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
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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”.