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P6F91i Quick Reference
intel Pentium II & Celeron CPU Soft-Menu Settings
1) Turn the system on, then press key to access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program. A "CMOS SETUP UTILITY" will display on the screen. Select "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" and type "Y" to load BIOS optimal setup. 2) After the BIOS optimal setting is set, at the top right hand side of the "Chipset Feature Setup" screen, there is a "CPU Speed" options. Refer to the table below and select the correct CPU speed. 3) Select "STANDARD CMOS SETUP" to set the Date /Time, Floppy drive type, and set Hard Disk Type to "Auto". 4) Select "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" and press the key to save the setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process. CPU Bus Clock=100MHz: CPU SPEED 350MHz 400MHz 450MHz *500MHz Soft-Menu Setting 100MHz 100MHz 100MHz 100MHz 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0
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CPU Bus Clock=66MHz: CPU SPEED 233MHz 266MHz 300MHz 333MHz Soft-Menu Setting 66.6MHz 66.6MHz 66.6MHz 66.6MHz 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0
NOTE: "*" Some higher frequency CPUs are not available yet, the clock setting for those CPUs are for reference only.
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The information contained in the user's manual and all accompanying documentation is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. This publication may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent from the manufacturer, except for copies retained by the purchasers for their personal archival purposes. The manufacturer reserves the right to revise this user's manual and all accompanying documentation and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of the revision or change. IN NO EVENT WILL THE VENDOR BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN PARTICULAR, THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA.
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The Specification on the manual is subject to change without notice.
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Table Of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview 1.2 P6F91i Specifications/Features 1.3 P6F91i Mainboard Layout 1.4 Microprocessor 1.5 Pentium II Packaging 1.6 Chipset 1.7 Main Memory 1.8 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot 1.9 Enhanced IDE Support 1.10 Keyboard, Mouse and USB Interface 1.11 Real-time Clock, CMOS RAM and Battery 1.12 IrDA Infrared Support 1.13 Power Management 1.14 System Power On/Off Control 1.15 System Sleep / Resume 1.16 System Manageability 1.17 Wake On LAN (WOL) Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Unpacking 2.2 Installation 2.2.1 Attaching Connectors 2.2.2 Installing CPU 2.2.3 Removing the Processor 2.2.4 Installing System Memory 2.2.5 Clear CMOS and Password 2.2.6 Auto Power On 2.2.7 PS/2 keyboard & mouse Power Selection 2.2.8 CPU Bus Over-Clock Selection 2.2.9 Intel Pentium II CPU Soft-Menu Setting 2.2.10 System Clock (CPU Bus Clock)
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Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3.1 Entering Setup 3.2 CMOS Setup Utility 3.3 Standard CMOS Setup 3.4 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3.5 Load Setup Defaults 3.6 Save & Exit Setup 3.7 Exit Without Saving 3.8 BIOS Features Setup 3.9 Chipset Features Setup 3.10 Power Management Setup 3.11 PnP/PCI Configuration 3.12 Integrated Peripherals 3.13 Supervisor / User Password
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Chapter 4 Driver and Utility 4.1 Flash Utility 4.2 EIDE Bus Master Driver 4.3 System Environment Monitor 4.3.1 Hardware Doctor Setup 4.3.2 Setting the Threshold
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1 Introduction
1.1 Overview
The P6F91i is a high quality, high performance, function enhanced mainboard, based on the powerful Intel Pentium II processor operating at 233, 266, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500*MHz and Intel Celeron processor operating at 266, 300MHz or faster CPU in the future. This mainboard is designed around the latest and fastest Intel 82440BX chipset in a standard ATX form factor. The Soft-menu (jumperless) design of the P6F91i uses the onboard BIOS for clock frequency, and CPU multiplier, jumper settings are no longer needed. The P6F91i mainboard delivers workstation level performance with its integrated AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), Bus Mastering EIDE (Enhanced IDE) controller, concurrent PCI bus, and its ability to accommodate EDO (Extended Data Out) and SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) memory. When this high data stream bandwidth mainboard is equipped with a powerful 64-bit Pentium II processor with MMX technology and with a CPU built-in 512KB level 2 cache, your system has the power to handle future demanding communication, multi-media, multi-tasking and intensive 32-bit applications on advanced 32-bit operating systems. The P6F91i mainboard achieves the highest reliability by supporting the ECC (Error Checking and Correction) memory protection. This enables the P6F91i mainboard to achieve superior data integrity and faulttolerance, in respect to memory errors while running applications. The P6F91i mainboard offers outstanding I/O capabilities. It contains a full set of PC I/O, such as dual channel PCI EIDE interfaces, a floppy controller, two FIFOed serial port connectors, an EPP/ECP capable bidirectional parallel port connector, an IrDA compatible infrared port, dual USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector, and a PS/2 keyboard connector and a PS/2 mouse connector. One AGP slot, five PCI local bus slots and two ISA bus slots provide expandability for add on peripheral cards.
* Some higher frequency CPUs are not available yet, the clock setting for those CPUs are for reference only.
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The P6F91i mainboard is OnNow PC, Managed PC, ACPI and PC98 compliant. It also offers optimized system performance, integrated power management, system manageability, Trend Chipaway Virus and Creative SoundBlaster Link. Optimized System Performance: AGP improves the Graphics performance dramatically, Ultra DMA/33 speeds up disk drive access, Enhanced SDRAM support for fastest access to memory, and Concurrent PCI enables simultaneous data transfer. Integrated Power Management: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support enables O/S and application programs to direct the system power management. System Manageability: Winbond W83781D Hardware Environment Monitoring chip enables the ability for system voltage, temperature and fan speed monitoring. Trend Chipaway Virus(TCAV): This unique, specially designed solution stops boot viruses from infecting the boot sector or partition table during the "threat" period that exists before the boot sector loads and traditional anti-virus protection takes effect. Trend ChipAway Virus resides in the BIOS to prevent boot viruses from causing any damage to computers. Creative SoundBlaster (SB-Link): This 2x3 5 pin header enables the migration of Creative Soundblaster DOS program compatibility to the PCI bus. Some DOS programs require the use of signals which were previously only available to an ISA bus card. These signals have now been made available to a PCI bus card which may require them, through the use of this header. In addition to superior hardware capabilities, features like bus mastering EIDE driver, Plug and Play, Soft-off, APM (Advanced Power Management), Keyboard Turn On, External Modem Ring On, Wake On LAN (WOL), Watchdog timer wake up, Sleeping state indicator, fan off in sleeping state and BIOS upgradability are provided on the P6F91i platform.
