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1.                                                                                                                                    GA 586TX3    13             150 MHz       P54CT 150 MHz                                           B                                             N  PA                                                                                    C    ON OFF    CPU                                                                                                       a                                                 14  P54CT 166 MHz         54     166 MHz                                                                                                                              er  9         7   E AE           2  1                       CPU                                                                                                                                              Table of Contents    15               150 MHz       P54CTB 150 MHz                                                                                                                                       er  9         7        5        g  2  ON OFF  CPU                                                                                                          a  5771      16               166 MHz                                        P54CTB 166 MHz                                                                                                                                 er  9           T 
2.                                                                                                                                  9        7  6  5         g  2  ON OFF                      CPU                                                                                                                            GA 586TX3    25  Oyrix   IBM 6x86 120 MHz PR150                        IBM 6x86 120 MHz PR150                               E  B                V                                                                                                                                 O                                                   CPU                                                                                                                            26  Oyrix  IBM 6x86 133 MHz PR166                        IBM 6x86 133 MHz PR166                                                                                                                               DET           7  6      s    2  1                                                     CPU                                                                                                                      Table of Contents    27  Cyrix          6x86L PR150     2 8V           Cyrix   IBM 6x86L PR150   2 8                                                B                                              V                                                             CPU    a         28  Cyrix          6x86L PR166   2 8         
3.                                                                                                                               er  9    g  vA  6  5         2  1  ON OFF                   CPU                                                                                  E EE                                              6  Pentium  Processor 166 MHz       Pentium   Processor 166 MHz                                                                                                                                  II  9     E  7  6  5         2  1  ON OFF                      CPU                                                                                                                               Table of Contents    7  Pentium  Processor 180 MHz       Pentium   Processor 180 MHz                                                                                                                               er  9         7  6  5         g  2  ON OFF                   CPU      of      8  Pentium   Processor 200 MHz                                                                                                                                       Pentium   Processor 200 MHz                                    H                                                                                                  ES    J    CPU                                                     ON O                                                                                                          
4.                                                                          CPU                                                                                                                                                       Pin No  Function  1 LED anode      2 LED cathode      3   LED cathode      4       LED anode                              Hmm E                                                                                  CPU                                                                                                                            23    GA 586TX3    Soft Power Connector                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       qm  0                                   J D  Pin No  Function U  ica  l  2 CTRL Signal          U  PW1   Power Connector  1 0  000000000000 E  Pin No  Function       1    Power Good signal       2 10 11 12          45V              3  12V  4  12V     5678  GND      9  5V                                                                                                                CPU                                                                                                               24                            POWER Connector    Table of Contents                                              Pin No  Function  3 5 7 13 15 17  GND  4 6
5.                                                   5 1  5 1       BUS CONNECTOR PIN                                            5 1  5 11  ISA SLOT PINOUT neret edente etel 5 1  5 1 2  PCI   BUS SLOT PIN OUT              eem 5 2  5 2        amp  MEMORY                        5 3  5 3  TIMER  amp         CHANNELS                                                         5 3  5 4  INTERRUPT MAP  ee Hee ee o d eet 5 3  5 5          amp  CMOS RAM                                5 5  APPENDIX A  POST                                     A 1  APPENDIX B  POST                                B 1  APPENDIX C  BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE                                                     C 1  APPENDIX D  PROBLEM                               D 1  APPENDIX E  FCC DOCUMENT                esee E 1    36    GA 586TX3    1  INTRODUCTION    1 1  PREFACE    Welcome to use the GA  586TX3 motherboard  The motherboard is     Pipeline 512 KB CACHE Pentium   Processor based PC 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 allowing 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 Pentium   Processor based PC   AT compatible mainboard with PCI   ISA  Bus     Q 4 PCI Bus slots     ISA Bus slots     Q Supports Pentium  Processor running at 90 23
6.                               GA 586TX3    9  Intel MMX 150 MHz       Intel        150    2                                                B  a                                        N  PA                                                                                          ON OFF    CPU                                                                                                       a                                                 10  Intel MMX 166 MHz       Intel MMX 166 MHz                                                                                                                              er  9     g  T  6  5        2  1                       CPU                                                                                                                                              11  Intel MMX 200 MHz    Table of Contents          Intel MMX 200 MHz                                 E  B                    G                     ON OFF            V                                                                                                             CPU                                                                                                                                              12  Intel MMX 233 MHz                       Oo                         V  FREE                Intel MMX 233 MHz                                    B                                                                                                            CPU     
7.                            Hz  Sw  60 MHz 66 MHz 4 5 6 7  Speed AUTO  X x  x  o  87654321    87654321    20V x x x X  x15                            on uU Ne ex  87654321 87654321 22V x    x x    2                i x               BER       x  o         x  87654321 87654321 24V    x Xx  OFF OFF     2 5 25V  O x    x  PE   on A     87654321 87654321 2 6 V    o x X  x3 OFF OFF  ee  gem    2zv  o  o   o   x  87654321 87654321 28V  X x x o  x35 OFF OFF                  on                29V  X   X            87654321 87654321 3 0V X    x       4                EFFE                     on  31V  X           87654321 87654321 OEE     OFF 32V  O x x  x 4 5  E                           33V     x        87654321 87654321  x5 OFF OFF             Eu          o       x  87654321 87654321 32v Q o o  x55 OFF OFF               on              on x 1 OFF         AUTO VOLTAGE  INTEL  CYRIX  AMDK5    2 9V AMD K6 200  3 2V AMD K6 233                                     CPU                                                                                                                                                                lt                                                                Il  Top Performance Test Setting   Users have to modify the value for each item in chipset features as follow     32    Table of Contents    Note 60ns EDO 60ns DRAM is necessary for top performance setting   Chipset features setup    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC     Auto 
