Mylex ML466 Installation And Operating Manual Download

Page: 1 / 79

System Board

and Operations Guide

Summary of Contents for ML466

Page 1: ...ML466 Slimline System Board lnstallatlon and Operations Guide Vorolon 001 1mQ2 P N r71011 001...

Page 2: ...t as specificaliy provided herein Myiex makes no warranties express or implied respecting this guide or the Myiex products referred to herein including but not limited to any warranty of design mercha...

Page 3: ...nterference will not occur in a particular Installation Should it be determined that this equipment is causing interference to radio or television reception the following suggested actions may be take...

Page 4: ...The product must be free of damage Any software including firmware is provided as is without warranty of any kind expressed or implied The purchaser bears complete risk of the performance and quality...

Page 5: ...e returned in original packaging or other suitable materials Each returned unit will be inspected for damage or other inegulariiies If a unit is shown to be modified the customer will be notified befo...

Page 6: ...ystem Upgrades Installing an Expansion Card 1 2 Installing SlMMs 1 3 Upgrading the Microprocessor Chip l 4 Installing the New Microprocessor Chip l 5 Upgrading the Video Memory 1 7 Chapter 2 Motherboa...

Page 7: ...IOS BeepCodes Long Beep Position Error Indicated Error Messages and Start Up Messages Post Errors Diskette Error Messages Hard Disk Error Messages Boot Messages Run Time Fatal Error Messages 3 l 3 l 3...

Page 8: ...vers 3 2 Installing VGA Drivers for AUTOCAD 3 3 Installing Drivers for AUTOCAD In Real Mode 3 3 Loading the ADI Driver 3 3 Configuring AUTOCAD for the ADI Drivers 3 4 Controlling Resolution and Colors...

Page 9: ...stalling VGA Drivers for Microsoft Word 3 l 4 Installing VGA Drivers for WordPerfec 3 15 Installing Graphics and Text Drivers for WordPerfect 5 1 3 16 Chapter 4 Technical Information Using Ergonomic R...

Page 10: ...ine System Board With proper installation and maintenance the MSL488 Slimline will provide years of trouble free operation Package Contents MSL486 Slimline System Board This manual Warranty Card Any p...

Page 11: ...hat can break if subjected to sudden shock such as being tossed on a table Use care when moving the MSL486 from point to point If Mubles are Encountered If during the course of installation or operati...

Page 12: ...Overview The unique feature of the MSL488 Slimline is that it can be easily upgraded from a 486SX CPU to a 486DX Since a special frequency synthesizer is used the need to change oscillators is elimina...

Page 13: ...ch section Section 1 Chapter 1 System Upgrades Chapter 2 Motherboard Technical Reference Chapter 3 BIOS Tests and Error Messages Appendix A Setting the Jumpers SecUon 2 Chapter 1 Section 2 Overview Ch...

Page 14: ...e required 9 A Phillips and flate blade screwdriver l Plastic stand offs normally supplied with the chas sis l Assorted screws A good working knowledge of computers is highly recommended for installin...

Page 15: ...this in one of two ways 1 Dissipate any static charge you may be carrying by touching the metal power supply housing while the computer is turned off but still plugged in The power supply housing is l...

Page 16: ...ML486 Sllmllno Board Sectiin 1 System Upgrades II Jll 1 Jl i J8 m 00 j j I I 3 c I I I I I 1 I I Figure l 1 Mylex MSL486 Slimline System Board 1 2 Version DO1 CoWrIght Q 1992...

Page 17: ...rk properly Refer to the manual that came with the card to see if you need to set jumpers and switches on the card The manual that comes with the card also provides specific installation instructions...

Page 18: ...edure caretWy If possible wear a grounding strap which can be purchased at most computer supply stores Before purchasing or installing SIMM note the fol lowing The board can use four different sizes o...

Page 19: ...IMM in the slot Push the alignment holes onto the alignment pegs until the SIMM clicks into place 3 Run the CMOS Setup as described in the My x MSL466 Setup Procedure so that the system can recognize...

Page 20: ...hat the chip and the socket are properly aligned carefully place the chip in the socket Make sure that all the pins are properly inserted in their holes in the socket CAUTION It is not necessary to pr...

