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Preface

American Megatrends BBS

The American Megatrends BBS permits OEMs,
VARs, and system integrators to access technical
information about motherboard and BIOS products.
Product Engineering Change Notices, Tech Tips,
Technical Notes, and complete technical manuals
are available.

Data Transmission Rates

The American Megatrends BBS

automatically handles modems with data
transmission rates from 1,200 to 28,800

bps.

BBS Phone Numbers

The following table lists the characteristics

of the BBS phone numbers. The BBS requires no
parity, eight data bits, and one stop bit.

Phone

Number

Characteristics

770-246-8780

28,800 baud rate. Supports v.34.

770-246-8781

28,800 baud rate. Supports v.34.

770-246-8782

Supports HST and v.42.

770-246-8783

Supports HST and v.42.

Summary of Contents for Atlas PCI-II

Page 1: ...Atlas PCI II Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide MAN 727 4 30 96 ...

Page 2: ...rademarks of Intel Corporation VESA is a registered trademark of the Video Electronics Standards Association MS DOS Microsoft Word and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation SMC is a registered trademark of SMC Corporation IBM AT VGA PS 2 OS 2 and EGA are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation XT and CGA are trademarks of International Business M...

Page 3: ...18 Step 5 Attach Cables 20 Step 6 Test and Configure 37 2 WINBIOS Setup 39 Section 1 Setup 43 Standard Setup 43 Advanced Setup 46 Chipset Setup 52 Power Management Setup 56 Peripheral Setup 59 Section 2 Utility 71 Section 3 Security 72 AMIBIOS Password Support 72 Setting a Password 72 Changing a Password 73 Anti Virus 73 Section 4 Default 74 3 Programming the Flash ROM 75 A Specifications 79 Appen...

Page 4: ... manual describes the specifications and features of the Atlas PCI II motherboard It explains how to assemble a system based on the Atlas PCI II motherboard and how to use the AMIBIOS that is specifically designed for this motherboard This manual is not meant to be read by the computer owner who purchases a computer with this motherboard It is assumed that you the computer manufacturer will use th...

Page 5: ...ble Data Transmission Rates The American Megatrends BBS automatically handles modems with data transmission rates from 1 200 to 28 800 bps BBS Phone Numbers The following table lists the characteristics of the BBS phone numbers The BBS requires no parity eight data bits and one stop bit Phone Number Characteristics 770 246 8780 28 800 baud rate Supports v 34 770 246 8781 28 800 baud rate Supports ...

Page 6: ... User s Guide vi Packing List You should have received the following an Atlas PCI II motherboard two serial cables one parallel cable a Warranty Card and theAmerican Megatrends Atlas PCI II Pentium ISA Motherboard User s Guide ...

Page 7: ...n slots The motherboard conforms to the PCI Version 2 0 specification The PCI slots are automatically configured by the AMIBIOS The PCI slots operate synchronously with the CPU clock as follows CPU External Clock Frequency PCI Expansion Slot Frequency 66 MHz 33 MHz 60 MHz 30 MHz 50 MHz 25 MHz Onboard I O The Atlas PCI II Pentium ISA motherboard includes two 40 pin IDE connectors that support up to...

Page 8: ... II Motherboard User s Guide 2 Atlas PCI II Dimensions Themotherboard dimensions and height restrictions are shown below The Atlas PCI II motherboard is the standard baby AT size with the standard mounting holes ...

Page 9: ...d Page19 5 Attach cables to connectors Page22 Attach VGA Connectors Page22 Connect the Power Supply Page27 Attach the Keyboard Cable Page30 Connect the Mouse Cable Page31 Attach Ca bles Page31 Connect Onboard I O Page31 Connect the Serial Ports Page31 Connect the Parallel Port Page31 Connect Floppy Drive s Page33 Connect the IDE Drive s Page38 6 Test and Configure Page45 Warning This motherboard c...

Page 10: ...Atlas PCI II Motherboard User s Guide 4 Atlas PCI II Motherboard Layout ...

