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1. D CD L Specification 2 SPECIFICATION 2 1 HARDWARE CPU Pentium processor 75 200 MHz P55C Dual Pentium OverDrive processor PODP AMD5K86 Cyrix6x86 processor Two 321 pins socket 7 ZIF white socket on board 3 3V 2 8V Dual Power Ready for P55C Cyrix amp AMD processor COPROCESSOR Included in Pentium SPEED 50 55 60 66 MHz system speed 25 27 5 30 33 PCI Bus speed 7 5 8 MHz AT bus speed Hardware and Software speed switchable function DRAM MEMORY 2 banks 72 pins SIMM module socket on board Use 4 8 16 32 64 128 MB 60 70 ns SIMM module DRAM 8 512 MB DRAM size Support Fast Page EDO DRAM access mode CACHE MEMORY 16 KB cache memory included in Pentium 512 KB Pipeline Burst 2nd cache Support Write Back cache function for both CPU amp on board cache SCSI PORTS Using Adaptec 7880 Ultra Wide chipset Supports one SCSI 2 or SCSI 3 Ultra port Support one Wide or Ultra Wide port Support Adaptec RAID Port on board e O BUS SLOTS 4 Master Slave PCI BUS 4 16 bits ISA BUS e IDE PORTS _ 2 Enhanced IDE channels on board Using IRQ14 15 2 1 GA 586DX Support Mode 3 4 IDE amp ATAPI CD ROM e I O PORTS Supports 2 16550 COM ports Using IRQ4 3 Supports 1 EPP ECP LPT port Using IRQ7 or 5 and or 1 Supports 1 1 44MB Floppy port Using DMA2 amp IRQ2. 15 assigne Legacy ISA 0 assigned PCI ISA PnP DMA 1 assigne PCI ISA PnP DMA 3 assigne PCI ISA PnP Quit y gt lt Select Item DMA 5 assigned PCI ISA PnP Help PU PD Modify DMA 6 assigned PCI ISA PnP Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 7 assigne PCI ISA PnP Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 6 PCI Slot Configuration e Resources Controlled by The default value is Manual Manual User can set the PnP resourse I O Address IRQ amp DMA channels used by legacy ISA DEVICE BIOS automaticly use these PnP resoures e IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 DMA 0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to The default value is Legacy ISA or PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA The resource is used by Legacy ISA device PCI ISA PnP The resource is used by PCI ISA PnP device PCI or ISA 4 10 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 4 16 BIOS Configuration ROM PCI ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Onboard PCI SCSI chip Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port COM1 3F8 Onboard Serial Port2 COM2 2F8 Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mod SPP roar Parallel Mode ot SYD Help PU PD Modify
3. 4 1 ENTERING SETUP Power ON the computer and press lt Del gt immediately will allow you to enter Setup The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer when the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press Del key or simultaneously press lt Ctrl gt Alt and Esc keys TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL KEY If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup 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 lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and Del keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP 4 1 GA 586DX 4 2 CONTROL KEYS Up arrow Move to previous item Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Change color from total 16 colors F3 key Ca
4. NETWARE D 1 Tel No Fax No Purchase Date Rev No u8 O16 32 MB 512 DATA Q IDE EDSI SCSI UNIX XENIX Ver R 01 03 061001
5. This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU s memory address map Expanded Memory Expanded Memory in 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 swaps memory which not utilized by DOS with a section or frame so these applications can access all of the system memory Memory can be swapped by EMS is usually 64 K within 1 MB or memory above 1 MB depends on the chipset design Expanded memory device driver is required to use memory as Expanded Memory 4 8 BIOS Configuration Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640 K to 1024 K address space This is memory that can be used for different applications DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs Most use for this area is Shadow RAM 4 6 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On
6. or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection Appendix A Post Message DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Since last powering off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type EISA Configuration Checksum Error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot This can indicate either the EISA non volatile memory has become corrupt or the slot has configured incorrectly Also be sure the card is installed firmly in the slot EISA Configuration Is Not Complete PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The slot configuration information stored in the EISA non volatile memory is incomplete When either of these errors appear the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE Hard drive cannot be initialized Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER Cannot initialize controller Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly in the hard drive FLOPPY DISK CNTRLR ERROR OR NO CNTRLR PRESENT Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive co
7. 5 PARALLEL port 2 6 FLOPPY DISK adapter 7 PARALLEL port 1 8 RTC clock 9 Available 10 Available 11 Available 12 Available 13 MATH coprocessor 14 HARD DISK adapter 15 Available 5 4 AT Technical Information 5 5 RTC amp CMOS RAM MAP RTC amp CMOS 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OA 0B 0C 0D 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 24 2 2 30 31 32 33 34 3F 40 71 Seconds Second alarm Minutes Minutes alarm Hours Hours alarm Day of week Day of month Month Year Status register A Status register B Status register C Status register D Diagnostic status byte Shutdown byte FLOPPY DISK drive type byte Reserve HARD DISK type byte Reserve Equipment byte Base memory low byte Base memory high byte Extension memory low byte Extension memory high byte Reserved for extension memory low byte Reserved for extension memory high byte DATE CENTURY byte INFORMATION FLAG Reserve Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA 5 5 GA 586DX APPENDIX A POST MESSAGE When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bottom POST BEEP Currently there is only one beep code in BIOS This code indicates that a video error has occurred
