American Megatrends 28 series, User Manual

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AMI EZ-Flex Base Board User's Guide
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 1
BIOS Features .................................................................................. 3
CMOS RAM...................................................................................... 3
I/O Features...................................................................................... 4
Expansion Slots ................................................................ 5
Simple Memory Expansion................................................ 5
Page Mode and Bank Interleave ....................................... 6
Chapter 2 EZ-Flex Architecture ..................................................................................... 7
Base Board ....................................................................... 7
CPU Card ......................................................................... 7
Chapter 3 EZ-Flex Base Board Specifications ............................................................. 9
Chapter 4 Installation .................................................................................................... 13
Assembly Steps............................................................................... 15
EZ-Flex Base Board Layout ............................................................. 15
Step 1 Set Switches......................................................................... 17
Step 2 Install SIMMs........................................................................ 17
SIMM Sockets ................................................................................. 19
Step 3 Install Base Board ................................................................ 20
Step 4 Connect the Power Supply ................................................... 21
Step 5 Connect the Keyboard .......................................................... 25
Connecting a PS/2 Keyboard to P005.............................. 26
Step 6 Connect the Mouse .............................................................. 27
Step 7 Connect the Cables .............................................................. 27
P006 and P007 Serial Port Connectors............................ 32
P004 Parallel Port Connector........................................... 33
Step 8 Install Adapter Cards ............................................................ 35
Step 9 Install Floppy Disk Drives ..................................................... 44
P002 Floppy Disk Connector............................................ 45
Step 10 Perform Initial Test and Configuration................................. 46
Error Messages................................................................ 47
POST Phases.................................................................................. 49
BIOS Error Reporting....................................................................... 49
POST Errors .................................................................................... 50
AMI BIOS Displayed Error Messages .............................................. 51
POST Memory Test......................................................................................... 54
ISA NMI Messages .......................................................... 55
EISA NMI Error Messages ............................................................... 56