Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document.
BM6 Motherboard User’s Manual Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION OF BM6 FEATURES 1-1. FEATURES OF THIS MOTHERBOARD SETS YOU FREE FROM THE Y2K THREAT 1-2. SPECIFICATIONS 1-3. LAYOUT DIAGRAM 1-4. SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM CHAPTER 2. 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-4 1-5 INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD 2-1. INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD TO THE CHASSIS 2-2. INSTALLATION OF THE CELERON™ PPGA PROCESSOR 2-3. INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY 2-4. CONNECTORS, HEADERS AND SWITCHES CHAPTER 3. 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-6 INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE BIOS 3-1.
Introduction of BM6 Features 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduction of BM6 Features 1-1.Features of This Motherboard This motherboard is designed for Intel’s new generation of Celeron™ processors. It supports the Intel ® Celeron ™ processor, with the PPGA (Plastic Pin Grid Array package) 370-pin design. Up to 768MB of memory, super I/O, and Green PC functions.
1-2 Chapter1 Sets You Free From the Y2K Threat The potential threat of Year 2000 (Y2K) problems are making everyone very nervous. The Y2K issue applies to almost any device, firmware, or software that operates on or with year based dates. This problem is caused by a design flaw in the Real Time Clock (RTC) unit. The RTC only changes the last two digits of the year code, but not the century information.
Introduction of BM6 Features 1-3 3. Cache Memory l Level 1 and Level 2 cache built into Intel® Celeron™ processor (PPGA package) 4. Memory (System Memory) l Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support SDRAM modules l Supports up to 768MB l ECC support 5. System BIOS l AWARD BIOS l Supports Plug-and-Play (PnP) l Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) l Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI) l Year 2000 compliant 6. Multi I/O Functions l Floppy port supports up to 2.
1-4 Chapter1 ¯ Above 66MHz/100MHz bus speeds are supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI and chipset specifications. ¯ Sound Blaster ™ is a registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and certain other countries. Sound Blaster - LINK™ and SB-LINK™ are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. ¯ Specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. Note All brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 1-3.
Introduction of BM6 Features 1-4. The System Block Diagram Figure 1-3.
1-6 Chapter1 BM6
Installing the Motherboard 2-1 Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard The BM6 motherboard not only provides all of the standard equipment for personal computers, but also provides great flexibility for meeting future upgrade demands. This chapter will introduce, step by step, all the standard equipment and will also present, as completely as possible, future upgrade capabilities. This motherboard is able to support all Intel Celeron ™ PPGA processors now on the market.
2-2 Chapter2 2-1. Installing the Motherboard to the Chassis Most computer chassis will have a base on which there will be many mounting holes that allows the motherboard to be securely attached and at the same time, prevents short circuits.
Installing the Motherboard 2-3 Note If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don’t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers, don’t worry, you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so be careful of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short circuits.
2-4 Chapter2 2-3. Installing System Memory This motherboard provides three 168-pin DIMM sites for memory expansion. The DIMM sockets support 1Mx64 (8MB), 2Mx64 (16MB), 4Mx64 (32MB), 8Mx64 (64MB), 16Mx64 (128MB), and 32Mx64 (256MB) or double sided DIMM modules. Minimum memory size is 8MB and maximum memory size is 768MB SDRAM. There are three Memory module sockets on the system board. (Total six banks) In order to create a memory array, certain rules must be followed.
Installing the Motherboard 2-5 Step 3. Before touching any electronic components, make sure you first touch an unpainted, grounded metal object to discharge any static electricity stored on your clothing or body. Step 4. Locate your computer’s 168-pin memory expansion DIMM socket. Step 5. Insert the DIMM module into the expansion socket as shown in the illustration. Note how the module is keyed to the socket. You can refer to figure 2-6 for the details.
2-6 Chapter2 2-4. Connectors, Headers and Switches Inside the case of any computer several cables and plugs have to be connected. These cables and plugs are usually connected one-by-one to connectors located on the motherboard. You need to carefully pay attention to any connection orientation the cables may have and, if any, notice the position of the first pin of the connector. In the explanations that follow, we will describe the significance of the first pin.
Installing the Motherboard 2-7 (1) ATX1: ATX Power Input Connector Caution If the power supply connectors are not properly attached to the ATX1 power supply, the power supply or add-on cards may be damaged. Attach the connector from the power supply to the ATX1 connector here. Remember you have to push the connector from the ATX power supply firmly to the end with the ATX1 connector, insuring that you have a good connection.
