AOpen DP5 User manual

DP5
User’s Guide

Copyright
Copyright Ó 1995 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of
this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in
a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer
language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written
permission of this company.
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Disclaimer
This company ma es no representations or warranties, either
expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and
specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any
particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or
licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their
purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor, or its
dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and
any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in
the software. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this
publication and to ma e changes from time to time in the contents
hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or
changes.
Award is a registered trademar of Award Software, Inc.
Intel is a registered trademar of Intel Corporation.
XT/AT is a registered trademar of International Business Machines Corporation.
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Copyright
Other brand and product names are trademar s and/or registered trademar s of their
respective holders.
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FCC Statement
FCC Class B Radio Frequency
Interference Statement
Note
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of 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:
1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected.
4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for
help.
Notice 1
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate
the equipment.
Notice 2
Shielded interface cables, if any, must be used in order to comply with
emission limits.
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About this Manual
Purpose and Scope
This manual tells how to install and configure the system board.
Organization
This manual consists of three chapters and one appendix.
Chapter 1, Features, covers the specifications, layout, and components of
the system board.
Chapter 2, Hardware Setup, tells how to set the jumpers, upgrade the CPU
and the system memory, install the system board and add expansion cards.
Chapter 3, Award BIOS, explains the system BIOS and tells how to
configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters.
Appendix A, Jumper Summary, gives you a tabular summary of the jumper
settings discussed in Chapter 2.
Appendix B, NS PC87410 Device Drivers, tells how to install the NS
PC87410 software drivers that come with the board.
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About this Manual
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Text entered by user,
default settings
Represent text input by the user,
default settings and recommended
selections
message displayed Denotes actual messages that appear
on screen
a, e, s, etc Represent the actual eys that you
have to press on the eyboard.
NOTE
Gives bits and pieces of additional
information related to the current topic.
WARNING
Alerts you to any damage that might
result from doing or not doing specific
actions.
CAUTION
Suggests precautionary measures to
avoid potential hardware or software
problems.
IMPORTANT
Reminds you to ta e specific action
relevant to the accomplishment of the
procedure at hand.
TIP
Tells how to accomplish a procedure
through little shortcuts.
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Table of Contents
1 Features
Specifications.......................................................1-2
Board Layout.......................................................1-3
System Board Components.................................1-4
Microprocessor............................................1-4
ASICs 1-4
Award BIOS................................................1-4
Expansion Slots..........................................1-5
DRAM Soc ets............................................1-5
Dual-channel PCI Mode 3 IDE....................1-5
Super I/O Controller....................................1-6
Keyboard Connector...................................1-6
SRAM1-6
SCSI Feature.......................................................1-7
Power Management............................................1-7
2 Hardware Setup
ESD Precautions.................................................2-1
Installing a Microprocessor..................................2-2
Upgrading the Microprocessor............................2-4
Jumper Settings...................................................2-5
Dual-processor/ Single-processor
Operation Select.........................................2-6
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Changing the CPU Type and Speed..........2-7
Selecting the Primary-level Cache Mode...2-8
Selecting the Cache Size............................2-8
Enabling the Second-level Cache Parity....2-9
Changing the Flash ROM Type................2-10
Enabling the Enhanced-IDE Controller....2-10
Enabling the FDC and Super I/O Chip.....2-11
Selecting the ECP DMA Channel.............2-11
Enabling the SCSI Chip Termination........2-12
Selecting the SCSI Device Size...............2-12
Enabling the PS/2 Mouse (optional).........2-13
Clearing the CMOS...................................2-13
Memory Configuration.......................................2-14
Installing a SIMM......................................2-15
Removing a SIM.......................................2-16
Upgrading Cache Memory.................................2-17
Connectors........................................................2-18
Multifunction Connector............................2-18
Keyboard Connector.................................2-20
Power Connector......................................2-20
CPU Fan Connector..................................2-21
Installation..........................................................2-21
Installing the System Board......................2-22
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Installing Expansion Boards.....................2-22
3 Award BIOS
Award BIOS Setup Main Menu...........................3-1
Standard CMOS Setup........................................3-2
Date 3-3
Time 3-3
Hard Dis s...................................................3-3
Floppy Drive Types.....................................3-4
Video 3-4
Error Halt.....................................................3-5
Memory.......................................................3-5
BIOS Features Setup..........................................3-7
Virus Warning..............................................3-7
CPU Internal Cache/External Cache..........3-8
Quic Power-on Self-test............................3-8
Boot Sequence...........................................3-8
Swap Floppy Drive......................................3-8
Boot-up Floppy See ..................................3-9
Boot-up NumLoc Status............................3-9
Boot-up System Speed...............................3-9
IDE HDD Bloc Mode.................................3-9
Gate A20 Option.......................................3-10
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