Intel PCM-6896 manual

PCM-6896 Intel 815E compact board with PCI slot, Audio, LAN, compact flash, 4 COM ports, PC/104 & PC/104 Plus[...]

Copyright Notice This document is copyrighted, 2001. All rights are reserved. The original manufacturer reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permiss[...]

Packing List Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the following materials are included: • 1PCM-6896 Intel 815E all in one CPU Card • 1 Quick Installation Guide • 1 Supporting CD-ROM that contains the following: •User ’ s Manual (this manual in PDF file) •VGA drivers and utilities •Audio drivers and utilities ?[...]

A Message to the Customer AAEON Customer Services Each and every AAEON product is built to the most exacting specifications to ensure reliable performance in the harsh and demanding conditions typical of industrial environments. Whether your new AAEON equipment is destined for the laboratory or the factory floor , you can be assured that your produ[...]

Product Warranty AAEON warrants to you, the original purchaser , that each of its products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years from the date of shipment. This warranty does not apply to any products which have been repaired or altered by persons other than repair personnel autho- rized by AAEON, or which have been s[...]

Notice Dear Customer , Thank you for purchasing the PCM-6896 board. This user's manual is designed to help you to get the most out of the PCM- 6896, please read it thoroughly before you install and use the board. The product that you have purchased comes with an two- year limited warranty , but AAEON will not be responsible for misuse of the p[...]

Contents Copyright Notice.....................................................................2 Packing List.............................................................................3 FCC ST A TEMENT .................................................................3 A Message to the Customer .................................................4 AAE[...]

PC/104 Plus V oltage Select (JP6).........................29 COM 2 Setting (JP8 &JP7)......................................30 CPU/SDRAM Setting (JP9)....................................31 Disk on Chip (JP10) ............................................................ 33 CPU and System Fan Power Connector (CN1).................36 USB Connector [...]

Chapter 4: Driver Installation ........................... 8 9 Notice: Attention.................................................................90 Chipset Driver Win 98/2000................................................91 Ultra A T A Storage Driver Win 98/2000..............................92 Win 98 Lan............................................[...]

1 General Information This chapter gives background informa- tion on the PCM-6896. Sections include: • Card specifications • Card layout and dimensions CHAPTER[...]

AAEON’ s new compact size board PCM-6896 targets high-end multime- dia and networking applications. This board is supported by Intel Celeron and Pentium III CPUs, easy Upgrading allows you to take full advantage of Intel’ s Development of even-higher speed Celeron and Pentium III CPUs. This is a perfect choice for embedded applications that Req[...]

Features • Supports both Intel FC-PGA Pentium III and Celeron CPU’ s • High Speed Micro AGP 2X for VGA function onboard • One 10/100 Base-T Fast Ethernet • Supports H/W status monitoring • Integrated AC-97 2.1 SoundBlaster compatible PCI 3D Audio • Onboard Intel 815E controller supports 18/36-bit TFT panels • Supports DiskOnChip (SS[...]

Specifications CPU: Intel FC-PGA 370-pin Pentium III and Celeron CPU’ s (with system bus frequencies of 66/100/133MHz) CPU Socket: Intel socket 370 BIOS: A ward 2MB Flash BIOS Chipset: Intel 815E I/O Chipset: ITE-8712. Fully 16-bit I/O decoded. W indond 83977EF as 2nd SIO for COM3, COM4 port. ISA bus interface: W inbond W83626 LPC to ISA bridge. [...]

IrDA port: Support SIR and CIR Connector: One 6-pin (2.54mm) pin header KB/PS2 Mouse connector: A 7-pin (4*2-1) header supports PC/A T Keyboard and PS/2 mouse and W ake on KBD function. USB connectors: T wo 10-pin header onboard supports four USB ports Connector: T wo 10-pin (2.00mm) pin header Front Panel Connector: Provide the signals of RSTIN, H[...]

