Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product M6VLA Biostar
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M 6VLA Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C) Statement This device complies with Part 1 5 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this device is sub jec t to the fo llowing two cond itions: (1) this de vic.
M 6VLA 4. Consu lt t he deal er or an experienced radio /TV tech nician for help. Cauti on: Cha nges or m odifi catio ns not expre ssl y appro ved b y the manufact urer coul d void the us er’s aut hori ty to operat e the eq uipment .
Contents i Introducti on .... ...... ......... ...... ......... ...... ......... ...... ...... ......... ...... .... 1-1 1. Motherboar d Descriptio n ........... ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ...... ... ... ...... . 1-2 1.1 Feat ures ....... ..... ...
Contents ii 1.6. 5 USB Conn ector: J USB1&JUSB2(Op ti onal) .... ..... ....... .... ....... ..... . 1-22 1.7 D RAM Inst allation .... .... ....... .... ..... ....... .... ....... ..... ....... .... ....... ..... ...... .... 1-23 1.7. 1 DIMM . ....
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-1 Introduc tion System Overview Thanks for buying this produc t! This ma nual w as written t o he lp you st art usi ng this p roduct as qui ckly an d smo othly as possibl e. In side you will find adequa te expla nations to solve mos t pro blems.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-2 1. Moth erboard Description 1.1 Features 1.1. 1 H ar d w are CPU − Support s the C eleron TM processor (P PGA) and th e P entiu m ® !!! Micro- Processor for high-end workstati ons a nd servers. − CPU Soc ket 370.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-3 Sophistica ted Pow er M anagement Fea tures − Inde pende nt clock sto p c ontrols fo r CPU / SDRAM,I nternal A GP and PCI bus . − PCI and AG P bus cl oc k run and c loc k g e ne rator co nt r ol. − Low-l e ak a g e I/O pads.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-4 Textur ing Engine − 1/2/4/8-bi ts pe r pixel qualit y non- palleti ze d textur es. − 16/32-bits pe r pixe l quality no n-pa ll e ti ze d te xt ur es . − Palle t form ats in A RGB 565, 1555,or 444. − Tri-li ne a r, bi-line ar , a nd point -s a m p le d fi lt e ri ng .
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-5 (3) Exte nded C a pabilitie s P o rt (ECP). − Supports one s e ri al po rt, 16550 UART wit h 16 byte FI F O. − UART data ra t es up to 1.5 Mbaud. − Supports one Infra re d tr a nsm issio n (IR ) po r t. − Supports PS /2 Mouse .
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-6 1.1. 2 S o f tw are BIOS − AWARD le gal & us e r-friendly BIOS. − Supports PnP func tions. Operating Sys tems − Offers the h igh est p erforman ce f or M S-DOS, OS/2, Wind ows NT , Window s 2000, Windows 31 / 95 / 98, W indows ME, Novell, UNI X , SCO U N I T, and o thers.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-7 1.2 Motherboard Installat i on 1.2. 1 Layout o f M other bo ard Mode l No.M6V LA CPU Socket 370 CPU1 JCFAN1 JUSB1 JKB1 JCOM1 JA TXPW R1 JA TPWR1 JWOL1 JAUDJOY1 .
