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BIOS

3.3 Chipset Setup

Choose Chipset Setup on the AMIBIOS Setup main menu. All Chipset Setup
options are then displayed. AMIBIOS Setup can be customized. AMIBIOS
Setup can be customized via AMIBCP. See the AMIBIOS Utilities Guide for
additional information.

Advanced Chipset Setup Default Settings Chart

AMI BIOS EASY SETUP UTILITY Ver.1.16

Advanced

Advanced CMOS Setup

[ Enter ]

Setup Help

Advanced Chipset Setup

[ Enter ]

Power Management Setup

[ Enter ]

Advanced Chipset setup

Plug and Play Setup

[ Enter ]

for configuring

Peripheral Setup

[ Enter ]

chipset features

Change Language Setting Engish

Previous Item

Next Item

Select Menu

ESC:Exit Enter:Select F5:Setup Defaults F6:Original Values F10:Save & Exit

Setting Option

Optim al Default

Fail-Safe Default

US B F unction

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* US B KB /Mous e Legacy S upport

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* P ort 64/60 E mulation

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S E R R #

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P E R R #

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WS C# H ands hake

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US WC Write P os t

E nabled

Mas ter Latency T imer (Clks )

Multi-T rans T imer (Clks )

P CI1 to P CI0 Acces s

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Method of Memory Detection

Auto & S P D

DR AM Integrity Mode

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Summary of Contents for InterServe 90

Page 1: ...InterServe 90 System Board Manual D5AA00040 April 1999 ...

Page 2: ... of the system board reflects a wrong jumper setting for dual floppy operation In this manual jumper JP4 is listed as being open for dual floppy support The correct setting is as follows JP4 Pins 1 2 Dual floppy support Closed Single floppy support Open ...

Page 3: ...ncorporated Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation IBM PC AT PS 2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation INTEL Pentium II Celeron Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation S1832 Tiger 100 is a trademark of TYAN Computer Corporation Information contained in this publication has been carefully checked for accuracy and reliability In no event will Tyan Computer be held liable for any direct or ind...

Page 4: ...umpers 26 Map of Motherboard Jumpers 27 Soft Power Connector 31 Speaker Connector Installation 31 Hardware Reset Switch Connector Installation 31 External SMI 32 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Connector 32 CMOS RTC 32 Flash EEPROM 32 Hardware CMOS Password Reset 33 RAM Installation 33 Cache Memory 34 Frequently Asked Questions 35 4 BIOS Configuration 38 Main Setup 39 Advanced CMOS Setup 44 Chipset Setup ...

Page 5: ...guage Utility 69 Flash Writer Utility 69 5 System Resources 70 Beep Codes 70 Troubleshooting System Problems 71 Displayed Error Messages 72 Appendix 1 CPU Retention Module Options 74 Appendix 2 Glossary 76 ...

Page 6: ... desktop publishing 3D animation and video production This integrated system board achieves high reliability with numerous features and yet is small enough to be supported in an ATX form factor Some of the features included are onboard dual channel PCI PIO Bus Master IDE and UltraDMA 33 onboard floppy controller and onboard high speed I O Flexibility and expandability have been designed into the T...

Page 7: ...text Failing to do so can lead to exasperation and expense Wherever possible we have included step by step instructions for setting up your system which are indicated by this icon However it is in your best interest to read an entire section and perhaps the entire manual before you begin to fiddle with your motherboard While we have alerted you to potential dangers in several places in the manual ...

Page 8: ... power supply connector Information 12V power source for DC fan onboard 3 3V DRAM support Utilizes GTL bus to reduce power consumption and EMI Main Memory Up to 1024MB onboard Four 168 pin DIMM sockets Supports 100MHz SDRAM with SPD System Management National LM79 and LM75 ASICs with onboard alarm for monitoring temperature supply voltages and fan speed System Manager software Chassis intrusion de...

Page 9: ...ions Win98 NT5 ready DMI 2 0 compliant PCI 2 1 APM 1 1 compliant Disk Drive System I O Two PCI bus mastering EIDE channels Supports EIDE CD ROMs PIO Mode 3 4 up to 17MB sec DTR UltraDMA 33 bus mastering mode up to 33MB sec DTR Support for two floppy drives up to 2 88MB Two serial ports 16550 UARTs One ECP EPP parallel port One IR InfraRed I O interface port Two USB rev 1 2 universal serial bus con...