2-8 Chapter2 (3) IR: IR Header (Infrared) There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 5, attach the connector from the IR KIT or IR device to the IR header. This motherboard supports standard IR transfer rates. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation (4) SB-Link: SB-Link ™Header If your PCI audio adapter supports this feature, then you can connect the specific cable from the audio adapter to this header. SB-LINK ™ combines Intel's PC-PCI and "Serialized IRQ" protocols.
Installing the Motherboard 2-9 (6) WOL1: Wake on LAN Header If you have a Network adapter that supports this feature, then you can connect the specific cable from the network adapter to this header. This feature lets you wake up your computer via remote control through a local area network. You may need a specific utility to control the wake up event, like using the Intel ® LDCM ® utility or other similar utilities.
2-10 Chapter2 Normal Operation (Default) Discharge CMOS Figure 2-8. CCMOS1 jumper setting Note Before you clear the CMOS, you have to turn the power off first (including the +5V standby power). Otherwise, your system may work abnormally or malfunction. (9) PN1 and PN2 Headers PN1 and PN2 are for switches and indicators for the chassis’s front panel, there are several functions that come from these two headers.
Installing the Motherboard 2-11 PN1 (Pin 1-2-3-4-5): Power LED and Keylock Switch Headers There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 3. Insert the three-threaded power LED cable to pins 1~3, and the two-threaded keylock cable into pin 4 and pin 5. Check to make sure the correct pins go to the correct connectors on the motherboard. If you install them with the wrong direction, the power LED light will not illuminate correctly. Note: Watch the power LED pin position and orientation.
2-12 Chapter2 PN2 (Pin 1-2): Hardware Reset Switch Header Attach the cable from the case’s front panel Reset switch to this header. Press and hold the reset button for at least one second to reset the system. PN2 (Pin 4-5-6-7): Speaker Header Attach the cable from the system speaker to this header. PN2 (Pin 9-10): Suspend LED Header Insert the two-threaded suspend LED cable into pin 9 and pin 10. If you install it in the wrong direction, the LED light will not illuminate correctly.
Installing the Motherboard 2-13 Table 2-2.
2-14 Chapter2 IDE1 and IDE2 Connectors An IDE hard disk drive ribbon cable has 40 wires and two connectors to provide a connection for two IDE hard disk drives. After connecting the single end to the IDE1 (or IDE2), connect the two connectors on the other end to the IDE hard disk drives (or CD-ROM drive, LS-120, etc.). Before you install a hard disk, there are some things you need to be aware of: ♦ “Primary” refers to the first connector on the motherboard, that is, the IDE1 connector on the motherboard.
Installing the Motherboard 2-15 Figure 2-10 shows the BM6 back panel connectors, these connectors are for connection to outside devices to the motherboard. We will describe which devices will attach to these connectors below. MS1 Lower: PS/2 Keyboard Connector Attach a PS/2 keyboard connector to this 6pin Din-connector. If you use an AT keyboard, you can go to a computer store to purchase an AT to ATX converter adapter, then you can connect your AT keyboard to this connector.
2-16 Chapter2 Parallel Port Connector This parallel port is also called an “LPT” port, because it usually connects to the printer. You can connect other devices that support this communication protocol, like a scanner, M.O. drive, etc.
BIOS Setup 3-1 Chapter 3. Introduction of The BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory chip on the motherboard. This program will not be lost when you turn the computer off. This program is also referred to as the boot program. It is the only channel for the hardware circuit to communicate with the operating system.
3-2 Chapter3 Figure 3-1. CMOS Setup Utility In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: l Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup. l Press¡ ô ¡õ ¡ö ¡÷ (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to confirm or to modify.
BIOS Setup 3-3 3-1. CPU Setup [SOFT MENU™ II] The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch (CPU SOFT MENU™I I ), that replaces the traditional manual hardware configuration. This feature allows the user to more easily complete the installation procedures. You can install the CPU without configuring any jumpers or switches. The CPU must be setup according its specifications. In the first option, you can press at any time to display all the items that can be chosen for that option. Figure 3-2.
3-4 Chapter3 For Intel Celeron ® PPGA MMX processors, you can choose the following settings: ä300 (66*4.5) ä433 (66*6.5) ………… ä333 (66*5) ä400 (100*4) ä366 (66*5.5) ä450 (100*4.5) ä400 (66*6) ä500 (100*5) Note CPU bus speed above 66MHz/100MHz supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI and chipset specs. User defined external clock and multiplier factor: ä User Defined NNNN Warning NNNN The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage.
