American Megatrends Atlantis Pentium II PCI ISA, User Manual

Page 1: ...Atlantis Pentium II PCI ISA Motherboard Guide MAN 773 11 20 97 ...

Page 2: ...design or use of this product or the support materials provided with the product Trademarks Intel and Pentium II 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 Machi...

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: ...erboard Static Electricity The Atlantis 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 Atlantis motherboard handle system compone...

Page 5: ...y This motherboard supports Intel Pentium II CPUs that include MMX support MMX technology allows you to experience richer video audio digital imaging and communications when running the latest generation of multimedia software on your computer AGP The Intel Accelerated Graphics Port AGP specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed The Atlantis motherboard includes a...

Page 6: ...dware monitoring DMI support and ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface support Expansion Slots The motherboard includes two 16 bit ISA expansion slots and five 32 bit PCI expansion slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132 megabytes per second Cache Memory The Intel Pentium II card includes all cache memory This includes 256 KB or 512 KB of synchronous pipeline burst L2 seconda...

Page 7: ... implemented remote ring on Your computer can be turned on from a remote location via a modem signal when the computer is in Sleep Mode This feature is useful if you are expecting a late night fax The only power you leave on is power to the modem When the phone rings the modem wakes up powers on the entire computer answers the phone and the fax is received The computer power is then turned off aga...

Page 8: ...mal This feature can only be implemented if a power supply with a soft off power controller is installed in the computer High Voltage Protection The Atlantis motherboard automatically shuts down the computer if the system voltage is 5 over the following standard voltage levels 12V 5V 3 3V and 2 8V SDRAM The Atlantis motherboard provides three 168 pin DIMM system memory sockets that support up to 3...

Page 9: ...monitoring and DMI features that permit continuous monitoring of key system performance parameters such as ambient temperature and cooling fan status 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...

Page 10: ...ces Fast ATA 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...

Page 11: ...anking SMI System 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 five PCI slot...

Page 12: ...tem environmental parameters such as the CPU voltage fan speed and system voltage levels See the American Megatrends Client Care 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 dupl...

Page 13: ...hapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 Atlantis Dimensions Motherboard Height Restrictions The Atlantis motherboard is the standard ATX size The areas on the motherboard with the height restrictions are shaded ...

Page 14: ... 7 Attach cables to connectors Connect the power supply Attach the keyboard cable Connect the mouse cable Attach cables 8 Connect onboard I O Connect the serial ports Connect the parallel port 9 Connect floppy drive s 10 Connect the IDE drive s 11 Test and configure Warning This motherboard contains sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity Follow the instruc...

Page 15: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 11 Atlantis Motherboard Layout Speaker IDE LED PWR LED Kbd Lock Reset Susp Mode Switch Turbo LED Susp LED Remote Power Switch ...

Page 16: ...or instead 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 compone...

Page 17: ...shunts is indicated by a solid line between pins as shown between Pins 1 2 to the right 1 3 5 2 4 6 3 dimensional view of motherboard jumpers and a shunt 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 be OPEN at all times during normal operation Should you forget the password turn power off remove the computer cov...

Page 18: ...3 AMD 29F002T Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 CHASSIS CHASSIS is a 3 pin berg that allows the LAN server to detect when the chassis is open via LDCM The pinout is Pin Description 1 5_VR 2 CHASSIS 3 Ground 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 wris...

Page 19: ...t set the ratio of the internal CPU frequency to the bus clock Ratio FREQ4 FREQ3 FREQ2 FREQ1 3 5x Shorted Shorted OPEN OPEN 4x Shorted OPEN Shorted Shorted 4 5x Shorted OPEN Shorted OPEN 5x Shorted OPEN OPEN Shorted Pentium II CPU Frequencies Internal Speed External Speed CPU Bus ratio FREQ4 FREQ3 FREQ2 FREQ1 333 MHz 66 MHz 5x Shorted OPEN OPEN Shorted 300 MHz 66 MHz 4 5x Shorted OPEN Shorted OPEN...