Page 10: ... your system you should turn to your dealer for help first Your system has most likely been configured by them and they should have the best idea of what hardware and software your system contains Hence they should be of the most assistance Further if you purchased your system from a dealer near to you you can actually bring your system in to them to have it serviced instead of attempting to do so...

Page 11: ... or improper maintenance of products For Resellers Only A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service can be rendered You can obtain service by calling the manufacturer for a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number The RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and the package should be mailed pr...

Page 12: ...1832DLmainboard One IDE 40 pin cable One 34 pin floppy cable User s manual Two retention modules One Tyan System Management Driver CD Installation You are now ready to install your mainboard The mounting hole pattern of the S1832DL matches the ATX system board specifications Your chassis should be that of a standard ATX mainboard form factor ...

Page 13: ...not touch the bottom of the board Remember don t take any electronic device out of its protective bag until you are ready to actually install it into the computer case If you do not ground yourself you risk zapping the motherboard or adapter card Subsequent problems may not arise immediately because electrostatic discharge damage unlike physical damage causes the device to fail over time Install t...

Page 14: ...onnector You shouldn t be able to plug the power connector in any other way but just to be safe make sure it looks like Figure 2 above Make certain that you do not miss any pins because if you do you will void your warranty and cause damage to yourself or your motherboard when you turn the system on After connecting the power make sure the connector is seated firmly into its socket so it will not ...

Page 15: ...he IDE cables should look when they are connected to your hard drive Notice how Pin 1 denoted by a red stripe is connected so that it is next to the power connector of the drive In most cases this is the proper way of connecting your IDE cable to the hard drive Figure 4 shows the IDE cable properly connected to the motherboard Contact your hard disk drive manufacturer or documentation for more inf...

Page 16: ...r supply or IDE drive Now that you have installed your IDE drives your floppies are next Pin 1 on the floppy cable is usually denoted by a red or colored stripe down one side of the cable see Figure 5 Most of the current floppy drives on the market require that the colored stripe be positioned so that it is right next to the power connector In most cases there will be a key pin on the cable which ...

Page 17: ...blem or try another cable Also check to see if the onboard floppy is enabled in the BIOS Floppy Drive Fail message at bootup the cable floppy or motherboard may be faulty Try another cable or floppy drive to verify Light on the floppy is on constantly a dead give away that the cable is on backwards Reverse the cable at the motherboard end and try again Next are the Com and Printer ports Warning Wh...

Page 18: ...6 above Note that for this board the PS 2 mouse port is the upper PS 2 port and the PS 2 keyboard port is the lower PS 2 port The PS 2 connectors are probably quite familiar to you The USB connectors however may be foreign The USB Universal Serial Bus is a versatile port This one port type can function as a serial parallel mouse keyboard or joystick port It is fast enough to support video transfer...

Page 19: ...a card into a slot If it doesn t fit look at the socket on the computer to make sure there are no wires or other obstructions to the slot NEVER plug an ISA card into a PCI slot or a PCI card in an ISA slot You will void your warranty and damage your system board if you do this When plugging the card in especially when installing long cards try to push the entire card in at one time Don t force one...

Page 20: ...Some DIMM modules may seem to be high quality because of name or feel but that does not guarantee real world usability Some cheaper or OEM memory may have brand name components but they may be on inferior or substandard parts which do not meet the critical tolerances our products require Because of this your memory may not work correctly in a TYAN board though it may work well in a competitor s bo...

Page 21: ...MM slot Figure 9 shows how to sit the DIMM into its slot To insert the DIMM push down vertically on the module with even force as shown in the photo Do not shove one end in first doing so will bend the DIMM pins To lock the DIMM into place push the plastic clips on either end of the slot onto the notches in the ends of the DIMM see Figure 10 on the following page To remove your DIMM simply pull th...

Page 22: ...installed the motherboard must be placed on a flat surface You should be able to insert the CPU with minimal but firm pressure Do not press down hard on the CPU Currently Intel produces two types of Pentium II processors the active or boxed processor and the passive processor see Figures 11 and 12 on the next page These two types of processors are essentially the same in design the only difference...

