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Appendix A: Technical Specifications

Address (hex)

Description

03D4-03D5

Video (VGA)

03DA

Video (VGA)

03E8-03EF

COM3 (if selected)

03F0-03F5

Floppy Channel 1

03F6

Primary IDE channel command port

03F7

Floppy Channel 1 command

03F7, bit 7

Floppy disk change channel 1

03F7, bits 6:0

Primary IDE channel status report

03F8-03FF

COM1 (default)

04D0-04D1

INTC-1 Edge/Level Control

0CF8-0CFB - 4
bytes

PCI configuration address register

0CF9

Reset control register

0CFC-0CFF - 4
bytes

PCI configuration data register

On-board Devices

DISK ON CHIP 1

Memory address selectable between:
D000(default), D400, D800, DC00.

DISK ON CHIP 2

Memory address selectable between:
D000, D400(default), D800, DC00.

PCI Configuration Space Map

Bus #

Device #

Function #

Description

440BX (Host Bridge)

PIIX4 PCI/ISA bridge

PIIX4 IDE bus master

PIIX4 USB

PIIX4 Power Management

PCI expansion slot 1

PCI expansion slot 2

PCI expansion slot 3

Summary of Contents for Motherboard Raptor AT

Page 1: ...Raptor AT Motherboard Installation Guide ...

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Page 3: ...ATX Power Supply Enhancements 7 Step 2 DRAM CPU Disk on Chip and Cables Installation 8 Raptor AT Memory Configuration 8 CPU Installation 8 Disk on Chip installation 10 Installing Cables 10 Power and Control Panel Cables 10 Installing Peripheral Cables 10 Index of Connectors 13 Chapter 2 HIFLEX BIOS Setup 15 Standard Setup 16 Advanced CMOS Setup 17 Advanced Chipset Setup 21 Power Management Setup 2...

Page 4: ... 36 Chapter 3 Upgrading 37 Upgrading the System Memory 37 Upgrading the Microprocessor 37 Appendix A Technical Specifications 39 Chipsets 39 System Memory 39 Bios 39 Embedded I O 40 Industrial Devices 41 Miscellaneous 41 Memory Map 43 DMA Channels 43 I O Map 44 On board Devices 45 PCI Configuration Space Map 45 Interrupts 46 PCI Interrupt Routing Map 46 SMBUS 47 Connectors Pin out 47 Appendix B Fl...

Page 5: ...Introduction III Appendix D On Board Industrial Devices 55 Watchdog Timer 55 Post Code Display 56 Appendix E On Board Ethernet 67 ...

Page 6: ...ation This publication and any accompanying software may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied translated or reduced to any machine readable form without prior consent from the vendor manufacturer or creators of this publication except for copies kept by the user for backup purposes Brand and product names mentioned in this publication may or may not be copyrights and or registered tradema...

Page 7: ...th any major computer component installation previous experience is helpful and should you not have prior experience it would be prudent to have someone assist you in the installation This manual is broken down into 3 chapters and 5 appendixes Chapter 1 System Board Pre Configuration This chapter provides all the necessary information for installing the Raptor AT Topics discussed include installin...

Page 8: ... display Appendix E Ethernet On board 10 100 Ethernet Static Electricity Warning The Raptor AT has been designed as rugged as possible but can still be damaged if jarred sharply or struck Handle the motherboard with care The Raptor AT also contains delicate electronic circuits that can be damaged or weakened by static electricity Before removing the Raptor AT from its protective packaging it is st...

Page 9: ...ident acts of God or other causes beyond the manufacturer s control Raptor AT An Overview The Raptor AT represents the ultimate in industrial embedded motherboard technology No other system board available today provides such impressive list of features CPU Support Supports full series of Intel Celeron and PIII PGA370 processors up to 100MHz FSB Supported Bus Clocks 66 and 100MHz Memory Three DIMM...

Page 10: ...bit ISA slots and four 32 bit PCI slots Ethernet header Power Button advanced management support Automatic CPU voltage temperature monitoring device optional ROM BIOS AMI BIOS BIOS HIFLEX with optional FLASH ROM On Board Ethernet On board 10 100 Ethernet Conventions Used in this Manual 8 Notes Such as a brief discussion of memory types Important Information such as static warnings or very importan...

