American Megatrends Apollo II, User Manual

Page 1: ...Apollo II PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide MAN 742 5 20 96 ...

Page 2: ...this product or the support materials provided with the product Trademarks Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation MS DOS Microsoft Word and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation SMC is a registered trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation IBM AT VGA PS 2 OS 2 and EGA are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation XT a...

Page 3: ...les Step 6 Test and Configure 2 WINBIOS Setup 35 Using a Mouse with WINBIOS Setup Using the Keyboard with WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Setup Menu Section 1 Setup 38 Standard Setup Advanced Setup Chipset Setup Power Management Setup PCI PnP Setup Peripheral Setup Section 2 Security 57 AMIBIOS Password Support Setting a Password Changing a Password Anti Virus Section 3 Utility 60 Section 4 Default 60 3 Pro...

Page 4: ...ual was written for the OEM to assist in the proper installation and operation of this motherboard This manual describes the specifications and features of the Apollo II motherboard It explains how to assemble a system based on the Apollo II motherboard and how to use the AMIBIOS that is specifically designed for this motherboard This manual is not meant to be read by the computer owner who purcha...

Page 5: ...scharge wear a properly grounded wristband while handling the Apollo II motherboard or any other electrical component touch a grounded anti static surface or a grounded metal fixture before handling the Apollo II motherboard handle system components by the mounting bracket if possible Batteries Make sure you dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions Improper us...

Page 6: ...odule AMIBIOS with power management PCI Flash ROM enhanced IDE and Plug and Play support three ISA expansion slots and four PCI expansion slots The motherboard conforms to the PCIVersion 2 1 specification The PCI slots are automatically configured by the AMIBIOS The PCI slots operate synchronously with the CPU clock as follows CPU External Clock Frequency PCI Expansion Slot Frequency 66 MHz 33 MHz...

Page 7: ...ide 2 Apollo II Dimensions The motherboard dimensions are shown in the following illustration Expansion Slots 0 62 Keyboard Connectors 0 85 SIMM Sockets 2 5 Heat Sink 1 75 Power Connectors 2 0 11 5 8 375 Cache Module Slot 0 62 Voltage Regulator 1 5 ...

Page 8: ...16 5 Attach cables to connectors Page 18 Connect the power supply Page 20 Attach the keyboard cable Page 21 Connect the mouse cable Page 22 Attach cables Page 23 Connect onboard I O Page 26 Connect the serial ports Page 26 Connect the parallel port Page 26 Connect floppy drive s Page 28 Connect the IDE drive s Page 30 6 Test and configure Page 34 Warning This motherboard contains sensitive electro...

Page 9: ...dentifies Pin 1 in Jumpers and Connectors KEYBOARD PCI SLOT 1 PCI SLOT 2 PCI SLOT 3 PS 2 Mouse J1 PCI SLOT 4 COM1 LPT1 Floppy IDE1 IDE2 JPW1 JPW2 JPW3 JPW4 Keylock Spkr Suspend Reset Fan JS1 J6 Bank0 Bank1 Power Supply HD LED JCK1 JCK2 JC2 JC1 JVR J5 JCP J2 J3 J4 COM2 J7 JP1 J11 J10 J8 J9 AMIBIOS ...

Page 10: ... Remove the sponge and the anti static bag Place the motherboard on a grounded anti static surface component side up Save the original packing material 4 Inspect the motherboard for damage Press down on all ICs mounted in sockets to verify proper seating Do not apply power to the motherboard if it has been damaged 5 If the motherboard is undamaged it is ready to be installed Set Jumpers Set all ju...

