Edition: June 1998

Version: 1.0
SM–P6BX2

This User’s Guide & Technical Reference is for assisting system

manufacturers and end users in setting up and installing the
mainboard. Every effort has been made to ensure that the
information in this manual is accurate. Information in this
document is subject to change without notice.

No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted, translated

into any language in any form or by any means, electronic or
mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any
purpose without the express written permission from SYE
Company.

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CONTENTS
1: Introduction --------------------------------------------------- 1
Features -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
CPU ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
Chipset --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
Main Memory ------------------------------------------------------------- 1
BIOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1
I/O Function --------------------------------------------------------------- 1
ACPI Features (for ATX Only) ----------------------------------------- 2
Other Functions ----------------------------------------------------------- 2
Mainboard Layout ------------------------------------------------------------- 3

2: Hardware Setup ---------------------------------------------- 4

Jumpers/Connectors Settings ------------------------------------------------- 4
J1 – ATX Style Power Connector -------------------------------------- 4
Software Power-Off (for ATX Only) ---------------------------------- 4
External Connectors Location ------------------------------------------------ 5
J10 – Floppy Disk Drive Connector------------------------------------ 5
J8/J9 – Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors -------------------------- 5
J7 – Pin Description ------------------------------------------------------ 5
J7 (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) (KEY-LOCK) – Keylock & Power LED
Connector ------------------------------------------------------------- 5
J7 (18, 20) (PWRBT) – Power Button & Suspend Switch
Connector (for ATX Only) (??There are 2 J7(20) mentioned
in this manual, one iw here and the other J7(20) is used for
RST??) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 6
J7 (11, 12) (HD-LED) – HDD LED Connector ----------------- 6
J7 (1, 3, 5, 7) (SPK) – Speaker Connector ----------------------- 6
J7 (19, 20) (RST) – Reset Switch Connector -------------------- 6
J7 (13, 14) (SPLED) – SUSPEND LED ------------------------- 7

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 JPX1 – CMOS Battery --------------------------------------------------- 7
JP5/JP9/JX3 (FAN1/FAN2/FAN3) – CPU & Chasis Fan
Connector ------------------------------------------------------------------ 7
IR1 – Infrared Module Connector -------------------------------------- 7
JP10 – Flash ROM Voltage --------------------------------------------- 7
SW1 – CPU Speed Frequency Selectors ------------------------------ 8
JP6/JP7/JP8 – CLK Selectors ------------------------------------------- 8
JP11 – Creative® SB-Link Header------------------------------------- 8
PRINT1 – PRINT Port --------------------------------------------------- 9
COM1/COM2 – Serial Port Connectors ------------------------------- 9
FDC1 – Floppy Drive Connector --------------------------------------- 9
IDE1/IDE2 – Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors ------------------ 9
System Memory Configuration ---------------------------------------------- 9

3: Award BIOS Setup ----------------------------------------- 11

Entering the CMOS Setup Program --------------------------------------- 12
Standard CMOS Setup ------------------------------------------------- 13
BIOS Features Setup --------------------------------------------------- 14
Chipset Features Setup ------------------------------------------------- 17
Power Management Setup --------------------------------------------- 20
PnP/PCI Configuration Setup ----------------------------------------- 21
Load Setup Defaults ---------------------------------------------------- 23
Integrated Peripherals Setup------------------------------------------- 23
Password Setting -------------------------------------------------------- 25
IDE HDD Auto Detection --------------------------------------------- 26
Save & Exit Setup ------------------------------------------------------ 26
Exit Without Saving ---------------------------------------------------- 26
FLASH ROM Utility -------------------------------------------------------- 27

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1: INTRODUCTION

Features
CPU
■ Supports Intel Pentium II CPUs running at 233 ~ 400 MHz

Chipset
■ Intel 100MHz 440BX AGP set chipset with PIIX4E South
Bridge

Main Memory
■ Provides 3 DIMM sockets to support 4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/
64MB/128MB/256MB SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to
768MB;
■ Supports ECC configuration;
■ Supports auto detection of memory type;
■ PC100 (100MHz) Compliant SDRAM Interface

BIOS
■ AWARD Anti-Boot Virus & PnP BIOS with ACPI, AGP,
DMI, Green, Plug and Play Features;
■ Enhanced ACPI Features for PC98/Win98