Page 11: ... Remove the sponge and the anti static bag Place the motherboard on a grounded anti static surface component side up Save the original packing material 4 Inspect the motherboard for damage Press down on all ICs mounted in sockets to verify proper seating Do not apply power to the motherboard if it has been damaged 5 If the motherboard is undamaged it is ready to be installed Set Jumpers Set all ju...

Page 12: ...gure the motherboard before installing any CPU 3 3V CPU PowerJ21 J2 and J12 are six pin bergs that select the 3 3V CPU power source You can provide 3 3V in three different ways through three different power sources regulator default regulator and VRM or 3 3V power supply From RegulatorSet J21 J2 and J12 as follows to configure 3 3V power from the regulator J21 P in1 P in6 2 3 4 5 J12 P in1 P in6 2...

Page 13: ...2 and J12 as follows to configure 3 3V power from the regulator and VRM J21 P in1 P in6 2 3 4 5 J1 2 P in1 P in6 2 3 4 5 P in1 P in6 2 3 4 5 J2 From 3 3V Power Supply Set J21 J2 and J12 as follows to configure 3 3V power from the 3 3V power supply J21 Pin 1 Pin6 2 3 4 5 J12 Pin1 Pin6 2 3 4 5 Pin1 Pin6 2 3 4 5 J2 Cont d ...

Page 14: ...ed in this motherboard please call Intel and make sure that you set J11 correctly Selecting the wrong voltage may damage the CPU Select CPU Speed J24 J25 J39 and J37 are two pin bergs that together set the CPU speed CPU Speed J25 J24 J39 J37 75 MHz Shorted Shorted OPEN OPEN 90 MHz OPEN Shorted OPEN OPEN 100 MHz Shorted OPEN OPEN OPEN 120 MHz OPEN Shorted Shorted OPEN 133 MHz Shorted OPEN Shorted O...

Page 15: ...CPU heat sink Pentium CPUs running at 75 and 90 MHz are shipped with a heat sink CPUs running at 100 120 133 MHz or higher speeds are shipped with a heat sink and a CPU fan As shown below the wire from the CPU fan has two leads Connect the yellow lead to 12V Pin 1 of J46 Warning The yellow wire from the CPU fan must be connected to Pin 1 of J46 ...

Page 16: ...r one edge of the motherboard as shown on page 4 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 5 Step Action 1 Lift the lever on the ZIF socket The empty CPU socket looks like this ...

Page 17: ...he CPU Check for bent pins on the CPU Gently straighten any bent pins with pliers Place the CPU in the middle of the socket as shown below Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is aligned with pin 1 of the socket Make sure you are properly grounded while handling the CPU T M 3 Complete installation by lifting the ZIF lever to the other side of the socket as shown below ...

Page 18: ... 1 MB x 32 or 36 2 MB x 32 or 36 4 MB x 32 or 36 8 MB x 32 or 36 or 16 MB x 32 or 36 SIMMs The motherboard supports banks of fast page mode and EDO Extended Data Out memory together operating at 60 or 70 ns RAS access time Set the Chipset Setup DRAM Speed for EDO option correctly if using EDO memory Memory Display System memory is reported by AMIBIOS as it boots and again when the AMIBIOS System C...

Page 19: ... 70YS9 PNY P36256 70 Samsung KMM536256B 7 1 MB x 36 Micron MT12D136M 7 Mitsubishi MH1M36ADJ 7 PNY P361000 70 Motorola MCM36100AS 70 Oki MSC2355 70YS12 Samsung KMM5361000AV 7 2 MB x 36 PNY P362000 70 Samsung EMM53620036 70 4 MB x 36 Micron MT12D436M 7 Mitsubishi MH4M36SAJ 7 Motorola MCM36400S 70 PNY P364000 70 Samsung KMM5364100 7 8 MB x 36 Motorola MCM36800S 70 PNY P368000 707 Samsung KMM5368100 7...

Page 20: ... x 32 or 36 512 KB x 32 or 36 1 MB x 32 or 36 2 MB x 32 or 36 4 MB x 32 or 36 8 MB x 32 or 36 or 16 MB x 32 or 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 1...

