FR550 Pentium PCI ATX Mainboard User’s Manual
User‘s Notice Static Electricity Precaution Static electricity can easily damage your FR550 mainboard. Observing a few basic precautions can help you safeguard against damage that could result in expensive repairs. Follow the simple measures below to protect your equipment from static electricity damage: Keep the mainboard and other system components in their anti-static packaging until you are ready to install them.
Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 1-1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL ................................................................ 1-1 ITEM CHECKLIST................................................................................. 1-2 KEY FEATURES ..............................................................
1 Introduction 1.1 Overview The FR550 mainboard integrates the Pentium microprocessor, memory, and I/O technologies and is designed to fit into a standard ATX form factor chassis. The design supports Pentium processors, Pentium processors with MMX technology, Cyrix 6X86/6X86L/M2 Processors, and AMD K5/K6 Processors. Page 2-2 illustrates the mechanical form factor for the FR550 mainboard.
1.3 Item Checklist The FR550 mainboard should contain following items (ü). Immediately, contact your retailer if you discover any missing items, or any damage.
2 Key Features 2.1 Product Specification „ Processor: Supports 90-233MHz Intel Pentium Processors (P54C), Pentium Processors with MMX Technology (P55C), AMD-K5, AMD-K6 and Cyrix 6X86, 6X86L, M2 Processors. The ZIF Socket 7 will support future Pentium Overdrives.
Mainboard Layout 2.2 32-bit PCI Slot EXT-BAT (J18) 82371 FDD Drive Conn. SEL0 (JP6) SEL1 (JP7) BIOS J10 16-bit ISA Slot IRDA (J11) Power (JP9) 16-bit ISA Slot Keylock (J13) Reset (J16) Speaker (J17) HDD-LED (J12) CLR COMS(JP8) 16-bit ISA Slot 32-bit PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Slot COM 1 SRAM SRAM Fan (J7) PS/2 KBD PS/2 Mouse JP5 COM 2 USB2,USB1 Secondary IDE Conn.
3 Installation Preview Before you install the FR550 mainboard into the system chassis you may find it convenient to first configure the mainboard hardware. This section describes how to configure the jumper settings, install memory modules, and how to attach the various system components. Before using your computer you must review the following 7 steps: 1. Jumper settings 2. Installation of DRAM modules (SIMM or DIMM) 3. Installation of the CPU 4. Installation of expansion cards 5.
3.1.2 Setting 3-pin jumpers Jumper Pins 1 & 2 are closed with a jumper cap Jumper Pins 2 & 3 are closed with a jumper cap 3.1.3 Setting 2-pin jumpers This jumper is closed with the jumper cap placed over 2 pins This jumper is open with the jumper cap removed from the 2 pins WARNING: Some pins are used for connectors or power sources. These are clearly marked separately from the jumpers listed in “Mainboard Layout”.
3.1.5 Processor Voltage Setting (JP4, JP5) The Pentium P55C, Cyrix 6x86L/M2 and AMD-K6 processors have various voltage choices depending on the CPU speed and the bin grade. These jumpers provide a way to select the different types of voltage . Processor Voltage JP4 JP5 VCORE=3.5V VI/O=3.5V VCORE=3.38V VI/O=3.38V VCORE=3.2V VI/O=3.3V VCORE=2.9V VI/O=3.3V VCORE=2.8V VI/O=3.3V 3.1.
Intel CPU Settings JP2 JP3 JP6 JP2 JP3 JP6 100Mhz (66MHz x 1.5) «(Manufacturer default) 120MHz (60MHz x 2) 133MHz (66MHz x 2) 150MHz (60MHz x 2.5) 166MHz (66MHz x 2.5) 180MHz (60MHz x 3) 200MHz (66MHz x 3) 233MHz (66MHz x 3.
Cyrix 6x86/M2 Settings JP2 JP3 JP6 JP2 JP3 JP6 133MHz (=P166+) (66MHz x 2) M2-166 (66MHz x 2.5) M2-180 (60MHz x 3) M2-200 (66MHz x 3) AMD-K5 Settings PR90 (60MHz x 1.5) PR100 (66MHz x 1.5) PR120 (60MHz x 2) PR133 (66MHz x 2) PR166 (66MHz x 2.
