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S1590 Trinity 100AT

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Board Installation

Unpacking

The mainboard package should contain the following:
(1) S1590 mainboard
(1) 40-pin IDE and 34-pin floppy cable pack
(1) S1590 User’s Manual

(1)

Serial/parallel cable set

(1)

PS/2 mouse cable

(1) Driver CD

Precautions

What’s the first thing I should do?
The first thing you should do is read this user’s manual. It contains important
information which will make configuration and setup much easier.

Here are some precautions you should follow when installing your mother-
board:

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Page 1: ...are Inc Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation IBM PC AT PS 2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation INTEL Pentium Pentium MMX are trademarks of Intel Corporation S1590 Trinity 100AT 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 indirec...

Page 2: ...Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis 17 InstallingMemory 17 Installing CPU and Cooling Fan 21 Connecting IDE and Floppy Drives 22 Connecting the Power Supply 24 InstallingAdd on Cards 26 Connecting PS 2 USB Serial Parallel Devices 27 FrequentlyAsked Questions 27 3 BIOSConfiguration 32 Introduction to Setup 32 MainSetupMenu 35 StandardCMOSSetup 37 BIOSFeaturesSetup 40 Chipset Features Setup 45 P...

Page 3: ...Appendix1 Glossary 66 ...

Page 4: ...board with built in AGP slot provides high performance capabilities that are ideal for a wide range of demanding applications such as CAD CAM CAE desktop publishing 3D animation and video production This system board achieves high reliability with numerous features and yet is small enough to be supported in a Baby AT form factor Some of the features included are onboard dual channel PCI PIO Bus Ma...

Page 5: ...xpense 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 with this icon these warnings should not be regarded...

Page 6: ...rity and ECC ECC only with Parity memory 1024KB level 2 pipeline burst cache ExpansionSlots One 32 bit AGP slot Four 32 bit PCI Bus Master slots Four 16 bit ISA slots One shared eight usable slots Maximum rated PCI bus speed 33MHz Physical Dimensions Mini AT design 11 1 inches x 8 75 inches reduced form factor BIOSInformation Award Plug and Play flash BIOS Deep Green Energy Star Year 2000 ACPI PC9...

Page 7: ... 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 yourself which can hav...

Page 8: ...n misuse abuse 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 shoul...

Page 9: ...ble pack 1 S1590 User s Manual 1 Serial parallel cable set 1 PS 2 mouse cable 1 DriverCD Precautions What s the first thing I should do The first thing you should do is read this user s manual It contains important information which will make configuration and setup much easier Here are some precautions you should follow when installing your mother board INSTALL ...

Page 10: ...NDAMAGED Press down on any of the socket ICs if it appears that they are not properly seated the board should still be on an antistatic mat Do 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...

Page 11: ...in 1 Jumpers and pins are connected by slipping the blue plastic jumper connector overtop of two adjacent jumper pins indicated by 1 2 or 2 3 The metal rod inside the plastic shell bridges the gap between the two pins completing the circuit See Figure 2 2 for more examples of pin connections The tables and maps on the following pages will help you set the jumpers for CPU speed Infrared and externa...

Page 12: ...MVP3 chipset VIA MVP3 chipset Floppy drive connector Keybrd ATX power connector AT power connector ISA slot 4 ISA slot 3 ISA slot 2 ISA slot 1 Award BIOS DIMM bank 2 DIMM bank 1 DIMM bank 3 SIMM bank 1 SIMM bank 1 Primary IDE connector Secondary IDE connector LPT1 connector ZIF Socket 7 JP8 JP9 JP10 JP3 JP4 JP5 JP6 J4 CPU Fan JP1 JP12 JP7 JP11 J1 Fan J10 Fan J3 WOL PS 2 Mouse header USB JPW1 J8 J5...

Page 13: ...re of Motherboard Features 3 DIMM slots Award BIOS AGP port 4 ISA slots 4 PCI slots VIA MVP3 ZIF Socket 7 PS 2 mouse port ATX power connector AT power connector 2 SIMM slots AT Keyboard port CPU temperature sensor 1MB L2 cache USB header ...

