Intel I430 VX User manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
l-l OVERVIEW
l-2 SPECIFICATIONS
l-3 UNPACKING
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
2-l LAYOUT REFERENCE
2-2 JUMPER SETTINGS
2-3 MEMORY INSTALLATION
CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP
3-l AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP
3-2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP
3-3 BIOS FEATURES SETUP
3-4
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
3-5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
3-6 SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD
3-7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
3-8
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP
3-9
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
3-10 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
3-l 1 SAVE & EXIT SETUP
3-12 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
3-13 I/O &MEMORY MAP
3-14 TIME & DMA CHANNELS MAP
3-15 INTERRUPT MAP
3-16 RTC &CMOS RAM MAP
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
l-l OVERVIEW :
THE I43OVX MAIN BOARD IS DESIGNED WITH INTEL 82430VX
PCISET WHICH PROVIDES AN INTEGRATED IDE CONTROLLER
WITH TWO HIGH PERFORMANCE IDE INTERFACES FOR UP TO
FOUR IDE DEVICES ( HARD DEVICES , CD-ROM DEVICES, ETC ),
AN USB ( UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS ) FEATURES ENHANCES THE
OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND EXPENSIBILITY FOR THIS
BOARD.
IT SUPPORTS INTEL P54CX/P55CX PENTIUM CPUs FAMILY
RUNNING
AT 75
/90 /100/120
/133 /150 /166
/180
/2000 MHz SPEED,
CYRIX 6x86 P120+ /P133+ /P150+ /P166+ AND AMD 5K86 75 - 166
MHz CPUs, SUPPORTS 256K/5 12K CACHE MEMORY IS IDEAL
FOR MS-DOS, WINDOWS, WINDOW-95, WINDOW NT, NOVELL,
OS/2, UNIX., SOFTWARES.
THE PERFORMANCE, SPEED AND
EXPANDABILITY OF I43OVX
MAIN BOARD MAKES IT THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR BUILDING
A LAN SERVER, A HIGH-END WORKSTATION OR A
MULTI-USER SYSTEM.
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
1-2 SPECIFICATIONS
1
I
: 75 - 200 MHZ INTEL PENTIUM P54C & P55C,
CYRIX 6x86 P120+, P133+, P150+, P166+ AMD 5K86
75
- 166 MHZ CPUs.
: 4 OF 72-PIN
SIMMss
AND 1 OF 168-PIN DIMM
(DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY-MODULE)UP
TO 128MB.
SIMM CAN BE FAST PAGE,
ED0 OR BURST EDO,
DIMM ONLY FOR JEDEC 3.3V (NOT 5V) TYPES
OF
SDRAM (SYNCHRONOUS DRAM), BURST ED0 ,
EDO OR FAST PAGE.
: 4 X ISA AND 3 X
PC1 SLOTS.
: INTEL 1430 VX CHIPSET
INTEL 82437VX SYSTEM CONTROLLER
INTEL 8237 1 SB
PC1 ISA IDE XCELERATOR.
INTEL 82438VX PENTIUM DATA PATH UNIT.
: OK, 256K, 512K.
-J : AWARD FULL, PnP (PLUG & PLAY) BIOS.
~]:ONBOARD2xPCIIDEDEVICES, lxFDC,2x
SERIAL PORTS( 16550 FAST COM), Ix PARALLEL
PORT DEVICE /EPP/ECP, AND OPTIONAL USB
(UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS) CONNECTOR.
eSI7;E 25CMx22CM.
B : COMPLIED WITH APM (ADVANCED POWER
MANAGEMENT).
* P55C IS INTEL’S “MMX” (MULTI-MEDIA-EXTENDED INSTRUCTION)
SETS TYPE CPU, CPU CORE IS 2.8V BUT I/O OPERATION REQUIRES
3.3V, THIS SYSTEM BOARD SUPPORTS ” MMX” P55C.
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
l-3 UNPACKING :
THE MAIN BOARD PACKAGE CONTAINS:
*
143OVX MAIN BOARD
* MANUAL
* CABLES
IF ANY OF THESE ITEMS IS MISSING OR DAMAGED,CONTACT THE
DEALER FROM WHOM YOU PURCHASED. LEAVE THE
143OVX IN ITS
ORIGINAL PACKING UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO INSTALL IT.
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CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
4. JP6 : PC1 BUS FREQUENCY SELECTOR ( YELLOW JUMPER CAP)
I
1 PC1 CLOCK = 32MHZ 1 PC1 CLOCK = CPU CLOCK/2 1
1 JP6 1 1-2 (DEFAULT? 1
2-3 I
(PLEASE DON’T CHANGE DEFAULT VALUE)
5. JP2
: BATTERY SELECTOR (BLACK JUMPER CAP)
NORMAL CLEAR CMOS
JP2 l-2 (DEFAULT)
2-3
* CUSTOMER NEEDS TO CLEAR CMOS, THEN RECONFIGURE
IT IF FORGETS PASSWORD FOR BIOS SETUP.
* PS/2 MOUSE CABLE IS OPTIONAL, THE PIN #l OF CABLE IS
YELLOW COLOR.
6. OTHER JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS :
JP1 : PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR.
