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HOT-541
Pentium PCI

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User's Manual

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Page 1: ...User s Manual 1 HOT 541 Pentium PCI MAIN BOARD User s Manual...

Page 2: ...bility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this docu ment nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein TRADEMARKS Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corpo...

Page 3: ...tandard Type Cache Size Selection 18 Cache Voltage Selection 19 I O Port Setting Parallel Port DREQ Selection 20 Flash EPROM Jumper 21 Clear CMOS 22 Clear Password 22 Connectors 23 CHAPTER 3 MEMORY CO...

Page 4: ...ontrol Keys 50 The Main Menu 51 Standard CMOS Setup 53 BIOS Features Setup 57 Chipset Features Setup 60 Power Management Setup 64 PCI Configuration Setup 67 Password Setting 69 IDE HDD Auto Detection...

Page 5: ...integration Intel s T Chip 82430 PCISet chip set provides increased integration and improved performance over other chip set designs The T Chip chipset provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE contro...

Page 6: ...371FB Memory Supports two banks of EDO RAM and Fast Page DRAM ranging from 8MB to 128MB Supports 1M x 32 4MB 2M x 32 8MB 4M x 32 16MB and 8M x 32 32MB 72 pins SIMMs Cache Memory Integrated L2 write ba...

Page 7: ...sec Integrated 8 x 32 bit buffer for PCI IDE burst transfers One floppy port One parallel port Supports SPP PS 2 compatible bidirectional Parallel Port EPP Extended Parallel Port and ECP Extended Cap...

Page 8: ...family and future P55C high performance 64 bit microprocessors in PGA package The mainboard is designed to run at a clock speed from 50 to 66MHz on CPU bus clock and 75 to 133 MHz on CPU core clock 3...

Page 9: ...and 3 3V 2 5V for P55C 8 On boardPCIIDEController 541 mainboard provides a on board 2 channel IDE controller with high speed data transfer rate It support up to four IDE devices 9 On boardFloppyContr...

Page 10: ...10 User s Manual 541MainboardLayout...

Page 11: ...gen erator to provide adjustable system clock frequency JP15 and JP16 are 2 pin jumpers which determine the system clock frequency Proper jumper settings for generat ing 50MHz to 66MHz clock fre quen...

Page 12: ...00 60 120 60 120 66 132 66 132 1 3 50 150 1 3 50 150 60 180 60 180 2 5 60 150 2 5 60 150 66 166 66 166 541 mainboard provides JP3 and JP58 to figure up Pentium CPU core clock multiplier By inserting o...

Page 13: ...m P54C and a optional VRM Volt age Regulator Module to offer 3 3V 2 5V ranger for future P55C processors For P55C processors they need two voltage level 3 3V for CPU I O and 2 5V for CPU core Nomarlly...

Page 14: ...541 mainboard is designed to of fer several CPU voltages level for Pentium P54C family require ments 3 3V for standard 75 90 100 120 133MHz Pentium pro cessor 3 45V for VR s spec Pentium processor 3 3...

Page 15: ...ion 541 mainboard provides a jumper JP18 to set the AT bus ISA bus clock that divide from system clock the available settings are SCLK 6andSCLK 8 Please refer the follow table to set the AT bus clock...

Page 16: ...StandardTypeCacheSelection Standardasynchronouscachemodule 541 mainboard provides one CELP Card Edge Low Profile socket to accommodate 256KB standard asynchronous cache module The same CELP socket als...

Page 17: ...K x 32 pipelined burst SRAM devices soldered to the mainboard A 5v 32KB x 8 external Tag SRAM is required PipelinedBurstcachemodule If the HOT 541 is ordered with no cache installed the cache can be a...

Page 18: ...Cache Memory 512KB 64K x 8 32K x 8 541 mainboard supports standard typeextendedcachememorysizes of 256KB and 512KB Cache memory is realized by eight Data SRAM and one Tag SRAM The 512KB configuration...

Page 19: ...V voltage The standard 5V SRAM 5V I O 5V voltage is not supported 541 provide jumpers JP32 to set the voltage required of SRAM in use including onboard standard asynchronousSRAMandonboard pipelined bu...

Page 20: ...rd I O port isn t re quired the user may disable them from BIOS setup or from JP59 ParallelPortDREQSelection 541 mainboard onboard parallel port supports ECP mode Extended Ca pabilities Port and provi...

Page 21: ...Flash memory makes distributing BIOS upgrades easy A new version of the BIOS can be installed from a diskette The flash upgrade utility Amiflash com or Awdflash exe has two notice for BIOS upgrades 1...

Page 22: ...n make sure open this jumper for normal opera tion to retain your new CMOS data Note ClearCMOS R T Cfunction availableonlywhen DS12887A is inuse Allows system password to be clearedbyshortingjumperJP7...

