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KP6-LA Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist .................................... 1-1 Overview Pentium II ....................................................... 1-2 S.E.C. Cartridge Terminology ......................... 1-3 Accelerated Graphics Port .............................. 1-4 Hardware Monitoring ..................................... 1-4 Desktop Management Interface ...................... 1-4 LANDesk Client Manager .............................. 1-4 KP6-LA Form-Factor ...
KP6-LA Power Management Setup .............................. 4-13 PNP/PCI Configuration .................................. 4-16 Load Setup Defaults ....................................... 4-18 Integrated Peripherals ..................................... 4-19 Change Supervisor or User Password ............. 4-23 IDE HDD Auto Detection ............................... 4-24 HDD Low Level Format ................................. 4-26 Save & Exit Setup ..........................................
KP6-LA Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü A. (1) KP6-LA mainboard B. (1) KP6-LA user’s manual C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable D. (2) Hard drive ribbon cables E. (1) PS/2 to AT keyboard connector adapter F. (1) Retention Module G. (1) Heatsink Support Unit H.
Introduction KP6-LA Overview Pentium II The Pentium® II Processor is the follow-on to the Pentium® Processor. The Pentium® II Processor, like the Pentium® Pro processor, implements a Dynamic Execution micro-architecture -- a unique combination of multiple branch prediction, data flow analysis, and speculative execution. This enables the Pentium® II Processor to deliver higher performance than the Pentium® processor, while maintaining binary compatibility with all previous Intel architecture processors.
KP6-LA Introduction processor. This is the model used in past packaging technologies like PGA, TCP, PQFP, DIP, etc. S.E.C. Cartridge Terminology • Pentium® II Processor The new enclosed card packaging technology is called a “Single Edge Contact cartridge.” This is similar to previous names for packaging technology such as PGA or TCP.
Introduction KP6-LA Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.) Typically, 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory, and demands ever increasing throughput speed as well. As 3D products for the personal computer become more and more popular, these demands will only increase. This will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers. Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation behind AGP.
KP6-LA Introduction Cooling Fan Monitoring: CPU Temperature Monitoring System Voltage Monitoring System Resources Monitoring Built-in Virus Protection Modem Ring-in Power On Keyboard Power On Option Desktop Management Software Chassis Intrusion Monitoring These features combine with Intel’s LDCM to create a powerful diagnostic system that will allow you to maintain and protect your computer better than ever before. LDCM is comprised of two major parts: the Client and the Administrator.
Introduction KP6-LA KP6-LA Form-Factor The EPoX KP6-LA is designed with ATX form factor - the latest industry standard of chassis. The ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards.
KP6-LA Introduction I/O Shield Connector The KP6-LA is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3). Parallel Port Figure 3: KP6-LA I/O back panel layout PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard USB COM1 COM2 Power-On/Off (Remote) The KP6-LA has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies. For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On/Off button.
Introduction KP6-LA System Block Diagram Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-8
KP6-LA Features Section 2 FEATURES KP6-LA Features: • KP6-LA is based on the Pentium® II Processor operating at 233 ~ 330 MHz on Slot 1. The board is configured by an Easy-Setting-Single-Jumper (E.S.S. J.) to match your CPU clock speed. • Designed with Intel’s 82443 LX AGPset. • Supports up to 1 Gigabyte of DRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board, You can use either 72-pin SIMM x 4 or 168-pin DIMM x 3 or both.
Features KP6-LA • KP6-LA utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection and longer battery life. • Supports the Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. The onboard PIIX4 chip provides the means for connecting PC peripherals such as; keyboards, joysticks, telephones, and modems. • Built-in ATX 20-pin power supply connector. • Software power-down when using Windows® 95. • Supports ring-in feature (remote power-on through external modem, allows system to be turned on remotely.