Audio Interface: Chipset: 815E Codec: ALC200 or compatible Interface: One 14-pin (2.00mm) pin header for MIC in, line in, line out, speaker out, CD-in. One 4 pin wafer for Speaker output of 1W + 1W . One 4 pin wafer for CD audio input Flat Panel/CRT Interface VGA: Onboard 815E Chipset output AGP port: AGP 2X (Default from Intel 815E built-in) Displ[...]

SDD Interface One 32-pin DIP socket supports M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000 series up to 288MB. Mechanical and Environmental Power Supply voltage: +5V , +12V , +3.3V , -5V , -12V , -3.3V Operating temperature: 32 to 140 degrees F (0-60 degrees C) Board Size: 8” (L) x 5.75” (W) (203mm x 146mm) W eight: 1.2 lb. (0.5Kg)[...]

Board Layout CN 22 PC I 1 CN 4 JP 1 CN 14 JP 6 CN 17 CN 11 JP 4 CN 20 CN 5 CN 7 CN 15 CN 6 CN 21 JP 10 CN 3 JP 3 JP 2 JP 8 CN 2 CN 25 JP 5 CN 10 JP 7 CN 18 CN 13 CN 19 CN 16 CN 1 CN 9 JP 9 CN 12 CN 24[...]

Board Dimensions[...]

CHAPTER 2 Installation This chapter provides information regarding PCM-6896 hardware, including instructions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals, switches and indicators. Be sure to read all the safety precautions before you begin the installation procedure.[...]

Safety precautions W arning! Always completely disconnect the power cord from your chassis whenever you are working on it. Do not make connections while the power is on because sensitive electronic components can be damaged by the sudden rush of power . Only experienced electron- ics personnel should open the PC chassis. Caution! Always ground your[...]

Installing A CPU T o install the CPU, follow the instructions that came with it. If no documentation was provided, the general procedures for installing a CPU are outlined below: 1 . Lubricate the pins on the CPU with lubricant for PGA devices. This makes the CPU slide in much easier and greatly reduces the chance of damaging the pins and other com[...]

1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Open Closed Closed 2-3 Open Closed Closed 2-3 1 2 3 Setting jumpers Y ou configure your card to match the needs of your application by setting jumpers. A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to[...]

Installing DRAM (DIMMs) System Memory PCM-6896 contains one socket for 168-pin dual in-line memory module (DIMM). The socket uses 3.3 V unbuffered synchro- nous DRAM (SDRAM). DIMM is available in capacities of 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512 MB. Supplementary information about DIMM Y our PCM-6896 can accept both regular and PC-100/133 SDRAM Module(wit[...]

Location of Jumpers & Connectors CN 2 2 PC I1 CN 4 JP 1 CN 1 4 JP 6 CN 1 7 CN 1 1 JP 4 CN 2 0 CN 5 CN 7 CN 1 5 CN 6 CN 2 1 JP 10 CN 3 JP 3 JP 2 JP 8 CN 2 CN 2 5 JP 5 CN 1 0 JP 7 CN 1 8 CN 1 3 CN 1 9 CN 1 6 CN 1 CN 9 JP 9 CN 1 2 CN 2 4[...]

List of Jumpers Jumpers allow users to manually customize system configurations to their suitable application needs. The following tables list the function of each of the board's jumpers and connectors. Jumpers Label Function JP 1 Clear CMOS Setting JP2, JP3 COM3, COM4 Pin 9 Selection JP4 Speaker Out/Line Out J P 5 Front Panel Connectors JP6 P[...]

List of Connectors Connectors on board access link to external devices such as hard disk drives, a keyboard, VGA, or floppy drives. The following consist the list of each connector function: Connectors Label Function CN1 & CN24 CPU Fan Connector CN2, CN3 PC/104 Connector C N 4 PC/104 Plus Connector CN5, CN6 USB Port C N 7 IDE Connector C N 9 DI[...]

