AX59PRO User's Guide Printed in Taiwan PART NO.:49.87801.311 DOC. NO.
AX59PRO Mainboard User's Guide Document Number : AX59P-1-E9809F Model and Revision : For AX59PRO revision 1.xx Manual Revision : English, revision F Release Date : Sep 21, 1998 More help for latest information: Taiwan http://www.aopen.com.tw USA http://www.aopen-usa.com http://www.aopenusa.com 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.
Notice 1: The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Notice 2: Shielded interface cables, if any, must be used in order to comply with emission limits.
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..................................................................3 1.2 Overclocking ...................................................................5 1.3 Zero Voltage Modem Wake Up ......................................8 1.4 System Voltage Monitoring..........................................10 1.5 Fan Monitoring ..............................................................10 1.6 CPU Thermal Protection ..............................................
2.3.15 LAN Wake-up Connector......................................22 2.4 Configuring the System Memory.................................23 2.5 Windows 98 Installation ...............................................29 chapter 3 Award BIOS 3.1 Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu .........................2 3.2 Standard CMOS Setup....................................................3 3.3 BIOS Features Setup ......................................................6 3.4 Chipset Features Setup.........................
Chapter 1 Overview AX59 Pro is a high-performance Pentium®-based system board that utilizes VIA MVP3 AGPset on ATX PCI/ISA platform. This motherboard supports new architectures such as high speed AGP, SDRAM, Ultra DMA/33, Bus master IDE and USB port. It has 512KB or 1MB (optional) pipelined-burst secondlevel cache onboard and support two single in-line memory module (SIMM) plus three Dual in-line memory module (DIMM) that allows to mix EDO and SDRAM memory and expansion up to a maximum of 1GB.
Overview CPU Thermal Protection AX59 Pro has a special thermal detection circuit to have warning through application software when the temperature is higher than a predefined value. CPU core current protection AX59 Pro implements CPU core voltage 15A over-current protection to prevent any accident short circuit and prevent system damage. CPU and Housing Fan Monitoring AX59 Pro has one more "fan monitoring" function to prevent system overheat.
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 ATX 305 mm x 202 mm Intel Pentium Processor P54C, PP/MT (P55C), AMD K5/K6/K6-2, Cyrix 6x86/M2 and IDT WinChip C6 family. 72-pin SIMM x2, and SDRAM 168-pin x3, maximum 1GB.
Overview 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 1-4 Special circuit (patent applied) to support modem wake up by external box modem or internal AOpen F56/MP56 modem card. By using a network card that supports this feature and a network management software, you can wake up a system through a local area network. Program the date/time to wake up your system.
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 AX59 Pro Overclocking Settings The following table lists the overclocking settings in AOpen’s lab for your reference. CPU Intel MMX-233MHz DRAM SEC KOREA 801 KM48S2020CT-GH 32MB HDD IBM DHEA-34330 VGA ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X OS Windows 95 OSR2 BIOS R2.00d Load BIOS Setup Default for 112MHz * 2.5 = 280MHz (O.K.) 112MHz * 2 = 224MHz (O.K.) Load BIOS Turbo Default for 100MHz * 2.5 = 250MHz (O.K.
Overview 1.3 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 Modem Wake Up, select Enable. 2. Setup your application, put into Windows 95. 3. Turn system power off by soft power switch. 4. Connect 4-pin Modem Ring-On cable from MP56 RING connector to AX59 Pro connector WKUP. 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 Modem Wake Up, select Enable. 2.
Overview 1.4 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 1.6 CPU Thermal Protection This motherboard implements special thermal protection circuit below the CPU. When temperature is higher than a predefined value, the CPU speed will automatically slow down and there will be warning from BIOS and also Hardware Monitoring Utility software. CPU Thermal Protection is automatically implemented by BIOS and utility software, no hardware installation is needed.
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: SW1: DIP Switch for CPU voltage and clock ratio JP4,JP5,JP6, JP25: CPU external (bus) clock JP23,JP24 DRAM Clock JP14: Clear CMOS Connectors: PS2: KB: COM1: COM2: PRINTER: PWR2: USB: FDC: IDE1: IDE2: CPUFAN1: CPUFAN2: FAN: IrDA: HDD LED: PANEL: SPWR: MODEM-WKUP: LAN-WKUP: 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 F
Hardware Installation 2.2 Jumpers Jumpers are made by pin headers and plastic connecting caps for the purpose of customizing your hardware. Doing so requires basic knowledge of computer hardware, be sure you understand the meaning of the jumpers before you change any setting. The onboard jumpers are normally set to their default with optimized settings. On the mainboard, normally there is a bold line marked beside pin 1 of the jumper, sometimes, there are numbers also.
