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Chapter 4  SVGA Setup    51

Utilities installation

The Utility Installation program is used to install and retrieve
instructions on:

a)  Utility programs.

b)  Non-Windows applications display drivers.

The Utility installation program is run by executing the follow-
ing steps:

1. Insert the UA 6.0 disk # 2 in the floppy drive.

2. Type in 

README

 at the floppy drive prompt.

3. A numbered list of available destination drives will be

displayed on the screen. Select the destination drive by
typing in the corresponding number, e.g. to select drive C,
type in 

1

, as shown below.

Summary of Contents for PCA-6144V

Page 1: ...PCA 6144V Half size 486 CPU Card with SVGA Controller...

Page 2: ...van tech Co Ltd assumes no responsibility for its use nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use Acknowledgements AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Dev...

Page 3: ...ollow the instructions below carefully Technical Support We want you to get the maximum performance from your prod ucts If you run into technical difficulties we are here to help But please consult th...

Page 4: ...nt materials service time and freight Please consult your dealer for more details If you think you have a defective product follow these steps 1 Collect all the information about the problem encounter...

Page 5: ...mini DIN keyboard PS 2 mouse adapter 1 Hard disk drive IDE interface cable 40 pin 1 Floppy disk drive interface cable 34 pin 1 Parallel port adapter 26 pin and COM2 adapter 9 pin kit 3 Utility disks w...

Page 6: ...1 12 Watchdog timer J28 12 COM2 settings for RS 232 485 J23 27 13 Installing DRAM SIMMs 14 Chapter 2 Connecting peripherals 15 Enhanced IDE connectors CN1 17 Floppy drive connector CN4 18 Parallel por...

Page 7: ...defaults 32 Password setting 32 IDE HDD auto detection 33 Save Exit setup 33 Exit without saving 33 Chapter 4 SVGA Setup 35 SVGA driver installation 36 Installing from Windows 36 Screen Control 38 Adv...

Page 8: ...Windows NT 47 Installation 47 Microsoft Windows NT 3 5 Installation 47 Utilities installation 49 Utilities summary 50 Software drivers installation 55 Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer 57 App...

Page 9: ...background informa tion on the PCA 6144V It then shows you how to configure the card to match your application and prepare it for installation into your PC Sections include Card specifications Board...

Page 10: ...s in excess of 16 MB second Up to two IDE devices can be connected including large hard disks up to 8 GB CD ROM drives Tape backup drives or other enhanced IDE devices On board features also include t...

Page 11: ...65536 colors or 640 x 480 in 16 8 million colors Processing ability 32 bit Bus speed 8 MHz ISA RAM memory 1 MB to 64 MB Uses two 72 pin SIMM sockets 72 pin sockets accept 1 2 4 8 16 or 32 MB SIMMs Sh...

Page 12: ...PS 2 mouse connector A 6 pin mini DIN keyboard connector is located on the mounting bracket for easy connection of a keyboard or a PS 2 mouse Watchdog timer Can generate a system reset or IRQ15 The t...

Page 13: ...Board layout PCA 6144V PCB Layout 486 CPU 1 1 J1 1 J2 J5 J4 J3 J6 J7 J8 J9 J10 J12 J14 J11 J13 J15 J16 CN13 J17 J18 J20 J21 J22 J23 J24 J25 J26 J27 J28 J29 CN1 CN4 CN7 CN8 CN11 CN9 CN10 CN6 CN5 Bank 1...

Page 14: ...ailed information on each jumper setting Chapter 2 gives instructions for connecting external devices to your card PCA 6144V Jumpers Number Function J1 J8 CPU type select J9 CPU voltage select J10 CPU...

Page 15: ...always disconnect the power from your PC chassis before you work on it Don t touch any components on the CPU card or other cards while the PC is on 2 Disconnect power before making any configuration...

Page 16: ...o match the needs of your application by setting jumpers A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip often protected by a plastic cover that s...

Page 17: ...er for the system to function properly the jumpers must be set to accommodate the CPU installed on the CPU card CPU type select J1 J16 CPU J1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 AMD DX2 66 5 V AMD DX...

Page 18: ...10 PCA 6144V User s Manual CPU type select J1 J16 cont CPU J1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 AMD 5x86 133 Cyrix DX2 66 5 V Cyrix DX2 80 3 45 V Cyrix DX4 100...

Page 19: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 11 CPU type select J1 J16 cont CPU J1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Cyrix 5x86 100 Cyrix 5x86 120 Intel DX2 66 Intel DX4 100 3 3 V...

