MSI ATX BX1- Manuals

Page 2 - Mainboard Features; Slot 1 for Pentium

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Mainboard Features C PU l Slot 1 for Pentium ® II processor. l Supports 233MHz, 266MHz, 300MHz, 333MHz, 400MHz, and faster. l Core/Bus ratios are x2, x2.5, x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5, x6 and higher. Switching Voltage Regulator l On-board switching mode DC-DC Step Down Re...

Page 3 - BIOS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1-3 On-Board IDE l An IDE controller on the Intel ® 82371EB PCI chipset provides IDE HDD/ CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA/33 operation modes. l Can connect up to four IDE devices. On-Board Peripherals l On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD wit...

Page 4 - Keyboard Connector; keyboard interface and PS/2; Dimension; Double deck I/O connectors, compatible with Intel; Mounting; AC Power Loss Restore.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1-4 Keyboard Connector l PS/2 ® keyboard interface and PS/2 ® mouse interface. Dimension l ATX Form Factor: 30cm(L) x 22.5cm(W) x 4 layers PCB. l Double deck I/O connectors, compatible with Intel ® Venus Mainboard. Mounting l 9 mounting holes. Other Features l Keyboard Passwor...

Page 6 - Chapter 2; The mainboard operates with Intel

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-1 Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Central Processing Unit: CPU The mainboard operates with Intel ® Pentium ® II processor. The mainboard used a CPU Slot called Slot 1 for easy CPU installation. To set the properspeed for the CPU, you should first check your main...

Page 7 - II Processor Installation Procedures

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-2 2.1-1 CPU Installation Procedures A. OEM Pentium ® II Processor Installation Procedures Different kinds of Pentium ® II processor that is currently used: the OEM version, the Boxed version, and Celeron TM . OEM Pentium ® II Processor has no Heat Sink, Fan and Heat...

Page 8 - II

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-3 *Heat Sink Support Pin (HSSPIN) - Plastic pins inserted through the HSSBASE to secure it to the mainboard (2required per Assembly). *Heat Sink Support Top Bar (HSSTOP) - Plastic bar that clips onto the HSSBASE through the fins on the ATXheatsink. **Heat Sink w/ fa...

Page 9 - Step 2: Install the Retention Mechanism.

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-4 SLOT1 RetentionM e c h a n i s m ê ê Key ê ê Retention M e c h a n i s m Attach Mount NotchKey Step 1: Insert the Retention Mechanism Attach Mount at the bottomof the mainboard. Step 2: Install the Retention Mechanism. Look for the key on Slot 1, and match it with...

Page 10 - Step 3: Install the Heat Sink Support Base.

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-5 Step 3: Install the Heat Sink Support Base. Look for the Two holes across Slot 1, and match it with the Two legsof the Heat Sink Support Base for the proper direction. Take notethat one hole/leg is bigger than the other. The Four top pins of theHeat Sink Support B...

Page 11 - Step 5: Install the Heat Sink with Fan to the Processor.; Attach the Heat Sink to the processor.

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-6 S.E.C. Cartridge - Thermal PIsometric View Step 5: Install the Heat Sink with Fan to the Processor. Push down the metal clips, so that they are in line with the back ofthe Heat Sink. Be careful, so as not detach the metal clips from theHeat Sink. In case the metal...

Page 13 - Step 8: Install the Heat Sink Support Top Bar.; The installation is now complete.

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-8 Step 8: Install the Heat Sink Support Top Bar. Push the Heat Sink Support Top Bar to the Heat Sink Support Base,Until you hear a “click” sound. Check for a perfect fit. The installation is now complete. H e a t s i n kSupport TopBar

Page 14 - The Boxed Pentium

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-9 B. Boxed Pentium ® II Processor Installation Procedures The Boxed Pentium ® II Processor has a built- in Fan and Heat Sink. It also has a Heat Sink Support. So if you’re going to use a Boxed Pentium TM II Processor, all you need is the Retention Mechanism. SLOT1 R...

Page 17 - Step 5: Unlock the Processor Locks and Heat Sink Support Locks.; Push in the Processor Locks. Open the Heat Sink Support Locks.; Step 6: Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card.

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-12 PC-3744 ProcessorLock HeatsinkSupportLock Step 5: Unlock the Processor Locks and Heat Sink Support Locks. Push in the Processor Locks. Open the Heat Sink Support Locks. Step 6: Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card.

Page 18 - Step 7: Lock the Processor Locks and Heat Sink Support Locks

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-13 PC-3745 Step 7: Lock the Processor Locks and Heat Sink Support Locks Secure the CPU by pushing out the Processor Locks. Close the HeatSink Support Locks. The installation is now complete.

Page 19 - Processor Installation Procedures

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-14 SLOT1 RetentionM e c h a n i s m ê ê Key ê ê Retention M e c h a n i s m Attach Mount NotchKey Step 1: Insert the Retention Mechanism Attach Mount at the bottomof the mainboard. Step 2: Install the Retention Mechanism. Look for the key on Slot 1, and match it wit...

Page 20 - Step 3: Install the Heat Sink to the Processor.; Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card.; Step 5: Lock the Procesoor; Lock the processor by putting the Retention Cap provided.

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-15 Step 3: Install the Heat Sink to the Processor. Push down the plastic clips, so that they are in line with the hole onthe processor. check for perfect fit. Step 4: Insert the Processor in Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card. Step 5: Lock the ...

Page 21 - -2 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure; If; CPU

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-16 1 2 3 4 Core/Bus Ratio ON OFF ON ON 2.5 ON ON OFF ON 3 ON OFF OFF ON 3.5 ON ON ON OFF 4 ON OFF ON OFF 4.5 ON ON OFF OFF 5 ON OFF OFF OFF 5.5 OFF ON ON ON 6 OFF OFF ON ON 6.5 OFF ON OFF ON 7 OFF OFF OFF ON 7.5 OFF ON ON OFF 8 2.1-2 CPU Core Speed Derivation Proced...

Page 22 - a. 66MHz CPU Bus Frequency; b. 100MHz CPU Bus Frequency

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-17 2.1-3 CPU Speed Setting To adjust the speed of the CPU, you must know the specification of yourCPU (always ask the vendor for CPU specification). Table 2.1 200 ~ 333MHz Intel ® Pentium ® II processor 233MHz 266MHz 300MHz 333MHz 200MHz CPUType SW1 ON OFF 1 2 3 4 O...

Page 25 - Memory Installation

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-20 2.3 Memory Installation 2.3-1 Memory Bank Configuration The mainboard supports a maximum of 512MB (8M x 8) or 1GB (16M x 4)registered DIMM only. It provides four 168-pin DIMMs (Double In-LineMemory Module) sockets. It supports 8 MB to 256 Mbytes DIMM memorymodule...

Page 26 - A. How to install a DIMM Module; The DIMM slot has a two Notch Key “VOLT and DRAM”, so the; Single Sided DIMM

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-21 A. How to install a DIMM Module 1. The DIMM slot has a two Notch Key “VOLT and DRAM”, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it in. 3. The plastic clip at the side of the ...

Page 34 - IrDA Infrared Module Connector: IR1

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-29 2.8 IrDA Infrared Module Connector: IR1 The mainboard provides one 5-pin infrared (IR1) connector for IR modules.This connector is for optional wireless transmitting and receiving infraredmodule. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use theIR ...

Page 35 - PIN; PIN DEFINITION

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-30 2.9 Serial Port Connectors: COM A & COM B The mainboard has two 9-pin male DIN connectors for serial ports COM Aand COM B. These two ports are 16550A high speed communication portsthat send/receive 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a mouse or a modem cabledirect...

Page 39 - Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-34 2.14 Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1 Attach a power saving switch to JGS1. When the switch is pressed, thesystem immediately goes into suspend mode. Press any key and the systemwakes up. JGS1

Page 41 - Feature

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-36 2.16 Power On Mode Jumper: JP2 The mainboard supports two kinds of system boot up: the Boot-Up byswitch and the Immediate Boot-Up. With the Boot-Up by Switch, the systemwill boot up only when the power on switch is pressed. For Immediate Boot-Up, the system will ...

Page 43 - NC

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2-38 JMDM1 2.18 Modem Wake Up Connector: JMDM1 The JMDM1 connector is for used with Modem add-on card that supports the Modem Wake Up function. Note: Modem wake-up signal is active “low”. 1 5 PIN SIGNAL 1 NC 2 GND 3 MDM_WAKEUP 4 NC 5 5VSB Note: To be able to use this ...

Page 48 - Chapter 3; Award

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-1 Chapter 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP Award ® BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored inbattery-backed RAM (CMOS RAM), so that it retains the Setup informationwhen the power is turned...

Page 49 - Main Menu; The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is; Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu; Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropri-

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-2 3.1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and press <Del> immediately to allow you to enter Setup. The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer.When the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen duringthe POST (Power On Self Test), pr...

Page 50 - Standard CMOS Setup; This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible; BIOS Features Setup; This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-3 3.3 The Main Menu Once you enter Award ® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from tensetup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among theitems and press <Enter> to a...

Page 52 - Standard CMOS Setup; The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-5 3.4 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items.Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or<PgDn> keys to select the value yo...

Page 53 - Date; Day; The year, depends on the year of the BIOS; Time; These categories identify the types of 2 channels that have been

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-6 Date The date format is <day><month> <date> <year>. Day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined byBIOS. Read-only. month The month from Jan. through Dec. date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numericfunction keys. year The year, depe...

Page 54 - HEADS

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-7 If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be “Type 1”. If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”. If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None”. CYLS. number of cylinders HEADS number...

Page 55 - BIOS Features Setup; Virus Protection By; During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to the

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-8 3.5 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Protection By During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system andthe follow...

Page 56 - CPU Internal Cache; Disable cache; Note: The external cache is built in the processor.; External Cache; CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking; Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the level 2 cache; Quick Power On Self Test; This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you; Enabled; Enable quick POST

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-9 Award None (default) No warning message to appear when anythingattempts to access the boot sector or hard diskpartition table. Both/Trend/ Activates automatically when the system bootsup causing a warning message to appear whenanything attempts to access the boot sec...

Page 57 - Off

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-10 Boot From LAN First During Enabled, If there’s a LAN card onboard the priority from booting will be from the LAN. Boot Sequence This category determines which drive the computer searches first for the disk operating system (i.e., DOS). The settings are A,C,SCSI/C,A,...

Page 58 - Security Option; System; PCI VGA Palette Snooping; OS Selection for DRAM > 64MB

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-11 Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. System The system will not boot and access to Setupwill be denied if the correct password is notentered at the prompt. Setup(default) The system will boot, but access...

Page 59 - Report No FDD For WIN 95; Disabled

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-12 Report No FDD For WIN 95 This function is only use when you are testing SCT for Windows ® 95 Logo. Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution. Video shadow will increase the video performance. Enabled (default) Video s...

Page 60 - Chipset Features Setup; The Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-13 Auto Configuration : Enabled SDRAM CAS Latency Time :3 DRAM Data Integrity Mode :Non-ECC System BIOS Cacheable :Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable : Disabled Video RAM Cacheable :Disabled 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time :1 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time : 1 Memory Hole at 15M-16M :Dis...

Page 62 - Bit I/O Recovery Time

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-15 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time The recovery time is the length of time, measured in CPU clocks, which the system will delay after the completion of an input/output request.This delay takes place because the CPU is operating so much faster than theinput/output bus that the ...

Page 63 - Power Management Setup; The Power Management Setup will appear on your screen like this:; Power Management; This category determines the power consumption for system after

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-16 3.7 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup will appear on your screen like this: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59IM4A) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management This category determines the power consumption for system after selecting below items...

Page 64 - ACPI Function; During Enabled, this will support ACPI function.

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-17 ACPI Function During Enabled, this will support ACPI function. Power Management Disable Global Power Management will bedisabled. User Define Users can configure their own powermanagement. Min Saving Pre-defined timer values are used suchthat all timers are in their ...

Page 65 - Doze Mode; Disable; System will never enter DOZE mode.; Video Off After; choosing the setting in which the monitor will turn off.; Doze; During Doze mode, the monitor will be turned off.; MODEM Use IRQ; Name the interrrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-18 Doze Mode Disable System will never enter DOZE mode. 1 Min/2 Min/4 Min/6 Min/8 Min/10 Min/20 Min/30 Min/40 Min/1 Hr Video Off After The settings are N/A, Standby, Doze, or Suspend. This option is for choosing the setting in which the monitor will turn off. N/A Alway...

Page 66 - HDD Power Down; HDD’s motor will not shut off.; Standby Mode; System will never enter STANDBY mode.; Suspend Mode; System will never enter SUSPEND mode.

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-19 HDD Power Down Disable HDD’s motor will not shut off. 1 Min/2 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/15 Min Standby Mode Disable System will never enter STANDBY mode. 1 Min/2 Min/4 Min/6 Min/8 Min/10 Min/20 Min/30 Min/40 Mi...

Page 67 - Throttle Duty Cycle

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-20 Throttle Duty Cycle This option will determine how much power will be used by the CPU , if the system goes into suspend mode. VGA Active Monitor During Enabled, if there’s no activity in the monitor screen the system will go into Power Saving Mode. During Disabled, ...

Page 68 - Resume by Alarm; Restore on AC/Power Loss

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-21 Resume by Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled, you cannot use this function. During Enabled, choosethe Date and Time Alarm: Date(of month) Alarm You can choose which month thesystem will boot up. Set to 0, t...

Page 70 - PnP OS Installed; When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-23 3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup You can manually configure the PCI Device’s IRQ. The following pages tell you the options of each item & describe the meanings of eachoptions. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4D) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. PnP OS Ins...

Page 71 - Resources Controlled By

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-24 Resources Controlled By By Choosing “Auto”, the system BIOS will detect the system resource and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA Channel foreach peripheral. By Choosing “Manual”(default), the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be s...

Page 72 - Assign IRQ for VGA

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-25 IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnPDMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP The above settings will be shown on the screen ...

Page 74 - During Enabled, this will show the CPU/FAN voltage chart during

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-27 3.10 Special Features Setup (optional) This Special Features Setup are use by System Hardware Monitor chipset.You can manually change the value of each option. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4C) I N T E G R A T E D P E R I P H E R A L S AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Chassis Fan Det...

Page 75 - Chassis Intrusion Detect; Check you processor and set this function accordingly. If you set; System Temperature/CPU Temperature; This will show the System and CPU temperature.; CPU Critical Temp; This option is for setting the critical temperature level for the; Shutdown Temp; This option is for setting the Shutdown temperature level for the

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-28 Chassis Intrusion Detect Set this option to Enabled, Reset, or Disabled the chassis intrusion detector. During Enabled, any intrusion on the system chassis will berecorded. The next time you turn on the system, it will show a warningmessage. To be able to clear thos...

Page 76 - Integrated Peripherals; IDE HDD Block Mode; Enabled/Disabled Enabled allows the Block mode access for the; IDE Primary Master PIO

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-29 3.11 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69HM4D) I N T E G R A T E D P E R I P H E R A L S AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled/Disabled Enabled allows the Block mode access for the IDE HDD. IDE Primary Master PIO Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4 IDE Primary Sla...

Page 77 - IDE Secondary Slave PIO; For these 4 IDE options, choose “Auto” to have the system BIOS; On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-30 IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto/Mode0/Mode1-4 For these 4 IDE options, choose “Auto” to have the system BIOS auto detect the IDE HDD operation mode for PIO access. Note: Some IDE HDD can not operate at the responding HDD’s mode.When the user has selected “Auto” and the...

Page 78 - USB Keyboard Support; The On-board serial ports can be selected as:

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-31 USB Keyboard Support Enabled/Disabled Choosing Enabled will allow the systemto use USB keyboard without a devicedriver. Onboard FDC Controller Enabled/Disabled The system has an on-board Super I/Ochip with a FDD controller that supports2 FDDs for 360K/720K/1.2M/1.44...

Page 79 - UART Mode Select; This item allow you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of; Onboard Parallel Port; Line Printer port 0; Onboard Parallel Mode

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-32 UART Mode Select This item allow you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip. Onboard Parallel Port Disabled There is a built-in parallel port on theon-board Super I/O chipset thatprovides Standard, ECP, and EPPfeatures. It has the following o...

Page 82 - IDE HDD Auto Detection

CHAPTER 3 AWARD ® BIOS SETUP 3-35 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTOR MODE Primary Master: Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip) : N OPTION...