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GA - 586IP

USER'S MANUAL

PCI - ISA SOLUTION

PENTIUM

 PCI - ISA BUS MAINBOARD

REV. 2 First Edition

Summary of Contents for GA - 586IP

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

Page 2: ...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 trademark of Intel Corporation AWARD is...

Page 3: ...RENCE FOR JUMPERS CONNECTORS 12 3 4 DRAM INSTALLATION 14 3 5 SRAM INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP 16 3 6 CPU INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP 16 3 7 CMOS RTC ISA CFG CMOS SRAM 17 3 8 SPEAKER CONNECTOR IN...

Page 4: ...RD SETTING 36 4 11 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 37 4 12 SAVE EXIT SETUP 38 4 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 38 4 14 KEYBOARD SETTING FUNCTION 39 5 AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION 40 5 1 I O BUS CONNECTOR PIN OUT 40 5 1 1...

Page 5: ...otherboard for operation 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 4 Master Slave PCI Bus slots 4...

Page 6: ...re configuration will result in different benchmark testing results l CPU Pentium 100 90 MHz l DRAM 16 MB 70 ns l CACHE SIZE 256 KB l DISPLAY GA 306 PCI VGA l STORAGE GA 410 PCI Bus SCSI l O S MS DOS...

Page 7: ...et potential for local bus products The main barrier to this market has been the lack of an accepted standard for local bus peripherals Many mainboard and chipset manufactures developed their own loca...

Page 8: ...standard provides end users with a low cost extendible and portable local bus design which will allow system and peripherals from different manufactures to work together 1 6 FEATURES q 32 bits bus tra...

Page 9: ...n board Use 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 MB 70 ns SIMM module DRAM 2 512 MB DRAM size Support Fast Page DRAM access mode l CACHE MEMORY 16 KB cache memory included in Pentium 256 512 KB second cache memory on...

Page 10: ...___ _____________________________________________________________10 2 3 ENVIRONMENT l Ambient Temp 0 C to 50 C Operating l Relative Hum 0 to 85 Operating l Altitude 0 to 10 000 feet Operating l Vibrat...

Page 11: ...ious damage Shipping and handling may cause damage to your board Be sure there are no shipping and handling damages on the board before proceeding After opening the mainboard carton extract the system...

Page 12: ...Y1 CPU J6 66 MHz 60 MHz J19 BANK 0 BANK 1 72 PIN SIMM MODULE 72 PIN SIMM MODULE 1 1 1 J14 J12 J13 J9 LBX LBX 82433 82433 PCMC SIO SOCKET 5 Pentium J8 J21 12V 82434 82378 Second Cache 32K8 x 8 J15 256K...

Page 13: ...ect to ISA IRQ 14 or IRQ 5 J5 Closed for Enable PCI INT C connect to ISA IRQ 11 or IRQ 12 J6 Closed for Enable PCI INT B connect to ISA IRQ 10 or IRQ 15 J7 Closed for Enable PCI INT A connect to ISA I...

Page 14: ...z system speed CPU at 100 MHz 2 3 Close for 60 MHz system speed CPU at 90 MHz t J21 CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector Pin No Function 1 12V 2 GND 3 4 DRAM INSTALLATION The mainboard can be installed wit...

Page 15: ...MB x 2 8 MB x 2 8 MB x 2 64 MB 32 MB x 2 None None 64 MB 16 MB x 2 16 MB x 2 None 64 MB 16 MB x 2 8 MB x 2 8 MB x 2 96 MB 32 MB x 2 16 MB x 2 None 96 MB 32 MB x 2 8 MB x 2 8 MB x 2 96 MB 16 MB x 2 16...

Page 16: ...ify the SRAM component 32 K x 8 64 K x 8 128 K x 8 W24257AK 15 W24512AK 15 W241024AK 15 UM61256 15 AS7C512 15 AS7C1024 15 71256 15 3 6 CPU INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP The system s speed depends on...

Page 17: ...new RTC to replace old one after it can not work The new one s brand and type must be same with old one 3 8 SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION There is always a speaker in AT system for sound purpose The...

Page 18: ...CTOR INSTALLATION The RESET switch on panel provides users with HARDWARE RESET function which is almost the same as power on off The system will do a cold start after the RESET switch is pushed and re...

Page 19: ...tup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF 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...

Page 20: ...ription of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen 4 3 2 Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropr...

Page 21: ...UT SAVING ESC F10 Quit Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Select Item Chang Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS setup This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS BIOS features...