Clear CMOS Selection (JP1) Safety precautions in setting up clear CMOS must be taken, always place jumper on protect mode . In clearing CMOS, place jumper for just a second ( follow clear CMOS illustration ) then, immediately return jumper to protect mode . Clear CMOS Selection (JP1) * Protect Clear CMOS 1 2 3 1 2 3 * Default[...]

(JP2) & (JP3) For COM3 & COM4 Selec- tion +12V 1 3 5 2 4 6 +5V RI (default) 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6[...]

Speaker Out and Line out (JP4) Line Out 1 3 5 2 4 6 Speaker Out (default) 1 3 5 2 4 6 Front Panel Connectors (JP5) Front Panel Connectors (JP5) Pi n Signal Pi n Signal 1 G ND 2 Power on Button 3 IDE LED 4 VC C 5 Speaker 6 VC C 7 Case Open 8 G N D 9 HWRST # 10 G N D PC/104 Plus Voltage Select (JP6) PC/105 Plus V oltage Select (JP6) 5V * 3.3V 1 2 3 1[...]

RS-232/422/485 COM 2 (JP8), (JP7) Setting *RS-232 (default) 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 RS-485 RS-422 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 JP8 J P 7 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8 The PCM-6896 COM2 serial port can be selected as RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 by setting JP8.[...]

CPU/SDRAM Speed Select (JP9) Auto Detect Auto Detect 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU/66MHz SDRAM100MHz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU/100MHz SDRAM/100MHz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU/133MHz SDRAM/133MHz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8[...]

DiskOnChip socket The DiskOnChip 2000 family of products provides a single chip solid-state flash disk in a standard 32-pin DIP package. The DiskOnChip 2000 is a solid-state disk with no moving parts, resulting in a significant reduction in power consumption and an increase in reliability . The DiskOnChip is a small plug and play Flash disk. It is [...]

DiskOnChip (DOC) 2000 Installation When the DOC is installed correctly , a DOC will work like an HDD or an FDD. T o install the DOC on the mainboard, follow the instructions below: 1 . Plug the DOC into the socket. Make sure pin 1 of the DOC is aligned with pin 1 of the socket. 2. Push the DOC into the socket until it is firmly seated in the socket[...]

DiskOnChip Address Selection (JP10) The DiskOnChip 2000 family of products provides a single chip solid-state flash disk in a standard 32-pin DIP package. The DiskOnChip 2000 is a solid-state disk with no moving parts, resulting in a significant reduction in power consumption and an increase in reliability . The DiskOnChip is a small plug and play [...]

CPU and System Fan Power Connector (CN1 & CN24) One 3-pin plug in and error free onboard connectors are located accessibly for trouble-free connection and disconnection. For CPU fan it is labeled CN1 for system fan. Pin definitions are listed below: CPU Fan Power Connector (CN1) Pi n Signal 1 GND 2 +12V 3 Fan Speed Sensor Fan Power Connector (C[...]

USB Connector (CN5) & (CN6) PCM-6896 is equipped with four USB ports onboard . It acquires the new generation of plug and play ( Hot Plugging ) feature, for both low speed and high speed devices. It could also be expanded up to 127 connections through USB hub. Refer pin definitions as follows: USB Connector (CN5) Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 +5V 2 G[...]

IDE Hard Drive Connectors (CN7) If customers hav e (Neccessity) to use A T A-100 HDD and A T A-33 CABLE you m ust alter two settings in the A w ard BIOS. The tw o settings are IDE Primar y Master UDMA and IDE Primary Slave UDMA. Set these two functions as disabled. Primary IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN7) Y ou can attach up to three Enhanced Integrat[...]

IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN7) If customers hav e (Neccessity) to use A T A-100 HDD and A T A-33 CABLE y ou must alter two settings in the A w ard BIOS. The tw o settings are IDE Primar y Master UDMA and IDE Primary Slave UDMA. Set these two functions as disabled. IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN7) Pi n Signal Pi n Signal 1 IDE RESET 2 G N D 3D A T A 7[...]

