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WB6 Motherboard Users Manual
Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction of WB6 Features 1-1.Features of This Motherboard 1-2. Specifications 1-3. Layout Diagram 1-4. The System Block Diagram Chapter 2. Installing the Motherboard 2-1. Installing the Motherboard to the Chassis 2-2. Installing the Pentium II/III, Celeron CPU 2-3. Installing System Memory 2-4. Connectors, Headers and Switches Chapter 3. Introduction of The BIOS 3-1. CPU Soft Menu II 3-2. Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu 3-3. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu 3-4. Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu 3-5. Integrated Peripherals 3-6. Power Management Setup Menu 3-7. PnP/PCI Configurations 3-8. PC Health Status 3-9. Load Fail-Safe Defaults 3-10. Load Optimized Defaults 3-11. Set Password 3-12. Save & Exit Setup 3-13. Exit Without Saving 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-7 1-8 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-6 3-1 3-4 3-9 3-14 3-19 3-22 3-28 3-36 3-39 3-40 3-40 3-41 3-42 3-43

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Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix J
PCI Bridge Drivers Installation for Windows 98 SE Installing the VGA Driver for Windows 98 SE Installing the Audio Driver for Windows 98 SE Installing the VGA Drivers for the Windows NT 4.0 Server / Workstation Installing the Audio Drivers for the Windows NT 4.0 Server / Workstation BIOS Flashing User Instructions Installing the HighPoint XStore Pro Utility Hardware Monitoring Function (Installing the Winbond Hardware Doctor Utility) Installation Guide for Suspend to RAM Troubleshooting (Need Assistance?)
Introduction of WB6 Features
Chapter 1. Introduction of WB6 Features
1-1.Features of This Motherboard
This motherboard is designed for a new generation CPUs. It supports the Intel SLOT1 structure (Pentium II/III and Celeron processors), up to 512 of memory, super I/O, and Green PC functions. The motherboard provides high performance for server systems and meets the requirements for desktop system for multimedia in the future. The WB6 has a built in 2D & 3D graphics engines, and the integrated 24-bit 230MHz RAMDAC can provide up to 1600*1200 resolution in 8-bit color at an 85Hz refresh rate. The WB6 has 4MB SDRAM built in for graphic memory. The WB6 uses the new generation Intel 810E chipset for more efficiency and high integration of the system. The WB6 will support Ultra ATA/66 IDE devices. Ultra ATA/66 is the new standard for IDE devices. It enhances existing Ultra ATA/33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity. This new high-speed interface doubles the Ultra ATA/33 burst data transfer rate to 66.6 Mbytes/sec. The result is maximum disc performance using the current PCI local bus environment. You can connect either Ultra ATA/33 IDE devices or Ultra ATA/66 IDE devices to the IDE connectors on this motherboard. The motherboard has built-in hardware monitoring functions, that can monitor and protect your computer insuring a safe computing environment. The motherboard can provide high performance for workstations and meets the requirements for desktop systems for multimedia in the future. What are the features of the Intel 810E chipset? It's structure is shown in Figure 1-4. It is a combination of three chips: the FW82810E, FW82801AA and FW82802AB. The FW82810E is called the GMCH chip, Graphics and Memory Controller Hub. The GMCH functions and capabilities include: ! Support for a single Intel Pentium II/III and Celeron processor configuration ! 64-bit GTL+ based system bus interface at 66MHz/100MHz/133MHz ! 32-bit host address support !64-bit system memory interface with optimized support for SDRAM at 100MHz ! Integrated 2D & 3D graphics engines ! Integrated H/W motion compensation engine The FW82801AA is also called the ICH chipset, the, I/O Controller Hub. The ICH is a highly integrated multifunctional component supporting the following functions and capabilities: ! PCI Rev. 2.2 compliant with support for 33MHz PCI operations ! Supports up to 6 Req/Gnt pairs (PCI Slots), WB6 already share one Req/Gnt signal for User's Manual

5. System BIOS

" CPU SOFT MENU II, can easily set the processor parameters " AWARD BIOS " Supports Plug-and-Play (PnP) " Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) " Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI) " Year 2000 compliant

6. Multi I/O Functions

" Floppy port supports up to 2.88MB, and 3 mode floppies " Ultra DMA/66 bus master IDE supports up to 4 IDE devices (Including LS-120 MB floppy drive) " Built-in Standard/EPP/ECP parallel port connector " One built-in 16550 fast UART compatible serial port connector " One built-in 16550 fast UART compatible serial port header " Built-in PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse port connectors WB6
Introduction of WB6 Features " Built-in standard IrDA TX/RX header " Two built-in USB connectors " Built-in VGA connector " Built-in Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC-in, Game port) " Built-in Wake on Ring header " Built-in CD audio line in header " Built-in SMBus header
YMF752 is an AC97 Audio CODEC LSI, which is fully compliant with the industry standard Audio CODEC 97 component specification (Revision 2.1). " AC97 Revision 2.1 Compliant " Exceeds PC98/99 Audio Performance Requirements " Analog Inputs: 4 Stereo Inputs: LINE, CD, AUX 1 Monaural Inputs: PC BEEP Inputs 1 Independent Microphone Inputs " PC BEEP can directly output to Line Out " Internal +20dB amplifier circuitry for microphone " Analog Outputs: Stereo LINE Output with volume control True LINE Level with volume control Monaural Output with volume control " Supports 3D Enhancement (Wide Stereo) " Supports Variable Sampling Rate (48k/44.1k/22.05k/16k/11.025k/8kHz) " The A/D and D/A converter can be worked at different sampling rate. " Programmable Power Down Mode " Supports EAPD (External Amplifier Power Down) " Power Supplies: Analog 5.0V, Digital 3.3V
7. Audio chip features (Optional)
" PCI bus master with integrated DMA controller, deep FIFO buffering, and scatter/gather support " Patented Sound Blaster Pro emulation " 64-voice wavetable synthesis (32 H/W+32 S/W) " Game port with DirectInput acceleration " MPU-401 compatible MIDI " ACPI-compliant power management " 48-channel, 300 MIPS processor " A3D Interactive audio (8-source, MMX-accelerated) User's Manual

Note: " Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Failing to install these items may result in overheating and damage of your CPU. " Please refer to your boxed processor installation or other documentation attached with your CPU for detailed installing instructions.
2-3. Installing System Memory
This motherboard provides two 168-pin DIMM sites for memory expansion. The DIMM sockets support 1Mx64 (8MB), 2Mx64 (16MB), 4Mx64 (32MB), 8Mx64 (64MB), 16Mx64 (128MB), and 32Mx64 (256MB) or double sided DIMM modules. Minimum memory size is 8MB and maximum memory size is 256MB SDRAM (512MB using 128Mb technology). There are two memory module sockets on the system board. (total four banks) In order to create a memory array, certain rules must be followed. The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations. " The memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide. (Depending on with or without parity) " Those modules can be populated in any order. " Supports single and double density DIMMS. Table 2-1. Valid Memory Configurations Bank Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) Memory Module 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB Total System Memory Total Memory 8MB ~ 256MB 8MB ~ 256MB 8MB ~ 512MB
Generally, installing SDRAM modules to your motherboard is an easy thing to do. You can refer to figure 2-5 to see what a 168-pin PC100 SDRAM module looks like. Unlike installing SIMMs, DIMMs may be "snapped" directly into the socket. Note: Certain DIMM sockets have minor physical differences. If your module doesn't seem to fit, please do not force it into the socket as you may damaged your memory module or DIMM socket. The following procedure will show you how to install a DIMM module into a DIMM socket. Step 1. Before you install the memory module, please place the computer power switch in the off position and disconnect the AC power cord from your computer. Step 2. Remove the computers chassis cover.
Step 3. Before touching any electronic components, make sure you first touch an unpainted, grounded metal object to discharge any static electricity stored on your clothing or body. Step 4. Locate your computers 168-pin memory expansion DIMM socket. Step 5. Insert the DIMM module into the expansion socket as shown in the illustration. Note how the module is keyed to the socket. You can refer to figure 2-6 for the details. This insures the DIMM module will be plugged into the socket in one way only. Firmly press the DIMM module into the DIMM socket, making certain the module is completely seated in the DIMM socket. Step 6. Once the DIMM module has been installed, the installation is complete and the computers cover can be replaced. Or you can continue to install other devices and add-on cards that are mentioned in the following section. Note When you install a DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket, the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on the both sides.

