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American Megatrends, Inc. Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User's Guide MAN -701 5/1/94 © Copy right 1994 A me rican Meg atrends , I nc. All rights reserved. Am erican Me gatrends, I nc. 6145F N orthbe lt Pa rkwa y Nor cros s, G A 30071 This publ ication contains proprie tary infor mation w hich is prote cted by copy rig ht.
2 Intel, Pentium , and Overdri ve are registered tr ademarks of Intel Corpor at ion. MS -DO S, X en i x , Mi c ros of t Wi nd ows, W in dows NT, a nd M icr osof t are reg i stere d tra de m ark s of Mi cros oft C orpora ti on. SMC is a regi st ered tr ademark of SMC Cor po rat ion.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 3 Table of Contents Chapt er 1 System Overview ...................................................................................................................................................
4 Preface To the O EM Tha nk you for p urchasi ng the high p e rfor mance America n M egatr ends E xcalib ur P CI Pe ntium ISA mother b oar d. T his product is a state of the art Pentium -based motherboard th at includes the f amous AMIBIOS.
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6 Chapter 1 Sy stem Overview The Am erican Megatren ds Excalibur PCI (Peripheral Com ponent Interconn ect) baby A T-size PCI ISA m o therboard that s upports a Pen tium ® CPU. This moth erboard has three PCI L ocal Bus ex pansion slots (tw o can be used f or bus mas tering PCI adapter cards ) and four ISA expansion slots .
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Chapter 2 PCI 8 Chapter 2 PCI Local Bus PCI is a specification for a local bus stan dard. The PCI specification also prov ides the electrical specification s for peripheral chip m akers and the logic requ iremen ts for a PCI Cont roller. While PCI defines a local bu s standard, it als o defines a standard com ponent- level interface.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 9 PCI, Continued PCI Features • is process or-indepen dent, • has a m ultiplexed address, com mand, and data bus and supports burst m ode o.
Chapter 2 PCI 10 PCI, Continued PCI Diagram A ty pical PCI m otherboard sy stem block diagram follow s. Buffered Reads and Writes The PCI Controller buf fers reads an d writes between the m emory /CPU and PCI peripheral devices. PCI Component Classes PCI compon ents m ust be one of three clas ses: bus mast er, slave, or m aster/slave combin ation.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 11 PCI, Continued Concurrent Operation The CP U in a P CI system runs conc urrent l y with PCI b us mastering p e riphe rals.
Chapter 3 Specificati ons 12 Chapter 3 Specifications The Am erican Megatren ds Excalibur PCI is a baby AT-size m otherboard. The motherboard h as an onboard f ast IDE controlle r on the PC I local bus t hat su pports IDE Modes 0, 1, 2 an d 3 wi th 32-bi t read/w rite, readahead, an d w rite postin g.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 13 Specifications, Continued Secondary Cache Memory The Excalibur PCI m o therboard has 256 KB of factory -installed L2 s econdary (ex ternal) cache m emory. The cach e mem ory architecture is direct- mapped in w rite-back m ode.
Chapter 3 Specificati ons 14 Specifications, Continued System BIOS The sy stem BIOS resides on a 128 KB boot block flash EPROM and s upports sh adow ing bet ween F0000h and FFFFFh in 64 KB gr anularity. The system BIOS can b e updated through the AMIFla sh software utility.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 15 Specifications, Continued Excalibur PCI M otherboa r d Dimensions The Excalibur PC I mot herboard is approxi matel y 8.5 in ches w ide by 13 in ches long (the st andard Baby AT® size with similar mounting ho l e loc a tions) .
Chapter 3 Specificati ons 16 Onboard I/O Universal Peripheral Controller The Excalibu r PCI m otherboard has an SMC F DC37C665 Un iversal Peri pheral Con troller th at supports up to tw o floppy drives (360 KB, 1.
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Chapter 4 Installation 18 Chapter 4 Installation Unpacking the Mot herboard Step Action 1 Inspect t he cardboard carton f or obvious dam age. If damag ed, call Technical Support at 404-246-8600. L eave the m otherboard in its original packing. 2 Perform all u npacking an d installation procedures on a ground-con nected anti-s tatic mat.
