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1. 2 PIN SINGLE 5V POWER CONNECTOR POWER RS 232 X 4 COM1 2 3 4 CONNECTOR 4COM JSP 5 PIN PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR MOUSE JSP 5 PIN KEYBOARD CONNECTOR K B RS 422 485 CONNECTOR 422 485 HARD DISK ACTIVE LED HDLED POWER LED Gees PWRLED SYSTEM RESET SWITCH ui io RST CMOS BATTERY CLEAR JUMPER JP1 RS 232 OR RS 422 485 JP2 CPU CLOCK SELECT aa JP3 M System ADDRESS SELECT JP4 BUZZER Sonia ses es ect MdL ee BZ1 SOCKET ec DOC MEMORY INSTALLATION 2 2 COMPONENT LOCATIONS LPT ALI M6117C ooo0o0000 000 00000000 oo0o0o0000 000 00000000 E m m m m m m m m m m m m 2 3 CONNECTOR HDO PIN ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT A A IDEREST 2 27 IOCHRDY 28 1 29 30 d
2. Memory Map MEMORY MAP ASSIGNMENT 0000000 009FFFF System memory used by DOS and application 00A0000 00BFFFF Display buffer memory for VGA EGA CGA MONO 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 BFFFFF System extension memory e UO Map 000 01F 020 021 Interrupt controller Master 02 Timer control registers 0 0 Mathcoprocessor_ O 1F0 4F8_ Hard 02 2F8 2FF Serialportt2 02 48 APPENDIX TROUBLE SHOOTING THIS SECTION SHOWS THE ERRORS MAY OCCUR WHEN YOU OPERATE THE SYSTEM ALSO GIVES YOU THE SUGGESTIONS ON SOLVING THE PROBLEMS SECTIONS INCLUDE TROUBLE SHOOTING POST MESSAGE TROUBLE SHOOTING POST BEEP TROUBLE SHOOTING POST CODE 1 TROUBLE SHOOTING POST MESSAGES During the Power On Self Test POST if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix it will either sound a beep code or display a message If a message is displayed it will be accompanied by PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP C 2 TROUBLE SHOOTING POST BEEP Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS The one 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 thre
3. 9385 386SX COMx4 104 CPU Module 3865 40 4MB COM x 4 RS 232 422 485 DOC WDT IDE FDD Parallel Single 5V USERS This user s manual list necessary information to assist both Embedded Computer manufacturers and end users in installing and setting up the system The information contained in this user s manual is subject to change without any notice This manual is copyrighted 2000 You may not reproduce by any way ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All trademarks and registered trademarks which mentioned in this manual are the property belongs to their respective owners TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 5 1 2 SPECIFICATIONS 6 13 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 7 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 2 1 JUMPER amp CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE 9 2 2 COMPONENTS LOCATIONS 10 23 IDEA CONNECTOR eee 11 2 4 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR 11 2 5 PRINTER CONNECTOR 12 2 6 2 SINGLE 5V POWER CONNECTOR 12 2 7 JSP 5 PIN PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR 12 2 8 5 PIN KEYBOARD CONNECTOR 12 2 9 COM2 RS 422 485 CONNECTOR 13 2 10 RS 232 x 4 COM1 2 3
4. 104 0 104 support multi pieces of PC 104 modules This card has two connectors one 104AB consists of 64 pin dual in line header the other one 104CD consists of 40 pin dual in line header The pin assignments for connector 104AB amp 104CD are as follow 104AB 104CD PIN ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 061 01 GND 2 507 2 RESETDRV 2 SBHE 02 MEMCS16 506 B3 vcc C3 1423 03 10 516 IRQ10 A12 SA19 B12 SMEMR Cl 508 D12 DRQ5 13 SA18 B13 1 509 nal 6 A14 SA17 4 14 5010 Di4 DRQ6 15 SA16 B15 C15 5011 D15 16 SA15 816 DRQ3 16 5012 016 DRQ7 A18 SA13 Bi18 18 5014 19 SA12 B19 REFRESH C19 5015 A20 SA11 B20 SYSCLK 20 21 SA10 B21 22 5409 B22 IRQ6 23 5408 B23 1805 24 SA07 824 25 SA06 825 26 SA05 Seel DACK2 2 5 4 B27 106 28 543 8284 BALE 29 5402 B29 30 54 1 B30 osc 540 Sal GND A32 6404 82 D18 D20 p E ES s m Es
5. 31 32 106 2 4 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR FDC ASSIGNMENT PIN 27 GND 28 WRTPRT 2 6 2 PIN SINGLE 5V POWER CONNECTOR POWER PIN ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT GND 2 7 JSP 5 Pin PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR MOUSE ASSIGNMENT KBDATA DND O 2 9 2 RS 422 485 CONNECTOR 422 485 PIN ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT 17 2 4 RC 2 10 RS 232 X 4 2 3 4 CONNECTOR M COM Port 1 2 3 4 RS 232 x 4 Connector ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT CO PIN NCC o5 9 o ME 21 25 29 39 2 11 HARD DISK ACTIVE LED HDLED PIN ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT 1 HDD Active Signal 2 VCC ____ 2 12 POWER LED PWRLED ASSIGNMENT PIN PIN ASSIGNMENT o ve 2 9 2 13 SYSTEM RESET SWITCH RST ASSIGNMENT PIN A ASSIGNMENT 1 Reset 2 GND 2 14 CMOS CLEAR CONNECTOR JP1 2 3 ON is Default 1 2 ON CMOS Clear 2 15 COM2 RS 232 422 485 SELECT JP2 1 2 ON RS 485 ENABLED 3 4 ON RS 422 ENABLED 5 6 ON RS 232 ENABLED 2 16 CPU CLK SELECT JP3 CPU Clock Selection Factory default is 40MHz CPU CLOCK 40MHZ 33MHZ 2 17 DiskOnChip ADDRESS SELECT J4 ADDRESS JUMPER SETTING SELECTION PIN1 amp 2 PIN3 amp 4 PIN5 amp 6 PIN7 amp 8 2
6. 43 APPENDIX TECHNICAL SUMMARY THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU THE MAPS CONCISELY SECTIONS INCLUDE INTERRUPT MAP RTC amp CMOS RAM MAP TIMER amp DMA CHANNELS MAP 1 0 8 MEMORY MAP B 1 INTERRUPT ASSIGNMENT System TIMER interrupt from TIMER 0 Keyboard output buffer full Cascade for IRQ 8 15 Serial port 2 Serial port 1 Parallel port 2 Floppy Disk adapter Parallel port 1 RTC clock Available Available Available Available Math coprocessor Hard Disk adapter Available 45 2 RTC amp CMOS RAM CODE ASSIGNMENT 0 Seconds 1111 DI L econd aarm 06 Day of month 08 69 22 0B Status register B OD StatusregisterD_______________________ Diagnostic status byte OF Shutdown byte 1 10 FloppyDiskdrivetypebyte O 11 Reserve 2 12 j HardDisktypebyte Cd 14 Equipmentbyte 15 Basememoryllowbyte 16 Basememoryhighbyte 22 o 18 46 B 3 TIMER amp CHANNELS Timer Channel Map Timer Channel 0 System timer interrupt 14 Refresh request 2 Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map 0 1 EN SDLE 2 FloppyDiskadaptr 3 Channels Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available 6 Available Available 47 BA 1 0 8 MEMORY
