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Super Voyager VLB-III ISA Motherboard User's Guide

Packing List

You should have received the following items:

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an American Megatrends Super Voyager VLB-III ISA motherboard,

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a Warranty Card for the Super Voyager VLB-III ISA motherboard,

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The

American Megatrends Super Voyager VLB-III ISA Motherboard User's Guide,

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two 10-pin to DB9 connector serial cables (American Megatrends Part Number CBL-SUB-1-10), and

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one 26-pin to DB25 connector parallel cable (American Megatrends Part Number CBL-SUB-2-25).

The cable that attaches to the PS/2 mouse connector is the same as the serial cables listed above (American
Megatrends Part Number CBL-SUB-1-10).

If using the Green PC features of this motherboard, you will also need a 10-pin to 25-pin Green PC cable (American
Megatrends Part Number CBL-SUB-12-10) that is not supplied with the motherboard.

Call the American Megatrends Sales Department at 800-828-9264 to order the serial cables or Green PC cable.

Summary of Contents for Super Voyager VLB-III

Page 1: ...American Megatrends Inc Super Voyager VLB III ISA Motherboard with Green PC and Advanced Power Management User s Guide MAN 707 6 20 95...

Page 2: ...ign or use of this product or the support materials provided with the product Trademarks Intel and Overdrive are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation VESA and VL Bus are registered trademarks of...

Page 3: ...ble 45 Step 9 Connect Cables 46 Step 10 Connect Onboard I O 52 Step 11 Install Floppy Drive 57 Step 12 Install Hard Disk 59 Step 13 Install Adapter Cards 60 Step 14 Test and Configure 64 Chapter 3 AMI...

Page 4: ...It explains how to assemble a system based on the Super Voyager VLB III motherboard and how to use the AMIBIOS that is specifically designed for this motherboard This manual is not meant to be read b...

Page 5: ...rends Part Number CBL SUB 1 10 and one 26 pin to DB25 connector parallel cable American Megatrends Part Number CBL SUB 2 25 The cable that attaches to the PS 2 mouse connector is the same as the seria...

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Page 7: ...Super Voyager VLB III Motherboard conforms to the VESA VL Bus specifications The VL Bus is designed to standardize the hardware interface of peripherals connected to a microprocessor level local bus T...

Page 8: ...Voyager VLB III Dimensions The Super Voyager VLB III motherboard is approximately 8 5 inches wide by 13 inches long the standard Baby AT size with similar mounting hole locations The dimensions and he...

Page 9: ...Series 486DX and SX 486DX AM486 33 40 or 50 MHz 486DX AM486 Enhanced S Series 486DX SX and DX2 empty 33 40 or 50 MHz 486DX2 Overdrive empty 25 MHz 50 MHz internal 33 MHz 66 MHz internal 486DX4 empty...

Page 10: ...motherboard has a programmable crystal oscillator that supports all possible motherboard frequencies Heat Sink A heat sink is provided if the following CPUs are installed CPU Frequency 80486DX 50 MHz...

Page 11: ...hed in internal cache memory The cache read has zero wait states Burst mode is supported Main System Memory The Super Voyager VLB III motherboard supports up to 128 MB of onboard system memory in four...

Page 12: ...ad Only Memory ROM CMOS RAM The Super Voyager VLB III motherboard has 128 bytes of nonvolatile CMOS RAM with a built in 3 6V rechargeable NiCad battery backup for configuration Real Time Clock The Sup...

Page 13: ...Bus Local Bus expansion slots These slots can also be used as standard ISA expansion slots Keyboard and Mouse The keyboard connector is a 5 pin IBM AT compatible DIN keyboard connector Adjacent to the...

Page 14: ...omatically configures the IDE hard disk drives that conform to the ATA specifications Onboard NS16550s The motherboard has two National Semiconductor NS16550 UARTs for serial port which provide enhanc...

