A-Trend ATC-6120 User manual

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TableofContents
COMPONENTLOCATIONDIAGRAM................................A
INDEX........................................................................................1
CHAPTER1Introduction...................................................2
1-1SystemFeatures...........................................................................3
1-2Soft-OFF-Control.........................................................................4
1-3LDCM(LANDeskClientManager,option)................................5
1-4SMM LEDOperation(option).....................................................6
1-5Thermister(option)......................................................................7
1-6Wake-On-LAN............................................................................7
1-7CheckListofthePackaging.........................................................8
CHAPTER2Installation.....................................................9
2-1InstallationProcedure.................................................................9
2-2CPUInstallation..........................................................................10
2-3SystemMemoryInstallation.........................................................16
2-4ConnectorsDescription................................................................17
2-5IDEDriverInstallation.................................................................22
CHAPTER3AwardBIOSSetup........................................23
3-1UpdateBIOSProcedure..............................................................24
3-2AwardSystemBIOSConfigurationSetup....................................26
AppendixA................................................................................ 56

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CHAPTER1INTRODUCTION
ThismanualdescribeshowtoconfiguretheATC-6120 mainboardfordifferent
environments.It'sanoverviewofthelayoutandfeaturesofthemainboard,andalso
providesinformationforyoutochangetheconfigurationorsystemenvironment.
ThismanualisdividedintoThree parts:
PARTONEincludespageAandtwochaptersasfollowing:
PageAcontainslayoutdiagramofthemainboard.Pleaserefertoit
whenyouconfigurethesystem.
Chapter1isanoverviewofthemainboardfeaturesandpacking contents.
Chapter2describeshowtoupgradeandtochangehardwareconfigurations
suchasmemorysize,CPUtype,andlistsofjumpersettingsand
connectors.
PARTTWOincludeschapter3whichcontainsAwardBIOSdescription..
Chapter3istheuser'sguideoftheAwardBIOSsetuputilityandFlashROMBIOS.
Themenu showninthischapterarethedefaultsettings.
PARTTHREE includesAPPENDIXAandAPPENDIXB,
APPENDIXAisatechnicalsupportform
Yoursystemdealerwill setupthemainboardaccording toyourdemandofthecomputer.I
meansthatthecurrentsettingsofyourmainboardmaynotbethesameasthedefaultsshowni
n
thisuser'smanual.Ifyouneedtochangeyourconfiguration,pleaseaskyourdealerfirst.Besur
e
thiswill notvoidyoursystemwarranty,oraskyourdealertodo itforyou.
REMARK
Intel®isaregisteredtrademarkofIntelCorporation.
All otherbrandsandproductnamesaretrademarksregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectivecompanies.

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1-1SYSTEMFEATURES
:INTELPentiumII CPUoperating at233MHzand333MHzbyusing SingleEdge
Contact(S.E.C.)cartridge(ornamedSlot1).
:INTEL82440LXPCIset.
:Using three 168-pinDIMM sockets,providesthree banksof64-bitwidepathupto
384MBSDRAMor768MBEDO DRAM(withparitychipECC support).
:Built-inSwitching VoltageRegulator.
:INTELLDCMsoftware.(option)
:Supportsauto-detectCPUcorevoltagerange1.8Vto3.5V.
:SupportsoneAGPslot,fourPCIrevision2.1interface compliantandthree 16-bitISA
slots.
:DualMasterIDEconnectorssupportUltraDMA/33,uptofourdevicesintwochannels
forconnecting ofhigh capacityharddrive,CD-ROM,tapebackupetc..
:SupportstheUSB(UniversalSerialBus)connector.
:PS/2keyboardconnectorandPS/2mouseconnector.
:Winbond83977 high-speedUltraMulti-I/Ochipset.
:SupportsInfraredtransfer(IrDATX/RX)connection.
:OneFDCportsupportstwodevicesupto2.88MB
:Two16550AfastUARTscompatibleserialports
:OneEPP/ECPmodeparallelport
:HardwareDimensionis190mm x305mm (7.48"x12.00").

