ECS P6S5AT, User Manual

Page 1: ...hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines AMD is registered trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Intel Pentium II III Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows NT 95 98 ME 2000 are registered trademarks of...

Page 2: ...er s Manual II Notice for DDR SDRAM The table below lists the model chips of DDR that we have tested We will test more DDR modules in the future Model Chip Manufacture K4H2808388 TCBO SAMSUNG HY5DU28822T H HYUNDAI ...

Page 3: ...rd 13 Optional Extension Brackets 14 Install Other Devices 15 Expansion Slots 17 Chapter 3 19 BIOS Setup Utility 19 Introduction 19 Running the Setup Utility 20 Standard CMOS Setup Page 21 Advanced Setup Page 22 Power Management Setup Page 24 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 25 Load Optimal Settings 26 Load Best Performance Settings 26 Features Setup Page 26 CPU PnP Setup Page 28 Hardware Monitor Page...

Page 4: ...Mainboard User s Manual IV Utility Folder Installation Notes 36 Mainboard P6S5AT Installation Notes 37 ...

Page 5: ...function provides outstanding high system performance under all types of system operations The mainboard has a built in AC97 Codec provides an AMR Audio Modem Riser slot to support Audio and Modem application In addition the mainboard has an extended set of ATX I O Ports including PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports two USB ports a parallel port and two serial ports Two extra USB ports can be added usin...

Page 6: ... CPUs Memory Support Two 168 pin DIMM slots for SDRAM memory modules Two 184 pin DIMM slots for DDR memory modules Support SDRAM up to 133 MHz DDR up to 266 MHz memory bus Maximum installed memory is 1GB Notice You can NOT use SDRAM and DDR simultaneously Expansion Slots One AMR slot for a special audio modem riser card One AGP4X slot for AGP 2 0 compliant interface Five 32 bit PCI slots for PCI 2...

Page 7: ...des PC99 Color Connectors for easy peripheral device connections Floppy disk drive connector with 1Mb s transfer rate Two serial ports with 16550 compatible fast UART One parallel port with ECP and EPP support Two USB ports and optional two USB ports module Two PS 2 ports for keyboard and mouse One infrared port connector for optional module Hardware Monitoring Built in hardware monitoring for CPU...

Page 8: ... 95 98 NT 2000 MediaRing Talk provides PC to PC or PC to Phone internet phone communication WinDVD2000 is a DVD playback application optional Some of the software in you support CD may not be listed here please always refer to the readme txt for further information Dimensions ATX form factor 30 5cm x 23 5cm ...

Page 9: ...s with the following items q The mainboard q This User s Guide q 1 UDMA66 100 IDE cable q 1 Floppy disk drive cable q Support software on CD ROM disk Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard q Extended USB module ...

Page 10: ... If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges Avoid touching the components unless it is absolutely necessary During installation put the mainboard on top of the static protection packaging it came in with the component side facing up Pre Installation Inspection 1 Inspect the mainboard fo...

Page 11: ...rrectly Install the mainboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to the mainboard connector headers Install any other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard connector headers Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JP6 set to Normal setting See this chapter for information on locating JP6 and the setting options 2 Never connect...

Page 12: ...ard Note Any jumper on your mainboard that do not appear in the illustration above is for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the mainboard PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard USB Ports Microphone Game MIDI Port Line In Parallel Port Serial COM2 4 Serial COM1 3 Line Out ...

Page 13: ...ors that are currently supported by this mainboard FCPGA Pentium III 500 1130MHz FSB 100MHz 133MHz FCPGA Celeron 533 800MHz FSB 66 MHz Notice This mainboard does not support PPGA Celeron CPUs Installing a Socket 370 Processor A processor installs into the ZIF Zero Insertion Force Socket 370 on the mainboard 1 Locate the Socket 370 and FAN2 Pull the locking lever out slightly from the socket and ra...

Page 14: ...install at least one memory module in order to use the mainboard and you can only use one of the both SDRAM and DDR SDRAM at the same time DDR SDRAM provides 800 MBps or 1 GBps data transfer depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or 133 MHz It doubles the rate to 1 6 GBps and 2 1 GBps by transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock DDR SDRAM uses additional power and ground...

Page 15: ...e correctly and insert it into the DIMM socket Press the module down into the socket so that the retaining latches rotate up and secure the module in place by fitting into notches on the edge of the module The table below lists the model chips of DDR that we have tested Model Chip Manufacture K4H2808388 TCBO SAMSUNG HY5DU28822T H HYUNDAI ...

Page 16: ...tch for the system Note The system must provide 1A on the 5VSB 5V Standby signal before using the Keyboard Power On function Function Jumper Setting Disable Keyboard Power On Short Pins 1 2 Enable Keyboard Power On Short Pins 2 3 Jumper JP6 Clear CMOS Memory Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incor...

Page 17: ...nnector on the mainboard If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the FAN1 fan power connector on the mainboard Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the mainboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the SW1 header If there are a headphone jack or and a microphone jack on the front panel connect the cables...

Page 18: ...ipe on the Pin 1 side of the cable Extended USB Module This module bracket has two USB ports for more USB devices USB port 3 4 1 Locate the USB1 header on the mainboard 2 Plug the bracket cable onto the USB1 header 3 In the system chassis remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots and install the extension bracket in the opening Use the screw that held the slot cover in place to secure th...

Page 19: ...ainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave The documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or Slave device The Master device connects to the end of the cable Install the device s and connect power from the...