Page 11: ... clock frequencies JC1 and JC2 are 2 pin bergs J6 is a 3 pin berg CPU External Speed CPU Internal Speed JC1 JC2 J6 50 MHz 75 MHz OPEN OPEN Short Pins 1 2 60 MHz 120 MHz Shorted OPEN Short Pins 2 3 66 MHz 133 MHz Shorted OPEN Short Pins 2 3 60 MHz 90 MHz OPEN OPEN Short Pins 2 3 66 MHz 100 MHz OPEN OPEN Short Pins 2 3 60 MHz 180 MHz OPEN Shorted Short Pins 2 3 66 MHz 200 MHz OPEN Shorted Short Pins...

Page 12: ...out the voltage specification for the CPU that will be installed in this motherboard please call Intel and make sure that you set JVR correctly Selecting the wrong voltage may damage the CPU CPU External Clock JCK1 and JCK2 are 2 pin bergs that set the CPU speed JCK1 and JCK2 are located at the top of the SRAM chips External Clock Supported Internal CPU Speeds JCK1 JCK2 50 MHz 75 MHz Shorted Short...

Page 13: ... is near one edge of the motherboard as shown on page4 Warning Improper CPU installation can damage the CPU and the motherboard You must follow the procedures in this section exactly as documented Make sure you wear an antistatic wristband while installing the CPU Follow all antistatic procedures described on page 5 Step Action 1 Lift the lever on the ZIF socket The empty CPU socket looks like thi...

Page 14: ... bent pins with pliers Place the CPU in the middle of the socket as shown below Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is aligned with pin 1 of the socket Make sure you are properly grounded while handling the CPU 3 Complete installation by lifting the ZIF lever to the other side of the socket as shown below ...

Page 15: ...can hold one SIMM You can use 1 MB x 36 4 MB x 36 8 MB x 36 or 16 MB x 36 or 32 MB x 36 SIMMs The motherboard supports banks of fast page mode and EDO Extended Data Out memory together operating at 60 or 70 ns RAS access time Memory Display System memory is reported by AMIBIOS as it boots and again when the AMIBIOS System Configuration Screen is displayed just before the operating system boots The...

Page 16: ...P368000 707 Samsung KMM5368100 7 DRAM ConfigurationsValid memory configurations include Total RAM Bank0 Bank0 Bank1 Bank1 8 MB 4 MB 4 MB None None 16 MB 8 MB 8 MB None None 24 MB 8 MB 8 MB 4 MB 4 MB 32 MB 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 40 MB 16 MB 16 MB 4 MB 4 MB 48 MB 16 MB 16 MB 8 MB 8 MB 64 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 64 MB 32 MB 32 MB None None 72 MB 32 MB 32 MB 4 MB 4 MB 80 MB 32 MB 32 MB 8 MB 8 MB 96 MB...

Page 17: ...can be filled with either 4 MB x 36 8 MB x 36 16 MB x 36 or 32 MB x 36 SIMMs Place the motherboard on an anti static mat With the component side of the SIMM facing you firmly push the SIMM into the socket at an angle then push it up When properly inserted the SIMM clicks into place as the latching pins engage The SIMM installation process is shown below Cont d ...

Page 18: ... Short Pins 2 3 0 KB None None N A Important The Apollo II works with either the DIP cache memory or a cache module but not both If the DIP cache memory is used the cache module socket must be empty If the cache module is used the SRAM DIPs must be physically removed The cache module used must conform to the Intel COAST Version 1 0 specification A 160 pin cache module connector is mounted on the m...

Page 19: ...che Memory Type Specify the size of L2 secondary cache memory as shown in the following chart and table SRAM Voltage JPW1 JPW2 JPW3 JPW4 Mixed factory setting Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 3 3V Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 Important Before inserting the cache module turn the computer off make sure you follow all antistatic procedures use...

Page 20: ...I motherboard JPW1 JPW2 JPW3 and JPW4 do not have to be changed when installing the cache module The factory settings of these jumpers are correct for the cache module Remove all SRAM DIP chips and Tag RAM from the motherboard before installing the cache module AMIBIOS automatically detects and configures asynchronous and pipeline burst cache memory modules Insert the cache module as shown below ...