Hardware Installation 2.2.1 Setting the CPU Voltage S4 S5 ON OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON S6 S7 S8 Vcore ON ON ON OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 3.52V 3.45V 3.2V 2.9V 2.8V 2.4V 2.2V SW1 is used to select CPU core voltage (Vcore) and ratio, there are totally eight switches on the DIP. After installing CPU, set the switch 4-8 to specify a proper Vcore. ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 3.2V K6-233 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 2.
Hardware Installation Following table lists possible settings of current CPU available on the market. Note that the correct setting may vary because of new CPU product, refer to your CPU specification for more details. CPU Type Vcore S4 S5 S6 S7 INTEL P54C Single Voltage 3.45V OFF ON ON ON S8 OFF INTEL P55C Dual Voltage 2.8V OFF OFF OFF ON OFF AMD K5 Single Voltage 3.52V ON ON ON ON OFF AMD K6-166/200 Dual Voltage 2.9V ON OFF OFF ON OFF AMD K6-233 Dual Voltage 3.
Hardware Installation This motherboard supports the CPU core voltage from 1.3V to 3.5V, that can be applied to the various CPU type in future. For your reference, all settings are listed in the following table. Vcore S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 1.30V 1.35V 1.40V 1.45V 1.50V 1.55V 1.60V 1.65V 1.70V 1.75V 1.80V 1.85V 1.90V 1.95V 2.00V 2.05V 2.1V 2.2V 2.3V 2.4V 2.5V 2.6V 2.7V 2.8V 2.9V 3.0V 3.1V 3.2V 3.3V 3.4V 3.
Hardware Installation 2.2.2 Selecting the CPU Frequency S1 S2 S3 OFF ON ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON CPU Frequency Ratio 1.5x (3.5x) 2x 2.5x (1.75x) 3x 4x 4.5x Intel Pentium, Cyrix 6x86 and AMD K5/K6 CPU are designed to have different Internal (Core) and External (Bus) frequency. The ratio of Core/Bus frequency is selected by the switch 1-3 of SW1. 5x 5.5x Note: Intel PP/MT MMX 233MHz is using 1.5x jumper setting for 3.
Hardware Installation CPU CLK 66MHz 68MHz 75MHz 83MHz 95MHz 100MHz 112MHz 124MHz AGP CLK 66MHz 68MHz 75MHz 56MHz 64MHz 66MHz 75MHz 83Mhz PCI CLK 33MHz 34MHz 38MHz 28MHz 32MHz 33MHz 37MHz 41MHz JP4 1-2 2-3 1-2 2-3 2-3 1-2 1-2 2-3 JP5 1-2 2-3 2-3 2-3 1-2 1-2 2-3 1-2 JP6 1-2 2-3 1-2 1-2 2-3 2-3 2-3 1-2 JP25 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 JP4, JP5, JP6 and J25 are the selections of CPU external clock (bus clock), AGP Clock and PCI Clock.
Hardware Installation 1 2 3 1 2 3 JP4 1 2 3 JP4 1 2 3 JP5 JP24 JP5 JP24 JP6 JP25 JP6 JP25 JP23 JP23 100MHz 124MHz 1 2 3 JP4 1 2 3 JP5 JP24 JP6 JP25 JP23 112MHz Warning: VIA MVP3 chipset supports maximum 100MHz external CPU bus clock, the 112MHz settings are for internal test only, set to 112 or 124 MHz exceeds the specification of MVP3 chipset, which may cause serious system damage.
Hardware Installation INTEL Pentium CPU Core Frequency Ratio External Bus Clock S1 S2 S3 P54C 100 100MHz = 1.5x 66MHz OFF OFF OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 P54C 133 133MHz = 2x 66MHz ON OFF OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 P54C 166 166MHz = 2.5x 66MHz ON ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 P54C 200 200MHz = 3x 66MHz OFF ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 INTEL Pentium MMX CPU Core Frequency Ratio External Bus Clock S1 S2 S3 PP/MT 166 166MHz = 2.