WOL1: Wake on LAN Header If you have a Network adapter that supports this feature, then you can connect the specific cable from the network adapter to this header. This feature lets you wake up your computer via remote control through a local area network. You may need a specific utility to control the wake up event, like using the Intel LDCM utility or other similar utilities. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation
TSYS1 Header The TSYS1 is for you to connect an additional thermistor to detect the temperature in the location of your choice. You can buy the thermistor at an electronics store, ask for a 10K thermistor (NTC type) which should be OK. Please dont use too long of a lead wire for the thermistor.
SMBUS: System Management Bus Connector This connector is reserved for system management bus (SMBus). The SMBus is a specific implementation of an I2C bus. I2C is a multi-master bus, which means that multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating a data transfer. If more than one master simultaneously tries to control the bus, an arbitration procedure decides which master gets priority. Note: Watch the pin position and the orientation
CD_IN1 Header This connector is used for the internal CDROM drive audio cable connection
V-Bus Connector V-BUS: You can install the V-BUS adapter to get video output capability. When you install the V-BUS adapter, you can get two video output capabilities. One is general video output and the other is S-Video output (Super-Video output). S-video output will give you the best display quality on your TV monitor. Of course, your TV monitor must have the S-Video input jack for a S-Video cable connection. This card supports both PAL and NTSC systems for various purposes.
JP 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 These jumper settings are used in selecting use of the built-in audio chip, AU8810 (optional) or using the Intel ICH internal audio controller. JP2, 3, 5, 6, 8 pin 1 and pin 2 shorted: This setting will choose the use of the ICH internal audio controller. (Default) JP2, 3, 5, 6, 8 pin 2 and pin 3 shorted: This setting will choose the use of the AU8810 audio chip.
JP7 Header This Jumper is used in selecting use of the built-in audio chip, YMF752 or using the AMR audio controller. Jumper 1-2 shorted: Disable CODEC (use YMF752) (Default) AMR
Jumper 2-3 shorted: Disable onboard CODEC (use AMR)

Figure 2-13 shows the WB6 back panel connectors, these connectors are for connections to outside devices to the motherboard. We will describe which devices will attach to these connectors below.
Figure 2-13. WB6 back panel connectors User's Manual
KBM Lower: PS/2 Keyboard Connector Attach a PS/2 keyboard connector to this 6pin Din-connector. If you use an AT keyboard, you can go to a computer store to purchase an AT to ATX converter adapter, then you can connect your AT keyboard to this connector. We suggest you use a PS/2 keyboard for best compatibility. KBM Upper: PS/2 Mouse Connector Attach a PS/2 mouse to this 6-pin Dinconnector.
USB Port Connectors This motherboard provides two USB ports. Attach the USB connector from the individual device to these connectors. You can attach USB devices such as a, scanner, digital speakers, monitor, mouse, keyboard, hub, digital camera, joystick etc. to one of each USB connector. You must make sure your operating system supports this feature and you may need to install an additional driver for individual devices. In Please refer to your device users manual for detailed information. Serial Port COM1 & COM2 Port Connector This motherboard provides two COM ports, you can connect an external modem, mouse or other devices that support this communication protocol to these connectors. The WB6 has one built-in COM1 port connector on the motherboard, the other COM2 port will be attached to the plate with the cable in your motherboard package. You can connect and fix it on the computer chassiss back panel. You can decide which external devices you want to connect to COM1 and COM2. Each COM port can only have one device connected at a time.
VGA Port Connector This DIN 15 pin Female connector is for VGA signal output to the monitor. You can connect the plug from the monitor to this connector. If you don't move your system often, we suggest you to fasten the two screws from the plug with this connector. It will assure your display quality. Parallel Port Connector This parallel port is also called an LPT port, because it usually connects to the printer. You can connect other devices that support this communication protocol, like a EPP/ECP scanner, etc. Line Out, Line In and Mic In Connector Line Out connector: You can connect an external stereo speaker signal input plug to this connector, or you can connect the plug from here to the stereo audio equipment AUX signal input socket. Remember, the motherboard does not have a built in amplifier to drive the speaker, you have to use a speaker that has a built in amplifier. Otherwise, you may not be able to hear any sound or only a small volume of sound from the speaker. Line In Connector: You can connect the TV adapter audio output signal, or external audio sources, like a CD walkman, video camcorder, VHS recorder audio output signal plug to this connector. Your audio software can control the input level for the line-in signal. Mic In Connector: You can connect the plug from the microphone to this connector. Do not connect other audio (or signal) sources to this connector.

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Note ( To improve stability and functions, BIOSes are constantly improving, therefore; the BIOS screens in this chapter may not fully match your current BIOS screen. ) All default setting is use the Load Optimized Defaults settings. If you use the Load Fail-Safe Defaults, some items default values will be changed.
Figure 3-1. CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen Shot This motherboard uses a totally different operating interface so the Award BIOS screens are different than in other versions. It provides more functions with increased user friendliness. In the BIOS Setup main menu in Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: " Press !"#$ (up, down, and right) to choose the option you want to confirm or to modify in the main menu. " Press the Enter key to select the item you want. Simply move the highlight to the field you want to select, and press Enter. " Press F10 when you have completed setting up the BIOS parameters to save them and exit the BIOS Setup menu. " Press Esc to Exit the BIOS Setup. " Press F1 to display the General Help screen. In addition to the Item Help window, more information can be provided for the alternate function by pressing the F1 key in any menu in the BIOS. WB6
" Press F5 to reset current screen settings to their Setup Default values. " Press F6 to return to the Fail-Safe Default setting i.e. if you use the wrong settings causing a system boot failure, use this function key to quickly return to the system default settings. " Press F7 to quickly set the system to the Optimized Defaults setting. In some setup menu screens, you can see the scroll bar on the right side of the window. You can use the * and + keys or the up and down arrow keys to scroll the screen to view more help information or functions to select.
You may see the right cursor symbol appear on the left side of some items, indicating that additional information or options can be select in a Sub-Menu for this item.

Note The item heading in the square outlet represents the default setting for that field Computer Knowledge: CMOS Data Maybe you have heard of someone losing CMOS DATA. What is the CMOS? Is it important? CMOS is the memory in which the BIOS parameters that you have configured are stored. This memory is passive, you can both read its data, and store data in it. But this memory has to be powered by a battery in order to avoid data loss when the computer is turned off. If the CMOS battery dies, you will loose all CMOS data. We therefore recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware, or you put a label with these parameters on your hard disk.

3-1. CPU Soft Menu II

The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch (CPU SOFT MENU II), that replaces the traditional manual hardware configuration. This feature allows the user to more easily complete the installation procedures. You can install the CPU without configuring any jumpers or switches. The CPU must be setup according its specifications.
Figure 3-2. CPU Soft Menu II Screen Shot
CPU Name Is: Intel Pentium III MMX Intel Pentium II MMX Intel Celeron MMX
CPU Operating Speed: This option sets the CPU speed. In this field, the CPU speed is indicated like this: CPU speed = External clock * Multiplier factor, select the CPU speed according the type and the speed of your CPU. For Intel Pentium II/II and Celeron PPGA MMX processors, you can choose the following settings: 233 (66) ! default 333 (100) WB(66) 350 (100) 300 (66) 366 (66) 300 (100) 400 (66)
BIOS Setup 400 (100) 500 (66) 550 (100) 667 (133) 800 (133) 433 (66) 500 (100) 600 (100) 700 (100) User Define 450 (100) 533 (66) 600 (133) 733 (133) 466 (66) 533 (133) 650 (100) 800 (100)
User defined external clock and multiplier factor: User Defined: When you choose the User Define, you will bw able to set the following five items.

