AX6BC User's Guide Printed in Taiwan PART NO.: 49.87822.081 DOC. NO.
AX6BC Mainboard User's Guide Document Number : AX6BC-1-E9811D Model and revision : For AX6BC rev 1.xx Manual version : English, rev D Release Date : Nov 23, 1998 More help for latest information: Taiwan http://www.aopen.com.tw USA http://www.aopen-usa.com http://www.aopenusa.om http://www.aopenamerica.com Europe http://www.aopen.
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FCC Class B Radio Frequency Declaration of Conformity This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Subassembly -CPU Board device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Organization Chapter 1, Overview, covers the introduction and specifications of the system board and special features. Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, describes hardware jumpers, connectors and memory configuration. There are user friendly drawings to locate jumper and connector. Chapter 3, AWARD BIOS, explains the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters. Appendix A, Frequently Asked Question, collects most frequently asked question of this product.
Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Text entered by user, default settings, recommended selections Represent text input by the user, default settings and recommended selections , ,, , , etc Represent the actual keys that you have to press on the keyboard. , Note: Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic. Warning: Alerts you to any damage that might result from doing or not doing specific actions.
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW 1.1 SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................4 1.2 OVERCLOCKING ..................................................................6 1.3 SUSPEND TO HARD DRIVE.................................................9 1.4 ZERO VOLTAGE MODEM WAKE UP.............................12 1.5 SYSTEM VOLTAGE MONITORING ................................14 1.6 FAN MONITORING .............................................................14 1.
2.3.12 Panel Connector ...................................................14 2.3.13 IrDA Connector .....................................................15 2.3.14 Modem Wake-up Connector.................................16 2.3.15 LAN Wake-up Connector......................................16 2.3.16 Sound Blaster LINK ..............................................17 2.4 CONFIGURING THE SYSTEM MEMORY ......................18 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS 3.1 ENTERING THE AWARD BIOS SETUP MENU ...............2 3.
Chapter 1 Overview AX6BC is a new generation Pentium II based system board that utilizes Intel 82440BX AGPset on ATX PCI/ISA platform. This AGPset is designed for Pentium II CPU, and supports new architectures such as high speed AGP graphic port, SDRAM, Ultra DMA/33, Bus master IDE and USB port. It has three Dual in-line Memory Module (DIMM) that allow to install SDRAM memory and expand up to a maximum of 768MB.
Overview compatible PCI VGA, Sound Blaster compatible sound card with APM driver, for Suspend to Hard Drive to work properly. Zero Voltage Modem Wake Up In conjunction with ATX soft power On/Off, it is possible to have system totally power off and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call such as answering machine or to send/receive fax. The most important break through is not only external box modem but also internal modem card can be used to support Modem Wake Up.
Overview Hardware Monitor utility (Small Icon for Hardware Monitoring) for a warning to user. Full-range CPU core voltage This motherboard supports the CPU core voltage from 1.3V to 3.5V, that can be applied to various CPU type in future. FCC DoC certificate AX6BC has passed FCC DoC test. The radiation is very low, you can use any kind of housing.
Overview 1.1 Specifications Form Factor Board Size CPU System Memory Second-level Cache Chipset Expansion Slots Serial Port Parallel Port Floppy Interface IDE Interface USB Interface PS/2 Mouse Keyboard RTC and Battery BIOS 1-4 ATX 305 mm x 202 mm Intel Pentium II Processor SDRAM or Registered SDRAM, 168-pin DIMM x3, maximum 768MB. On the CPU card (Slot1 connector) Intel 82440BX AGPset ISA x2, PCI x5 and AGP x1 Two serial ports UART 16C550 compatible, and the 3rd UART for IR function.
Overview Suspend to Hard Drive Zero Voltage Modem Wake Up LAN Wake Up RTC Wake Up Timer Synchronous Switching Regulator Over-current Protection CPU Thermal Protection Fan Monitoring System Voltage Monitoring Sound Blaster Link Supported by BIOS, save your work to hard disk and resume within a very short time. VESA compatible VGA and Sound Blaster compatible sound card required. Special circuit (patent applied) to support modem ring wake up by external box modem or internal AOpen F56/MP56 modem card.
Overview 1.2 Overclocking As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards. Other than above mentioned design criteria, there are power users who are always seeking to push the limitation of the system performance by overclocking which we call them "Overclocker".
