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586ITX

Rev. A+

System Board
User’

s Manual

- 33370410 -

Summary of Contents for 586ITX

Page 1: ...586ITX Rev A SystemBoard User sManual 33370410...

Page 2: ...quipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice 1 The changes or modifications not...

Page 3: ...21 Installing Upgrade CPUs 22 InstallingA Fan Heatsink 24 JumperSettingsforCMOSClear 26 Jumper Settings for Modem Ring in 26 FactoryT esting Jumpers 27 PortsandConnectors 28 Serial Ports 28 Parallel P...

Page 4: ...erPassword 54 IDEHDDAutoDetection 55 HDDLowLevelFormat 57 Save Exit Setup 58 Exit Without Saving 58 System Error Report 59 Driver Installation 61 Chapter4 TroubleshootingChecklist 64 AppendixA Typesof...

Page 5: ...performance ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface has energy saving features which enable operating systems to reliably manage and coordinate power planes PnP Plug and Play peripherals and cooli...

Page 6: ...r by pressing the Power button located on the front bezel of your computer or by executing the Shut Down command under the Windows 95 operating system Features and Specifications Processor Intel Penti...

Page 7: ...IDE data transfer rate up to 22 2MB sec PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 16 6MB sec Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer ATAPICD ROMsupported Integrat...

Page 8: ...CB 4 layers ATX form factor 30 48cm 12 x 23 04cm 9 07 PackageChecklist The 586ITX package contains the following items The 586ITX system board The 586ITX user s manual One 40 pin IDE hard disk cable O...

Page 9: ...ors These areas also attract static 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 pow...

Page 10: ...onents 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: ...niques 6 Insertthememorymodulesintothememorybanksonthe586ITX The quantity and location of the memory modules depends on the memory configuration and type of modules you intend to use 7 Install the CPU...

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

Page 13: ...P23 Factory Testing Jumpers pages20 21 page26 page26 page27 Refer to CN1 COM 1 serial port CN2 Floppy disk drive connector CN3 COM 2 serial port CN4 IrDA connector CN5 PS 2 keyboard port CN6 PS 2mouse...

Page 14: ...TX system board can support 8MB to 32MB memory using 1MBx64 2MBx64 or 4MBx64 DIMM The table below shows the supported DIM modules and their corresponding memorysizes DIMMs 1MBx64 2MBx64 4MBx64 MemoryS...

Page 15: ...to the nextbank The 586ITX system board can support 8MB to 256MB of memory using 1MBx32 2MBx32 4MBx32 8MBx32 or 16MBx32 72 pin SIMMs The table on the next page shows the supported SIM modules and thei...

Page 16: ...2 SIMM2 1MBx32 2MBx32 1MBx32 1MBx32 2MBx32 4MBx32 2MBx32 1MBx32 4MBx32 2MBx32 4MBx32 8MBx32 4MBx32 1MBx32 8MBx32 2MBx32 8MBx32 MemorySize 8MB 8MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 24MB 24MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 40MB 40MB 48MB...

Page 17: ...32 1MBx32 16MBx32 2MBx32 16MBx32 4MBx32 16MBx32 8MBx32 16MBx32 8MBx32 4MBx32 16MBx32 8MBx32 16MBx32 1MBx32 16MBx32 2MBx32 16MBx32 4MBx32 16MBx32 8MBx32 16MBx32 1 Position the SIMM above the socket wit...

Page 18: ...he processor or system board Use a needle nosedpliertomovethejump ersifnecessary JumperJP20isusedtosettheexter nal bus clock of your processor Re fertothefollowingpagesforthe external bus clock that c...

Page 19: ...cessor performancerating Underthesystem theseprocessorsslightlyoutperform Intel s Pentium processors Jumpers JP13 and JP15 are used to set the voltage of your processor Makesurethesejumpersaresetcorre...

Page 20: ...3 9 10On 7 8On 5 6On 3 4On 1 2On 1 2 9 JP13 10 Intel Processors 90 100MHz MMX 233MHz 120 133MHz 150 166MHz MMX 166MHz 200MHz MMX 200MHz Freq Ratio 1 5x 2x 2 5x 3x JP2 1 2On 1 2On 2 3On 2 3On JP1 1 2On...

