User’s Manual An AMD Soc ket A Pr ocessor based Sock Processor mainboard (133 or 100MHz) Suppor ts PC133/V C133 Memor y Modules Supports PC133/VC133 Memory TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. These specifications are subject to change without notice. 60002L+10 Manual Revision 1.
Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist ........................................ 1-1 Overview AMD DuronTM & AthlonTM Processors ............. 1-2 Accelerated Graphics Port .................................. 1-3 Hardware Monitoring .......................................... 1-3 Mainboard Form-Factor ...................................... 1-4 I/O Shield Connector .......................................... 1-5 Power-On/Off (Remote) .....................................
Frequency/Voltage Control .................................. 4-21 Defaults Menu ..................................................... 4-22 Supervisor/User Password Setting ..................... 4-23 Exit Selecting ...................................................... 4-24 Appendix Appendix A Load Setup Defaults ............................................ A-1 Appendix B GHOST 5.1/6.03 Quick User’s Guide ....................
Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Packing Checklist Optional Item Package Contents A. (1) Mainboard E. (1) USB Cable B. (1) User’s manual C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable D. (1) ATA-66/100 Hard drive ribbon cable F.
Introduction Overview AMD DuronTM & AthlonTM Processors The AMD AthlonTM is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies. These processors implement advanced design techniques such as: Socket A (PGA 462) 200 or 266MHz system interface based on the Alpha™ EV6 bus protocol. Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Multimedia Units.
Introduction The AMD DuronTM processor is derived from the AMD AthlonTM processor core. It features full-speed, on-chip cache memory, a 200MHz front side system bus, and enhanced 3DNow!™ technology. Although both processors are related, there are key differences. The AMD AthlonTM processor is targeted at the performance segment, and as such will have more cache memory and higher clock speeds. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.
Introduction Mainboard Form-Factor The board is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards.
Introduction I/O Shield Connector The board is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3). Joystick/Midi port parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 Speaker Line_in MIC Figure 3: I/O back panel layout COM2 Power-On/Off (Remote) The board has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies. For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On/Off button.
Introduction System Block Diagram AMD Socket A Processors 100MHz or 133MHz 4X 66MHz PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller VT8363A 133/100MHz AC 97 VT82C686B I/O Bridge USB 0,1 USB 2,3 Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-6
Features Section 2 FEATURES Mainboard Features: PROCESSOR - AMD Athlon TM, Duron TM Processors, Socket A, operating at 600MHz ~ 1.1GHz CHIPSET - VIA KT133A AGPset (VT8363A + 686B) DRAM MODULE - 168pin DIMM x 3 for PC133/VC133 Memory - DRAM Size: 32MB to 1.
Features BIOS - Award Plug & Play BIOS Built-in AC97 Digital Audio(by VT82C686B) - Dual full-duplex Direct Sound channels - H/W Sound Blaster Pro for DOS legacy compatibility - FM synthesis for legacy compatibility - Supports game and MIDI port EXTENDED FUNCTION - Supports exclusive USDM(Unified System Diagnostic Manager) and Hardware Monitoring Function by VT82C686B - Support CPU Clock Setting (1 or 2 increment) via BIOS - Support CPU Vcore & Ratio setting by DIP switch - Supports Wake-On-LAN F
Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Mainboard Detailed Layout Figure 1 Page 3-1
Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. 3-2. 3-3. 3-4. CPU Insertion Jumper Settings System memory Configuration Device Connectors Section 3-1 CPU Insertion CPU Insertion: (use AMD AthlonTM as reference) Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever. Figure 2 Step 2 Insert the processor.
Installation Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. Figure 4 Step 4 Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheated and burned.
Installation Section 3-2 Jumper Settings SW1: CPU Vcore Voltage Selection ON 1 23 45 6 SW1 CPU Vcore (V) 1 2 3 4 5 6 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON 1.475 ON OFF OFF OFF ON ON 1.500 OFF ON OFF OFF ON ON 1.525 ON ON OFF OFF ON ON 1.550 OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON 1.575 ON OFF ON OFF ON ON 1.600 OFF ON ON OFF ON ON 1.625 ON ON ON OFF ON ON 1.650 OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON 1.675 ON OFF OFF ON ON ON 1.700 OFF ON OFF ON ON ON 1.