8.                    a                                  CPU                                                                                                                                               COM A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                29    GA 586TX3    J2   PS 2 MOUSE                                      gms 2                                              CPU                                                                                                                                                                                 lt  RED LINE       JP1  USB Port                Pin No     Function       SBVO       SBDO           00        GND       GND       SBD1        SBD1                           a  A  JN          SBV1                             i                        CPU                                                                                                                                                                                     30       Table of Contents    SW   For        INT  EXT FREQ     31    GA 586TX3                                                                                                                                                                                                                
9.                 9               6  5  Zu    g  2  ON OFF                      CPU                                                                                  A                                                         2  Pentium   Processor 100 MHz       Pentium   Processor 100 MHz                                                                                                                           er  9     g  7  6  5        2  1  ON OFF                      CPU                                                                                                                                  Table of Contents    3  Pentium   Processor 120 MHz       Pentium   Processor 120 MHz                                                                                                                                       9           7   6   5          2   1 g  ON OFF                CPU    Z of      4  Pentium  Processor 133 MHz                                                                                                                                        Pentium   Processor 133 MHz                                                                                                                                er  9        7  6  5        g  2  ON OFF                CPU                                                                                                                                     GA 586TX3    5  Pentium  Processor 150 MHz       Pentium   Processor 150 MHz          
10.                 Mm                                                                                                                                                                       Cyrix   IBM 6x86L PR166   2 87                                                                                                                                        f    7  6  i  ml        ON OFF                   CPU                                                                                                                                     GA 586TX3    29  Oyrix   IBM 6x86MX PR166GP  60x2 5 2 9V           Oyrix   IBM 6x86MX PR166GP  60x2 5 2 9V                                                        oo    ON OFF         V  FREE       B                                                                                                            CPU                                                                                                                                   30  Cyrix   IBM 6x86MX PR200GP  66  2 5 2 9V              ON O                                              V  FREE                Cyrix          6x86MX PR200GP  66  2 5 2 9                                     B                                                                                                                                             CPU                                                                                                                         Table of Contents    31  Oyrix   IBM 6x86MX PR23
11.                er  9           T   6   5          2                                      CPU                                                                                                                                     GA 586TX3    21  AMD K6 166  2 9         AMD K6 166  2 9V                                            B                                              V  FREE                                                                      Mm       Q          ON OFF          CPU                                                                                                                   a                               22  AMD K6 180  2 9V        AMD K6 180  2 9V                                             B  a                                        V  FREE                  LII                                                        Oo                            CPU                                                                                                                                              Table of Contents    23  AMD K6 200  2 9         AMD K6 200  2 9V                                               B                                           V  FREE                                                      CPU      T      24  AMD K6 233  3 2                                    gt                                                                                                                                                                 AMD K6 233  3 2      
12.      1         1    J6  CPU Cooling FAN Power Connector         Turbo Switch Connector  Function Reserved       PW1 AT POWER Connector  Power Good signal           EM        3 4    GA 586TX3    5          c  c          jam                            lt   o                   Function    GND     3 5 7 13 15 17    VCC   5       4 6 19 20    Power Good       lu 9   5VSB Stand by  5V         PS ON  Soft ON OFF           SW  CPU          EXT  FREQ  RATIO       3 5    Hardware Installation  3 4  DRAM INSTALLATION    The mainboard can be installed with 4   8   16   32 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 consists of 2 sockets for 72 pins SIMM module DRAM  Because  the 72 pins SIMM module is 32 bits width  using 2pcs which can match a 64  bits system     The total memory size is 8   256 MB     For the DRAM installation position  please refer to Figure 3 1  Note that 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 into socket  then press the SIMM  module in vertical direction until the left and right metal holders can keep the  SIMM module standing up firmly     DRAM configuration table     DIMM 1
13.      Responsible Party Name  G B T  INC     Address  18305 Valley Blvd   Suite A  LA Puent  CA 91744    Phone Fax No   818  854 9338   818  854 9339          107 a  and Section 15 1098                                FCC Compliance Statement     This equipment has been tested and found to  comply with limits for a Class B digital device    pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules  These  limits are designed to provide reasonable  protection against harmful interference in  residential installations  This   equipment  generates  uses  and can radiate radio  frequency energy  and if not installed and used  in accordance with the instructions  may cause  harmful interference to radio communications   However  there is no guarantee that interference  will not occur in a particular installation  If this    equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception   which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on  the user is  encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following    measures      Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna     Move the equipment away from the receiver     Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to  which the receiver is connected     Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for    additional suggestions    You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not  expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could void Your
14.    360K  5 25 in    5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive  360 kilobyte  capacity     1 2M  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    2 88M  3 5 in    3 1 2 inch double sided drive  2 88 megabyte  capacity       Floppy 3 Mode Support  for Japan Area       Video          The category detects the type of adapter used for the primary 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                     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       4 7    BIOS Configuration    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  r    o  All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the   t        an you                 All  But Keyboard   The system boot will not stop for a keyboard   M                   All  But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error  it         will stop for
15.    USB Keyboard Support    The default value is Disabled     Enabled   Enable USB Keyboard Support   Disabled   Disable USB Keyboard Support   Onboard FDD Controller    The default value is Enabled   Enabled   Enable onboard FDD port     Disabled   Disable onboard FDD port     Onboard Serial Port 1  The default value is COM1 3F8     COM1 3F8 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 3F8H   COM2 2F8 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 2F8H     onboard Serial port A automatically set     4 30       GA 586TX3      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     COM4 2E8 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 2E8H   Disabled Disable onboard Serial port B   onboard Serial port B automatically set       Onboard Parallel port       The default value is 378 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  3  ECP EPP   Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port  mode Enhanced Parallel Port               ECP ECP EPP Mode is selected  two options can be defined        1         Mode use DMA  3  2         Mode use DMA  1    4 31    BIOS Configuration    4 13  SUPERVISOR   USER PASSWORD    When you selec
16.    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     A 5    GA 586TX3    APPENDIX B  POST CODES    7 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 contro  Cache  1    l   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 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 re
17.   4 11    BIOS Configuration    E A SCSI System will first search for hard disk  E  drive then  floppy disk drive and SCSI drive    F A SCSI System will first search for hard disk  F  drive then   floppy disk drive and SCSI drive     System will first search for SCSI drive then floppy  disk drive and hard disk  C  drive     C  drive then floppy disk drive          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 type is 40 tracks while 720   1 2 and 1 44 are all 80  tracks     The default value is Enabled   Enabled   BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40    or 80 tracks  Note that BIOS can not tell from 720  1 2 or  1 44 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         Boot Up NumLock Status    The default value is On     412    GA 586TX3    Keypad is number keys   Keypad is arrow keys        Security option    The default value is Setup     Setup The system will boot and access to Setup will be denied if  the correct password is not entered at the prompt        System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be  denied if the correct password is