Page 21: ...both If the surface mount cache memory is used the cache module socket must be empty If a cache module is used make sure that Pins 2 3 of J30 are shorted The cache module used must conform to the Intel COAST Version 1 0 specification A 160 pin cache module connector is mounted on the motherboard Cache Jumpers J16 J26 J28 and J30 are three pin bergs that select the external cache size and type SMT ...

Page 22: ...chart Make sure you also set theCache Module Type option in WINBIOS Setup Chipset Setup In the following drawing Pin 1 of J16 J26 and J28 is represented by a square Important Before inserting the cache module turn the computer off make sure you follow all antistatic procedures disable SMT cache by shorting Pins 2 3 of J30 and use only COAST 1 0 compliant cache modules Cont d ...

Page 23: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 17 Step 3 Install Memory Continued Upgrade Cache Select the SRAM module in the SRAM Type option in Chipset Setup in WINBIOS Setup Insert the cache module as shown below ...

Page 24: ... 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 the rear of the chas...

Page 25: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 19 Step 4 Install Motherboard Continued ...

Page 26: ...3 page 33 IDE LED connector J34 page 33 Serial port connectors J3 and J4 page 34 Parallel port connector J6 page 35 Floppy connector J7 page 36 IDE drive connectors J1 and J8 pages 41through44 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 ...

Page 27: ...onitor to enter Sleep mode This works if the monitor is DPMS aware Almost all newer PCI VGA cards support DPMS through the VGA BIOS The computer enters Sleep mode AMIBIOS makes a DPMS call to the VGA BIOS The VGA BIOS then signals the monitor to enter Sleep mode If you are using a PCI VGA card you probably do not need to use this connector The J42 pinout is Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Descri...

Page 28: ...e VGA Feature Connector on the VGA card or graphics accelerator as shown below VGA Cable The VGA feature connector cable is shown below After the timeout period specified in Power Management Setup expires the motherboard drives the SYNC ENABLE HSYNC and VSYNC signals Low through open collector outputs Monitors that support DPMS can turn power off after examining this condition saving power Cont d ...

Page 29: ...tages and must be set usually via a switch to the proper range Use at least a 200 watt power supply which should have built in filters to suppress radiated emissions Connect Power Cables Attach the power supply cables to the power connector CN1 on the motherboard AT compatible power supplies have two six pin connectors attached as shown below The six pin connector on the power cable with three red...

Page 30: ... cut to fit on some power supplies as shown below P1 R emove Key 3 Remove Key 6 P2 Pin 1 Pin 1 P1 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 P2 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 Cont d ...

Page 31: ...ption 1 Ground Black wire 2 Ground Black wire 3 5 Volts White wire 4 3 3V 5 3 3V 6 3 3V Keyboard Connector The keyboard connector J5 is a six pin DIN socket The J5 pinout is shown below The keyboard connector position is shown on page 4 Pin Assignments 1 Keyboard clock 2 Keyboard data 3 Not used 4 Ground 5 VCC ...

Page 32: ...VCC 7 N C 8 Mouse Data 9 Ground 10 N C Mouse IRQ J38 is a three pin berg that enables the PS 2 mouse interrupt IRQ12 Short Pins 1 2 of J38 to enable IRQ12 as the PS 2 mouse interrupt You should always short Pins 1 2 of J38 to enable the PS 2 mouse interrupt The only reason you would ever have to short Pins 2 3 of J38 is if you wanted an adapter card on the ISA bus to use IRQ12 You would then have ...

Page 33: ... 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 J22 Speaker Connector J22 is a four pin single inline berg that is optionally attached via a cable to a standard system speaker AMIBIOS signals hardware problems through the speaker Pin 1 on the mo...

Page 34: ...he motherboard is identified by the broad arrow Pin Description 1 VCC 2 N C 3 Ground 4 Keyboard Lock KBDINH 5 Ground J33 Turbo LEDJ33 is a two pin berg that is attached via a cable to the externally mounted bipolar Turbo LED The LED lightswhen the motherboard is running at high speed J34 IDE LED J34 is a two pin berg that is attached via a cable to the externally mounted IDE Activity LED This LED ...

