AP53 Mainboard User Guide
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FCC Statement FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
About This Manual Purpose and Scope This manual tells how to install and configure the system board. Organization This manual consists of three chapters and one appendix: Chapter 1, Overview, covers the specifications, layout, and components of the system board. Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, tells how to install the hardware components, configure the system by resetting the jumpers, install the system board and add expansion cards.
About This Manual 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 a, e, s, 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.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Board Layout.........................................1-2 1.2 Specifications .......................................1-3 1.3 System Board Parts..............................1-4 1.3.1 Microprocessor .................................1-4 1.3.2 ASICs ...............................................1-4 1.3.3 BIOS.................................................1-4 1.3.4 Expansion Slots................................1-5 1.3.5 DRAM Sockets ...................
Table of Contents 2.5 Upgrading the Microprocessor............2-7 2.6 Configuring the System Memory.........2-7 2.6.1 Installing a SIMM ..............................2-9 2.6.2 Removing a SIMM ..........................2-10 2.7 viii Customizing your Hardware Setup ..................................2-11 2.7.1 Selecting the Flash ROM Type.......2-11 2.7.2 Disabling the Onboard Super I/O Controller .......................................2-11 2.7.3 Selecting the ECP DMA Channel ...2-12 2.7.
Table of Contents 2.10 Chapter 3 Installing Expansion Boards..............2-20 AMI BIOS Utility 3.1 Entering the AMI BIOS Setup...............3-1 3.2 Setup Menu ...........................................3-2 3.2.1 Standard Setup ................................3-3 3.2.2 Advanced CMOS Setup ...................3-7 3.2.3 Chipset Features Setup..................3-13 3.2.4 Power Management Setup .............3-17 3.2.5 PCI/PnP Setup ...............................3-20 3.2.6 Peripheral Setup.....
Table of Contents 3.7 Appendix A x NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers ..............
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