Page 21: ...ff 1 2 Off Freq Ratio 1 5x 2x 2 5x 3x 3 5x JP1 1 2On 2 3On 2 3On 1 2On 1 2On PR Rating K5 PR90 PR100 PR120 PR133 K5 PR150 PR166 K6 PR2 166 K6 PR2 200 K6 PR2 233 JP2 1 2On 1 2On 2 3On 2 3On 1 2On JP1 J...

Page 22: ...on the original CPU will be voided if the S N seal is broken Before proceeding with the upgrade take note of the following The micropro cessor and heatsink may be hot if the system has been running T...

Page 23: ...is up To raise the handle push it down slightly pull it out to the side then raise it as far as it will go It may be necessary to initially apply a small amount of sideways force to free the handle f...

Page 24: ...Position the fan heatsink on the CPU such that the air from the side of the fan heatsink will flow across the heat regulators on the system board See the figure below 3 Position the CPU above the ZIF...

Page 25: ...eatsink must be at least 0 4 inches The clearance on at least 3 of 4 sides of the processor and heatsink must be at least 0 2 inches All cables for floppy drive hard drive CD ROM etc must be routed cl...

Page 26: ...ed JumperJP21 Modem Ring in Select The 586ITX board is equipped with an auto detection of receiving mo dem ring when your system is in power off situation Set jumper JP21 pins 1 2 to on when connect i...

Page 27: ...cessing data Refer to the Power Management Setup section for more information 3 Set Jumper JP21 accordingly This will depend on the COM port where your modem is connected Important Before connecting y...

Page 28: ...floppy disk header two shrouded IDE hard disk headers two connectors for external USB ports and one IrDA con nector Refer to page 12 for the locations of the ports and connectors and pin 1 of these c...

Page 29: ...isk Drive Controller The 586ITX system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk header that supports two standard floppy disk drives You can install any 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB or 2 88MB floppy...

Page 30: ...hould be attached to the drive you want to designate as Drive A IDE Hard Disk Interface The 586ITX system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE Inte...

Page 31: ...the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the 586ITX system board Preparing an...

Page 32: ...sing an ATAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode UniversalS...

Page 33: ...ontroller in the Inte gratedPeripheralssetupoftheAwardBIOSisEnabled USB port cables optional IrDAConnector The 586ITX system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between...

Page 34: ...34 Installing Expansion Cards The 586ITX system board is equipped with 3 dedicated PCI slots 2 dedicated 16 bit ISA slots and 1 shared PCI ISA slot All PCI and ISA slots are bus masters...

Page 35: ...d 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 rebooted...

Page 36: ...T SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD FAIL SAFE SETTINGS LOAD OPTIMAL SETTINGS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WI...

Page 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ...es whether the system will stop if an error is de tected during power up The default setting isAll Errors BIOS default Setup default NoErrors All Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk...

Page 40: ...n this 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 driv...

Page 41: ...rtheoperatingsystemmaynotinstallnorwork 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 message wi...

Page 42: ...ill determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M are all 80 tracks The BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed...

Page 43: ...GAcards Enabled Disabled PCI VGAPaletteSnoop This is used to select whether to allow MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards to work with PCI VGA or not OSSelectforDRAM 64MB This item allows you to access the memory...

Page 44: ...onditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered some incom patibility or that data was being lost while using your system Enabled Disabled Opti...

Page 45: ...M Video Off Method Video Off After Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Throttle Duty Cycle VGA Active Monitor Soft Off by PWR BTTN Break Event From Suspend IRQ 8 Clock Event User Define...

Page 46: ...to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Initializes display power management signaling Use...

Page 47: ...system to wake up from power savingmode Delay4 Sec Instant Off This option allows you to power off your system by pressing power button for 4 sec at least If you press power button once with this opti...

Page 48: ...interrupts itself and performs the service PNP PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only expe...

Page 49: ...ISA PnP For non PnP ISA cards select Legacy ISA For PnP ISA or PCI cards select PCI ISAPnP Auto Manual ResetConfigurationData Enabled Disabled The BIOS will reset the configuration data once automati...

Page 50: ...rmanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option on the...

Page 51: ...imarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your hard drive or CD ROM ROM PCI ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD...