Page 21: ...erboard is mounted The power supply is mounted at the far end of the chassis 3 Hold the motherboard component side up with the edge with the SIMM sockets toward you and the edge with the power supply connector away from you The keyboard mouse and video connectors should be to the left 4 Carefully slide the motherboard into the chassis Make certain the edge connectors fit the ports in the rear of t...

Page 22: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 17 Step 4 Install Motherboard Continued Plating The screw head must not be larger than the plating around the mounting hole ...

Page 23: ...ard lock connector J10 page 24 IDE LED connector JP1 page 24 Serial port connectors CN7 and CN6 page 26 Parallel port connector CN8 page 27 Floppy connector CN9 page 28 IDE drive connectors IDE1 and IDE2 pages 31 through 33 Cable Connector Ends When connecting chassis connectors to the motherboard make sure to connect the correct connector end Most connector wires are color coded Match the color o...

Page 24: ...r power on and run WINBIOS Setup to reset all system configuration information Make sure that JCP remains OPEN unless you have to erase a forgotten password Connect Power Supply The power supply should match the physical configuration of the chassis Make sure that the power switch is Off before assembly Before attaching all components make sure that the proper voltage has been selected Power suppl...

Page 25: ... Motherboard User s Guide 20 Step 5 Attach Cables Continued Power Cables Attach the power supply cables to the power connector on the motherboard AT compatible power supplies have one twelve pin connector as shown below Cont d ...

Page 26: ...ood Orange wire Not used 2 VCC Red wire 3 12 Volts Yellow wire 4 12 Volts Blue wire 5 Ground Black wire 6 Ground Black wire 7 Ground Black wire 8 Ground Black wire 9 5 Volts White wire 10 VCC Red wire 11 VCC Red wire 12 VCC Red wire Keyboard CableThe keyboard attaches via a standard six pin DIN keyboard connector CN1 Pin Assignments 1 Keyboard data 2 N C 3 Ground 4 Vcc 5 Keyboard clock 6 N C Cont ...

Page 27: ...own below Attach the standard 9 pin mouse connector at the other end of the mouse cable to the mouse connector port on the computer case Incorrect mouse installation can cause the system to hang Keyboard Connector Mouse Connector Attach 5 pin connector to 5 pin mouse berg 5 pin to 9 pin converter cable Motherboard Mount this connector on the computer case Pin Description 1 Mouse Clock 2 N C 3 N C ...

Page 28: ...re than one connector with the same color coded wires If so follow the wire to the switch or LED Pin 1 is always indicated on the motherboard as shown below List of Connectors The following cables should be connected to the motherboard CPU fan cable to J7 J5 External Battery Reset Switch cable to J11 Speaker cable to J9 Keyboard Lock Power LED cable to J10 IDE LED Activity Indicator LED cable to J...

Page 29: ...atically disconnected if you attach an battery to J5 J5 is a four pin berg J11 Reset J11 is a two pin single inline berg that is attached via a cable to an externally mounted reset switch When the reset switch is pressed the system performs a hard reset Pin 1 is ground and Pin 2 is Hard Reset Speaker Connector J9 is a four pin single inline berg that is optionally attached via a cable to a standar...

Page 30: ...e user to lock the keyboard Pin 1 on the motherboard is identified Pin Description 1 LED power 2 LED power 3 Ground 4 Keyboard Lock 5 Ground IDE Indicator LEDJP1 is a two pin berg that is attached via a cable to the externally mounted IDE Activity LED This LED lights when the IDE drive is running Warning In some IDE drives you may have to disable the IDE LED mounted on the drive by changing a jump...

Page 31: ...evices AMIBIOS automatically checks the adapter cards installed in the expansion slots on the Apollo II motherboard for a hard disk or floppy controller and serial or parallel ports CN7 CN6 CN7 and CN6 are 10 pin connectors that provide an AT compatible serial port interface Connect the cables supplied with the motherboard to the 10 pin serial connectors The serial port base I O port address and o...