Page 20: ... Guide 16 Step 4 Install CPU Retention Mechanism Kit You must mount the Intel Retention Mechanism Kit before installing all Pentium II CPU modules This kit includes the retention mechanism assembly attachment mounts and spacer as shown below Cont d ...

Page 21: ...CPU Continued Install Retention Mechanism Place the retention mechanism on top of the CPU socket as shown below Install Attachment Mounts Place the two attachment mounts on the bottom of the motherboard directly under the ends of the CPU socket Cont d ...

Page 22: ...all CPU Continued Install the Heat Sink If the heat sink is not already installed on the CPU module slide the heat sink top support into the lowest gap on the CPU module as shown below The slide the CPU module into the Retention Mechanism Assembly as shown below Cont d ...

Page 23: ...tep 4 Install CPU Continued Install the Heat Sink cont d Press the buttons on either side of the CPU module as shown below Hook the top support of the heat sink to the support base of the heat sink to complete the CPU module installation ...

Page 24: ... MB 32 MB 96 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 128 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 192 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 256 MB 128 MB 128 MB 128 MB 384 MB Installing DIMMs The motherboard has three DIMM sockets Place the motherboard on an anti static mat With the component side of the DIMM facing you firmly push the DIMM into the socket at an angle then push it up When properly inserted the DIMM clicks into place as ...

Page 25: ...acing you is where the motherboard 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...

Page 26: ...en 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 pin on the conne...

Page 27: ...roper range Use at least a 300 watt power supply which should have built in filters to suppress radiated emissions Attach the power supply cables to the power connector on the motherboard ATX compatible power supplies have two 10 pin connectors The power connector pinout is Pin Description Pin Description 11 3 3V 1 3 3V 12 12V 2 3 3V 13 Ground 3 Ground 14 PWR_ON 4 5V 15 Ground 5 Ground 16 Ground 6...

Page 28: ...N1 connector is near the end of the CPU module socket Pin Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Ground Chassis Fan A three pin berg labeled FAN2 attaches to the chassis cooling fan The FAN2 connector is near the block connector Pin Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Ground IR Infrared The 10 pin 2 by 5 infrared connector IR near the edge of the motherboard and the AGP socket attaches to an infrared port mounted ...

Page 29: ...rawing for the location Pins 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pins Connector Signal Descriptions Speaker 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 ...

Page 30: ...dapter cards installed in the expansion slots on the Atlantis motherboard for a hard disk or floppy controller and serial or parallel ports Serial Ports COM1 and COM2 are DB9 connectors that provide an AT compatible serial port interface Connect the cables supplied with the motherboard to the DB9 serial connectors The serial port base I O port address and other serial port settings can be selected...

Page 31: ...is shown below All parallel port settings can be configured through Peripheral Setup in AMIBIOS 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 ...

Page 32: ...nnecting 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 connector should be connected to floppy drive A Floppy Connector Pinout Pin Use Pin Use 1 GND 2 DENSE1 3 GND 4 N C 5 GND 6 DRATE0 7 GND 8 INDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR0 11 GND 12 FDSEL1 13 GND 14 FDSEL0 15 GND 16 MOTO...

Page 33: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 29 Step 10 Attach IDE Drive IDE Drives Attach the IDE drives in the following manner Choose Peripheral Setup in AMIBIOS Setup to enable the onboard IDE controller Cont d ...

Page 34: ... 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 AMIBIOS Setup utility Disable the onboard IDE interf...

Page 35: ...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 36: ...Pin 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 37: ...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 39: ...ry provides power to CMOS RAM which retains the system parameters Every time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in CMOS RAM by the system BIOS which gains control when 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 ha...

Page 40: ...ALL RIGHTS RESERVED STANDARD CMOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PCI PLUG AND PLAY SETUP PERIPHERAL SETUP AUTO DETECT HARD DISK CHANGE USER PASSWORD CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHANGE LANGUAGE SETTING AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH OPTIMAL SETTINGS AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH FAIL SAFE SETTINGS SAVE SETTINGS AND EXIT EXIT WITHOUT SAVING HARDWARE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SETUP...

