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Peak 555A User's Guide

Switches and Connectors

2-2

Figure 2-2 Jumper Positions

Jumper Setting Table (*: default setup)

DISK

ON Chip

SW1 1

OFF

Disable Doc

OFF

C8000

OFF

D0000

*OFF

*ON

D8000

E0000

BIOS Refresh SW1.4

* ON

Enabled

OFF

Disabled

SDFD1

Summary of Contents for Peak 555A

Page 1: ...Peak 555A Single Board Computer User s Guide All brand names are registered trademarks of their owners ...

Page 2: ...rietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer Trademarks Peak 555A is registered trademarks of Nexcom International Co Ltd IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Intel and Pentium are regi...

Page 3: ... 3 C h a n g e C P U 3 3 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 1 E n t e r i n g Setup 4 1 4 2 T h e M a i n Menu 4 4 4 3 S t a n d a r d C M O S Setup 4 7 4 4 B I O S F e a t u r e s Setup 4 11 4 5 C h i p s e t F e a t u r e s Setup 4 16 4 6 P o w e r M a n a g e m e n t Setup 4 21 4 7 P C I O n b o a r d I O setup 4 26 4 8 S y s t e m E n v i r o n m e n t 4 28 4 9 I n t e g r a t e d P e r i p h e r a ...

Page 4: ...3 4 1 2 P o w e r O n Boot 4 37 4 1 3 B I O S R e f e r e n c e P O S T M e s s a g e 4 3 8 4 14 BIOS Reference POST Code 4 43 4 15 BIOS Default Drive Table 4 49 Appendix 1 Watch Dog Timer Appendix 2 Memory Mapping ...

Page 5: ...ctors describes the definitions and positions of Jumpers and Connectors that you may easily configure and set up per your requirement Chapter 3 Capability Expanding describes how to change or expand the CPU Board by changing the system memory cache memory and CPU to get more power out from the CPU board Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup describes how to use the advanced PCI Green BIOS to control almost e...

Page 6: ...so supported The CPU support up to 400MHz very high performance moreover think to its advanced design the Peak 555A also supports Intel low power CPU up to 266 MHz It could run without and cooling fan Memory support up to 512 KB 1MB pipeline burst cache and 512 MB SDRAM This generates great computing power The Winbond integrates the floppy controller two serial ports one parallel ports as well as ...

Page 7: ...Peak 555A User s Guide Specifications 1 2 adapted AIC 7880 the Ultra wide SCSI module It s easy to design another module if necessary ...

Page 8: ...bnormally slow the buzzer will beep as alarm The Peak s unique offering the ISAMAX is the standard feature of the Peak 555A and supporting up to 20 PCs of ISA add on cards without any problems A 4pin power connector is severed on the advanced power regular module for standalone application The Peak 555A already integrates lot of features on hand It s actually complete enough for most of the normal...

Page 9: ...Hz low power CPU supported Other compatible socket 7 CPU AMDK6 Cyrix 6x 86MX support up to 400 MHz 66 100 MHz external clocks Cache memory 512KB 1MB Level 2 cache standard Pipeline Burst SRAM Main memory 64Mb SDRAM support 8 MB up to 512MB MAX 168pin DIMM socket x 2 BIOS Award System BIOS with PC 97 support 2M bit flash ROM SIS VGA BIOS Adaptec SCSI BIOS Chipset SIS 530 5595 PCI chip set 66 100 MH...

Page 10: ...se TX support full Duplex Complied with PCI V2 1 IEEE 802 3 IEEE 802 3U Driver support windows95 98 windows NT 4 0 5 0 Netware SCO Open Server 5 0 RJ45 x1 On Board I O Winbound 83977 Super I O ON BOARD SIO x2 with 2x 16C550 UARTs 9 pin D type x1 10 Pin connector x1 PIO x1 Bi directional EPP ECP support 20 Pin x1 Floppy Disk controller 5 4 1 360K 1 2MB 3 1 2 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB support 26 Pin ...

Page 11: ...y size up to 144MB single chip Drivers support DOS Windows Win 95 and NT Bootable System monitor feature Four voltage values For 5v 12v 3 3v and Vcore One Fan speed For CPU One temperature Watchdog Timer 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 second time out interval Dimensions Dimensions 185mm D x 122mm W Power requirements 5v 10A Max 12v 1mA Max Environments Operating temperatures 0 C to 60 C Storage temperatures 20 ...

