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6VTXDR-C Socket 370 Dual Processors Motherboard USER'S MANUAL Socket 370 Dual Proces sors Motherboard REV . 1.0 Fi rst Edition 12ME-6VTXDRC-1001.
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How This Manua l Is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections: 1) Revision History Manual revision information 2) Item Checklist Product item list 3) Features Product information &a.
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T able Of Conte n t Revision History P.1 Item Checklist P.2 Features Summary P.3 6VTXDR-C Motherboard Layout P.5 Installation Guide P .6 Page Index for Connectors/Panel and Jumper Definition P.12 Performance List P.28 Block Diagram P.29 Advanced Netw orking Services for W indows NT * 4 and W indows 2000 (Teaming) P.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 1 Revision History Revision Revision Note Date 1.0 Initial release of the 6VTXDR-C motherboard user’s manual. Sep. 2001 The author assumes no responsibility for any err ors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commi tment to update the information contai ned herein.
Item Check list 2 Item Chec klist The 6VTXDR-C motherboard Cable for IDE / floppy device Diskettes or CD (Driver CD) for motherboard driver & utility 6VTXDR-C user’s manual I.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 3 Features Summary Form Factor 30.5 cm x 24.8 cm A TX size form factor , 6 layers PCB. CPU 2 Socket 370 processor Supports all new Pent ium III proces sors (FC-PGA & FC-PGA2 package) Supports 100/133MHz system bu s fr equency Can’t Support process or with Vcore above 1.
Features Sum m ary 4 On-Board RAID Support data striping (RAID 0) or mirroring (RAID 1), striping/mirroring (RAID 0+1) or spanning (JBOD) operation.. Support concurrent dual IDE controller operation. Support IDE bus master operation. Displays status and error checking messages during boot-up.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 5 6VTXDR- C Motherboa rd Layout PCI2 PCI3 VT82C686B VG A COM 1 LPT PS/2 PCI4 PCI5 SW1 J16 6VTXDR-C BA T1 PGA 370 CPU 2 J15 USB A TX Power Floppy IDE1 IDE2 VT82C694T DIMM3 DIMM2 DI.
Installation Guid e 6 Installa tion Guide Getting Started W ARNING! Computer motherboards and expansion c ards contain v ery delic ate Integrated Circuit (IC) chi ps. T o protect them against damage from s tatic elec tricit y , you should foll ow some precautions whenev er you work on your c omputer .
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 7 To set up your computer, y ou must complete the fol lowing steps : Ste p 1 - Set system jumpers Step 2- Install the Central Processi ng Unit (CPU) Step 3-Install memory modules .
Installation Guid e 8 CPU Speed Setup The system bus speed is dep ended on CPU. ( Supported 100,133M Hz). The user ca n chang e the DIP switch (SW1) s election to s et up the CPU speed for 500MHz – 1GHz proces sor . S W 1 ( R A T I O ) : O : O N , X : OFF DIP SWITCH FREQ.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 9 The CPU speed must m atch with th e frequency ratio . It will cause system han ging up if the f requency ratio is higher t han that of C PU. For dual CPU u se, the same CPU m ust be u sed in CP U socke t1 and 2.
Installation Guid e 10 CPU Heat Sink Installation: Beware: Please check that the heat sink i s in good contact wi th the CPU before you turn on your system.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 11 Memory Installation The motherboar d has 4 dual inl ine memory mod ule (DIMM) s ockets supp ort 4 banks. T he BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size. To install the me mory module, just push it verticall y into the DI MM Slot .
Installation Guid e 12 Page Index for Connectors/Panel and Jumper Definition Page Connectors P .13 ATX Power P .17 COM 1 / VGA / LPT P ort P .13 Floppy Port P .18 IDE 1(Primary) / IDE 2(Secondary) P o rt / IDE3,IDE4 Port P .18 J1 (Wake On LAN) P .
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 13 Connec tors COM 1 / VGA / LPT Port COM 1 LPT P ORT VGA Please note: This mainboard supports 1 standard COM port , 1 VGA port and 1 LPT port. Dev i like printer can be connected to LPT port ; mouse and modem etc can be connected to COM port.