ATX Power Connector (CN11) For ease and reliability , a standard 20-pin A TX power supply con- nector is onboard. Which also provide positive plugging through it's guided and locking mechanism. Pin definitions as follows: A TX Power Connector (CN1 1) Pi n Signal Pi n Signal 1 +3.3V 1 1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 1 2 -12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 + 5 V 1 4 PS-ON 5 GN[...]

Digital Visual Interface Connector (CN12) Digital V isual Interface Connector (CN12) Pi n Signal Pin Signal A 1 FTCLK0 B 1 FTD0 A 2 FTCLK1 B 2 FTD1 A 3 CR T HSYNC B 3 FTD2 A4 FTBLNK# B 4 G N D A 5 FTHSYNC B 5 FTD3 A 6 FTVSYNC B 6 FTD4 A7 SL_ST ALL B 7 FTD5 A 8 GN D B 8 CR T VSYNC A 9 3VFTSCL B 9 FTD6 A10 3VFTSDA B 10 FTD7 A 1 1 3VHTPLG B11 FTD8 A 1[...]

Keyboard and Mouse Connector (CN13) The PCM-6896 provides a keyboard connector which supports both a keyboard and a PS/2 style mouse. In most cases, especially in embedded applications, a keyboard is not used. The standard PC/A T BIOS will report an error or fail during power-on-self-test (POST) after a reset if the keyboard is not present. The mai[...]

A standard conventional D-sub connector is equipped to interface with conventional CR T displays. Refer to pin definitions as follows: VGA Display Conncetor (CN14) Pi n Signal 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 N/C 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 Vcc 10 GND 1 1 N / C 12 DDCSDA 13 H-SYNC 14 V-SYNC 15 DDCSCL 1 6 N/C The PCM-6896 PCI SVGA interface can drive convention[...]

Parallel Port Connector (CN16) The mainboard is designed to support one parallel port. Port 1 connector ( CN16 ) also designated as LPT1 is a standard 25-pin D-sub connector specially prepared for external interface. The interfaces can be enabled and disabled in the BIOS system setup. For example if LPT1 is disabled, LPT2 or LPT3 is enabled and if [...]

100 Base-Tx Ethernet Connector (CN17) PCM-6896 is outfitted with a standard RJ-45 LAN connector . With support from Intel 815E chipset using either 10Mbs or 100Mbs are possible through it's N-way auto-negotiation featured operation. Refer to the pin definitions listed below: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector (CN17) Pi n Signal Pi n Signal 1 TX+ 2 TX- 3[...]

Floppy drive connector (CN19) Y ou can attach up to two floppy drives to the mainboard controller . Y ou can use any combination of 5¼" (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/or 3½" (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB) drives. A 34-pin daisy chain drive connector cable for ( CN19 ) is required for a dual-drive system. On one end of the cable is a 34-pin fla[...]

Floppy Drive Connector (CN19) Pi n Signal Pin Signal 1 G N D 2 DENSITY SELECT 3 G N D 4 N.C. 5 G N D 6 N.C. 7 G N D 8 INDEX 9 G N D 1 0 MOTOR A 1 1 G N D 1 2 DRIVE SELECT B 1 3 G N D 1 4 DRIVE SELECT A 1 5 G N D 1 6 MOTOR B 1 7 G N D 1 8 DIRECTION 1 9 G N D 2 0 STEP 2 1 G N D 2 2 WRITE DA T A 2 3 G N D 2 4 WRITE GA TE 2 5 G N D 2 6 TRACK 0 2 7 G N [...]

Digital I/O Connector (CN20) PCM-6896 offers 4-pair of digital I/O functions. W ith the input and output consisting of the following: Input 801H; GPI20 [bit0], GPI21[bit1], GPI22[bit2], GPI23[bit3] and Output 801H; GPO24[bit4], GPO25[bit5], GPO26[bit6], GPO27[bit7]. The pin definitions are illustrated below: Digital I/O Connector (CN20) Pi n Signal[...]