Page 21: ...ubled speed Jl should always have a jumper installed when the ZlF socket is used If you have just installed a microprocessor in the ZlF socket make sure jumper Ji is ON If ZlF socket is empty remove t...

Page 22: ...ges Insert the ZIPS into sockets US U6 U9 and UlO being sure to align pin 1 on the ZIPS with pin 1 on the sockets pin 1 on the ZIP is indicated by a notch on one side pin 1 on the socket is toward the...

Page 23: ...Syetc n Upgrade0 Sectlon 1 hlSL486 SlImline Board 6 Because you now have 1 MB of video memory you can install higher resolution video drivers for some software Cqyrbht Q 1992 Version DO1 1 9...

Page 24: ...to the motherboard diagram at the end of this session for jumpers and connector loca tions Connectors The motherboard has the following connectors Power on LED Keylock P2 Turbo LED Pl Reset button P5...

Page 25: ...r on LED and keylock The pin assignments are as follows Turbo LED Pl Pl is the connector for the turbo LEO Connect the positive lead from the LED to pin 1 Reset Button PS P5 is the connector for the r...

Page 26: ...s the connector for the IDE hard drive LED The first two pins of this connector are for the hard drive LED wires Connect the positive lead to pin 1 Note If you have a non IDE drive see your drive cont...

Page 27: ...P9 connects to pins 7 through 12 The four black wires are ground and should be con nected to pins 5 through 8 Serial Port COM2 P8 P8 is the DB9 connector on the back of the system The MSL486 is equip...

Page 28: ...e hard drive cable Only IDE drives can be controlled by the motherboard inter face The connector is a standard 40 pin IDE cable connector Jumpers SW the motherboard diagram at the end of this chap ter...

Page 29: ...set according to the type of the microprocessor These jumpers were set correctly for your system at the factory You should not change these jumpers unless you change the microprocessor speed For inst...

Page 30: ...annels DMA Channel 0 0087 DMA Channel 1 0083 DMA Channel 2 0081 DMA Channel 3 0082 DMA Channel 4 Dh4A Channel 5 Cascade DMA Channel 8 DMA Channel 7 Floppy Diskette I 3 Spare ti Cascade for DMA Channel...

Page 31: ...tion 1 Technical Reference Interrupts Paralle Port 2 LPT2 I Floppy Diskette Controller I Parallel Port 1 LPTl Reserved 11 Reserved Reserved 13 Co processor 14 Hard Disk Controller 15 Reserved 2 8 Vers...

Page 32: ...Toc nkxl Reference Ctbfll M A466 Sllmline Board This Page Left Blank Intentionally Copyrbht Q 1992 Versbn DO1 2 Q...

Page 33: ...alized first These items must be func tioning properly before the system tests can be run The POST compares the configuration it finds with the information stored in the CMOS chip If a problem is dete...

Page 34: ...rror s The following list shows what error is indicated by the long beep position Long Beep Position Error Indicated 1 Signifies the start of beep decoding 2 Video card bad or no video card 3 Keyboard...

Page 35: ...ates the start of the beep decoding Position 4 indicates a keyboard error and position 10 indicates a RAM parity error Example 2 You hear the following beep codes Beep LB sb sb sb sb sb sb LB sb sb sb...

Page 36: ...MA CONTROLLER 1 FAULTY DMA CONTROLLER 2 FAULTY FAILURE OF WORD SPLITTER OR BYTE SHIFTER NO REPLY FROM INTERRUPT CONTROLLER S KEYBOARD CONTROLLER FAILED SELF TEST NO INTERRUPTS FROM TlMER 0 UNEXPECTED...

Page 37: ...before replacing a hardware component or contacting Mylex s Technical Support NO BOOTABLE FLOPPY DRIVE 0 INSTALLED FLOPPY HARDWARE INFORMATION IS INCOR RECT RUN SETUP FLOPPY HARDWARE INFORMATION IS S...

Page 38: ...iled Hard disk boot sector invalid Run Time Fatal Error Messages The following messages can be displayed by the sys tem BIOS if a fatal error is encountered while the system is running an application...

Page 39: ...T BOUNDARY OVERRUN TRAPPED AT ADDRESS XXXX XXXX RESET MACHINE This message indicates that an application has made a call that overflows a buffer or jumps to a memory location that does not exist This...