Page 11: ...signed to be as rugged as possible but it can be damaged if dropped jarred sharply or struck Damage may also occur by using excessive force in performing certain installation procedures such as forcing the system board into the chassis or placing too much torque on a mounting screw Take special care when installing or removing the system memory DIMMs Never force a DIMM into a socket Screwdrivers s...

Page 12: ...e 2 TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS Work on a conductive surface that is connected to the ground Before touching any electronic device ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal object or and highly recommended use a grounding strap ...

Page 13: ...A Two pin jumpers are used for binary selections such as enable disable Instructions for this type of jumper are open for no shunt over the pins or closed when the shunt covers the pins B Three or four pin jumpers are used for multiple selections Instructions for these jumpers will indicate which two pins to cover For example for JPx 2 3 the shunt will be covering pins 2 and 3 leaving pins 1 and 4...

Page 14: ...Raptor AT Installation Guide 4 Jumper Locations Use the diagram below and the tables on the following pages to locate and set the on board configuration jumpers Figure 1 1 Jumper Locations ...

Page 15: ...ip Selection The jumper JP7 allows selection for the addresses on Disk on Chip devices Table 1 2 Disk on Chip Selection Addresses JP7 1 2 JP7 3 4 JP7 5 6 JP7 7 8 D000h D400h Closed Open Open Open D400h D800h Open Closed Open Open D800h DC00h Open Open Closed Open DC00h D000h Open Open Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings Flash BIOS Write Protect To program the optional flash BIOS Location U9 Figure...

Page 16: ...dog Timer Selection The watchdog timer can be set as hardware software or disabled through JP10 JP8 sets the time out and JP6 sets the addresses Please refer to appendix D for more details Table 1 5 Watchdog Timer Selection Watchdog Type JP10 1 2 JP10 3 4 JP10 5 6 Hardware Closed Open Open Disabled Open Closed Open Software Open Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings Table 1 6 Watchdog Time out Selec...

Page 17: ...isables 2 3 or enables 1 2 this feature For more information please refer to Appendix E Table 1 8 Ethernet Selection Ethernet Selection Enabled Disabled JP12 1 2 2 3 Manufacturer s Settings ATX Power Supply Enhancements The Raptor AT has a Power on mode selection The jumper JP4 selects the power on mode Table 1 9 POWER ON Mode Select Power on mode Power on immediately Power on upon PWR_SW signal B...

Page 18: ...RAM modules It is very important that the quality of the DIMMs is good Unreliable operation of the system may result if poor quality DIMMs are used Always purchase your memory from a reliable source We strongly recommend using PC100 memory module REQUIRED when using PIII or 100MHz operation The Raptor AT also supports ECC memories CPU Installation The Raptor AT currently supports the following CPU...

Page 19: ...range within which the electrical circuits can be expected to meet their specified performance requirements Operation outside the functional limit can degrade system performance cause logic errors or cause component and or system damage Temperatures exceeding the maximum operating limits may result in irreversible changes in the operating characteristics of the component If the Raptor AT industria...

Page 20: ...lation to make sure that these devices have been properly installed Disk on Chip installation The Raptor AT supports Two Disk on Chip on board up to 288 MB each with FFS for diskless applications Locate the Disk on Chip socket on your Raptor AT system board Locations U12 and U13 Figure 1 2 Locate pin 1 Figure 1 2 To install the Disk on Chip gently insert the chip Make sure the Disk on Chip is inse...

Page 21: ... appropriate peripherals Connect the Ethernet cable included Connect the mouse included and the parallel 2 serial cable included Finally connect the IDE cable not included to the system Then connect remaining ends of the ribbon cable to the appropriate peripherals This concludes the hardware installation of your Raptor AT system Now it is a good time to re check all of the cable connections to mak...

Page 22: ...Raptor AT Installation Guide 12 Figure 1 2 Location of Components and Connectors ...

Page 23: ... CPU Fan J4 Sys Fan J5 HDD LED J6 Power Switch J7 ATX Power J8 Wake On LAN J9 Keyboard J10 PS 2 Mouse J12 FDD Floppy J13 LPT Parallel J14 USB 2x J16 Primary IDE J17 Secondary IDE J18 ISA Slot 1 J19 ISA Slot 2 J20 PCI Connector 1 J21 PCI Connector 2 J22 PCI Connector 3 J23 PCI Connector 4 J25 Infra Red J31 Ethernet Header J33 RESET J35 ISA Slot 3 J36 COM 1 J37 COM 2 J38 ISA Slot 4 J41 AT Power ...

