DTK PRM-0031I User manual

PRM-00311
High Performance
Pentium Pro PCl Mainboard
User's Guide
Edition 1.11
© 1996 DTK Computer, Inc.

TRADEMARKS
Windows, MS-DOS, and MS Word are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Novell, Netware are trademarks
of Novell, Inc.
Lotus, 1-2-3, and Symphony are trademarks
of Lotus Development Corporation.
PC, AT, PC-DOS, OS/2 and Presentation Manager are trademarks
of ffiM
Corporation.
UNIX is the trademark
of AT&T.
Intel i82440FX and Pentium Pro are registered trademark
of Intel Corp.
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their
respective companies.
The information presented in this publication has been carefully checked for
reliability; however, no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies, whereas,
specification is subjected to change without notice.

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 4 AMI WINBIOS SETUP 25
4.1 MOUSE SUPPORT 25
4.2 POINT & CLICK INTERFACE 25
CHAPTERl INTRODUCTION
1 4.3 USING KEYBOARD WITH WinBIOS SETUP 26
1.1
GENERAL SPECIFICATION 1 4.4 STARTING WinBIOS SETUP 27
l.2 MAINBOARD COMPONENTS 4 4.5 WinBIOS SETUP MAIN MENU 27
4.6 SETUP 28
CHAPTER 2 MEMORY CONFIGURATION
5 4.6.1 STANDARD SETUP 29
2.1 SYSTEM MEMORY 5 4.6.2 ADVANCED SETUP
31
4.6.3 CHIPSET SETUP 36
CHAPTER 3 JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS
9 4.6.4 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 38
3.1 SETTING THE JUMPERS 9 4.6.5 PCIIPnP SETUP 41
3.2 CONNECTION tHE MOTHERBOARD
11
4.6.6 PERIPHERAL SETUP 44
3.2.1 JUMPER PRESENTATION
11
4.7 SECURITY 47
3.2.2 JUMPER CONVENTION OF THE MOTHERBOARD
11
4.7.1 WINBIOS PASSWORD SUPPORT 47
3.2 .3 CONNECTOR LOCATIONS 12
4.7.2 CHANGING A PASSWORD 48
3.3 CONNECTORS
13
4.7.3 ANTI-VIRUS 49
3.3. 1 120 -POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR
13
4.8 UTILITY 50
3.3.2
15 -IrDA CONNECTOR 14
4.9 DEFAULT
51
3.3.3 14 -KEYLOCK CONNECTOR 14
4.9.1 ORIGINAL 52
3.3.4 12 -TURBO LED CONNECTOR 15
4.9.2 OPTIMAL 52
3.3.5 17 -SPEAKER CONNECTOR 15
4.9.3 FAIL-SAFE 52
3.3.6
16 -HDD LED CONNECTOR 16
3.3.7 13 -RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR
16
CHAPTER 5 WINBIOS POWER-ON SELF TEST
53
3.3.8 118 -KEYBOARD CONNECTOR 17
5.1
BEEP CODES 54
3.3.9 I/O CONNECTORS
17 5.2 TROUBLESHOOTING SYSTEM PROBLEMS 55
3.3. 10 117 -PS/2 STYLE KEYBOARD CONNECTOR 5 .3
WinBIOS DISPLAYED ERROR MESSAGES 56
(OPTIONAL)
18
5.4 ISA NMI HANDLER MESSAGES 60
3.3. 11 118 -PS/2 STYLE MOUSE CONNECTOR (OPTIONAL) 18
3.3. 12 JPl -SMI SWITCH 19
3.3. 13 JP3 -FACTORY TESTING JUMPER 19
3.3.14 112 - USBO CONNECTOR 20
3.4. 15 113 -USBI CONNECTOR 20
3.4 GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF JUMPER SETTINGS
21
3.4.1 CPU SPEED 22

Introduction 1
CHAPTER! INTRODUCTION
The motherboard is a 4-layer, full baby AT size high-performance mainboard. It
includes Intel i82440FX system chipset, NS PC87306 Super 110 controller.
1.1 GENERAL SPECIFICATION
Processor
• Intel Pentium Pro series.
•
The mainboard can run with following speeds:
150, 166, 180 and 200 MHz
Chipset
• Intel 82441FX (pCI and Memory Controller)
• Intel 82442FX (Data Bus Xcelerator)
• Intel 82371SB (pCI ISA IDE Xcelerator)
• NS PC87306 (Super
110 Controller)
Main Memory
• Memory configurations from up to 384MB are possible using
combination of 256K*36 to 16MB*36 SIMM module. (32Bits non-parity
72-pin SIMM Module also available).
• Support both Fast Page Mode and Extended Data Output (EDO) Mode
DRAM Modules.
• Hidden DRAM Refresh for higher system performance.
• ECC (Error Checking and Correction) support (Need SIMM module with
parity).

