Home

Kontron / ICS Advent SB586P(V) Manual

1. BANK 1 JP5 JP6 Figure 2 1 Manual Number 00431 027 3 SM1 SM2 SM3 SM4 JP1 a CSO Y Jumper Locations Page 2 1 SB586PV Manual Processor The processor speed is set using JP2 JP3 and JP4 JP2 and JP3 determine the portion of the processor frequence used for the bus frequency while JP4 selects the onboard bus speed For ex ample if you have a 120Mhz processor JP2 and JP3 would be set for 1 2 of the processor core frequency leaving 60MHz for the onboard bus speed which is set on JP4 Table 2 1 provides the needed jumper settings for compatible processors and Tables 2 2 and 2 3 show each jumpers indi vidual settings Table 2 1 CPU Jumper Settings CPU Speed JP2 JP3 JP4 1 2 JP4 3 4 75 MHz Open Open Open Closed 90 MHz Open Open Closed Closed 100 MHz Open Open Open Open 100 MHz Closed Open Open Closed 120 MHz Closed Open Closed Closed 133 MHz Closed Open Open Open 166 MHz Closed Closed Open Open 200 MHz Open Closed Open Open Either setting listed in table 2 1 for a 100M Hz processor may be used however with JP2 open an onboard bus speed of 66M Hz will be used providing faster throughputs and overal performance on the onboard PCI Bus Page 2 2 Table 2 2 Core Frequency Core Frequency
2. In no event shall ICS Advent be liable for any defect in hardware or software or loss or inadequacy of data of any kind or for any direct indirect incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of the performance or use of any product furnished hereunder ICS Advent liability shall in no event exceed the purchase price of the product purchased hereunder The foregoing limitation of liability shall be equally applicable to any service provided by ICS Advent or its authorized agent Some Sales Items and Customized Systems are not subject to the guarantee and limited warranty How ever in these instances any deviations will be disclosed prior to sales and noted in the original invoice ICS Advent reserves the right to refuse returns or credits on software or special order items Page v Advisories Three types of advisories are used throughout the manual to stress important points or warn of potential hazards to the user or the system They are the Note the Caution and the Warning Following is an example of each type of advisory Note The note is used to present special instruction or to provide extra information which may help to simplify the use of the product CAUTION A Caution is used to alert you to a situation which if ignored may cause injury or damage equipment WARNING A Warning is used to alert you of a situation which if ignored will cause serious injury Cautions and W
3. 32 Bit Transfer If enabled in AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup AMI BIOS enables 32 bit data transfers If the host does not support 32 bit transfer this feature should be disabled LBA Mode for Drives over 528 MB LBA Mode Disabled If LBA Mode is disabled in AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup AMIBIOS uses the physical parameters of the hard disk and AMIBIOS does not translate parameters The operating system that uses the parameter table will only see 528 MB hard disk space even if the hard disk is greater than 528 MB LBA Mode Enabled If enabled in WINBIOS Setup and supported by the hard disk AMIBIOS enables LBA mode and translates the physical parameters of the hard disk drive If the hard disk is formatted AMIBIOS enables LBA mode If ahard disk that supports LBA mode and has a Capacity greater than 528 MB was formatted with LBA mode disabled AMIBIOS does not enable LBA mode even if LBA mode is enabled in AMIBIOS or WINBIOS Setup Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 19 SB586PV Manual Translation Algorithm Thefollowing algorithm isused to determinethelevel of IDE parameter translation performed by AMIBIOS If the total number of sectors is less than 1 032 192 needed FCOOOh and the drive capacity is less than or equal to 528MB the total number of sectors is less than or equal to 2 164 531 210733h and the drive capacity is greater than 528 MB but less than or equal to 1 056 9 MB the total number of sectors is les