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Page 25: ... to the right left above or below Enter Select in the current field Increments a value Decrements a value Esc Closes the current operation and return to previous level PgUp Returns to the previous page PgDn Advances to the next page Home Returns to the beginning of the text End Advances to the end of the text Alt H Access a help window Alt Spacebar Exit WINBIOS Setup Alphabetic keys A to Z are use...

Page 26: ...ation with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings Save Settings and Exit Exit Without Saving Standard Setup Standard Setup options are displayed by choosing Standard option from the HIFLEX BIOS Setup menu All Standard Setup options are described below Date Time Select the Date Time option to change the date or time The current date and time are displayed Enter new values throu...

Page 27: ... Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup options are displayed by choosing the Advanced CMOS Setup option from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Advanced CMOS Setup options are described in this section Quick Boot Set this option to Enabled to instruct AMIBIOS to boot quickly when the computer is powered on This option replaces the old Above 1 MB Memory Test Advanced Setup option The settings are En...

Page 28: ...ry Other Boot Devices Set this option to Yes default to instruct AMIBIOS to attempt to boot from any other drive in the system if it cannot find a boot drive among the drives specified in the 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th Boot Device options Initial Display Mode Set this option to BIOS default to obtain the normal boot up screen Set to Silent to obtain the customized graphic boot up screen Floppy Access Con...

Page 29: ...pped The setting is either Enabled or Disabled default Floppy Drive Seek Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drive A will perform a Seek operation at system boot The setting is either Disabled default or Enabled PS 2 Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled default to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 type mouse Disabling mouse will also free up IRQ12 Typematic Rate The setting is ei...

Page 30: ...tructions on changing a password The Optimal and Fail Safe default is Setup BOOT to OS 2 Set this option to Enabled if running OS 2 operating system and using more than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard The setting is either Yes or No default Wait for F1 If Error If this option is set to Enabled AMIBIOS waits for the user to press F1 before continuing If this option is set to Disabled AMIB...

Page 31: ...400 16K Shadow These options specify how the 32 KB of video ROM at C0000h is treated The settings are Enabled default Disabled and Cached C800 16K Shadow CC00 16K Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16K Shadow D800 16K Shadow DC00 16K Shadow These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option The ROM area not used by ISA adapter cards is allocated to PCI adapter cards The se...

Page 32: ...are Enabled and Disabled default PERR The options are Enabled and Disabled default WSC Handshake The options are Enabled default and Disabled USWC WRITE POST The options are Enabled default and Disabled BX GX Master Latency Timer CLKS The options are Disabled 32 64 default 96 128 160 192 and 224 Multi Trans Timer CLKS The options are Disabled 32 default 64 96 128 160 192 and 224 PCI 1 TO PCI 0 Acc...

Page 33: ... Integrity Mode The options are None default EC and ECC Hardware DRAM Refresh Rate The settings for the option are 15 6 default 31 2 62 4 124 8 7 8 and External Memory Hole The settings for the option are Disable default 512K 640K and 15M 16M SDRAM CAS Latency The options are Auto default 3 DCKLs and 2 DCKLs SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay The options are Auto default 3 SCKLs and 2 SCKLs SDRAM RAS Precharg...

Page 34: ... The settings for this option are Enabled default and Disabled Graphics Aperture Size The settings for this option are 4 8 16 32 64 default 128 and 256 Search for MDA Resources N A 8 bit I O Recovery Time The settings are Disabled default 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 8 Sysclk 16bit I O Recovery Time The settings are Disabled default 4 1 2 and 3 Sysclk PIIX4 SERR The settings for this option are Enabled and Dis...

Page 35: ...Control 2 The settings for these options are Enabled and Disabled default DMA 0 Type Thru DMA 7 Type The settings for these options are Normal ISA default PC PCI and distributed Memory Buffer Strength The settings for this option are Strong default Medium and Auto Manufacture Setting The settings for this option are Mode 0 default Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 Power Management Setup All Power Ma...

Page 36: ...is Suspend Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power management state that the video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Standby and Suspend The default setting is Suspend Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power management state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of display ina...