Installation JP1 1 JP3 1 CMOS Clear JP1 = 1-2 Normal (Default) = 2-3 Clear CMOS Power Loss Recovery JP3 =1-2 Disabled (Default) =2-3 Enabled CPU Host Clock Select JP14 1 JP14 Host Clock 1-2 100MHz 2-3 133MHz (Default) Page 3-5
Installation Section 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The board supports (3) PC133/VC133 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs is for SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) only. • SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns), 125MHz (8ns) or 133MHz (7.5ns) bus speed. • If you use both 50ns and 60ns memory you must configure your BIOS to read 60ns. • When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the 4 clock variety over the 2 clock.
Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 7 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM memory module. DIMMs have 168-pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM socket. DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down (figure 8) until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 9). LEFT KEY ZONE (UNBUFFERED) CENTER KEY ZONE (3.
Installation Section 3-4 Device Connectors parallel port PS/2 Mouse Joystick/Midi port USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in MIC Figure 10 J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector • Power_LED, Speaker, Reset, Power ON/Off, Turbo LED, HDD LED, IR Conn.
Installation AUX1: Auxiliary Line_IN Connector • Pin1(Left Line_IN), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Right Line-IN) MODEM1: Telephony Connector for Modem audio output • Pin1(Audio_in), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Mic-out to Modem) USB2: USB port header pins for adding two additional USB ports. 1 6 VCC GND -Data +Data +Data -Data GND VCC 5 10 USB port header pin descriptions.
Installation Device Connectors (continued) (This is connected to the power button on the case. Using the Soft-Off by Pwr-BTTN feature, you can choose either Instant Off (turns system off immediatly), or 4 sec delay (you need to push the button down for 4 seconds before the system turns off). When the system is in 4 sec delay mode, suspend mode is enabled by pushing the button momentarily.
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BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP Main Menu Award’s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or a device is added.
BIOS The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function. When a selection is made, the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters.
BIOS NOTE: If the hard disk Primary Master/Slave and Secondary Master/ Slave are set to Auto, then the hard disk size and model will be auto-detected. NOTE: The “Halt On:” field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs. NOTE: Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3.5” drive used in Japan. This is a 3.5” disk that stores only 1.2 MB, the default setting for this is disabled.
BIOS Virus Warning: During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and an error message will appear. You should then run an anti-virus program to locate the virus. Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector, not the entire hard drive. The default value is Disabled.
BIOS First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device: The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The choice: Floppy, LS120, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, Disabled. Swap Floppy Drive: This will swap your physical drive letters A & B if you are using two floppy disks. The default is Disabled. Enabled: Floppy A & B will be swapped under the O/S. Disabled: Floppy A & B will be not swapped.
BIOS Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): This is the number of characters that will be repeated by a keyboard press. The default is 6. 6: 6 characters per second. 8: 8 characters per second. 10: 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. Typematic Delay (msec): This setting controls the time between the first and the second character displayed by typematic auto-repeat.
BIOS D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied into RAM. This will be in 16K byte or 32K byte units, and the size will depend on chipset of the option card. Enabled: Optional shadow is enabled. Disabled: Optional shadow is disabled.
BIOS 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup DRAM Timing By SPD: Select Enabled for setting SDRAM timing by SPD. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. DRAM Clock : The item will synchronize/asynchronize DRAM operation clock. Default is by SPD. 100MHz: DRAM is running at 100MHz frequency. 133MHz: DRAM is running at 133MHz frequency.
BIOS DRAM Page-Mode: The item will active or inactive chipset page registers. Enabled: Page-Mode Enabled. Disabled: No page registers update and non Page-Mode operation. Memory Hole : You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs. The default is Disabled. Enabled: This field enables the main memory (15~16MB) to remap to ISA BUS. Disabled: Normal Setting. Note: If this feature is enabled you will not be able to cache this memory segment.
BIOS 16: 16MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 32: 32MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 64: 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 128: 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 256: 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. AGP Mode: Chipset AGP Mode support. Options: x1 , x2 and x4. AGP Driving Control: This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force. Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection.