Page 23: ...he key pin on the Pentium II slot indicates the correct orientation of the CPU Drop the retention module Figure 14 on the following page down over the Pentium II slot so that the retention module sits flat against the motherboard Tighten the screws in a clockwise manner to secure the module to the board Warning Do not overtighten the screws as you may damage the module and or the motherboard Insta...

Page 24: ...he cooling fan power connector on the board Locate the cooling fan connector e g FAN1 on the motherboard Plug the CPU s cooling fan cable into the cooling fan connector on the board There will be a plastic clip assembly similar to that of the ATX power connector that will force you to connect the fan cable correctly see Figure 16 below Figure 16 Figure 14 Figure 15 Chapter 2 Board Installation ...

Page 25: ...acket is properly inserted into the holes on the motherboard you will hear a clicking noise Align the CPU with the CPU retention module Make sure the heat sink is lined up with the heat sink mount bracket If you put the CPU in the wrong way you may damage the CPU the motherboard and or the CPU socket Slowly press down on the CPU module until the CPU locks into place You will hear a clicking noise ...

Page 26: ...putting the case back on you are done Installing a new motherboard may sound difficult but by following these directions you should have a fairly uneventful time installing our products If you do encounter problems your dealer will be able to help you or you can consult one of our many technical support resources see page 8 Setting Jumpers In this manual the terms closed and on are used when refer...

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Page 28: ... you locate the jumpers on your board A full page map of the motherboard can be found on the facing page These jumper settings manual revision 2 x correspond to S1832DL revision B Your motherboard should have a large B printed in the corner of the board next to the DIMM sockets If not please get the correct manual from the Tyan web site or contact your dealer Chapter 3 Onboard Resource Settings ch...

Page 29: ...ort PCI slot 2 PCI slot 3 AGP port PCI slot 4 PCI slot 5 ISA slot 2 ISA slot 1 Flash BIOS Intel PCI slot 1 CPU 2 Slot One type Intel 82371EB National LM75 FAN2 CPU1 National LM79 DIMM bank 2 DIMM bank 1 CPU 1 Slot One type 1 J10 Floppy drive connector ATX power connector Secondary IDE connector Primary IDE connector FAN1 Chassis FAN3 CPU2 National LM75 Fan4 J P 1 1 J P 1 2 J P 1 3 J P 1 4 JP3 1 JP...

Page 30: ... www tyan com 28 Chapter 3 Onboard Resource Settings Intel 443BX LM75 4 DIMM slots Intel PIIX4e AMIBIOS LM79 2 ISA slots 5 PCI slots Two SEC slots Slot One type PS 2 ports USB ports COM2 LPT1 COM1 AGP port ...

Page 31: ...ent on the system board CMOS Reset To reset CMOS settings place JP3 on pins 2 3 for 5 seconds then replace it to the default pins 1 2 setting again for normal operation d e e p S k c o l C t l u M 1 1 P J 2 1 P J 3 1 P J 4 1 P J z H M 3 3 2 5 3 x N O F F O F F O N O z H M 6 6 2 4 x F F O N O N O N O z H M 0 0 3 5 4 x F F O N O F F O N O z H M 3 3 3 5 x F F O F F O N O N O d e e p S k c o l C t l u...

Page 32: ... V 5 y b d n a t S D N G h g i H e v i t c A n O r e w o P e k a W 4 1 N A F D N G C C V r o t i n o M n a F D D F R I 4 P J 8 P J 9 P J D D F 2 N O 2 1 2 1 t l u a f e D D D F 1 R I 1 F F O 3 2 3 2 C C V 1 2 D E L r e w o P D E L D D H 3 4 D E L p e e l S d n u o r G 5 6 f f O n O r e w o P t e s e R 7 8 d n u o r G C C V 9 0 1 h c t i w S I M S e v i e c e R R I 1 1 2 1 C C V d n u o r G 3 1 4 1...