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1-2SOFTWAREPOWEROFF CONTROL
Themainboarddesign supportsSoftwarePowerOff Controlfeaturethrough theSMM
codeintheBIOSunderWindows95,Windows3.1x,andMS-DOSoperationsystem
environment.ThisisIntelATXformfactorfeatureandyoushoulduseATXpowersupply.
First,youshouldconnectthepowerswitchcable(providedbytheATXcasesupplier)
totheconnector“PS-ON”(nexttoSW1)onthemainboard.IntheBIOSscreenof
‘POWERMANAGEMENTSETUP’,choose“UserDefined”(or“Min.PowerSaving”or
“Max.PowerSaving”)in‘PowerManager’andchoose“Yes”in‘PMControlbyAPM’.
InWindows95,ifyouwouldliketopoweroff thesystem,youjustchoose“shutdown
thecomputer?”inthe“ShutDownWindows“fromWindows95,thenthesystempower
will beoff directly,andbecomethestand-bystatus.Youwill findthepowerLEDlight
blinking.Ifyouwouldliketorestartthesystem,justpress thepowerswitchbutton,andthe
systemwill bepoweredon.
InWindows3.1xorMS-DOS,youshouldcopytheprogramof“down.com”(youcan
finditinthedisketteoftheIDEdriver) intotheharddrive.Whenyouwouldliketopower
off thesystem,justrun this“down.com”,thenthesystemwill beshutdownandstayin
standbystatus.
Note:Ifyouwill leaveyoursystemforseveraldays,wesuggestyouusehardwarepower
off toshutdownyoursystem.

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1-3LDCM
¡]
LANDeskClientManager
¡^
(option)
ATC-6120 built-incontrollersupportIntelLDCM.LDCMcansatisfyuserswhowant
manageablesystemsthatcaninteractautomaticallywiththeuser.Clientmanageristhe
answer,enabling bothadministratorsandclientstomanagesystems.ThefeaturesofLDCM
areasfollowing :
¡° Reviewsysteminventory
ClientManagerenablesyoutoviewhundredsofinventorieditems.Someoftheseitems
aresoftwarerelated,whilemany othersarehardwarerelated.
¡° ViewDMI-compliantcomponentinformation
Clientmanagerenablesyoutoviewcomponentinformationthatiscompliantwiththe
Desktop ManagerInterface¡]DMI¡^.Thismeansyoucanmanagethird-partyDMI-
compliantcomponentsnotincludedwithClientmanager.
¡° Backup and restore systemconfigurationfiles.
ClientManagerenablesyoubackupandrestoresystemconfigurationfiles.Whenever
youplanonchanging thesystemconfiguration,youcanmakeabackupset.Ifthe
systemnolongerworkscorrectly,afteryouthechangethesystemconfiguration,you
cansimplyrestorethesystemconfigurationwiththebackupset.
¡° Troubleshoot
Since Clientmanagerenablesyoutoviewthesysteminventory,youcaneasily
troubleshootsystemproblems.
¡° Receivenotificationsforsystemevents
Clientmanagerenablesyoutoreceivenotificationofcertainsystemevents.Forexample,
ifthesystemisrunning lowonvirtualmemory,youarenotifiedofthepotentialproblem.
¡° Transfer filestoand fromclientworkstations
Asanadministrator,youhavetheabilitytotransferfilestoandfromclientworkstation.
Thisishelpful,forexample,whenyouneedtoupdateaclientworkstationdriver.
¡° Remotelyrebootclientworkstations
Administratoralsohavetheabilitytoremotelyrebootaworkstation.Thisishelpful
whenyouwantsystemconfigurationchangestotakeeffect.

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1-4SMM LEDOPERATION(option)
ThemainboardsupportsSMM LEDfunctiontohelpuserstoeasilyrecognizedthe
systemstate,suchasfull on(working),APM(SMM function),Soft-off andmechanism-off
(powercableremove).
YoucanusejumperJP7toswitchoneLEDmodeortwoLEDmode,pleasesee the
following table.
MODE1:TwoLEDmode,JP7set“2-3”
StatePowerLEDSMM LED
Power-onON OFF
Soft-off OFF Flush
Mech-off OFF OFF
APMOFF ON
MODE2:OneLEDmode,JP7set“1-2”
StatePowerLED
Power-onON
Soft-off OFF
Mech-off OFF
APMFlush

