Freetech P6F128 User manual

P6F128 Mainboard Manual
Thursday, April 12, 2001

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Preface
Using This Manual
This manual is designed to help you build a reliable Personal Computer
based on the P6F128 platform.
Chapter 1—Quick Reference
This chapter is for advanced users who want to quickly assemble a
system. The mainboard layout along with jumper and switch settings,
and memory configuration are provided.
Chapter 2—Introduction
This chapter includes an introduction, a checklist of the items that ship
with this mainboard, and a summary of the principal features and
components.
Chapter 3—Hardware Installation
This chapter explains how to prepare your mainboard for use and how to
make the various connections to other computer components and
peripheral items.
Chapter 4—BIOS Configuration
This chapter explains how to use the system setup utility that is stored in
the mainboard’s firmware.
Chapter 5—Driver and Utility
This chapter briefly describes the drivers and utility programs that are
packaged with the mainboard.

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Preface
Table of Contents
1. P6F128 QUICK REFERENCE 1
1.1. Mainboard Layout 1
1.2. I/O Ports 2
1.3. Panel Connector 2
1.4. Jumpers 2
1.5. PCI and AGP Frequency Settings 3
1.6. Connectors 3
1.7. LEDs 3
1.8. Memory Installation 4
2. INTRODUCTION 5
2.1. Overview 5
2.2. Mainboard Specifications and Features 6
2.2.1. Hardware 6
2.2.2. Software 7
2.2.3. Environment 7
2.3. Mainboard Layout 8
2.4. Microprocessor 10
2.5. CPU Packaging 10
2.6. Chipset 10
3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 11
3.1. Unpacking 11
3.2. Installation 12
3.3. Safety Measures 12
3.4. Connector/Jumper Location 13
3.5. Attaching Connectors 14
3.5.1. Front Panel Connectors 14
3.5.2. Infrared (IR) Connectors 15
3.5.3. CD-ROM Connectors 15
3.5.4. Wake on LAN 16
3.5.5. Floppy Drive Connector 16
3.5.6. IDE Connectors 17
3.5.7. Back Panel Connectors 17
3.6. Installing the CPU 21
3.6.1. Before You Begin 21
3.6.2. Installation Procedure 22
3.6.3. Removing the Processor 23
3.6.4. Installing System Memory 24

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3.6.5. Setting Jumpers 26
3.6.6. Auto Power On 27
4. BIOS CONFIGURATION 28
4.1. Entering Setup 29
4.2. Standard CMOS Features 30
4.3. Advanced BIOS Features 34
4.4. Advanced Chipset Features 37
4.5. Integrated Peripherals 40
4.6. Power Management Setup 44
4.7. PnP/PCI Configurations 48
4.8. PC Health Status Option 49
4.9. Frequency/Voltage Control 51
4.10. Load Optimized Defaults Option 53
4.11. Set Supervisor/User Password 53
4.12. Save & Exit Setup 54
4.13. Exit Without Saving 54
5. DRIVER AND UTILITY 55
5.1. Flash Utility 55
5.2. Intel®81x Installation Utility 56
5.3. Intel®81x AGP Installation 57
5.4. AD1881 Audio Driver 57
5.5. Online Services 58

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1. P6F128 Quick Reference
This section is for users to get started using the mainboard straight
away.
1.1. Mainboard Layout
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2
3
4
5
6
789
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 21
22
23
24
PS/2
Mouse/Keyboard
Port
USB Port
Parallel,VGA
and
Serial Port
Game
and
AudioPort
COM2
PW
J4
JP4
LED1
FDC
IDE1IDE2
DIMM1 DIMM2
JP27
JP28JP19
BT
JP13CNR
PCI3
PCI2
PCI1
Award BIOS
JP1
JP2
IR
CD1/2
AUX WOL
CPUFan
25
26
27
28
1. Auxiliary COM port connector (COM2)
2. CPU fan connector (CPU FAN)
3. PGA370 CPU socket (PGA370)
4. DIMM module sockets (DIMM1~2)
5. Suspend to RAM LED (LED1)
6. Floppy drive connector (FDC)
7. Intel®815E/815EP
8. IDE connectors (IDE1)
9. IDE connectors (IDE2)
10. Accelerated Graphics Port slot (AGP)
11. Intel®82801BA
12. Front panel connectors (JP27)
13. System fan connector (JP28)
14. RTC battery (BT)
15. USB connector (USB)
16. PCI expansion slots (PCI1)
17. PCI expansion slots (PCI2)
18. PCI expansion slots (PCI3)
19. Communications Networking Riser (CNR)
20. Award BIOS
21. Wake on LAN connector (WOL)
22. Auxiliary connector (AUX)
23. CD-ROM audio connectors (CD1/2)
24. Infrared connector (IR)
25. ATX power connector (PW)
26. LCD/DVI connector J4 (optional)
27. TV-out connector JP4 (optional)
28. TV audio-out connector JP1 (optional)