7. e Memory Miss Read Insert Wait Above three items show above is always Disabled by Manufactory s default e Recovery This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit Choices are Ou 0 25u to 3 05 CPU clocks Default is 1 clock Recovery Period The recovery time is the length of time measured in CPU clocks which the system will delay after the completion of an input output request This delay takes place because the CPU is operating so much faster than the input output bus that the CPU must be delay to allow of the completion of the 33 WatchDog Timer WatchDog can use BIOS Setup Disabled WatchDog can t be used Enabled WatchDog function Enabled WatchDog Timeout Select Set Timer 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 sec WatchDog Signal Select Set IRQ3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 NMI System Once Timeout Then Disable WatchDo Set Yes or No 34 5 7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer usage AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 1996 American Megatrends INC All Right Reserved Power Management Mode Disabled Available Options Doze Mode Timeout Disabled Disabled Standby Mode Timeout Disabled SMI Suspend Mode Timeout Disabled Power Down HDD In Disabled Power Down VGA In Disabled GA Power Down Mod
8. 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 e 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 e 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 e Memory Size Has Changed Since Last Boot Memory has been added or removed since the last boot In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields e Memory Verify Error At 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 e Offending Address Not Found This message is used in conjunction with the CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment has caused the problem which cannot be isolated Offending Segment This message is used in conjunction with the CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment has caused the problem which has been isolated 52 Press A Key Reboot This will be displayed a
9. nibble Y indicates the BUS on which the different routines are being executed Y can be from 0 to 5 0 Generic DIM Device Initialization Manager 1 On board System devices 2 ISA devices 3 EISA devices 4 ISA PnP devices 5 PCI devices 61
10. on done Going to disable DMA and interrupt controller Chipset init auto memory detection about to begin To uncompress the RUNTIME code Transfer control to uncompressed code in shadow ram at 00 FFFO 54 Runtime code is uncompressed in F000 shadow ram POST Code AMI HiFLEX BIOS WinBIOS runtime code Description hex Processor register test about to start and NMI to be Disabled NMI is Disabled Power on delay starting Soft reset power on determined Going to disable Cache if any init to be done next CMOS checksum calculation to be done next CMOS checksum calculation is done CMOS Diag byte written CMOS init to begin if init CMOS in every boot 15 set 03 06 CMOS initialization done if any CMOS status register about to init for Date and Time 0 3 07 09 oc Any initialization before keyboard BAT to be done next to keyboard controller Any initialization after KB controller BAT to be done next Keyboard command byte to be written next Going to issue Pin 23 24 blacking unblocking command Pin 23 24 of keyboard controller is blocked unblocked Going to check pressing of lt INS gt key during power on Checking for pressing of lt INS gt key during power on done Going to disable DMA and interrupt controllers 13 DMA controller 1 2 interrupt controller 1 2 disabled Video display is disabled and port B is initialized Chipset init about to b
11. 00100000b The counter is reset at out 23h al xchg ah al call writechip mov ax 0013h Lock configuration register call writechip the above code uses reachip and writechip procedures 20 9 AMI BIOS SETUP THIS CHAPTER SHOWS HOW TO SET UP THE BIOS SECTIONS INCLUDE INTRODUCTION STARTING SETUP MAIN MENU STANDARD CMOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PERIPHERAL SETUP CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE TABLE 21 5 1 INTRODUCTION This section discusses AMI Setup program built in the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The AMI BIOS installed in computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means it supports Intel Cyrix AMD processors in a standard IBM AT compatible Input Output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives serial and parallel ports Also the BIOS has been customized by adding important but non standard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this chapter will try to guide you the process of configuring your sy
12. 18 BUZZER BZ1 Buzzer on board 2 19 DOC SOCKET DOC EX 9385 Support DOC Socket 2 20 MEMORY INSTALLATION EX 9385 support on board soldered 4MB EDO RAM as system meory 3 DiskOnChip FLASH DISK THIS CHAPTER SHOWS THE INFORMATION ABOUT M System DiskOnChip FUNCTIONS SECTIONS INCLUDE PREFACE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE UTILITY REFERENCE 3 1 PREFACE The EX 9385 is designed to use the DiskOnChip single chip Flash Disk to plug into a standard 32 pin EEPROM socket which built on board The EX 9385 can contain the operating system in DiskOnChip to allow systems to boot without a hard disk The DiskOnChip of EX 9385 can install standard MS DOS and the DOS can boot from DiskOnChip its command is fully DOS Command compatible such as Del Deltree Format Copy Xcopy users can read and write DOS Command or data to DiskOnChip same as when using Hard Disk Drive Users can take this DiskOnChip as physical HDD and its priority is software selectable For example if system have one HDD either HDD amp DiskOnChip could be assigned as C or D Drive When having two HDD Driver C amp Driver D the DiskOnChip could be assigned as C D E Drive If the system don t have HDD the DiskOnChip will be taken as C drive only When it is taken as C drive it can boot system just same as using Hard Disk Drive The EX 9385 support DiskOnChip socket which locate at DOC 3 2 QUICK INSTALL
