Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Product Specifications Ì Processor - Supports AMD Socket A processors up to 950MHz. - 100MHz DDR (Double Data Rate) transfer on K7 CPU address and data buses - High efficiency switching power modules provides 1.6v for Vcc and up to 40A for Icc Ì Chipset - VIA Apollo KT133 (VT8363/686A) two chip AGPset Ì DRAM Memory - Three 3.3V 168-pin DIMM sockets support up to 1.5GB - Supports PC-100, PC-133 SDRAM, and VCM - Provides single-bit ECC capability Ì Expansion Slots - One AMR slot (Rev 1.0 compliant) for cost effective soft modem riser - One 32-bit AGP slot for both 2x/4xAGP at 3.3v or 1.5v (Rev 2.0 compliant) - Five 32-bit PCI slots (Rev 2.2 compliant) - One 16-bit ISA slot (with sharing slot) Ì 2Mb Boot-Block Flash ROM - Award System BIOS, supports PnP, APM, DMI, ACPI & Multi-device booting features i.e. floppy, LS120, CD-ROM, HDD(IDE, SCSI), ZIP-ATAPI etc. - Includes Trend ChipAway Virus protection for virus-free boot and virus free operating system - BIOS Wonder technology including ChipAway Virus, Flash BIOS Write Protect, Embedded Flash Utility, Built-in HDD Instant Recovery utility - Optional TwinBIOS technology for security and management. Ì Embedded Ultra DMA-66 PCI IDE controller - Supports two IDE ports up to 4 ATAPI devices - Supports up to PIO Mode 4 up to 16.6MBps, Multi Word Mode 4 up to 66MBps with bus mastering - Bus Master software drivers for all common multi-task operating systems - Optional VIA 686B ATA-100 support 1 Chapter 1 Ì Embedded Super I/O Functions - Two UARTs support two serial ports and IR function for HPSIR and ASKIR - One parallel supports SPP/ECP/EPP - One floppy disk drive connector supports up to 2.88MB, Japanese 3- Mode and 1Mbps transfer rate - Supports Game/MIDI port for soft-audio Ì Double Stack Back-Panel I/O Connectors with PC99 Colored Codes - PS/2 Mini-DIN keyboard and mouse ports - Two Channel USB ports - Two D-SUB 9-pin male serial port - One D-SUB 25-pin female Printer port - One D-SUB 15-pin female Game/MIDI port - Audio Line-out, Line-in, Mic-in jacks Ì Embedded PCI Audio Subsystem - Built-in Sample Rate Converter to ensure all internal operation at 48KHz - Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback - Built-in FM-emulation music synthesizer - With external high quality AC`97 ..CODEC provides 90dB+ SNR CD quality audio - Using wavetable data on the system memory - Hardware SoundBlaster Pro for Windows DOS box and real-mode DOS legacy compatibility - Complete software driver support for Win95/98/NT Ì Optional PCI Audio Subsystem - CMedia 8738 audio chip w/ legacy audio SB16/Pro compatible - Advanced 64-Voice Wavetable synthesizer - Programmable independent sample rate from 4KHz to 48KHz for recording and playback - Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback - Supports MS DLS (Downloadable sample) level-1 technology with limitless variety of instrument samples using PC RAM - Up to 8MB wavedata provides 128 GM, GS and WT-32 compatible instruments and 10 drum kits - Supports HRTF 3D positional audio with MSDS, DS3D, DirectMusic, Aureal A3D and Creative EAX (Environment Audio Extensions) APIs - 4-Channel speaker audio support is easy to build up a Home Theater environment - Supports 24-bit S/PDIF-in/out for digital audio (i.e. compressed AC3 data) - Supports Fiber Optic module for Internet music, PC, and MD connections - Supports MIDI and dual game ports - Embedded 32OHM .5w earphone amplifier 2 Introduction Ì Optional Embedded Graphic Accelerator - Integrated 128-bit S3 Savage4 2D/3D graphics engine - Floating point triangle setup engine w/ 8 MTps setup engine and 140MPps trilinear fill rate - Optimized Shared Memory Architecture (SMA) supports 2 to 32MB frame buffer using system memory - Supports AGP 4x, including sideband addressing and execute mode - Supports up to 1920x1440 resolution - Motion Video compensation for full speed DVD playback - With TV encoder or TMDS Transmitter, to support DFP monitor and NTSC/ PAL TV - Supports 12-bit digital interface with up t o1280x1024 resolution DFP Ì Embedded USB Controller - USB host controller (UHCI v1.0 compliant) with Root Hub - Four USB ports with over-current protection * Optional USB riser with 2 additional USB ports Ì Embedded System Monitoring Hardware