Overview VGA Card VGA model/ Vendor Chipset model Driver Asus S3 –Virge/dx(86c375) Asus VENUS T-775 S3 Trio 64V2(86C775) Venus VENUS 67TV Trident 9685 Venus GALAXIE Trident 9685 (PS-68) Venus ATI MACH 64 210888GX00 Win95 default MATROX MY220P/4+ MGA MATROX MGA-MIL/4+ MGA MATROX MIL2P/4+ MGA Hard Disk: Vender Model Size Maxtor 90680D4 6.8G Maxtor 90845D5 8.4G Maxtor 72004AP 2.0G Maxtor 82560A4 2.5G Seagate ST36530A 6.5G Seagate ST31277A 1.
Overview AX6BC Overclocking Settings The following table lists the overclocking settings in AOpen’s lab for your reference. CPU Pentium II 350 DRAM ISEC KOREA 752 KM48S8030BT-GH 32MB HDD IBM DHEA-34330 VGA ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X OS Windows 95 OSR2 BIOS Load BIOS Turbo Default 100 MHz * 4 = 400 MHz (OK) 112 MHz * 3.5 = 392 MHz (OK) 133.
Overview 1.3 Suspend to Hard Drive Suspend to Hard Drive saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few second without go through the Win95 booting process and run your application again. If your memory is 16MB, normally, you need to reserve at least 16MB HDD space to save your memory image.
Overview Option2: Use /partition switch (applied to FAT16/FAT32 file system): To create a separate partition for Suspend to Hard Drive, please make sure you have reserved a free partition. We suggest you reserve the free partition which space is appropriate for your future memory expansion.
Overview Tip: The following VGA cards have been tested & recognized as VESA compatible VGA device. AOpen PV90 (Trident 9680) AOpen PT60 (S3 Virge/BIOS R1.
Overview 1.4 Zero Voltage Modem Wake Up The Modem Wake Up discussed here is to wakeup from true power off (identified by fan of power supply is off), This motherboard still supports traditional green PC suspend mode but it is not discussed here.
Overview For Internal Modem Card (AOpen MP56): 1. Go into BIOS setup , Power Management Enable. Modem Wake Up, select 2. Setup your application, put into Windows 95 StartUp or use Suspend to Hard Drive function. 3. Turn system power off by soft power switch. 4. Connect 4-pin Modem Ring-On cable from MP56 RING connector to AX6BC MODEM-WKUP connector. 5. Connect telephone line to MP56. You are now ready to use Modem RingOn. For External Box Modem: 1. Go into BIOS setup , Power Management Enable.
Overview 1.5 System Voltage Monitoring This motherboard implements a voltage monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system working voltage. If any of the system voltage is over the component's standard. There will be alarm through application software such as Hardware Monitor utility for a warning to user. System voltage monitoring function monitors CPU core voltage.
Overview 1.7 CPU Thermal Protection Thermistor Monitor IC This mainboard implements special thermal protection circuits. When temperature is higher than a predefined value, there will be warning through application software such as Hardware Monitor utility to notify user. It is automatically implemented by BIOS and Hardware Monitor utility, no hardware installation is needed. 1.
Overview 1.9 Battery-less Design Battery To preserve the earth, AOpen AX6BC implements the world first battery-less motherboard design. There is no need to have battery for RTC (real time clock) and CMOS Setup as long as ATX power cable is plugged. In case of the AC power is shutdown or power cord is removed by accident, the CMOS Setup and system configuration can be restored from EEPROM, only the system clock needed to be re-set to current date/time.
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter gives you a step-by-step procedure on how to install your system. Follow each section accordingly. Caution: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.
Hardware Installation 2.
Hardware Installation Jumpers: JP14: JP23: JP25: Clear CMOS AGP Turbo APAR Connectors: PS2: KB: COM1: COM2: PRINTER: PWR2: USB: FDC: IDE1: IDE2: CPUFAN: FAN: IrDA: HDD LED: PANEL: SPWR: MODEM-WKUP: LAN-WKUP: SB-LINK: PS/2 mouse connector PS/2 keyboard connector COM1 connector COM2 connector Printer connector ATX power connector USB connector Floppy drive connector IDE1 primary channel IDE2 secondary channel CPU Fan connector Housing Fan Connector IrDA (Infrared) connector HDD LED connector Front panel (M
Hardware Installation 2.2 Jumpers With the help of Pentium II VID signal and SMbus, this motherboard is jumperless design. 2.2.1 Selecting the CPU Frequency Pentium II VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage autodetection and allow user to set CPU frequency through CMOS setup, no jumper or switch is needed. The correct CPU information is saved into EEPROM, with these technologies, the disadvantages of Pentium base jumper-less design are eliminated.