13. 3 754 7 17 754 Off Off Auto Off 27 68 754 11 17 65535 Off Auto Off 28 40 699 7 17 256 Off Off Auto Off 29 68 823 10 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off 30 53 918 7 17 918 Off Off Auto Off 31 93 1024 11 17 65535 Off Auto Off 32 127 1024 15 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off 20 5 111 1024 Oft Auto Of 10 612 2 17 128 Of om Auto of 6 1024 9 17 65535 Off Auto Off __38 24 987 17 987 Off Off Auto Off 39 57 987 7 17 987 Off Off Auto Off 40 40 820 6 17 820 Off Off Auto Off 41 40 977 5 17 977 Off Off Auto Off 42 40 981 5 17 981 Off Off Auto Off 43 48 830 7 17 512 Off Off Auto Off 44 68 830 10 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off 45 144 917 15 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off 46 152 1224 15 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off LARMD pp Off AUTO Ato Of USER Ato Off 41 APPENDIX EXPANSION BUS THIS APPENDIX SHOWS YOU THE PIN ASSIGNMENTS SECTIONS INCLUDE PC 104 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 PC 104 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 104AB 104CD PC 104 Connector A 2000000000000600900090000000000009 2 28 010000000000000000000 1 520
14. 4 CONNECTOR 13 2 11 HARD DISK ACTIVE LED 13 242 POWER LED 13 2 13 SYSTEM RESET SWITCH 14 2 14 CMOS CLEAR CONNECTOR 14 2 15 2 RS 232 422 485 SELECT 14 2 16 CPU SELECT 14 2 17 DiskOnChip ADDRESS SELECT 14 2 18 BUZZ Suede ena 14 2 19 DOG SOCKET 14 2 20 MEMORY INSTALLATION 14 CHAPTER 3 DiskOnChip Flash Disk 34 PREFACE 2 eee 16 3 2 QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE 16 3 3 UTILITY REFERENCE eessen 16 CHAPTER 4 WDT 4 1 WATCHDOG TIMER FUNCTION 18 4 2 WATCHDOG TIMER SOFTWARE GUIDE 20 CHAPTER 5 AWARD BIOS SETUP 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 5 9 5 10 INTRODUCTION ceca 22 STARTING SETUP een 22 MAIN MENU me 23 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 25 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 28 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP 32 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 35 PERIPHERAL SETUP 37 CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 39 BIOS DEFAULT DRIV
15. ATION GUIDE 1 Make sure the EX 9385 CPU Card is power OFF 2 Plug the DiskOnChip chip into socket DOC Verify the direction is correct pin1 of the DiskOnChip is aligned with pin1 of the DOC 3 Power ON the system 4 During power ON you may observe the message displayed by the DiskOnChip when its driver automatically loaded into system s memory 5 At this stage the DiskOnChip can be accessed as any disk in the system 6 If the DiskOnChip is the only disk in the system it will appear as the first disk drive C there are more disks besides the DiskOnChip the DiskOnChip will appear by default as the last drive 3 3 UTILITY REFERENCE A driver diskette will be included with DiskOnChip to offer detail information If you need more information beside the diskette please reach the M System web www m sys com to get the information 4 WDT THIS CHAPTER SHOWS THE INFORMATION OF WDT FUNCTION ALSO DESCRIBES HOW TO INSTALL THE WATCHDOG CONFIGURATION SECTIONS INCLUDE WATCHDOG TIMER FUNCTION WATCHDOG TIMER SOFTWARE GUIDE Note The M6117C support WDT function for monitoring whether the system is still work or not after a period of time If the system happened some error or hanged up it cause the timer timed out then a system reset or NMI or IRQ may happen decided by BIOS programming The WATCHDOG timer source is 32 768 KHz frequency to counter a 24 bits counter such that the timer range i
16. E TABLE 40 APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS A 1 PC 104 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT 43 APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY B 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 INTERRUPT id 45 8 CMOS 46 TIMER 8 DMA CHANNELS 47 8 MEMORY MAP ies 48 APPENDIX C TROUBLE SHOOTING C 1 C 2 C 3 TROUBLE SHOOTING POST MESSAGES 50 TROUBLE SHOOTING POST 50 TROUBLE SHOOTING POST CODE 54 1 INTRODUCTION THIS CHAPTER SHOWS THE INFORATIONS ABOUT EX 9385 AND ITS SPECIFICATIONS SECTIONS INCLUDE ABOUT THIS MANUAL SPECIFICATIONS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 1 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual is written to assist you to install and set up the system It contents five chapters as following Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter introduces you the background of this manual and the specifications for this system Final in this chapter will indicate you how to avoid the damages for this PC 104 CPU Module Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter outlines the components locations and their functions In the end of this chapter you will know how to set jumper and how to configure this card to meet your own needs Chapter 3 DiskOnChip Flash Disk This chapter brings
17. Hard Disks Automatically detect and configure hard disk parameters The AMI BIOS include this ability in the event you are uncertain of your hard disks parameters See also Section Standard CMOS Setup Change User Password This function is close Don t support end user Change Supervisor Password If you set this password next time you must key in this password to get permission to go into CMOS Settings Change Language Setting This function of AMI is close Don t support end user Save Settings and Exit Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 24 5 4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes none one or more than one setup item Use the arrow keys 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 AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP 1996 American Megatrends INC All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Wed Dec 15 1999 640KB ime hh mm ss 10 56 28 0 MB Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 Floppy Drive B Not Installed LBA 32Bit Type Size Head Wpcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode Pri Master Auto Off Slave Auto Off Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Sel 01 31 PgUp PgDn Modify 1901 2099 F2 F3 Color Date The da
