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Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

Overview,

Continued

AMIBIOS Features

AMIBIOS features include:

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IDE block mode support,

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IDE 32-bit data transfer support,

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IDE Programmed I/O mode 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 support,

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IDE LBA mode support,

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APM (Advanced Power Management) and Flash BIOS hooks,

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EPA Green PC-compliant,

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PCI and Plug and Play (PnP) support, and

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DIM (Device Initialization Manager) support,

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DMI (Desktop Management Interface) support,

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ATAPI support,

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can boot from a CD-ROM drive,

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automatically detects system memory, cache memory, and IDE drive
parameters,

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Intel NSP-compliant,

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Fast ATA IDE mode programming,

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Boot sector virus protection,

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instant-on support,

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automatically configures PnP and PCI devices.

IDE

The Atlas PCI-III motherboard has two 40-pin IDE connectors onboard that
support up to four IDE drives. The IDE controller is on the PCI local bus.

Floppy

The motherboard has an onboard floppy controller that supports up to two 360
KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, or 2.88 MB floppy drives.

Parallel Port

The Atlas PCI-III motherboard has an onboard ECP and EPP-capable parallel
port connector.

Serial Ports

The Atlas PCI-III motherboard has two onboard serial port connectors and two
16550 UART serial ports.

Keyboard

The Atlas PCI-III motherboard Includes a standard DIN keyboard connector.

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Summary of Contents for Atlas III PCI

Page 1: ...Atlas PCI III Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide MAN 757 10 16 98 ...

Page 2: ...vided 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 AMD is a registered trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc SMC is a registered trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation IBM AT VGA PS 2 OS 2 and EGA are registered trademarks of International Business Machin...

Page 3: ...Drive 29 Step 8 Attach IDE Drive 31 Step 9 Test and Configure 35 2 WINBIOS SETUP 37 Using a Mouse with WINBIOS Setup 38 Using the Keyboard with WINBIOS Setup 38 WINBIOS Setup Menu 39 Section 1 Setup 40 Standard Setup 40 Advanced Setup 44 Chipset Setup 48 Power Management Setup 49 PCI PnP Setup 53 Peripheral Setup 57 Section 2 Security 61 AMIBIOS Password Support 61 Setting a Password 62 Changing a...

Page 4: ...chases a computer with this motherboard It is assumed that you the computer manufacturer will use this manual as a sourcebook of information and that parts of this manual will be included in the computer owner s manual Disclaimer AMI only certifies that this product will work correctly when this product is used with the same jumper settings the same system configuration the same memory module part...

Page 5: ...ard 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 Atlas PCI III motherboard handle system components by the mounting bracket if possible Bat...

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Page 7: ... including CPU interface controller advanced cache controller integrated DRAM controller synchronous ISA bus controller PCI local bus interface and integrated power management unit Expansion slots The motherboard includes four 16 bit ISA expansion slots and four 32 bit PCI expansion slots The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132 megabytes per second L1 Internal Cache The Intel Pentium on the ...

Page 8: ...d on the motherboard in two banks of 72 pin 4 MB 8 MB or 16 MB x 36 SIMMs Use Fast Page Mode ECC or Extended Data Out EDO SIMMs operating at 60 ns Fast ATA The motherboard supports the Fast ATA specification using PIO mode 4 and multiword DMA mode 2 System BIOS This motherboard has a 128 KB AMIBIOS system BIOS on a Flash ROM with built in WINBIOS Setup BIOS Shadowing The system BIOS is always copi...

Page 9: ...Intel NSP compliant Fast ATA IDE mode programming Boot sector virus protection instant on support automatically configures PnP and PCI devices IDE The Atlas PCI III motherboard has two 40 pin IDE connectors onboard that support up to four IDE drives The IDE controller is on the PCI local bus Floppy The motherboard has an onboard floppy controller that supports up to two 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 M...

