1. ABIT BM6 PRESS KIT
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2. Basic Instruction
From the great tradition of BX6 and BH6, ABIT’s latest BM6 was also designed with the Intel’s performance 440BX chipset. Added to support Intel’s latest CPU specification -- Socket 370, BM6 will be the first choice, and the high-end solution for Basic PC segment.
The BM6, as others in ABIT’s family, supports the most
advanced Jumperless technology- SoftMenu IITM which provides ABIT’s customers the easiest and safest environment to achieve ultimate performance.
BM6 includes the HighPoint’s newest Xstore Pro utility, which is the MMX Accelerator for Storage and will achieve a higher system performance.
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3. BM6 Keys I Support INTEL Celeron Socket 370 Processor
II ABIT SoftMenu II
III Keyboard and Mouse Wake Up
IV Hardware Monitoring
V Enhanced HDD Driver
VI Expandability
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4. BM6 Hardware Specification
Chipset Intel 440BX
 Support 66/100 MHz FSB
CPU
 Supports Intel Socket 370 Celeron Processor
Memory
 Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support SDRAM module
 Supports up to 768MB MAX. (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB SDRAM)
 ECC support
System BIOS
 SOFT MENUTM II
 Award Plug and Play BIOS supports APM, DMI
 Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS
 Year 2000 Compliant
 2 MB bits BIOS
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5. BM6 Hardware Specification
Multi I/O Functions
 Built-in PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse ports connectors
 Built-in two USB ports connectors
 Built-in standard IrDA TX/RX header
 Built-in Wake on LAN header
 Built-in SB-Link header
Miscellaneous
 ATX form factor
 One AGP slot, Five PCI slots and Two ISA slots
 Hardware monitoring – Included fan speed, voltages, CPU and system environment temperature
 Support Keyboard and Mouse Wake Up
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6. ABIT BM6 Layout
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7. BM6 Features - I
CPU  Supports Intel’s new generation Socket Celeron™ processors which adopts PPGA (Plastic Pin Grid Array package) 370 pin design.
 Supports Intel Celeron Processors based on 66 MHz FSB such as 300A、333 、 366 、400 MHz.
 Future feature reserved for Celeron 100 MHz FSB CPU
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8. BM6 Features - II
Soft Menu IITM ABIT’s patent technology increases the
future compatibility and gives the power
user a convenient way to adjust CPU
settings.
SoftMenu IITM setup in BIOS
External Clock: 66/75/83/100/105/110/112/115
120/124/133 MHz
( Above 66/100 MHz not guaranteed due to the CPU,
PCI and chipset specifications.)
Multiplier Factor: 2/2.5/3/3.5/4/4.5/5/5.5/6/6.5/7/7.5/8
(The actual adjustable factor should be based on
INTEL CPU specifications.)
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9. BM6 Features - III DRAM supports 3 DIMM sockets at 6 Banks capacity
reaching 768 MB of system memory.
DRAM specifications
- PC66 / PC100 SDRAM DIMM
- ECC Support
- Modules with 8/16/32/64/128/256 MB
DRAM Chip Approved by ABIT
LGS, NEC, HITACHI, MITSUBUSHI
TOSHIBA, FUJITSU, HY, SEC
MICRON, TI, Mosel, Winbond
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10. BM6 Features - IV Keyboard and Mouse Wake Up  Keyboard Wake Up
Twelve options (Ctrl-F1 to Ctrl-F12) are available. User can use the Ctrl plus the one of each function key (F1 to F12) to power on the computer.
 Mouse Wake Up
User can double click the Left or Right Mouse Button to wake up the computer. But only the PS/2 mouse is supported.
 Power Requirement
User’s ATX power supply 5V standby power should be able to provide at least a 720mA current capacity. Otherwise, the wake up functions may not work.
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11. BM6 Features - V Hardware monitoring
BM6 has integrated Winbond Hardware Monitoring chipset, and provides the Hardware Doctor -- a self-diagnostic system for PC, to monitor the following hardware configuration under Microsoft Windows 95/98.