18. On CDROM Floppy Drive Swap Disabled SCSI Floppy Drive Seek Disabled NETWORK Floppy Access Control Normal HDD Access Control Normal PS 2 Mouse Support Enabled ypematic Rate Fast System Keyboard Absent Primary Display Absent ESC Exit Sel Password Check Setup PgUp PgDn Modify Boot To OS 2 Yes F2 F3 Color 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Boot Device AMI BIOS supports four Boot Devices You can select your Device from where starting Boot Floppy IDE CDROM SCSI ARMD FDD ARMD HDD NETWORK You can select anyone to be a Boot Device e Boot From Card BIOS YES Enabled Boot From Card BIOS NO Disabled Boot From Card BIOS 28 Try Other Boot Devices If Yes BIOS will try to boot from other Boot Devices if all Selected Boot Devices failed to boot If NO BIOS will try to Boot from only the Selected Boot Devices YES Enabled Another Boot Device NO Disabled Another Boot Device IDE Drive BootUp Order This allows you can select IDEO IDE2 or IDE3 BootUp Num Lock This allows you to determine the default status of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on ON Keypad is number keys OFF Keypad is keys e Floppy Drive Swap This item allows you to determine whether enable the swap floppy drive or not The choice Enabled Disabled e Floppy Drive Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type
19. c Onboard Parallel Port 378 Parallel Port Mode Normal EPP Version N A Parallel Port IRQ 7 Parallel Port DMA Channel N A ESC Exit Sel PgUp PgDn Modify F2 F3 Color 37 Hard Disk Delay This item is PCI bus IDE interface only The NC 380 supports only ISA so you can select Hard disk Delay 3 Sec 5 Sec 10 Sec 15 Sec Onboard IDE This item allows you to select the base address and IRQ for HDD active mode Disabled and Enabled are selectable IMODE ADDRESS SELECT MASTER SLAVE None Non None Disabled Enabled 3FO IRQ15 Selectable Selectable This setup item allows you to either enable or disable the primary controller You might choose to disable the controller if you are going to add a higher performance or specialized controller Onboard FDD This item allows you to select your FDD Disabled or Enabled e Onboard Serial Port1 e Onboard Serial Port2 Above two items show above is always Disabled or then your Serial Port Enabled They have four address to choose 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h e Onboard Parallel Port This item can choose Parallel Port address There s have three address can be chosen 378 278 3BC 38 5 9 CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD You can set either supervisor or user password or both of them The difference between them are supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup menus and user passwo
20. ce checking Video display checking over Display mode to be set next Going to display the power ON message 38 Different BUSes init input IPL general devices to start If present Please see next section for details about Different BUSes 56 Please see Appendix for details of different BUSes Hit lt DEL gt message about to start Going to prepare the descriptor tables for memory test diagnostics mode Interrupt enabled if diagnostics switch is on Going to initialize data to check memory wrap around at 0 0 at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size Over About to go for writing patterns to test memory Going to write patterns base 640K memory Going to find out amount of memory below 1M memory Amount of memory below 1M found and verified Amount of memory above 1M found and verified Check for Soft reset and going to clear memory below 1M for soft Reset If power on go to check point 4Eh 1 Going to save memory size Go to check point 52h The first 64k memory size Memory size display started This will be update during Memory test Going for sequential and random memory Test Memory testing initialization below 1M complete Going to adjust displayed memory size for relocation Shadow Memory test above 1M to follow Going to save memory size information 57 39 A B 43 Going to enter in real mode 7 Iesse ee Going to di
21. chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes on this Setup would be the time when you find that data was being lost while using your system 32 AT BUS Clock ISA Bus Clock timing selection When Auto Configuration is Disabled then 14 318 2 PCLK2 3 PCLK2 4 PCLK2 5 PCLK2 6 PCLK2 8 PCLK2 10 PCLK2 12 is available on ISA Bus e Slow Refresh The chipset refresh settings deal with the timing of CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timing have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that treater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips Available values 120us 60us 15us RAS Precharge time DRAM must continually be refreshed otherwise it will lose its data Normally DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request This option allows you to determine the number of CPU clocks allocated for the Row Address Strobe to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and data will lose Available values 3 5T 2 5T 1 5T RAS Active Time Insert Wait When it is Enabled system will insert wait state for lower speed DRAM CAS Precharge Time Insert Wait e Memory Writer Insert Wait
22. d System power BUS EXPANSION amp SPEED PC 104 8Mhz BIOS Selectable DMA CONTROLLER 82C37 X 2 DMA CHANNELS 7 INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS 82C59 X 2 INTERRUPT LEVELS 15 STORAGE TEMPERATURE 40 TO 80 C OPERATING TEMPERATURE 0 60 C 140 F Miscellaneous Connectors Jumpers Reset HDD LED 2 pin Single 5V connector SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENT Single 5V power by using 2 pin connector BOARD DIMENSION 95mm x 90mm PC 104 form factor BOARD WEIGHT 0 185 1 3 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Follow the messages below to avoid your system from damage 1 Avoid your system from static electric power on all occasions 2 Stay safe from the electric shock Don t touch any components of this board when the power is ON Always disconnect power when the system is not in use 3 Remove power when you change any hardware devices For instance when you connect a jumper or install any cards a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system HARDWARE CONFIGURATION THIS CHAPTER SHOWS YOU THE CONNECTORS amp JUMPER SETTINGS AND COMPONENTS LOCATIONS SECTIONS INCLUDE JUMPER CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE COMPONENTS LOCATIONS CONFIGURATION AND JUMPER SETTINGS CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENTS 2 1 JUMPER CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE IDET CONNECTOR HDO FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR
23. d in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then turn OFF the selection Display Type Has Changed Since Last Boot Since last power off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type Error Encountered Initializing Hard Drive Hard drive cannot be initialized Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Error Initializing Hard Disk Controller Cannot initialize controller Make sure the card is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Also check if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive Floppy Disk Error or No 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 EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt Re run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory 51 e Keyboard Error 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
24. e Normal Monitor FDD Disabled Monitor COM Disabled Monitor LPT Disabled Monitor IRQ Enabled Monitor HDD Enabled Monitor VGA Disabled Monitor KBD Enabled Resume on LPT1 LPT2 Access Disabled Resume on Fixed Disk Access Disabled Resume on VGA Access Disabled Resume on IRQ 00 Timer Click Disabled ESC Exit Sel Resume on IRQ 01 Keyboard Disabled PgUp PgDn Modify Resume on IRQ 02 Second 0259A Disabled F2 F3 Color Power Management This item allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and it is directly related to the following modes 1 Disabled If select Disabled you can t select any function in following modes 2 Suspend Mode Interface SMI If choose SMI you can select any function in following modes 35 Doze Mode Timeout When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Standby Mode Timeout When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the fixed disk drive and the video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode Timeout When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off Power Down HDD In When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Power Down VGA In When enabled and a
25. e short beeps The other code indicates that your DRAM error has occurred This beep code consists of a single long beep repeatedly Error Messages One or more error messages may be displayed if the BIOS detect an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS Battery Has Failed CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced e CMOS Checksum Error Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused from a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary Disk Boot Failure Insert System Disk And Press Enter No boot device was found This could mean that either a boot drive was not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files Insert a system disk into Drive A and press lt Enter gt If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also be sure that the disk is formatted as a boot device Then reboot the system 50 Diskette Drives Types Mismatch Error Run Setup Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly Display Switch Is Set Incorrectly Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicate
26. e type in Setup EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA 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 Monochrome adapter include high resolution mono adapters 30 Password Check This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup Always The Always won t boot and access to Always will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt m the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select Password Check at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press lt Enter gt it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 6 6characters per second 8 8 per second 10 10 characters per second 12 characters per second 15 characters per second 20 characters per second 24 24 characters per second 30 characters per second System BIOS Cacheable This item can set BIOS Cacheable to be Enabled or Disabled e C000 C800 32K Shadow 0000 D800 32K Shadow E000 E800 32K Shadow These categories determine whether option ROMs will be c
27. egin Chipset initialization over 8254 timer test about to start 8254 timer test over About to start memory refresh test 55 Ee Going to check 15 micro second ON OFF time ee Base 64K memory to be initialized BE e s and to do any setup before interrupt vector init Setup required before interrupt vector initialization Complete Interrupt vector initialized about to begin Interrupt vector initialization done Going to read input port of 8042 for turbo switch if any and to clear password if post diagnostic switch is on Input port of 8042 is read Going to initialize global data for turbo switch Global data initialization for turbo switch is over Any initialization before setting video mode to be done next Initialization before setting video mode is complete Going for monochrome mode and color mode setting A Different BUSes init system static output devices to Start if present Please see next section for details of different BUSes MI ER video ROM check About to look for optional video ROM and give control BINE to do any processing after video ROM returns control BUE o If EGA VGA not found then do display memory R W test E o __ Display memory R W test about to begin About to look for the retrace checking About do alternate Display memory R W test 1A 23 27 2 32 Alternate Display memory R W test passed About to look for the alternate display retra
28. fter the set time of system inactivity the VGA Device will be powered down while all other devices remain active IRQ 03 Event to IRQ 15 Event Power Down and Resume events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In fact the system remains alert for anything occurs to a device which is configured as ON even when the system is Power Down mode The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt Requests which can be exempted as much as the above COM ports and LPT ports can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it activate this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service The choices are ON and OFF Default When set to ON activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COMI IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT 1 IRQ9 Redirect IRQ10 Reserve IRQ11 Reserve IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ14 Hard Disk IRQ15 Reserved 36 5 8 PERIPHERAL SETUP AMIBIOS SETUP PERIPHERAL SETUP 1996 American Megatrends INC All Right Reserved Hard disk Delay Disabled Available Options Onboard IDE Enabled Disabled Onboard FDD Enabled 3 Sec FDC Floppy Swap Disabled 5 Sec Onboard Serial Port1 3F8h 10 Sec Onboard Serial Port2 2F8h 15 Se