Page 52: ...le or disable the USB Keyboard Sup port The default is Disabled Select Enabled if you are in MS DOS and your keyboard is not working Auto Disabled The BIOS will automaticaly detect the settings for yo...

Page 53: ...not use IrDA CN4 and the COM 2 serial port CN3 at the same time If you are using the COM 2 serial port set UART 2 Mode to Standard Uses the COM 2 serial port HPmodeIrDA SHARPmodeIrDA Standard IrDA ASK...

Page 54: ...Password You are being asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the...

Page 55: ...d in the same sec tion IDEHDDAutoDetection This option detects the hard disk parameters for the hard disk drives installed in your system Highlight this option and press Enter A screen similar to the...

Page 56: ...umber for the HDD During HDD accessing the IDE controller will transform the logical ad dress described by the sector head and cylinder number into its own physical address inside the HDD The maximum...

Page 57: ...tine MaximumHDDsize no Cylinders 1024 x no Heads 32 x no Sectors 63 x bytes per sector 512 1 gigabyte Note To support LBA or Large mode address translation software is included in the Award BIOS HDD S...

Page 58: ...ready have been low level formatted at the factory Do a high level format only for these drives Refer to the manual that comes with your operating system Save ExitSetup When all the changes have been...

Page 59: ...two kinds of beep codes in the BIOS One code indicates that a video error has occured and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of...

Page 60: ...et failed Hard Disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify fail...

Page 61: ...first time for you to install Windows 95 to your PC system with one of the the following versions Win95 Win95 Win95 OSR1 Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1 Win95 OSR2 Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 0...

Page 62: ...MACHINE INF 3 USB INF Version OSR2 OSR2 1 1 Insert the IDE driver into Drive A 2 EnterWin95MS DOSpromptwindow 3 Type CD windows and press Enter C windows 4 Type CD INF and press Enter C windows INF 5...

Page 63: ...n Plug Play BIOS 10 Click on PCI BUS and choose Remove on the buttom of the screen then click OK 11 Windows 95 will display messages when various hardware compo nents in the system are recognized When...

Page 64: ...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 expansion slots are seate...

Page 65: ...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 66: ...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 67: ...pNumber D4516161G5 7JF D4516161G5 7JF KM416S1120AT G12 D4516821G5 A12 7F M5M4V16S30CTP KM44S4020AT G12 KM44S4020AT G10 D4516821G5 A12 7F SIMM 1MBx32 x36 1MBx32 2MBx32 x36 2MBx32 2MBx32 2MBx32 x36 2MBx...

Page 68: ...68 SIMM 4MBx32 x36 4MBx32 x36 4MBx32 4MBx32 8MBx32 16MBx32 Brand Mitsubishi Hitachi NEC NEC NEC LGS ChipNumber 422A06 70 5117400AS 70 4217400 60 4217405 70 EDO 4217405 60 EDO 71C16100AJ6...

Page 69: ...RAM 00A0000to 128KBVideo ReservedforGraphics 00BFFFF DisplayMemory DisplayMemory 00C0000to 160KBI O ReservedforROMon 00E7FFF ExpansionROM I OAdapterCard 00E8000to 96KBROMon SystemBoardBIOS 00FFFFF the...

Page 70: ...F Interrupt Controller 2 8259A 00C0 00DF DMA Controller 2 8237A 5 00E8 ShadowRAMandCacheControlBit 00F0 ClearNumericProcessor ExtensionBusy 00F1 Reset Numeric Processor Extension 00F8 00FF NumericProc...

Page 71: ...M 1 serial port Floppy disk drive connector COM 2 serial port IrDA connector PS 2 keyboard port PS 2mouseport Parallel printer port ATXpowerconnecter USB1connector USB2connector Fan controller CN1 CN2...

Page 72: ...y IDE hard disk drive connector Secondary IDE hard disk drive connector Keylock connector Speakerconnector Resetswitchconnector SMI switch connector Powerswitchconnector GreenLEDconnector HDDLEDconnec...

Page 73: ...Data Ground Ground CN8 ATXpowerconnector CN6 PS 2mouseport Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 Function MouseData N C Ground 5V MouseClock N C Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Function IrTX Ground IrRXL N C 5V Pin 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18...

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