Page 12: ...1 Printer and SIO cable x 1 FDC cable x 1 IDE cable x 1 5 pin to 5 pin keyboard cable x 1 for DIN keyboard connector SiS VGA driver diskette x 1 Win95 Win NT 3 5 Win NT 4 0 LAN driver diskette x 1 Y cable for Keyboard and Mouse SCSI driver diskette x 3 for PEAK 555A only Wide SCSI Cable x 1 for PEAK 555A only If any of these items is missed or damaged please contact your vendor for what you want ...

Page 13: ...re to locate the positions of jumpers and connectors 2 1 Jumpers Jumper on the CPU board are used to select options for certain features To select any option cover the jumper cap over short or remove it from open the jumper pins according to the follows instructions see figure 2 1 2 2 for jumper positions Figure 2 1 Jumper Positions ...

Page 14: ...nd Connectors 2 2 Figure 2 2 Jumper Positions Jumper Setting Table default setup DISK ON Chip SW1 1 2 3 X X OFF Disable Doc OFF ON ON C8000 OFF ON ON D0000 ON OFF ON D8000 ON ON ON E0000 BIOS Refresh SW1 4 ON Enabled OFF Disabled SDFD1 ...

Page 15: ...ON ON ON 66 70 66 70 33 35 OFF ON ON OFF 75 00 75 00 30 00 OFF ON OFF ON 83 30 83 30 33 30 OFF ON OFF OFF 95 00 95 00 31 66 OFF OFF ON ON 100 00 100 00 33 33 OFF OFF ON OFF 112 00 112 00 37 33 OFF OFF OFF ON 124 00 124 00 31 00 OFF OFF OFF OFF 133 30 133 30 33 33 CPU V I O S2 5 ON 3 3 OFF 2 5 when used Intel Low power CPU S1 1 Integrated VGA Function OFF Enabled ON Disabled S1 2 Slow Decoding OFF ...

Page 16: ...4 0X S3 for AMD CPU S3 1 S3 2 S3 3 S3 4 S3 5 S3 6 S3 7 S3 8 Core Bu s Ratio X X ON OFF ON OFF OFF ON 2X X X ON OFF OFF ON OFF ON 2 5X X X ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF 3X X X ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF 3 5X X X OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON 4X X X OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON 4 5X X X OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF 5X X X OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF 5 5X S3 for Rise CPU S3 1 S3 2 S3 3 S3 4 S3 5 S3 6 S3 7 S3 8 Core Bu s Ratio ON OFF X X ON OFF ON...

Page 17: ...r IDE2 Secondary IDE connector J13 FDC Connector J9 Printer Connector J11 Com2 Connector 2 VGA 1 VGA Connector USB 1 USB Connector J14 Com1 Connector 1 PS2 PS 2 Mini DIN KBD Mouse Connector J12 5 Pins KBD Connector JP1 2 Pins HDD LED JP3 2 Pins RTC Clear Connector SDFD1 TFT LCD connector CN1 NEXCOM PCI connector RJ1 Lan RJ 45 connector J2 IR connector JP2 Reset Switch J1 GPIO connector J3 J5 Power...

Page 18: ...ors 2 6 Pin definitions of connectors J10 Key lock PIN No Description 1 5V 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Key lock 5 Ground J4 Speaker PIN No Description 1 Speaker signal 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 5V JP2 Reset Switch PIN No Description 1 External Reset 2 Ground ...

Page 19: ... Data 11 11 Data 3 12 Data 12 13 Data 2 14 Data 13 15 Data 1 16 Data 14 17 Data 0 18 Data 15 19 Ground 20 N C 21 DMA REQ 22 Ground 23 IOW 24 Ground 25 IOR 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 N C 29 DMA ACK 30 Ground 31 Interrupt 32 N C 33 SA1 34 N C 35 SA0 36 SA2 37 HDC CS0 38 HDC CS1 39 HDD Active 40 Ground RJ1 Lan connector RJ 45 PIN No Description 1 TXO 2 TXO 3 RXI 4 75 Ω GND 5 75 Ω GND 6 RXI 7 75 Ω GND 8 ...