Page 35: ...ces AMIBIOS automatically checks the adapter cards installed in the expansion slots on the Atlas PCI II motherboard for a hard disk or floppy controller and serial or parallel ports J3 SER1J4 SER2J3 and J4 are 10 pin connectors that provide an AT compatible serial port interface Connect the cables supplied with the motherboard to J3 and J4 The serial port base I O port address and other serial por...

Page 36: ...able provided with the motherboard to J6 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 Cont d ...

Page 37: ... floppy controller 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 or 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 Attac...

Page 38: ...D 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 Cont d ...

Page 39: ... Drives Attach the IDE drives in the following manner Choose Peripheral Setup in WINBIOS Setup to enable the onboard IDE controller Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector Primary Master Drive Primary Slave Drive Secondary Master Drive Secondary Slave Drive Cont d ...

Page 40: ...ransfer and fast IDE transfer These IDE features are configured in Peripheral Setup in the WINBIOS Setup utility Disable the onboard IDE interface in Peripheral Setup to use an ISA ESDI RLL MFM or SCSI hard disk drive controller Install IDE Drivers American Megatrends provides IDE drivers for the onboard IDE controller These drivers are unnecessary if running in DOS but must be loaded for other op...

Page 41: ... 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 J1 Secondary IDE Controller J1 thesecondary 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 and slave IDE driv...

Page 42: ...ESET 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 43: ...al Support 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 Techni...

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Page 45: ...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 had user interfaces that were not very intuitive New BIOS Setup 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 mo...

Page 46: ...lick 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 previous pa...

Page 47: ...ow is organized into four sections Each of these sections corresponds to a section in this chapter Each section contains several icons Clicking on each icon activates a specific AMIBIOS function The WINBIOS Setup main windows and related functions are described on the next page Cont d ...

Page 48: ...as date time hard disk type floppy type and many others Utilities described in Section 2 beginning on page88 has four icons that perform system functions Security described in Section 3 beginning on page89 has two icons that control AMIBIOS security features and Default described in Section 4 beginning on page93 this section has three icons that permit you to select a group of settings for all AMI...

Page 49: ...scribed in this section The Standard Setup screen follows 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 or2 88 MB 3 inch ...

Page 50: ...arameter Description Type The number for a drive with certain identification parameters Cylinders The number of cylinders in the disk drive Heads The number of heads Write Precompensation The size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track diameter diminishes Yet each sector must still hold 512 bytes Write precompensation circuitry on the hard disk compensates for the physical difference ...

Page 51: ... 1023 17 60 MB 20 733 5 300 732 17 30 MB 21 733 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 ...

Page 52: ... the computer Rather it specifies if error messages are displayed if a keyboard is not attached This option permits you to configure workstations with no keyboards The settings are Absent orPresent 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 orAbsent The Op...

Page 53: ... ticking sound during the memory test The settings are Enabled orDisabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Parity Error Check This option enables parity error checking for system memory The settings are Enabled the parity for all system memory is checked or Disabled parity is checked only on the first 1 MB of system RAM The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled ...

Page 54: ...ttings are Enabled orDisabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled System Boot Up Num Lock WhenOn this option turns off the Num Lock key when the system is powered on so the end user can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard The settings are On orOff The Optimal default setting isOff The Fail Safe default setting is On OS 2 Compatible ModeSet this option ...

Page 55: ...Safe default settings are640KB Password Checking This 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 Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if WINBIOS is executed See page 89for instructions on changing a password The Optimal and Power On defaults are Set...

Page 56: ... The settings are Enabled orDisabled The Optimal default setting is Enabled The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled System Using Cache Controller Set this option to Yes if a cache controller is installed in the computer Setting Description No the default setting To comply with the PCI specifications PCI adapter cards must be reset every time the CPU is reset When the end user forces a soft reset...