IR1 : Infra Red (IR) CONNECTOR.
IDE1 : PRIMARY IDE CONNECTOR.
IDE2
: SECONDARY IDE CONNECTOR
FDCl : FLOPPY DISK CONNECTOR.
COMl : SERIAL PORT 1 CONNECTOR.
COM2
: SERIAL PORT 2 CONNECTOR.
LPTl : PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR.
USBl : USB (UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS) CONNECTOR
NOTE
: USB (UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS) AND IRCON CONNECTOR
ARE OPTIONAL.
7.USB
: USB (UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS) CONNECTOR
USB
PINOUT
USBl
USB2
PIN1 +5v
PIN5 +5v
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CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
8.
IRl : IRCON (INFRARED) CONNECTOR
IR CONNECTOR PM OUT
NOTE:IRCON USES SAME I/O PORT AS COM2. THERE IS NO ANY
HARDWARE JUMPER SETTING FOR IRCON/COM2 ON THIS
MAIN BOARD BUT CUSTOMER NEEDS TO SET PROPER BIOS
SETTING FOR “HPSIR”, “ASKIR” OR “DISABLED” (DEFAULT)
UNDER “Infra Red
(IR) Function” OF “INTEGRATED
PERIPHERAL” ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
I
1 IRDA 1.0 1
ASKIR 1 FIR 1 DISABLED 1
(UNDER INTEGRATED USE IRDA USE AMPLITUDE USE FOR USE COM2
PERIPBERALS)“Infrared 1 .O ON
(IR) FUNCTION ”
I I
IRCON.
fH$;KW~ IR IFAS&lR l(DEFAULT)I
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CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
2-3 MEMORY INSTALLATION
NO .IUMPIlR SETTING IS NECESSARY FOR DRAM SETTING, BIOS WILL
CHECK DRAM TYPE AND SIZE AUTOMATICALLY. 143OVX MAIN
BOARD CONTAINS 4 BY 72-PIN SIMM SOCKETS (SIMMISIMM2,
SIMM3SIMM4) OR 2 BY 16%PIN DIMM SOCKET (DIMM). SIMM
MODULE SOCKETS ARE DIVIDED IN TWO BANKS : SIMMl, SIMM2 IN
ONE BANK AND SIMM3, SIMM4 IN ANOTIIER BANK, MINIMUN USER
HAS TO INS’I’AI .I > TWO DRAM SIMMs OF THE SAME KIND INTO ONE
BANK OR INS’I’AI,I, ONE DIMM INTO DIMM SOCKET. 143OVX MAIN
BOARD IIAS ‘I’ABIE-FREE (OR AIJTO-BANK) FEATURE AND USER CAN
INSTALL SIMMs INTO ANY BANK. BUT CANNOT MIX UP SIMM WITH
DIMM SINCIS CIIIPS I.IMITATION.
NOTE : CANNOT MIX SIMM WITH DIMM
SIMM4 SIMM1
DIM1 TOTAL
4MB
4Ml3 ___m ___ ___
8MBytes
___
___
___ ___
8MB 8MBytes
4M B
4MB 4MB 4MB ---
16MBytes
8MB
8MB ___ ___ ___
16MBytes
-_- ___
-__ ___
16MB 16MBytes
4MB 4MB 8MB
8MB ---
24MBytes
8MB 8MB
4MB 4MB ---
24MBytes
8MB 8MB 8MB 8MB
---
32MBytes
16MB 16MB
___ ___ ___
32MBytes
___ ___
___ ___
32MB 32MBytes
16MB 16MB
4MB
4MB ---
40MBytes
8MB 8MB I6MB
16MB ---
48MBytes
16MB l6MB
8MB
8MB ---
48MBytes
16MB 16MB 16MB 16MB
---
64MBytes
32MB
32MB ___ ___ ___
64MBytes
8MB 8MB 32MB
32MB ---
80MBytes
32MB 32MB
8MB
8MB ---
80MBytes
16MB 16MB
32MB
32MB ---
96MBytes
32MB 32MB I6MB
16MB ---
96MBytes
32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB
--- 128MBytes
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CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP
3-l. AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP
ROM PC1 BIOS
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
STANDARD CMOS SETUP
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT
SAVE & EXIT SETUP
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
Esc : Quit At-+-
: Select Item
FIO : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2
: Change Color
Time, Date,Hard Disk Type...
THE MENU DISPLAYS ALL THE MAJOR SELECTION ITEMS AND
ALLOW USER TO SELECT ANY ONE OF SHOWN ITEM. THE
SELECTION IS MADE BY MOVING CURSOR( PRESS ANY DIRECTION
KEY ) TO THE ITEM AND PRESS <ENTER> KEY. AN ON-LINE HELP
MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AS
CURSOR IS MOVING TO VARIOUS ITEMS WHICH PROVIDES USER
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH FUNCTION. WHEN A SELECTION
IS MADE, THE MENU OF SELECTION IS MADE, THE MENU OF
SELECTED ITEM WILL APPEAR SO THE USER CAN MODIFY
ASSOCIATED CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS.
