAM Clock Set the clock frequency of the DRAMs The default value is Host CLK You can select HCLK 33M if your DRAM modules are faster than the CPU a 66MHz FSB CPU with a PC100 SDRAM or a 100MHz FSB CPU with PC133 SDRAM or select HCLK 33M for a faster CPU with slower SDRAMs SDRAM CAS Latency This contro...

Page 35: ... PCI operation period Fast R W Turn Around This is a DRAM optimization feature If a memory read is addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer before being written to memory the read is satisfied through the buffer contents and the read is not sent to the DRAM The choices are Enabled and Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS Thi...

Page 36: ...d depends on the JP6 setting If you use an Add On Audio Card with an Audio Controller built in please set this field to Disabled OnChip MODEM Select Auto to enable the OnChip MODEM Controller which lets you use Add On MODEM CODEC on an AMR card If you use an Add On card with a MODEM Controller built in please set this field to Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer If Enabled is selected writes from the...

Page 37: ...ptions are Enabled and Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Selecting Enabled will implement a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability AGP Master 1 WS Read This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability Memory Parity ECC Check When...

Page 38: ...dary add in IDE interface IDE Prefetch Mode The Onboard IDE drive interface supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If your IDE drive has add in IDE interface and doesn t support prefetching please set this field to Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE in...

Page 39: ...ode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of Block Read Writes per sector that the drive can support Onboard FDD Controller You can use this function to enable or disable the onboard FDD controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and the corresponding interrupt for each of the first and second serial ports The choices are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2...

Page 40: ...n only EPP Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP Allows DMA and bidirectional operation It is faster than EPP mode ECP EPP Allows normal speed operation in two way mode ECP Mode Use DMA Assign DMA channel 1 or 3 to the port for ECP mode operation Parallel Port EPP Type Select EPP port type EPP1 7 or EPP1 9 Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard legacy audi...

Page 41: ...bled to assign Game Port to 200 207H 3 7 Power Management Setup Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to minimize energy consumption according to your own style of computer use Transcend Information Inc ACPI Function This item allows the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI to be Enabled or Disabled Power Management Press Enter to access the submenu shown on the nex...

Page 42: ... fixed mode settings 1 Min Power Saving Minimum power management mode Inactivity period is defined below Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 1 hr 2 Max Power Saving Maximum power management mode Inactivity period is defined below Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min 3 User Define Allows you to set each mode individually Select the time out period for each mode shown above ACPI Suspend Type Select ...

Page 43: ...lows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature PM Control by APM When Yes an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock MODEM Use IRQ You can select one of the following interrupt resources for modem use N A 3 4 5 7 9 10 or 11 Soft Off by PWRBTN When set to Instant off the ATX switch can b...

Page 44: ...on when the power failed If the PC was turned off when the power failed the system needs to be turned on again manually Wake Up Events Press Enter to access the following submenu which allows you to determine what events will wake up the system VGA If you select ON you can set the VGA to wake up the system LPT COM Select LPT COM or LPT COM to wake up the system when activity occurs associated with...

Page 45: ...ld is Enabled Primary INTR IRQs Activity Monitoring If you select ON for Primary INTR the IRQs Activity Monitoring submenu will be activated allowing you to enter the submenu to select IRQs to be monitored by being Enabled The system will wake up if activity occurs associated with monitored IRQs Ring WOL Resume Select Enabled to Power On your system when the external modem and LAN card receives a ...

Page 46: ... and Plug and Play PnP compatible devices If you select Auto ESCD the Interrupt Requests IRQs and DMA assignment fields will be deactivated as the BIOS automatically assigns them If you select Manual you may enter the IRQ Resources and DMA Resources submenus to make manual assignments TS AVE3 B PnP OS Installed This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP OS to configure the PCI bus slots inst...

Page 47: ... IRQ Resources IRQ n Assigned to DMA n Assigned to Select Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification Select PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture ...

Page 48: ... with video capture function do Consult your VGA documentation to set this field Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Assign IRQ For USB When Enabled BIOS will assign an IRQ channel for the USB controller 3 9 PC Health Status This menu provides a hardware monitoring center These features let you know the health status of your PC There are no user selectable parameters in this men...

Page 49: ... Enabled can stop the frequency output for unused DIMM PCI slots Spread Spectrum If Enabled you may manually input settings for the fields Linear Spread Model and Linear Spread Range CPU Host PCI Clock This function allows you to set the FSB frequency of the CPU and the speed of the PCI bus When JP4 is set to 66MHz you can select a system bus and PCI bus frequency from 66 33MHz to 95 31 MHz When J...

Page 50: ...lues permanently stored in the BIOS ROM 3 12 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system NOTE These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features ...

Page 51: ...e screen automatically reverts to the main menu To disable the password press the Enter key when prompted to enter the password The screen displays a message confirming that the password has been disabled Forget the password If you forget the password you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM with jumper JP5 To erase the RTC RAM 1 Unplug your computer 2 Set JP5 to Clear CMOS for...

Page 52: ...er Password This option allows you to set a password to prevent others from changing the BIOS settings of your system This operation is the same as Supervisor Password 3 15 Save Exit Setup Save the settings and exit the BIOS utility ...

Page 53: ...3 16 Exit Without Saving Abort current changes and exit the BIOS utility BIOS SETUP 48 Transcend Information Inc ...

Page 54: ... match the one shown on our web site Download the suitable version to your disk or other storage device AVE3 B Ver 1 01 11 01 01 BIOS File Name Make sure these charactors are exactly the same as your own version if you want to upgrade your BIOS BIOS Version 1 01 V11 for Version 1 1 You can upgrade to a newer version if your BIOS version is older than this version BIOS Generation Date 4 1 How to Ch...

Page 55: ...r icon Click 3 5 Floppy A Select File Format from Command Bar Under Format 3 5 Floppy A Menu select Format type Full item and Other Options Copy system files Click Start button Step 3 Download the updated Bios exe file from the web site to a floppy disk or other storage device Ref 4 1 and 4 2 Step 4 Type Bios exe to decompress it Step 5 Please read the Readme txt file carefully and follow the inst...

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