Page 14: ...2 1 3 2 z H M 3 8 2 1 3 2 2 1 z H M 5 9 3 2 2 1 2 1 z H M 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 r e i l p i t l u M 8 P J 9 P J 0 1 P J x 5 1 F F O F F O F F O x 5 2 N O N O F F O x 3 N O F F O F F O x 5 3 F F O F F O F F O x 4 F F O N O N O x 5 4 N O N O N O x 5 N O F F O N O 1 W P J V 0 2 V 1 2 V 2 2 V 3 2 V 4 2 V 7 2 V 8 2 V 9 2 V 2 3 V 3 3 2 1 F F O N O F F O N O F F O N O F F O N O F F O N O 4 3 N O F F O N O N ...

Page 15: ...t in to the motherboard s n i P 2 1 1 1 6 6 1 3 1 0 2 8 1 3 2 2 2 7 2 4 2 n o i t c n u F r e w o P f f O n O d e R a r f n I D E L D D H D E L r e w o P t e s e R h c t i w S r e k a e p S t n e m n g i s s A r e w o P 1 f f O n O D N G 2 V 5 6 X R R I 8 D N G 9 X T R I 0 1 V 5 3 1 D E L 5 1 D E L 6 1 D E L p e e l S 8 1 D E L r e w o P 0 2 D N G 2 2 t e s e R 3 2 V 5 4 2 l a n r e t n I 6 2 r e ...

Page 16: ...tem is on will power down the system Pressing it again will reboot the system Speaker Connector Installation The Trinity 100AT provides a 4 pin header to connect the speaker The speaker is con nected to pins 24 27 of jumper block J5 HardwareResetSwitchConnectorInstallation The Reset switch on your case s display panel provides you with the Hardware Reset function which is the same as power on off ...

Page 17: ...r the plastic standoffs If your case does not have a hole for a standoff simply cut off the bottom of the plastic standoff so that the flat portion rests on the metal The adapter cards and the screws holding them down will keep your board flat The fastening screw should not short any of the traces on the motherboard Make certain that you do not overtighten the screw as it will damage the mother bo...

Page 18: ...hat the short row of pins is lined up with the short gap in the DIMM slot Figure 2 3 above 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 D...

Page 19: ...installed for the system to POST The mainboard supports 32MB 64MB 128MB SDRAM PC 100 DIMM is required if CPU bus speed is at 100MHz EDO SDRAM Parity and ECC using Parity memory memory is sup ported SIMM modules must be installed in pairs and both must be of the same size and type The mainboard supports 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB and 64MB SIMMs You can install either single or double sided SIMMs Two SIMMs o...

Page 20: ... 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 0 1 x B M 6 1 1 x B M 6 1 2 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 8 0 B M 2 7 0 1 x B M 2 3 1 x B M 2 3 2 x B M 6 1 B M 6 9 1 x B M 4 6 1 x B M 2 3 1 x B M 2 3 0 B M 8 2 1 1 x B...

Page 21: ...cket is keyed to the processor that you are using you will only be able to install the CPU one way thus eliminating the chance for error Pin 1 on the CPU is denoted by a small dot on one of the corners and Pin 1 on the ZIF socket is denoted by an angled corner Never force a CPU into a socket Forcing a CPU to seat will bend the pins on the CPU and possibly damage the mother board Check with your ve...

Page 22: ...nected so that it is next to the power connector of the drive The primary IDE connector is black the secondary IDE connector is white In most cases this is the proper way of connecting your IDE cable to the harddrive Figure 2 10 on the next page shows the IDE cable properly con nected to the motherboard Contact your hard disk drive manufacturer or documentation for more information Some symptoms o...

Page 23: ... floppy cable is usually denoted by a red or colored stripe down one side of the cable see Figure 2 11 on the following page 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 will force you to connect the cable properly DriveA is usually attached to t...

Page 24: ...bled 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 giveaway that the cable is on backwards Reverse the cable at the motherboard end and try again 6 Connecting the Power Supply The Trinity 100AT has both AT and ATX power supply connectors The photos below show the ...

Page 25: ... instead connect the power supply to the board as shown in Figure 2 14 on the following page You must set jumper JP7 according to which type of power supply you have see p 15 Note that the black wires are in the center of the two connectors You should not be able to plug the two power connectors in any other way but just to be safe make sure you have them connected as shown above Make absolutely c...