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CHM’TER 3. BIOS SETUP
3-2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP
CHOOSE “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” IN THE CMOS SETUP UTILITY
MENU (FIGURE3-1). THE STANDARD CMOS SETUP ALLOWS USER TO
CONFIGURE SYSTEM SETTING SUCH AS CURRENT DATE AND TIME,
TYPE OF HARD DISK DRIVE INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM, FLOPPY
DRIVE TYPE, AND THE TYPE OF DISPLAY MONITOR. MEMORY SIZE IS
AUTO DETECTED BY THE BIOS AND DISPLAYED FOR YOUR
REFERENCE. WHEN A FIELD IS HIGHLIGHTED (DIRECTION KEYS TO
MOVE CURSOR AND <ENTER> KEY TO SELECT). THE ENTRIES IN THE
FIELD WILL BE CHANGED BY PRESSING <PAGEDOWN> OR
<PAGEUP> KEY OR USER CAN ENTER NEW DATA DIRECTLY FROM
THE KEYBOARD. ROM
PC1 BIOS
STANDARD CMOS SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed Jun 1, 1995
Time (hhmmx) : 00 : 00 : 00
HARD DISK TYPE SIZE
CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master
: Uw(428MB) 899
15
65535 898 62 NORMAL
Primary Slave
: None(OMB)
Secondary Master : None (OMB)
Secondary Slave : None (OMB)
Drive A : 1.2M , 5.25 In
DriveB : 1.44M,3.5 In
Video
: EGA/VGA
Halt On : All Errors
Esc:Quit
it---
: select km
Fl : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color PU/PD/+/-
: Modify
NOTE: IF HARD DISK PRIMARY MASTER/SLAVE AND SECONDARY
MASTER/SLAVE WERE USED AUTO, THEN THE HARD DISK
SIZE AND MODEL WILL BE AUTO DETECT ON DISPLAY
DURING POST.
NOTE: THE ‘HALT 0N:“FIELD IS TO DETERMINE WHEN TO HALT THE
SYSTEM BY THE BIOS IS ERROR OCCURRED DURING POST.
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CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP
3-3. BIOS FEATURES SETUP
SELECT THE “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” OPTION IN THE CMOS SETUP
UTILITY MENU ALLOWS USER TO CHANGE SYSTEM RELATED
PARAMETERS IN THE DISPLAYED MENU. THIS MENU SHOWS ALL OF
THE MANUFACTURERS DEFAULT VALUES OF i43OVX MAIN BOARD.
AGAIN, USER CAN MOVE THE CURSOR BY PRESSING DIRECTION
KEYS AND <PAGEDOWN> OR <PAGEUP> KEY TO MODIFY THE
PARAMETERS, PRESSING [Fl] KEY TO DISPLAY HELP MESSAGE OF
THE SELECTED ITEM. THIS SETUP PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDE 2
CONVINENT WAYS TO LOAD THE DEFAULT PARAMETER DATA
FROM BIOS [F6] OR CMOS [F7] AREA IF SHOWN DATA IS CORRUPTED.
THIS PROVIDES THE SYSTEM A CAPABILITY TO RECOVER FROM
ANY POSSIBLE ERROR.
’
ROM PC1 BIOS
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Virus Warning :Disabled Video BIOS Shadow :Enabled
CPU Internal Cache :Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow
:Disabled
External Cache
: Enabled CCOOO-CFFFF Shadow :Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test
: Enabled
DOOOO-D3FFF Shadow :Disabled
Boot Sequence :C, A
D4000-D7FFF Shadow :Disabled
Swap Floopy Driver :Disabled
D8000-DBFFF Shadow
:Disabled
Boot Up Floopy Seek :Enabled DC000DFFFF Shadow
:Disabled
Boot Up Numlock Status
:on
Boot Up System Speed
:High
Gate A20 Option :Fast
Typematic Rate Setting
:Disabled ESC : Quit
i t-- : Select Item
Typematic Rate(Chars/Sec) :6
Fl : Help
PU/PD/+/- : Modify
Typematic Delay(Msec) :250
F5 : Old Valued (Shift) F2
: Color
Security Option
: Setup
F6 : Load Bios Defaults
PSI2 mouse function control :Enabled F7
: Load Setup Defaults
PC1 VGA Palette Snoop
:Disabled
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB :Non_OS2
CPU INTERNAL CACHE /EXTERNAL CACHE:
THESE TWO CATEGORIES SPEED UP MEMORY ACCESS, HOWEVER
IT DEPENDS ON CPUCHIPSET DESIGN. THE DEFAULT VALUE IS
ENABLE. IF YOUR CPU WITHOUT INTERNAL CACHE THEN THIS ITEM
“CPU INTERNAL CACHE” WILL NOT BE SHOWED.
ENABLED: ENABLE CACHE
DISABLED: DISABLE CACHE
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QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST:
THIS CATEGORY SPEEDS LJP POWER ON SELF TEST. (POST) AFTER
YOU POWER ON THE COMPUTER IF IT IS SET TO ENABLE, BIOS WILL
SHORTEN OR SKIP SOME CHECK ITEMS DURING POST.
