Advanced Pentium II Motherboard GT440ZX USER’S MANUAL 1
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EASY INSTALLATION EASY INSTALLATION Easy Installation Steps The following “Easy Installation” steps are for users accustomed to the assembly of a computer system. For those individuals requiring more specific information please refer to the more detailed descriptions located within the latter chapters of this manual. Note: You must keep your power cable unplugged until the following installation steps are completed.
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CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................8 2 FEATURES............................................................................9 3 INSTALLATION......................................................................12 3.1 SLOTS AND CONNECTORS ..................................................15 3.2 CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT).....................................16 3.2.1 Install CPU..................................................................
CONTENTS 4.2 MAIN SETUP MENU.............................................................38 4.3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU .........................................40 4.4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU ...........................................44 4.5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU........................................47 4.6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU ....................................49 4.7 PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP MENU......................................52 4.8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS MENU .........
1. INTRODUCTION 1 1 IIN NT TR RO OD DU UC CT TIIO ON N How To Use This Manual This manual provides information necessary for Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs) and home users to build a PC-AT compatible system using the Pentium II PCI/ISA/AGP motherboard. Just follow the installation procedure presented on the EASY INSTALLATION Page and refer to the section number following each step if you require more detailed instructions.
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2. FEATURES Features Of The Motherboard The GT440ZX motherboard integrates the Pentium II microprocessor, memory, I/O and AGP, and is designed to fit into a Micro ATX form factor chassis. Page 14 illustrates the Layout for the GT440ZX motherboard. Below lists the key features provided by this motherboard: Processor (+Cache) l Single Slot-1 for Intel Pentium II Processor. l Intel Pentium II CPU with built-in 512K/128K/0K L2 Cache.
2. FEATURES l Additionally, with support for ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) feature and On-Now, your system will become more wise in management of power. Sound System l Creative Lab. ES1373 PCI 3D Audio Chip, AC97 Codec. l 3 Audio Phone Jacks (Line out, Line in, Mic. In) l 1 MIDI/Game port, 1 CD in, 1 Modem in. 1 Aux in. l SPDIF Interface support.
3.INSTALLATION 3 3 IIN NS ST TA AL LL LA AT TIIO ON N Motherboard Layout & Main Parts ISA Slot Modem-in Front Panel Ring-In PCI Slots S/PDIF Clear Password & Clear CMOS WOL Speaker USB Select CD-in Aux-in AGP Slot Mic-in Line-in Line-out Chassis FAN FDD Game/MIDI Front USB COM2 Pri. HDD Sec. HDD Printer COM1 USB*2 ATX Power PS/2 *2 DIMM Sockets 12 CPU FAN CPU Slot CPU Freq.
3.INSTALLATION Significant Parts List Front Panel Connectors Power Switch Power LED Speaker Reset Sleep HDD LED Sec. 3.5.5 Sec. 3.5.5 Sec. 3.5.5 Sec. 3.5.5 Sec. 3.5.5 Sec. 3.5.5 Back Panel Connectors PS/2-style keyboard and mouse connectors USB connectors Two serials ports One parallel port One Game Port Line-out Line-in MIC-in Sec. 3.5.6 Sec. 3.5.6 Sec. 3.5.6 Sec. 3.5.6 Sec. 3.5.6 Sec. 3.5.6 Sec. 3.5.6 Sec. 3.5.6 Expansion Slots/Sockets SEC CPU Slot DIMM Sockets ISA/PCI/AGP Slots Sec. 3.2 Sec. 3.
3.INSTALLATION Precaution Before Start Static Electricity Damage: Static electricity can easily damage your motherboard. Observing a few basic precautions can help safeguard against damage that could result in expensive repairs. Follow the simple measures below to protect your equipment from static electricity damage: 1. 2. 3. 4. Keep the motherboard and other system components in their anti-static packaging until you are ready to install them.
3.INSTALLATION 3.1 Slots And Connectors This motherboard requires jumper setting for CPU speed. Please refer to Jumper setting List in sec.3.2.2. PIN 1 PIN 1 In following pages, the triangle s mark stands for pin 1 of connectors.
3.INSTALLATION 3.2 CPU (Central Processing Unit) This motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot and a Bridges on the board for the Pentium II processor packaged in a SEC cartridge. This cartridge includes the processor core, second-level cache, thermal plate and black cover. When mounted in Slot1, the processor is secured by two retention mechanism attached to the motherboard. 3.2.
3.INSTALLATION 1. Unfold the Retention Mechanism. 3. Push 4 lock pins into holes to fix Retention Mechanism on motherboard. 2. Place the Retention Mechanism over CPU Slot. 4. Insert CPU. Push the two lock pins inward and press CPU down gently. Step 1: Place the Universal Retention Mechanisms over the CPU slot (SEC slot) on motherboard. Step2: Fix the Retention Mechanism to the motherboard with four Lock Pins. To insert the Lock Pins into holes to lock them tight and firmly. And then unfold the URM.