Page 26: ...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 end of the card into the socket first and then the other This will create a rocking motion between the card and the slot and it will damage the pins within the socket Make sure that the...

Page 27: ...bles will not work on TYAN boards The Printer and Com1 ports are on the same back plate You want to make sure that you correctly align the connectors with the pins on the board beacuse they are easy to miss On most TYAN cables there should be a pin missing on the motherboard This is normal since it lines up with a key pin on the I O connectors This forces you to align the connector in the correct ...

Page 28: ...ouse or when plugging anything into a serial or Com port make sure that the power is off Connecting these devices and ports while the power is on is called hot plugging and may damage your system Youaredone Other than checking the jumper settings and cable connections and putting the case back on you are done Installing a new motherboard may sound difficult but by following these directions you sh...

Page 29: ...us speed and 533MB s at 66MHz bus speed respectively Compare this with the mere 132MB s at 33MHz bus speed that you get with the PCI bus Q Does my operating system support AGP A Currently only Windows 98 and Windows NT 5 0 will have built in support forAGP SomeAGPcards require Windows 95 OSR2 1 or a special driver from Intel Please check with your graphics vendor for more details Q Why is the S159...

Page 30: ...d leave the jumper at CPU clock 1 2 For all other CPU s the jumper should be set to CPUclock 1 2 Q What are the x1 5 and x2 multiplier jumper settings They are not mentioned in the manual A For the 1 5x jumper setting JP8 is OFF JP9 is OFF and JP10 is OFF For the 2x jumper setting JP8 is OFF JP9 is ON and JP10 is OFF Q What is pin 1 for J3 J4 J5 and J6 A Pin 1 for the all the jumpers above face to...

Page 31: ...rs only however some Win98 users may need to install this driver who are having conflicts in Device Manager There are no drivers for WinNT 4 0 Q When Windows 95 restarts for the first time I get the following message Device IOS failed to initialize Windows Protection Error You must reboot your computer How do I fix this to get into Windows 95 normally A Follow the following link to download the pa...

Page 32: ...BM PC AT compatible personal computers It supports Intel x86 and compatible processors The BIOS provides critical low level support for the system central processing memory and I O subsystems The EliteBIOS has been customized by adding important but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection power management and detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the system The rest of...

Page 33: ...nd 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 may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message appears and you are again asked to PRESSF1TOCONTINUE DELTOENTERSETUP Setup Keys The table on ...

Page 34: ...a M o t n r u t e r d n a e g a p t n e r r u c y e k p U g P s e g n a h c e k a m r o e u l a v c i r e m u n e h t e s a e r c n I y e k n D g P s e g n a h c e k a m r o e u l a v c i r e m u n e h t e s a e r c e D y e k s e g n a h c e k a m r o e u l a v c i r e m u n e h t e s a e r c n I y e k s e g n a h c e k a m r o e u l a v c i r e m u n e h t e s a e r c e D y e k 1 F d n a u n e M ...

Page 35: ...n Menu similar to the one shown below appears on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several Setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press enter to accept and enter the sub menu A brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Following is a brief summary of each Setup category ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5LET...

Page 36: ...your system Supervisor User Password Change set or disable a password In BIOS versions that allow separate user and supervisor passwords only the supervisor password permits access to Setup The user password generally allows only power on access IDEHDDAutoDetection Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters HDDLowLevelFormat A utility for formatting hard disks LoadBIOSDefaults BIO...

Page 37: ...sed on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the arrow keys to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5LET59 STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Fri Jul 10 1998 Time hh mm ss 10 7 7 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master ...

Page 38: ...ive specifications Type The BIOS contains a table of pre defined drive types Each defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders number of heads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre defined type are classified as type user Size Disk drive capacity approximate Note that this size is usually slightly greater th...

Page 39: ... c a p a c e t y b a g e m 8 8 2 e v i r d d e d i s e l b u o d h c n i 2 1 3 A G V A G E r o F y a r r A s c i h p a r G o e d i V r e t p a d A s c i h p a r G d e c n a h n E s r e t p a d a r o t i n o m A G P r o A G V S A G E S A G V A G E 0 4 A G C e d o m n m u l o c 0 4 n i p u r e w o p r e t p a d A s c i h p a r G r o l o C 0 8 A G C e d o m n m u l o c 0 8 n i p u r e w o p r e t p a...