Hardware Installation 2.2.2 Setting the CPU Voltage This motherboard supports Pentium II VID function, the CPU core voltage is automatically detected, the range is from 1.3V to 3.5V. 2.2.3 Clearing the CMOS JP14 1-2 2-3 Clear CMOS Normal operation (default) Clear CMOS You need to clear the CMOS if you forget your system password. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedures listed below: JP14 JP14 1 2 3 1 2 3 Normal Operation (default) Clear CMOS The procedure to clear CMOS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Hardware Installation 2.2.4 AGP Ratio JP23 1-2 3-4 5-6 AGP Ratio Auto (default) 2/3 1/1 To improve system performance, AX6BC has implemented this jumper for AGP to synchronize the CPU 100Mhz (or above) external frequency. We recommend you choose a better AGP card for overclocking. Some AGP cards can not take 100MHz bus frequency and may cause overclocking failure.
Hardware Installation 2.2.5 APAR JP25 1-2 2-3 APAR Disable Enable (AC Power Auto Recovery) A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. This motherboard implements an APAR jumper to solve this problem. Setting JP25 to Enabled lets the system can automatically power-on after AC power resumes.
Hardware Installation 2.3 Connectors 2.3.1 Power Cable The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. Caution: Make sure that the power supply is off before connecting or disconnecting the power cable. 3.3V +5V 5V SB 3.3V +5V PWR2 2.3.2 ATX Soft-Power Switch Connector The ATX soft-power switch connector is a 2-pin header on the system board. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing.
Hardware Installation 2.3.3 Fan Plug in the fan cable to the 3-pin fan connector onboard. The fan connector is marked CPU FAN and FAN on the system board. SENSE +12V GND CPU FAN FAN Note: Attach fan cable to either CPU FAN connector or FAN connector. Both of these two fans connectors can support hardware monitoring function, however, you can only use the CPU FAN connector to control the fan power ON/OFF. 2.3.4 PS/2 Mouse The onboard PS/2 mouse connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked PS2.
Hardware Installation 2.3.5 Keyboard The onboard PS/2 keyboard connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked KB2. The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing. PCB PS/2 KB 2.3.6 Serial Devices (COM1/COM2) The onboard serial connectors are 9-pin D-type connector on the back panel of mainboard. The serial port 1 connector is marked as COM1 and the serial port 2 connector is marked as COM2.
Hardware Installation 2.3.7 Printer The onboard printer connector is a 25-pin D-type connector marked PRINTER. The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing. PRINTER PCB 2.3.8 USB Device You can attach USB devices to the USB connector. The motherboard contains two USB connectors, which are marked as USB.
Hardware Installation 2.3.9 Floppy Drive Connect the 34-pin floppy drive cable to the floppy drive connector marked as FDC on the system board. 2 34 1 33 FDC 2.3.10 IDE Hard Disk and CD ROM This mainboard supports two 40 pin IDE connectors marked as IDE1 and IDE2. IDE1 is also known as primary channel and IDE2 as secondary channel, each channel supports two IDE devices that makes total of four devices.
Hardware Installation Caution: The specification of IDE cable is maximum 46cm (18 inches), make sure your cable does not excess this length. Caution: For better signal quality, it is recommended to set far end side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device . Please refer to following figure. IDE2 (Secondary Channel) Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE1 (Primary Channel) Slave (2nd) Master (1st) 2.3.
Hardware Installation 2.3.12 Panel Connector The Panel (multifunction) connector is a 20-pin connector marked as PANEL on the board. Attach the power LED, keylock, speaker, and reset switch to the corresponding pins as shown in the figure. Some housings have a five-pin connector for the keylock and power LED Since power LED and keylock are aligned together, you can still use this kind of connector.
Hardware Installation 2.3.13 IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters), ASK-IR (56Kbps) and Fast IR (4Mbps, 2 meters).
Hardware Installation 2.3.14 Modem Wake-up Connector This mainboard implements special circuit to support Modem Ring-On, both Internal Modem Card (AOpen MP56) and external box Modem are supported. Since Internal Modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use Internal Modem. To use AOpen MP56, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of MP56 to MODEM-WKUP connector on the mainboard.
Hardware Installation 2.3.16 Sound Blaster LINK Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 SB-LINK is used to connect Creative PCI sound card. If you have a Creative PCI sound card installed, it is necessary to link the card to this connector for compatibility issue under DOS environment.
