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Package Checklist

The 586IHX package contains the following items:

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The 586IHX system board

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The 586IHX user’s manual

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One 40-pin IDE hard disk cable

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One 34-pin floppy disk drive cable

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One IDE driver diskette

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Five spare jumpers

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One card-edge bracket with two USB ports (optional)

If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your
dealer or sales representative for assistance.

Summary of Contents for 586IHX

Page 1: ...586IHX Rev A SystemBoard User sManual 32361220...

Page 2: ...the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult t...

Page 3: ...yrix CPUs 18 JumperSettingsforAMDCPUs 19 Installing Upgrade CPUs 20 InstallingA Fan Heatsink for Cyrix CPUs 22 Jumper Settings for Display Type 23 Jumper Settings for CMOS Clear 23 Built in Ports 24 S...

Page 4: ...Detection 47 HDDLowLevelFormat 50 Save Exit Setup 51 Exit Without Saving 51 Desktop Management Interface DMI 51 System Error Report 54 IDE Device Drivers 56 Chapter4 TroubleshootingChecklist 57 Append...

Page 5: ...HX design is based on the Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI local bus and Industry Standard Architecture ISA standards It is equipped with 3 dedicated PCI slots 3 dedicated 16 bit ISA slots and 1...

Page 6: ...6KB upgradeable with a 256KB cache module for a maximumof512KBcache Onboard512KB maximumcachememory nocachemoduleslot SYSTEMMEMORY 8MBto256MBmemory Four 72 pin SIMM sockets using EDO or fast page mode...

Page 7: ...720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB floppy drives CPUSOCKET 321 pin ZIF socket Intel Socket 7 CONNECTORS 2 connectors for external USB Universal Serial Bus ports 1 connector for IrDA interface 2 DB 9 seria...

Page 8: ...e 586IHX user s manual One 40 pin IDE hard disk cable One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One IDE driver diskette Five spare jumpers One card edge bracket with two USB ports optional If any of these it...

Page 9: ...ic electricity which can damage some circuits on your system board Make sure the power source has a properly grounded three pronged socket It is essential that the power connection be properly grounde...

Page 10: ...ponents Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an anti static wrist strap and...

Page 11: ...e memory modules depends on the memory configuration and type of modules you intend to use 7 Insert the cache module if any into the cache module slot on the 586IHX Refer to the Cache Memory section f...

Page 12: ...12 BoardLayout square denotes pin 1...

Page 13: ...system board can support 8MB to 256MB of memory using 1MBx32 x36 2MBx32 x36 4MBx32 x36 8MBx32 x36 or 16MBx32 x36 72 pin SIMMs The table below shows the supported SIM modules and their corresponding m...

Page 14: ...6 16MBx32 x36 MemorySize 32MB 32MB 32MB 40MB 40MB 48MB 48MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 72MB 72MB 80MB 80MB 96MB 96MB 128MB 128MB 128MB 136MB 136MB 144MB 144MB 160MB 160MB 192MB 192MB 256MB Bank0 SIMM3 4MBx32 x36...

Page 15: ...irect map write back cache SRAM Your system board may come with 256KB or 512KB cache mounted at locations U10 and U19 of the sys temboard If your system board is mounted with 256KB cache you may upgra...

Page 16: ...tem board SSM1 Po sition the cache module above the slot Make sure pin 1 of the cache module is aligned with pin 1 of the slot Carefully slide the module into the slot Press firmly on the top of it to...

Page 17: ...Hz 60MHz 66MHz JP10 1 2On 3 4On 1 2 On 3 4 Off 1 2 Off 3 4 On Voltages 2 7V 2 8V 2 9V 3 3V 3 5V JP4 3 4On 3 4On 3 4On 3 4On 1 2On JP5 1 3 2 4 On 1 3 2 4 On 1 3 2 4 On 3 5 4 6 On 3 5 4 6 On JP6 5 6On 3...

Page 18: ...4 JP5 JP6 and JP9 is 3 3V If the voltage of your CPU is not 3 3V make sure you set JP4 JP5 JP6 and JP9 according to the voltage of your CPU otherwise your system will hang Voltages 2 7V 2 8V 2 9V 3 3V...

