INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE.............................................................................................................1-1 1.2. KEY FEATURES ..................................................................................................1-1 1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST.........................................................................................1-2 1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM ...............................................................................................1-3 1.5. INTRODUCE THE Pentiuma II Processor ..........................................................1-4 1.6. What is AGP? .......................................................................................................1-6 2. SPECIFICATION 2.1. HARDWARE ........................................................................................................2-1 2.2. SOFTWARE.........................................................................................................2-2 2.3. ENVIRONMENT...................................................................................................2-2 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3.1. UNPACKING ........................................................................................................3-1 3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT ........................................................................................3-1 3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS ................................3-2 3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION ........................................................................................3-5 3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP ...........................................................................................3-6 3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM................................................................3-7 3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION ........................................................3-7 3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION .......................3-7 3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION ...................................................3-7 1 6BXU 3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION .............................................................3-7 3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION ...........................................................3-7 3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION..................................................3-8 3.13. SCSI DEVICE INSTALLATION .........................................................................3-8 4. BIOS CONFIGURATION 4.1. ENTERING SETUP .............................................................................................4-1 4.2. CONTROL KEYS .................................................................................................4-1 4.3. GETTING HELP ...................................................................................................4-2 4.3.1. Main Menu ................................................................................................4-2 4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu...............................4-2 4.4. THE MAIN MENU.................................................................................................4-2 4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU ....................................................................4-4 4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP ...................................................................................4-8 4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ............................................................................4-13 4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP .......................................................................4-17 4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ...............................................................................4-21 4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS ....................................................................................4-23 4.11. LOAD PERFORMANCE DEFAULTS ................................................................4-24 4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS. ........................................................................4-25 4.13. SUPERVISOR PASSWORD/USER PASSWORD ...........................................4-30 4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ...........................................................................4-31 4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP ........................................................................................4-32 4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ..................................................................................4-33 2 Introduction 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE Welcome to use the 6BXU motherboard. It is a Pentiuma II Processor based PC / AT compatible system with AGP / PCI / SCSI / ISA Bus, and has been designed to be the fastest PC / AT system. There are some new features allow you to operate the system with just the performance you want. This manual also explains how to install the motherboard for operation, and how to set up your CMOS CONFIGURATION with BIOS SETUP program. 1.2. KEY FEATURES • Intel Pentiuma II Processor based PC / AT compatible mainboard. • Slot...