Warning

The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage. Setting the working frequency higher than the PCI chipset or processor specs, may cause abnormal memory module functioning, system hangs, hard disk drive data lose, abnormal functioning of the VGA card, or abnormal functioning with other add-on cards. Using non-specification settings for your CPU is not the intention of this explanation. These should be used for engineering testing, not for normal applications. If you use non-specification settings for normal operation, your system may not be stable, and may effect system reliability. Also, we do not guarantee the stability and compatibility for settings that are not within specification, and any damage of any elements on the motherboard or peripherals, is not our responsibility. Ext. Clock (PCI): 66MHz (1/2) ! default 68MHz (1/2) 107MHz (1/3) 133MHz (1/3) 140MHz (1/4)

100MHz(1/3) 70MHz (1/2) 112MHz (1/3) 138MHz (1/4) 143MHz (1/4) Important Notice
133MHz (1/4) 83MHz (1/2) 124MHz (1/3) 138MHz (1/3) 150MHz (1/3)
If you want to change your CPU, be sure to first cut off the AC power of your computer, dont attempt while computer is in Shutdown only mode. Furthermore, you also need to use the CCMOS1 jumper to clear the CMOS after you change your CPU (refer to section 2-4).
ICS 9248-87 Frequency Selections CPU (Ext. Clock) SDRAM 66.8 100.2 100.30 100.3 133.60 133.6 68.33 102.5 70.0 105.0 83.3 83.3 107.0 107.0 112.0 112.0 124.0 124.0 133.60 100.2 137.33 103.0 138.0 138.0 140.0 105.0 155.0 155.0 143.96 108.0 150.0 150.0 Multiplier Factor:
PCI 33.4 33.4 44.53 34.17 35.0 27.74 35.67 37.33 41.33 33.4 34.34 46.0 35.0 51.67 36.0 50.0
You can choose the following multiplier factors: x2 x2.5 x3 x3.5 x4 x4.5 x5 x6.5 x7 x7.5 x8 The default setting is x4.5.

x5.5 x6

L2 Cache Latency: Sixteen setting are available, Default, and 1 to 15. This item can let you adjust the processor L2 cache speed, the larger the value, the faster the L2 cache will run. You have to be aware that if you set the L2 cache speed too fast, it will cause the L2 cache to fail. If the L2 cache fails it will cease to run until you reset the value, but the processor and L1 cache will still function, just not as well. To make sure your L2 cache functions properly please choose an appropriate setting. The default setting is Default. Speed Error Hold: The default setting is Enabled. If you change the setting to Disabled, when the CPU speed setting is wrong, the system will not hold. Normally, we do not recommend that you use the User Define option to setup CPU speed and multiplier factors This option is for setup of future CPUs whose specifications are still unknown. The specifications of all present CPUs are included in the default settings. Unless you are very familiar with all CPU parameters, it is very easy to make mistakes when you define the external clock and the multiplier factor by yourself.
Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup: Normally, if the CPU clock setup is wrong, you will not be able to boot. In this case, turn the system off then on again. The CPU will automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter the BIOS Setup again and set up the CPU clock. If you cant enter the BIOS setup, you must try turning the system on a few times (3~4 times) or press INSERT key when turning on and the system will automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter BIOS SETUP again and set up the new parameters. When you change your CPU: This motherboard has been designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted a CPU in the socket without having to configure any jumpers or DIP switches. But if you change your CPU, normally you just have to turn off the power supply, change the CPU and then, set up the CPU parameters through SOFT MENU II. However, if the new CPU is slower than the old one (and is same brand and type), we offer you two methods to successfully complete the CPU change operation. Method 1: Setup up the CPU for the lowest speed for its brand. Turn the power supply off and change the CPU. Then turn the system on again, and set up the CPU parameters through SOFT MENU II. Method 2: Since you have to open the computer case when you change the CPU, it could be a good idea to use the CCMOS jumper to erase the parameters of the original CPU and to enter BIOS Setup to set up CPU parameters again. Attention After setting up the parameters and leaving the BIOS SETUP, and having verified that the system can be booted, do not press the Reset button or turn off the power supply. Otherwise the BIOS will not read correctly, the parameters will fail and you must enter SOFT MENU II again to set up the parameters all over again.

IDE Primary Master: Three settings are available: Auto, Manual and None. If you choose Auto, the BIOS will automatically check what kind hard disk you are using. If you want to set the HDD parameters yourself, make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters, and be sure to refer to the manual provided by the HDD manufacture to get the settings right. WB6
Access Mode: Since old operating systems were only able to support HDDs with capacities no bigger than 528MB, any hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable. AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem: you can, according to your operating system, choose four operating modes: NORMAL , LBA , LARGE ,Auto. The HDD auto detection option in the sub-menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported. Auto: Just let the BIOS detect your HDD access mode and make the decisions. Normal mode: Standard normal mode supports hard disks of up to 528MB or less. This mode directly uses positions indicated by Cylinders (CYLS), Heads, and Sectors to access data. LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: The earlier LBA mode can support HDD capacities of up to 8.4GB, and this mode uses a different method to calculate the position of disk data to be accessed. It translates Cylinders (CYLS), Heads and Sectors into a logical address where data is located. The Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors displayed in this menu do not reflect the actual structure of the hard disk, they are just reference values used to calculate actual positions. Currently, all high capacity hard disks support this mode, thats why we recommend you use this mode. Currently, the BIOS can support the INT 13h extension function, enabling the LBA mode to support hard disk drive capacities exceeding 8.4GB. Large Mode: When the number of cylinders (CYLs) of the hard disk exceeds 1024 and DOS is not able to support it, or if your operating system does not support LBA mode, you should select this mode. Capacity: This item auto displays your HDD size. Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size given by a disk checking program of a formatted disk. Note All the items below are available when you set the item Primary IDE Master to Manual. Cylinder: When disks are placed directly above one another along the shaft, the circular vertical "slice" consisting of all the tracks located in a particular position is called a cylinder. You User's Manual

Local Memory Frequency: Two options are available: 100 MHz and 133 MHz. The default setting is 100 MHz. You can choose the running speed for local memory, but if your memory module does not support the speed you choose, it may cause a system boot failure or data loss problem.
Onboard Display Cache Setting: When using the onboard VGA function, you had best use the default setting. CAS# Latency: Two options are available: 2 and 3. The default setting is 3. You can select the local memory clock periods. Paging Mode Control: Two options are available: Close and Open. The default setting is Open. You can select the paging mode control to open or close. RAS-to-CAS Override: Two options are available: by CAS# LT and Override (2). The default setting is by CAS# LT. This is the display cache clock period control. RAS# Timing: Two options are available: Slow and Fast. The default setting is Fast. This item controls RAS# active to Protegra, and refresh to RAS# active delay (in local memory area). RAS# Precharge Timing: Two options are available: Slow and Fast. The default setting is Fast. This item controls RAS# precharge (in local memory area). User's Manual
3-5. Integrated Peripherals
In this menu, you can change the onboard I/O device and other hardware peripheral settings.
Figure 3-7. Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen Shot
Onboard IDE-1 Controller: The onboard IDE 1 controller can be set as Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Enabled. The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. If you choose Disabled, it will effect the settings of four items not available. For example, if you disabled the Onboard IDE-1 Controller, you will also disable the Master/Slave Drive PIO Mode and Master/Slave Drive Ultra DMA.
Master/Slave Drive PIO Mode: Six options are available: Auto , Mode 0 , Mode 1 , Mode 2 , Mode 3 , Mode 4 , Back to Auto. The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) items let you set a PIO mode WB6
(0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode (default setting), the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.
Master/Slave Drive Ultra DMA: Two options are available: Auto and Disabled. The default setting is Auto. Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB/sec. Ultra DMA/33 or Ultra DMA/66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). Auto: If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS support. For Ultra DMA/66 devices, please refer the requirements mentioned in page 2-18. (Default setting)