Page 15: ...y DMA channel can be set for 8 or 16 bit DMA device sizes Fifteen Interrupt Levels The NMI takes precedence over all 15 hardware interrupts Priority Label Typical Interrupt Source 1 IRQ 0 Interval Tim...

Page 16: ...VGA Controller card A signal from this header drives HSYNC VSYNC and Enable Video Low during Sleep Mode If a Green PC monitor is used the monitor switches to its own low power mode during Sleep Mode...

Page 17: ...stem function transparent to the system operating system The AMIBIOS system BIOS and the American Megatrends MEGAKEY keyboard controller used in the Super Voyager VLB III motherboard provide several h...

Page 18: ...blink when the system is password locked Indicating AutoKeyLock Status via LEDs AutoKeyLock is indicated by the keyboard Num Lock Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs and also through a Password LED if pres...

Page 19: ...inactive for a specified length of time and Pins 2 3 of J39 are shorted The end user must enter the correct system password if the Password LED is blinking The system has experienced no system activi...

Page 20: ...Mode is not disabled the system will switch to sleep mode and the system performance will be greatly decreased Some examples of such applications are file servers CAD systems software compilers screen...

Page 21: ...ory Page 49 4 Install upgrade processor Page 54 5 Install motherboard Page 57 6 Connect the power supply Page 59 7 Connect the keyboard Page 61 8 Connect the mouse Page 62 9 Connect cables Page 63 10...

Page 22: ...Chapter 2 Installation 32...

Page 23: ...iched between sheets of sponge 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 moth...

Page 24: ...32 for the location of SW1 SW1 Switches Cache Memory Configured All OFF 64 KB All ON 256 KB J26 Diag J26 is the Manufacturing Diagnostics jumper The motherboard is shipped with J26 OPEN J26 should rem...

Page 25: ...or serial port 1 the factory setting Short pins 2 3 to select IRQ3 for serial port 1 J22 Parallel Port IRQ Select J22 is a three pin berg that selects the IRQ for the parallel port Short pins 1 2 to s...

Page 26: ...Chapter 2 Installation 36...

Page 27: ...se the default IRQ12 cannot be used by any ISA or VL Bus adapter card when the onboard mouse is enabled J17 Local Bus ID2 Select J17 is a three pin single inline berg In normal operation pins 1 2 are...

Page 28: ...1 2 Short 3 4 Short 5 6 All OPEN P4S P24S P23S OPEN Short 1 2 Short 1 2 Short 3 4 Short 2 3 OPEN Short 1 2 Short 3 4 Short 5 6 All OPEN P24D OPEN Short 1 2 Short 1 2 Short 3 4 Short 3 4 SHORT Short 1...

Page 29: ...Super Voyager VLB III ISAMotherboard User s Guide 39 Step 2 Set Switch and Jumper Options Continued J55 Select CPU Type J19 Select CPU Type J56 Select CPU Type...

Page 30: ...Chapter 2 Installation 40 Step 2 Set Switch and Jumper Options Continued J57 Select CPU Type J37 Select CPU Type...

Page 31: ...Super Voyager VLB III ISAMotherboard User s Guide 41 Step 2 Set Switch and Jumper Options Continued J54 Select CPU Type J43 Select CPU Type...

Page 32: ...he following pins together 1 2 3 4 and 5 6 when a 5 volt CPU is installed on the motherboard See the graphic on page 32 for the J57 location The J57 and J56 pin numbering is shown in the following gra...

Page 33: ...ltage regulator is installed J56 is a three by two dual inline berg Short the following Pins together 1 2 3 4 and 5 6 if a 3 3 volt CPU is installed on the motherboard See the graphic on page 32 for t...

Page 34: ...if you forget the system password you must remove the battery for at least 20 minutes to erase the password J48 provides a quicker method By shorting J48 pins 2 3 together for several seconds you can...