Page 32: ... provided with the motherboard to CN8 All parallel port settings can be configured through Peripheral Setup in WINBIOS Setup Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 STROBE 2 PD0 3 PD1 4 PD2 5 PD3 6 PD4 7 PD5 8 PD6 9 PD7 10 ACK 11 BUSY 12 PE 13 SLCT 14 AUTOFD 15 ERROR 16 INIT 17 SLCTIN 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground 23 Ground 24 Ground 25 Ground 26 Ground Cont d ...

Page 33: ...ontroller is installed Choose Standard Setup and Peripheral Setup to configure the floppy controller The motherboard supports up to two 720 KB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB 3 drives and 360 KB and 1 2 MB 5 drives The connecting cable is a 34 pin ribbon connector with two 34 pin edge connectors for attaching the floppy disk drives There is a small twist in the cable between the floppy connectors The last end ...

Page 34: ...8 INDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR0 11 GND 12 FDSEL1 13 GND 14 FDSEL0 15 GND 16 MOTOR1 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 21 GND 22 WDATA 23 GND 24 WGATE 25 GND 26 TRK0 27 GND 28 WRPROT 29 GND 30 RDATA 31 GND 32 HDSEL 33 GND 34 DSKCHNG Twist in Floppy Cable Floppy B to A Floppy B to A Floppy B to A Floppy B to A 10 to 16 12 to 14 14 to 12 16 to 10 11 to 15 13 to 13 15 to 11 Cont d ...

Page 35: ...I Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide 30 Step 5 Attach Cables Continued IDE Drives Attach the IDE drives in the following manner Choose Peripheral Setupin WINBIOS Setup to enable the onboard IDE controller Cont d ...

Page 36: ...nsfer and fast IDE transfer These IDE features are configured in Peripheral Setup in the WINBIOS Setup utility Disable the onboard IDE interface in Peripheral Setup to use an ISA ESDI RLL MFM or SCSI hard disk drive controller Install IDE Drivers American Megatrends provides IDE drivers for the onboard IDE controller These drivers are unnecessary if running in DOS but must be loaded for other oper...

Page 37: ...8 DATA15 19 GND 20 KEY N C 21 N C 22 GND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IDERDY 28 ALE 29 N C 30 GND 31 INT14 32 IOCS16 33 HA1 34 N C 35 HA0 36 HA2 37 CS0 38 CS1 39 IDEACT 40 GND IDE2 Secondary IDE Controller IDE2 the secondary IDE connector is a 40 pin dual inline berg that connects the secondary primary and slave IDE drives to the secondary onboard IDE controller Attach the secondary master and s...

Page 38: ...SET 2 GND 3 DATA7 4 DATA8 5 DATA6 6 DATA9 7 DATA5 8 DATA10 9 DATA4 10 DATA11 11 DATA3 12 DATA12 13 DATA2 14 DATA13 15 DATA1 16 DATA14 17 DATA0 18 DATA15 19 GND 20 KEY N C 21 N C 22 GND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IDERDY 28 ALE 29 N C 30 GND 31 INT15 32 IOCS16 33 HA1 34 N C 35 HA0 36 HA2 37 CS2 38 CS3 39 N C 40 GND ...

Page 39: ...ll Technical Support if there are problems BIOS Errors If the system operates normally a display should appear on the monitor The BIOS Power On Self Test POST should execute If POST does not run successfully it will beep or display error messages Beeps indicate a serious problem with the system configuration or hardware The Beep Code indicates the problem AMIBIOS Beep Codes are defined inthe AMIBI...

Page 40: ...n the computer is powered on The system parameters are configured by a system BIOS Setup utility Historically BIOS Setup utilities have been character based required keyboard input and have had user interfaces that were not very intuitive Graphical Interface American Megatrends has a new type of system BIOS Setup utility WINBIOS Setup has a graphical user interface the end user can access using a ...