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1.2 P6F91i Specifications/Features
Hardware
CPU Supports Intel Pentium II 233, 266, 300 and 333MHz Supports Intel Pentium II 350, 400, 450 and 500*MHz Supports Intel Celeron 266, 300MHz Voltage Regulator Module on board Provides 1.8V to 3.5V operating voltage CPU built-in floating point unit System bus clock 66/68/75/83MHz System bus clock 100/103/112/133MHz AGP clock 66/68/75/83 MHz PCI bus clock 33/34/37/40.1 MHz ISA bus clock 8.33~9.35 MHz Intel's 82440BX AGPset Winbond's W83977 I/O chip Winbond's W83781D PC Environment Monitor chip CPU built-in or none cache 3 x 168-pin DIMM sockets Supports 8MB to 384MB memory Supports EDO and SDRAM memory
VRM Coprocessor Speed
Chipset
L2 Cache DRAM
EIDE Controller Supports four IDE devices in two channels Supports PIO mode 0 through mode 4 drives Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drives Supports Bus Mastering Ultra DMA/33 drives Enhanced I/O One floppy disk controller One Standard/EPP/ECP parallel port connector Two 16550 compatible serial port connectors One IrDA compatible Infrared port Two USB (Universal Serial Bus) connectors
* Some higher frequency CPUs are not available yet, the clock setting for those CPUs are for reference only.
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Mouse/Keyboard Expansion Slots PS/2 mouse connector PS/2 keyboard connector One AGP Slot Five 32-bit PCI slots Two 16-bit ISA slots (one PCI/ISA shared slot) Compliant with EPA, APM 1.2 and ACPI ATX soft-off power control Power - On by Keyboard Power - On by External Modem Ring Power - On by Alarm Power - On by Wake On LAN (WOL) Sleep state indicator Fan off in sleep mode
Power Management
System Management Winbond W83781D PC Environment Monitor CPU temperature warning and System temperature detection CPU and System voltage detection CPU and Secondary FAN RPM detection Voltage Regulator Form Factor Switching regulator CPU voltage auto-detection ATX Form Factor, 19cm x 30.5cm (7.5"x 12.0")
Software
BIOS Soft-Menu (Jumperless) design Built-in Trend Chipaway Virus(TCAV) AWARD Pentium II AGP/PCI BIOS Flash BIOS with ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) block Supports APM, PnP, Multi-Boot, DMI and EIDE devices Supports High-Capacity LS-120 and ZIP Removable Media Drive IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver
Driver
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Utility O.S. Flash utility for BIOS upgrade System Environment Monitoring Utility Operates with MS_DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows for Work Groups 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, Novell Netware, Novell UnixWare 1.1 and SCO Unix 4.2
Environment
Ambient Temperature Relative Humidity Vibration DC Voltage DC Voltage DC Voltage 00C to 500C (Operating) 0 to 85% (Operating) 0 to 500 Hz 4.9V to 5.2V 3.15V to 3.50V -5V, +12V, -12V, +5VSB 5% tolerance.
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1.3 P6F91i Mainboard Layout
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JP13 1
2
21
JP12 1
19 3
18
82371EB
12
1 IR
9
1 JP15
22
JP1 1
23
DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 1
W83977
15
JP16
4 17
20
82443BX
1:CPU Slot1 2:ISA Expansion Slots 3:PCI Expansion Slots 4:AGP Slot 5:DIMM Module Sockets 6:IDE Connectors 7:Floppy Drive Connector 8:Parallel Port Connector (T) Serial Port Connectors (B)
1
6
1
1
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13
CPU Slot 1
5
1 10
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BANK 0 BANK 1 BANK 2
9:IR Port Header 10:ATX Power Connector 11:PS/2 Mouse Connector (T) PS/2 Keyboard Connector (B) 12:Flash BIOS 13:Switching Regulator 14:Front panel Connectors 15:Battery (CR2032 Lithium)
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1 JP6
11
16:Dual USB Connector 17:CPU FAN Connector 18:Secondary FAN Connector 19:System Monitor W83781D 20: Wake On LAN Header 21: Auto Power On (JP13) 22: Creative Lab SB-Link(JP15) 23: 66/100MHz Selection(JP16)
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1.4 Microprocessor
The P6F91i mainboard is designed to operate with the Intel Pentium II processor that runs at 233, 266, 300, 333, 350, 400, 450 and 500*MHz and Intel Celeron processor operating at 266, 300MHz or faster CPU in the future. An on board switching voltage regulator provides the required 1.8 to 3.5 volts for the processor. The Pentium II processor will send 5 VID (Voltage Identification) signals to the switching voltage regulator, and the switching regulator will generate the correct voltage for the processor. The Pentium II processor implements MMX technology and maintains full backward compatibility with the 486 and Pentium processors. The processor's numeric coprocessor significantly increases the speed of floating-point operations.
1.5 Pentium II Packaging
The Pentium II is packaged in an S.E.C. (Single Edge Connector) cartridge. The S.E.C. cartridge includes the processor core, the secondlevel cache, a thermal plate, and a back cover. The Pentium II connects to the P6F91i mainboard through the Slot 1 processor connector, a 242-pin edge connector. When the Pentium II is installed in Slot 1, it is secured by a retention mechanism attached to the mainboard. The Pentium II heatsink is stabilized by a heatsink support, which is attached to the mainboard.
1.6 Chipset
The Intel 82440BX AGPset consists of one 82443BX (PAC) System Controller, and one 82371EB (PIIX4E) PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator. 82443BX (PAC): - CPU interface controller - AGP Interface controller - Integrated DRAM controller - Fully synchronous PCI 2.1 bus interface - Extensive CPU-to-AGP, CPU-to-DRAM, CPU-to-PCI, AGP-to-DRAM, AGP-toPCI, PCI-to-AGP and PCI-to-DRAM data buffering
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82371EB (PIIX4E): - Interface between the PCI and ISA buses - Power Management Logic - USB controller - EIDE controller - Seven DMA channels, one timer/counter, two eight-channel interrupt controllers, NMI logic, SMI interrupt logic, and PCI/ ISA bus arbitrator - SMBus interface - Real-Time clock
1.7 Main Memory
The P6F91i mainboard provides three 168-pin DIMM sockets to support 64-bit or 72-bit (64-bit memory data plus 8-bit ECC) DRAM array. The total memory size can support from 8MB to 384MB. The sockets support 1M x 64 (8MB), 2M x 64 (16MB), 4M x 64 (32MB), 8M x 64 (64MB) and 16Mx64(128MB) DIMM in single or double-sided modules. The P6F91i supports two types of DRAMs, Extended Data Out (EDO) and Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM). Memory Timing requires 60ns or faster for EDO, and SDRAM speed grade needs to match CPU bus clock speed. For example, if the Intel Pentium II 350, 400, 450, 500MHz CPU bus clock is 100MHz, then speed grade for SDRAM is 100MHz. Intel Pentium II 233, 266, 300, 333MHz CPU bus clock is 66.6MHz, then speed grade for SDRAM is 66.6MHz. Each DIMM belongs to different banks, each bank can have different size or speed of memory. SDRAM and EDO DIMMs can not be mixed within the memory array. There are no jumper settings required for the memory size and type, which are automatically detected by the BIOS. The P6F91i mainboard achieves the highest reliability by supporting the ECC (Error Checking and Correction) memory protection (SDRAM only). The ECC is a hardware scheme which detects all single and dual-bit errors, and corrects all single-bit error during main memory access. The ECC can be supported only if all the SDRAM DIMM memory modules come with parity bits.
