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618TAS/618TAF 

USER'S MANUAL

 

M/B For Socket 370 Pentium

 III

 

Processor 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

NO. G03-618TAS3A

 

Release date:  July 2002 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Trademark: 

*  Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are  

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

Summary of Contents for 618TAS3A

Page 1: ...or NO G03 618TAS3A Release date July 2002 Trademark Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only and are subject to change at any time without...

Page 2: ...4 INSTALL MEMORY 14 2 5 EXPANSION CARDS 15 2 5 1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION 15 2 5 2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD 15 2 5 3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD 16 2 5 4 AIM...

Page 3: ...ON BOARD SOUND 53 4 12 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS 53 USER S NOTICE COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER NO PART OF THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRO...

Page 4: ...cified maximum case temperature Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated airflow from attached fans In addition interface materials allow ef...

Page 5: ...P 4X slot is included on the board This AGP slot will support either a 4X VGA card or a 4MB display cache AGP In line Memory Module AIMM And for 618TAS this board provides on board AGP 4X slot for tho...

Page 6: ...Expansion Slot Headers AGP AIMM slot x1 support AGP 2 0 4X mode 32 bit PCI slot x6 CNR slot x1 Integrate VGA Only for 618TAF 3D graphic acceleration Expandable 4MB display cache by AIMM Integrate IDE...

Page 7: ...rformance Test Report On Board VGA With AIMM 4M With Geforce 256 3D Mark 99 1417 1550 5934 3D Mark 2000 957 1246 4229 3D Winbench 99 V1 2 327 439 898 3D Winbench 2000 17 4 22 8 82 5 Final Reality 6 15...

Page 8: ...t Coppermine 866MHz Celeron 667MHz 3D Mark 99 5911 5079 3D Mark 2000 4657 3753 3D Winbench 99 V1 2 899 862 3D Winbench 2000 93 4 85 8 Final Reality 5 99 4 85 Winstone 99 V1 3 33 1 26 6 Winstone 2000 3...

Page 9: ...t Front Panel Audio CD Audio PCI Slot FAN2 6 Channel Conn VGA Connector 370 CPU Socket ITE 8712 Chip Floppy Connector Intel 815 Chip Front Panel Connector JBAT Clear CMOS Jumper ATX Power Connector US...

Page 10: ...SB Port Headers 10 pin Block p 19 IDE LED IDE activity LED 2 pin Block p 19 TBLED Turbo LED switch 2 pin Block p 20 RESET Reset switch lead 2 pin Block p 20 SPKR Speaker connector 4 pin Block p 20 POW...

Page 11: ...OFF 1 2 1 2 133 133 OFF OFF 1 2 2 3 CPU Host SDRAM Clock Setting 1 3 AUTO 1 2 JS2 JS3 JS4 JS1 1 3 100 100 1 3 66 100 Default 1 2 JS2 JS3 JS4 JS1 1 2 JS2 JS3 JS4 JS1 1 3 133 100 1 2 JS2 JS3 JS4 JS1 1 3...

Page 12: ...of JBAT to store the CMOS data To clear the CMOS follow the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector 3 Locate JBAT and short pin...

Page 13: ...niversal Serial Bus a medium speed interface typically used for mouse keyboards scanners and some digital cameras Sound interface the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors an...

Page 14: ...re here is 66MHz 1 5V the voltage for the CPU 2 3 2 Setting CPU Bus Clock Memory Clock Jumper Setting the front side bus frequency and SDRAM frequency The motherboard uses jumper JS1 JS2 JS3 and JS4 f...

Page 15: ...FAN if necessary To install a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90 degree...

Page 16: ...6 100 33Mhz CPU Clock Ratio X 3 Menu Level CyrixIII CPU Ratio Adjust Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults By pr...

Page 17: ...ring startup Generally installing SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy you can refer to figure 2 4 to see what a 168 Pin PC100 PC133 SDRAM module looks like DIMM2 BANK2 BANK 3 DIMM1 BANK0 BA...

Page 18: ...rd 2 5 2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must exclusively assign to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of...

Page 19: ...te 1 Either AGP slot or onboard VGA can be active at the same time 2 5 4 AIMM AGP Slot In both 618TAF 618TAS motherboards you can plug a 4X AGP VGA Card into the AIMM AGP Slot and the 618TAF will disa...

Page 20: ...connects to the 5 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer s case 3 USB Port connector USB_A The connectors are 4 pin connector that connect USB devices to the system board 4 Parallel Po...

Page 21: ...l two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings 9 Secondary IDE Connec...

Page 22: ...GA Only for 618TAF This board has VGA port headers it come with cable providing VGA connector and bracket for you connect display monitor and computer VGA Port Headers VG A 1 2 15 16 2 USB Port Header...

Page 23: ...ey switch for locking the keyboard for security purposes 7 Speaker connector SPKR This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker See the figure below 8 Power LED PWR LED The Power LED is li...

Page 24: ...plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of connector FAN1 1 3 FAN2 1 3 FAN3 1...

Page 25: ...out MIC connector with cable Audio Front Panel Headers AUDIO Pin1 L IN L L O UT L G ND MIC L IN R L O UT R G ND G ND MIC P 14 CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN1 CDIN1 is the connector for CD Audio Input...

Page 26: ...system will then run power on test While the test are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you...

Page 27: ...the following pages of this chapter but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup Press up down left right to choose in the main menu...

Page 28: ...items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Periph...

Page 29: ...this menu to specify your settings for Miscellaneous Control Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performances system operations...

Page 30: ...om Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only Month The month from Jan through Dec Date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys Year The year depends on the year of the BIOS Time The...

Page 31: ...OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Report No FDD For Win 95 No Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and so...

Page 32: ...nd Third Fourth Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The settings are Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 HDD 1 HDD 3 SCSI CDROM LAN and...

Page 33: ...to OS 2 if using more than 64MB and running OS 2 Report No FDD For Win 95 Whether report no FDD for Win 95 or not The settings are Yes No 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Se...

Page 34: ...oop Stall for 31 clocks and another ADS has arrived During Disabled A deferrable CPU cycle will be Deferred immediately after the GMCH receives another ADS Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embed...

Page 35: ...latency depends on the DRAM timing The settings are 2 and 3 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Trc Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle The settings are 5 7 and 6 8 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field let...

Page 36: ...zed Defaults F7 Standard Defaults On Chip IDE Function Please refer to section 3 7 1 On Chip SIO Function Please refer to section 3 7 2 On Chip Device Function Please refer to section 3 7 3 Init Displ...

Page 37: ...four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased perfor...

Page 38: ...n FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The settings are Enabled and Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and...

Page 39: ...Award Software On Chip Device Function Item Help USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Onboard AC97 Codec is ALC100 200 AC97 Sound Enabled AC97 Modem Auto Game Port Address 201 Midi Po...

Page 40: ...The settings are Enabled and Disabled Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving which is directly related to the following modes 1 Suspend Mode 2 HDD Powe...

Page 41: ...On by Ring During Disabled the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem During Enabled the system will boot up if there s an incoming call from the modem CPU Thermal Throttling Select the...

Page 42: ...D when you exit setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the os cannot boot Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 Ge...

Page 43: ...V Vbat 3 29V System Temperature 25 C CPU Temperature 35 C FAN1 Speed 5843 RPM FAN2 Speed 6132 RPM FAN3 Speed 5720 RPM Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Prev...

Page 44: ...to Page 13 By press PageDown PageUp key you can change the CPU Host SDRAM PCI Clock When jumper setting CPU Host Clock 66MHz you can choose 66 100 33 99 149 49MHz When jumper setting CPU Host Clock 10...

Page 45: ...again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm t...

Page 46: ...IDE install Intel Ultra ATA Storage driver 3 VGA install on board VGA driver 618TAF Only 4 SOUND install AC97 sound driver and the program for editing playback 5 PC HEALTH installs SMART GUARDIAN sof...

Page 47: ...s chart shows motherboards supported by the driver click NEXT 4 Select if you want computer re started click Finish NOTE MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X INTEL815 INF INFINST EXE This driver...

Page 48: ...OWSE to change the path you want the driver stored 5 Select if you want to re start your computer and click Finish 6 You may choose to remove the driver or you may remove it at ADD REMOVE PROGRAMS NOT...

Page 49: ...puter and click Finish NOTE The path of the file for WIN95 is X INTEL815 VGA WIN95 SETUP EXE for WIN98 and WIN98SE is X INTEL815 VGA WIN9X SETUP EXE for NT4 0 is X INTEL815 VGA NT40 SETUP EXE for Wind...

Page 50: ...NOTE MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X CODEC ALC201 SETUP EXE for WINDOWS 95 98 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 4 5 PC HEALTH installs SMART GUARDIAN software for hardware monitoring device 1 Click PC HEA...

Page 51: ...0 4 6 PC CILLIN Install PC CILLIN 2000 Anti virus program 1 Click PC CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU Appears 2 Click NEXT when PC CILIN 2000 SETUP APPEARS Then click YES when the announcement of copywr...

Page 52: ...e 7 If you want to make a rescue disc insert a 1 44 MB disc 8 Setup Complete and click Finish 9 Enter Your name and E mail address Register PC cillin 2000 or Click Cancel Register Later 10 After insta...

Page 53: ...3 After finish Setup you will have a Magic BIOS icon in your screen 4 Double click the Magic BIOS icon you will have this picture choose from internet you can upgrade BIOS On line 5 When On line upda...

Page 54: ...power after finish update BIOS the system will clear CMOS and automatically Restart 9 When choose From Local Driver to update BIOS you must have the correct BIOS file in your Local Driver 10 Choose th...

Page 55: ...dium KARAOK playing having high low KEY tuning Also BASS high low eight tune tuning and TREBLE high low eight tune tuning PS After altering the options there will be changes on the sound effect user h...

Page 56: ...ode STEP 1 Prepare a boot disc you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A click OK STEP 2 Copy utility program to your boot disc You may copy from DRIVER CD X FLASH AWDFLASH EXE or download...

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