A-Trend ATC-7300M User manual

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CONTENTS
COMPONENT LOCATION DIAGRAM...................................A
CHECK LIST OF THE PACKAGING.....................................B
CONNECTORSDESCRIPTION............................................C
TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................1
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL..............................................2
CHAPTER 1 Introduction..................................................3
1-1 System
features…………………………………………………….4
1-2 Soft-Off-Control…………………………………………………...5
1-3 SB-Link Sideband
Signals…………………………………………6
1-4 Thermister (option)………………………………………………..6
1-5 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power On
(JP9)..……………....…….…7
1-6 Running 100MHz CPU Bus (JP11)…………………………….....8
1-7 Wake-On-LAN.……..……..……………………………...…..…...9
CHAPTER 2 Installation..................................................10
2-1 Installation Procedure .........................................................10
2-2 CPU Installation....................................................................11
2-3 System Memory Installation.................................................12
2-4 IDE Driver Installation...........................................................13
CHAPTER 3 Award BIOS Setup......................................14
3-1 Update BIOS
Procedure……………………………………….…15
3-1-1 Update Microcode API………………………………………..
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3-2 Award System BIOS Configuration
Setup……………………….17
Appendix A How to Setup Thermister (option)..............A

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Appendix B Technical Support Request Form..............B
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
Thismanualiswritteninauser-friendly style. It would be advisable
for users to read it in an orderly sequence :
1. For Hardware Information:
Read “Page A: COMPONENT LOCATION DIAGRAM”,“Page B: CHECK
LISTOFTHEPACKAGING” and “PageC:CONNECTORSDESCRIPTION”.
2. For Mainboard and System Features:
Read “Chapter 1 Introduction” in detail, and you will find helpful information
on mainboard and system features. Especially, when you want to do some
feature setup, detailed instructions are provided therein to help you through.
3. For CPU, Memory and Drivers Installation:
Read “Chapter 2 Installation” for your CPU, memory and application drivers
installation. Detailed instructions are provided to guide all kinds of users.
4. For BIOS Update and Setup:
Read “Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup” for updating your mainboard BIOS
and setting up your BIOS Configuration.
5. For Installing Thermister:
Read “APPENDIX A” for thermister installation. You will find that the
self-explanatory drawings enclosed therein make the job easy and simple..
6. For other Technical Support:
Read “APPENDIXB” ,fill and send the Request Form to your dealer for other
technical support.
It is often heard that the default settings on a mainboard is not what user
expects. A user-friendly manual would be the handiest assistant to help
change the on-board configuration or default setting. In case this manual

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cannot solve all your problems, please ask your dealer for help and be sure
the warranty on your system is still valid.
REMARK
Intel®is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
All other brands and product names are trademarks registered trademarks of their respective companies.
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Welcome to use this mainboard, the latest top technology of today’s
multimedia socket 370 mainboard, along with the varied needs of our
customers. Whether you are using our product for the first time or you are a
computer expert, this mainboard will fit your needs.
This manual examines the hardware and software features of the
mainboard. The means to effectively fulfill that user’s informational needs were
tested and refined in the development of this manual.
The mainboard contains a high degree of functionality, the manual
emphasizes the mainboard layout and features rather than electrical details.
The software topics are delivered in the context of IDE driver installation and
others. It is also provided information for the multiplatform applications.

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1-1SYSTEM FEATURES
:Socket 370 supporting Intel CeleronTM PPGA package CPU with 66MHz
Front Side Bus (300MHz~433MHz) and 100MHz FSB.
:Intel440ZX AGPset.
:Two 168-pin DIMM sockets for two banks of 64-bit wide path up to 256MB
Unbuffered SDRAM.
:Built-in Switching Voltage Regulator.(VRM 8.2 SPEC.)
:Auto-detect CPU core voltage range 1.8V to 3.5V.
:One AGP slot with revision 1.0, three PCI slots with revision 2.1 interface
compliant and two 16-bit ISA slots.
:Dual Master IDE Connectors supporting Ultra DMA/33(33MB/sec), up to
four devices in two channels for connecting high capacity hard disk,
CD-ROM, LS-120MB floppy drive, tape backup etc.
:Supports the USB (Universal Serial Bus) Header.
:Keyboard Connector and PS/2 Mouse Connector.
:Winbond 83977 high-speed Ultra Multi-I/O chipset.
:Supports Infrared transfer (IrDA TX/RX) Connector.
:One FDC port supports two devices up to 2.88MB.
:Two 16550A fast UARTs compatible serial ports.
:One EPP/ECP mode parallel printer port.
:Built-in Hardware Health Monitoring chip. (option)
:Board Dimension is 230mm x 220mm (9.05" x 8.65").
:Baby-AT form factor ; ATX & AT power supply connector.