Page 35: ...ation is shown in the following graphic J44 Pin Setting DMA Channel All OPEN No DMA channel selected factory setting Short Pins 1 2 DRQ0 Short Pins 3 4 DRQ1 Short Pins 5 6 DRQ3 Factory setting Warning...

Page 36: ...Chapter 2 Installation 46...

Page 37: ...nced Parallel Port DMA Acknowledge J41 is a six pin dual inline header that selects the parallel port DMA Acknowledge line The factory setting is all OPEN no DMA channel selected J41 Pin Setting DMA C...

Page 38: ...ent feature must be enabled before the Password LED will blink when the correct system password must be entered by the end user J4 Pin Settings LED selected Short Pins 1 2 Front panel power LED is Pas...

Page 39: ...board uses fast page mode SIMMs operating at 70 ns RAS access time Reporting Memory The system memory is reported by AMIBIOS as it boots and again when the AMIBIOS System Configuration Screen is displ...

Page 40: ...Bx36 D 4 MBx36 S 4 MBx36 S 36 MB 1 MBx36 S None None None 4 MB 1 MBx36 S 1 MBx36 S None None 8 MB 1 MBx36 S 1 MBx36 S 1 MBx36 S None 12 MB 1 MBx36 S 1 MBx36 S 1 MBx36 S 1 MBx36 S 16 MB 1 MBx36 S 4 MBx...

Page 41: ...4 MBx36 S 4 MBx36 S 8 MBx36 D None 64 MB 4 MBx36 S 4 MBx36 S 8 MBx36 D 8 MBx36 D 96 MB 8 MBx36 D None None None 32 MB 8 MBx36 D 8 MBx36 D None None 64 MB 8 MBx36 D 8 MBx36 D 8 MBx36 D None 96 MB 8 MBx...

Page 42: ...KMM536512W 7 single sided KMM536512W3 7 double sided Motorola MCM36512S 70 1 MB x 36 Micron MT12D136M 7 Mitsubishi MH1M36ADJ 7 PNY P361000 70 Motorola MCM36100AS 70 Oki MSC2355 70YS12 Samsung KMM53610...

Page 43: ...9 SIMMs These sockets can be filled with either 256 KBx36 S 512 KBx36 1 MBx36 S 2 MBx36 4 MBx36 S 8 MBx36 or 16 MBx36 SIMMs Place the motherboard on an anti static mat With the component side of the...

Page 44: ...ear one edge of the board The Super Voyager VLB III motherboard supports the following CPUs and Upgrade Processors Processor in ZIF Socket Upgrade Socket PQFP Processor Frequency Empty 486SX 20 25 or...

Page 45: ...et has a white diagonal line across one corner on the motherboard which corresponds to pin 1 of the Upgrade Processor Check for bent pins on the Upgrade Processor chip Gently straighten any bent pins...

Page 46: ...r to the other side of the socket as shown below Installing a P24T or P24CT The P24T and P24CT upgrade processors are 240 pin package that uses all socket pins Use the same procedure describe above to...

Page 47: ...provided for them The standoffs lock in place Find the slots provided for the standoffs on the chassis Hold the motherboard component side up with the edge with the standoffs toward you and the edge w...

Page 48: ...Chapter 2 Installation 58 Step 5 Install the Motherboard Continued...

Page 49: ...s often can run on a wide range of voltages and must be set usually via a switch to the proper range Use at least a 230 watt power supply which should have built in filters to suppress radiated emissi...

Page 50: ...The keys on the connector must be cut to fit on some power supplies as shown below P1 Pinout Pin Description 1 Power Good Orange wire 2 VCC Red wire 3 12 Volts Yellow wire 4 12 Volts Blue wire 5 Grou...

Page 51: ...r is a 10 pin berg for attaching a PS 2 type mouse The keyboard connector is a 5 pin DIN socket labeled KEYBRD and J6 on the motherboard The keyboard connector position is shown on page 32 Attach a st...