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-8 1.3 Motherboard Connecto rs A. USB Connector (JUSB1) M. PCI Bus Slot (PCI1-3) B. Keyboar d Connector (JK B 1) N. ISA Bus Slot (IS A1) C. Com Port (JCOM1) O. CMOS Function Sel ection (JCMOS1) D. M ouse Conne c tor (JMS2) P.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-9 1.3.1 Front P anel Connectors (JP A NE L1) Pin No. Assignment Function Pi n No. A s signment Function 1 Spe aker 2 +5V VCC 3 NC 4 Ground Ground 5 Ground 6 NC NC.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-10 Speaker Connector An offb oard speak er can b e i nstalled on th e moth erboard as a manuf acturin g option . An of fboard sp eaker can be c onn ected t o th e motherb oard at the fr on t pane l conne ctor.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-11 the processor, whi ch immediately goes into S y stem Man agement Mode (SMM).While the computer is in sleep mode it is fully capab le of res pondin g to and servi cing ext ernal interrup ts (su ch as an incomi ng fax) even th ough the mon itor t urns o n only if a key board or mo use interrup t occurs.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-12 1.3.4 A TX Power Connector (JA TXPWR1 ) This con nector su pports th e pow er but ton on-boa rd. Usi ng th e ATX p ower supply , func tions such as Modem Ring Wake -Up and Sof t Power Off are suppor ted on this mothe rboard.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-13 1.4 Serial and Parallel Inter face Ports This syst em is equi pped with on e s erial p orts an d one p ara llel por t.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-14 Connectivi ty The many ways that a s erial por t c an b e us ed make it n ecessary to b e famili ar with the pi nou t di agram. T h e f ollowin g chart gi ves yo u th e fu nct ion of each pi n on th e 9-pin conn ector.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-15 The Serial Interface Port- II : JCOM1 Signal Name IDC PIN DCD Da ta Car rier De tec t 1 RX Rec eive Dat a 2 TX Transmit Data 3 DTR D ata Termi nal Ready 4 GND .
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-16 Serial Port/COM P ort The one seri al port o n the compute r is calle d JCOM1, re sp ec tively . If you wi sh, two m ore s erial ports can b e ad ded ont o th e co mputer u sing op t ional hardw are. Shou ld you choos e to ad d the extra S erial p orts ( COM por ts) , th ey woul d be called J COM3 .
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-17 Parallel Interface Port Unlike the seri al port, para llel inte rface ports have b e en standardi zed and shoul d not pre sent any diffic ulty inte r fac ing per iphe r als to your system . Some times calle d Centronic s port, th e parall el por t is almost exc lusively used wit h printe rs.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-18 PS/2 Mo use Connector: (JM S2) Pin A ssignment 1 Data 2 No connect 3 Ground 4 +5 V (fused) 5 Clock Game Port & Audio Connector: (J AUDJOY1) Pin A ssignment.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-19 1.5 CPU Installatio n/Jumper Setting 1.5. 1 CP U In sta ll ati on P roce du re 1. Pull th e lever sid ewa ys awa y fr om th e socket then rai se t he lever up to a 90-deg ree a ng le . 2. Locate P in A in the s ocket and look for th e whi te dot or cut edge in the CP U.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-20 1.6 Jumper Settings A ju mper has tw o or mo re pi ns th at can b e covered by a p lasti c jump er ca p, allowin g you to select different system options.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-21 1.6.1 CMOS Function Selection: JCMOS1 JCMOS1 A ssignment 1 3 1-2 Cl osed Norm al Operati on (default) 1 3 2-3 Cl osed Clear CMO S Da t a (*N o t e ) 1 3 Open Onboard Battery Disabled Note: Please follow the procedu r e as below to clear CMOS Data.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-22 1.6.3 CPU Fan Pow er Connector: JCFA N1 Pin No. A s signment 1 Sense 2 +12 V 3 Ground 1.6.4 Sy stem Fan Po wer Co nnector: JSFAN1 (Optional) Pin No.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-23 1.7 DRA M Installation 1.7. 1 D I M M DRA M Access Tim e : 3.3V U nbuffered SDRAM PC100 Ty pe required. DR A M Typ e : 8M B/16MB /32MB/64MB/128M B /256MB DIM M.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-24 1.7.2 How to install a DIM M M odule 1. The DIMM socket has a “ Plastic Safety T ab” and the D IMM memory module h as an “as y m metrical notch”, so the D IMM memory mo dule can onl y fit in one direction.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-25 1.8 A udio Subsystem JWOL1 JMS2 1 1 JCDIN1 JCDIN2 JT AD1 1 1 1.