Hardware Installation AMD K6 CPU Core Frequency Ratio External Bus Clock S1 S2 S3 JP4,JP5,JP6,JP25 K6-166 166MHz = 2.5x 66MHz ON ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 K6-200 200MHz = 3x 66MHz OFF ON K6-233 233MHz = 3.5x 66MHz OFF OFF OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 K6-266 266MHz= 4x 66MHz ON OFF ON 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 K6-300 300MHz= 4.5x 66MHz ON ON 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 K6-2 333 333MHz 3.5x 95MHz OFF OFF OFF 2-3 & 1-2 & 2-3 & 2-3 K6-2 350 350MHz 3.
Hardware Installation 1 2 3 JP4 1 2 3 JP5 JP24 JP6 JP25 JP23 AGP CLK 2.2.4 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. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3.
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 fan connectors onboard. The fan connectors are marked CPUFAN1, CPUFAN2 and FAN on the system board. You can plug the CPU fan cable to both the 2-pin fan connector CPUFAN1 and the 3-pin fan connector CPUFAN2. FAN can be reserved for the housing fan. Note that only CPUFAN2 and FAN support the fan monitoring function, because 3-pin fan has an extra pin called SENSE, which periotically sends fan signal out.
Hardware Installation 2.3.5 Keyboard The onboard PS/2 keyboard connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked KB. 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 mothermoard contains two USB connectors, which are marked as USB. PCB USB 2.3.9 Floppy Drive Connect the 34-pin floppy drive cable to the floppy drive connector marked as FDC on the system board.
Hardware Installation 2.3.10 IDE Hard Disk and CD ROM This motherboard 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. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to master and slave mode, either one can be hard disk or CDROM.
Hardware Installation IDE2 (Secondary Channel) Slave (4th) Master (3rd) IDE1 (Primary Channel) Slave (2nd) Master (1st) 2.3.11 Hard Disk LED The HDD LED connector is marked as HDD LED on the board. This connector is designed for different type of housing, actually only two pins are necessary for the LED. If your housing has four pin connector, simply plug it in. If you have only two pin connector, please connect to pin 1-2 or pin 3-4 according to the polarity.
Hardware Installation 2.3.12 Panel Connector The Panel (multifunction) connector is a 20pin 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 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 WKUP connector on the mainboard.
Hardware Installation 2.4 Configuring the System Memory Pin1 Pin1 This motherboard has two 72 pin SIMM sockets (Single-in-line Memory Module) and three 168 pin DIMM socket (Dual-inline Memory Module) that allow you to install system memory maximum 1GB. The SIMM supported by this mainboard can be identified by 4 kinds of factors: I. Size: single side, 1Mx32 (4MB), 4Mx32 (16MB), 16Mx32 (64MB), and double side, 1Mx32x2 (8MB), 4Mx32x2 (32MB), 16Mx32x2 (128MB). II. Speed: 60ns or 70ns access time III.
Hardware Installation II. Speed: normally marked as -12, which means the clock cycle time is 12ns and maximum clock of this SDRAM is 83MHz. Sometimes you can also find the SDRAM marked as -67, which means maximum clock is 67mhz. 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.
Hardware Installation Caution: Note that DIMM3 shares a bank with SIMM1 and SIMM2, so you couldn't use a doulbe side DIMM if SIMMs were installed. Caution: There are some old DIMMs made by EDO or FPM memory chip, they can only accept 5V power and probably can not fit into the DIMM socket, make sure you have 3.3V true SDRAM DIMM before your insert it. There is an important parameter affects SDRAM performance, CAS Latency Time.
Hardware Installation Following table list the recommended DRAM combinations of SIMM and DIMM: SIMM Data chip SIMM Parity chip Bit size per side Single/ Double side Chip count 1M by 4 None 1Mx32 x1 8 4MB Yes 1M by 4 None 1Mx32 x2 16 8MB Yes 1M by 4 1M by 1 1Mx36 x1 12 4MB Yes 1M by 4 1M by 4 1Mx36 x1 9 4MB Yes 1M by 4 1M by 4 1Mx36 x2 18 8MB Yes 1M by 16 None 1Mx32 x1 2 4MB Yes 1M by 16 None 1Mx32 x2 4 8MB Yes 1M by 16 1M by 4 1Mx36 x1 3 4MB Yes 1
Hardware Installation Data chip per side Double side count 2M by 32 2Mx64 x1 2 16MB Yes, but not tested. 2M by 32 2Mx64 x2 4 32MB Yes, but not tested. 4M by 16 4Mx64 x1 4 32MB Yes, but not tested. 4M by 16 4Mx64 x2 8 64MB Yes, but not tested. 8M by 8 8Mx64 x1 8 64MB Yes, but not tested. 8M by 8 8Mx64 x2 16 128MB Yes, but not tested. Tip: 8 bit = 1 byte, 32 bit = 4 byte.