Audio Out Connector 1 W att (CN22) Audio Out Connector 1 W att (CN22) Pi n Signal 1 OUT L+ 2 OUT L- 3 OUT R+ 4 OUT R- CN25 W ake On Lan (Pins 1-5) (CN25) W ake On Lan (Pins 1-5) Pi n Signal 1 VCC5SBY 2 GND 3 PCI_PME# 4 SMBDA T A 5 SMBCLOCK 6 VCC5SBY 7 VCC 8 VCC 9 GND 10 NC CN25 A T/A TX Power Select (Pins 6-7) (CN25) A T/A TX Power Select (Pins 6-7[...]

Compact Flash Connector Pi n Signal Pi n Signal 1 GND 26 GND 2D A T A 3 2 7 D A T A 1 1 3 DA T A4 2 8 DA T A12 4 DA T A5 2 9 DA T A13 5 DA T A6 3 0 DA T A14 6 DA T A7 3 1 DA T A15 7 CS#1 3 2 CS#3 8 GND 33 GND 9 G N D 3 4 IO READ 1 0 G N D 3 5 IO WRITE 11 GND 36 +5V 1 2 G N D 3 7 IRQ15 13 +5V 38 +5V 14 G ND 39 CSEL 1 5 G N D 4 0 N.C. 1 6 G H D 4 1 I[...]

3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the PCM-6896 board. CHAPTER[...]

Starting setup The A ward BIOS is started immediately when you first turn on the computer . The BIOS reads, system configuration information in CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it through the power-on self test (POST). When these preliminaries are finished, the BIOS seeks an operating system on one of the d[...]

Getting help Press F1 to pop up a small help window . On screen information describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. T o exit the Help W indow press Esc or the F1 key again. In Case of Problems If, after making and saving system changes with Setup, you discover that your computer no longer is able [...]

Setup keys These keys helps you navigate in Setup: Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand E s c Main Menu: Quit and not save changes into CMOS RAM Other pages: Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgDn/+ Increase the numeric value o[...]

Main Setup Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration. (Date, time, IDE, etc.) Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the advanced features available on your system. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’ s performance. Integrated Periphera[...]

PnP/PCI Configuration This entry appears is your system supports PnP/PCI. PC Health Status This menu allows you to set the shutdown temperature for your system. Frequency/V oltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/ voltage control. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/ stab[...]

Standard CMOS Features This standard setup menu allows users to configure system components such as the date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive, display , and memory . Online help for each field can be accessed by pressing F1. Date and Time Configuration The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information. This field is for in[...]

If you do not want to select drive type AUTO, other methods of selecting the drive type are available: 1.Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45. 2.Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field. 3.Use the IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION function in Setup. Here is[...]

- LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive access, the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector , head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders. Drive A Drive B Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) ins[...]

Halt On During the power-on-self-test (POST), the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error . Y ou can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot-up process. These are the selections: No errors : POST does not stop for any errors. All errors If : the BIOS detects any non-fatal error , POST stops and prompts y[...]

Extended Memory Above the 1-MB boundary . Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1 MB, but current PCs and their software can use extended memory . Other Memory Between 640 KB and 1 MB; often called High memory . DOS may load, terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs, such as device drivers, in this area, to free as much conventi[...]

Advanced BIOS Features The displayed configuration is based on the manufacturer's SETUP DEF AUL TS settings. Virus W arning When enabled, you receive a warning message if a program (specifically , a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive. Y ou should then run an anti- virus program. Keep in mi[...]

CPU Internal Cache/External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). CPUs from 486-type on up contain internal cache memory , and most, but not all, modern PCs have additional (external) cache memory . When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM in[...]

Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B. Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks; dri[...]

T ypematic Rate Setting- Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller . When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The choice: Enabled/Disabled T ypematic Rate (Chars/Sec)- Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down. The choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30 T [...]

HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability Hard disk drives have built in problem detection capability . If a foreseen problem is about to take place, the computer will give a you a warning signal. The choice: Enable, Disable Report No FDD For WIN 95- Wheather report no FDD for Win 95 or not. The choice: Y es, no[...]

Advanced Chipset Features SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer . SDRAM Cycle T ime T ras/T rc Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle. The choices: 5/7, 6/8, 7/9. SDRAM RA[...]

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain date. Fast gives faster performance; slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. System BIOS[...]

AGP Graphics Aperture Size Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The choices: 32MB, 64MB Display Cache Frequency Select the Onboard di[...]

RAS-to-CAS Override This item allows you to insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when Onboard display cache is written to, read from, or refreshed. During by CAS#L T , this will depend on the Onboard Display Cache CAS# Latency setting. During Override (2), RAS-to-CAS time = 2 Ras# Timing This item controls RAS# active [...]

Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE The system chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary and/or secondary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this inter- face, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface. On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE The chipset[...]

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (W indows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The choices:[...]

Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. UAR T Mode Select Select an operating mode for the second serial port: Normal RS-232C serial port Standard RS-232[...]

Onboard Serial Ports (1, 2,3,4) Normally , the main board’ s I/O chips will occupy a certain portion of memory space. For each I/O device the computer provides an I/O address. The more devices attached the more address needed to organize the memory storage areas. If all the I/O devices were run through the same address, your devices would come to[...]

W atch Dog Timer Y ou can enable the system watch-dog timer , a hardware timer that generates either an NMI or a reset when the software that it monitors does not respond as expected each time the watch dog polls it ( select the time period in a separate field ) The choice: 10 sec, 20 sec, 40 sec, 1 min, 2 min, 4 min.[...]

Power Management Setup ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configura- tion and Power Management (ACPI). The Choices: Enable/Disable Power Management This category allows you to select the type ( or degree ) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1. HDD Power Down 2. Doze Mode 3. Suspend Mode[...]

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V ideo Off In Suspend After the selected period of system inactivity , the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode, stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes. In this case the video hardware can be selected to shut off after a period of system inactivity . This determines the manner in which the[...]

Power On By Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) boots the system from a soft off state. Resume By Alarm This option is used to Enable/Disable USB keyboard wake up with suspend to RAM. The choices: Enable, disable <Reload Global Timer Events> PM events are I/O events whose[...]

PnP/PCI Configurations PnP OS Installed This item allows you to determine whether that PnP OS is installed or not. The choice: Y es or No Reset Configuration Data Normally , you leave this field disabled. Select enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfigu[...]

PC Health Status Shutdown T emperatur e Y our system can be configured to shutdown once reaching a certain temperature. T o protect your system from overheating or damage, select a certain temperature level in the PC Health Status menu.[...]

Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CLK This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI clock. The choices: Enable/Disable Spread Spectrum This allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulate. When the system clock generator pulses, the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI. Enabling pulse spectrum spread [...]

Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Default (Y/N)? Pressing “Y” loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal performance system operations.[...]

Load Optimized Default Load Optimized Default When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Pressing “Y” loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations[...]

Set Supervisor Password When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen: ENTER P ASSWORD: T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter . T yping a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory . Now the message changes: CONFIRM P ASSWORD: Again, type the password and press Enter . T o a[...]

Set User Password When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen: ENTER P ASSWORD: T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter . T yping a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory . Now the message changes: CONFIRM P ASSWORD: Again, type the password and press Enter . T o abort t[...]

Save to CMOS and EXIT Save to CMOS and EXIT Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)? 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 accordi[...]

Quit without Saving Exit Without Saving Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit W ithout Saving (Y/N)? This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer .[...]

CHAPTER This PCM-6896 is equipped with an audio VGA and LAN interface. This chapter provides instructions for installing the software drivers on these pheripherals. DRIVERS INSTALLATION 4[...]

Installing Drivers Notice: Attention First if using operating systems such as Windows 98/2000 ® a chipset driver must be installed before VGA, LAN or Audio drivers are installed. Second if using Windows 98/2000® operating sys- tems an Ultra A T A storage driver must also be installed after the chipset driver . Notice: Attention[...]