Page 33: ...in to Suspend mode In this case you cannot turn the system off unless you shut down through the Windows operating system or you hold the power button down for four seconds Speaker Connector Installation The Tiger 100 provides a 4 pin header to connect the speaker The speaker is connected to pins 24 27 of jumper block J10 Hardware Reset Switch Connector Installation The Reset switch on your case s ...

Page 34: ...5 Patch found on the Tyan Driver CD and on the Tyan internet and ftp sites http www tyan com html drivers html or at ftp download intel com design pcisets busmastr setupex exe Note that USB requires Windows 95 OSR 2 1 or above please contact Microsoft for the USB update CMOSRTC The 440BX AGPset includes a Real Time Clock RTC circuit which provides the date and time for the system If the external b...

Page 35: ...d reset the CMOS to the BIOS defaults RAMInstallation The Tiger 100 uses a 64 bit data path from memory to CPU and can accommo date up to 1024MB of SDRAM The 168 pin DIMMs must be of the 3 3V unbuffered variety The position of the notch in the DRAM key position will tell you whether or not a DIMM is unbuffered see the figure below All installed memory will be automatically detected so there is no ...

Page 36: ...a t o T 1 x B M 8 0 0 0 B M 8 1 x B M 8 1 x B M 8 0 0 B M 6 1 1 x B M 8 1 x B M 8 1 x B M 8 0 B M 4 2 1 x B M 6 1 1 x B M 8 1 x B M 8 0 B M 2 3 1 x B M 6 1 1 x B M 6 1 1 x B M 8 1 x B M 8 B M 8 4 1 x B M 6 1 1 x B M 6 1 1 x B M 6 1 0 B M 8 4 1 x B M 2 3 1 x B M 6 1 1 x B M 6 1 0 B M 4 6 1 x B M 2 3 1 x B M 2 3 1 x B M 6 1 B M 6 1 B M 6 9 1 x B M 2 3 1 x B M 2 3 1 x B M 2 3 B M 2 3 B M 8 2 1 1 x B ...

Page 37: ...perating system manual for details Second of all slowing down the memory timing in the BIOS s chipset setup section will help the situation as well Many memory modules are not suitable for high performance systems and are probably the main source of your problem Q Can I use EDO DIMMs on this motherboard A No The Intel 440BX AGPset does not support EDO memory The 440BX AGPset supports bus speeds of...

Page 38: ...tion for instant power off Q When I clear the BIOS with the jumper it does not clear why A In most cases BIOS can be cleared by inserting jumper JP3 to the 2 3 position In some cases certain brands of power supply need to be UN PLUGGED from a power source in order to clear the BIOS using jumper JP3 Q I m getting a motherboard resource conflict seen in Win95 98 Device Manager as a yellow Exclamatio...

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Page 40: ...Exit System Date Thu Oct 15 1998 Setup Help System Time 12 55 37 Month Jan Dec Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 Day 01 31 Floppy Drive B Not Installed Year 1901 2099 Primary IDE Master Auto Primary IDE Slave Auto Secondary IDE Master Auto Secondary IDE Slave Auto Auto Detect Hard Disks Enter Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Previous Item Next Item Select Menu ESC Exit Enter Select F5 Setup Defaults F...

Page 41: ...tandard Setup menu screen is shown below AMI BIOS EASY SETUP UTILITY Ver 1 16 c 1998 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Main Advanced Security Exit System Date Fri Jan 1 1999 Setup Help System Time 12 55 37 Month Jan Dec Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 Day 01 31 Floppy Drive B Not Installed Year 1901 2099 Primary IDE Master Auto Primary IDE Slave Auto Secondary IDE Master Auto Secondary IDE Slav...

Page 42: ...tions to configure the various drives A screen with a list of drive parameters appears System Date Setting MM DD YY Jan 1 1998 System Time Setting Current Time 12 00 00 OPTIONS Not Installed 360 KB 5 1 2 MB 5 720 KB 3 1 44MB 3 2 88MB 3 AMI BIOS EASY SETUP UTILITY Ver 1 16 c 1998 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Main PRIMARY IDE MASTER SETUP Setup Help IDE Device Configuration AUTO 1 46 ...

