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Micronics C400 System Board Manual

Software Compatibility

The Micronics C400 system board has been thoroughly tested
for compatibility with a variety of operating systems and
environments, including:

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Microsoft -
DOS 6.2x
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows NT 3.5x
Windows NT 4.0

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IBM -
OS/2 Warp 4.0

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SCO -
UNIXWare 2.1.1
Open Server 5.04

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Novell -
NetWare 3.12
NetWare 4.11 (IntranetWare)

Contents Listing

The standard package should contain the following items.
Check to make sure that all the items are included.

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Micronics C400 System Board

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Micronics C400 CD (includes this manual in Adobe
Acrobat format)

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Two device 34-pin floppy disk drive ribbon cable

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Two device 40-pin hard disk drive ribbon cable

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Pentium II CPU retention post set

Introduction

Summary of Contents for Micronics C400

Page 1: ...Micronics C400 Pentium II System Board Manual Document Number 06 00351 01 Rev B01 August 1998 2880 Junction Avenue San Jose CA 95134 19228...

Page 2: ...nd or product at any time and without notice All Rights Reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine form without prior written consen...

Page 3: ...icity 11 EnvironmentConsiderations 11 MicronicsC400SystemBoard 12 Jumper and Connector Settings 13 Chapter 3 Installing the Micronics C400 17 Introduction 17 SystemMemorySupport 17 InstallingtheMicron...

Page 4: ...up 34 BIOS Features Setup 36 Chipset Features Setup 40 PowerManagementSetup 43 PnP PCIConfigurationSetup 47 LoadBIOSDefaults 49 Load Setup Defaults 49 IntegratedPeripherals 50 SupervisorPassword 53 Us...

Page 5: ...emperatureRange 63 RelativeHumidity 63 BatteryDisposal 64 SupportandInformationServices 65 TechnicalSupport 65 Appendix B POST Codes 67 Appendix C POST Messages 71 Appendix D Updating the System BIOS...

Page 6: ...CMOS Setup Screen 33 Figure 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Screen 34 Figure 4 4 BIOS Features Setup Screen 36 Figure 4 5 Chipset Features Setup Screen 40 Figure 4 6 Power Management Screen 43 Figure 4 7 PnP...

Page 7: ...lity and the highest level of performance It features support for 100MHz Front Side Bus FSB speeds and accepts PCI ISA and AGP expansion cards Richwithfeatures MicronicsC400providesUltraDMA 33 IDE har...

Page 8: ...40BXAGPset IntelPIIX4e OneAGPslot Four32 bitPCIslots One shared PCI ISA slot One16 bitISAslot Bus Speed 66 and 100MHz Three3 3Vunbuffered64 72 bit168 pinDIMMsockets Maximum memory 768MB for SDRAM PC 1...

Page 9: ...T 4 0 IBM OS 2 Warp 4 0 SCO UNIXWare 2 1 1 OpenServer5 04 Novell NetWare 3 12 NetWare 4 11 IntranetWare Contents Listing The standard package should contain the following items Check to make sure that...

Page 10: ...agnifying Glass it refers to something you should take a closer look at before proceeding further When you see the Exclamation Mark it gives important information on avoiding damage Common Names AGP A...

Page 11: ...object 3 Remove the Micronics C400 from its packaging 4 Configure and verify the system board s jumper set tings refer to Jumper Settings in Chapter 2 5 Install the CPU and the system memory Be sure...

Page 12: ...match your configuration If installing an IDE drive select the IDE device you wish to configure Press ENTER with Autotype Fixed Disk selected and the BIOS will automatically configure the drive for y...

Page 13: ...ng a special anti static wrist or ankle strap If you do not have an anti static strap available touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object such as the power supply or chassis of a computer t...

Page 14: ...oard Back Panel Connections Chapter 2 Configuring the Micronics C400 12 Figure 2 1 Micronics C400 System Board Diagram Figure 2 2 Back Panel Connections Intel Venus I O Shield Compatible Parallel Port...

Page 15: ...he Front Panel connectors Table 2 1 CPU Speed Selection 2 P J r e p m u J m e t s y S d e e p S s u B d e e p S 2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 3 3 2 z H M z H M 6 6 n e p O e s o l C n e p O e s o l C 6 6 2 z H M z...

Page 16: ...l e l l a r a P l e v e L r e p p U 0 1 J 6 J s t o l S n o i s n a p x E s u B I C P 1 1 J r o t c e n n o C N A L n O e k a W 2 t u p t u O r e w o P y b d n a t S V 5 1 t u p n I l a n g i S p u e...

Page 17: ...D E L 3 2 J R I d e r a r f n I r o e t o m e R R I t i m s n a r T X T R I 4 2 J c c V e v i e c e R X R R I d n u o r G R I t s a F p e e l S D I L d n u o r G 5 2 J f f O n O r e w o P m e t s y S...