Subsystem - 5 external voltage inputs for CPU Vcore, VDD, +12v, +5v and 3.3v (internal detecting) - 2 temperature sensor with thermistor for CPU & System - 2 Fan speed (CPU and System) monitoring and control with ON/OFF control in suspend Ì Board Dimensions - Standard ATX form factor, 305mm x 220mm, 4 Layers 3 Chapter 1 Ì Switching Power Supply Requirement Output Voltage Max. Regulation Requirement Min. Current Requirement (Amps) +12V +5V +3.3V -5V -12V +5VSB +/- 5% +/- 5% +/- 5% +/- 10% +/- 10% +/- 5% 5.5 20 15 0.5 0.5 0.75 Table 1-1 3.3Vat 15Amps is necessary to guarantee full loading operation because some AGP cards and memory modules have high current consumption. 1-2 Product Feature - Innovative SeePU technology for jumperless CPU installation - Superior Overclocking capability with up to 150MHz frequency - Complete CPU protection with OVT (Over Voltage Protect) and OCP (Over Current Protect) technology - Complete Data Security: * Flash BIOS write protection against unauthorized access * Trend ChipAway Virus for a 100% virus free system boot-up * Embbeded Flash Utility to ease BIOS upgrade and eliminate in compatibility with the flash utility version. * Embedded HDD Instant Recovery to protect against system crash. - Advanced Management Features: * Power-on events: WOL(Wake-on-LAN) network card, Modem ring, RTC Alarm * Software power-off control for Win95 * Over-ride power button * Three states advanced Power-failure recovery: Always On, Always Off, Last state * Chassis intrusion detection with mnemonics during power loss * Blinking Power-LED in suspend 4 Introduction 1-3 Package Contents This product comes with the following components: Ì One mainboard Ì One 40-pin Ultra DMA-66 IDE connector ribbon cable (Figure 1-1) * Color coded connection for UDMA/66 cable Blue to mainboard, Gray to Master and Black to slave Ì One 34-pin floppy disk drive ribbon cable (Figure 1-2) Ì One User's Manual Ì One CD-ROM that includes -- Acrobat Reader - Award Flash EPROM Utility - Award DMI Utility for DOS - VIA Service Pack for Win9x/WinNT including Bus Master IDE drivers, AGP VxD and etc. - VIA Sound Driver for DOS/Win95/98/NT - Optional S3 AGP Driver for Win95/98/NT - CMedia audio drivers for Win3.1, Win95/98/2000, NT4.0 and Linux - CMedia Multimedia Decks - Optional Value Pack 2000 software group including Sheperd2000, Trend PC-cillin, Norton AntiVirus, ADOBE ActiveShare, Appio and X-stop Figure 1-1 UDMA66 IDE cable Figure 1-2 Standard Floppy cable 5 Chapter 1 Memo 6 Hardware Setup Chapter 2 Hardware Setup If your mainboard has already been installed in your computer you may still need to refer to this chapter if you plan to upgrade your system's hardware. Be sure to disconnect the power cable from the power source before performing any work on your mainboard, i. e. installing a CPU, memory module, changing a jumper setting, etc. Not doing so may result in electrical shock! 2-1 Introduction to Jumpers Jumpers are used to select between various operating modes. A jumper consists of a row of gold colored pins that protrude from the surface of the mainboard. It is important not to confuse jumpers with connectors or headers. Putting jumper caps on anything that is not a jumper may result in damaging your mainboard. Please refer to Section 1-3, Mainboard Layout, for the location of jumpers on your mainboard. As indicated in Figure 2-1 below, a cap is used to cover the pins of a jumper, resulting in shorting those pins that it covers. If the cap is removed from the top of the pins, the jumper is left "open." The number 1 shown both in the diagram below and in all multiple pin jumper and header diagrams in this manual indicates the pin designated with the number 1. The numbering of the remaining pins follows in sequence. Pins 1 Cap Setting 1 Cap Style 2 A 3-pin jumper A cap over pin 1 and pin 2 shorts these pins Figure 2-1 7 Chapter 2 2-2 Installing an AMD Athlon Processor in Socket A 1 The Socket 462, designed for AMD Athlon processors, has been incorporated as a standard mainboard specification.To insert your CPU into Socket A please do the following: 1. Locate a small dot marked on the top surface of the CPU close to one if it's corners. The same corner will also be cut off, leaving a noticeable notch in the CPU's corner. These markings indicate