User`s manual

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 KEY FEATURES 1
1.2 MAINBOARD COMPONENTS 3
1.3 VESA LOCAL BUS SPECIAL FEATURES 4
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 5
2.1 JUMPER AND MEMORY BANK LOCATIONS 5
2.2 JP8, JP10-JP15, JP21, JP22, JP24, JP25, JP30,
JP31, JP34-JP36, JP38 - CPU TYPE CONFIGURATION 6
2.3 CPU INSTALLATION 14
2.4 CACHE CONFIGURATION 15
2.4.1 UPGRADING CACHE 15
2.4.2 CACHE SIZE AND MEMORY LOCATIONS 16
2.4.3 CACHE CHIP SOCKETS AND JUMPER LOCATIONS16
2.4.4 JP1-JP4, JP33 - CACHE & TAG RAM JUMPER SETTING 17
2.4.5 INSTALLING CACHE CHIPS 18
2.5 JP28, JP29 - VL-BUS IDENTIFY PINS 19
2.6 JP16 - CMOS RAM BATTERY SETTING 19
2.7 JP17 - MONITOR SETTING 20
2.8 JP20 - CPU CLOCK DELAY 20
2.9 JP5, JP6, JP7 - CPU FREQUENCY
CONFIGURATION 21
2.10 JP37 - FLASH ROM JUMPER 21
2.11 MEMORY INSTALLATION 22
2.11.1 INSTALLING SIMM 25
CHAPTER 3 MAINBOARD INSTALLATION 27
3.1 COMPONENTS 27
3.2 INSTALLING THE MAINBOARD 28
3.3 CONNECTION THE MAINBOARD 28
3.3.1 CONNECTION LOCATIONS 29
3.4 CONNECTORS 29
3.4.1 CN1 - KEYBOARD CONNECTOR 29
3.4.2 CN2 - POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR 30
3.4.3 J1 - EXTERNAL BATTERY 30
3.4.4 J2 - GREEN POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR 31
3.4.5 J3 - TURBO SWITCH CONNECTOR 31
3.4.6 J4 - TURBO LED CONNECTOR 32
3.4.7 J5 - SPEAKER CONNECTOR 32
3.4.8 J6 - RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR 32
3.4.9 J7 - KEYLOCK & POWER LED CONNECTOR 33
3.4.10 JP26 - GREEN PC BREAK SWITCH 33
3.4.11 JP27 - SM_LED CONNECTOR 33
3.5 SYSTEM ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW 34
CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP 35
4.1 ENTERING SETUP 35
4.2 CONTROL KEYS 36
4.3 GETTING HELP 36
4.4 THE MAIN MENU 37
4.4.1 STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU 38