Page 18: ...Micronics C400 System Board Manual Chapter 2 Configuring the Micronics C400 16...

Page 19: ...act the computer dealerwhereyoupurchasedtheperipheralorDiamond sTech nicalSupportDepartment System Memory Support The flexibility of the Micronics C400 is augmented by its support for EDO and SDRAM me...

Page 20: ...your dealer s technical support department ToolsRequired Diamondrecommendsusingthefollowingtoolstoinstallthe MicronicsC400 SmallPhillipsscrewdriver Tweezers or a pair of needle nose pliers Tray to hol...

Page 21: ...The following is a list of rules to follow when installing DIMMs If you follow these rules your upgrade should be trouble free Use8nsorfasterPC 100SDRAMDIMMswhenusing a 100MHz bus speed processor Use...

Page 22: ...I D 2 M M I D 3 M M I D B M 8 4 6 x M 1 B M 6 1 4 6 x M 2 B M 6 1 4 6 x M 1 4 6 x M 1 B M 4 2 4 6 x M 2 4 6 x M 1 B M 4 2 4 6 x M 1 4 6 x M 1 4 6 x M 1 B M 2 3 4 6 x M 2 4 6 x M 2 B M 2 3 4 6 x M 4 B...

Page 23: ...8 2 1 4 6 x M 8 4 6 x M 8 B M 0 6 1 4 6 x M 6 1 4 6 x M 4 B M 0 6 1 4 6 x M 6 1 4 6 x M 2 4 6 x M 2 B M 2 9 1 4 6 x M 8 4 6 x M 8 4 6 x M 8 B M 2 9 1 4 6 x M 6 1 4 6 x M 4 4 6 x M 4 B M 2 9 1 4 6 x M...

Page 24: ...ard AttachtheRetentionMecha nism before inserting the processor Installing the CPU Retention Mechanism Before you begin verify that your Retention Mechanism Kit contains the following items Retention...

Page 25: ...Base 3 Using a screwdriver tighten all four sides of the Retention Base Installing a CPU FollowthestepsbelowtoinstallthePentiumIIprocessor 1 Locate the Slot 1 connector refer to Figure 2 1 2 If you ar...

Page 26: ...age 6 Push the processor cartridge down until it snaps into place 7 Lock the processor cartridge into place by pushing outward on the tabs located on both sides of the processorcartridge Theprocessorc...

Page 27: ...ion Mechanism for the CPU 2 Mount the optional heatsink support base ontothesystemboard 3 SlidetheCPUintothe Retention Mecha nism 4 LocktheCPUintothe Retention mechanism using the tabs 5 Slide in the...

Page 28: ...oard CPU Installation Boxed version A boxed version of the CPU is offered through Intel This packaging uses an active cooling fan The mounting hardware is described below For detailed instructions ple...

Page 29: ...ed with the notch on the DIMM socket Figure 3 1 2 Insert the DIMM at a 90 degree angle 3 Gently push the DIMM straight down until it locks into place past the release tabs Figure 3 3 Installing a 168...

Page 30: ...ter system off and remove its cover 2 ChooseanunusedPCIslotandremovetheslotcover 3 Insert the card with the bottom edge level to the slot Never insert the card at an angle 4 Carefully push the card st...

Page 31: ...theslotcover 3 Insert the card with the bottom edge level to the slot Never insert the card at an angle 4 Carefully push the card straight down making sure the card is fully inserted 5 Replace the scr...

Page 32: ...em off and remove its cover 2 LocatetheAGPslot J12 andremovetheslotcover 3 Insert the card with the bottom edge level to the slot Never insert the card at an angle 4 Carefully push the card straight d...

Page 33: ...all your cables and peripherals for bad connections You may also get POST codes or error messages If this occurs consult Appendix B and C for a guidetopossiblesolutions After the system properly boots...

Page 34: ...splayed on your monitor as shown in Figure 4 1 Figure 4 1 Power Up Screen When Press DEL to enter Setup appears at the bottom of the screen press the DEL key to start the Setup program The main CMOS S...

Page 35: ...ning options that do not have to be set unless you want to the Power Management Setup screen the Supervisor Password the User Password and the IDE HDD Auto Detection screen Themainmenuscreenalsocontai...

Page 36: ...TER Figure 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Screen Date and Time To set the date use arrow keys to highlight the date and follow the same procedure to set the time Hard Disks Setup The BIOS supports up to four...

Page 37: ...he BIOS supports 2 88MB 1 44MB 1 2MB 720KB and 360KB floppy drives Video Select the type of video card installed into your system The default setting is EGA VGA Halt On During the Power On Self Test P...

