Intel TS-ASP3 manual

TS-ASP3 USER’S MANUAL Intel ® Socket 370 Celeron TM / Pentium ® III FC-PGA Series[...]

TS-ASP3 Motherboard Supporting Intel ® Pentium ® III/Celeron™ Series Processor (Coppermine Core) 66/100/133MHz Front Side Bus Intel ® 815EP Chipset Welcome!! Congratulations on your purchase of this great value motherboard, with its range of special features and innovative onboard functions, built around the advanced architecture of the new In[...]

T able of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Essential Handling Precautions ......................................................................... 1 1. 2 Package Contents ............................................................................................ 2 1. 3 Specifications and Features .............................................[...]

2.4.1 1 USB 3/4 Connector ................................................................................ 23 2.5 External Back Panel I/O Ports ............................................................................ 2 4 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 25 3.1 BIOS Setup ......................................................................................[...]

INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Essential Handling Precautions IMPORT A NT . Read this page before unpacking your motherboard! • • • • • Power Supply Be careful! Always ensure that the computer is disconnected from the power supply when working on the motherboard and its components. • Static Electricity Static electricity may [...]

Please replace your battery only with the same type, or a similar type recommended by the battery manufacturer . If the battery is replaced incorrectly , there is a risk of a short circuit or explosion. Used batteries should be disposed of in accordance with the manufacturer ’s in- structions and local environmental regulations. • • • • ?[...]

• • • • • I/O Bus Slot - 6 X Master/Slave PCI Bus slots (PCI 2.2 compliant) - 1 X CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) slot • Award BIOS - Supports PC99, Plug-and-Play - Supports ACPI, APM, DMI, Green Feature • • • • • I/O Functions - Supports PIO Mode 3, 4, 5 A T API devices and Ultra DMA/33/66/100 - Supports 2 high speed[...]

4 INTRODUCTION • PCB Dimensions - A TX form factor , 4-layer PCB, 21.3 cm x 30.5 cm (8.4 inch x 12 inch) • Other Features - Y ear 2000 compliant - Power failure resume - FWH (Firmware Hub) supports security manageability - BIOS Virus protection (warning) - PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard W ake-Up - Supports W ake-on-LAN function - Remote Ring W ake-Up [...]

HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 5 CHAPTER 2 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 2.1 T ranscend ’ s TS-ASP3 Motherboard Wake on LAN · WOL Header IrDA Header USB3/4 CONNECTOR COM Connector AC97 CODEC Winbond 83627 HF-AW · Game/ MIDI port & Audio Jack · Parallel printer port · 2 x USB ports · PS/2 KB & PS/2 Mouse ports Back p anel I/O p orts · Game/ MID[...]

6 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 2.2 Layout of T ranscend TS-ASP3 Motherboard Transcend PCI Slot1 (PCI1) PCI Slot2 (PCI2) PCI Slot3 (PCI3) PCI Slot6 (PCI6) COMA T:Port 1 B:Port 2 USB Battery DIMM1(64bit 168pin SDRAM Module) DIMM2(64bit 168pin SDRAM Module) DIMM3(64bit 168pin SDRAM Module) PRN CD2 KB MOUSE 815EP MCH STBY-LED MEM-LED JP28 JP6 FC-PGA Game +[...]

The JP4 Jumper allows you to set the FSB (Front Side Bus) to 66/100/133MHz configuration. When the Jumper is set to “ Auto ” , the freqency range depends on your CPU type. When you set the FSB to 66MHz, you can select a system bus frequency from 66MHz to 99MHz through “ CPU Host/PCI Clock ” of “ Frequency/V oltage Control ” in the BIOS [...]

8 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 2.3.2 Using Jumper JP1 to clear CMOS T o clear the CMOS data, you should turn off your computer ’ s power and short pin1 and pin2 in JP1. CLEAR NORMAL JP1 CMOS_CLR Transcend Clear COMS Jumper[...]

T o use an external CNR card, the onboard audio CODEC can be enabled or disabled via this jumper . Please disable the onboard audio CODEC if you want to use a PCI Sound Card or an CNR Audio Card. When you install a CNR card, remember that the onboard audio CODEC uses the primary channel. Therefore, if you want the onboard CODEC to work, you must se[...]