8. BIOS ROM or RAM buffer 00E0000 00EFFFF Reserved for PCI device ROM 00F0000 00FFFFF System BIOS ROM 0100000 BFFFFFF System extension memory VO MAP 000 01F DMA controller Master 020 021 INTERRUPT controller Master 022 023 CHIPSET control registers I O ports 040 05F TIMER control registers 060 06F KEYBOARD interface controller 8042 070 07F RTC ports amp CMOS ports 080 09F DMA register 0 0 INTERRUPT controller Slave 0C0 0DF DMA controller Slave OFO OFF MATH COPROCESSOR 1F0 1F8 HARD DISK controller 278 27F PARALLEL port 2 2B0 2DF GRAPHICS adapter controller 2 8 2 SERIAL port 2 360 36F NETWORK ports 378 37F PARALLEL port 1 3B0 3BF MONOCHROME amp PRINTER adapter 3C0 3CF EGA adapter 3D0 3DF CGA adapter 3F0 3F7 FLOPPY DISK controller 3F8 3FF SERIAL port 1 5 3 TIMER amp DMA CHANNELS MAP TIMER MAP DMA CHANNELS TIMER Channel 0 System timer interrupt TIMER Channel 1 DRAM REFRESH request TIMER Channel 2 SPEAKER tone generator DMA Channel 0 Available DMA Channel 1 IBM SDLC DMA Channel 2 FLOPPY DISK adapter DMA Channel 3 Available DMA Channel 4 Cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA Channel 5 Available DMA Channel 6 Available DMA Channel 7 Available 5 4 INTERRUPT MAP 5 3 GA 596DX NMI IRQ HW Parity check error 0 System TIMER interrupt from TIMER 0 1 KEYBOARD output buffer full 2 Cascade for IRQ 8 15 3 SERIAL port 2 4 SERIAL port 1
9. High byte Terminator ON Low byte Terminator OFF Terminator OFF Terminator ON Terminator ON System has 8 bit EXT SCSI port amp 16 bit INT SCSI device SCSI 2 EXT 50pin SCSI port SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE Terminator CSI I 2 CSI ID A mi No 15 oo No 0 High byte Terminator ON 16 bit 16 bit Terminator ON Low byte Terminator OFF Terminator OFF Terminator ON System has 16 bit EXT SCSI port amp 8 bit INT SCSI device WIDE SCSI EXT 50pin SCSI port 8 bit 8 bit SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE Terminator N CSI I 2 CSI ID A Mainboard No 6 No 0 WIDE SCSI High byte Terminator ON DEVICE Terminator ON Low byte Terminator OFF Terminator OFF Terminator ON CASE 3 High byte OFF JP15 CLOSE Low byte OFF SCSI BIOS SETUP Disabled O System has 16 bit EXT SCSI port amp INT 16 bit SCSI device WIDE SCSI EXT 68pin SCSI port SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE Terminator DS CSI ID 2 CSI ID Exr A Mainboard No 15 cc No 0 WIDE SCSI High byte Terminator OFF DEVICE Terminator ON Low byte Terminator OFF Terminator OFF Terminator ON 16 bit 16 bit 3 9 GA 586DX 3 13 PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION After the I O device installat
10. Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 7 Load Setup Defaults e IDE HDD Block Mode The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode e PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable PCI BUS DEVICE s 2nd IDE Channel Disabled Disable PCI BUS DEVICE s 2nd IDE Channel e On Chip Primary IDE The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port e On Chip Secondary IDE The default value is Enabled 4 17 GA 586DX Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port e IDE Primary Master PIO for onboard IDE 1st channel The default value is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode e IDE Primary Slave PIO for onboard IDE 1st channel The default value isO Auto BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Manually set the IDE Accessing mode Auto Mode0 4 e IDE Secondary Master PIO for onboard IDE 2nd channel The default value is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Manually set the IDE Accessing mode Mode0 4 e IDE Secondary Slave PIO for onboard IDE 2nd channel The default value is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing
11. Quit y gt lt Select Item FIO 5 amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Chang Color Save Data to CMOS amp Exit SETUP Figure 4 10 Save amp 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 23 GA 586DX 4 15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ROM PCI ISA BIOS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP USER PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEM PCI CONFIGURA INTEGRATED LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit gt lt Select Item FIO 5 amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Chang Color Abandon all Datas amp Exit SETUP Figure 4 11 Exit Without Saving Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS SRAM Type N will return to Setup Utility 4 24 AT Technical Information 5 AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION 5 1 O BUS CONNECTOR PIN OUT 5 1 1 ISA SLOT PIN OUT 5 1 GA 596DX 5 1 2 PCI BUS SLOT PIN OUT A A A A A A A A A A 0 no gt te 8 5 Ens 0 OQ amp Q AT Technical Information 5 2 amp MEMORY MEMORY MAP 0000000 009FFFF System memory used by DOS and application program 00A0000 00BFFFF Display buffer memory for VGA EGA CGA MONOCHROME adapter 00C0000 00DFFFF Reserved for I O device
12. base memory from 256 K to 640 K and Extended Memory extended memory above 1 MB using various patterns This will be skipped in EISA mode and can be skipped with ESC key in ISA mode Test EISA If EISA Mode flag is set then test EISA memory Extended Memory foundin slots initialization This will be skipped in ISA mode and can be skipped with ESC key in EISA mode Setup Enabled S Initialize amp Install Detect if mouse is present initialize mouse install Mouse interrupt vectors Setup Cache Initialize cache controller Controller Reserved e ruwas Chipset Program chipset registers with Setup values Initialization EE Display virus protest disable or enable 41 Initialize Floppy Initialize floppy disk drive controller and any drives Drive amp Controller Initialize Hard Initialize hard drive controller and any drives Drive amp Controller Detect amp Initialize Initialize any serial and parallel ports also game Serial Parallel port Detect amp Initialize Initialize math coprocessor Math Coprocessor Reserved Reserved pu 5 B 3 Appendix Post Codes 4840 Reseved J o c rc rc Manufacturing Reboot if Manufacturing POST Loop pin is set POST Loop or Otherwise display any messages i e any non fatal Display Messages errors that were detected during POST and enter Setup 4F Security Check Ask password security optional Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to
13. data pattern FF and 00 3 Initialize Chips Disable NMI PIE AIE UEI SQWV Disable video parity checking DMA Reset math coprocessor Clear all page registers CMOS shutdown byte Initialize timer 0 1 and 2 including set EISA timer to a known state Initialize controllers 0 and 1 Initialize interrupt controllers 0 and 1 Initialize EISA extended registers Test Memory RAM must be periodically refreshed in order to keep Refresh Toggle the memory from decaying This function assures that the memory refresh function is working properly 5 Blank video Keyboard controller initialization Initialize keyboard 7 Test CMOS Verifies CMOS is working correctly detects bad Interface and battery Battery Status BE Chipset Default Program chipset registers with power on BIOS Initialization defaults C1 Memory presence OEM Specific Test to size on board memory test G Early Shadow OEM Specific Early Shadow enable for fast boot Cache presence External cache size detection test Setup low memory Early chip set initialization Memory presence test B 1 Appendix Post Codes OEM chip set routines Clear low 64 K of memory Test first 64 K memory Early Cache Cyrix CPU initialization Initialization Cache initialization A Setup Interrupt Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with Vector Table SPURIOUS INT HDLR and initialize INT 00h 1Fh according to INT_TBL Pe Checksum pressed load default