Page 40: ...board This section explains how to set jumpers Jumpers To install the jumper place it over the pins and push down until it completely covers the pins Be careful not to bend the pins You can usually re...

Page 41: ...M SL488 Slimline Board Section 1 Jumper This Page Let Blank Intentionally A 2 Version 001 Cqyrbht Q 1992...

Page 42: ...m1ex ML466 Slimline System Board Section 2 Software Utilities...

Page 43: ...tilities on the diskettes included with your shipment Chapter 3 Using the VGA Drivers explains how to configure some applications by using the drivers on the diskettes included with your shipment Chap...

Page 44: ...lex Technical Support staff is available Monday through Friday 8 00 a m to 5 OO p m pacific standard time Call 510 796 6100 to talk to a support technician Have your order number and the documentation...

Page 45: ...phical environments Source Destination Raster Operation Separate memory and dot clocks allows the HT216 32 to handle various tasks simultaneously Fast Page Memory Support FastWrite cache technology el...

Page 46: ...uired for higher resolu tions See Section 4 for more information about moni tor requirements Video Memory The possible video resolutions also depend on how much video memory is installed on the system...

Page 47: ...s on the hard drive RAMBIOS SYS is a device driver that can be loaded in the CONFIGSYS file When used FtAMBIOS SYS copies VGA BIOS into system memory allowing pro grams that use frequent video BIOS ca...

Page 48: ...ware drivers you want to install on the hard drive SETUP can only be run from a diskette and it can copy files either to the hard drive or to a diskette Note The tiles on the diskette are compressed Y...

Page 49: ...the SETUP menu use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to highlight Utilltiee Press ENTER to select it 2 Follow the directions on the screen to install the utilities on the hard drive You can choose the drive...

Page 50: ...er s Guide if you need instructions to edit the CONFIGSYS file HlVGA EXE is a menu driven program that allows you to set monitor type compatibility modes and screen saver options Note Since HTVGAEXE c...

Page 51: ...to use the screen saver if you use the following kinds of software soft ware that uses a mouse more extensively than the keyboard Microsoft Windows games or other appli cations that use a joystick If...

Page 52: ...effect through one warm boot CTRLtALTtDEL HlVGA MONO OFF disables HGC compatibility mode HTVGA MONO FULL enables 64 KB two page HGC compatibility HTVGA MONO HALF enables 32 KB one page HGC compatibil...

Page 53: ...uide for information on the search path DU COM is used like the DOS DIR command At the system prompt type DU and press ENTER This will display a list of all tiles in the current directory To stop the...

Page 54: ...any text mode It is used in place of the DOS CLS command which only clears the portion of the screen used by standard modes To use CLFt COM make the directory in which you installed the Utilities the...

Page 55: ...e system prompt type ESU and press ENTER You see the ESU menu Select the text or graphics mode you want from the list on the screen use the UP and DOWN arrow keys You can bypass the ESU menu and set t...

Page 56: ...to run ALTPARMEXE is a menu driven program that allows you to load a monitor specific parameter file custom ize the size and or position of the display and save it to a user defined parameter file and...

Page 57: ...ile lets you select the parameter file either custom or default that you want to modify Save Parameter File lets you save a customized parameter table The file is automatically saved with ALT as the e...

Page 58: ...which supports the VESA standard Follow these steps to use HTVESACOM 1 2 3 Make the Utilties sub directory the default directory If you have not installed the Utilities follow the directions earlier...

Page 59: ...e drivers allow the software to be displayed in extended graphics resolu tions more colors or extended text modes The following software VGA drivers are included AutoCAD and AutoShade Cadvance Lotus l...

Page 60: ...river to the correct direc tory follow these instructions 1 2 3 4 5 8 Run the SETUP program See Section 3 for instructions on running SETW Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight the software driv...

Page 61: ...he installation program lets you do the following Change the currently selected resolution of Auto CAD s graphics screen Modify the software interrupt vector used by AutoCAD to communicate with the AD...

Page 62: ...AutoCAD with the new driver you must set the configuration for the ADI General Display Driver This only needs to be done once because AutoCAD remembers the configuration Follow these steps to configu...

