American Megatrends Apollo IV, User Manual

Page 1: ...Apollo IV Pentium PCI ISA MotherboardGuide MAN 772 11 21 97 ...

Page 2: ...incidental or consequential arising from the design or use of 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 Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation IBM AT VGA PS 2 OS 2 and EGA are re...

Page 3: ...ation and that parts of this manual will be included in the computer owner s manual Technical Support If you need help installing configuring or running this product call American Megatrends technical support at 770 246 8645 You can also send questions to tech support at support ami com American Megatrends BBS The American Megatrends BBS permits you to access technical information about American M...

Page 4: ...ation will damage the motherboard Static Electricity The Apollo IV motherboard can easily be damaged by static electricity Make sure you take appropriate precautions against static electric discharge wear a properly grounded wristband while handling the motherboard or any other electrical component touch a grounded anti static surface or a grounded metal fixture before handling the Apollo IV mothe...

Page 5: ...C 166 200 and 233 MHz Intel Pentium P54C with MMX technology 90 100 120 133 150 166 and 200 MHz AMD K6 166 166 MHz AMD K6 200 200 MHz AMD K6 233 233 MHz AMD K5 PR90 90 MHz AMD K5 PR100 100 MHz AMD K5 PR120 90 MHz AMD K5 PR133 100 MHz AMD K5 PR150 105 MHz AMD K5 PR166 116 MHz AMD K5 PR200 133 MHz MMX Technology This motherboard supports CPUs that include support for Intel MMX technology MMX technol...

Page 6: ...can be up to 132 megabytes per second L1 Internal Cache The Intel Pentium on the motherboard has an 8 KB data cache and an 8 KB instruction cache L2 Secondary Cache The motherboard has 512 KB of pipeline burst direct mapped WriteBack L2 secondary cache memory Up to 256 MB of system memory can be cached Supported Standards The Apollo IV motherboard supports DMI the Intel DPMA Dynamic Power Manageme...

Page 7: ...alled in the computer See the American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 User s Guide for additional information about this feature SDRAM The Apollo IV motherboard provides two 168 pin DIMM system memory sockets that support SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM increases the CPU to memory data transfer rate to 528 MBs This rate is normally 264 MBs if EDO DRAM is installed The integrated I2C...

Page 8: ...installation procedures for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT AMIBIOS Features This motherboard has an AMIBIOS system BIOS on a Flash ROM with built in AMIBIOS Setup AMIBIOS features include IDE block mode and 32 bit data transfer support IDE Programmed I O modes 0 1 2 3 and 4 support PS 2 mouse support IDE LBA mode support APM Advanced Power Management and Flash BIOS hooks EPA Green PC complian...

Page 9: ...TA The motherboard supports the Fast ATA specification using PIO mode 4 and multiword DMA mode 2 Ultra DMA 33 This motherboard includes an integrated enhanced IDE PCI bus master IDE controller that supports the Ultra DMA 33 protocol The Ultra DMA 33 protocol permits data transfer rates up to 33 MBs Ultra DMA 33 also reduces the CPU workload and permits increased CPU utilization Ultra DMA 33 is com...

Page 10: ...Management Interrupt support APM and system stop clock PCI Slots The motherboard conforms to the PCI Version 2 1 specification The concurrent PCI architecture of this motherboard allows faster CPU PCI and ISA bus transactions for faster and smoother multimedia performance This motherboard allows you to install either PCI V2 0 or PCI V2 1 comaptible adapter cards The PCI slots are automatically con...

Page 11: ...information See the American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 User s Guide for additional information Infrared This motherboard includes a 10 pin serial infrared connector Infrared allows bidirectional cordless data transactions with other IrDA compliant computers and peripheral devices Infrared transmissions can occur in half duplex sequential transmission receiving or full duplex simultaneous transmissi...

Page 12: ...pollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide 8 Apollo IV Dimensions Motherboard Size The Apollo IV Pentium PCI ISA motherboard is the standard baby AT size 11 by 8 6 Motherboard Height Restrictions ...

Page 13: ...ables to connectors Connect the power supply Attach the keyboard cable Connect the mouse cable Attach cables 7 Connect onboard I O Connect the serial ports Connect the parallel port 8 Connect floppy drive s 9 Connect the IDE drive s 10 Test and configure Warning This motherboard contains sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity Follow the instructions carefu...

Page 14: ...Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide 10 Apollo IV Motherboard Layout Speaker IDE LED PWR LED Kbd Lock Reset Susp Mode Switch Turbo LED Susp LED Remote Power Switch ...

Page 15: ... of the anti static mat Similarly a strip of conductive aluminum foil wrapped around the wrist and grounded through a 1 megohm resistor serves the same purpose as the wristband 3 Inside the carton the motherboard is packed in an anti static bag and sandwiched between sheets of sponge Remove the sponge and the anti static bag Place the motherboard on a grounded anti static surface component side up...