18.   6   5                                              CPU                                                                                                                               GA 586TX3    17               180 MHz       P54CTB 180 MHz                                           B                                              V                                                                                Q RO O0    ON OFF          CPU                                                                                                                                                   18               200 MHz       P54CTB 200 MHz                                                                                                                           er  9     g  T  6  5         2  1  ON OFF       CPU                                                                                                                                                    Table of Contents    19  AMDK5 PR133       AMDK5 PR133                                           B                                              V  FREE                                        m  ie       CPU              20  AMDK5 PR166                                                                                                                                                                                                AMDK5 PR166                                                                                                          
19.   authority to operate such equipment     This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules  Operation is subjected  to the following two conditions 1  This device may not cause harmful  interference and 2  this device must accept any interference received   including interference that may cause undesired operation     E 1    
20.  19 20  VCC   5V   10 412V  12  12V  18  5    8 Power Good  9 5V SB  Stand by  5V   14 PS ON  Soft ON OFF                              Emz C                                                                                                             CPU                                                                                           J1   Keyboard Connector                                                    Pin No  Function  1 Key Clock   2 Key Data  3 NC  4 VCC   5V   5 GND                                                                                                             CPU                                                                                                 25          GA 586TX3    J6  CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector                                                                                                                                                                                             1  CPU  Pin No  Function  1  12V    lt   2 GND                                                                                           J8   ATX POWER USE Only                                                                                                      Pin No  Function CPU  oN  System After AC BACK                                                                    Full_ON         System After AC BACK   OFF  Sort OFF                                                                                         26    J4   For Primary IDE port    Tabl
21.  4 2  Standard CMOS Setup Menu       4 5    BIOS Configuration    Date    The date format is   day      date     month     year    Press   F3   to show  the calendar     day The day  from Sun to Sat  determined by the BIOS and is  display only    date The date  from 1 to 31  or the maximum allowed in the  month     The month  Jan  through Dec   The year  from 1900 through 2099    Time       The time format in   hour     minute     second     The time is calculated base on the 24 hour military time clock   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 three options for definable type  User  Auto and None types     Type User is user definable  and type Auto means automatically  detecting HDD s type and None type means No IDE HDD installed     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   Enter     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       4 6    GA 586TX3    If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press   Enters     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 
22.  BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing  mode     Mode0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode       IDE Secondary Slave PIO  for onboard IDE 2nd channel         The default value is Auto     BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing  mode     Mode0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode       IDE Primary Master UDMA  for onboard IDE 1st channel         The default value is Auto     Auto BIOS will automatically set the IDE HDD to Ultra  DMA 33 Mode     Disabled Disable Ultra DMA HDD Function       IDE Primary Slave UDMA  for onboard IDE 1st channel         The default value is Auto     Auto BIOS will automatically set the IDE HDD to Ultra  DMA 33 Mode     Disabled Disable Ultra DMA HDD Function       IDE Secondary Master UDMA  for onboard IDE 2nd channel         The default value is Auto     Auto BIOS will automatically set the IDE HDD to Ultra  DMA 33 Mode        Disabled Disable Ultra DMA HDD Function     4 29    BIOS Configuration    IDE Secondary Slave UDMA  for onboard IDE 2nd channel      The default value is Auto     Auto BIOS will automatically set the IDE HDD to Ultra  DMA 33 Mode        Disabled Disable Ultra DMA HDD Function     On Chip Primary PCI IDE    The default value is Enabled     Enabled   Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port   Disabled   Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port     On Chip Secondary PCI IDE    The default value is Enabled     Enabled   Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port   Disabled   Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port  
23.  DIMM2 DIMMS SIMM1 2 TOTAL                                 0                  sw   e             S seva      se         mms   198           C                      ow      sve       avere           ews                   omw         3 6    GA 586TX3    8M  32MB  16MB 16MB    tome   aveo    8MB   2pcs     16MB 8MB   2pcs        t6 0   apos      4MB 2pcs    32MB    32MB    8MB  8MB  16MB 16MB  16MB               o  8MB  8MB    16MB   2pcs     B   B ar   B  16     2pcs     32MB 16MB             ems                       toms             16       2pcs    8MB   2pcs             a                                          ooo          o   lt   UJ    32MB 32MB  32MB 16MB 16MB                SAMB 2pos  ave                8MB  8MB  8MB  8MB  8MB  8MB  8MB  8MB    32MB  ove     64MB pue  32MB we               amras             1                 3 7    32       2pcs    16MB   2pcs       Hardware Installation    sms   sems                                            ewe   ome                                se                       cae   em   tome    ume      64MB   2pcs  160MB    sme      16     16     y U U    64MB   2pcs 160MB    32MB 64       2pos  168MB  32MB 16MB  a 64MB   2pcs  176MB            t28MB 2pes  256MB       3 5  SRAM INSTALLATION    Sync  SRAM  Pipeline Burst SRAM     If Sync SRAM Module is installed  it consists of Pipeline Burst 2 Pcs 32 K x  64 512K     There is no jumper for cache size setting     3 6  CPU INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP    The system speed depends on the
24.  Disabled     Enabled PCI 2 1 Compliance   Disabled PCI 2 1 Compliance   Chipset        Asserted  The default value is Enabled    Enabled Enabled Chipset        Asserted   Disabled Chipset        Asserted     DRAM Refresh Rate    The default value is 15 6 us     Set DRAM Refresh Rate to 15 6 us   Set DRAM Refresh Rate to 31 2 us     Power Supply Type       The default value is Auto     BIOS automatically detect Power Supply Type   Set Power Supply Type is ATX        P8 amp P9 Set Power Supply Type is P8 amp P9     SDRAM  CAS Lat   RAS TO CAS     The default value is 3 3     SDRAM  CAS Lat   RAS TO CAS  is 3 3     SDRAM  CAS Lat   RAS TO CAS  is 2 2     4 18    GA 586TX3       SDRAM Speculative Read    The default value is Disabled     Enabled Enabled SDRAM Speculative Read   Disabled Disabled SDRAM Speculative Read       CPU Temperature Select    The default value is Auto     Set CPU Temperature Automatically   65  C 149  F   Set CPU Temperature to 65  C 149  F   70  C 158  F   Set CPU Temperature to 70  C 158  F    F    75  C 167   Set CPU Temperature to 75  C 167  F   80  C 176  F   Set CPU Temperature to 80  C 176  F       Power Supply  12V    12V    5V    5V  The default value is OK   Power Supply  12V and  5V        Power Supply  12   or  5   Fail       Battery status       The default value is OK     Battery status OK   Battery status Fail       CPU            Voltage 3 5V  Automatically Display CPU VCore Voltage from 2 0V 3 5V    BIOS Configuration    4 8  POWER MANAGE
25.  O S    Operation with MS DOS    Windows  95   WINDOWS    NT  OS 2  NOVELL and SCO UNIX     2 3  ENVIRONMENT    e 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 5 2 V       Max  20A current at 5V     2 2    GA 586TX3    3  HARDWARE INSTALLATION   3 1  UNPACKING   The mainboard package should contain the following   e The        586TX3 mainboard     e USER S MANUAL for mainboard   e Cable set for IDE   Floppy  amp       device   e Diskette for BUS MASTER ATAPI device  Ver 3 6      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  grounded 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