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1.2. I/O Ports
1.3. Panel Connector
The following illustration shows the front panel connector pin
assignments:
1.4. Jumpers
Short: Disable Codec (AD1881)JP2 Open: Enable Codec (AD1881)
1-2: Enable BIOS flash protectJP17 2-3: Disable BIOS flash protect
1-2: Normal ModeJP19 2-3: Clear CMOS RAM
1-2: Disable onboard speakerJP24 2-3: Enable onboard speaker
Parallel Port (LPT1)
Game Port Line-out
Line-in
Microphone
VGA
Port
Serial
Port
USB
Ports
PS/2
Keyboard
PS/2
Mouse
Power LED
& Keyboard
Speaker
Power Switch
Reset Button
Standby LED
HDD LED

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1.5. PCI and AGP Frequency Settings
The PCI and AGP frequency settings are automatically set by the
system.
1.6. Connectors
COM2 Serial Port Connector: This 10-pin header is used to connect a
serial port
extension bracket for adding a second serial port to your
system.
CPU FAN CPU FAN Connector: This 3-pin header is used for connecting
the CPU fan.
J4 LCD/DVI Connector: This 20-pin header is used for attaching a
flat panel DVI or LCD monitor. (Optional)
JP1 TV Audio-out Connector: This 3-pin header is used for
connecting TV audio. (Optional)
JP4 TV out Connector: This 8-pin header is used to connect a TV
lineout. (Optional)
IR Infrared (IR) Connector: This 5-pin header is used to connect an
infrared (IR) port for use of IR devices.
CD1/2 CD Connectors: These 4-
pin headers are used for connecting the
CD ROM audio input to the sound card.
AUX Auxiliary Connector: This 4-pin header is an auxiliary input
connector.
WOL Wake On LAN Connector: This 3-pin header is used for remote
wake up of the computer through a network card.
USB (2) USB Connector: This 8-pin header is used for connecting front
panel USB ports 3 and 4.
SYS FAN System Fan Connector: This 3-pin header is for connecting the
case fan that keeps the system cool.
1.7. LEDs
Red
The red indicator LED1 lights up when the system enters suspend
to DRAM mode.

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1.8. Memory Installation
Note: The Intel®815E/815EP chipset family used in this main-board
supports up totwo double-sided or three single-sided DIMMs when the
SDRAM interface is operating at 133 MHz.
Installing DIMM modules that exceed these specifications requires
that the BIOS down-shifts the SDRAM clocks to 100 MHz through a
two-wire interface of the system clock generator.
168-Pin DIMM SDRAM Memory Configuration
Bank 0 (DIMM1) 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 MB
Bank 1 (DIMM2) 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 MB
Total 8 MB to 512 MB
This concludes Chapter 1. Chapter 2 covers the mainboard’s
specifications and features.

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2. Introduction
2.1. Overview
The P6F128 is a high quality, high performance and enhanced function
mainboard that supports 64-bit Intel®FC-PGA Pentium®!!!/Cyrix Socket
370 processors. This mainboard is designed around the latest and
fastest Intel®815E/815EP chipset in a standard ATX form factor.
The mainboard delivers comprehensive multimedia capabilities and
high-performance with an integrated AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port),
bus mastering EIDE (Enhanced IDE) controller, and concurrent PCI bus.
The mainboard accommodates SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) memory
and supports ATA33/66/100.
The mainboard achieves the highest reliability by supporting ECC (Error
Checking and Correction) memory protection, enabling the mainboard to
achieve superior data integrity and fault-tolerance in respect to memory
errors while running applications.
The Chrontel Ch7009 DVI/TV Combo Chip is available as an option for
the P6F128. The Ch7009 is a display controller device that accepts a
digital graphics input signal, and encodes and transmits data through a
TMDS link or TV Output.
In addition to superior hardware capabilities, features like bus mastering
EIDE driver, Plug and Play, Soft-off, APM (Advanced Power
Management), Keyboard Turn On, External Modem Ring On, Wake
On LAN (WOL), Watchdog timer wake up, Fan Off in sleeping state
and BIOS upgradability are provided with this platform.