Chapter 1 Motherboard Descri pti on 1-26 1.8.1 CD A udio-In C onnector: JCDIN1 / JCDIN2 Pin No. of JCDIN 1 A ssignment 1 Left Channel I nput 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Input Pin No. of JCDIN 2 A ssignment 1 Right Channel Input 2 CD_Ground 3 Left Channel Input 4 CD_Ground 1.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-1 2. BIOS Se tup Introdu ction This m anual discusse d Award™ Set up progr a m built into the ROM BIOS. Th e Setup program al l ows use rs to modify th e ba si c system co nf iguration.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-2 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also su ppor ts Versi on 2.1 of the Int el P CI (Perip heral Compon ent Int erconn ect) lo cal bus spec ificati on. Pl ease s ee th e Int el techn ical documentat ion for add itiona l infor mation.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-3 2.1 Main Menu Once yo u e nter AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Util ity, the Main Menu ( Figure 1 ) will ap pear on the scr een. T he Mai n Menu allows you to s elect an item and pr ess < Enter > to accept or enter its sub- me nu.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-4 Advanced Chipset F eatures This setup page includes all th e item s of chipset special features. Integrated Peripherals This section p age inclu des all th e it ems of IDE hard d rive an d Pr ogrammed Input/ Out put fe a t ure s.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-5 Set User Passw ord You can sp ecify b oth a Us er an d Supervis or pass word . When you s elect either passw ord option, yo u are prompte d for a 1-8 charac ter pas sword. Ente r the pa ss wo rd an d th en ret yp e t he p as sw or d wh en p r ompt ed .
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-6 2.2 Standard CM OS Features The i tems i n S tandar d CM OS S etup M enu ar e d ivid ed int o 10 c ategories . E ach category incl udes n o, on e or mor e than on e set up it ems.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-7 Mai n M enu Selecti o ns This table sh ows t he selections t hat you can make on the Mai n Menu . Item O ptions Description Da t e MM DD YYYY Se t t h e s y st e m d a t e. N o te That the ‘D ay’ automati cally changes w hen you set th e date.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-8 Item Options Description Halt O n All Errors No Errors All , but K eyboar d All , but Diskette All , but Di sk/Key Select the s ituation in which you want the BIOS t o stop the POST p rocess and noti f y y ou. Base Memory N/A D isplays the am ount of co nv en t ion al me mo r y de-tecte d during boot up.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-9 2 .3 A dvanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Ad vanced BIOS Fe atures CMOS Setup Utili ty-Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Aw ard Software Advanced BIOS F eatures Item Help Menu Level :Move .
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-10 Boot Devi ce Select These B IOS attempt s to l oad the op erati ng s ystem fr om th e d evices i n th e seq u en ce s elec ted i n t h ese it em s.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-11 Virus Warning This cat egory flash es on t he s cr een. Durin g and a fter the syst em bo ot u p, an y attempt to write t o the b o ot s ector or parti tion tab l e of th e har d di sk dr iv e will hal t the s yst em an d an err or messa ge wil l app ear.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-12 Quick Pow er On Sel f Test Select E n ab led to r edu c e th e a mo u n t of time requ i r ed to run th e power- on s elf-t es t (POS T ). A q u i ck P OS T s ki p s certai n s t eps . We reco mmend t h at you nor mally disabl e quick POS T.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-13 Ty pe m at i c Ra t e Se t t i ng This d ete rm ines the typematic rate. Enab led Enab le typ ematic rat e an d typ emati c dela y prog ram min g. Disabled (default ) Disabl e t ypema tic rat e and typ emati c d ela y progra mming.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-14 2.4 A dvanced Chipset F eatures This sect ion allows y o u to con figure the syst em based on th e specif ic features of the inst all ed chips et. Thi s chip set mana ges bu s sp eeds and ac c ess to sy st em memor y resourc es, such as DRAM and the ext ernal c ach e.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-15 Video RAM C acheable Enab ling this option allow s cach ing of t he vi deo RAM , r esulting in better syste m perform anc e. Howev er, if an y pr ogram writ es to th is m emory ar ea , a syst em err or may resul t. The C hoice s: Di sabled (defau lt) , Enable d.