Page 16: ... 4 6 3 dimensional view of motherboard jumpers and a shunt PWR1 Power Supply Type PWR1 is a 3 pin berg that sets the power supply type PWR1 Setting Description Short Pins 1 2 AT type power supply is installed factory setting Short Pins 2 3 Remote power supply is used CPW Clear Password CPW is a 2 pin berg that allows you to delete the system BIOS password should you forget the password CPW should ...

Page 17: ...ort Pins 2 3 ATMEL AT29C020 OPEN Short Pins 2 3 AMD 28F020 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 Avoid Static Electricity Static electricity can damage the motherboard and other computer components Keep the motherboard in the anti static bag until it is to be installed Wear an anti static wrist grounding strap before handling the motherboard Make sure you stand on an anti static mat when handling the moth...

Page 18: ... ICW or PhaseLink The CLK1 CLK2 and CLK3 settings are different with the different clock generators You must determine the clock generator type it s next to the CPU before setting these jumpers IMI 652 Clock Generator The following CLK1 CLK2 and CLK3 settings apply only if an IMI 652 clock generator is mounted on the motherboard External CPUCLK CLK1 CLK2 FREQ1 66 MHz Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 ...

Page 19: ... settings apply only if an ICW or PhaseLink clock generator is mounted on the motherboard External CPUCLK CLK1 CLK2 FREQ1 66 6 MHz Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 60 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 55 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 50 MHz N A N A N A CPU Bus Frequency Ratio FREQ1 FREQ2 and FREQ3 are 3 pin bergs that set the ratio of the internal CPU ...

Page 20: ...of Jumper Setting for Intel Pentium CPUs Multi Ext IMI 652 Clock Generator OCS 9147 Clock Generator Speed plier Speed CLK1 CLK2 CLK3 CLK1 CLK2 CLK3 FREQ1 FREQ 2 FRE Q3 P55C 233 3 5x 66 200 3x 66 166 2 5x 66 P54C 200 3x 66 166 2 5x 66 150 2 5x 60 133 2x 66 120 2x 60 100 1 5x 66 90 1 5x 60 Cont d ...

Page 21: ...t IMI 652 Clock Generator OCS 9147 Clock Generator Speed plier Speed CLK1 CLK2 CLK3 CLK1 CLK2 CLK3 FREQ1 FREQ2 FREQ3 K6 233 233 3 5x 66 K6 200 200 3x 66 K6 166 166 2 5x 66 K5 PR200 200 2x 66 K5 PR166 166 1 75x 66 K5 PR150 150 1 75x 60 K5 PR133 133 1 5x 66 K5 PR120 120 1 5x 60 K5 PR100 100 1 5x 66 K5 PR90 90 1 5x 60 Cont d ...

Page 22: ...he standard or VRE voltage specifications VR is a 10 pin berg that sets CPU voltage VR1 is near the top of the CPU socket Intel Pentium CPU Markings The markings on the bottom side of the Intel Pentium CPUs are xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx BP80502 SSS Sxxxx RSS xxx R is the voltage range identifier R value Description V VRE voltage range S Standard voltage range Cont d ...

Page 23: ... socket AMD K5 CPU Markings The markings on the top of the AMD K5 CPUs are AMD K5 AMD K5 PRxxxABQ where B is the voltage range identifier AMD K6 CPU Markings The markings on the top of the AMD K6 CPUs are AMD K6 AMD K6 xxxA AMD K5 CPU Markings The markings on the top of the AMD K5 CPUs are AMD K5 AMD K5_PRxxxAVQ where V is the voltage range identifier B and V value Description N Core 3 1 3 3V I O ...

Page 24: ...tion exactly as documented Make sure you wear an antistatic wristband while installing the CPU Follow all antistatic procedures Step Action 1 Lift the lever on the ZIF socket The empty CPU socket looks like this 2 Check for bent pins on the CPU Gently straighten any bent pins with pliers Place the CPU in the middle of the socket Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is aligned with pin 1 of the socket M...

Page 25: ... The motherboard supports up to 256 MB of system memory mounted on the motherboard as follows Type of System Memory Socket Type of System Memory Supported System Memory four 72 pin SIMM sockets Fast Page Mode or EDO DRAM 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB or 128 MB two 168 pin DIMM sockets EDO DRAM or SDRAM 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB or 128 MB Supported System Memory Configurations SIMM Bank0 SIMM Bank1 DIMM1 DIM...

Page 26: ...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 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 memory displayed by AMIBIOS on ...

Page 27: ...ounted 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 the chassis T...

Page 28: ...Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide 24 Step 5 Install Motherboard Continued ...

Page 29: ... Turbo LED lit when high speed is active Suspend Mode Switch Suspend LED lit when system in suspend mode Serial Port Parallel port Floppy drive connector IDE drive connectors 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 of the wires leaving the switch or LED to the same...