Page 41: ...e cursor to these fields via and and select the floppy type The settings are 360 KB 5 inch 1 2 MB 5 inch 720 KB 3 inch 1 44 MB 3 inch or 2 88 MB 3 inch Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Standard Setup screen Choose Enabled to enable boot sector protection AMIBIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the b...

Page 42: ... drive has a capacity greater than 540 MB Select Block Mode Select On to allow block mode data transfers Select 32 Bit Mode Select On to allow 32 bit data transfers Select the PIO Mode It is best to select Auto to allow AMIBIOS to determine the PIO mode If you select a PIO mode that is not supported by the IDE drive the drive will not work properly If you are absolutely certain that you know the d...

Page 43: ...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 44: ...1 733 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 102...

Page 45: ...tations with no keyboards 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 Mono CGA40x25 CGA80x25 VGA EGA or Absent The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are VGA EGA PS 2Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 type ...

Page 46: ...e default settings are Disabled Boot Up Num 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 Set...

Page 47: ... Device Drive Emulation Configured LS120 Floppy Iomega Zip drive Hard Disk Magneto Optical drive Hard Disk 1st Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the first boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Network Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI SCSI CDROM 1st IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3rd IDE HDD or 4th IDE HDD The Optimal and Fail...

Page 48: ... Boot Device and 4th Boot Device options The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Yes System BIOS Cacheable When set to Enabled the contents of the F0000h system memory segment can be read from or written to cache memory The contents of this memory segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster execution The settings are Enabled or Disabled Th...

Page 49: ...read from or written to cache memory The Optimal default setting is Cached The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Shadow C800 16K Shadow CC00 16K Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16K Shadow D800 16K Shadow DC00 16K These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area in the option title Setting Description Shadow The contents of the ROM area are written to the corresponding address in RAM ...

Page 50: ...fault settings are Enabled SDRAM Timing Latency This option specifies the latency for the Synchronous DRAM system memory signals The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the optimal delay or Manual The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto RAS To CAS This option specifies the length of the delay inserted between the RAS and CAS signals of the DRAM system memory access cycle...

Page 51: ... bit errors are corrected by the chipset Corrected bits of data from memory are not written back to DRAM system memory If Level I is selected the J25 External SMI software jumper on the Series 745 board is disabled ECC Multibit errors are detected and reported as parity errors Single bit errors are corrected by the chipset and are written back to DRAM system memory If a soft correctable memory err...

Page 52: ...that can be used by the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP The settings are 4 MB 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB or 256 MB The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 64 MB USWC Write I O Post This option sets the status of USWC posted writes to I O The settings are Settings Description Enabled USWC posted writes to I O are enabled Disabled USWC posted writes to I O are disabled Auto AMIBIOS automatic...

Page 53: ...unction This option specifies how the power button mounted externally on the computer chassis is used The settings are Setting Description On Off Pushing the power button turns the computer on or off Suspend Pushing the Power button places the computer in Suspend mode or Full On power mode The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are On Off Instant On Support Set this option to Enabled to enable...

Page 54: ...de option The settings are Disabled 1 min minute 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min 7 min 8 min 9 min 10 min 11 min 12 min 13 min or 14 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Standby Suspend Timer Unit This option specifies the unit of time used for the Standby and Suspend timeout periods The settings are 4 msec 4 sec 32 sec or 4 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 4...

Page 55: ...ate The settings are 12 5 25 37 5 50 62 5 75 or 87 5 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 62 5 Display Activity When set to Monitor this option enables event monitoring on the video display If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches for display activity The computer enters the Full On state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend ...

Page 56: ...en set to Monitor these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line The computer enters the Full On state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line The settings for ...

Page 57: ... Bit Action Disabled Data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette registers Enabled Data read and written by the CPU is directed to the both the PCI VGA device palette registers and the ISA VGA device palette registers and the palette registers of both devices can be identical This option must be set to Enabled if an ISA adapter card installed in the system use...