Page 19: ...Off 3 4 Off Default Warning The default setting of JP4 JP5 JP6 and JP9 is 3 3V If the voltage of your CPU is not 3 3V make sure you set JP4 JP5 JP6 and JP9 according to the voltage of your CPU otherw...

Page 20: ...e note of the following The micropro cessor and heatsink may be hot if the system has been running To avoid the possibility of a burn power the system off and let the proces sor and heatsink cool for...

Page 21: ...their corresponding holes Remember that very little force is needed to install the CPU If the CPU is not easily inserted verify whether or not pin 1 of the CPU is aligned with pin 1 of the socket Appl...

Page 22: ...PU Above the ZIF Socket Pin1 Installing A Fan Heatsink for Cyrix CPUs If you are using a Cyrix CPU you must choose a fan heatsink which is made for Cyrix processors Position the fan heatsink on the CP...

Page 23: ...F JumperSettingsforDisplayType JumperJP3 Display Type Select Jumper JP3 sets the display adapter to color or mono This jumper must match the type of display adapter installed If you changed your video...

Page 24: ...synchronous communication ports with 16C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices They use the following system I O addresses...

Page 25: ...edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable with pin 1 of the drive edge connector s The end most connector should be attached to the drive you want to designate as Drive A IDE Hard Disk Interface The 586I...

Page 26: ...ird or fourth IDE device install the 40 pin connector of the other IDE cable into the secondary IDE shrouded header connector J7 2 Install the other 40 pin header connector s into the device with the...

Page 27: ...and FORMAT provided with DOS You may also use the IDE HDD Auto Detection function which will allow the BIOS to auto detect your hard drive type Refer to the IDE HDD Auto Detection section for details...

Page 28: ...SB port cables optional Note Make sure USB Controller in the Integrated Peripherals setup of the Award BIOS is Enabled Connect the cable to J3 and J4 on the system board The USB port cables can be ins...

Page 29: ...l Alt and Del keys simultaneously If you have set a password and selected System in the Security Op tion of the BIOS Features Setup menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is...

Page 30: ...llowing describes each of these options Note The settings on the BIOS setup screens on the following pages are for reference only Some of the settings will vary according to your system s configuratio...

Page 31: ...ategories allow you to enter the appropriate specifications for the type of hard disk drive s installed in your system There are 45 predefined types and 4 user definable types for IDE hard drives Type...

Page 32: ...rive 1 2megabytecapacity 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 megabyte capacity 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 megabyte capacity If the controller...

Page 33: ...es whether the system will stop if an error is de tected during power up The default setting is All Errors BIOS default Setup default NoErrors All Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk...

Page 34: ...his item is enabled the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive t...

Page 35: ...ndows95ortheoperatingsystemmaynotinstallnorwork BIOS issues a warning when any program or virus sends a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive No warning me...

Page 36: ...stem is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A Enabled Disabled BootUpFloppySeek During POST the BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K...

Page 37: ...ed at the prompt The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt System Setup PCI VGAworkingwithMPEGISA VESAVGAcards PCI VGAnotworkingwithM...

Page 38: ...s enabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CBFFFShadowtoDC000 DFFFFShadow These categories determine whether option ROMs will be copied to RAM ChipsetFeaturesSetup This section gives you instructions on...

Page 39: ...y Mode 1 min and Suspend Mode 1 min Allows you to set each mode individually When enabled each option ranges from 1 min to 1 hr Disable default Min Power Saving Max Power Saving User Defined ROM PCI I...

Page 40: ...es are user configurable only when the Power Management category is set to User Defined Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will...

Page 41: ...tion This section describes configuring the PCI bus system It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experi enced users make any changes to the default settings ROM...

Page 42: ...tionData Enabled Disabled The BIOS will reset the configuration data once automatically The BIOS will not reset the configuration data PCIIRQActivedBy This category is used to set the method by which...

Page 43: ...You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option on the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load BIOS Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type...