Page 41: ...uble click to perform an operation in the selected field Using the Keyboard with WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS has a built in keyboard driver that uses simple keystroke combinations Keystroke Action Tab Change or select a global field Change or select the current field Enter Perform an operation in the current field Increment a value Decrement a value Esc Abort any window function PgUp Return to the previ...

Page 42: ...e WINBIOS Setup main windows are Setup described in Section 1 on page38 has icons that permit you to set system configuration options such as date time hard disk type floppy type and many others Security described in Section 2 beginning on page 57 has three icons that control AMIBIOS security features Utilities described in Section 3 beginning on page 60 sets the screen color and allows language c...

Page 43: ...ppy type The settings are360 KB 5 inch 1 2 MB 5 inch 720 KB 3 inch 1 44 MB 3 inch or 2 88 MB 3 inch Pri Master Pri Slave Select one of these hard disk drive icons to configure the hard disk drive named in the option A scrollable screen that lists all valid disk drive types is displayed Select the correct type and press Enter Detecting IDE AMIBIOS automatically finds all IDE hard disk drive paramet...

Page 44: ...try on the hard disk compensates for the physical difference in sector size by boosting the write current for sectors on inner tracks This parameter is the track number where write precompensation begins Landing Zone This number is the cylinder location where the heads will normally park when the system is shut down Sectors The number of sectors per track MFM drives have 17 sectors per track RLL d...

Page 45: ... MB 19 1024 7 512 1023 17 60 MB 20 733 5 300 732 17 30 MB 21 733 7 300 732 17 43 MB 22 733 5 300 733 17 30 MB 23 306 4 0 336 17 10 MB 24 925 7 0 925 17 54 MB 25 925 9 65535 925 17 69 MB 26 754 7 754 754 17 44 MB 27 754 11 65535 754 17 69 MB 28 699 7 256 699 17 41 MB 29 823 10 65535 823 17 68 MB 30 918 7 918 918 17 53 MB 31 1024 11 65535 1024 17 94 MB 32 1024 15 65535 1024 17 128 MB 33 1024 5 1024 ...

Page 46: ...eyboards The settings are Absent or Present The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Present Primary Display This option configures the type of monitor attached to the computer The settings are EGA VGA CGA80x25 Mono CGA40x25 or Absent The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are VGA EGA Mouse Support When this option is enabled AMIBIOS supports a PS 2 type mouse The settings areEnabled or ...

Page 47: ...are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Floppy Drive SwapSet this option to Enabled to permit drives A and B to be swapped The settings areEnabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Quick Boot Set this option to Enabled to instruct the BIOS to boot within five seconds after the computer is powered on The settings are Enabled ...

Page 48: ... for faster execution The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal default setting is Enabled The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Caching Controller Set this option to Present if a caching controller is installed in the computer The settings are Absent or Present The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Absent Video Shadow C000 32KThis option controls the location of the contents o...

Page 49: ... options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area in the option title Setting Description Enabled The contents of the video ROM area C000h C7FFh are written to the same address in RAM for faster execution Disabled The video ROM is not copied to RAM The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory The Optimal and Fail Safe settings are Disabled ...

Page 50: ...if certain devices such as the Cirrus 5434 chip are installed and PCI Burst mode is enabled Most of the time setting this option to Enabled increases the PCI bus data transfer rate The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal default setting is Enabled The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled PCI ConcurrencySet this option to Enabled to permit the CPU to remain active while activity occurs on...

Page 51: ...onsumption state but the computer can return to full power instantly when any system activity occurs This option is only available if supported by the computer hardware The settings are Disabledand 1 Min through 15 Min in 1 minute intervals The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Green PC Monitor Power StateThis option specifies the power state that the green PC compliant video mon...

Page 52: ...s page The settings are Disabledand 1 Min through 15 Min in 1 minute intervals The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Standby Timeout Minute This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power on state When this length of time expires the computer enters Standby power state The settings are Disabledand 1 Min through 15 Min in 1 minute intervals Th...