ENABLE : ENABIdE QUICK POST
DISABLED: NORMAL POST
BOOT SEQUENCE:
THIS CATEGORY DETERMINES WHICH DRIVE COMPUTER SEARCHES
FIRST FOR THE DOS (DISK OPERATING SYSTEM). DEFAULT VALUE IS
A,C.
A,C: SYSTEM WIIaI. FIRST SEARCH FOR FLOPPY DISK DRIVE THEN
HARD DISK DRIVE.
C,A: SYSTliM WI1 .I, FIRST SEARCH FOR HARD DISK DRIVE THEN
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE.
CDROM,C,A: SYSTEM WILL FIRST SEARCH FOR CDROM DRIVE THEN
LlARD DISK DRIVE.
SWAP FLOPPY DRIVE:
THE SWAP FLOPPY DRIVE. DEFAULT VALUE IS DISABLED.
ENABLED: FI.OPPY A&B WILL BE SWAPPED UNDER THE DOS
DISABLED: FLOPPY A&B WILL BE NOT SWAPPED.
BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK:
DURING POST, BIOS WILI. DETERMINE IF THE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
INSTALLED IS 40 OR 80 TRACKS, 360K TYPE IS 40 TRACKS WHILE
72OK 1.2M AND 1.44M ARE AI,L 80 TRACKS. THE DEFAULT VALUE IS
ENABLED.
BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS:
THE DEFAIJI,T VAI,IJE IS ON.
ON: KEYPAD IS NIJMBI’R KEYS.
OFF: KEYPAD IS ARROW KEYS.
BOOT UP SYSTEM SPEED:
IT SELECTS TlIli Dl:FAIJI,T SYSTEM SPEED-THE SPEED THAT THE
SYSTEM WII,I, RIJN AT IMMEDIATELY AFTER POWER UP.
HIGH: SET ‘l’tlli Sl’ftED TO HIGH.
LOW: SBT ‘I’lIli SPIiIiD TO I,OW.
NOTE: THE BOARD DEFAULT VALUE IS LOW IN THE FIELD. BOOT
THE SYSTEM TO CONTROLLER TURBO OR DE-TURBO BY
ON-BOARD (TURBO SWITCH).
GATE A20 OPTION:
THE DEFAULT VALUE IS FAST.
I
NORMAL: THE A20 SIGNAL IS CONTROLLED BY KEYBOARD
I
CONTROLLER OR CHIPSET HARDWARE.
FAST: DEFAULT: FAST. THE A20 SIGNAL IS CONTROLLED BY
PORT 92 OR CHIPSET SPECIFIC METHOD.
TYPEMA TIC RATE SETTING:
THIS DETERMINES THE TYPEMATIC RATE.
ENABLED: ENABLE TYPEMATIC RATE AND TYPEMATIC DELAY
PROGRAMMING.
DISABLED: DISABLE TYPEMATIC RATE AND TYPEMATIC DELAY
PROGRAMMING, THE SYSTEM BIOS WILL USE DEFAULT
VALUE OF THIS 2 ITEMS AND THE DEFAULT IS
CONTROLLED BY KEYBOARD.
TYPEMA TIC RA TE(CHARSl$EC):
6 :
6 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
8 : 8 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
IO: 10
CHARACTERS PER SECOND
12 : 12 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
15:
15 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
20 : 20 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
24:
24 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
30 : 30 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
TYPEMA TIC DEL4 Y (met):
WHEN HOLDING A KEY, THE TIME BETWEEN THE FIRST AND
SECOND CHARACTER DISPL,AYED.
250 : 250 msec
500 : 500 msec
750 : 750 msec
1000 : 1000 msec
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VIDEO BIOS SHAD0 W:
IT DETERMINES WHETHER VIDEO BIOS WILL BE COPIED TO RAM,
HOWEVER IT IS OPTIONAL FROM CHIPSET DESIGN. VIDEO SHADOW
WILL INCREASE THE VIDEO SPEED.
ENABLED : VIDEO SHADOW IS ENABLED
DISABLED: VIDEO SHADOW IS DISABLED
CSOOO-CBFFF SHADOW:
CCOOO-CFFFF SHADOW:
DOOOO-D3FFF SHADOW:
D4000-D7FFF SHADOW:
D8000-DBFFF SHADOW:
DCOOO-DFFFF SHADOW:
THESE CATEC&RIES DETERMINE WHETHER OPTIONAL ROM WILL
BE COPIED TO RAM BY 16K BYTE OR 32K BYTE PER/UNIT AND THE
SIZE DEPENDS ON CHIPSET.
ENABLED : OPTIONAL SHADOW IS ENABLED.
DISABLED: OPTIONAL SHADOW IS DISABLED.
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3-4. CHIPSET KEATURES SETUP
ROM PC1 BIOS
Auto Configuration
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
: Enabled
DRAM RAS# Prccharge Time :4
DRAM R/W Leadoff Timing
:7
Fast RAS TO CAS delay :3
DRAM Read Burst (lJDO/FP) :X333/x444
DRAM Write Hurst Timing :X444
Fast MA To RAS# Delay CLK :2
Fast Edo Path Select :Disabled
Refresh RAStt Assertion :4 CLK
ISA Bus Clock : Pciclk14
SDRA (CAS I,atRAS-To-GAS) :3/3
Syslem BIOS Cacheable :Disabled ESC
: Quit 4 t-- : Select Item
Video BIOS Cacheable :Disabled Fl : Help PU/PD/+/-
: Modify
8 Bit I/O Recovery Time :8 FS : Old Valued (Shift) F2
: Color
16 Hi1 I/O Recovery Time :4
F6 : Load Bios Defaults
Memory llolc At I SM-16M :Disabled F7 : Load Setup Defaults
DRAM RAS# Precharge Tirke ]The DRAM Precharge time by RAS.]