14. ete oo 3 1 3 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT e ente et bae a 3 2 3 3 QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS amp CONNECTORS 3 2 3 4 DRAM 3 4 3 5 CPU INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS 3 5 3 5 1 Uni Processor Installation 3 5 3 5 2 Dual Processor Installation 3 5 3 6 CMOS 8 ISA CFG CMOS SRAVM 3 6 3 7 SPEAKER CONNECTOR 3 6 3 8 POWER LED amp KEY LOCK CONNECTOR INSTALLATION 3 7 3 9 HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION 3 7 3 10 GREEN FUNCTION INSTALLATION 2 002 3 7 3 11 ATAPI DEVICE 2 2 2 2 3 7 3 12 SCSI DEVICE 2422 3 7 3 13 PERIPHERAL DEVICE 3 10 3 14 KEYBOARD PS 2 MOUSE INSTALLATION 3 10 3 15 KEYBOARD SETTING FUNCTION 3 10 4 BIOS 1 1 4 42 4 1 4 T ENTERING SETUP e a o e e E NEUE 4 1 4 2 CONTROL KEYS ul s te ees cock eta so
15. system monitor that must matches your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in setup EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halton The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up NO errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the 4 7 GA 586DX system will be stopped and you will be prompted All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors stop for all other errors disk error it will stop for all other errors e 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 the system The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard or 640 K for systems with 640 or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST
16. 6 Supports PS 2 Mouse Using IRQ12 Supports PS 2 Keyboard e GREEN FUNCTION Standby amp Suspend mode support Green switch amp LED support IDE amp Display power down support Monitor all IRQ DMA Display I O events BIOS 128KB FLASH EEPROM Supports Plug amp Play Function DIMENSION ATX Form Factor 6 layers PCB 2 2 SOFTWARE e BIOS Licensed AWARD BIOS AT CMOS Setup BIOS Chipset Setup Green Setup Hard Disk Utility included OS Operation with MS DOS Windows 995 WINDOWS NT 05 2 NOVELL and SCO UNIX 2 3 ENVIRONMENT Ambient Temp 0 C to 50 C Operating e Relative Hum 0 to 85 Operating e Altitude 0 to 10 000 feet Operating e Vibration 0 to 1 000 Hz Electricity 4 9 V to 52 V 5 Ato 7 current 2 2 Hardware Installation 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3 1 UNPACKING The mainboard package should contain the following e The GA 586DX mainboard e USER S MANUAL for mainboard amp SCSI Driver Installation e Cable set for IDE Floppy amp SCSI device e Diskette for BUS MASTE IDE Driver amp SCSI controller Drivers The mainboard contains sensitive electric components which can be easily damaged by static electricity so the mainboard should be left in its original packing until it is installed Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti static mat The operator should be wearing an anti static wristband g
17. ENDIX A POST 55 A 1 APPENDIX B POST CODES u u n ana 1 APPENDIX C BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE C 1 APPENDIX D PROBLEM SHEET D 1 Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 PREFACE Welcome to use the GA 586DX motherboard The motherboard is a 512 KB cache Dual PENTIUM Processor based AT compatible system with ISA bus and PCI Local Bus and has been designed to be the fastest PC AT system There are some new features allow you to operate the system with just the performance you want This manual also explains how to install the motherboard for operation and how to set up your CMOS CONFIGURATION with BIOS SETUP program 1 2 KEY FEATURES Q Intel Dual Pentium Processor based PC AT compatible mainboard Q Supports Pentium processor PODP running at 75 200 MHz Cyrix 6x86 and AMD 5k86 Processor 4 Master Slave PCI Bus slots 4 ISA Bus slots Supports Dual 321 Pins Socket 7 ZIF socket on board for Intel Processor and Dual POWER 2 8V 3 3V Processor Supports 512 KB Pipeline Burst Sync 2nd Cache CPU 11 12 Write Back cache operation Supports 8 512 MB DRAM memory on board Supports Adaptec Ultra amp Wide SCSI ports for 15 SCSI Device D O Supports Adaptec RAID Port on board Ver 3X and above version Supports 2xCOM 16550 1xLPT EPP ECP 1x1 44MB Floppy port Supports Gre
18. GA 586DX USER S MANUAL Dual PENTIUM PCI ISA BUS MAINBOARD REV 1 Third Edition GA 586DX The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein IBM PC AT PC XT are trademarks of International Business Machine Corporation PENTIUM is a trademark of Intel Corporation AWARD is a trademark of Award Software Inc MS DOS WINDOWS NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories OCTOBER 01 1996 Taipei Taiwan TABLE OF NTENT Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 1 tA PREFACE u L uuu utem ute utm E 1 1 1 2 KEY FEATURES inse Re ERR A CREE 1 1 1 3 PERFORMANCE LIST u oreet teet dich ee teret vet 1 2 1 4 BLOCK DIAGRAMVM 1 3 1 5 INTRODUCE THE PCI 1 4 1 6 FEATURES susto codec Decret roce Decreti tede goce terre tet rece Des st Dee 1 4 2 SPEGIFIGATION te RR RR ip e RE Ig 2 1 2 1 HARDWARE e e 2 1 2 2 SOFTWARE ee dete vede tese sere 2 2 2 3 ENVIRONMENT eid e e tne bae e asya asa aus dass asss 2 2 3 HARDWARE 4 2 4 0 7 4114 4 441 3 1 3d UNPACKING idR SE
19. IOS Default Drive Table 27 754 11 17 65535 754 Maxtor2140 dl 28 41MB 7 17 256 2190 68 65535 1085 Micropolis1325 ELE MB Maxtor1105 1120 4780 Es pnus O 43 MB 1024 1024 1024 pes ee s pe p s 77 MB 1024 65535 1024 Fa ww pue e E aw es fe Te e e 57 MB 17 Maxtor1 140 ERE 41 MB MB 820 Seagate ST251 ST251 41 MB Seagate ST4053 Miniscribe3053 6053 41 MB Miniscribe3053 RLL 48MB MB 512 Miniscribe 3650 3650 69 MB 65535 Miniscribe 3650 RLL Conner CP3104 Fe ue S ess 6 orco L L T T T C 2 GA 586DX APPENDIX D PROBLEM SHEET 1 Customer Data Name Address 2 Mainboard Date Model NO GA Serial No 3 System Configuration CPU Type CPU Brand CPU Speed DRAM Type 01 02 DRAM Speed 70 DRAM Total Size MB DRAM Brand SRAM Size 64KB SRAM PartNo Video Card Video Chip or Brand Floppy Drive A Capacity amp Brand 128 KB Floppy Drive Capacity amp Brand Storage Controller Type Hard Drive C Brand amp Type Hard Drive D Brand amp Type LAN Controller Type LAN Card Brand amp Model Serial Parallel Chip Brand amp Model Mouse Brand amp Model 0 5 DOS 05 2 4 AUTOEXEC BAT amp CONFIG SYS File MFM 5 Problem Description 04 60 ns 256 O RLL
20. Main Menu Standard CMOS setup GA 586DX This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS e BIOS features setup This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features e Chipset features setup This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features e Power management setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features e PNP PCI configuration This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI amp PNP ISA resources e Integrated peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals e Load setup defaults BIOS defaults indicates the most appropriate value of the system parameter which the system would be in safe configuration e User password Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup e IDE HDD auto detection Automatically configure hard disk parameter e Save amp exit setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup e Exit without save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 4 5 STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu Figure 4 2 are divided into 9 4 4 BIOS Configuration categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrows to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item ROM PCI ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETU
21. P AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Mon Feb 7 1994 Time hh mm ss 10 45 38 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Driver 1 44 3 5 inch Driver None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Base Memory 640 Extended Memory 15360 K Other Memory 384K Video EGA VGA Halt On Errors Total Memory 16384 ESC Quit as gt Select Item PU PD Modify Fl Help Shift F2 Chang Color Figure 4 2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu e Date The date format is lt day gt lt date gt lt month gt lt year gt Press lt F3 gt to show the calendar day The day from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS and is display only The date from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month month The month Jan through Dec The year from 1900 through 2099 e Time The time format in hour minute second The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock 4 5 GA 586DX For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Primary HDDs Secondary HDDs The category identify the types of hard disk drive C drive F 4 devices that has been installed in the computer There are 45 pre defined types and a user definable type Type 1 to Type 45 are pre defined Type User is user definable and type Auto will automatically detect HDD s type Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk typ
22. RA WIDE SCSI port CN9 For ULTRA 8 bit SCSI port CN10 For Secondary IDE port CN11 For Primary IDE port Power Connector Pin No Function Power Good signal 2 10 11 12 VCC 5V 412V 12V GND 5 A 5 6 7 8 Adaptec RAID Port The port is for Adaptec PCI RAID Port ARO 113X just Plug amp Play will Enable onboard SCSI controller to perform as SCSI RAID channels 3 4 DRAM INSTALLATION The mainboard can be installed with 4 8 16 32 64 128 MB 72 pins SIMM module DRAM and the DRAM speed must be 60 or 70 ns The DRAM memory system on mainboard consists of bank 0 amp bank 1 Each bank consist of 2 PCs 72 pins SIMM module DRAM Because the 72 pins SIMM module is 32 bits width using 2 PCs which can match a 64 bits system The total memory size is 8 512 MB and various configuration of DRAM types in the following TABLE are for reference Single Single bank SIMM Module None Ex 4MB 16MB 64MB Single Double Double Double banks SIMM Module Ex 8MB 32MB 128MB 3 4 Hardware Installation Double Single The DRAM installation position refer to Figure 3 1 and notice the Pin 1 of SIMM module must match with the Pin 1 of SIMM socket when the DRAM SIMM module is installed Insert the DRAM SIMM module into the SIMM socket at 45 degree angle If there is a wrong direction of Pin 1 the DRAM SIMM module couldn t be inserted into socket completely After completely insert SIMM module i
23. RAM and clear Screen Pre boot Enable Enable parity checker Enable NMI Enable cache before boot 52 Initialize Option Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to ROMs EFFFFh When FSCAN option is enabled will initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh Initialize Time Initialize time value in 40h BIOS area Value Setup Virus Setup virus protect according to Setup Protect 6 Set Boot Speed Set system speed for boot 62 Setup NumLock Setup NumLock status according to Setup Boot Attempt Set low stack Boot via INT 19h 4 4 50 51 53 61 62 63 B 1 Unclaimed NMI unmasked NMI occurs display LM pre E1 Page 1 E2 Page 2 etc IF Bot C 24 B 4 GA 586DX APPENDIX C BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE TABLE Type Size Cylinders Heads Sectors Write Land Example Model MB Precomp Zone 10 MB 128 TEAC SD510 MMI 112 5412 20 MB Seagate ST225 ST4026 ce ene on 20 MB 615 17 65535 615 Seagate ST125 7 sw s z _ sane ss seu een 112 MB 65535 bs me m s pe e gt e 35 MB 855 65535 855 me e 7 e ee 13 20 MB 17 128 319 Disctron526 MMI 43MB MB 65535 EN 20 MB EN HH725 Syquest3250 E z ELM MB 30 MB 733 5 300 pare ed fow m fe o pm 10 p pe s es set 25 69 MB 9 65535 Seagate ST4096 17 Es pee pe pw pe 2 eene C 1 Appendix B
24. S ESC Quit 10 Save amp Exit Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS AWARD SOFTWARE INC USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP gt lt Select Item Shift F2 Chang Color Figure 4 7 Load Setup Defaults Load SETUP Defaults To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM enter Y If not enter there is any problem occurred loading SETUP DEFAULTS step is recommended 4 20 BIOS Configuration 4 12 USER PASSWORD When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD ROM PCI ISA BIOS USER PASSWORD AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP USER PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMEN Enter Password PNP PCI CONFIG INTEGRATED PERIPHERA LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit gt lt Select Item FIO 5 amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Chang Color Change Set Disable Password Figure 4 8 Password Setting Type the password up to eight characters and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear and previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable password just press lt Ente
25. T Switch RST Pin No 1 RESET Input 2 GND Function J5 POWER ON LED PW LED Pin No Function 3 2 Hardware Installation LED POWER NC GND 46 Hard Disk active LED Pin No Function LED POWER LED POWER LED POWER LED POWER J7 INFARED Connector IR Function Option Pin No Function IR Data Output GND IR Data Input NC POWER 8 GN SW Pin No Close Function Force system to enter Green Mode Suspend mode Open Normal Operation J9 GN LED Pin No Function 51 System Speed Selection 2g 2 am 2 For 50 MHz system speed N OFF For 60 MHz system speed For 66 MHz system speed CPU 100 133 166 200 MHz OFF For 55 MHz system speed Function CPU 75 100 x2 PODP 125 MHz CPU 90 120 150 180 MHz CPU 110 MHz 51 CPU INT EXT FREQ RATIO I OFE OFE ON ON OFF x15 x2 ON x2 5 OFF x3 JP15 Wide SCSI port High Byte Terminator ON OFF Pin No Open Close Function High Byte Terminator always Enable ON High Byte Terminator ON OFF control by software 3 3 GA 586DX CN1 11 I O Ports Connector CN1 For Serial port2 COM B CN2 For LPT port CNS3 For Keyboard I O port CN4 For PS 2 Mouse port CN5 For Serial port1 COM A CN6 USB port option CN7 For Floppy port CN8 For ULT