Page 53: ...in the power conserving state The settings are 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 64 and 1 128 The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are 1 8 Display Activity This option specifies if AMIBIOS is to monitor display activity for power conservation purposes When this option is set toMonitorand there is no display activity for the length of time specified in the Standby Timeout Minute option the computer enters ...

Page 54: ...r saving state AMIBIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line The computer enters the full on power state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line The settings for each of these options are Monitoror Ignore The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabledfor all the above options exceptIRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ7 I...

Page 55: ...et of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and VGA Palette Snoop Bit Setting Action Disabled Data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette registers Enabled Data read and wr...

Page 56: ... in the four PCI expansion slots The settings are32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 64 PCI Slot 1 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 2 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 3 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 4 IRQ Preference These options specify the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the four PCI expansion slots The settings are IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ 14 a...

Page 57: ...RQs must be removed from the pool the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA EISA setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured asPCI PnP IRQ14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard Triton PCI IDE is enabled If all IRQs are set to ISA EISA and IRQ14 and 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ9 will still be a...

Page 58: ...isabled 16K 32K or 64K The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Reserved Memory AddressThis option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are C0000 C4000 C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 or DC000 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are C8000 ...

Page 59: ...ry or Both The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard IDE Bus MasterSet this option to Enabled if the onboard IDE controller is a PCI bus mastering device The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Offboard PCI ISA IDE CardThis option specifies the expansion slot that the offboard PCI or ISA IDE Controller adapter card is instal...

Page 60: ...e Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 2E8h or 3E8h The Optimal default setting is 3F8h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Serial Port1 FIFO Set this option to Enabled to enable the First In First Out FIFO buffer for serial port 1 The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Serial Port2 IR...

Page 61: ...8h Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Normal The settings are Setting Description Normal The normal parallel port mode is used Bi Dir Use this setting to support bidirectional transfers on the parallel port EPP The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Enhanced Parallel Port EPP specification EPP uses t...

Page 62: ... must be set first The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when WINBIOS Setup is executed using either or both the Supervisor password or User password AMIBIOSPassword Support The Supervisor and User icons activate two different levels of password security If WINBIOS Setup has an optional password feature The system can be configured so t...

Page 63: ... WINBIOS is run The password is encrypted and stored in NVRAM As shown on the above screen you are prompted for a 1 6 character password You can either type the password on the keyboard or select each letter of the password one at a time using the mouse The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If you forget it you must drain NVRAM and reconfigure If You Do ...

Page 64: ...word is changed If you forget the password you must erase the system configuration information in NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory See page19 for information about erasing system configuration information Anti Virus When this icon is selected from the Security section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu AMIBIOS issues a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts t...

Page 65: ...m is having configuration related problems Original Choose the Original icon to return to the system configuration values present in WINBIOS Setup when you first began this WINBIOS Setup session Optimal You can load the optimal default settings for the WINBIOS by selecting the Optimal icon The Optimal default settings are best case values that should optimize system performance If NVRAM is corrupt...

Page 66: ...he Flash EPROM based AMIBIOS The bootblock code immediately reads the A drive looking for the new BIOS information 4 When the flash ROM has successfully been programmed the computer will reboot Bootblock BIOS ActionsWhen you reprogram from system boot the bootblock BIOS code Reads S742P ROM from the root directory of the floppy disk in drive A Erases the Flash EPROM Programs the Flash EPROM with t...

Page 67: ...tempts to read from floppy drive A 2 Look for S742P ROM on the floppy disk S742P ROM must be in the root directory of the floppy disk in drive A There is no beep if successful 3 Read the floppy disk The floppy disk is read There is no beep if this step is successful 4 Check for BIOS file size The BIOS file size is checked There is no beep if this step is successful 5 Check for Flash EPROM The BIOS...

