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  • Page 1 PowerPro VX Pentium Main Board User Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ¬ SPECIFICATIONS - LAYOUT DIAGRAM ® SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM CHAPTER 2 MAIN BOARD INSTALLATION ¬ EXTERNAL CONNECTORS - JUMPERS AND SWITCHES ® CPU INSTALLATION ¯ MEMORY MODULE INSTALLATION CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM BIOS ¬ CPU SOFT MENU™ - STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU ®...
  • Page 4 APPENDIX G FLASH BIOS UPGRADE...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    The configuration is entirely achieved through a “Soft Switch” that allows the user to set CPU speed and operating voltage with ease. The PowerPro VX uses Intel 430VX series chip set with 512K Level-2 Pipeline Burst SRAM on board. Two 168-pin DIMM slots meet the requirements for all memory configurations required by higher level computing.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    Chapter 1 SPECIFICATIONS 1. Jumperless CPU setup with “SOFT MENU™” ⚫ Setup of the mainboard’s CPU frequency and voltage without jumpers or DIP switches. ⚫ Software reside in system BIOS ROM. ⚫ Modification of CPU operating voltage and frequency directly on screen. 2.
  • Page 7 Introduction DRAM (SDRAM) for up to 128MB memory size. 6. System BIOS ⚫ AWARD BIOS ⚫ Built-in user-friendly SOFT-Menu to set all CPU parameters. ⚫ Supports Plug-and-Play (PnP) 7. Multi I/O features ⚫ Built-in two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports ⚫...

  • Page 8: Layout Diagram

    82437VX PCI 1 JP3: Normal: Jumper on 1-2 PCI 2 Clear CMOS: Short 2-3 Inte l PCIs e t 82371SB PCI 3 Battery ISA 1 ISA 2 BIOS ISA 3 IDE2 IDE1 Fig 1-1 PowerPro Layout diagram ©1997, Jaton Corp.

  • Page 9: System Block Diagram

    Introduction SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM Pentium Processor 3.3v Host Bus Control Address Data Second Level Cache Address Main Control Memory Cache Control Tag Ctrl (DRAM) (SRAM) 82437VX TXD Control (TVX) TIO[0..7] PLINK DATA PCI BUS Control Address/Data PCI Device(s) Fast CD ROM & 82371SB Hard Disk (PIIX3)

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Main Board Installation

    Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Main Board Installation This PowerPro VX main board not only provides all standard equipment for classic personal computers, but also provides great flexibility for meeting future upgrade demands. This chapter will introduce step by step all the standard equipment and will also present, as completely as possible future upgrade capabilities.

  • Page 11: External Connectors

    Main Board Installation EXTERNAL CONNECTORS In order to connect external devices to the main board, several cables and plugs have to be connected to proper connectors located on the main board. Pay close attention to the orientation of the cables and the position of the first pin of the connector. PN1 - Keylock and Power LED connector This connector allow you to connect the Keylock switch and Power LED indicator from your case to the connector (PN1) on the main board.
  • Page 12 Chapter 2 Pin number Name or significance of the signal +3VDC Suspend PN1 - REST (Hardware Reset) switch There is no specific orientation. Connect the two-thread hardware reset cable to the PN1 connector pins on the main board. Pin number Name or significance of signal Hardware reset signal Ground...
  • Page 13 Main Board Installation Pin number on board Name of the signal or signification Mouse data No connection Ground +5VDC Mouse clock The “PS/2 Mouse Port” is different from COM1 or COM2 serial port to which you can also connect a Mouse. If you do not have a PS/2 Mouse, you can use a serial mouse and connect it to COM1 or COM2 port.

  • Page 14: Jumpers And Switches

    Chapter 2 connectors (not provided) for connecting External USB devices. J4 Pin Number Description J5 Pin Number Description SBD0- SBD1 SBD0+ SBD1 Ground Ground Hard Disk and Floppy Disk Controllers Connector name Pin number Name of the peripheral IDE 1 connected IDE Channel 1 (Primary) IDE 2...