Page 43: ...f i B M 0 4 5 t c e l e S e d o M k c o l B t c e l e S n O s r e f s n a r t a t a d e d o m k c o l b w o l l a o t t c e l e S e d o M t i B 2 3 t c e l e S n O t c e l e S s r e f s n a r t a t a d t i b 2 3 w o l l a o t e h t e d o M O I P t c e l e s o t t s e b s i t I o t u A o t S O I B I M A w o l l a o t t o n s i t a h t e d o m O I P a t c e l e s u o y f I e d o m O I P e h t e n i ...

Page 44: ... i t a s n e p m o c e r P e t i r W P W k c a r t e h t s a r e l l a m s y l e v i s s e r g o r p s t e g r o t c e s a f o e z i s l a c i s y h p l a u t c a e h T e t i r W s e t y b 2 1 5 d l o h l l i t s t s u m r o t c e s h c a e t e Y s e h s i n i m i d r e t e m a i d l a c i s y h p e h t r o f s e t a s n e p m o c k s i d d r a h e h t n o y r t i u c r i c n o i t a s n e p m o c...

Page 45: ...timal default values provide optimum performance settings for all devices and system features Fail Safe Defaults The Fail Safe default settings consist of the safest set of parameters Use them if the system is behaving erratically They should always work but do not provide optimal system performance characteristics AMI BIOS EASY SETUP UTILITY Ver 1 16 c 1998 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Rese...

Page 46: ... econdaryS laveAR MD Emulatedas Auto Auto 1 s t B oot Device F loppy F loppy 2ndB oot Device 1 s t IDE HDD 1 s t IDE HDD 3rdB oot Device AT AP I CDR OM AT AP I CDR OM T ryOther B oot Devices Yes Yes F loppyAcces s Control R ead Write R ead Write HardDis k Acces s Control R ead Write R ead Write AMI BIOS EASY SETUP UTILITY Ver 1 16 c 1998 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Advanced Advance...

Page 47: ... i a w t o n s e o d S O I B I M A t o n s e o d S O I B I M A e v i r d t a h t e r u g i f n o c t o n s e o d S O I B I M A e v i r d E D I e h t m o r f y l e t a i d e m m i d e v i e c e r t o n s i n i a g a y d a e r t e g o t e m i t e v i r d E D I e h t w o l l a o t e v i r d E D I e h t o t l a n g i s T E S E R a g n i d n e s r e t f a s d n o c e s 5 r o f t i a w e h t r o f y a l...

Page 48: ...completes The settings areDisabled 1st IDE HDD 2ndIDE HDD 3rdIDE HDD 4thIDE HDD Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM and SCSI 3rdBootDevice This option sets the type of device for the third boot drive that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled 1st IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3rd IDE HDD 4th IDE HDD Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPICDROM Try Other Boot Device...

Page 49: ...VGA EGA CGA40x25 CGA80x25 or Mono Password Check This option enables password checking every time the system boots or when you run AMIBIOS Setup If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if AMIBIOS is executed Boot To OS 2 Set this option to Yes if you are running an OS 2 operating system and using more th...

Page 50: ...tings are g n i t t e S n o i t p i r c s e D d e l b a s i D M A R o t d e i p o c t o n e r a M O R o e d i v e h t f o s t n e t n o c e h T d e l b a n E o t M O R m o r f d e w o d a h s d e i p o c e r a h F F F 7 C h 0 0 0 C m o r f a e r a M O R o e d i v e h t f o s t n e t n o c e h T n o i t u c e x e r e t s a f r o f M A R d e h c a C n a c d n a M A R o t M O R m o r f d e i p o c e ...

Page 51: ...pset setup Plug and Play Setup Enter for configuring Peripheral Setup Enter chipset features Change Language Setting Engish Previous Item Next Item Select Menu ESC Exit Enter Select F5 Setup Defaults F6 Original Values F10 Save Exit Setting Option Optimal Default Fail Safe Default US B F unction Dis abled Dis abled US B KB Mous eLegacyS upport Dis abled Dis abled P ort 64 60 Emulation Dis abled Di...