Page 38: ...4 4 BIOS Features Setup Screen Virus Warning When enabled the system BIOS will report a warning message if a program attempts to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive CPU...

Page 39: ...loppy Drive Thisselectioncanbesettoremapthefloppydrives When set to Enabled drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A Boot Up Floppy Seek When set to Enabled default the BIOS tests seeks flo...

Page 40: ...pematic Delay Typematic Rate selects the typematic rate at which characters repeat when a key is held down The default setting is 6 Chars Sec Typematic Delay controls the gap between key compression a...

Page 41: ...lt setting is Non OS2 Select OS2 only when running OS 2 operat ing systems with greater than 64MB of system memory Video BIOS Shadow Enabling this selection allows you to shadow the BIOS on the video...

Page 42: ...en and press ENTER Figure 4 5 Chipset Features Setup Screen SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clockcyclesofCASlatencydependsontheDRAMtiming Do not reset this fiel...

Page 43: ...cebecausethePCIbusissomuchfasterthanthe ISAbus Thesetwofieldsletyouaddrecoverytime inbus clock cycles for 16 bit and 8 bit I O Video RAM Cacheable Enable or disable the caching of the video RAM The de...

Page 44: ...outanytranslation Power Up State Specifies how the computer responds following a power failure Stay Off keeps power off until the power button is pressed Last State restores previous power state befor...

Page 45: ...ightthis option on the main menu screen and press ENTER Figure 4 6 Power Management Screen ACPI Aware O S Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI enables your PC to automatically turn on and o...

Page 46: ...endmodes The options are Maximum Power Savings User Defined and MinimumPowerSavings PM Control By APM When enabled power management is controlled by the Advanced Power Management APM feature which giv...

Page 47: ...oshutoffwhileall other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour all devices except the CPU shut off HDD Power Down After the s...

Page 48: ...ke up when an incoming call is detected on your modem You must set up the Mode Use IRQ selection Wake On LAN Thisselectionspecifieswhetherthecomputerrespondsto an incoming call or not Wake On LAN requ...

Page 49: ...enu screen and press EN TER Figure 4 7 PnP PCI Configuration Screen PnP OS Installed When set to Yes this selection allows the system to work with a Plug and Play PnP operating system such as Windows...

Page 50: ...s depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for COM 1 or older ISA cards th...

Page 51: ...on memory loss To select LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS highlightthisoptiononthemainmenuscreen and press ENTER Press Y or N when the program prompts you with the Load BIOS Defaults ques tion Load Setup Defaults T...

Page 52: ...s ENTER Figure 4 8 Integrated Peripherals Configuration Screen IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple com mands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive suppo...

Page 53: ...cond NOTE Your hard drive and operating environment must both support the UDMA mode On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE TheintegratedperipheralcontrollercontainsanIDEinter face with support for two IDE...

Page 54: ...andard mode is the default Onboard Parallel Port Select an address and interrupt for the physical parallel printer port Onboard Parallel Mode Selectanoperatingmodefortheonboardparallel printer port Se...

Page 55: ...wpassword before exiting and enabling the utility To disable the password press ENTER when the program prompts you to enter the new password WARNING IfyouforgettheSupervisorPassword itcannotbe disable...

Page 56: ...o Detection Screen The IDE HDD Auto Detection option provides auto configuration of the hard drive installed in your system It supportsLBA LargeandNormalmodes If your hard disk drive s capacity is und...

Page 57: ...k drive To select the HDD LOW LEVELFORMAToption highlightthisoptiononthemain menu screen and press ENTER Figure 4 10 HDD Low Level Format Screen The selections available are Low Level Format Utility S...

Page 58: ...ITSETUP option and press ENTER Press Y to confirm the changesmadeand N or ESC ifadditionalmodifi cations are needed before exiting the setup program Exit Without Saving This selection abandons all pre...

Page 59: ...long with PC 100 memory and Intel s newversionsofthePentiumIIprocessor family the 440BX AGPset adds a new datahighwaythatshouldpostasubstan tial increase in bus and memory access The flexibility of th...

Page 60: ...ckwards compatible torunat66MHz however anonPC 100SDRAMmaynot be used on a 100MHz FSB system Wake On LAN Thisfeatureoffersyouawaytoaccessalocal areaorwide areanetworkormodemtoturnondesktopPCsremotely...

Page 61: ...16 6MB per second This new protocol is supportedbyIntel s440LX and440BXAGPsets Universal Serial Bus USB The simple and flexible way to connect devices to your desktopornotebookPC USBallowsvirtuallyunl...

Page 62: ...Micronics C400 System Board Manual Chapter 5 Special Features 60...

Page 63: ...s Chipset Intel 440BX AGPset Intel PIIX4e Form Factor Mini ATX footprint 7 5 x 12 20 pin ATX power connector Expansion One AGP slot Four 32 bit PCI slots One shared PCI ISA slot One 16 bit ISA slot BI...

