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GA - 586AL/S

USER'S MANUAL

PCI - ISA SOLUTION

PENTIUM

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PCI - ISA BUS MAINBOARD

REV. 2S First Edition

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Page 1: ...GA 586AL S USER S MANUAL PCI ISA SOLUTION PENTIUM PCI ISA BUS MAINBOARD REV 2S First Edition...

Page 2: ...ch may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein IBM PC AT PC XT are trademarks of International Business Machine Corporation PENTIUM is a tradem...

Page 3: ...ERENCE FOR JUMPERS CONNECTORS 12 3 4 DRAM INSTALLATION 14 3 5 SRAM INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP 15 3 6 CPU INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP 15 3 7 CMOS RTC ISA CFG CMOS SRAM 16 3 8 SPEAKER CONNECTOR I...

Page 4: ...4 11 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 33 4 12 HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT 33 4 13 SAVE EXIT SETUP 34 4 14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 35 4 15 KEYBOARD SETTING FUNCTION 35 5 AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION 36 5 1 I O BUS CONNECTOR PI...

Page 5: ...n and how to set up your CMOS CONFIGURATION with BIOS SETUP program 1 2 KEY FEATURES q Pentium based PC AT compatible mainboard with PCI ISA Bus q 3 Master Slave PCI Bus slots 4 ISA Bus slots q Suppor...

Page 6: ...0 CPU MHz 385 88 347 29 FPU MHz 1135 31 1021 707 SI V7 0 CPU 211 7 190 6 Byte V2 1 CPU AT Class 25 13 16 43 386 Class 9 22 6 23 FPU AT Class 135 17 121 65 386 Class 18 91 17 02 BenchMark V8 0 Process...

Page 7: ...ystems This price performance point has created a vast market potential for local bus products The main barrier to this market has been the lack of an accepted standard for local bus peripherals Many...

Page 8: ...or bandwidth constrained devices such as video multimedia mass storage and networking adapters PCI bus standard provides end users with a low cost extendible and portable local bus design which will a...

Page 9: ...SIMM module DRAM 2 160 MB DRAM size Support Fast Page DRAM access mode l CACHE MEMORY 16 KB cache memory included in Pentium 256 KB 512 KB 1 MB second cache memory on board Support Write Back cache fu...

Page 10: ...OS Licensed AWARD BIOS AT CMOS Setup BIOS Chipset Setup and Hard Disk Utility included l O S IDE DRIVER Operation with MS DOS WINDOWS NT OS 2 NOVELL and SCO UNIX 2 3 ENVIRONMENT l Ambient Temp 0 C to...

Page 11: ...i static mat Inspect the mainboard carton for obvious damage Shipping and handling may cause damage to your board Be sure there are no shipping and handling damages on the board before proceeding Afte...

Page 12: ...IMM MODULE 72 PIN SIMM MODULE SOCKET 4 Pentium JP3 12V Second Cache P5T P1 P3 BANK 2 72 PIN SIMM MODULE U25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 3 1 1 JP2 JP1 JP17 JP20 JP19 JP18 JP16 1 1 1 SIMM1 SIMM6...

Page 13: ...Turbo Switch Pin No Function Close For low speed Non cache Open For high speed t JP19 Turbo LED Connector Pin No Function 1 LED cathode 2 LED anode t JP20 Speaker Connector Pin No Function 1 VCC 2 NC...

Page 14: ...using 2 PCs which can match a 64 bits system The total memory size is 2 160 MB and various configuration of DRAM types in the following TABLE are available Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 2 Single Single bank SIMM...

Page 15: ...B x 8 Because there are not standard IC s coding number of SRAM refer to the following table to identify the SRAM component 16 K x 8 32 K x 8 64 K x 8 128 K x 8 AE88128AK 15 W24257AK 15 20 W24512AK 15...

Page 16: ...is used for keeping the information of ISA device system configuration so the system can automatically boot OS every time Due to the life time of RTC internal battery is 10 years the user can change a...

Page 17: ...ED connector should be installed to JP19 in correct direction 3 12 HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION The RESET switch on panel provides users with HARDWARE RESET function which is almost th...

Page 18: ...FF then ON or pressing the RESET bottom on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously press Ctrl Alt and Del keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not b...

Page 19: ...e possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc 4 4 THE MAIN MENU Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 4 1 will appear on the screen The M...

Page 20: ...ures PCI configuration setup This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI slots parameters Load setup defaults BIOS defaults indicates the most appropriate value of the system parameter whic...

Page 21: ...ECTORS 0 0 0 0 0 Base Memory Other Memory Expanded Memory Extended Memory Total Memory 7168 K 640 K 0 K 384 K 8192 K PU PD Modify F3 Taggle Calender Mon Feb 7 1994 10 45 38 Primary Secondary Master Sl...

Page 22: ...one SECTORS number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press Enter Drive A type Drive B type The category identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has bee...

Page 23: ...cally 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended...

Page 24: ...rd disk drive will halt the system and the following error message will appear in the mean time you run can anti virus program to locate the problem Default value is Enabled Enabled Activate automatic...

