Zida TX98-3D, User Manual

Page 1: ...the gold finger connectors going to be plugged into the expansion slot It is best to handle system components by their mounting bracket Ensure the system power is completely turn off before doing any installation work Notice to Customers The information contained in this User s Guide with no liability whatsoever and disclaims any express or implied warranty relating to sale and or use of products ...

Page 2: ...S Windows and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMI BIOS is a product of American Megatrends Inc Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks in U S A and or other countries SB LINK DynaRAM and WavEffects are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd Third party brands and names mentions in this User s Guide are the property of their respective owners User s Guide Re...

Page 3: ...onnector 8 Floppy Drive Connector 8 IDE Connectors 8 Front Panel Function Connectors 9 REPLACING BATTERY 10 QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE 11 Auto Jumper Yes Guide 13 CPU Voltage Selection 13 QUICK REFERENCE OF YOUR MOTHERBOARD 16 AMICMOS SETUP 19 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 20 CPU SETUP 22 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 23 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP 26 PCI PNP SETUP 28 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 32 PERIPHERAL SETUP 34 MOTHERBOAR...

Page 4: ...orking The BIOS support PCI bridge user configuration which allows further expansion of the system with PCI peripherals Up to two 16 bit ISA slots are provided so that the board is backward hardware compatible with the older expansion card A total of five expansion slots can be populated with add in cards as one PCI and ISA slots share the same chassis I O panel Two full lengths ISA add in cards c...

Page 5: ...M in two banks which included FPM EDO DRAM types þThe total of two high speed unbuffered SDRAM sockets supports 16 256M memory þTwo 16 bit ISA expansion slots and four 32 bit PCI expansion slots þIntegrated two PCI bus master UltraDMA 33 EIDE controller with two on board connectors supports up to four IDE devices such as Hard Disk CD ROM or Tape Backup drives USB interface also provided þIntegrate...

Page 6: ...e are several user adjustable jumpers on the board which allow you to configure your system to match your requirements This chapter contains the information on the various jumpers settings and connector on your motherboard Jumpers Jumpers are used to make several hardware settings on the motherboard From the Map of the Motherboard shown above you can identify the location of the jumpers There are ...

Page 7: ...hed to it to prevent overheating If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on the system 1 90 Socket 7 Intel Pentium 2 45 degree Index corner CPU COOLING FAN 12V Red Ground Black CPU Installation Diagram CAUTION Without a effective cooling fan the CPU can overheat and cause damage to both the CPU and the motherboard ...

Page 8: ...ded into two memory banks Bank 0 and Bank 1 and each bank has two SIMM sockets which accept either FPM or EDO DRAM module 1 3 1 3 2 Push upward to lock 45 degree insert into the socket To remove the SIMM s pull the retaining latch on both ends Notched end towards the Keyboard connector side Retaining latch SIMM Module Installation Diagram CAUTION Each bank must have the same size and type of memor...

Page 9: ...buffered DRAM Key 128 Bit 168 PIN DRAM DIMM Push to remove DIMM module Push to remove DIMM module 1 2 Vertically Insert for Installation 168 Pin SDRAM Module Installation Diagram CAUTION SDRAM Module cannot be used together with the SIMMs Module ...

Page 10: ...slot 8 Replace the computer s cover 9 Setup the BIOS configuration if necessary 10 Install the required software drivers for your expansion card CAUTION Before adding or removing any expansion card or other system components make sure that you unplug your system power supply Failure to do so may cause damage of your motherboard and expansion cards CONNECTING EXTERNAL CONNECTOR AT Power Connector A...

Page 11: ... From ATX Regulated Power Supply 6DXP Motherboard ATX Power Connector Connector s Lock push to release PW1 Onboard receptacle ATX Power Connector Installation Floppy Drive Connector This 34 pin connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the on board FLOPPY connector connect the remaining plugs on the other end to the floppy drives correspondingly I...

Page 12: ... Front Panel Function Connectors All the front panel indicator speaker and switch functions are grouped into a on board 26 pin connector J5 Front panel features supported include System Reset RESET Power LED form KEYLOCK Hard Drive activity LED IDE LED System Speaker SPEAKER Soft touch button power on off SW ON External power saving control EXTSMI optional The connector pin out are described as th...

Page 13: ...6 IR 5V 7 PS 2 Clock 17 No Connect 8 Ground 18 Infrared Receive 9 No Connect 19 Ground 10 5V 20 Infrared Transmit On board Sound Connector TX98 3D The total of three connectors are using to support the On board sound features JP18 including the Line In Mic In Line Out and MIDI JOYSTICK J6 and J7 are the CD Audio input headers and there pin out signal definitions are described as the table below He...