Connectors 14 PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse 1 2 3 4 5 6 PS /2 Mou se/ Keyb oard Pin No. Definiti on 1 Data 2 NC 3 GND 4 Power 5 Clock 6 NC Please note: This mainboard supports standard PS/2 k eyboard and PS/2 mouse interface connector .
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 15 J13 : CPU Fan 1 Pin N o. Defin i tion 1 Contro l 2 +12V 3 SENSE 1 Please note , a pr oper instal latio n of the CPU cooler is e ssential t o preven t the CPU fr om running under abnormal conditi on or damaged b y overheati ng. J15 : CPU Fan 2 Pin No.
Connectors 16 J16 : Power Fan 1 Pin No . Definitio n 1 Contr ol 2 +12V 3 SENSE 1 J20 : Power Fan 2 Pin N o. Definition 1 Contr ol 2 +12V 3 SENSE 1.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 17 J14 : Panel Fan Pin No . Definitio n 1 Contr ol 2 +12V 3 SENSE 1 ATX Power Pin No. Definition 3,5,7,13, 15-17 GND 1,2,11 3.3 V 4,6,19,20 VC C 10 +12V 12 -12V 18 - 5V 8 Power Go.
Connectors 18 Floppy Port Red Line FDD1 IDE1 (Prim ary), IDE2 (Secondary), IDE3/ID E4(ATA100 or IDE RAID) IDE1 IDE2 Red Line IDE3 IDE4.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 19 J3 : Ring Power On ( Internal Modem Card W ake Up) Pin No. Definition 1 Si gnal 2 GND 1 J1 : Wake On LAN P in N o . D e fin itio n 1 +5 V SB 2 GN D 3 Si gnal 1.
Connectors 20 J4 : IR Pin N o. Definition 1 VCC (+5V) 2 NC 3 IR Da ta Input 4 GND 5 IR Dat a Out put 1 Please note: Be careful wi th the polarit y of the IR connector whi le you connect the IR. Please cont act you nearest d ealer f or o ptional IR device.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 21 COM 2 COM 2 1 2 9 10 SM BUS 1 Pin N o. Definition 1 SMB CLK 2 NC 3 GND 4 SMB D ATA 5 +5V.
Panel and Jum per Defi niti on 22 Panel And Jumpe r Definition J2 : 2x11 Pins Jumper RE GN GD PW P − P − P+ S P K HD 1 1 1 GN (Green Switch) Open: Normal Operation Close: Entering Green Mode GD (G.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 23 JP1 : Clear CM OS Function 1 P in N o. D efin ition 1-2 Cl ose N o r mal ( Def aul t ) 2-3 Cl ose Cl ear CM OS Cl ea r CMOS Nor mal (Def aul t) 1 Please not e , Y ou may clear t he CMOS dat a t o it s def ault val ues by t hi s j umper JP7 : BIOS Flash ROM W rite Protect ( Optional) 1 Pin No .
Panel and Jum per Defi niti on 24 JP3 : USB device Wake up Sel ection 1 Pin No. Defini tion 1-2 close Normal (Default) 2-3 close Enabled USB D evice Wak e up Normal (Default) Enab le Please note: T o use “USB KB/MS Wakeup from S3” function, set BIOS setting “USB KB/MS Wake up from S3” to E NA BLED a nd enable jumpers JP3.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 25 JP4 : Onboard AGP Selection 1 Pin No. Defi nition Open Onboa rd AGP Disabled Close Onboa rd AGP Enabled 1 Enab le d (Default) Disabled JP2 : Case Open 1 Pi n No.
Panel and Jum per Defi niti on 26 JP10 : IDE RAID Selection 1 Pin N o . De fin itio n 1-2 close IDE Raid Disabled 2- 3 cl ose IDE Ra id En able d Enab le d (Default) Disabled 1 J19 : Panel LED Connector Pin N o.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 27 BAT1 : Battery + CAUTION Danger of e xplosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replac e only with the same or equivale nt type recom men ded by the manufacture r . Disp ose of used ba tteries according to th e manufac turer’s instruct ions.
