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Twister LX System Board Manual

Appendix A: Technical Information

Keyboard/Mouse: AT keyboard connector

PS/2 mouse 8-pin header via cable connector

Memory Capacity: Three 3.3V unbuffered 64-bit DIMM sockets

Maximum memory - 768MB for EDO
Maximum memory - 384MB for SDRAM
Supports EDO and SDRAM simultaneously
ECC supported via chipset when using parity

Hardware

LM79 Microprocessor System Hardware Monitor

Management:

CPU Temperature Sensor

CPU Fan Speed Monitoring (3-pin header)
Chassis Intrusion (2-pin header)
Chassis Fan Speed Monitoring (3-pin header)

I/O Ports:

Two high speed serial ports (16550 compatible)
One 25-pin Parallel Port (ECP and EPP)
IrDA compliant IR header
Two USB headers (optional USB cable w/bracket)

Floppy Port:

Supports 360K - 2.88MB formats
Auto detection of add-in floppy controllers

PCI IDE Ports:

Ultra DMA/33 IDE
Two 40-pin IDE connectors
(Primary and Secondary IDE).
Multiple sector transfer support
Auto detection of add-in IDE board
Supports all ATAPI devices

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Summary of Contents for Twister LX

Page 1: ...Twister LX Pentium II System Board Manual Document Number 06 00338 01 Rev 1B March 1998 45365 Northport Loop West Fremont CA 94538 6417...

Page 2: ...ments to this document and or product at any time and without notice All Rights Reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced trans lated or reduced to any medium or machine form wit...

Page 3: ...Considerations 11 Twister LX System Board 12 Jumper Settings 13 Chapter 3 Installing the Twister LX 17 Introduction 17 System Memory Support 17 Installing the Twister LX 18 Tools Required 18 Equipmen...

Page 4: ...Setup 34 BIOS Features Setup 36 Chipset Features Setup 40 Power Management Setup 44 PnP PCI Configuration Setup 48 Load BIOS Defaults 50 Load Setup Defaults 50 Integrated Peripherals 51 Supervisor Pa...

Page 5: ...Range 63 Relative Humidity 63 Battery Disposal 64 Support and Information Services 65 Technical Support 65 Appendix B Post Messages 67 Appendix C Beep and POST Codes 69 Appendix D Updating the System...

Page 6: ...e 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 44 Figure 4 7 PnP PCI Configuration Screen 4...

Page 7: ...l of performance for the business computing environment including enhanced multimedia and improved Internet and communications capabilities Features of Twister LX include an AGP Accelerated Graphics P...

Page 8: ...X AGPset Intel PIIX 4 National PC87309 Super I O chip Four 32 bit PCI slots Three 16 bit ISA slots One is a shared PCI ISA slot One AGP slot Three 3 3V unbuffered 64 72 bit 168 pin DIMM sockets Maximu...

Page 9: ...board has been thoroughly tested for compatibility with a variety of operating systems and environments including Microsoft DOS 6 22 Windows NT 3 5x Windows NT 4 0 IBM OS 2 Warp 4 0 SCO UNIXWare 2 1...

Page 10: ...ass 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 Accelerated G...

Page 11: ...Chapter 2 5 Install the CPU and the system memory Be sure to attach the Retention Mechanism as described in Chapter 3 6 Install the system board in the chassis and make all necessary case connections...

Page 12: ...Quick Installation 11 After you have configured the Main Setup menu make any desired setting configurations in the Ad vanced and Security menu When finished go to the exit screen select Save Changes a...

Page 13: ...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 tha...

Page 14: ...Twister LX System Board Manual Twister LX System Board Chapter 2 Configuring the Twister LX 12 Figure 2 1 Twister LX System Board Diagram...

Page 15: ...default settings Any changes you have made will be lost Table 2 1 System Speed Selection Table 2 2 Clear CMOS Settings r e p m u J n o i t c n u F s g n i t t e S 5 W t l u a f e d l a m r o N S O M C...

Page 16: ...n o C t r o P l e l l a r a P 5 1 J 4 1 J s t r o P l a i r e S 2 M O C 1 M O C 9 1 J 6 1 J s t o l S n o i s n a p x E s u B I C P 6 2 J r o t c e n n o C y l p p u S r e w o P X T A 7 2 J r o t c e...

Page 17: ...u t a r e p m e t d r a o B 5 C C V 4 2 3 J r o s n e S n o i s u r t n I s i s s a h C r o t c e n n o C V 3 x o r p p a r e w o P y r e t t a B 1 o t e g a t l o v 1 n i p o t l l u p t u p n I r e...