  • Page 15: Cpu Installation

    CPU INSTALLATION Jumperless CPU Configuration Main board You do not need to setup any jumpers or switches on the PowerPro VX main board for CPU. Most other main boards require you setup a bunch of jumpers or DIP switches for the type of the CPU you plan to install.
  • Page 16 Chapter 2 Clock multiplier factor The real operation clock within the CPU is the multiple of the external clock. We refer to this factor as the clock multiplier factor. The four factors possible are 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3. The factor differs from one CPU to another. For instance, the Intel Pentium 166 CPU has a 66MHz external clock, with a multiplier factor of 2.5, so that the speed of the internal clock is 66MHz x 2.5.

  • Page 17: Memory Module Installation

    Main Board Installation Having read the related terminology above, please refer to Appendices B, C or D for more information of your CPU. We suggest you make a note of the specification of your CPU, which will help you to configure your CPU correctly. CPU Settings: CPU SOFT MENU To configure the speed and the voltage of the CPU, you must enter to the CPU SOFT...
  • Page 18 Chapter 2 the BIOS settings to speed up the operating speed of the system. If you set the external CPU clock at 66MHz or more, we recommend you use 60ns or even faster DRAM modules. 3. Memory error check and correction The Intel 430VX chip set used on this main board does not support this feature, since the memory error check and correction feature may not be effective, and since you cannot easily find memory modules with memory check and...

  • Page 19: Chapter 3 System Bios

    System BIOS Chapter 3 System BIOS The System BIOS is a program located on a Read -Only Memory (ROM) or Flash ROM chip on the main board. This program will not be lost when you turn the computer off. It is the primary channel for the hardware circuit to communicate with the operating system.
  • Page 20 Chapter 3 menu. At that moment, the BIOS will display the following message: Fig 3 BIOS Setup main menu In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: ⚫...

  • Page 21: Cpu Soft Menu

    System BIOS CPU SOFT MENU™ The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch (CPU SOFT MENU™), that replaces traditional manual hardware configuration. This feature allows the user to complete the installation procedures more easily. However, the CPU must be setup according its specifications with the SOFT MENU™.
  • Page 22 Chapter 3 CPU Operating Speed: This option sets the CPU speed. Different CPU brands use different techniques to indicate the CPU speed. For example, AMD and Cyrix use P-Rating. In this field, the CPU speed is indicated like this: CPU speed (external clock x multiplier factor) Select the CPU speed according the type and the speed of your CPU.
  • Page 23 When you change your CPU: The PowerPro VX main board have been designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted the CPU in the socket without configuring any jumpers or DIP switches. But if you change your CPU, normally, you just need to turn off the power supply, change the CPU and then, set up the CPU parameters through CPU SOFT MENU™.
  • Page 24 Chapter 3 CPU Power Plane: In the previous chapter we explained that the 586 CPUs can be divided into two types: single voltage and dual voltage. The system BIOS will normally auto-detect the type of your CPU, and set the voltage accordingly, so you don’t need to make any changes unless you want to configure the CPU with custom setting.
  • Page 25 System BIOS correctly, and you must re-enter CPU SOFT MENU™ to set up the parameters all over again.

  • Page 26: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    Chapter 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU It is the basic configuration parameters of the BIOS. These parameters include the settings of date, hour, VGA card, FDD and HDD. Fig 3-2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu ⚫ Set up of HDD operating mode: NORMAL, LBA, LARGE Since older DOS operating systems were only able to support IDE HDD whose capacity was not bigger than 528MB, any IDE hard disk with more than 528MB was...
  • Page 27 System BIOS LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: LBA mode supports hard disk drives up to 8.4Giga. This mode uses a different method to calculate the position of disk data to be accessed. It translates Cylinders (CYLS), Heads and Sectors into a logical address where data are located.