Page 64: ...o high speed serial ports 16550 compatible One 25 pin Parallel Port ECP and EPP IrDA compliant IR header Two USB connectors SB LINK header to support legacy Sound Blaster compatible PCI audio card Flo...

Page 65: ...cated is critical Diamondrecommendsthefollowingenvironmentalspeci fications Temperature Range Operating 50 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit 10 to 40 degrees Cel sius Non Operating 50 to 140 degrees Fahrenhei...

Page 66: ...l Appendix A Technical Information 64 Battery Disposal WARNING Please do not open battery dispose of in fire recharge put in backwards or mix with used or other battery types The battery may explode o...

Page 67: ...services Technical Support If you need technical assistance our Technical Support Engineers will be glad to help you You can contact us via telephone fax or BBS Before calling Technical Support pleas...

Page 68: ...S I o r u E s p b K 6 5 4 3 3 6 6 2 1 5 1 8 9 4 x e l f 6 5 K s p b K 6 5 6 5 3 6 6 2 1 5 1 8 9 4 d r a d n a t s n o i t a z i r o h t u A s l a i r e t a M n r u t e R A M R r i a p e r r o f s t c...

Page 69: ...ory refresh function is working properly 5 Blank video Initialize keyboard Keyboard controller initialization 6 Reserved 7 Test CMOS Interface and Battery Status Verifies CMOS is working correctly BE...

Page 70: ...ization If not execute ISA tests an clear EISA mode flag Test EISA Configuration Memory Integrity checksum communication interface 20 Enable Slot 0 Initialize slot 0 System Board 21 2F Enable Slots In...

Page 71: ...ected during POST and enter Setup 4F Security Check Ask password security optional 50 Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen 51 Pre boot Enable Enable parity checker Enable NMI...

Page 72: ...Micronics C400 System Board Manual Appendix B POST Codes 70...

Page 73: ...configuration A checksum error may indicate that CMOS has become corrupt A weak battery may have caused this error Check the battery and replace if necessary CPU at nnnn Displays the running speed of...

Page 74: ...bout the type and location of the memory error Override enabled Defaults loaded If the system cannot boot using the current CMOS configuration the BIOS can override the current configuration is a set...

Page 75: ...r the system has rebooted the cursor will appear at the A prompt 3 NowyoucanruntheFLASHutilityfromthebootable floppy disk Refer to the README TXT file in cluded with the BIOS update for detailed instr...

Page 76: ...Micronics C400 System Board Manual Appendix D Updating the System BIOS 74...

Page 77: ...ssive or inad equate heating or air conditioning or electrical power failures surges or other irregularities 4 any statement about the product other than those set forth in this warranty or 5 nonconfo...

Page 78: ...mondwillnotbeliableforanylostprofitsoranyindirect specialincidentalorconsequentialdamagesinconnection with the product even if Diamond has been advised of the possibilityofsuchdamages Diamond makes no...

Page 79: ...terference to radio communications Interference to radio or television reception can be determined by turning the equipment off and on You are encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or...

Page 80: ...es use buffer logic chips on their control lines to reduce loading on the system board This buff ering action increases the maximum Glossary Glossary 78 number of modules on the same system board The...

Page 81: ...data bits present ECP An acronym for Expanded Capabilities Port A standard set by Hewlett Packard and Microsoft Corpo ration to expand the capabilities of the parallel port EDO Memory An acronym for E...

Page 82: ...l Corporation PCI is designed to be independent of the hard ware architecture to ensure compatibil ity with future computer systems See VESA Local Bus and ISA Pentium A high performance 64 bit CISC pr...

Page 83: ...e access per cycle Improves performance by 5 10 Unbuffered DIMMs The unbuffered DIMM modules do not use any buffer logic chips thus achieving faster opera tion due to the elimination of the propagatio...

Page 84: ...d System BBS 65 C ConfiguringtheMicronicsC400 11 CPU BoxVersion 26 Installation 22 Overview 25 Retention Mechanism 22 D Diagram MicronicsC400 12 E Extended Data Out EDO Memory 17 19 EnvironmentalSpeci...

Page 85: ...A Peripheral Card 29 PCI Peripheral Card 28 Quick Installation 9 J Jumper Settings 13 M Micronics C400 System Board Diagram 12 Memory Configurations 20 Installing 27 Removing 27 Supported 17 19 O Onli...

Page 86: ...36 Chipset Features Setup 40 Exit Without Saving 56 HDD Low Level Format 55 IDE HDD Auto Detection 54 Integrated Peripherals 50 Load BIOS Defaults 49 Load Setup Defaults 49 PnP PCI Configuration Setu...

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