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Multi 110
• On board Multi-I/O supports
two serial, one parallel ports and floppy
drive controller.
• Serial ports are 16550 Fast UART compatible.
• Parallel port has EPP and ECP capabilities.
• IrDA supported.
• USB supported.
PCIIDE
• On board supports PCI Master IDE Controller, two connectors support up
to four IDE devices such as HDD,
CD ROM drive and Tape Back-up
drives, etc.
• PCI Master IDE controller supports PIO Mode 3 and 4 devices, I/O data
transfer rate can be up to 17Mb/s. DMA mode transfer rate can be up to
22Mb/s.
System
BIOS
• AMI BIOS (128KB Flash EPROM).
Slots
• Five PCI slots
(1 shared)
• Three ISA slots
(1 shared)
Introduction 3
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Board
.4 Layer
Form Factor
• Full Baby AT Size (220 x 330mm)

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Chapter 1
MAINBOARD COMPONENTS
This section gives a briefdescription of key components on the mainboard.
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CHAPTER 2 MEMORY
CONFIGURATION
2.1 SYSTEM MEMORY
The Mainboard lets user upgrade system memory via SIMM sockets on the
mainboard. On-board memory
is located in three banks: Bank 0, Bank 1
and Bank
2.
Two SIMM sockets are provided in each bank. User can install either 1M,
4M,8M , 16M, 32M, 64M or 128M SIMM in each bank.
Note: The type of SIMMllSIMM2 must be same.
The type
of SIMM31SIMM4 mustbe same.
The type
of SIMM51SIMM6 mustbe same.
Table 1 provides some typical DRAM configurations supported by the
mainboard.
BankO Bank 1 Bank 2 Total Size
(SIMMl,2) (SIMM3,4)
(SIMM5,6)
IMx36 Single None None 8MB
None IMx36 Single None 8MB
None None IMx36 Single 8MB
IMx36 Double None None 16MB
None IMx36 Double None 16MB
None None IMx36 Double 16MB
To
be continued .. .
Table
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BankO Bank I Bank 2 Total Size
BankO
Bank I
Bank I Total Size
(SIMMl,2) (SIMM3,4) (SIMMS, 6)
(SIMMI,2)
(SIMM3,4)
(SIMMS, 6)
4Mx36 Single None None 32MB 4Mx36 Single IMx36 Single None 40MB
None 4Mx36 Single None 32MB 4Mx36 Single IMx36 Single IMx36 Single 48MB
None None 4Mx36 Single 32MB 4Mx36 Single IMx36 Double None 48MB
4Mx36 Double None None 64MB 4Mx36 Single IMx36 Double IMx36 Double 64MB
None 4Mx36 Double None 64MB 4Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Single None 64MB
None None 4Mx36 Double 64MB 4Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Single 96MB
16Mx36 Single None None 128MB 4Mx36 Double IMx36 Single None 72MB
None 16Mx36 Single None 128MB 4Mx36 Double IMx36 Single IMx36 Single 80MB
None None 16Mx36 Single 128MB 4Mx36 Double IMx36 Double None 80MB
16Mx36 Double None None 256MB 4Mx36 Double IMx36 Double IMx36 Double 96MB
None 16Mx36 Double None 256MB 4Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Single None 96MB
None None 16Mx36 Double 256MB 4Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Single 128MB
IMx36 Single IMx36 Single None 16MB 4Mx3,6 Double 4Mx36 Double None 128MB
IMx36 Single IMx36 Single IMx36 Single 24MB 4Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Double 192MB
IMx36 Double IMx36 Single None 24MB 16Mx36 Single 1Mx36 Single None 136MB
IMx36 Double IMx36 Single IMx36 Single 32MB 16Mx36 Single IMx36 Single IMx36 Single 144MB
IMx36 Double IMx36 Double None 32MB 16Mx36 Single IMx36 Double None 144MB
IMx36 Double IMx36 Double IMx36 Double 48MB 16Mx36 Single IMx36 Double IMx36 Double 160MB
To be continued... To
be continued .. .
Table IB: Memory Configuration
Table IC: Memory Configuration