Page 40: ... DOS operating system and conventional applications use this area Extended Memory Above the 1 MB boundary Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1 MB but current PCs and their software can use extended memory Other Memory Between 640 KB and 1 MB often called high memory DOS may load terminate and stay resident TSR programs such as device drivers in this area to free as much conven...

Page 41: ...op Disabled OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Se tting Option BIOS De fault Se tup De fault V irus Warning Disabled Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled Enabled External Cache Enabled Enabled Quick Pow er On Self Test Disabled Enabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI A C SCSI Sw ap Floppy Drive D...

Page 42: ... data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally disable quick POST Better to find a problem during POST...

Page 43: ...oftware such as old games may require a slow CPU speed The default setting is High GateA20Option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB ex tended memory When set to Fast the system chipset controls Gate A20 When set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with OS 2 and Windows MemoryParity E...

Page 44: ...d similar operating instructions that come with some expansion peripherals such as for example a SCSI adaptor Shadowing copies firmware from ROM into system RAM where the CPU can read it through the 16 bit or 32 bit DRAM bus Firmware not shadowed must be read by the system through the 8 bit X bus Shadowing improves the performance of the system BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion periphera...

Page 45: ...FP EDO 70ns OnChip USB Disabled Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing FP EDO 70ns Bank 4 5 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns SDRAM Cycle Length 3 CPU Warning Temperature Disabled DRAM Read Pipeline Disabled Current CPU Temperature 61C 141F Current CPUFAN1 Speed 0RPM Cache Rd CPU Wt Pipeline Disabled Current CPUFAN2 Speed 0RPM Cache Timing Fast Current Vin3 V 2 45V Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled ...

Page 46: ...e Timing For a secondary cache of one bank select Faster For a secondary cache of two banks select Fastest VideoBIOSCacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes Setting Option BIOS Default Setup Default Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing FP EDO 70ns FP EDO 60ns Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing FP EDO 70ns FP EDO 60ns...

Page 47: ...he size of theAccelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGPwithout any translation See www agpforum org forAGP information CPUFanOn OffOnSuspend This option allows for the CPU Fan to remain On or to be off while in suspend mode SDRAM RAS to...

Page 48: ...e Mode Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Secondary Suspend Mode Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Primary PM Events IRQ13 Coprocessor Disabled VGA OFF IRQ14 Hard Disk Primary LPT COM LPT COM IRQ15 Reserved Disabled HDD FDD ON DMA master OFF Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Power Ma...

Page 49: ... s U M P e h t n i s d o i r e p t u o e m i t t c e l e S y l l a u d i v i d n i e d o m h c a e t e S g n i w o l l o f n o i t c e s s r e m i T g n i v a S n i M h c a e n i r u o h 1 s i d o i r e p y t i v i t c a n I s g n i v a s r e w o p m u m i n i M e v i r d d r a h e h t t p e c x e e d o m Setting Option BIOS Default Setup Default Modem Ring Resume Disabled Disabled RTC Alarm Resum...

Page 50: ...mode HDDPowerDown After the selected period of drive inactivity 1 to 15 minutes the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active H V k n a l B C N Y S s t r o p n o i t a z i n o r h c n y s l a t n o z i r o h d n a l a c i t r e v f f o s n r u t m e t s y S r e f f u b o e d i v e h t o t s k n a l b s e t i r w d n a S M P D t r o p p u S r e w o P y a l p s i D e h t s t ...

Page 51: ...e activity is a PM event HDD FDD When On any hard drive or floppy drive activity is a PM event DMA master When On any DMA or bus master activity is a PM event ModemRingResume When Enabled an input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from Suspend mode RTCAlarmResume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC re...

Page 52: ... h T y r a d n o c e S s i t s e u q e r t p u r r e t n i e h t t u b p u e k a w t o n s e o d m e t s y s e h T y l l a c i p y t e r a s t p u r r e t n i y r a d n o c e S d e s s e c o r p e l i h w m e t s y s e h t n i a t n i a m o t d e d e e n s e c i v e d g n i p e e k e s u o h s e c r u o s e r m e t s y s e h t f o t s e r e h t f o e s u e h t g n i r i u q e r t o n s a d e r u g...

