Abit BX6 Pentium II Manuale Utente

Part No:MN-100-2A0-71 Rev:1.00Pentium II MainboardUSER’S MANUALTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction of LX6 Features¬ Specifications...

2-4 Chapter 2-Standard External ConnectorsInside the case of any computer several cables and

Installing the Mainboard 2-5PN2(Pin 1-2) - Hardware Reset ConnectorAttach the cable from the case’s Reset switch

2-6 Chapter 2 PN1 (Pin 10-11) - Power Switch Pin number Name or significance of signal

Installing the Mainboard 2-7KB - PS/2 Keyboard ConnectorAttach a keyboard to this 6-pin Din-connector.Pin number

2-8 Chapter 2FAN1, FAN2 , FAN3 - DC-FAN Power ConnectorPin number Name or significance of signal

Installing the Mainboard 2-9® Jumper and SwitchesYou can set jumper switches on the mainboard to configu

2-10 Chapter 2CCMOS 1 - CMOS Discharge JumperJumper CCMOS discharge CMOS memory. When you inst

Installing the Mainboard 2-11° Installing System MemoryThe mainboard provides four 168-pin DIMM sites for memory

Introduction of BIOS 3-1Chapter 3 Introduction of BIOSThe BIOS is a program located on a Read-Only

Appendix A Quick InstallationAppendix B General Discussion about HDD InstallationAppendix C Technical SupportAppendix D Flash BIOS User Instructions

3-2 Chapter 3Three to five seconds after the message is displayed, if you press the Delkey, you will

Introduction of BIOS 3-3¬CPU Setup¡iCPU SOFT MENU™¡jThe CPU can be setup through a programmable switch

3-4 Chapter 3CPU Operating Speed:This option sets the CPU speed.In this field, the CPU speed is indic

Introduction of BIOS 3-5ä Disable: CPU external clock is operating within thenormal limits.ä Enable: CPU

3-6 Chapter 3Note : The increase by 2.5% of the CPU speed is not a standardfeature of this

Introduction of BIOS 3-7-Standard CMOS Setup MenuIt is the basic configuration parameters of the BIOS. Th

3-8 Chapter 3ä LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode:LBA mode supports hard disk drives up to 8.4Giga.

Introduction of BIOS 3-9®BIOS Features Setup MenuBIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum oper

3-10 Chapter 3This item is used to enable or to disable the CPU external cache. When theexternal cach

Introduction of BIOS 3-11ä Off: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in cursor control mode.IDE HDD Block Mode:Thi

Introduction of LX6 Feature 1-1Chapter 1 Introduction of LX6 FeatureThe mainboard is designed for the new

3-12 Chapter 3Security Option:This option can be set to System or to Setup.After you have created a p

Introduction of BIOS 3-13Video BIOS Shadow:This option is used to define whether the BIOS on the video card u

3-14 Chapter 3 Shadowing address ranges (DC000-DFFFF Shadow):This option allows you to decide

Introduction of BIOS 3-15¯Chipset Features Setup MenuThe Chipset Features Setup Menu is used to modify the cont

3-16 Chapter 3Attention:Unless you are very familiar with your computer and with theDRAM configurati

Introduction of BIOS 3-17°Power Management Setup MenuThe difference between Green PCs and traditional computers

3-18 Chapter 32. Use arrow keys to go to the item you want to configure. To change these

Introduction of BIOS 3-19Video Off After:Select the saving mode in which the video is switched off.ä NAThe vide

3-20 Chapter 3Suspend Mode:When the setting selected for "Power Management" is "User D

Introduction of BIOS 3-21Resume by Alarm : RTC alarm can turn on the system . You can set date ( of month

1-2 Chapter 15. System BIOSl Award Plug and Play BIOS supports APM, DMI, and ACPI6. Multi I/O Functionsl Floppy port supports up to 2.88MB, 3 mode fl

3-22 Chapter 3±PCI & Onboard I/O SetupIn this menu, you can change the INT# and IRQ of the PCI bu

Introduction of BIOS 3-23Resources Controlled By:When you select Auto, the BIOS will automatically assi

3-24 Chapter 3On board Serial Port 1:This is used to specify the I/O address and IRQ of Ser

Introduction of BIOS 3-25On board IDE-1 Controller:Onboard PCI IDE 1 controller can be set as Enable or Disable

3-26 Chapter 3²Load BIOS DefaultsBIOS defaults are the reference settings that allow your system to w

Introduction of BIOS 3-27´Password SettingThis option allows you to set a password required to start

3-28 Chapter 3µIDE HDD Auto DetectionAfter you have installed the hard disk, in old systems, you had

Bus Master IDE Driver 4-1Chapter 4 Bus Master IDE DriverThe Intel PIIX4Bus Master IDE is now include in the mainboard.OS Support:Windows 95, Windows

4-2 Chapter 4

Quick InstallationA-1Appendix A Quick InstallationAppendix A will give you a simplified installation procedure, in order toallow you to install tour m

Introduction of LX6 Feature 1-3- Layout diagramFigure 1-1 Component Locations

Appendix AA-2IDE1- Connect one end of the 40-pin cable that comeswith the drive to the HDD connector, and the other end to IDE1 pin connectoron the ma

Quick InstallationA-3PN1 - There is a specificorientation for pin 10 and pin 11. Connect the two-threads suspend switchconnector of th

Appendix AA-4PN1 : Connect thetwo- threads switch connector on the mainboard.Pin number Name of the signal or signification11 Power on/off10 GroundWat

Quick InstallationA-5Mouse - There is an orientation pin. Connectyour mouse connector to connector on the mainboard.FAN - There is a specificorie

Appendix AA-6

General Discussion about HDD InstallationB-1Appendix B General Discussion about HDD InstallationMost of the present HDDs use IDE interface. Installing

Appendix BB-2The higher the MODE value is, the best is the hard disk data transfer rate.But this does not mean that you can select the highest mode va

General Discussion about HDD InstallationB-3Installing a hard disk:In the Standard CMOS Setup Menu,♦ Primary means the first connector on the m

Appendix BB-4Installing two HDDs: The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.Method 1: Set the hard disk drive

General Discussion about HDD InstallationB-5Installing three HDDs: The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.M

1-4 Chapter 1® The System block diagramControlAddressDataCPU-SLOT183977FSerialLPTIrDAFDCPMC82443LXMainMemory(DRAM)AddrCntrlPCISLOT(s)PCI BUSControlAd

Appendix BB-6♦ If one or several of your HDD are old, and if you don’t want to erasethe data stored in your drives, you will have to remembe

Technical Support C-1Appendix C Technical SupportL When you have a problem during operation...In order to help our technical support personnel to quic

Appendix CC-22Example 2: With a system including the mainboard (with CPU, DRAM,COAST...) HDD, CD-ROM, FDD, VGA CARD, LAN CARD,MPEG CARD

Technical Support C-3$ $ Main instructions...To fill in this “Technical Support Form”, refer to the step-by-stepinstructions given below:*1.

Appendix CC-44. DRIVER REV: Note the driver version number indicated on the DEVICE DRIVER disk as “Release *.**”.Example:< IDE Device Dri

Technical Support C-59. System Memory (DRAM): Indicate the brand and specifications(SIMM/DIMM) of your system memory.Examples:In the Brand space, w

Appendix CC-6

Technical Support C-7& Technical Support FormCompany name: ( Phone #:J Contact: /Fax #: Model * BIOS ID # * Mainboard modelno.

Appendix CC-8

Appendix D Flash BIOS UserInstructionsExample 1 To update BIOS and create a backup of the current system BIOSexecute this command:AWDFLASH NEWBIOS

Installing the Mainboard 2-1Chapter 2 Installing theMainboardThis LX6 mainboard not only provides all standard

D-2Appendix DExplanation of parameter names:/CC: Clears CMOS data/CP: Clears PnP dataRemarks:¬ When executing AWDFLASH.EXE, do not run HIMEM.SYS andEM

How to install the Ultra DMA/33 drive. E-1 Appendix E How to install the Ultra DMA/33 drive.For best results from yo

E-2 Appendix E2. License: Notebook - close the view3. Question: Click ‘Yes’

How to install the Ultra DMA/33 drive. E-34. Select Components: Click ‘INSTALL 5. Question: Click ‘Yes’ 6. Question: Cli

E-4 Appendix E 7. Information: Click ‘OK’ After previous instructions have been followed, the drive

How to install the PCI Bridge Batch File F-1Appendix FHow to install the PCI Bridge Batch File.First of all, you may ask, ‘

F-2 Appendix For http://www.abit.com.tw/html/cloadut.html/>. Just download PCI_TX.EXE andrun it. It

How to install the PCI Bridge Batch File F-3After the process has been completed another view will appear (see picture belo

F-4 Appendix F

2-2 Chapter 2&User friendly instructionsOur objective is to enable the novice computer us

Installing the Mainboard 2-3¬ Installing the Mainboard to the CasingMost computer cases will have a base on which