I/O Function
■ PS/2 mouse and Keyboard connectors, Universal Serial Bus
(USB) interface, and Infrared Connector;
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 ■ Onboard super Multi-I/O chip supports 2 serial ports with
16550 fast UART compatible, 1 parallel port with EPP and
ECP capabilities, and one floppy disk drive interface;
■ OnBoard supports IR function

ACPI Features (for ATX Only)

■ Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) and
Legacy PMU, fully compliant to PC97 & PC98;
■ Provides ATX power which supports various functions, such as
Suspend/Shutdown

Other Functions
■ Onboard PCI Bus Master IDE interface supports 4 IDE devices
with 2 channels; BIOS supports 4 IDE harddisk drives which
do not need device driver for S/W application and the capacity
of each harddisk can be larger than 528MB and up to 8.4GB;
■ Provides one AGP Bus slot, 4 PCI slots and 3 ISA slotsPCI Bus
Master IDE controller which supports PIO Mode 0 to Mode 4,
and the Ultra DMA/33 is at the maximum transfer rate of
33MB/sec and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2;
■ Supports 2.88MB, Iomega ZIP-100M, and IDE LS-120 FDD,
bootable from floppy, HDD ,CD-ROM, SCSI, NetWork, LS-
120, ZIP, or others;
■ Supports Fan Stauts, Monitor Alarm, and Temperature Monitor
and Alert, Voltage Monitor and Alert, System Resources Alert,
and Virus Write Protection through the optional LM78/LM75
or compatible Hardware Monitor and Intel® LANDESK Client
Manager (LDCM) software;
■ Wake-On-LAN header onboard;
■ Onboard Creative® SB-Link header

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Mainboard Layout
The following figure is the layout of P6BX2.
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 KBD

JP9

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3
USB Con.
USB(B)
USB(T)

JP10
SW1
Off 6
Off 5
On 4
On 3

J10 (Floppy)
Off 2
COM2

Off 1
PRT

SLOT 1
COM1

82443BX

IDE2
IDE1
PW1

1
AGP

JP8
JP7
JP6
PCI1
I/O Chip
IR

Battery

JP3
PCI2
82371EB

PCI3
BIOS

PCI4

ISA1 JP5
PWR
RST

Keylock
ISA2
J7

SPK HDLED

ISA3

Motherboard Layout

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2: HARDWARE SETUP

Jumpers/Connectors Settings
This section describes some of the connectors on the mainboard.

J1 – ATX Style Power Connector

The ATX power supply provides a single 20-pin connector.

Pin Description Pin Description

1 3.3V 11 3.3V
2 3.3V 12 –12V
3 Ground 13 Ground
4 +5V 14 PS-ON
5 Ground 15 Ground
6 +5V 16 Ground
7 Ground 17 Ground
8 Power OK 18 –5V
9 5VSB 19 +5V
10 +12V 20 +5V

Software Power-Off (for ATX Only)

Follow the steps below to use the “Software Power-Off Control”
function in Windows 95 with ATX power supply.

1. Click the START button on the Windows 95 task bar.

2. Select Shut Down The Computer to turn off the computer.
The message “It is now safe to turn off your computer.” will
not be shown when using this function.

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External Connectors Location
Parallel (printer) port (25-pin Female)
PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female)

USB

PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female) COM2 COM1

Serial Ports (9-pin Male)

Side View

J10 – Floppy Disk Drive Connector

J8/J9 – Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors

J7 – Pin Description
1 2

SPKDAT PWRLED

N.C. NC

GND GND

VCC KEYLOCK

NC GND

HDDLED+ HDDLED–

VCC SPLED

VCC GND

GND ATXSW

RST GND

19 20

J7 (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) (KEY-LOCK) – Keylock & Power LED

Connector

Pin Description
2 LED Output
Hardware Setup 5
 4 N.C.
6 Ground
8 Keylock
10 Ground

J7 (18, 20) (PWRBT) – Power Button & Suspend Switch

Connector (for ATX Only) (??There are 2 J7(20)
mentioned in this manual, one iw here and the other
J7(20)the
When is system
used for RST??)
is turned off, push the power button to turn the
system back on.

When the system is on, push the power button rapidly to switch the
system to the Suspend mode, and, by pushing and holding the
button for more than 4 seconds to turn the system completely off.
When the system is in the Suspend mode, push the power button
rapidly to turn the system on.

