VESA 80486 Deep Green, User Manual

Page 1: ...0486SX S the CPU jumpers must be set for a DX SL CPU If the detected Intel CPU is a 80486DX 80486DX2 or 80486SX the CPU jumpers must be set for a DX DX2 CPU The information presented in this publication has been carefully checked for reliability however no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies Specifications are subject to change without notice Trademarks IBM PC AT and OS 2 are trademarks of ...

Page 2: ...PU Clock Setting 7 JP31 Intel 80486DX4 CPU Clock Multiplier Jumper 8 JP34 AMD 80486DX4 CPU Clock Multiplier Jumper 8 JP21 JP24 JP35 CPU Power Selectors 8 JP16 VESA Clock Selector 8 JP17 VESA Wait State 9 Memory Configuration 9 Chapter 3 Mainboard Installation 10 What You Need 10 Power Supply Requirements 11 Installing the Mainboard 1 2 Connecting the Mainboard 13 Connectors 13 Jl Keyboard Connecto...

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Page 5: ...he 80486 Deep Green mainboard for use with many 486based microprocessors such as the following Q Intel P24T a Intel P24D m Intel 80486DX4 P24C a Intel 80486DX2 DX SX SL 0 Intel 80486DX2 DX SX a CyrixCX486DX2 DX S a AMD AM486DX4 DX2 DX c1 UMCU5 The 80486 Deep Green mainboard features on board power management that allows the user to assign system clock rates hard disk power saving and display power...

Page 6: ...12 1024 KB in two banks or one bank with 16 bytes line size DRAM auto detection banking Four banks of DRAM with memory size to 64 MB using combinations of 256K lM 2M 4M 8M 16M 32M 64M SIMM Provides green PC power management Level 2 cache power saving Supports four power management modes for SMM System Management Mode CPUs On Standby Inactive Off Seven 16 bit I O slots including three 32 bit VL Bus...

Page 7: ...d 1 Touch an unpainted area of the system chassis before handling the mainboard or any component Doing so discharges the static charge your body may have built 2 Remove the mainboard from its anti static wrapping and place it on a grounded surface component side up 3 Inspect the mainboard for damage Shipping may have loosened integrated circuits from their sockets If any integrated circuit appears...

Page 8: ...Chapter 1 Mainboard Layout f 3 I 3 i 1 I T I 2 3 l 2 I x 2 V v U8 U 6 JP5 Mom JP30 JP33 JP15 JPl8Jt ly JPZZ Figure 1 1 Mainboard Layout ...

Page 9: ...y low voltage current but there still may be a dangerous electric current coming from the leads and power supply Take the following precautions 0 Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cord before you begin l Unplug all cables that connect the mainboard to any external devices Jumper Switch Settings You can configure hardware options by setting jumper switches on the mainboard See Figure 1...

Page 10: ...jumper cap 2 3 Pins 2 and 3 are Shorted with a jumper cap For setting 2 pin jumpers the following symbols are used ON The jumper is Shorted ON when the jumper cap is placed over the two pins of the jumper OFF The jumper is Open OFF when the jumper cap is taken off of the jumper JP3 Flash ROM VPP Supply Selector JP3 is the Flash ROM Program Voltage selector Description 5 volt JP3 l 2 I 12 volt I 2 ...

Page 11: ... 1 Jumper JP27 JP33 2 3 JP32 OFF 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 l 2 3 4 OFF OFF l 2 l 2 5 6 1 2 3 4 l 2 4 5 3 4 5 6 l 2 3 4 l 2 5 6 2 3 1 2 3 4 OFF 2 3 1 CyrhM6I 2 3 4 5 l 2 3 4 l 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 l 2 3 4 5 6 l 2 3 4 5 6 l 2 l 2 3 4 CyrixM7I 2 3 l 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 5 6 2 3 l 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 I I OFF 1 OFF l 2 l 2 3 4 t AMD 1 OFF L JP6 JP8 CPU Clock Setting CPU Clock JP6 JP7 JP8 25 MHz OFF OFF ON 33 MHz ON ON ON 40...