BIOS Setup 3-5 Note The increase by 2.5% of the CPU speed is not a standard feature of this product. It is only for use by our development department to verify that the CPU is able to work normally when CPU speed, operating temperature and power supply are 2.5% higher or lower than the standard values. This is to guarantee product stability.
3-6 Chapter3 Note According to Celeron ® PPGA MMX processor types, some Celeron® PPGA MMX processors will have the multiplier factor locked and the signal disabled. In this situation, there is no way to choose a higher multiplier factor. / AGPCLK/CPUCLK: The default setting is “ 2/3”. In this state, the AGP bus speed will be the CPU bus speed divided by 3 and times 2. If you choose the setting to “ 1/1 ”, the AGP bus speed will equal to the CPU bus speed.
BIOS Setup 3-7 Method 1: Setup up the CPU for the lowest speed for its brand. Turn the power supply off and change the CPU. Then turn the system on again, and set up the CPU parameters through SOFT MENU ™II. Method 2: Since you have to open the computer case when you change the CPU, it could be a good idea to use the CCMOS jumper to erase the parameters of the original CPU and to enter BIOS Setup to set up CPU parameters again.
3-8 Chapter3 3-2. Standard CMOS Setup Menu This contains the basic configuration parameters of the BIOS. These parameters include the settings of date, hour, VGA card, FDD and HDD. Figure 3-3. Standard CMOS Setup Menu Date (mm:dd:yy): You can set the date information in this item, month (mm), date (dd) and year (yy). Time (hh:mm:ss): You can set time information in this item, hour (hh), minute (mm) and second (ss).
BIOS Setup 3-9 The HDD auto detection option in the Main Menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported. ä Normal mode: Standard normal mode supports hard disks of 528MB or less. This mode directly uses positions indicated by Cylinders (CYLS), Heads, and Sectors to access data. ä LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: The earlier LBA mode can support HDDs capacity of up to 8.
3-10 Chapter3 Video: You can select the VGA modes for your video adapter, four options are available: MONO è EGA/VGA è CGA 40 è CGA 80 è Back to MONO. The default setting is EGA/VGA. Halt On: You can select which type of error will cause the system to halt. Five options are available: All Errors è No Errors è All, But Keyboard è All, But Diskette è All, But Disk/Key è Back to All Errors.
BIOS Setup 3-11 3-3. BIOS Features Setup Menu In each item, you can press at any time to display all the options for this item. Attention BIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum operation. If you do not really understand each of the options in this menu, we recommend you use default values. Figure 3-4. BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning: This item can be set as Enable or Disable.
3-12 Chapter3 Disable, it is much slower, so the default setting for this item is Enable. Some old and very poorly written programs will make the computer malfunction or crash if the system speed is too high. In that case, you should Disable this feature. CPU Level 2 Cache: This item is used to enable or to disable the CPU level 2 cache. When the external cache is enabled, the system works faster. The default is Enable.
BIOS Setup 3-13 When this feature is enabled, you don’t need to open the computer case to swap the position of floppy disk drive connectors. Drive A can be set as drive B and drive B can be set as drive A. Boot Up Floppy Seek: When the computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has an FDD or not. When this item is enabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. If this item is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test.
3-14 Chapter3 Security Option: This option can be set to System or to Setup. After you have created a password through PASSWORD SETTING, this option will deny access to your system (System) or modification of computer setup (BIOS Setup) by unauthorized users. äSYSTEM: When you choose System, a password is required each time the computer boots up. If the correct password is not given, the system will not start. äSETUP: When you choose Setup, a password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup.
BIOS Setup 3-15 Delay IDE Initial (Sec): This item is used to support some old model or special type of hard disks or CD-ROMs, since the BIOS may not detect those kinds of devices during system booting. Video BIOS Shadow: This option is used to define whether the BIOS on the video card uses the shadow feature or not. You should set this option to Enabled, otherwise the display performance of the system will greatly decrease.
3-16 Chapter3 3-4. Chipset Features Setup Menu The Chipset Features Setup Menu is used to modify the contents of the buffers in the chipset on the motherboard. Since the parameters of the buffers are closely related to hardware, if the setup is not correct or is false, the motherboard will become unstable or you will not be able to boot up. If you don’t know the hardware very well, use default values (i.e. use the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS option). Figure 3-5.