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Chapter 4 Installation 20 Installation Steps Step Action Turn to 1 Set sw itch and jumper options Page 20 2 Install m emory Page 24 3 Install m otherboard Page 38 4 Conn ect the pow er supply Page 39 .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 21 Step 1 Set Switches and Jumpers, Continue d Switch SW1 SW1 is an eight-position DIP switch that controls CPU speed, the Pe ntium internal cach ing algorithm , flash ROM program mi ng, diag nostic t esting , sy nchron ous SC SI, and the S CSI m ode.
Chapter 4 Installation 22 Step 1 Set Switches and Jumpers, Continued SW1 Swit ch 4 Manuf acturing Test SW1 switch 4 is OFF. Do not change this sw itch position.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 23 Step 1 Set Switches and Jumpers, Continue d J5 Select Enhanced Parallel Port DMA Acknowledge J3 is a three-pin h eader that selects the parallel port DMA Ackn owledge lin e.
Chapter 4 Installation 24 Step 1 Set Switches and Jumpers, Continued J6 Select Flas h EPROM Voltage J6 is a three-pin berg that selects voltage level su pplied to the Flash EPROM. J6 Pin Set tings LED selected Short Pi ns 1-2 5 volts Short Pi ns 2-3 1 2 volts (Fact ory setting) P24 Unused P24 is not used.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 25 Step 2 Install Sy stem Memory , Continued Mo t herboard System Memory Configura t ions BANK1 B ANK2 BANK 3 Memory rep o rte d b y AMIB IOS 2.
Chapter 4 Installation 26 BANK1 B ANK2 BANK 3 Memory rep o rte d b y AMIB IOS 8 MB x 36 8 MB x 36 2 MB x 36 2 MB x 36 1 MB x 36 1 MB x 36 89,728 KB 8 MB x 36 8 MB x 36 2 MB x 36 2 MB x 36 2 MB x 36 2 .
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Chapter 4 Installation 36 Step 2 Install Sy stem Memory , Continued DRAM M emory Param eters Param eter Specification Page Mode FAST Refresh CAS before RAS t CAC ≤ 20 ns t RAC ≤ 70 ns t AA ≤ 35 .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 37 Step 2 Install Sy stem Memory , Continued Installing SIM Ms Six SIMM sockets are located near the pow er connector on the motherboard. These sockets can be filled w ith either 256 KB x 36, 512 KB x 36, 1 MB x 36, 2 MB x 36, 4 MB x 36, or 8 MB x 36 SIMMs.
Chapter 4 Installation 38 Step 3 Install the M otherboard The mountin g hole pattern on the m o therbo a rd is the same as the m ounting h ole pattern on most Baby A T-size boards. Standoff s and m ounting screw s are not supplied. Step Action 1 Wear an an ti-static wr istban d when perform ing this procedu re.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 39 Step 4 Connect the Pow e r Supply The power s upply s hould m atch the ph ysical con figuration of the chas sis. Make su re that the pow er switch is Off befo r e assembly. Before attaching all componen ts, m ake sure th at the proper voltage has been selected.
Chapter 4 Installation 40 Step 4 Connect the Pow e r Supply, Continued Power Supply Connectors are K ey ed The power con nectors are key ed to prevent incorrect inst allation. The key s on the con nector mu st be cut to f it on som e pow er supplie s, as sh own below .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 41 Step 4 Connect the Pow e r Supply, Continued P2 Pinout Pin Description 1 Gr ound (Bl ack wir e) 2 Gr ound (Bl ack wir e) 3 -5 Vo lts (W hite wir e) 4 +5V VC C (Red wire) 5 +5V VC C (Red wire) 6 +5V VC C (Red wire) P7 Pinout Pin Description 13 .
Chapter 4 Installation 42 Step 6 Connect th e Mouse Cable The mous e connector (P6) is a ten- pin dual-i nline berg. A ttach a stan dard serial cable from the m ouse connector to a standard DB9 serial port con nector mou nted extern ally on th e chassis .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 43 Step 7 Connect Cables, Continue d P32 Password LE D P32 is a two- pin berg that can be attached via a cable to an LED that flas hes w hen the sys tem h as been inactiv e for a specifi ed leng th of t ime an d Pins 2- 3 of J4 are shorted.