Page 20: ...ound 18 Direction 19 Ground 20 Step 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 0 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 N C 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Head Side Select 33 N C 34 Disk Change J9 Parallel Port Connector PIN No Description PIN No Description 1 Strobe 2 Data 0 3 Data 1 4 Data 2 5 Data 3 6 Data 4 7 Data 5 8 Data 6 9 Data 7 10 Acknowledge 11 Busy 12 Paper Empty 13 Printer S...

Page 21: ... Transmit Data TXD 4 Data Terminal Ready DTR 5 Ground GND 6 Data Set Ready DSR 7 Request to Send RTS 8 Clear to Send CTS 9 Ring Indicator RI VGA1 VGA Connector PIN No Description 1 RED 2 Green 3 Blue 4 NC 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 5V 10 GND 11 NC 12 Display data channel data 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 15 Display Data Channel Clock USB1 USB Connector PIN No Description 1 VCC 2 SBD1 3 SBD1 ...

Page 22: ...ata J12 Keyboard Connector PIN No Description 1 Keyboard Clock 2 Keyboard Data 3 N C 4 Ground 5 5V JP1 IDE LED Connector PIN No Description 1 2 J11 Serial Port Connector 2 5 pin 2 54mm connector PIN No Description 1 Data Carrier Detect DCD 2 Receive Data RXD 3 Transmit Data TXD 4 Data Terminal Ready DTR 5 Ground GND 6 Data Set Ready DSR 7 Request to Send RTS 8 Clear to Send CTS 9 Ring Indicator RI...

Page 23: ...d 16 21 5V 22 Data 18 23 Data 17 24 Data 20 25 Data 19 26 Data 22 27 Data 21 28 Data 24 29 Data 23 30 Ground 31 5V 32 Data 26 33 Data 25 34 Data 28 35 Data 27 36 Data 30 37 Data 29 38 Data 32 39 Data 31 40 Ground 41 5V 42 CB E0 43 CB E1 44 CB E2 45 CB E3 46 PAR 47 FRAME 48 TRDY 49 IRDY 50 Ground 51 5V 52 STOP 53 DEVSEL 54 PERR 55 SERR 56 REQ 0 57 GNT 0 58 REQ 2 59 GNT 2 60 Ground 61 PCI CLOCK 62 P...

Page 24: ...ak 555A User s Guide Switches and Connectors 2 12 J2 IR Pin No Description 1 VCC 2 IRRXH FAST IR 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX Figure 2 3 Power Module J4 J4 Power Connector J2 FAN S1 J3 J4 Power Connector J2 FAN J3 ...

Page 25: ...FF ON OFF OFF OFF 3 2V OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF 3 3V OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF 45V OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON V I O S1 7 3 3V OFF 3 45V ON CPU VIO S1 8 S1 9 3 45V OFF OFF 3 3V ON OFF 2 5V OFF ON Standby Power S1 10 On When AT power Off When ATX power J2 FAN Power 1 12V 2 FAN sensor 3 GND J4 5V Power input 1 5V 2 5V 3 GND 4 GND J3 Standby By Power input ATX power control pin 1 SB 5V 2 Power on 3 GND ...

Page 26: ...Peak 555A User s Guide Switches and Connectors 2 14 SW1 1 SCSI Terminator SW1 2 8 16Bit SCSI ON Enabled ON 16 OFF Disabled OFF 8 SCSI 68 Pin Connector SW1 AIC 78809 U1 Figure 2 4 SCSI Connector ...

Page 27: ... Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground 23 Ground 24 Ground 25 Ground 26 Ground 27 Ground 28 Ground 29 Ground 30 Ground 31 Ground 32 Ground 33 Ground 34 Ground 35 SCD 12 36 SCD 13 37 SCD 14 38 SCD 15 39 SCDP1 40 SCD 0 41 SCD 1 42 SCD 2 43 SCD 3 44 SCD 4 45 SCD 5 46 SCD 6 47 SCD 7 48 SCDP0 49 Ground 50 Ground 51 TRMPWER 52 TRMPWER 53 NC 54 Ground 55 SATN 56 Ground 57 SBSY 58 SACK 59 SRST 60 SMSG 61 SSEL 62 SCD...

Page 28: ... s Dual In line Memory Modules on the CPU board The CPU board contains two memory banks corresponding to connector DIMM1 and DIMM2 The table below shows possible DIMM configurations for the memory banks and the figure helps you correctly install the DIMM modules See Figure 3 2 for memory bank s location DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Total Memory 16MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 32MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 64M...