Hardware Installation Size Vendor Model Single/Double Chip Count 16M Hyundai HY57V168010CTC-10 x1 8 32M NEC D4516821AG5-A10-7JF x1 16 32M SEC KM48S2020CT-GH x2 18 32M Hyndai HY57V168010CTC-10 x2 16 32M Micron MT48LC2M8A1-08 x2 16 32M Fujitsu 81F16822D-A10-7JF x2 18 64M Mitsubishi M5M4V64S30ATP -10 x1 9 64M Fujitsu 81F64842B-103FN x1 9 64M NEC D4564841G5-A10-9JF x1 9 64M SEC KM48S8030BT-GH x1 9 64M Toshiba TC59S6408FTL-80H x1 9 Memory error checking
Hardware Installation 2.5 Windows 98 Installation For installing Windows 98, please make sure you have followed below procedures. 1. First, don’t install any add-on card except the display card. 2. Enable USB Controller in BIOS Setup menu, making BIOS fully capable of controlling IRQ assignment. 3. Install Window 98 into your system. 4. If you use an AGP card, you still need to Install the VIA AGP Driver. 5. Then install drivers that come with your AGP card. 6.
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 Æ Date To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. Press current date. The date format is month, date, and year. or to set the Standard CMOS Æ 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 Æ Primary Master Æ Type Standard CMOS Æ Primary Slave Æ Type Standard CMOS Æ Secondary Master Æ Type Standard CMOS Æ Secondary Slave Æ Type Type Auto User None 1 2 ... 45 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 Æ Drive A Standard CMOS Æ Drive B Drive A None 360KB 5.25" 1.2MB 5.25" 720KB 3.5" 1.44MB 3.5" 2.88MB 3.5" These items select floppy drive type. The available settings and types supported by the mainboard are listed on the left. Standard CMOS Æ Video Video EGA/VGA CGA40 CGA80 Mono This item specifies the type of video card in use. The default setting is VGA/EGA. Since current PCs use VGA only, this function is almost useless and may be disregarded in the future.
AWARD BIOS 3.3 BIOS Features Setup This screen appears when you select the option "BIOS Features Setup" from the main menu. BIOS Features Æ Virus Warning Virus Warning Enabled Disabled 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 Æ External Cache External Cache Enabled Disabled Enabling this parameter activates the secondary cache (currently, PBSRAM cache). Disabling the parameter slows down the system. Therefore, we recommend that you leave it enabled unless you are troubleshooting a problem. BIOS Features Æ Quick Power On Self Test Quick Power-on Self-test Enable Disabled This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some items that are normally checked.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Æ Boot Up NumLock Status Boot-up NumLock Status On Off Setting this parameter to On enables the numeric function of the numeric keypad. Set this parameter to Off to disregard the function. Disabling the numeric function allows you to use the numeric keypad for cursor control. BIOS Features Æ Memory Parity/ECC Check Memory Parity/ECC Check Enabled Disabled This item is used to enable or disable parity/ECC chek function.
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Æ Security Option Security Option Setup System 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. The Setup option limits access only to BIOS setup. To disable the security option, select Password Setting from the main menu, don't type anything and just press .
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Æ Video BIOS Shadow Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Disabled 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 are not correct for your system configuration.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Æ Bank 0/1 Timing Chipset Features Æ Bank 2/3 Timing Chipset Features Æ Bank 4/5 Timing DRAM Timing 60 ns 70 ns This item is used to set DRAM timing parameters which can be automatically set by BIOS, 60ns and 70ns. Chipset Features Æ SDRAM CAS Latency SDRAM(CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS) 2 3 These are timing of SDRAM CAS Latency, which is an important parameter affects SDRAM performance, default is 2 clocks. If your SDRAM has unstable problem, change 2 to 3.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Æ CPU to PCI Write Buffer CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Disabled This item is used to enable or disable CPU to PCI write buffer. Chipset Features Æ PCI Dynamic Bursting PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled Disabled This item is used to enable or disable PCI dynamic bursting. Chipset Features Æ PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled Disabled This item is used to control the PCI master write cycle. If enabled, there is no wait state.
