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Cutting-Edge Technology  

for

  

Superior Systems

 

 

PowerPro LX 

 

Mainboard

 

  

Platform of the Pentium® II

  

 

USER’S MANUAL 

 

Copyright © 1998 Jaton Corporation, USA 

 

Содержание PowerPro LX

Страница 1: ...Cutting EdgeTechnology for SuperiorSystems PowerPro LX Mainboard Platform of the Pentium II USER S MANUAL Copyright 1998 Jaton Corporation USA...

Страница 2: ...DARD EXTERNAL CONNECTORS 11 JUMPERSETTINGS 17 INSTALLATION OF THE CPU 19 INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY 20 CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION OF BIOS 21 CPU SETUP CPU SOFT MENU 23 STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU 27 BIOS FEATU...

Страница 3: ...50 APPENDIX A QUICK INSTALLATION 50 APPENDIX B HDD INSTALLATION 56 APPENDIX C TECHNICAL SUPPORT 63 APPENDIX D FLASH BIOS INSTRUCTIONS 69 APPENDIX E INSTALL THE PCI BRIDGE BATCH FILE 71 APPENDIX F USB...

Страница 4: ...of the desktop system for multimedia in the future Specifications 1 CPU CPU SOFT MENU eliminates the need for jumpers or DIP switches needed to set CPU parameters Employs switching type regulators to...

Страница 5: ...optional Supports up to 512MB EDO DRAM up to 1GB ECC support 5 System BIOS Award Plug and Play BIOS supports APM DMI and ACPI 6 Multi I O Functions Floppy port supportsup to 2 88MB and 3 mode floppy U...

Страница 6: ...or One AGP slot Four PCI slots and Three ISA slots Reserved circuitry for LDCM feature PC97 PC98 Compliant Board size 30 5 x 19mm Note All brand namesand trademarksare the property of their respective...

Страница 7: ...not as same as shown USB 1 KEYBoard Mouse ATXPWR PIIX4 1 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 1 FDC SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 IR 1 1 Winbond CPU SLOT1 COMM LPT PORTS 443LX BAT AGP SLOT 5 CCOMS 1 1 3 DIMM...

Страница 8: ...ock diagram CPU SLOT PMC 82443LX Main Memory DRAM AGP SLOT PIIX4 83977F Buffer Serial LPT IrDA KBC RTC FLASH BIOS FDC X BUS ISA SLOT s PCI SLOT s Control Address Data Address Control PCI BUS USB 1 USB...

Страница 9: ...ssors now on the market For details see specificationsin Chapter 1 This chapter is organized according the following features Installing the Mainboard to the Casing Standard external connectors Jumper...

Страница 10: ...have a base on which there will be many mounting holes that allowsthe mainboard to be securely attached and at the same time prevents short circuits There are two waysto attach the mainboard to the b...

Страница 11: ...c you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes Just cut the spacers along the dotted line the spacer may be a little hard so be careful of our hands In this way you can still attach the main...

Страница 12: ...foratleastone second to reset the system Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Ground 2 Reset input PN1 Pin 4 5 6 7 SpeakerConnector Attach the system speaker to connector PN1 Pin number Name o...

Страница 13: ...k to the connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 5VDC 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 Keylock inhibit signal 5 Ground PN2 Pin 6 7 HDD LED Connector Attach the cable from the case s HDD LED to...

Страница 14: ...is switch to enable disable the power management function by hardware Pin number Name or significance of signal 10 Ground 11 Suspend signal MOUSE PS 2 Mouse Connector Attach a PS 2 mouse to this 6 pin...

Страница 15: ...Keyboard clock 6 No connection ATX PWR ATX Power InputConnector Caution If power supply connectorsare not properly attached to ATXPWR the power supply or add on cards may be damaged Attach the connect...

Страница 16: ...Ground 17 Ground 18 5V 19 5V FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 DC FAN Power Connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense IR IR Connector Infrared Pin number Name or significance of signal...