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1-2 SOFTWARE POWER OFF CONTROL
The mainboard designs support Software Power Off Control feature
through the SMI code in the BIOS under Windows 95/98, and MS-DOS
operation system environment. This is Intel ATX form factor feature and you
must use ATX power supply if you want to use the above functions.
First, you should connect the power switch cable (provided by the ATX
case supplier) to the connector “PS-ON” on the mainboard. In the BIOS
screen of POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP’, choose “User Defined” (or “Min.
Power Saving” or “Max. Power Saving”) in ‘Power Manager’ and choose “Yes”
in ‘PM Control by APM’.
In Windows 95/98, if you would like to power off the system, you just
choose “shutdown the computer ?” in the “Shut Down Windows“ from
Windows 95/98, then the system power will be off directly, and become to be
the stand-by status. You will find the power LED light blinking. You have to
enable/disable power LED light blinking. If you want to disable blinking,
please set the Jumper of JP5 from default to 2-3 (close) position. If you
would like to restart the system, just press the power switch button, and the
system will be on.
JP5 TB-LED
Pin1-2FLASH
JP5
ISA slots CONN1 PS_ON

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1-3 SB-Link Sideband Signals
In order to migrate the legacy Sound Blaster compatible audio to the PCI
bus, EMU8008 incorporates a pair of SB-Link request/grant sideband signals
(PCPCIR EQN and PCPCIGNTN) to interface to the PCI bus.
SB-Link is a mechanism that was defined and developed by Creative as a
docking solution which allows ISA slots to exist in docking station, so it can be
connected to desktop PC PCI bus.
ISA Slots PCI Slots SB-Link 2x3 sideband header, sound will also
has a 2x3 header and a cable.
1-4 Thermister (option)
When setting up the thermister, the BIOS will load the CPU temperature
automatically. There is a choice of the warning beep sound if the user set the
option on. If the CPU temperature is overheated, the user will get the notice
from the thermister. This time you should shut down computer and check your
devices. Or you can connect with you dealer.
Therefore, protecting and monitoring the CPU temperature is the
thermister’s job.
SOCKET 370 RT2
SIRQ
REQ#
GND
GNT#A GND

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1-5 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power On (JP9)
The mainboard built-in Jumper of JP9may have two easy and convenient
ways to power up the system. Users may power on the system by typing a
password, or by double-clicking the PS/2 mouse, when JP9 is 2-3 closed.
In addition to satisfying different users with different needs, the
mainboard provides four different methods to power up the system:
1. KB Power On Password:
The following functions are available for ATX power only. User can select
the power on method to turn on the system, by entering Award BIOS
Setup menu/Integrated Peripherals/Power On Function. The options are
the following :Password : when user select this option, it will show “Enter
Password:”, after user type password, it will show “ Confirm Password:”,
user should type the same password to confirm it. After power off, if user
types the correct password, the system will power on.
2. Hot Key Power On:
When user select this option, it will show another line as Hot Key Power
ON: “Ctrl-F1” select any one you like. After power off, if user key in the
control-F, it will power up the system.
3. Mouse Left, Mouse Right :
It will power up the system by double click the left or right mouse. Note do
not move your mouse between the first click and the second click.
4. BUTTON ONLY :
Only the power button can power the system.
JP9 KB & PS/2 Wakeup
1-2Disable
2-3 Enable
(a) Disable (b) Enable PCI slots JP9