Disabled: If you encounter a problem in using Ultra DMA devices, you can try to disable this item.
Onboard IDE-2 Controller: Description is same as the Onboard IDE-1 Controller.
USB Controller: Two options are available: Enabled and Disabled. The default setting is Enabled. This motherboard provide two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, can supports USB devices. If you don't want to use USB devices, set it to Disabled, then the item USB Keyboard Support will also be disabled. USB Keyboard Support: You can choose either the OS or the BIOS to support the USB keyboard. Depending on the situation. Two options are available: OS or BIOS, OS is the default setting. With the BIOS option, you can use a USB keyboard under the MS-DOS environment but dont need to install a driver.
Init Display First: Two options are available: PCI Slot and Onboard. The default setting is PCI Slot. When you User's Manual
install additional PCI display cards, you can choose either a PCI display card or an onboard VGA chip to activate the display boot-up screen. AC97 Audio: Two options are available: Auto and Disabled. The default setting is Auto. If you set it to Enabled, it will allow the BIOS to detect audio device you use. If an audio device is detected, the onboard audio controller (Intel 810 chipset family) will be able to support it. If you want to use the other audio adapter card to connect the audio connectors, please set this item to Disabled.
AC97 Modem: Two options are available: Auto and Disabled. The default setting is Auto. If you set it to Enabled, it will allow the BIOS to detect the modem device you use. If a modem device is detected, the onboard modem controller (Intel 810 chipset family) will be able to support it. If you want to use the other modem adapter card to connect the modem signal connectors, please set this item to Disabled.
IDE HDD Block Mode: Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The default setting is Enabled. Power On Function: This item allows you to select which way you want your system to power on. Five items are available: Button Only , Keyboard 98 , Hot Key , Mouse Left , Mouse Right. Default setting is Button Only. Note The mouse wake up function can only be used with the PS/2 mouse, not with a mouse that uses the COM port and USB connection. Mouse Left (Mouse Right) means, you need to double click the mouse left (right) button, for the computer to power on. You also need to note the compatibility issue with your PS/2 mouse. Some PS/2 mice cannot wake up the system, because of compatibility problems. Also, if the specs of your keyboard are too old, it may fail to power on. WB6

Remarks: 1. When executing AWDFLASH.EXE, do not run HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE in the CONFIG.SYS. 2. Please take the following actions to solve problems caused by power shortages or other non-preventable malfunctions during BIOS updating that lead to update failures. First, it is strongly suggested that you format a disk that can boot your computer before you update your BIOS. If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS updating, you will be able to use this disk to automatically execute a BIOS update. The content of the disk should be as follows: (1) Startup system files (COMMAND.COM, MSDOS.SYS, IO.SYS.) (2) AWDFLSH.EXE (3) The NEWBIOS file which can be download from ABIT web site. (4) AUTOEXEC.BAT, which has the following content: A:\AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /PY /SN /CC /CD For example, to update the WB6 BIOS version to MJ (WB6_MJ.BIN), you need to type: A:\AWDFLASH WB6_FZ.BIN /PY /SN /CC /CD /CKS 3. If you try to flash an incorrect version of a BIOS (i.e. for another motherboard) the following message will appear: The program files part number does not match with your system! Note Please do not use the Award flash memory writer version that earlier than Version 7.22 to flash your WB6 motherboard BIOS. Otherwise, it may cause flash fail or anticipate problems.
Install HighPoint XStore Pro Utility
Appendix G Installing the HighPoint XStore Pro Utility
We provide a useful and powerful utility on our product package, HighPoint XStore Pro. What does XStore do? The XStore Pro is a hard disk enhancement utility which improves system performance. The basic concept is to use a read-ahead caching algorithm to improve hard disk performance. With the market trend moving systems standard configurations towards 48 MBytes memory size or beyond, HighPoints XStore Pro provides higher system performance. XStore Pro is the new generation of XStore MMX Accelerators for Storage. XStore Pro utilizes the bigger system memory size to enhance memory management by working with Windows 95 and 98. XStore Pro optimizes higher system performance by read ahead caching after seeking with large block sizes of hard disks. And best of all, XStore Pro supports several PCI Bus Master Controllers such as Intel, SiS, Ali, Via and others. When you install XStore Pro, you can choose to install CD Xpress at the same time. Why do you need CD Xpress? Well tell you more about it. CD-ROM technology is growing fast, but its performance is still unacceptable compared to today's hard drives. The transfer rates of today's hard drives can exceed 18MB/sec with access times below 12ms. However, transfer rates for the fastest CD-ROM drives on the market are below 2MB/sec with access times over 100 ms. CD Xpress was created to accelerate the accessing speed of the CD-ROM drive by utilizing the hard drive's high performance. CD Xpress reads and buffers data from the CD-ROM to an area in the hard drive. With CD Xpress, when you access CD-ROM data, you are actually accessing data from a swap file in the hard drive. This results in a tremendous increase in CD-ROM performance without penalties. Before you install this utility, there are several things you need to know. Important Note 1. You can only install one Bus Master Driver at a time in your system, or the drivers will result in conflict and cause system hangs. Please make sure you dont have any Bus Master Drivers installed in your system before you install XStore Pro! You must remove all components of the previous Bus Master Driver before you install XStore Pro to your system. For example, you cannot install both the Intel bus master driver and HighPoint XStore Pro in your system, otherwise it will cause system conflict when you install the second bus master driver!

* Hardware name CPU HDD IDE1 IDE2 CDIDE1 IDE2 ROM Drive System Memory (DRAM) ADD-ON CARD Brand * Specifications

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Spajky2: Yes, connecting AK4-AG1 works. I've got a 1.1A running on a CUSL2 without any problems. I used a small piece of 30AWG magnet coil wire to make the bridge. It sits much better (flatter) on the socket than using a strip of IDE cable. I could've used conductive paint but it's a pain to apply. Something I noticed and it might help a few ppl trying this mod. On all of the SL5ZE 1.1A that I have tried (4 in all - 2 Malay, 2 Phil.) none of them was stable when I bridged AK4 and AK26. But when I change that to AK4-AN11 or AK4-AG1 (shortest path) they are rock solid stable. Hope that helps a few of you.
FYI - I got a new retail celeron 1.3a from NewEgg running on my old Abit BH-6 rev 1.0 using a generic "Super Slocket III" off of ebay. It's running nice and stable with not a single crash. I did the following: 1. Isolated AN3, AJ3, AK4 using wire insulation 2. Connected AK4-AK26 using an insulated wire on the cpu die 3. Connected AM34 - AK36 (Vss to Vid25) 4. Connect G35 to G37 (I believe this has only been recommended for generic slockets. I did not isolate any of these pins either) I performed steps 1 and 2 only and and my pc would not even post. I read some more and I assumed this was because Vcore was too high. (Good thing the Celeron has overheat circuitry) I performed step 3 by sticking a small piece of insulated wire between the AM34 and AK36 holes on the slocket itself and putting the CPU in to hold it in place. Reaspon: generic slockets do not have a voltage jumper settings. PC would still not post and then I saw the info on shorting g35 to g37 on some slockets. I performed step 4 also putting a wire on the slocket. PC beeped and posted this time. I went into the BIOS and set it to the 12x multiplier (highest you can choose), 100MHZ, 2/3 AGP, speed error disabled and default cpu voltage. Upon reboot it posted as a Pentium III 1.3 cpu and is now running Windows ME with no problems. I have another BH6 machine I want to update sooner or later. Is the Celeron 1.3 the fastest cpu this board will take? Thanks to all Joe FWIW, I have managed to make a 1.4 Tualeron run on my old but trusty Abit BH6 v1.01 (bios rev SS) using a generic Cu-mine adapter (off eBay; the same model that's sold for $5+5 by MemoryShippers, http://www.memoryshippers.com/shop/.?did=28&pid=922 - but I only paid $9 for mine). What I did is:
1. isolate AN3, AJ3, AK4 2. connect AK4-AK26 (with IDE cable wire) 3. connect G35-G37 because there was no connection between them on the slocket (note: I didn't have to connect AK35-AM34 because my digital multimeter showed about 3 ohms between them, i.e. they were already connected, but YMMV). 4. enlarge the holes in the socket, put the cpu in, try to force the Volcano fan on top, realize that I needed to bend the retaining clip because the cpu wasn't flush with the socket surface. whew, finally attached. Used generic silicone paste, I don't belive in fancy compounds (my own measurements on another setup showed less than 1 degree difference between a silver compound and simple silicone paste). Booted at once, the default voltage was correctly recognized by the MB (1.5V), good because the generic slocket doesn't have voltage jumpers. Bumped the FSB to 112 for 1568 MHZ on the CPU, runs rock stable at the default voltage. Transcoded a few DVDs to DivX and SVCD, great! Not a single crash. I doubt I'll be able to get the FSB any higher because of my SCSI card which really doesn't like more than 37MHz, but I'll try. in a few days. Thanks everyone!
ok, I got an abit wb6, which has an 815e chipset, also I bought a super slocket-III. Now I'm looking to buy a Tualatin and mod it. So far here is what I've peiced together: 1. Isolate pins AN3, AJ3, and AK4 2. Connect AK4 to the closest vtt pin (either AN11 or AG1) 3. Then do a Vid mod. Its number 3 that I don't get. if my mb can do the 1.5v do I need this mod? is it chipset dependent? (btw here is the link to the datasheet: http://developer.intel.com/design/c.ts/29859604.pdf ) Also note that section 2.8 in that datasheet it specifies that vttpwrgd should be connected to vtt and not pwrgd. Also, any hints as to which T Celeron I should get (in terms of a multiplier)? I'd like to OC it, and prefer using 133 bus. Thanks in advanced.Curtis