26.  OFF   OFF   ON   OFF    ON ON ON   OFF  OFF  OFF  ON   OFF    OFF   ON   ON   OFF   OFF   OFF   ON   OFF    ON   ON   ON   OFF   OFF   OFF   ON   OFF    OFF   ON   ON   OFF   OFF   OFF   ON   OFF       Table of Contents    17               180 MHz OFF  18  P54CTB 200 MHz OFF OFF  19  AMDK5 PR133 OFF OFF  20  AMDK5 PR166 ON   OFF OFF OFF  21  AMD K6   166  2 9    ON   OFF ON OFF  22  AMD K6   180  2 9V  ON   OFF ON OFF  23   AMD K6   200  2 9V  ON   OFF ON OFF  24  AMD K6 233  3 2V  OFF   OFF   ON OFF    ON OFF   OFF ON   OFF    ON   OFF  25  Oyrix  IBM 6x86 120 MHz PR150  ON    26  Cyrix  IBM 6x86 133 MHz PR166  OFF   ON   OFF   OFF   OFF            ON   OFF    27  Cyrix  IBM 6x86L  PR150   2 8V  ON   ON   OFF   OFF   OFF   OFF   ON   OFF    29  Cyrix IBM 6x86MX PR166GP 2 9V     ON    ON   ON   OFF   OFF   ON   ON   OFF    30  Cyrix IBM 6x86MX PR200GP 2 9V     OFF          ON   OFF   OFF   ON   ON   OFF    31  Cyrix IBM 6x86MX PR233GP 2 9V     OFF   OFF   ON   OFF   OFF                 OFF       28  Cyrix  IBM 6x86L PR166   2 8V  OFF   OFF OFF OFF       Note   If Cyrix 6x86 is being used  please check the CPU Date Code after 605        Note                    6x86MX PR166GP  60 2 5    Cyrix  IBM 6x86MX PR200GP  66 2 5     Cyrix IBM 6x86MX PR233GP  6673                                  GA 586TX3    1  Pentium   Processor 90 MHz       Pentium   Processor 90 MHz                                                                                                                      
27.  Setup     4 14  IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  IDEHDDD AUTO DETECTION  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC     HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS  HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE    Select Primary Master Option  N Skip         OPTION HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE  1 Y  16 65535 1059 63 NORMAL  2 3 3 0 1059 63 LBA    3 3 3 1059 63 LARGE       Figure 4 11  DIE 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 33    BIOS Configuration    4 15  SAVE  amp  EXIT SETUP    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  SAVE  amp  EXIT SETUP  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC     STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS  BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERUSER PASSWORD    CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD    POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION    PNP PCI CONFIGURATION  LOAD BIOS DEFAUL    LOAD SETUP DEFAU    ESC   Quit    V  gt   lt    Select Item    FIO  5        amp  Exit Setup  Shift F2   Chang Color    Save Data to CMOS  amp  Exit SETUP    Figure 4 13  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 34    GA 586TX3    4 16  EXIT WITHOUT SAVING    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  EXIT WITHOUT SAVING  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC   STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS  BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERUSER PASSWORD  CHIPSE
28.  all other errors   All  But Disk Key   The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or         disk error  it will stop for all other errors      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 K or more memory installed on the  motherboard    Extended Memory    The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present  during the POST     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      4 8    GA 586TX3    Microsoft  LIM  standard as EMS     Many standard DOS applications can not utilize memory above  640  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 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     Other Memory    This refers to the memory located in the 640 to 1024 address  space  This is memory that can be used for different  applications    DOS uses this area to load device drivers to k
29.  flat surface             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 1    Hardware Installation    3 2  MAINBOARD LAYOUT                                                                PWR        sorr SLOT6  SLOT5  FREE BIOS            SLOTA  SLOTS         4     3 sw SLOTA  SLOTI  3  1                                             OFF  USB  PCI3  FANPW  GND   12                                                                                                                               110 PCI2  GA 586TX3  PCH 19                  IDE1    IDE2    1          COMB  FLOPPY  S ons        DIMMI LA    5 2 MOUSE  Jm  Dimm2       Divs     m 7             sem   4 Keyboard        Us  POWER    ATX POWER Pwi                                      Figure 3 1      3 3  QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS  amp  CONNECTORS    CN1 4 J2 3 4 I O Ports Connector    For LPT port    For Serial port2  COM B    For Serial port1  COM A    For Floppy port    For PS 2 Mouse    For Secondary IDE port     For Primary IDE port        3 2    GA 586TX3                Speaker Connector          3 3    Hardware Installation 
30.  frequency of CLOCK GENERATOR  The  user can change SW selection to set up the system speed to 60 MHz or 66  MHz for 3 3V 2 8V Pentium   Processor  90 233 MHz    AMDK5  PR133    PR166   AMD K6 166 180 200 2 9V    233 3 2V    Cyrix   IBM 6x86  PR150     PR166    Cyrix   IBM 6x86L  PR150    PR166   2 8      Cyrix   IBM  6x86MX  PR166  60x2 5  PR200  66x2 5  PR233  66x3      3 8    GA 586TX3    The mainboard can use Pentium   Processor  P54CT         or                AMDK5  AMD K6               IBM 6x86  CPU  and the CPU speed must match  with the frequency of CLOCK GEN  It will cause system hanging up if the  CLOCK GEN  S frequency is faster than CPU s        The CPU is a sensitive electric component and it can be easily  damaged by static electricity  so users must keep it away from  metal surface when the CPU is installed onto mainboard        When the user installs the CPU on socket  please notice that the  PIN 1 of CPU is in the same corner as the PIN 1 of socket        Before the CPU is installed  the mainboard must be placed on a flat    plane in order to avoid being broken by the pressure of CPU  installation     3 7  CMOS RTC  amp  ISA CFG CMOS SRAM   Built in Real Time Clock  RTC  With 256B CMOS SRAM in PIIX4   3 8  SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION   There is always a speaker in AT system for sound purpose  The 4 Pins  connector SPK is used to connect speaker  The speaker can work well in    both direction of connector when it is installed to the connector SPK on  mainb
31.  needs a display interface card and a storage device     If a PCI   Bus device is to be installed in the system  any one of four PCI    Bus slots can be used for Slave or Master PCI   Bus device     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    GA 586TX3    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     4 1  ENTERING SETUP    Power ON the computer and press   Del   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   Ctrl      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 pr
32.  not entered at the  prompt        To disable security  select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and  then you will be asked to enter password  If the user does not type  anything and just press                 it will disable security  Once the  security is disabled  the system will boot and you can enter Setup  freely     e  PCI VGA Palette Snoop    The default value are Disabled     Enabled   For having Video Card on ISA Bus and VGA Card on PCI  Bus        Disabled   For VGA Card only        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       Video BIOS Shadow    It determines whether video BIOS will copied to RAM  however  it is    4 13    BIOS Configuration  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  8000   CFFFF Shadow   D0000   DFFFF Shadow    These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to  RAM by 16 byte  The default value are Disabled     Enabled   Optional shadow is enabled   Disabled   Optional shadow is disabled     GA 586TX3    4 7  CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC     Auto Configuration   Enabled Chipset        Asserted   Enabled  DRAM Timing   700  DRAM Refresh Rate   15 6 us  DRAM Leadoff Timing   10 6 4 Power Supply Type   Auto  DRAM Read Burst  E
33.  slot has configured incorrectly  Also  be sure the card is installed firmly in the slot     X  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   D  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     A 2    Appendix A  Post Message    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 controller  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 ISA 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 a
34.  that has caused the  problem cannot be isolated    B gt  OFFENDING SEGMENT     This message is used in conjunction with the  O 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          PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI  F2 TO REBOOT    When BIOS detects a Non miscible 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     D Should Be Empty But ISA 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      ISA mode  which allows  you to run the EISA Configuration Utility        4    Appendix A  Post Message    Should Have ISA 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  
35. 22   x333        DRAM Write Burst Timing    The default value is x333     Set DRAM Write Burst Timing to x222   X333 Set DRAM Write Burst Timing to x333        X444 Set DRAM Write Burst Timing to x444    Fast EDO Lead Off    The default value is Disabled     Disabled Disabled Fast EDO Lead Off   Enabled Enabled Fast EDO Lead Off     Refresh RAS  Assertion    The default value is 4 Clks      4 Clks Set Refresh RAS  Assertion to 4 Clks   5 Clks Set Refresh RAS  Assertion to 5 Clks     GA 586TX3    e Fast RAS To CAS Delay    The default value is 3     2 Set Fast RAS to CAS delay to 2   3 Set Fast RAS to CAS delay to 3     e Fast MA To RAS  Delay     The default value is 2 Clks     2 Clks Set Fast MA to RAS  Delay is 2 Clks   1 Clks Set Fast MA to RAS  Delay is 1 Clks       System BIOS Cacheable    The default value is Enabled     Enable Enabled System BIOS Cacheable   Disable Disabled System BIOS Cacheable       Video BIOS Cacheable    The default value is Enabled     Enable   Enable Video BIOS Cacheable   Disable   Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable        8 Bit I O Recovery Time    The default value is 1   1 8  NA    Set 8 Bit I O recovery time from 1 to 8   None        16 Bit I O Recovery Time    The default value is 1   1 4  NA    Set 16 Bit I O recovery time from 1 to 4   None     4 17    BIOS Configuration    Memory Hole At 15M 16M    The default value is Disabled     Enable Memory Hole At 15M 16M    Disable Memory Hole At 15M 16M      PCI 2 1 Compliance    The default value is