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BankO Bank 1 Bank 2 Total Size
(SIMMl,2) (SIMM3,4) (SIMM5,6)
16Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Single None 160MB
16Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Single 192MB
16Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Double None 192MB
16Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Double 256MB
16Mx36 Single 16Mx36 Single None 256MB
l6Mx36 Single l6Mx36 Single l6Mx36 Single 384MB
16Mx36 Double lMx36 Single None 264MB
16Mx36 Double 1Mx36 Single 1Mx36 Single 272MB
16Mx36 Double IMx36 Double None 272MB
16Mx36 Double 1Mx36 Double 1Mx36 Double 288MB
16Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Single None 288MB
16Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Single 4Mx36 Single 320MB
16Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Double None 320MB
16Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Double 4Mx36 Double 384MB
16Mx36 Double 16Mx36 Single None 384MB
Table ID: Memory Configuration
CHAPTER 3 JUMPER
SETTINGS AND
CONNECTORS
3.1 SETTING THE JUMPERS
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The table below summaries the functions and settings of eachjumper of the
motherboard.
Function
Jumper Settings
CPU Speed 150MHz Pentium Pro JP6: open
Selection JP7: close
JP8: 1-8 close,
2-7 open,
3-6 close,
4-5 close
JP9:
1-3 close,
2-4 close
166MHz Pentium Pro JP6: close
JP7: open
JP8: 1-8 open,
2-7 close,
3-6 close,
4-5 close
JP9:
1-3 close,
2-4 open
To be continued
.. .
Table 2A: Jumper Setting

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Function
Jumper Setting
CPU Speed 180MHz Pentium Pro JP6: open
Selection JP7: close
JP8:
1-8 close,
2-7 open,
3-6 close,
4-5 close
JP9:
1-3 open,
2-4 close
200MHz Pentium Pro JP6: close
JP7: open
JP8:
1-8 close,
2-7 open,
3-6 close,
4-5 close
JP9:
1-3 close,
2-4 open
System ROM
5V Flash EPROM JP4: 2-3 close
Selection 12V Flash EPROM JP4:
1-2 close
Table 2B: Jumper Setting
Jumper Settings and Connectors
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3.2 CONNECTION THE MOTHERBOARD
Once the mainboard have been tastened into the system case, the next step
is to connect the internal cables. The internal cables are wire leads with
plastic female connectors that attach to the connectors. The mainboard
connectors have varying numbers of pins and are the points of contact
between the mainboard and other parts of the computer.
A description of each connector and its connector pins follows. See Fig. 3
for the location of the connectors on the mainboard.
Note: Before making connectors on the board, make sure that power to
the system is turned off.
3.2.1 JUMPER PRESENTATION
1 ~ 0 I Pins land 2 are sho rt ed with a jump er c op .
2 3
1
0
_I Pins 2 and 3 ar e sho rted with a jumper co p.
2 3
Th e jumper is sh orte d when th e jumpe r c op
is pla ce d ov er th e tw o pins of th e jump er.
The j umper is o pen when the jumper cop is
remo ved from j umper .
3.2.2 JUMPER CONVENTION OF THE MOTHERBOARD
Different colour of jumper caps (mini-jumpers) are used on the board to
represent different usage of thejumpers:
Red: CPU Clock setting
Black: Other

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3.3
CONNECTORS
3.3.1 J20 - POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR
The power supply connector has two six-pin male header connectors. Plug
the dual connectors from the power directly onto the board connector.
Pin
Description
1 Power. Good (Orange)
2 +5 VDC (Red)
3 +
12 VDC (Yellow)
4 -12 VDC (Blue)
5 Ground (Black)
6 Ground (Black)
7 Ground (Black)
8 Ground (Black)
9 -5 VDC (White)
10 +5 VDC (Red)
11 +5 VDC (Red)
12 +5 VDC (Red)
Table 3: J20 - Power Supply Connector

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3.3.2 J5 -IrDA CONNECTOR
J5 is a IrDA connector that use UART2 as interface of IrDA Infrared and
HP SIR.
1 D vee
@ Polarity key
o Receiver
o Ground
o Transmitter
Fig. 3 J5 -IrDA Connector
3.3.3 J4 - KEYLOCK CONNECTOR
J4 is a keylock connector that enables and disables the keyboard.
D LEO Power
o Not Used
o G roun d
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o Ground
Fig. 4 J4 -Keyboard Connector
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3.3.4 J2 -TURBO LED CONNECTOR
12 is usually connected to a Turbo LED on front of the system case. If the
system board select
is in Turbo mode, the indicator lights during high-
speed operation. This motherboard always operate at high-speed.
[8]
+ Anode
o - Ca th ode
Fig. 5 J2 Turbo LED
3.3.5 J7 - SPEAKER CONNECTOR
Following is the system s~aker to connector J7
D Data Out
o vee
o GND
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Fig. 6 J7 Speaker Connector