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1.8 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Slot
The P6F91i mainboard is equipped with an Accelerated Graphic Port slot which is compliant to the AGP specification. The AGP runs at 66.6MHz clock and supports both 1x and 2x mode for 66.6MHz and 133MHz 3.3V devices. The data transfer rate on the AGP bus may be 4 times faster than PCI bus. The following is a clock frequency for different CPU Bus Clock operating modes:
CPU Bus Clock 100MHz 103MHz 112MHz 66MHz 68MHz 75MHz AGP Clock PCI Clock 66MHz 68.6MHz 74.7MHz 66MHz 68MHz 75MHz 33MHz 34MHz 37.5MHz 33MHz 34MHz 37.5MHz ISA Clock 8.3MHz 8.5MHz 9.4MHz 8.3MHz 8.5MHz 9.4MHz
1.9 Enhanced IDE Support
The P6F91i mainboard provides two enhanced high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting four devices with PIO mode 0 through mode 4, bus-mastering DMA mode 2, and busmastering Ultra DMA/33 ATAPI devices. Detection of IDE device type and transfer rate is automatically performed by the BIOS. The traditional PIO IDE device requires a substantial amount of CPU bandwidth to handle all the activities of IDE access including waiting for mechanical activities. The Bus Master logic designed in the Intel 82440BX chipset is intended to reduce the workload of the CPU, hence increasing CPU efficiency. The Bus Master takes care of the data transfer between IDE and memory, and lets the CPU handle other tasks. In true multi-tasking operating systems such as Windows 95, Windows NT, and OS/2, by using bus-mastering IDE, the CPU workload can be reduced to complete other tasks while disk data transfers are occurring. The driver must be loaded in order to make the EIDE drive operate in bus-mastering DMA mode.
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The following is a data transfer rate comparison table for different IDE operating modes: Operating Mode PIO Mode 3 PIO Mode 4 DMA Mode 1 DMA Mode 2 Ultra DMA/33 Maximum Data Transfer Rate 11.1 MB/Second 16.6 MB/Second 13.3 MB/Second 16.6 MB/Second 33.2MB/Second
1.10 Keyboard, Mouse and USB Interface
PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, and USB connectors are located on the back panel of the P6F91i mainboard. The 5V line to the PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse connectors are protected with a PolySwitch circuit that acts like a rehealing fuse which will reestablishing the connection after an over-current condition is removed. While this device eliminates the possibility of replacing the fuse, you will still need to turn off the system power before connecting or disconnecting a keyboard or a mouse. The P6F91i mainboard has a dual USB connector to support two USB ports. The USB is a serial bus interface standard that is designed to bring the "Plug and Play" concept to the outside of the computer system chassis. The bus allows devices to be attached, configured, used and detached while the host system is in operation. The USB will allow as many as 63 devices to be daisy chained in any combination per port. With up to 12Mbits/sec transfer rate, the USB is suitable for devices such as keyboard, mouse, digital joystick, game pad, fax/modem, scanner, printer, ISDN and telephony device.
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1.11 Real-time Clock, CMOS RAM and Battery
The integrated real-time clock (RTC) provides a time of day clock, and an 85-year calendar with alarm features. P6F91i also has 242 bytes battery backed CMOS RAM which stores the system setup information and password. The RTC and CMOS RAM can be set via the BIOS SETUP program. The contents of the CMOS RAM can be cleared by placing a shunt to short pin2 and pin3 of JP12 for 5 seconds when the system power is off. A coin-cell style Lithium CR2032 battery is used to provide power to the RTC and CMOS memory. The battery has a three year life if the system is not powered up. When the system powers up, the power for the RTC and CMOS RAM is supplied from the 5 V power supply to extend the life of the battery.
1.12 IrDA Infrared Support
A 5-pin header connector is used to connect a Hewlett Packard HSDSL-1000 compatible IrDA or Sharp ASKIR Infrared module. Once the module is installed, the user can use application software such as Microsoft Infrared (MSIR) to transfer files between the computer system and portable devices such as laptops and printers.
1.13 Power Management
The integrated DPMA (Dynamic Power Management Architecture) features in the Intel 440BX AGPset go far beyond the original vision of the "Green PC" to create exciting new application models for the "OnNow" PC platform. The "OnNow" PC is a PC which is always on and ready for use but appears to be off when not in use. The P6F91i not only complies with EPA, APM1.2 and ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), but also provides the following power management features. - Power-on by a external modem ring in or a watchdog timer (Alarm) System could be powered on by phone ring, or by software that has requested the PC to wake up at a preset time.
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- Suspend mode indicator The power LED becomes dim when system is in suspend mode. - Fan off in suspend mode The CPU cooling fan will be turned off when the system is in suspend mode.
1.14 System Power On/Off Control
System power can be turned on by a power button, an external modem ring, an alarm, or a PS/2 Keyboard. To enable the "modem ring on" feature, the option "Power-On by Ring" in the BIOS Power Management Setup has to be set to "Enabled". To enable the "alarm on" feature, the option "Power -On by Alarm" in the BIOS Power Management Setup has to be set to "Enabled". To enable the "Power On by PS/2 Keyboard" feature, you need to short JP6 2-3 and set "Power On Function" in the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Setup accordingly. System power can be turned off in one of two ways: a front panel power button or soft-off control. When the option "Power-Off by PWR-BTTN" in the BIOS Power Management Setup is set to "InstantOff", pressing the power button will immediately turn off the system power. But if the "Power-Off by PWR-BTTN" option is set to "Delay 4 Sec.", you have to press the power button and hold it for more than 4 seconds to turn off the system power. The system power can also be turned off via software control. The system BIOS will turn the system power off when it receives the proper APM command from the Operating System. For example, Windows 95 will issue Soft Off APM command when the user selects "Shutdown" in Start Menu. In order for the Soft Off feature to work properly, Power Management/APM must be enabled in the system BIOS and Operating System. The P6F91i Auto Power On feature gives you the option to turn on the system power automatically after the AC power comes back, which is especially useful for the server application. To enable this feature, you need to shunt JP13 to 1-2. The default for JP13 is 2-3.
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1.15 System Sleep / Resume
When Advanced Power Management (APM) is activated in the system BIOS and the Operating System's APM/ACPI driver is loaded, Sleep mode (Suspend) can be entered in one of three ways: press the front panel power button, select "Suspend" in Windows 95 Start Menu or no system activity for a pre-defined length of time. To use the power button to control system sleep/resume, the option "Power-Off by PWRBTTN" in the BIOS Power Management Setup has to be set to "Delay 4 Sec." When the system enters the sleep mode, the CPU stops running, the 82440BX AGPset and related circuits stay in the lowest power state, the HDD stops spinning, the monitor screen becomes blank, the power LED indicator on the front panel dims, and the CPU cooling fan and secondary fan are turned off (Note: in order to turn off the fan in sleep mode, you need to connect the CPU cooling fan or Chassis fan to the on-board fan power connectors marked FAN1 or FAN2).
1.16 System Manageability
The System Management Chip (Winbond W83781D) with software, allows user to monitor system environment such as system and CPU fan speed (requires fan with tachometer output), CPU warning temperature, system temperature and system operating voltages.
1.17 Wake On LAN (WOL)
Wake on LAN (WOL) is a 1x3 pin header for remote wake up of the computer through a network. Wake on LAN requires a PCI add-in network interface card (NIC) with remote wake up capabilities. The remote wake up header on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN header. The NIC monitors network traffic at the MII interface and when it detects a Magic Packet (MP Wake-up) it asserts a wake up signal that powers up the computer. Note: For Wake on LAN, the 5-V standby line of the power supply must be capable of delivering 5V with 5% tolerance at 720mA.