Page 30: ... all components make sure that the proper voltage has been selected Power supplies often can run on a wide range of voltages and must be set usually via a switch to the proper range Use at least a 300 watt power supply which should have built in filters to suppress radiated emissions Power Cables Attach the power supply cables to the power connector on the motherboard AT compatible power supplies ...

Page 31: ...ower Good 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 PS 2 keyboard connector labeled AT_KB Pin Signal Description 1 Keyboard data 2 N C 3 Ground 4 VCC 5 Keyboard clock 6 N ...

Page 32: ... as shown 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 ...

Page 33: ... The EXT_FAN connector is near the CPU Pin Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Ground IR Infrared The 8 pin infrared connector IR next to the COM1 and COM2 connectors attaches to an infrared port mounted on the computer chassis It allows data transmission to any other device that supports the IrDA standards for infrared transmission Remote Control Power RPW_COM is a 3 pin berg next to the USB connectors ...

Page 34: ...aker Pin 12 VCC Pin 13 Ground Pin 14 Ground Pin 15 Speaker Data IDE LED Pin 16 LED Power Pin 17 IDE Active Remote Power Switch Power when low Pin 18 Remote Power Pin 19 Ground Hardware Reset Switch Pin 20 Hard Reset Pin 21 Ground Power LED lit when power is on Pin 1 Power Pin 2 Ground Keyboard Lock Pin 4 Keyboard Lock Pin 5 Ground Turbo LED lit when low speed is active Pin 6 TURBO_LIT Pin 7 TURBO_...

Page 35: ...a hard disk or floppy controller and serial or parallel ports Serial Ports COM1 and COM2 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 other serial port settings can be selected in Peripheral Setup in AMIBIOS Setup The serial connector pinout is sho...

Page 36: ...in to DB25 cable provided with the motherboard to PRINTER 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 Gro...

Page 37: ...ntroller 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 c...

Page 38: ... DRATE0 7 GND 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 ...

Page 39: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 35 Step 9 Attach IDE Drive IDE Drives Attach the IDE drives in the following manner Choose Peripheral Setup in WINBIOS Setup to enable the onboard IDE controller Cont d ...

Page 40: ...as shown below PRIMARY is a 40 pin dual inline berg that connects an IDE drive to the primary onboard IDE connector This motherboard supports IDE Modes 0 1 2 3 and 4 IDE prefetch LBA Logical Block Address mode high capacity drives over 528 MB 32 bit data transfer and fast IDE transfer These IDE features are configured in Peripheral Setup in the WINBIOS Setup utility Disable the onboard IDE interfa...

Page 41: ...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 INT14 32 IOCS16 33 HA1 34 N C 35 HA0 36 HA2 37 CS0 38 CS1 39 IDEACT 40 GND Secondary IDE Controller The secondary IDE connector is labeled SECONDARY It connects the secondary primary and slave IDE drives to the secondary onboard IDE controller Attach the secondary master and slav...

Page 42: ...n Use Pin Use 1 RESET 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 43: ...rt 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 in the AMIBIOS Technical Refe...

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Page 45: ...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 46: ...le 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 previou...

Page 47: ...described on the next screen Main Windows The WINBIOS Setup main windows are Setup described in Section 1 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 has three icons that control AMIBIOS security features and Utilities described in Section 3 sets the screen color and allows language chang...

Page 48: ...d in the drive parameter screen The SCSI drivers provided by the SCSI drive or SCSI host adapter manufacturer should allow you to configure the SCSI drive IDE Select Type Select Auto to let AMIBIOS determine the parameters Click on OK when AMIBIOS displays the drive parameters Select LBA Large Mode Select On if the drive has a capacity greater than 540 MB Select Block Mode Select On to allow block...

Page 49: ...uitry 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 on the disk surface where write precompensation begins Landing Zone This number is the cylinder location where the heads normally park when the system is shut down Sectors The number of sectors per track MFM drives have 17 sector...

Page 50: ... 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 1024 17 43 MB 34 612 2 128 612 17 10 MB 35 1024 9 65535 1024...

Page 51: ...Setup Color Scheme This option specifies the color scheme for the WINBIOS Setup utility The settings are LCD Army Pastel or Sky The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are LCD PS 2Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 type mouse The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Display BIOS POST Messages Set this ...

Page 52: ...um Lock Set this option to On to turn the Num Lock key On at system boot The settings are On or Off The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are On Password CheckThis option enables the password check option every time the system boots or the end user runs Setup If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears ...

Page 53: ...is option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to use the SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology protocol for reporting server system information over a network The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Primary Master ARMD Emulator As Primary Slave ARMD Emulator As Secondary Master ARMD Emulator As Secondary Slave ARMD Emulator As These o...