J7 (11, 12) (HD-LED) – HDD LED Connector

Pin Description
11 (+) +5V
12(–) Active Low

J7 (1, 3, 5, 7) (SPK) – Speaker Connector

Pin Description
1 Data Out
3 N.C.
5 Ground
7 +5V

J7 (19, 20) (RST) – Reset Switch Connector

Attach the Reset push button cable to this connector.

Setting Description
Open Normal Mode
Close Reset System

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J7 (13, 14) (SPLED) – SUSPEND LED

Setting Description
13 (+) +5V
14 (–) Active Low

JPX1 – CMOS Battery

Pin Description
1–2 Normal (default)
2–3 Clear CMOS

JP5/JP9/JX3 (FAN1/FAN2/FAN3) – CPU &

Chasis Fan Connector

Pin Description
1 Ground
2 +12V
3 W83781D

IR1 – Infrared Module Connector

(??IR on the board has 7 pins, and here is 2x5 pins??)
1 6

+5V N.C.

FIRRX CIRRX

IRRX 5VSB

GND N.C.

IRTX N.C.

JP10 – Flash ROM Voltage

Pin Description
1–2 5V (default)
2–3 12V

Hardware Setup 7
 5V 1
VPP 2
12V 3

SW1 – CPU Speed Frequency Selectors

PII Setting PII Setting PII Setting

3.5X 5.5X 7X
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

4X 6X 7.5X
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

4.5X 6.5X 8X
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

5X
1 2 3 4

(??This table is not quite right. Should be on/off switch instead of

open/short jumpers??)
JP6/JP7/JP8 – CLK Selectors
JP6 JP7 JP8
66.6MHz 1–2 1–2 2–3
100MHz 1–2 1–2 1–2

JP11 – Creative® SB-Link Header

1 2

GNTA– GND

N.C. GPI

GND REQA–
5 6

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 PRINT1 – PRINT Port
This mainboard provides a 2 x 13-pin parallel port connector.

COM1/COM2 – Serial Port Connectors

This mainboard provides two 2 x 5-pin serial port connectors,
COM1 and COM2.

FDC1 – Floppy Drive Connector

This mainboard has a 2 x 17-pin floppy drive connector.

IDE1/IDE2 – Primary/Secondary IDE

Connectors
This mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that
provides two connectors, IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).

System Memory Configuration

The mainboard lets you add up to 256MB of system memory
through DIMM sockets on the board. Each bank consists of two
168-pin DIMM sockets are divided into two banks: Bank 0 and
Bank 1. The mainboard supports the following memory
configurations.

Hardware Setup 9
 Bank Memory Module
Bank 0
DIMM1 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB
(168-pin DIMM)
Bank 1
DIMM2 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB
(168-pin DIMM)
Total System Memory = Bank 0 + Bank 1
Notes: 1. The speed of all DIMM modules have to be faster than 70ns.
2. Use 2 DRAM types: Extend Data Out (EDO), or Synchronous
DRAM (SDRAM) for DIMM socket.

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3: AWARD BIOS SETUP
The ROM chips of your mainboard are configured with a
customized Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) from Award
Software Inc. The BIOS is a set of permanently recorded program
routines that give the system its fundamental operational
characteristics. It also tests the computer and determines how the
computer reacts to specific instructions that are part of programs.

The BIOS is made up of codes and programs that provide the

device level control for the major I/O devices in the system. It
contains a set of routines (called POST, for Power-On Self Test)
that check out the system when you turn it on. The BIOS also
includes CMOS Setup programs, so no disk-based setup program
is required. CMOS RAM stores information for:

■ the date and time

■ the memory capacity of the mainboard
■ the type of display adapter installed
■ the number and type of disk drives installed.

The CMOS memory is maintained by a battery installed on the

mainboard. By using the battery, all memory in CMOS can be
retained when the system power switch is turned off.

Use the CMOS Setup program to modify the system parameters to

reflect the options installed in your system and to customize your
system as desired. For example, you should run the Setup program
after you:

■ replace the battery

■ install another disk drive
■ receive an error code at startup
■ use your system after not having used it for a long time

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 ■ find the original setup missing.

Run the CMOS Setup program after you turn on the system. On-
screen instructions explain how to use the program.