29. h Set the expected counter value call writechip to 0800001 mov ax 003ah 30 5usc 080000h 16 sec call writechip mov ax 0039h call writechip mov ax 3838h Select System reset as timeout action call readchip and al 00001111b or al 11010000b xchg ah al call writechip mov ax 3737h Enabled watchdog timer or al 01000000b xchg ah al call writechip mov ax 0013h Lock config register mov writechip mov ax 4c00h int 21h endp readchip proc c out 22h al nop nop in al 23h nop nop writechip proc c end out 22h al nop nop xchg ah al out 23h al nop nop xchg ah al ret endp 4 2 WATCHDOG SOFTWARE GUIDE User can use WDT function by following way 1 Direct start WDT function as procedure which described on Sec 4 1 2 user can change timing by choosing the items on WATCH DOG TIMER in AMI BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP If user control WDT by changing BIOS SETUP application software must note one byte setup value was put on CMOS location 44H so application software designer must read access the data on the CMOS location 44H and put the data to a register then at the time when you need send the register data to port 0443H to start the WDT function Reset watchdog timer Resets the watchdog timer periodically to prevent timeout mov ax 0c513h Unlock configuration register call writechip mov ax 3c3ch reset watchdog timer counter call readchip or al
30. hen trying to enter the Setup 39 5 10 BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE TABLE This is the current list of the drive type table contained in Setup Type Size Cyin BLK 32BIT MB os apar Off Off Auto Off JE m AA 4 62 940 8 17 512 Auto Off 5 46 940 6 17 512 Off Auto Off 6 120 615 4 17 65535 Off Auto Off 7 462 8 17 256 Off Off Auto Off 8 733 5 17 65535 Off Auto Off 9 112 900 15 17 65535 Off Auto Off 10 20 820 17 65535 Off Auto Off 11 35 855 5 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off 12 49 855 7 17 65535 Auto Off 13 20 306 8 17 128 Off Auto Off 14 42 733 7 17 65535 Off Auto Off 16 20 612 4 17 300 Off Auto Off 17 40 977 5 17 300 Off Auto Off 18 56 977 7 17 65535 Off Auto Off 19 59 1024 7 17 512 Off Auto Off 20 733 5 17 300 Off Auto Off 21 42 733 7 17 300 Off Auto Off 22 30 733 5 17 Off Off Auto Off 23 10 306 4 17 Off Auto Off 24 53 925 5 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off 25 69 925 9 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off 26 4
31. is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M are 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K 1 2M or 1 44M 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 360K Floppy Access Control This option will be effective only if Floppy Drive is accessed through BIOS INT 40H function 29 HDD Access Control This Option will decide HDD is Read Only or Read Write e PS 2 Mouse Support This item will set PS 2 Mouse as Enabled or Disabled Ttpematic Rate This item determines if the typematic rate is to be used When Slow continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance In other words the BIOS will only report that the key is down When the typematic rate is Fast the BIOS will report as before but it will then wait a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys System Keyboard This item can set System Keyboard as Absent or Present Primary Display The category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select th
32. lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 16 1996 American Megatrends INC All Rights RESERVED Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Power Management Setup Peripheral Setup Auto Detect Hard Disks Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Change Language Setting Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings Save Settings and Exit Exit Without Saving Standard CMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc ESC Exit Sel F2 F3 Color F10 Save amp Exit Note a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Please note that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Setup This setup includes all the items in a standard AT compatible BIOS Advanced CMOS Setup This setup includes all the items of AMI special enhanced features 23 Advanced Chipset Setup Change Boot from Floppy IDE 0 ARMD FDD CDROM SCSI NETWORK Floppy Drive Swap etc Password Check or just to Setup Power Management Setup This setup only appears if your system supports Power Management Green PC standard Peripheral Setup Enabled IDE FDC Serial Port Parallel Port or Disabled IDE FDC Serial Port Parallel Port etc Auto Detect
33. n modification If an attempt is made the BIOS will halt the system and the following error message will appear If necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done Enabled Activates 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 will appear when anything attempts to Access the boot sector or hard disk partition table NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table can cause the above warning message If you will be running such a program we recommend that it better for you to disable the Virus Protection beforehand Memory The category is display only item determined by POST 27 5 5 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP This section allows you to configure your system for advanced operation You can select the system s default speed boot up sequence shadowing keyboard operation and security AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 1996 American Megatrends INC All Right Reserved 1st Boot Device Floppy Available Options nd Boot Device IDE 0 Disabled 3rd Boot Device SCSI IDE 0 4th Boot Device Disabled IDE 1 Boot From Card BIOS YES IDE 2 ry Other Boot Devices NO IDE 3 for Hard Disk Disabled Floppy IDE Drive BootUp Order IDEO ARMD FDD Quick Boot Disabled ARMD HDD BootUp Num Lock