1 0 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 2.3.4 Keyboard W ake-Up (3-pin KB-A WK ) This function makes the Keyboard Power Up the system. Set this jumper to “ Enable ” if you ’ d like your Keyboard to Power Up your computer . Then, go to the ” Power On Function ” in the “ Integrated Peripherals ” in BIOS to choose the setting you prefer . Transcend[...]

VCC3 Adjust JP28 VCC3 Low Load Medium Load Hi g h Load Transcend 2.3.5 VCC3 Adjust HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 1 1 Keep this selection fixed unless you are familiar with the system. Default is “ Medium ” .[...]

1 2 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 2.4 Connector Description 2.4.1 Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors (T wo 40-pin IDE) This motherboard supports two 40-pin IDE connectors marked as IDE1 (primary channel) and IDE2 (secondary channel). Each channel supports two IDE devices for a total of four devices. Connect your Hard Disk Drive (the main hard disk drive ([...]

HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 13 2.4.2 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-pin FDC) This connector supports the floppy disk drive ribbon cable which is one of the items in your motherboard package. After connecting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs at the other end to the floppy drive(s). Remember , as in the last section, the red stripe on[...]

14 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 2.4.3 Fan Power Connectors There are three fan power connectors on the motherboard: CPU-F AN, POWER-F AN, and CASE- F AN. Each connector provides +12V power . The cables can only be attached a certain way . If you try to put them in the wrong way , they won ’ t fit. These connectors support cooling fans of 500 mA (6W) [...]

HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 1 5 2.4.4 Memory Configuration This motherboard must be installed with PC100/PC133 SDRAM DIMM. Y ou can install either single-sided or double-sided memory modules in any combination of memory capacities (listed below) in any socket, but never exceed 512MB total memory capacity . NOTE: This motherboard supports memory module[...]

16 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION Panel Connector +++ S_LED HDD_LED NC RESET SOFT_OFF SPEAKER ++ KEY LOCK 1 19 20 2 POWER LED Transcend 2.4.5 Panel Connectors Power LED Lead (3-pin POWER LED) This 3-pin connector attaches to the power LED. Pin1 : +5V Pin3 : NC Pin5 : GN D Keylock Lead (2-pin KEYLOCK) Use the keylock to enable or disable the Keyboard. Pin[...]

HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 17 Suspend Mode LED Lead (2-pin S_LED) The S_LED will light when the system is in suspend mode. Pin2 : +5V Pin4 : GN D Hard Disk LED Lead (2-pin HDD_LED) This 2-pin connector connects to the LED of the hard disk. The LED lights up when a HDD is active. Pin6 : +5V Pin8 : GN D Reset Switch Lead (2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connec[...]

1 8 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 2.4.6 W ake-on-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL) This connector connects to LAN cards with a W ake-on-LAN output. The system can be Powered Up when a wake-up packet or signal is received from the LAN card. NOTE: This function requires that the “ W ake-Up by PCI & WOL ” function in the “ Power Management Setup ” in B[...]

HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 19 2.4.7 Power Connector (20-pin PWR-CONN) Make sure you plug the A TX power supply connector in properly . The pin definition is shown below . Make sure that your A TX power supply can support at least 720mA +5V standby power for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) functions. Power Connector PWR-CONN PSON[...]

2.4.8 IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector (10-pin IrDA) The IrDA connector can be configured to support a wireless infrared module. With this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection, users can transfer files to or from laptops (notebooks), PDAs and printers. Y ou must also configure the setting through [...]

HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 21 2.4.9 Internal Serial Port Connector COMB Y ou can use the provided serial port bracket to add a serial port for additional serial devices. Internal Serial Port Connector COMB COMB DCD SIN DTR GND DSR CTS RTS RI NC 9 10 1 2 SOUT Transcend[...]

2.4.10 Internal Audio Connector These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD- ROM, TV tuner , or MPEG card. The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface a voice modem card with a matched connector . It also allows the sharing of mono_in (such as a phone) and mono_out (such as a speaker) betwe[...]

HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 23 2.4.1 1 USB 3/4 Connector USB 3/4 Connector Transcend GND USBP2+ GND USBP2- USB Power USB Power USBP3- USBP3+ NC[...]

1. PS/2 Mouse 2. PS/2 Keyboard 4. Parallel Port (Printer) 3. USB2 5. COMA 7. Game/MIDI Port 8. Line_out 9. Line_in 3. USB1 10. MIC in Back Panel I/O Ports 24 HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 3. USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports 1 & 2 (Black two 4-pin USBs) 4. Parallel Port (Burgundy 25-pin PRN) 5. Serial Port COMA (T urquoise 9-pin COMA) 6. Game Port/MI[...]

CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 3.1 BIOS Setup Award BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM, so it can retain the Setup information when the power is turned off. When the battery for CMOS fails, it will cause the data to be lost. If that happens, please set up your c[...]

[ + ] Increase the numeric value or make changes [ - ] Decrease the numeric value or make changes [F1] General help on Setup navigation keys [F5] Load previous values from CMOS [F6] Load the Fail-Safe Defaults from the BIOS default table [F7] Load the Optimized Defaults [F10] Save all the CMOS changes, and exit The Following is a brief summary of e[...]

BIOS SETUP 27 • Set Supervisor/User Password T o change, set, or disable a password • Save & Exit Setup T o save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup • Exit Without Saving T o abandon all changes and exit Setup 3.3 Standard CMOS Features • Date (mm:dd:yy)/Time (hh:mm:ss) Highlight the items and use [PageUp]/[PageDown] to chan[...]

28 BIOS SETUP • IDE HDD Auto-Detection: Detect the HDD on this channel. If the detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu. • IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave: We recommand that you select “ AUTO ” for all drives. The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications during POST while the system boots. Y ou can also[...]

BIOS SETUP 29 • Precomp: Write precompensation cylinder • Landing Zone: Landing zone • Sector: Number of sectors • Drive A/Drive B Select the correct types of diskette drive(s) installed in the computer . - None: No diskette drive installed - 360K, 5.25 in.: 5-1/4 inch standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity - 1.2M, 5.25 in.: 5-1/4 inch high-[...]

- All, But Diskette: If the BIOS detects any non-fatal error except floppy disk drive, POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action. - All, But Disk/Key: If the BIOS detects any non-fatal error except floppy disk drive or keyboard, POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action. 3.4 Advanced BIOS Features This “ Advanced BIOS Featur[...]

BIOS SETUP 31 • CPU Internal Cache/External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). CPUs from 486-type and higher contain internal cache memory . Most, but not all, modern PCs have additional (external) cache memory . When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data fr[...]

32 BIOS SETUP • Boot Up NumLock Status T oggle between “ On ” and “ Off ” to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled “ On ” , the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations. • Gate A20 Option Choose “ Fast ” (default) or “ Normal ” . “ Fast ” allows RAM acce[...]

BIOS SETUP 33 3.5 Advanced Chipset Features This option will change the values of the chipset registers and the system settings will alter . Do not change any values if you are unfamiliar with the chipset. • SDRAM CAS Latency Time This controls the SDRAM performance: default is “ AUTO ” . BIOS will auto detect the SPD information of the Memor[...]

• Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting “ Enabled ” allows caching of the video BIOS. This action can increase system performance. • Memory Hole at 15M-16M Enabling this feature reserves memory address space (between 15 and 16MB) to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. This makes between 15 and 16MB of memory unavailable to [...]

BIOS SETUP 35 3.6 Integrated Peripherals Choose this option and the following display appears. • • • • • On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface which supports two IDE channels. Select “ Enabled ” to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select “ Disabled ” to deactivate this interface,[...]

• • • • • IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/33/66/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive can support it, and if the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or higher or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If both your hard disk drive and your system software can support Ultra DMA/[...]

BIOS SETUP 37 - Any Key: Press any key to Power On the system. - Button only: Power On only by pushing the button on the case (Default). - Keyboard 98: Y ou can Power On system by pushing the [Power-On] key of Keyboard 98. • • • • • KB Power On Password Enter the Power On Passward here. Activated only when “ Password ” item is selecte[...]

• • • • • Parallel Port Mode This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port. - SPP: Allows normal-speed operation, but in one direction only . - EPP: Allows bi-directional parallel port operation at maximum speed. - ECP: Allows DMA and bi-directional operation. It is faster than EPP mode. - ECP + EPP: Allows normal s[...]

BIOS SETUP 39 3.7 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to minimize energy consumption, according to your own style of computer use. • ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). • • • • • ACPI Suspend T ype Select the ACPI Su[...]

1. Suspend Mode 2. HDD Power Down There are three selections for Power Management. T wo of them have fixed mode settings. 1. Min. Power Saving: Minimum power management mode. Inactivity period is defined below: Suspend Mode = 1 hr . HDD Power Down = 15 min. 2. Max. Power Saving: Maximum power management mode. Inactivity period is defined below: Sus[...]