Entering the CMOS Setup Program

1. Turn on or reboot the system. After a series of diagnostic
checks, the following message will appear:

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

2. Press the <DEL> key and the main program screen appears as
in figure 3–1.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE & EXIT SETUP

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Main Program Screen

3. Use one of the arrows on the keyboard to select an option and

press <Enter>. Modify the system parameters to reflect the
options installed in the system.

4. Return to the Main Menu anytime by press <ESC>.

5. In the Main Menu, “SAVE AND EXIT SETUP” saves the

changes and reboots the system, and “EXIT WITHOUT
SAVING” ignores the changes and exits the program.

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 Standard CMOS Setup
Standard CMOS Setup records some basic system hardware
configuration and sets the system clock and error handling. Use
this option to change configuration values when changing the
system hardware setup or when the data stored in the CMOS
memory gets lost or damaged.

Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows:

1. Choose “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” from the Main Menu,

and the following screen appears:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (Rose)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Tue, Jul 22 1997

Time (hh:mm:ss) : 15: 45: 13
HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
Primary Slave : None 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----
Secondary Master : None 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----
Secondary Slave : None 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in. Base Memory: 640K

Drive B : None Extended Memory: 64512K
Other Memory: 384K
Video : EGA/VGA
Halt On : All Errors Total Memory: 65536K

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item PU/PD/+/– : Modify

F11 : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Standard CMOS Setup Screen

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and

modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/– keys.

A short description of screen options (Figure 3–2) follows:

Date (mm:dd:yy) Set the current date.

Time (hh:mm:ss) Set the current time.

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 Primary/Secondary This field records the specifications for all
Master/Slave non-SCSI hard disk drives installed in the
system. Refer to the respective
documentation on how to install the
drivers.

Drive A/B Set this field to the types of floppy disk

drives installed in the systems. The
choices are: 360KB, 5.25 in.;
72KB, 3.5 in.;
1.44MB, 3.5 in.; (default)
2.88MB, 3.5 in.; or
None.

Video Set this field to the type of video display

card installed in the system. The choices
are: Monochrome;
CGA 40;
VGA/EGA (default); or
CGA 80.

Halt On Set this field to the type of errors that will

cause the system to halt. The choices are:
All Errors (default);
No Errors;
All, But Keyboard;
All, But Diskette; or
All, But Disk/Key.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish

setting up in the “STANDARD CMOS SETUP”.

BIOS Features Setup

BIOS Features Setup allows you to fine tune the system to
improve performance or to record the system feature preferences.

Run the BIOS Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu,

and the following figure appears on the screen:

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 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled

CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled
External Cache : Enabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled
Quick Power on Self Test : Enabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Sequence : C,A,SCSI D4000-D7FFF Shadow : Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled D8000-DBFFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek : Disabled DC000-DFFFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status : On
Boot Up System Speed : High
Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): 6
Typematic Delay (Msec) : 250 ESC : Quit ↑ ↓ → ←: Select Item
Security Option : Setup F1 : Help PU/PD/+/– : Modify
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
Assign IRQ for VGA : Disabled F7 : Load Setup Defaults
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

BIOS Features Setup Screen

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and

modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/– keys.
An explanation of the <F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.

Shift <F2>: Changes color.

<F5>: Resets the previous values. These values are the

values with which the user started the current
session.

<F6>: Loads all options with the BIOS default values.

<F7>: Loads all options with the Setup default values.

A short description of screen options (Figure 3–3) follows:

Virus Warning Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).

CPU Internal Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled.

Cache This option allows the enabling or
disabling of the CPU internal cache.

External Cache Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled.

This option allows the enabling or
disabling of the external cache memory.

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 Quick Power On Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled.
Self Test This option speeds up the Power On Self
Test routine.

Boot Sequence Choose “C: A, SCSI” (default), or others.

This option determines which drive to
engage first for the operating system.

Swap Floppy Drive Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).

This option swaps floppy drive
assignments when enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Choose Disabled (default) or Enabled.

Seek

Boot Up NumLock Choose On (default) or Off. This option

Status activates the NumLock function at boot-
up time.

Boot Up System Choose High (default) or Low.

Speed

Typematic Rate Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).

Setting Enable this option to adjust the keystroke
repeat rate.

Typematic Delay Range between 6 (default) and 30

(Chars/Sec) characters per second. This option
controls the speed of repeating
keystrokes.