Installing Chipset Driver for Windows 95/98/ 2000® The chipset driver must be installed in order to proceed to LAN, VGA and AUDIO drivers. ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen. ==>Find the Chipset folder , click on it ==>Find the Intel folder , click on it ==>Find the InfUpdate folder ,[...]

Installing Ultra ATA Storage Driver for Windows 95/98/ 2000® The Ultra A T A Storage Driver must be installed in order to use Windows 98/2000 ® operating systems. ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen. ==>Find the MB folder , click on it ==>Find the intel A T A 603_Multi folder , click on [...]

Installing LAN for Windows 95/98® ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. ==>Click on Start button ==>Click on Settings button ==>Click on Control Panel button ==>Click on System button ==>Click on Devise Manager button ==>Click on PCI Ethernet Controller ==>Click on Remove ==>Click on OK ==>Click on Refresh [...]

Installing VGA for Windows 95/98® ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen.. ==>Click on Intel folder ==>Click on 810_815 folder ==>Click on Win9X folder ==>Click on Graphics folder ==>Click on Set Up folder ==>Click on Next ==>Click on yes ==>Now the shut down computer for r[...]

Installing Audio for Windows 95/98® ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen.. ==>Click on Sound folder ==>Click on Alc 200 folder ==>Click on Win98 folder ==>Click on V1.80 folder ==>Click on WDM_1 folder ==>Next you will be asked to save this WDM file in a certain location. C dri[...]

Installing Security Driver for Windows NT® Please perform this procedure first ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen.. ==>Click on Chipset folder ==>Click on Intel folder ==>Click on Security folder ==>Click on Setup folder ==>Click on Next ==>Click on Ye s ==>Click on Next =[...]

Installing Ultra ATA Storage Driver for Windows NT® The Ultra A T A Storage Driver must be installed in order to use Windows NT ® operating systems. ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen. ==>Find the MB folder , click on it ==>Find the intel A T A 603_Multi folder , click on it ==>Click[...]

Installing VGA for Windows NT® ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen.. ==>Click on VGA folder ==>Click on Intel folder ==>Click on 810_815 folder ==>Click on NT4 folder ==>Click on Graphics folder ==>Click on Set Up folder ==>Click on Next ==>Click on yes ==>Now the shu[...]

Installing Audio for Windows NT® ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen.. ==>Click on Sound folder ==>Click on Alc 200 folder ==>Click on WinNT folder ==>Click on V1.80 folder ==>Click on WDM_1 ==>Next you will be asked to save this WDM file in a certain location. C drive, D driv[...]

Installing LAN for Windows NT® ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. ==>Click on Start button ==>Click on Settings button ==>Click on Control Panel button ==>Click on Network ==>Click on yes ==>Click on next ==>Click on Select from list....... ==>Click on have disk ==>T ype in file location: (CD Disk drive)[...]

Installing VGA for Windows 2000® ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen.. ==>Click on VGA folder ==>Click on Intel folder ==>Click on 810_815 folder ==>Click on Win2000 folder ==>Click on 815 folder ==>Click on Set Up folder ==>Click on Next ==>Click on yes ==>Click on N[...]

Installing Audio for Windows 2000® ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. Pull up the CDROM file on your screen.. ==>Click on Sound folder ==>Click on Alc 200 folder ==>Click on Win2000 folder ==>Click on V1.80 folder ==>Click on WDM_1 folder ==>Click on Unzip ==>Next you will be asked to save this WDM file in a c[...]

Installing LAN for Windows 2000® ==>Place the Driver CDROM into your CDROM drive. ==>Click on Start button ==>Click on Settings button ==>Click on Control Panel button ==>Click on System button ==>Click on Hardware button ==>Click on Devise Manager button ==>Click on Ethernet Controller ==>Click on Driver ==>Click on [...]