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3.3.6 J6 -HDD LED CONNECTOR
J6 is usually connected to a HDD LED on front of the system case. If the
HDD is in operation, the indicator lights during operation.
D +Anode
o -Cathode
o +Anode
o -Cathode
Fig. 7 J5 HDD LED
3.3.7 J3 -RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR
Attach the Reset switch cable to this connector. The Reset switch restarts
the system.
J3
Description
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1001
Normal
(default)
Table 4: J3 Reset Switch Connector
Jumper Settings and Connectors
3.3.8 J18 -KEYBOARD CONNECTOR
A standard five-pin female DIM keyboard connector is located at the rear
of the keyboard. Plug thejack on the keyboard cable into this connector.
Spo re 3 0
+5 VDC 5 0
Keyboard Data 2 o
o 1 Keyboard Clock
o 4 Ground
Fig. 8 J18 -Keyboard Connector
3.3.9 110 CONNECTORS
J9
Primary IDE
J8
Secondary IDE
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Jl4
Parallel Port
Jl5
FDC Connector
Table 5: Connectors Description
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3.3.10 J17 -PS/2 STYLE KEYBOARD CONNECTOR
(OPTIONAL)
A PS/2 Standard six-pin female DIM connector for keyboard is located at
left to 115.
2 Spore 0 0 1 K eyboa rd Clock
4 Vcc 0 0 0 3 GND
6 Spare 0 0 5 Keyboard Da ta
Fig. 9 J17 -PS/2 Keyboard Connector
3.3.11 J18 -PS/2 STYLE MOUSE CONNECTOR (OPTIONAL)
A PS/2 Standard six-pin female DIM connector for mouse is located at
right the
117.
o 1 Mouse Clock
4
Vc c 0 0 0 3 G ND
6 Spore 0 0 5 Mouse Dato
Fig. 10 J18 -PS/2 Mouse Connector
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3.3.12 JPl - SMI SWITCH
JPl is for SMI Break Switch Setting. When JPl is trigger from OPEN to
CLOSE and back to OPEN, the system would suspend immediately.
D EXTSMI
o Not Used
o GND
o EXTSMI
Fig. 11 JPl - SMI Switch
3.3.13 JP3 - FACTORY TESTING JUMPER
JP3 is for factory testing only. All the jumpers of JP3 should be opened as
default.

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3.3.14 J12 - USBO CONNECTOR
A five-pin connector, located right side of IDEO, is used to connect with the
USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable. It is defined as
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3.4.15 J13 - USBI CONNECTOR
A five-pin connector, located right side of 112, is used to connect with the
USB cable. It is defined as USBI, and it's pin assignment is same as 112 .
Jumper Settings and Connectors
GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF JUMPER
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3.4.1 CPU SPEED
3. 180MHz Pentium Pro CPU
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CHAPTER 4 AMI WinBIOS SETUP
WinBIOS Setup has an easy-to-use graphical user interface that makes system
configuration easy and simple. The configuration options in WinBIOS Setup are all
icon-based. All settings for each option are displayed for easy access. All WinBIOS
Setup functions can be accessed
by mouse, keyboard, or pen. Pen access must be
customized for each hardware platform.
4.1 MOUSE SUPPORT
The following types of mouse devices are supported:
• PS/2-type mouses,
• bus mouses that use IRQs
3, 4, or 5 (IRQ2 is not supported),
• Microsoft-compatible mouses (the M,
V, W Series using the M and M+
protocols), and
• Logitech C-series-compatible mouses using the MM protocol.
4.2 POINT & CLICK INTERFACE
WinBIOS Setup uses the familiar point and click navigation technique.
The end user can point with the mouse anywhere on the screen, click the
left mouse button, and WinBIOS Setup control is transferred to the new
location. The previous window
is closed.
WinBIOS Setup can be accessed via keyboard, mouse, or pen. The mouse
click functions are:
• single click
to change or select both global and current fields,
• double clicks
to perform an operation in the selected field, and
• single click on the top left comer of any window would exit from it.
When exit from the Main Setup window, WinBIOS will prompt the
user to save all changes.
All parameters that have been changed will automatically be saved, pending
the selection on the exit screen.