36. 3 MHz  P54CT  150   166    MMX  150   166   200   233                 150   166   180   200   AMDK5   PR 133   PR 166   AMD K6 166 180 200  2 9V   233  3 2V    Cyrix   IBM  6x86 120 133  PR150  PR166    Cyrix   IBM 6x86L  PR150  2 8V     PR166   2 8V    Cyrix   IBM 6x86MX  PR166  60x2 5   PR200 66x2 5    PR233 66x3       Supports true 64 bits CACHE and DRAM access mode   Supports 321 Pins  Socket 7  ZIF white socket on board   Supports 512 KB Pipeline Burst Sync  2  Cache    CPU L1   L2 Write Back cache operation    Supports 8   256 MB DRAM memory on board   Supports 3 168 pin 64 72 Bit DIMM module     Supports 2 channel Ultra DMA 33 Enhanced PCI IDE ports for 4 IDE  Devices     Supports 2 COM  16550   1 LPT  EPP   ECP   1 1 44MB Floppy port   Supports AT Keyboard  amp  PS 2 Mouse port    Supports Green function  Plug  amp  Play function    Licensed AWARD BIOS  FLASH EEPROM for BIOS update   22     28      4 layers PCB    Supports USB port    Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Interface  ACPI         OOooocono                        1 1    Introduction    1 3  PERFORMANCE LIST    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      e CPU Pentium  Processor 200   MMX 200MHz  e DRAM 8 MB   
37. 3GP  66x3 2 9V        Cyrix   IBM 6x86MX PR233GP  66  3 2 9V                                                 B                                              V  FREE                                             1 J    CPU                                   O                                                                                                                                                    GA 586TX3  I  Quick Installation Guide of Jumper setting     PWR   Power   Key Lock Connector                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Function         anode     CPU      3 LED cathode     ANNE  4 Key Lock  _       5 GND                                                                        1  Power LED will be flashed twice per second when system Get into  Green mode on CPU temperature over Limit   2  Power LED will be flashed once per second when system Get into  Soft off mode  ATX PWR only      SPK   Speaker Connector                                                                                        E                            E                                                                                                                      Pin No  Function  3 age CPU      2 NC     5                                                               20    Table of Contents    TD   Turbo LE
38. 4 pcs  Total 32 MB EDO  Panasonic  EUXSRO8XX00E     e CACHE SIZE 512 KB 2    Cache on board     e DISPLAY Matrox Mystique 2MB   e STORAGE Onboard IDE port   Quantum Fireball 1280AT IDE  Drive   e    5  Windows95 with Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 256    colors  amp  Bus Master IDE Driver       Windows 95    With Matrox Mystique Display Driver 1024 768 256   With Triones Bus Master IDE Driver    200 MHz   MMxX200 MHz  Winstone97                       Wess      Winstong7       GA 586TX3    1 4  BLOCK DIAGRAM    intel     pentium    PROCESSOR    PBSRAM    32Kx32           430TX 3 3V For Mobile Docking Stations only     5    MTXC DRAM               324 BGA    PCI Docking  430TX    ISA    3 3V PCI  BM IDE       4 USB 5V ISA     30 30 MHz  380 1   PCI  FastATA 33 324 BGA erst     5                  gt                              SMB I2C        3 3V ISA EIO  5V Tolerant     Audio   SP PP     CD ROM    Introduction    1 5  INTRODUCE THE PCI   BUS    Connecting devices to a CPU local bus can dramatically increase the speed  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 Associ
39. C when gets into  Green mode for Green monitor power saving   Blank Screen BIOS will only black monitor when gets into  Green mode        DPMS BIOS will use DPMS Standard to control VGA  card   The Green type        card will turn of  V H SYNC automatically        Video off After    The default value is Suspend     Set Video off After to Suspend       Standby Set Video off After to Standby         Standby Mode       Network Card using      The default value is Disable     isable Standby Mode   Setup the timer to enter Standby Mode         Suspend mode   for CPU stop clock Mode      The default value is Disable     isable Suspend Mode   Setup the timer to enter Suspend Mode       HDD Power Down    The default value is Disable     Disable HDD Power Down mode function        Enable HDD enter Power Down mode between 1 to 15  mins     4 21    BIOS Configuration    Throttle Duty Cycle  The default value is 50 0      50 096 Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 50 0    62 596 Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 62 596  75 096 Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 75 096    25 096 Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 25 096    12 596 Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 12 5    37 596 Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 37 5         VGA Active Monitor    The default value is Enabled     Enabled Enabled VGA Active Monitor     Disabled Disabled VGA Active Monitor     CPUFAN Off In Suspend    The default value is Enabled     Enabled   Enable CPUFAN off In Suspend    Disabled   Disable CPUFAN off In Suspend      Soft off by PWR BTTN    The defaul
40. Configuration   Enabled Chipset       Asserted   Enabled  DRAM Timing   60ns DRAM Refresh Rate   15 6 us  DRAM Leadoff Timing   10 6 3 Power Supply Type   Auto  DRAM Read Burst  EDO FP    X333  x444 SDRAM  CAS Lat RAS to CAS   2 2  DRAM Write Burst Timing     333 SDRAM                   Read   Disabled  Fast EDO Lead Off   Disabled CPU Temperature Select   Auto  Refresh RAS  Assertion   4 Clks Power Supply  12V   OK  Fast RAS To CAS Delay  2 Power Supply  12V    OK  Fast MA To RAS  Delay   1 Clks Power dpud       Power Supply  5     OK  System BIOS Cacheable   Enabled Battery Status  OK  Video BIOS Cacheable   Enabled CPU VCore Voltage  8 Bit      Recovery Time zl  16 Bit I O Recovery Time 5l  Memory Hole At 15M 16M   Disabled  PCI2 1 Compliance   Disabled   Quit  N V 2  lt    Select Item    Help PU PD       Modify    Old Values   Shift F2   Color    Load BIOS Defaults      Load Setup Defaults       33    GA 586TX3    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        THIRD PARTY BRANDS AND NAMES ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR  RESPECTIVE OWNERS     MAY 20  1997 Taipei  Taiwan  TABLE OF CONTENTS  T  INTRODUCTION  ccc ees ei oen L aas        l cua ya euo                           1 1    Table of Contents    TAUPREEAGE   eid tetas treated cedri Dee ei edt aa        1 1  1 2  KEY FEATURES        etae        maa YE ETUR 1 1  1 3  PERFORMANCE LIST kicsire ie
41. D BIOS DEFAULTS    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC   STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS  BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERUSER PASSWORD  CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD    POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION    PNP PCI CONFIGURATION    LOAD BIOS DH Load BIOS Defaults  Y N   N    LOAD SETUPD    ESC   Quit        gt   lt    Select Item            5        amp  Exit Setup  Shift F2   Chang Color    Load BIOS Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP    Figure 4 7  Load BIOS Defaults    Load BIOS Defaults       To load BIOS defaults value to CMOS SRAM  enter  Y   If not  enter  N      4 26    GA 586TX3    4 11  LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC   STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS  BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERUSER PASSWORD  CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD    POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION    PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE  amp  EXIT SETUP    LOAD BIOS DEF  Load SETUP Defaults  Y N   N    LOAD SETUP D    ESC   Quit        gt   lt    Select Item    FIO  5        amp  Exit Setup  Shift F2   Chang Color       Figure 4 8  Load Setup Defaults    Load SETUP Defaults    To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM  enter  Y   If not  enter   N         If there is any problem occurred  loading SETUP DEFAULTS step is  recommended     4 27    BIOS Configuration  4 12  INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC     IDE HDD Block Mode   Enabl
42. D Connector                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Function CPU  1 LED anode     0    2 LED cathode                                                 TB   Turbo Switch Connector                                                                                           Function Reserved                          CPU                                                                                                               21    GA 586TX3    RST   Reset Switch    E Open      Normal operation     bi Close      For hardware reset system     GD   Green Function LED                                     CPU                                  B       Pin No  Function  1 LED anode      2 LED cathode                                                                                                                                                                                                                 CPU                      22                                                                                                                                                                   GN   Green Function Switch    B Open      Normal operation     d Close One Time      For system entering Green    HD   IDE Hard Disk Active LED       o  2    Table of Contents                                     EH          B       
43. 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           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    NMI     IRQ  H W      AT Technical Information    Parity check error    0 System TIMER interrupt from            0  1 KEYBOARD output buffer full  2 Cascade for IRQ 8 15   3 SERIAL port 2   4 SERIAL port 1   5 PARALLEL port 2   6 FLOPPY DISK adapter   7 PARALLEL port 1   8 RTC clock   9 Available   10 Available   11 Available   12 P S 2 Mouse   13 MATH coprocessor   14 HARD DISK adapter    15 Available    5 4    GA 586TX3    5 5  RTC  amp  CMOS RAM MAP    RTC  amp  CMOS     00  01  02  03  04  05  06  07  08  09  0A  0B  oc  0D              10   11   12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19 2d  2E 2F  30  31  32  33  34 3F  40 7f    Seconds   Second alarm   Minutes   Minutes alarm   Hours   Hours alarm   Day of week   Day of month   Mo
