iDOT BX2, User Handbook Manual

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Page 2: ...wever there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by...

Page 3: ...ssis cover 10 Location of main system components 11 BX2 system mainboard 12 Mainboard features 13 Front panel connections 15 Speaker 15 Power LED and keylock 16 Reset 16 Turbo LED 16 IDE LED 16 ATX po...

Page 4: ...4 Chassis cooling fan 24 ATX power supply 25 Power on By Keyboard jumper JP10 26 Clearing and resetting CMOS memory JP5 27 Replacing the battery 28 2 Using the CMOS Setup Utility Running the CMOS Setu...

Page 5: ...Security option 45 Other control options 46 Chipset Features Setup menu 47 Power Management Setup menu 50 PM timers 52 PM events 53 Reload global timer events 53 PNP PCI Configuration Setup menu 54 PN...

Page 6: ...BX2 Systems User s Handbook 6 Contents Supervisor password 63 User password 65 IDE HDD auto detection 65...

Page 7: ...iDOT com Customer Service Department at 888 315 9563 setup instructions fold out poster BX2 computer mouse keyboard power cable modem cable if your system includes a modem monitor if you ordered a mon...

Page 8: ...ement parts available for your BX2 system see the iDOT com Web site www idot com Contacting iDOT com For the most up to date information about your BX2 system and for sales or technical support go to...

Page 9: ...ity in your body After you turn off the main switch on the back of the computer and remove the chassis cover touch a metal computer component such as the power supply or Wear a static wrist strap that...

Page 10: ...r 1 Turn off all peripheral devices connected to the system 2 Turn off the primary power switch on the back of the system 3 Unplug the system s power cord Follow the steps shown in the illustration 4...

Page 11: ...book Location of main system components Chapter 1 Working with BX2 System Hardware 11 Location of main system components power supply expansion slots mainboard CD ROM drive floppy disk drive hard disk...

Page 12: ...3 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 5 Slave ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 JP5 3V Lithium Battery JP44 1 3 Intel 82371 EB SB LINK PC PCI Intel 82443 BX IR1 1 5 1 CPUFAN Ultra I O Chipset CHAFAN 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 1 1 1 FDC Slot...

Page 13: ...A 33MHz Power on by modem or alarm Supports Wake On LAN WOL Supports power on by keyboard Supports onboard hardware monitoring and includes Hardware Doctor utility Supports Creative SB LINK PC PCI for...

Page 14: ...ion Onboard FLASH memory for easy upgrade DMI utility Bus controller compliant with v2 1 PCI specifications IDE device support Two 40 pin bus mastering E IDE ATAPI ports Primary IDE device connector I...

Page 15: ...d jumper JP10 WOL Wake On LAN 3 pin connector JP44 SBLINK PCI Audio Card connector PC PCI Front panel connections Refer to the following figure to locate front panel connectors Speaker Connect the 4 p...

Page 16: ...the front panel causes the system to restart the boot up sequence Plug the Reset push button cable into the 2 pin Reset connector on the mainboard Turbo LED Connecting the 2 pin turbo LED cable to th...

Page 17: ...the switch enables the ATX power supply to be turned on and off Connect the 2 pin momentary type switch to the PWRBT connector Back panel connections When connecting an external device use the follow...

Page 18: ...el port PRT Plug the parallel device cable into the 26 pin connector located at the rear panel of the mainboard PS 2 keyboard Plug the keyboard jack directly into the 6 pin PS 2 keyboard connector loc...

Page 19: ...B SDRAM DIMMs Use 12ns or faster memory for 66MHz CPUs Use 8ns 100MHz PC100 compliant memory for 100MHz CPUs 256 MB memory modules are available only on PC registered DIMMs Install either unbuffered o...

Page 20: ...in place to hold the DIMM on either side Removing DIMMs Gently press down both clips on each side of the DIMM to remove the DIMM Installing IDE devices HDD CD ROM The mainboard offers two primary and...

Page 21: ...ve connector on the mainboard See page 12 Installing expansion cards Your BX2 system features the following slots for expansion cards as shown on page 12 one 32 bit AGP bus slot five 32 bit PCI bus sl...

Page 22: ...ign the edge connector with the expansion slot 4 Push the card firmly into the slot by pushing down on one end of the card then the other Use this rocking motion until the card is firmly seated in the...

Page 23: ...inboard Wake On LAN JP44 The LAN card that supports the Wake On LAN WOL function connects to the JP44 connector on the mainboard Infrared IR1 The 5 pin infrared device cable connects to the IR1 connec...

Page 24: ...cooling fan Chassis cooling fan The BX2 mainboard features a CHAFAN connector to provide 12V power to the chassis fan Pin assignments for the CHAFAN 3 pin connector are as follows CPU Cooling Fan CPUF...

Page 25: ...before you connect the power supply to the ATX Power connector The mainboard requires a power supply of at least 200 Watts and a power good signal Make sure the ATX power supply can support a minimum...

Page 26: ...ments are as follows Power on By Keyboard jumper JP10 Note When you enable the power on by keyboard function make sure the ATX power supply can support a load of at least a720mA on the 5V Standby lead...

Page 27: ...MOS memory 1 Turn off the computer 2 Unplug the ATX power supply cable from the ATX power connector 3 Clear the CMOS memory by shorting pins 2 3 on jumper JP5 for a few seconds 4 Recover and retain th...

Page 28: ...stall the wrong battery Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions To replace the battery follow these steps 1 Observe the precautions described on page 9 2 Turn off all perip...

Page 29: ...te down the current Setup settings When you make changes to the settings update this record This mainboard s BIOS setup program uses the ROM PCI ISA BIOS program from Award Software Inc Running the CM...

Page 30: ...to modify values within the selected fields Some fields let you enter values directly ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC SOYO COMBO SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP C...

Page 31: ...able for each item Shift F2 Color Changes the color of the display window F5 Old values Restores old values These are the values that the user started the current session with F6 Load BIOS Defaults Lo...

Page 32: ...Exiting without saving settings Select the Exit Without Saving option to exit setup without saving changes Type Y to abandon changes and exit or N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values Co...

Page 33: ...ed Current CHAFAN Speed Disabled 24 C 75 F 29 C 84 F 6553 RPM 6553 RPM CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI Quick Power On Self Test Enabled VID V 3 3 V 12 V 5 V 2 78 V 3 31 V 11 8...

Page 34: ...350MHz 100 x 3 5 default 400MHz 100 x 4 450MHz 100 x 4 5 550MHz 100 x 5 5 Select the working frequency of your Pentium II processor among these preset values Note In order to set this field to Manual...

Page 35: ...x multiplier and is the working frequency of your Pentium II processor AGP Clock Auto default This option lets you manually adjust the AGP host bus clock frequency to a value determined as a fraction...

Page 36: ...nce A C SCSI Choose the boot sequence adapted to your needs for example A C SCSI causes the BIOS to look for an operating system first in drive A then in drive C and finally in a SCSI device C A SCSI...

Page 37: ...Power ON Password Enter your password Set the password that will wake up your system If POWER ON Function is set to Hot Key KB Power ON Password Ctrl F1 to F12 Choose the key combination that will wak...

Page 38: ...lowly until the temperature returns to the safe range Enabled Current System Temp C F Shows the current status of the system temperature Current CPU Temperature C F Shows the current status of CPU tem...

Page 39: ...ime hh mm ss Type the current time 24 hour clock format 3 15 PM is displayed as 15 15 00 ROM PCI ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss Fri July 31 1998 11 30 33 H...

Page 40: ...d mode for the hard disks that are installed Hard disk drive Setting Description Type Auto default BIOS detects hard disk type automatically User User defines the type of hard disk None Mode Auto defa...

Page 41: ...the system Select which type of error will cause the system halt All Errors Default No Errors All But Diskette All But Keyboard All But Disk Key Parameter Setting Description Drives A B 360KB 5 25 in...

Page 42: ...D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled ESC F1 F5 Quit Help Old Values PU PD Shift F2 Select Item Mod...

Page 43: ...arning Disabled default Enabled Enable this option to protect the boot sectors and partition tables of your hard disk Any attempt to write to them causes the system to halt and display a warning messa...

Page 44: ...Parameter Setting Description Typematic Rate Setting Disabled default Enabled Enables adjustment of the keystroke repeat rate The following Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay fields are active only if...

Page 45: ...ng the CMOS Setup Utility 45 Security option Parameter Setting Description Security Option System The password prompts appears each time the system is booted Setup If a password is set the password pr...

Page 46: ...n OS2 operating system HDD S M A R T capability Disabled Enabled Enable this field when your HDD supports the S M A R T function Consult your HDD provider for details Report No FDD For WIN 95 Yes Wind...

Page 47: ...in the Chipset Features Setup menu and explains how to configure each parameter Caution ROM PCI ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ESC F1 F5 Quit Help Old Values PU PD Shift F2 Select...

Page 48: ...efault 2 Use the default setting SDRAM Cache Latency Time 3 default Use the default setting SDRAM Precharge Control Disabled default Enabled Use the default setting DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC de...

Page 49: ...ccurs select Enabled in this field Passive Release Enabled default Use the default setting Delayed Transaction Enabled default Use the default setting AGP Aperture Size 64 default 4 to 256MB AGP can u...

Page 50: ...Global Timer Events IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Dis...

Page 51: ...ement User Define default Disables the Green PC feature Disable Doze timer Standby timer Suspend timer HDD power down Min Saving 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 15 minutes Max Saving 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute 1...

Page 52: ...s Doze Mode The system clock drops to 33MHz The following field can be configured only if Power Management is set to User Define Standby Mode Disable default 1Min 1Hour When the set time has elapsed B...

Page 53: ...cted IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled default Enabled Alarm function is active Parameter Setting Description IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Disabled Enabled default The system monitors these elements for activity The s...

Page 54: ...anual Disabled Based MEM base addr Based MEM Length Assign IRQ For USB N A 8K Enabled ESC F1 F5 Quit Help Old Values PU PD Shift F2 Select Item Modify Color IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 6 IRQ 7 IRQ 8 IRQ 9 I...

Page 55: ...not support PnP select No Resources Controlled By Manual BIOS does not manage PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment Assign IRQ and DMA to PCI or ISA PnP manually IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to __...

Page 56: ...gacy ISA Choose IRQ and DMA assigned to Legacy ISA card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 Based MEM base addr N A default I O address C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 The card provider can sup...

Page 57: ...this option if you need to reset the system setup and retrieve the old values To use the setup defaults press Y followed by Enter or press N to return to the Main Menu and keep current values Load BIO...

Page 58: ...ard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA 378 IRQ7 ECP EPP 3 ESC F1 F5 Quit Help Old Values PU PD Shift F2 Select Item Modify Color IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Sl...

Page 59: ...default Invokes multi sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer Not all HDDs support this function IDE Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO mode 0 4 0...

Page 60: ...ard Support Disabled default Turn off the on board IDE Enabled Use a USB keyboard Init Display First PCI Slot default Choose which card to initialize first AGP Display card or PCI VGA card AGP Paramet...

Page 61: ...for serial port 1 and 2 Do not set port 1 and 2 to the same address except for Disabled or Auto 2F8 IRQ3 default port 2 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UR2 Mode Standard default Supports a serial infrared IrD...

Page 62: ...ameter Setting Description Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 default Choose the printer I O address 3BCH IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP default Select the mode for the external device that co...

Page 63: ...eatures Setup menu the password prevents access to the system or the setup program by unauthorized users Follow this procedure to set a new password or disable the password 1 Select BIOS Features Setu...

Page 64: ...diagram outlines the password selection procedure ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI C...

Page 65: ...sor password on page 63 IDE HDD auto detection This Main Menu function automatically detects the hard disk type and configures the Standard CMOS Setup accordingly Note This function is valid only for...

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