Page 18: ...Twister LX System Board Manual Chapter 2 Configuring the Twister LX 16...

Page 19: ...nts may void the warranty If prob lems arise while installing peripherals contact the computer dealer where you purchased the peripheral or Micronics Technical Support Department System Memory Support...

Page 20: ...ical support department Tools Required Micronics recommends using the following tools to install the Twister LX Small Phillips screwdriver Tweezers or a pair of needle nose pliers Tray to hold loose s...

Page 21: ...Serial Presence Detect support Adding Memory The following is a list of rules to follow when installing DIMMs If you follow these rules your upgrade should be trouble free Use 10ns or faster SDRAM or...

Page 22: ...1 k n a B 2 k n a B 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 M 0...

Page 23: ...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 6 1 4 6 x M 8 B M 4 2 2 4 6 x M 6 1 4 6 x M 8 4 6 x M 4 B M 6 5 2 4 6 x M 6 1 4 6 x M 6 1...

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: ...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 are in...

Page 26: ...ge 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 Theprocessorca...

Page 27: ...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 Heat...

Page 28: ...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 please refe...

Page 29: ...ith 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 Pin...

Page 30: ...and remove its cover 2 Choose an unused PCI slot and remove the slot cover 3 Insert the card with the bottom edge level to the slot Never insert the card at an angle 4 Carefully push the card straigh...

Page 31: ...slot cover 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 scre...

Page 32: ...and remove its cover 2 Locate the AGP slot J1 and remove the slot cover 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 do...

Page 33: ...your cables and peripherals for bad connections You may also get beep codes or error messages If this occurs consult Appendix B for a guide to possible solutions After the system properly boots it is...

Page 34: ...layed 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 Set...

Page 35: ...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 The main menu screen also contains the following...

Page 36: ...menu screen and press Enter 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...

Page 37: ...you installed The 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...

Page 38: ...ess Enter Figure 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 har...

Page 39: ...py Drive This selection can be set to remap the floppy drives WhensettoEnabled driveA becomesdriveB anddrive B becomes drive A Boot Up Floppy Seek When set to Enabled default the BIOS tests seeks flop...

Page 40: ...matic 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 and...

Page 41: ...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 ca...

Page 42: ...ion selects predetermined optimal val ues of the chipset parameters When disabled chipset parameters revert to setup information stored in CMOS Many fields in this screen are not available when Auto C...

Page 43: ...arge before DRAM refresh If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data This field applies only if EDO DRAM is installed in the system The default setti...

Page 44: ...aching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Video RAM Cacheable Enable or disable...

Page 45: ...he aperture range are for warded to the AGP without any translation SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to...

Page 46: ...gement This selection allows you to select the type or degree of power saving for Sleep Standby and Suspend modes The options are Maximum Power Savings User Defined and Minimum Power Savings Chapter 4...

Page 47: ...by the modem if Resume by Ring is enabled Doze Mode After the selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour the CPU clock runs at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full...

Page 48: ...1 to 15 minutes theharddiskdrivepowers downwhileallother devices remain active Throttle Duty Cycle This option allows you to select the percentage of time that the CPU clock runs when the system ente...

Page 49: ...k Event Sets the monitoring of IRQ8 Real Time Clock so that it does not awaken the system from Suspend Mode Reload Global Timer Events You can disable monitoring of common interrupt re quests so they...

Page 50: ...enu screen and press Enter 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 9...

Page 51: ...rupt 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 that use jumpers to adjust resources PCI ISA PnP De...

Page 52: ...low safe booting of the system in the event of a BIOS configuration memory loss To select LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS highlight this option on the main menu screen and press Enter Press Y or N when the program...

Page 53: ...ess 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 sup...

Page 54: ...vironmentmustbothsupporttheUDMA mode On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each...

Page 55: ...nfrared port and ASK IR Amplitude shift keyed infra red port Standard mode is the default Onboard Parallel Port Select an address and interrupt for the physical parallel printer port Parallel Port Mod...

Page 56: ...new pass word before exiting and enabling the utility To disable the password press Enter when the program prompts you to enter the new password WARNING IfyouforgettheSupervisorPassword itcannot be di...

Page 57: ...ion Screen The IDE HDD Auto Detection option provides auto configuration of the hard drive installed in your system It supports LBA Large and Normal modes If your hard disk drive s capacity is under 5...

Page 58: ...elect the HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT option highlight this option on the main menu screen and press Enter Figure 4 10 HDD Low Level Format Screen The selections available are Low Level Format Utility Select...

