Safety and Regulatory Information USA Notice FCC Part 15: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, this notice is not a guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. CAUTION: To comply with the limits for the class B device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules, this device must be installed in computer equipment certified to comply with the Class B limits. All cables used to connect the computer and peripherals must be shielded and grounded. Operation with non-certified computers or non-shielded cables may result in interference to radio or television reception. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the user' s authority to operate the device. MOTHERBOARD User' s Manual COPYRIGHT: This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected under international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without the express written consent of the manufacturer. © February 2000 DISCLAIMER: The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Document Version 1.0 : II MOTHERBOARD User' s Manual Table of Contents 1: Motherboard Features ...................................................1 Package Contents & Options ........................................2 Main Features................................................................3 Layout & Port Positions ................................................7 2: Configuration & Installation .........................................9 Hardware Configuration................................................9 Configuring The Jumpers..........................................9 Installing A CPU.....................................................12 Installing System Memory ......................................18 Installing Options....................................................20 Installing The Motherboard ........................................21 Installing in a System Housing................................21 System Housing Connections .................................23 Disk Drive Connections ..........................................24 Other Connections...................................................26 Checking The Installation .......................................30 Support Software.........................................................30 3: Using The Motherboard..............................................36 System Controls ..........................................................36 Front Panel Features................................................36 Connecting External Peripherals.................................38 Connecting Peripherals to Conventional Ports.......38 Connecting USB Peripherals...................................40 Installing Expansion Cards .........................................41 Installing PCI Cards ................................................41 Installing A Modem Riser Card ..............................44 Upgrading System Memory ........................................45 4: The System BIOS & CMOS Setup Utility..................46 The System BIOS........................................................46 The CMOS Setup Utility.............................................47 5: Troubleshooting & Technical Summary.....................58 Troubleshooting ..........................................................58 General Troubleshooting.........................................58 Support Software Problems.....................................60 Battery Replacement ...............................................60 Technical Summary ....................................................61 Jumper Settings.......................................................61 CPU Options ...........................................................62 System Memory Specification ................................62 III MOTHERBOARD User' s Manual How This Manual Is Organized This manual is divided in to five sections with the following topics: 1: Motherboard Features Describes the main features of the motherboard and the location of important components on the motherboard. 2: Configuration & Installation Information on changing the motherboard' s default hardware configuration, installing a CPU and system memory and installing the motherboard in a system housing. 3: Using The Motherboard Contains pointers and useful information on using the motherboard' s features once it is installed. 4: The System BIOS & CMOS Setup Utility Explains how to use the CMOS Setup Utility and notes important points on changing the default configuration. 5: Troubleshooting & Technical Summary Has a brief section on troubleshooting motherboard problems and has a summary of the board setup information for the experienced user. The manual is designed to provide useful explanations where needed while making it easy to find basic information without a lot of searching. IV Motherboard Features 1 Motherboard Features This chapter lists what you should find in the packing box, introduces your motherboard' s features and indicates the position of components you may need to know about. Please review this chapter to familiarize yourself with the basic information about your motherboard. The motherboard uses the SiS 630 chipset and the SiS 950 Super I/O chip. The 630 chipset has video display, audio and LAN functions integrated into the chipset, so separate cards or onboard chips are not required. The motherboard is also available with an 8MB SDRAM video display memory cache that enhances display performance. The 950 I/O chip provides a full set of I/O ports on the board which connect to port brackets that mount in the system case. The motherboard also has a two flexible configuration features ­ there are two CPU sockets, a Slot 1 and a Socket 370 to allow flexible CPU selection and upgrading. There are also two power supply connectors on the board to allow the use of either AT or ATX power supplies. The motherboard also comes with full software driver support for the 630 chipset on a convenient CD-ROM Support Disk. The Support Disk has a user-friendly installation interface and also includes some useful utility software. What' s