44. DO FP    X333  x444 SDRAM  CAS Lat RAS to CAS   3 3  DRAM Write Burst Timing     333 SDRAM Speculative Read   Disabled  Fast EDO Lead Off   Disabled CPU Temperature Select   Auto  Refresh RAS  Assertion   4 Clks Power Supply  12V  OK  Fast RAS To CAS Delay  3 Power Supply  12V         Fast MA      RAS  Delay  2 Clks Rowe Supply ra ae  Power Supply   5     OK  System BIOS Cacheable   Enabled Battery Status  OK  Video BIOS Cacheable   Enabled CPU VCore Voltage  8 Bit      Recovery Time 51  16 Bit I O Recovery Time AI  Memory Hole At 15M 16M   Disabled  PCI 2 1 Compliance   Disabled ESC   Quit  N V 2  lt    Select Item  Fl  Help PU PD       Modify  F5  Old Values  Shift F2   Color  F6   Load BIOS Defaults  F7 _   Load Setup Defaults       Figure 4 4  Chipset Features Setup      Auto Configuration    The default value is Enabled     Enabled Auto Configuration   Disabled Auto Configuration     e DRAM Timing       The default value is 70ns     Using 60ns DRAM speed        Using 70ns DRAM speed     4 15    BIOS Configuration    DRAM Leadoff Timing    The default value is 10 6 4     11 7 83 Set DRAM Leadoff Timing to 11 7 3  10 6 3 Set DRAM Leadoff Timing to 10 6 3    11 7 4 Set DRAM Leadoff Timing to 11 7 4  10 6 4 Set DRAM Leadoff Timing to 10 6 4    DRAM Read Burst  EDO FP        The default value is x333   x444   X444   xA44   Set DRAM Read Burst  EDO FP  to x444   x444     X333     444   Set DRAM Read Burst  EDO FP  to x333   x444   X222 x333   Set DRAM Read Burst  EDO FP  to x2
45. GA   586TX3    USER S MANUAL       Auto detect CPU Voltage       Support MMX CPU       Auto CPU Over heat Protect System  A C O P S        Switching mode Voltage regulator on Board      Modem Ring On    3  Support Cyrix   IBM 6x86MX  amp  AMD K6 CPU      In CASE you want to Power OFF System Before  Boot up please press Soft Power more than 4     Secs      FOR 5V CMOS ISA CARD  PLS insert      Slot5          DEN    CPU                O E     48   STX POWER USE only      48   GN System After AC BACK        ON    3  48   GFF System After AC BACK         OFF                                                     Pentium    Processor PCI   ISA BUS MAINBOARD  REV  1 0 Second Edition  Release Date 97 05 20    GA 586TX3    Quick Installation Guide     CPU    1  Pentium  Processor 90 MHz    2  Pentium  Processor 100 MHz    3  Pentium  Processor 120 MHz    4  Pentium  Processor 133 MHz    5  Pentium  Processor 150 MHz    6  Pentium  Processor 166 MHz    7  Pentium  Processor 180 MHz    8  Pentium  Processor 200 MHz    9  Intel MMX 150MHz    10  Intel MMX 166MHz    11  Intel MMX 200MHz    12  Intel MMX 233MHz    13  P54CT 150 MHz    14             166 MHz    15  P54CTB 150 MHz    16  P54CTB 166 MHz    no ooo               EIE  E    OFF    OFF    OFF   OFF ON    ON OFF   OFF   ON   OFF    OFF   ON          OFF   OFF   OFF   ON   OFF    ON   OFF   ON   OFF   OFF   OFF          OFF    OFF   OFF   ON   OFF   OFF   OFF    ON   OFF    OFF    OFF OFF   OFF   ON   OFF    OFF   OFF            OFF  
46. MENT SETUP    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC     Power  Management   Enabled    Reload Global Timer Events       Yes         3 7 9 15    NMI    PM Control by APM  Video Off Method   DPMS Primary IDE 0  Video Off After   Suspend Primary IDE 1  Standby Mode   Disabled Secondary IDE 0  Suspend Mode   Disabled Secondary IDE 1  HDD Power Down   Disabled Floppy Disk  Throttle Duty Cycle   50 0  Serial Port  VGA Active Monitor   Enabled Parallel Port  CPUFAN Off In Suspend   Enabled  Soft off by PVR BTTN   Instant off      Resume by Alarm   Disabled         Date  of Month  Alarm  0         Ti hh mm ss  Ala   7 0   tne               dom         ESC   Quit    V  gt   lt    Select Item  Fl  Help PU PD       Modify  F5   Old Values  Shift F2   Color              F6  Load BIOS Defaults  F7   Load Setup Defaults    Figure 4 5  Power Management Setup      This item will show up only when ATX Power is being used      These items can be selected only when Resume by Alarm is Enabled          Power Management    The default value is Enabled     Enabled   Enable Power Management         Disabled   Disable Power Management     Please disable Green Function for Non S CPU in OS 2  Unix  Window  NT  amp  Novell system        PM Control by           The default value is Yes     Yes Enable software APM function        Disable software APM function     4 20    GA 586TX3      Video off Method    The default value is DPMS         SYNC   Blank   BIOS will turn off V H SYN
47. Q 15 assigne  DMA 0 assigned      DMA 1 assigne             VU 2  lt    Select Item  DMA 3 assigne          1   PU PD       Modify  DMA 5 assigned      Old              Shift F2   Color   DMA 6 assigned     Load BIOS Defaults   DMA 7 assigne d   Load Setup Defaults    Figure 4 6  PCI Slot Configuration                e PNP OS Installed    The default value is NO     Enable PNP OS Installed   YES Disable PNP OS Installed       Resources Controlled by       The default value is Manual     User can set the PnP resource  I O Address  IRQ  amp  DMA  channels  used by legacy ISA DEVICE        BIOS automatically use these PnP rescuers     4 24    GA 586TX3      Reset Configuration Data    The default value is Disabled     Enabled Enabled Reset Configuration Data   Disabled Disabled Reset Configuration Data       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      e  PCIIDE IRQ        To    PCI Auto Map PCI IDE IRQ to PCI slot automatically   Map PCI IDE IRQ to ISA slot   PCI Slot1 PCI Slot4   Map PCI IDE IRQ to PCI Slot1 PCI Slot4        Primary Secondary IDE INT     Set INTA for primary secondary PCI IDE   Set INTB for primary secondary PCI IDE           Set INTC for primary secondary PCI IDE              Set INTD for primary secondary PCI IDE     4 25    BIOS Configuration    4 10  LOA
48. SA mode     Test EISA If EISA Mode flag is set then test EISA memory found  Extended Memory in slots initialization   9    This will be skipped in ISA mode and can be     skipped  with ESC key in EISA mode     3338   Reseved     Setup Enabled   o    Initialize  amp  Install Detect if mouse is present  initialize mouse  install  Mouse interrupt vectors    Setup Cache Initialize cache controller    Controller      Reseved PO    Chipset Program chipset registers with Setup values   Initialization    a   O Display virus protest disable or enable   4 Initialize Floppy Initialize floppy disk drive controller and any drives   Drive  amp  Controller  Initialize Hard Drive   Initialize hard drive controller and any drives    amp  Controller  Detect  amp  Initialize Initialize any serial and parallel ports  also game port    Serial Parallel Ports             see e M      Detect  amp  Initialize Initialize math coprocessor   Math Coprocessor    B 3    3  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4    9  A  F  0  0  2      D  E  F  BF  0  1  2  3  4  5    4       Appendix B  Post Codes     6  Reseved Sooo     7   Reserved Soo    48 40   Reseved         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     4  4  Security Check Ask password security  optional     Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen    Pre boot Enable Enable parity chec
49. SOR   Included in Pentium  processor      SPEED   60   66 MHz system speed     30   33 PCI Bus speed     7 5 8 MHz AT bus speed     DRAM MEMORY   2 banks 72 pins SIMM module socket on board        banks 168 pins SDRAM module socket on board       Use 4 8  16 32 64  128 MB 60 70 ns SIMM  module DRAM       8   256 MB DRAM size     Supports Fast Page   EDO DRAM access mode       CACHE MEMORY   16   24   32   64KB cache memory included in  CPU         512 KB 2    cache on board       Supports Write Back cache function for both CPU   amp  on board cache        I O BUS SLOTS   4 Master   Slave PCI BUS Slots     3 16 bits ISA BUS Slots      DE PORTS   2 channel Ultra DMA 33 Enhanced IDE port on    board  Using IRQ14 15     Supports Mode 3 4 IDE  amp  ATAPI CD   ROM     2 1    Specification       1 0 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 44 2 88 MB Floppy port   Using DMA2   amp  IRQ6     Supports PS 2 Mouse   Using IRQ12      Supports USB Port   e GREEN FUNCTION    Standby  amp  Suspend mode support     Green switch  amp  LED support     IDE  amp  Display power down support     Monitor all IRQ            Display   I O events       BIOS   128KB FLASH EEPROM     Supports Plug  amp  Play Function     DIMENSION   3 4 Baby AT Form Factor  4 layers PCB     2 2  SOFTWARE    e   BIOS   Licensed AWARD BIOS     AT CMOS Setup  BIOS   Chipset Setup  Green  Setup  Hard Disk Utility included      
50. T FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD    POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION    PNP PCI CONFIGURATION    LOAD BIOS DEF  Quit Without Saving  Y N   N    LOAD SETUPD    ESC   Quit    V  gt   lt    Select Item    FIO  5        amp  Exit Setup  Shift F2   Chang Color    Abandon all Datas  amp  Exit SETUP    Figure 4 14  Exit Without Saving  Type      will quit the Setup Utility without saving to        CMOS SRAM        Type      will return to Setup Utility     4 35    GA 586TX3    5  AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION    5 1   O BUS CONNECTOR PIN OUT  5 1 1  ISA SLOT PIN OUT       5 1    AT Technical Information    5 1 2  PCI   BUS SLOT PIN OUT                     0 RUormi                    GA 586TX3    5 2       amp  MEMORY MAP    MEMORY MAP          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 BIOS ROM or RAM buffer   00E0000 00EFFFF  Reserved for PCI device ROM           00F0000 00FFFFF  System BIOS ROM   0100000 BFFFFFF  System extension memory   000 01          controller  Master    020 021 INTERRUPT controller  Master   022 023 CHIPSET control registers I O ports   040 05   TIMER control registers    060 06F KEYBOARD interface controller  8042   070 07F RTC ports  amp  CMOS       ports   080 09F DMA register        0         INTERRUPT controller  Slave   0C0 0DF         controller  Slave    OFO OFF  MATH COPROCESSOR   1F0 1F8 HARD 
51. TOR INSTALLATION 3 10  3 13  GREEN FUNCTION INSTALLATION                   eene 3 10  3 14  PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION                                     3 10  3 15  KEYBOARD SETTING                     22       0   3 10  4  BIOS CONFIGURATION                                                                       4 1  4 1  ENTERING 5                                 4 1  4 2  CONTROL  KEYS    dde erdt Era DV      4 2  4 3  GETTING  HELP                  4 3  431  Main  Men    ie                                                              4 3  4 3 2  Status Page Setup Menu   Option Page Setup Menu          4 3    35    GA 586TX3    4 4  THE MAIN                               4 3  4 5  STANDARD CMOS SETUP                                                         4 5  4 6  BIOS FEATURES SETUP                     4 9  4 7  CHIPSET FEATURES                                 4 15  4 8  POWER MANAGEMENT                                                            4 20  4 9  PNP PCI CONFIGURATION                      4 24  4 10  LOAD BIOS                                          teeta 4 26  4 11  LOAD SETUP                                     4 27  4 12  INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS               seen 4 28  4 13  SUPERVISOR   USER     55                                                    4 32  4 14  IDE HDD AUTO                                    4 33  4 15  SAVE  amp  EXIT 5                         4 34  4 16  EXIT WITHOUT SAVING                    4 35  5  AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION         
