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A-Trend ATC-6260 User Manual

Summary of ATC-6260

  • Page 1

    1 contents index................................................................................................ A how to use this manual……………………………….2 introduction to the atc-6260 mainboard hardware……………………………………………………3 inside the atc-6260 mainboard package………...4 chapter 1 introduction………………………………...

  • Page 2: Hardware:

    2 to obtain maximum use from this manual it is suggested: read page a component location diagram where youfind the mainboard layout diagram. Please refer to it when you configure the system. Read about an overview of the mainboard features, packing contents, and how to upgrade as well as to change h...

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    3 each atc-6260 mainboard supports or contains the following components: : intel pentium r ii cpu & celeron tm cpu operating from 233mhz up to 333mhz. : intel 440bx pciset; adaptec aic-7880 rev.B chipset. : using four 168-pin dimm sockets, provides four banks of 64-bit wide path up to 512mb sdram or...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1  Introduction

    4 the mainboard comes securely packed in a durable box and shipping carton. If any of the following items are missing or damaged, please contact your supplier. Each mainboard contains: q'ty description 1 mainboard : atc-6260. 1 retention mechanism (for pentium ii installation) 1 cd(option) : ldcm, e...

  • Page 5

    5 1-1 software power off control the mainboard design supports software power off control feature through the smm code in the bios under windows 95, and ms-dos operation system environment. This is intel atx form factor feature and you should use atx power supply. First, you should connect the power...

  • Page 6: 1-2 Ldcm

    6 1-2 ldcm landesk client manager atc-6260 built-in controller support intel ldcm. Ldcm can satisfy users who want to manage system that can interact automatically with the user. Client manager is the answer, enabling both administrators and clients to manage systems. The features of ldcm are as fol...

  • Page 7: 1-3 Thermister

    7 1-3 thermister this means that users can monitor the cpu temperature through thermister. When setting up the thermister, the bios will load the cpu temperature automatically. There is a choice of the warning beep sound if users set the option on. If the cpu temperature overheated, users will get t...

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    8 1-5 sb-link sideband signals (jp6) 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 that was defined and developed by in...

  • Page 9

    9 1-6 keyboard & ps/2 mouse power on (jp9) the atc-6260 mainboard built-in jumper 9 may have two easily and conveniently ways to power up the system. Users may power on the system by typing a password, or power on the system by double-clicking the ps/2 mouse. In addition to satisfying different user...

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    10 jp 9 kb & ps/2 wakeup 1-2 disable 2-3 enable (a) disable (b) enable isa slots jp 9 floppy.

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    11 1-7 boot block write for update bios (jp4) in order to update and refresh bios memory completely, the jumper 4 on the atc-6260 mainboard has the capability to update bios memory completely when jumper 4 is set to “enable”. It is important to remember the default setting of jumper 4 is “enable”. J...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2  Installation

    12 chapter 2 installation 2-1 installation procedure before installing the computer, please prepare all components such as cpu, dram; peripherals such as hard drive, keyboard, cd-rom disk drive and accessories such as cables. Then, install the system as following: 1. Plug cpu/ heat sink (refer to pe...

  • Page 13: 2-2 Cpu  Installation

    13 2-2 cpu installation atc-6260 supports intel pentium ll and celeron tm cpu cartridge. The atc-6260 mainboard has built-in vid (voltage identify) function to auto detect cpu voltages. Hence you do not have to set the cpu voltage setting. If users plug one pentium ii cpu and one celeron tm cpu, the...

  • Page 14: 2-2-1 Cpu Setting

    14 2-2-1 cpu setting intel pentium ii 233mhz internal cpu clock sw1 ext.X frq. 233mhz on off 1 2 3 4 66 x 3.5 intel pentium ii 266mhz internal cpu clock sw1 ext.X frq. 266mhz on off 1 2 3 4 66 x 4.0 intel pentium ii 300mhz internal cpu clock sw1 ext.X frq. 300mhz on off 1 2 3 4 66 x 4.5.

  • Page 15: Ext.X Frq.

    15 intel pentium ii 333mhz internal cpu clock sw1 ext.X frq. 333mhz on off 1 2 3 4 66 x 5.0 intel pentium ii 350mhz internal cpu clock sw1 ext.X frq. 350mhz on off 1 2 3 4 100 x 3.5 intel pentium ii 400mhz internal cpu clock sw1 ext.X frq. 400mhz on off 1 2 3 4 100 x 4.0 intel pentium ii 450mhz inte...

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    16 celeron 266mhz(only single processor) internal cpu clock sw1 ext.X frq. 266mhz on off 1 2 3 4 66 x 4.0 celeron 300mhz(only single processor) internal cpu clock sw1 ext.X frq. 300mhz on off 1 2 3 4 66 x 4.5 2-2-2 cpu core/bus freq. Ratio : core/bus freq. Ratio : sw1 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 3.0x on on off ...