Page 52: ...DA R es ources Yes Yes AGP Multi T rans T imer AGP Clks 32 Dis abled AGP Low P riorityT imer Clks 1 6 Dis abled AGP S ER R Dis abled Dis abled AGP P arityError R es pons e Dis abled Dis abled 8bit I OR ecoveryT ime Dis abled Dis abled 1 6bit I OR ecoveryT ime Dis abled Dis abled P IIX4 S ER R Dis abled Dis abled US B P as s iveR eleas e Enabled Enabled P IIX4 P as s iveR eleas e Enabled Enabled P ...

Page 53: ...isabled The Optimal and Fail safe default settings are Disabled WSC Handshake Set this option to Enabled to enable handshaking for the WSC signal Handshaking is a form of encryption see the Glossary for more information The settings are Enabled or Disabled USWC Write Post This option sets the status of USWC posted writes to I O USWC is a type of memory that is used by VGA devices The settings are ...

Page 54: ... 512KB 640KB or 15MB 16MB SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This option specifies the length of the a inserted between the RAS and CAS signals of the DRAM system memory access cycle if SDRAM is installed The settings are Auto 2 SCLKs or 3 SCLKs The Optimal default setting is Auto SDRAM RAS Precharge CHANGE This option specifies the length of the RAS precharge part of the DRAM system memory access cycle when ...

Page 55: ...A resources The settings are Yes or No AGPMulti TransTimer AGPClks This option sets the AGP multi trans timer The settings are in units of AGP Clocks The settings are Disabled 32 64 96 128 160 192 or 224 AGPLow PriorityTimer Clks This option sets the AGP low priority timer The settings are in units of AGP Clocks The settings are Disabled 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 176 192 208 224 or240 AGPSERR ...

Page 56: ... Enabled or Disabled PIIX4DELAYEDTRANSACTION Set this option to Enabled to enable delayed transactions for the Intel PIIX4 chip This option must be Enabled to provide PCI 2 1 compliance The settings are Enabled or Disabled TypeF DMA Buffer Control1 and 2 These options specify the DMA channel where TypeF buffer control is implemented The settings are Disabled Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3...

Page 57: ...nter management features Change Language Setting English Previous Item Next Item Select Menu ESC Exit Enter Select F5 Setup Defaults F6 Original Values F10 Save Exit Setting Option Optimal Default Fail Safe Default ACP I AwareO S No No P ower Management AP M Enabled Enabled P ower B utton F unction On Off On Off Green P C Monitor P ower S tate S us pend S tandB y Video P ower DownMode S us pend Di...

Page 58: ...r enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the g n i t t e S n o i t p i r c s e D f f O n O f f o r o n o r e t u p m o c e h t s n r u t n o t t u b r e w o p e h t g n i h s u P d n e p s u S e d o m r e w o p n O l l u F r o e d o m d n e p s u S n i r e t u p m o c e h t s e c a l p n o t t u b r e w o p e h t g n i h s u P Setting Option Optimal Default Fail Safe Default D...

Page 59: ...ne minute intervals PowerSavingType There are several types of sleeping states within the general sleep state This option allows you to choose how asleep you want your system to be In deeper sleep modes more energy is saved However upon waking up the system must reorient itself and reestablish control over the system s sleeping components The settings are POS Sleep Stop Clock and Deep Sleep POS is...

Page 60: ...d Suspend time out timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line The settings for each of these options are Monitor or Ignore LANWake up When this option is Enabled the system will wake up when a signal is received on the Wake on LAN header In order for this wake up function to work the system must have been brought up at least past the POST before it was last shut down i e if you turn the s...

Page 61: ... and the system will not be able to wake up using this function The settings are Enabled or Disabled 3 5 Plug and Play Setup Choose PCI Plug and Play Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup screen to display the PCI and Plug and Play Setup options described below AMI BIOS EASY SETUP UTILITY Ver 1 16 c 1998 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Advanced Advanced CMOS Setup Enter Setup Help Advanced Chip...

Page 62: ...s abled Dis abled OffB oardP CI IDE S econdaryIR Q Dis abled Dis abled P CI S lot1IR QP riority Auto Auto P CI S lot2 IR QP riority Auto Auto P CI S lot3 IR QP riority Auto Auto P CI S lot4 IR QP riority Auto Auto DMA Channel 0 P nP P nP DMA Channel 1 P nP P nP DMA Channel 3 P nP P nP DMA Channel 5 P nP P nP DMA Channel 6 P nP P nP DMA Channel 7 P nP P nP IR Q3 P CI P nP P CI P nP IR Q4 P CI P nP ...