Страница 17: ...nel 2 connector FDC 34 Floppy disk connector LPT 25 Parallel port COM1 9 Serial port COM1 connector COM2 9 Serial port COM2 connector USB 8 Universal serial Bus Notes IDE1 IDE2 are high performance PC...

Страница 18: ...various hardware options See Figure 1 1 for jumper locations Throughout this section the following symbols are used to indicate jumper settings For 3 pin jumpers the symbols beloware used For 2 pins j...

Страница 19: ...mainboard make sure this jumper is set for Normal Operation 1 2 See the jumper below Setting CCMOS Normal Operation Default Discharge CMOS Installation of the CPU The mainboard is equipped with a CPU...

Страница 20: ...EDO There are four banks of Memory on the system board In order to create a memory array certain rules must be followed The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations The memory array is...

Страница 21: ...as time date hard disk drive as well as more complex parameters such as hardware synchronization device operating mode CPU SOFT MENU techniques setup of CPU voltage and speed The computer will operate...

Страница 22: ...mputer to the program of the next level which is the operating system Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate it will be the key factor to system stability and to e...

Страница 23: ...TA was lost What is the CMOS Is it important The CMOS is the memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have configured Thismemory is passive You can read its data and you can also store data i...

Страница 24: ...that option Fig 3 1 CPU SOFT MENU CPU NameIs Intel Pentium II MMX CPU Operating Speed This option sets the CPU speed In this field the CPU speed is indicated like this CPU speed external clock x mult...

Страница 25: ...p of future CPUs whose specifications are still unknown The specifications of all present CPUs are included in the default settings Unless you are very familiar with all CPU parameters it is very easy...

Страница 26: ...arameters When you change your CPU The mainboard have been designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted the CPU in the socket without having to configure any jumpers or...

Страница 27: ...eature used for testing purposes by our R D department Of course you can use this feature to test the stability of your own system but after you have tested the product we recommend that you set it ba...

Страница 28: ...RGE Normal mode Standard normal mode supports hard disks of 528MB or less This mode directly uses positionsindicated by Cylinders CYLS Heads and Sectorsto access data LBA Logical Block Addressing mode...

Страница 29: ...port LBA mode you should select this mode FDD supporting 3 Mode 3 Mode floppy disk drives FDD are 3 1 2 drives used in Japanese computer systems If you need to access data stored in this kind of flopp...

Страница 30: ...isk CPU Internal Cache This item is used to Enable or to Disable the CPU internal cache When the cache is set at Disable it is much slower so the default setting for this item is Enable Some old and v...

Страница 31: ...k drive or CD ROM There are many options for the boot sequence A C SCSI C A SCSI C CD ROM A CD ROM C A D A SCSI at least 2 IDE HDD can be used E A SCSI at least 3 IDE HDD can be used F A SCSI at least...

Страница 32: ...me necessary to access data When thisitem isenabled the BIOSwillautomatically detect if your hard disk drive supportsthis feature or not and will choose the right settings for you For furtherdetails a...

Страница 33: ...rrect password is not given the system will not start SETUP When you choose Setup a password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup If you have not set a password in the PASSWORD SETTING optio...

Страница 34: ...lect Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow This option is used to define whether the BIOS on the video card uses shadow feature or not You should set this option to Enable otherwise the display performance of the...

Страница 35: ...an interface card at the address D4000 D7FFF uses the shadowfeatureornot If you haveno interfacecardusingthis memory block don t enable this option Shadowingaddressranges D8000 DBFFF Shadow Thisoption...

Страница 36: ...the contents of the buffersin the chipseton themainboard Sincethe parameters of the buffers are closely related to hardware if the setup is not correct or false the mainboard will become unstable or y...

Страница 37: ...AM settings The other DRAM settings are all closely related to hardware If you do not understand this very well don t make any changes Our BIOS is able to autodetect the characteristicsof your DRAM an...