Perform ance Lis t 28 Perform ance List The foll owing perf ormance dat a lis t is the tes ting resul ts of som e popular benc hmark test ing programs. These data are just refer red by users, a nd there is no respon sibility for dif ferent te sting data value s gotten by users.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 29 Block Diag ram 3.3V SDRA M COM Ports LPT Port AMR A T A66 IDE Channels 4 USB Ports HCLK (100/133MH z) PS/2 Floppy 5 PCI PCI (33MH z) VIA VT82C686B Rev C HCLK (100/133MHz ) 33MHz 14.
Advanced Net working Servic es 30 A dvanced Networking Services for Windows NT* 4 and Windows 2000 (Teaming) Please make sure the Intel LAN Adapter teaming driver Install complete. ( refer to page 71) 1. Intel LAN Adapter Teaming Adapter Teaming Inst allati on Notes for the PRO/100 S Server Adapter Under Windows NT 4.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 31 2. Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) 2.1 OverView A method of safeguarding the network l ink to the serv er switch or network service us ing transparent backup l inks. Adapter F ault Tol erance (AFT) requi res two adapters and an intelli gent software agent that conti nuously moni tors both link s.
Advanced Net working Servic es 32 3. Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) 3.1 Overview Also known as asymmet ric por t aggregation —is a me thod of ensu ring consis tent high server t hroughpu t and t ransparent bac kup connecti ons by using m ultipl e network interf ace cards and balanc ing the data trans mis sions ac ross them.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 33 4. General Instructions 4.1 Perform Teaming In W indows NT4.0 Or Windows 2000 1. Setup Intel PROSet II. Then, double-cli ck on the Intel (R) PROSet II icon i n the Control Panel w ill l aunch the PROSet ut ility. 2. Create a new team .
Advanced Net working Servic es 34 3. At the Teaming Wiz ard dialog, sel ect the type of team you want to c reate and clic k Next. 4. Add a check in the c heckbox for each adapter y ou want as a part of the team and cli ck Next.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 35 5. Click OK to close PROSet. II You should notic e a new lis ting in the Network control panel , which is the team you have created. 6. After the team created, a Intel® Advanced Network Serv ices Vi rtual Adapter w ill appear on Network in the Control Panel .
BIOS Setu p 36 Page Index for BIOS Setup Page The Main Menu P .38 Standard CMOS Setup P .40 BIOS Features Setup P .43 Chipset Features Setup P .45 Power Management Setup P .47 PNP/ PCI Configuration P .50 Load Fail-Safe Defaults P .52 Load Optimized Defaults P .
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 37 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an ove rview of t he BIOS Setup Pr ogram. The p rogram that allows users to modify th e basic system co nfiguration. This type of information is sto red in battery- backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
BIOS S etup 38 GETTING HELP Mai n Men u The on-line des cription of the hi ghli ghted setup function i s displ ayed at the bottom of the screen. S tatus Pag e Se tup M enu / Opt ion Pa ge S etup M enu Press F1 to pop up a smal l help wi ndow th at descri bes the ap propri ate key s to use and t he possibl e selecti ons for the highl ighted i tem.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 39 • • • • Chipset Features Setup This setup page i ncludes al l the it ems of chipset s pecial features . • • • • Power Management Setup This setup page i ncludes al l the i tems of Green function features .
BIOS S etup 40 Standard CM OS Setup The items in Standar d CMOS Feat ures Me nu (Fi gure 2) are di vided i nto 9 cat egories . Each category inc ludes no, one or m ore than one setup i tems. Us e the arrow s to highl ight the i tem and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to sel ect the val ue you want in each i tem.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 41 • • • • T i m e The times format i n <hour> <minut e> <second>. T he time is calcul ated base on t he 24-hour m ilitary- time clock.
BIOS S etup 42 • • • • Boot Sector V irus Protection If it is set to enable, the c ategory w ill flash o n the scr een when there is any attempt to w rite to the boot sector or pa rtition t able of the ha rd disk driv e. The system w ill halt a nd the followi ng error m essage w ill appear i n the mean time.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 43 BIOS Feat ures Setup Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup • • • • 1st / 2nd / 3rd Boot Device Floppy Boot Device by F loppy . LS / ZIP A: Boot Device by LS / ZIP A:. CDROM Boot Devi ce by CDROM. SCSI Boot Device by SCSI. NETWORK Boot Device by NET WORK.