Page 52: ...can order this cable from the many parts suppliers Ask for a Cable Assembly DB9 Male 10 Pin J1 Pin 10 should be cut The connector position is shown on page 32 The J1 pinout is Pin Assignment Pin Assig...

Page 53: ...follow the wire to the switch or LED All motherboard components are outlined by a white rectangular box with a broad arrow at one end Pin 1 is always at the arrow end of the white outlined box as sho...

Page 54: ...made to flash if Pins 1 2 of J39 are shorted J3 Green PC Power J3 is a two pin berg that attaches to the Green PC power switch This switch can be used to turn power off during Green PC mode The on Pi...

Page 55: ...Connector on the VGA adapter card or Graphics Accelerator J47 is shown below The VGA cable is pictured below After the timeout period specified in Power Management Setup expires the motherboard drives...

Page 56: ...he reset switch is pressed the system performs a hard reset Pin 1 is ground and Pin 2 is Hard Reset J27 Speaker Connector J27 is a four pin single inline berg that is attached via a cable to the syste...

Page 57: ...e user to lock the keyboard protecting the system from unauthorized use This connector is keyed with a blank hole Pin 1 on the motherboard is identified by the arrow on the white box around the berg P...

Page 58: ...Chapter 2 Installation 68...

Page 59: ...ning Warning In some IDE drives you may have to disable the IDE LED mounted on the drive by changing a jumper or setting a switch on the IDE drive itself before the IDE drive sends a signal to J2 J33...

Page 60: ...low Pin Description 1 VBat red wire 2 KEY pin 3 Ground 4 Ground Black wire Step 10 Connect Onboard I O Onboard Adapters The Super Voyager VLB III motherboard has two serial ports J13 and J14 and a par...

Page 61: ...ace Pin 10 of J134 and J14 should be clipped as shown below Warning Use only the serial cables provided with the Super Voyager VLB III motherboard The serial port pinout is shown below Be sure to prop...

Page 62: ...72 Step 10 Connect Onboard I O Continued Attaching the Serial Port Cables Two serial port cables are supplied with the motherboard Attach the cables to J13 and J14 and to the external serial port con...

Page 63: ...in D sub connector on the chassis as shown on the previous page The J5 pinout is Pin Use Pin Use 1 STROBE 14 AUTOFEED 2 PD0 15 ERROR 3 PD1 16 INIT 4 PD2 17 SLCTIN 5 PD3 18 GND 6 PD4 19 GND 7 PD5 20 GN...

Page 64: ...Chapter 2 Installation 74 Step 10 Connect Onboard I O Continued Cutting Pins Pins must be cut on the two serial sockets and the parallel socket as shown in the following graphic...

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Page 66: ...f a hard disk adapter card with floppy controller is installed 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 rib...

Page 67: ...RATE0 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 STEP 21 GND 22 WDATA 23 GND 24 WGATE 25 GND 26 TRK0 27 GND 28 WRPROT 29 GND 30 RDATA 31 G...

Page 68: ...re that there are no conflicts in IRQ and I O port addresses The onboard IDE uses IRQ14 and I O port addresses 01F0h 01F7h If there is a conflict the IDE interface can be disabled via Peripheral Setup...

Page 69: ...standard ISA expansion slots accept both 8 bit and 16 bit XT and AT compatible adapter cards VL Bus Adapter Cards Most of the VL Bus adapter card connectors are AT compatible but VL Bus connectors als...

Page 70: ...B8 OWS A9 SD00 B9 12 A10 IOCHRDY B10 GND A11 AEN B11 SMEMW A12 SA19 B12 SMEMR A13 SA18 B13 IOW A14 SA17 B14 IOR A15 SA16 B15 DACK3 A16 SA15 B16 DREQ3 A17 SA14 B17 DACK1 A18 SA13 B18 DREQ1 A19 SA12 B1...