Page 59: ...option and press Enter Press Y to con firm the changes made and N or ESC if addi tional modifications are needed before exiting the setup program Exit Without Saving This selection abandons all previ...

Page 60: ...Twister LX System Board Manual Chapter 4 The BIOS Setup Utility 58...

Page 61: ...pro videsadirectconnection between the graphics subsystem and system memory AGP withdual 528MB s data path sur passes PCI s 132MB bottleneck LM79 A highly integrated Data Acquisition system for hard w...

Page 62: ...r second This new protocol is supported by Intel s 430TX and 440LX PCIsets Universal Serial Bus USB The simple and flexible way to connect devices to your desktop or notebook PC USB allows virtually u...

Page 63: ...nhanced Super I O chip Form Factor Baby AT footprint 10 8 x 8 6 Four layer board 20 pin ATX power connector 12 pin AT power connector Expansion Three 16 bit ISA slots Four 32 bit PCI slots One is a sh...

Page 64: ...ware Monitor Management CPU Temperature Sensor CPU Fan Speed Monitoring 3 pin header Chassis Intrusion 2 pin header Chassis Fan Speed Monitoring 3 pin header I O Ports Two high speed serial ports 1655...

Page 65: ...s critical Micronics recommends the following environmental specifica tions Temperature Range Operating 50 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit 10 to 40 degrees Celsius Non Operating 50 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit...

Page 66: ...Appendix A Technical Information 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 or lea...

Page 67: ...ical 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 please have the foll...

Page 68: ...o c e r s l o c o t o r p 3 7 3 3 6 3 6 5 2 1 4 4 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 u d o r p n r u t e R m a 0 0 8 F M m p 5 4 4 o t T S P A S U 0...

Page 69: ...ere X 0 or 1 The hard disk is not configured or working properly Rerun SETUP and check connections or replace hard disk FIXED DISK CONTROLLER FAILURE The controller card has failed Check configuration...

Page 70: ...SED Previous POST did not complete successfully Run Setup load default BIOS settings make any necessary adjustments and save the changes REAL TIME CLOCK ERROR Real time clock failed BIOS test May requ...

Page 71: ...h of the pauses between the beeps varies For example a 1 3 3 beep code will sound like one beep a pause three beeps consecutively another pause and then three more beeps One beep code is often misunde...

Page 72: ...ion 1C Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24 Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28 Autosize DRAM 2A Clear 512K base RAM 2C 3 4 1 Tes...

Page 73: ...s 6A Display external cache size 6C Display shadow message 6E Display non disposable segments 70 Display error messages 72 Check for configuration errors 74 Test real time clock 76 Check for keyboard...

Page 74: ...BF Check virus and backup reminders C0 Try to boot with INT 19 D0 Interrupt handler error D2 Unknown interrupt error D4 Pending Interrupt D6 Initialize option ROM error D8 Shutdown error DA Extended B...

Page 75: ...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 instru...

Page 76: ...Twister LX System Board Manual Appendix D Updating the System BIOS 74...

Page 77: ...ive 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 nonconform...

Page 78: ...ost profits or any indirect special incidental or consequential damages in connection with the product even if Micronics has been advised of the possibility of such damages Micronics makes no warranti...

Page 79: ...ul interference to radio communications Interfer ence to radio or television reception can be determined by turning the equipment off and on You are encouraged to try to correct the interference by on...

Page 80: ...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 sys tem board The b...

Page 81: ...ta 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 Ex...

Page 82: ...arity bit is used for each byte 8 bits of data The most commonly used forms of parity are even parity odd parity and checksums PCI An acronym for Peripheral Com ponent Interconnect A high perfor mance...

Page 83: ...s and the data output This struc ture spreads the cache access across two or three cycles while maintaining a bandwidth of one access per cycle Improves performance by 5 10 Unbuffered DIMMs The unbuff...

Page 84: ...ystem BBS 62 C Configuring the Twister LX 11 CPU Box Version 30 Installation 20 Overview 29 30 Retention Mechanism 26 D Diagram Twister LX 12 E Extended Data Out EDO Memory 19 21 Environmental Specifi...

Page 85: ...pheral Card 33 ISA Peripheral Card 32 PCI Peripheral Card 31 Quick Installation 9 J Jumper Settings 13 M Twister LX System Board Diagram 12 Memory Configurations 22 Installing 25 Removing 25 Supported...

Page 86: ...57 Technical Support 61 Troubleshooting 63 65 U Updating the System BIOS 71 Utility Programs Utility Programs Advanced Screen 44 BIOS Setup 37 Boot Screen 52 Exit Screen 53 IDE Device Submenu 42 Main...

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