Page 14: ...ket 7 r A B C D E F G J K L O R S J5 H I T M Q VID1 BF1 VID4 BF0 VID0 VID2 BF2 JP16 VID3 COM2 COM1 JP15 PRINTER PRIMARY IDE SECONDARY IDE DIMM1 DIMM2 SIMM1 SIMM2 FLOPPY AUDIO JP18 FQ3 FQ2 FQ1 ISA2 ISA1 PCI4 PCI3 PCI1 PCI2 J7 J6 JP19 JP17 TA LINK WAKEUP LINK TX98 3D ...

Page 15: ...T Keyboard Connector M ISA Bus Connectors D Serial COM1 and 2 Headers E Parallel Printer Port Header O Front Panel Connector F Integrated Functions Connector P TC LINK SCSI Header G 3 3v DIMM Sockets Q WAKEUP LINK Header H SIMM RAM Sockets R TA LINK Intel LAN Header I Floppy Drive Connector S IDE Connectors J Audio Connector T Pentium Socket 7 ...

Page 16: ...ed is necessary to select a suitable one at the CMOS setup Or if JP16 is shorted 2 3 that means you should follow the jumper table at the next page to setup your CPU settings manually On the other hand pressing the key F to clear the CMOS setting and J to re detect the CPU setting during power up your system CPU Voltage Selection The voltage regulator will automatically detect and switch between S...

Page 17: ...1 2 1 2 1 2 3 5x 1 2 1 2 1 2 PR300 75 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 0x 1 2 2 3 1 2 PR333 75 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 5x 1 2 1 2 1 2 PR333 83 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 0x 1 2 2 3 1 2 AMD K5 K6 CPU PR100 66 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 5x 1 2 1 2 1 2 PR166 K6 166 66 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 5x 1 2 2 3 2 3 PR200 66 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 0x 1 2 2 3 1 2 PR233 66 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 5x 1 2 1 2 1 2 PR266 66 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 0x 2 3 1 2 2 3 PR300 66 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 5x 2 3 2 3 2 3 PR333 66...

Page 18: ...Motherboard Installation Page 15 ...

Page 19: ...1 BF0 2 2V 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 0x 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 8V 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 5x 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 9V 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 0x 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 2V 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 5x 1 5x 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 3V 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 0x 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 4V 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 4 5x 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 5V 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 5 0x 2 3 2 3 1 2 5 5x 2 3 1 2 1 2 ...

Page 20: ...ted to your computer will be standardized into USB standard which are all have a special 4 pin rectangle shape connector Therefore with the Intel chipset this motherboard builds two USB headers on board for you future investment If you are using an USB device you must purchase an optional USB connector II From Pin6 10 is the PS 2 device likes some PS 2 keyboard and mouse are all have a standard 6 ...

Page 21: ...fast page mode DRAM that tri states the memory data when the pre charge cycle occurs prior to the next memory access cycle EDO DRAM timings are X 2 2 2 compared to FPM timings of X 3 3 3 I Floppy Drive Connector A 34 pin connector on board allows connection to two 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44 2 88M floppy disk drives J Audio Connector All the Line In MIC In Line Out and MIDI JOYSTICK for the On Board Sound...

Page 22: ... CD ROM devices on both IDE interfaces In a true multi tasking operating systems like Windows 95 and Windows NT the IDE interface can operate as a PCI bus master capable of supporting Ultra DMA 33 devices with transfer rates of up to 33MB sec T Pentium Type 7 Socket The type 7 socket is a 321 pins zero insertion force ZIF socket It provides users with a performance upgrade path to Pentium OverDriv...

Page 23: ...t Tick Sound Hit Del Message Display System Boot Up Sequence and many others Advanced Chipset Setup Sets chipset specific options and features Power Management Setup Controls power conservation options PCI PnP Setup Sets options related to PCI bus and Plug and Play options Peripheral Setup Controls I O Controller related options CPU Configuration Setup This option selects the type of CPU install i...

Page 24: ...cursor to these fields via and and select the floppy type The settings are 360 KB 5 inch 1 2 MB 5 inch 720 KB 3 inch 1 44 MB 3 inch or 2 88 MB 3 inch Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Select these options to configure the drive named in the option Select Auto Detect IDE to let AMIBIOS automatically configure the drive A screen with a list of drive parameters appears Cli...

Page 25: ... parameters do not match the drive parameters listed for drive types 1 46 select User and enter the correct hard disk drive parameters Entering Drive Parameters You can also enter the hard disk drive parameters The drive parameters are Parameter Description Type The number for a drive with certain identification parameters Cylinders The number of cylinders in the disk drive Heads The number of hea...

Page 26: ...SETUP The system BIOS is capable to detect the CPU type say Pentium II or Celeron The user is only required to select the CPU speed In addition overclocking option is provided for advanced users who prefer to run the CPU over the specified clock frequency of 66MHz ...

Page 27: ...ettings are Disabled Network Floptical SCSI CDROM IDE 0 IDE 1 IDE 2 or IDE 3 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are IDE 0 2nd Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the second boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy or IDE 0 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Floppy 3rd Boot Device This option...

Page 28: ...The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Boot Up Num Lock Set this option to Off to turn the Num Lock key off when the computer is booted so you can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard The settings are On or Off The default settings are On PS 2 Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 type mouse Pins 2 3 of the PS 2 Mou...

Page 29: ...deo ROM at C0000h is treated The settings are Setting Description Disabled The contents of the video ROM are not copied to RAM Enabled The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h C7FFFh are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM for faster execution Cached The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h C7FFFh are copied from ROM to RAM and can be written to or read from cache memory The Optimal and Fa...

Page 30: ... UNIX The optimal and fail safe default settings are None Sustained 3T Write Set this option to Enabled to enable the sustained 3T write logic for write through cache The settings are Enabled or Disabled The optimal and fail safe default settings are Disabled Linear Burst Set this option to Enabled to enable linear burst cache mode for Cyrix CPUs This option is only valid for Cyrix CPU The setting...

Page 31: ...ed respectively PCI Dynamic Bursting This option is used to enable or disable PCI dynamic bursting logic in the chipset The settings are Enabled or Disabled The optimal and fail safe default settings are Enabled and Disabled respectively PCI Burst This option is used to enable or disable PCI burst logic in the chipset The settings are Enabled or Disabled The optimal and fail safe default settings ...

Page 32: ...o or Yes The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks This option specifies the latency timings in PCI clocks for PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 64 PCI VGA Palette Snoop When this option is set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different bus...

Page 33: ...Motherboard Technical Specification Page 30 configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and ...

Page 34: ...PCI IDE Card This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is used in the computer You must also specify the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard where the offboard PCI IDE controller card is installed If an offboard PCI IDE controller is used the motherboard onboard IDE controller is automatically disabled The settings are Disabled Auto Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 Slot5 or Slo...

Page 35: ...pool the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA EISA setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as PCI PnP IRQ12 only appears if the Mouse Support option in Advanced Setup is set to Disabled IRQ14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard PCI IDE is enabled If all IRQs are set to ISA EISA and IRQ14 and 15 are allo...

Page 36: ...t and APM Advanced Power Management features The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Wake On LAN Feature Set this option to Enabled to enable the Wake On LANfeatures The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled External Modem Wake Up Set this option to Enabled to enable External Modem Wake Up The s...

Page 37: ... min 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min 7 min 8 min 9 min 10 min 11 min 12 min 13 min 14 min and 15 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Standby Suspend Timer Unit This option specifies the unit of time used for the Standby and Suspend timeout periods The settings are 4 msec 4 sec 32 sec or 4 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 4 min Standby Timeout This option specifies...

Page 38: ...Port 1 Device 7 Serial Port 2 Device 8 Parallel Port Device 5 Floppy Disk Device 0 Primary Master IDE Device 1 Primary Salve IDE Device 2 Secondary Master IDE Device 3 Secondary Slave IDE When set to Monitor these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches for activity on the specifi...

Page 39: ... onboard Crystal 3D Audio USB Function Set this option to Enabled to enable USB Universal Serial Bus support The settings are Enabled or Disabled USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support Set this option to Enabled to enable support for older keyboards and mouse devices if the USB Function option is set to Enabled The settings are Enabled or Disabled Onboard IDE This option specifies the IDE channel used ...

Page 40: ...frared or Normal The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Normal IR Mode This option specifies type of infrared devices supported by the system This option only appears if the Onboard Serial Port2 option is not set to Auto or Disabled The settings are Encoded or Non Encoded There are no default settings IR Duplex Mode This option specifies the type of duplexing used for infrared on serial po...

Page 41: ...ystem This option only appears if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP The settings are 1 7 or 1 9 There are no Optimal and Fail Safe default settings because the default setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is not EPP Parallel Port DMA Channel This option is only available if the setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is ECP This option sets the DMA channel used by the parallel por...

Page 42: ... WEIGHT Dimension Approx 220 x 200 mm 8 5 x 8 inches Net Weight 0 46 Kg 1 05 lb ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION Onboard Voltage Regulation Under 3 3V condition Voltage transient 5 Set point variation 1 Onboard Current Limitation Under 3 3V condition about 14 Ampere max POWER CONSUMPTION The board is designed to operate with 140 200 W AT power supply For a system configured with the motherboard including ...

Page 43: ...ND SPEED BIOS VERSION PURCHASE DATE PROBLEM DESCRIPTION OPERATING SYSTEM APPLICATION SOFTWARE PROBLEM DESCRIPTION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Display Card Brand Model Resolution IDE Controller Card Brand Model LAN Card Brand Model Fax Modem Card Brand Model SCSI Controller Brand Model Multi I O Card Brand Model Other Add on Card Brand Model PRIMARY MASTER Brand Model IDE Disk Drive PRIMARY SLAVE Brand Mo...