  • Page 28: Bios Features Setup Menu

    Chapter 3 BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU BIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum operation. If you do not really understand each of the options in this menu, we recommend you use default values. In each item, you can press <F1> at any time to display all the options for this item. Fig 3-3 BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning: This item can be set as Enable or Disable.
  • Page 29 System BIOS CPU Internal Cache: This item is used to Enable or to Disable the CPU internal cache. When the cache is set at Disable, it is much slower, so the default setting for this item is Enable. Some old and very bad programs will make the computer malfunction or crash if the system speed is to high.
  • Page 30 Chapter 3 Boot Up Floppy Seek: When computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has FDD or not. When this item is enabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. If this item is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test. Boot Up NumLock Status: On: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in numeric mode.
  • Page 31 System BIOS Security Option: This option can be set to System or to Setup. After you have created a password through PASSWORD SETTING, this option will deny access to your system (System) or modification of computer setup (BIOS Setup) by unauthorized users. SYSTEM: When you choose System, a password is required each time the computer boots up.
  • Page 32 Chapter 3 Shadowing address ranges (C8000-CBFFF Shadow): This option allows you to decide if the memory block (BIOS) of an interface card at the address C8000-CBFFF uses the shadow feature or not. If you have no interface card using this memory block, don’t enable this option. Shadowing address ranges (CC000-CFFFF Shadow): This option allows you to decide if the memory block (BIOS) of an interface card at the address CC000-CFFFF uses the shadow feature or not.

  • Page 33: Chipset Features Setup Menu

    System BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU The Chipset Features Setup Menu is used to modify the contents of the buffers in the chipset on the main board. Since the parameters of the buffers are closely related to hardware, if the setup is not correct or false, the main board will become unstable or you will not be able to boot up.
  • Page 34 Chapter 3 Attention: Unless you are very familiar with your computer and with the DRAM configuration and speed, we recommend you not change the DRAM options but enable this option. DRAM settings: The other DRAM settings are all closely related to hardware. If you do not understand this very well, don’t make any changes.

  • Page 35: Power Management Setup Menu

    System BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU The difference between Green PCs and traditional computers is that Green PCs have a power management feature. With this feature, when the computer is powered on but inactive, the power consumption is reduced in order to save energy. When the computer operates normally, it is in Normal mode.
  • Page 36 Chapter 3 2. Use arrow keys to go to the item you want to configure. To change the settings, use "PgUP", "PgDn", "+" and "-". 3. After you have configured the Power Management feature, press “Esc” to go back to the Main Menu.
  • Page 37 System BIOS Video Off After: Select the saving mode in which the video is switched off. Always On The video will never be switched off in no saving mode. All Modes Off The video will be switched off in all saving modes. Standby The video will only be switched off in Standby or Suspend mode.
  • Page 38 Chapter 3 Suspend Mode: When the setting selected for "Power Management" is "User Define", you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour. If no power management event occurs during this time period, meaning the computer is inactive during this period, the system will enter the Suspend power saving mode.

  • Page 39: Pci & Onboard I/O Setup

    System BIOS PCI & ONBOARD I/O SETUP In this menu, you can change the PCI interrupt number (INTA, INTB,..) for the PCI device and hardware interrupts (IRQs) available for PCI interrupts (INT#). You can also change the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings. Fig 3-6 PCI &...
  • Page 40 Chapter 3 Xth Available IRQ: You can select four IRQs out of the 10 listed (IRQ3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15) to be assigned for use by the PCI device in the PCI slot. 1st Available IRQ: This means that the first PCI device found on the PCI bus will use this IRQ.
  • Page 41 System BIOS On Board FDD Controller: This is to Enable or Disable the Onboard FDD Controller. On board Serial Port 1: This is used to specify the I/O address and IRQ of Serial Port 1. Five options are available: Disable, 3F8h/IRQ4, 2F8h/IRQ3, 3E8h/IRQ4 or 2E8h/IRQ3. On board Serial Port 2: This is used to specify the I/O address and IRQ of Serial Port 2.

  • Page 42: ² Load Bios Defaults

    Chapter 3 On board IDE-2 Controller: The onboard IDE-2 controller can be set at Enable of Disable. Master drive PIO Mode: Auto: the BIOS can auto-detect the PIO mode of the HDD installed in order to set its data transfer rate. (Default) Mode 0~Mode 4: User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate.

  • Page 43: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    System BIOS “Confirm Password:“ Type your password again. When complete, press <Enter>. The password setting is completed. Password clearing procedure: When you select the Password setting option, the following message is displayed: “Enter Password:“ Press <Enter>, the message “Password Disable” is displayed. Press a key. The password clearing procedure is completed.