Page 12: ... 2 x ON JP21 JP24 JP35 CPU Power Selectors CPUPower Jp24 5 Volts 2 3 Jp J P JP35 2 3 2 3 1 OFF 3 3 Volt 1 2 I l 2 I l 2 I ON I I 4 Volts I l 2 1 2 1 1 2 OFF I JP16 VESA Clock Selector when the CPU clock is less than or equal to 33 MHz take the jumper OFF of JP16 When the CPU clock is greater than 33 MHz put a jumper ON JP16 I Description I rp16 I 33MHz OFF 33 MHz ON _ i ...

Page 13: ...2 two 72 pin SIMM sockets U17 is bank 1 and 3 Ul8 is bank 0 and 2 You can not install 30 pin SIMM if you use 2 bank type DRAM in U18 but you can install 30 pin SIMM if you use l bank type DRAM in U18 U8 U11 U18 U17 BANK 2 BANK 0 2 BANK 1 3 Installed l bank type DRAM 2 bank type DRAM or or None l bank type DRAM or None None 2 bank type DRAM 2 bank type DRAM or or l bank type DRAM l bank type DRAM o...

Page 14: ... The following components and tools are the minimum required to build a working computer system Components The following components are recommended 0 Case with standard chassis and hardware The 80486 fits most AT compatible cases 0 Standard AT power supply 0 8 ohm speaker 0 Floppy disk drive s 36OKB 1 2MB 1 44MB or 2 88MB 0 Hard disk drive optional 0 Hard disk and floppy disk drive controller card...

Page 15: ... source to get the best performance from your system For reliable performance make sure your power supply provides a voltage range of 5 25 volts maximum to 4 75 volts minimum If your area has noisy power transmission use a line noise filter between the power source and your computer You must make sure the power supply can supply the total power required by all the devices in your system Check the ...

Page 16: ...he case to your right and the rear to your left The mainboard occupies the section of the case nearest you the power supply goes on the far side Align the mounting holes on the case to the mounting holes on the mainboard Make sure you can access the keyboard connector Jl once the board is installed From the bottom of the mainboard insert stand offs into the proper holes on the board and attach the...

Page 17: ...d connectors have varying numbers of pins and are the points of contact between the mainboard and other parts of the computer Note Before making connections on the board make sure that power to the system is turned ofi Connectors JI Keyboard Connector A standard five pin female DIN keyboard connector is located at the rear of the board Jl Plug the jack on the keyboard cable into this connector Pin...

Page 18: ...dual connectors from the power directly Pin Descrhtion 12 5v DC 11 5v DC 10 5v DC 9 5v Ix 8 GKXITId 7 Ground L onto the board connectors JIS Speaker Connector Pin Descritdion 6 5 4 3 2 1 Attach the system speaker to connector Jl8 Gmund 12v DC 12v DC 5V DC Power Good Pin Description 1 Data Out 2 Not Used 3 Ground 4 5v ...

Page 19: ...attery 2 3 Clear CMOS 3 4 The factory default setting has a jumper cap on pins 3 4 to avoid losing battery power during shipping For an installed internal battery place a jumper cap on pins 2 3 When you install an external battery remove this jumper cap CMOS configuration place a jumper cap on then place the cap back on pins 2 3 for normal JP15 Keylock Power LED Connector JPl5 is a keylock connect...

Page 20: ... case If the system board select is in Turbo mode the indicator lights during high speed operation _ JPZO Reset Switch Connector Attach the Reset switch cable to this connector The Reset switch restarts the system Pin Description t 1 Anode 2 Cathode Setting Short apen Description Reset 1 Not Reset 1 ...

Page 21: ...tware control via keyboard cotimands The keyboard commands are as follows CTRL ALT Press these three keys simultaneously to select Turbo Mode CTRL ALT Press these three keys simultaneously to select Low Speed Mode Note that hardware control and software control are alternately activated Before you can activate software control from hardware control and vice versa the system must be in High Speed M...