Page 25: ...sk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On On Keypad is number keys Off Keypad is arrow keys...

Page 26: ...ver it is optional from chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed The default value is Enabled Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CFFFF Shadow D000...

Page 27: ...Local Onboard PCI IDE chip Enable Enabled Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Parallel Mode Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Serial Port1 Onboard Serial Port2 378H COM1 COM2 Enabled L2 Cache Update Po...

Page 28: ...peration Non Local A memory space reserved for ISA bus it s address is from 15 MB to 16 MB and the space is 1 MB Onboard PCI IDE chip The default value is Enable Enabled Enable onboard PCI IDE Functio...

Page 29: ...o AUTO GA 410 NCR PCI SCSI SLOT1 1st Available IRQ 9 2nd Available IRQ 10 3rd Available IRQ 11 4th Available IRQ 12 5th Available IRQ 5 PCI IDE IRQ Map To ISA PCI VGA Fully 32bit Access Off PCI to CPU...

Page 30: ...ge The default value is Off Off Disable the function On Enable the system access the PCI VGA card always in 32bit data format access byte merged PCI VGA Fully 32bit Access byte merge The default value...

Page 31: ...EATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAU PASSWORD SETTING SAVE EXIT SETUP OUT SAVING ESC F10 Quit Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Select Item Chang Color Load SETUP Defaults Y...

Page 32: ...LEVEL FORMAT Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter The password typed now will clear and previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type...

Page 33: ...SIZE TYPE HARD DISKS MODE OPTION SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 1 Y 2 3 521 521 521 1060 530 530 16 32 32 65535 65535 0 1059 1059 1059 63 63 63 NORMAL LBA LARGE Type Y will accept the H D D...

Page 34: ...OS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAU PASSWORD SETTING SAVE EXIT SETUP OUT SAVING ESC F10 Quit Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Select Item Chang Color SAVE to...

Page 35: ...Saving Y N N Load SETUP Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS SRAM Type N will return to Setup U...

Page 36: ...A26 A27 A28 A30 D05 D07 D10 D13 D15 D02 D04 D08 D11 D14 D17 D01 D03 D06 D09 D12 D16 D18 C05 C07 C10 C13 C15 C02 C04 C08 C11 C14 C17 C01 C03 C06 C09 C12 C16 C18 SA19 SA18 SA17 SA16 SA15 SA14 SA13 SA12...

Page 37: ...8 A40 B43 B44 B45 B49 B46 B47 B42 B48 A42 A43 A44 A45 A49 A46 A47 A48 B53 B54 B61 B55 B59 B56 B57 B52 B58 B60 A52 A53 A54 A61 A55 A59 A56 A57 A58 A60 B62 A62 NC 12V NC NC VCC INTA INTC VCC NC VCC NC G...

Page 38: ...KEYBOARD interface controller 8042 070 07F RTC ports CMOS I O ports 080 09F DMA register 0A0 0BF INTERRUPT controller Slave 0C0 0DF DMA controller Slave 0F0 0FF MATH COPROCESSOR 1F0 1F8 HARD DISK cont...

Page 39: ...15 Available 5 5 RTC CMOS RAM MAP RTC CMOS 00 Seconds 01 Second alarm 02 Minutes 03 Minutes alarm 04 Hours 05 Hours alarm 06 Day of week 07 Day of month 08 Month 09 Year 0A Status register A 0B Statu...

Page 40: ...more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes message for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no l...

Page 41: ...atile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot This can indicate either the EISA non volatile memory has become corrupt or the slot has configured incorrectly Also be sure the...

Page 42: ...y to correctly program the memory F When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initial...

Page 43: ...OUND 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...

Page 44: ...dicated slot F 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 Conf...

Page 45: ...er to keep the memory from decaying This function assures that the memory refresh function is working properly 5 Blank video Initialize keyboard Keyboard controller initialization 6 Reserved 7 Test CM...

Page 46: ...Board 21 2F Enable Slots 1 15 Initialize slot 1 through 15 30 Size Base and Extended Memory Size base memory from 256 K to 640 K extended memory above 1 MB 31 Test Base and Extended Memory Test base...

Page 47: ...alize Option ROMs Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to EFFFFh F When FSCAN option is enabled will initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh 53 Initialize Time Value Initialize time value in 40h BI...

Page 48: ...1 MB 977 5 17 300 977 18 57 MB 977 7 17 65535 977 19 60 MB 1024 7 17 512 1023 20 30 MB 733 5 17 300 732 21 43 MB 733 7 17 300 732 22 30 MB 733 5 17 300 733 Seagate ST4038 23 10 MB 306 4 17 0 336 24 54...

Page 49: ...______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 49 44 69 MB 830 10 17 65535 830 Miniscribe 3650 RLL 45 114 MB 917 15 17 65535 918 Conner CP3104...

Page 50: ...q 2 q 4 q 8 q 16 q 32 MB DRAM Speed q 80 q 70 q 60 ns DRAM Total Size MB DRAM Brand SRAM Size q 64 KB q 128 KB q 256 KB q 512 KB SRAM Part No TAG DATA Video Card Video Chip or Brand Floppy Drive A Ca...

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