User manual AOPEN X59P-ORG

[. . . ] AX59PRO User's Guide Printed in Taiwan PART NO. :49. 87801. 311 DOC. NO. :AX59P-1-E9903G AX59PRO Mainboard User's Guide Document Number Model and Revision Manual Revision Release Date : AX59P-1-E9809F : For AX59PRO revision 1. xx : English, revision F : Sep 21, 1998 More help for latest information: Taiwan USA http://www. aopen. com. tw http://www. aopen-usa. com http://www. aopenusa. com http://www. aopenamerica. com Europe http://www. aopen. nl Copyright Copyright © 1998 by this company. [. . . ] Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Equipment Classification Type of Product Chipset(s) : FCC Class B Subassembly - CPU Board : Intel Pentium PCI/ISA/AGP ATX Motherboard : VIA MVP3 AX59PRO Test To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE The limits of FCC Part 15 Class B 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 instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. 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: 1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help. iv Notice 1: The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Notice 2: Shielded interface cables, if any, must be used in order to comply with emission limits. v Organization Chapter 1, Overview, covers the introduction and specifications of the system board and special features. Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, describes hardware jumpers, connectors and memory configuration. There are user friendly drawings to locate jumper and connector. Chapter 3, AWARD BIOS, explains the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters. [. . . ] Important: Reminds you to take specific action relevant to the accomplishment of the procedure at hand. Tip: Tells how to accomplish a procedure with minimum steps through little shortcuts. vii Contents Chapter 1 Overview 1. 1 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 2 Zero Voltage Modem Wake Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 3 System Voltage Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. 4 Fan Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. 5 CPU Thermal Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2. 1 Jumper and Connector Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. 2 Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. 2. 1 Setting the CPU Voltage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 2. 2 Selecting the CPU Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. 2. 3 DRAM Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. 2. 4 Clearing the CMOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2. 3 Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2. 3. 1 Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2. 3. 2 ATX Soft-Power Switch Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2. 3. 3 Fan 15 2. 3. 4 PS/2 Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2. 3. 5 Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 3. 6 Serial Devices (COM1/COM2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 3. 7 Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. 3. 8 USB Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. 3. 9 Floppy Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. 3. 10 IDE Hard Disk and CD ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2. 3. 11 Hard Disk LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2. 3. 12 Panel Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2. 3. 13 IrDA Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2. 3. 14 Wake-up Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2. 3. 15 LAN Wake-up Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 viii 2. 4 Configuring the System Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2. 5 Windows 98 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 chapter 3 Award BIOS 3. 1 Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. 2 Standard CMOS Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. 3 BIOS Features Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. 4 Chipset Features Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3. 5 Power Management Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3. 6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. 7 Load Setup Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3. 8 Load Turbo Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3. 9 Integrated Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3. 10 Password Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3. 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3. 12 Save & Exit Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3. 13 Exit without Saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3. 14 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3. 15 BIOS Flash Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Appendix A Frequently Asked Question Appendix B Troubleshooting Appendix C Jumper Table Summary ix [. . . ]