Page 63: ...s option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI bus has bus mastering capability The settings are Disabled or Enabled OffBoardPCIIDECard This option specifies whether or not an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is used in the computer and where it is installed If an offboard PCI IDE controller is used the motherboard onboard IDE controller is automatically disabled The set...

Page 64: ...RQ line is used on These options allow you to reserve IRQs for legacy ISA adapter cards These options determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the pool you can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning a...

Page 65: ... Reserved Memory Size option is set to Disabled The settings are C0000 C4000 C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 orDC000 PCI Device Search Order This option changes the BIOS scan order of the PCI slot from first to last or last to first The settings are First Last or Last First BIOSDevnodeforShadowRAM This option is used for some add on card ROMs which do not claim the correct memory range that they occ...

Page 66: ...Configure PCI Plug Plug and Play Setup Enter and Play features Peripheral Setup Enter Change Language Setting English Previous Item Next Item Select Menu ESC Exit Enter Select F5 Setup Defaults F6 Original Values F10 Save Exit Setting Option Optimal Default Fail Safe Default P ower Interruption Dis abled Dis abled Overclock WarningMes s age Enabled Enabled LM79 IN0 2 06 2 06 LM79 IN1 2 04 2 04 LM7...

Page 67: ...ress of serial port 1 The settings are Auto Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h or 2E8h Onboard Serial Port2 This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings are Auto Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h or 2E8h Serial Port2 Mode This option specifies the operating mode for serial port 2 This option will not appear if the Onboard Serial Port2 option is set to Disabled or is set to Auto and you...

Page 68: ...y o t k c a b t n e s d n a x e l p u D f l a H d n e s u o y a t a d y n A e m i t a t a n o i t c e r i d e n o y l n o n i d e t t i m s n a r t s i a t a D r e i s a e s i e d o m x e l p u d f l a H n e e r c s r u o y n o d e y a l p s i d y l t n a t s n i e b l l i w l l u f e l d n a h n a c s e c i v e d e l b a p a c R I l l a t o N e t u c e x e o t s e c i v e d e h t r o f e d o m x ...

Page 69: ... to 278 or 378 The settings are 5 or 7 Parallel PortDMAChannel This option is only available if the setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is set to ECP and the OnBoard Parallel Port option is set to 378 278 or 3BC This option sets the DMA channel used by the parallel port The settings are 0 through 7 in increments of one OnboardIDE This option specifies the IDE channel used by the onboard IDE ...

Page 70: ...it 3 7 Supervisor and User Security You can limit access to the Setup Program or to the system using the Supervi sor and User password options the Supervisor password gives you access to the Setup Program and the system the User password only to the system Note that you must create a supervisor password before you create a user password When you select the Supervisor Security option a dialog box w...

Page 71: ...he Supervisor password uninstalls the User password as well 3 8 Language Utility Currently the BIOS Setup program is available only in English 3 9 Flash Writer Utility The AMI Flash Writer Utility is now included in the AMIBIOS and so it is simpler to upgrade the BIOS of your mainboard The system BIOS is stored on a flash EEPROM ROM chip on the mainboard which can be erased and reprogrammed by fol...

Page 72: ...cess are communicated through a series of audible beeps If AMIBIOS POST can initialize the system video display it displays the error message Displayed error messages in most cases allow the system to continue to boot Displayed error messages are described on pages 72 73 See the top of the next page for the beep code chart ...

Page 73: ...B K 4 6 e s a B B K 4 6 t s r i f n i e r u l i a f y r o m e M 4 l a n o i t a r e p O t o N r e m i T t o n s i 1 r e m i T r o y r o m e m f o B K 4 6 t s r i f e h t n i e r u l i a f y r o m e m A g n i n o i t c n u f 5 r o r r E r o s s e c o r P r o r r e n a d e t a r e n e g U P C e h T 6 e r u l i a F 0 2 A e t a G 2 4 0 8 e d o m d e t c e t o r p o t h c t i w s t o n n a C 7 r o r r ...