Hardware Installation 2.4 Configuring the System Memory The DIMM types supported are SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) and Registered SDRAM. This mainboard has three 168 pin DIMM sockets (Dual-in-line Memory Module) that allow you to install system memory up to 768MB. But note that mixing SDRAM and Registered SDRAM is not allowed, you can install one of the DRAM types only. Pin1 Warning: This motherboard does not support EDO DRAM. DIMM modules can be identified by following factors: I.
Hardware Installation Caution: Some SDRAMs marked as -10 may work fine with 100 MHz CPU clock, but not all this kind of modules can work properly under 100MHz external clock. We suggest you choose and install SDRAMs that match PC 100 specification if 100MHz or above CPU clock is selected. III. Buffered and non-buffered: This motherboard supports non-buffered DIMMs.
Hardware Installation Total Memory Size = Size of DIMM1 + Size of DIMM2 + Size of DIMM3 Following table list the recommended SDRAM combinations of DIMM: DIMM Data chip Bit size per side Single/ Double side Chip count DIMM size Recommended 1M by 16 1Mx64 x1 4 8MB Yes 1M by 16 1Mx64 x2 8 16MB Yes 2M by 8 2Mx64 x1 8 16MB Yes 2M by 8 2Mx64 x2 16 32MB Yes 4M by 16 4Mx64 x1 4 32MB Yes 4M by 16 4Mx64 x2 8 64MB Yes 8M by 8 8Mx64 x1 8 64MB Yes.
Hardware Installation Size Vendor Model Single/Double Chip Count 32M NEC D4516821AG5-A10-7JF x1 16 32M SEC KM48S2020CT-GH x1 16 32M LGS GM72V661641CT7J x1 4 64M Fujitsu 81F64842B-103FN x2 16 64M Mitsubishi M5M4V64S30ATP-10 x1 8 64M NEC D4564841G5-A10-9JF x1 8 64M SEC KM48S8030BT-GH x1 8 64M Toshiba TC59S6408FTL-80H x1 8 64M LGS GM72V661641CT7J x2 8 64M LGS GM72V66841CT7J x1 9 128M LGS GM72V66841CT7J x2 18 128M Simens HYS72V16220GU x2 18 Memory
Chapter 3 Award BIOS This chapter tells how to configure the system parameters. You may update your BIOS via AWARD Flash Utility. Important: Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the mainboard design, the BIOS information contained in this chapter (especially the Chipset Setup parameters) may be a little different compared to the actual BIOS that came with your mainboard.
AWARD BIOS 3.1 Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu The BIOS setup utility is a segment of codes/routines residing in the BIOS Flash ROM. This routine allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 byte CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or directly in the main chipset). To enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). The BIOS Setup Main Menu appears as follows. Tip: Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.
AWARD BIOS 3.2 Standard CMOS Setup The "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system parameters such as the date, time, and the hard disk type. Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and or to select the value for each item. Standard CMOS Date To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. Press current date. The date format is month, date, and year. Standard CMOS or to set the Time To set the time, highlight the Time parameter. Press or to set the current time in hour, minute, and second format.
AWARD BIOS Standard CMOS Standard CMOS Standard CMOS Standard CMOS Type Auto User None 1 2 ... 45 Primary Master Type Primary Slave Type Secondary Master Type Secondary Slave Type This item lets you select the IDE hard disk parameters that your system supports. These parameters are Size, Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing Zone and Number of Sector per Track.
AWARD BIOS Standard CMOS Standard CMOS These items select floppy drive type. The available settings and types supported by the mainboard are listed on the left. Drive A None 360KB 5.25" 1.2MB 5.25" 720KB 3.5" 1.44MB 3.5" 2.88MB 3.5" Standard CMOS Video EGA/VGA CGA40 CGA80 Mono No Errors All Errors All, But Keyboard All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key Video This item specifies the type of video card in use. The default setting is VGA/EGA.