Chapter 4 Installation 44 Step 7 Connect Cables, Continue d P29 IDE LED P29 is a four-pin berg that can be attached via a cable to an L ED that is lit w hen IDE hard disk drive activity occurs. Pins 1 an d 4 are anode. Pins 2 and 3 are cath odes. T he LED can be betw een Pins 1 an d 2 or Pins 3 an d 4.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 45 Step 7 Connect Cables, Continue d P33 Speak er Connector P33 is a four-pin s ingle-in line berg that is attached via a cable to the s ystem speaker. AMIBIOS sign als hardw are pro blems thro ugh the spea ker.
Chapter 4 Installation 46 Step 7 Connect Cables, Continue d P28 Turbo Switch Connector P28 is a two-pin sing le-inline berg th at is attached via a cable to the externally -mounted bipolar Turbo switch on the chassis. The turbo switch allow s the user to set the moth erboard clo ck speed to high or low speed.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 47 Step 8 Connect Onboard I/O, Continued Checking for Conflicts AMIBIOS autom atically checks th e adapter cards installed in the expans ion sl.
Chapter 4 Installation 48 Step 8 Connect Onboard I/O, Continued Attaching the Serial Port Cables Two serial port cables are supplied w ith the m otherboard. Attach the cables to P14 and P10 and to th e external serial port connect ors on th e chassi s as sh own below .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 49 Step 8 Connect Onboard I/O, Continued Attaching the Parallel Port Cable A parallel port cable is supplied with the m o therbo ard to connect P8, the parallel port connector on the motherboard, to the externally -mounted parallel port, as shown below.
Chapter 4 Installation 50 Step 8 Connect Onboard I/O, Continued P13 Green PC Monitor Connector Attach a 10- wire 10 to 26-pin f lat cable to P 13, the Green PC monitor con nector. The 26-pin en d mu st be conn ected to the VGA adapter card f eature connector.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 51 Step 9 Install Floppy Drive P11 Floppy Disk Drive Connector P11 is a 34-pi n dual- inline berg. C onnect t he cable from the floppy drive(s) to P11. The onboard f loppy controller cannot be u sed if an adapter card w ith floppy controlle r is ins talled.
Chapter 4 Installation 52 Step 9 Install Floppy Drive, Continue d P11 Flo ppy Connector Pino ut Pin Use Pin Use 1G N D2 R P M / L C 3G N D4 N / C 5G N D6 D R A T E 7 GND 8 -I NDEX 9 GND 10 -MOTOR0 11 .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 53 Step 10 Install Hard Disk Attach IDE Cab le to P15 The IDE hard dis k drive con nector is P15, a 40- pin du al-inl ine berg. A ttach the 40-w ire IDE ribbon cable f rom t he IDE drive t o P15.
Chapter 4 Installation 54 Step 11 Install A dapter Cards The Excalibur PCI Pentium m o therbo ard provides full compatibility with all IBM XT and AT-compatible adapter cards via f our ISA (A T-compatible) expans ion slots. The Ex calibur PCI Pentium motherboard als o has three PCI Local B us expansio n slots.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 55 Step 11 Install A dapter Cards, Continued 8-Bit ISA Slo t Pinout Pin Use Pin U se A1 IOCH CK- B1 GN D A2 S D07 B2 RSTDRV A3 SD 06 B3 +5 A4 S.
Chapter 4 Installation 56 Step 11 Install A dapter Cards, Continued 16-B it ISA Extensio n P i no ut The follow ing 16-bit pin s are an exten sion of th e 8-bit adapter card lay out and are us ed in conjunction with the standard 8- bit pins.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 57 Step 11 Install A dapter Cards, Continued PCI Loca l Bus Pino ut , cont'd The 32-b it co nnecto r is fr om Pin 1 thro ugh Pin 6 2.
