IWILL P6NS User manual

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EC Declaration of Conformity
We
Iwill Corp.
No. 9-1, Kong6th RD.,
Lin Kou 2nd Industrial
Park, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
declare under sole responsibility that the
P6NS motherboard
meets the intent of Directive 89/336/ECC for Electromagnetic
Compatibility. Compliance was demonstrated to the following
specifications as listed in the official Journal of the European
Communities:
EN 50081-1 Emissions:
EN 55022 Radiated, Class B
EN 55022 Conducted, Class B
EN 60555-2 Power Harmonics
EN 50082-1 Immunity:
IEC 801-2 Electrostatic Discharge
IEC 801-3 RF Radiat
IEC 801-4 Fast Transient

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About This Manual
This P6NS PPro SCSI Motherboard is the newest memberto our SCSI
Motherboard solution products families. It incorporated with new Intel generation
82440FX Chipset and with Adaptecnew Ultra / Ultra Wide SCSI embedded
which is equilevent to AHA 2940UW. AdaptecRAID port option ready is a big
advantagein this P6NS PPro SCSI motherboard.It can turn this SCSI
motherboard to supporthardwareSCSI RAID by addingthe RAIDBUS 1000 or
the ARO 1130 adapterfrom Adaptec.
This SCSI motherboard incorporated with Intel new 440FX Chipset which is PCI
Rev. 2.1 Compliant and supportwide range of the DRAMs include Fast Page,
EDO , Burst EDO DRAM type with SIMM socket. With 6 SIMM sockets
available,it is very flexible for customerto configure the system memory from
8MB up to 512MB.
Run with the new Intel Pentium Pro based CPU is the most important feature that
this motherboard provide.It support Intel Pentium Pro from 133Mhzup to
233Mhz.
Featurewith Error Check Correction ( ECC ) system memory is anotherplus on
this P6NS PPro SCSI Motherboard to outperform the whole system stability. It
equip 4 of the 72 Pin SIMM that support Fast Page, EDO or BEDO DRAM with
ECC.
This manualis subject to changewithout notice.
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Contents
Chapter 1 - Overview
1.1 Features........................................................... P1
Chapter 2 - Quick Installation ........................................ P5
Chapter 3 - Hardware Installation
3.1 Prepare & Inspection ....................................... P7
3.2 Placement ........................................................ P8
3.3 Block Diagram ................................................. P12
3.4 CPU group ...................................................... P13
3.5 Integrated PCI Bridge ...................................... P15
3.6 SCSI Interface ................................................. P16
3.7 Adaptec RAIDport option ................................. P19
3.8 IDE Interface ................................................... P20
3.9 USB ............................................................... P21
3.10 Enhanced Multi-I/O .......................................... P21
3.11 Other .............................................................. P23
Chapter 4 - ATX Form-Factor Overview ..................... P26
Chapter 5 - Award BIOS SETUP
5.1 Main Menu ...................................................... P34
5.3 Standard CMOS Setup .................................... P37
5.3 BIOS Features Setup ...................................... P41
5.4 Chipset Features Setup ................................... P47
5.5 Power Management Setup ............................... P55
5.6 PNP/PCI Configuration .................................... P55
5.7 Integrated Peripherals ..................................... P62
5.8 Load Setup Defaults ......................................... P64
5.9 Change Supervisor or User password................ P64
5.10 IDE HDD Auto Detection ................................. P65
5.11 HDD Low Level Format ................................... P65
5.12 Save & Exit Setup ........................................... P65
5.13 Exit without saving .......................................... P65

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CHAPTER1
Overview
Thank you for purchasing this P6NS PPro SCSI Motherboard. This operation
manualwill guide you to proper configure and install. It has an overview of the
engineer design and feature of this board.Also, this manualprovidesuseful
information foryour later upgradeor changethe configuration.Keep this, for
your futureneed.
1.1 Features
This P6NS PPro SCSI Motherboard is a high performance on IntelPentium
Pro system hardware based motherboard.Both quality and innovative design to
address the need of today’s market. With various out-put voltage for Pentium Pro
level CPU supported,64 bit Burst Bus DRAM, Built-in AdaptecWide/ Ultra
Wide SCSI(AHA-2940UW) and Plug & Play Super I/O, this motherboard brings
exceptionalprocessing power that could only be achieved by Mini-computer.
Incorporatingthe new emerging industrial standard PeripheralComponent
Interconnect (PCI) Local Bus together with the standard 16-bit Industrial
Standard Architecture (ISA), this motherboard dramatically boots system I/O
through for even the most demanding a pplication in today’s market. The
hardwaredimension is Full ATX form factorwith fourlayer design technology.
The IntelPentiumPro Processor is the 6th generation in the Intel386, Intel
486, and Pentium family of processors. The Pentium Pro Processor hasseveral
key featuressuch as 12-stage super pipeline architecture, Built-in 256KB/512KB
cache,Out of order execution, dynamicbranch prediction & speculative
execution and a pipestage time 33 percent less than the Pentium Processor, which
helps achieve a higher clock rate on any given Process. It will be super pipeline
for high clock speed from 150MHzup to 233MHz.The Pentium Pro Processor
was used to theDynamicExecution that is the combination of improved branch
prediction, speculativeexecution and data flowanalysis that enablesthe Pentium
Pro processor to deliver its superior performancefrom CPU architecture.
The Pentium Pro Processor is a 64 bit processor with RISC technology. It
requires 32-bit applications(like Microsoft Windows NT and OS/2) to optimize
its capabilities and performances.The Pentium Pro processor delivers best value

