AOpen AP5C User manual

AP5C

User’s 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.

AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc.

Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

PC 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, Features, covers the specifications, layout and components of the

system board.

Chapter 2, Hardware Setup, tells how to set the jumpers, upgrade the CPU

and the system memory, install the system board and add expansion cards.

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

the system by setting the BIOS parameters.

Appendix A, Jumper Summary, gives you a tabular summary of the jumper

settings discussed in Chapter 2. It also gives a list of the onboard

connectors.

About this Manual

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Text entered by user,

default settings Represent text input by the user, default

settings and recommended selections

message displayed Denotes actual messages that appear

on screen

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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1 Features

Specifications..................................................... 1-2

Board Layout...................................................... 1-3

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

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

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

AMI BIOS .................................................. 1-4

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

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

Two-Channel PCI Mode 4 Enhanced IDE 1-5

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

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

SRAM........................................................ 1-6

Power Management .................................. 1-6

2Hardware Setup

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

Installing a Microprocessor ................................ 2-2

Upgrading the Microprocessor........................... 2-4

Jumper Settings................................................. 2-4

Selecting the CPU Type............................ 2-6

Selecting the SRAM Type (Optional)......... 2-7

Setting the Cache Size.............................. 2-7

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Selecting the Flash ROM Type.................. 2-9

Clearing the CMOS ................................. 2-10

Enabling the PS/2 Mouse (Optional) ....... 2-10

Enabling the Onboard

Super I/O Controller................................. 2-11

Selecting the ECP DMA Channel............ 2-11

Memory Configuration...................................... 2-12

Installing a SIMM..................................... 2-14

Removing a SIMM................................... 2-15

Connectors....................................................... 2-16

Multifunction Connector........................... 2-16

Break Switch ........................................... 2-18

Keyboard Connector................................ 2-18

Power Connector..................................... 2-19

Fan Connectors....................................... 2-20

Installation........................................................ 2-21

Installing the System Board..................... 2-21

Installing Expansion Boards .................... 2-22

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3AMI BIOS

AMI BIOS Setup Main Menu.............................. 3-1

Standard CMOS Setup ...................................... 3-2

Date/Time.................................................. 3-2

Floppy Drives A and B............................... 3-3

Hard Disk Drives........................................ 3-4

Advanced CMOS Setup..................................... 3-5

Typematic Rate (Chars./Sec.)................... 3-6

System Keyboard...................................... 3-7

Primary Display ......................................... 3-7

PS/2 Mouse Support ................................. 3-7

Above 1 MB Memory Test......................... 3-7

Memory Test Tick Sound........................... 3-7

Hit “Del” Message Display......................... 3-8

Extended BIOS RAM Area........................ 3-8

Wait for F1 If Any Error.............................. 3-8

System Boot-up Num Lock........................ 3-8

Floppy Drive Seek at Boot......................... 3-9

Floppy Drive Swapping.............................. 3-9

System Boot-up Sequence........................ 3-9

Password Checking................................... 3-9

Cache Memory........................................ 3-10

System BIOS Shadow Cacheable........... 3-10

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Adapter ROM Control.............................. 3-10

IDE Control.............................................. 3-11

Secondary Drives Present....................... 3-13

Chipset Setup Mode................................ 3-13

Chipset Features Setup ................................... 3-14

SRAM Type*............................................ 3-17

DRAM Control ......................................... 3-17

ISA Control.............................................. 3-19

PCI Control.............................................. 3-20

IRQ Allocated .......................................... 3-21

Power Management Setup............................... 3-22

Advanced Power Management................ 3-23

Full-on to Standby Timeout ..................... 3-23

Standby to Suspend Timeout .................. 3-23

IDE Drive Power Down in........................ 3-24

Video Power Down in.............................. 3-24

VGA Power Down Mode.......................... 3-24

Slow Clock Ratio ..................................... 3-24

Break Event (IRQ 3~7, 9~15).................. 3-24

Peripheral Setup .............................................. 3-25

Programming Mode................................. 3-25

Onboard FDC.......................................... 3-26

Serial Port 1............................................. 3-26

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