Page 58: ...ettings are Auto IRQ5 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 and IRQ14 in priority order If Auto is selected AMIBIOS automatically determines the optimal IRQ priority order The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto AGP Slot IRQ Preference These options specify the IRQ priority for devices installed in the AGP slot The settings are Auto IRQ5 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 and IRQ14 in priority order If Auto is selected AMIB...

Page 59: ...IRQ by assigning an ISA setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as PCI PnP or PCI PnP IRQ14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard Triton 2 PCI IDE is enabled If all IRQs are set to ISA and IRQ14 and 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQ9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices because at least one IRQ must be available for ...

Page 60: ...rved ISA Card Memory Size This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are Disabled 16K 32K or 64K The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Reserved ISA Card Memory Address This 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...

Page 61: ...nboard Primary Secondary IDE This option specifies the IDE channels on the onboard IDE controller that will be used The settings are Disabled Primary Secondary or Both The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled IDE BusMasters Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus includes a bus mastering capability The settings are Enabled or Disabled The O...

Page 62: ...slot on the PCI Local bus This is necessary to support non compliant ISA IDE controller adapter cards If an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed in the computer you must also set the Offboard PCI IDE Primary IRQ and Offboard PCI IDE Secondary IRQ options Primary Secondary This option specifies the IDE controller channels used by the offboard IDE adapter card The settings are Disab...

Page 63: ...es the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disabled 2F8h or 2E8h The Optimal default setting is 3F8h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled 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 a...

Page 64: ... motherboard The settings are Disabled 378h 278h or 3BCh The Optimal default setting is 378h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The Optimal default setting is Normal The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled The settings are Setting Description Normal The normal parallel port mode is used Bi Directional Use this setting to supp...

Page 65: ...Channel 0 1 or 3 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 3 EPP Version This option specifies the Enhanced Parallel Port specification version number that is used if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP This option can only be selected if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP The settings are 1 7 or 1 9 There are no Optimal and Fail Safe default settings because the default sett...

Page 66: ...p is executed using either or both the Supervisor password or User password The Supervisor and User passwords activate two different levels of password security Set the Password Check option in Advanced Setup see the Advanced Setup section by choosing either Always the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when AMIBIOS Setup is execut...

Page 67: ...password prompt appears if the Password Check option is set to Always Change Supervisor Password Select Change Supervisor Password from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Enter new Supervisor password appears Type the password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered Retype the password as prompted and press Enter If the password confirmation is incorrect an error message appear...

Page 68: ...with Fail Safe Settings AMIBIOS will automatically set all AMIBIOS Setup options to a complete set of default settings when you choose this option The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance Choose the Fail Safe AMIBIOS Setup options if your computer is experiencing system configuration problems Save Settings and Exit When you have completed the sys...

Page 69: ...o change a setting highlight the field to be changed Press or Ctrl to raise the value Press or Ctrl to lower a value Physical Parameter Low Alert High Alert Low Warning High Warning Current Value Ambient Temp Deg C 00 99 00 99 38 VCCP 2 5V Volts 2 00 3 00 2 00 3 00 2 76 VTT 1 5V Volts 1 00 2 00 1 00 2 00 0 27 VCC3 3 3V Volts 3 00 3 60 3 00 3 60 3 42 VCC 5V Volts 4 50 5 50 4 50 5 50 5 10 Board 12V ...

Page 70: ...or the associated parameter before an alert activity such as a series of beeps is taken by AMIBIOS High Alert This field contain the highest acceptable value for the associated parameter before an alert activity such as a series of beeps is taken by AMIBIOS Low Warning This field contain the lowest acceptable value for the associated parameter before a warning message is generated High Warning Thi...

Page 71: ...e 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 Actions When you reprogram from system boot the bootblock BIOS code Reads S773P ROM from the root directory of the floppy disk in drive A Erases the Flash EPROM Programs the Flash EPROM with t...

Page 72: ...empts to read from floppy drive A 2 Look for S773P ROM on the floppy disk S773P 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 73: ...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 74: ...I 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...

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