Page 10: ...and configured through a single port The AMIBIOS on the Atlas PCI III motherboard provides complete USB system BIOS support Power Connectors The Atlas PCI III motherboard has three power supply connectors RTC CMOS RAM A real time clock and 128 bytes of CMOS RAM with a battery backup is provided on the motherboard Power Management Power management services include Green PC LED power management sign...

Page 11: ...MHz 33 MHz 60 MHz 30 MHz 50 MHz 25 MHz Onboard I O The Atlas PCI III Pentium ISA motherboard includes two 40 pin IDE connectors on the PCI bus that support up to four IDE drives a 34 pin floppy drive connector two 10 pin serial port connectors with 16550 UARTs a 26 pin parallel port connector with ECP and EPP support two USB connectors a keyboard connector and a PS 2 mouse connector Atlas PCI III ...

Page 12: ... Page 20 Connect the power supply Page 21 Attach the keyboard cable Page 22 Connect the mouse cable Page 23 Attach cables Page 24 6 Connect onboard I O Page 27 Connect the serial ports Page 27 Connect the parallel port Page 28 7 Connect floppy drive s Page 29 8 Connect the IDE drive s Page 30 9 Test and configure Page 35 Warning This motherboard contains sensitive electronic components that can be...

Page 13: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 7 Atlas PCI III Motherboard Layout ...

Page 14: ...tor 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 compon...

Page 15: ...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 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...

Page 16: ...drawing on page 7 for the exact jumper locations The factory setting is for a 100 MHz CPU External Internal J5 J6 J7 J8 50 MHz 75 MHz Shorted Shorted OPEN OPEN 60 MHz 90 MHz Shorted OPEN OPEN OPEN 60 MHz 120MHz Shorted OPEN OPEN Shorted 60 MHz 150 MHz Shorted OPEN Shorted Shorted 60 MHz 180 MHz Shorted OPEN Shorted OPEN 66 MHz 100 MHz OPEN Shorted OPEN OPEN 66 MHz 133 MHz OPEN Shorted OPEN Shorted...

Page 17: ...erg that sets the CPU voltage CPU VRM Status J14 Setting Intel P54C NO VRM Shorted factory setting Intel P55C Use a 2 8V Voltage Regulator Module in the VRM socket OPEN AMD K6 Use a 3 1V Voltage Regulator Module in the VRM socket OPEN No VRM for Intel P54C CPUs Factory Setting Pins 1 3 5 J14 Pins 2 4 6 2 8V VRM for Intel P55C CPUs Pins 1 3 5 J14 Pins 2 4 6 3 1V VRM for AMD K6 CPUs Pins 1 3 5 J14 P...

Page 18: ...or Modules VRMs in this motherboard CPU Type and Speed Description Corsair VRM7 Part Number VXI Electronics VRM7 Part Number Intel P54C Use MB 3 3V N A N A Intel P55C up to 233 MHz 2 8V 7 5 Amps Call AMI for AMI Part Number MDL P55C V2A075 Call AMI for AMI Part Number MDL P55C V2A075 166 or 200 MHz AMD K6 2 9V 7 5 Amps SP5260TS 2X9 073 20723 29 233 MHz AMD K6 3 2V 9 5 Amps SP5260TS 3X2 073 20723 3...

Page 19: ...ollowing steps The CPU socket is near one edge of the motherboard as shown on page 7 Warning Improper CPU installation can damage the CPU and the motherboard You must follow the procedures in this section exactly as documented Make sure you wear an antistatic wristband while installing the CPU Follow all antistatic procedures described on page 9 Cont d ...

Page 20: ...PU is aligned with pin 1 of the socket Make sure you are properly grounded while handling the CPU 3 Complete installation by lifting the ZIF lever to the other side of the socket as shown below Enable External SMI J2 is a 2 pin berg that enables an external SMI source Place a shorting bridge on J2 the factory setting to enable external SMIs Enable Refresh J3 is a 2 pin berg Always make sure that J...