Page 53: ...lay Transaction Disabled PCI Master Read Prefetch Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled PCI IRQ Activated By Level Assign IRQ for USB Enabled Assign IRQ for VGA Disabled Setting Option BIOS Default Setup Default PnPOS Installed No No Resources Controlled By Auto Auto Reset Configuration Data Disabled Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer Ena...

Page 54: ...the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PCAT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture DMA nAssignedto When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel...

Page 55: ...oller peeks at the next instruction and actually begins the next read instruction When this field is Enabled the PCI bus master device is allowed to prefetch the next read instruction and initiate the next read operation PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Select Enabled to rotate priority of PCI masters AGP Master 1 WS Write Select Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP write operations AGP Master 1 WS Read Selec...

Page 56: ...IDE Primary Slave UDMA Disabled IDE Secondary Master UDMA Disabled IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5LET59 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Setting Option BIOS Default Setup Default OnChip IDE First Channel Enabled Enabled OnCh...

Page 57: ...upport IDEPrimary SecondaryMaster SlavePIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of up to four IDE devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device IDEPrimary SecondaryMaster SlaveUDMA UDMA Ultra DMA is a DMAda...

Page 58: ...al port OnboardParallelPort Select a logical LPT port address and corresponding interrupt for the physical parallel port OnboardParallelMode Select a mode for the onboard parallel port ECPModeUseDMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode Parallel Port EPPType Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 Your device s user information should tell you which port type is required EPP1 ...

Page 59: ...Utility You can upgrade the BIOS on your motherboard by using the Flash Memory Writer FMW utility This utility can be downloaded from TYAN s BBS and from the TYAN website The system BIOS is stored on a flash EEPROM chip on the mainboard which can be erased and reprogrammed by the FMW The following three files make up the FMW AWDFLASH EXE The Flash Memory Writer utility forAward to Award upgrade RE...

Page 60: ... can use the feature that allows you to bypass the CONFIG SYS andAUTOEXEC BAT files You can access this feature by pressing F5 while the Starting MS DOS line is on the screen during boot up If you are uncertain whether or not you have a memory manager running try FMW If it works then there is no active memory manager on your system If you see a warning message about the CPU mode follow the above d...

Page 61: ...oppy diskette before you program the new BIOS This leaves you with a backup of your original BIOS in case you need to re install it If you cannot successfully program the new BIOS file for some reason re install your original BIOS from the backup file Remember always reset the CMOS after flashing to a new BIOS see page 33 Warning If you do not successfully install a complete BIOS file in the flash...

Page 62: ...ompt to press F1 to continue or press DEL to enter Setup Beep Currently the only beep code indicates that a video error 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 BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of the BIOS code in the BIOS chip is incorrect indicatin...

Page 63: ...initialize the floppy drive controller or the drive Make sure the controller is installed correctly If no floppy drives are installed be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE or AUTO HARD DISK initializing Please wait a moment Some hard drives require extra time to initialize HARDDISKINSTALLFAILURE Cannot find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive Make sure the c...

Page 64: ...t stable minimal performance system operations Press TAB to show POST screen System OEMs may replace the EliteBIOS POST display with their own propri etary display Including this message in the OEM display permits the operator to switch between the OEM display and the default POST display Primary master hard disk fail POST detects an error in the primary master IDE hard drive Primary slave hard di...

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Page 66: ...phics controller to the main memory While the channel 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 ATAttachment Packet Interface also known as IDE orATA is a drive implementation that includes the disk controller on the device itself It allows C...

Page 67: ...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 buses Bus mastering allows peripheral device...

Page 68: ...e 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 DMAchannels allow hardware devices like sound cards or keyboards to access the main memory without involving the CPU This frees up CPU resources for other tasks As with IRQs it is vital that you do ...

Page 69: ...heme 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 can handle drives up to 8 4GB in size Almost ...

Page 70: ... 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 these modes to communicate with the CPU PCI to PCI bridge allows you to connect multi...

Page 71: ...rt 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 with non synchronous RAM which must close one address bank before opening the next The serial port is so called because it transmits the eigh...

Page 72: ... 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 sockets make it possible to insert CPUs without damaging the sensit...

Page 73: ...ment and 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 LITHIUMBATTERIESincludedwithThisPCboard Dangerof explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace ONLYwith the same or equivalent type recommended by manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to manufacture...

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