Page 37: ...sabled Suspend Timeout This option specifies the length of the period of system inactivity when the computer is already in Standby mode before the computer is placed in Suspend mode In Suspend mode nearly all power use is curtailed The settings are multiples of the standby suspend timer unit The default setting is Disabled Slow Clock Ratio This option specifies the speed at which the system clock ...

Page 38: ...om the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All PCI PnP Setup options are described in this section Plug and Play Aware OS Set this option to Yes if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play aware AMIBIOS only detects and enables PnP ISA adapter cards that are required for system boot The Windows 95 and 98 operating systems detect and enable all other PnP aware adapter cards Windows 95 is...

Page 39: ... either Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled Off board PCI IDE Card This option specifies if an off board PCI IDE controller adapter card is used in the computer You must also specify the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard where the off board PCI IDE controller card is installed If an off board PCI IDE controller is used the onboard IDE controller on the CPU board is automaticall...

Page 40: ...CI expansion slots The settings are Auto IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 and 14 The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Auto DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 These options allow you to specify the bus type used by each DMA channel The setting is either PNP or ISA EISA The optimal and fail safe default setting is PNP IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ1...

Page 41: ...g is Disabled Reserved Memory Address This option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 and DC000 The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is CC000 PCI Device Search Order This option determines which order the PCI slots will be scanned The sett...

Page 42: ...s Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h and 2E8h The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Auto Serial Port2 Mode This option allows installation of a Infra red device by the Serial Port The settings are Normal default IRDA and ASK IR Infra Red Transmission Mode The settings are Full Duplex default or Half Duplex Receiver Transmitter Polarity Sets polarity for IR modes Onboard Parallel Port This option speci...

Page 43: ...nel used by the parallel port When the port is set to a fixed address the settings are DMA Channel 0 1 and 3 default otherwise it is set to Auto CPU Current Temperature The current CPU temperature is shown only available with the optional hardware monitor CPU Overheat Warning The setting is either Enabled or Disabled default only available with the optional hardware monitor CPU Overheat Warning Te...

Page 44: ...ption to let AMIBIOS find the IDE hard disk drive parameters for all IDE drives connected to the primary and secondary IDE channels installed in the system AMIBIOS automatically configures the drive parameters after it has detected these parameters Change User Password Select the Change User Password from the Security section of the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Enter the password and press Enter The sc...

Page 45: ...ction of the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Enter the password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered After the new password is entered retype the new password as prompted and press Enter Change Language Settings N A Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings You can load the optimal default settings for the AMIBIOS by selecting the Optimal option The Optimal default settings ar...

Page 46: ...fe option from the Default section of the AMIBIOS Setup main menu The Fail Safe settings provide far from optimal system performance but are the most stable settings Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically Save Settings and Exit Exit AMIBIOS saving the changes Exit without Saving Allows to exit AMIBIOS setup without saving ...

Page 47: ...that the quality of the DIMM is good Undesirable operation of the system may result if poor quality DIMMs are used Always purchase your memory from a reliable source Upgrading the Microprocessor The latest revision of the Raptor AT currently supports socket PGA370 architecture Intel Celeron Processors and PIII PGA processors Please check the manufacturer s web site for details and revisions regard...

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Page 49: ... up to 100MHz FSB System Memory Memory Capacity Up to 768MB registered SDRAM or up to 384MB unbuffered SDRAM DIMM Modules Memory Type Three sockets for JEDEC standard 168 pins DIMMs The memory configuration is set automatically through BIOS via SPD Supports SDRAM 3 3V SDRAM PC66 and PC100 memory modules ECC and non ECC registered and unbuffered modules are supported Bios System BIOS AMI Hiflex BIO...

Page 50: ... up to 33MB sec supported ATAPI compatible 34 pin headers on board Floppy Up to two floppy disk drives Sizes supported are 5 25 360K and 1 2MB 3 5 720K 1 44MB and 2 88MB Serial Ports Two high speed 16550 compatible UARTS BIOS configurable as COM1 4 USB Interfaces On board dual USB Parallel Port One Centronics compatible bi directional PS 2 compatible Microsoft HP EPC EPP high speed Mouse Port One ...

Page 51: ...trial Devices Watchdog Timer On board 150 600 and 1200ns hardware and software watchdog timer with VCC monitor POST Code On board POST code display for self diagnostics and custom applications refer to Appendix D Temperature and Voltage Device On board voltage CPU fan speed and CPU temperature monitoring devices optional Power Management Power button function advanced power management support Misc...