: 4 (default)
:3
FAST RAS TO (515’ Delay[Control the DRAM page miss and row miss leadoff
timing.]
12
: 3 (default)
DRAM Read Burst (EDOflP) [The timing used depends on the type of DRAM
on a per-basis. The DRAM read burst timing
is controlled by register.]
: x222
: x333
: X333/X444 (default)
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DRAM Write Burst Timing [Slower rate may be required in certain system de-
signs to support layout with longer trace length or
slower DRAM. The DRAM write burst timing are
controlled by register.]
: X222
: X3 33( default)
: x444
System BZOS &cZzeabZe[DeIinc whether system BIOS area cacheable or not.]
: Enabled
:Disabled (default)
video BIOS ~ucZzeubZe[Dcfine whether video BIOS area cacheable or not.]
: Enabled
: Disabled (default)
Memory Hole AT ISM-ZdMTThis tield enable a memory hole in main memory
space. CPIJ cycles matching an enabled hole are
passed on to PCI. Note that a selected can not be
changed while the L2 cache is enabled.]
: Enabled
:Disablcd (default)
8A6 BIT IN> RECOVERY TIME:
,
THE DLiFAIJl,‘I’ VALUE IS 1.
.
8 BIT Z/r) RECOVERY TIME:
IIIIS FIl:I,D Dl:FINl~S TIIE RI’COVERY TIME FROM 1 TO 8 FOR S-BIT
l/O.
Z6 BIT Z/r) RECOVERY TIME:
TO DEFINII ‘I’tIli RI<COVERY TIME FROM 1 TO 4 FOR 16-BIT I/O.
3-5. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
ROM PC1 BIOS
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
AWARD SOFTWARE. INC.
IDE HDD Block Mode
IDE Primary Master PI0
IDE Primary Slave PI0
IDE Secondary Master PI0
IDE Secondary Slave PI0
On-Chip Primary PC1 IDE
On-Chip Secondary PC1 IDE
PC1 Slot IDE 2nd Channel
Onboard FDD Controller
Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2
Onboard Parallel Port
Onboard Parallel Mode
ECP ti=?i%&--
: Enabled
:Auto
:Auto
:Auto
:Auto
:Enabled
:Enabled
: Enabled
:Enabled
:COMl
:COM2
:3F8/IRQ7
:SPP
:3
ESC : Quit i 7 -be : Select Item
Fl : Help PUIPDI+I- : Modify
FS : Old Valued (Shift) F2 : Color
F6 : Load Bios Defaults
I F7 : Load Setup Defaults
IDE HDD Block Mode[This feature enhances hard disk performance by making
multi sector transfer, instead of one sector per transfer,
Most of IDE drivers, except very early designs can use
this feature.]
: Enabled (default)
:Disabled
IDE Z’rimary Master PI0 petect your Primary Master hard disk device.]
:AUTO (default)
:Mode 0,1,2,3,4
IDE Primary Slave PI0 petect your Primary Slave hard disk device.]
:AUTO (default)
:Mode 0,1,2,3,4
IDE Secondary Master PZO[Detect your Secondary Master hard disk device.]
:AUTO (default)
:Mode 0,1,2,3,4
IDE Secondary Slave PI0 petect your Secondary Slave hard disk device.]
: AUTO (default)
: Mode 0,1,2,3,4
On-Chip Primary PCZ IDE [Select use Chip support Primary PC1 IDE.]
: Enabled (default)
: Disabled
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On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Select use Chip support Secondary PC1 IDE.]
: Enabled (default)
: Disabled
PCIsfot IDE 2nd Channel pse external IDE. AS ISA IDE or PC1 IDE.]
: Enabled (default)
: Disabled
On-board FDD Controller : Enabled (default)
: Disabled
On-board Serial Port 1
: COMl (default)
: COM2
: COM3
: COM4
: Disabled
On-board Serial Port 2 : COM2 (default)
: coM2
: COM3
: COM4
: Disabled
On-board Parallel Port : 378H (default)
: 278H
: 3BCH
: Disabled
On-board Parallel Mode
: SPP(default)
: EPP
: ECP
: ECP+EPP
CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP
3-6. SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD
The I( SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD SETTING ’ utility sets the password.
The mainboard may be shipped with the default password “award-SW” , or with
the password disabled. If you want to change the password, you must first enter
the current password (” award_sw ” in this case). Then at the prompt, type
your new password. The password is case sensitive and you can use up to 8
alphanumeric characters. Press <Enter> after the password . At the next
prompt, confrnn the new password by typing it and pressing <Enter> again.
when you use this feature, the ” security option” line in BIOS FEATURES
SETUP will determine whether the password will be required. To disable the
password, press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password when the ”
Enter password” dialog box appears. A message will appear confuming that the
password is disabled. You may receive your mainboard set up this way.