I've been away awhile and catching up on recent posts. I'm thinking it's time for cpu elecronics wizards consultion on ak4 connection. My recollectons from this and Madonion forum concerning the ak4 connection: First it was ak4 to ak26(PWRGRD on Celeron and Tualatin) This seemed too high voltage to some folks. Then came ak4 to an11(RSV on Cel, and Vtt on Tual), or ag1(EDGCTRL on Cel, and Vtt on Tual) This is easier(closer than ak26) Now, last post by ebc was ak4 to am4(Vcc on Celeron and Tualatin) There was also a post of someone using aj5(also Vcc on both) This is surely the best/easiest to connect and looks reasonable to me. A number of people lately seem to stuck on using ak26, but am4 or aj5 seems best to me, at this point. So what do you all think is the best connection for ak4? The choices so far seem to be ak26, an11, ag1, or am4/aj5. What do you think??? Thanks to all who keep on helping, and keep this thread alive!
there is a problem using aj5 instead of ak26 or an11 aj5 is a VCC pin , so if u overvolt the cpu also ak4 will be overvolted! i think an11 is better (VTT=1,5v) but it didn't work on my system so i use a diode between ak4 and ak26
the diode drop voltage is 0,5v so ak4 is driven to (1,8-0,5)=1,3v very close to the original 1,25v value
Hi, I have an Asus P3C-E Slot 1 mobo and it has a i820 chipset and have tried to run Tualatin CPU's like BX mobos and find a better and easier way for both! (Maybe for non-tualatin based 810 and 815 chipset based ones too, I couldn't test, but you may try it.) We only need to insulate 7 pins. No need to bridge AK4 on the CPU. I used an Asus S370-DL adapter. The pins should be insulated are: AN3, AK4, AJ3, AG1, X4, AB36 and X34. To insulate you can use single wire telephone box type cable, by pulling the copper wire in it, to use the plastic protector for the pin isolator, without widening the holes, which is easier. You can cut the plastic protector at the same hight of the CPU pins. (Don't worry, they are not shot-circuting.) Basicly insert the cable to the pin and cut it with a model knife, from the upper surface of the pins. After some time, if you remove the CPU, those plastic parts stays inside the 370 Socket, I have inserted the CPU several times without doing the insulation work again and again. (To see this, don't immidately remove the CPU, close the arm, run the processor some time, then. remove it. The heat and the pin holder reshapes the plastic protector to make this happen.) But if you mistakenly drop the plastic parts to the 370 Socket, use your model knife to push from the 4 holding guides from top (by inserting the knife througly in it) and hold upwards 4 of the upper part guides one by one, starting from the opposite side of the removing arm. Detail is here: AG1 is EDGCTRL that have an indirect 50 ohm connection to VCC and X34 pin is VCC on S370-DL adapter, but VTT on the tualatin CPU. AJ3 and X4 are GND on S370-DL adaptor but RESET2# and GND on the CPU, however AH4 and X4 are connected with each other as RESET on the S370-DL adaptor therefore X4 needs to be insulated. As you know AK4 doesn't have to touch GND and thus needs to be insulated like DYN_OE on AN3. Lastly AB36 is safer to insulate because it has an indirect connection too, isolating decreases the mobo and CPU temperature about 5'C degrees that, V_CMOS signal is unnecessary to connect to VTT on Tualatin CPU. OK, I have managed to run a Celeron 1100A at 1466MHZ very stable. Mine was a tA1 stepping one

and works with 1.475Volts. Therefore I need to adjust the Voltage jumper to 1.5Volt over the S370-DL adapter. If your CPU works with 1.5 Volts, you may set it to Auto Detect. 1.45Volt based P3-S type 512kB cache based Tualatin CPU's may also accept to run with Auto Detect. But 1.475Volt ones MUST have to be adjusted to 1.5Volt over the S370-DL manually. This is related with VRM 8.4 and 8.5 spec. difference. If you don't have an Asus S370-DL adapter and no have an on board Voltage adjustment jumper down to 1.5Volts, then don't buy 1.475Volt CPU's or make yourself a vid pin Voltage adaper. I have a Celeron 1400 CPU too, which works with 1.5Volts and manage to run it with an OEM SUPER SLOCKET-III type Chinese adapter, but it crashed several times although I run it at normal 1400Mhz. My bios suprisingly displayed a P2 1200Mhz processor on the post screen with both of the adapters. But I have tested it with WCPUID and SiSoft Sandra 2003, they both said it is a 1400Mhz processor. (Exactly 1413.21Mhz) This is because of the non-tualatin based bios. I have overclocked it to 103, 105 and 107Mhz but this time it displayed 1442, 1470 and 1499Mhz processor at the post screen truely. I didn't pushed it more, maybe it goes true 109 and 112? Celeron 1100A displayed OK at the post screen when running it at it's original speed. I wonder why it did, but 1400 didn't, according to my latest 1025 beta 2 build bios? Both the CPU's are tA1 and Philippines manufacture. If you have another type, other than S370-DL adapter, check the following things to make sure. -G35 is VTT and sometimes G37 is left open. If it is not connected to anywhere else, connect it to G35 for better VTT performance. With a little soldering work if you wish, this is optional. On Asus S370DL those ones connected both to VTT. -AM2 is KEY pin on Tualatins but generally not used on Socket 370's. If it is connected to anywhere else, insulate that pin too. -AK36 needs to touch GND for disabling 0.025 Volt increments. If the adapter pin or the mobo's Socket 370, is not a GND (VSS), manually connect it to AM34 under the 370 Socket by soldering again, this one is not optional, it is necessary. On Asus S370-DL, I was lucky again. AK36 was a GND. If you wish to check the connections, use a beeping testmeter at, for example 200 ohm switch to be sure, there is no indirect connection(s). If testmeter beeps and displays around 2 or 3 ohms, this means it is directly connected and, 10 to 50 ohms or up means it is connected via the on board components, which also means it is connected too. I want to add a very important thing. Althogh there is a Celeron CPU running on the Asus adapter. Set the CPU jumper to PIII not to Celeron. PIII setting is better and also necessary for both the CPU and adapter. Celeron setting is for 0.18 and 0.25micron PPGA type copper and non-copper Celerons. Other single jumper is of course needs to be jumpered to Intel CPU. By the way, I advise all the modder people to try this way, to prevent board blow out first. The other 3 pin and bridge way is really dangerous because of having short-circuit at indirectly at AG1 and directly on X34 VCC with VTT. If possible reverse your running, simple method type with this one Those pins are generally connected to VCC directly and indirectly (for running PPGA type Celeron CPU's on adapter cards and mobos.) Which now are used as VTT on tualatins. Intel design guidelines strictly advises not to short-circuit any other type of signals with each other. If you do this, your CPU and mobo components may die immidately or after some time. I have read so many people has killed their mobo by trying the basic method. My way not only runs the CPU at its desired 35~40'C around temperature but also allows for correct VCC (CPU core Voltage) value as specified by Intel. The old bridging way runs the CPU with 1.8 Volts and prevents VCore adjustment which shortens the life of