AMD-K6 Settings JP2 JP3 JP6 PR2-166 (66MHz x 2.5) PR2-200 (66MHz x 3) PR2-233 (66MHz x 3.5) 3.1.7 Clear CMOS (JP8) The FR550 has a Jumper JP8, which allows you to clear the CMOS memory, the CMOS memory maintains the system configuration information. Make sure this jumper is open for normal operation. 3.2 Installation of DRAM modules (SIMM or DIMM) 3.2.
Total Memory (Slot 1-4) 16MB 32MB 64MB 16MB 24MB 40MB 72MB 24MB 32MB 48MB 80Mb 40MB 48MB 64MB 96MB 72MB 80MB 96MB 128MB 128MB 128MB 256MB 3.2.
4) The module should click into place with the retaining clips at each end of the socket snapping behind the module to secure it. 5) To release the memory module push both retaining clips outwards and carefully rock the module forward. IMPORTANT: Do not use SIMM that use an extra TTL chip to convert the memory module from asymmetric to symmetric. 3.2.
Type 168-pin 3.3V unbuffered SDRAM DIMM with serial presence detect 3.2.6 Capacity 64MB Organization 8Mx64 DIMM 2MBx8 2banks (DIMM1&2) Clock Speed 66.67Mhz Installation Procedure for DIMM Insert DIMM into the DIMM sockets at a 90 degree angle. 1) Pin1 of the DIMM must match with pin 1 of the DIMM socket. 2) The module will only insert into the socket one way. An orientation cut-out will prevent you from inserting it the wrong way. 3) Insert the DIMM into the DIMM socket at a 90 degree angle.
Blank Corner Notch IMPORTANT: you must set jumpers JP4 and JP5 to correct CPU Voltage. 1) Turn off your system and disconnect the power source. 2) Remove the existing CPU from the ZIF socket by pulling the ZIF lever upwards at a 90 degree angle. 3) Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. Use the notched (white dot) corner of the CPU as your guide.
3.4.2 Installation Procedure: The FR550 has 7 expansion slots on-board. Three are 16-bit ISA Bus expansion connectors and four are 32-bit PCI expansion slots. One of the expansion slots is shared by the connectors and will accommodate either an ISA or a PCI expansion card, but not both at the same time. All four PCI expansion slots accept PCI Bus master cards and fully supported by PCI 2.1 specifications.
Pin 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 Signal Name Reset IDE Host Data 7 Host Data 6 Host Data 5 Host Data 4 Host Data 3 Host Data 2 Host Data 1 Host Data 0 Ground DDRQ0 (DDRQ1) I/O Write # I/O Read # IOCHRD DDACK0 (DDACK1) # IRQ14 (IRQ15) Addr 1 Addr 0 Chip Select 1P (1S) # Activity # Pin 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 Signal Name Ground Host Data 8 Host Data 9 Host Data 10 Host Data 11 Host Data 12 Host Data 13 Host Data 14 Host Data 15 Key Ground Ground Gro
Pin 1 2 3 4 Signal Name (USB1) +5V USB0USB0+ Ground Pin 5 6 7 8 Signal Name (USB2) +5V USB1USB1+ Ground WARNING: When you connect a ribbon cable to these ports, you must orient the cable connector so that the PIN 1 edge of the cable is at the PIN 1 end of the on-board connector. 3.5.5 Power Input Connector (20-pin block) (J8) This connector supports a standard ATX power supply. When connecting, make sure the lock key matches the hook attached on a power supply cable.
Pin 1 2 3 4 3.5.8 Signal Name LED+ LEDLEDLED+ Reset Switch Connector (2-pin) (J16) This connector supports the front pannel case-mounted reset. It is advised that the reset switch be used for rebooting the system in order to extend the life of the system’s power supply. Pin 1 2 3.5.9 Signal Name Reset Ground Speaker Connector (4-pin) (J17) A 1x4 straight header is available to drive a chassis-mounted speaker if desired. Pin 1 2 3 4 3.5.
Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 Signal Name +5V No connect IrRX Ground IrTX Reserve IMPORTANT: You must configure this feature through the BIOS. The IR module is supported by the mainboard via a 6-pin connector and ribbon cable. 3.5.11 Power Supply Control Connector (J8) This connector supports the ATX case-mounted Power Switch, which supports System Suspend function.
Pin 1 2 3 4 3.5.14 Signal Name +3V No connect Reserve Ground PS/2 Keyboard (J2) and Mouse Connector (J3) The FR550 mainboard offers 1 PS/2 Keyboard and 1 PS/2 Mouse port as below. PS/2 Keyboard Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 PS/2 Mouse 3.5.15 Signal Name DATA No connect Ground +5V (Fused) Clock No connect Parallel Port Connector (26-pin Block) (J1) The motherboard includes a bi-directional parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible).
