Freetech P6F163 User manual

P6F163
MOTHER BOARD
USER’S MANUAL
Ver 1.
JUL.3.2003

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Perface
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Using This Manual
This manual is designed to help you build a reliable Personal
Computer based on the P6F163 platform.
Chapter 1—Quick Reference
This chapter is for advanced users who wanttoquicklyassembleasystem.
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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Table of Contents
1. P6F163 QUICK REFERENCE................................
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1.1. Mainboard Layout................................
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1.2. Back I/O Ports................................
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1.3. Front I/O Ports ................................
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1.4. Jumpers................................................................
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1.5. Extended Connector Board................................
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1.6. PCI Frequency Settings................................
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1.7. Memory Installation................................
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1.8. Connectors................................................................
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2. INTRODUCTION................................
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2.1. Overview................................................................
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2.2. Mainboard Specifications and Features
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2.2.1. Hardware ................................................................
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2.2.2. Software................................................................
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2.3. Mainboard Layout................................
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2.4. Microprocessor................................
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2.5. CPU Packaging ................................
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2.6. AC97 Codec................................
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2.7. Chipset................................................................
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3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION................................
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3.1. Unpacking................................................................
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3.2. Installation................................................................
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3.3. Safety Measures................................
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3.4. Connector/Jumper Location................................
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3.5. Attaching Connectors................................
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3.5.1. Audio CD-In Connector (CD1)................................
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3.5.2. Audio AUX-IN Connector (AUX1)
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3.5.3. IDE Connectors................................
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3.5.4. PCI Connector (PCI)................................
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3.5.5. Serial COM2 Connector (COM2)................................
3.5.6. CON2 Connector (CON2)................................
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3.5.7. TV-Out Connector (Optional) ................................
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3.5.8. 1394 Connector (1394) ................................
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3.5.9. Front Mic-IN, Line-IN Connector
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3.5.10. Front Line-OUT Connector................................
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3.5.11. HDD & CD-ROM Power Connector
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3.5.12. CPU/System FAN Power Supplies
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3.5.13. Back I/O Port ................................................................
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3.5.14. Front I/O Port ................................................................
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3.6. Installing the CPU................................
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3.6.1. Before You Begin ................................
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3.6.2. Installation Procedure................................
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3.6.3. Removing the Processor................................
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3.7. Installing System Memory................................
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3.8. Setting Jumpers................................................................
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3.8.1. Clear CMOS Jumper (J10)................................
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3.8.2. CPU FSB Jumper (J18) ................................
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4. BIOS CONFIGURATION ................................
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4.1. Entering Setup................................
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4.2. Standard CMOS Features................................
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4.3. Advanced BIOS Features................................
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4.4. Advanced Chipset Features................................
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4.5. Integrated Peripherals ................................
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4.6. Power Management Setup................................
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4.7. PnP/PCI Configurations................................
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4.8. PC Health Status Option ................................
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4.9. Frequency/Voltage Control................................
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4.10. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option................................
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4.11. Load Optimized Defaults Option
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4.12. Set Supervisor/User Password................................
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4.13. Save & Exit Setup................................
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4.14. Exit Without Saving................................
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5. DRIVER AND UTILITY................................
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5.1. Flash Utility................................
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5.2. CD Driver Overview................................
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5.2.1. VIA 4 IN 1 Driver................................
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5.2.2. VIA Prosavage Display Driver................................
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5.2.3. ALC201A Audio Driver................................
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5.2.4. LAN Driver................................................................
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5.3.Online Services................................................................
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This section is for users to get started using the mainboard straight away.
1.1.Mainboard Layout
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PGA370 CPU socket (PGA370)
DIMM module sockets (DIMM1~2)
IDE connector (IDE1)
IDE connector (IDE2)
PCI expansion connector (PCI)
TV-Out connector (Optional)
COM2 connector (COM2)
1394 connector
HDD & CD-ROM Power connector
LINE-IN / MIC connectors
LINE-OUT connectors
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AUDIO connector (CD IN)
AUDIO connector (AUX)
CPU FAN
Extension Board connector(CON2)
SYS FAN
Serial ATA1(SATA1) (Optional)
CPU Selector(J18)
CMOS Jumper (J10)
RTC Battery
Flash BIOS
1. P6F163 Quick Reference