BIOS Setup 3-17 DRAM Data Integrity Mode: Two options are available: Non-ECC or ECC. This option is used to configure the type of DRAM in your system. ECC is Error Checking and Correction, when your memory is ECC memory, choose the ECC option. System BIOS Cacheable: You can select Enable or Disable. When you select Enabled, you get faster system BIOS executing speed via the L2 cache. Video BIOS Cacheable: You can select Enable or Disable.
3-18 Chapter3 Passive Release: Two options are available: Enabled and Disabled. Set the option to enabled or disabled passive release for the Intel PIIX4 chip (Intel PCI to ISA bridge). This function is used to meet the latency of the ISA bus master, if you have an ISA card compatibility problem, you can try to enable or disable this option for optimal result. Delayed Transaction: Two options are available: Enabled and Disabled.
BIOS Setup 3-19 Thermal, Fans Speed and Voltages Monitor: These items list current states of CPU and system (RT1 and RT2) temperature as well as fan speed (CPU fan and chassis fan). It can not be changed by the user. The following items list the voltage states of the system power. Just like Thermal & Fan Monitor, it is unchangeable. Note The hardware monitoring features for temperature, fans and voltages will occupy the I/O address from 294H to 297H.
3-20 Chapter3 3-5. Power Management Setup Menu The difference between Green PCs and traditional computers is that Green PCs have a power management feature. With this feature, when the computer is powered on but inactive, the power consumption is reduced in order to save energy. When the computer operates normally, it is in Normal mode.
BIOS Setup 3-21 2. Use the arrow keys to go to the item you want to configure. To change the settings, use PgUP, PgDn, + or - key. 3. After you have configured the Power Management feature, press Esc to go back to the Main Menu. We are now going to briefly explain the options in this menu: ACPI Function (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface): ACPI gives the operating system direct control over the power management and Plug and Play functions of a computer.
3-22 Chapter3 System States and Power States Under ACPI, the operating system directs all system and device power state transitions. The operating system puts devices in and out of low-power states based on user preferences and knowledge of how devices are being used by applications. Devices that are not being used can be turned off. The operating system uses information from applications and user settings to put the system as a whole into a low-power state.
BIOS Setup 3-23 Doze = 1 hour Standby = 1 hour Suspend = 1 hour ä Max Saving When the three saving modes are enabled, the system is set up for maximum power savings. Doze = 1 minute Standby = 1 minute Suspend = 1 minute ä Disable Disable the power management function. PM Control by APM: Power Management is completely controlled by the APM. APM stands for Advanced Power Management, it is a power management standard set by Microsoft, Intel and other major manufacturers.
3-24 Chapter3 ä Doze The video will be switched off in all power saving modes. CPU Fan Off Option: CPU fan can be turned off in suspend mode. Modem Use IRQ: You can specify the IRQ for modem use. Doze Mode: When the setting selected for "Power Management" is "User Define", you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour. If no power management event occurs during this time period, meaning that the computer is inactive during this period, the system will enter the Doze power saving mode.
BIOS Setup 3-25 HDD Power Down: If the system has not accessed data on the hard disk drive during the specified time period, the engine of the HDD will stop in order to save electricity. You can set 1 to 15 minutes or select Disable according to your use of the HDD. Throttle Duty Cycle: This is used to specify the CPU speed in power saving mode. Six options are available: 12.5%, 25.0%, 37.5%, 50.0%, 62.5% or 75.0% .
3-26 Chapter3 ä IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI: If any IRQ or NMI (Non-Mask Interrupt) activities occur, this will cause the computer to re-count the time elapsed. ä VGA Active Monitor: If there is any VGA data transfer or any I/O activities, this will cause the computer to re-count the time elapsed. ä IRQ8 Break Suspend: Supports the RTC alarm wake up from suspend function (via IRQ8). ä IDE Primary Master: If any IDE primary master I/O activity occurs, it will cause the computer to re-count the time elapsed.
BIOS Setup 3-27 3-6. PNP/PCI Configuration In this menu, you can change the INT# and IRQ of the PCI bus and other hardware settings. Figure 3-7. PNP/PCI Configuration Menu PNP OS Installed: Device resource assigned by PnP OS or BIOS. Force Update ESCD: If you want to clear ESCD data next time you boot up, and ask the BIOS to reset the settings for the Plug & Play ISA Card and the PCI Card, select Enabled. But the next time you boot up, this option will automatically be set as Disabled.
3-28 Chapter3 Resources Controlled By: When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt: Legacy ISA devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port 1). PCI/ISA PnP devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for the PCI or ISA bus architecture. Two options are available: Auto or Manual.