Page 20: ... CD ROM drive have different kinds of audio cable connectors Connect the cable to the appropriate connector Infrared Port You can connect an infrared port to the mainboard You can purchase this option from third party vendors 1 Locate the infrared port IR1 header on the mainboard 2 If you are adding an infrared port connect the ribbon cable from the port to the IR1 header and then secure the port ...

Page 21: ... slot and press it firmly down into it so that it is fully inserted 4 Secure the expansion card bracket to the system chassis using the screw that held the slot cover in place AMR Slot The AMR Audio Modem Riser slot is an industry standard slot that allows for the installation of a special audio modem riser card Different territories have different regulations regarding the specifications of a mod...

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Page 23: ...e basis for coordination between system components If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer from booting properly If this happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory used to store the configuration information You can run the setup utility and manually make changes to the configuration You might nee...

Page 24: ...he options on the main menu page Press Enterto select the highlighted option To leave the setup utility press the Escape key To cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2 Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these pages use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the items and then use the PgUpand P...

Page 25: ...Exit Day 01 31 SelectItem Year 1901 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color F3 DetectAllHDD Date Time Use these items to set the system date and time Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set it to User and then fi...

Page 26: ...This mainboard has built in virus protection in the BIOS Use this item to enable or disable the built in virus protection If the OS like Windows 98SE Japanese Version needs to run EMM386 EXE and this item is enable please add the NOEMS parameter e g EMM386 NOEMS on it Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines 1st Boot Dev...

Page 27: ...ou have more than 64MB of system memory installed L1 L2 Cache Leave these items enabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal cache memory System BIOS Cacheable If you enable this item a segment of the system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution Timing Setting Mode Use this item to determine the timing setting mode of the memory We recommend ...

Page 28: ...nd ACPI are supported Suspend Time Out This sets the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Suspend mode Hard Disk Time Out This sets the timeout to power down the hard disk drive if the time selected passes withou t any hard disk activity Ring On Power On The system can be turned off with a software command ...

Page 29: ...pter PCI Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values Plug and Play Aware O S Enable this item if you are using an O S that supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 98 ME Primary Graphics Adapter This item indicates if the primary graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The default PC...

Page 30: ...formance components Features Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system OnBoard FDC Enabled OnBoard Serial PortA 3F8h COM1 OnBoard Serial PortB 2F8h COM2 Serial Port2 Mode Normal OnBoard Parallel Port 378h Parallel Port Mode Normal Parallel Port IRQ 7 Parallel Port DMA N A OnBoard Game Port 201h OnBoard MIDI Port 300h MIDI Port IRQ 10 OnBoard PC...

Page 31: ...5 or 7 to the parallel port Parallel Port DMA Use this item to assign a DMA channel to the parallel port The options are 0 1 and 3 OnBoard Game Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Game port OnBoard MIDI Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard MIDI port and to assign a port address MIDI Port IRQ Use this item to assign an IRQ to the MIDI port Onboard PCI IDE Use this ite...

Page 32: ... to set the external clock frequency for the CPU and the memory bus frequency The options include combinations of 66 100 and 133MHz Set the CPU clock based on the requirements of the CPU installed on the board Select the memory frequency based on the speed of the memory installed on the board CPU Multiple Factory Use this item to set a multiplier for the CPU external frequency The multiplier times...

Page 33: ...s F7 Load Best performance values Voltage Measurements FAN Speeds These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements System CPU Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement Change Password If you highlight this item and press Enter a dialog box appears which lets you enter a Supervisor password You can enter no more than six letters...

Page 34: ...e next dialog box type in the new password or just press Enter to disable password protection Exit Highlight this item and press Enterto save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to exit without saving ...

Page 35: ...software program and the location for your mainboard version More information on some programs is available in a README file located in the same directory as the software Note Never try to install software from a folder that is not specified for use with your mainboard Before installing any software always inspect the folder for files named README TXT INSTALL TXT or something similar These files m...

Page 36: ... Utility Folder Installation Notes later in this chapter The support software CD ROM disc loads automatically under Windows 98 When you insert the CD ROM disc in the CD ROM drive the autorun feature will automatically bring up the install screen The screen has three buttons on it Setup Browse CD and Exit Note If the opening screen doesn t appear double clickthe file setup exe in the root directory...

Page 37: ...tall the software correctly Some software is installed in separate folders for different operating systems such as DOS WIN NT or WIN98 95 Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using To install the software execute a file named SETUP EXE or INSTALL EXE by double clicking the file and then following the instructions on the screen 3 Exit The Exit button closes the Auto Setup wind...

Page 38: ... corner Click the Next button to run Auto Setup program Check the box next to the items you want to install The default options are recommended Click the Next button to run the Installation Wizard An item installation screen appears Follow the instructions on the screen to install the items ...

Page 39: ...drivers and software will be installed and working Folders for this Mainboard For this board you can install software from the following folders Utility Folder Some of the software in you support CD may not be listed here please always refer to the readme txt for further information q AWDFLASH AMIFlash Software to erase and install new revisions of the system BIOS CMOS q MEDIARING TALK Telephony s...

Page 40: ... is incorrect your system will malfunction For this mainboard use AMI8XX EXE to flash the BIOS where 7XX is the version number You can use any version but we suggest you use the latest version To use the utility you must be in real mode DOS not the DOS box that is available in Windows 95 98 NT If you are using WINDOWS 95 98 shut down your computer and select the option Restart in DOS in the shutdo...

Page 41: ...t free Before you install you need to register and get the serial number first Mainboard P6S5AT Installation Notes Most of the sub folders in this folder are empty with a short README file giving directions to alternate folders for the appropriate software Audio Drivers are provided for Windows 2000 ME 98SE NT and Linux Browse to SiS 635Codec folder and run SETUP EXE to install the audio drivers f...