In This Chapter: Package Contents & Product Options Main Features Board Layout & Port Positions 1 1 MOTHERBOARD User' s Manual Package Contents & Options Your motherboard package should include the items listed here. If any thing is missing or damaged, please contact the vendor you bought it from to resolve the problem. If you purchased a board with optional features or equipment, please check the options list. You should find: · The motherboard · IDE connector cable (supports UDMA/66) · Floppy disk drive connector cable · Serial port bracket (2 ports: COM1/COM2) · VGA & Printer port bracket · Audio & Game port bracket · PS/2 mouse port bracket · This User' s Manual · Support software CD-ROM disk · PC-Cillin User' s Manual Optional Items: · LAN port bracket (requires optional LAN feature onboard) · Modem Riser card (separate purchase) 2 Motherboard Features 1 Main Features This motherboard a full set of system features built onto the board. AT Form Factor This motherboard has a Baby AT circuit board that integrates system I/O ports onto the board and uses any standard Baby AT or AT system housing. All I/O ports except the AT keyboard connector are on port brackets that connect to the motherboard with attached ribbon cables. SiS 630 Chipset The SiS 630 chipset supports many system features onboard including video display and audio circuitry. It also supports UDMA66 EIDE data transfer mode. The chipset supports FrontSide Bus (FSB) speeds of 66 100 or 133MHz. The board also has an optional display cache for the onboard video display and supports up to PC133 SDRAM memory modules. CPU Support This motherboard has a Slot 1 CPU socket that supports any Intel Slot 1 CPU running at speeds from 233MHz to 667MHz including SECC Celeron, Pentium II and Pentium III processors. The motherboard also has a Socket 370 ZIF socket for PPGA Celeron and FCPGA Pentium III CPUs running at speeds up to 733Mhz. The CPU operating speed is set in the BIOS firmware based on the autodetected external clock speed. 3 1 MOTHERBOARD User' s Manual Integrated I/O This motherboard has a full set of integrated I/O ports. The external ports are mounted on port brackets that connect to the board. They include a parallel port, two serial ports, a VGA port, a game/MIDI port and three audio jacks. There are also pin connectors on the board for optional port brackets for PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports and two USB ports as well as for a separately-purchased IrDA port module. If you install an infrared port, the second serial port is disabled. A 10/100 BaseT network interface with an RJ-45 interface on a port bracket is available as an onboard factory-installed option. You must purchase the correct board model to get this option. Onboard Peripheral Interfaces There are connectors for two IDE channels and a floppy disk drive interface on the motherboard. The board supports two floppy disk drives. The two IDE channels support two devices each for a total of four devices. All IDE data transfer modes are supported including all PIO modes and Ultra DMA33 and 66 modes for a maximum data transfer rate of 66MB per second. The motherboard comes with one floppy and one IDE cable. The IDE cable supports all IDE modes and devices. System Memory The motherboard has two sockets for 168-pin 3.3V non-buffered SDRAM DIMM memory modules. You can use PC100 or PC133 memory. PC66 memory is not supported. You can install any combination of DIMMs from 16MB to 256MB for a maximum system memory of 512MB. 4 Motherboard Features 1 Embedded 2D/3D Video Display The SiS 630 chipset has embedded video display and optional display cache. The embedded 128-bit video display supports both 2D and 3D display graphics. It is AGP 2.0 compliant and runs at 100MHz. The display circuitry uses a shared memory architecture that allows a maximum of 32MB of main memory to act as a frame buffer. The embedded controller supports resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 at 16M colors with up to 2048 x 2048 Texture size and a virtual desktop up to 4096 x 4096. The video controller also supports hardware DVD acceleration and direct DVD to TV playback. Display drivers are supplied on the Support Disk that comes with the motherboard. Onboard 32-bit Audio The SiS 630 chipset onboard audio comes with audio drivers that are supplied on the Support Disk. The audio subsystem uses the Line-In, Mic and Line-Out jacks on the audio port bracket to connect to external devices and also uses either of the onboard CD-ROM audio-in connectors to process audio from a CD-ROM drive. The onboard audio uses an AC' 97 audio CODEC. This reduces noise to improve audio quality and performance and also improves voice synthesis and recognition. Expansion Options This motherboard has three 32-bit Revision 2.2 PCI expansion slots for PCI expansion cards. All slots are Bus Master capable. 5 1 MOTHERBOARD User' s Manual The motherboard' s MR slot supports a Modem Riser card that has data/fax modem and other telephony features. Such cards are available as a separate purchase. Ask your motherboard vendor for details. ACPI Ready ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support provides energy saving functions for operating systems that support ACPI such as Windows 98. An ACPI-capable system can use the ACPI OnNow feature to turn off system peripherals and wake the system up from Suspend mode via several means including pointing device movement and key commands. Award BIOS This motherboard uses the Award PnP BIOS and the CMOS Setup Utility which allows setting of various system hardware parameters. The CMOS Setup Utility has an easy-to use interface and supports software clock frequency control. Virus Protection This motherboard comes with two forms of computer virus protection. When enabled, the antivirus feature in the Award BIOS protects the primary hard disk drive' s boot sector and partition table. The motherboard also comes with PC-cillin, an anti-virus software utility for Microsoft Windows 9x and 2000. The software is located on the Support Disk that comes with the motherboard. 6 ...