BIOS SETUP 41 • Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), all devices except the CPU will be shut down. • HDD Power Down After the selected period of system inactivity (1 to 15 minutes), the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active. This feature doesn ’ t effect SCSI hard drives[...]

3.8 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD, COM, LPT Port PCI PIRQ[A-D]# The settings in these fields enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy , serial and parallel port activities for powering down state transition. Actually , it detects read/write to/from I/O ports. • Reset Configuratio[...]

• PCI n Assignment Each PCI Slot can assign its own IRQ number . When you assign one and find out that the real IRQ is different from your assignment, the IRQ you assign must be taken over by another device like Printer , USB Controller , MIDI, etc. BIOS SETUP 43 • IRQ Resources • IRQ-n Assigned to When the resources are controlled manually ,[...]

3.9 PC Health Status This menu provides two thermo-protect functions (CPU warning temperature and shutdown temperature) and a hardware monitor center . These features let you know the health status of your PC. • CPU W arning T emperature This field allows you to set the CPU warning temperature. Y ou can choose from “ 50 ° C/ 122 ° F ” to ?[...]

BIOS SETUP 45 3.10 Frequency/V oltage Control • CPU Vcore Select This option adjusts the CPU voltage. Available selections are Default /+0.05V/+0.1V/+0.2V/ +0.3V/+0.4V/-0.05V/-0.1V • Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk “ Enable ” can stop the frequency output for unused DIMM/PCI slots. • Spread Spectrum • Clock By Slight Adjust This function allow[...]

• CPU Clock Ratio This function allows you to set the CPU internal frequency ratio. It determines the CPU internal frequency according to the following formula: CPU internal frequency = frequency ratio x system bus frequency .* * System bus frequency is set in the previous field ( “ CPU Host/PCI Clock ” ). The choices are: “ 3 ” , “ 3.5[...]

3.1 1 Load Fail-Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. NOTE: These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high performance features. 3.12 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields. These default v[...]

48 BIOS SETUP 3.13 Supervisor Password This option allows you to set a password to prevent others from changing the BIOS settings of your system. The password prevents any unauthorized use of your computer . If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before you boot or access “ Setup ” . T o set a password: 1. At the pro[...]

3.14 User Password This option allows you to set a password to prevent others from changing the BIOS settings of your system. This operation is the same as Supervisor Password. 3.15 Save & Exit Setup Save the settings and exit the BIOS utility . BIOS SETUP 49[...]

50 BIOS SETUP 3.16 Exit Without Saving Abort current changes and exit the BIOS utility .[...]

CHAPTER 4 SOFTW ARE SETUP Insert the CD-ROM enclosed with your motherboard into the CD-ROM drive. After the Autorun program has executed, please check the model name shown on the screen. If the model name doesn ’ t match your motherboard, please select the correct one. 4.1 INF Update for 815EP Chipset This section introduces INF files in Windows [...]

4.2 Intel Security Controller Driver This section helps you to install a security controller for Windows 95/98. Click Security Driver Setup , and then follow the figures as below: Click here 1 Click here 2 52 SOFTW ARE SETUP Click here 5 Click here 6[...]

SOFTW ARE SETUP 53 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 4.3 Audio Driver Setup This section helps you to setup the onboard audio device. Click Audio Driver Setup , and choose the operating system you use. A. Audio Driver for Windows 95/98/2000 The following figures are captured from Windows 98SE. Y ou can setup the Audio CODEC in almost the same [...]

54 SOFTW ARE SETUP Click here 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5[...]

B. Audio Driver for Windows NT SOFTW ARE SETUP 55 Click here 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5[...]

CHAPTER 5 BIOS UPGRADE Caution! Only users familiar with the upgrade procedure are recommended to update the BIOS of the motherboard and only when there is a need to do so. Please note that you have to download and install the right file for your motherboard. Otherwise, you might cause some serious system malfunctions. 5.1 How to Check Y our BIOS F[...]

BIOS UPGRADE 57 Your s y stem could be dama g ed if the wron g BIOS version is accidentl y used. If y ou are not sure what version y ou should choose, please contact us at: techsupport@transcend.com.tw Warnin g : 5.3 How to Upgrade Y our Motherboard BIOS Please follow the 5 steps listed below to upgrade your BIOS. Step 1: Make a record of your orig[...]