DTK PRM-89I User manual

PRM-89I
High Performance
Pentium II PCI Mainboard
User’s Guide
Edition 1.00
©1998 DTK Computer, Inc.
P/N: 155100-8747

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WARNING
For the system to operate normally, please make sure J5 of the mainboard is set as below. Refer
to Fig. 2 in this manual for the location J5.
If J5 is shorted to 2-3, no CMOS data can be retained.
CAUTION
The motherboard is an electrostatic sensitive device. Don’t open or handle except at a static-
free workstation.
POWER OFF
It needs to hold the power switch 4 seconds to turn off the power.
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PC, AT, PC-DOS, OS/2 and Presentation Manager are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
UNIX is the trademark of AT&T.
Intel i82440LX and Pentium II are registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
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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J5

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 2 JUMPER SETTINGS 3
2.1 JUMPERS PRESENTATION 3
2.2 GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF JUMPER SETTINGS 4
2.3 CPU SPEED 5
2.4 J5 - CLEAR CMOS DATA 5
2.5 J2 - VOLTAGE SELECTION FOR SYSTEM ROM 6
2.6 MEMORY CONFIGUARTION 6
CHAPTER 3 CONNECTOR CONFIGURATION 7
3.1 JP1 - IrDA CONNECTOR 8
3.2 JP8 - ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR 8
3.3 JP10 - FLOPPY DRIVE CONTROLLER 8
3.4 JP11, JP12 – SECONDARY/PRIMARY IDE CONNECTORS 9
3.5 JP13 - HDD LED 9
3.6 JP14 - POWER ON/OFF SWITCH 9
3.7 JP15 - POWER LED 9
3.8 JP16 - RESET 9
3.9 JP17 - SPEAKER 10
3.10 FAN2 – CPU FAN CONNECTOR 10
3.11 FAN 3 – SYSTEM FAN CONNECTORS 10
3.12 U13 – PPGA P370 CPU 10
3.13 PS/2 KEYBOARD CONNECTOR 11
3.14 PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR 11
3.15 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS PORT 0 & 1 11
3.16 SERIAL PORT COM1 & COM2 11
3.17 PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR 11
CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP GUIDE 13
4.1 AWARD BIOS SETUP 13
4.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 15
4.3 BIOS FEATURES SETUP 16
4.4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP 18
4.5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU 20
4.6 PCI CONFIGURATION 22
4.7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP MENU 24
4.8 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS MENU 26
4.9 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 26
4.10 USER PASSWORD 27
4.11 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 27
4.12 SCSI HARD DISK INSTALLATION 27
4.13 SAVE & EXIT SETUP MENU 27
4.14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING MENU 28

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CHAPTER 5 FLASH AND DMI UTILITY 29
5.1 AWARD FLASH UTILITY 29
5.2 DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE (DMI) OVERVIEW 31
APPENDIX A QUICK GUIDE 35

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Preface
The motherboard is a 4 layers, ATX form factor high performance PCI/AGP mainboard. It
includes Intel i82440LX system chipset, Winbond W83977EF Super I/O controller.
Features
Processor
•Intel PPGA P370 series.
•The mainboard can run with following speeds:
300A, 333, 366 and 400 MHz
•Jumperless CPU HOST frequency
Chipset
•Intel i82443LX (PCI A.G.P. Controller)
•Intel 82371EB (PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator)
•Winbond W83977EF(Super I/O Controller)
Main Memory
•Memory configurations up to 768MB SDRAM
•DIMM socket for SDRAM (3.3V unbuffered).
•Support both Synchronous DRAM and Extended Data Output (EDO) Mode DRAM
Modules.
•ECC Function ensure data correction and integrity.
Multi I/O
•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.
•PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connector is provided.
•Keyboard /mouse wake-up by programmable buttons.
•Programmable AC Power Failure Recovery.
•IrDA supported.
•USB supported.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface
•A.G.P. specification compliant
•A.G.P. 66/133MHz devices supported
PCI IDE
•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 16.6MB/s.
•Ultra DMA Mode supported. Transfer rate can be up to 33MB/s.

Chapter 1
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System BIOS
•Award BIOS (256KB Flash EPROM).
Slots
•One AGP slot
•Four PCI slots
•Two ISA slots
Form Factor
•ATX Form Factor Size (305mm x 185mm) 4 Layers
Fig. 1 Key Components of the Mainboard

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CHAPTER 2 JUMPER SETTINGS
2.1 JUMPERS PRESENTATION
Pins 1 and 2 are shorted with a jumper cap.
1 2 3
Pins 2 and 3 are shorted with a jumper cap.
1 2 3
The jumper is shorted when the jumper cap is placed
over the two pins of the jumper.
The jumper is open when the jumper cap is removed
from jumper.

Chapter 2
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2.2 GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF JUMPER
SETTINGS
Fig. 2 Jumper Location of the mainboard

Jumper Settings
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2.3 CPU SPEED
The table below summaries the CPU frequency and settings of each jumper of the
motherboard.
CPU Type Freq. Bus Freq.
300MHz
333MHz
366MHz
PPGA P370
Mendocino
400MHz
66MHz
Table 1
2.4 J5 - CLEAR CMOS DATA
J5 is used to clear the content of the CMOS Data in the RTC (build in PIIX4 chip).
Table 2: Clear CMOS Data

Chapter 2
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2.5 J2 - VOLTAGE SELECTION FOR SYSTEM ROM
J2 is used to select the operation voltage of the system ROM.
Table 3: Voltage Selection for System ROM
2.6 MEMORY CONFIGUARTION
The mainboard lets user upgrade system memory via DIMM sockets on the
mainboard. On board memory is located in eight banks: Bank 0 - 7. Four DIMM
sockets are provided for EDO DRAM or Synchronous DRAM. Table 4 provides the
typical memory configurations supported by the mainboard.
Bank 0/1 (DIMM3) Bank 2/3 (DIMM2) Bank 4/5 (DIMM1)
Installed None None
None Installed None
None None Installed
Installed Installed None
Installed None Installed
None Installed Installed
Installed Installed Installed
Table 4
The maximum memory size is up to 384MB (SDRAM) or 768MB (EDO). The size
of each DIMM can be 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB.