Procomp BVD2A, Manual

Page 1: ...ment 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 COPYRIG...

Page 2: ...ARD 23 2 3 5 INSTALLING AN INTERFACE CARD 24 2 3 6 INSTALLING ACCESSORY CABLES 25 CH3 AWARD BIOS SETUP 27 3 1 THE MAIN MENU 29 3 2 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 32 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 34 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 38 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 41 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT 42 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 48 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 49 3 9 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 50 3 10 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 51 3 11 LO...

Page 3: ...pters modems and sound cards One ISA and one PCI slot are shared meaning you may connect either two ISA and four PCI cards or one ISA and five PCI cards The board has a 2MB Award PnP BIOS with enhanced ACPI features Not only does the BIOS support 120MB ATAPI floppy disk and ZIP disk drives it also allows multiple boots from a wide selection of IDE SCSI CD ROM and FDD drives The Trend ChipAway Anti...

Page 4: ...ms that are shipped with the package CH2 Setup guide Guidelines on how to install the motherboard and how to get your system up and running CH3 Award BIOS Setup Explanation of the BIOS setup items for configuring your motherboard for optimum performance CH4 Software Setup How to install the software drivers and support programs that are provided with this motherboard 1 2 SPECIFICATIONS System Chip...

Page 5: ...ts HDD S M A R T On Board I O 1 Floppy port up to 2 88MB 3 mode floppy supported LS 120 2 Serial ports 1 Parallel port SPP EPP ECP 2 USB 1 PS 2 mouse 1 PS 2 keyboard 1 IrDA On Board IDE Port Dual Ultra DMA 33 66 IDE ports Supports ATAPI IDE CD ROM LS 120 Expansion slot 1 x 64 bit AGP slot Supports AGP 4X Mode 5 x 32 bit PCI slots 5 Master 1 Share 2 x 16 bit ISA slots 1 Share I O Chip Winbond super...

Page 6: ... the connector PWBT on the motherboard Please refer to the illustration below In the BIOS screen of POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP choose User Defined or Min power saving or Max power saving in POWER MANAGEMENT and choose Yes in PM Control by APM Note Refer to Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup for more information on the BIOS Setup In Windows 9x when using the SHUT DOWN function the computer will switch off auto...

Page 7: ...any of the items below are missing or damaged please contact your supplier The motherboard package list contains Q TY Description 1 Motherboard With VIA Apollo Pro Plus 133A chipset 1 Driver CD Title PC Cillin Software Motherboard Bus master Driver 1 Cable IDE Cable 1 Cable Floppy Cable 1 Manual User s manual ...

Page 8: ... 7 2 1 Motherboard Layout Chapter 2 Setup Guide VIA Apollo Pro Plus 133A Chipset PCI Slot x 5 ATX Power DIMM x 3 T Mouse B K B ISA Slot x 2 IDE Port x 2 AGP Slot FDD Port USB 1 2 T LPT1 B COM 1 2 SOCKET 370 ...

Page 9: ...COM1 MS KB USB COM2 LPT Socket 370 FAN1 FAN3 JP6 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 FDC ATX POWER Connector FAN2 IDE 2 IDE 1 AGP SLOT PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 ISA 1 ISA 2 IrDA BIOS Connector Front View WOL JP7 JBAT1 3V Battery SUPER I O JP1 JP17 J1 WOM ...

Page 10: ...nual IV Choose a case and install the motherboard into the case V Plug in all the interface cards of your system equipment VI Connect cables power supply and any message lines VII Reboot and enter the Award BIOS setup Menu to adjust the existing setup to your needs VIII Reboot and set up the system software on your computer 2 3 1 Jumper Connector Setting PS 2 Keyboard Connector Use this connector ...

Page 11: ... 4 5V 5 Mouse Clock ATX Power Supply Connector This connector allows the motherboard to draw power from the ATX power supply We recommend using an ATX power supply with a minimum capacity of 250 watt Pin Description Pin Description 1 2 11 3 3 V 4 6 19 20 5 V 3 5 7 13 15 16 17 Ground 9 5VSB 8 POWER GOOD 12 12 V 10 12 V 18 5 V 14 PS ON ...

Page 12: ...ansferring data Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Strobe 14 AFD 2 Data Bit 0 15 Error 3 Data Bit 1 16 INIT 4 Data Bit 2 17 SLCTIN 5 Data Bit 3 18 GND 6 Data Bit 4 19 GND 7 Data Bit 5 20 GND 8 Data Bit 6 21 GND 9 Data Bit 7 22 GND 10 ACK 23 GND 11 Busy 24 GND 12 PE 25 GND 13 SLCT 26 GND ...

Page 13: ...ignal Name Pin Signal Name 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 SIN 7 RTS 3 SOUT 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND 10 NC USB Universal Serial Bus USB1 USB2 Connectors These connectors are commonly used for transferring data between the computer and peripheral devices USB1 Pin Signal Name USB2 Pin Signal Name 1 USB VCC 0 1 USB VCC 1 2 USB Data 2 USB Data 3 USB Data 3 USB Data 4 USB GND 0 4 USB GND 1 5 GND 5 GND ...

Page 14: ...ector This connector is used to connect an add in NIC Network Interface Card When connected and enabled in the BIOS setup this function can be used for remotely managing a system on a network When the LAN controller detects activity on the network card it will consequently wake up the system Pin Signal Name 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 LID WOM Wake up On Modem Connector ...

Page 15: ...odem controller detects activity on the Modem card it will consequently wake up the system Pin Signal Name 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 LID JP1 JP17 Select Processor These connectors are used to select the type of processor you are about to use with this motherboard this board can accept with both Intel PGA and FCPGA and Cyrix Joshua processors Pin JP1 JP17 Joshua 1 2 Short Short Intel 2 3 Short Short ...

Page 16: ...ult 2 3 Clear CMOS PANEL CONNECTORS SETTING Locate the bank of switch and indicator connectors These connectors provide control functions to your system case such as Speaker HD LED Power LED Key Lock SMI Switch Reset etc Use the table below to make the connections P2 P22 P1 P21 PWR LED K_LOCK SPEAKER RST HDD LED PWBT ACPI LED PWR LED ...

Page 17: ...DD LED Hard Disk LED 5 6 PWR LED Power LED 3 4 RST Reset 1 2 PWBT Power Button FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN CONNECTORS These connectors allow the fans of the CPU and the system case to draw power from the motherboard FAN1 CPU FAN CONNECTOR FAN2 For SYSTEM COOL FAN CONNECTOR FAN3 For SYSTEM COOL FAN CONNECTOR GND Fan In Fan Out GND Fan In Fan Out GND Fan In Fan Out FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 ...

Page 18: ... external bus speed of 100MHz you can still set your motherboard s external bus speed to 100MHz If you want to change the CPU ratio and clock settings you can also use the on board jumpers to do it Refer to the list below CPU TYPE SELECTION LIST Note If you want to use the onboard jumpers to change the CPU ratio and clock settings make sure the CPU Host SDRAM clock setting in the BIOS setup is Def...

Page 19: ...has a table free or auto bank feature memory can be installed into any free DIMM bank The three DIMM Sockets permit system memory expansion from 8MB to 768MB Each bank provides a 64 bit wide data path You can install 133MHz or 100MHz SDRAM into the motherboard using your CPU clock to make the selection If you want to install more memory and there are no sockets available you must remove some insta...

Page 20: ...les on Motherboard 1 The SDRAM sockets are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed with cut outs so that they cannot be installed incorrectly Check that the cut outs on the DIMM edge connector match the notches in the SDRAM socket In other words before inserting the DIMM make sure the pin1 of the DIMM matches with the pin1 on the DIMM socket 2 Push down the latches on each side of the SDRAM soc...

Page 21: ...3 TOTAL 8MB 8MBytes 8MB 8MBytes 8MB 8MBytes 8MB 8MB 16MBytes 8MB 8MB 16MBytes 16MB 16MBytes 16MB 16MBytes 8MB 8MB 8MB 24MBytes 16MB 8MB 24MBytes 16MB 16MB 32MBytes 32MB 32MBytes 8MB 16MB 16MB 40MBytes 32MB 32MB 64MBytes 64MB 64MBytes 64MB 64MB 128MBytes 256MB 256MB 256MB 768MBytes DIMM Type 3 3V unbuffered or registered 64 72 bit Synchronous DRAM with SPD Supports Single Double side 16 32 64 128 2...

Page 22: ...lling the supplied heat sink support and connecting the heat sink power cable to the motherboard connector Referential Steps of installing the Socket 370 CPU This section is only for CPU installation the motherboard in the picture is not the BVD2A Regarding the heat sink please refer to the instructions supplied 1 Review the CPU and motherboard 2 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket then r...

Page 23: ...he cut edge in the CPU match Pin 1 with the cut edge then insert the CPU It should be inserted easily 4 Press the lever down to lock the CPU into the socket Note Regarding the heatsink installation please refer to the instruction of the supplier Cut edge ...

Page 24: ...ged if these pins are used improperly 2 3 4 Installing the Motherboard The BVD2A motherboard complies with the specifications for an ATX board so you can also install this kind of board into a full size ATX case Some features on the motherboard are implemented by cabling connectors on the motherboard to indicators and switches on the system case Ensure that your case supports all the features requ...

Page 25: ...stallation instructions that come with the card and have the Operating System automatically recognize and configure the card The PCI slots on the motherboard all have Bus Master capability For installed PCI cards to use this feature an Operating system specific Bus Master software driver that comes with this motherboard must be installed under your Operating System These drivers are located on the...

Page 26: ...s OFF before connecting or disconnecting any bracket or cable ATX Power Cable The 20 pin ATX power cable supports 5V standby current and soft power on switch The soft power switch can be either momentary or toggle type and must comply with the ATX specification Plug in the power cable to the onboard power connector Front Panel Switch and LED Cables Normally the front panel housing has a power swit...

Page 27: ... are for floppy drive B The drive B connectors are designed to accommodate both 1 44MB and 1 2MB drives The female header supports the 1 44MB drive while the female edge connector supports the 1 2MB drive When connecting the drive make sure that pin1 of the cable ie the red colored wire matches pin1 of the drive IDE Cables for HDD and CDROM The motherboard comes with two IDE interfaces a primary I...

Page 28: ...ed by the kind of hardware you are using for example the rating of your memory chips In certain circumstances the system may generate an error message which prompts you to make changes to the setup utility This happens when the system finds an error during the POST power on self test that it carries out at system startup Starting the Setup Utility You can only start the setup utility shortly after...

Page 29: ... Move to the item on the right Esc Key Main Menu Quit without saving changes to CMOS Status Page setup menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgUp Key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 Key General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Setup Menu F2 Key Change color to one of 16 available co...

Page 30: ...u can exit the utility by pressing the Escape key You can save the current selections and exit the utility by pressing the F10 key You can change the color scheme of the utility by pressing theF2 key while holding down the Shift key When you are in one of the options that display a dialog box you can return to the main menu by pressing the Escape key When you are in one of the options that display...

Page 31: ... includes information on some of the special chipset features Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes information on some of the peripheral items and on programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup This setup page provides power management functions for Green products allowing user defined power saving timeouts for components and peripherals PnP PCI Configurations This setup pag...

Page 32: ...m for the normal operation Load Optimized Defauls This page allows you to load optimized BIOS chipset values for enhanced system operations Set Supervisor User Password Setting Use this page to set change or disable password protection It allows you to limit access to the system and or setup utility Save Exit Setup This option saves all changed CMOS values and exits the setup utility Exit Without ...

Page 33: ...utility Hard Disks Default Auto These items show the characteristics of hard disk drives on any of the four available IDE channels Note that SCSI hard disk drives do not appear here You can automatically install most currently available hard disks using the IDE HDD Auto Detect Option from the main menu However if you find that a drive cannot be automatically detected you can use these items to sel...

Page 34: ...A and Drive B Default 1 44M 3 5 in None These items define the characteristics of any diskette drive attached to the system You can connect one or two diskette drives Video Default EGA VGA This item defines the video mode of the system This motherboard has a built in VGA graphics system so you must leave thisitem at the default value Halt On Default All But Keyboard This item defines the operation...

Page 35: ...nd remove problematic programs before any damage is done When this item is enabled the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive at any attempt to modify it If an attempt is detected the Anti Virus program built in the BIOS will protect your system WARNING Disk boot sector is to be modified Types Y to accept write or N to abort write Award Software Inc ...

Page 36: ...che memory the Celeron 266MHz is an exception Only enable this item if your processor cartridge has external cache memory CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Default Enabled This item can be used to enable ECC Error Checking Code for the level 2 cache memory We recommend that you leave this item at the default value Enabled Processor number Feature Default Enabled Each Pentium III processor cartridge is ins...

Page 37: ...drive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K Boot Up NumLock Status Default On This item defines if the keyboard NumLock key is active when your system is started Gate A20 Option Default Fast This option provides compatibility with older software wr...

Page 38: ... the password is required at system start up or if it is only required when a user tries to enter the setup utility OS Select For DRAM 64 MB Default Non OS2 This item is required if you have installed more than 64 MB of memory and you are running the OS 2 operating system Otherwise leave this item at the default Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Default Enabled S M A R T is an industry acronym for ...

Page 39: ...rule you should leave the items on this page at the default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your hardware If you change the values you may introduce fatal errors or recurring instability into your system Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing Bank 4 5 DRAM Timing Default SDRAM 10ns SDRAM 10ns SDRAM 10ns These items define the timing parameters for Fast P...

Page 40: ... Concurrency Default Enabled Use this item to enable or disable concurrent memory PCI and CPU action Fast R W Turn Around Default Disabled This item sets a timing parameter for CPU access Since the CPU timing is determined by the system hardware you can set this item to Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Default Enabled System BIOS segment is cacheable if this item has been enabled Video RAM Cacheable...

Page 41: ...able this for security reasons CPU to PCI Write Buffer Default Enabled When this item is enabled writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered to compensate for the different speeds of the CPU and PCI buses Leave this item at the default value PCI Dynamic Bursting PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Default Enabled Default Enabled Default Enabled Default Enabled Thes...

Page 42: ...efault value is Both items appear which allow you to set the PIO programmable input output mode and the UltraDMA mode for master and slave devices on the channels We recommend that you leave these items at the default value Auto The system will then automatically use the best performance PIO mode and UltraDMA mode for each device IDE Prefetch Mode Default Enabled The built in IDE drive interfaces ...

Page 43: ...ler to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your HDD drive Enabled IDE controller uses block mode Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON Default BUTTON ONLY Default Enter Default Ctrl F1 The Power On Function item allows you to power on the system by pressing hot keys or typing a password If you choose Password you can use...

Page 44: ...ult Enabled This item lets you enable a transmission delay for infrared communication Onboard Parallel Port Default 378 IRQ7 This item lets you disable the built in parallel port or enable it by assigning a I 0 address and an Interrupt Request Line IRQ Parallel Port Mode Default ECP EPP This item defines the operation of the parallel port As a default it is set to ECP EPP If you are connected to a...

Page 45: ...he least power The power management in the setup utility lets you specify a timeout for each of the power saving modes and a timeout for a hard disk drive power down A timeout means a period of time when the system or the hard disk drive is inactive If the timeout completes the system power savingmode will execute or the hard disk drive will power down You can resume from the power saving modes by...

Page 46: ...r HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 to 15min and can also be disabled If you would like to use Software Power off Control function you cannot choose Disabled here and should select Yes in PM Control by APM PM Control by APM Default Yes Windows 95 and 98 have built in power management capabilities called APM advanced power management When you enable this item you allow the APM routines in Windows ...

Page 47: ...play the Wake Up Events sub menu VGA Default OFF When the item is enabled any video active restarts the global timer for standby mode LPT COM Default LPT COM If the system is LPT The system will auto wake up from standby mode or suspend mode when the system transfers data by parallel port If the system is COM The system will auto wake up from standby mode or suspend mode when the system transfers ...

Page 48: ...em acts like a master switch for all the interrupt items that follow If this item is set to ON the all the following interrupts can be manually configured to act as resets for the power saving timeouts If this item is set to OFF then all the following interrupt items cannot be used to reset the power saving timeouts IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter to display the IRQs Activity Monitoring sub m...

Page 49: ...em is set to Yes you can use the Device Manager utility in the operating system to make changes to the configuration of expansion cards Resources Controlled By Default Auto ESCD You should leave this item at the default Auto If you find that you cannot get a particular expansion card to work properly you might be able to solve the problem by changing this item to Manual and defining the characteri...

Page 50: ...ndard VGA cards This board includes a built in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Default Enabled To assign an IRQ to VGA card if you enable this item Assign IRQ For USB Default Enabled To assign an IRQ to USB Ports if you enable this item 3 8 PC Health Status On mainboards which support hardware monitoring this item lets you s...

Page 51: ...DIMM and PCI slots in order to reduce EMI electromagnetic intererence Spread Spectrum Default Disabled When this item is enabled it can significantly reduce the EMI electromagnetic interference that your system generates by modulating the extreme values of the clock generator pulses Enabling this item might cause problems with timing critical devices such as SCSI adapters We recommend that you lea...

Page 52: ...y be greater than the performance level of the components such as the CPU and the memory You can cause fatal errors or instability if you install the optimized defaults when your hardware does not support them If you only want to install setup defaults for a specific option select and display that option and then press the F7 key 3 12 Set Supervisor User Password These two items can be used to ins...

Page 53: ...f you are deleting a password that is already installed 5 If you type the password correctly the password will be installed 3 13 Save and Exit Setup This allows you to save the new setting values in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process 3 14 Exit Without Saving This allows you to exit the BIOS setup utility without recording any new values or changing old ones ...

Page 54: ... Driver After you have finished the hardware setup you have to install the IDE Bus Master software of the motherboard then you can enjoy the advance Motherboard Note If your system is Win98 please skip this section Because Windows 98 have been built in the IDE Bus Master Driver you don t need to install the software again According the follow steps for IDE Bus Master driver installation 1 Turn on ...

Page 55: ...n you will see the dialog box as following You just click the 1 VIA Driver Install item and follow the instructions to setup these software 5 Follow the instructions to complete the software installation then re boot your PC VIA APLLLO PRO Plus button ...