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2 Hardware Installation
2.1 Unpacking
The P6F91i mainboard package contains the following: r P6F91i mainboard r One IDE 40-pin ribbon cable r One floppy 34-pin ribbon cable r Driver and Utility diskettes r User's manual r CPU retention mechanism Before removing the mainboard from its anti-static bag, you need to eliminate any static electricity that may be accumulated on your body by touching a grounded or anti-static surface. If nothing is available, touch the housing of the power supply which is plugged into the AC outlet. After removing the mainboard from its anti-static bag, place it only on a grounded or anti-static surface, component side up. Inspect the mainboard and call the vendor immediately if it is damaged.
2.2 Installation
The P6F91i is designed to fit into a standard ATX form factor chassis. The pattern of the mounting holes and the position of the back panel connectors meet the ATX system board specification. The chassis may come with various mounting fasteners which are made of metal or plastic. It is highly recommended to use as many metal fasteners as possible to mount the mainboard in the chassis for better grounding. To install the mainboard you need to install CPU, DIMM memory modules, attach the connectors and set correct CPU speed in the CMOS setup.
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P6F91i Mainboard Connector/Jumper Location
ISA2 ISA1 Auto Power On Jumper PCI 5 PCI 4
HDD STB LED LED RESET PW SW
SPEAKER POWER LED&KEY LOCK
W83781D PC Environment Monitor
JP13 1 1
1 FDC Connector
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IDE2 Connector
Secondary FAN Connector
1 JP10
1 IDE1 Connector
CMOS RAM Clearance PCI 3 IR Connector PCI 2
1
IR
1
Reserved (Factory Test)
JP15
Creative Lab SB-Link connector PCI 1
CPU Bus Clock 66/100MHz Selection
JP16
JP1
1
AGP
Wake On LAN Connector
1
CPU Cooling FAN Connector
COM2 COM1
CPU Slot 1
Parallel Port(TOP)
ATX Power Connector
BANK 0 BANK 1 BANK 2
DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 1
USB
PS/2 Mouse(TOP)
1
PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 keyboard & mouse Power Selection
JP6
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1. Front Panel Connectors There are 6 connectors on the mainboard for speaker, switches and indicator lights on the system's front panel.
HDD LED
STB POWER LED RESET SWITCH
1 1 1
1
1
1
KEYLOCK & POWER LED
SPEAKER
SPEAKER
1
Pin Assignment 1. Speaker out 2. Ground 3. Ground 4. +5V
This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker.
KEYLOCK & Power LED
1
Pin Assignment 1. LED Cathode 2. N. C. 3. LED Anode (Ground) 4. KEYLOCK 5. Ground
This 5-pin connector connects to the case-mounted keylock switch and the power LED. The keylock switch is used to lock the keyboard for security purposes.
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HDD LED Connector
1
Pin Assignment 1. LED Anode 2. LED Cathode
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted HDD LED to indicate hard disk activity. STB LED Connector
1
Pin Assignment 1. LED Cathode 2. LED Anode (Ground)
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted STB LED to indicate a standby status. Reset Connector
1
Pin Assignment 1. Power Good 2. Ground
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch and is used to reboot the system. Power Switch Connector
1
Pin Assignment 1. Power On/Off 2. Ground
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted Power button. The front panel on your case may have a turbo switch to deactivate the Turbo mode when a slower speed is required for a specific application. The Intel 82440BX chipset does not support the hardware deturbo function. An alternative method of using <+/-> keys to change the speed may be used if necessary.
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2. Fan Connectors
1 2 3
Pin Assignment 1. GND 2. +12V 3. SPEED / RPM
There are two fan connectors on the P6F91i mainboard for the cooling fans. The connectors support fans of 12V DC/500mAMP (6 WATT) or less. When the system goes into sleep state, fan should be shut down to eliminate audible noise and reduce power consumption. You can monitor the fan speed by way of W83781D chip and the fan must come with a tachometer output. 3. IrDA-compliant IR (Infrared) Connector
Pin Assignment 1. +5V IrDA 2. IRM_IRR Module 3. IR Receiver 4. Ground 5. IR Transmitter This 5-pin connector connects to an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module via a cable and a bracket. 4. Floppy Drive Connector (One 34-pin Block) A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and 2 connectors to support 2 floppy disk drives. The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A, and the connector with untwisted wires connects to drive B. You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1(color) edge of the cable is at the pin 1 of the I/O port connector. 5. IDE Connectors (Two 40-pin Block) An IDE drive ribbon cable has 40 wires and 2 connectors to support two IDE drives. If a ribbon cable connects to two IDE drives at the same time, one of them has to be configured as Master and the other has to be configured as Slave by setting the drive select jumpers on the drive.
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Consult the documentation that came with your IDE drive for details on jumper locations and settings. You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1(color) edge of the cable is at the pin 1 of the I/O port connector. 6. Back Panel Connectors The back panel provides external access to PS/2 style keyboard and mouse connectors, two serial ports, one parallel port and dual USB port which are integrated on the mainboard. The figure below shows the location of the back panel I/O connectors. PS/2 Mouse (TOP) Parallel Port (TOP) USB1
PS/2 Keyboard USB2
COM1 REAR VIEW
COM2
PCB
7. Power Supply Connector The ATX power supply has a single lead con+3.3V +3.3V nector with a clip on one side of the plastic -12V +3.3V housing. There is only one way to plug the lead Ground Ground Power ON/OFF +5V into the ATX power connector. Press the lead Ground Ground connector down until the clip snaps into place Ground +5V and secures the lead onto the connector. Ground Ground
-5V +5V +5V Power Good +5VSB +12V
Incorrect installation of the power supply could result in serious damage to the mainboard and connected peripherals. Make sure the power supply is unplugged from the AC outlet before connecting the leads from the power supply.
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8. Wake on LAN Connector: This 3-pin header is used for remote wake up of the computer through a network.
1
Pin Assignment 1. +5VSB 2. GND 3. Wake-up signal JP1
9. Creative Lab SB (Side-band)-Link Connector: This 2x3 ways, straight-3 header is used for Creative Lab PCI sound card (Ex. AWE64D PCI Audio Wave Table Card). In order to migrate the legacy Sound Blaster compatible audio to the PCI bus, the following signals have to be delivered to the PCI audio card through a flat cable.
1 3 5 2 4 6
JP15
Pin Assignment 1. Grant 2. GND 3. N.C.(Key Pin) 4. Request 5. GND 6. SER_IRQ
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Before You Begin 1. Be sure that your Intel processor kit includes the following items: ˇ the processor with the fan or heatsink attached ˇ one heatsink support set containing two black plastic pegs and two black plastic supports. ˇ one power cable (for CPU with cooling fan attached only) 2. Place the motherboard on a workbench (not in a chassis). Be sure that the motherboard is bare (that is, no DIMMs, cables, or cards are installed) and that the holes for the fan or heatsink support pegs are empty. 3. Install the retention mechanism onto the motherboard by following the manufacturer's instructions. (Shown installed in the following figure.)
