1. FEATURES 1.1 The HP Bermuda The Bermuda motherboard is carefully designed for the value-conscious PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest processors. 1.1.1 Specifications • AMD Athlon™/Duron™ Processor Support: Supports Socket 462 (A )based AMD Athlon™/Duron™ processors.
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• Color-coded Connectors: To enhance user accessibility to system components and to meet PC 99 compliancy, major connectors in this motherboard are color- coded. Bermuda User’s Manual...
Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows95/98/NT . Color-coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99. Bermuda User’s Manual...
(SDRAM), which is compatible to the industry standard SDRAM. This new memory technology increases performance by executing two actions per clock cycle, resulting in data transfer rates of up to 2.1 GB/s for 133MHz DDR SDRAM and 1.6GB/s for 100MHz DDR SDRAM. Bermuda User’s Manual...
PCI Slot 1 Lithium Cell CMOS Power CLR_CMOS PCI Slot 2 CD AUX VT82C686B PCIset PCI Slot 3 Audio Codec WOLCON COM2 HP-USB PANEL Grayed components are available only on certain models at the time of purchase. Bermuda User’s Manual...
22 System Management Interrupt Lead (2 pins) 22) PWR.SW (PANEL) p. 22 ATX / Soft-Off Switch Lead (2 pins) 23) RESET (PANEL) p. 22 Reset Switch Lead (2 pins) 24) CLRTC p. 23 Clear Real Time Clock RAM Bermuda User’s Manual...
This option tells the clock generator which frequency to send to the CPU, SDRAM, and the chipset. This allows the selection of the CPU’s External fre- quency. Setting 100 MHz [1-2] 133 MHz [2-3] 100MHz 133MHz BERMUDA CPU External Frequency Selection Bermuda User’s Manual...
Single-sided DDR DIMMs come in 64, 128, and 256MB; double-sided come in 128, 256, and 512MB. WARNING! Be sure that the DIMMs you use can handle the specified DDR SDRAM MHz or else bootup will not be possible. Bermuda User’s Manual...
A 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM has a single notch slightly to the right of center. BERMUDA 184-Pin DDR DIMM Sockets This motherboard supports three pairs of differential clock signals per DIMM.
CPU for bent pins or reorient the CPU. CAUTION! Be careful not to scrape the motherboard when mounting/unmounting a clamp-style processor fan or else damage may occur to the motherboard. BLANK LEVER LOCK AMD™ Athlon BERMUDA Socket A NOTCH Bermuda User’s Manual...
4. Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above. 5. Replace the computer system’s cover. 6. Set up the BIOS if necessary (ie.: IRQ xx Used By ISA: Yes.) 7. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card. Bermuda User’s Manual...
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To avoid damaging your AGP 4X graphics card, your computer’s power supply should be unplugged before inserting your graphics card into the slot. AGP Card BERMUDA Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 2.7.4 PCI Extension Card Golden Finger This motherboard features a plug-in extension golden finger configured to support two PCI slots.
This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS/2 plug (mini DIN). This connector will not allow standard AT size (large DIN) keyboard plugs. You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards. PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin female) Bermuda User’s Manual...
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One serial port can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices. A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the mother- board to an expansion slot opening. COM 1 Serial Port (9-pin male) COM2 PIN 1 A7M266-M Serial COM2 Bracket Bermuda User’s Manual...
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Line Out (lime). Mic (pink) allows microphones to be con- nected for inputting voice. Line Out Line In 1/8" Stereo Audio Connectors Bermuda User’s Manual...
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SCSI drive and select the boot disk through the BIOS software. IMPORTANT: UltraDMA100/66 IDE devices must use a 40-pin 80-conductor IDE cable for 100MB/s transfer rates. NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1. PIN 1 BERMUDA IDE Connectors Bermuda User’s Manual...
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NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1. PIN 1 BERMUDA Floppy Disk Drive Connector 11) Wake-On-LAN Connector (3-pin WOLCON) This connector supports a LAN card with Wake-On-LAN output. The connec- tor powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card.
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Right Audio Channel CD (Black) AUX (White) BERMUDA Internal Audio Connectors 13) Standard Infrared Module Connector (5-1 pin IR) This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature.
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SYS_FAN CPU_FAN PS-FAN STOP# BERMUDA 12-Volt Cooling Fan Power 15) IDE Activity LED (2-pin HDLED) This connector supplies power to the cabinet’s IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary/Secondary IDE and Primary/ Secondary ATA100 connectors will cause the LED to light up.
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On-LAN support, your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA +5VSB. +3.3Volts +3.3 Volts -12.0Volts +3.3 Volts Ground Ground Power Supply On +5.0 Volts Ground Ground Ground +5.0 Volts Ground Ground -5.0 Volts Power Good +5.0 Volts +5V Standby +5.0 Volts +12.0Volts BERMUDA ATX Power Connector Bermuda User’s Manual...
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HDLED Power LED Requires an ATX power supply. BERMUDA System Panel Connectors 18) System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PLED) This 3-1 pin connector connects to the system power LED, which lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep or soft-off mode.
(3) Turn ON your computer, (4) Hold down <Delete> during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re-enter user preferences. CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power CLR_CMOS Short solder points to Clear CMOS BERMUDA Clear RTC RAM Bermuda User’s Manual...