Page 22: ...HDD auto detection Automatically configure hard disk parameter Save exit setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit without save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 4 5 STANDA...

Page 23: ...LS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS 306 4 128 305 17 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...

Page 24: ...vided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer CYLS number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precom LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS number of sectors If...

Page 25: ...Memory The category is display only which 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 t...

Page 26: ...________________________________26 This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space This is memory that can be used for different applications DOS uses this area to load device dri...

Page 27: ...sabled Disabled Disabled ESC F1 F5 F6 F7 Load Setup Defaults Quit Help Old Values Load BIOS Defaults PU PD Shift F2 Modify Color Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Virus Warni...

Page 28: ...oot Sequence This category determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system i e DOS Default value is A C A C System will first search for floppy disk drive then hard disk d...

Page 29: ...and Setup or just to Setup The default value is Setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boo...

Page 30: ..._____________________________________________________30 C8000 CFFFF Shadow D0000 DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte The default value are Di...

Page 31: ...ble Memory Hole Start Address Memory Hole Size NCR 810 SCSI Controller Enabled Enabled 0 Wait Enabled Enabled 15 MB Disabled ESC F1 F5 F6 F7 Load Setup Defaults Quit Help Old Values Load BIOS Defaults...

Page 32: ...e The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable Video BIOS shadowed cacheable Disabled Video BIOS shadowed only Using ET4000 W32P PCI VGA The default value is NO YES Using ET4000 W32P PCI VGA enhanced m...

Page 33: ...CI SLOT CONFIGURATION ROM ISA BIOS PCI SLOT CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC Select Item ESC F1 F5 F6 F7 Load Setup Defaults Quit Help Old Values Load BIOS Defaults PU PD Shift F2 Modify Color NCR Usi...

Page 34: ...ULTS ROM ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP PCI SLOT CONFIGUR LOAD SETUP DEFAU PASSWORD SETTING IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE E...

Page 35: ...w will clear the previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not en...

Page 36: ...________________________________36 ROM ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC ESC CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS Drive C 202 Mb 989 12 65535 989 35 Do you accept this drive C Y N N Skip Ty...

Page 37: ...g Color SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N N Save Data to CMOS Exit SETUP Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS SRAM Type N will return to Setup Utility 4 13 EXIT WITHOUT...

Page 38: ...there are some special functions used by keyboard as follows CTRL_ALT_DEL Pressing these keys simultaneously will cause system to Warm Start Software Reset CTRL_ALT_ Pressing these keys simultaneously...

Page 39: ...A25 A29 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 S...

Page 40: ...4 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 GND GND NC NC...

Page 41: ...060 06F 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 D...

Page 42: ...ATH coprocessor 14 HARD DISK adapter 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 0...

Page 43: ..._______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 43 32 DATE CENTURY byte 33 INFORMATION FLAG 34 3F Reserve 40 7f Reserve...

Page 44: ...p code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps l ERROR MESSAGE Once or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list include...

Page 45: ...the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type EISAConfigurationChecksumError PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non volatile RAM ch...

Page 46: ...LEASE 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 p...

Page 47: ...ing a value already written to memory Use the location along 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 C...

Page 48: ...aveEISABoardButNotFound PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board installed is not responding to the ID request or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot F When this error appears the...

Page 49: ..._____________________________________________________ 49 WrongBoardInSlot PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non volatile memory F When this er...

Page 50: ...that the memory refresh function is working properly 5 Blank video Initialize keyboard Keyboard controller initialization 6 Reserved 7 Test CMOS Interface and Battery Status Verifies CMOS is working...

Page 51: ...to 640 K extended memory above 1 MB 31 Test Base and Extended Memory Test base memory from 256 K to 640 K and extended memory above 1 MB using various patterns F This will be skipped in EISA mode and...

Page 52: ...tion is enabled will initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh 53 Initialize Time Value Initialize time value in 40h BIOS area 60 Setup Virus Protect Setup virus protect according to Setup 61 Set Boot Speed Se...

Page 53: ...MB 612 4 17 0 663 Microscience HH725 Syquest3250 3425 17 41 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 73...

Page 54: ..._______________________________________________54 42 41 MB 981 5 17 981 981 Miniscribe3053 6053 RLL 43 48 MB 830 7 17 512 830 Miniscribe 3650 44 69 MB 830 10 17 65535 830 Miniscribe 3650 RLL 45 114 MB...

Page 55: ...DRAM Type q 1 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 Flop...

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