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1-5Thermister (option)
ThismeansthatusercanmonitortheCPUtemperaturethrough thermister.
Whensetting upthethermister,theBioswill loadtheCPUtemperatureautomatically.There
isachoice ofthewarning beepsoundiftheusersettheoptionon.IftheCPUtemperature
overheated,theuserwill getthenotice fromthethermister.Thistimeyou
shouldshutdowncomputerandcheckyourdevices.Oryoucanconnectwithyoudealer.
Therefore,protecting andmonitoring theCPUtemperatureisthethermister’sjob.
1-6Wake-On-LAN
TheremoteWake-On-LANmodeofoperationisamechanismthatusesAdvanced
MicroDevice MagicPackettechnology topowerupasleeping workstationonthenetwork.
ThismechanismisaccomplishedwhentheLANcardreceivesaspecificpacketof
information,calledaMagicPacket,addressedtothenodeonthenetwork.Foradditional
protection,SecureON isanoptionalsecurityfeaturethatcanbeaddedtotheMagicPacket
thatrequiresapasswordtopowerupthesleeping workstation.WhentheLANcardisin
remoteWake-On-LANmode,mainsystempowercanbeshutdownleaving poweronlyfor
theLANcardandauxiliarypowerrecondition.
TheLANcardperformsnonetworkactivitieswhileintheremoteWake-On-LAN
modeofoperation-ItonlymonitorsthenetworkforreceiptofaMagicPacket.IfaMagic
PacketisaddressedtotheLANcardonthenetwork,theLANcardwakeupthesystem.If
theSecureON featurehasbeenenabled,thepasswordaddedtotheMagicPacketisalso
verifiedpriortowaking upthesystem.
YoushouldselecttheLANcardalsosupportWOLfunction.WOLhastwoprotocol.
ThatareINTELandDEC.JP2issettorecongize yourLANcardisINTELorDEC
protocol.(DECprotocolisnotrecommendnow.)
WOLLANcardwill providea3-pinlinetoconnecttheWOLconnectoronthe
mainboard.
WOLJP2
INTEL1-2
DEC2-3

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1-7CHECKLISTOFTHEPACKAGING
Themainboardcomessecurelypackedinadurableboxandshipping carton.Ifany of
thefollowing itemsaremissing ordamaged,pleasecontactyoursupplier.
Eachmainboardcontains:
Q'TYDescription
1Mainboard:ATC-6120.
1Retentionmodule(forPentiumII installation)
1CD:LDCM,IDEdriver(option)
1Diskette:EnhancedIDEdriver(option)
AwardsystemBIOS
UpdateUtility
1Cable:EnhancedIDEconnector.
1Cable:F.D.D.connector.
1Manual:User`smanual.
NOTE :Leavethemainboardinitsoriginalpackaging until youarereadytoinstall it.

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CHAPTER2INSTALLATION
2-1INSTALLATIONPROCEDURE
Beforeinstalling thecomputer,pleaseprepareall componentssuchasCPU,DRAM;
peripheralssuchasharddrive,keyboard,CD-ROM;andaccessoriessuchascables.Then,
install thesystemasfollowing:
1.Plug CPU/heatsink(refertoPentiumII installationguide),andDRAMmodulesin
themainboard.
2.SetDIPswitchbasedonyourconfiguration.
3.Plug add-oncardsinPCI/ISAslots.
4.Connectcablestoperipherals,powersupply.
5.Makesureall componentsanddevicesarewell connected,turnonthepowerand
setupSystemBIOSbasedonyourconfiguration.
6.Install peripherals,add-oncarddriversandtestthem.
7.Ifall ofaboveproceduresaresuccess,turn-off thepowerthenplug all oftheminto
yourcomputercase.

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2-2CPUINSTALLATION
ATC-6120 supportsINTELPentiumII CPUcartridge.
2-2-1CPUTYPESELECTION(byBIOS)
1.Press the<Del>keywhenthesystemisbootingup.
2.Thefollowingmainmenu will appear.
ROMPCI/ISABIOS(ATC-6120)
CMOSSETUPUTILITY
AWARDSOFTWARE,INC.
STANDARDCMOSSETUPINTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS
BIOSFEATURESSETUP SUPERVISORPASSWORD
CHIPSET FEATURESSETUPUSERPASSWORD
POWERMANAGEMENTSETUPIDEHDD AUTODETECTION
PNP/PCICONFIGURATION SAVE&EXITSETUP
LOADBIOSDEFAULTSEXITWITHOUTSAVING
LOADSETUPDEFAULTS
ESC:Quitáâàß:SelectItem
F10:Save&ExitSetup (Shift)F2:ChangeColor
ATClock,DRAMTimmings,.......
3.Select“CHIPSET FEATURESSETUP”
STANDARDCMOSSETUPINTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS
BIOSFEATURESSETUP SUPERVISORPASSWORD
CHIPSET FEATURESSETUPUSERPASSWORD
POWERMANAGEMENTSETUPIDEHDD AUTODETECTION
PNP/PCICONFIGURATION SAVE&EXITSETUP
LOADBIOSDEFAULTSEXITWITHOUTSAVING
LOADSETUPDEFAULTS
ESC:Quitáâàß:SelectItem
F10:Save&ExitSetup (Shift)F2:ChangeColor
ATClock,DRAMTimmings,.......