26. T switch is pushed and released by user The RESET switch is a 2 PIN connector and should be installed to J4 on mainboard 3 10 GREEN FUNCTION INSTALLATION For the purpose of power saving there are two jumpers J8 and J9 to make sure the power saving function doing well The J9 is a indicator green LED for green function If the green LED is ON the system is operating in green mode The J8 is a switch to force the system get into green mode immediately 3 11 ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION There are two Enhance PCI IDE ports CN10 11 on board which following ATAPI standard SPEC Any one IDE port can connecte to two ATAPI devices IDE Hard Disk CD ROM amp Tape Driver so total four ATAPI devices can exist in a system The booting Hard Disk should be the Master device of 1st IDE channel 3 12 SCSI DEVICE INSTALLATION There are two SCSI ports on board One is 8bit SCSI port for SCSI 2 or ULTRA SCSI device and total 7 8bit SCSI devices can exist in a system The other is 16bit SCSI port for wide or ULTRA Wide SCSI device and total 15 SCSI devices include 8bit SCSI device can exist in a system The low byte Terminator used for 8bit SCSI port turning ON or OFF is controled by software SCSI BIOS SETUP Utility and High byte Terminaator used for Wide SCSI port turning ON or OFF can be controled by JP15 as following JP15 OPEN High byte Terminator is always enable ON JP15 CLOSE High byte Terminator is controled by soft
27. Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay 250 Security Option Setup PCI VGA Palette Snoo Disabled P Quit A gt lt Select Item MP SPEC For Single CPU Enabled A Help PU PD Modify OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 3 BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning This category flashes on the screen During and after the system boots up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and the following error message will appear in the mean time you can run anti virus program to locate the problem Default value is Disabled Enabled Activate automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to 4 9 GA 586DX access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table e CPU Internal Cache External Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache e 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 Enable BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST The def
28. 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 ERROR MESSAGE Once or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes message for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER No boot device was found Insert a system disk into Drive A and press lt Enter gt If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also be sure the disk is formatted as a boot device Then reboot the system DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR RUN SETUP Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition Run Setup to re configure the drive type correctly DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then either turn off the system and change the jumper
29. ault value is Enabled Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST Boot Sequence This category determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system i e DOS Default value is A C System will first search for floppy disk drive then hard disk drive System will first search for hard disk drive then floppy disk drive e Swap Floppy Drive The default value is Disabled Enabled Floppy A amp B will be swapped under DOS Disabled Floppy A amp B will be normal definition Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360 K type is 40 tracks while 720 K 1 2 M and 1 44 M are all 80 tracks The default value is Enabled 4 10 BIOS Configuration Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 K 1 2 M or 1 44 M drive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360 K Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On On Off Keypad is number keys Keypad is arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting The default value is Disabled Enabled Enable Keyboard typematic rate setting Disabled Disable Keyboard typematic rate setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec The default value is 6 6 30 Set the maximum t
30. ck cock sone fece eet tee sede tede as ats 4 2 GA 586DX 4 32 GELEIINGHELP AU a u esa lui 4 3 4 3 1 Main 4 3 4 3 2 Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu 4 3 4 4 THE MAIN emen 4 3 4 5 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 4 5 4 6 BIOS FEATURES SETUP tee ee Hee ee Redes 4 9 4 7 CHIPSET FEATURES 4 13 4 8 POWER MANAGEMENT 4 14 4 9 PNP PCI 4 16 4 10 INTEGRATED 15 4 17 411 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS n f reete ds 4 20 4 12 USER PASSWORD zi anime ep te e Yes a 4 21 4 13 IDE HDD AUTO 4 22 4 14 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP 4 23 4 15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING emen 4 24 5 AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION 5 1 5 1 BUS CONNECTOR PIN 5 1 53 Ts ISA SEOT PIN OWT wine iiie e eie 5 1 5 1 2 PCI BUS SLOT PIN 5 2 5 2 VO 8 MEMORY 5 3 5 3 TIMER 8 DMA CHANNELS 5 3 5 4 INTERRUPT MAP 5 4 5 5 amp CMOS RAM 5 5 APP
31. d of l O bound peripherals with only a slight increase in cost over traditional systems This price performance point has created a vast market potential for local bus products The main barrier to this market has been the lack of an accepted standard for local bus peripherals Many mainboard and chipset manufactures developed their own local bus implementations but they are incompatible with each other The VL Video Electronics Standards Association local bus and Peripheral Component Interconnect bus specification was created to end this confusion The PCI bus standard under development since Jun 1992 which is designed to bring workstation level performance to standard PC platform The PCI bus removes many of the bottlenecks that have hampered PC for several years On the PCI bus peripherals operate at the native speed of the computer system thus enabling data transfer between peripherals and the system at maximum speed This performance is critical for bandwidth constrained devices such as video multimedia mass storage and networking adapters PCI bus standard provides end users with a low cost extendible and portable local bus design which will allow system and peripherals from different manufactures to work together 1 6 FEATURES Q 32 bits bus transfer mode Bus Master or Slave access Memory burst transfer to 132 MB sec 33 MHz operation speed 10 device loading ability CPU independent
32. e or type the number and press lt Enter gt 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 category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually If you select Type User related information is asked to be entered to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press lt Enter gt Those information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer CYLS number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press lt Enter gt Drive A type Drive B type The category identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer No floppy drive installed 4 6 BIOS Configuration 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 3 1 2 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 megabyte capacity Floppy 3 Mode Support for Janpan Area Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive e Video The category detects the type of adapter used for the primary