Page 20: ...Off J17 On keep data Off lose data J17 Parallel port IRQ select J18 Parallel port IRQ select J18 IRQ5 IRQ7 default J18 Parallel port ECP EPP DMA channel J20 J21 You can set the DMA channel of the para...

Page 21: ...onfiguration 13 Watchdog timer J28 Watchdog timer system reset IRQ15 select J28 Reset default IRQ15 J28 COM2 settings for RS 232 485 J23 27 COM2 settings for RS 232 485 COM2 RS 232 RS 485 J23 J24 J25...

Page 22: ...You can use anywhere from 1 MB to 64 MB of DRAM with your PCA 6144V The card provides two 72 pin SIMM Single In Line Memory Module sockets that accept from 1 to 32 MB DRAM each The sockets numbered fr...

Page 23: ...ect periph erals switches and indicators to the PCA 6144V board You can access most of the connectors from the top of the board while it is installed in the chassis If you have a number of cards insta...

Page 24: ...P29 Reset D2 HDD LED The following sections tell how to make each connection In most cases you will simply need to connect a standard cable Warning Always completely disconnect the power cord from you...

Page 25: ...mation Connect the first hard drive to the other end of the cable Wire 1 on the cable should also connect to pin 1 on the hard drive connector which is labeled on the drive circuit board Check the doc...

Page 26: ...o the connector To install the bracket find an empty slot in your chassis Unscrew the plate that covers the end of the slot Screw in the bracket in place of the plate Next attach the flat cable connec...

Page 27: ...CA 6144V offers two serial ports COM1 in RS 232 COM2 in RS 232 485 These ports let you connect to serial devices a mouse printers etc or a communication network You can select the address for each por...

Page 28: ...S 232 connector pin assignments Pin Signal 1 DCD 2 RX 3 TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI RS 232 485 connection COM2 COM2 is an RS 232 485 serial port The specific port type is determined by jumpe...

Page 29: ...g the connection make sure the voltage is absolutely correct and matched with the right connector 1 12 V 2 GND 3 GND 4 5 V 1 12 V 2 GND 3 GND 4 5 V 1 GND 2 5 V 3 GND 4 12 V CN9 CN10 External speaker c...

Page 30: ...an connect an LED to indicate when the CPU card is on Pin 1 of CN15 supplies power to the LED and Pin 3 is the ground You can use a switch or a lock to disable the keyboard In this state the PC will n...

Page 31: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS setup 23 C H A P T E R 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP This chapter describes how to set the card s BIOS configuration data...

Page 32: ...Change Color Setup program initial screen Award s BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed...

Page 33: ...ndard Setup Menu allows users to configure system components such as date time hard disk drive floppy drive display and memory ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A4IBAK1 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC 17 1995 1...

Page 34: ...ct Item PU PD Modify BIOS features setup Virus Warning During and after the system boots up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system In th...

Page 35: ...C A System will first search the hard drive then the floppy drive A C System will first search the floppy drive then the hard drive Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy di...

Page 36: ...parity check If system DRAM has no parity bit the the system will display RAM parity error Disabled Ignores memory parity check even if DRAM has no parity bit The the system will display RAM parity e...

Page 37: ...disable security select PASSWORD SETTING in the main menu At this point you will be asked to enter a password Simply hit the ENTER key to disable security When security is disabled the system will bo...

Page 38: ...ns the manufacturer s default values for the PCA 6144V ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A4IBAK1 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC 1 4 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 8 496 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 338 238 278 ESC Quit F1...

Page 39: ...hift F2 Color Power management Power Management This option allows you to determine if the values in power man agement are disabled user defined or predefined PM Control by APM This option is only eff...

Page 40: ...HDD Off After You can choose to turn the HDD off after a one of the time interval listed or when the system is in Suspend mode If in a power saving mode any access to the HDD will wake it up Doze Mode...

Page 41: ...be enabled or disabled If a particular option is enabled the activity of the specified event will cause the PM timers for Doze Standby and Suspend modes to reload If disabled the specified event will...

Page 42: ...ORD SETTING option form the Setup main menu and press Enter The password can be at most 8 characters long Remember to enable this feature You must first select the Security Option in the BIOS FEATURES...

Page 43: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS setup 35 Exit without saving Selecting this option and pressing the Enter key lets you exit the Setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones...

Page 44: ...36 PCA 6144V User s Manual...

Page 45: ...er 4 SVGA Setup 37 4 SVGA Setup The PCA 6144V features an on board VGA interface This chapter provides information about SVGA installation Display utilities and drivers Software installation C H A P T...