AWARD BIOS 3.3 BIOS Features Setup This screen appears when you select the option "BIOS Features Setup" from the main menu. BIOS Features Virus Warning Enabled Disabled Virus Warning Set this parameter to Enabled to activate the warning message. This feature protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk from virus intrusion. Any attempt during boot up to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive stops the system and the following warning message appears on the screen.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features External Cache Enabled Disabled BIOS Features CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Disabled BIOS Features Quick Power on Self test Enable Disabled BIOS Features Boot Sequence A,C,SCSI C,A,SCSI C,CDROM,A CDROM,C,A D,A,SCSI E,A,SCSI F,A,SCSI SCSI,A,C SCSI,C,A C only LS/ZIP,C External Cache Enabling this parameter activates the secondary cache (currently, PBSRAM cache). Disabling the parameter slows down the system.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Swap Floppy Drive Enabled Disabled BIOS Features Boot Up NumLock Status On Off BIOS Features Boot Up System Speed High Low BIOS Features Typematic Rate Setting Enabled Disabled BIOS Features Typematic Rate 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 3-8 Swap Floppy Drive This item allows you to swap floppy drives. For example, if you have two floppy drives (A and B), you can assign the first drive as drive B and the second drive as drive A or vice-versa.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Typematic Delay 250 500 750 1000 BIOS Features Security Option Setup System Typematic Delay (Msec) This parameter allows you to control the delay time between the first and the second keystroke (where the repeated keystrokes begin). The typematic delay settings are 250, 500, 750, and 1000 msec. Security Option The System option limits access to both the System boot and BIOS setup. A prompt asking you to enter your password appears on the screen every time you boot the system.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Disabled BIOS Features BIOS Features BIOS Features BIOS Features BIOS Features BIOS Features C8000-CBFFF Shadow Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Shadow VGA BIOS Shadowing means to copy video display card BIOS into the DRAM area. This enhances system performance because DRAM access time is faster than ROM.
AWARD BIOS 3.4 Chipset Features Setup The "Chipset Features Setup" includes settings for the chipset dependent features. These features are related to system performance. Caution: Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything. You may change the parameter settings to improve system performance. However, it may cause system unstable if the setting is not correct for your system configuration.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Chipset Features SDRAM CAS Latency 2T 3T Auto Chipset Features SDRAM RAS# Precharge 2T 3T Auto Chipset Features DRAM ECC Function Auto Disabled Chipset Features Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Disabled Chipset Features Video RAM Cacheable Enabled Disabled 3-12 SDRAM CAS Latency 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 performance, default is Auto.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NA Chipset Features 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time 1 2 3 4 NA Chipset Features Memory Hole At 15M-16M Enabled Disabled Chipset Features Passive Release Enabled Disabled 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time For some old I/O chips, after the execution of an I/O command, the device requires a certain amount of time (recovery time) before the execution of the next I/O command.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Delayed Transaction Enabled Disabled Chipset Features AGP Aperture Size (MB) 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 Chipset Features Pentium II Micro Codes Enabled Disabled Chipset Features Manufacture Frequency Default Depends on the CPU type Chipset Features Clock Spread Spectrum On Off 3-14 Delayed Transaction This item lets you control the Delayed Transaction function of the PIIX4E chipset (Intel PCI to ISA bridge). This function is used to meet latency of PCI cycles to or from ISA bus.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features System Frequency 233 MHz 266 MHz 300 MHz 333 MHz 350 MHz 400 MHz 450 MHz Manual Chipset Features CPU Clock Frequency 66.8 MHz 68.5 MHz 75.0 MHz 83.3 MHz 100 MHz 103 MHz 112 MHz 133.3 MHz Chipset Features CPU Clock Ratio 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 System Frequency This item lets you set CPU frequency. If you want to set other value, please choose "Manual " to set CPU clock frequency and clock ratio manually.
AWARD BIOS 3.5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the mainboard green features. See the following screen. Power Management Power Management Max Saving Mix Saving User Define Disabled Mode Min Saving Max Saving 3-16 Doze 1 hour 1 min Power Management This function allows you to set the default parameters of power-saving modes. Set to Disable to turn off power management function. Set to User Define to choose your own parameters.
AWARD BIOS Power Management PM Controlled by APM Yes No Power Management Video Off Method V/H SYNC + Blank DPMS Blank Screen Power Management Video Off After N/A Doze Standby Suspend Power Management Modem Use IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 N/A PM Controlled by APM If "Max Saving" is selected, you can turn on this item, transfer power management control to APM (Advanced Power Management) and enhance power saving function. For example, stop CPU internal clock.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Doze Mode Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Power Management Standby Mode Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Power Management Suspend Mode Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour 3-18 Doze Mode This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Doze mode. The system activity (or event) is detected by monitoring the IRQ signals or other events (such as I/O).
AWARD BIOS Power Management HDD Power Down Disabled 1 Min ..... 15 Min Power Management Modem Wake Up Enabled Disabled Power Management LAN Wake Up Enabled Disabled Power Management Suspend Modem Option PowerOn Suspend Suspend to Disk HDD Power Down This option lets you specify the IDE HDD idle time before the device enters the power down state. This item is independent from the power states previously described in this section (Standby and Suspend).