Page 63: ...ou want to modify The default is VGARELl 1 COM Press ENTER to accept the default Nob You may want to create several different ver sions of the driver to support different resolutions or colonx Copy th...

Page 64: ...colors in hexadecimal notation Installing Drivers for AutoCAD In Protected Mode Follow these steps to configure AutoCAD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 Start AutoCAD Select Configure AutoCAD from the main menu After...

Page 65: ...EN GSDRV GSOLD and press 0rrER Make the new driver the default For 800x600 resolution type REN GS800 DRV GS DRV and press ENTER For 1024x768 resolution type REN GS1024 DRV GS DRV and press ENTER Start...

Page 66: ...EMSETUP and press ENTER 10 Select Change Existing Configuration 11 Your current configuration is displayed Select Continue 12 Select Change Your Current Setup 13 Select the graphics card and display y...

Page 67: ...version 1 2 Follow these steps to install the l 2 3 and or Sym phony VGA drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Make sure you have used the SETUP program to copy the drivers to the l 2 3 and or Symphony sub direc...

Page 68: ...install the driver 1 2 3 4 install P CAD and choose IBM VGA as the display adapter Make sure you have used the SETUP program to copy the P CAD drivers to the PCAD Driver sub directory usually called P...

Page 69: ...AY DLL to DISPtAY OLD Type REN DISPLAY DLL DISPlAYOLD and press ENTER Next change the name of the new file to DISPLAY DLL Type COPY VGAxxxxDLL DISPlAY DLL and press E N T E R w h e r e VGAXXXXDLL is t...

Page 70: ...diskette into the diskette drive Make the diskette drive the default drive At the system prompt type VPINST_2 and press ENTER Follow the directions on the screen to install the driver Installing VGA D...

Page 71: ...olors VCADlKP EXE1024x768 by 16 color8 for VersaCAD 330 For example if you have loaded the VCADBOO driver for VersaCAD Design version 5 3 the batch tile would look like this CD VCAD53 VCAD600 VRUN 3 M...

Page 72: ...of the amount of video memory Installed then that choice appears grayed out Select the resolution you want Note If you choose a 1024x768 resolution you have the option to choose large or small fonts L...

Page 73: ...use the Option8 command to change the display resolution hook SO 778 O d81 V8rSiOnS Of mouse drivers may not work pfOp8rly in 8Xt8nd8d text 01 graphics modes causing th8 mouse pOint8f t0 disappear of...

Page 74: ...rections on the screen to exit the Setup menu Installing Graphics Text Drivers for WordPerfect 5 1 1 2 3 4 Make sure you have used the SETUP program to copy the WordPerfect 5 1 drivers to the WP51 sub...

Page 75: ...wing tables show the scan rate requirements for extended graphics modes in 512 KB and 1 MB video memory configurations 512KB and 1 MB Video RAM Configuration 752x410 by 16 colors 70 Hz 720x540 by 16 c...

Page 76: ...gonomic Refresh Rates The VGA controller is capable of displaying many resolutions with a refresh rate vertical scan rate of 72 Hz and can display some modes as high as 78 Hz These refresh rates elimi...

Page 77: ...2x43 by 16 colors I 72 Hz I 30 0 KHz 43 I 80x60 by 16 colors I 72 Hz I 39 4 KHz 44 I 100x60 by 16 colors I 72 Hz I 38 3 KHz 65 1 1024x768 by 16 colors I 70 Hz I 56 9 KHz 65 I 1024x766 by 16 colors I 7...

Page 78: ...eviations used in the table below ADFIxed Frequency Analog Display VFDVarlable Frequency Display IDInterlaced Display HVFHlgh Resolution VFD F 10 11 12 13 40 41 c pyrlght Q 1992 640x200 by 16 colors 6...

Page 79: ...y 16 colors VFD I Graphics I I I I 6 3 65 1024x768 by 2 colors 1024x768 by 16 colors ID ID Graphics Graphics 65 I 1024x768 by 16 colors I HVF I Graphics 66 I 640x400 by 256 colors I VFD AD I Graphics...

Search results

Summary of Contents for ML466

Reviews:

Related manuals for ML466

Brands by name

Popular brands

Mylex ML466, Installation And Operating Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for ML466

Reviews:

Related manuals for ML466

Brands by name

Popular brands