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Back I/O Port
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1.2.Back I/O Ports
1.3.Front I/O Ports
1.4. Jumpers
1-2For 133MHz FSB CPUJ18
(CPU Selector) 2-3For 100MHz FSB CPU
1-2Clear CMOSJ10
(CMOS Clear) 2-3Normal Mode

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Connectors 3
1.5. Extended Connector Board
1.6. PCI Frequency Setting
The PCI frequency settings are automatically set by the system
1.7. Memory Installation
Note: The S3 PL133 chipset family used in this mainboard supports
up to two double-sided or three single-
sided DIMMs when the
DRAM interface is operating at 133 MHz. Installing DIMM
modules that exceed these specifications requires that the
BIOS down-shifts the SDRAM clocks to 100MHz through a
two-wire interface of the system clock generator.
168-Pin SDRAM Memory Configuration.
Bank 0 (DIMM1) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB
Bank 1 (DIMM2) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB
Total 1 GB

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Connectors
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1.8. Connectors
1394 1394 connector
AUX Auxiliary-IN connector : This 4-pin header is an
auxiliary input connector.
CD IN CD-IN connector : This 4-pin header is used for connecting the CD ROM audio input to the sound
card.
CPU FAN This 3-pin header is used for connecting a CPU fan.
COM2 COM2 connector.
CON2 Extension board connector.
LINE-IN / MIC Line-in / MIC connector
LINE-OUT Line-out connector
PW HDD & CD-ROM power connector.
SATA1
(Optional)
SATA Connector : S-ATA stands for serial ATA.
Serial ATA is newest ATA transmission interface.
Serial ATA is able to reach 150MB/sec.
S/PDIF
S/PDIF Connector : S/PDIF stands for Sony/Philips
digital interface. It’s a standard audio transfer file
format
. It allows the transfer of audio from one file to
another without the conversion to and from an
analog format.
SYS FAN This 3-pin header is used for connecting a system
fan
TV-OUT TV-Out connector.

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2.1. Overview
The high quality P6F163 is a high-performance, enhanced function
mainboard that supportsIntel®Pentium III/Cyrix-III Socket 370
processors. The P6F163 is base on the VIA S3 PL133 chipset. VIA
delivers superior high performance with all the innovative feature and
proven reliability of the VIA S3 PL133 chipset family. Pin-to-pin
compatible with the VIA S3 PL133 chipset.
The mainboard delivers comprehensive multimedia capabilities and
bus mastering EIDE (Enhanced IDE) controller, S_ATA(serial ATA)
controller(optional), and concurrent PCI bus. The mainboard
accommodates SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) memory and supports
ATA33/66/100.
In addition to superior hardware capabilities, provided with this
platform are these features:
—Supports 64-bit advanced memory controller
—Supports a 100/133 memory bus
—Supports up to1GB of SDRAM
—Supports serial ATA, serial ATA speed up to 150MB/s(optional)
—Bus mastering EIDE driver
—Supports four USB ports, Plug and Play devices
—Soft-off APM (Advanced Power Management)
—ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
—1394 Port
—LAN wake up
—BIOS upgrade
2. Introduction

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Mainboard Specification and Feature
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2.2. Mainboard Specifications and Features
2.2.1. Hardware
CPU Intel® FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 Pentium®III and
Cyrix Socket 370 Processors or other
compatible Auto-detection CPU
VRM Onboard Voltage Regulator Module
Provides 1.3V to 3.5V operating voltage
Coprocessor
Speed CPU has built-in floating point unit System bus clock 66/100/133 MHz
PCI bus clock 33 MHz
Chipset VIA S3 PL133AGP set
VIA VT82C686B super-I/O integrated
peripheral controller
DRAM Two 168-pin DIMM sockets, up to 1GB
Supports 8 MB to 512MB SDRAM memory
types
EIDE
Controller Supports for IDE devices in two channels Supports PIO mode 0 through mode 4 drives
Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drivers
Supports two Bus Mastering Ultra DMA-ATA
33/66/100 drivers
Enhanced I/O Supports lomega ZIP or LS-120 removable
drivers
One Standard/EPP/ECP parallel port
connector
Two 16550 compatible serial port connector
Four USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports
One audio port connector, include line-out,
line-in, mic-in ports