Installing the Boxed Processor
1. Mount the two black plastic pegs onto the motherboard. These pegs will be used to attach the fan or heatsink supports. Notice that one hole and the base of one peg are larger than the other hole and peg base. Push each peg into its hole firmly until you hear it "click" into place.
2. Slide a black plastic support onto each end of the fan or heatsink, making sure that the hole and clip are on the outside edge of the support. (If supports are reversed, the holes will not line up with the pegs on the motherboard.) Slide each support toward the center of the processor until the support is seated in the outside groove of the fan housing.
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3. Slide the clip (A) on each support toward the processor, exposing the hole that will fit over the peg on the motherboard. Push the latches (B) on the processor toward the center of the processor until they click into place. (Refer to the figure below.) 4. Hold the processor so that the fan shroud is facing toward the pegs on the motherboard. Slide the processor (C) into the retention mechanism and slide the supports onto the pegs. Ensure that the pegs on the motherboard slide into the holes in the heatsink support and that the alignment notch in the processor fits over the plug in Slot 1. Push the processor down firmly, with even pressure on both sides of the top, until it is seated.
5. Slide the clips on the supports (D) forward until they click into places to hold the pegs securely. (Apply slight pressure on the peg and push the peg toward the clip while pushing the clip forward.) Push the latches on the processor (E) outward until they click into place in the retention mechanism. The latches must be secured for proper electrical connection of the processor.
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6. Attach the small end of the power cable (F) to the three-pin connector on the processor, then attach the large end to the three-pin connector on the motherboard, which is marked FAN1.
Installing the Celeron (S.E.P Processor) ˇLine up the SEPP/heatsink, ensuring that the substrate key is lined up with the slot 1 connector. ˇInsert SEPP into the guide rails along the retention mechanism. ˇPlace one hand on the SEPP/ heatsink combination and push into the slot 1 connector. Insertion and extraction forces are specified at 25 lbs. ˇYou will hear a click as the retention mechanism pops back, thereby firmly locking the processor into the slot 1 connector.
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First, remove the motherboard from the chassis. To remove the processor from the motherboard, follow these steps (the reverse of the installation procedure). 1. Disconnect the fan power cable from the motherboard. (We recommend that you leave the cable connected to the processor.) 2. Slide the clips on the supports backward to release the pegs in the motherboard. Push the latches on the processor toward the center of the processor until they click into place. 3. Lift one end of the processor until it is freed from Slot 1. Lift the other end of the processor until it is freed from Slot 1. Lift the entire processor (with the fan or heatsink supports attached) until it is free from the retention mechanism. 4. Remove the heatsink support pegs from the motherboard and discard them. With one hand, squeeze together the two halves of the peg on the bottom side of the motherboard. With the other hand, pull the peg out of the hole in the motherboard. Do not reuse the pegs.
MWhen handling the processor, avoid placing direct pressure
on the label area of the fan.
MWhen removing the processor, avoid pressing down on the
motherboard or components. Instead, press down on plastic connectors.
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The maximum system memory supported by the P6F91i is 384MB. If more than 384MB memory are populated on the P6F91i mainboard, the portion of the memory which exceed the 384MB boundary will be invalidated. The P6F91i Mainboard has three DIMM Sockets. Memory can be installed by using 168-pin SDRAM DIMM or EDO DIMM memory modules. There are no jumper settings required for the memory size or type, which is automatically detected by the BIOS. Due to the P6F91i Mainboard high speed design, the memory modules for the P6F91i must meet all of the following requirement:
DRAM TYPE Module Size EDO (Extended Data Output)
1 IDE2 Connector 1 IDE1 Connector 1 FDD Connector
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) Single-sided Asymmetric: 1Mx64, 2Mx64, 4Mx64, 8Mx64, 16Mx64, Double-Sided Asymmetric: 2Mx64, 4Mx64, 8Mx64, 16Mx64, 32Mx64 3.3V unbuffered DIMM module Speed grade: Have to match the CPU Bus clock speed (66MHz or 100MHz) or faster. CAS latency: 3 or faster
DIMM 3
DIMM 2
DIMM 1
BANK 0 BANK 1 BANK 2
Single-Sided Symmetric: 1Mx64, 4Mx64, 16Mx64 Asymmetric: 1Mx64, 2Mx64, 4Mx64, 8Mx64 Double-Sided Symmetric: 2Mx64, 8Mx64 Asymmetric: 2Mx64, 4Mx64, 8Mx64, 16Mx64, 32Mx64 Requirements DRAM Speed: 60ns or faster RAS Access Time: 60ns or faster CAS Access Time: 20ns or faster
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Install 168-pin DIMM modules in any combination as follows: 168-Pin DIMM Modules Memory Configuration.
BANK 0 (DIMM1) BANK 1 (DIMM2) BANK 2 (DIMM3) Total System Memory SDRAM/EDO 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB
SDRAM/EDO 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB
SDRAM/EDO 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB
8MB to Max. 384MB
NOTE: 1. P6F91i does not support mixing of SDRAM and EDO memory 2. When using SDRAM with 4Mx4 and 16Mx4 chips, only registered DIMMs can be used.
2.2.5 Clear CMOS and Password
If your system can not boot up because you forget your password, or the CMOS settings need to be reset to default values after the system BIOS has been updated, the following instructions can be performed to clear the CMOS and password. 1. Power off the system 2. Place a shunt to short pin2 and pin3 of JP12 for 5 seconds 3. Put the shunt back to pin1 and pin2 of JP12 4. Power on the system
2.2.6 Auto Power On
After losing AC power, the system will not turn on automatically when power comes back unless you set the Auto Power On jumper (JP13) to 1-2. Out of safety consideration the default setting on JP13 is 2-3, which avoid system turn on by itself when plug in the power cole.
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JP13 shunt 1-2: Auto Power On feature is On JP13 shunt 2-3: Auto Power On feature is Off (Default).
2.2.7 PS/2 keyboard & mouse Power Selection
The 3 pin jumper JP6 is used for PS/2 keyboard and mouse's power selection. When JP6 is set to 2-3, the keyboard is powered by +5Vsb which will keep the keyboard LED always lit and indicates user can power on computer by key-in password. You can set the password in the BIOS "Power On function" of "Integrate Peripheral Screen". PS/2 keyboard & mouse Power Selection
ATX Power Connector COM2 COM1 Parallel Port(TOP)
JP6 shunt 1-2: PS/2 keyboard & mouse use power supply's +5V. JP6 shunt 2-3: PS/2 keyboard & mouse use power supply's +5Vsb (+5 volt standby). This is the default setting. 2.2.8. CPU Bus Over-Clock Selection: You can force CPU bus clock to 100MHz by open JP16. JP16 Close JP16 Open JP16 Install CPU Pentium II 233~333MHz: Pentium II 350~500MHz: Pentium II CPU with any Frequency: Available Frequency options in the BIOS 66, 68, 75, 83MHz 100, 103, 112, 133MHz 100, 103, 112,133MHz
CPU Slot 1
USB
PS/2 Mouse(TOP)
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The Soft-Menu (jumperless) design of the P6F91i allows the user to set CPU Bus Clock and CPU core to Bus clock multiplier through the BIOS. CPU Bus Clock: The CPU Bus Clock is defined as the CPU input clock. For example; the CPU Bus Clock for Intel Pentium II 350, 400, 450 and 500MHz is 100MHz and the CPU Bus Clock for Intel Pentium II 233, 266, 300 and 333MHz is 66.6MHz. CPU Core to Bus Clock Multiplier: The CPU internal core clock is equal to the "CPU Bus Clock" times the "CPU Core to Bus Clock Multiplier". For example, if the CPU Bus Clock is 100MHz and the CPU Core to Bus clock Multiplier is 3.5, the actual CPU core clock will be 350MHz. CPU Voltage: There is no hardware or BIOS settings needed for CPU operating voltage. The switching regulator circuit can autodetect the CPU type on the P6F91i mainboard and generate the proper operating voltage for the CPU. Follows these three steps to setup CPU speed.