4. Host Does Not Support ORDY If the host does not support the ORDY signal Step Action 1 If bit 1 of word 53 is 1 get the PIO transfer cycle time in nanoseconds from word 67 and program the host to set the cycle time 2 If bit 1 of word 53 is 0 get the mode value from bits 15 8 of word 51 calculate the cycle time from the mode value and program the host to set the cycle time Host Supports ORDY If the host supports the IORDY signal If Action bit 1 of word 53 is 1 and bit 11 of word 49 is 0 the drive does not support ORDY Get the PIO transfer cycle time in nanoseconds from word 67 and program the host to set the cycle time bit 1 of word 53 is 1 and bit 11 of word 49is 1 the drive supports IORDY Get the PIO transfer cycletime in nanoseconds from word 68 Calculate the mode value from the cycle time If the calculated mode value is equal to or greater than three and the corresponding bit of word 64 is 0 force the calculated mode value to O and force cycle time to 600ns Issue the Set Features command to drive to en ablethe PIO calculated mode in flow control transfer mode Program the host to set the cycle time bit 1 of word 53 is 0 get the mode value from bits 15 8 of word 51 calculate the cycle time from the mode value and program the host to set the cycle time Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 21 SB586PV Manual Hardware Dependent The programming algorithm to set the host for proper cycle time is dependent o
5. NMI or D to disable it Expansion Board Disabled at Slot n The expansion board in Slot n has been disabled Expansion Board NMI at Slot n An expansion board NMI was generated from Slot n Fail Safe Timer NMI A fail safe timer NMI has been generated Software Port NMI A software port NMI has been generated BIOS Configuration Summary Screen WINBIOS displays a screen that looks similar to the following when the POST routines complete success fully System Configuration C Copyright 1985 1991 American Megatrends Inc Main Processor Pentium Base Memory Size 640 KB Numeric Coprocessor Present Ext Memory Size 7808 KB Floppy Drive A 12MBO Hard Disk C Type 44 Floppy Drive B 1 44 MB Hard Disk D Type None Display Type VGA or EGA Serial Port s 3F8 ROM BIOS Date 05 01 91 Parallel Port s 378 Memory Found Memory Configured Bank 1 1 MB Bank 2 1 Meg Bank 1 1 MB Bank 2 1 Meg Shadow RAM FOOO Enable Cache Memory 64K Co00 Enable C400 Enable C800 Enable CC00 Enable D000 Disable D400 Disable D800 Disable DD00 Disable E000 Disable E400 Disable E800 Disable ECOO Disable Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 35 SB586PV Manual POST Checkpoint Codes When WINBIOS performs the Power On Self Test it writes diagnostic codes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h If the computer cannot get through the boot process diagnostic equipment can be attached to the computer to read I O port 0080h to obtain the code
6. The delay timing in INT 14h and INT 17h has been adjusted There is a hook through which this delay time can be modified PS 2 Keyboard Error Detection WINBIOS displays a keyboard error if a PS 2 mouse is inserted in a PS 2 keyboard port System Memory Detect WINBIOS automatically detects all system memory the type of processor used in the system and onboard offboard floppy IDE serial and parallel controllers WINBIOS automatically configures onboard control lers to prevent conflicts Detects IDE Parameters If Autodetect Hard Disk Drive is selected WINBIOS detects all IDE drives and reports IDE drive param eters accurately Local Bus Support WINBIOS supports the VESA VL Bus and PCI local bus standards WINBIOS supports all PCl specific system BIOS calls Socket Services and Card Services WINBIOS supports the INT 1Ah Socket Services and Card Services functions Automatically Detects Memory Size WINBIOS checks all system and cache memory and reports them both on the initial WINBIOS screen and the WINBIOS System Configuration Screen that appears after POST is completed In systems with more than 1 MB WINBIOS reports 384KB less RAM than it finds because it accounts for the address space between 640K and 1024K that is unavailable to DOS This space is used for video RAM video BIOS system BIOS and adaptor ROMs Configures Non Standard Systems Through WINBIOS Setup you can easily configure systems that have no keyboards moni