KP6-LA Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Real Picture of Motherboard Page 3-1
Installation KP6-LA (Top) USB 0 Ba n k 0 FDD Con n ector Pr im a r y IDE Secon da r y IDE DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 SIMM 1 SIMM 2 SIMM 3 SIMM 4 J5 J11 1 J12 1 1 Infr ar ed In te l 4 4 3 LX PCIs et 1 J13 CP U Hea t Se n s or in g Ch ip CPU Ca r tr idge P a r a llel Por t COM 2 COM 1 SLOT 1 (Bottom ) Win bond 83977 I/ Os et Pow e r Su pply Fa n Mon itor in g CP U Fa n P ow er Ba n k 3 1 J8 J7 USB 1 Ba n k 2 Ke yboa r d (Bottom ) USB ATX Pow er Input (Top) Ba n k 1 J9 Mou s e PS/ 2
KP6-LA Installation Easy Installation Procedure Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. 3-2. 3-3. 3-4. Configure Jumpers to match your hardware Install memory chips Install Pentium II Processor Device Connectors Section 3-1 Configure Jumpers EPoX designs all motherboards with the fewest jumpers to make your install fast and easy. The following will describe all of the jumpers that you are required to set before moving on to step 3-2.
Installation 16 15 CPU Processor Selection JP8: JP8: 2 JP9: JP10: JP11: JP12: Page 3-4 = 1-2 - 200MHz = 3-4 - 233MHz (Default) = 5-6 - 266MHz = 7-8 - 300MHz = 9-10 - 330MHz = 11-12 - Reserved 1 = 13-14 - Reserved = 15-16 - Disable E.S.S.J.
KP6-LA Installation Section 3-2 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The KP6-LA supports (3) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module) and (4) 72-pin SIMMs (Single In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs can be either EDO (Enhanced Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). The 72-pin SIMMs must be installed in pairs, and DIMMs may be installed using just one chip. • Same size and type EDO memory must be installed in pairs so that memory modules are not mixed in each bank.
Installation KP6-LA DI M M 2 (Ba nk 1) DI M M 1 (Ba nk 2) Sha r e d EDO/SDRAM* 8MB, 16MB, 32MB 64MB, 128MB, 256M X1 EDO/SDRAM* 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB X1 EDO/SDRAM* 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB X1 EDO/SDRAM* 8MB, 16MB, 32MB 64MB, 128MB, 256M EDO/SDRAM* 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, None 64MB, 128MB, 256MB X1 = 768MB Maximum EDO/SDRAM* 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB X1 EDO/SDRAM* 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB X1 = 768MB Maximum EDO/SDRAM* 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB X1 E
KP6-LA Installation Figure 3 To remove the SIMM module: release the clips on both sides of the SIMM socket (figure 4). SIMM Release Clip Figure 4 DIMM Module Installation Figure 5 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM memory module. DIMMs have 168-pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM socket.
Installation KP6-LA Figure 6 DIMM Module clip before installation Figure 7 DIMM Module clip after installation To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on either side and the module will be released from the socket.
KP6-LA Installation Section 3-3 Installing a Pentium II Processor The KP6-LA uses the Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot for a Pentium II processor packaged in an SEC cartridge. The SEC slot is not compatible with other nonPentium II processors. Please have ready the following list of components so that we may install the processor onto the motherboard. ` 1. 2. 3. 4.
Installation KP6-LA Figure 9 shows the layout of Slot 1 and the holes for mounting the Heatsink base piece (figure 8). Motherboard CPU Ca r tr idge SLOT 1 Large Hole for Heat Sink Base Layout Small Hole for Heat Sink Base Figure 10 Now we are ready to install the SEC Cartridge (Pentium II Processor) into the Retention Module. The SEC Cartridge is mounted by sliding the SEC Cartridge into the Retention Module and letting it slide all the way down.
KP6-LA Installation Section 3-4 Device Connectors Please install the motherboard into the chassis. Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections (figure 12).
Installation S e c t i o n Device Connectors (continued) JP7 KP6-LA 3 - 4 Power On/Off + IDE LED indicator - LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is activate + Power Saving LED indicator - LED ON when system is in any power saving mode JP9 Sleep/Resume switch : Closed to enter sleep mode, a keystroke or mouse movement will instantly "wake up" the system. + Turbo LED indicator - LED ON when higher speed is selected + Reset - Closed to restart system.