Page 29: ...ide Capability Expanding 3 2 The DIMM used SDRAM memory Please be noted that if the 100MHz CPU external lock is turned on the memory should be SDRAM only and PC 100 complied Figure 3 2 Memory Banks DIMM Bank 1 DIMM Bank 0 ...

Page 30: ...y you have to use some tools to pull the CPU out from the socket To put on a new CPU please place the new CPU on the middle of the socket orienting its beveled corner to line up with the socket s beveled corner Make sure the pins of the CPU fit evenly to the socket openings then press the CPU until all the pins fit into the socket Be sure to re arrange the DIP switch setting for the correct clock ...

Page 31: ...below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press Del key or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt and Esc keys TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL KEY If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You m...

Page 32: ...hanges PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 key General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Shift F2 key Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select color forward Shift F2 to select color backward F3 key Reserved F4 key Reserved F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 key Load the default CMOS value from B...

Page 33: ...he highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press F1 or Esc ...

Page 34: ...functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS setup This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS See Page 4 7 to Page 4 10 for details BIOS features setup This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features See Page 4 11 to Page 4 15 for details ...

Page 35: ...ppropriate value of the system parameter which the system would be in minimum performance The OEM manufacturer may change the defaults through MODBIN before the binary image burn into the ROM Load setup defaults Chipset defaults indicates the values required by the system for the maximum performance The OEM manufacturer may change to defaults through MODBIN before the binary image burn into the RO...

Page 36: ...BIOS Setup 4 6 IDE HDD auto detection Automatically configure hard disk parameters See Page 4 34 Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit without saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup ...

Page 37: ...KS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master AUTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Primary Slave AUTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Master AUTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Slave AUTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Base Memory 640K LCD CRT Auto Extended Memory 60416K Halt On All But keyboard Other Memory 380K Total Memory 61440K ESC Quit Select Item...

Page 38: ...the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually If you select Type User related information is asked to be entered to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press Enter This information should b...

Page 39: ...city Video The category selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must match your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup You have two ways to boot up the system 1 When VGA as primary and monochrome as secondary the selection of the video tape is VGA Mode 2 When monochrome as primary and VGA as ...

Page 40: ...h is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extende...

Page 41: ...ssage will appear in the mean time you can run an anti virus program to locate the problem WARNING Disk boot sector is to be modified Type Y to accept write or N to abort write Award Software Inc Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message to ap...

Page 42: ...ms during POST Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST Boot Sequence This category determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system i e DOS Default value is A C C A System will first search for hard disk drive then floppy disk drive A C System will first search for floppy disk drive then hard disk drive Note This function is only available for IDE type For SCSI t...

Page 43: ...d typematic delay programming Disabled Disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming The system BIOS will use default value of this 2 items and the default is controlled by keyboard Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 6 characters per second 8 8 characters per second 10 10 characters per second 12 12 characters per second 15 15 characters per second 20 20 characters per second 24 24 characters per...

Page 44: ...nter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PCI VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled When PCI VGA working with MPEG ISA VESA VGA Card Disable d When PCI VGA not working with MPEG ISA VESA VGA Card OS Select for DRAM 64MB This segment is specifically created for OS...

Page 45: ...Peak 555A User s Guide BIOS Setup 4 15 Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled ...

Page 46: ...OM on PCI BIOS BIOS will automatically enable the shadow RAM User does not have to select the item 2 IDE second channel control Enable enable secondary IDE port and BIOS will assign IRQ15 for this port Disable disable secondary IDE port and IRQ15 is available for other device The item is optional only for PCI BIOS 3 Some of the sound cards have an onboard CD ROM controller which uses IDE Secondary...

Page 47: ...Hole at 15M 16M Disabled RAS Precharge Time 3T PCI Post Write Buffer Disabled RAS to CAS Delay 3T PCI Delayed Transaction Disabled ISA Bus Clock Frequency PCICLK 4 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Disabled Starting Point of Paging 1T Spread Spectrum Disabled NA Enable Disabled L2 Cache Burst RD Cycle Enabled Asyn Sync Mode CPU DRAM Asynchronous SDRAM CAS Latency 2T SDRAM WR Retire Rate x 1 1 1 DRAM Opt RA...