BIOS S etup 44 • • • • Boot Up Num-L ock On Keypad is number keys. (Default Value) Off Keypad is arrow keys. • • • • Floppy Drive Seek Dur ing POS T , BIOS w ill determ ine if the f l oppy disk dri ve install ed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 type is 40 tracks while 720 , 1.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 45 Chipset F eatures Setup Figure 4: Chips et Features Setup • • • • T op Performance If you wish to m aximize the perfor mance of your syste m, set “ T op Perfor mance” as “Enabled” . Disabled Disabl ed this func tion.
BIOS S etup 46 2. System Bus Speed: 133MHz Auto Set CPU/DRAM Frequency to Auto. (D efault Value) 133/100MHz Set CPU/DRAM Frequency is 133/100MHz . 133/133MHz Set CPU/DRAM Frequency i s 133/133MHz. • • • • C2P Concur rency & Master Enabled Enabled C2P Concurrency & Master .
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 47 Powe r Manageme nt Setup Figure 5: Power Management Setup • • • • USB W akeup From S4~S5 Disabl ed Disabl ed USB Device Wakeup From S4~S5 Functi on. (Default V alue) Enabled Enabled USB Devic e Wakeup From S4~S5 Function.
BIOS S etup 48 • • • • Suspend Time Out (Minute.) Disabl ed Disabl ed Suspend Time Out Function. (Default V alue) 1 Enabled Suspend Time Out after 1min. 2 Enabled Suspend Time Out after 2min. 4 Enabled Suspend Time Out after 4min. 8 Enabled Suspend Time Out after 8min.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 49 • • • • Modem Ring On/W ake On Lan Disabl ed Disabl ed Modem Ring On/Wake On Lan. Enabled Enabled Modem Ring On/Wake On Lan. (Default V alue) • • • • PME Event W ake up Disabled Di sabled PME Ev ent Wake up function.
BIOS S etup 50 PnP/ PCI Co nf i gu ra ti on Figure 6: PnP/PCI Configurati on • • • • Plug and Play Aware O/S Y es Enable Plug and Play Aw are O/S func tion. No Disable Pl ug and Play A ware O/S function (Default V alue) • • • • Reset Configuration Data Ye s Clear PnP information i n ESCD & update DMI data.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 51 • • • • DMA Channel (0,1,3,5,6,7) P n P The res ource is us ed by PnP device. I S A / E I S A The resourc e is used by ISA / EISA device (PCI or ISA). • • • • IRQ (3,4,5,7, 9,10,11,14,15) P C I / P n P The resource i s used by PCI/PnP devic e.
BIOS S etup 52 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Figure 7: Load Fai l-Safe Defaults • • • • Load Fail-Safe Defaults BIOS defaults contain the most appropriate values of the system parameters that all ow minimum syste m performan c e. AMIBIOS SIM PLE SETU P UTILITY -VER SION 1.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 53 Load Optimized Defaults Figure 8: Load Optimi zed Defaults • • • • Load Optimized Defaults Optimized defaults contain th e most appropriate system p arameter val ues to configur e the system to ach i eve maxim um performa nce.
BIOS S etup 54 Integrated Peripheral s Figure 9: Integrated Peri pherals • Enhance A T API Performance If you wish to maxi mize the performanc e of your A T API devices , set “Enhance A T API Performance” as “ Enabled” . Please note, enabli ng this functi on may cause your A T API devices become unstabl e.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 55 • • • • OnBoard Serial P ort 1 Auto BIOS w ill automa tically setup t he po rt 1 address. (Defau lt V alue) 3F8/COM1 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address i s 3F8. 2F8/COM2 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address i s 2F8.
BIOS S etup 56 • • • • Parallel Port Mode EPP Usi ng Parall el port as Enhanced Paral lel Port. ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capab ilities Por t. (Default V alue) Normal Normal Operation. • • • • Parallel Port DMA Auto Set Auto to parallel port mode DMA Channel .
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 57 Hardw are Monitor & MIS C Setup Figure 10: Hardware Moni tor & MISC Setup • • • • ACPI Shutdown T emp. ( ° ° ° ° C / ° ° ° ° F) (This fun ction w ill be effe ctive on ly for th e operati ng systems that support ACPI Function.
BIOS S etup 58 • • • • Reset Case Open Status • • • • Case Status If the case is closed, “ Case Status” will show “Clo sed” . If the case have been opened, “Case Status” w ill show “ Close d” .
