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.
1-1

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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I. PRODUCT INFORMATION
Jumpers
1. JP1 Clear CMOS (Real Time Clock)
2. JP2 CPU Clock Ratio & CPU Type
Expansion Sockets
1. DIMM 1 to DIMM 4 Support DIMM Memory
Expansion Slots
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I. PRODUCT INFORMATION
1. CPU1 Slot 1 for supporting Pentium II CPU
2. CPU2 Slot 1 for supporting Pentium II CPU
3. ISA Slot 1 & Slot 2 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slot
4. PCI Slot 1 to Slot 5 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slot
Connectors
1. PS/2 KB PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pin female)
2. PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin female)
3. USB Uni ersal Serial BUS Port 1 and Port 2
(two 4-pin female)
4. COM1/COM2 Serial Port 1 / Serial Port 2 (two 9-pin female)
5. PRINTER Printer (Parallel) Port Connector (25-pin female)
6. ATX POWER ATX Mainboard Power Connector (20-pin block)
7. CPUFAN1 Pentium II CPU 1 Fan Connector (3 pins)
8. CPUFAN2 Pentium II CPU 2 Fan Connector (3 pins)
9. CHAFAN Chassis Fan Connector (3 pins)
10. Flopp Floppy Dri e Connector (34 pins)
11. Primar IDE Primary IDE Connector (40 pins)
12. Secondar IDE Secondary IDE Connector (40 pins)
13. IR
14. RIN-ON
15. SB-LINK
Infrared Port Connector (5 pins)
Internal Modem Ring-On
Creati e PCI Sound Card Link
16. Panel:
- PWR LED ATX Power LED Connector (3 pins)
- KBLCK Keyboard Lock Switch Connector (2 pins)
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I. PRODUCT INFORMATION
- SLP Suspend Switch Connector (2 pins)
- SPEAKER Chassis Speaker Connector (4 pins)
- GRN LED Green Status LED Connector (3 pins)
- HDD LED HDD LED Connector (4 pins)
-RESET
-PWR ON
Reset Switch Connector (2 pins)
ATX Power Switch Connector (2 pins)
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SECTION 2.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION
This section gives you a step-by-step procedure on how to install your system.
Follow each section accordingly.
2-1 Jumper Settings
Please refer the following figures for the locations of the jumpers on the
mainboard.
2-1.1 CMOS Clear Setting
To clear CMO , please follow the steps below:
1. Power off the system and unplug the chassis AC power cord.
2. hort JP1 at pin 2-3 for few seconds.
3. et JP1 back to its Normal position at pin 1-2.
4. Plug the AC power cord to the chassis.
5. Power on the system and load the BIO setup default.
2-1
JP1 CMOS
3
2
1
3
2
1
Default
(Normal)
Clear CMO

II.HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1.2 CPU Type Setting
This mainboard supports Dual Pentium II CPU. However, mixing two different
CPU type is not allowed. That is, install the same CPU type if you have two
CPU in your system.
Clock Ratio CPU Type
ith 66MHz Bus Clock
JP2 Setting
4X 266MHz 3-4 & 5-6 & 7-8
5X 333MHz 5-6 & 7-8
3.5X 233MHz 1-2 & 7-8
4.5X 300MHz 3-4 & 7-8
Clock Ratio CPU Type
ith 100MHz Bus Clock
JP2 Setting
3X 300MHz 1-2 & 5-6 & 7-8
4X 400MHz 3-4 & 5-6 & 7-8
5X 500MHz 5-6 & 7-8
3.5X 350MHz 1-2 & 7-8
4.5X 450MHz 3-4 & 7-8
2-2
JP2
2
1
8
7
CPU Type JP2
Default: 350MHz 1-2 & 7-8

II.HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-2 Connectors
2-2.1 Panel Connector
- P R LED ATX Power LED Connector (3 pins)
- KBLCK Keyboard Lock witch Connector (2 pins)
- SLP uspend witch Connector (2 pins)
- SPEAKER Chassis peaker Connector (4 pins)
- GRN LED Green tatus LED Connector (3 pins)
- HDD LED HDD LED Connector (4 pins)
- RESET Reset witch Connector (2 pins)
- * P R ON ATX Power witch Connector and uspend witch
Connector (2 pins)
* P R ON: ATX Power Switch and Suspend Switch Connector
Attach the ATX power button or suspend switch cable to this connector.
In the ATX power system, this connector will be not only an ATX power button,
but a suspend switch as well. Details are describes as below:
When the system is off, push the power button to turn the system on. When
the system is on, push the power button rapidly within 4 seconds to switch the
system to the suspend mode, and, by pushing and holding the button for more
than 4 seconds, it will turn the system completely off. When the system is in
the suspend mode, push the power button rapidly to turn the system on.
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II.HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-2.2 Power Connector
Connect the 20-pin ATX power supply cable to this power connector. Make
sure the right plug-in direction and the power supply is off before connecting or
disconnecting the power cable.
2-2.3 Fan Connectors
Connect the CPU and Chassis Fan cables to the fan connectors shown below.
The fan connectors are marked as: CPUFAN1, CPUFAN2 and CHAFAN
on the mainboard.
2-2.4 PS/2 Mouse Connector
2-4
+5V
+5V
5V
Stand-by
3.3V
+12v
EN E
GND
CPUFAN1
CPUFAN2
CHAFAN
3.3V
Fan Connector

II.HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Connect the P /2 mouse to the onboard 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked as
MOUSE.
PS/2 Mouse
2-2.5 Keyboard Connector
Connect the P /2 keyboard to the onboard 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked
as KB.
2-2.6 USB Device Connector
Connect your U B device(s) to the onboard U B connector marked as USB.
2-5
PS/2
Keyboard

II.HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-2.7 Serial Device(COM1/COM2) Connectors
Connect your serial device(s) to the onboard 9-pin serial connectors marked
as COM1 and COM2.
2-2.8 Printer Connctor
Connect your local printer to the onboard 25-pin printer connector marked as
PRINTER.
2-2.9
Floppy Drive Connector
2-6
COM1 COM2
PRINTER
USB

II.HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Connect the floppy drive cable to the onboard 34-pin floppy drive connector
marked as FDD.
2-2.10 IDE Hard Disk and CD-ROM Connector
Connect your IDE devices to the onboard 40-pin IDE connectors marked as
Primary and Seco dary.
2-7
FDD
Primary
Secondary