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M6VLA user's manual - Page 1
... with the limits of a Class B digital device, the accessories associated with this equipment are as follows:
1. Shielded serial cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets) 2. Shielded printer cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets) 3. Shielded video cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets) 4. Shielded power cord. (Provided by manufacturer) These accessories...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 3
... Software 1-6 1.1.3 Attachments 1-6
1.2 Motherboard Installation 1-7 1.2.1 Layout of Motherboard 1-7
1.3 Motherboard Connectors 1-8 1.3.1 Front Panel Connectors (JPANEL1 1-9 1.3.2 Hard Disk Connectors (IDE1/ IDE2 1-11 1.3.3 Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1 1-11 1.3.4 ATX Power Connector (JATXPWR1 1-12 1.3.5 AT Power Connector (JATPWR1 1-12
1.4 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports 1-13 1.5 CPU...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 4
... Menu 2-3 2.2 Standard CMOS Features 2-6 2.3 Advanced BIOS Features 2-9 2.4 Advanced Chipset Features 2-14 2.5 Integrated Peripherals 2-17 2.6 Power Management Setup 2-22 2.7 PNP / PCI Configuration Setup 2-26 2.8 PC Health Status 2-30 2.9 Frequency Control 2-31
3. Software Setup 3-1
3.1 Software List 3-1 3.2 Software Installation 3-2 3.3 Using Software 3-4
4. Trouble Shooting 4-1
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M6VLA user's manual - Page 5
... motherboard, a processor based PC/Baby AT system, and ISA Bus, and PCI Local Bus to support upgrades to your system performance. It is ideal for multi-tasking and fully supports MS-DOS, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Novell, OS/2, Windows9x, UNIX, SCO UNIX etc. This manual also explains how to install the motherboard for operation, and how to setup your CMOS configuration with the BIOS...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 6
... AGP bus utilization. − Supports Flush /Fence commands. − Graphics Address Relocation Table (GART). − One level TLB structure. − Sixteen entry fully associative page table. − LRU replacement scheme. − Independent GART lookup control for host /AGP /PCI master accesses. − Windows 95 OSR-2 VXD and integrated Windows 98 / NT5 miniport driver support.
1-2
M6VLA user's manual - Page 9
...Supports one serial port, 16550 UART with 16 byte FIFO. − UART data rates up to 1.5 Mbaud. − Supports one Infrared transmission (IR) port. − Supports PS/2 Mouse. − Supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB floppy disk
drives.
Direct Sound Ready AC97 Digital Audio Controller − Dual full-duplex Direct Sound channels between system memory and AC97 link. − PCI...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 10
... 1
Motherboard Description
1.1.2 Software
BIOS − AWARD legal & user-friendly BIOS. − Supports PnP functions.
Operating Systems − Offers the highest performance for MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 31 / 95 / 98, Windows ME, Novell, UNIX, SCO UNIT, and others.
1.1.3 Attachments
− HDD Cable. − FDD Cable. − COM1 / Printer Cable. − VGA Cable...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 14
... be connected to the onboard hard drive controller.
Infrared Connector
After the IrDA interface is configured, files can be transferred from or to portable devices such as laptops, PDAs, and printers using application software.
Green (Sleep/Resume) Switch
When APM is enabled in the system BIOS, and the operating system's APM driver is loaded, the system can enter sleep...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 20
... been assigned to another device. This error is common.
When installing a device that is going to require the use of a serial port, use a diagnostic program to find out which ports are available. It may be necessary to remove expansion cards that have serial ports in order to check their jumper settings. The jumper settings will indicate which COM port the card has been assigned...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 33
...to the BIOS installed on board, for update information.
Figure 1. Main Menu
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software
Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status
Frequency Control Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 42
... if
the drive installed is 360K.
Boot Up NumLock Status
On (default) Off
Numpad is number keys. Numpad is arrow keys.
Gate A20 Option
Gate A20 refers to the way the system address memory above 1 MB (extened memory). When set Fast, the system chipset controls Gate A20. When set to Normal, a pin in the Keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Setting Gate A20...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 44
... if you discovered that data was being lost which using your system.
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features
DRAM Clock Memory Hole Video RAM Cacheable Frame Buffer Size AGP Aperture Size OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support OnChip Sound OnChip Modem
Host CLk Disabled Disabled 8M 64M Enabled Disabled Auto Auto
Item Help Menu Level...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 47
...
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals
OnChip IDE Control Muti-Media Setting Init Display First IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Ir Port X UART 2 Mode X IR Function Duplex X TX, RX inverting enable Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel Mode ECP Mode use DMA Parallel Port EPP Type
Press Enter Press Enter PCI Slot...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 48
...
Ultra DMA/66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 98 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 56
... to the default settings.
Figure 7. PNP / PCI Configuration Setup Menu
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed
No
Reset Configuration Data Disabled
Resources Controlled By x IRQ Resources x DMA Resources
Auto(ESCD) Press Enter Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For VGA Assign IRQ For USB
Disabled Enabled Enabled
Item...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 62
... updating BIOS. (Please refer to chapter Application Software.)
Need to be run under DOS environment.
\Software\Flash
VIA AC97 Audio * (Option)
Install the driver to enable the VIA AC97 Audio Device
Windows 95/98/NT4/ME/2000
\Driver\Audio\ Via686
VIA (VT8601) Install the driver to enable the Windows Display drivers Trident video On-chip Device. 95/98//NT4/ME/2000
\Driver\Chipset\ Via\VGA...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 63
...3
Software Setup
3.2 Software Installation
We provide an installation wizard, Driver CD Installation Utility (SETUP.EXE), located in the root of Driver CD to let users install some common used drivers conveniently.
The Wizard can automatically detect OS and switch to the proper page, so you don't need to worry about installing the wrong drivers.
You can simply put Driver CD into CD-ROM drive and...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 64
Chapter 3
Software Setup
There are two kinds of Installation Procedure:
Automatically Install drivers from CD by using CD Installation Utility: Use the mouse cursor to click the proper option on the page. Utility will invoke other applications to complete the rest of installation.
When the drivers CAN NOT be installed directly from CD by using CD Installation Utility, please do the...
M6VLA user's manual - Page 65
Chapter 3
Software Setup
3.3 Using Software
In general, you can get more detailed information in the on-line help or readme for the softwares.
Using VIA Hardware Monitor After the utility is installed, you can follow the sequence, Start→ Programs → VIA HM → VIA Hardware Monitor , to launch the monitor application.
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M6VLA user's manual - Page 71
Chapter 4
Trouble Shooting
PROBLEM
After installing an expansion card (network card, tape drive card, etc.) the system no longer works properly.
PROBABLE CAUSE
DIAGNOSIS
SOLUTION
No power to monitor.
All or part of the system may be inoperable. The new card may work but a mouse or COM port may not work
Change the interrupt or RAM address on the new expansion card. See the...