3.INSTALLATION CPU and the heatsink/fan will further cool the CPU. 3.2.2 Set CPU Speed For different CPU frequency ratio, you have to configure the jumper settings for your CPU. Please refer to the following figure and tables to carefully finish it. 8 6 4 2 7 5 3 1 CPU /BUS Speed Now follow the below table to configure your CPU settings. Setting CPU/BUS Speed JP1 Intel CPU/BUS Pin 1&2 X3.5 (233/66 MHz) X4 (266/66 MHz) X4.5 (300/66 MHz) X5 (333/66 MHz) X5.5 (366/66 MHz) X6 (400/66 MHz) X6.
3.INSTALLATION X7 (466/66 MHz) JP1 Intel CPU/BUS Pin 1&2 Pin 3&4 Pin 5&6 Pin 7&8 X3 (300/100 MHz) X3.5 (350/100 MHz) X4 (400/100 MHz) X4.5 (450/100 MHz) X5 (500/100 MHz) Note: Host Bus Frequency (66 MHz or 100 MHz) will be auto-detected by this motherboard.
3.INSTALLATION 3.3 System Memory (DRAM) 3.3.1 DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) The GT440ZX features two 168-pin DIMM sockets. You can configure the system memory size from 8MB to 256MB in a variety of ways by using different combinations of the three 168-pin DIMM. Note that you must use only PC/100-compliant DIMMs if the CPU Host frequency was set in 100 MHz. DIMM1 DIMM2 3.3.2 Installation Procedure Step1: Pin 1 of the DIMM must match pin 1 of the DIMM socket.
3.INSTALLATION 3.3.3 DIMM Module Combinations Each DIMM socket can be inserted with 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB DIMM or empty. The total combinations are,6*6 selections. You can refer to following figure to select one way to insert your DIMM, for example: Select Empty 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB Empty 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Select DIMM 1: 64MB DIMM 2: 16MB Total 64 + 16 = 80 MB To select 1 out of 6 items (empty, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB) in DIMM1.
3.INSTALLATION 3.4 Expansion Slots ISA PCI PCI PCI 1 3 2 1 AGP This motherboard contains 5 expansion slots onboard. One 16-bit ISA Bus, Three 32bit PCI expansion slots and one 32-bit AGP slot as shown above. All three PCI expansion slots accept PCI us master cards and are fully supported by the PCI 2.1 specification. The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.
3.INSTALLATION 3.5 Connectors This GT440ZX motherboard contains IDE, floppy, power input, front panel, back panel and additional connectors. 1 2 2 1 39 Pri. IDE 40 39 40 Sec IDE 3.5.1 Primary IDE Connector (J21, 39-pin block) This connector supports two primary channel IDE devices via a ribbon cable. When two IDE devices are installed using the primary IDE connector, make sure that the second IDE device is set to slave mode as indicated in the device’s manual. 3.5.
3.INSTALLATION 3.5.3 Floppy Drive Connector (J23, 33-pin block) 1 33 2 The FDC sub-system can control three types of floppy drives (1.2, 1.44 and 2.88MB) or compatible tape drives. The connection to the floppy drive is via a header (J19). The floppy disk interface includes 48mA drivers and inputs on the drive interface. 34 3.5.4 Power Input Connector (J20, 20-pin block) 24 1 2 33 34 This connector supports a Micro ATX power supply.
3.INSTALLATION 3.5.5 Front Panel connectors Front Panel includes headers for the following six I/O connectors: Power Switch, Power LED, Speaker, Reset, Sleep and HDD LED. IrDA Reset HDD-LED Speaker Sleep Pwr Yel_Grn Infrared (IrDA) connector (4-pin) The GT440ZX offers an IrDA infrared header that supports third party infrared modules. The case must reserve space for the IR module if you want to use the IrDA function. This option supports wireless transmission and reception of infrared data.
3.INSTALLATION BIOS and the operating system’s APM driver is loaded, the system can enter the sleep (standby) mode in one of the following ways: ♦ Optional front panel sleep/resume button ♦ Prolonged system inactivity using the BIOS inactivity timer feature (Section 4.
3.INSTALLATION 3.5.6 Back Panel Connectors Printer PS/2 USB COM1 Game / MIDI COM2 Audio headers PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports (J1) The motherboard offers 1 PS/2 Keyboard and 1 PS/2 Mouse port. Mouse Keyboard Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports (J2) The motherboard has two USB connectors. USB devices provide a more convenient operating environment and improve data transferring capacity. True Plug & Play, this new bus technology will support over 127 different peripherals through a Hub.
3.INSTALLATION Parallel Port (Printer, J7) The GT440ZX includes a parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible). The parallel port is capable of being disabled or remapped to either the secondary LPT address or the primary LPT address through BIOS if another parallel port is installed. Printer(Parallel ) Serial Port (COM, J4&J3) The motherboard has two serial ports. The electrical characteristics are compliant with the EIA-232-D Serial Communications Specifications.
3.INSTALLATION GAME / MIDI Port (J6) The GT440ZX integrate a Game/MIDI port. This port can let you pulg a joystick or MIDI device. GAME/MIDI Audio Port ( Line-in, Line-out, MIC-in) (J5) The GT440ZX also provides external sound system through a user accessible stereo jack connector soldered to the PWA.This jack allow the connection of selfamplified speakers, Line-in voice input and MIC-in voice input.