Page 68: ...eep codes and when they can occur are Number of Beeps Description 1 Insert diskette in floppy drive A 2 The AMIBOOT ROM file was not found in the root directory of the diskette in floppy drive A 3 Base memory error 4 Flash program successful 5 Floppy read error 6 Keyboard controller BAT command failed 7 No Flash EPROM detected 8 Floppy controller failure 9 Boot Block BIOS checksum error 10 Flash e...

Page 69: ... O chipset if any E9h Program the CPU clock dependent chip set parameters EAh Enable the timer and the floppy diskette interrupt Enable the internal cache Copy the bootblock BIOS and pass control to the bootblock BIOS in the 0000h segment EDh Initialize the floppy drive EEh Look for a diskette in drive A Read the first sector of the diskette EFh Floppy read error F0h Search for AMIBOOT ROM in the ...

Page 70: ...tem memory 512 KB caches up to 128 MB of system memory Type of SRAM Secondary cache memory supported either through SRAM DIPs or cache memory module System memory Fast page mode or Extended Data Out EDO SIMMs operating at 70 ns Memory buffer One level posted write memory buffer Max system memory 128 MB Fast ATA Supports the Fast ATA specification using PIO mode 4 and multiword DMA mode 2 System BI...

Page 71: ... PnP and PCI devices IDE Provides two 40 pin IDE connectors onboard that support up to four IDE drives Floppy Onboard support for up to two 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB floppy drives Parallel port Onboard parallel port connector Serial ports Two onboard serial port connectors Keyboard Includes a standard miniDIN keyboard connectors Mouse Includes a 10 pin berg mouse connector Power supp...

Page 72: ...N8 Parallel Port connector 27 CN9 floppy connector 28 Color Set 60 COM1 26 COM2 26 Configuring System 34 Conflicts 26 Connectors 18 Floppy disk 28 IDE Hard Disk Drive 31 Keyboard 21 Reset Switch 24 Serial ports 26 SIMM 12 CPU Configuring 6 Installing 8 CPU Fan connector 23 CPU Speed 7 D Date Time 38 Default 60 Dimensions 2 Display Activity 48 DRAM Configurations 11 DRAM Speed 45 E External Cache 4...

Page 73: ...stall Memory 10 Installation 3 Installing Adapter Cards 34 Installing the Motherboard 16 Instant On Timeout Minute 46 Internal Cache 43 IRQ10 49 52 IRQ11 49 52 IRQ12 49 52 IRQ13 49 IRQ14 49 52 IRQ15 49 52 IRQ3 49 52 IRQ4 49 52 IRQ5 49 52 IRQ7 49 52 IRQ9 49 52 J J1 Remote Control Power 24 J10 keyboard lock connector 25 J12 Reset 24 J4 Pinout 33 J44 Green PC Power 23 J5 External Battery 24 J7 CPU Fa...

Page 74: ...6 Parallel Port Mode 56 Password Check 42 Password Support Levels of 57 PCI Burst Mode 45 PCI Concurrency 45 PCI Slot 1 IRQ Preference 51 PCI Slot 1 Latency Timer 51 PCI Slot 2 IRQ Preference 51 PCI Slot 2 Latency Timer 51 PCI Slot 3 IRQ Preference 51 PCI Slot 3 Latency Timer 51 PCI Slot 4 IRQ Preference 51 PCI Slot 4 Latency Timer 51 PCI specification 1 PCI Streaming 45 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 50 P...

Page 75: ...nstalling 12 Part numbers 11 Selecting 10 Slow Clock Ratio 48 Speaker Cable Connector 24 Standard Setup 38 Standby Timeout Minute 47 Static Electricity 5 Supervisor Password 57 Suspend Timeout Minute 47 System BIOS Cacheable 43 System Keyboard 41 System Memory Configuring 10 System memory configurations 11 T Tables Floppy pinout 29 Hard Disk Drive Types 40 I O conflicts 26 Memory parameters 10 Ser...

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