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2.2. Mainboard Specifications and Features
2.2.1. Hardware
CPU FC-PGA Pentium®!!!/Cyrix Socket 370 processors
VRM Onboard Voltage Regulator Module
Provides 1.3V to 3.5V operating voltage
Coprocessor CPU has built-in floating point unit
Speed System bus clock 66/100/133 MHz
AGP 1x/2x/4x
PCI bus clock 33 MHz
ISA bus clock 8.33~9.35 MHz
Chipset Intel®815E/815EP
82802 Firmware Hub
82801BA I/O Controller Hub (ICH2)
DVI/TV Combo Chip TMDS Link with Pixel Rate to 165 MHz
Supports DVI 1.0
TV-Out Non Interlace Encoder to NTSC, PAL
Composite S-Video RGB out
Supports scaling in TV output
DRAM Two 168-pin DIMM sockets
Supports 8 MB to 512 MB memory
Supports FP, EDO, SDRAM, ESDRAM, and VCM
SDRAM memory types
EIDE Controller Supports four IDE devices in two channels
Supports PIO mode 0 through mode 4 drives
Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drives
Supports Bus Mastering Ultra DMA -66/100 drives
Supports Iomega ZIP or LS-120 removable drives
Enhanced I/O One floppy disk controller
One Standard/EPP/ECP parallel port connector
Two 16550 compatible serial port connectors
Two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports
I/O Options One IrDA compatible infrared (IR) connector
One connector for front panel USB ports 3/4
Mouse and Keyboard PS/2 mouse connector, PS/2 keyboard connector
Expansion Slots One AGP-4x (V2.0) slot
Three 32-bit PCI slots
One 8/16-bit ISA slot

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Power Management Compliant with EPA, APM 1.2 and ACPI
ATX soft-off power control
Power –on by keyboard and PS/2 mouse
Power –on by external modem ring
Power –on by alarm
Power –on by Wake On LAN (WOL)
Fan off in sleep mode
System Management CPU temperature warning and system temperature
detection
CPU and system voltage detection
CPU and secondary fan RPM detection
Voltage Regulator Switching regulator
CPU voltage auto-detection
Form Factor ATX form factor 21 cm x 24 cm (8.3-inch x 9.4-inch)
2.2.2. Software
BIOS AWARD AGP/PCI BIOS
4M-bit Flash BIOS with ESCD (Extended System
Configuration Data) block
Supports APM, Plug and Play, Multi-Boot, DMI and
EIDE devices
Supports ACPI
Supports high-capacity LS-120 and ZIP removable
media drive
Driver and Utility IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver
Flash utility for BIOS upgrade
System Environment Monitoring Utility
Optional ES1373 audio drivers
Operating System Operates with MS_DOS, Windows®3.x/95/98/2000/NT,
OS/2, Novell Netware/UnixWare 1.1, and SCO Unix 4.2
2.2.3. Environment
Ambient Temperature 0ºC to 50ºC (operating)
Relative Humidity 0 to 85% (operating)
Vibration 0 to 500 Hz
DC Voltage 4.9V to 5.2V
DC Voltage 1.3V to 3.50V
DC Voltage -5V, +12V, -12V, +5VSB 5% tolerance

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2.3. Mainboard Layout
Note: Because of optional items and design changes, your
mainboard may not be identical to the one shown in
the illustration.

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Key to Mainboard Components
No. Name Function
1COM2 Auxiliary COM port connector
2CPU FAN CPU cooling fan connector
3PGA370 CPU socket
4DIMM1~2 Memory module slots
5LED1 Suspend to RAM LED
6FDC Floppy drive connector
7Intel®
815E/815EP Intel®815E/815EP chipset
8IDE1 IDE 1connector (white)
9IDE2 IDE 2 connector (black)
10 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot
11 82801BA 82801BA I/O controller
12 JP27 Front–case panel connectors
13 JP28 Secondary case fan connector
14 BT RTC battery
15 USB Front panel USB connectors
16 PCI1 32-bit PCI expansion slots
17 PCI2 32-bit PCI expansion slots
18 PCI3 32-bit PCI expansion slots
19 CNR Communications Networking Riser
20 Award BIOS Award BIOS controller
21 WOL Wake On LAN (WOL) connector
22 AUX Auxiliary connector
23 CD1/2 CD-ROM audio signal input connectors
24 IR IrDA compliant Infrared (IR) connector
25 PW ATX power connector
26 J4 (Optional) LCD/DVI connector
27 JP4 (Optional) TV-out connector
28 JP1 (Optional) TV-out audio connector