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1-6Running100MHzCPUBusonmainboard(JP11)
This mainboard provides Jumper of JP11 where it allows you to set
your CPU host clock to perform the function of CPU overclock. There are two
ways of option to set CPU host clock which are ‘closed’ and ‘open’. Set
‘closed’ which the system will auto detect the CPU host clock, i.e.66MHz and
100MHz. Another way is to set Jumper of JP11 to ‘open’ which the system
can be operated the higher CPU host clock than CPU itself.
It is recommended that users should use Intel 100 MHz CPU. Moreover,
the SDRAM memory module should use 8 nano-second (Maximum
Frequency 125 MHz) speed of memory –die or less.
It is important to remember that the default setting of JP11 is ‘close’.
Jumper 11
BASE CLK
ClosedAuto
Open 100 MHz
(a)ClosedOption (b) Open Option
Socket 370 JP11
--Running 115124MHz CPU host bus, please select “CHIPSET
FEATURES
SETUP” this option in BIOS and set it in the item of “CPU Host Clock”.

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1-7 Wake-On-LAN
The remote Wake-On-LAN mode of operation is a mechanism that uses
Advanced Micro Device Magic Packet technology to power up a sleeping
workstation on the network. This mechanism is accomplished when the LAN
card receives a specific packet of information, called a Magic Packet,
addressed to the node on the network. For additional protection, Secure ON
is an optional security feature that can be added to the Magic Packet that
requires a password to power up the sleeping workstation. When the LAN
card is in remote Wake-On-LAN mode, main system power can be shut down
leaving power only for the LAN card and auxiliary power recondition.
The LAN card performs no network activities while in the remote
Wake-On-LAN mode of operation. It only monitors the network for receipt of a
Magic Packet. If a Magic Packet is addressed to the LAN card on the network,
the LAN card wake up the system. If the Secure ON feature has been
enabled, the password added to the Magic Packet is also verified prior to
waking up the system.
WOL LAN card will provide a 3-pin line to connect the WOL connector on
the mainboard.
CAUTION :
For Wake-on-LAN, the +5V standby line for the power supply must
capable of
delivering +5V 5% at 720mA. Failure to provide adequate standby current
when
implementing Wake-on-LAN, can damage the power supply.
Before you enable Wake-on-LAN function, first check your power supply
specification to meet the above requirement or not.
CONN1 WOL

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CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION
2-1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
Before installing the computer, please prepare all components such as CPU,
DRAM; peripherals such as hard drive, keyboard, CD-ROM; and accessories
such as cables. Then, install the system as following:
1.Plug CPU/ heat sink (refer to CPU installation guide), and DRAM modules
on the mainboard.
2. Set DIP switch based on your configuration.
3. Plug add-on cards into PCI/ISA slots, if needed.
4. Connect the power supply.
5. Connect I/O and other cables to the system, especially for Sound
connector.
6. Make sure all components and devices are well connected, turn on the
power and
setup System BIOS based on your configuration.
7. Install peripheral devices, add-on card drivers and test them.
If all of above procedures are running successfully, turn it off and screw the
chassis cover to the system, and then connect external devices which are
cabled to the system.

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2-2 CPU INSTALLATION
:The mainboard has built-in VID (Voltage Identify) function to auto detect
CPU voltages, hence you do not have to set the CPU voltage setting.Also,
the mainboard has socket 370 on board that supports Intel Supports Intel
PPGA CeleronTM CPU . The Intel PPGA CeleronTM CPU is now available.
Socket 370

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2-3 SYSTEM MEMORY INSTALLATION
The mainboard provides two 168-pin DIMM sockets for system memory
expansion from 8MB to 128MB unbuffered SDRAM. These two DIMMs are
arranged to two banks, please refer to page A.
Bank/DIMM Memory Module Total Memory
Bank0/DIMM1 8/16/32/64/128 8MB~128MB
Bank1/DIMM2 8/16/32/64/128 8MB~128MB
Total System Memory 8MB~256MB
DRAM type, Size, parity supported:
6Unbuffered SDRAM
63.3V, Single/double-side, 8/16/32/64/128Mbytes
uFor 66MHz host bus CPUs use 12ns or faster DIMM module;
uFor100MHzhost bus CPUsuse10nsor faster andPC-100 com
pliant
modules .
@@ SPD (Serial Presence Detect)
This EPROM contains speed and design information of the memory module.
The mainboard may get optimal performance via accessing the data of SPD.