Page 48: ...ifferent DRAM EDO FPM Burst read and write requests are generated by the CPU in four separate parts The first part provides the location within the DRAM where the read or write is to take place while the remaining three parts provide the actual data The lower the timing numbers the faster the system will address memory x222 x333 Read DRAM EDO FPM timings are 2 2 2 3 3 3 x333 x444 Default Read DRAM...

Page 49: ...e between the Row Address Strobe RAS to Column Address Strobe CAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed 2 The timing delay 3 Default The timing delay DRAM Enhanced Paging This item allows you to determine whether to keep the page open until a page row miss or use additional information to keep the DRAM page open when host may be right back The Choice Enabled Default Di...

Page 50: ... received by the DRAM controller When it is enabled the controller will issue the read command slightly before it has finished determining the address The Choice Enabled Disabled Default System BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Enabled...

Page 51: ...ime This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16 bit I O Choices are NA 1 2 Default 3 4 CPU clocks Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB Enabled Memory hole supported Disabled Default Memory hole not supported CPU Warning Temperature When the tem...

Page 52: ...Peak 555A User s Guide BIOS Setup 4 22 ...

Page 53: ...nagement setup will appear on your screen like this Power Management This category determines how much power consumption for system after selecting below items Default value is Disable The following pages tell you the options of each item describe the meanings of each options ...

Page 54: ...n off the screen 2 Suspend Off Screen off when system is in SUSPEND mode 3 Susp stby Off Screen off when system is in STANDBY or SUSPEND mode B Video Off Option 4 All Modes Off Screen off when system is in DOZE STANDBY or SUSPEND mode C Video Off Method 1 Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blanks off the screen when disabling video 2 V H SYN C Blank In addition to 1 BIOS will also turn off the...

Page 55: ...speed div by 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 System full speed could be divided by the optional integers the bigger the number the slower the speed under Doze or standby mode F Modem Use IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 4 10 11 NA For external modem 3 or 4 will be used for card type modem It is up to card definition Default is 3 G Standby Mode Remark 1 1 Disable System will never enter STANDBY mode 2 10 sec 1 Min 10...

Page 56: ... depend on E I Suspend Mode Remark 1 1 Disable System will never enter SUSPEND mode 2 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hr Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering SUSPEND mode if any item defined in J is enabled active SUSPEND timer will be reloaded Note Normally SUSPEND mode puts the system into low speed or 8 MHz clock is stopped screen may be off de...

Page 57: ...Enabled L Power Bottom Over Ride 1 Delay 4 Sec 2 Instant off Remark 1 All items mark with in this menu will be loaded with predefined values as long as the item Power Management is not configured to User Defined These items are Item System Doze System Standby System Suspend Remark 2 Although the item HDD Power Down is not controlled by item Power Management in terms of timer value the HDD s will n...

Page 58: ...cial components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings ROM PCI ISA BIOS Peak 555 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Resources Controlled By Auto PCI IRQ Actived By Level Reset Configuration Data Disabled Onboard PCI SCSI Enabled Used MEM base addr N A ESC Quit Select Item F1 Hel...

Page 59: ...ows you to determine reset the configuration data or not Choices are Enabled and Disabled default IRQ DMA Assigned To This item allows you to determine the IRQ DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot Legacy ISA or PnP for both ISA and PCI Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP PCI IRQ Activated by This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is ...

Page 60: ... ENVIRONMENT AWARD SOFTWARE INC Current CPU Temperature Current CPU FAN Speed DRPM In 0 v 5 08V In 2 v 2 80V ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults System Environment show only In 0 12V In 1 5V In 2 VI O In 3 Vcore ...

Page 61: ...Mode Enabled Init Display First AGP IDE Data Port Post Write Disabled VGA Shared Memory Size 4 MB IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled VGA Memory Clock 66 KBC input clock 8 MHz Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 ESC Quit Select Item Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 F1 Help PU PD Modify Onboard IR Controller Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup De...

Page 62: ...ry PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled Default to activate each channel separately Onboard PCI SCSI Chip This item allows you to determine whether onboard PCI SCSI chip is enabled Default or not USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyb...

Page 63: ...e active of RxD TxD Choices are Hi Hi Lo Lo Lo Hi Hi Lo Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port The choice 378H IRQ7 Default 278H IRQ5 3BCH IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel port Select Compatible or Extended unless you are certain both your hardware and software support EPP or...

Page 64: ...bort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an una...