Page 71: ...SBHE D1 MEMCS16 C2 LA23 D2 IOCS16 C3 LA22 D3 IRQ10 C4 LA21 D4 IRQ11 C5 LA20 D5 IRQ12 C6 LA19 D6 IRQ15 C7 LA18 D7 IRQ14 C8 LA17 D8 DACK0 C9 MEMR D9 DREQ0 C10 MEMW D10 DACK5 C11 SD08 D11 DREQ5 C12 SD09...

Page 72: ...VCC A21 ADR30 B21 ADR31 A22 ADR28 B22 GND A23 ADR26 B23 ADR29 A24 GND B24 ADR27 A25 ADR24 B25 ADR25 A26 ADR22 B26 ADR23 A27 VCC B27 ADR21 A28 ADR20 B28 ADR19 A29 ADR18 B29 GND A30 ADR16 B30 ADR17 A31...

Page 73: ...mediately Reinstall the connectors Call Technical 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 shou...

Page 74: ...Chapter 2 Installation 84...

Page 75: ...nd Initialization test and initialize motherboards for normal operations and System Configuration Verification compare defined configuration with there hardware actually installed AMIBIOS Error Report...

Page 76: ...Not Operational Memory failure in the first 64 KB or Timer 1 on the motherboard is not functioning 5 Processor error The CPU Central Processing Unit on the motherboard has generated an error 6 8042 Ga...

Page 77: ...beeps replace the keyboard controller If it still beeps try a different keyboard or replace the keyboard fuse if the keyboard has one 8 times memory error on the video adapter Replace the video adapt...

Page 78: ...otherboard C Drive Error No response from drive C Run the Hard Disk Utility Check the C hard disk type in Standard Setup C Drive Failure No response from drive C It may be necessary to replace the har...

Page 79: ...Boot Failure The boot diskette in floppy drive A cannot be used to boot the system Use another boot diskette and follow the screen instructions Display Switch Not Proper Some systems require video sw...

Page 80: ...e sure a keyboard controller AMIBIOS is installed Set the Keyboard option in Standard Setup to Not Installed to skip the keyboard POST routines KB Interface Error Error in the keyboard connector on th...

Page 81: ...Error Messages Continued Super Voyager VLB III ISA Motherboard User s Guide 71 Error Message Explanation Parity Error Parity error in system memory at an unknown address Run AMIDiag to find and correc...

Page 82: ...vice other than the CPU has driven the bus signal for more than 7 8 microseconds AMIBIOS Configuration Summary Screen The AMIBIOS displays the following screen when the POST routines are successfully...

Page 83: ...o additional BIOS Identification strings These strings contain system information The AMIBIOS Identification String are described in the ISA and EISA Hi Flex AMIBIOS Technical Reference When a problem...

Page 84: ...ter 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 has user interfaces that w...

Page 85: ...eration in the selected field Using the Keyboard with WinBIOS Setup WinBIOS has a built in keyboard driver that uses simple keystroke combinations Tab Change or select a global field Change or select...

Page 86: ...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 W...

Page 87: ...ion options such as date time hard disk type floppy type and many others Utilities described in Section 2 beginning on page 99 has four icons that perform system functions Security described in Sectio...

Page 88: ...icon from the WinBIOS Setup main menu see page 76 All Standard Setup options are described in this section The Standard Setup screen follows Date Day and Time Configuration Select the Standard option...

Page 89: ...rive with certain identification parameters Cylinders The number of cylinders in the disk drive Heads The number of heads Write Precompens ation The size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the...

Page 90: ...Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Setup 80 Parameter Description drive is Number of heads x Number of cylinders x Number of sectors per track x 512 bytes per sector...

Page 91: ...615 6 300 615 17 31 MB 4 940 8 512 940 17 62 MB 5 940 6 512 940 17 47 MB 6 615 4 65535 615 17 20 MB 7 462 8 256 511 17 31 MB 8 733 5 65535 733 17 30 MB 9 900 15 65535 901 17 112 MB 10 820 3 65535 820...

Page 92: ...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 10...