Chapter 4 Installation 58 Pin 5V System En vironm ent Side B Side A 44 C/BE[1]# AD [15] 45 AD [14] +3.3V 46 Gr ound AD[13] 47 AD [12] A D[11] 48 AD [10] Gro und 49 Gr ound AD[09] 50 5V Connecto r Ke y 51 5V Connecto r Ke y 52 AD [08] C/BE[0]# 53 AD [07] +3.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 47 Step 12 Test and Configure Review the fo l lowing po i nts befo re p owering up : _ make sure that all adapter car ds are se ated prope rly .
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Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 49 Chapter 5 AMIBIOS Pow er-On Self Test AMIBIOS provides all IBM-s tandard POST routines as w ell as enhanced AMIBIOS POST routines an d CPU internal diagnostics. A MIB IOS POST codes can be accessed via th e Manufactu ring Test Port (I/O Port 80h).
Chapter 5 AMIBIOS POST 50 Beep Codes Erro rs may occur d ur ing AMIBI OS POST (P ower On Self T est). Fa tal err ors a r e communicated t hr ough a ser i es of audible beeps. A ll errors except Beep Code 8 are fatal. Beeps Error me ssage Description 1 Refresh Failure The memory re fresh circ u itry on th e mothe rboar d is faulty .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 51 A MIBIOS Display ed Error Messages If POST initializes the system video monitor, errors can be displayed on the screen. These errors usually allow the sy stem to continue. They are listed on Page 51.
A MIBIOS Display ed Error Messages, Continue d Chapter 5 AMIBIOS POST 52 Error Message Explan ation I NT R #1 Erro r Inte rrupt channe l #1 has f ailed P OST . I NT R #2 Erro r Inte rrupt channe l #2 has f ailed P OST . Invalid B oot Diskette AMI BI OS can re ad the diskette in f loppy drive A :, but it cannot boo t the sy stem w ith it.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 53 NMI Messages ISA NMI M essage Explan ation Memory Parity Error at xxxxx Memory failed. If the memory location ca n be det ermi n ed, it is display ed as xxxxx . I f not, the messag e is Memory Parity Error ???? .
Chapter 5 AMIBIOS POST 54 POST Memory Test Normally , the only v isible POST routine is the m emory test. The screen that appears w hen the sy stem is powered on is show n below .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 55 A MIBIOS Features The AMIBIOS for the A merican Megatrends Excalibu r PCI Pentium ISA motherboard has sev eral features th at can be accessed from the keyboard at an y tim e.
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Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 57 Chapter 6 WinBIOS Setup In ISA and EISA comput ers, the s yst em param eters (such as amou nt of m emory , type of disk drives an d video displays , and ma ny oth er elemen ts) are stored in CMOS R AM.
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 58 Using a Mouse w ith W inBIOS Setup WinBIOS Setup has a built-in m o use driver and can be accessed by either a serial mous e or PS/2-style m ouses. WinBIOS S etup su pports Microsof t-Compati ble serial m ouses and al l PS/2-ty pe mouses .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 59 WinBIOS Setup The WinBIOS Setup main m enu, show n belo w , is organized into four sections. Each of these sections corresponds to a section in this chapter. Each section con tains sev eral icons.
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Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 61 Section 1 WinBIOS Setup Screens Standard Setup The WinBIOS Setup optio ns described in this section are selected by choosing the appropr iate high-level icon from the Standard Setup screen.
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 62 Standard Setup Hard Disk C: Type Hard Disk D: Type Select one of these hard disk drive icons to configu re the drive named in th e option. A scrollable screen that lists all valid disk driv e types is displayed. Select th e correct type and pres s <Enter>.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 63 Standard Setup, Continue d Hard Disk Drive Types Hard Disk Drive Types Type Cylinde rs Heads Wr ite Precompensation Landing Zon e Sectors Ca.
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 64 Standard Setup, Continue d Using Auto Detect Hard Disk (Only for IDE Drives) If y ou select Detect C: or Detect D: from the Utility sectio n of the WinBIOS Setup m ain menu, A MIBIOS autom atically f inds all IDE hard disk drive parameters .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 65 A dvanced Setup The WinBIOS Setup optio ns described in this section are selected by choosing the appropr iate high-level icon from the Advan ced Setup screen. A d vanced Setu p is selected from the Setup section on the WinBIOS Setu p main m enu (see page 5 9).