 Power Supply Voltage
Provide voltages for different devices such as CPU, Chipset, ISA Bus, PCI Bus
 Fan Speed
Includes CPU and System fan speed
 Temperature
Includes CPU and System temperature
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12. BM6 Hardware Monitoring
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13. BM6 Features - VI High Quality Thermistor
 In order to provide the accurate hardware temperature, BM6 has built-in two Thermistors to detect CPU and System Environment temperature.
 BM6 is also equipped with an additional Thermal header, user can buy a 10K Thermistor to detect any hardware temperature in system.
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14. BM6 Features - VII  ATX form factor
 One AGP slot, Five PCI slots and Two ISA slots
 Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
 Built-in two USB ports connectors
 Built-in standard IrDA TX/RX header
 Built-in Wake on LAN header
 Year 2000 Compliant
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15. BM6 Advantages- I Performance
By implementing INTEL performance chipset --440BX AGPset, BM6 has excellent performance under the INTEL new Socket 370 CPU-- Celeron family with a combination of Celeron 300A/333/366/400.
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16. BM6 Advantages- I
Performance
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17. BM6 Advantages- II Enhanced HDD Driver
Xstore Pro, the MMX accelerator for Storage, utilizes the system memory to enhance memory management by working with Windows 95/98.
CD Xpress, a CD-ROM drive performance accelerator, buffers CD data from the CD-ROM drive to the hard drive so as to increase performance.
ABIT will include Xstore Pro and CD Xpress in every mainboard. These utilities will provide ABIT’s customer an easy way to achieve higher system performance.
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18. Xstore Pro Performance Comparasion
VGA : TRIPLEX ET (1024X768X256)
M/B : AB-BH6
CPU : INTEL PENTIUM II MHZ
OS : MS WINDOWS 98
TEST PROGRAM : ZDBOP WINBENCH 98
HDD : QUANTUM SE4300AT
MEMORY : DIMM 32MB X 2.
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19. CD Xpress Performance Comparasion
VGA : ATI 3D RAGE 4 MB
M/B : AB-BH6
CPU : INTEL PENTIUM II MHZ
OS : MS WINDOWS 98
TEST PROGRAM : ZD WINBENCH 98
HDD : QUANTUM Fireball 3.2GB
MEMORY : 192 MB SDRAM
CD ROM : Pioneer 32X
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20. BM6 Advantages- III Reliability BM6 was produced by ABIT --
 The world’s most famous Mainboard Corporation with the most recognition from worldwide magazine editors and Lab testers.
 The most strict in-house testing through Hardware design team, Approval team and FAE test team.
 Factory Burn-in: 24 hours
Approved by outside test Lab:
Intel Lab
CE Lab : EMI/EMC/EMS
FCC Lab
WHQL : Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT Test Year 2000 Compatible
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21. BM6 Advantages- IV Expandability  CPU
BM6 has great expandability to support future
INTEL Celeron CPU based on 100 MHz FSB.
 AUDIO ( Optional )
ABIT has integrated BM6 with ESS Solo-1 PCI
Audio for customer’s choice.
ESS Solo-1 PCI Audio Controller :
1. Sound Blaster 16 and Microsoft Sound System Compatible
2. Up to 16-bit Stereo 44KHz Sampling Rate, Full Duplex
3. Microsoft PC97/PC98 Compliant
4. Software WaveTable Bundled
5. 3D Audio Effects and ESFM Music Synthesizer
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22. BM6 Advantages- V Compatibility:  Hardware Approval team cross test
 FAE team cross test
Over 48 hours of burn-in testing
Components: CPUs/ SDRAM modules
Add-on Cards: VGA cards/Sound cards
/Video cards/LAN cards
/SCSI cards/Modem card
Storage: FDD/Ultra DMA IDE HDD/SCSI HDD
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
Peripheral: Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard
Case/Power Supply
OS: Windows 95/98/NT
UNIX
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