There are two kinds of password functions in the setup menu : one is
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD, and the other is USER PASSWORD.
The differences between them are:
SUPERVISOR PASSWORDThe supervisor password function allows you the
right to change the options of setup menu once
you enter the setup menu.
USER PASSWORDThe user password function only allows you to enter the
setup menu but do not have the right to change the options
of the setup menu except user password save 8c exit setup,
and exit without saving.
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3-7. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
ROM PC1 BIOS
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
AWARD SOFT\
Power Management
:Disabled
PM Control By APM
:Yes
Video Off Method
:ViH SYNC+blank
MODEM USE IRQ
:3
Doze Mode :Disabled
Standby Mode :Disabled
Suspend Mode
:Disabled
HDD Power Down
: Disabled
+* Wake Up Events In Doze 8c Standby **
IRQ3 (Wake-Up Event)
:ON
IRQ4 (Wake-Up Event)
:ON
IRQ8 (Wake-Up Event)
:ON
IRQ 12 (Wake-Up Event)
:ON
ARE, INC.
k * Power Down & Resume Events * *
IRQ3 (COM 2) :ON
IRQ4 (COM 1)
:ON
IRQS (LPT 2) :Off
IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) :Off
IRQ7 (LPT 1)
:Off
IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) :Off
IRQ9 (lRQ2 Redir) :Off
IRQ 10 (Reserved)
:Off
IRQ 11 (Reserved)
:Off
IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) :Off
IRQI 3 (Coprocessor) :Off
IRQ14 (Hard Disk)
:ON
IRQ 15 (Reserved)
:Off
ESC : Quit
4 7 -+- : Select Item
Fl : Help
PU/PD/+/- : Modify
FS : Old Valued (Shift) F2
: Color
F6 : Load Bios Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
POWER MANAGEMENT:
Disabled :Global Power Management will be disabled.
User Deline:Users can configure their own power management.
MinSaving :Predefine timer value are used such that all timers are in
their MAX . value
Max.Saving :Pre-define timer values are used such that all timers are in
their MlN value.
PM Control by APM:
NO : System BIOS will ignore APM.
Yes : System BIOS will wait for APM’s prompt before it
enter any PM mode, e.g. DOZE, STANDBY or SUSPEND.
**** NOTE **** : 1. IF APM is installed, and there is a task running,
even if the timer is time out, the APM will not prompt
the BIOS to put the system into any power saving mode!
2. IF APM is not installed this option has no effect.
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Video Off Method
Blank Screen
:
: The system BIOS will only blanks off the screen when
disabled.
V/H SYNC+Bhmk : BIOS will also turn off the V/H SYNC signal from VGA
card to monitor.
DPMS : Display Power Management by VGA Card support.
Doze Mode : disabled, 1 Min --- 1 Hour
Standby Mode
: disabled, 1 Min --- 1 Hour
Suspend Mode : disabled, 1 Min --- 1 Hour
HDD Power Down : disabled , 1 Min ---15 Min
Wakeup Event : TO IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ8, IRQ12 check point.
Any activity. The system will wake up.
Power down Activities : To COM ports, LPT ports and Drive ports
IRQ3.. . . .IRQ 15 check point Then Into Green function.
3-8. PNP / PC1 CONFIGURATION SETUP
ROM PC1 BIOS
PNP / PC1 CONFIGURATION SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
IPNP OS Installed : Yes
PC1 IRQ Actived By :Level
lesonrces Controlled By : Auto
PC1 IDE Map To :Pci-Auto
Zest Configuration Data : Disables Primary IDE
Int#
:A
Secondary IDE Int# :B
ESC : Quit J
t-- : Select Item
Fl : Help
PU/PD/+/- : Modify
FS : Old Valued
(Shift) F2 : Color
F6 : Load Bios Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
Slot (l-3) Using INT# : Auto (A, B, C, D)
(1-3) Available IRQ : (Na, 3, 4, 5,7,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
PC1 IRQ Actived By : Level
PC1 IDE IRQ Map To : PCI-AUTO (PCI-SLOT 1,2,3)
Primary IDE INT# : A (B, C, D)
Secondary IDE INT# : B (C, D, A)
PC1 Slots Routing Method:
PCIl:A,B,C,D
PC1 2: B, C, D, A
PC1 3: C, D, A, B
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3-9 .IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
THE “IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION” UTILITY IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW WHICH KIND OF HARD DISK
TYPE YOU ARE USING. YOU CAN USE THIS UTILITY TO DETECT THE
CORRECT DISK TYPE INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY
OR YOIJ CAN SET HARD DISK TYPE TO AUTO IN THE STANDARD
CMOS SETUP. YOU DON’T NEED THE “IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION”
UTILITY. THE BIOS WILL AUTO-DETECT THE HARD DISK SIZE AND
MODEL ON DISPLAY DURING POST.