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 66 A dvanced Setup, Continue d Memory Test Tick Sound This o ptio n enab l es (tur ns o n) or disab les (t urns off) t he ticking so und d ur ing the memory test. T he se t t ings are Enabled or Di sabled. Memory Parity Error Check ing This option enables or dis ables parity error ch ecking f o r system RAM.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 67 A dvanced Setup, Continue d System Boot Up Num Lock When On, this option turns off Num Loc k when th e sys tem is powered on so the end u ser can use th e arrow k eys on both the n umeric k eypad and th e key board.
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 68 A dvanced Setup, Continue d Passw ord Checking This option en ables the passw ord check option ev ery ti me th e sy stem boots or the en d user run s Setu p. If Always is chosen, a u ser passw ord prompt appears ev ery tim e the computer is tu rned on.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 69 Chipset Setu p The WinBIOS Setup optio ns described in this section are selected by choosing the appropr iate high-level icon from the Chipset Setup screen. Chipset Setup is selected from th e Setup section on the WinBIOS Setup main m enu (see page 5 9).
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 70 Chipset Setup, Continued ISA VGA Fram e Buf. Base Addr This option autom atically sets the bas e address (or starting point) of th e ISA VGA f rame bu ffer according to the size of the VGA fram e buff er. ISA IRQ 9 At least one IRQ m ust be free for each PCI Card in the system .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 71 Chipset Setup, Continued ISA IRQ 15 At least one IRQ m ust be free for each PCI Card in the system . If the PCI Card includes a mu ltifunction device, at least two or m ore IRQs must be free.
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 72 Pow e r Management Setup The WinBIOS Setup optio ns described in this section are selected by choosing the appropr iate high-level icon from the Power Mgm t Setup screen. Power Mgm t Setup is selected from the Setu p section on the WinBIOS Setup main menu (see p age 59 ).
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 73 Peripheral Setup The WinBIOS Setup optio ns described in this section are selected by choosing the appropr iate high-level icon from the Peripheral Setup screen . Peripheral Setup is selected f rom the Setu p section on the Win BIOS Setup main menu (see p age 5 9 ).
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 74 Peripheral Setup, Continue d On-Boa rd Floppy Drive This option enables th e use of th e floppy drive controller on the m otherboard (if installed). The s ettings are Enabled or Disabled. On-Board ID E Drive This option enables the use of the IDE controller on th e motherboard (if installed).
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 75 Peripheral Setup, Continue d PCI IDE Pres ent on Slot 1 If this option is set to Enabled, PC I IDE adapter cards th at require IR Q14 are supported on slot 1 (P16) only . Switch 1- 8 mu st be set ON to enable IR Q14.
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 76 Peripheral Setup, Continue d PCI IDE Prefetch Mode Enabling this option enables this perform ance enhancem ent feature on the on board PCI IDE. IDE data prefetch, w hen enabled, saves valuable CPU tim e by tak ing the data f rom th e IDE drive ahead of th e CPU request.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 77 Section 2 Utility The following icons appear in this section : Detect C: if driv e C: is an IDE driv e, the hard disk driv e parameters for drive C: are autom atically detected and reported to the Hard Disk Driv e C: screen in Standard Setup, so y o u can eas ily conf igure drive C :.
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Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 79 Section 3 Security A MIBIOS Passw ord Support WinBIOS Setup has an optional passw ord feature. The sys tem can be configu red so that all users m ust enter a passw ord every tim e the sy stem boots or when WinBIOS Setup is executed.
Chapter 6 W inBIOS S etup 80 Changing a Password Select the Password icon from the Security section of the WinBIOS Setup main m enu. Enter the password and press <Enter>. The screen does not display th e characters entered. A fter the n ew pas sword is entered, rety pe the new passw ord as prompted an d press <Ent er>.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 81 A nti -Virus When this icon is selected from the Security section of the WinBIOS Setup main m enu, AMIBIOS issues a w arning w hen any program (or v irus) is sues a Di sk Form at comm and or attem pts to write to the boot sect or of the h ard disk drive.