Page 74: ...n a h t t n e r e f f i d s i m u s k c e h c M A R S O M C m e t s y S S O M C t e S t o N s n o i t p O p u t e S S O I B N I W n u R d e y o r t s e d n e e b e v a h M A R S O M C n i d e r o t s s e u l a v e h T e p y T y a l p s i D S O M C h c t a m s i M S O I B N I W n u R d e t c e t e d e p y t e h t h c t a m t o n s e o d M A R S O M C n i e p y t o e d i v e h T p u t e S e z i S y ...

Page 75: ... k s i d e h t d a e r n a c S O I B I M A s n o i t c u r t s n i n e e r c s e h t w o l l o f d n a e t t e k s i d t o o b r e h t o n a e s U t i h t i w m e t s y s s I d r a o b y e K t I k c o l n U d e k c o L e b t s u m m e t s y s e h T d e g a g n e s i m e t s y s e h t n o k c o l d r a o b y e k e h T t o o b o t e u n i t n o c o t d e k c o l n u r o r r E d r a o b y e K r e l l...

Page 76: ...s well as newer Pentium II s including Celeron OPTION1 Two different types of retention modules are included in the motherboard package For older versions of Pentium II use the retention module shown in Figure 1 For newer versions of Pentium II CPUs including Celeron use the retention module shown in Figure 2 Screws for the retention modules are provided Figure 1 Figure 2 Appendix 1 CPU Retention ...

Page 77: ...75 OPTION2 One universal retention module is included in the motheboard package This type of retention module adapts to both old and new Pentium II CPUs see Figure 3 Screws for the retention modules are provided Figure 3 ...

Page 78: ...hannel runs at only 66MHz it supports data transmission during both the rising and falling ends of the clock cycle yielding an effective speed of 133MHz The AT was the original form factor of IBM s PC ATAPI AT Attachment Packet Interface also known as IDE or ATA is a drive implementation that includes the disk controller on the device itself It allows CD ROMs and tape drives to be configured as ma...

Page 79: ...o or writing from a disk drive a single time is much faster than doing so repeatedly there is the possibility of losing your data should the system crash Informa tion stored in a buffer is temporarily stored not permanently saved A bus is a data pathway The term is used especially to refer to the connection between the processor and system memory and between the processor and PCI or ISA local buse...

Page 80: ...n pairs DIMM bank DIMM banks are sometimes called DIMM sockets because the physical slot and the logical unit are the same That is one DIMM module fits into one DIMM socket which is capable of acting as a memory bank DMA Direct Memory Access channels are similar to IRQs DMA channels allow hardware devices like sound cards or keyboards to access the main memory without involving the CPU This frees ...

Page 81: ...m typically the server sends an encryption scheme to another agent typically a client Thus the client s data is protected during transmittal to the server HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive H SYNC controls the horizontal properties of the monitor IC Integrated Circuit is the formal name for the computer chip IDE Integrated Device or Drive Electronics is a simple self contained hard drive interface It ...

Page 82: ...terconnect PCI is a 32 bit local bus data pathway which is faster than the ISA bus Local buses are those which operate within a single system as opposed to a network bus which connects multiple systems The PCI PIO PCI Programmable Input Output modes are the data transfer modes used by IDE drives These modes use the CPU for data transfer DMA channels do not PCI refers to the type of bus used by the...

Page 83: ...nly Memory is a storage chip which contains the BIOS Basic Input Output System the basic instructions required to boot the computer and start up the operating system SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic RAM is so called because it can keep two sets of memory addresses open simultaneously By transferring data alter nately from one set of addresses and then the other SDRAM cuts down on the delays associated wi...

Page 84: ... Universal Serial Bus or USB is a versatile port This one port type can function as a serial parallel mouse keyboard or joystick port It is fast enough to support video transfer and is capable of supporting up to 127 daisy chained peripheral devices VGA Video Graphics Array is the PC video display standard V SYNC controls the vertical properties of the monitor ZIF socket Zero Insertion Force socke...

Page 85: ...d receiver Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help CAUTION LITHIUM BATTERIES included with This PC board Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace ONLY with the same or equivalent type recommended by manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to manufactur...

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