Intel BX User manual

INTEL BX
Dual Pentium II® Mainboard
User's Manual

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FCC & & DOC Compliance
Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is sub ect to the
following two conditions:
This device may not cause harmful interference, and
This device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the 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
manufacturer’s instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communication. 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:
Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Warning! T e use of s ielded cables for t e connection of t e monitor to
t e grap ics card is required to assure compliance wit FCC regulations
C anges or modifications to t is aut ority to operate t is equipment.
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CONTENTS
SECTION 1: PRODUCT INFORMATION
1-1 Manual Features………………………….…...1-1
1-2 Packa e Check List.....................................1-1
1-3 Mainboard Specifications.……….………….1-2
1-4 Mainboard Layout ……………………………1-5
SECTION 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 Jumper Settin s..........................................2-1
2-1.1 CMOS Clear Setting ………..............………… … ……...2-1
2-1.2 CPU Type & CPU Clock Setting …......................……....2-2
2-2 Connectors ……….……....……………..........2-3
2-2.1 Panel Connector……….…...….……………………………2-3
2-2.2 Power Connector…………....………………………………2-4
2-2.3 Fan Connector …….……..…….….....….…………………2-4
2-2.4 PS/2 Mou e Connector…………..…………………………2-5
2-2.5 Keyboard Connector….………..……………………………2-5
2-2.6 USB Device Connector……..………………………………2-6
2-2.7 Serial Device(COM1/COM2) Connector……….…....……2-6
2-2.8 Printer Connector.….….….….……..….…....….….….…...2-7
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2-2.9 Floppy Drive Connector…….….….……......................…2-7
2-2.10 IDE Hard Di k and CD-ROM Connector..…….…….……2-8
2-2.11 IrDA Connector…….….………………………........………2-9
2-2.12 SB-Link Connector…………………………....…....………2-9
2-2.13 Wake On LAN Connector….….….……....…....……..…2-10
2-2.14 Ring-On Connector…………….….…………… ……..…2-10
2-3 System Memory Installation .......………...2-11
2-3.1 Type .............………………………….........….…………2-11
2-3.2 Speed ..……….……………………………………………2-11
2-3.3 Buffered and Non-buffered ..……..........….....….…...…2-12
2-3.4 2-clock and 4-clock ………………..….…...……….....…2-12
2-3.5 Parity and Non-parity………....……...………….........…2-13
2-3.6 Memory Auto detection by BIOS …....….………………2-13
2-3.7 Sugge ted SDRAM combination ….........…...…………2-13
SECTION 3: CMOS SETUP UTILITY
3-1 BIOS Setup Main Menu...............................3-1
3-2 Standard CMOS Setup................................3-2
3-3 BIOS Features Setup...................................3-5
3-4 Chipset Features Setup.............................3-10
3-5 Power Mana ement Setup........................3-14
3-6 PNP/PCI Confi uration..............................3-20
3-7 Load Setup Defaults..................................3-24
3-8 Load Turbo Defaults..................................3-25
3-9 Inte rated Peripherals...............................3-26
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3-10 Password Settin ………................…..……3-31
3-11 IDE HDD Auto Detection…....….…..………3-32
3-12 Save & Exit Setup………..........….….…..…3-32
3-13 Exit with Savin ………….……......….….….3-32
SECTION 4: BIOS/SOFTWARE UTILITY
4-1 Flash Utility Maxflash.exe............................4-1
4-2 BIOS Flash/Up rade Protection ......….…....4-2
4-3 Hardware Monitor (Optional) ...........….…....4-3
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SECTION 1.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Thanks for purchasing this Intel BX Dual Pentium II mainboard.
This user’s manual contains all the information and features that show you
how to use this mainboard. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself
with the design and organization of this manual.
1-1 Manual Features
This manual is di ided into the following four sections:
Section 1: Product Information
A brief o er iew of what comes in the mainboard package, the mainboard
layout and the specification it appears.
Section 2: Hardware Installation
Tell you the usage of the mainboard jumpers and the connectors.
Section 3: CMOS Setup Utilit
A summary of the mainboard CMOS (BIOS) Setting.
Section 4: BIOS/Software Utilit
Introduction of mainboard BIOS flash utility.
1-2 Package Check List
This mainboard package contains the following items. Please inspect the
package contents and confirm that e erything is there. If anything is missing
or damaged, call your endor for instructions before operating.
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I. PRODUCT INFORMATION
The package includes:
One Intel BX Dual PII Mainboard
Two Pentium II Retention Module
One Floppy Interface Cable
One IDE Interface Cable
One CD Title including Bus Master IDE Dri er and Utilities
One User’s Manual
1-3 Mainboard Specification
Form Factor ATX form factor
Board Size 22.86 cm x 30.5 cm
CPU Supports Dual Pentium II CPUs up to 350~450 MHz
System Memory DIMM 168-pin x 4 , SDRAM maximum 1GB
Supports 64M-bit SDRAM technology
Chipset Intel 440BX AGP Chipset
Expansion Slots 1 x AGP bus
2 x ISA bus
5 x PCI bus with Bus master mode
Serial Port Two serial ports UART 16C550 compatible
Sets serial port 2 to operate in normal mode , IrDA
or ASKIR
Parallel Port One parallel port supports :
SPP-standard parallel port
EPP-enhanced parallel port
ECP-extended capabilities port
Floppy Interface Supports dri es inches/format with:
3.5 inches—720KB/1.44MB/2.88MB
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I. PRODUCT INFORMATION
5.25 inches—360KB/1.2MB
IDE Interface Dual PCI IDE interface support up to 4 x IDE HDD
or CDROM
Supports PIO mode 4 , DMA mode 2 and Ultra DMA
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USB Interface Two USB ports supported
USB legacy keyboard function supported
PS/2 Mo se PS/2 mouse supported by connector onboard
Keyboard PS/2 keyboard by connector onboard
F se Supports reco erable fuse for USB and KB /
MOUSE
RTC and Battery RTC build in chipset (south bridge PIIX4)
Lithium (CR-2032) battery
Wake p f nction Modem ring wake up
LAN wake up
RTC Alarm wake up
Synchrono s
Switching Reg lator
High efficient synchronous switching regulator for
CPU core oltage from 2.0V to 3.5V
Supports o er- oltage / o er-current protection
function
Hardware Monitor
(Optional)
Fan speed monitor--Three fan connectors , warning
when CPU or Housing fan is malfunction
Voltage monitor—Warning when system oltage
(5V,12V,3.3V,VCORE) are abnormal
CPU and system thermal monitor—Warning when
CPU and system temperature is higher than a
predefined alue
Power connector Supports ATX(20-pin) power connector
BIOS Award BIOS
Year 2000 Compliance
PCI 2.1 Compliance
PnP BIOS 1.0a Compliance
APM 1.2 Compliance
DMI 2.0 compliance
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I. PRODUCT INFORMATION
Flash/Upgrade BIOS protection
Supports ACPI (Ad anced Configuration and Power
Interface) and OS Directed Power Management
Supports SOFT power
Virus warning supported
Floppy dri e swapping function supported
LED Indicator System power LED
HDD acti ity LED
SB-Link Connector Supports Creati e PCI sound card
1-4 Mainboard La out
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