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for businesses moving to 32-bit computingwhen using the 32-bit Operating
System and Applications.
◼CPU
Intel Pentium Pro Processor operating at 150 ~ 233 MHz with 387 ZIF
socket 8 is scalableto accept fasterProcessors in the future. The Pentium
Pro Processor is the next in the Intel386,Intel486,and Pentium family of
processor. The second Level Cache(L2), controller are some of the
componentsthat existed in the Pentium Pro Processor.
◼Memories
Supports up to 512 Mega Bytes DRAM(minimum of 8 MB) onboard(72
Pin SIMM x 4, and BIOS auto FP DRAM, EDO and Burst EDO DRAM
detection and configuration.
◼BIOS:
Award BIOS, on-screen "Plug & Play" setup forAdaptec SCSI, Enhanced
IDE, and Super multi-IO. Support Flash ROM ( This ROM provides
better upgrade ability for user to updatetheirBIOS data on the system
board,user can down-load newer version BIOS from Internet,BBS or get
the diskette file from your vender.
◼Expansion slots:
1 X 16-bits ISA slots.
X 32-bits PCI slots for PCI compatible add-on cards.(PCI#2 is
occupied by the Adaptec SCSI, it is flexible for your choose while you
install a prior or minor controller on this PCI bus.)
1 X RAID port bus slot
◼Ultra/ Ultra Wide SCSI interface:
Built in Adaptec PCI Ultra Wide SCSI ( AIC 7880chip ) which is
equilevent to Adaptec AHA-2940UW PCI SCSI controller.
Data transfer rate up to 40MB/Sec.
Complete software driver from Adaptec Inc., include EZ-SCSI for
DOS/Windows, 7800 Family Set Driver forNetware, Windows NT ,
OS/2 , SCO Unix ,
Unixware.
◼IDE functions:
Built in dualPCI Bus EIDE Channels.
Support ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface)
◼USB interface (Universal SerialBus):
Plug and Play peripherals outside the box
Up to 12Mbit

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Easy of use
◼Floppy Interface:
Support both 3 1/2"and 5 1/4" floppy disk drives and Tape Drive
(360K / 720K/ 1.2M / 1.44M / 2.88MB)
Enabled/Disable selectable from system BIOS
Non-Burst Mode DMA Option
Byte Data FIFO
ModeDriver (option)
◼Serial Port
Two high speed 16550UART serial port
Address changeableform system BIOS
ProgrammableBaud Rate Generator
◼Parallel Port:
IRQ selectable for IRQ5(278h), 7IRQ(378h) from system BIOS.
Standard mode--Compatiblewith IBM PC/AT Printer port
EPP Mode --Enhanced Parallel Port compatible(EPP) compatible
IEEE 1284
ECP Mode --Microsoft & Hewlett Packard Extended Capabilities Port
(ECP) Compatible
IncorporatesChip Protect Circuit for protection against damage due to
printer power-on
◼Others function:
Support both Fast Page DRAM or EDO DRAM SIMM.
Support Pentium CPU SMM (System Management Mode).
Using Embeded Battery in RTC (Real Time Clock) which provides
environmentalprotection and longer battery life.
◼Input Power supply
Supports AT and ATX power Supply Connectors.
Supports Power/ON Switch when ATX power Supply is plugged
◼Physical Dimension
Four Layerdesign technology and 245mm x 305mm fullATX form factor.

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CHAPTER2
Quick Installation

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This SCSIMotherboard isshippedwith
manufacturepresetat:
1. CPU Clock at 200 MHz
2. Adaptec Ultra Wide SCSI Chip Enabled
3. Wide SCSI Mode Enabled
4. SCSI Terminator Control by BIOS
5. Printer ECPMode at DMA3
6. Printer at IRQ7, Address at 378h
7. Serial 1 at IRQ4, Serial 2 at IRQ3
8. PS/2 MOUSE at IRQ 12
Referenceto the Chapter 3 & Chapter 4, if you
havedevices conflictwith themanufacturedefault.
Step 1. Install CPU and Cooler
Make sure the Clock Frequency is set to the sameas theCPU
installed.
Step 2. Install the memory
Plug at least 2 PCS of 72 pins Micro Edge DRAM modules.
Step 3. Install display controller and connect I/O ports
This system boardis designed using PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconnect)and ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) interface
controller. This support +5Volt interface slots. All PCI interface
controllers must be PCI Rev 2.1 compliant.
Step 4. Connect the power supply
Connect AT P8 and P9 or the ATX ( Recommended )from
power supply output.
Step 5. Power on the system
Turn on the Computerpower.( Make sure the volutage110 or
220 in your area )
Step 6. Setting up the system
Enter the "Setup Menu" screen by press the " Del " key while
power on or warm reset the system.Always "LOAD SETUP
DEFAULT" at first and select others necessary that your
system require.

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Step 7. Save the setup data to the CMOS
Exit the "Setup Menu " screen and then write to CMOS RAM.
And enjoy the high performance system board.
Step 8. After boot yoursystem O.S., insert the AdaptecEZ-SCSI
Installation diskette in a floppy disk drive and follow the EZ-
SCSI operation manualorreference to Adaptec 7800 Family
Set manualwhich will guide you to install theDOS/Windows,
Netware, Windows NT, OS/2 , SCO UNIX, Unixware.
CHAPTER3
Hardware Installation
3.1 Preparation and Inspection