JETWAY 618TAF, User Manual

Page 1: ...sor 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 ...

Page 2: ...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 AIMM AGP SLOT 16 2 6 CONNECTORS HEADERS 17 2 6 1 CONNECTORS 17 2 6 2 HEADERS 19 2 7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER 23 CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS 3 1 ENTERING SETUP 24 3 2 GETTING HELP 25 3 3 THE MAIN MENU 25...

Page 3: ...E 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 REPRODUCED TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE THIS MOTHER BOARD AND...

Page 4: ...ecified maximum case temperature Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated airflow from attached fans In addition interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink For optimum heat transfer Intel recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor When selec...

Page 5: ...GP 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 those wanting even greater graphic performance The motherboard integrated AC 97 2 1 CODEC on board which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality and compatibilit...

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 2 channel of Bus Master IDE port supporting ULTRA DMA 33 66 100 mode devices AC 97Audio AC 97 Digital Audio controller integrated AC 97 Audio CODEC on board Audio driver and utility included BIOS Awa...

Page 7: ...erformance 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 6 22 6 16 Winstone 99 V1 3 31 8 32 1 33 4 Winstone 2000 34 5 35 2 34 8 Winbench 99 CPU Mark 99 76 7 77 3 78 6 FPU Winmark 99 4620 4620 4610 Business Disk Winmark99 5190 5150 5210 Hi end Disk Winmark...

Page 8: ...rt 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 35 5 27 9 Winbench 99 CPU Mark 99 78 5 47 6 FPU Winmark 99 4610 3470 Business Disk Winmark99 5260 4670 Hi end Disk Winmark99 17900 15800 Business Graphic Winmark 392 257 Hi end Graphic Winmark 1050 73...

Page 9: ...ot 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 USB Port USB_B FAN3 2M bit ROM BIOS CPU F S B Clock Select Jumper SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 ATA 100 IDE Connector Intel 82801BA Chip AGP Slot IR Connector DIMM Socket X3 PS2 KB Mouse Port USB Port ...

Page 10: ...USB 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 POWER LED Power LED 2 pin Block p 20 PWR BTN Power Button 2 pin Block p 20 WOL Wake On LAN Headers 3 pin Block p 20 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN Speed Headers 3 pin Block p 21 IR IR infrared module Headers 5 pin ...

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 3 133 133 1 2 JS2 JS3 JS4 JS1 When jumper setting Auto it only can support CPU SDRAM frequency at 66 100 100 100 133 100 MHz we recommend setting 133 133 manually when use F S B 133MHz CPU to increase...

Page 12: ...s 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 pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector Note When should clear CMOS 1 Troubleshooting 2 Forget password ...

Page 13: ...Universal 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 and speakers MIC game controllers and MIDI sound devices BIOS Basic Input Output System the program logic used to boot up a computer and establish the relationship between the various components Driver...

Page 14: ...ere 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 for the front side bus frequency and SDRAM frequency setting as shown from the table below CPU SDRAM MHz JS1 JS2 JS3 JS4 AUTO ON ON 1 2 1 2 66 100 Default OFF OFF 2 3 2 3 100 100 OFF OFF 2 3 1 2 133 1...

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 angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below The notched corner should point toward the end of the level Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will ...

Page 16: ...66 100 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 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 100MHz you can ch...

Page 17: ...uring 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 BANK 1 DIMM3 BANK4 BANK 5 NOTE When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides WARNING F...

Page 18: ...ard 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 them are already in use Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communic...

Page 19: ...ote 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 disable on board VGA automatically once you plug any VGA Card into the motherboard The special function of 618TAF is support AGP Inline Memory Module in AIMM AGP Slot By plug in AGP Inline Memory Module ...

Page 20: ...h 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 Port Connector 25 pin female PRINT Parallel Port connector is a 25 pin D Subminiature Receptacle connector The On board Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP Please refer to Chapter 3 IN...

Page 21: ...ll 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 Connector 40 pin block IDE2 This connector connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks Follow the same procedure described for the primary IDE connector You may also configure two hard disks to...

Page 22: ...VGA 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 Headers 9 pin USB_B These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug By attaching an option USB cable your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the back panel USB Port...

Page 23: ...key 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 light on while the system power is on Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin 9 Power switch PWR BTN This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted power switch to power ON OFF the sy...

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 3 12 IR infrared module Headers 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR f...

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 signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector CD Audio In Headers C DIN1 4 1 ...

Page 26: ...e 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 turn on the power The system may have failed on power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Beep Meaning One short beep when displaying logo No er...

Page 27: ...n 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 the option you want to confirm or to modify Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Page Up Page Down or keys wh...

Page 28: ...e 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 Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Miscellaneous Control Load optimized Defaults Load Standard Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exi...

Page 29: ...e 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 Load Standard Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance system operation Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwor...

Page 30: ...rom 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 time format is hour minute second Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must matc...

Page 31: ...n 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 someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized De...

Page 32: ...ond 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 Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B Default is Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive install...

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 Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers These registers control most of the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Ch...

Page 34: ...noop 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 embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The settings are Enabled and Disabled On Chip Video Window ...

Page 35: ...S 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 s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field...

Page 36: ...ized 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 Display First This item allows you to decide to activate whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The settings are PCI Slot AGP Slot On Chip VGA Power On Function This function allows you to select the item ...

Page 37: ...e 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 performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The settings are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 impl...

Page 38: ...on 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 the second serial ports The settings are 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which InfraRed IR function of the onboard I O chip this ...

Page 39: ...1 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 Port Address 330 Midi Port IRQ 10 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults USB Controller Select Enabled ...

Page 40: ...I 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 Power Down There are three selections for Power Management two of which have fixed mode settings Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power m...

Page 41: ...r 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 CPU THRM Throttling rate The settings are 12 5 25 0 37 5 50 0 62 5 75 0 87 5 Resume by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use thi...

Page 42: ...CD 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 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESC...

Page 43: ...7V 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 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults CPU Temperature During Enabled this will warn the user when the CPU temperature reaches a certain temperature Current System Temp Current CPU Te...

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 100MHz you can choose 100 100 33 132 132 44MHz When jumper setting CPU Host Clock 133MHz you can choose 133 133 33 200 200 50MHz When jumper setting CPU Host Clock 133MHz you can choose 133 100 33 200 ...

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 that the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it...

Page 46: ...2 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 software for hardware monitoring device 6 PC CILLIN install PC CILLIN 2000 anti virus program 7 MAGIC BIOS install BIOS Live Update Utility 8 DIRECTX8 install Microsoft DirectX 8 0 driver 9 BROWSE CD to...

Page 47: ...is 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 supports WINDOWS 95 98 98SE ME 2000 NT4 0 do not require 4 2 IDE install Intel ULTRA ATA Storage driver ...

Page 48: ...ROWSE 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 NOTE MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X INTEL815 IDE SETUP EXE This driver supports WINDOWS 95 98 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 4 3 VGA install on board VGA driver 618TAF Only ...

Page 49: ...mputer 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 Windows 2000 is X INTEL815 VGA WIN2K SETUP EXE 4 4 AC97 sound driver and the program Install for editing playback 1 Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Then auto detect operation system languag...

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 HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click OK when SMART GUARDIAN INSTALL appears ...

Page 51: ...00 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 copywrite appears Software is starting to detect HD for virus 3 Click NEXT and Enter User Information Click NEXT or choose BROWSE to change the path For the file to be stored 4 Click NEXT and Choose all In...

Page 52: ...re 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 install PC cillin 2000 complete we recommend select update item to download newest virus code and setting Auto refresh virus code ...

Page 53: ...r 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 update BIOS the program will auto check your BIOS version 6 Click Next if you need update BIOS after upgrade BIOS the system will clear CMOS and automatically restart ...

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 the correct BIOS file to update BIOS 4 8 Microsoft DirectX 8 0 Driver 4 9 HOW TO UTILIZE ALSRACK EDITING PLAYBACK UTILITY ...

Page 55: ...adium 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 has to reset all the option in order to have the original sound effects 4 10 HOW TO UTILIZE PC HEALTH 1 Click START PROGRAMS SMART GUARDIAN ITE SMART GUARDIAN 2 You will see a real time report about F...

Page 56: ...Mode 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 from our web site STEP 3 Copy latest BIOS for 618TAS 618TAF from our web site to your boot disc STEP 4 Insert your boot disc into A start the computer type Awdflash A 618TASxxx BIN SN PY CC R 618TASx...