AWARD BIOS Power Management VGA Active Monitor Enabled Disabled To enable or disable the detection of VGA activity for power down state transition. Power Management Soft-Off by PWRBTTN Delay 4 sec. Instant-Off RTC Wake Up Timer Enabled Disabled RTC Wake Up Timer This option lets you enable or disable the RTC Wake Up function. Power Management ..... 31 Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This is a specification of ACPI and supported by hardware. When Delay 4 sec.
AWARD BIOS Power Management WakeUp Time (hh:mm:ss) hh:mm:ss Power Management IRQ 8 Break Suspend Enabled Disabled Power Management IRQ [3-7,9-15],NMI Enabled Disabled Power Management Power Management Power Management Power Management Power Management Power Management Power Management Primary IDE 0 Enabled Disabled WakeUp Time (hh:mm:ss) This item is displayed when you enable the RTC Wake Up Timer option. Here you can specify what time you want to wake up the system.
AWARD BIOS 3.6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup The PNP/PCI Configuration Setup allows you to configure the ISA and PCI devices installed in your system. The following screen appears if you select the option "PNP/PCI Configuration Setup" from the main menu. PNP/PCI Configuration PnP OS Installed Yes No 3-22 PnP OS Installed Normally, the PnP resources are allocated by BIOS during POST (Power-On Self Test).
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration Resources Controlled by Auto Manual Setting this option to Manual allows you to individually assign the IRQs and DMAs to the ISA and PCI devices. Set this to Auto to enable the autoconfiguration function.
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration DMA 0 Legacy ISA PCI/ISA PnP If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special DMA channel to support its function, set the selected DMA channel to Legacy ISA. This setting informs the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected DMA channel for the installed legacy ISA card. The default is PCI/ISA PnP. Take note that PCI card does not require DMA channel.
AWARD BIOS PCI Slot Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 (if any) Location 1 (pin A6) INTA INTB INTC INTD INTD PNP/PCI Configuration Assign IRQ for USB Enabled Disabled Location 4 (pin B8) INTD INTA INTB INTC INTC Assign IRQ for USB 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. This item specifies the memory base (start address) of the reserved memory space. The memory size is specified in the "Used MEM Length".
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PNP/PCI Configuration PCI Slot1 IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Auto 3-26 PCI Slot1 IRQ (Right) PCI Slot2 IRQ PCI Slot3 IRQ PCI Slot4 IRQ (Left) This item is reserved for engineering purpose to let you assign an IRQ manually to the add-on card on each PCI slot. If you select Auto, system will automatically assign an available value to the device.
AWARD BIOS 3.7 Load Setup Defaults The "Load Setup Defaults" option loads optimized settings for optimum system performance. Optimal settings are relatively safer than the Turbo settings. We recommend you to use the Optimal settings if your system has large memory size and fully loaded with add-on card (for example, a file server using doublesided 8MB DIMM x4 and SCSI plus Network card occupying the PCI and ISA slots). Optimal is not the slowest setting for this mainboard.
AWARD BIOS 3.9 Integrated Peripherals The following screen appears if you select the option "Integrated Peripherals" from the main menu. This option allows you to configure the I/O features. Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Disabled 3-28 IDE HDD Block Mode This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multisector data transfers and eliminates the interrupt handling time for each sector. Most IDE drives, except with old designs, can support this feature.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto Disabled This item allows you to set the Ultra DMA/33 mode supported by the hard disk drive connected to your primary IDE connector. Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Disabled On-Chip Primary PCI IDE On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE This parameter lets you enable or disable the IDE device connected to the primary IDE connector.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Disabled Setting this parameter to Enabled allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk connector instead of a separate controller card. Change the setting to Disabled if you want to use a separate controller card.
AWARD BIOS • FIR - Select this setting if you installed an Infrared module via IrDA connector (refer to section 2.3 "Connectors"). This FIR (Fast IR) setting allows infrared serial communication at a maximum baud rate of 4M baud. Integrated Peripherals RxD, TxD Active Hi, Lo Lo, Hi Lo, Lo Hi, Hi RxD, TxD Active This item is used to select RxD (Receive Data) and TxD (Transmit Data) mode for UART, for instance, IR device, modem, etc. Normally, we suggest you keep the default setting.
AWARD BIOS 3.10 Password Setting Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to Setup. To set a password: 1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. When you type the characters, they appear as asterisks on the password screen box. 2. After typing the password, press. 3. At the next prompt, re-type your password and press again to confirm the new password.