33. en function Plug amp Play function Licensed AWARD BIOS FLASH EEPROM for BIOS update BENCHMARQ3287 DALLAS 12887 ODIN 12C887 RTC on board ATX form factor 6 layers PCB 1 3 PERFORMANCE LIST a a a a Supports 2 channels Enhance PCI IDE ports for 4 IDE Device a Q Q a a GA 586DX The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular benchmark testing programs These data are just referred by users and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users The different Hardware amp Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results CPU Pentium processor 200 MHz e DRAM 32 MB EDO e CACHE SIZE 512 KB Pipeline Burst SRAM e DISPLAY Matrox Millennium 2MB e STORAGE Onboard IDE port Quantum FB 1280AT IDE Dirve Onboard SCSI port Quantum XP 32150W SCSI Drive O S MS DOS V6 22 DOS lt WINDOWS gt with Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 256 colors x 70Hz Fem wm Winbench 96 CPU Mark16 Disk Winmark95 Graphics Winmark95 Mpixels S Winstone 96 Winstone96 Introduction 1 4 BLOCK DIAGRAM Pentium Processor Host Bus 3 3V Hard Disk O o ini Fast IDE Ultra Wide SCSI Device s CD ROM ISA Device s 2 Adaptec RAID Port ISA Bus 1 5 INTRODUCE THE PCI BUS 1 3 GA 586DX Connecting devices to a CPU local bus can dramatically increase the spee
34. ion and jumpers setup the mainboard can be mounted into the case and fixed by screw To complete the mainboard installation the peripheral device could be installed now The basic system needs a display interface card If the PCI Bus device is to be installed in the system any one of four PCI Bus slots can be used if Slave PCI Bus device being installed any one of tree PCI Bus slots PCI1 PCI3 can be used if Bus Master PCI Bus device being installed slot can only support Slave PCI Bus device due to onboard SCSI controller using PCI4 slot s Master resource 3 14 KEYBOARD amp PS 2 MOUSE INSTALLATION The main board supports PS 2 connector type keyboard amp Mouse The BIOS will auto detect wheather the PS 2 Mouse is installed or nor amp assign IRQ12 for Mouse port if which was installed After installing the peripheral device the user should check everything again and prepare to power on the system 3 15 KEYBOARD SETTING FUNCTION After booting the O S 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 3 10 BIOS Configuration 4 BIOS CONFIGURATION Award s BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed CMOS SRAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off
35. lendar only for Status Page Setup Menu F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 key Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 key Load the default Reserved F10 key Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 4 2 BIOS Configuration 4 3 GETTING HELP 4 3 1 Main Menu The on line description 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 appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press lt Esc gt 4 4 THE MAIN MENU Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 4 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from seven setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept or enter the sub menu ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP USER PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP PCI CONFIGURATION INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit y gt lt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Chang Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 4 1
36. lity to re configure the memory configuration In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields X Memory Verify Error Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip B gt OFFENDING ADDRESS NOT FOUND This message is used in conjunction with the CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated B gt OFFENDING SEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated lt gt PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the system will reboot X PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI F2 TO REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non maskable Interrupt condition during boot this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot or you can reboot the system will the NMI enabled D RAM PARITY ERROR CHECKING FOR SEGMENT Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory A 3 Appendix A Post Message Should Be Empty But EISA Board Found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no board ID When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utilit
37. mode Mode0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode Onboard PCI SCSI chip The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable onboard SCSI port Disabled Disable onboard SCSI port Onboard FDD Controller The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable onboard FDD port 4 18 BIOS Configuration Disabled Disable onboard FDD port e Onboard Serial Port 1 The default value is COM1 3F8 COM2 2F8 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 2F8H Onboard Serial Port 2 The default value is COM2 2F8 COM1 3F8 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 3F8H COM2 2F8 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 2F8H COMS 3E8 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 3E8H COMA 2E8 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 2E8H Disabled Disable onboard Serial port B Onboard Parallel port The default value is 378H IRQ7 378H Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378H IRQ7 278H Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278H IRQ5 Disabled Disable onboard LPT port 3BCH Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode The default value is SPP SPP Using Parallel port as Normal Printer Port EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port 4 11 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS GA 586DX STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEM PNP PCI CONFIG INTEGRATED PERIPH LOAD SETUP DEFAULT
