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                           WIN TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
                        W6BXA Intel BX AGP ATX MAINBOARD
                                User's Manual

Foreword
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This manual is designed to provide the basic necessary information for the
end user to understand and properly use the W6BXA-O mainboard. The mainboard

ensures superlative performance and complete compatibility with industry
standards, which incorporating many technical enhancements.

Trademarks
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WTC is a registered trademark of Win Technologies Co., Ltd. All trademarks
belong to their registered owner.

Checklist
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Your W6BXA-O package contains the following:

* W6BXA-O mainboard
* User's manual
* Driver Disk
* HDD/FDD Cable
* Retention

Precautions
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1. Make sure you ground yourself before handling the mainboard or other

   system components. Electrostatic discharge will damage the mainboard. 
   Note that you must take special precaution when handling the mainboard
   in dry or air-conditioned environments.

2. Make sure your ATX power switch is turned off before you plug the power

   connector between your mainboard and power supply.

   The precaution below is to protect the mainboard from electrostatic 
   discharge.

   * Do not remove the anti-static packing until you are ready to install
     the mainboard and other system components.
   * Ground yourselfbefore removing any system component from its
     protective anti-static packing. To ground yourself, and grasp the
     expansion slot covers or other unpainted portion computer chassis.

   * Frequently ground yourself while working, or use a grounding strap.
   * Handle the mainboard by the edges and avoid touching its components.

Mainboard Features

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* Intel 440BX chipset: 82443BX/82371EB (PIIX4E)
* Supports Intel Pentium II 233MHz-450MHz Processors (with MMX)
* One AGP port with up to 133MHz data transfer capability
* Four PCI slots and three ISA slots onboard

* Supports three DLMM sockets and two USB ports
* Award PnP BIOS supports ACPI function
* Supports SDRAM from 8MB to 384MB
* Supports ULTRA DMA/33 IDE protocol

* Supports wake on LAN and modem ring on
* Enhanced fast I/O (Serial, IR, Parallel port (ECP/EPP/SPP), FDC) onboard
* Keyboard password, Hot key, PS/2 Mouse power on
* Jumperless design for easy CPU speed setting
* Onboard switching voltage regulator (supports 1.8V to 3.5V)

* ATX form factor 305mm x 180mm

Summary of Contents for W6BXA

Page 1: ... supply The precaution below is to protect the mainboard from electrostatic discharge Do not remove the anti static packing until you are ready to install the mainboard and other system components Ground yourselfbefore removing any system component from its protective anti static packing To ground yourself and grasp the expansion slot covers or other unpainted portion computer chassis Frequently g...

Page 2: ...s to their appropriate port on the mainboard Refer to the diagram and pay attention to the orientation of each cable and plug On each cable the pin 1 plug is denoted by a red wire Additionally most peripheral plugs are flat on one side and notched on the other to denote proper orientation If a cable is plugged in upside down the hardware will not function and may be damaged Note that this mainboar...

Page 3: ...ard Connectors Hard Disk Connector IDE1 IDE2 Printer Connector LPT Floppy Connector FDC Serial Connector COM1 COM2 Unversal Serial Bus Connector USB Power on push button Connector J1 PW SW Power LED Connector Keylock J1 PW LED KEYLOCK Hard disk LED Connector J1 HDD LED Speaker Connector J1 SPEAKER Reset Connector J1 RESET Keyboard Connector Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Mouse Power Supply Connector PW IR Co...

Page 4: ...n you want to clear the CMOS data including date time Hard disk configuration FDD type password you can set JP4 to 2 3 Before setting 2 3 you have to draw the power core not less than 15 sec to ensure the CMOS is deleted After clearing the CMOS you should set the CMOS to charge JP4 Othenvise the system will not work properly JP6 KEYBOARD PASSWORD PS 2 MOUSE POWER ON SELECTOR If you want to enable ...

Page 5: ...top you have put it into the cache memory If the cache gets full and the computer cannot handle any more open files by returning some files to the shelfyou can free up more space in the cache memory There is one cache memory within the CPU itself and one contained in the chipset on the mainboard 6 Chipset A group ofintegrated circuits designed for a certain job such as building an AT bus A chipset...

Page 6: ... in card for a bus slot which drives the monitor and displays text and graphics An adapter s hub is a graphics control chip 17 HDD Hard Disk Drive A drive for data recording which uses a stiff data carrier in the form of a fast rotating disk Hard disks unlike floppies do not have variable data volume it is fixed in the drive A hard disk holds many times more information than a single floppy 18 HDD...

Page 7: ... the operation of a computer and establishes interface between application programs and the hardware and file system such as Unix Xenix and DOS 30 Parallel Port An I O attachment used to hook up the printer or any other parallel interface device in which information is transferred both to and from the computer 31 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect A bus standard initiated by Intel with a bus wi...

Page 8: ...Single sided modules only have chips on one side while doubles have chips on both 39 SMI System Management Interface A BIOS override function allowing the computer to go directly into power conservation or green mode without waiting for a certain amount a time specified in the BIOS to elapse 30 UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter An intelligent microchip for a serial interface whi...

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