Page 57: ...aptor ROM D800 16K Adaptor Shadow DC00 16K These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area in the option title Setting Description Enabled The contents of the video ROM area C000h C7FFh are written to the same address in RAM for faster execution Disabled The video ROM is not copied to RAM The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache The Optimal and Fail Safe...

Page 58: ...s Important TheDRAM Speed for EDO andDRAM Speed for Fast Page Modeoptions are only present if you have installed one bank of EDO SIMMs and one bank of fast page mode SIMMs If only EDO SIMMs or only fast page mode SIMMs are installed in both memory banks only the relevant option is displayed in Chipset Setup DRAM Speed for Fast Page Mode If using Fast Page Mode SIMMs for system memory specify the R...

Page 59: ...etting is3 CPUCLK The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled CPU To PCI Burst Write This option specifies the length of a delay inserted before a burst write from the CPU to the PCI local bus The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings areDisabled Max Burst Range in PCI MasterThis option specifies the maximum number of bytes that can be transferred in the PCI Mas...

Page 60: ...er Slot 4 Latency Timer These options specify the latency period for PCI devices using PCI slots 1 4 The settings are40 CLKs 80 CLKs 120 CLKs 160 CLKs 200 CLKs 220 CLKs or240 CLKs The Optimal default setting is240 CLKs The Fail Safe default setting is 40 CLKs ISA Memory Block BaseThis option specifies a block of RAM memory used as a base address for ISA adapter cards The settings are Disabled C800...

Page 61: ...ck 1 orNon Cacheable Block 2options are set to DRAMorPCI Bus these options can be selected These options specify the size of the respective non cacheable areas The settings are 64 KB 128 KB 256 KB 512 KB 1 MB 2 MB 4 MB or8 MB The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 64 KB Block Base Block Base If theNon Cacheable Block 1 orNon Cacheable Block 2options are set to DRAMorPCI Bus these options c...

Page 62: ...ngs are Disabled Green PC Monitor Power State This option specifies the power management state the Green PC compliant video monitor enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Off Standby orSuspend The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power management state in which the Green PC mon...

Page 63: ...isk Timeout Min This option specifies the length of a period of hard disk inactivity When this period expires the hard disk drive enters the power conserving mode specified in the Hard Disk Power Down Mode option described on the previous page The settings are Disabled 1 Min minutes and all one minute intervals up to and including 15 Min The default settings are Disabled Standby to Suspend Timeout...

Page 64: ...activity for the length of time specified in the value in the Full On to Standby Timeout Min option the computer enters a power saving state The settings are Monitor orIgnore The default settings are Ignore IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 12 IRQ 13 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 Before entering Suspend mode AMIBIOS monitors the aboveIRQs for the length of time specified in theStandby to Suspend Tim...

Page 65: ...board Each IDE controller supports up to two IDE devices Offboard The IDE controllers on an IDE controller adapter card inserted in an ISA or PCI expansion slot AMIBIOS supports primary and a secondary offboard IDE controller Each IDE controller supports up to two IDE devices Primary Controller Whether using an onboard or an offboard IDE controller one of the IDE controllers is the primary control...

Page 66: ...BA Logical Block Addressing mode Older hard disk drives use the CHS Cylinder Head Sector addressing scheme that limits hard disk drives to 528 MB LBA permits drives capacities up to 5 GB Setting Description Disabled Do not enable IDE LBA mode Default Master Enable IDE LBA mode for the master IDE drive attached to the primary IDE controller Slave Enable IDE LBA mode for the slave IDE drive attached...

Page 67: ...imary IDE controller Both Enable IDE Block IDE Mode for both the Primary and Secondary IDE controller are enabled IDE 32 Bit Transfer 32 bit data transfers move twice as much data to and from the IDE drives Setting Description Disabled Do not enable IDE 32 bit transfers Default Master Enable IDE 32 bit transfers for the master IDE drive attached to the pr imary IDE controller Slave Enable IDE 32 b...

Page 68: ... Disabled Do not enable IDE prefetch mode Default You must use this setting if loading the OS 2 IDE device drivers Master Enable IDE prefetch mode for the master IDE drive attached to the primary IDE controller Slave Enable IDE prefetch mode for the slave IDE drive attached to the primary IDE controller Both Enable IDE prefetch mode for both the Primary and Secondary IDE controller Onboard Primary...