7. s birdis eye view can be configured to suit your needs or allow for better differentiation within a complex drawing DoubleClick The Double Click option allows you to set the del ay for TurboDL DClassicis Big Picture pop up This time represents the largest amount of time that can elapse between the release of the digitizer button and the subsequent press of the same button in order to detect a double click and display the Big Picture Setting this number too low will result in the computer seeing two separate clicks while setting the time too high may slow down response time for single button presses Values between 10 and 30 are recommended The Double Click time is measured in hundredths of seconds PC systems have atiming resolution of 5 100ths of a second therefore the entered time is rounded by the driver to the most closely approximate nearest multiple of 5 This means that a time setting of 23 is the same as a setting of 27 both of which get rounded to 25 or one quarter of a second In simplest terms when adjusting the timing value it is best to use multiples of 5 T BP Button Sets mouse digitizer button to use for Big Picture With the BP Button option TurboDL DClassic gives you the flexibility to use a double click on an available digitizer mouse button as a Big Picture pop up button On the BP Button menu line enter the number of any available digitizer button other than button 1 button 1 is reserved asthe pick button
8. A but it cannot boot the system with it Use another boot diskette and follow the screen instructions The keyboard lock on the system is engaged The systen must be unlocked to continue to boot The keyboard has a timing problem Make sure a Keyboard Controller WINBIOS is installed Set Keyboard in Advanced Setup to Not Installed to skip the keyboard POST routines There is an error in the keyboard connector Cannot find a proper bootable sector on either drive A or C WINBIOS cannot find ROM Basic Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Error Message Explanation Off Board Parity Error Parity error in memory installed on an adapter card in an expansion slot The format is OFF BOARD PARITY ERROR ADDR XXXX XXXX is the hex address where the error occurred Run AMIDiag to find and correct memory problems On Board Parity Error Parity error in motherboard memory The format is ON BOARD PARITY ERROR ADDR XXXX XXXX is the hex address where the error occurred Run AM IDiag to find and correct memory problems Parity Error 2 Parity error in system memory at an unknown address Run AM Diag to find and correct memory problems POST Memory Test Normally the only visible POST routine is the memory test The screen that appears when the system is powered on is shown below WINBIOS C 1994 American Megatrends Inc XXXXX KB OK Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP C American Megatrends Inc
9. A 46 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Hard Disk Drive Types continued Type 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Cylinders 733 733 306 925 925 754 754 699 823 918 1024 1024 1024 612 1024 1024 615 987 987 820 977 981 830 830 917 1224 USER DEFINED HARD DRIVE Enter user supplied parameters Heads Write Precompensation Zone NON A O _ N Om OO Jo o o ON Oo o d SN 10 15 15 300 300 0 0 65535 754 65535 256 65535 918 65535 65535 1024 128 65535 512 128 987 987 820 977 981 512 65535 65535 65535 732 733 336 925 925 754 754 699 823 918 1024 1024 1024 612 1024 1024 615 987 987 820 977 981 830 830 918 1223 Sectors 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 Appendix A AMBIOS Capacity 43 MB 30 MB 10 MB 54 MB 69 MB 44 MB 69 MB 41 MB 68 MB 53 MB 94 MB 128 MB 43 MB 10MB 77 MB 68 MB 41 MB 25 MB 57 MB 41 MB 41 MB 41 MB 48 MB 69 MB 114 MB 152 MB Page A 47 SB586PV Manual Advanced Setup The standard WINBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Advanced icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu The Advanced Setup options described in this section are the stan dard options as shown below Advanced Se tip Tuperatic Rate Chars Sec D