34. nit of Different BUSes optional ROMs from C800to start Please see next section for details of different BUSes 96 Going to do any init before C800 optional ROM control Optional ROM check and control will be done next 98 Optional ROM control is done About to give control to do Any required processing after optional ROM returns control Any initialization required after optional ROM test over Going to setup timer data area and printer base address 9A Return after setting timer and printer base address Going to set the RS 232 base address Going to do initialization before Coprocessor test Required initialization before Coprocessor is over Going to initialize the Coprocessor next Coprocessor test Going to check extd keyboard keyboard ID and num lock 9 Keyboard ID command issues Keyboard ID flag to be reset A1 Keyboard ID flag reset Cache memory test to follow A2 Cache memory test over Going to display any soft error A3 4 Keyboard ID command to be issued Going to set keyboard typematic rate States 59 A Going to clear the screen and enable parity NMI NMI and parity enabled Going to do any initialization required before giving control To optional ROM at E000 Initialization before E000 ROM control over E000 ROM to Get control next A9 Returned from E000 ROM control Going to do any initialization required after E000 optional ROM control Going to display the
35. opied to RAM An example of such option ROM would be support of on board SCSI Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled 5 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP This section allows you to configure your system for advanced operation You can select the system s default speed boot up sequence shadowing keyboard operation and security AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 1996 American Megatrends INC All Right Reserved AT Bus Clock 14 318 2 Available Options Slow Refresh 120 us 14 318 2 Memory Hole At 15 16M Disabled PCLK2 3 RAS Precharge time 1 5T PCLK2 4 RAS Active Time Insert Wait Disable PCLK2 5 CAS Precharge Time Insert Wait Disable PCLK2 6 Memory Write Insert Wait Disable PCLK2 8 Memory Miss Read Insert Wait Disable PCLK2 10 ISA Write cycle end Insert Wait Enabled PCLK2 12 Recovery Enabled I O Recovery Period 0 75 us On Chip I O Recovery Disable 16Bit ISA Insert Wait Enabled atchDog Timer Disabled atchDog Timeout Select 1 Sec atchDog Signal Select System Once Timeout Then Disable Watchdo Yes ESC Exit Sel PgUp PgDn Modify F2 F3 Color This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates the function of WDT timer Please note that these items shouldn t need to be altered The default settings have been
36. ormation listed below Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press lt Enter gt This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI the selection should be Type 1 If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI the selection should be None If you select Type Auto BIOS will automatically detect the HDD amp CD ROM Drive at the POST stage and showing the IDE for HDD amp CD ROM Drive TYPE Drive type CYLS Number of cylinders HEADS Number of heads WPCOM SECTORS Number of sectors MODE Me te O Z O Z a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press lt Enter gt 26 Drive Drive The category identifies types of Floppy Disk Drive A or Drive have been installed in the computer None No floppy drive installed 360K 5 25 54 PC type standard drive 360K byte capacity 1 2 5 25 in 54 AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 720K 3 5 3 double sided drive 720K byte capacity 1 44M 3 5 34 double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 37 double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity e Virus Protection When this item is enabled the AMI BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive for any attempt o
37. rd just can enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs w
38. s from 30 5 us to 512 sec with resolution 30 5 us 4 1 WATCHDOG TIMER FUNCTION The read write configuration register is the first index to be processed On board UO port 22h is the index register and I O port 23h is the data Register To read a configuration register write the index value to I O Port 22h in advance then read data from port 23h To write a configuration register write the index value to I O port 22h then write Data to I O port 23h For instance if we want to read data of configuration register which index is 10h the steps are 1 Write 10h index to I O port 22h 2 Read data from UO port 23h If we want to write data 55h to configuration register which index is 12h then the steps are 1 Write 12h index to I O port 22h 2 Write data 55h to I O port 23h The steps of locking unlocking the configuration registers OUT 22h 13h Enable 13h OUT 23h C5h Unlock OUT 22h XXh XX Configuration Index OUT 23h YYh YY Configuration data OUT 22h XXh OUT 23h YYh Configuration can be written repeatedly OUT 22h 13h Enable 13h OUT 23h 00h Lock WatchDog enable program For Example Please use TASM to compiler the following program Execute under DOS environment 286 model smart code Start proc c mov ax 0c513h Unlock config register call writechip mov ax 3737h Disable watchdog timer call readchip and al 10111111b xchg ah al call writechip mov ax 083b
39. sable gate A20 line and disable parity NMI 57 A20 address line parity NMI disable successful Going to adjust memory size depending on relocation Shadow MN Going to clear Hit lt DEL gt message pom Hit DEL message cleared WAIT gt message displayed about to start DMA and interrupt controller test LOIN DMA page register test passed DMA 1 base Register Test 62 DMA 1 base register test passed do DMA 2 base Register test Lm 1 and 2 Will orani Interrupt controller 8259 initialization over Extended NMI sources enabling is in progress BINE d d a ae For stuck key About to issue keyboard reset command cel recom About to issue keyboard controller interface test command BIN o0 o tt _ About write command byte and init circular buffer About to check for lock key WEE ene Mismatch with CMOS LT I Check for password or bypass setup Fn a Setup Going to uncompress SETUP code and execute CMOS setup About to do programming after setup B r Going to display power on screen message 58 Displayed About to do Video BIOS shadow Programming after CMOS setup about to start LI EM m Disk controller reset BE o NN Floppy setup to be done next 91 Floppy setup complete Hard disk setup to be done next EE dE Hard disk setup complete To set base and extended Memory size T Memory size adjusted due to mouse support I