KP6-LA BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS Instructions Award’s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or a device is added.
BIOS KP6-LA The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function. When a selection is made, the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters.
KP6-LA BIOS NOTE: The “Halt On:” field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs. NOTE: Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3.5” drive used in Japan. This is a 3.5” disk that stores only 1.2 MB, the default setting for this is disabled. 4-2 BIOS Features Setup Selecting the “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu.
BIOS KP6-LA Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector. Disabled: No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector. Note: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that you first disable the virus warning.
KP6-LA BIOS Swap Floppy Drive: This will swap your physical drive letters A & B if you are using two floppy disks. The default is Disabled. Enabled: Floppy A & B will be swapped under the O/S. Disabled: Floppy A & B will be not swapped. Boot Up Floppy Seek: During Power-On-Self-Test (POST), BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2MB and 1.44MB are all 80 tracks. The default is Enabled.
BIOS KP6-LA Typematic Rate Setting: This determines the keystrokes repeat rate. The default is Disabled. Enabled: Allows typematic rate and typematic delay programming. Disabled: The typematic rate and typematic delay will be controlled by the keyboard controller in your system. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): This is the number of characters that will be repeated by a keyboard press. The default is 6. 6: 6 characters per second. 10: 10 characters per second. 15: 15 characters per second.
KP6-LA BIOS OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Some operating systems require special handling. Use this option only if your system has greater than 64MB of memory. The default is Non-OS2. OS2: Select this if you are running the OS/2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM. Non-OS2: Select this for all other operating systems and configurations. Video BIOS Shadow: This option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM. Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system. The default is Enabled.
BIOS KP6-LA 4-3 Chipset Features Setup Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup Auto Configuration: This selects predetermined optimal values of the chipset parameters. The default is Enabled. Enabled: This enables auto-configuration and provides the option to select predefined timing modes. Disabled: This allows the user to specify DRAM timing parameters.
KP6-LA BIOS 50ns: (Faster) Burst Wait State, for 50ns EDO DRAM. 60ns: (Slower) Burst Wait State, for 60ns Fast Page Mode/EDO DRAM. MA Additional Wait State: This allows the option to insert an additional wait state before the beginning of a memory read. Use of this option may be required to achieve compatibility with some system configurations. The default is Slow. Fast: Inserts no wait state. Slow: Inserts one wait state for the memory cycle.
BIOS KP6-LA x222: Use of this option may cause conflicts with some system configurations. x333: This is used for standard system configurations. DRAM Data Integrity Mode: Use this option to configure the type of DRAM in your system. The default is Non-ECC. Non-ECC: If your memory is Non-ECC memory, choose this option. ECC: If your memory is ECC memory, choose this option. CPU-To-PCI IDE Posting: This option allows the computer to post write cycles from the CPU to the PCI IDE interface.
KP6-LA BIOS 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time: This function allows you to set the wait state that is added to an 8 bit ISA instruction originated by the PCI bus. The default is 3. NA: 1: 1 3: 3 5: 5 7: 7 No wait state wait states wait states wait states wait states 8: 2: 4: 6: 8 2 4 6 wait wait wait wait states states states states 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time: This function allows you to set the wait state that is added to an 16 bit ISA instruction originated by the PCI bus. The default is 2.
BIOS KP6-LA AGP Aperture Size: The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share. The default is 4. 4: 4MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 8: 8MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 16: 16MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 32: 32MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 64: 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 128: 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 256: 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.
KP6-LA BIOS Current CPU Temperature: This is the current temperature of the CPU. Current Power FAN Speed: The current power fan speed in RPMs. Current CPU FAN Speed: The current CPU fan speed in RPMs. Current Chassis FAN Speed: The current chassis fan speed in RPMs. CPU(V): The voltage level of the CPU. 4-4 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen.
BIOS KP6-LA Power Management: Use this to select your Power Management selection. The default is User define. Disabled: The system operates in NORMAL conditions (Non-GREEN), and the Power Management function is disabled. Max. saving: Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode. Min. saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode. User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode.