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4.3
USING KEYBOARD WITH WinBIOS SETUP
WinBIOS Setup has a built-in keyboard driver that uses simple keystroke
combinations:
Keystroke Function
<Tab> Move to the next window
or field.
~ , ~ , t , J..
Move to the next field to the right, left, above, or below.
<Enter> Select in the current field.
<Esc> Closes the current operation and return to previous level.
<PgUp> Returns to the previous page.
<
PgDn>
Advances to the next page.
<Home> Returns to the beginning
of the text.
<
End > Advances to the end of the text.
<AIt> <H> Access a help window.
<AIt>
Exit WinBIOS Setup.
<Spacebar>
Alphabetic keys A to Z are used in the Virtual Keyboard,
and are not
case-sensitive.
Numeric keys oto 9 are used in the Virtual Keyboard and Numeric
Keypad.
Table 6
Award BIOS Setup Guide 27
4.4
4.5
STARTING WinBIOS SETUP
As POST executes, press <Del> to run WinBIOS Setup. After that the
hourglass icon tells the user to wait until a process completes.
WinBIOS SETUP MAIN MENU
The WinBIOS Setup main menu, shown below, is organized into four
windows. Each window corresponds to a section.
Fig. 15 Main Menu
Each section contains several icons. Clicking on each icon activates a specific
function.
The sections are:
Setup contains six icons that permit user to set system configuration
options such as date, time, hard disk type, floppy type, and many
others.

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Security
Utility
Default
contains three icons that control WinBIOS security features.
contains two icons that perform system functions.
contains three icons that permit user to select a group of settings
for
alt WinBIOS Setup options.
Each WinBIOS Setup option has
two default settings. The type of defaults are:
Optimal
Fail-Safe
these settings provide the best performance characteristics.
these settings are more likely
to configure a workable computer
when something is wrong. If user cannot boot the computer
successfully, select the Fail-Safe WinBIOS setup options and try to
diagnose the problem after the computer boots. These settings
do
not provide optimal performance.
4.6 SETUP
WinBIOS Setup can have up to six separate screens. Different types of
system configuration parameters are set on each screen.
Type Description
Standard Setup Set the time and date.
Configure disk drive.
Advanced Setup Configure basic system performance parameters.
Chipset Setup Configure features specific
to the chipset used in the
computer.
Power Management Setup Configure power conservation
fe atur es.
PCIIPnP Setup Configure PCI and Plug-and-Play
fe ature s.
Peripheral Setup Configure I/O support.
Table 7 : Setup Description
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4.6.1 STANDARD SETUP
The Standard Setup screen follows.
Fig. 16 Standard Setup Menu

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The following are the description for the options located in the Standard Setup
window.
Configuring IDE Drives: If the hard disk drive to be configured is an IDE drive,
select the appropriate drive icon (pri Master, Pri Slaves, Sec Master,
or Sec Slave).
Choose the
Type parameter and select Auto.
AMIBIOS automatically detects the IDE drive parameters and displays them. Click
on the OK button to accept these parameters.
Click on
LBA/Large Mode and choose On to enable support for IDE drives with
capacities greater than 528
MB .
Click on Block Mode and choose On to support IDE drives that use Block Mode.
Click on 32Bit Mode and click on
On to support IDE drives that permit 32-bit
accesses.
Click on
PIO Mode to select the IDE Programmed 110 mode. The setting are Auto,
0, I, 2, 3, 4, or 5. Click on Auto to allow AMIBIOS to automatically choose the
PIO mode that the IDE drive being configured uses.
If you select 0-5 you must
make absolutely certain that you are selecting the PIO mode supported
by the IDE
drive being configured.
Date/Time Configuration: Select the Standard option. Select the Date and Time
icon. The current values for each category are displayed. Enter new values through
the keyboard.
Floppy Drive A:lFloppy Drive B: : Move the cursor to these fields via t and
J- and
select the floppy type. The settings are 360KB 5W', 1.2MB
HI", 720KB 3W' ,
1.44MB 3W',
2. 88MB 3W' or Not Installed.
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4.6.2 ADVANCED SETUP
The Advanced Setup options described in this section are the standard
options as shown on the following screen.
Fig. 17 Advanced Setup Memu