Pin 1 of the CPU. 2. Pull up the lever of Socket 462 so that it is perpendicular with the surface of the mainboard. Gently insert the CPU with Pin 1 at the same corner of Socket 462 that contains the end of the lever. Allow the the weight of the CPU to push itself into place. Do not apply extra pressure as doing so may result in damaging your CPU. Snap the lever back into place. Installing a heat sink with cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Failing to install these items may result in overheating and possible burnout of your CPU. 2-3 Plug and Play CPU Configuration This board support plug and play CPU configuration, if you install a CPU on this mainboard, the board will automatically detect and set the CPU system bus frequency speed. It is no longer necessary to make many jumper settings as on conventional mainboards. CPU Host/PCI Clock Timing 1. After installing all your hardware into your PC system, turn on your system's power. Enter the CMOS Setup Utility by pressing the Delete key when your BIOS identification screen appears. 2. Move the cursor to Frequency/Voltage Control Setup menu and press Enter. Select the CPU Host/PCI Clock Setup commands at the left hand side of the BIOS screen. 3. Select the CPU Host/PCI Clock value according to the speed of your CPU processor and PCI bus. (See section 3-8) 4. Press Esc to return to the CMOS Setup Utility, press F10 to Save and Exit Setup and choose to confirm. The system will automatically reboot and during start-up you will see the correct CPU type shown on the screen. You do not need to make frequency ratio and voltage settings because this board will automatically sets your CPU frequency ratio & voltage. 8 Hardware Setup JP1,J1,J4 J2,J3,JP2/JP3 AMR1,JP4,PW1,J8,J9,FAN1 J5,FAN2,J6,J7,JP5,JP6,JP7 Jumper & Connector No. JP1 JP2/JP3 JP4 JP5 JP6 JP7 J1 J2 J3 J4 Onboard Audio Audio Line out or Speaker out Primary Audio CODEC Selector Clear CMOS data jumper Chassis Intrusion Detection Optional Boot BIOS Selector S/PDIF-Out Connector Auxiliary CD-ROM Audio-in Connector CD-ROM Audio in Connector Infrared Connector Over-ride Power Button Connector Power Indicator LED Connector Green Switch/Green LED Connector J5 System Reset Switch Connecto Speaker Connector IDE Activity LED Connector Turbo LED Connector J6 J7 J8 J9 PW1 FAN1/FAN2 USB 2/3Connector WOL (Wake-on-LAN) Connector Optional LTI Riser Optional VGA Header ATX Power Supply Connector CPU/System Cooling Fan Connectors SW1,SW2,SW3 Function Page 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 16 17 17 17 10 18 9 Chapter 2 2-4 Connector and Jumper Settings Connectors are used to link the system board with other parts of the system, including the power supply, the keyboard, and the various controllers on the front panel of the system case. The power supply connector is the last connection to be made while installing a mainboard. Before connecting the power supply, please make sure it is not connected to the power source. ATX Power Supply Connector (PW1) The power cord leading from the system's power supply to the external power source must be the very last part connected when assembling a system. The ATX power supply provides a single 20-pin connector interface which incorporates standard +/ -5V, +/-12V, optional 3.3V and Soft-power signals. The Soft-power signal, a 5V trickle supply is continuously supplied when AC power is available. When the system is in the Soft-Off mode, this trickle supply maintains the system in it's minimum power state. Software Power-Off Control This mainboard can be powered down using the Windows 95/98 Software Power-Off function. To power down your computer, click the START button on the Windows 95 task bar. Select "Shut Down The Computer" and the system turns off. The message "It is now safe to turn off your computer" will not be shown when using this function. Power-On By Modem While in Soft-off state, if an external modem ring-up signal occurs, the system wakes up and can be remotely accessed. You may enable this function in BIOS's Power Management Setup menu. (See section 3-4) 10 Hardware Setup Front Panel Connector Set (J5) A through G A. Over-ride Power Button Connector The power button on the ATX chassis can be used as a normal power switch as well as a device to activat ...