1) Turn the system on, then press key to access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program. A "CMOS SETUP UTILITY" will display on the screen. At "CMOS SETUP UTILITY" screen selects "Chipset Features Setup" and press .
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KF29) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Esc: Quit F10: Save & Exit Setup : Select Item : Change Color
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2) On the top right hand side of the "Chipset Feature Setup" screen, there is a "CPU Speed" option. Refer to the table below and select the correct CPU speed.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KF29) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration EDO DRAM Speed Selection EDO CASx# MA Wait State EDO RASx# Wait State SDRAM CAS Latency Time DRAM Data Integrity Mode System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time Memory Hole At 15M-16M Passive Release Delayed Transaction : : : : Enabled 60 ns 2 2 CPU Speed : 350Mhz(100x3.5) 64 Enabled Enabled 660C/1510F
E
: 2 : Non-ECC : Enabled : Enabled : Disabled : 1 : 1 : Disabled : Enabled : Disabled
AGP Aperture Size (MB) : : Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Spread Spectrum Modulated : CPU Warning Temperature
Current CPU FAN Speed : 4383 Current FAN2 Speed : 4353 Vcc3 : +3.32 Vccp : +2.80 + 12V : +12.01 +5V : +5.01 - 5V : -4.98 - 12V : -11.96
Current System Temp. : 480C/1200F
ESC: Quit :Select Item F1: Help PU/PD/+/-:Modify F5: Old Values (Shift) F2: Color F7: Load Setup Defaults
CPU Bus Clock=100MHz:
CPU SPEED 350MHz 400MHz 450MHz 500MHz Soft-Menu Setting Bus Clock 100MHz 100MHz 100MHz 100MHz Core to Bus Clock Multiplier 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0
CPU Bus Clock=66MHz:
CPU SPEED 233MHz 266MHz 300MHz 333MHz Soft-Menu Setting Bus Clock 66.6MHz 66.6MHz 66.6MHz 66.6MHz Core to Bus Clock Multiplier 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0
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3) After the "CPU Speed" is set, go back to "CMOS SETUP UTILITY" screen and select "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" and press the key to save the setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KF29) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Esc: Quit F10: Save & Exit Setup : Select Item : Change Color
F
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
F2
2.2.10 System Clock (CPU Bus Clock)
When "CPU SPEED" set to "manual", which allows user to set "CPU Ratio" and "CPU Frequency" manually. The available options for "CPU Frequency" are "66MHz", "68MHz", "75MHz" and "83MHz" when a Intel Pentium II 233, 266, 300, 333MHz CPU installed and "100MHz", "103MHz", "112MHz", "133MHz" when an Intel Pentium II 350, 400, 450, 500MHz CPU installed You can over clock the CPU Bus frequency from 66MHz to 100MHz by change the jumper JP16. This give you the possibility to over clock a 66MHz Pentium II CPU at 100MHz frequency. JP16 Close (default) Open CPU Bus Clock Determines by the CPU Type Fixed at 100MHz
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Available Options for CPU Bus Clock Installed CPU JP16 Close (default) Intel Pentium II 233~333MHz Intel Pentium II 350~500MHz 66MHz, 68MHz, 75MHz, 83MHz 100MHz, 103MHz, 112MHz, 133MHz JP16 open 100MHz, 103MHz, 112MHz, 133MHz
NOTE: Over clock may caused system hang or fail to boot-up (no video). If this happens you need to change the jumper JP16 back to default setting and reset your CMOS data and get your system back again. There are two methods you can reset your CMOS setting. Method 1: Press and hold the key before power on the computer. Once BIOS detect the key is pressed, it will clear CMOS RAM and reset CMOS setting to default values. Method 2: Set jumper to clear CMOS RAM 1. Power off the system 2. Place a shunt to short pin2 and pin3 of JP12 for 5 seconds 3. Put the shunt back to pin1 and pin2 of JP12 4. Power on the system
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3 BIOS Configuration
After hardware configuration of P6F91i Mainboard is completed, and system hardware has been assembled, the completed system may be powered up. At this point, CMOS setup should be run to ensure that system information is correct. Normally, CMOS setup is needed when the system hardware is not consistent with the information contained in the CMOS RAM, whenever the CMOS RAM has lost power, or the system features need to be changed.
3.1 ENTERING SETUP
When the system is powered on, the BIOS will enter the PowerOn Self Test (POST) routines. These routines perform various diagnostic checks; if an error is encountered, the error will be reported in one of two different ways. If the error occurs before the display device is initialized, a series of beeps will be transmitted. If the error occurs after the display device is initialized, the screen will display the error message. After the POST routines are completed, the following message appears: "Press DEL to enter SETUP" To access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program, press the key. The "CMOS SETUP UTILITY" screen will be displayed at this time.
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3.2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Program Screen
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KF29) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Esc: Quit F10: Save & Exit Setup : Select Item : Change Color
F2
This screen provides access to the utility's various functions. Listed below are explanations of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screen: : Exit the utility. ARROW KEYS: Use arrow keys to move cursor to the desired selection. : Saves all changes made to Setup and exits program. : Changes background and foreground colors.