Страница 38: ...e and other device These are referred to as Power Management Events In cases where none of these events occur the system enters the power saving mode When one of the controlledeventsoccurs the systemi...

Страница 39: ...er Management feature press Esc to go back to the Main Menu We are now going to briefly explain the options in this menu PowerManagement Four options User Define User Define defines the delay for acce...

Страница 40: ...Method Three video off methods are available Blank V H SYNC Blank and DPMS The default is V H SYNC Blank If this setting does not shut off the screen select Blank If your monitor and video card suppo...

Страница 41: ...ll enter the next mode in the sequence Standby or Suspend mode StandbyMode When the setting selected for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour...

Страница 42: ...le the system is in the working state then the system will transition to the soft off Poweroff by software This is called the power button over ride IRQ8 Break Suspend Support RTC alarm wake up from s...

Страница 43: ...h the onboard serial port the system will be turned on when telephone ring up Resume by Alarm RTC alarm can turn on the system You can set date of month and time hour minute second PCI Onboard I O Set...

Страница 44: ...mation of the system This is a specification and a feature specific to Plug Play BIOS Resources Controlled By When you select Auto the BIOS will automatically assign the IRQ and DMA to PCI ISA PnP Whe...

Страница 45: ...RQ on the ISA slot because the BIOS will not assign any IRQ to this PCI slot Attention Primary Channel and Secondary Channel The BIOS needs two independent interrupt number INT lines to be allocated t...

Страница 46: ...ssion delays 4 character time 40 bit time when SIR is changed form RX mode to TX mode On board ParallelPort Set the I Oaddressand IRQofthe onboard parallelport Four options are available Disable 3BCh...

Страница 47: ...oard IDE 2 Controller The onboard IDE 2 controller can be set at Enable of Disable Master drive PIO Mode Auto the BIOS can auto detect the PIO mode of the HDD installed in order to set its data transf...

Страница 48: ...yed Load BIOS Defaults Y N N If you want to use BIOS default values press Y than Enter Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults are the settings that allow your system to operate at its highest performance...

Страница 49: ...ord setting option the following message is displayed Enter Password Type your password When complete press Enter The following message is displayed Confirm Password Type your password again When comp...

Страница 50: ...ion to autodetect the hard disk type and specifications and the BIOS will automatically detect all the relevant information and place them in the Hard Disk data section of the Standard CMOS Setup Menu...

Страница 51: ...DIMM4 FDC Connect one end of the 34 pin cable that comes with the drive to the FDD connector and the other end of the cable to the FDC pin connector on the mainboard Note Be sure that the red line on...

Страница 52: ...s a specific orientation for pin 1 to pin 5 Insert the five threads keylock cable into correct pins of connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 5VDC 2 No connection...

Страница 53: ...nnector on the mainboard You can ignore this connector since most of computer cases do not support this feature the mainboard itself supports it Pin number Name of the signal or signification 14 Suspe...

Страница 54: ...5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Sound Signal PN1 Connect the two threadsswitch connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 11 Power on off 10 Ground Watch the pin position and the or...

Страница 55: ...5VDC KB1 There is an orientation pin Connect your keyboard connector to connectoron the mainboard Mouse There is an orientation pin Connect your mouse connectorto connector on the mainboard FAN There...

Страница 56: ...ct Load Setup Defaults than enterCPU Soft Menu to set CPU parameters AppendixB HDD Installation GeneralDiscussion Mostof the presentHDDsuse IDE interface Installingan IDEhard disk does not require a h...

Страница 57: ...to accessing the hard disk data by the chipset it does not refersto data transfer mode Here are some examples of data transfer rates for IDE HDD with PIO interface PIO Mode 0 The fastest data transfer...

Страница 58: ...e CPU load especially in a Multi task environment This can help system performance Installing a hard disk In the Standard CMOS Setup Menu Primary meansthe first connector on the mainboard that is conn...