  • Page 45: Appendix A Quick Installation

    Quick Installation Appendix A Quick Installation Appendix A will give you a simplified installation procedure, in order to allow you to install tour main board quickly and correctly. If you need further information or if you need to change some other settings, read from Chapters 1.
  • Page 46 Appendix A Pin number Name or significance of signal +5VDC [ for power LED] No connection[ no wire] Ground[ for power LED] Keyboard inhibit Signal Ground PN1 - There is a specific orientation for Installing HDD LED connector: this connector. Connect the two-thread IDE LED connector to the pin 7 and 8.
  • Page 47 Quick Installation Setup CPU and other Parameters. BIOS Setup: After you have followed the steps described above and completed the installation, when you power the computer on, you will see the following message: TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL KEY Press “Del”...

  • Page 49: Appendix B Intel Pentium Cpus

    Intel Pentium CPUs Appendix B Intel Pentium CPUs Pentium 75MHz Internal External Power Spec. Clock Factor Clock Vcore Timing Supp. Note Q0649 75MHz 50MHz Sx753 75MHz 50MHz SX961 75MHz 50MHz SX969 75MHz 50MHz Q0700/S 75MHz 50MHz Q0749/S 75MHz 50MHz Q0837 75MHz 50MHz SY005...
  • Page 50 Appendix B Pentium 90MHz Internal External Power Speed Spec Clock Factor Clock Vcore Timing Supp. Note P54C Sx653 90MHz 60MHz P54C Sx957 90MHz 60MHz P54C Q0654 90MHz 60MHz P54C Sx958 90MHz 60MHz P54C 90 MHz Q0655 90MHz 60MHz P54C Sx959 90MHz 60MHz P54C...
  • Page 51 Intel Pentium CPUs Pentium 100MHz Internal External Power Speed Spec Clock Factor Clock Vcore Timing Supp. Note P54C Sx886 100MHz 66MHz P54C Sx910 100MHz 66MHz P54C 100 MHz Sx956 100MHz 66MHz P54C Sx960 100MHz 66MHz P54C Q0657 100MHz 66MHz P54C Q0658 100MHz 66MHz...
  • Page 52 Appendix B Pentium120MHz Internal External Power Speed Spec. Clock Factor Clock Vcore Timing Supp. Note P54CQS Q0708 120MHz 60MHz P54CQS 120 MHz Q0711 120MHz 60MHz Convert to P54C P54CQS Q0730 120MHz 60MHz P54CQS Sk084 120MHz 60MHz P54CQS Sk086 120MHz 60MHz Convert to P54C P54C Sx994...
  • Page 53 Intel Pentium CPUs Pentium 133MHz Internal External Power Speed Spec Clock Factor Clock Vcore Timing Supp. Note P54CS Q0772 133MHz 66MHz P54CS Q0773 133MHz 66MHz P54CS Q0774 133MHz 66MHz P54CS Q0877 133MHz 66MHz P54CS Sk106 133MHz 66MHz P54CS S106J 133MHz 66MHz P54CS Sk107...
  • Page 54 Appendix B Pentium 150MHz Internal External Power Speed Spec Clock Factor Clock Vcore Timing Supp. Note P54CS Q0835 150MHz 60MHz P54CS SY015 150MHz 60MHz P54CS Q0878 150MHz 60MHz PPGA P54CS SU071 150MHz 60MHz P55C 150 MHz Q0939 150MHz 60MHz 2.9V 3.3V CPGA P55C...
  • Page 55 Intel Pentium CPUs Pentium 200MHz Internal External Power Speed Spec Clock Factor Clock Vcore Timing Supp. Note P54CS Q0951 200MHz 66MHz PPGA up P54CS SY045 200MHz 66MHz PPGA up P54CS 200 MHz Q0951F 200MHz 66MHz PPGA P54CS SY044 200MHz 66MHz PPGA P55C Q018...

  • Page 57: Appendix Camd-K5 Cpus

    AMD-K5 CPUs Appendix C AMD-K5 CPUs Recognizing AMD CPU speed, voltage and package: AMD-K5-PR100 A B Q xx Reserved 100MHz Case Temperature Q= 60 Internal R= 70 Clock W=55 75MHz X= 65 90MHz 100MHz Y= 75 120MHz Z= 85 133MHz Processor name Operating Voltage B= 3.45V-3.60V...

