AZ31 MAINBOARD MANUAL DOC No.: M00402 Rev. Date : A2 : 7, 2000 Part No. : 25-11523-22 Notice Handling Precautions Warning: 1. Static electricity may cause damage to the integrated circuits on the motherboard. Before handling any motherboard outside of its protective packaging, ensure that there is no static electric charge in your body. 2. There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or an equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. 3. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. Observe the following basic precautions when handling the motherboard or other computer components: n Wear a static wrist strap which fits around your wrist and is connected to a natural earth ground. n Touch a grounded or anti-static surface or a metal fixture such as a water pipe. n Avoid contacting the components on add-on cards, motherboards, and modules with the golden fingers connectors plugged into the expansion slot. It is best to handle system components by their monting brackets. The above methods prevent static build-up and cause it to be discharged properly. Trademark All trademarks mentioned in this manual are registered properly of the respective owners. Handling Precautions This manual may not, in whole or in part, be photocopied, reproduced, transcribed, translated, or transmitted in whatever form without the written consent of the manufacturer, except for copies retained by the purchaser for personal archival purposes. Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview Package Checklist .......................................................................... The AZ31 Mainboard ................................................................ Main Features ................................................................................ ACPI Ready ................................................................................... FIC Unique Innovation for UsersII (NOVUS II) Enhanced Mainboard Features and System Support .................... Chapter 2 Installation Procedures Quick Reference (from Page 2-2 to 2-4) .......................................... Mainboard Layout .................................................................... 1). Clear CMOS, FSB Speed Select, Over Voltage Driving . 2). Front Panel Block Cable Connection ............................ 3). CPU Fan Installation .................................................... 1). Set System Jumpers .................................................................. Clear CMOS: CLR_CMOS ................................................. Enabling Over Voltage Driving: Magic Tuner ................... FSB Speed Select: 100MHz/133MHz ................................. 2). Install RAM Modules .............................................................. Install and Remove DIMMs .............................................. 3). Install the CPU .......................................................................... 4). Install Expansion Cards ............................................................. 5). Connect Devices ....................................................................... Floppy Diskette Drive Connector: FDD ............................ IDE HDD Device Connectors: PRIMARY, SECONDARY .. ATX Power Connector: ATX_PWR .................................. CPU Fan Connector: CPU_FAN ........................................ System Case Fan Connectors: CHS_FAN, SYS_FAN ....... CD Audioo-In Connectors: CD_IN1, CD_IN2 .................. Front Panel Block Connector: FPNL .................................. PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector: PS2_KB, PS2_MS Universal Serial Bus Connectors: Rear USBs, Front USBs Printer Connector: LPT ...................................................... Serial Port Connectors: COM ............................................ Audio I/O Jacks: LINE_OUT, LINE_IN, MIC_IN .............. NOVUS II Module Connector: NOVUS II ......................... 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-6 1-6 2-2 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-6 2-6 2-7 2-7 2-8 2-9 2-10 2-10 2-11 2-11 2-12 2-12 2-13 2-13 2-15 2-15 2-16 2-16 2-17 2-17 i AZ31 Mainboard Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility ....................................................................... Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................... Hard Disk Configurations .......................................................... Advanced BIOS Features .............................................................. Advanced Chipset Features .......................................................... Integrated Peripherals .................................................................... Power Management Setup ............................................................. PNP/PCI Configurations ................................................................ PC Health Status ............................................................................ Frequency/Voltage Control ............................................................ Load Fail-Safe Defaults .................................................................. Load Optimized Defaults ................................................................ Supervisor/User Password ............................................................ Save and Exit Setup ....................................................................... Exit without Saving ........................................................................ Quick Reference (German) Quick Reference (French) Quick Reference (Spanish) Quick Reference (Japanese) Quick Reference (Chinese) Quick Reference (Simplified Chinese ) 3-1 3-2 3-2 3-3 3-6 3-11 3-15 3-20 3-21 3-22 3-23 3-23 3-24 3-25 3-25 G-1 F-1 S-1 J-1 C-1 SC-1 ii Overview Chapter 1 Overview The new Socket A 1stMainboard AZ31 is an microATX sized motherboard supporting the latest generation of AMD Athlon and Duron processors at industry leading speeds. By utilizing DDR ( Double Data Rate ) transfer rate the 100 MHz AMD Athlon system bus effectively reaches speeds of 200 MHz. The AMD Athlon processor offers high-performance cache technology, including 128KB of on-chip level one (L1) , while the Duron features full-speed, on-chip L2 cache memory, and enhanced 3DNow!TM technology. The 1stMainboard AZ31 has 3 DIMM, for up to 1.5 GB of SDRAM, utilizes the latest PC133 SDRAM technology and is equipped with ECC memory support. The 1stMainboard AZ31 is based around the high performance KT133 chipset comprised of VIA VT 