Page 46: ...UNinstall program To use TINSTALL follow the 6 steps below 1 Ensure that MS Windows 3 1 is up and running properly using the standard VGA driver 2 Select the MAIN group in Program Manager 3 Select RUN...

Page 47: ...y name is selected continue the installation procedure by selecting Continue or by pressing ENTER The next dialog box displays a summary of where files are stored 4 Select Continue to copy the drivers...

Page 48: ...aneously displayed on the screen The selected color depth determines the possible resolutions Screen resolutions of 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 can be selected by clicking next to...

Page 49: ...tarted 2 Select the resolution 3 Select the font size if available as an option 4 Select the refresh rate 5 Click on OK If the current driver does not support the selected configuration Windows will h...

Page 50: ...n Control allows the user to make effective use of a display screen larger than the standard 640x480 800x600 or 1024x768 and the standard resolution is the center of the screen The user can pan around...

Page 51: ...you to set up predefined key strokes for specific virtual screen related actions 2 Turn On virtual screen which allows the use of the predefined virtual screen sizes The predefined virtual screen size...

Page 52: ...tions which use the same linear frame buffer address as the Display Driver Addresses between 18 and 63 MB can be selected If there is no conflict the default setting is highly recommended Border Space...

Page 53: ...rs that conform to the VESA Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard WARNING THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM IS NOT RE COMMENDED FOR MONITORS THAT DO NOT SUPPORT THE VESA DPMS STANDARD The program off...

Page 54: ...nter each mode can be set by entering the value in minutes in the Delay Time parameters Values can be entered by either clicking on the count up or count down button or by clicking on the number delet...

Page 55: ...T S or click on the box marked SET PASSWORD Type in the selected password twice and select OK or press ENTER Startup On Off This option installs the Display Power Management program onto the Windows S...

Page 56: ...ess ENTER NOTE The UNinstall program will not permit the deletion of a Display Driver set that is currently used To remove an individual driver from a Display Driver Set complete the following steps 1...

Page 57: ...ication drivers have been installed 5 A list of all Trident drivers will appear Select the resolu tion and color depth desired 6 Restart Microsoft Windows NT The desired Trident driver will then be in...

Page 58: ...re Disk 2 of the Trident Utility and DOS Application drivers have been installed 6 A list of all Trident drivers will appear Select the resolution and color depth desired 7 Restart Microsoft Windows N...

Page 59: ...isplay drivers The Utility installation program is run by executing the follow ing steps 1 Insert the UA 6 0 disk 2 in the floppy drive 2 Type in README at the floppy drive prompt 3 A numbered list of...

Page 60: ...ill display instructions on the available utility programs 7 Selecting C will display instructions on how to install display drivers for non Windows applications Utilities summary SVM EXE SVM is a men...

Page 61: ...top bar shows the available color depths Move through the options with the right left arrow keys The program provides all the different resolutions supported by the chip under each color depth These...

Page 62: ...example to run the graphics adapter in mode 62H the command for item 2 above would be SVM 62 ENTER SMONITOR SMONITOR is designed to set the monitor group and the monitor type Usage SMONITOR GROUP OPT...

Page 63: ...ich causes the VGA card to boot up in monochrome instead of color This utility may be used to correct the problem To set the monitor as color type SMONITOR C or type SMONITOR M to set monochrome monit...

Page 64: ...w any name to be typed in 2 Type in the associated comments for the monitor settings and press ENTER 3 A mode table will be displayed presenting all the adjustable modes as shown below 4 This table is...

Page 65: ...s file 9 At this point press ESC and reboot the system to enable the parameter changes Software drivers installation After selecting Drivers from the Main Menu in Program Manag er you will be presente...

Page 66: ...58 PCA 6144V User s Manual...

Page 67: ...dog Timer The PCA 6144V is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for whatever reason This feature ensures system reliability...

Page 68: ...s to a standstill because of EMI or a software bug your program s signals to I O port address 443 to the timer will be interrupted The timer will then automatically reset the CPU or invoke an IRQ and...

Page 69: ...Appendix B Hardware Interrupt Information 61 B Hardware Interrupt Information A P P E N D I X...

Page 70: ...al timer counter 0 output 3 IRQ1 Keyboard 4 IRQ8 Real time clock 5 IRQ9 Reserved 6 IRQ10 Reserved 7 IRQ11 Watchdog IRQ 8 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse 9 IRQ13 INT from co processor 10 IRQ14 IDE 0 driver 11 IRQ15 I...

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