38. nto socket then press the SIMM module in vertical direction until the left and right metal holders can keep the SIMM module standing up con firmly 3 5 CPU INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP 3 5 1 Uni Processor Installation The system s speed depends on the frequency of CLOCK GENERATOR The user can change the DIP SWITCH 1 selection to set up the system speed to 50 MHz 55 MHz 60 MHz or 66 MHz 75 200 MHz processor The mainboard can use Intel Pentium Processor P55C or PODP Pentium OverDrive Processor P54CT P54CTB Cyrix 6x86 AND AMD 5k86 processor The CPU speed must match with the frequency of CLOCK GEN It will cause system hanging up if the CLOCK GEN S frequency is higher than CPU s There are two CPU socket onboard the user can install CPU to any one socket but 1st CPU socket is recommanded for one processor configuration 3 5 2 Dual Processor Installation The mainboard provide Intel Multi processor specification so only Intel Pentium Processor can be used when Dual Processor configuration is achieved The two processor must used same speed and same type Ex P54C or P55C CPU Installation Table DIP SWITCH S1 EXT INT CLK CPU SPEED CLK RATIO MHz 4 2 3 4 z 3 5 1 5 66 100 PENTIUM 100 MHz AMD5k86 P100 P133 OFF PENTIUM 133 MHz 5 86 166 Cyrix 6x86 P166 ra The CPU is a sensitive electric component and it can be easily damaged by siatic elec
39. ntroller Make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly If there are no floppy drives installed be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE 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 program the memory When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility GA 586DX lt gt KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL BUT KEYBOARD This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot D Memory Address Error at Indicates a memory address error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips X Memory parity Error Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips lt gt MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Memory has been added or removed since the last boot In EISA mode use Configuration Uti
40. r gt when you are prompted to enter 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 DISABLED If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup 4 21 GA 586DX 4 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ROM PCI ISA BIOS IDE HDDD AUTO DETECTION AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Select Primary Master Option N Skip OPTION CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 1 Y 2 1060 16 65535 1059 63 NORMAL 2 2 530 32 0 1059 63 LBA 3 2 530 3 1059 63 LARGE Figure 4 9 IDE HDD Auto Detection Type Y will accept the H D D parameter reported by BIOS Type N will keep the old H D D parameter setup If the hard disk cylinder NO is over 1024 then the user can select LBA mode or LARGER mode for DOS partition LARGE than 528 MB 4 22 BIOS Configuration 4 14 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP USER PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEM PNP PCI CONFIG INTEGRATED LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC
41. rounded at the same point as the anti static mat Inspect the mainboard carton for obvious damage Shipping and handling may cause damage to your board Be sure there are no shipping and handling damages on the board before proceeding After opening the mainboard carton extract the system board and place it only on a grounded anti static surface component side up Again inspect the board for damage Press down on all of the socket IC s to make sure that they are properly seated Do this only on with the board placed on a firm flat surface 6 NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED You are now ready to install your mainboard The mounting hole pattern on the mainboard matches the IBM AT system board It is assumed that the chassis is designed for a standard IBM XT AT mainboard mounting Place the chassis on the anti static mat and remove the cover Take the plastic clips Nylon stand off and screws for mounting the system board and keep them separate 3 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT GA 586DX 12V GND 1st CPU Socket J1 CPU FAN U7 12V GND J2 CPU FAN 2nd CPU Socket U10 DIP SWITCH WIDE SCSI CN8 JP15 LTRA SCSI N GAseepx ons CN11 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 m A OO lt Figure 3 1 gt 3 3 QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS amp CONNECTORS 1 2 CPU cooling FAN Power Connector 12V GND 2 J3 SPEKER Connector Pin No Function VCC NC NC Output J4 RESE
42. s Initialize keyboard Detect type of keyboard controller optional Set NUM_LOCK status Initialize Video Detect CPU clock Interface Read CMOS location 14h to find out type of video in use Detect and Initialize Video Adapter Test Video Test video memory write sign on message to Memory screen Setup shadow RAM Enable shadow according to Setup Test DMA BIOS checksum test Controller 0 Keyboard detect and initialization Test DMA Controller 1 Test DMA Page Test DMA Page Registers registers 3 Test Timer Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2 Counter 2 15 Test 8259 1 Mask Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by Bits alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines 16 Test 8259 2 Mask Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by Bits alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines Interrupt Bits register is on Functionality 19 Test Stuck NMI Verify NMI can be cleared Bits Parity lIO Check A CPU clock B 2 GA 586DX 18 18 Reseved 1F Set EISA Mode If EISA non volatile memory checksum is good execute EISA initialization If not execute ISA tests an clear EISA mode flag Test EISA Configuration Memory Integrity checksum amp communication interface Enable Slot 0 Initialize slot 0 System Board 21 2F Enable Slots 1 15 Initialize slot 1 through 15 30 Size Base and Size base memory from 256 K to 640 K extended Extended Memory memory above 1 MB Test Base and Test
43. sor is installed Disabled The BIOS will report standard AT system to O S if only one processor is installed If two processor are installed the BIOS always report MP SPEC to O S NOTE Under some O S with standard AT system the performance is better than the same O S with MP SPEC system e OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB The default value is Non OS2 Non OS2 Using non OS2 operating system Using OS2 operating system and DRAM gt 64MB e 8000 CFFFF Shadow 00000 DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16 K byte The default value are Disabled Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled 4 7 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP BIOS Configuration ROM PCI ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration 60 70ns Memory Hole At 15 16 Disabled DRAM ECC PARITY select ECC Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Quit V gt lt Select Item Help Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 4 Chipset Features Setup Auto Configuration The default value is 607 70ns 60 70ns For 60 70ns DRAM Timing For 60ns DRAM Timing e Memory Hole At 15M 16M The default value is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting Enabled Set Address 15 16MB remap to ISA BUS DRAM ECC PARITY select The default value is ECC Enable ECC function when using 36 bit DRAM Mod