NOTE: HDD MODES
THE AWARD BIOS SUPPORTS 3 HDD MODES: NORMAL, LBA &LARGE
NORMAL MODE
GENERIC ACCESS MODE IN WHICH NEITHER THE BIOS NOR THE IDE
CONTROLLER WILL MAKE ANY TRANSFORMATIONS DURING
ACCESSING.
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, HEAD & SECTORS FOR
NORMAL MODE ARE 1024, 16 & 63.
no. CYLINDER
(1024)
X no. HEAD ( 16)
X no. SECTOR ( 63)
X no. PER SECTOR ( 512)
528 Megabytes
IF USER SET THIS HDD TO NORMAL MODE, THE MAXIMUM
ACCESSIBLE HDD SIZE WILL BE 528 MEGABYTES EVEN THOUGH ITS
PHYSICAL SIZE MAY BE GREATER THAN THAT!
LBA (LOGICAL Block Addressing) mode
A NEW HDD ACCESSING METHOD TO OVERCOME THE 528 megabyte
BOTTLENECK. THE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, HEADS &SECTORS
SHOWN IN SETUP MAY NOT BE THE NUMBER PHYSICALLY
CONTAINED IN THE HDD.
CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP
DURING HDD ACCESSING, THE IDE CONTROLLER WILL TRANSFORM
THE LOGICAL ADDRESS DESCRIBED BY SECTOR, HEAD &CYLINDER
INTO ITS OWN PHYSICAL ADDRESS INSIDE THE HDD.
THE MAXIMUM HDD SIZE SUPPORTED BY LBA MODE IS 8.4
GIGABYTES WHICH IS OBTAINED BY THE FOLLOWING FORMULA:
no. CYLINDER (1024)
X no. HEAD ( 255)
X no. SECTOR ( 63)
Xno. Bvtes PER SECTOR ( 512)
8.4 GIGABYTES
EXTENDED HDD ACCESS MODE SUPPORTED BY AWARD SOFTWARE.
LARGE MODE
SOME IDE HDDS CONTAIN MORE THAN 1024 CYLINDER WITHOUT
LBA SUPPORT (IN SOME CASES, USER DO NOT WANT LBA).
THE AWARD BIOS PROVIDES ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO SUPPORT
THESE KINDS OF LARGE MODE:
CYLS. HEAD SECTOR MODE
1120 16 59 NORMAL
560 32 59 LARGE
BIOS TRICKS DOS (OR OTHER OS) THAT THE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS
IS LESS THAN 1024 BY DIVIDING IT BY 2. AT THE SAME TIME, THE
NUMBER OF HEADS IS MlJLTIPLIED BY 2. A REVERSE
TRANSFORMATION PROCESS WILL BE MADE INSIDE INT 12H IN
ORDER TO ACCESS THE RIGHT HDD ADDRESS THE RIGHT HDD
ADDRESS!
MAXIMUM HDD SIZE:
no. CYLINDER
(1024)
X no. HEAD ( 32)
X
no. SECTOR ( 63)
Xno. BYTES PER SECTOR
( 512)
1 Gigabytes
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NOTE: TO SUPPORT LBA OR LARGE MODE OF HDDS, THERE MUST
BE SOME SOFTWARES INVOL\‘ED. ALL THESE SOFTWARES
ARE LOCATED IN THE AWARD HDD SERVICE ROUTINE
(MT 13H). IT MAY BE FAILED TO ACCESS A HDD WITH LBA
(LARGE) MODE SELECTED IF YOU ARE RUNNING UNDER AN
OPERATING SYSTEM WHICH REPLACES THE WHOLE INT 13H.
UNIX OPERATING SYSTEMS DO NOT SUPPORT EITHER LBA
OR LARGE AND MUST UTILITY THE STANDARD MODE. UNIX
CAN SUPPORT DRIVES LARGER THAN 528MB.
3-10 .LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
“LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” loads optimized settings which are stored in
the BIOS ROM. THE AUTO-CONFIGURED SETTINGS ONLY AFFECT
THE BIOS FEATURE SETUP AND CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SCREENS.
THERE IS NO EFFECT ON THE STANDARD CMOS SETUP. TO USE THIS
FEATURE, HIGHLIGHT IT ON THE MAIN SCREEN AND PRESS THE
<ENTER> KEY. A LINE WILL APPEAR ON SCREEN ASKING IF YOU
WANT TO LOAD THE SETUP DEFAULT VALUES. PRESS THE <Y> KEY
AND THEN PRESS THE <ENTER> KEY. THE SETUP DEFAULTS WILL
THEN LOAD. PRESS <N> IF YOU DON’T WANT TO
3-11 SAVE & EXIT SETUP
THE “SAVE & EXIT SETUP” OPTION WILL BRING YOU BACK TO BOOT
UP PROCEDURE WITH ALL THE CHANGES, YOU JUST MADE WHICH
ARE RECORDED IN THE CMOS RAM.
3-12 EXIT WITEOUT SAVING
THE “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” OPTION WILL BRING YOU BACK TO
NORMAL BOOT UP PROCEDURE WITHOUT SAVING ANY DATA INTO
CMOS RAM. ALL OF THE OLD DATA IN THE CMOS WILL NOT BE
DESTROYED.