the CPU. Maybe I need to post one more detail. As I have said I have two Tualatin CPU's. The bigger fan based Celeron 1100A is quite naughty. When I touch the Heatsink after some time, the computer restarts. But not with the smaller fan based Celeron 1400. The original Intel fans are now only Aluminum and no have a black insulator paint, the painted ones were better. If you experience such a silly thing, simply connect the heatsink to computer ground. This might be related with EMI (electro magnetic interference) all the big fan based P4 heatsinks are connected to Computer GND for that reason. You may connect a cable to the heatsink and link it to computer case or connect a thermal sensor to the CPU body, which has a GND connection on one pin, or under the heatsink put an isolating conductive material, at various heatsinks this type was used, or simply don't touch the heatsink if you experience this, when the computer is on. Even tough CPU protective plate has no contact with inner CPU dye, this occurs at some designs. I have looked at Belinassu's site and thought that the description is for BX only. There are various adapters and various mobos with various chipsets. I am trying to be as much as general for all 8xx and BX series with SC242 and Socket 370. The Slocket adapters and first Socket 370 mobos are build up to coppermines as you know. But they have support for all the processors until that time. Some of which, also supports Cyrix CPU's. This makes the work harder to trace the circuitry diagrams. Therefore I have found more pins than others did. If you have an abnormal temperature such as over 50'C degrees on your CPU and mobo, and see more than 1.5 Volts for the normal CPU core, have a try my superior design for the sake of your system. I know the isolation and bridging takes too much time and afford, but maybe I am too late. Well I hope all the boards last long enough, but I am sure not as long as I advise because I have stricly updated it. Not completely new, but exactly sufficient now. I have repeated my post to this part by request. I am a new member and Happy new year to you all.
Well, To check AK36 Gnd or not you need to know where the Gnd is. There are 74 Gnd pins on the Tualatin CPU, but we need to check it under the Socket 370. Nearby there is AM34 or AM30 pins as Gnd. If you don't have a testmeter, you can check it by building a little kit with 2x1.5V battery and a 3 volt led or a touch lamp. Like the on/off switch, if it complete the current, lamp lights. Now hold the cable on (typically assume that you removed the on/off switch and has two open cables) AM34 and other to AK36. If lamp lights, AK36 has a ground connection. Basics form Physics. But probably you already have the Gnd on AK36 because your processor runs. You may break the pins if you wish but, if you manage to buy one of those adapters later, those pins may be necessary for them to properly run. Depends on you! I am not advising to braek any pins and if possible do not give damage to adapters, by removing it's contacts. There are shortage of those adapters now. Like I did, someone later prepares a better CPU upgrade kit or a better CPU upgrade (Cyrix or Intel Overdrive) so those adapters are necessary again. But if you need to choose, remove CPU pins, instead of playing with adapters. But what happens if you later find a Tualatin board? Think twice. Falkentyne asks, how is powerleap adapter working? Well first of all there are 3 types of Power Leap adapters for SC242's. The one, which is best is PL-iP3/T only for SC242's. Others must have to be used with Slockets that, PL-370/T with an additional voltage supply connection and, PL-NEO/T. But this one is not a good one. It has 2 less pins on CPU side and 10 less pins at Socket 370 side. All the models

interference). We are completely not using PWRGOOD signal, because of not having such system (double lane) to inform as ready, to the Computer system. GTL bus is the general signal name for all the 1.25Volt signals including the VTT signals, as far as I know. Yes we have no lesser any type of signals, lower than 1.5Volts on board.
Brief explanation of 7 pin isolation/removal method: -New way prevents extreme 1.8Volt only Vcore and gives adjustment opportunity starting from 1.5Volts, up to 3.5Volts. -Easier to build, without bridging on the CPU. -Generates lesser heat, allows better overclockability. -Prevents, Slotket short-circuit for tualatins. -Protects mobo's mosfets and board blow-out. -Can use every cooler, box cooler or yours favorite one. -Consumes less power, protects power supply. -Protects mobo capacitors and resistors. -Finally, protects your wallet. If you feed VTTPWRGD with VCC you of course get 1.5Volt or whatever you adjust for VCC from the motherboard. Some others tried that from VTT being all the time 1.5Volts too. 1.8Volt supply is possible with the so called, famous bridge AK26 (PWRGOOD) with AK4 (VTTPWRGD). You might be right being unsuccesful, because of using a different Slotket. I have tried a Chinase Slotket and become unsuccesful too. I can advise you to try with an Asus S370-DL. (If you become unsuccesful after your attempts.) I want to add one more thing, because of others run their designs with short-circuits, they needed more power from their power supplies, and fixed this issue by increasing the VCore. (The system vasted some amount of power from those shorts.) I don't advice increasing the VCore too much, because we don't have resource wasting shorts now, therefore incresing the VCore directly sends more power to the CPU, that can be imagined. 1.5 and 1.55Volts are enough to run at original speed. 1.6 and up might be used for extreme overclockers. But definitely not more than 1.7 Volts. At that case they become first generation Coppers that, if so, Intel does not necessarily need to change chipsets and CPU core's accordingly. I know there are fanatics who tried upto 2.0 Volts. Don't try to be an engineer by repeatedly tring so many combinations. There are sometimes, other resons which can not be handled. Try their way, or this one with an Asus S370-DL. More attempts may make you upset, by causing handicaps.

Well Well Well. I have decided to explain the difference between the AK4 to AK26(PWRGOOD) or AJ5(VCC) or AN11(VTT) compared with AH4(RESET) and X4(RESET). Intel has build 3 generations for Socket 370. To protect their design, they needed to replace the paths of some of the pins. The most important protective circuitry here is the 3 RESET pins. X4 was the 0.25 micron process RESET pin. AH4 was the 0.18 micron Coppermine process pin and finally AJ3 was the 0.13 micron Tualatin process pin. If one of those reset pins touchs the GND, computer understands that, an unappropriate processor has been populated, therefore the Processor VCore has been cut. (They prevented to run the CPU.) What the bridging method manages is, they were by-passing this system by giving current to AK4 pin, therefore the processor gets the VCore and thereby works again. I have corrected this by finding the trick. Others therefore needed to build "Cold Boot Voltage Selectors" to manage to give desired VCores to the CPU. I have also searched that, there are dangerous pins that cause short-circuit at AG1, AB36, X34. THOSE 3 PINS CAN BE INSULATED WITH THE OTHER BRIDGING WAY TOO! I mean if you are using, AK4 connection on CPU, and/or using Cold Boot Voltage Selector's, those 3 pins needs to be insulated too. AN3 and AK4 needs to be insulated on borh of the designs. Let's say I am an Intel engineer that, decided to build a 0.09 micron process based P3 processor. Lets say, I have choosen to use 200Mhz fsb with 1.6GB/sec bandwith, and have decided to use PC800 RDRams for that system. Where can I start to my work for the new design of Socket 370? As I have explained above, I need to choose a GND pin to use as my new RESET signal. Let's say, I have choosen AG5 or X5. Than, if someone inserts this new CPU to a Tualatin board, it won't work. OK! Folks, thats it today for this year. Have a good christmas. I wish you a happy trouble free year in 2003. Bye. Bye.
hi, just to let you fellas know that after i bridged AK4->AN11,it booted with 3.5v default,yikes good thing i went into bios first i quickly shut off and set the jumper on my S-370 DL to limit voltage to 1.5v and luckly everything is OK for past two months before that when i just have the 3 pins (AN3,AK4,AJ3) insulated,my bh6/S-370 DL detects my celey/tully 1200@1600 correctly @1.5v and please advise should i do the new mod?