Typematic Delay Choose 250 (default), 500, 750, or 1000.

(Msec) This option sets the time interval for
displaying the first and the second
characters.

Security Option Choose System or Setup (default). This

option is used to prevent unauthorized
system boot-up or use of BIOS Setup.

Assign IRQ for Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).

VGA

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 Video BIOS Enabled (default): maps the VGA BIOS
Shadow to system RAM for greater
performance.
Disabled: No mapping of the VGA
BIOS to system RAM.

C8000–CBFFF to These options are used to shadow other

DC000–DFFF expansion cards’ ROM.
Shadow

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard the changes.

Chipset Features Setup

Chipset Features Setup changes the values of the chipset registers.
These registers control the system options. Modification other
than the default value should first have chipset knowledge.

Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” from the Main

Menu, and the following figure appears on the screen:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Auto Configuration : Enabled SDRAM CAS Latency Time : 2

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled
MA Wait State : Slow CPU Warning Temperature : Disabled
EDO RAS# To CAS# Delay : 3 Current CPU Temperature :
EDO RAS# Precharge Time : 4
EDO DRAM Read Burst : x333
EDO DRAM Write Burst : x333
DRAM Data Integrity Mode : Non-ECC
CPU-TO-PCI IDE Posting : Disabled
System BIOS Cacheable : Disabled
Video BIOS Cacheable : Disabled
Video RAM Cacheable : Disabled
8 Bit I/O Recovery Time : 1
16 Bit I/O Recovery Time : 1
Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabled
Passive Release : Disabled ESC : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item
Delay Transaction : Disabled F1 : Help PU/PD/+/– : Modify
AGP Aperture Size (MB) : 4 F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay : Slow F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time : Slow F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Chipset Features Setup Screen

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and

modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/– keys.

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 A short description of screen options (Figure 3–4) follows:

Auto Configuration Enable this option (strongly

recommended) and the system
automatically sets all options on the
left side of the screen (except cache
update mode & BIOS cacheable).
If this option is Enabled you must
boot from Turbo mode.

MA Wait State Use the default setting.

EDO RAS# to CAS# Use the default setting.

Delay

EDO RAS# Precharge Use the default setting.

Time

EDO DRAM Read Use the default setting.

Burst

EDO DRAM Write Use the default setting.

Burst

DRAM Data Integrity Choose Non-ECC (default) or ECC

Mode according to the DRAM type you
have.

CPU-TO-PCI IDE Use the default setting.

Posting

System BIOS Cacheable Disabled: The ROM area F0000H-

FFFFFH is not cached.
Enabled: The ROM area F0000H-
FFFFFH is cacheable if
cache controller is enabled.

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Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled: The video BIOS C0000H-
C7FFFH is not cached.
Enabled: The video BIOS C0000H-
C7FFFH is cacheable if
cache controller is enabled.

Video RAM Cacheable Use the default setting.

8Bit I/O Recovery Time Use the default setting.

16Bit I/O Recovery Use the default setting.

Time

Memory Hole At 15M- Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).

16M Some interface cards will map their
ROM address to this area. If this
occurs, you should select Enabled,
otherwise use Disabled.

Passive Release Use the default setting.

Delayed Transaction Use the default setting.

AGP Aperture Size AGP could use the DRAM as its

video RAM. Choose the DRAM size
that you want it to be used as video
RAM. The range is from 4MB to
256MB.

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Use the default setting.

Delay

SDRAM RAS Use the default setting.

Precharge Time

SDRAM CAS Latency Use the default setting.

Time

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Use the default setting.

Clk

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 CPU Warning Choose Disabled (default) or
Temperature Enabled. Set CPU temperature from
50ºC to 70ºC. The system will slow
down automatically when CPU
temperature goes beyond the preset
value. CPU will continue to run slow
until the CPU temperature returns
back within the safe range.

Current CPU Show the current status of CPU.

Temperature

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard your settings.

Power Management Setup

Power Management Setup sets the system instructions power
saving functions.