  • Page 17

    17 2-3 system memory installation the atc-6260 provides four 168-pin dimm sockets for system memory expansion from 8mb to 128mb. These four dimms are arranged to four banks, please refer to page a. Each bank provides 64-bit wide data path. Pc-100 compliant memory module of samples of system memory c...

  • Page 18: 2-4 Connectors

    18 2-4 connectors description the locations of following connectors are indicated in page a. When you plug wires into the following connector of conn1, you should have the pin 1 edge of the wires align with the pin 1 end of the connector. Conn1 : speaker, keyboard lock, reset, smi, turbo led, and id...

  • Page 19

    19 pin 12 ps_on : power button pin 24 pin 12 : ps_on pin 24 : +5vsb slot 1m slot 1s fan : cpu cooling fan connector. Wire with +12v voltage (most likely red wire) must be plugged into pin2, and ground wires (most likely black wire) must be plugged into pin3. Please confirm the wire color re-presenta...

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    20 11 1 pw1 : atx mode +3.3/5/12v power supply connector. 20 10 com1/com2 : these two connectors are used to connect serial port cables. Slot 1s slot 1m pin signal name 1 ndcda/b 2 nsina/b 3 nsouta/b 4 ndtra/b 5 gnd 6 ndsra/b 7 nrtsa/b 8 nctsa/b 9 nria/b slot 1s slot 1m a is com1, b is com2 fdc1 : t...

  • Page 21

    21 all of odd pins are ground lpt : this connector is used to connect parallel port cable. Pin signal pin signal 1 strobe- 10 ack- 2 data bit 0 11 busy 3 data bit 1 12 pe 4 data bit 2 13 slct 5 data bit 3 14 auto feed- 6 data bit 4 15 error- data bit 5 16 init- 8 data bit 6 17 slct in- 9 data bit 7 ...

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    22 ide1/ide2 : these two connectors are used to connect ide devices through ide cables, a total of 4 devices can be connected. Pin signal pin signal 1 reset ide 21 ddrq0(1) 2 gnd 22 gnd 3 host data 7 23 i/o write- 4 host data 8 24 gnd 5 host data 6 25 i/o read- 6 host data 9 26 gnd 7 host data 5 27 ...

  • Page 23: 2-5 Ide Driver Installation

    23 2-5 ide driver installation the ide driver installation procedure is as following : setup for windows 95 : 1. Starting windows 95 2. Select “start”, “run”. 3. Install inf.Exe before you install ide driver, please refer to readme file. 4. Type “d:\win95\setup.Exe”. 5. Restart computer, then follow...

  • Page 24: Chapter 3  Award Bios Setup

    24 chapter 3 award bios setup award bios manufacturer provides access to the system bios through the hardware and software on each atc-6260 mainboard. The hardware consists of a flash rom and the software is a group of programs that are installed in the rombios along with all the other data the bios...

  • Page 25: 3-1 Update Bios Procedure

    25 3-1 update bios procedure if the bios needs to be updated, you can get a diskette with the updated bios from your system supplier. The bios diskette includes : “awdflash.Exe” -- bios update utility program “awdflash.Doc” “(update bios filename with version number).Bin” the update procedure is as ...

  • Page 26: 3-2  Award System Bios

    26 intel also provides microcode api(applications programming interface) for pentium ii processor-based mainboard user to update data block in bios quickly and easily. (you can find this utility on all-in-one cd in the package). The bios code on the pentium ii processor-based mainboards contains dat...

  • Page 27: Configuration Setup

    27 configuration setup the following pages explain how to set up the system configuration (cmos) 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 system is booting up. The following main menu will appe...

  • Page 28

    28 these records can be lost or corrupted if the on-board battery has failed or is weak. Rom pci/isa bios (atc-6260) cmos setup utility award software, inc. Standard cmos setup integrated peripherals bios features setup supervisor password chipset features setup user password power management setup ...

  • Page 29

    29 press to show the calendar. Day the day, from sun to sat, determined by the bios and is display-only date the date, from 1 to 31 month the month, jan. Through dec. Year the year, from 1900 to 2099 time the time format is . The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For examp...

  • Page 30

    30 drive b a or drive b that have been installed in the computer. None no floppy drive installed 360k, 5.25 in 5.25“ pc-type 360kb capacity 1.2m, 5.25 in 5.25“ at-type 1.2mb capacity 720k, 3.5 in 3.5“ double-side 720kb capacity 1.44m, 3.5 in 3.5“ double-side 1.44mb capacity 2.88m, 3.5 in 3.5“ double...

  • Page 31

    31 (power on self test) of the bios. Base memory the post will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512k or 640k based on the memory installed on the motherboard. Extended memory how much extended memory is present d...