KP6-LA BIOS MODEM Use IRQ: Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. Default is IRQ 3. N/A: No IRQ is used. 3: 4: IRQ 4 5: 7: IRQ 7 9: 10: IRQ 10 11: IRQ IRQ 3 IRQ 5 IRQ 9 11 The KP6-LA supports HDD Power Down, Doze and Standby power saving functions when using the Intel Pentium II Processor. The default is Disabled Doze Mode: The “Doze” mode timer starts to count when no “PM events” have occurred.
BIOS KP6-LA Resume by Ring: This option is used to set the remote ring in feature. The default is Enabled. Enabled: The system can use remote ring-in to wake the system up. Disabled: The system cannot use remote ring in to wake system up. IRQ 8 Break Suspend: Select this to enable a device on IRQ 8 to break the power save suspend feature. The default is Disabled.
KP6-LA BIOS Figure 6: PCI Configuration Setup PNP OS Installed: Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system. The default is No. Yes: Select if you are using a PNP OS No: Select if your OS does not support PNP. Resources Controlled By: Who controlled the system PNP/PCI resources. The default is Manual. Manual: PNP Card’s resources will be controlled manually. You can set which IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI/ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards.
BIOS KP6-LA PCI IDE IRQ Map To: This item allows the user to configure the system for the type of IDE hard disk controller in use. By default, the BIOS assumes that the hard drive controller is an ISA device rather than a PCI controller. If you are using a PCI controller, then you will need to change this to specify which PCI slot has the controller and which PCI interrupt (A, B, C, or D) is associated with the connected IDE devices. The default value is PCI-AUTO.
KP6-LA BIOS 4-7 Integrated Peripherals Figure 8: Integrated Peripherals Note: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE: Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: Disabled Note: The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches (45 cm.). IDE HDD Block Mode: IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode.
BIOS KP6-LA Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE secondary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE secondary port. IDE Primary Master PIO The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode. IDE Primary Slave PIO The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode.
KP6-LA BIOS Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting. Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode. IDE Secondary Master UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive. The default is Auto. Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting. Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode. IDE Secondary Slave UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive. The default is Auto. Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting.
BIOS KP6-LA KBC input clock: This sets the keyboard clock value. The default is 8 MHz. Options: 6, 8, 12, 16 are the available choices. Onboard FDC Controller: This controls the state of the onboard floppy controller. The default value is Enabled. Enabled: Enable the Onboard Winbond Chips’s floppy drive interface controller. Disabled: Disable the Onboard Winbond Chip’s floppy drive interface controller. Onboard Serial Port 1: This field allows the user to configure the 1st serial port.
KP6-LA BIOS IR IRQ Select: The default is IRQ 10 IR Mode use DMA: The default is Disable. Onboard Parallel port: This field allows the user to configure the LPT port. The default is 378H / IRQ7. 378H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H and IRQ7. 278H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQ5. 3BCH: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7. Disabled: Disable Onboard Winbond Chip’s LPT port. Parallel Port Mode: This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode.
BIOS KP6-LA Press the [Enter] key to continue after the proper password is given. 2. If the CMOS is corrupted or the option was used earlier and the user wishes to change the default password, the SETUP UTILITY will display a message and ask for a confirmation. Confirm Password: 3. After pressing the [Enter] key (ROM password if the option was not used) or current password (user-defined password), the user can change the password and store new one in CMOS RAM. A maximum of 8 characters can be entered.
KP6-LA BIOS NOTE: HDD Modes The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA & LARGE NORMAL mode Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformations during accessing. The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are. 1024, 16 & 63 no. Cylinder x no. Head x no. Sector x no.
BIOS KP6-LA BIOS tricks DOS (or other OS) that the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2. At the same time, the number of heads is multiplied by 2. A reverse transformation process will be made inside INT 12h in order to access the right HDD address! Maximum HDD size: no. Cylinder x no. Head x no. Sector x bytes per sector (1024) ( 32) ( 63) ( 512) 1 GigaByte Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some software involved.
