AMPTRON M585LMR User manual

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Intel, Pentium, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, MMX, and Celeron are
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PC-cillin and ChipAway Virus are trademarks of Trend Micro Inc.
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AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
Gamut is a registered trademark of Formosoft International Inc.
SuperVoice is a registered trademark of Pacific Image
Communications Inc.
MediaRing Talk is a registered trademark of MediaRing Inc.
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Copyright © 1999
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M585LMR, Version 1.2
V6X/May 1999

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference
in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct
the interference by one or more of the following measures:
qReorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
qIncrease the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
qConnect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected.
qConsult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Shielded interconnect cables and shielded AC power cable must be
employed with this equipment to insure compliance with the pertinent RF
emission limits governing this device. Changes or modifications not
expressly approved by the system’s manufacturer could void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.
Declaration of Conformity
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject
to the following conditions:
qThis device may not cause harmful interference, and
qThis device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Canadian Department of CommunicationsCanadian Department of Communications
This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian
Interference-causing Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du
Réglement sur le matériel brouilieur du Canada.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction........................................................1
Key Features................................................................................. 2
Socket-7 Processor Support....................................................... 2
Memory Support....................................................................... 2
Expansion Slots........................................................................ 2
Onboard IDE channels.............................................................. 2
Power Supply and Power Management...................................... 2
Sound System........................................................................... 3
Onboard I/O Ports..................................................................... 3
Hardware Monitoring................................................................ 3
Built-in LAN Adapter............................................................... 4
Fax/Modem DAA Module ........................................................ 4
Onboard Flash ROM................................................................. 4
Bundled Software ..................................................................... 4
Dimensions............................................................................... 4
Package Contents.......................................................................... 5
Optional Accessories ................................................................ 5
Static Electricity Precautions......................................................... 6
Chapter 2 Mainboard Installation.......................................7
Mainboard Components................................................................ 8
Install the Processor...................................................................... 9
Install Memory.............................................................................10
Set the Jumpers............................................................................11
Jumper JBAT1: Clear CMOS Memory.....................................11
Jumper JP2: Fax/Modem & Audio System Enable/disable
Jumper.....................................................................................12
Jumper JP4: LAN Enable/disable Selector................................12
Jumper JP5: SPDIF Voltage Out Selector.................................13
Install the Mainboard...................................................................13
Install the Extension Brackets/Options .........................................14
Audio Ports and Game/MIDI Port Extension Bracket ...............15
Serial/Parallel Ports Extension Bracket.....................................16
VGA Extension Card...............................................................17
LAN Network Adapter Extension Bracket................................18
Fax/Modem DAA Module .......................................................19
Optional Digital Audio Extension Bracket................................20
Internal Digital Audio..............................................................20
Optional ATX Form Card........................................................21

Table of Contents
Install Other Devices................................................................... 22
Floppy Disk Drive .................................................................. 22
IDE Devices ........................................................................... 22
Internal Analog Sound Connections ........................................ 23
Expansion Slots .......................................................................... 24
Installing an Expansion Card................................................... 24
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup.......................................................25
Introduction................................................................................ 25
Running the Setup Utility............................................................ 26
Standard CMOS Setup Page........................................................ 27
BIOS Features Setup Page........................................................... 28
Chipset Features Setup Page........................................................ 30
Power Management Setup Page................................................... 31
PNP/PCI Configuration Page....................................................... 34
Load Best Performance Defaults ................................................. 35
Load Optimal Defaults................................................................ 35
CPU PnP Setup & Hardware Monitor Page.................................. 36
Integrated Peripherals Setup Page................................................ 37
Password Settings ....................................................................... 38
Change or Remove the Password............................................. 38
IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................... 38
Save and Exit Setup .................................................................... 39
Exit Without Saving Option ........................................................ 39
Chapter 4 Software & Applications...................................40
Introduction................................................................................ 40
Bus Master IDE Driver ........................................................... 40
USB Driver............................................................................. 40
Video Driver........................................................................... 41
Sound Driver .......................................................................... 41
BIOS Update Utility................................................................ 41
PC-Cillin Software.................................................................. 41
LAN Driver............................................................................ 42
Modem Driver........................................................................ 42
MediaRing Talk Software ....................................................... 42
ADCM Software..................................................................... 42
Using the PCI Sound Pro Application.......................................... 42
The Four Speakers System .......................................................... 43
Speaker Installation................................................................. 43
Speaker Position..................................................................... 43
Mixer Setup............................................................................ 44
Demo...................................................................................... 44

Chapter 1
Introduction
This mainboard uses the VIAGRA HT8501/HT82C686A chipset
to leverage extra performance from the Socket-7 architecture. The
mainboard supports all Socket-7 processors including newer
designs which feature a 100 MHz system bus. The mainboard
firmware supports CPU Plug and Play so that the system will
automatically adopt the correct configuration for the Socket-7
processor that you install.
The mainboard is highly integrated and includes a built-in PCI 3D
Sound System and a built-in 3D AGP graphics adapter. The
sound system supports 24-bit digital audio and a 4-way speaker
system. The graphics system supports extended VGA resolutions
with an 8MB frame buffer.
Communications and networking are supported with a V.90
Fax/Modem DAA module and a 10BaseT/100BaseTX network
adapter. The mainboard supports either an AT or ATX power
supply. If you use an ATX supply, it supports all of the ATX
power management features including ACPI (Advanced
Configuration and Power management Interface) and power
saving modes.
The mainboard supports a full set of I/O ports and two expansion
slots. It supports hardware monitoring and the system ships with
trend’s ChipAway Virus virus protection system. The board
adheres to the Baby-AT form factor.