I have explained the 7 pin modding, with too much detail. If you still can't understand what is going on, then I have nothing to do.
hi, ok,i did the ak4<->aj5 bridge,and it works thanks W1zzard for da tip cheers btw,with this mod my bh6/S-370 DL detects celey/tully's default voltage correctly @1.5v but i also had the S-370 DL jumper set to limit voltage @1.5 because of the default voltage were being detected @3.5v with the previous mod (AN3,AK4,AJ3) insulated and AK4->AN11 bridge does anybody forsee any issues with the (AN3, AK4, AJ3, AG1, X4, AB36, X34) insulated with the ak4<->aj5 bridge? thanks @ -J- & rolypoly98: "SuperSlocketIII" : isolate those 3 pins (an3,aj3 & ak4) & make the bridge between isol.ak4 & nonisol.an11. No breaking pins needed!!! here is the picture showing my mod on Abit slotket: http://users.volja.net/jerman55/TualModsoc.JPG Than you have to solder g35-g37 together on the back of the slotket & also Vid pins for propper default Vcore if needed /depends of mobo also-try; mine MS6163pro needs Vss-Vid0-Vid1 for 1,45Vcore to go to max.1,75 in Bios/; check Intel datasheet for Vid definitions for Vcore! I did not need to flash bios or reinstall my W98seLite OS! For Asus P2B-F 1.0A & 1,3G Tuallie works IMHO without Bios Flashing, but for others because of some multiplier bug earlier I am not sure; but flashing to the latest should help to work for all Tuallies!
Originally posted by quarkz Hi, you mean it really work! I just have 2 more qns. 1. when you say you connect a wire between ak4 and ak26, did you do it on the cpu or on the slotket. Do it matter anyway? 2. have you tried connecting ak4 to ak11? Does it work? Thanks alot!
1- yes it matter! do the bridge on the cpu, not in the socket 2- i tryed on bx133 but it didn't work, so i used ak4-26 also on be6 (try ak4-an11 anyway, if it work it should be better than ak4-26 )
I tried both bridges and must say that the ak4-an11 is more stable Hey, Here are the chips can support Tualatin and nonCopper&Tualatin. HIP6004(CB), HIP6004B(CB), HIP6019B(CB), SC1185&SC1185A, US3007(CW) Supports at least Coppermine and can support Tualatin with Powerleap and Upgradeware adapters. HIP6004A, HIP6019(CB) only supports 0.25micron processors upto 600Mhz. (nonCopper&Tualatin) With these, even Powerleap and Upgradeware adapters can not support throughly or can not. Because they can lower the VCC Voltage as low as 1.8Volts only.

I have found two more good chips supporting Coppermine&Tualatin CPU's. Those are HIP6020(CB) and HIP6021A(CB). There might be more chips that I know. Don't ask me please!!! Simply goto www.msn.com or others and search for it. Do not put the pharantesis that have I put. They are for easy understanding only. Hi Again: Someone asked me before, about the safest bridge between
AK4 with VCC (AJ5, AK2, AM4) or AK4 with VTT (AN11) or AK4 with AK26 (PWRGD) this one seems not a good choice but first try VCC, than this one, and finally VTT. I have tested VCC and VTT deeply and the winner is VCC. YES, use VCC insted of VTT for safety. Actually my 1.4Gig Cel is dead while testing VTT. *?* RIP! Good newby boy. !?! For people having 1.8Volt tolerant Voltage Regulator IC, can use Power Leap PL-iP3/T only, (don't get sad!) because it has an auto-regulating Voltage stage, but not the Upgradewares Slot-T model. It only works with 1.3Volt tolerant Voltage Regulator IC having boards. Check your chip, if it is 1.3Volts tolerant can buy Upgradeware Slot-T model about 35~50$. Power Leap PL-iP3/T is selling with a Processor attached, together with 1.2Gig Celeron, it costs about 135~150$ including the shipment price. So Upgradeware is 100$ cheaper and also selling without the CPU forcement! Finally, the research is over now. If you need to build this upgrade yourself, use 3 pin way (plus the VCC bridge if you need) or the 7 pin way, which is safer and more powerful. You can use VCC bridge with my 7 pin way too. I do not recommend 7 pin plus VTT way, because it killed my 1.4Gig Celeron. I have no more Questions in my head about this self-made overdrive action. We hit here and there, but finally reached the end. If you have personal questions mail to me. cemal_gurel@hotmail.com
i used both ak26-ak4 (with diode between to lower the voltage ) and ag1-ak4 (VTT, i'm using it now on bx133) they works good. using a VCC is a good choice if you don't plan to overvolt. OK, I have tried VCC connection with AK4 on my 7 pin modding. I see no difference. Therefore connecting AK4 to a VCC is completely UNNECESSARY! In fact connecting AK4 to VCC slightly decreases Video Decoding performance %5. (Converting avi to mpg I mean.) Other syntethic tests didn't showed a noticable change. This might affect gaming performance too. But I think AK4 is for managing to run the CPU only. If your CPU is working without the bridge, no need to connect any current to AK4. This AK4 connection way is necessary for 1.8Volt capable boards to run ONLY! If your onboard IC regulator chip is capable of providing 1.3Volts, DO NOT connect AK4 anyware. Just insulate and leave it. Bulding this connection to AK4 is both difficult and also gives a height change to the Socket 370. This also prevents good contact with other pins inside of the Socket 370. Some people asked me by mailing about this way. For them again, AK4 connection is NOT NECESSARY!

Ok, I know there are a lot of motherboards, a lot of Slotkets and various Intel & Via chipsets. As I have said, connecting to my AK4 doesn't seems necessary. But, this is my configuration. If you are something other than mine, you MUST of course have to try what is good for your system. I am saying, Asus P3C-E motherboard + Asus S370-DL Slotket + 7pin modding = no need for AK4 bridge. Your mathematical formula for your chemicals might be different. Some people are asking about why I am telling & advicing people to use 7 pin modding. First of all my way is for 1.3Volt capable motherboards. Second, your motherboard musn't have CPU ID check for Stepping revision. (Such as Intel VC820 and CC820 motherboards, they have 1.3Volt capable Voltage regulator IC's but because of CPU ID check at bios, not possible to run upper cC0 revision, including cD0 and tA1 & tB1 of course.) The other way to run AK4 bridge first of all needs good signal transfer from Reset pins. Under the CPU, AJ3 and AH4 is PARALELL. This means they have one output for CPU core. If you insert Tualatin CPU, AJ3 short circuits with VSS (Ground) therefore kills Reset signal to be send. Moreover, on Coppermine Slotkets, AH4 and X4 is connected with each other under the Socket 370. But Tualatin CPU X4 pin is VSS too. So it is necessary to insulate that pin to send Reset signal again. People using AK4, mainly needs that bridge for that reason. They must have to wake up the CPU in some way. Shortly: AJ3 (Reset) have a short circuit with VSS (Ground) BAD! X4 (Reset) have a short circuit with VSS (Ground) BAD! AH4 will gonna send this signal. OK! AG1 on Coppermine supporting Socket 370 Designs was used, for EDGCTRL signal. On Tualatin design this pin is VTT. For safety this pin is good to insulate. Shortly: AG1 (EDGCTRL) have a short circuit with VTT. BAD! AB36 is (V_CMOS) on Coppermine Design. But used as VTT on Tualatin design. Under the CPU side of Tualatin CPU AD36 and AB36 is PARALELL being VTT, so Coppermine Slot 370 designs have special design for (V_CMOS) other than VTT. If this signal touches VTT generates heat. Gives extra hard job for Mos Fets. AD36 (V_1.5) not much different than VTT and is connected to VTT on Coppermine designs. This one is no problem for us. Shortly: AB36 (V_CMOS) have a short circuit with (VTT). SOMEWHAT BAD! AD36 (V_1.5) is connected to VTT and touches VTT. OK! X34 has a VCC connection for Backward compatibility for old Celerons. On Coppermine CPU this pin
is (RESERVED) not Connected. But on Tualatin CPU this pin is VTT. This one is the most dangerous one causing short circuit between VTT and VCC. %80 of people lost their motherboards because of this short circuit. Shortly: X34 on Socket 370 is VCC, but VTT on Tualatins. VERY BAD! I think you can now understand better why I am advicing to insulate 7 pins. For some other type of slotkets there is also AM2 (KEY) pin. This is generally NOT USED on %95 of Slotkets. But I have seen a Soltek Slotket this is used. I couldn't solved what type of reason it is used for but, if you have AM2 pin connected on your Slotket make sure it is not touching to VTT or VCC. If you can not be sure, can insulate that pin, because we don't need that pin anyway.