40. stem by using Setup 5 2 STARTING SETUP The AMI BIOS is immediately activated when the computer starting power on The BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMOS and start the process of checking out the system and configuring it When it finish the BIOS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch and turn control over to the operating system While the BIOS is in active the Setup program can be activated by one of two ways 1 Press the lt Del gt key immediately after switching the system on or 2 Press the lt Del gt key when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test Press DEL to enter SETUP 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 pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys If you do 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 1 TO CONTINUE DEL TO ENTER SETUP 22 5 3 MAIN MENU Once you enter the AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select the one you need from several setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press
41. system configuration Bo System configuration is displayed B1 Going to copy any code to specific area Copying of code to specific area done Going to give control To INT 19 boot loader 60 The system BIOS gives control to different BUSes following checkpoints to do various tasks on the different BUSes HEX To start if present To start if present 95 Init of different BUSes optional ROMs from C800 to start While control is inside the different BUS routines additional checkpoints are output to port 80h as WORD to identify the routines under execution These are WORD checkpoints the LOW BYTE of checkpoint is the system BIOS checkpoint from where the control is passed to the different BUS routines and the HIGH BYTE of checkpoint is the indication of which routine is being executed in the different BUSes The details of HIGH BYTE of these checkpoints are as follows HIGH BYTE XY The upper nibble X indicates the function is being executed X can be from 0 to 7 0 func 0 disable all device the BUS concerned 1 func 1 static devices init on the BUS concerned 2 func 2 output device init on the BUS concerned 3 func 3 input device init on the BUS concerned 4 func 4 IPL device init on the BUS concerned 5 func 5 general device init on the BUS concerned 6 func 6 error reporting for the BUS concerned 7 func 7 add on ROM init for all BUSes The lower
42. t 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 markable Interrupt condition during boot this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled RAM Parity Error Checking For Segment Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory 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 53 C 3 TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR POST CODES NOTE EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h ISA POST codes are output to port address 80h POST Code AMI WinBIOS uncompress code checkpoint Description hex Power on delay complete Going to disable Cache if any ROM BIOS checksum passed CMOS shutdown register test to be done next CMOS checksum calculation to be done next CMOS status register about to init for Date and Time Any initialization before keyboard to be done next Any initialization after KB controller BAT to be done next Initialization after KB controller BAT done Keyboard command byte to be written next Keyboard controller command byte is written Going to check pressing of lt INS gt key during power on Done Checking for pressing of lt INS gt key during power
43. te format is lt day gt lt date gt lt month gt lt year gt Press lt F3 gt to show the calendar The day from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS amp is display only Date The date from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed the month Month month Jan through Dec The year from 1900 through 2099 Time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is calculated based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 25 Daylight saving The category adds one hour to the clock when daylight saving time begins It also subtracts one hour when standard time returns Enabled Enable daylight saving Disabled Disable daylight saving Primary Master Slave The categories identify the types of 1 channels that have been installed in the computer There are 45 predefined types and 4 user definable types are for Enhanced IDE BIOS Type 1 to Type 45 are predefined Type user is user definable Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press lt Enter gt Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category your hard disk drive type is not matched not in list you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually If you select Type User you will need to know the inf
44. you the information about DOC Flash Disk Chapter 4 WDT Helpful information for WatchDog timer function Chapter 5 AMI BIOS Setup This chapter indicates you how to set up the BIOS configurations Appendix A Expansion Bus This appendix introduces you the expansion bus for PC 104 Appendix B Technical Summary This appendix gives you the information about the AMI BIOS identification Strings and Technical maps Appendix C Trouble Shooting This appendix outlines the errors and offers you the methods to isolate the problems 1 2 SPECIFICATIONS CPU Chipset ALI M6117C single chip system chip with on chip 386SX 40 CPU MEMORY 4MB soldered on board CMOS Backup backup by Li battery BIOS AMI BIOS 128KB Flash EPROM KEYBOARD AND PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR Support 5 pin header PS 2 Keyboard Connector Support 5 pin header PS 2 Mouse Connector BUS Type PC 104 Connector SPEAKER Buzzer on Board WATCHDOG 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 sec IDE INTERFACE Support one IDE port up to 2 x IDE devices FLOPPY DISK DRIVE INTERFACE Two 3 5 or 5 25 FDD Drives A B swappable SERIAL PORT x 4 Four 16 byte FIFO 16C550 RS 232 Jumper selectable RS 232 x 3 RS 232 422 485 x 1 FLASH DISK SSD 32 pin socket for DiskOnChip SSD 2MB 288MB setup built in BIOS PARALLEL PORT One bi directional SPP EPP ECP parallel port configured as LPT 1 2 3 LED INDICATOR Hard Disk access an

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