8363 system controller for the North Bridge, and the VIA 686A ( Super South ). The KT133's support for AGP 4x provides the end-user a photo-realistic 3D experience suitable for the most robust 3D games and software environments. Onboard AC97 sound ensures high quality audio, but with the option of being disabled through the BIOS. The 1stMainboard AZ31 also comes equipped with the new NOVUS II range of innovative features that assist in the installation and maintenance of your 1stMainboard. The features include Easy Key, which provides instant keyboard access to the BIOS for adjustments to Clock and Default settings and LogoGenie, which allows you to create your own customized logo to be displayed during system boot up. The BIOS Guardian is an Anti Virus utility that prevents viruses from damaging your system BIOS and rendering your system inoperative. Clockometer is a user friendly Graphic User Interface (GUI) that allows you to change clock speed settings directly, without having to enter the BIOS Sub-Menus. Moreover, audio alert II (mfg. optional) , a friendly onboard voice caution, will advice the error during system boot up. Expansion is provided by 1 AGP and 3 PCI slots. In addition, the 1stMainboard AZ31 is equipped with 2 dual channeled enhanced PCI bus master IDE connectors. Standard I/O connections include 1 serial port, 1 parallel port, 1 PS/2 mouse and keyboard connector, 2 USB connectors, 2 front USB pin-headers and 1 media connector ( Line-In, Line-Out, Mic-In). 1-1 AZ31 Mainboard Manual Package Checklist If you discover any item below was damaged or lost, please contact your vendor. þ þ þ þ þ This user manual One FDD cable þ One HDD cable One ATA/66 cable þ Audio Alert II module (optional) The mainboard Two software CDs (CD Pro, CD Plus and its manual) IMPORTANT: AMD CPU HEAT SINK INSTALLATION Be ware finish heat hink install. Before you boot system, please check the heat sink is complete contact with die of CPU. The poor contact will bring about over heat, it may damage your processor. It is strongly recommended that at least a 200-watt ATX power pupply be used for this motherboard. Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 20 amperes on teh +5-Volt lead and 10ma on the +5-Volt standby lead (+5VSB). Your system may become unstable / unreliable and may experience difficulty in powering up if your power supply is inadequate. 1-2 Overview The AZ31 Mainboard 1-3 AZ31 Mainboard Manual Main Features s Easy Installation ||BIOS with support for Plug and Play, auto detection of IDE hard drives, ||LS-120|drives, IDE ZIP drives, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT ||4.0, Windows 2000, |and OS/2. s Leading Edge Chipset VIA VT8363 and 686A (Super South) provide integrated DRAM controllers with new Dynamic Power Management Architecture (DPMA), concurrent PCI (2.2), AGP 1.0/2.0 compliant and USB. s Versatile Main Memory Support Accepts up to 1.5GB DRAM using three DIMMs of 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB with support for lightenning-fast SDRAM (100/133MHz). The latest Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) SDRAM also supported. This board allows the FSB and DRAM to be asynchronous. s AMD® AthlonTM Processors Support Duron Socket A CPU 600/650/700/750MHz at 100MHz FSB with AMD bus for double data transfer rate at 100MHz for an effective 200MHz transfer rate. Athlon Socket A CPU 750/800/850/900*/950*MHz and up to 1GHz*at 100MHz FSB with AMD Athlon bus for double data rate transfers at 100MHz for effective 200MHz transfer rate. s Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE Controller with Ultra DMA/33 and Ultra DMA/66 Support Integrated Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE controller features two dualchannel connectors that up to four Enhanced IDE devices, including CDROM and Tape Backup Drives, as well as Hard Disk Drives supporting the new Ultra DMA/66 protocol. Standard PIO Mode 3, PIO Mode 4, DMA Mode 2, DMA Mode 4 devices are also supported. 1-4 Overview s AGP and PCI Expansion Slots One AGP Bus expansion slot and three PCI Bus expansion slots provided the room to install a full range of add-on cards. s Compact Onboard Audio Subsystem Embeded in VIA 686A®, the audio processor offers an integrated PCI audio controller, DOS games compatible engine, and offers the feature of high-quality music synthesizer. The subsystem utilizes line-out, line-in, and MIC mini-jack external jacks, one joystick port with MIDI interface. s Super Multi Input/Output (I/O) Support Integrated Plug and Play multi-I/O chipset features one high-speed UART 16550 compatible serial port, one EPP/ECP capable parallel port, and one FDD connector. s Convenient Rear Panel USB Connection Support Two USB ports integrated in the rear I/O panel with two manufacturing optional USB front panel connections allow convenient and high-speed Plug and Play connections to the growing number of USB compliant peripheral devices on the market. s Onboard Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) The motherboard is installed one 32-bit AGP bus with a dedicated 66MHz/ 133MHz path from the graphics card to the system memory offering much greater bandwidth than the 32-bit PCI bus does. AGP enabled 3D graphics cards can directly access main memory across this fast path instead of using local memory. To make use of the improved AGP performance, the motherboard should be installed with SDRAM type memory and the VGA card and drivers should also be fully AGP compliant. Using Microsoft's Windows 98 and Windows 2000 which implement DirectDraw will allow the system to take full use of AGP's benefits without the need to install additional drivers. 1-5 AZ31 Mainboard Manual ACPI Ready This mainboard fully implements the new ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) 1.0B Hardware and BIOS requirement. If you install ACPI aware of operating system, such as Windows 98, you fully utilized the power saving under ACPI. (Windows 2000 Professional supports ACPI functions.) It is compatible with all other none ACPI operating systems. If you want to setup ACPI feature under Windows 98, please follow the description below: Run Windows 98 setup by using setup/p j on the command line for installing Windows 98 with the ACPI control feature. If you type setup without the parameter /p j, Windows 98 will be installed as APM, PnP mode, no ACPI will be used. For more detail information, please visit the web site of Microsoft. Its address is: www.microsoft.com/hwtest/. NOTE: If BIOS date is after 12/02/1999, the ACPI w ...