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Mainboard Specification and Feature 7
Sound Chip Chip integrated direct Sound AC97 2.2
interface.
Realtek ALC201A
On-Board TV out
& LAN Realtek 8100 LAN chipset, supports 10/100 Mb/s
TV-out with 1024×768 input video resolution.
(optional)
I/O Options One connector for front panel USB ports 3/4
One line-out, mic-in, LAN, VGA, 1394 on
board
Two COM ports by cable
Mouse PS/2 mouse connector
Keyboard PS/2 keyboard connector
Expansion Slots One 32-bit PCI slot
Power
Management Compliant with EPA, APM 1.2 and ACPI ATX soft-off power control
Power on by external modem ring
Power on by alarm
Power on by LAN wake up
Fan off in sleep mode
System
Management CPU and system voltage detection
CPU and secondary fan RPM detection
Voltage Regulator Switching regulator
CPU voltage auto-detection
Form Factor Special ATX
Board Size 155 × 250 mm

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Mainboard Specification and Feature
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2.2.2. Software
BIOS AWARD AGP/PCI BIOS
2M-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 AC97 codec audio driver
Flash utility for BIOS upgrade
Operating
System Operates with MS_DOS, Windows 3.x/9x/ME/XP/2000/NT, OS/2, Novell
NetWare/UnixWare , and SCO Unix

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Mainboard Layout9
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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Mainboard Layout
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Key to Mainboard Components
NO. Name Function
1PGA370 CPU socket
2DIMM1~2 SDRAM Memory module slots
3IDE1 IDE 1 connector
4IDE2 IDE 2 connector
5PCI 32-bit PCI Slot
6TV-Out TV-Out connector
7COM2 COM2 connector
81394 1394 connector
9PW HDD & CD-ROM Power Connector
10 Audio Front Mic-in, Line-in connector
11 Audio Front Line-out connector
12 CD IN Audio CD-In header
13 AUX1 Audio AUX-In header
14 CPU FAN CPU FAN Connector
15 CON2 Extension IDE board connector
16 SYS FAN System FAN
17 SATA1 Serial ATA connector (optional)
18 J18 CPU selector
19 J10 Clear CMOS
20 BAT RTC battery
21 U20 Flash BIOS

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Microprocessor 11
2.4. Microprocessor
The mainboard is designed to operate with the followingprocessor:
Processor TypeFSB
Intel FC-PGA Celeron
Intel FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 Pentium III 66/100 MHz 100/133 MHz
VIA Cyrix C3 100/133 MHz
An onboard switching voltage regulator provides the required1.3 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 CPU are packaged in a FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 configuration.
2.6. AC 97 Codec
This mainboard features the AC 97(ALC210A)codec. The AC 97
(ALC210A)Audio codec is compliant with the AC 97 2..2
specification, and supports 18-bit ADC (Analog DigitalConverter)
and DAC (Digital Analog Converter) resolution as well as 18-bit
stereo full-duplex codec with independentand variable sampling
rates. Further features include support for four analog line-level
stereo inputs.

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Chipset
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2.7. Chipset
The P6F163 supports the VIA S3 PL133 chipset. The VIA S3
PL133chipset is designed for desktop and workstation that provide
internal or external graphics, and provides ATA-100 and SDRAM
supports.
The VT82C686B 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 VT82C686B I/O controller hub includes an
integrated audio codec controller that lets the processor more
effectively decode sound generated by the integrated audio system.
This concludes Chapter 2. Chapter 3. covers hardware installation.