Serial Port (COM2) 3.5.
4 BIOS Setup The FR550 mainboard uses an Award BIOS, which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and which can be upgraded using a floppy disk-based program. The BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration setting. The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery-backed memory, called CMOS RAM, that retains the information when the power is turned off. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for the system central processing, memory, and I/O subsystems.
4.1.2 Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select Shift-F2 color forward, Shift-F2 to select color backward Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the Setup default Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu Getting Help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.
4.2 Main Setup Menu When you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, a Main Menu (Figure 1) appears on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several Setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub-menu. A brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IB3G) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu In the Standard CMOS Menu (Figure2) you can set the system clock and calendar, record disk drive parameters and the video subsystem type, and select the type of errors that stop the BIOS POST. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IB3G) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
1) Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45. 2) Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field. 3) Use the IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION function in Setup. Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications: Type: The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types. Each defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders, number of heads, write precompensation factor, landing zone, and number of sectors.
4.3.5 Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer. The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically. The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem, but you do not select it in Setup. EGA/VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO 4.3.6 Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters. Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode. Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode.
Other Memory Between 640 KB and 1 MB; often called High memory. DOS may load terminate-and-stayresident (TSR) programs, such as device drivers, in this area, to free as much conventional memory as possible for applications. Lines in your CONFIG.SYS file that start with LOADHIGH load programs into high memory. Total Memory System total memory is the sum of base memory, extended memory, and other memory.
4.4 BIOS Features Setup Menu This screen (Figure 3) contains industry-standard options additional to the core PC AT BIOS. This section describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen. Some fields may vary from those in your Setup program. Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IB3G) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4.4.4 Boot Sequence The original IBM PCs loaded the DOS operating system from drive A (floppy disk), so IBM PC-compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system first on drive A, and then on drive C (hard disk). However, the BIOS now offers 10 different boot sequence options of three drives each. In addition to the traditional drives A and C, options include IDE hard drives D, E, and F; plus a SCSI hard drive and a CD-ROM drive. 4.4.
4.4.12 Assign IRQ for VGA Assign the IRQ# for VGA card. 4.4.13 OS select for DRAM > 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of RAM on your system. 4.4.14 Shadow Software that resides in a read-only memory (ROM) chip on a device is called firmware. The Award BIOS permits shadowing of firmware such as the system BIOS, video BIOS, and similar operating instructions that come with some expansion peripherals, such as, for example, a SCSI adaptor.
4.5 Chipset Features Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IB3G) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. DRAM Timing : 70ns System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable 8 bit I/O Recovery Time 16 bit I/O Recovery Time Memory Hole At 15M-16M : : : : : Disabled Disabled 1 1 Disabled ESC : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color F7 : Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 4.5.
4.6 Power Management Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IB3G) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management PM Control by APM Video Off Method Video off After Suspend : : : : Disable Yes V/H SYNC+Blank Yes Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down VGA Active Monitor PWR-BTTN: Resume by Ring : : : : : : : Disable Disable Disable Disable Disabled Delay 4 sec.
4.6.4 Video Off After As the system moves from lesser to greater power-saving modes, select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank. 4.6.5 Doze Mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering DOZE mode. The range is from 1 min to 1 Hr. If any item defined is enabled & active, STANDBY timer will be reloaded 4.6.
IRQ3 -7, 9-15, NMI Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port 4-14 FR550
4.7 PCI Configuration Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IB3G) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a specific DMA channel. PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture. 4.7.6 PCI IDE IRQ Map To This field lets you select PCI IDE IRQ mapping or PC AT (ISA) interrupts. If your system does not have one or two PCI IDE connectors on the system board, select values according to the type of IDE interface(s) installed in your system (PCI or ISA).
4.8 Integrated peripherals Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IB3G) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4.8.6 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. 4.8.7 Onboard Serial Port 1/2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. 4.8.8 On board IR Controller Select Enabled if your system has a Ir module installed on the system and you wish to use it. 4.8.
4.9 IDE HDD Auto Detection BIOS setup will display all possible modes that supported by the HDD including NORMAL, LBA & LARGE. if HDD does not support LBA modes, no ‘LBA’ option will be shown. if no of cylinders is less than or equal to 1024, no ‘LARGE’ option will be show Users can select a mode which is appropriate for them 4.10 Password Setting When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen: ENTER PASSWORD: Type the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter.
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