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Æ AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled Disabled This item is used to enable or disable AGP master 1 wait state write. Chipset Features Æ AGP Master 1 WS Read AGP Master 1 WS Read Enabled Disabled This item is used to enable or disable AGP master 1 wait state read. Chipset Features Æ Video BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Disabled Allows the video BIOS to be cached to allow faster video performance.
AWARD BIOS 3.5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the mainboard’s green features. See the following screen. Power Management Æ Power Management Power Management Max Saving Mix Saving User Defined Disabled Mode Min Saving Max Saving Doze 1 hour 1 min 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 Defined to choose your own parameters.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ PM Controlled by APM PM Controlled by APM Yes No 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. Power Management Æ Video Off Option Video Off Option Always On All Modes Æ Off Suspend Æ Off Susp, Standby Æ Off To turn off video monitor at which power down mode.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ Doze Mode Doze Mode Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Doze mode. In this mode, the CPU clock slows down. The ratio is specified in the "Throttle Duty Cycle". Any activity detected returns the system to full power. The system activity (or event) is detected by monitoring the IRQ signals.
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ Modem Wake Up Modem Wake Up Disabled Enabled This motherboard implements AOpen special circuit to detect modem ring signal and wakeup from soft power off. The most possible applications are automatic answering machine and fax send/receive. It does not like traditional green PC suspend mode, the system can be true power off, (identified by the fan of your power supply is off).
AWARD BIOS Power Management Æ Primary INTR Primary ON OFF This item is used to enable or disable the detection of IRQ3-15 or NMI interrupt events for power down state transition. Normally, this is applied to network card. Power Management Æ IRQ [3-15] IRQ [3-15],NMI Primary Secondary Disabled Select Primary or Disabed option to enable or disable the detection of specified IRQ.
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 Æ PnP OS Installed PnP OS Installed Yes No 3-20 Normally, the PnP resources are allocated by BIOS during POST (Power-On Self Test).
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration Æ Resources Controlled By 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 Æ DMA 0 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 1 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 3 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 5 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 6 PNP/PCI Configuration Æ DMA 7 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.
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 SIMM 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 Æ OnChip IDE First Channel Integrated Peripherals Æ OnChip IDE Second Channel OnChip IDE First Channel Enabled Disabled This parameter lets you enable or disable the IDE device connected to the primary IDE connector.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Æ IDE HDD Block Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Disabled 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 Æ USB Controller USB Controller Enabled Disabled This item is used to enable or disable USB controller. Integrated Peripherals Æ USB Legacy Support USB Legacy Support Enabled Disabled This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS. The keyboard driver simulates legacy keyboard command and let you use USB keyboard during POST or after boot if you don't have USB driver in the operating system.
AWARD BIOS Note: If you are using an network card, make sure that the interrupt does not conflict. Integrated Peripherals Æ Onboard UART 2 Mode Onboard UART 2 Mode Standard HPSIR ASKIR This item is configurable only if the "Onboard UART 2" is enabled. This allows you to specify the mode of serial port2. The available mode selections are: • Standard - Sets serial port 2 to operate in normal mode. This is the default setting.
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Æ Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel Port This item controls the onboard parallel port address and interrupt. 3BC/IRQ7 378/IRQ7 278/IRQ7 Disabled Note: If you are using an I/O card with a parallel port, make sure that the addresses and IRQ do not conflict. Integrated Peripherals Æ Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port Mode Normal SPP EPP 1.7 + SPP EPP 1.9 + SPP ECP EPP 1.7 + ECP EPP 1.9 + ECP This item lets you set the parallel port mode.
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 Exit without Saving Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes. Do not use this option if you want to save the new configuration. 3.14 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers The NCR 53C810 SCSI BIOS resides in the same flash memory chip as the system BIOS. The onboard NCR SCSI BIOS is used to support NCR 53C810 SCSI control card without BIOS code. The NCR SCSI BIOS directly supports DOS, Windows 3.1 and OS/2.
AWARD BIOS 3. Compare the "ssss" with original checksum posted on Web or BBS. If they are different, please do not proceed any further and try to download the BIOS again. [AOFLASH.EXE] This utility will try to check the mainboard model, BIOS version and Super/Ultra IO chip model. To ensure the correct BIOS file for the correct mainboard and IO chip. This utility will permanently replace your original BIOS content after flashing. 1.