Page 23: ...on for each type PIN TYPE A TYPE B 1 Empty Clock 2 Ground Empty 3 Clock Ground 4 Ground VCC 5 VCC Data 6 Empty Empty 7 Empty 8 Empty 9 Data 10 Empty KeyboardConnector 541 mainboard provides access to...

Page 24: ...ual I OConnectors The mainboard contains pin header connections for cabling to the se rial parallel floppy and IDE interfaces List figure show the locations of these connectors and the orientation of...

Page 25: ...ors DisplaySwitche The mainboard contains pin header connections for cabling to the Hard ware Reset Turbo LED PC Speaker Key Lock Power LED and Hard Drive IDE LED List figure show the locations of the...

Page 26: ...nto two banks with two SIMM sockets assigned to one memory bank 541 mainboard supports 4MB 8MB 16MB and 32MB 72 pin SIMM modules The table on next page shows the possible memory combinations of 541 ma...

Page 27: ...User s Manual 27 MemoryConfigurationReferenceTable...

Page 28: ...es of activity monitored include IRQ3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 and 15 DOZE mode CPU and system reduce to half of normal frequency In this mode the STANDBY timer starts counting if no activity is tak...

Page 29: ...when shorted once it fill put the system directly into power management SUSPEND mode Auto wake up activities includes K B mouse is programmable in the BIOS power management 541 mainboard provide JP19...

Page 30: ...ollowing message appears Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP Press Del to run WinBIOS Setup BusMouseandMicrosoftMouseSupportonBIOSSetup The following types of mouse devices are supported PS 2 type mouse...

Page 31: ...ve icons that permit you to set system configura tion options such as date time hard disk type floppy type chipset parameter power management and peripheral I O setup Utilities This section has two ic...

Page 32: ...ns Each WinBIOS Setup option has two default settings These set tings can be applied to all WinBIOS Setup options when you se lect the Default section on the WinBIOS Setup main menu The types of defau...

Page 33: ...User s Manual 33 Navigating with the Keyboard in WinBIOS Setup WinBIOS Setup has a built in keyboard driver that uses simple key stroke combinations...

Page 34: ...e keyboard FloppyDriveA FloppyDriveB Move the cursor to these fields via and select the floppy type The settings are 360KB 51 4 inch 1 2MB 51 4 inch 720KB 31 2 inch 1 44MB inch or 2 88MB 31 2 inch The...

Page 35: ...is an IDE drive selectIDE Setup from the Utility section of the WinBIOS Setup main menu to allow WinBIOS to automatically detect the IDE drive parameters and re port them on this screen Using IDE Setu...

Page 36: ...CGA 40 x 25 CGA 80 x 25 VGA EGA orAbsent Mouse Support When this option is enabled WinBIOS supports a PS 2 type mouse The options areEnabledorDisabled The WinBIOS Advanced Setup options described in...

Page 37: ...s option turns onNum Lock when the system is pow ered on so the end user can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard The settings areOn or Off Floppy Drive Seek At Boot When thi...

Page 38: ...on is set to Enabled the video ROM area from C0000h C7FFFh is copied shadowed to RAM for faster execution The settings areEnabled Cache orDisabled Adapter ROM xxxx 16K These options enable shadowing o...

Page 39: ...tings are EnabledorDisabled Primary Slave LBA Mode If your primary slave IDE hard disk over 528MB please enables this LBA Large Block Addressing mode feature The settings areEn abledorDisabled Seconda...

Page 40: ...AM Read Burst Timing The timing used depends on the type of DRAM standard page mode or EDO burst mode on a per bank basis The options are x4444 x3333 and x2222 The WinBIOS Chipset Setup options descri...

Page 41: ...cycles to the ISA Bus The options are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sysclk andDisabled 16 Bit I O Recovery Time This category is used to add additional recovery delay between CPU or PCI master originated 16 bit I O...

Page 42: ...ssign a interrupt line to add on PCI primary IDE controller PCI Secondary IDE INT Line This category is used to assign a interrupt line to add on PCI second ary IDE controller IRQxx Available to This...

Page 43: ...6 min or disabled Standby to Suspend Timeout Value This feature specifies the length of timeout of system entering Sus pend mode fromStandbymode The timer option are from 1 min to 256 min or disabled...

Page 44: ...xpired VESA Video Power Down In This feature specifies the display screen whether power down or not when standby timer is expired IRQxx Break Event This feature specifies whether the IRQxx xx 1 3 4 5...

Page 45: ...en the on board serial ports will be set to COM1 COM2 If ISA add on serial ports present and use COM1 2 3 and 4 then the on board serial ports will be set to Disabled For the parallel port if ISA add...

