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DFI CA63-SN User Manual

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CA63-SN
CA63-EN
Rev. A+
System Board
User’s Manual
45210041

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  • Page 1 CA63-SN CA63-EN Rev. A+ System Board User’s Manual 45210041...
  • Page 2 Copyright Trademarks Caution:...
  • Page 3 FCC and DOC Statement on Class B...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Read Me First............Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility...
  • Page 5 Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares Appendix A - System Error Messages Appendix B - Troubleshooting...

  • Page 6: Read Me First

    Introduction Read Me First CPU Overclocking Processor System Memory 5VSB Power ≥ Drivers...
  • Page 7 Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications 1.1.1 Features Chipset Processor System Memory Note:...
  • Page 8 Introduction DIMMs Memory Size DIMMs Memory Size Expansion Slots ATX Double Deck Ports (PC 99 color-coded connectors) Connectors PCI Bus Master IDE Controller...
  • Page 9 Introduction IrDA Interface USB Ports BIOS Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
  • Page 10 Introduction 1.1.2 System Health Monitor Functions 1.1.3 Intelligence CPU Overclocking Automatic CPU/Chassis Fan Off Dual Function Power Button...
  • Page 11 Introduction Wake-On-Ring Important: ≥ RTC Timer to Power-on the System Wake-On-LAN Important: ≥ AC Power Failure Recovery...
  • Page 12 Introduction ACPI Virus Protection 1.2 Package Checklist þ þ þ þ þ...
  • Page 13 Hardware Installation Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation 2.1 System Board Layout CA63-SN...
  • Page 14 Hardware Installation CA63-EN...
  • Page 15 Hardware Installation Warning: 2.2 System Memory...
  • Page 16 Hardware Installation 2.2.1 Installing the DIM Module...
  • Page 17 Hardware Installation 2.3 Frequency Ratio Settings for Processors Processor Processor Freq. Freq. Ratio Ratio 66MHz 100MHz 66MHz 100MHz 133MHz 133MHz...
  • Page 18 Hardware Installation Important:...
  • Page 19 Hardware Installation 2.4 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU’s Front Side Bus CPU Front Side Bus Select - Jumpers JP3 and JP4 Warning:...
  • Page 20 Hardware Installation 2.5 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data - Jumper JP7...
  • Page 21 Hardware Installation...
  • Page 22 Hardware Installation 2.6 Ports and Connectors 2.6.1 Serial Ports 2.6.2 PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports Warning:...
  • Page 23 Hardware Installation 2.6.3 Parallel Port Setting Function 2.6.4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector...
  • Page 24 Hardware Installation Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable 2.6.5 IDE Disk Drive Connector Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable...
  • Page 25 Hardware Installation Note: Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive Important:...
  • Page 26 Hardware Installation 2.6.6 Universal Serial Bus Ports Function Pin Function...
  • Page 27 Hardware Installation 2.6.7 IrDA Connector Function Note:...
  • Page 28 Hardware Installation 2.6.8 CPU Fan Connector Function 2.6.9 Chassis Fan Connector Function...
  • Page 29 Hardware Installation 2.6.10 AGP Fan Connector Function...
  • Page 30 Hardware Installation 2.6.11 Wake-On-LAN Connector Function Important: ≥...
  • Page 31 Hardware Installation 2.6.12 Wake-On-Ring Connector Function Important: ≥...
  • Page 32 Hardware Installation 2.6.13 PCI Standby Power LED Important:...
  • Page 33 Hardware Installation 2.6.14 Power Connector Function Function Important:...
  • Page 34 Hardware Installation 2.6.15 Front Panel LEDs and Switches HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED G-LED: Green LED ATX-SW: ATX Power Switch G-SW: Green Switch RESET: Reset Switch SPEAKER: Speaker Connector PWR-LED: Power/Standby LED...
  • Page 35 Hardware Installation Note: Pin Assignment HD-LED G-LED ATX-SW G-SW RESET SPEAKER PWR-LED...

  • Page 36: Award Bios Setup Utility

    Award BIOS Setup Utility Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1 The Basic Input/Output System 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 SAVE &...
  • Page 37 Award BIOS Setup Utility ROM PCI/ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Mon, Jul 3 2000 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 13: 27: 50 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto Auto Primary Slave Auto Auto...
  • Page 38 Award BIOS Setup Utility Drive A and Drive B Video Halt On...
  • Page 39 Award BIOS Setup Utility Memory...

  • Page 40: Bios Features Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled CPU L1 Cache : Enabled CPU L2 Cache : Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Enabled Processor Serial Number : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled...
  • Page 41 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU L1 Cache and CPU L2 Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Processor Serial Number ® Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive...
  • Page 42 Award BIOS Setup Utility Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status DRAM ECC Checking Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec)
  • Page 43 Award BIOS Setup Utility Security Option PCI/VGA Palette Snoop OS Select for DRAM > 64MB HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability...