Page 21: ...You can use 1 MB x 36 4 MB x 36 8 MB x 36 or 16 MB x 36 SIMMs The motherboard supports banks of fast page mode and EDO Extended Data Out memory together operating at 60 ns RAS access time 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 the Sy...

Page 22: ...B 8 MB 8 MB 4 MB 4 MB 32 MB 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 8 MB 40 MB 16 MB 16 MB 4 MB 4 MB 48 MB 16 MB 16 MB 8 MB 8 MB 64 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 64 MB 32 MB 32 MB None None 72 MB 32 MB 32 MB 4 MB 4 MB 80 MB 32 MB 32 MB 8 MB 8 MB 96 MB 32 MB 32 MB 16 MB 16 MB 128 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 136 MB 64 MB 64 MB 4 MB 4 MB 144 MB 64 MB 64 MB 8 MB 8 MB 160 MB 64 MB 64 MB 16 MB 16 MB 192 MB 64 MB 64 MB 32 MB 32 MB 2...

Page 23: ...lled with either 1 MB x 36 4 MB x 36 8 MB x 36 or 16 MB x 36 SIMMs Place the motherboard on an anti static 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 The SIMM installation process is shown below Cont d ...

Page 24: ...e CPU socket J1 is a 2 pin berg that also specifies the cache memory size Cache Size J1 J9 J10 J11 J12 256 KB OPEN Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 1 2 512 KB Shorted Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 2 3 Either 256 KB or 512 KB of Pipeline Burst Mode Static RAM L2 secondary cache memory is mounted on the motherboard You cannot upgrade L2 secondary cach...

Page 25: ...here 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 the ports in ...

Page 26: ...25 J24 Keyboard Lock page 25 P1 and P2 Serial Port Connectors page 28 P4 Parallel port connector page 28 P3 Floppy drive connector page 29 P4 and P9 IDE drive connectors page 32 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 s...

Page 27: ...information Make sure that J18 remains OPEN unless you have to erase a forgotten password Connect Power Supply The power supply should match the physical configuration of the chassis Make sure that the power switch is Off before assembly Before attaching 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 usual...

Page 28: ...power supplies as shown below P6 Power Connector Pinout Pin Description 1 Ground Black wire 2 Ground Black wire 3 5 Volts White wire 4 VCC Red wire 5 VCC Red wire 6 VCC Red wire P7 Power Connector Pinout Pin Description 1 Power 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 Cont d ...

Page 29: ... 6 N C 10 Pin Mouse Connector Attach the mouse connector cable supplied by American Megatrends to the 10 pin mouse berg connector on the motherboard 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 Pin Description 1 Mouse Clock 2 N C 3 N C 4 Mouse D...

Page 30: ...w the wire to the switch or LED Pin 1 is always indicated on the motherboard J13 CPU Fan A 2 pin berg labeled J13 attaches to the CPU fan The J13 connector is next to the CPU socket Pin Description 1 12V 2 Ground J22 External SMI Connector Attach the 2 wire cable from the external SMI source to J22 J22 is a 2 pin berg USB Connectors The motherboard has two 4 pin headers that attach to a USB connec...

Page 31: ...bled J19 Pins 2 3 Shorted IRQ12 used for PS 2 Mouse J21 Reset Switch Connector J21 is a two pin single inline berg that is attached via a cable to an externally mounted reset switch When the reset switch is pressed the system performs a hard reset Pin 1 is ground and Pin 2 is Hard Reset J23 Speaker Connector J23 is a four pin single inline berg that is optionally attached via a cable to a standard...

Page 32: ...ock allows the user to lock the keyboard protecting the system from unauthorized use Pin 1 on the motherboard is identified by the broad arrow Pin Description 1 VCC 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Keyboard Lock KBDINH 5 Ground J20 IDE LED J20 is a two pin berg that is attached via a cable to the externally mounted IDE Activity LED This LED lights when the IDE drive is running Warning In some IDE drives you ma...

Page 33: ...y checks the adapter cards installed in the expansion slots on the Atlas PCI III motherboard for a hard disk or floppy controller and serial or parallel ports Serial Ports P1 and P2 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 set...