Page 22: ...ly has four cables each with four wires Connect these cables to the disk drives 3 Adapter Cards Insert each adapter card Disk Controller cards Video card Serial Parallel Interface card etc according to the configuration instructions that come with the card Connect the disk drives to the Floppy Disk and Hard Disk Controller cards 4 Keyboard Connect the keyboard to its connector Jl 5 Display Connect...

Page 23: ... on the completed system At this point run the software setup to ensure that the system information is correct The software setup of the system board is achieved through Basic Input Output System BIOS programming You use the BIOS setup program to tell the operating system what type of devices are connected to your system board The system setup is also called CMOS setup Normally you need to run sys...

Page 24: ...ETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS PASSWORD SETTING IDE HDD AUTO D ZI ECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc Quit t 44 Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Save Data to CMOS Exit SETUP _ 3 Choose an option and press Enter Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in the system See the following sections for more informati...

Page 25: ...AD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master I None 0 0 0 0 0 0 ___ Primary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 _ Secondary Master None 0 0 0 0 0 0 _ Seconda y Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 _ _ Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 15360K Other Memory 384K Total Memory 16384K Esc Quit Fll Help t J c Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Change Color F3 Toggle C...

Page 26: ...ed If a hard disk is not installed choose Not installed Choose 36OKB 5 l 4 UMB 5 l 4 72OKB 3 l 2 l MB 3 l 2 2 88MB 3 1 2 or Not installed Choose Monochrome Color 40x25 VGA lXA EGA Color 80x25 or Not installed This item determines whether the computer stops if an error is detected during power up 3 After you have finished with the Standard CMOS Setup program press the ESC key to return to the Main ...

Page 27: ...Disabled Boot Up System Speed High EOOOO E3FFF Shadow Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled E4000 E7FFF Shadow Disabled Gate A20 Option Fast E8000 EBFFF Shadow Disabled Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Set 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup ESC Quit r _ t Select Iter Fl Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 I Load Setup Defaults 2 ...

Page 28: ...rnal cache memory For better performance make sure you always choose Enabled Choose Enabled or Disabled Enabled provides a fast POST and boot up speed The default setting first attempts to boot from drive A and then from hard disk C You can reverse this sequence with C A but then drive A cannot boot directly Choose Enabled or Disabled Disabled provides a fast boot and reduces the possibility of da...

Page 29: ... BIOS Setup System Each time the system boots the password prompt appears Setup __ Password prompt only appears if you attempt to enter the Setup program BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM These 16K segments can be shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and it has BIOS present Typematic Rate Setting Typemat...

Page 30: ...Reset Select Chipset DRAM Page Mode Normal DRAM Refresh Method RAS Only L2 Cache Read Wait State t Wr Back L2 Cache Write Wait State Wr Back Ll Cache Update Scheme 2 2 2 2 System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable I Disabled Keyboard Controller Clock 9 5MHz ISA Bus Clock Option CLKI 3 I O Recovery Bus Onboard 513 t 1 t Select Iten Local REady Delay Setting 0 WS ESC Quit Signal LDEV Sampl...

Page 31: ...Activity Enabled Floppy Activity Enabled VGA Activity Disabled Keyboard Activity Enabled Power Management Video Off Method HDD Standby Timer Doze Timer Select Standby Timer Select Inactive Timer Select Control Item Doze Mode Control Standby Mode Control Inactive Mode Control Suspend Switch Select Enabled 2 Use the arrow keys to move between items and to select values Modify the selected fields usi...

Page 32: ...o spin down when not accessed within a specified period Disk returns to full speed the next time it is accessed You can select from a range of 1 Min to 15 Min or Disabled Set a period of time after which no activity causes the system to enter doze mode from full on mode In this mode you can control the CPU clock and the display on off from the control item below You can set a range of 0 5 to 512 m...

Page 33: ... mode You can set from a range of I 2 to 1 8 VGA can be turned on of in every mode If you set VGA off in this mode the display is turned off Set suspend switch Enabled or Disabled Push this switch and you can enter Inactive mode directly Enable those items you wish the BIOS to monitor for activity Activity on these items cause the system to wake up and work in Full on mode 3 After you have finishe...