  • Page 32

    32 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 (atc-6260) cmos setup utility award software, inc. Standard cmos setup integrated peripherals bios features setup sup...

  • Page 33

    33 virus warning when this item is enabled, the award bios will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive for any attempt at modification. If an attempt is made, the bios will halt the system and the following error message will appear. Afterwards, if necessary, you will be ...

  • Page 34

    34 boot sequence this category determines which drive is to search first for the disk operating system (i.E., dos). A, c, scsi system will first search for floppy disk drive then hard disk drive, and the next is scsi device. C, a, scsi system will first search for hard disk drive then floppy disk dr...

  • Page 35

    35 boot up this allows you to determine the default state of numlock status the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with numlock on. On keypad is numeric keys off keypad is arrow keys boot up system selects the default system speed - the normal speed operating speed at power up. High set...

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    36 typematic delay when the typematic rate is enabled, this section (msec) allows you select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins. 250 250 msec 500 500 msec 750 750 msec 1000 1000 msec security option this category allows you to limit access to the syst...

  • Page 37

    37 os select for this item allows you to access the memory that is over dram > 64mb 64mb in os/2. The choice : non-os2 or os2 report no fdd set this item to yes bios will report fdd to win95. For win 95 if in standard cmos setup, set drive a to none, and set this item to yes. Inside win95, my comput...

  • Page 38

    38 this screen controls the setting for the chipset on the mainboard. Rom pci/isa bios (atc-6260) 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 detect...

  • Page 39

    39 sdram cas you could select cas latency time in hclks of 2/2 or 3/3. The latency time system board designer should set the values in this field, depending on the dram installed. Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed dram or the installed cpu.. The...

  • Page 40

    40 passive release when enabled, cpu to pci bus accesses are allowed during passive release. Otherwise, the arbiter only accepts another pci master access to local dram. The choice : enabled, disabled delayed this chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to transaction support deadly trans...

  • Page 41

    41 note press “ del ” to enter bios setup and set the cpu clock frequency / cpu clock ratio to correct value. 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 when this item is enabled, we can...

  • Page 42

    42 this screen controls the 'green' features of this mainboard. Rom pci/isa bios (atc-6260) 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 pn...

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    43 power this category allows you to select the type (or management degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes : doze; standby; suspend; hdd power down. Min. Power saving minimum power management. Doze =1hr.; standby=1hr.; suspend=1hr.; hdd power down=15min max. Power sav...

  • Page 44

    44 video off afterwhen enabled, this feature allows the vga adapter to operate in a power saving mode. N/a monitor will remain on during power saving modes. Suspend monitor blanked when the systems enters the suspend mode. Standby monitor blanked when the system enters standby mode. Doze monitor bla...

  • Page 45

    45 soft-off by instant-off : when push the power button, the system power will pwr-bttn be off immediately. Delay 4 sec : when push the power button, it will enter suspend mode. We need to push the power button and hold for 4 seconds to turn off the power. Cpufan off enabled : under suspend mode, th...

  • Page 46

    46 this screen configures the pci bus slots. Rom pci/isa bios (atc-6260) 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...

  • Page 47

    47 pnp os installed this item allows you to determine pnp os or not. Choices are yes or no. Resource the award plug and play bios has the capability to controlled by automatically configure all of the boot and plug and play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless...

  • Page 48

    48 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 (atc-6260) cmos setup utility award software, inc. Standard cmos setup integrated peripherals bios features setup supervisor password chipse...

  • Page 49

    49 ide hdd block this allows your hd controller to use the fast block mode mode to transfer data to and from your hd drive enabled ide controller uses block mode disabled ide controller uses standard mode ide primary pio - programmed input/output, it allows the bios to master/slave pio tell the cont...

  • Page 50

    50 hot key : when user select this option, it will show another line lines as hot key power on: ctrl-f1”’ select any one you like. After power off, if user key in the control-f, it will power up the system. Mouse left, mouse right : it will power up the system by double click the left or right mouse...

  • Page 51

    51 rom pci/isa bios (atc-6260) 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 & exit setup load bios defaults exit...

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    52 the last step 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 (atc-6260) cmos setup utility award software, inc. Standard cmos setup integrate...

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    53 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 setup. There is no effect on the standard c...

  • Page 54

    54 supervisor password allows you to enter the bios setup program. Caution :if you forgot your password, you must disable the cmos by turning power off and set jp10 to ‘close‘. And then open reload the system. Ide hdd auto detection this allows you to detect the ide hard disk drivers‘ parameters and...

  • Page 55

    55 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 : exit current page and return to main menu pgup key increas...

  • Page 56

    56 appendix a technical support request form if the mainboard doesn't function properly, please complete the following information and return it to your system dealer. If the further information is needed, please attach it. Model no : atc-6260 date of purchase : ______________ serial no : __________...