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Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 83 Section 4 Default The icons in this section permit y o u to select a gro up o f settings for all WinBIOS Setup options.
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Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 85 Appendix A Flash EPROM Programming The Am erican Megatrends Excalibur PCI Pentium motherboard uses Flash EPROM to store the s yst em BIOS. The advantag e of usin g a Flash EPROM is th at the EPROM chip does n ot have to be replaced to update the BIOS.
Appendix A AMIF lash Utility 86 Reprogramming from Sy stem Boot When y ou reprogram from sys tem boot, th e Am erican Megatrends Flash utility : 1. reads S701P.ROM from the root directory of the fl oppy dis k in dri ve A:, 2. erases the Flash EPROM, 3.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 87 Reprogramming from Sy stem Boot, Continue d Sequence of Operation The follow ing table lists the sequen ce of operation and th e expected behavior of the AMIFlash Code. Step Expected behavior 1 L ook fo r floppy disk.
Appendix A AMIF lash Utility 88 Reprogramming from Sy stem Boot, Continue d Beep Codes During n ormal operation, the Flash utility produces a series of beeps to : • sign ify completion of a step (as s how n on th e previous page), or to • signal an error.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 89 A MIFlash Checkpoint Codes Code Descr iption 02h V erif y the AMI Flash BI OS che cksum and disable inte rnal cache me mory . 0Eh Make the CMOS RA M checksum bad and initial ize the CMOS RAM status registers.
Appendix A AMIF lash Utility 90 A MIFlash Starting AMIFla sh Ty pe AMIFlash and press <Enter> at the DOS prompt. AMIFlash will prom pt for the filenam e . T ype S701P.ROM and press <En ter>. Pressing <Es c> exits AMIFlas h any time before Flash EPROM reprog ramm ing begins .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 91 A MIFlash, Cont inued Enter the f ilename w ith wh ich Flash EPROM w ill be reprogramm ed (S701P .ROM). AMIFlash reads the f ile and displays a startup m essage. A Press any key to continu e.
A MIFlash, Cont inued Appendix A AMIF lash Utility 92 Message Ex planation Put Off Sy stem P ow er Displ ayed if the re is an err or dur ing F lash pro gramm ing. Repl ace the F lash EPROM w ith a new pro grammed F lash EPROM. No Flash EPR OM pres ent Display ed if no F lash EPROM is pr ese nt in the sy stem.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 93 Cable s Connecting 28 Cache Me mory 8 Chipset S etup 68-70 CMOS Disp lay Ty pe Mi sma tch 5 0 CMOS RA M 8 CMOS Shutdo wn Regis ter Re ad/Wri.
Chapter 4 Installation 94 Index, Continue d Connecto rs Expansio n slots 41 Fl oppy disk 38 ID E Hard Disk Drive 40 J3 Ke yboard Co nnector 27 J7 Ke yboard Co nnector 27 Keyb oa rd 2 7 Mouse 28 P1 Ser.
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 95 Index, Continue d Fl oppy Disk Conne ctor Pinout 38 Fl oppy Driv e A : and B: 63 Fl oppy Driv e conne ctor Pinout 39 Hard Disk Parameter Tab.
Chapter 4 Installation 96 Index, Continue d Memo ry T est 53 Memo ry Te st Tick So und 65 Monitor 64 Monitor L ow Pow er Mode 71 Mother board I nstall ing 24 Mother board Lay out 14 Mouse 9, 28 Mouse .
Excalibur PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard U ser's Guide 97 Index, Continue d Pinouts 16- Bit Adapte r Cards 43 8-bit A dapter Car ds 42 8- Bi t ISA Ad a p te r C ar d 4 2 Fl oppy connecto r 39 Fl opp.
Chapter 4 Installation 98 Index, Continue d Sw itch and Jumper Options 15 Sy stem BI OS 9 System B oot Up CPU Sp eed 6 6 Sy stem Boo t Up Num L ock 66 System O ver view 1 Tab les 16-bit adapter card p.
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