BIOS Setup 3-29 Note If you specify the IRQ in this item, then you cannot specify the same IRQ to the ISA bus, otherwise, it will cause a hardware conflict. You must be familiar with the PCI interrupt distribution mechanism to adjust this setting. This feature is for the operating system which will record and fix the PCI configuration status, if you want to change it.
3-30 Chapter3 3-8. Integrated Peripherals In this menu, you can change the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings. Figure 3-8. Integrated Peripherals Menu Onboard IDE-1 Controller: The onboard IDE 1 controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled. / Master Drive PIO Mode: äAuto: The BIOS can auto-detect the transfer mode of the IDE devices in order to set its data transfer rate.
BIOS Setup 3-31 / Master Drive Ultra DMA: Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB/sec. äAuto: When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) äDisabled: If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to Disable this item.
3-32 Chapter3 äDisabled: If you encounter a problem using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to Disable this item. / Slave Drive Ultra DMA: äAuto: When you select Auto, the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device. (Default) äDisabled: If you encounter the problem of using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to Disable this item. PIO MODE 0~4 reflects the IDE device data transfer rate. The higher the MODE value is, the better is the IDE device data transfer rate.
BIOS Setup 3-33 Note The mouse wake up function can only be used with the PS/2 mouse, not with a mouse that uses the COM port and USB connection. Mouse Left (Mouse Right) means, you need to double click the mouse left (right) button, for the computer to power on. You also need to note the compatibility issue with your PS/2 mouse, some PS/2 mice cannot wake up the system, because of compatibility problems. If the spec. of your keyboard is too old, you may fail to power on.
3-34 Chapter3 ä IrDA (HPSIR) mode. ä ASK IR (Amplitude Shift Keyed IR) mode. ä Disabled. / RxD , TxD Active: Set IR transmission/reception polarity as High or Low. / IR Transmission Delay: Set IR transmission delays 4 character-time(40 bit-time) when SIR is changed from RX mode to TX mode. Onboard Parallel Port: Sets the I/O address and IRQ of the onboard parallel port. Four options are available: Disable, 3BCh/IRQ7, 278h/IRQ5 and 378h/IRQ7. Default is 378h/IRQ7.
BIOS Setup 3-35 3-9. Password Setting This option allows you to set a password required to start the system (System) or to access to the BIOS (Setup). After you have set a password through the PASSWORD SETTING option, you can enter the Security Option in the “BIOS Features Setup Menu” to select the security level in order to prevent any unauthorized access. Password setting procedure: When you choose the Password setting option, the following message is displayed: “Enter Password:“ Type your password.
3-36 Chapter3 3-10. IDE Hard Disk Detection After you have installed the hard disk, in old systems, you had to know the hard disk specifications, such as the number of cylinders, heads and sectors, and to enter the relevant information into the hard disk information section. If the CMOS data was erased, and you had forgotten the hard disk specifications, it was a great problem.
BIOS Setup 3-37 3-11. Save & Exit Setup Figure 3-9. Save & Exit Setup You can save all your selection to CMOS and exit BIOS to reboot your computer. 3-12. Exit Without Saving Figure 3-10. Exit Without Saving You can exit and without saving all your selection to CMOS, then exit BIOS to reboot your computer.
3-38 Chapter3 BM6
BIOS Flashing User Instructions A-1 Appendix A BIOS Flashing User Instructions When your motherboard needs to be upgraded with new features or to fix some compatibility problems of the BIOS, you will need to use this BIOS flash utility. This utility is provided by Award Software, and it’s easy to flash by yourself. But you have to read all the information within this section before flashing.
A-2 Appendix A Figure A-2. Award Flash Memory Writer V7.05 Complete Screen Figure A-3 shows you what commands you can use for the flashing program, you need to go into the pure DOS environment and type awdflash, then you will see Figure A-3. Figure A-3.
BIOS Flashing User Instructions A-3 Note A-1 The BIOS file name in the figure shown to you is only an example, you should check which .bin file is to be used with your motherboard, don’t flash with the wrong .bin file. Otherwise, you may cause system malfunctions. Even the same models BIOS, according its release date and according to which problems are fixed, also have different .bin names. Please read the BIOS file description before you download it.
A-4 Appendix A 2. Please take the following actions to solve problems caused by power shortage or other non-preventable malfunctions during BIOS updating that lead to update failure. First, it is strongly suggested that you format a disk that can boot your computer before you update your BIOS. If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS updating you will be able to use this disk to automatically execute a BIOS update.