Page 34: ...e record of the new password If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to discharge CMOS memory using jumper JP1 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION If your system has an IDE hard drive you can use this utility to detect its parameters and automatically enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup SAVE EXIT SETUP Select this item from the main menu and type Y to save the values entered...

Page 35: ...ress the DEL key to enter the BIOS setup program The following screen appears 3 Choose options with the keyboard or mouse Modify settings to reflect system options Press Alt H for Help Using the Keyboard with WinBIOS Setup If you choose options with a keyboard use these keyboard commands TAB Move to the next window or field t 1 Move to the next field right left up down Enter Select in the current ...

Page 36: ...Mouse with WinBIOS Setup To choose options with a Mouse point the cursor at an item you wish to modify and double click the left mouse button When items appear use the cursor to select values and press the left mouse button to complete the changes To leave the current operation and return to the previous level use the cursor to press the exit box in the Window group s upper left corner WinBlOS Set...

Page 37: ...ns that perform system functions Security This window s two icons control WinBIOS security features Default This window s three icons let you select default settings for all WinBIOS Setup options Choose the Optimal settings for best performance characteristics Setup Window The Setup window has four icons that allow you to set system configuration options l a 4 Standard 49 Advanced Chipset Power Mg...

Page 38: ...Disk C A screen listing all valid disk types appears Hard Disk D Select the correct type and press Enter If the hard disk is an IDE drive go to the Utility window of the main menu and select Detect C or Detect D The WinBIOS auto detects the IDE drive parameters which appear on the screen and then places them in the Drive Type fields in the Standard Setup Floppy Drive A Select the floppy type with ...

Page 39: ... attached This option lets you configure workstations that do not have keyboards Select this icon to configure the type of monitor attached to the computer Enabled uses the WinBIOS memory test on all system memory Disabled only uses the memory test on first 1MB of system memory This item enables or disables the ticking sound during the memory test Disabling this option prevents Hit DEL if you want...

Page 40: ...e 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 when Setup is run Enables disables the Shadow function This item enables disables the Primary IDE 32 bit transfer function This item enables disables the Primary IDE Block mode function This item enables disables Primar...

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Page 42: ...s placed in IDE Standby Power Mode This item enables disables the Power Manager function This option specifies the length of time of the Full On mode to Standby mode This option specifies the length of time of Standby mode to Inactive mode This option enables WinBIOS to monitor activity of different events This option enables or disables the external Suspend Resume switch Use this switch to enter ...

Page 43: ...ng options T Detect Slave Color Set Detect Master and Detect Slave If Drive C or Drive D is an IDE drive the BIOS automatically detects the hard disk drive parameters which appear in this screen allowing you to configure the drive Color Set This utility lets you set the WinBIOS Setup screen colors ...

Page 44: ...assword using either a mouse or pen stylus or typing your keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed If you do not type any characters and just press the Enter key twice the password is disabled The BIOS prompts you to re enter the password to confirm Make sure Password Checking in the Advanced Setup is configured for Always or Setup See the section above on Advanced Setup ...

Page 45: ...ity does not use INT 13h function AH 05h to format the hard disk It only verifies the hard disk using the INT 13h Verify function AH 04h The virus warning message is not displayed during DOS hard disk drive formatting If the anti virus feature is enabled a virus warning message is displayed when you attempt to format the hard disk drive If you select Continue formatting proceeds as normal If you d...

Page 46: ...inBIOS Setup when you first began this WinBIOS Setup session Optimal Select this icon for settings that provide the best performance characteristics If CMOS RAM is corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically Fail Safe Select this icon for the most stable settings but do not provide optimal system performance Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically ...

Page 47: ...p window appears or use the mouse to click the exit box in the screen s upper left comer 2 When the Exit Setup window appears choose one of the following Save Changes and Exit saves your changes and reboots the system Do not save changes and exit ignores your changes and exits the program Continue continues with the CMOS Setup ...