Page 69: ...If you choose Auto AMIBIOS will automatically select the correct IDE PIO mode Setting Description Auto Permit AMIBIOS to determine the optimal IDE mode supported by the IDE drive installed as the primary IDE master drive Default Mode 0 Specify IDE mode 0 Mode 1 Specify IDE mode 1 Mode 2 Specify IDE mode 2 Mode 3 Specify IDE mode 3 Mode 4 Specify IDE mode 4 Offboard PCI ISA IDE Use this option if y...

Page 70: ...n Offboard IDE INT Line Only available for Offboard Primary and Offboard Secondary IDE Controller Use this option to specify the PCI interrupt used by the offboard PCI IDE controller if installed The settings are INTA INTB INTC INTD orNot Used The default setting isINTA Cont d ...

Page 71: ...Both The Onboard Secondary Drives Presentoption will be available if the secondary IDE controller is used and the Onboard Primary Secondary IDE option is set to Secondary or Both Specify the number of IDE drives attached to the Secondary IDE controller The settings areNone 1 Drive or2 Drives The default setting isNone If1 Drive or 2 Drives is selected the following options become available Onboard...

Page 72: ... used and the Onboard Primary Secondary IDE option is set to Secondary Specify the number of IDE drives attached to the Secondary IDE controller The settings are None 1 Drive or2 Drives The following options become available Onboard Secondary Drives Present Onboard Secondary LBA Mode Onboard Secondary Block Mode Onboard Secondary 32 Bit Transfer Onboard Secondary Prefetch Onboard Secondary Master ...

Page 73: ... Primary Block Mode Offboard Primary 32 Bit Transfer and Offboard Primary IDE INT Number Line Primary and Secondary Both Set Offboard Primary Secondary IDE to Both Set Offboard Secondary Drives Present to 1 Drive or 2 Drives The following options become available Offboard Primary LBA Mode Offboard Primary Block Mode Offboard Primary 32 Bit Transfer Offboard Primary IDE INT Number Line Offboard Sec...

Page 74: ...l port 1 The settings are IRQ 4or Disabled The Optimal default setting is IRQ 4 The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Serial Port1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address for serial port 1 The settings are 3E8h 3F8h or Disabled The Optimal default setting is 3F8h The Fail Safe default setting is N A Serial Port1 FIFO This option enables the FIFO buffer for the first serial port...

Page 75: ...imal default setting is Disabled The Fail Safe default setting is N A Caution Do not enable the Serial Port2 FIFO option if a mouse is attached to COM2 Parallel Port IRQ This option specifies the IRQ Interrupt Request Line used by the parallel port The settings are Disabled IRQ 5 orIRQ 7 The Optimal default setting isIRQ 7 The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Parallel Port Address This option...

Page 76: ... The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Enhanced Parallel Port EPP specification EPP uses the existing parallel port signals to provide asymmetric bidirectional data transfer driven by the host device ECP The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Extended Capabilities Port ECP specification ECP uses the DMA protocol to achieve transfer rates of approximat...

Page 77: ...automatically detected and reported to the Hard Disk Drive C screen in Standard Setup so you can easily configure drive C Detect D if drive D is an IDE drive the hard disk drive parameters for drive D are automatically detected and reported to the Hard Disk Drive D screen in Standard Setup so you can easily configure drive D Color Set sets the WINBIOS Setup screen colors ...

Page 78: ...word prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when WINBIOS is run The password is encrypted and stored in CMOS RAM 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 scree...

Page 79: ...eep a record of the new password when the password is changed If you forget the password remove the computer cover set switch 1 2 the DIAG switch to ON power on the computer AMIBIOS will erase the password 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 to writ...

Page 80: ...t 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 CMOS RAM is corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically Fail Safe You can load the Fail Safe WINBIOS Setup option settings by select...