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 Q: What is Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)? A: The traditional PIO (Programmable I/O) IDE requires the CPU to involve in all the activities of the IDE access including waiting for the mechanical events. To reduce the workload of the CPU, the bus master IDE device transfers data from/to memory without interrupting CPU, and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE device.
Frequently Asked Questions ACPI defines momentary soft power switch to control the power state transition. Most likely, it uses the ATX form factor with momentary soft power switch. The most attractive part of ACPI for desktop user is probably the "OnNow" feature, an idea from notebook. This feature allows you to immediately resume to your original work without the long time waiting from bootup, entering Win95 and running Winword.
Frequently Asked Questions the ON/OFF button. The network management software will continue to perform the tasks that have been programmed to do. Q: What is the AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)? A: AGP is a PCI-like bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master singleslave one-to-one only. The AGP uses both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock and produces 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s data transfer rate.
Frequently Asked Questions Q: How can I eliminate the "?" marks presented under Device Manager after installing Win'95 on TX/LX/BX/MVP3/5591 based system? A: Even though your system will work fine with this "?" marks, we received many requests about how to eliminate it. AOpen software team spends few weeks to develop an utility AOchip.exe for the convenience of Win95 users. It is very user friendly and can be used on any TX/LX/BX/MVP3/5591 chipset based motherboard, not limited to AOpen products.
Frequently Asked Questions becomes opened. PolySwitch will be recovered to its original stage after surge current disappeared & the system is being cooled down for a while. It is highly recommended to adopt "Resetable" fuse in order to fully support "Hot-Plug" feature on USB. Q: What is Hardware Monitoring? A: There are four high-valued "Hardware implemented on AOpen ATX mainboard. Monitoring" features being 1. Over Current Protection: Providing over current protection for CPU Vcore.
Frequently Asked Questions Features ADM 2.0 LDCM 3.0 VGA card No limitation Only ATI Network card No limitation Only Intel Support DMI BIOS 2.0 Yes Yes Support Win95 Yes Yes Support Win NT No (will be supported on ADM 2.
Frequently Asked Questions Also, more capacitors are not exactly equal to better CPU voltage, it depends on where you put your capacitor (the layout). The most accurate way is to use storage scope to measure the CPU voltage directly, but of course, it is difficult for end user to do so. AOpen design team follows Intel, AMD and Cyrix's design specification strictly, it is approved by Intel, AMD and Cyrix.
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, 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. If the 100/112/124MHz external clock was set, check if your DIMMs are PC100 SDRAM. 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 Fails, 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 Setting the CPU Voltage CPU Type Vcore S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 INTEL P54C Single Voltage 3.45V OFF ON ON ON OFF INTEL P55C Dual Voltage 2.8V OFF OFF OFF ON OFF AMD K5 Single Voltage 3.52V ON ON ON ON OFF AMD K6-166/200 Dual Voltage 2.9V ON OFF OFF ON OFF AMD K6-233 Dual Voltage 3.2V OFF OFF ON ON OFF AMD K6-266/300 Dual Voltage 2.2V OFF ON OFF OFF OFF AMD K6-2 Dual Voltage 2.
Jumper Table Summary Selecting the CPU Frequency S1 S2 S3 OFF ON ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON CPU CLK 66MHz 68MHz 75MHz 83MHz 95MHz 100MHz 112MHz CPU Frequency Ratio 1.5x (3.5x) 2x 2.5x (1.75x) 3x 4x 4.5x 5x 5.
Jumper Table Summary INTEL Pentium CPU Core Frequency Ratio External Bus Clock S1 P54C 100 100MHz = 1.5x 66MHz OFF OFF OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 P54C 133 133MHz = 2x 66MHz ON OFF OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 P54C 166 166MHz = 2.5x 66MHz ON ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 P54C 200 200MHz = 3x 66MHz OFF ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 INTEL Pentium MMX CPU Core Frequency Ratio External Bus Clock S1 S2 S3 PP/MT 166 166MHz = 2.
Jumper Table Summary AMD K5 CPU Core Frequency Ratio External Bus Clock S1 PR100 100MHz = 1.5x 66MHz OFF OFF OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 PR133 100MHz = 1.5x 66MHz OFF OFF OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 PR166 116MHz = 1.75x 66MHz ON ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 AMD K6 CPU Core Frequency Ratio External Bus Clock S1 S2 S3 K6-166 166MHz = 2.5x 66MHz ON ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 K6-200 200MHz = 3x 66MHz OFF ON OFF 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 & 1-2 K6-233 233MHz = 3.