1. Choose “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” from the Main

Menu, and the following figure appears on the screen:
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Power Management : Disabled ** Reload Global Timer Events **

PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI : Disabled
Video Off Method : Blank Screen Primary IDE0 : Disabled
Modem Use IRQ : 3 Primary IDE1 : Disabled
Secondary IDE0 : Disabled
Doze Mode : Disabled Secondary IDE1 : Disabled
Standby Mode : Disabled Floppy Disk : Disabled
Suspend Mode : Disabled Serial Port : Disabled
HDD Power Down : Disabled Parallel Port : Disabled
Throttle Duty Cycle : Disabled
ZZ Active in Suspend : Disabled
VGA Active Moniotr : Disabled
CPUFAN Off In Suspend : Disabled
Resume by Ring : Disabled ESC : Quit ↑ ↓ → ←: Select Item
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN : Delay 4 Sec. F1 : Help PU/PD/+/– : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
** Break Event From Suspend ** F7 : Load Setup Defaults
IRQ8 Clock Event : ON

Power Management Setup Screen

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and

modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/– keys.

A short description of screen options (Figure 3–5) follows:

Power Management Choose Max, Saving, User Define,

Disabled (default), or Min. Saving.

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PM Control by Choose Yes (default) or No. Choose Yes
APM if the operating system has APM
functions, choose No otherwise.

Video Off Method Choose Blank Screen (default), DPMS, or

V/H Sync+Blank. You can choose either
DPMS or V/H Sync+Blank when the
monitor has the Green function. Choose
Blank when the monitor has no Green
function.

Doze Mode This option sets the CPU speed down to

33 MHz to conserve power.

Standby Mode Standby Mode turns off the VGA monitor,

choose a mode for the different timers.

Suspend Mode Suspend Mode turns off the CPU, thus

saving the energy of the systems.

HDD Power Down When the set time has elapsed, the BIOS
sends a command to the HDD to power
down.

Wake-Up Event Set these IRQs individually. Activity

detected from any enabled IRQ channel
(ON) will wake up the system.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard your settings.

PnP/PCI Configuration Setup

PnP/PCI Configuration Setup configures the PCI bus slots. Run
the PnP/PCI Configuration Setup as follows:

1. Choose “PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP” from the

Main Menu, and the following figure appears on the screen:

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 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Resources Controlled By : Auto PCI IRQ Actived By : Level

Reset Configuration Data : Disabled PCI IDE IRQ Map To : ISA

IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA

IRQ-4 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-10 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-11 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-14 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP ESC : Quit ↑ ↓ → ←: Select Item
DMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F1 : Help PU/PD/+/– : Modify
DMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F7 : Load Setup Defaults
DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

PnP/PCI Configuration Setup Screen

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and

modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/– keys.

A short description of screen options (Figure 3–6) follows:

Resources Choose Auto (default) or Manual.

Controlled By

Reset Configuration Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).

Data

PCI IRQ Actived Choose Level or Edge (default).

By
PCI IDE IRQ Map Choose ISA (default), PCI-Auto, PCI-
To SLOT1 through PCI-SLOT4.

Primary/Secondary These options are available when selecting

IDE INT# PCI-Auto or PCI-SLOT1~4 in “PCI IDE
IRQ Map to”. Choose INT#A through D.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard your settings.

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 Load Setup Defaults
Load Setup Defaults option loads the default system values to the
system configuration fields. If the CMOS is corrupted, the
defaults are loaded automatically. Choose this option, and the
following message will appear:

Load Setup Defaults (Y/N)? N

To use the Setup defaults, change the prompt to “Y” and press
<Enter>.

Integrated Peripherals Setup

1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP” from the
Main Menu, and the following figure appears on the screen:
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

IDE HDD Block Mode : Auto Parallel port Mode : SPP

IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto
IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto
IDE Secondary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Primary Master UDMA : Auto
IDE Primary Slave UDMA : Auto
IDE Secondary Master UDMA: Auto
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE: Enabled
PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel : Enabled
KBC Input Clock : 8 MHz
Onboard FDD Controller : Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8 ESC : Quit ↑ ↓ → ←: Select Item
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8 F1 : Help PU/PD/+/– : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Power Management Setup Screen

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and

modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/– keys.

A short description of screen options follows:

IDE HDD Block Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled. If

Mode the hard disk size is larger than 540MB,
choose Enabled.