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2-4 IDE DRIVER INSTALLATION
The IDE driver installation procedure is as following :
Setup for Windows 95/98 :
1. Starting Windows 95/98
2. Put your All-In-One CD into CD-ROM drive.
3. Select “START”, “RUN”.
4. Type “E:\IDE\WIN95\SETUP.EXE”.
(If your CD-ROM is not the drive E, type the appropriate
letter instead.)
5. Restart computer, then follow the instructions on your
screen to install new IDE driver we offer in the CD.
6. Exit Windows 95, turn power off; then turn power on.
After installation, the screen will show a yellow , please ignore it.
(The other platforms please refer to readme file.)

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CHAPTER 3 Award BIOS SETUP
Award BIOS manufacturer provides access to the system BIOS through the
hardware and software on the mainboard. The hardware consists of a Flash
ROM and the software is a group of programs that are installed in the
ROMBIOS along with all the other data that should be included into the BIOS.
After the BIOS is updated, if you want to clear the old setup data stored in the
CMOS, then you can clear CMOS.
NOTE: In case CMOS should be cleared, unplug the power cord, set Jumper
8 2-3 closed for at least 5 seconds, put it back to 1-2 position and plug the
power cord again.
JP8
Normal 1-2
Clear 2-3
Normal (1-2 closed) Clear CMOS(2-3 closed)
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3-1 UPDATE BIOS PROCEDURE
If the BIOS needs to be updated, you can get an All-In-One CD from your
system supplier. The BIOS updated driver in All-In-One CD includes :
“awdflash.exe” -- BIOS updated utility program
“awdflash.doc”
The updated procedure is in the following:
1. Boot the system to DOS mode in a normal manner.
2. Insert the updated CD to drive D (or E).
3. Change working directory to CD-ROM drive, D or E, which contains the
update BIOS CD. -- Type “d:\” or “e: \”, then press “ENTER”.
4. Type “cd flash”, then press “ENTER”.
5. Type “awdflash”, then press “ENTER”-- for running the BIOS update utility.
6. Type “(update BIOS file name with version number).bin”, ENTER.
7. If you do not want to save the old BIOS, type “N” when the screen displays
the message : " Do you want to save BIOS (Y/N) ?".
8. Type “Y“ when the screen shows the message : " Are you sure to program
(Y/N) ?".
9. Follow instructions displayed on the screen. DO NOT remove the update
BIOS CD from the CD-ROM drive nor turn the system power off until the
BIOS update is completed.
10.Turn the power off. Clear the data in CMOS according to the procedure
described in the previous page.
11.Turn the system power on and test that your system is working properly.
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Intel also provides MICROCODE API(Applications Programming
Interface) for the mainboard user to update data block in BIOS quickly and
easily. (You can find this utility in All-In-One CD in the package.)
Integrators must ensure that this BIOS stepping data matches the
processor stepping used. When the BIOS does not contain stepping data
that matches the processor stepping, integrators must updated the data in the
BIOS before shipping the system.
Intel‘s BIOS updated API allows just the stepping data within the BIOS
to be updated as needed. Mainboards that contain a BIOS with the
Intel-defined BIOS updated API can be quickly and easily updated, if
required, without obtaining a complete BIOS upgrade. However, if the
stepping data requires updating, the mainboard BIOS must contain the
Intel-defined BIOS updated API, otherwise a complete BIOS upgrade is
required from the mainboard vendor.
Since API program can only be executed under DOS Real Mode, you must
enter Real Mode first and load the API program to Drive C.
To load the program to C by following steps:
(1)Type “ md c:\api ” and press Enter. Directory “api” is made in Drive C
now.
(2)Insert the Driver/Utility CD into CD ROM Drive E.
(3)Then type “ copy e:\api\*.* c:\api ” and press Enter.
(API program is loaded to Drive C now.)
(4) Type “ C:\api \checkup ” to execute this program.
The main menu should now be displayed, showing the following four
options :
1) Check and load updated
2) Specify stepping data file [current : pep.pdb]
3) Help
4) Quit without loading updated
Select 1 to know the stepping filename, select 2 to load right patch code,
then select 1 to updated proper patch code. Then cold boot (mechanical
power off) system to continue. For more information, please refer to
“CHECKUP.HLP“ file.