Page 81: ...ash 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 Boot Block BIOS Actions When you reprogram from system boot the boot block BIOS code Reads S727P ROM from the root directory of the floppy disk in drive A Erases the Flash EPROM Programs the Flash EPROM with the...

Page 82: ...ts to read from floppy drive A 2 Look for S727P ROM on the floppy disk S727P 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 loo...

Page 83: ...des 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 erase e...

Page 84: ... 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 boot block BIOS and pass control to the boot block 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 root direct...

Page 85: ...m memory 1 MB caches up to 256 M B of system memory Type of SRAM Secondary cache memory supported either through surface mount SRAM DIPs or cache memory module System memory Fast page mode or Extended Data Out EDO SIMMs operating at 70 ns Memory Buffer One level posted write memory buffer Max system memory 256 MB Fast ATA Supports the Fast ATA specification using PIO mode 4 andmultiword DMA mode 2...

Page 86: ... IDE Provides two 40 pin IDE connectors onboard that support up to four IDE drives Floppy Provides onboard supports up to two 360 KB 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB floppy drives Parallel port Provides an onboard parallel port connector Serial ports Provides two onboard serial port connectors Keyboard Includes a standardminiDIN keyboard connectors Mouse Includes a 10 pin berg mouse connector Powe...

Page 87: ...SA if an ISA IDE card is installed in an ISA expansion slot Slot 1 if a PCI IDE card is installed in PCI expansion slot 1 Slot 2 if a PCI IDE card is installed in PCI expansion slot 2 3 If installing a primary offboard IDE controller set the WINBIOS Setup Peripheral Setup Offboard Primary LBA Mode Offboard Primary Block Mode and Offboard Primary 32 Bit Transfer to Enabled 4 Set theOffboard IDE INT...

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Page 89: ...55 C Cables Connecting 20 Cache Module Type 52 COM1 29 COM2 29 Configuring System 37 Conflicts 29 Connectors Floppy disk 31 IDE Activity Indicator 28 IDE Hard Disk Drive 34 Keyboard 25 Power supply 24 Reset Switch 27 Serial ports 29 SIMM 14 Speaker 27 Turbo LED 28 CPU To PCI Burst Write 53 CPU To PCI Post Write 53 D Default Settings WINBIOS Setup 72 Dimensions 2 Display Activity 58 DRAM Speed for ...

Page 90: ...stallation 3 Installing Adapter Cards 37 Installing the Motherboard 18 Instant On Support 56 Internal Cache 49 IRQ 10 51 IRQ 11 51 IRQ 12 51 IRQ 14 51 IRQ 15 51 58 IRQ 3 51 58 IRQ 4 51 IRQ 5 51 IRQ 7 51 IRQ 9 51 ISA Memory Block Base 54 J J1 Floppy Connector 31 J13 Parallel Port IRQ Select 6 J14 Serial Port 1 COM1 29 J19 Serial Port 2 COM2 29 J2 IDE Connector Primary 34 J2 Pinout 35 J20 46 J20 Onb...

Page 91: ...J4 Secondary IDE connector 36 Parallel Port 30 Power supply 25 Primary IDE connector 35 Serial ports 29 Pinouts IDE Activity Indicator 28 Keyboard lock 28 P1 Power Supply 24 P2 Power Supply 24 25 Reset Switch 27 Serial ports 29 Turbo LED 28 Power Management Setup 56 Power Supply 23 Connecting 23 Pinouts 24 Primary Display 46 R Reporting Memory 12 Reset Switch Connector 27 Resource conflicts 29 S S...

Page 92: ...nflicts 29 Memory parameters 12 P1 Pinout 24 P2 Pinout 24 25 Serial port pinout 29 Speaker connector pinout 27 Steps for installing motherboard 18 Twist in floppy cable 32 Testing System 37 Turbo LED 28 Typematic Rate 46 U Unpack the Motherboard 5 Utility WINBIOS Setup 69 V VGA Memory Upgrading 77 Video BIOS Cacheable 50 Video Power Down Mode 56 Video ROM C000 32K 51 W Wait for F1 If Any Error 48 ...

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