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-16 OnChip Sound The de fault sett in g of this item utili zes an onboa rd sound c hip for audi o output. There is no need to buy and insert a sound ca rd. If sound car d is instal led, disable this it em . Th e Choi ces: Au to (def ault), Disa bl ed.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-17 2.5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Inte grated Pe ripher als OnCh ip IDE Cont r ol The chi pset con tain s a PC I IDE int erfac e with support for tw o IDE ch annels . Select “ Enab led” to acti vate t he fi rst an d/or second IDE in terfa ce.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-18 IDE Prefetch Mode The onb oard IDE driv e int erfaces su pport s IDE p refetch ing, for fa ster driv e acces s. If you inst all a prima ry and/or seco ndary add -in IDE interfac e, set t his field t o Disab led if th e int erface d o es not supp ort prefetchin g.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-19 Sound Blaster Hard ware S oun dBl aster Pro for Wi ndows DOS box and real- mod e DOS l egacy com patibi lity. The Cho ices: Enable d, Disab led (d efault). SB I/O Base Addr e ss Chang e the So undBla st e r Pro B ase I/O Addre ss se t ting s.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-20 Onboard FDD Control ler Select En abled if you r system has a flop py disk contr oller (FDD) installed on th e system board an d you wi sh t o u se it . If instal l an d FD D or the syst em has n o flopp y drive, select Dis abled in thi s field.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-21 Onboard Paral lel Mo de Select an op eratin g mod e for th e onboar d paral lel (prin ter) port . Nor mal EPP (Enh anced Par allel P ort) ECP (E xtend Capabili ties P ort) ECP +EP P PC AT paral lel po rt Bidirectio nal Port Fast, buffe red port Fast, buffe red, Bidi rect ional Port.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-22 2.6 Pow er Management Setup The P ower M anagem ent Setu p allo ws you to confi gur e you syst em t o mos t effe ctively save energy whil e oper ating in a manne r consiste nt with your ow n st yl e of comp u t er u se. Figure 6 .
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-23 PM Control by APM No Syst em BIOS wi ll i gnor e A PM wh en Powe r Manag eme nt is on. Yes (default ) System BIOS will w ait f or RO M’s prom pt before it enters any PM mode. Video Off Optio n This determines the m anner in whi ch the monitor is blan ked.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-24 Wake Up Events If yo u highlig ht the lite r al “ Press Ente r” next to the “Wake U p Events ” labe l and then p ress the enter key, it will take you a sub menu with the fol lowing op tions: VG A When s et t o on , an y event occu rring at a VGA po rt will aw ake n a system whic h has bee n powe red down.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-25 Resu me Ti me (hh : mm: ss) You ca n choose the ho ur, minute and second th e system will boot up . IRQs Acti vity M onito rin g When s et to ON (defau lt), a ny event occurrin g at Pr imary INT R will awak en a sys te m whi ch has be e n po we r e d down.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-26 2.7 PNP / PCI Configuration Setu p This section d escrib es conf iguri ng th e PC I bus syst em. PC I, or Person al C omput er Intercon nect , is a syst em w hich al lows I/O d evices t o op erat e at speeds nearin g the sp eed th e CPU its elf us es wh en com municati ng wit h its own speci al compon ents.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-27 Reset Con f iguration Data The s ystem BIOS supports t he P nP featur e so the syst em n eeds t o r ecord which reso urce is assig ned and pro tect re source s from conf licts . Every pe riphe r al dev ice has a node which is c alle d ESCD.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-28 Resources Co ntroll ed By By Ch oosin g “Aut o(ESCD )” th e system BIOS wi ll d etect th e sy stem r esour ces and au tomatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA chan nel for each perip heral. By Choos in g “Ma nual”, th e user w i ll nee d to ass ign IRQ & DMA for add- on cards.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-29 Assign IRQ For USB Lets the user choose whic h IR Q to assign for USB . Assign IRQ For VGA Lets the user choose whic h IR Q to assign for the VGA .
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-30 2.8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC H ealth Stat u s Current CPU FAN S peed Th es e fi e ld s d i sp l ay th e cu rr en t s p eed of CP U fan , if you r co mp u t er c o nt ai ns a monitoring system.
Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-31 2.9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control Auto De tect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enab le/disab le aut o Detect DIMM/PC I Clock.
Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-1 3. Softw are Set up 3.1 Softw are List Categor y Descript ion Platf orm Locat ion in CD VIA Serv ice Pack (4 In 1) * VIA 4 In 1 dr iver includes ( VIA Regis tr y (ACPI) Dr.
Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-2 3.2 Softw are Installation We pro vide an ins tallatio n wizard, Dr iver CD I nstall ation Util ity (SETU P.EX E), loca ted in the root of Dri ver CD to le t users ins t all som e com mon use d drivers conv enie ntly.
Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-3 There ar e t w o k in ds o f I n stal la ti on Pr oce du re: A utomatically Install d rivers f rom C D by usin g C D Installatio n Ut ility : Use the mouse cursor to click t he prope r optio n on the pag e. Utility w ill invo ke other ap pli cations t o complete the rest of i nsta llation.
Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-4 3.3 Using Software In general, y ou can get more detailed inf ormation in the on-line hel p or readme for the softw ares.
Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-5 The following figure is the mai n panel of VIA Hardware Monitor. In the panel, y ou can get some r eal-tim e and impo rt an t inform ation - - Voltage, Fan speed, and t emperature, for exampl e. If t here is an ab normal situation, y ou can resolve it i mm ed iat el y.
Chapter 4 Troubl e Shooti ng 4-1 4. Trouble Shootin g PROBLEM No pow er to th e system at all. Power light do e s not illu m inat e , fan insi de power supply do e s not turn on. I ndic a to r lig ht on ke y bo a rd doe s not turn on . PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION Power cabl e is unpl ugged.
Chapter 4 Troubl e Shooti ng 4-2 PROBLEM Syst em inop erativ e. K eyboard light s ar e on , power indi cator li ghts ar e lit , hard drive is spi nning. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION Expan sion card i s partia lly disl odged from expansion slot on the mother board.
Chapter 4 Troubl e Shooti ng 4-3 PROBLEM Syste m doe s not bo ot fro m hard dis k drive , ca n be boo ted fro m floppy disk driv e. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION Connector bet ween hard drive and sy stem board unplugged.
Chapter 4 Troubl e Shooti ng 4-4 PROBLEM Error mess age rea ding “SE CTOR NOT FOU ND” or ot her error me ssages not allo wi ng ce rtai n da ta to be retri ev ed. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION A num ber of causes co uld be behind this. Use a file by f il e backup instead of an image backup i n order t o backup the Ha rd Di s k.
Chapter 4 Troubl e Shooti ng 4-5 PROBLEM After i nsta llin g an exp ansi on c ar d (n etwor k ca rd, tap e dri ve car d, etc.) the syst em no lo nge r works properly . PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION No power to monitor . All or part of the sy stem may be inoperable .
Chapter 4 Troubl e Shooti ng 4-6 PROBLEM Scre e n is blank. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION No power to moni tor. C heck the power connectors to mo nitor and to sy stem. Make sure monit or i s connecte d to displ ay card, change I/O address on netw ork card i f applicable Monitor not connected t o compute r.
Chapter 4 Troubl e Shooti ng 4-7 PROBLEM Screen goes blan k period ically. PROB ABL E CAUS E DIAG NO SIS S O LUTIO N Screen saver is en abled. Disabl e screen saver. PROBLEM Keyboard fai lure. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION Keybo ard is disconnected.
Chapter 4 Troubl e Shooti ng 4-8 PROBLEM Error re ading dr iv e A : PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION Bad floppy disk. Try new f loppy disk Floppy disk not form atted Form at floppy disk (ty pe FORMAT A:t ype ENTER) > PROBLEM C: driv e failure .
Chapter 4 Troubl e Shooti ng 4-9 PROBLEM Miss ing o pe rating sys t e m on hard driv e . PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION CMOS setup has been changed. Run setup and sel ect correct dr ive ty pe. PROBLEM Cer tain k ey s do not function. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSI S SOLU TION Keys j amm ed or defective.
02/16/2001 MADE IN TAIWAN R.O.C..
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