Page 44: ...roller Disabled IDEHDDBlockMode Enabled Disabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer The block size will d...

Page 45: ...er Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Enabled Disabled OnboardUART1andOnboardUART2 Selects an address for the onboard serial port 1 and serial port 2 Disables the onboard serial port 1 and or...

Page 46: ...connected to your onboard parallel port SPP EPP SPP ECP ECP EPP SupervisorPassword If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry set a supervisor s password with the System opti...

Page 47: ...your system but not to setup set a user s password with the System option selected in the BIOS Features Setup If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup set a user s password w...

Page 48: ...ardCMOSSetup HardDriveMode The system board supports three HDD modes Normal LBA and Large If your hard disk drive does not support LBA mode the LBA option will not be displayed If your HDD has 1024 or...

Page 49: ...ical address inside the HDD The maximum HDD size supported by the LBA mode is 8 4 gigabytes It is obtained by the following formula no Cylinders 1024 x no Heads 255 x no Sectors 63 x bytes per sector...

Page 50: ...ing system that bypasses the BIOS INT13 Service Routine LBA and Large Mode may fail ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC Hard Disk Low Level Format Utility SELECT DRIVE BAD TRACK LIS...

Page 51: ...to the setup press Ctrl Alt Esc simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done DesktopManagementInterface DMI The 586IHX system board comes with a DMI built into the BIOS DMI along with the approp...

Page 52: ...Exit Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc 1996 Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File Save DMI File s BIOS System Enclosure Chassis Processor Memory Controller Memory Module Memory Mod...

Page 53: ...to select the Add DMI menu 2 Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the or arrow keys then press Enter 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you t...

Page 54: ...nnot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by three short beeps The other code indi cates that a DRAM error has occur...

Page 55: ...an be set to either mono chrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct then either turn off the system and change t...

Page 56: ...infinitely while the keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for the M B burn in test at the factory BIOSROMchecksumerror Systemhalted The checksum of ROM address F0000H FFFFFH is bad Memory...

Page 57: ...king Test the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expan...

Page 58: ...cord is plugged into a live outlet and that the other end is properly plugged into the back of the system 2 Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type o...

Page 59: ...on and that the printer is on line 2 Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached 3 Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings are configured corre...

Page 60: ...ure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process SystemBoard 1 Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in...

Page 61: ...32 x36 2MBx32 x36 4MBx32 x36 8MBx32 x36 Brand Fujitsu OKI OKI NEC Micron TI Micron Micron NEC Hitachi Fujitsu Mitsubishi Hitachi NEC NEC NEC ChipNumber 81C1000A 70 M51440A 70 M511000B 70 424400 60 404...

Page 62: ...AM 00A0000to 128KBVideo Reserved for Graphics 00BFFFF DisplayMemory DisplayMemory 00C0000to 160KBI O ReservedforROMon 00E7FFF ExpansionROM I OAdapterCard 00E8000to 96KBROMon SystemBoardBIOS 00FFFFF th...

Page 63: ...F Interrupt Controller 2 8259A 00C0 00DF DMA Controller 2 8237A 5 00E8 ShadowRAMandCacheControlBit 00F0 ClearNumericProcessor ExtensionBusy 00F1 Reset Numeric Processor Extension 00F8 00FF Numeric Pro...

Page 64: ...DE hard disk drive connector Primary IDE hard disk drive connector PS 2 keyboard port COM 2 serial port Parallel printer port COM 1 serial port PS 2mouseport AT power connector ATXpowerconnector Cache...

Page 65: ...65 PinAssignments J4 USBconnector Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Function 5V Data Data Ground Ground J3 USBconnector Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Function 5V Data Data Ground Key...

Page 66: ...0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Function N C N C Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground PW OK 5VSB 12V N C 12V Ground PS ON Ground Ground Ground 5V 5V 5V PL1 ATpowerconnector Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Functi...

Page 67: ...ound Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Signal N C Ground 5V Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 Pin4 Pin5 5V N C Ground Keylock Signal Ground HD LED Primary Secondary IDELED G LED GreenLED SP SW ATX power switch G SW Green switch RESET...

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