Install HighPoint XStore Pro Utility B-1 Appendix B Installing the HighPoint XStore Pro Utility We provide a useful and powerful utility in our product package, HighPoint XStore Pro. What does XStore do? The XStore Pro is a hard disk enhancement utility which can improve system performance. The basic concept is using a read-ahead caching algorithm to improve the hard disk performance.
B-2 Appendix B XStore Pro in your system, otherwise it will cause system conflict when you install the second bus master driver! 2. This Windows ® 95/98 driver does not support CD-ROM Changers. If you have an ATAPI CD-ROM Changer installed in your system, please do not install this driver! 3. We have found that the Windows ® 95 OSR2/Windows® 98 version would fail to load the driver on some systems using the Bus Master chipset after you install and restart the system.
Install HighPoint XStore Pro Utility B-3 This CD-ROM (Or floppy diskette) has the HighPoint XStore Pro drivers. (Version 1.2) The following procedure describes how to install the HighPoint XStore to your system. If you have a floppy diskette but not the CD-ROM, just insert the diskette and run the Setup.exe file to start installation. Step 1: In Windows ® 95/98, place the CD-ROM into the computer. The main menu will show up.
B-4 Appendix B Step 3: Press the “Next” key, you will see the license screen. Step 4: Press “Yes” to the continue screen below. Step 5: When installation process is done, you will see the screen below. This screen will show up only when you install both XStore Pro and CD Xpress. If you want to see the ReadMe file, you can click on the circle.
Install HighPoint XStore Pro Utility B-5 Step 6: Choose the “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” button, then system will restart. Or you can choose the “No, I will restart my computer later.”. Note You must restart your computer after you installed the XStore Pro utility. Otherwise, software may works not properly.
B-6 Appendix B BM6
Hardware Monitoring Function C-1 Appendix C Hardware Monitoring Function (Installing The Winbond Hardware Doctor Utility) Winbond Hardware Doctor is a self-diagnostic system for PCs and must be used with the Winbond chipset: W83781D/W83782D/W83783S IC series products. It will protect PC hardware by monitoring several critical items including power supply voltages, CPU & system fan speeds, and CPU and system temperatures.
C-2 Appendix C Step 3. You can specify the program install path by clicking “Change Directory” button. Or if you want to use the default path, click the icon to continue the install process. Now the screen will show you the percentage of installation progress. Step 4. When the progress finishes, click the “OK” button. Step 5. Go to the Windows toolbar and click the “Start” button, then choose the “program” è “HWDoctor” (See the arrow mark on figure below).
Hardware Monitoring Function C-3 Step 6. Then you will see the screen like the figure below. You will see voltages, fan speeds and temperature readings as well. If any item reading is critical or less than the limitation, the reading will turn red. Also, it will show a pop-up window to warn you the system has a problem! The figure below shows the warning message windows.
C-4 Appendix C range. Secondly, after you finished the configuration, you have to save it. Otherwise, the program will start with the default value the next time. If you meet any problems or have any questions about the software settings and adjustments, please use the Winbond hardware doctor on-line help, it should give you enough information to answer your questions.
Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) D-1 Appendix D Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) If you have a problem during operation and in order to help our technical support personnel to quickly find out what the problem of your motherboard is and to give you the answers you need, before filling in the technical support form, eliminate any peripheral that is not related to the problem, and indicate on the form, the key peripherals.
D-2 Appendix D During the Starting DOS …procedure, press SHIFT (BY-PASS) key, to skip CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT; edit CONFIG.SYS with a text editor, and in function the line that loads the Sound Card Driver, add a remark REM, in order to disable the Sound Card Driver. See the example below. CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=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.
Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) D-3 4. DRIVER REV: Note the driver version number indicated on the DEVICE DRIVER disk (if have) as “Release *.**”.
D-4 Appendix D 5*. OS/APPLICATION: Indicate what are the operating system and the applications your are running on the system. Example: MS-DOS ® 6.22, Windows ® 95, Windows® NT.... 6*. CPU: Indicate the brand and the speed (MHz) of your CPU. Example:(A) In the “Brand” space, write “Intel”, in the “Specifications” space, write “ Pentium ® II MMX 300MHz”¡ C 7. HDD: Indicate the brand and specifications of your HDD(s), specify if the HDD is using ¨IDE1 or ¨IDE2.
Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?) D-5 & Technical Support Form ( Phone #: Company name: J Contact: Model Motherboard Model No.
D-6 Appendix D BM6