52. able    512  128  987    977 5 977     i    C 2    Priam 514  Priam 519  Micropolis1325  1120  4780    1024      1024 Maxtor1170     esos    4      sa    4      us fers        Maxtor1 140   4380    Seagate ST251    977 Seagate ST4053  Miniscribe3053     987  987  820    981 Miniscribe3053   6053 RLL    Miniscribe 3650    Miniscribe 3650  RLL    918 Conner CP3104  1223 Conner CP3204    830  830       GA 586TX3    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    i 92  DRAM Speed  Q 80 Q70  DRAM Total Size  MB  DRAM Brand    SRAM Size     64KB  SRAM PartNo            Video Card    Video Chip or Brand    Floppy Drive A Capacity  amp  Brand   Floppy Drive B Capacity  amp  Brand     Q 128 KB    Storage Controller Type      MFM  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    O S  Q DOS    05 2    4  AUTOEXEC BAT  amp  CONFIG SYS File     5  Problem Description     04     60 ns       256         O RLL       NETWARE    D 1    Tel  No   Fax  No   Purchase Date    Rev  No    u8 016    32 MB     512        DATA    Q IDE    EDSI    SCSI    O UNIX   XENIX Ver      R 01 02 070626    Appendix E  FCC Document    APPENDIX E  FCC DOCUMENT             DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY  Per FCC Part 2 Section 2  107763        
53. ation  local bus and PCI   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    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                        GA 586TX3    2  SPECIFICATION    2 1  HARDWARE        CPU   Pentium  Processor 90   200 MHz  MMX  P54CT   P54CTB          5      133   PR 166   AMD K6  166   180 200 2 9V   233  3 2V    Cyrix   IBM 6x86   PR150    PR166    Cyrix   IBM 6x86L  PR150    2 8V    PR166    2 8      Cyrix   IBM 6x86MX   PR166 60x2 5    PR200  66x2 5    PR233  66x3          321 pins  socket 7       white socket on board     3 52V   2 0V 3 5V Dual Power Ready     COPROCES
54. e of Contents                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ill     R  m RED LINE     CPU     00                     J3   For Secondary IDE port       RED LINE                                                    Hug  l                                     a                      CPU  gt  m                                                                                                                         27       GA 586TX3             FLOPPY PORT                                                    RED LINE                                              XX                                            006   5 2     0905090             000000000      OOG                               XXX   lt   X    69000   lt  gt   lt  gt   ee e       CPU                        OO                                                                                                                    CN1   LPT PORT                                                                                RED LINE                                  _                                                                                                                                                           28    CN2   COM B    Table of Contents                                                                              
55. ed  IDE Primary Master PIO   Auto  IDE Primary Slave PIO   Auto  IDE Secondary Master PIO   Auto  IDE Secondary Slave PIO   Auto  IDE Primary Master UDMA   Auto  IDE Primary Slave UDMA   Auto  IDE Secondary Master UDMA   Auto  IDE Secondary Slave UDMA   Auto  On Chip Primary PCI IDE   Enabled  On Chip Secondary PCI IDE   Enabled  USB Keyboard Support   Disabled  Onboard FDC Controller   Enabled  Onboard Serial Port 1   COM1 3F8  ESC   Quit   Select It  Onboard Serial Port 2   COM2 2F8 ait NVOS Bor ast  Fl  Help PU PD       Modify  Onboard Parallel Port   378 IRQ7 n  F5  Old Values  Shift F2   Color  Onboard Parallel Mode   SPP    F6   Load BIOS Defaults  ECP Mode Use DMA 23     F7   Load Setup Defaults       Figure 4 9  Load Setup Defaults      This item will show up only if On board Parallel Mode set to ECP or  ECP EPP     e IDE HDD Block Mode    The default value is Enabled     Enabled   Enable IDE HDD Block Mode  Disabled   Disable IDE HDD Block Mode      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     4 28       GA 586TX3      IDE Primary Slave 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       IDE Secondary Master         for onboard IDE 2nd channel      The default value is Auto    
56. eep as much  base memory free for application programs  Most use for this  area is Shadow RAM     4 6  BIOS FEATURES SETUP    4 9    BIOS Configuration    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  BIOS FEATURES SETUP  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC     CPU TEMPERATURE PROTECT   YES Video BIOS Shadow   Enabled  Virus Warning   Disabled C8000   CBFFF Shadow   Disabled  CPU Internal Cache   Enabled CC000   CFFFF Shadow   Disabled  External Cache   Enabled D0000   D3FFF Shadow   Disabled  Quick Power On Self Test   Enabled D4000   D7FFF Shadow   Disabled  Boot Sequence   A  C  SCSI D8000   DBFFF Shadow   Disabled  Swap Floppy Drive   Disabled DC000   DFFFF Shadow   Disabled  Boot Up Floppy Seek   Enabled    Boot Up NumLock Status   On  Security Option   Setup  PCI VGA Palette Snoop   Disabled    OS Select For DRAM  gt 64       Non OS2 ESC   Quit   V  gt   lt    Select Item          Help PU PD 4     Modify  F5   Old Values  Shift F2   Color  F6   Load BIOS Defaults   F7   Load Setup Defaults    Figure 4 3  BIOS Features Setup    CPU TEMPERATURE PROTECT    The default value is YES     Enable CPU TEMPERATURE PROTECT   Disable CPU TEMPERATURE PROTECT     e 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     The default value is Disabled   Enabled   Ac
57. er which the system would be in safe configuration     Integrated Peripherals  This setup page includes all the items of peripherals features   Supervisor Password    Change  set  or disable password  It allows you to limit access to the  system and Setup  or just to Setup     User Password    Change  set  or disable password  It allows you to limit access to the  System     IDE HDD auto detection    4 4    GA 586TX3    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  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 SETUP  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC     Date  mm dd yyy Wed  Jan 22 1997  Time  hh mm ss   11   08   12    HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP SECTOR MODE    Primary Master   Auto  Primary Slave   None  Secondary Master   None    Secondary Slave   None    DriveA  144 3 5in  DriveB             Floppy 3 Mode Support   Disabled Base Memory  640K  Extended Memory  31744K  Other Memory  384K    Video   EGA VGA  Halt On   No Errors  Total Memory  32768 K      V  gt   lt    Select Item PU PD       Modify     Shift F2   Change Color    Figure
58. ess  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    BIOS Configuration    4 2  CONTROL KEYS    Esc key 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     F1 key General help  only for Status Page Setup Menu and  Option Page Setup Menu    F2 key Change color from total 16 colors   F3 key Calendar  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     F10 key Save all the CMOS changes  only for Main Menu     4 2       GA 586TX3    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 Utilit
59. etup     Test DMA BIOS checksum test    Controller 0 Keyboard detect and initialization   Test DMA   Controller 1   Test DMA Page Test DMA Page Registers   registers    1248  Resewed      E   F   10   11   Test Timer Counter   Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2   2   15 Test 8259 1 Mask Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by alternately  Bits turning off and on the interrupt lines    16 Test 8259 2 Mask Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by alternately  Bits turning off and on the interrupt lines    17 Test Stuck 8259 s Turn off interrupts then verify no interrupt mask  Interrupt Bits register is on    18 Test 8259 Interrupt   Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt occurred   Functionality       B 2    GA 586TX3    Test Stuck NMI Verify NMI can be cleared   Bits  Parity lO  Check     1  A     Display CPU clock   1        Reseved     1 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     3 Size Base and Size base memory from 256 K to 640 K extended  Extended Memory memory above 1 MB     31 Test Base and Test base memory from 256 K to 640 K and extended  Extended Memory memory above 1 MB using various patterns     9    This will be skipped in EISA mode and can be     skipped  with ESC key in I
60. freshed 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    Chipset Default Program chipset registers with power on BIOS  Initialization defaults    E dl        Specific Test to size on board memory   test    BE  C1  C5 Early Shadow OEM Specific Early Shadow enable for fast boot   C6                          External cache size detection   test    B 1       Appendix B  Post Codes    Setup low memory Early chip set initialization   Memory presence test   OEM chip set routines   Clear low 64 K of memory   Test first 64    memory     Early Cache          CPU initialization   Initialization Cache initialization     Setup Interrupt Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with  Vector Table SPURIOUS_INT HDLR and initialize INT 00h 1Fh  according to INT_TBL     Test CMOS RAM Test CMOS RAM Checksum  if bad  or insert key  Checksum pressed  load defaults      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 Memory   Test video memory  write sign on message to screen     Setup shadow RAM   Enable shadow according to  S
61. ker  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   5 Initialize Time Initialize time value in 40h  BIOS area  Value   6   Setup Virus Protect   Setup virus protect according to Setup  Set Boot Speed Set system speed for boot  Setup NumLock Setup NumLock status according to Setup   Boot Attempt Set low stack    Boot via INT 19h     If interrupt occurs in protected mode     6     Bo    Ee Press F1 to disable NMI  F2 reboot              6  7          0  1  3  1  2  3  B1  F       B 4    GA 586TX3    APPENDIX C  BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE TABLE   MB  Precomp Zone  10 MB 128 TEAC SD510  WU NIE   ener  MB Seagate ST225   574026  TCR    s 5         5   we  oo 16  7  s2 so        20 MB 615 17 65535 615 Seagate ST125  pem          mamme      1                   2                 9 wawa  oo  145  7  ess Jos       9        so        7  ess feo             m     15     1655 Jes       2          ess    7   ess fes      13 20 MB 17 128 319 Disctron526   L        43MB   MB   65535      16 20      612 17 Microscience  HH725  Syquest3250          aime                9              7  7         5      2          zs  5  7   free       m               7  7 feo fee       z wwe fas  4  7 jo               2   same     7  7  o  96   Seagate            25          5  9  17  essas  925   Seagate 51409         1       P ES    Appendix C  BIOS Default Drive T