BIOS PCI Master 0 WS Write: When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are command with zero wait states. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Delay Transaction: The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI #2 Access #1 Retry: This item allows you enabled/disable the PCI #2 Access #1 Retry. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals Note: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE: Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: Disabled Note: The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches (45 cm.). OnChip IDE Channel0: The default value is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE primary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE primary port. OnChip IDE Channel1: The default is Enabled.
BIOS Primary Master PIO: The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode. Primary Slave PIO: The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode. Secondary Master PIO: The default is Auto.
BIOS Init Display First: If two video cards are used (1 AGP and 1 PCI) this specifies which one will be the primary display adapter. The default is PCI Slot. PCI Slots: PCI video card will be primary adapter. AGP: AGP video card will be primary adapter. IDE HDD Block Mode: IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode. Provides higher HDD transfer rates. Disabled: Disable IDE HDD Block Mode.
BIOS Onboard Parallel port: This field allows the user to configure the LPT port. The default is 378H / IRQ7. 378H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H and IRQ7. 278H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQ5. 3BCH: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7. Disabled: Disable Onboard VIA686B’s LPT port. Onboard Parallel Port Mode: This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. The default is Normal. Normal: Standard mode.
BIOS 4-5 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’s absolutely necessary. Figure 6: Power Management Setup ACPI Function: This option allows you to select ACPI Function. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Support ACPI function for new O.S Disabled: No Support ACPI function.
BIOS User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode. PM controlled by APM: This option shows weather or not you want the Power Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management (APM). The default is Yes. Yes: APM controls your PM No: APM does not control your PM Video Off Option: Tells you what time frame that the video will be disabled under current power management settings. The default is Standby.
BIOS Delay 4 Second : Turns off the system after a 4 second delay. If momentary press of button, the system will go into Suspend Mode. Press the power botton again to take system out of Suspend Mode. State After Power Failure: This field lets you determine the state that your PC returns to after a power failure. If set to Off, the PC will not boot after a power failure, if set to On, the PC will restart after a power failure.
BIOS 4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration The PNP/PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI/ISA IRQ signals when various PCI/ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots. WARNING: Conflicting IRQ’s may cause the system to not find certain devices. Figure 7: PCI Configuration Setup PNP OS Installed: Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system. The default is No. Yes: Select if you are using a PNP OS. No: Select if your OS does not support PNP.
BIOS Reset Configuration Data: This setting allows you to clear ESCD data. The default is Disabled Disabled: Normal Setting. Enabled: If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were recorded into ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data), you can set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Leave this field at Disabled. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Assign IRQ For VGA/USB: This item allows BIOS to assign whether IRQ is with VGA/USB or not.
BIOS 4-7 PC Health Status 31oC/87oF 0oC/32oF 6135 RPM 0 RPM 1.62V 1.52V 3.22V 5.01V 12.12V Current CPU Temperature: This is the current temperature of the CPU. Current System Temperature: This is the Current temperature of the system. Current CPU FAN Speed: The current CPU fan speed in RPMs. Current Chassis FAN Speed: The current chassis fan speed in RPMs. CPU(V): The voltage level of the CPU(Vcore). AGP Vcore: The voltage level of Power supplied to AGP card. 1.52V: for 4X AGP card. 3.
BIOS 4-8 Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: When enabled the motherboard will automatically disable the clock source for a DIMM socket which does not have a module in it. Same applies for PCI slots. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enables this option. Disabled: Disables this option. CPU Host/PCI/Spread Spec. : The mainboard is designed to set the CPU Host/PCI/ Spread clock via BIOS. This item allows you to select the CPU Host, PCI and Spread clock speed by “Enter” key.
BIOS 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations.
BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are: supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus. user password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
BIOS 4-11 Exit Selecting Save & Exit Setup Pressing on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again.
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Appendix Appendix A NOTE: The "LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard, or the system CMOS data is corrupted.
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Appendix Appendix B B-1 GHOST 5.1/6.03 Quick User’s Guide Installation is very easy. You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or Ghost.exe to your hard disk. The current market version is for single Client, so the LPT and NetBios portions will not be explained further. Description of Menus Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition.
Appendix There are 3 hard disk functions: 1. Disk To Disk (disk cloning) 2. Disk To Image (disk backup) 3. Disk From Image (restore backup) Important! 1. To use this function, the system must have at least 2 disks. Press the Tab key to move the cursor. 2. When restoring to a destination disk, all data in that disk will be completely destroyed. Disk To Disk (Disk Cloning) 1. Select the location of the Source drive. 2. Select the location of the Destination drive. 3.