Page 65: ...ORMAL LBA LARGE if HDD does not support LBA modes no LBA option will be shown Users can select a mode which is appropriate for them ROM PCI ISA BOPS 2XXXXXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC II Standard CMOS Setup CYLS Heads Precom p Landzon e Sector Mode Primary Master User 516MB 1120 16 65535 1119 59 Norma l Primary Slave None 203MB 684 16 65535 685 38 Select Primary Master Option N Skip N ...

Page 66: ...ad sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024 16 63 no Cyclinder 1024 x no Head 16 x no Sector 63 x no per sector 512 528 Megabytes If user set his HDD to NORMAL mode the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that LBA Logical Block Addressing mode A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck The number of cylinders heads sec...

Page 67: ...n some cases user do not want LBA The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of HDD Example of LARGE mode CYLS HEADS SECTOR MODE 1120 16 59 NORMAL 560 32 59 LARGE BIOS tricks DOS or other OS that the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2 At the same time the number of heads is multiplied by 2 A reverse transformation process will be made inside INT13h in...

Page 68: ...LARGE mode of HDDs there must be some softwares involved All these softwares are located in the Award HDD Service Routine INT 13h It may be failed to access a HDD with LBA LARGE mode selected if you are running under a Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h ...

Page 69: ...system cannot boot with the CMOS values selected in Setup restart the system by turning it OFF then ON or Pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously press Ctrl Alt and Delete keys Upon restart the system immediately press Insert to load BIOS default CMOS value for boot up ...

Page 70: ...r has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no long...

Page 71: ...dicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Since last powering off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type EISA Configuration C...

Page 72: ...ive selection in Setup is set to NONE Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt Re run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility...

Page 73: ...g with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip OFFENDING ADDRESS NOT FOUND This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated OFFENDING SEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has ...

Page 74: ...D request or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Slot Not Empty Indicates that a slot designated as empty by the EISA Configuration Utility actually contains a board NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configura...

Page 75: ...ompressed codes into temporary DRAM area including the compressed System BIOS Option ROMs C5 Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000 FFFFF shadow RAM so that POST will go faster 01 02 Reserved 03 Initialize EISA registers EISA BIOS only 04 Reserved 05 1 Keyboard Controller Self Test 2 Enable Keyboard Interface 06 Reserved 07 Verifies CMOS s basic R W functionality BE Program defaults values into chipset...

Page 76: ...s includes DMA controller 8237 Programmable Interrupt Controller 8259 Programmable Interval Timer 8254 RTC chip C1 Auto detection of onboard DRAM Cache C3 Checking checksum of compressed code C5 Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000 FFFFF shadow RAM so that POST will go faster 01 Clear base memory 0 640K 0C Initial interrupt vector 00 1FH 0D Initial ISA VGA 41H Enable FDD and detect media type FFH Boo...

Page 77: ...CMOS s basic R W functionality BE Program defaults values into chipset according to the MODBINable Chipset Default Table C1 Auto detection of onboard DRAM Cache C5 Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000 FFFFF shadow RAM so that POST will go faster 08 Test the first 256K DRAM 09 1 Program the configuration register of Cyrix CPU according to the MODBINable Cyrix Register Table 2 OEM specific cache initia...

Page 78: ...A EGA VGA If no display device found the speaker will beep which consists of one single long beep followed by two short beeps 0E 1 Initialize the APIC Multi Processor BIOS only 2 Test video RAM If Monochrome display device found 3 Show messages including Award Logo Copyright string BIOS Date code Part No OEM specific sign on messages Energy Star Logo Green BIOS ONLY CPU brand type speed Test syste...

Page 79: ...Peak 555A User s Guide BIOS Setup 4 49 31 1 Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K 2 Test Extended Memory from 1M to the top of memory ...

Page 80: ...g Play BIOS Extension message PnP BIOS only 2 Program all onboard super I O chips if any including COM ports LPT ports FDD port according to setup value 33 3B Reserved 3C Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility 3D 1 Initialize Keyboard 2 Install PS2 mouse ...

Page 81: ...f there is any error detected such as video kb show all the error messages on the screen wait for user to press F1 key 4F 1 If password is needed ask for password 2 Clear the Energy Star Logo Green BIOS only 50 Write all CMOS values currently in the BIOS stack area back into the CMOS 51 Reserved 52 1 Initialize all ISA ROMs 2 Later PCI initializations PCI BIOS only assign IRQ to PCI devices initia...