Page 52: ...r Baby AT form factor 8 6 x 13 PCB Construction Four Layers dry film mask Manufacturing Process Automated surface mount Reliability MTBF 52 300 hours Table A 1 Environmental Environmental Operating Non operating Temperature 0 to 55 C 40 to 65 C Humidity 5 to 95 40 C non condensing 5 to 95 40 C non condensing Shock 2 5G 10ms 10G 10ms Vibration 0 25 5 100Hz 5 5 100Hz ...

Page 53: ...Expansion Card BIOS and Buffer 640K 768K 0A0000 0BFFFF 128 KB Standard PCI ISA Video Memory 512K 640K 080000 09FFFF 128 KB Ext Conventional memory 0K 512K 000000 07FFFF 512 KB Conventional memory DMA Channels DMA Data Width System Resource 0 8 or 16 bits 1 8 or 16 bits Parallel port for ECP 2 8 or 16 bits Floppy Drive 3 8 or 16 bits Parallel port for ECP 4 Reserved cascade channel 5 16 bits Open 6...

Page 54: ...ated at 0080h 0092 Port 92 00A0 00A1 Interrupt Controller 2 00B2 00B3 APM control 00C0 00DE DMA 2 00F0 Coprocessor Error 0110 Watch Dog Timer default 0170 _ 0177 Secondary IDE channel 01F0 _ 01F7 Primary IDE channel 029x LM79 0278 027F LPT2 if selected 02E8 02EF COM4 if selected 02F8 02FF COM2 default 0310 Watch Dog Timer if selected 0376 Secondary IDE channel command port 0377 Floppy channel 2 co...

Page 55: ...4 bytes PCI configuration address register 0CF9 Reset control register 0CFC 0CFF 4 bytes PCI configuration data register On board Devices DISK ON CHIP 1 Memory address selectable between D000 default D400 D800 DC00 DISK ON CHIP 2 Memory address selectable between D000 D400 default D800 DC00 PCI Configuration Space Map Bus Device Function Description 00 00 00 440BX Host Bridge 00 07 00 PIIX4 PCI IS...

Page 56: ... 9 User Available 10 User Available 11 User Available 12 PS 2 mouse port if present else user available 13 Reserved math coprocessor 14 Primary IDE if present else user available 15 Secondary IDE if present else user available Default but can be changed to another IRQ PCI Interrupt Routing Map PIIX4 Signal IDSEL PIRQA PIRQB PIRQC PIRQD PCI Slot 1 AD26 INTC INTD INTA INTB PCI Slot 2 AD27 INTB INTC ...

Page 57: ...CB Printed Circuit Board pin number 1 will have a squared pad J Other pins will have a circular pad Q How to identify other pins Connectors type Keyboard Power AT and Power ATX are industry standards Header connectors are numbered alternately i e pin number 2 is in the other row but in the same column of pin number 1 Pin number 3 is in the same row of pin 1 but in the next column and so forth 1 3z...

Page 58: ...Table A 10 J1 Power LED Keylock Header Connector Pin out Pin PWR LED KBD Lock Header J1 1 Power LED Anode 2 NC 3 Cathode 4 KEYLOCK 5 Cathode Table A 11 J31 Ethernet Header Connector Pin out Pin Ethernet Header J31 1 Connected to pin 4 5 of RJ45 2 Connected to pin 7 8 of RJ45 3 RX 4 RX 5 Speed LED Cathode 6 Speed LED Anode 7 ACT LED Cathode 8 ACT LED Anode 9 TX 10 TX ...

Page 59: ... BIT 1 4 DATA BIT 2 5 DATA BIT 3 6 DATA BIT 4 7 DATA BIT 5 8 DATA BIT 6 9 DATA BIT 7 10 ACK1 11 BUSY 12 PAPER EMPTY 13 SLCT 14 AUTOFEED 15 ERROR 16 INIT 17 SLCT IN 18 25 GND Table A 13 USB Header Connector Pin out Pin USB Header Connector J14 1 5V USB1 2 5V USB2 3 D USB1 4 D USB2 5 D USB1 6 D USB2 7 GROUND USB1 8 GROUND USB2 ...