3.INSTALLATION 3.5.7 Additional Connectors Ring-In Chassis FAN JP3 JP2 Clear Password Clear CMOS JP5 JP4 USB Select Jumper Front USB Header Ring In (J19, 2-pin) This header is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a modem. RingIn requires an add-in modem card with remote wakeup capabilities. The remote wakeup header on the add-in modem card must be connected to the onboard Ring-In header.
3.INSTALLATION Front USB Header (J14, 10-pin) You can use either this Front USB or Back Panel USB by setting the USB Select jumper. Following table shows the jumper settings. USB Select Jumper USB Select Front USB Back USB JP4 JP5 MODEM-IN WOL S/PDIF CD-IN AUX-IN CPU FAN WOL (Wake On LAN ) (J16, 3-pin) This header is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a network. WOL requires a PCI add-in network interface card (NIC) with remote wakeup capabilities.
3.INSTALLATION MODEM-IN Header (J8, 4-pin, Green) A 1x4 pin ATAPI style connector (J2F1) is available for connecting the monaural audio signals of an internal telephony device to the audio subsystem. A monaural audio-in and audio-out signal interface is necessary for telephony applications such as speakerphones, fax modems, and answering machines.. S/PDIF(J9, 2-pin) This connector is the digital link between the motherboad and your audio devices such as CD player, or DAT recorder.
3.INSTALLATION Ready To Turn On Power ♦ Check Again 1. Is the CPU installed exactly and firmly into socket (Sec. 3.2)? 2. Are all the DRAM modules installed properly (Sec. 3.3)? 3. Did you insert expansion card (VGA, Sound…. etc.) already (Sec. 3.4)? 4. Are you sure that all the connectors (described in Sec 3.5) have been connected to their variable devices (Sec. 3.5)? ♦ Yes, I have checked and assured the above steps! 5. 6. Now get ready to turn on your device by the following steps. 1.
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4. BIOS SETUP 4 4 B BIIO OS SS SE ET TU UP P The GT440ZX motherboard uses AWARD BIOS, which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk-based program. The BIOS has a built-in Setup Program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings. The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery-backed memory, called CMOS RAM that retains the information when the power is turned off.
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4. BIOS SETUP 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 (2A69KB3M) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP Following is a brief summary of each Setup category. Standard CMOS BIOS Features Chipset Features Power Management PnP/PCI Configuration Integrated Peripherals Options in the original PC AT-compatible BIOS. Award enhanced BIOS options. Options specific to your system chipset. Advanced Power Management (APM) options. Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options. I/O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripherals controller in your system.
4. BIOS SETUP 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.
4. BIOS SETUP NOTE: We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives. The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detects its specifications during POST, every time the system boots.
4. BIOS SETUP with greater than 1024 cylinders. Drive A/B type Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) installed in the computer. None 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in 720K, 3.5 in 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in No diskette drive installed 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte capacity 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 megabyte capacity 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 2.
4. BIOS SETUP Memory You cannot change any values in the Memory fields; they are only for your information. The fields show the total installed random access memory (RAM) and amounts allocated to base memory, extended memory, and other (high) memory. RAM is counted in kilobytes (KB: approximately one thousand bytes) and megabytes (MB: approximately one million bytes). RAM is the computer's working memory, where the computer stores programs and data currently being used, so they are accessible to the CPU.
4. BIOS SETUP 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 (2A69KB3M) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B. Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks; drives with 720 KB, 1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks. Because very few modern PCs have 40-track floppy drives, we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time.
4. BIOS SETUP Assign IRQ For VGA Set this option to Yes to allocate an IRQ to VGA device on the PCI Bus. The setting are Enabled or Disabled. 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. Shadow Software that resides in a read-only memory (ROM) chip on a device is called firmware.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.5 Chipset Features Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP Memory Hole At 15M – 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements. AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.6 Power Management Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock. If Advance Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings. If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be preset to No. Video Off Method Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
4. BIOS SETUP powered down while all other devices remain active. PCI/VGA Act-Monitor When Enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This item allows you to select the function of power button. The choice: Instant-Off, Delay 4 Sec. PowerOn By Ring (WOR) This item allows you to power on the system from Ring by selecting Enabled. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.7 PCI Configuration Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.8 Integrated peripherals Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KB3M) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4. BIOS SETUP On-Chip Secondary IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. USB Keyboard Support Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Keyboard. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or AGP first. The choices: PCI Slot, AGP.
4. BIOS SETUP The choice: PS/2, EPP1.9, ECP, ECPEPP1.9, SPP, EPP1.7. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. The choice: 3, 1. Onboard Audio Device This system embeds an audio chip to feature the excellent audio function. Select Enabled to use the onboard audio system or Disabled to abort.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.9 Load Setup Defaults The chipset defaults are settings which provide for maximum system performance. While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the manufacturer has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs. 4.10 User Password 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. Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory.
4. BIOS SETUP 4.13 Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value change without saving.