Page 93: ...Type Cylind ers Heads Write Precompe nsation Landing Zone Sect ors Capac ity MB 43 830 7 512 830 17 48 MB 44 830 10 65535 830 17 69 MB 45 917 15 65535 918 17 114 MB 46 1224 15 65535 1223 17 152 MB 47...

Page 94: ...u AMIBIOS automatically finds all IDE hard disk drive parameters AMIBIOS places the hard disk drive parameters that it finds in the Drive C Type or Drive D Type fields in Standard Setup Floppy Drive A...

Page 95: ...is attached to 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 Abse...

Page 96: ...ticking sound during the memory test The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Memory Parity Error Check This option enables or disables parity error...

Page 97: ...to press F1 before continuing If this option is disabled AMIBIOS continues the boot process without waiting for F1 to be pressed The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default...

Page 98: ...sabled is chosen all secondary cache memory is disabled The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal default setting is Enabled The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Internal Cache This option...

Page 99: ...These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title The settings are Enabled Disabled or Cached If Cached is selected the contents of the RAM area where the Adapto...

Page 100: ...Bk The Fail Safe default setting is Write Th Non Cacheable Block This option specifies how the non cacheable block of system memory can be used The settings are DRAM or ATBus The Optimal and Fail Safe...

Page 101: ...64 KB 8 16 Bit I O Recovery This option specifies the length of the delay that is added to the CPU cycle after an 8 bit or 16 bit I O operation The length of the delay is related to the CPU type and...

Page 102: ...settings are 50MHz Important You must select the proper voltage for the 486DX4 CPU Short Pins 1 2 3 4 and 5 6 on J56 A 100 MHz 486DX4 CPU can be configured in two ways This optio n CPU Speed Exter nal...

Page 103: ...d before the system monitor power is turned off The settings for this option are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Both the system monitor and the VGA adapter...

Page 104: ...Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Do not set this option to Enabled when any VL Bus adapter cards are installed Some VL Bus adapter cards do not work when the computer ru...

Page 105: ...uld be set to Enabled Power supplies that support a timeout feature provide a cable with a two pin berg header often called the Auxiliary Power Connector Usually the black wire is Ground and the Green...

Page 106: ...ore the stop clock signal is generated The following events reset this timer any activity in the C0000h C7FFFh video BIOS any activity in A0000h BFFFFh video memory any I O activity in I O ports addre...

Page 107: ...are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled IDE Block Mode Set this option to Enabled to achieve higher data transfer rates when using IDE drives that support IDE...

Page 108: ...enables serial port 2 on the motherboard if installed The settings are 2F8h 2E8h or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled First Serial Port FIFO This option enables the FIFO...

Page 109: ...drive C are 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...

Page 110: ...Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Setup 100...

Page 111: ...enabled in Advanced Setup see page 88 by choosing either Always the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when WinBIOS is run The passw...

Page 112: ...is incorrect an error message appears If the new password is entered without error press Esc to return to the WinBIOS Main Menu The password is stored in CMOS RAM after WinBIOS completes The next time...

Page 113: ...e boot sector of the hard disk drive The settings are Enabled or Disabled If enabled the following appears when a write is attempted to the boot sector You may have to type N several times to prevent...

Page 114: ...Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Setup 104...

Page 115: ...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 ar...

Page 116: ...Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Setup 106...

Page 117: ...n actually reprogram the BIOS using a ROM file supplied by American Megatrends There are two methods for programming the Flash EPROM program from system boot run the AMIFlash utility Programming Flash...

Page 118: ...begin the Flash ROM programming process again The bootblock code immediately reads the A drive looking for the new BIOS information S707P ROM S707P ROM resides on a floppy disk and contains the updat...

Page 119: ...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...

Page 120: ...or beep codes and when they can occur Step Beeps Description None Successful completion 1 Continuous Single Beep There is no floppy disk in Drive A 2 Five Beeps S707P ROM is not present in the root di...