Page 82: ...ST4026 3 30 615 6 17 300 615 4 62 940 8 17 512 940 5 46 940 6 17 512 940 6 20 615 4 17 None 615 Seagate ST125 Tandon TM262 7 30 462 8 17 256 511 8 30 733 5 17 None 733 Tandon TM 703 9 112 900 15 17 None 901 10 20 820 3 17 None 820 11 35 855 5 17 None 855 12 49 855 7 17 None 855 13 20 306 8 17 128 319 Disctron 526 MMI M125 14 42 733 7 17 None 733 15 Reserved 16 20 612 4 17 0 663 Microscien ce HH725...

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Page 84: ... None 1023 Maxtor 1170 32 69 1024 9 17 None 926 CDC 9415 33 85 1024 10 17 None 1023 34 102 1024 12 17 None 1023 35 110 1024 13 17 None 1023 36 119 1024 14 17 None 1023 37 17 1024 2 17 None 1023 38 136 1024 16 17 None 1023 39 114 918 15 17 None 1023 Maxtor 1140 4380 40 40 820 6 17 None 820 Seagate ST251 41 42 1024 5 17 None 1023 Seagate 4053 Miniscribe 3053 6053 42 65 1024 5 26 None 1023 Miniscribe...

Page 85: ...Peak 555A User s Guide BIOS Setup 4 55 User ...

Page 86: ...abled for user s programming WDT Time out active for Reset Default at Reset NMI WDT Active Time 1 sec 2 sec 4 sec 8 sec 16 sec 32 sec 64 sec Default at 64sec You can program INDEX 7D in the CMOS RAM to read or change the set up information Example Read index 7D in the CMOS RAM MOV DX 70 MOV AL 7D OUT DX AL MOV DX 71 IN AL DX Write to index 7D in the CMOS RAM MOV DX 70 MOV AL 7D OUT DX AL MOV DX 71...

Page 87: ...Select 2 second 100 Select 4 second 011 Select 8 second 010 Select 16 second 001 Select 32 second 000 Select 64 second Watch dog Timer Programming Procedure Power on or reset the system The values of D4 D0 in port F2 are zero i e the watch dog timer is disabled Clear the WDT repeatedly read port F2 with the duration no longer than the preset time out interval otherwise the WDT will generate NMI or...

Page 88: ...tervals of WDT decide the values of D2 D1 D0 in F2 if you reset the system i e D2 D0 0 the time out interval will be 64 sec Select NMI or CPU reset decide D4 value in F2 or F6 if you just reset the system i e D4 0 then it s CPU reset Enable or disable WDT decide D3 value in F2 if you reset the system i e D3 0 it s disable You should build in a mechanism in the program to always read F2 to clear WD...

Page 89: ...NMI d Enable WDT e Clear WDT f Disable WDT a Set RTC to generate WDT timer source SQW to generate 0 5 sec duty cycle timer source MOV AL 0A Set RTC output signal SQW to generate 0 5 sec cycling timer MOV DX 070 OUT DX AL MOV AL 2F MOV DX 071 OUT DX AL MOV AL 0B Enable SQW signal pin active MOV DX 070 OUT DX AL MOV AL 0A MOV DX 071 OUT DX AL ...

Page 90: ...WDT for NMI or reset select NMI MOV DX 70 MOV AL 7D OUT DX AL MOV DX 71 IN AL DX OR AL 10 MOV DX 0F2 OUT DX AL MOV BL AL MOV DX 70 MOV AL 7D OUT DX AL MOV DX 71 MOV AL BL OUT DX AL d Enable WDT MOV DX 70 MOV AL 7D OUT DX AL MOV DX 71 IN AL DX OR AL 08 MOV DX 0F2 OUT DX AL MOV BL AL MOV DX 70 MOV AL 7D OUT DX AL MOV DX 71 MOV AL BL OUT DX AL ...

Page 91: ...70 MOV AL 7D OUT DX AL MOV DX 71 IN AL DX AND AL 0F7 OUT DX AL MOV BL AL MOV DX 70 MOV AL 7D OUT DX AL MOV DX 71 MOV AL BL OUT DX AL You can also combine programming procedure b c d with same subroutine for example set WDT 1 sec select NMI and go to enable WDT The instruction as followings MOV AL 01E Directly write to port F2 to set WDT 1 sec select NMI and Enable WDT MOV DX 0F2 OUT DX AL MOV DX 7...

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