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3.3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP
Selecting "STANDARD CMOS SETUP "on the main program screen displays this menu:
Standard CMOS Setup Screen
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KF29) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy): Mon, Mar 23 1998 Time (hh:mm:ss): 10:10:10
HARD DISKS Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave TYPE : Auto : Auto : Auto : Auto SIZE 0 0 0 0 CYLS HEAD PRECOMP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LANDZ 0 0 0 0 SECTOR 0 0 0 0 MODE Auto Auto Auto Auto
Drive A: 1.44M, 3.5 in. Drive B: None Floppy 3 Mode Support: Disabled Video: EGA/VGA Halt On: All Errors But Keyboard ESC: Quit F1: Help : Select Item : Change Color
Base Memory: 640K Extended Memory: 15360K Other Memory: 384K Total Memory: 16384K PU/PD/+/-:Modify
(Shift) F2
The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the following features: Set Date: Month, Day, Year. Set Time: Hour, Minute, and Second. Use 24 Hour clock format (for PM numbers, add 12 to the hour, you would enter 4:30 p.m. As 16:30). Hard Disks: There are four hard disks listed: "Primary Master", "Primary Slave", "Secondary Master" and "Secondary Slave". For Each
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IDE channel, the first device is the "Master" and the second device is "Slave". Hard disk Types from 1 to 45 are standard ones; Type "Auto" is IDE HDD auto detection; Type "User" is user definable, and Type "None" is not installed (e.g. SCSI). There are six categories of information you must enter for a HDD: "CYLS" (number of cylinders), "HEAD" (number of heads), "PRECOMP" (write pre-compensation), "LANDZ" (landing zone), "SECTOR" (number of sectors) and "MODE" (Normal, LBA, LARGE and AUTO). The hard disk vendor's or system manufacturer's documentation should provide you with the information needed. The "MODE" option is for IDE hard disk drives only. The "MODE" has four options: NORMAL, LBA, LARGE and AUTO. Set MODE to NORMAL for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB. Set MODE to LBA for IDE hard disk drives over 528MB which support Logical Block Addressing mode. Set MODE to LARGE for IDE hard disk drives over 528MB which do not support LBA mode. The LARGE type of drive is very uncommon and can only be used under MS-DOS. Currently most IDE hard disk drives over 528MB support LBA mode. Set MODE to AUTO to enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk drive during bootup. Floppy Drive A and Floppy Drive B: The options are: "360K, 5.25 in.", "1.2M, 5.25in.", "720K, 3.5in.", "1.44M, 3.5in.", "2.88M, 3.5in." and "None (Not Installed)". Not Installed could be used as an option for diskless workstations. Floppy 3 Mode Support: The options are "Disabled" (default), "Drive A", "Drive B" and "Both". This is the Japanese standard floppy drive which stores 1.2MB in a 3.5" diskette.
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Video: Set it to the type of graphics card installed in your system. If you are using a VGA or higher resolution card, choose the "EGA/ VGA" option. The options are "EGA/VGA" (default), "MONO", "CGA 40" and "CGA 80". Halt On: The options are "All Errors" (default), "No Errors", "All, But Keyboard", "All, But Diskette" and "All, But Disk/Key". This setting determines which type of errors will cause the system to halt during bootup.
3.4 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this utility to detect its parameters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup automatically. If the auto-detected parameters displayed do not match the ones that should be used for your hard drive, do not accept them. Press the key to reject the values and enter the correct ones manually on the Standard CMOS Setup screen. Note: If you are setting up a new hard disk drive (nothing on it) that supports LBA mode, more than one line will appear in the parameter box, choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive. Do not choose Large or Normal if the hard disk drive is already fully formatted when you install it, choose the mode which is used to format it.
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3.5 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
"LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" loads optimal settings which are stored in the BIOS ROM. The defaults loaded only affect the BIOS Features Setup, Chipset Features Setup, Power Management Setup, PnP/PCI configuration setup and Integrated Peripherals Setup.There is no effect on the Standard CMOS Setup. To use this feature, highlight on the main screen and press . A line will appear on the screen asking if you want to load the Setup default values. Press the key and then press the key if you want to load the Setup defaults. Press if you don't want to proceed.
3.6 SAVE & EXIT SETUP
Selecting this option and pressing the key will save the new setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process.
3.7 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
Selecting this option and pressing the key will exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones.
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3.8 BIOS FEATURES SETUP
Selecting "BIOS FEATURES SETUP" on the main program screen displays this menu:
BIOS Features Setup Screen
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KF29) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Trend Chipaway Virus CPU Internal Cache External Cache Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Enabled : Enabled : Enabled : Enabled : C, A, SCSI : Disable : Disable : On : Fast : Disable :6 : 250 : Setup : Disable Video BIOS Shadow C8000 - CBFFF Shadow CC000 - CFFFF Shadow D0000 - D3FFF Shadow D4000 - D7FFF Shadow D8000 - DBFFF Shadow DC000 - DFFFF Shadow : Enabled : Disable : Disable : Disable : Disable : Disable : Disable
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB : Non-OS2 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Assign IRQ For VGA : Disabled : Enabled
ESC: Quit :Select Item F1: Help PU/PD/+/-:Modify F5: Old Values (Shift) F2: Color F7: Load Setup Defaults
The following explains the options for each feature: Trend Chipaway Virus: The Trend Chipaway Virus's default setting is "Enabled". Presently, one solution provided by some BIOS venders to protect against boot viruses involves a BIOS function used to write-protect the partition table. This solution prevents viruses from writing to the partition table but also prevents computer users from doing legitimate modifications e.g. using FDISK to re-configure hard drive partitions. Also this function will be disabled whenever the BIOS has been reset. Trend ChipAway Virus (TCAV) is unique, specially designed solution stops boot viruses from infecting the boot sector or partition table during the "threat" period that exists before the boot sector loads and traditional anti-virus protection takes effect. Trend ChipAway Virus resides in the BIOS to prevent boot viruses from causing any damage to computers.
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Virus Warning: The Virus Warning's default setting is "Disable". When enabled, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table will halt the system and cause a warning message to appear. If this happens, you can use an anti-virus utility on a virus free, bootable floppy diskette to reboot and clean your system. CPU Internal Cache: The default setting is "Enabled". This Setting enables the CPU internal cache. External Cache: The default setting is "Enabled". This setting enables the Level 2 cache. Quick Power On Self Test: The default setting is "Enabled". This will skip some diagnostic checks during the Power On Self Test (POST) to speed up the booting process. Boot Sequence: The default setting is "C, A, SCSI"; the other options are "CDROM, C, A", "C, CDROM, A", "A, C, SCSI", "D, A, SCSI", "E, A, SCSI", "F, A, SCSI", "SCSI, A, C", "SCSI, C, A", "LS/ZIP, C" and "C only". The BIOS will load the operating system from the disk drives in the sequence selected here. Swap Floppy Drive: The default setting is "Disable". This setting gives you an option to swap A and B floppy disks. Normally the floppy drive A is the one at the end of the cable, if you set this option to "Enabled", the drive at the end of the cable will be swapped to B. Boot Up Floppy Seek: The default setting is "Disable". If set to "Enabled", during bootup the BIOS will check for installed bootup disk in the floppy disk drives. Boot Up Numlock Status: The default setting is "On". If set to "Off", the cursor controls will function on the numeric keypad. Gate A20 Option: the defaults setting is "Fast". This is the optimal setting for the Mainboard. The other option is "Normal". Typematic Rate Setting: The default setting is "Disable". If set to "Enabled", you can set the typematic Rate and typematic Delay.
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Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): This setting controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes. The choices range from 6 to 30 Chars/Sec. The default setting is "6" Chars/Sec. Typematic Delay (Msec): This setting controls the time between the display of the first and second characters. There are four delay choices: 250ms, 500ms, 750ms and 1000ms. The default setting is "250" ms. Security Option: This setting controls the password feature. The options are "Setup" and "System". Selecting "Setup" will protect the configuration settings from being tampered with. Select "System" if you want to use the password feature every time the system boots up. The default setting is "Setup". You can create your password by using the "SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD" utility on the main program screen. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: If there are two VGA cards in your system (one PCI and one ISA) and this option is set to "Disable", data read and written by CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA card's palette registers. If set to "Enabled", data read and written by CPU will be directed to both the palette registers of the PCI VGA and ISA VGA cards. This option must be set to "Enabled" if any ISA VGA card installed in your system requires VGA palette snooping to fix improper color problem. Video BIOS Shadow: The default setting is "Enabled" which will copy the VGA BIOS into system DRAM. C8000-CBFFF Shadow to DC000-DFFFF Shadow: The default setting for the shadow feature is "Disable". When set to enable, the ROM with the specific address is copied into system DRAM. It will also reduce the size of memory available to the system. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB:The default setting is "Non-OS2". Set to "OS2" if the system memory size is greater than 64MB and the operating system is OS/2. CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: The default setting is "Disable". Set to "Enabled" only if CPU L2 cache has ECC (Error Checking and Correction).