Page 121: ...ependent parameters according to the CPU clock frequency 40h Begin the memory test 50h The memory test has completed 65h Initialize the DMA controller 67h Initialize the interrupt controller 80h Initi...

Page 122: ...proper size EFh Disable internal cache memory F0h Enable and reset flash memory F1h Detect the flash type if present F2h Flash memory not detected F3h Begin erasing flash blocks F4h Begin programming...

Page 123: ...IFlash will prompt for the filename Type S707P ROM and press Enter Pressing Esc exits AMIFlash any time before Flash EPROM reprogramming begins General Operation If Flash EPROM is present AMIFlash ask...

Page 124: ...stem usable AMIFlash Messages Message Explanation Save Existing BIOS Press Y to save the existing BIOS Enter Filename Enter the filename in which the existing BIOS will be saved in the following forma...

Page 125: ...ayed if no Flash EPROM is present in the system Memory Allocation Error Displayed when scratch memory is not available File Creation Error Displayed when the specified BIOS save file could not be crea...

Page 126: ...Explanation is going to start completed successfully If an error occurs the existing Flash EPROM must be replaced by a new programmed Flash EPROM The system must not be turned off during programming T...

Page 127: ...he motherboard is already installed in a computer case remove the cover and expose the motherboard 2 Make sure you are properly grounded to prevent electrostatic discharge 3 Remove the 8 KB x 8 SRAMs...

Page 128: ...Appendix B Upgrading Cache Memory 118...

Page 129: ...Super Voyager VLB III ISA Motherboard User s Guide 119...

Page 130: ...frequency Frequen cy Heat Sink Airflow over CPU Airflow over other compone nts Maximum Ambient Temperatur e 20 or 25 MHz NO 400 feet per minute Not critica l 47 C 33 MHz NO 400 feet per minute Not cr...

Page 131: ...re are six ISA only expansion slots and two VL Bus slots so the total maximum power consumption for the expansion slots is 27 Amps The total maximum power consumption is 35 Amps at 5V with a 220 Watt...

Page 132: ...Error 68 Cables Connecting 46 CMOS Display Type Mismatch 68 CMOS RAM 6 CMOS Shutdown Register Read Write Error 67 CMOS System Options Not Set 68 COM1 COM2 53 Configuring System 64 Conflicts 52 Connec...

Page 133: ...le port cables 55 Attaching serial port cables 54 CPU Socket 38 Cutting serial and parallel connector pins 56 External battery connector 52 Floppy drive cable 57 Floppy drive connector 57 IDE cable 59...

Page 134: ...nel Check 8 I O Port 80h 65 I O Wait State Generation 9 IDE Activity Indicator LED 51 IDE Drive 0 1 Mode 92 Install Upgrade Processor 37 38 Installation Steps 15 Installing Adapter Cards 60 63 Install...

Page 135: ...1 Memory Configuration 33 Memory Parity Error Check 81 Memory Test Tick Sound 81 Monitor 80 Motherboard Dimensions 2 Height restrictions 2 Installation 40 41 Motherboard Layout 16 Mouse 7 45 Mouse con...

Page 136: ...r Supply 43 Parallel port 55 Reset Switch 49 Serial ports 53 Turbo LED 50 Turbo switch 51 VL Bus Adapter Cards 63 Pins Cutting 56 POST 65 Memory Test 71 Phases 65 Power Consumption 113 Power Source 11...

Page 137: ...Cacheable 84 System Boot Up CPU Speed 83 System Boot Up Num Lock 82 System Event Timer 91 System Memory 5 Tables 16 bit adapter card pinout 62 8 bit adapter card pinout 61 AMIBIOS System Configuration...

Page 138: ...t 49 Steps for changing CPU 38 Steps for installing motherboard 40 Switch settings 18 Twist in floppy cable 58 Unpacking instructions 17 VL Bus pinout 62 Testing System 64 Testing the Motherboard 64 T...

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