44. tricity so users must keep it away from metal surface when the CPU is installed onto mainboard 3 6 CMOS RTC amp ISA CFG CMOS SRAM There re RTC amp CMOS SRAM on board they have a power supply from internal battery to keep the DATA inviolate amp effective The RTC is a REAL TIME CLOCK device which provides the DATE amp TIME to system The CMOS SRAM is used for keeping the information of ISA device system configuration so the system can automatically boot OS every time Due to the life time of RTC internal battery is 5 years the user can change a 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 7 SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION There is always a speaker in AT system for sound purpose The 4 Pins connector J3 is used to connect speaker The speaker can work well in both direction of connector when it is installed to the connector J3 on mainboard 3 8 POWER LED amp KEY LOCK CONNECTOR INSTALLATION There are a system power LED lamp on the panel of case The power LED will light on when system is powered on which is connected to a 3 PIN connector The connector should be connected to J5 of mainboard in correct direction 3 9 HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION 3 6 Hardware 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 RESE
45. ts into 4 14 BIOS Configuration Green mode for Green monitor power saving Blank Screen BIOS will only black monitor when gets into Green mode DPMS Support BIOS will use DPMS Standard to control VGA card The Green type VGA card will turn of V H SYNC automatically e Standby Mode for Network Card using The default value is Disable Disable Disable Standby Mode Setup the timer to enter Standby Mode Suspend mode for CPU stop clock Mode The default value is Disable Disable Suspend Mode Setup the timer to enter Suspend Mode e HDD Power Down The default value is Disable Disable Disable HDD Power Down mode function 1 15 mins Enable HDD enter Power Down mode between 1 to 15 mins e RQX 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 The default value is On On The system will return to normal mode from Green Mode when the IRQX is active Off The system will not return to normal mode from Green Mode when the IRQX is active 4 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 4 15 GA 586DX ROM PCI ISA BIOS PNP PCI CONFGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC Resources Controlled by Manual Reset Configuration Data Disabled IRQ 3 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 4 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 14 assigne Legacy ISA
46. ule PARITY Enable PARITY function when using 36 bit DRAM Module e Memory Parity ECC Check The default value is Disabled Disabled Disable Memory Parity or ECC check function BIOS will automaticly detect whether 36 bit DRAM Module 4 13 GA 586DX being used If yes the BIOS will Enable the function Enabled Enable Memory Parity or ECC check function 4 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management Enabled Power Down amp Resume Events PM Control by APM Yes IRQ3 COM 2 Video Off Method DPMS 1804 COM 1 IRQ5 LPT 2 Standby Mode Disabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Suspend Mode Disabled 1807 LPT 1 HDD Power Down Disabled 1808 Alarm IRQ9 102 18010 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved 18012 PS 2 Mouse IRQ14 Hard Disk IRQIS Reserved Quit Z gt lt Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 5 Power Management Setup e Power Management The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable Green function Disabled Disable Green function Please disable Green Function for Non S CPU in OS 2 Unix Window NT amp Novell system e Control by APM The default value is Yes Enable software APM function Disable software APM function e Video off Method The default value is DPMS Support V H SYNC Blank BIOS will turn off V H SYNC when ge
47. ware SCSI BIOS SETUP same status as Low byte Terminator Terminator ON OFF rules CASE 1 High byte ON JP15 OPEN Low byte ON SCSI BIOS SETUP Enabled 3 7 GA 586DX D System has 16 bit SCSI 16 bit 16 bit SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE CSI CSI ID EN Mainboard No 15 Terminator ON Terminator OFF Terminator ON System has only 8 bit SCSI device 8 bit 8 bit SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE CSI ID CSI ID damit Mainboard No 6 oooo Terminator ON Terminator ON Terminator OFF System has EXT SCSI port but has not INT SCSI device EXT SCSI EXT 50pin or 68pin SCSI port Terminator x A Mainboard SCSI DEVICE EXT SCSI port Terminator ON CASE 2 High byte ON JP15 OPEN Low byte OFF SCSI BIOS SETUP Disabled Terminator ON D System has 16 bit amp 8 bit SCSI device 16 bit 16 bit 8 bit 8 bit SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE cc m Mainboard cc oo as Terminator ON Terminator OFF Terminator OFF Terminator ON High byte Terminator ON Low byte Terminator OFF 3 8 Hardware Installation 2 System has 8 bit EXT SCSI port amp 8 bit INT SCSI device SCSI 2 EXT 50pin SCSI port 8 bit 8 bit SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE Terminator CSI I 2 CSI ID A Mainboard No 6 E oo 0 T T
48. y Should Have EISA Board But Not Found 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 When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Slot Not Empty Indicates that a slot designated as empty by the EISA Configuration Utility actually contains a board When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility SYSTEM HALTED CTRL ALT DEL TO REBOOT Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL Wrong Board In Slot PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non volatile memory When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility GA 586DX APPENDIX B POST CODES EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h ISA POST codes are typically output to port address 80h POST CO Turn Off Chipset OEM Specific Cache control Cache 1 Processor Test 1 Processor Status 1 FLAGS Verification Test the following processor status flags carry zero sign overflow The BIOS will set each of these flags verify they are set then turn each flag off and verify it is off and BP with
49. ypematic rate from 6 chars per second to 30 chars per second Typematic Delay mSec The default value is 250 250 1000 Set the time delay from first key to repeat the same key in to computer Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system 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 The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press lt gt it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely 4 11 GA 586DX e Video BIOS Shadow It determines whether video BIOS will copied to RAM however it is optional from chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed The default value is Enable Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled e PCI VGA Palette Snoop The default value are Disabled Enabled For having Video on ISA Bus and VGA Card on PCI Bus Disabled For VGA Card only e MP SPEC Fpr Single CPU The default value are Enabled Enabled The BIOS will Enabled Intel MP SPEC for O S which support Intel MP SPEC system if only one proces
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