  • Page 44: Chipset Features Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3 Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. : Disabled DRAM Timing Select : Normal Spread Spectrum SDRAM Cycle Length Clock By Slight Adjust : 66 Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabled **** System Health Monitor **** Read Around Write : Disabled...
  • Page 45 Award BIOS Setup Utility Memory Hole At 15M-16M Read Around Write Concurrent PCI/Host CPU to PCI Write Buffer PCI Dynamic Bursting PCI Master 0 WS Write...
  • Page 46 Award BIOS Setup Utility PCI Delay Transaction PCI#2 Access #1 Retry AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read Video RAM Cacheable AGP Aperture Size AGP-2X Mode...
  • Page 47 Award BIOS Setup Utility OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support Spread Spectrum Clock By Slight Adjust Important:...
  • Page 48 Award BIOS Setup Utility Note: System Health Monitor • Current CPU Temperature, Current System Temperature, Current CPU Fan Speed and Current Chassis Fan Speed • Vcore • 2.5V, 3.3V, 5V and 12V...

  • Page 49: Power Management Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.4 Power Management Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ACPI Function : Enabled ** PM Events ** Power Management : User Define IRQ3 (COM 2) : Primary IRQ4 (COM 1) : Primary PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ5...
  • Page 50 Award BIOS Setup Utility PM Control by APM Video Off After Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft-Off by PWRBTN...
  • Page 51 Award BIOS Setup Utility PWR Lost Resume State HDD Power Down Standby Mode Suspend Mode...
  • Page 52 Award BIOS Setup Utility PowerOn by PCI Card Resume On LAN/Ring Resume On Alarm Date (of Month)
  • Page 53 Award BIOS Setup Utility Timer (hh:mm:ss) PM Events...

  • Page 54: Resources Controlled By

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5 PNP/PCI Configuration ROM PCI/ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Resources Controlled By : Auto Assign IRQ for USB : Enabled Reset Configuration Data : Disabled Assign IRQ for VGA : Enabled PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ : Auto PCI Slot 2 Use IRQ : Auto...
  • Page 55 Award BIOS Setup Utility Reset Configuration Data Assign IRQ for USB Note: ® Assign IRQ for VGA Note: ® PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ, PCI Slot 2 Use IRQ, PCI Slot 3,5 Use IRQ and PCI Slot 4 Use IRQ...
  • Page 56 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.6 Load BIOS Defaults 3.1.7 Load Setup Defaults...

  • Page 57: Integrated Peripherals

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.8 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7 OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode Normal IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Parallel Port EPP Type EPP1.9...
  • Page 58 Award BIOS Setup Utility Primary Master/Slave PIO and Secondary Master/Slave PIO Primary Master/Slave UDMA and Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Init Display First Onboard FDD Controller...
  • Page 59 Award BIOS Setup Utility Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2 UART 2 Mode IR Function Duplex TX,RX Inverting Enable...
  • Page 60 Award BIOS Setup Utility Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel Mode Normal “ECP (Extended Capabilities Port)” “EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)” ECP Mode Use DMA Parallel Port EPP Type...
  • Page 61 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.9 Supervisor Password 3.1.10 User Password...

  • Page 62: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master: Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip): N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR...
  • Page 63 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.12 Save & Exit Setup 3.1.13 Exit Without Saving...
  • Page 64 Supported Softwares Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 4.1.1 Running the DMI Utility...

  • Page 65: Supported Softwares

    Supported Softwares 4.1.2 Using the DMI Utility Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc, 1996 [Edit DMI] [Add DMI] [Load DMI File] [Save DMI File] BIOS *** BIOS Auto Detect *** System Enclosure/Chassis Type : BIOS Information Processor Handle : 0000 Memory Controller Vendor Name : Memory Module...
  • Page 66 Supported Softwares Add DMI ← → ↑ ↓ Load DMI File ← → Save DMI File ← →...
  • Page 67 Supported Softwares 4.2 VIA Hardware Monitor Note: ® ® ® ® ® ® 4.3 VIA Service Pack ® 4.3.1 VIA Service Pack Installation Notes ®...

  • Page 68: Drivers And Utilities Installation Notes

    Supported Softwares Important: 4.4 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes ® ® ® ® ®...
  • Page 69 System Error Message Appendix A - System Error Message A.1 POST Beep A.2 Error Messages CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED Caution: CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY...
  • Page 70 System Error Message FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80) FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40) Hard Disk(s) fail (80) Hard Disk(s) fail (40) Hard Disk(s) fail (20) Hard Disk(s) fail (10) Hard Disk(s) fail (08) Keyboard is locked out - Unlock the key Keyboard error or no keyboard present Manufacturing POST loop BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted Memory test fail...
  • Page 71 Troubleshooting Appendix B - Troubleshooting B.1 Troubleshooting Checklist Monitor/Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on:...

  • Page 72: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving. The screen seems to be constantly wavering. Power Supply When the computer is turned on, nothing happens. Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive.

  • Page 73: Hard Drive

    Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure. Excessively long formatting period. Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn’t respond when you try to print.
  • Page 74 Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device (modem, printer) doesn’t output anything or is outputting garbled characters. Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed. System Board...

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