Page 34: ... to DB25 cable provided with the motherboard to P4 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 Ground ...

Page 35: ...r 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 connecto...

Page 36: ...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 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 37: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 31 Step 8 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 38: ...hown below P5 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 interface in Per...

Page 39: ...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 P9 Secondary IDE Controller P9 the secondary IDE connector is a 40 pin dual inline berg that connects the secondary primary and slave IDE drives to the secondary onboard IDE controller Attach the secondary master an...

Page 40: ...in Signal Description 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 41: ...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 43: ...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 44: ...uble 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 previ...

Page 45: ... WINBIOS Setup main windows are Setup described in Section 1 on page 40 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 beginning on page 61 has three icons that control AMIBIOS security features and Utilities described in Section 3 beginning on page 64 sets the screen color and allows langua...

Page 46: ...ll Standard Setup options are described in this section Date Time Select the Standard option Select the Date and Time icon The current values for each category are displayed Enter new values through the keyboard Floppy Drive A and B Move the 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 ...

Page 47: ...ive 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 mode data transfers Select 32 Bit Transfer 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 p...

Page 48: ...mpensation circuitry 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...

Page 49: ...2 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 17 77 MB 36 ...

Page 50: ...t 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 mouse The settings are Enabled or Disabled The O...

Page 51: ...mal and Power On defaults are Setup Boot To OS 2 Set this option to Yes if running OS 2 operating system and using more than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No Floppy Drive Swap Set this option to Enabled to permit drives A and B to be swapped The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default s...

Page 52: ...reset Present Soft resets still behave like soft resets when Yes is selected Select this option if a caching controller is installed in the computer Soft resets must not generate a hard reset if a caching controller is used If a hard reset is generated a PCI caching controller card cannot flush data from cache memory to a hard disk drive before the reset Video Shadow C000 32K This option controls ...

Page 53: ...n title Setting Description Shadow The contents of the ROM area are written to the corresponding address in RAM for faster execution Cached The contents of the ROM area are written to the corresponding RAM address and can be read from or written to cache memory Disabled The ROM is not copied to RAM The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory The Optimal and Fail Sa...

Page 54: ...nabled Choose this setting if a keyboard controller mouse interrupt is used for the mouse DRAM Data Integrity Mode This option sets the system memory integrity mode The settings are Parity system memory parity is checked or ECC an Error Checking and Correction routine is used The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Parity USB Function Set this option to Enabled to enable the system BIOS USB...

Page 55: ...te but the computer can return to full power instantly when any system activity occurs This option is only available if supported by the computer hardware The settings are Disabled and 1 Min through 15 Min in 1 minute intervals The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Green PC Monitor Power State This option specifies the power state that the green PC compliant video monitor enters ...

Page 56: ...see the previous page The settings are Disabled and 1 Min through 15 Min in 1 minute intervals The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Standby Timeout Minute This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power on state When this length of time expires the computer enters Standby power state The settings are Disabled and 1 Min through 15 Min in 1 mi...

Page 57: ...ving state The settings are 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 64 and 1 128 The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are 1 8 Display Activity This option specifies if AMIBIOS is to monitor display activity for power conservation purposes When this option is set to Monitor and there is no display activity for the length of time specified in the Standby Timeout Minutes option the computer enters a power savings ...

Page 58: ...ctivity on the specified IRQ line The computer enters the full on power state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line The settings for each of these options are Ignore or Monitor The defaults are Option Optimal Fail Safe IRQ3 Ignore Ignore IRQ4 Ignore Ignore IRQ5 Ignore Ignore IRQ7 Ignore Ignore IRQ9 Ignore Ignore I...

Page 59: ...I 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 the four PCI expansion slots The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 64 USB Device Latency Timer This option specifies the latency timings in PCI clocks for USB devices installed in the ...

Page 60: ...eference PCI Slot 4 IRQ Preference These options specify the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the four PCI expansion slots The settings are Auto IRQ5 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ 14 and IRQ15 in priority order If Auto is selected AMIBIOS automatically determines the optimal IRQ priority order The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto Cont d ...

Page 61: ...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 62: ...erved 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 card...

Page 63: ...ould be enabled Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Onboard 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 Onboard IDE Bus Master Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller...

Page 64: ... 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 Offboard Primary Secondary This option specifies the IDE controller channels used by the offboard IDE adapter card The settings are ...

Page 65: ...d Serial Port2 Address This option specifies 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 Parallel Port IRQ This option specifies the IRQ used by the parallel port The settings are Disabled IRQ 5 or IRQ 7 The Opti...

Page 66: ...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 Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP This option can only be selected if...

Page 67: ... 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 configured so ...

Page 68: ...rs only when WINBIOS is run The password is encrypted and stored in NVRAM As shown on the above screen you are prompted for a 1 6 character password You can either type the password on the keyboard or select each letter of the password one at a time using the mouse The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If you forget it you must drain NVRAM and reconfigur...

Page 69: ...word is changed If you forget the password you must erase the system configuration information in NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory See page 21 for information about erasing system configuration information Anti Virus When this icon is selected from the Security section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu AMIBIOS issues a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts ...

Page 70: ...tem is having configuration related problems Original Choose the Original icon to return to the system configuration values 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 corru...

Page 71: ...the 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 S757P ROM from the root directory of the floppy disk in drive A Erases the Flash EPROM Programs the Flash EPROM with...

Page 72: ...S attempts to read from floppy drive A 2 Look for S757P ROM on the floppy disk S757P 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 ...

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 th...

Page 75: ... on a Flash ROM with built in WINBIOS Setup BIOS shadowing The system BIOS is always copied from ROM to RAM for faster execution The end user can shadow 16 KB ROM segments from C000h DCFFFh AMIBIOS features IDE block mode support IDE 32 bit data transfer support IDE Programmed I O mode 0 1 2 3 and 4 support IDE LBA mode support APM Advanced Power Management and Flash BIOS hooks EPA Green PC compli...

Page 76: ...lock and 128 bytes of CMOS RAM with a battery backup is provided on the motherboard Power management Power management services include Green PC LED power management signal to Green PC aware power supplies automatic IDE and video power down monitor blanking SMI System Management Interrupt support APM and system stop clock Speaker Standard four pin speaker connection ...

Page 77: ...CPS Clear Password 21 CPU 69 Configuring 10 Installing 13 D Desktop Management Interface 69 Device Initialization Manager 69 DIM 69 Display Activity 51 DMA Channel 0 56 DMA Channel 1 56 DMA Channel 3 56 DMA Channel 5 56 DMA Channel 6 56 DMA Channel 7 56 DMI 69 DRAM Configurations 16 DRAM Data Integrity Mode 48 E EPP Version 60 Expansion slots 69 External Cache 46 External SMI 14 F Fail Safe BIOS S...

Page 78: ...E Card 58 Offboard Primary Secondary 58 Onboard Adapters 27 Onboard Floppy Controller 57 Onboard I O 5 Onboard IDE Bus Master 57 Onboard Primary Secondary IDE 57 Optimal default settings WINBIOS Setup 64 Original 64 Overview 1 P P3 floppy connector 29 P4 Parallel Port connector 28 P5 Pinout 33 P9 Pinout 34 P9 Secondary IDE Controller 33 Parallel Port 28 Parallel Port Address 59 Parallel Port DMA C...

Page 79: ...5 Specifications 69 Standard Setup 40 Standby Timeout Minute 50 Static Electricity 9 Supervisor Password 61 Suspend Timeout Minute 50 System BIOS 69 System Keyboard 44 System Memory 69 Configuring 15 System memory configurations 16 System Using Cache Controller 46 T Tables Floppy pinout 30 Hard Disk Drive Types 43 I O conflicts 27 Serial port pinout 27 Speaker connector pinout 25 Steps for install...

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