Surprise. My Cel 1400 came back!!! He He, The problem was a little piece of cable touching a line at the bottom capacitor group. They have 4 pins on one side as you know. The cable was short circuiting them. Therefore keep clean the capacitor group at that area! When I was trying VTT, my cut out piece of cable made that trick to me. I was trying to run it on my sister's VC820 board. But I have asked this problem to Powerleap. They have replied that ". because of CPU ID check, only P3 Tualatins can work, not Celeron Tualatins." So, I wanted to tell it to you too. I didn't made a second test with VTT, but it is an obsolete thing for me now. Maybe later. I want to add one more thing, I am using Asus Probe 21905, which was the latest and the final one. Asus is not planning to continue that one and the motherboard monitor program at util page. The Nidec fan was alarming all the time for about 5~10 seconds at the beginning that my CPU fan is not working. Later it continues normally giving the information. If you are using Asus Probe, this is a bad thing. But, Nidec fan and the cooler is not too bad. Yes Sanyo works better but, Nidec has a great big cooler with a silent and big fan. I am running mine at 1.6Gig so you can also use this fan, but a bigger weighted cooler is much better. You may also look for copper-bottomed ones for safety. Actually, beeping about 5~10 sec from a Cooler is not a good thing if you are Overclocking your system. But if you can not manage to find a good cooler at your area, you may only think of replacing the Nidec fan only. I am saying this for my system again of course. If your motherboard alerting program works better than mine, you may continue your way normaly.
Hey Boys I came back! First thing, I want to tell to you is you don't need to use 7 pin modding by me. Because! I have investigated that P3 Copper, P3 Tualatin & Celeron datasheet is false. Whattt?. You said?. Yes I did. Latest Explanation:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AC33, Y37 and X4 is not connected to VSS (Ground) they are NC. AA37 and Y35 is not connected to VCC they are NC. X34 and G37 is not connected to VTT they are NC too. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------So whats up? Using 7 pin modding is 5 pin modding now on! (4 pin for some Slotkets) Can insulate only AN1, AK4, AJ3, AG1 and AB36. (The 5th AB36 is better for decreasing the temperature a bit on some slotkets. Not for all, test yours own!) Other 2 of 7 pin modding at X4 and X34 faces to unused pins. Yes I apologise, but false datasheet is not my fault! Assuming the unused pins were used, I have developed 7 pin modding before. Tie to AK4 to VTT or VCC is optional. You can build the bridge if your CPU not works as you know. Well I have talked about this modding a lot at this forum and don't want to talk about it much more. But I want to add more fascinating things, Some people are still wondering how this modding has arised. It is derived by Intel Pentium III Processor with 512KB L2 Cache Bus Terminator Design Guide called 24966101.pdf page 7, 13 (the 8th one is important for AG1) and 14. The AL1 pin is told to be NC but it is not used on the CPU and therefore not necessary to make any modding for this pin. You can check other pins if you wish. But AK36 is must have to touch the GND to disable 0.25V granulity down to 0.5V steps. C37 is good to tie to GND and itself is a GND on the CPU too. AF36 is DETECT (VCC Core Det is this pin) and automatically fits to GND. My personal investigation is that, Reserved E21 is a VSS (Ground) and can be tie to GND on the Slotket for better ground. Q35 and Q37 is Reserved for factory use. Do not use those pins at random order. If you connect them both to VSS (Ground) your CPU may be UNLOCKED! if your bios will not prevent it. I mean, the frequency multiplier can be out of order. Just like being on AMD CPU's. But that is %99 not supported by bios. If you turn on and off the Computer like that, or just enter into bios, you will have a warning of ". improper frequency multiplier detected. bla bla " on the bios screen if you manually adjust a different CPU multiplier other than the original multiplier near the CPU highlight zone. (If you do not connect the Q35 and Q37 to GND this error message is not visible.) I still couldn't solve, nor succeed on breaking the. 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5. settings. Computer goes on the original multiplier regardless of the error message. For Cel 1200 I adjusted 3 to 8 instead of 12 for example to cope with that error message. Try if you wish on your motherboard. But be carefull on that! Do not push it too hard like a baby. Other Reserved pins are not used. Bye, Have a good Summer!

I didn't understand? Do you want to mod Asus S370-DL to run Tualatin CPU like Slot-T adapter by Upgradeware? Yes you can. Not only with Asus S370-DL there is Asus S370-133, ABit and branded many other ones having the
TVC chip on board, (there are no TVC chip ones too but their performance is not so good therefore look for a Slotket having a TVC chip on it) Soltek Slotkets and No-Name Chinase adapters like Super Slotket III not works, do not try on them. You only need to insulate AN1, AK4, AJ3, and AG1. AB36 can be insulated if you have a too high temp. If the mod totally not works you need to make a bridge between AK4 to VCC (easy to build by connecting AK4 to AK2 nearby) or VTT (AK4 to AN11 but quite difficult to reach.) That's it.
khmok, Actually I didn't read about dual mode support of Slot-T but if your modding slotket have dual processor support like Asus S370-DL (for Celeron and P3) or Asus S370-133 (Only for Celerons not for P3) they can probably support dual processing according to your motherboard capabilities. By the way my efforts of braking a CPU multiplier is completely absurd, because I have tested it with my Celeron 1400. 1300 and 1400 processors are not supported by my bios and causes that frequency multiplier allowance by bios. So connecting Q35 and Q37 to GND have completely no effect on frequency multiplier. I apologise again. Q37 is told to be only usable for cA2 stepping based CPU's (by connecting to VTT at Intel's design guide that I newly found.) Q35 seemingly can be connectable to GND. (No corresponding data is available for this one.) @ ALL: (also My Site info Link) Wow, the revival of the Thread! Cemal Gurel welcome back! :-) This your turn from 7 to 5 pin mod I have to study it again & other your stuff too when I will have time & will again open my Warp7machine (other projects in my mind right now). About the unconnected pins: time ago I measured with an ohm-meter & I did not find any non-connected pins on the Tuallie, they are all connected to something the instrument showing but dont know exactly what! Unlocking Intel? HuH, that would be an achievement (even more than running Tuallies on older boards!) Heh, instead of so much writing on this thread like you did, you could actually make a website (same amount of work!) I did it last month from scratch learning by the way & you ALL are invited to visit my site at http://freeweb.siol.net/jerman55/HP/Spajky.htm , maybe you could find some interesting stuff there also & if you are in the bad mood, just search for more or less hidden links to open in a new window under sites elements to have some fun too! :-) PS: does anybody have saved the famous whole MadOnion Thread about the same topic? I would like to have it, but on Futuremark does not exist any more :-(. BYE!

I will post a very dangerous thing now that I have done but did not wished to tell about 3 months not to cause anyone to hurt. This is about unlocking an Intel CPU but I couldn't succeeded! As you know there are 8 legged Capacitors in the bottom center of P3 Tualatin and Celerons. There are 12 capacitors on tA1 and 9 capacitors on tB1 revisions. For 12 cap tA1 the centered 8 of them are connected to VCC and the outer 4 of them are connected to VTT. For 9 cap tB1 the centered 6 of them
are VCC and the outer 3 of them are VTT again. What I have did to my tA1 Celeron 1400 is a mad thing! I have removed 3 caps under the CPU but mistakenly (I am sometims absent minded) I have removed the opposite way ones! Ha Ha Ha. (the ones looking to V and T line pins 32~37) What this caused? In the bios screen the CPU multiplier now moves from 3 to 8. (As you know 3 for PIII 300 processors 8 for PIII 800E processors etc.) But even though the controllable menu CPU runs at 1400Mhz still. I have suspected about the originality of the 1400Mhz CPU in the beginning and assumed 1300Mhz can also be like that because my bios can not handle over 12 multiplier. A couple of weeks ago I have bought a Cel 1300 and see that it's CPU multiplier is constant (not allows 3 to 8) That means my faulty removal of 3 caps was causing the allowance of frequency multiplier! Ta Taaa. I actually did not wished to post about this because of being dangerous and in fact unsuccesful unlocking experience. But for computer engineers and great professional CPU fanatics may go on and trace it possibly to derive and find the successive way may be? If the caps once removed they are nearly impossible to re-solder because the capacitor parts are very sensitive. The metal attached 8 legs are separating from the body and become unusable if you want to re-solder them again. For that reason there is no way to return. CPU keeps running if you won't remove all the caps. I later removed all the caps to see a successive result but this caused CPU to die! Therefore DO NOT try to remove all of the caps if you wish to test it! Again, this explanation is only for Professionals who are familiar for those types of work and talented & capable of using my hint to develop with their superior knowledge for a finally successive unlocking method. Maybe a writing on Computer bios or other pin connection ways! I actually traced and find 3 reserved pins such as E21 (Ground) Q35 (Very likely Ground) and Q37 (VTT, but connecting to VTT only advised for cA2 type P3 CPU's such as 800EB etc.) But those pins have no effect on unlocking success that I have seen myself. Other reserved pins are not used. They were left blank, unused. If you know good professionals around you, please tell them about my attemts on unlocking an Intel CPU. They may catch attention on my way maybe?