Страница 59: ...r IDE1 on the mainboard You can ignore the setting of the CD ROM drive justconnectoneendof the 40 pincable to the CD ROM drive and the other end to connector IDE2 on the mainboard We recommend you use...

Страница 60: ...IDE2 on the mainboard We recommend you usethismethod which hasno influence on HDDspeed Method 2 Set the hard disk drive used forboot up at Master connect one end of the 40 pin cable to the drive and t...

Страница 61: ...connector to the third drive and the other end of the cable to connector IDE2 on the mainboard Installing three HDDs one CD ROM drive The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1...

Страница 62: ...the Standard CMOS Setup Menu to change the settings of the related hard disk drive Softwareuse The basic step in using a hard disk drive is to make a HDD Low Level Format than run FDISK and than FORM...

Страница 63: ...the hard disk will not be bootable after formatting AppendixC TechnicalSupport When you havea problem during operation In order to help ourtechnical support personnel to quickly find out whatis the p...

Страница 64: ...e cards you have removed one by one and try to start the system each time you insert a card until the system doesn t start anymore Keep the VGA card and the interface card that causes the problem inse...

Страница 65: ...ICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE HIGHSCAN DOS HIGH UMB FILES 40 BUFFERS 36 REM DEVICEHIGH C PLUGPLAY DWCFGMG SYS LASTDRIVE Z Restart the system If the system starts and does not reset you c...

Страница 66: ...te the mainboard model number labeled on the mainboard as REV Example REV 2 11 3 BIOS ID See below Example 3R is the BIOS ID number 2A59GA1EC is the BIOS part number 4 DRIVER REV Note the driverversio...

Страница 67: ...HDD is using IDE1 or IDE2 If you know the disk capacity indicate it and check in case you give no indication we will consider that your HDD is IDE1 Master Example In the HDD space check the box in th...

Страница 68: ...space write DIMM S DRAM 8MB G12 10 COAST Indicate the brand and specifications of your COAST Example In the Brand space write Winbond in the Specifications space write 256KB or W25P010AF 8 11 ADD ON C...

Страница 69: ...ackup of current system BIOS and clear the CMOS execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS SAVEBIOS CC Example 3 To update BIOS and clear PnP settings execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Sn CP Example 4...

Страница 70: ...le malfunctions during BIOS update that lead to update failure First it is strongly suggested that you format a disk that can boot your computer before you update yourBIOS If the above mentioned probl...

Страница 71: ...d Intel s 82371xB INF update drive version 3 0 It can actually be used to update both 430TX and 440BX chipset if your motherboard uses one of these Intel chipsets The following procedure will describe...

Страница 72: ...72 Step2 Insert Jaton s Mainboard CD into the CD ROM drive a Welcome screen pops up by autorun from Windows 95 Click on PCI Bridge bottom on that screen menu...

Страница 73: ...73 Step 3 Click Next to start Step 4 Click on Yes on License agreementdialog screen Step 5 Click Next then waita while until the installation complete screen pops up...

Страница 74: ...ain First you can check Hard disk Controller make sure if the system device is recognized Step 7 Also check System Device to verify if three devices are identified them as well If your screen just lik...

Страница 75: ...e MACHINE INF MSHDC INF and USB INF files under INF directory of your Windows 95 Then replace them with the filesof the same names provided on the PIIX4 DRV for Win95 OSR 2 x software diskette 2 Run t...

Страница 76: ...kette and follow the instructions 2 Go to Step 1 of Condition 1 and follow the remaining steps Condition 3 Both Windows 95 and USB SR2 1 are not installed 1 You are recommended to install Windows 95 f...

Страница 77: ...tem 7 Select Device Manager 8 Select View Device by Connection 9 Select Plug and Play BIOS 10 Select PCI Universal Serial Bus 11 Select Remove 12 Select Yes to restart the system 13 Windows 95 will di...

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