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Key Features
The key features of this mainboard include:
Socket-7 Processor Support
♦Supports all recent socket-7 processors including the Intel
P55C (Pentium MMX), the Cyrix/IBM
6x86L/6x86MX/MII, the AMD K6/K6-2/K6-III, IDT C6,
and Winchip 2/2A CPUs
♦Supports socket-7 processors with system bus frequencies
of 60/66/75/83/90/95/100 MHz
♦CPU Plug and Play support lets the firmware
automatically configure the CPU
♦512K/1 MB/2 MB external Level 2 cache memory is
provided onboard
Memory Support
♦Three DIMM slots for 3V SDRAM 168-pin memory
modules
♦Support for 66 MHz and 100 MHz memory bus
♦Maximum installed memory can be 3 x 256 MB = 768 MB
♦Supports ECC (Error Correction Code) error checking
Expansion Slots
♦One 32-bit PCI slot
♦One 8/16-bit ISA slots
Onboard IDE channels
♦Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels
♦Support for PIO (programmable input/output) modes
♦Support for Bus mastering and UltraDMA 33/66 modes
Power Supply and Power Management
♦Provides AT/ATX power connector
♦Support for Power button/Suspend Switch
♦Supports Wake on Modem and Wake on Alarm

Key Features
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Sound System
♦Meets PC98 audio specification
♦Full duplex playback and recording with built-in 16-bit
CODEC
♦HRTF 3D professional audio supports both Direct Sound
3D® and A3D® compatible interfaces plus support for 4-
channel speakers
♦Drivers support Windows 3.1/95/98/NT 4.0
♦Built-in 32 ohm earphone buffer and 3D surround
♦Provides MPU-401 Game/MIDI port and legacy Sound
Blaster 16 support
♦Downloadable Wave-table Synthesizer supports Direct
Music®
♦Digital Audio Interface with 24-bit stereo, 44KHz
sampling rate and measured 120dB audio quality
♦Stereo Mixer supports analog mixing from CD-Audio,
Line-In, and digital mixing from voice, FM/Wave-table and
digital CD-Audio
Onboard I/O Ports
♦Floppy disk drive port with 1Mb/s transfer rate
♦One serial port with 16550-compatible fast UART
♦One parallel port with support for ECP and EPP
♦Two USB ports & two PS/2 ports
♦One optional infrared port
Hardware Monitoring
♦Built-in hardware monitoring for CPU and system
temperature and fan speeds
♦Auto sense mainboard voltages
♦Supports AMI’s Desktop Client Manager Software
(ADCM)

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Built-in LAN Adapter
♦Onboard 10BaseT/100BaseTX LAN Adapter
♦LAN controller integrates Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY
compliant with IEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T and
ANSI X3T12 TP-PMD standards
♦Compliant with ACPI 1.0 and the Network Device Class
Power Management 1.0
♦High Performance provided by 100 Mbps clock generator
and data recovery circuit for 100 Mbps receiver
Fax/Modem DAA Module
♦56 Kbps Fax/Modem DAA module
♦Supports V.90, V.34, V.32bis, V.32, V.22bis, V.22
♦Supports Auto Fallback and MNP 5, V.42bis data
compression with 115200 compatible Virtual UART
♦Requires 16 MB RAM and WIN 95/98/NT
Onboard Flash ROM
♦Provides plug and play function for automatic CPU and
board configuration
♦Supports plug and play configuration of peripheral devices
and expansion cards
♦Built-in virus protection using Trend’s ChipAway Virus
which ensures that the entire boot process is virus protected.
Bundled Software
♦PC-Cillin provides automatic virus protection under
Windows 95/98
♦AMI Desktop Client Manager supports hardware
monitoring for stand alone workstations or over a network
♦Gamut is an audio application that includes MP3
encoding/decoding
♦SuperVoice is Fax/Modem software with support for data
and voice transmission
♦MediaRing Talk is an internet telephone application.
Dimensions
♦Baby-AT form factor (22cm x 22cm)

Package Contents
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Package Contents
Your mainboard package ships with the following items:
qMainboard
qThis User’s guide
qIDE cable
qFloppy diskette drive cable
qAudio ports and Game/MIDI port extension bracket
qSerial/parallel ports extension bracket
qVGA extension bracket
qV.90 Fax/Modem DAA module
q10BaseT/100BaseTX network adapter extension bracket
qSupport software CD-ROM
Optional Accessories
You can purchase the following optional accessories for this
mainboard.
qDigital Audio extension bracket
qATX Form card (2 USB ports, IR port & PS/2 Port)

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Static Electricity Precautions
1. Components on this mainboard can be damaged by static
electricity. Take the following precautions when unpacking the
mainboard and installing it in a system.
2. Keep the mainboard, and other components, in their original
static-proof packaging until you are ready to install them.
3. During an installation, wear a grounded wrist strap if possible.
If you don’t have a wrist strap, frequently discharge any static
electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis.
4. Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges. Avoid touching
the components unless it is absolutely necessary. During the
installation lay the mainboard on top of the static-proof
packaging with the component side facing upwards.
5. Inspect the mainboard for any damage caused during transit.
Ensure that all the components that are plugged into sockets
are correctly seated.
6. If you suspect that the mainboard has been damaged, do not
apply power to the system. Contact your mainboard vendor
and report the damage.