Page 60: ...T LED LAN Speed LED Speaker and Wake On LAN Connector Description Infra Red J25 1 Rx 2 Tx 3 GND 4 NC 5 Key 6 Vcc HDD LED J5 1 Anode 2 Cathode CPU FAN J3 1 Sense 2 12V 3 GND SYS FAN J4 1 Sense 2 12V 3 GND Speaker J2 1 5V 2 NC 3 NC 4 Signal Wake On LAN J8 1 5V Standby 2 GND 3 WOL Signal ...

Page 61: ... to AMIBOOT ROM Turn your computer off Move Jumper JP2 to 2 3 Insert the disk in Drive A Turn the computer on while pressing CTRL HOME Your computer will show no screen but will beep to indicate what is being done If the programming is successful you should hear 4 beeps and your computer will reboot with the new BIOS Please never turn the power off while reprogramming a FLASH BIOS Do not forget to...

Page 62: ...M file was not found in the root directory of 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 error 11 Flash program error 12 AMIBOOT ROM file size error ...

Page 63: ...ent for conventional hard drives in the harsh industrial environment where shock and vibration is a burden for standard hard drives Jumper JP7 selects the memory addresses to be used for the Disk On Chip Possible addresses are listed below Table C 1 Disk on Chip Selection Addresses JP7 1 2 JP7 3 4 JP7 5 6 JP7 7 8 D000h D400h Closed Open Open Open D400h D800h Open Closed Open Open D800h DC00h Open ...

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Page 65: ... in two ways Hardware Reset The watchdog timer monitors the BALE signal If BALE stops oscillating for the time set at JP8 the watchdog will reset the board Software Reset The software has to access the watchdog timer at least every time out to prevent the board from resetting This allows a very tight control of the motherboards operation but involves writing software for the time out control For u...

Page 66: ... Open Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings Table D 3 Watchdog Address Selection Watchdog Address JP6 1 2 JP6 2 3 110h Closed Open 310h Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings Post Code Display The POST code display is a device implemented on the Raptor AT to help on failure diagnostics A POST code is transmitted by the BIOS during the POST Power On Self Test It is a number that refers to the state or t...

Page 67: ...e keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next D3h Starting memory sizing next D4h Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the stack next D5h Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0 and control will be transferred to segment 0 D6h Control is in segment 0 Next ch...

Page 68: ...Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading the first sector of the diskette EFh A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory F1h The AMIBOOT ROM file is not in the root directory F2h Next reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM file F3h Next reading the ...

Page 69: ...ontroller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller 0Eh The keyboard controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test 0Fh The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done The keyboard command byte is written next 10h The keyboard controller command ...

Page 70: ... done next if present See Table D 7 for additional information 2Bh Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configuration before the video ROM test 2Ch All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is done Looking for the video ROM next and passing control to it 2Dh The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video...

Page 71: ...memory wraparound at 0 0 next 45h Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next 46h The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next 47h The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next 48h Patterns written in base memory Determin...

Page 72: ...s line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next 58h The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next 59h The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next 60h The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base regi...

Page 73: ...turned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next 89h The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next 8Bh The first screen message has been displayed The WAIT message is displayed Performing the PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data area allocation check next 8Ch Programming the WINBIOS Set...

Page 74: ...ended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next A2h Displaying any soft errors next A3h The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next A4h The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next A5h Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next A7h NMI and parity...

Page 75: ...messages if any 95h Initializing bus adaptor ROMs from C8000h through D8000h Table D 8 Additional Bus Checkpoints While control is inside the different bus routines additional checkpoints are output to I O port address 0080h as word to identify the routines being executed These are word checkpoints The low byte of checkpoint is the system BIOS checkpoint where control is passed to the different bu...

Page 76: ...evices on the bus 0110 Function 6 Initialize error reporting on the bus 0111 Function 7 Initialize add on ROMs for all buses Bits 3 0 Specify the bus 0 Generic DIM Device Initialization Manager 1 Onboard System devices 2 ISA devices 3 EISA devices 4 ISA PnP devices 5 PCI devices Table D 9 AMIBIOS Beep Codes Except for beep code 8 these codes are always fatal 1 beep Refresh failure 2 beeps Parity e...

Page 77: ...t to process high level commands and to perform multiple operations thereby off loading communication tasks from the system CPU It can operate in either full duplex or half duplex mode In full duplex mode it adheres to the IEEE 802 3x Flow Control specification Half duplex performance is enhanced by a proprietary collision reduction mechanism It can be enabled or disabled through jumper JP12 The E...

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