AWARD BIOS 3.13 Load EEPROM Default Except "Load Setup Default" and "Load Turbo Default", you may also use "Save EEPROM Default " to save your own settings into EEPROM, and reload by using this item. 3.14 Save EEPROM Default You may use this item to save your own settings into EEPROM. Then, if the data in CMOS is lost or you forget the previous settings, you may use "Load EEPROM Default " to reload. 3.15 Exit without Saving Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes.
AWARD BIOS 3.17 BIOS Flash Utility AOpen Easy Flash is more user friendly than traditional flash method. The BIOS binary file and flash routine are combined together and you simply run a single file to complete the flash process. 1. Get new BIOS upgrade program from AOpen's web site. For example, AX6BC200.EXE. 2. Reboot the system to DOS mode without loading any memory handler (such as EMM386) or device driver. It needs around 520K free memory space. 3.
Appendix A Frequently Asked Question Note: FAQ may be updated without notice. If you cannot find the information that you need in this appendix, visit our WWW home page, (address: http://www.aopen.com.tw) and check the FAQ area and other new information. Q: How can I identify the mainboard BIOS version? A: The AOpen mainboard BIOS version appears on the upper-left corner of the POST (Power-On Self Test) screen. Normally, it starts with R and is found in between the model name and the date.
Frequently Asked Questions Q: What is MMX? A: MMX is the new single-line multiple-instruction technology of the new Intel Pentium PP/MT (P55C) and Pentium II (Klamath) CPU. The AMD K6 and Cyrix M2 will support MMX, too. The MMX instructions are specifically useful for multimedia applications (such as 3D video, 3D sound, video conference). The performance can be improved if applications use these instructions. All AOpen MBs have at least dual power onboard to support MMX.
Frequently Asked Questions vendor or from OS (such as Win95). Be sure to turn off "USB Legacy Support" in BIOS "Chipset Setup" if you have another driver in your OS. Q: What is FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)? A: The DoC is new certification standard of FCC regulations. This new standard allows DIY component (such as mainboard) to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing. The rule to test mainboard for DoC is to remove housing and test it with regulation 47 CFR 15.31.
Frequently Asked Questions Mode PIO mode 0 PIO mode 1 PIO mode 2 PIO mode 3 PIO mode 4 DMA mode 0 DMA mode 1 DMA mode 2 DMA/33 Clock per 33MHz PCI 30ns 30ns 30ns 30ns 30ns 30ns 30ns 30ns 30ns Clock count Cycle time Data Transfer rate 20 13 8 6 4 16 5 4 4 600ns 383ns 240ns 180ns 120ns 480ns 150ns 120ns 120ns (1/600ns) x 2byte = 3.3MB/s (1/383ns) x 2byte = 5.2MB/s (1/240ns) x 2byte = 8.3MB/s (1/180ns) x 2byte = 11.1MB/s (1/120ns) x 2byte = 16.6MB/s (1/480ns) x 2byte = 4.16MB/s (1/150ns) x 2byte = 13.
Frequently Asked Questions Soft Power Off means to turn off system through software, Windows 95 Shutdown function can be used to verify if your mainboard supports soft power off. AOpen AX5T/AX5TC/AX6F/AX6L/AX6LC/AX6B/AX6BC support soft power off. Q: What is RTC Wake Up Timer (Alarm)? A: RTC (Real Time Clock) is a device like electronic watch, and keep the date/time of the computer system running.
Frequently Asked Questions Q: Why is there a resource conflict between my AGP VGA card & PCI-to-PCI bridge (or AGP bridge) within Device Manger under Windows'95? A: It is normal for AGP cards to conflict with the PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge (or AGP bridge). Since Windows'95 does not inherently support AGP technology, it reports this conflict incorrectly. This conflict will not adversely affect the performance of your system. Attempting to resolve it will result in improper operation of the PC.
Frequently Asked Questions Q: Which version of the Windows '95 that I am using? A: You may determine the version of Windows '95 by following steps. 1. Double click "System" in "Control Panel". 2. Click "General". 3. Look for "System" heading & refer to following, 4.00.950 4.00.950A 4.00.950B 4.00.950C Windows 95 Windows 95 + Service Pack or OEM Service Release 1 OEM Service Release 2 or OEM Service Release 2.1 OEM Service Release 2.5 If you are running OSR 2.