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 59 Set Super visor / User Pa ssword When you sel ect this function, the fo ll owing message w ill appear at the center of the sc reen to assist you in creati ng a password. Figure 1 1: Password Setting T ype the password , up to six cha racters, an d press <En ter>.
BIOS S etup 60 IDE HDD AUTO Detection Figure 12: IDE HDD Au to Detect ion T ype "Y" will a ccept the H .D.D . parame ter r eported by BIOS. T ype "N" w ill k eep the old H.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 61 Save & Exit Se tup Figure 13: Save & Exi t Setup T ype "Y" will q uit the Se tup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N " will retur n to S etup Utility. AMIBIOS SIM PLE SETU P UTILITY -VER SION 1.
BIOS S etup 62 Exit Without Saving Figure 14: Exi t Without Savi ng T ype "Y" will q uit the Se tup Utility w it hout s aving to RTC CMOS. Type "N " will retur n to S etup Utility. AMIBIOS SIM PLE SETU P UTILITY -VER SION 1.24e ( C ) 1999 A merican Megatrends, Inc.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 63 T echnica l Support /RMA Sheet Customer/Country: Company: Phone No.: Contact Person: E-mail Add. : Model name/Lot Number: PCB revisi on: BIOS version: O.
Appendix 64 Appendix Picture below ar e shown in Windows ME ( driver CD:1.0) Appendix A: V IA Chipsets Driver Installation A. VIA 4 in 1 Service Pack Driver: Insert the driver CD-ti tle that came wi th your motherboard into your CD-ROM dri ver , the driver CD- title will au to sta rt and show the install ation guide.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 65 (7) (8) (9) (10) 6.Click “N ex t”. 7.Click “Next” . 9.Click “Next” . 10.C lick “Finish ” to restart computer..
Appendix 66 Appendix B : A Ti VGA Dr iver Installation Insert the driver CD-ti tle that came wi th your motherboard into your CD-ROM dri ver , the driver CD- title will au to sta rt and show the install ation guide. If not, pl ease double c lick the CD-ROM device i con in “My computer” , and execute the setup.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 67 Appendix C : Intel 82559 LAN Driver Installation Insert the driver CD-ti tle that came wi th your motherboard into your CD-ROM dri ver , the driver CD- title will au to sta rt and show the install ation guide. If not, pl ease double c lick the CD-ROM device i con in “My computer” , and execute the setup.
Appendix 68 (7) (8) (9) (10) 9.Click N ext. 11.Click “N ex t”. 10.Click “Next” . 12.C lick “Finish ” to restart computer . 8.T y pe”D:82559v40”.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 69 Appendix D: Promise PC I Device Installation A. FastT rak Utility Installation: Insert the driver CD-ti tle that came wi th your motherboard into your CD-ROM dri ver , the driver CD- title will au to sta rt and show the install ation guide.
Appendix 70 (7) (8) (9) (10) B. Promise RAID Driver Installat ion: If you want to realize the setup information in detail, please refer to the “Installing Drivers section of th e RA ID M anu al” for sett ing your system completely . 10.Click “ Finis h” to restart.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 71 Appendix E: Intel 82559 LAN Utility Installation Insert the driver CD-ti tle that came wi th your motherboard into your CD-ROM dri ver , the driver CD- title will au to sta rt and show the install ation guide. If not, pl ease double c lick the CD-ROM device i con in “My computer” , and execute the setup.
Appendix 72 Appendix F: BIOS Flash P rocedure You can select fl ash BIOS in DOS mode. Please chec k your BIOS ven do r (AMI o r A W ARD) , your motherboard name and PCB version on the motherboard. 1. Format a bootable system floppy diskette by the command “ format a:/s ” i n command mode.
6VTXDR-C Motherboard 73 Appendix G: Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configurati on and Power Interface APM Advanced Power Management AGP Accelerated Graphi cs Port AMR Audio Modem Riser ACR Au.
Appendix 74 Acronyms Meaning OEM Origi nal Equipment Manufac turer P AC PCI A.G.P . Controll er POST Power-On Self T est PCI Peri pheral Component Interconnec t RIMM Rambus in-l ine Memory Modul e SCI.
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