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 IDE Primary Choose Auto (default) or Mode 0~4. The
Master/Slave PIO; BIOS detects the HDD Mode type
IDE Secondary automatically when select Auto. Set to a
Master/Slave PIO; lower mode other than Auto when the hard
IDE Primary disk becomes unstable.
Master/Slave
UDMA;
IDE secondary
Master/Slave
UDMA

On-Chip Enabled (default): Turns on the on-board

Primary/Secondary IDE function.
PCI IDE Disabled: Turns off the on-board IDE
function.

KBC Input Clock Use the default setting.

Onboard FDD Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled.

Controller Choose Disabled when you use an ISA
card with FDD function, or, choose
Enabled to use the onboard FDD
connector.

Onboard Serial Choose COM1/3F8 (default), COM2/2F8,

Port1 COM3/3E8, COM4/2E8, or Disabled. Do
not set COM port 1 & 2 to the same value
except Disabled.

Onboard Serial Choose COM1/3F8, COM2/2F8 (default),

Port2 COM3/3E8, COM4/2E8, or Disabled.

Onboard Parallel Choose the printer I/O address: 378H

Port (default), 3BCH, 278H, Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode Choose ECP/EPP (default), SPP, EPP, or

ECP mode. The mode depends on the
external device that connects to this port.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard your settings.

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Password Setting
This option allows the user to set the system password. To set the
password:

1. Choose “Password Setting” in the Main Menu and press

<Enter>. The following message appears:

"Enter Password:"

2. When running this option for the first time, enter the password
(up to 8 characters) and press <Enter>. For security, the
screen will not display the entered characters.

3. After entering the password, the following message appears

prompting for the confirmation of the password:

"Confirm Password:"

4. Enter the same password again to confirm the password and

press <Enter>.

5. Move the cursor to Save & Exit to save the password.

6. To delete the password entered before, choose the

"Password Setting" and press <Enter>. This will
delete the old password.

7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit to save the option, otherwise
the old password will still be stored when you turn on the
machine the next time.

8. Press <ESC> to exit to the Main Menu.

Note: If you forget or lose the password, the only way to access
the system is to clear the CMOS RAM by shorting J7
across pin2 and 3. All setup information will be lost and
you will need to run the BIOS setup program again.

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 IDE HDD Auto Detection
IDE HDD Auto Detection detects the parameters of an IDE hard
disk drive and automatically enters them to the Standard CMOS
Setup Screen.

After selecting this option, the screen prompts for a selection of a

specific hard disk for Primary Master after you select this option.
Enter “Y” to confirm the acceptance of the hard disk detected by
the BIOS. Press <Enter> to check next hard disk. This function
checks up to four hard disks. User can press the <ESC> after the
<Enter> to skip this function to return to the Main Menu.

Save & Exit Setup

Save & Exit Setup saves all modifications specified into the
CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the
following message will appear:

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Press <Enter> key to save the configuration changes.

Exit Without Saving

Exit Without Saving exits the Setup utility without saving the
modifications specified. Highlight this option on the Main Menu
and the following message will appear:

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

To quit without saving, change the prompt to “Y” and press

<Enter> key to exit.

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FLASH ROM Utility
This section shows you how to update your BIOS program.

1. Make sure your operating environment is DOS (not windows

DOS session) and remove every configured driver by
renaming the config.sys and autoexec.bat, then reboot.

2. Use the command in c prompt, such as:

flash <path>0701.bin
or
flash
then type file name later.

The following screen will appear:

FLASH MEMORY WRITER v5.2B
Copyright (C) 1993, Award Software, Inc.

For i430TX-03181997C Date: 05/23/97

Flash Type-

File Name to Program: 0701.bin

Error Message:

3. Select Y or N when the utility asks to save the older version of

BIOS or not. Go to Step 4 if select Y, otherwise enter the file
name to save, then go to Step 4.
FLASH MEMORY WRITER v5.2B
Copyright (C) 1993, Award Software, Inc.

For i430TX-03181997C Date: 05/23/97

Flash Type-
File Name to Program: 0701.bin

Error Message: Do You Want To Save BIOS (Y/N)?

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 4. Make sure that you really need to update your system BIOS,
then press Y to go on, otherwise stop it.

FLASH MEMORY WRITER v5.2B

Copyright (C) 1993, Award Software, Inc.

For i430TX-03181997C Date: 05/23/97

Flash Type-

File Name to Program: 0701.bin

Error Message: Are You Sure To Program (Y/N)?

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