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Assign IRQ For VGA: The default setting is "Enabled". When set to "Disable" BIOS will not assign any IRQ (Interrupt request line) for PCI VGA card. If your VGA card requires IRQ then set this option to "Enabled". After you have made your selection(s) in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP, press the key to go back to the main program screen.
3.9 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
Selecting "CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP" on the main program screen displays this menu:
Chipset Features Setup Screen
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KF29) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Auto Configuration EDO DRAM Speed Selection EDO CASx# MA Wait State EDO RASx# Wait State SDRAM CAS Latency Time DRAM Data Integrity Mode System BIOS Cacheable : : : : : Enabled 60 ns 2 2 2 CPU Speed CPU Ratio CPU Frequency AGP Aperture Size (MB) Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Spread Spectrum Modulated CPU Warning Temperature Current System Temp. Current CPU FAN Speed Current FAN2 Speed Vcc3 + 12V - 5V : +3.32 Vccp : +12.01 +5V : -4.98 - 12V : : : : : : : : : : : : 350Mhz(100x3.5) x 4.0 100MHz 64 Enabled Enabled : 660C/1510F 480C/1200F 4383 4353 +2.80 +5.01 -11.96
: Non-ECC : Enabled : Enabled : Disabled : 1 : 1 : Disabled : Enabled : Disabled
Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable
8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time Memory Hole At 15M-16M Passive Release Delayed Transaction
ESC: Quit F1: Help F5: Old Values F7: Load Setup Defaults
:Select Item PU/PD/+/-:Modify (Shift) F2: Color
This screen controls the settings for the board's chipset. All entries related to the DRAM timing on the screen are automatically configured. Do not make any change unless you are familiar with the chipset.
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Auto Configuration: The default setting is "Enabled" which will set optimal DRAM timing automatically depending on whether the DRAM used is 50ns or 60ns. The other option is "Disabled" which allows you to change DRAM timing manually. EDO DRAM Speed Selection: This option should be set according to the speed of the EDO DRAM in the system. The options are "50ns" and "60ns". EDO CASx# MA Wait State: This option selects "1" or "2" memory MA bus timing. For EDO, the "2" is one more wait state than the "1". For SDRAM, Fast timing means "1" MA wait state. EDO RASx# Wait State: The options are "1" or "2". This option sets the length of time in terms of number of clocks required for the RAS# precharge. The default setting is "2". SDRAM CAS Latency Time: The options are "2" and "3". Slower rate "3" may be required for slower SDRAMs or more than 2 banks of SDRAM DIMMs are installed. The default setting is "3". DRAM Data Integrity Mode: The options are "ECC" and "Non-ECC". Set to "ECC" only when DIMM modules with parity bits are used. This will enable the Error Checking and Correction function to ensure the data integrity System BIOS Cacheable: When set to "Enabled", the System BIOS will be cached for faster execution. The default setting is "Enabled". Video BIOS Cacheable: When set to "Enabled", the Video BIOS will be cached for faster execution. The default setting is "Enabled". Video RAM Cacheable: When set to "Enabled", the Graphics card's local memory will be cached for faster execution. The default setting is "Disable". 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time: This option sets the delay between back-toback 8-bit I/O instructions. The options are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Sysclks and NA. The default setting is "1". 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time: This option sets the delay between back-toback 16-bit I/O instructions. The options are 1, 2, 3, 4 Sysclks and NA. The default setting is "1".
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Memory Hole At 15M-16M: The default setting is "Disable". Set to "Enabled" means that when the system memory size is equal to or greater than 16M bytes, the physical memory address from 15M to 16M will be passed to PCI or ISA and there will be 1MBytes hole in your system memory. This option is designed for some OS with special add-in cards which need 15M-16M memory space. Passive Release: When set to "Enabled", CPU-to PCI bus accesses are allowed during passive release. When set to "Disable", only PCI busmaster access to local DRAM is allowed during passive release. Delayed Transaction: This termination is used by targets that can't complete the initial data phase within the requirement of this specification. One advantage of a Delay Transaction is that the bus is not held in wait states while completing an access to a slow device. While the originating master rearbitrates for the bus, other bus masters are allowed to use the bus bandwidth that would normally be wasted holding the master in wait states. Another advantage is that all posted memory write data is not required to be flushed before the request is accepted. Chipset has an embedded 32-bit post write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select "Enabled" to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. CPU SPEED: This option sets the CPU speed. There are two major category of this option. A. When a 100MHz Bus clock CPU is installed The default setting is "350MHz (100x3.5)". The other options are "300MHz (100x3.0)", "400MHz (100x4.0)", "450MHz (100x4.5)", "500MHz (100x5.0)" and "Manual". B. When a 66MHz Bus clock CPU is installed The default setting is "Manual". The other options are "200MHz (66x3.0)", "233MHz (66x3.5)", "266MHz (66x4.0)", 300MHz (66x4.5)" and "333MHz (66x5.0)". When set to "Manual" two more options "CPU Ratio" and "CPU Frequency" will pop up to let user set the CPU core to bus clock ratio (CPU Ratio) and CPU Bus clock (CPU Frequency) manually.
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CPU Ratio: This option sets the CPU Core to Bus Clock Multiplier. The options are "3", "3.5", 4", "4.5", "5" and "5.5". CPU Frequency: This option sets the CPU Bus Clock. The options are "66MHz", "68MHz", "75MHz" when a 66MHz Bus Clock CPU is installed. And "100MHz", "103MHz" and "112MHz" when a 100MHz Bus Clock CPU is installed. AGP Aperture Size (MB): This option determines the effective size of the AGP Graphic Aperture, which memory-mapped graphic data structures can reside in. Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: When set to "Enabled", system will automatically turn off PCI and DIMM clock which is not use and reduce electromagnetic interference. Spread Spectrum Modulated: When set to "Enabled", system clock frequency will automatically be modulated which helps reducing electromagnetic interference. Default is "Enabled". CPU Warning Temperature: This feature gives you the ability to set warning temperature for CPU. When the CPU temperature exceeds the set temperature, the PC speaker will beep. The beep sound will not off unless you turn off computer and change your CPU cooling condition. This feature gives you CPU overheat protection. Current System Temperature: This is the current system temperature reading. This feature gives you the ability to monitor your system's temperature without opening the chassis. Current CPU FAN/FAN2 SPEED: This is CPU FAN or FAN2 RPM (Revolution Per Minute) reading. This feature gives you the ability to monitor conditions of CPU FAN and FAN2. Vcc3, Vccp, +5V, -5V, +12V, -12V: This is Vcc3(onboard 3.3 volt), Vccp (CPU Core voltage), +5V(power supply's +5 volt), -5V(powe