  • Page 59: Appendix D Cyrix 6X86 Cpus

    Cyrix 6x86 CPUs Appendix D Cyrix 6x86 CPUs Recognizing Cyrix CPU speed and voltage: Name of the P-Rating processor 90+, 120+, 133+, 6x86, 6x86L 150+, 166+, 200+ 6x86-P166+ GP CPU Core Frequency 133 MHz 100,110,120, 133,150 3.52V (028) VCC Specification Center of Core Full spec.: 3.15V-3.70V Voltage...

  • Page 61: Appendix E Hdd Installation

    HDD Installation Appendix E HDD Installation Most of the present Hard Disk Drives (HDD) use IDE interface. Installing an IDE hard disk is much easier than other type of hard drives. There are usually no software driver to get it work for most operating system. The data stored in the hard disk are accessed through a chipset located on the main board.
  • Page 62 Appendix E Installing a IDE Hard Disk or CD-ROM Drive: In the Standard CMOS Setup Menu,  Primary means the first IDE channel or port on the main board, that is, connector IDE1 on our main board.  Secondary means the second IDE channel or port on the main board, that is, connector IDE2 on our main board.
  • Page 63 HDD Installation Installing two HDDs Method 1: Set the hard disk drive used for boot up at Master, and the other drive at Slave. Connect one of the connectors of the 40-pin cable to the first drive, another connector to the second drive, and the other end of the cable to connector IDE1 on the main board.
  • Page 64 Appendix E  If all your HDDs are new, you can use the IDE HDD Auto Detection option in the CMOS to autodetect the parameters of all your drives. You don’t need to set any hard disk parameter.
  • Page 65 HDD Installation  If one or several of your HDD are old, and if you don’t want to erase the data stored in your drives, you will have to manually enter the parameters (Type, Cylinders, Heads, Sectors, Mode) of the drive(s) you don’t want to erase. After you have used the IDE HDD Auto Detection option in the CMOS, enter the Standard CMOS Setup Menu to change the settings of the related hard disk drive.

  • Page 67: Appendix F Technical Support

    Technical Support Appendix F Technical Support  When you have a problem during operation... In order to help our technical support personnel to quickly find out what is the problem of your main board and to give you the answers you need, before filling in the technical support form, eliminate any peripheral that is not related to the problem, and ind icate on the form the key peripherals.
  • Page 68 Appendix F  System boots, but reset itself Example 2: With a system including the Main Board (with CPU and memory) HDD, CD-ROM, FDD, VGA CARD, LAN CARD, MPEG CARD, SCSI CARD, SOUND CARD, after assembly and after having installed the Sound Card Driver, when you restart the system, when it runs the Sound Card Driver, it resets automatically.
  • Page 69 To fill in this “Technical Support Form”, refer to the step-by-step instructions given below: *1. MODEL: Note the model number given in your user’s manual. Example: PowerPro VX *2. Main board PCB revision number (if any): Note the main board model number labeled on the main board.
  • Page 70 Appendix F “3R” is the BIOS ID number. “2A59GA1EC” is the BIOS part number 4. DRIVER VERSION: Note the driver version number indicated on the DEVICE DRIVER disk or contained in the DISK.ID or README.TXT file.  Example: IDE Device Driver *5.
  • Page 71 AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /Pn SAVEBIOS Notes: “NEWBIOS” indicates file name for the new BIOS which can be downloaded from BBS (408) 263-8529 or website at http://www.jaton.com (user can choose a different file name in place of NEWBIOS). “SAVEBIOS” indicates the filename of the old system BIOS (user can choose a different file name in place of SAVEBIOS).
  • Page 72 BIOS update. The content of the disk should be the following: a. Startup system files (COMMAND.COM, MSDOS.SYS, IO.SYS...) b. AWDFLSH.EXE c. The NEWBIOS file which can be downloaded from Jaton’s BBS or website. d. AUTOEXEC.BAT, which has the following content: A:\AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /Py /Sn...
  • Page 73 LIMITED WARRANTY: This product is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of two years from the date of purchase from authorized agent. During the warranty period, product determined by us to be defective in form or function will be repaired or at our option, replaced at no charge.

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