AOpen AP53 User manual

AP53

Mainboard

User Guide

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Disclaimer

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This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or

implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any

warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software

described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove

defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its

distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing,

repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect

in the software. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this

publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof

without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.

Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.

XT/AT is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

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FCC Statement

FCC Class B Radio Frequency

Interference Statement

Note:

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for

a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These

limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful

interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,

uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and

used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful

interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee

that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this

equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television

reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and

on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or

more of the following measures:

1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.

Notice 1:

The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party

responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate

the equipment.

Notice 2:

Shielded interface cables, if any, must be used in order to comply with

emission limits.

About This Manual

Purpose and Scope

This manual tells how to install and configure the system board.

Organization

This manual consists of three chapters and one appendix:

Chapter 1, Overview, covers the specifications, layout, and components of the

system board.

Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, tells how to install the hardware

components, configure the system by resetting the jumpers, install the system

board and add expansion cards.

Chapter 3, AMI BIOS Utility, explains the system BIOS and tells how to

configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters.

Appendix A, Jumper and Connector Summary, gives you a tabular

summary of the jumper settings and onboard connectors discussed in Chapter

About This Manual

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Text entered by user,

default settings,

recommended

selections

Represent text input by the user, default

settings and recommended selections

a,e,s, etc Represent the actual keys that you have

to press on the keyboard.

NOTE

Gives bits and pieces of additional

information related to the current topic.

WARNING

Alerts you to any damage that might

result from doing or not doing specific

actions.

CAUTION

Suggests precautionary measures to

avoid potential hardware or software

problems.

IMPORTANT

Reminds you to take specific action

relevant to the accomplishment of the

procedure at hand.

TIP

Tells how to accomplish a procedure

with minimum steps through little

shortcuts.

Table of Contents

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Chapter 1 Overview

1.1 Board Layout.........................................1-2

1.2 Specifications .......................................1-3

1.3 System Board Parts..............................1-4

1.3.1 Microprocessor .................................1-4

1.3.2 ASICs ...............................................1-4

1.3.3 BIOS.................................................1-4

1.3.4 Expansion Slots................................1-5

1.3.5 DRAM Sockets .................................1-5

1.3.6 Second-level Cache .........................1-5

1.3.7 Two-channel PCI Mode 4

Enhanced IDE Interface...................1-5

1.3.8 Super I/O Controller..........................1-6

1.3.9 Keyboard Connector.........................1-6

1.3.10 Mouse Connector .............................1-6

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

2.1 ESD Precautions...................................2-1

2.2 Jumper Locations.................................2-2

2.3 Setting the Jumper ...............................2-3

2.4 Installing a Microprocessor .................2-3

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2.5 Upgrading the Microprocessor............2-7

2.6 Configuring the System Memory.........2-7

2.6.1 Installing a SIMM ..............................2-9

2.6.2 Removing a SIMM ..........................2-10

2.7 Customizing your

Hardware Setup ..................................2-11

2.7.1 Selecting the Flash ROM Type.......2-11

2.7.2 Disabling the Onboard Super I/O

Controller .......................................2-11

2.7.3 Selecting the ECP DMA Channel ...2-12

2.7.4 Clearing the CMOS ........................2-12

2.7.5 Disabling the

PS/2 Mouse Function.....................2-13

2.7.6 Setting the Keyboard Clock ............2-13

2.8 Installing the System Board...............2-14

2.9 Connecting Peripherals......................2-15

2.9.1 Power Cable...................................2-15

2.9.2 Mouse.............................................2-15

2.9.3 Serial Devices (COM1/COM2)........2-16

2.9.4 Floppy Drives..................................2-16

2.9.5 Printer.............................................2-17

2.9.6 IDE Devices....................................2-17

2.9.7 Front-panel Switches and LEDs .....2-18

2.9.8 Keyboard ........................................2-19

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2.10 Installing Expansion Boards..............2-20

Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Utility

3.1 Entering the AMI BIOS Setup...............3-1

3.2 Setup Menu ...........................................3-2

3.2.1 Standard Setup ................................3-3

3.2.2 Advanced CMOS Setup ...................3-7

3.2.3 Chipset Features Setup..................3-13

3.2.4 Power Management Setup .............3-17

3.2.5 PCI/PnP Setup ...............................3-20

3.2.6 Peripheral Setup.............................3-24

3.3 Security Setup.....................................3-26

3.3.1 Supervisor Password......................3-27

3.3.2 User Password ...............................3-28

3.3.3 Anti-virus.........................................3-29

3.4 Utility Setup .........................................3-29

3.4.1 Color Set ........................................3-30

3.4.2 Language .......................................3-30

3.5 Default Setup.......................................3-31

3.5.1 Original ...........................................3-31

3.5.2 Optimal ...........................................3-32

3.5.3 Fail-safe..........................................3-32

3.6 Exiting Setup.......................................3-33

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3.7 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers ..............3-34

Appendix A Jumper and Connector Summary

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