Frequently Asked Questions Q: How to install Windows 95 USB driver? A: If you are Win'95 OSR 2.0 user (.950B, shows "PCI Universal Serial Devices"), you may obtain USBSUPP.EXE from Microsoft or your OEM system provider for installing Microsoft USB supplement which will create "USB Supplement to OSR2" in the list of Add/Remove program tool under Control Panel. After above installation, please run AOchip.exe provided by AOpen to create USB Controller under Device Manager. If you are Win'95 OSR 2.1 or 2.
Frequently Asked Questions It is highly recommended to adopt "Resetable" fuse in order to fully support "Hot-Plug" feature on USB. Q: What is Multi-language BIOS? A: For giving AOpen 's worldwide users the best support, AOpen software team made every effort to overcome all difficulties and successfully develop a method to provide multi-language BIOS. You may download and reflash a specified BIOS version from AOpen 's web site (For example, Chinese, Japanese, German, etc.).
Frequently Asked Questions Q: What is AOHW100 (Hardware Monitoring Utility)? A: This is the Hardware Monitoring Utility software (AOHW100) developed by AOpen which monitors the status of system voltage, thermal, & fan. Instead of using ADM or LDCM which supports network administration, AOHW100 is especially designed for personal user. You may install it on your AOpen mainboard based system which comes with Hardware Monitoring features.
Frequently Asked Questions Q: Why do AOpen MBs use many Electrolytic Capacitors instead Tantalum Capacitor? of A: The quality of Electrolytic capacitor has huge difference depends on model and vendor. Normally, Tantalum capacitor is better than Electrolytic capacitor, but good quality and high price Electrolytic capacitor is even better than Tantalum capacitor.
Frequently Asked Questions Size Vendor Model Single/Double Chip Count 32M Micron MT48LC2M8A1-08 x2 16 32M Hyndai HY57V168010CTC-10 x1 16 32M NEC D4516821AG5-A10-7JF x1 16 32M SEC KM48S2020CT-GH x1 16 128M Simens HYS72V16220GU x2 18 Q: What is the difference between 440LX and 440BX chipset? A: Following table lists the difference between 440LX and 440BX.
Appendix B Troubleshooting In case you encounter any of the troubles listed below, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. If the first corrective action listed did not work, then try the next one. Tip: There are many useful information in our homepage, such as jumper settings, latest BIOS, drivers, and more FAQs. Visit our homepage to see if there is answer of your problem. Taiwan http://www.aopen.com.tw USA http://www.aopen-usa.com http://www.aopenamerica.com Europe http://www.
Troubleshooting No display. a. Check all jumper settings to make sure that you have set the proper jumpers, especially those for CPU type, single/dual voltage (P54C/MMX), CPU frequency and ratio. b. Check the power cord or power switch of your system. The simple way to identify power failure is to check the CPU fan and the power supply fan. If these are not working, then the power is down. c. Is there a short on the motherboard? (Is the fan of the power supply working properly?) d.
Troubleshooting There is display, but can 't boot. a. Check BIOS Setup if the HDD is set to LBA (more than 540MB) format. b. Load default setting. c. Boot system from floppy drive. If pass, the problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself. HDD Controller Fail, can't detect HDD. a. Make sure the Master/Slaver setting for HDD is correct. b. Check IDE cable or try another HDD. Mouse/Printer/Floppy is not working properly. a. Check if Serial/Parallel/Floppy cable was installed properly.
Troubleshooting Technical Problem Report Form Model Name: Serial Number: Name: Contact: TEL: FAX: Email Address: Error Symptom: System Configuration: (Please list model name and version.
Appendix C Jumper Table Summary Selecting the CPU Frequency With the help of Pentium II VID signal and SMbus, this motherboard is jumperless design. The CPU frequency selection is set by going into: BOIS Setup Chipset Features Setup CPU Clock Frequency (The possible setting is 66.8, 68.5, 75, 83.3, 100, 103, 112, 117, 124, 129, 133.3, 138, 143, 148 and 153 MHz) BOIS Setup Chipset Features Setup CPU Clock Ratio (The possible setting is 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x, 3x, 3.5x, 4x, 4.5x, 5x, 5.5x, 6x, 6.5x, 7x, 7.
Jumper Table Summary Selecting the CPU Voltage This motherboard supports Pentium II (Klamath) VID function, the CPU core voltage is automatically detected, the range is from 1.3V to 3.5V. Clear CMOS JP14 1-2 2-3 Clear CMOS Normal operation (default) Clear CMOS Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use key to restore to the default setting (233MHz). By this smart design, it would be more convenient to clear CPU frequency setting.