Page 54: ...rd Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the third boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM 1st IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3rd IDE HDD or 4th IDE HDD The default settings are ARMD HDD 4th Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the third boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to ...

Page 55: ...e memory to a hard disk drive before the reset Video Shadow C000 32K This option controls the location of the contents of video ROM The settings are Setting Description Shadow The contents of the video ROM area C0000h C7FFFh are written to the corresponding address in RAM Cached The contents of the video ROM area C0000h C7FFFh are written to the corresponding RAM address and may be read from or wr...

Page 56: ... Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled ISA 8 Bit I O Recovery Time This option specifies the length of the delay that is added to the CPU cycle between consecutive 8 bit I O operations The length of the delay is related to the CPU type and frequency The settings are 1 Sysclock 2 Sysclocks 3 Sysclocks 4 Sysclocks 5 Sysclocks 6 Sysclocks 8 Sysclocks or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe...

Page 57: ...on specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Standby or Suspend The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Hard Disk Timeout Minute This option specifies the length of a period of hard disk drive inactivity When this length of time expires the computer enters power cons...

Page 58: ...in the Standby Timeout Minutes option the computer enters a power savings state The settings are Monitor or Ignore The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Ignore Device 6 Serial Port 1 Device 7 Serial Port 2 Device 8 Parallel Port Device 5 Floppy Disk Device 0 Primary Master IDE Device 1 Primary Salve IDE Device 2 Secondary Master IDE Device 3 Secondary Slave IDE When set to Monitor these o...

Page 59: ...tings are Disabled Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Set this option to Yes to allocate an IRQ to a VGA adapter card that uses the PCI local bus The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Yes PCI Slot 1 Latency Timer PCI Slot 2 Latency Timer PCI Slot 3 Latency Timer PCI Slot 4 Latency Timer These options specify the latency timings in PCI clocks for PCI devices installed in th...

Page 60: ... least one IRQ must be available for PCI and PnP devices The settings are ISA PnP PCI PnP or PCI The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Option Optimal Default Fail Safe Default IRQ3 PnP PCI PnP IRQ4 PnP PCI PnP IRQ5 PCI PnP PCI PnP IRQ7 PnP PCI PnP IRQ9 PCI PnP PCI PnP IRQ10 PCI PnP PCI PnP IRQ11 PCI PnP PCI PnP IRQ12 PnP PnP IRQ14 PCI PnP PCI PnP IRQ5 PCI PnP PCI PnP DMA Channel 0 DMA Cha...

Page 61: ...here the offboard PCI IDE controller is installed If an offboard ISA or PCI IDE controller is used the onboard IDE controller is automatically disabled The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines where the offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed Absent ISA Slot1 SLot2 Slot3 or Slot4 The Optimal And Fail Safe default settings are Auto In the AMIBIOS for the Intel Triton II ...

Page 62: ...t base I O port address Disabled 2F8h or 2E8h The Optimal default setting is 3F8h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Onboard Serial Port2 FIFO Set this option to Enabled to enable the serial port2 FIFO buffer The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard Serial Port2 Mode This option specifies the serial port 2 mode The settings are Nor...

Page 63: ...a transfer driven by the host device ECP The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Extended Capabilities Port ECP specification ECP uses the DMA protocol to achieve data transfer rates up to 2 5 Megabits per second ECP provides symmetric bidirectional communication EPP Version This option specifies the Enhanced Parallel Port specification version number that is used if the Para...

Page 64: ...assword 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 AMIBIOS Password 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 configu...

Page 65: ...If You Do Not Want to Use a Password Just press Enter when the password prompt appears Changing a Password Select the Supervisor or User icon from the Security section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu Enter the password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered After the new password is entered retype the new password as prompted and press Enter If the password confirmation ...

Page 66: ... the boot sector of the hard disk drive The settings are Enabled or Disabled If enabled the following appears when a write is attempted to the boot sector You may have to type N several times to prevent the boot sector write Boot Sector Write Possible VIRUS Continue Y N _ The following appears after any attempt to format any cylinder head or sector of any hard disk drive via the BIOS INT 13 Hard D...

Page 67: ...ar in this section of the WINBIOS Setup main screen Detect IDE Choose this option to let AMIBIOS automatically detect and configure the parameters for an IDE hard disk drive Language If this feature is enabled you can select WINBIOS Setup messages in different languages ...

Page 68: ...s 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 corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically Fail Safe You can load the Fail Safe WINBIOS Setup option settings by s...

Page 69: ...h 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 Actions When you reprogram from system boot the bootblock BIOS code Reads S772P ROM from the root directory of the floppy disk in drive A Erases the Flash EPROM Programs the Flash EPROM with the dat...

Page 70: ...tempts to read from floppy drive A 2 Look for S772P ROM on the floppy disk S772P 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 71: ...odes 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 erase ...

Page 72: ... 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 ...