Appendix 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Disk To Image (Disk Backup) 1. Select the location of the Source drive. 2. Select the location for storing the backup file.
Appendix 3. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Disk From Image (Restore Backup) 1. Select the Restore file. 2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored.
Appendix 3. When restoring disk backup, set the required partition size as shown in the following figure. 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start.
Appendix There are 3 partition functions: 1. Partition To Partition (partition cloning) 2. Partition To Image (partition backup) 3. Partition From Image (restore partition) Partition To Partition (Partition Cloning) The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition. Refer to disk cloning for the operation method. Partition To Image (Partition Backup) 1. Select the disk to be backed up. 2. Select the first partition to be backed up. This is usually where the operating system and programs are stored.
Appendix 3. Select the path and file name for storing the backup file. 4. Is the file compressed? There are 3 options: (1) No: do not compress data during backup (2) Fast: Small volume compression (3) High: high ratio compression. File can be compressed to its minimum, but this requires longer execution time. 5. During confirmation, select Yes to start performing backup.
Appendix Partition From Image (Restore Partition) 1. Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk to be restored.
Appendix 4. Select the partition to be restored. 5. Select Yes to start restoring. Check This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or restoration error due to FAT or track error.
Appendix How to Reinstall Windows in 2 Minutes This chapter teaches you how to set your computer properly and, if necessary, reinstall Windows in 2 minutes. Ghost can use different methods to complete this task. The following two sections explain the creation of the emergency Recover Floppy and Recover CD: Emergency Recover Floppy Divide a hard disk into two partitions. The first partition is for storing the operating system and application programs.
Appendix (2) After booting, the screen displays the Menu. Select Backup or Restore: Since the user may install other applications in the future, he/she may design Autoexec.bat as a Menu to back up or restore the userdefined Image file as follows: Backup Back up Windows and application programs as a file (Recent. gho). Command is: Ghost –clone,mode=pdump,src=1:1,dst=d:\Recent.gho -fx sure -rb Restore Restore types include [General Windows] and [Windows and Application Programs].
Appendix Recover CD In recent years, well-known computer manufacturers (such as IBM, Acer, Compaq, etc.) bundle Recover CDs with their computers to reduce the cost resulting from servicing, while at the same time increasing their market competitiveness. The following is a simple guide to how to create a recover CD: 1. For extremely easy creation of the recover floppy disk, use the copy program for example “Easy CD Creator “ (Note 2). First, create a recover floppy disk containing: Bootable files (Command.
Appendix Ghost Command Line Switches Reference Ghost may be run in interactive or in batch mode. Batch mode is useful for automating installations for backups using Ghost. Most of the Ghost switches are used to assist with batch mode operation. To list switches from Ghost, type ghost.exe -h. -clone The full syntax for this switch is: clone,MODE={copy|load|dump|pcopy|pload|pdump},SRC= {drive|file|drive:partition|,DST={drive|file|drive:partition},SZE{F|L|n= {nnnnM|nnP|F|V}} Clone using arguments.
Appendix c) DST Mode COPY/ LOAD DUMP PCOPY/ PLOAD PDUMP c) SZEy This defines the destination location for the operation: Meaning Destination drive (e.g, 2 for drive two) Disk image filename or device,(e.g, g:\images\system2.img) Destination partition,(e.g, 2:2 indicates the second partition on drive two). Partition image filename (e.g, g:\images\part1.img). Used to set the size of the destination partitions for either a disk load or disk copy operation.
Appendix data space has been satisfied will be distributed between the destination partitions in proportion to the data usage in the source partitions Someexamples follow that will help illustrate: -fx flag Exit. Normally when Ghost has finished copying a new system to a disk, it prompts the user to reboot with a press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot window.
Appendix Example 1: To copy drive one to drive two on a PC, without final prompt if OK to proceed. ghost.exe -clone,mode=copy,src=1,dst=2 –sure Example 2: To connect via NetBIOS to another PC running Ghost in slave mode, and dump a disk image of local drive two to the remote file c:\drive2.gho ghost.exe -clone,mode=dump,src=2,dst=C:\drive2.