KP6-LA BIOS 3-12 Exit Without Saving The “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM. All old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed.
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KP6-LA DMI Access Section 5 DMI ACCESS DMI Access DMI, or desktop Management Interface, is a feature that is able to auto-detect and record information about your computer system. This information is used by computing professionals to accurately determine your system configuration and to diagnose and resolve problems. The computer’s BIOS will detect and record as much information as it is able to, and will store that information in a special location in the BIOS.
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KP6-LA Appendix Appendix A: A-1 MEMORY MAP Address Range [00000-7FFFF] [80000-9FBFF] [9FC00-9FFFF] [A0000-C7FFF] [C8000-DFFFF] [E0000-EEFFF] [EF000-EFFFF] Size 512K 127K 1K 160K 96K 60K 4K [F0000-F7FFF] [F8000-FCFFF] [FD000-FDFFF] [FE000-FFFFF] 32K 20K 4K 8K Description Conventional memory Extended Conventional memory Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed Available for Hi DOS memory Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs Available for UMB Video service routine for Monochrome & CGA a
Appendix [3D0-3DF] [3F0-3F7] [3F8-3FF] KP6-LA CGA adapter. FLOPPY DISK controller. SERIAL port 1. A-3 TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP TIMER MAP: TIMER Channel 0 TIMER Channel 1 TIMER Channel 2 DMA CHANNELS: DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 2 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 4 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 System timer interrupt. DRAM REFRESH request. SPEAKER tone generator. Available. Onboard ECP (Option). FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP). Onboard ECP (default). Cascade for DMA controller 1. Available.
KP6-LA 14 15 Appendix Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel. Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel. A-5 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS: 00 Seconds. 01 Second alarm. 02 Minutes. 03 Minutes alarm. 04 Hours. 05 Hours alarm. 06 Day of week. 07 Day of month. 08 Month. 09 Year. 0A Status register A. 0B Status register B. 0C Status register C. 0D Status register D. 0E Diagnostic status byte. 0F Shutdown byte. 10 FLOPPY DISK drive type byte. 11 Reserve. 12 HARD DISK type byte. 13 Reserve. 14 Equipment type.
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KP6-LA Appendix Appendix B: B-1 POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to I/O port address 80h. POST (hex) DESCRIPTION 01-02 Reserved. C0 Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow. 03 1. Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only). 2. Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes. - DMA controller (8237). - Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259). - Programmable Interval Timer (8254). - RTC chip. 04 Reserved 05 1. Keyboard Controller Self-Test. 06 2.
Appendix 0C 0D KP6-LA Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (40:ON - 40:FF) 1. Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Early Setup Value Program) 2. Measure CPU speed for display & decide the system clock speed. 3. Video initialization including Monochrome, CGA, EGA/VGA. If no display device found, the speaker will beep. 0E 1. Test video RAM. (If Monochrome display device found) 2. Show messages including. - Award Logo, Copyright string, BIOS Data code & Part No.
KP6-LA 3E 3F-40 BF 41 42 43 45 44 45 46-4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 60 Appendix Try to turn on Level 2 cache. Note: Some chipset may need to turn on the L2 cache in this stage. But usually, the cache is turn on later in POST 61h. Reserved. 1. Program the rest of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Later Setup Value Program) 2. If auto-configuration is enabled, program the chipset with pre-defined Values. Initialize floppy disk drive controller. Initialize Hard drive controller.
Appendix 61 62 63 FF KP6-LA 1. Try to turn on Level 2 cache. Note: If L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D, this part will be skipped. 2. Set the boot up speed according to Setup setting. 3. Last chance for Chipset initialization. 4. Last chance for Power Management initialization. (Green BIOS only) 5. Show the system configuration table. 1. Setup daylight saving according to Setup value. 2. Program the NUM Lock, typematic rate & typematic speed according to Setup setting. 1.
KP6-LA Appendix Appendix C NOTE: The "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard, or the system CMOS data is corrupted.
