Installation
2-1 KP6-FX 2 Layout
The KP6-FX2 is designed with Intel 82440FX PCIset chipset which is devel- oped by Intel Corporation to fully support PCI/ISA systems. The Intel 82440FX PCIset chipset provides increased integration and improved performance. The chipset provides an integrated IDE controller with two high performance IDE interfaces for up to four IDE devices (hard drives, CD-ROM’s, etc.). The SMC 37C932FR Super I/O controller provides the standard PC I/O function: floppy interface, two 16 Byte FIFO serial ports and EPP/ECP capable parallel port, keyboard controller, and RTC. The KP6-FX 2 layout is shown in the next page ( Figure 2-1 ) for user's reference.
Care must be taken when inserting memory modules, inserting Pentium® II Processor or even plugging in a PCI card into associated slots to avoid damaging any circuits or sockets on board (Please unplug all power to the mainboard before installing any components). A high efficiency fan and heatsink fan is strongly recommended when installing a Pentium® II Processor to help prevent overheat- ing.
The KP6-FX2 supports a minimum of 8MB of system memory and a maximum of 1GigaByte while the L2 Cache and cache controller are included in Pentium® II Processor CPU.
The KP6-FX 2 supports standard Fast Page Mode (FPM) or Extended Data Out (EDO) memory. The KP6-FX 2 provides four 72-pin SIMM sockets and two 168-pin DIMM sockets for memory modules. The 72-pin sockets (2 Banks) support 1M x 32 (4MB), 2M x 32 (8MB), 4M x 32 (16MB), 8M x 32 (32MB) 16M x 32 (64MB), and 32M x 32 (128MB) single-sided or double-sided memory modules and the 168-pin sockets (2 Banks) support 1M x 64 (8MB), 2M x 64 (32MB), 4M x 64 (64MB), 8M x 64 (128MB), 16M x 64 (256MB) single-sided or double-sided memory modules. The memory timing requires 60ns or 70ns FPM, EDO DRAM modules. Memory parity generation and checking or Error Checking and Correction (ECC) are supported [DRAM Modules may be parity (x
72)or ECC (x 72)]. The BIOS will automatically detect which DRAM is installed in the SIMM sockets.
The KP6-FX 2 supports Onboard two PCI IDE connectors, these will be automatically detected by the BIOS to install your hard disk type at boot up. The KP6-FX 2 supports Award Plug & Play BIOS for ISA and PCI cards. The BIOS can be located in Flash memory. The advantage of having Flash memory is the ease of upgrading your BIOS to the current one with software.