Page 46: ...re3F8H 3E8H 2E8H and Dis abled Serial Port2 This option enables the use and setting the address of the secondary serial port on mainboard The options are2F8H 3E8H 2E8H and Disabled Parallel Port This...

Page 47: ...the password on the keyboard selecting each letter via the mouse or selecting each letter via the pen stylus Pen access must be customized for each specific hardware platform The password check option...

Page 48: ...to return to the WinBIOS Setup Main Menu The password is stored in CMOS RAM after WinBIOS Setup completes The next time the system boots you are prompted for the password if the password function is p...

Page 49: ...appear 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 t...

Page 50: ...50 User s Manual UsingControlKeys BIOS Setup has a built in keyboard driver that uses simple keystroke com binations Esc PgUp PgDn F2 F3 F5 F6 F7 F10...

Page 51: ...elect among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu Standard CMOS setup This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS BIOS features setup This setup page inclu...

Page 52: ...the parameter through the Option Setup Menu Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults loads the values required by the system for the mini mum performance However you may change the parameter through the Se...

Page 53: ...second The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock For example 5 p m is 17 00 00 The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes none or...

Page 54: ...pe or type the number and press Enter Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this categor...

Page 55: ...computer Video The category selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must matches your video display card and monitor Al though secondary monitors are supported you do not...

Page 56: ...ndedMemory Expanded Memory is memory defined by the Lotus Intel Microsoft LIM standard as EMS Many standard DOS applications can not utilize memory above 640K the Expanded Memory Specification EMS swa...

Page 57: ...Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If it is set to Enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Boot Sequence T...

Page 58: ...egory sets to Fast the A20 signal is controlled by post 92 or chipset specific method Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup WhenSystemis sel...

Page 59: ...User s Manual 59 C8000 CBFFF Shadow EC000 EFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte...

Page 60: ...AM RAS to CAS Delay to controls the DRAM page miss and row miss leadoff timings The options are3 and2CLKs DRAMReadBurstTiming This category set the DRAM Read Burst Timing The timing used depends on th...

Page 61: ...A IDE HDD Block Mode This category is used to set IDE HDD Block Mode IF your IDE Hard Disk supports block mode then you can enable this function to speed up the HDD access time If not please disable t...

Page 62: ...o defined add on PCI IDE secondary controller is Enable or Disable setting PCI Concurrency This category is used to defined PCI Concurrency is Enable or Dis able setting PCI Streaming This category is...

Page 63: ...2F8H COM3 3E8H COM4 2E8H Disabled Onboard Parallel Port This category specifies onboard parallel port address to 378H 278H 3BCH or Disabled Onboard Printer Mode This category specifies onboard parall...

Page 64: ...t will be disabled UserDefine Users can configure their own power management MinSaving Predefined timer values are used such that all tim ers are in their maximum value MaxSaving Predefined timer valu...

Page 65: ...le time before the sys tem entering STANDBY mode Disable System will never enter STANDBY mode Suspend Mode 1 Min 1 Hr Defines the continuous idle time before the sys tem entering SUSPEND mode Disable...

Page 66: ...nt If this category sets to Off the IRQ12 event s activity will not reactive the system from Power Management If this category sets to On the IRQ12 event s activity causes the sys tem reactive from Po...

Page 67: ...above and tell the device which IRQ has been assigned to it A B C D These options are reserved for Dirty cards from which the system BIOS cannot tell which INT it use Note 1 Choose AUTO for all devic...

Page 68: ...nput is level or edge trigger PCI IDE IRQ Map to The options in this category are PCI AUTO PCI SLOTx ISA PCI AUTO The system BIOS will scan for PCI IDE devices deter mine the location of the PCI IDE d...

Page 69: ...ress Enter when you are prompted to en ter password A message will confirm the password being disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABL...

Page 70: ...NORMAL LBA LARGE If HDD does not support LBA modes no LBA option will be shown If no of cylinders is less than or equal to 1024 no LARGE option will be show Users can select a mode which is appropriat...

Page 71: ...ize will be 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that II LBA LogicalBlockAddressing mode A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabytes bottleneck The number of cy...

Page 72: ...everse transformation process will be made inside INT13h in order to access the right HDD address the right HDD address Maximum HDD size no Cylinder 1024 x no Head 32 x no Sector 63 x no per sector 51...

Page 73: ...he mainboard generated an error The keyboard controller 8042 may be bad The BIOS cannot switch to protected mode The CPU generated an exception interrupt The system video adapter is either missing or...

Page 74: ...initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long followed by three short beeps The other one code indicates that your DRAM error has occurred...

Page 75: ...fail 80 HDD reset failed HardDisk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed HardDisk s fail 20 HDD initialization error HardDisk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk HardDisk s fail 08 Sector...

Page 76: ...ct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet...

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