62. nth   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    Appendix A  Post Message    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     e POST BEEP    Currently there is only one beep code in BIOS  This 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     e 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     B gt  CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED    CMOS battery is no longer functional  It should be replaced     bo CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR    Checksum of CMOS is incorrect  This can indica
63. oard     3 9  POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION  There is a system power LED light on the panel of case  The power LED will    light on when system is powered on  The connector should be installed to  PWR of mainboard in correct direction     3 10  TURBO SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION    Function Reserved    3 9    Hardware Installation    3 11  TURBO LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION    The TURBO LED on panel can indicate the current speed status of system   The TURBO LED connector should be installed to TD in correct direction     3 12  HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR 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 RESET switch is pushed and released by user  The RESET  Switch is a 2 PIN connector and should be installed to RST on mainboard     3 13  GREEN FUNCTION INSTALLATION    For the purpose of power saving  there are two jumpers  GN and GD  to  make sure that the power saving function is working  The GD is an indicator   green LED  for green function  If the green LED is ON  the system is  operating in green mode  The GN is a switch to force the system to get into  green mode immediately     3 14  PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION    After installation of the device and setup of the jumpers  the mainboard can  be mounted into the case and fixed by screw  To complete the mainboard  installation  the peripheral devices could be installed now  The basic system 
64. ppears  the system will boot in ISA mode  which allows  you to run the EISA Configuration Utility   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     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     Memory parity Error at        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     A 3    GA 586TX3    B gt  MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT    Memory has been added or removed since the last boot  In EISA mode  use Configuration Utility to re configure the memory configuration     In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory  fields     D 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
65. ste                            1 2  1 4  BLOCK DIAGRAM se ninnan           1 3  1 5  INTRODUCE THE PCI     06                1 4  1 6  FEATURES                                                                          1 4  2  SPECIFICATION    irure u rns ka ek dear nono          Ck ka Fea koe e Rara ES 2 1  24  HARDWARE nennen    2 1  2 2  SOFTWARE  d etant en edes               Pedes Susu 2 2  2 3  ENVIRONMENT    ete raices gere dese                                        2 2  3  HARDWARE INSTALLATION                           3 1                                                                                                                3 1  3 2  MAINBOARD                       3 2  3 3  QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS  amp  CONNECTORS             3 2  3 4  DRAM                             2            3 6  3 5 5                                                                                                3 8  Sync  SRAM  Pipeline Burst                                                       3 8  3 6  CPU INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP                             3 8  3 7  CMOS         amp  ISA CFG CMOS                                                  3 9  3 8  SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION                                   3 9  3 9  POWER LED CONNECTOR                                                   3 9  3 10  TURBO SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION                       3 9  3 11  TURBO LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION                         3 10  3 12  HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNEC
66. t 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 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS    BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERUSER PASSWORD    CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD    POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION    PNP PCI CONFIGURATION  LOAD BIOS DEF Enter Password     LOAD SETUPD    ESC   Quit    V  gt   lt    Select Item    FIO  5        amp  Exit Setup  Shift F2   Chang Color    Change   Set   Disable Password    Figure 4 10  Password Setting       Type the password  up to eight characters  and press   Enter    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   Enter    You may also press   Esc   to abort the selection and not  enter a password     To disable password  just press   Enter   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     4 32    GA 586TX3    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
67. t value is Instant off     Enabled   Soft off by PWR BTTN is Instant off    Disabled   Soft off by PWR BTTN is Delay 4 Secs      Resume by Alarm    The default value is Disabled     Enabled   Resume by Alarm Enabled    Disabled   Resume by Alarm Disabled       This item will show up only when ATX Power is being used     GA 586TX3    IRQX   3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15             The default value is Enabled     Enabled   The system will return to normal mode from Green Mode  when the IRQX is active        Disabled   The system will not return to normal mode from Green  Mode when the IRQX is active     Primary Secondary IDE   0 1      The default value is Enabled     Enabled   Primary   Secondary IDE Enabled   Disabled   Primary   Secondary IDE Disabled     Floppy Disk    The default value is Enabled     Floppy Disk Enabled   Floppy Disk Disabled     Serial Port    The default value is Enabled     Serial Port Enabled   Serial Port Disabled     Parallel Port    The default value is Enabled     Parallel Port Enabled   Parallel Port Disabled     BIOS Configuration    4 9  PNP PCI CONFIGURATION    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS  PNP PCI CONFGURATION  AWARD SOFTWARE  INC     PNP OS Installed    PCI IDE IRQ Map        PCCAUTO  Resources Controlled by    Primary IDE INT         Reset Configuration Data 2 Secondary IDE                  IRQ 3 assigned to  IRQ 4 assigned to  IRQ 5 assigned to  IRQ 7 assigned to  IRQ 9 assigned to         10 assigne  IRQ 11 assigne  IRQ 12 assigne  IRQ 14 assigne  IR
68. te that CMOS has  become corrupt  This error may have been caused by a weak battery   Check the battery and replace if necessary     DO DISK BOOT FAILURE  INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER    No boot device was found  Insert a system disk into Drive A  and press    Enter    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     A 1    GA 586TX3    B gt  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     B gt  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  or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection   D  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    X  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
69. tivate automatically when the system boots up causing  a warning message to appear when anything attempts to  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     4 10    GA 586TX3    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 function   Disabled   Disable cache function     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 default 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      The default value is A C SCSI   A C SCSI System will first search for floppy disk drive then  hard disk  C  drive and SCSI drive   C A SCSI System will first search for hard disk  C  drive then  floppy disk drive and SCSI drive     C CDROM A System will first search for hard disk  C  drive then  CDROM drive and floppy disk drive    CDROM C A System will first search for CDROM drive then hard  disk  C  drive and floppy disk drive    D A SCSI System will first search for hard disk  D  drive then  floppy disk drive and SCSI drive      
70. y  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   Enter   to  accept or enter the sub menu    ROM PCI   ISA BIOS    CMOS SETUP UTILITY   AWARD SOFTWARE  INC   STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS  BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD  CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD  POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION    PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE  amp  EXIT SETUP    LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING    LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS    ESC  Quit    V  gt   lt    Select Item    F10   Save  amp  Exit Setup  Shift F2   Change Color    Time  Date  Hard Disk Type            BIOS Configuration    Figure 4 1  Main Menu  Standard CMOS setup  This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS   BIOS features setup    This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced  features     Chipset features setup   This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features    Power management setup   This setup page includes all the items of Green function features   PNP PCI configuration   This setup page includes all the items of PNP PCI configuration features   Load BIOS defaults    BIOS defaults indicates the most appropriate value of the system  parameter which the system would be in safe configuration     Load setup defaults    BIOS defaults indicates the most appropriate value of the system  paramet
    
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