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3-13 I/O &MEMORY MAP
MEMORY MAP
ADDRESS RANGE SIZE DESCRIPTION
OOOOO-7FFFF
5 12K CONVENTIONAL MEMORY
SOOOO-9FBFF
127K EXTENDED CONVENTIONAL MEMORY
9FCOO-9FFFF 1K
EXTENDED BIOS DATA AREA IF PS/2
I
I
t MOUSE IS INSTALLED
I
AOOOOC7FFF
160K AVAILABLE FOR HI DOS MEMORY
CSOOO-DFFFF
96K AVAILABLE FOR HI DOS MEMORY AND
ADAPTER ROMS
EOOOO-EEFFF
60K AVAILABLE FOR UMB
EFOOO-EFFFF
4K VIDEO SERVICE ROUTINE FOR
MONOCHROME 8~ CGA ADAPTER
FOOOO-F7FFF
32K 1 BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY
I
FSOOO-FCFFF
20K 1 BIOS RUNTIME SERVICE ROUTINE (2)
1
FDOOO-FDFFF
4K PLUG AND PLAY ESCD DATA AREA
FEOOO-FFFFF
SK BIOS RUNTIME SERVICE ROUTINE (1)
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I/o MAP
000-O 1 F
DMA CONTROLLER (MASTER)
020-02 1
INTERRUPT CONTROLLER (MASTER)
022-023
CHIPSET CONTROL REGISTERS. I/O POSTS
040-05F TIMER CONTROL REGISTERS
060-06F KEYBOARD INTERFACE CONTROLLER (8042)
I
070-07F RTC PORTS
& CMOS 110 PORTS
080-09F DMA REGISTER
OAO-OBF
INTERRUPT CONTROLLER (SLAVE)
OCO-ODF
DMA CONTROLLER (SLAVE)
OFO-OFF
MATH COPROCESSOR
I
IFO-1FB
IHARD DISK CONTROLLER
I
278-27F PARALLEL PORT 2
2BO-2DF
GRAPHICS ADAPTER CONTROLLER
2F8-2FF SERIAL PORT 2
360-363 NETWORK PORTS
378-37F PARALLEL PORT 1
3BO-3BF
MONOCHROME & PARALLEL PORT ADAPTER
3CO-3CF
EGA ADAPTER
3DO-CDF
CGA ADAPTER
3FO-3F7 FL,OPPY
DISK CONTROLLER
3F8-3FF SERIAI, PORT-l
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3-14 TIME & DMA CHANNELS MAP
TIME MAP: TIMER CHANNEL 0 SYSTEM TIMER INTERRUPT
TIMER CHANNEL 1 DRAM REFRESH REQUEST
TIMER CHANNEL 2 SPEAKER TONE GENERATOR
DMA CHANNELS: DMA CHANNEL 0 AVAILABLE
DMA CHANNEL 1 ONBOARD ECP (OPTION)
DMA CHANNEL 2 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP)
DMA CHANNEL 3 ONHOARD ECP (DEFAULT)
DMA CHANNEL 4 CASCADE FOR DMA CONTROLLER 1
DMA CHANNEL 5 AVAILABLE
DMA CHANNEL 6 AVAILABLE
DMA CHANNEL 7 AVAILABLE
3-15 INTERRUPT MAP
NIMI:
NON-MASKABLE INTERRUPT
IRQ(H/W): 0 SYSTEM TIMER INTERRUPT FROM TIMER 0
1 KEYBOARD OUTPUT BUFFER FULL
2 CASCADE FOR IRQS- 15
3 SERIAL PORT2
4 SERIAL PORT1
5 PARALLEL PORT 2
6 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP)
7 PARALLEL PORT 1
8 RTC CLOCK
9 AVAILABIdE
10 AVAILABLE
11 AVAILABLE
12 PS/2 MOUSE
13 MATH COPROCESSOR
14 ONBOARD HARD DISK (IDEl) CHANNEL
15 ONBOARD HARD DISK (IDE2) CHANNEL
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3-16 RTC &CMOS RAM MAP
RTC &CMOS:00 SECONDS
01 SECOND ALARM
02
MINUTES
03
MINUTES ALARM
04
HOURS
05
HOURS ALARM
06 DAY OF WEEK
07
DAY OF MONTH
08
MONTH
09
YEAR
OA STATUS REGISTER A
OB STATUS REGISTER B
OC STATUS REGISTER C
OD STATUS REGISTER D
OE DIAGNOSTIC STATUS BYTE
OF SHUTDOWN BYTE
10 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE TYPE BYTE
12
HARD DISK TYPE BYTE
13
RESERVE
14
EQUIPMENT TYPE
15 BASE MEMORY LOW BYTE
16 BASE MEMORY HIGH BYTE
17
EXTENSION MEMORY LOW BYTE
18
EXTENSION MEMORY HIGH BYTE
19-2D
2E-2F
30
RESERVED FOR EXTENSION MEMORY LOW BYTE
3 1
RESERVED FOR EXTENSION MEMORY HIGH BYTE
32 DATE CENTURY BYTE
33 INFORMATION FLAG
34-3F RESERVE
40-7F RESERVED FOR CHIPSET SETTING DATA
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SI-VXlC- 1
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