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2.4. Microprocessor
The mainboard is designed to operate with the following processors:
Processor Type Speed FSB
Intel®Celeron
Intel®Coppermine
Intel®Coppermine
533 ~ 800+ MHz
550 ~ 850+ MHz
533 ~ 1+ GHz
66 MHz
100 MHz
133 MHz
VIA Cyrix III 533 MHz 133 MHz
An onboard switching voltage regulator provides the required 1.3 to
3.5 volts for the processor. The processor sends five VID (Voltage
Identification) signals to the switching voltage regulator. The switching
regulator generates the correct voltage for the processor.
2.5. CPU Packaging
PGA370 CPUs are packaged in a PPGA (Integrated Circuit-Plastic
Pin Grid Array) configuration.
2.6. Chipset
The P6F128 supports the Intel®815E/815EP chipset. The 815E/815EP
chipset is designed for desktops and workstations that provide internal or
external graphics, and provides ATA-100, 4xAGP and SDRAM support.
The 82801BA I/O controller hub makes a direct connection between the
graphics system, the IDE controller, and the PCI bus. It uses accelerated
hub architecture to effectively double the bandwidth between these
components enabling more lifelike audio and video. The 82801BA I/O
controller hub includes an integrated audio-codec controller that lets the
processor more effectively decode sound generated by the integrated
audio system.
The 82802 Firmware Hub allows the system and video BIOS to be stored
(eliminating the need for non-volatile CMOS memory) for faster
execution, and provides a random number generator to enable strong
encryption routines.
This concludes Chapter 2. Chapter 3 covers hardware installation.

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3. Hardware Installation
This chapter explains how to use your mainboard to build a powerful
computer system. At a minimum, you will need the following
components in order to build a fully functioning system.
—Computer case with ATX power supply
—PGA370 Processor
—One SDRAM memory module
—One floppy disk drive
—One UDMA-66/100 IDE hard disk drive
—One CD-ROM drive
—One display monitor
—One PS/2 mouse
—One PS/2 keyboard
—One set of loudspeakers
Of course, you can use the system I/O ports and expansion slots to add
many more features and components to your system than the items
listed above.
3.1. Unpacking
The P6F128 mainboard package contains the following items:
£One mainboard
£One IDE 40-pin ribbon cable
£One floppy 34-pin ribbon cable
£Driver and utility CD
£One dual port USB bracket
£User's manual
After removing the mainboard from its anti-static bag, place it on a
grounded or antistatic surface (component side up). Inspect the
mainboard and contact your vendor immediately if it is damaged.

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3.2. Installation
The P6F128 is designed to fit into a standard ATX form factor chassis.
The pattern of the mounting holes and the position of the back panel
connectors meet the ATX system board specification. The chassis
comes with various mounting fasteners, which are made of metal or
plastic. It is highly recommended to use as many metal fasteners as
possible to mount the mainboard in the chassis for better grounding.
To install the mainboard you need to install the CPU and DIMM memory
modules, attach the connectors, and set the correct CPU speed in the
CMOS setup.
3.3. Safety Measures
Computer components and electronic circuit boards can be damaged
by discharges of static electricity. Working on computers that are still
connected to a power supply can be extremely dangerous. Follow the
simple guidelines below to avoid damaging your computer:
—Always disconnect the mainboard from the ATX power supply,
and disconnect the computer from the power outlet whenever you
are working inside the computer case.
—If possible, wear a grounded wrist strap when you are installing
the mainboard or working inside the computer case.
Alternatively, discharge any static electricity by touching the bare
metal chassis of the computer case, or the bare metal body of any
other grounded appliance.
—Hold electronic circuit boards by the edges only. Do not touch
the components on the board unless it is necessary to do so. Do
not flex or stress the circuit board.
—Leave each component inside the static-proof packaging that it
ships with until you are ready to use the component for the
installation.

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3.4. Connector/Jumper Location

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3.5. Attaching Connectors
3.5.1. Front Panel Connectors
There are six connectors on the mainboard for speaker, switches, and
indicator lights on the system’s front panel.
PW SW This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted Power button.
Reset This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch
and is used to reboot the system.
STB LED This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted STB LED to
indicate a standby status. The LED remains lit even when the
system is off to indicate that AC power is available. When the
system enters standby mode, the LED starts blinking.
HDD LED This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted HDD LED to
indicate hard disk activity.
Power
LED &
Keylock
This 5-pin connector connects to the case-mounted key-
lockswitch
and the power LED. The key-lock switch is used to lock the
keyboard for security purposes.
Speaker This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker.