A-Trend Atc-6240m Use Manual

Summary of Atc-6240m

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    6240m mainboard contents 1 contents component location diagram…………………..……a check list of the packaging…………..………..……..B connectors and jumpers description ..…..……….C table of contents……………………………………….…...1 how to use this manual……………….……………...…...2 chapter 1 introduction……………………….…….…….……3 1-1 system ...

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    How to use this manual 6240m mainboard 2 how to use this manual this manual is written in a user-friendly style. It would be advisable for users to read it in an orderly sequence : 1.For hardware information: read page a: component location diagram, page b: check list of the packaging and page c: co...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1 Introduction

    6240m mainboard chapter 1 introduction 3 chapter 1 introduction welcome to use 6240m mainboard. It utilizes the latest intel 440bx chipset to support both 66mhz and 100mhz front side bus intel cpus. It also provides up to 4 dimm sockets for memory expansion. This high performance design will satisfy...

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    Chapter 1 introduction 6240m mainboard 4 1-2 software power off control 6240m mainboard supports software power off control feature through the smm code in the bios under windows 95/98, and ms-dos operation system environment. This is intel atx form factor feature and you should use atx power supply...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 1 introduction 5 1-4 running 100 mhz cpu bus on mainboard (jp11) the mainboard provides jumper 11 that allows you to set your cpu host clock and perform cpu overclock function. When jp11 is ‘closed’, the system will automatically detect the cpu host clock, for instance 66mhz ...

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    Chapter 1 introduction 6240m mainboard 6 1-5 sb-link sideband signals in order to migrate the legacy sound blaster compatible audio to the pci bus, emu8008 incorporates a pair of sb-link request/grant sideband signals (pcpcir eqn and pcpcigntn) to interface to the pci bus. Sb-link is a mechanism tha...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 1 introduction 7 1-7 keyboard & ps/2 mouse power on (jp9) with atx power supply and jumper 9 set to pin 1-2 closed, 6240m mainboard is enabled to keyboard & ps/2 mouse power on functions : jp 9 kb & ps/2 mouse wakeup 1-2 enable 2-3 disable (a) enable (b) disable the default p...

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    Chapter 1 introduction 6240m mainboard 8 1-8 wake-on-lan the remote wake-on-lan mode of operation is a mechanism that uses advanced micro device magic packet technology to power on a sleeping workstation on the network. This mechanism is accomplished when the lan card receives a specific packet of i...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 1 introduction 9 1-10 ldcm (landesk client manager)(option) the mainboard built-in controller support intel ldcm. Ldcm can satisfy users who want manageable systems that can interact automatically with the user. Client manager is the answer, enabling both administrators and c...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2  Installation

    Chapter 2 installation 6240m mainboard 10 chapter 2 installation 2-1 installation procedure before installing the computer, please prepare all components such as cpu, dram; peripherals such as hard disk drive, keyboard, cd-rom and accessories such as cables. Then, install the system as following: Π...

  • Page 11: 2-2-2 Cpu Setting

    6240m mainboard chapter 2 installation 11 2-2-2 cpu setting a. For 233~333mhz intel pentium ii & 266~466mhz celeron tm cpus. Internal cpu clock sw1 233mhz (66x3.5) 266mhz (66x4.0) 300mhz (66x4.5) 333mhz (66x5.0) 366mhz (66x5.5) 400mhz (66x6.0) 433mhz (66x6.5) 466mhz (66x7.0) b. For 350~450mhz intel ...

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    Chapter 2 installation 6240m mainboard 12 2-3 system memory installation 6240m mainboard provides four 168-pin dimm sockets for system memory expansion from 8mb to 512mb sdram, 1gb registered sdram or 1gb edo dram. (edo dram is available for 66mhz processors only.) these four dimms are arranged to f...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 2 installation 13 2-4 ide driver installation setup for windows 95/98 : 1. Start windows 95/98. 2. Put the all-in-one cd into your cd-rom drive. 3. Select “start”, “run”. 4. Type “d:\ide\win95\setup.Exe” or “e:\ide\win95\setup.Exe”. (if your operating system is win95, please ...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 14 chapter 3 award bios setup award bios manufacturer provides access to the system bios through the hardware and software on the mainboard. The hardware consists of a flash rom and the software is a group of programs incorporated in the rombios along with ...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 15 3-1 update bios procedure if the bios needs to be updated, you can get a cd with the updated bios utility in the package. The updated bios utility includes : “awdflash.Exe” -- bios update utility program “awdflash.Doc” the update procedure is as followin...

  • Page 16: 3-1-1 Update Microcode Api

    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 16 3-1-1 update microcode api intel also provides microcode api (applications programming interface) for mainboard user to update data block in bios quickly and easily. (you can find this utility in the all-in-one cd in the mainboard package). The bios code...

  • Page 17: Rom Pci/isa Bios

    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 17 3-2 system bios configuration setup the following pages explain how to set up the bios configuration under the award bios. The setup program is stored in the read-only-memory (rom) on the mainboard. To do the setup procedure, press the key when the syste...

  • Page 18: Rom Pci/isa Bios

    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 18 standard cmos setup this screen records some basic hardware information, and sets the system clock and error handling. These records can be lost or corrupted if the on-board battery has failed or is weak. Rom pci/isa bios standard cmos setup award softwa...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 19 the number and press . If you select ‘auto’, the bios will detect the hdd & cd-rom drive automatically at the post stage and show the ide for hdd & cd-rom drive. If you select ‘user’, you will need to know the information listed below. This information s...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 20 halt on this category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. No errors the system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected. All errors when the bios detects a non-fatal error, the system will...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 21 bios features setup this screen is a list of system configuration options. Some of them are defaults required by the mainboard's design, others depend on the features of your system. Rom pci/isa bios bios features setup award software, inc. Virus warning...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 22 enabled activates automatically when the system boots up. If anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk, partition table will cause a warning message to appear. Disabled no warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the bo...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 23 boot up numlock status this allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with numlock on. On keypad is for numeric keys. Off keypad is for arrow keys. Gate a20 option this entry allows you to select how...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 24 report no fdd for win 95 set this item to yes, bios will report fdd to win95. If in standard cmos setup, set drive a to none and set this item to yes. Inside win95, my computer and file manager disk(a:) will show removable disk (a:). Rtc y2k compliance f...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 25 chipset features setup this screen controls the setting for the chipset on the mainboard. Rom pci/isa bios chipset features setup award software, inc. Sdram cas latency time : 3 software clock control : disabled sdram precharge control : disabled cpu hos...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 26 rom at f0000h-fffffh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. Video ram cacheable selecting enabled allows the caching of the video ram, resulting in better system performance...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 27 registers. The timings programmed into this register are dependent on the system design. Slower rates may be required in certain system designs to support loose layouts or slower memory. I.E. 50ns; 60ns edo casx# ma wait state this item allows you to sel...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 28 the following functions are optional, and they show only when the monitoring ic exists on the mainboard. Please confirm this with your supplier. Cpu warning temperature when this item is enabled, we can set the cpu warning temperature. If the cpu tempera...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 29 power management setup this screen controls the 'green' features of this mainboard. Rom pci/isa bios power management setup award software, inc. Acpi function : disabled *reload global timer events* power management : user define irq [3-7, 9-15], nmi :di...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 30 if you would like to use software power-off control function, you should select “yes” in pm control by apm. Pm control by apm when enabled, an advanced power management mechanism will be activated to enhance the max. Power saving mode and stop the cpu in...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 31 throttle duty cycle when the system enters doze mode, the cpu clock runs only partial cycle. You may select the percentage of cycle that the clock runs. Pci/ vga act-monitor when enabled, any video active restarts the global timer for standby mode. Soft-...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 32 pnp/pci configuration this screen configures the pci bus slots. Rom pci/isa bios pnp/pci configuration award software, inc. Pnp os installed : no resources controlled by : auto reset configuration data : disabled esc: quit áâàß :select item f1 : help pu/...

  • Page 33: Integrated Peripherals

    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 33 integrated peripherals this section page includes all the items of ide hard drive and programmed input/output features. See also section “chipset features setup”. Rom pci/isa bios integrated peripherals award software, inc. Ide hdd block mode : enabled o...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 34 on-chip primary pci ide; on-chip secondary pci ide this setup item allows you to either enable or disable the primary/secondary controller. You might choose to disable the controller if you want to add higher performance or specialized controller. Usb ke...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 35 uart mode select this lets you select the infrared mode. Choices are normal, irda, and askir. If you choose irda or askir mode, the screen will show another two lines to let you choose ‘rxd txd active’ (hi lo; lo hi; hi hi; lo lo), and ‘ir transmission d...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 36 rom pci/isa bios cmos setup utility award software, inc. Standard cmos setup integrated peripherals bios features setup supervisor password chipset features setup user password power management setup ide hdd auto detection pnp/pci configuration save & ex...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 37 the last second item of the main menu is 'save and exit'. If you select this item and press 'y', then these records will be saved in the cmos memory on the mainboard. It will be checked every time you turn your computer on. Rom pci/isa bios cmos setup ut...

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    Chapter 3 award bios setup 6240m mainboard 38 load bios defaults when your mainboard has problems and needs to trouble shoot the system, you can use this function. The default values loaded only affect the bios features setup, chipset features setup, power management setup and pnp/pci configuration ...

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    6240m mainboard chapter 3 award bios setup 39 ※ control key description ※ up arrow ↑ move to previous item down arrow ↓ move to next item left arrow ← move to the item in the left hand right arrow → move to the item in the right hand esc key esc main menu : quit and not save changes setup menu : exi...