10. CPUs A CPU support module is included in the AMIBIOS code WINBIOS and AMIBIOS support the following CPUs WINBIOS automatically detects the processor speed and all 386 and 486 compatible CPUs and executes the BIOS code accordingly WINBIOS automatically detects the Cyrix Cx487S or Cx487S2 math coprocessor when used with the Cyrix Cx486S or Cx486S2 CPU Manufacturer CPU Model Number Intel 1386DX 386SX 486DX i486SxX 486DX2 386SL i486SL i486D XS i486SXS i486DX 2S P24D 486DX4 Pentium P54C P54CT P24T P54CM i486SX2S P55C AMD AM386SXLV Am386DXLV Am486DXLV Am486SXLV Am386SXL Am386DXL Am486SXL Am486DXL Am486SXL2 Am486DXL 2 Am486SXLV2 AM486DXLV2 Am486SX Plus Am486DX Plus Am486DX 2 Plus K5 Cyrix Cx486SLC old Cx486DLC old Cx486SL Ce old Cx486DLCe old Cx486Se Cx486DX Cx486SLC new Cx486DLC new Cx486SL C upgrade Cx486DLC upgrade Cx486SLC2 upgrade Cx486DL C2 upgrade Cx486S step A 1 Cx486S steo A2 Cx486S step B Cx486S2 Cx486S2e Cx486DX2 M1 IBM IBM386SLC IBM486SLC IBM486S_C2 1486SXL IBM486DX IBM486DX2 T1486SL C TI486DL C2 TI486SL Ce TI486DL Ce NexGen Nx586 UMC U5S Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 11 SB586PV Manual Power Management Support AMIBIOS now includes a Green PC APM V1 0 and APM V1 1 support module IDE PIO Modes AMIBIOS and WINBIOS support IDE PIO mode 4 CMOS Changes CMOS register 2Ch bit 0 is now used for Floppy drive swapping in BIO
11. JP2 JP3 1 3 Open Closed 2 5 Closed Closed 1 2 Closed Open 2 3 Open Open Manual Number 00431 027 3 Chapter 2 Configuration JP4 1 2 3 4 50MHz Open Closed 60MHz Closed Closed 66MHz Open Open Table 2 3 Onboard Bus Speed Cache The SB586P V series CPU has a socket which allows the user to install or upgrade the amount of cache on the board Along with installing the appropriate cache module JP6 must be set for the proper configuration Table 2 4 lists the possible cache configurations and the corresponding jumper settings If no cache is installed the BIOS setting for No Cache should be set JP6 256kB 1 2 512kB 2 3 Table 2 4 JP6 Cache Size Async or burst cache modules are supported on the SB586P V series CPU To select the appropri ate cache module set JP5 as shown in Table 2 5 JP5 Asyne 1 2 Burst 2 3 Table 2 5 JP5 Cache Module Type Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page 2 3 SB586PV Manual SCSI Bus The SCSI bus may be selected as an 8 bit or 16 bit bus using JP1 With JP1 open no jumper installed an eight bit SCSI bus is selected with JP1 closed jumper installed a 16 bit bus is selected Eight and Sixteen bit SCSI device may be mixed with the 16 bit bus width selected however a 16 bit device must be at the end of the SCSI chain to insure proper signal termination CMOS Clear To clear the contents of the CMOS including th
12. Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page 1 5 SB586PV Manual Oper ating Environment Temperature 0 C to 70 C Humidity 5 to 95 RHNC Shock 5G Any Axis Vibration 5G 10 500Hz Any Axis Altitude O to 10 000ft Storage Environment Temperature 40 to 70 Humidity 5 to 95 RHNC Shock 10G Any Axis Vibration 1G Any Axis MTBF Calculated with Mil Hndbk 217e gt 92 500 P O H 25 C Power Requirements 5V 2 8A Typical No DRAM or Cache 12V lt 100mA Typical 12V lt 100mA Typical Compatibility Testing XXCAL Labs Gold Certification Agency Approvals FCC Conformity with 47CFR Part 15 Subpart B CE Conformity with EU EMC Directive 89 336 EEC EU Low Voltage Directive 72 23 EEC CE Page 1 6 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Chapter 2 Configuration Configuration Jumpers The SB586P V utilizes configuration jumpers to maintain compatibility with the available pro cessors and enable users to erase certain setup parameters should they so desire The SB586P V contains six configuration jumpers labeled JP1 through JP6 The following tables list each jumper and ts respective setting or function BANK 0
13. NCR is a trademark of National Cash Register Corporation Weitek is a registered trademark of Weitek Corporation SMC is a registered trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation National Semiconductor is a registered trademark of National Semiconductor Corporation TI is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments Corporation Chips and Technologies and C amp T are registered trademarks of Chips and Technologies Inc VLSI is a registered trademark of VLSI Corporation IBM AT VGA PS 2 Blue Lightning OS 2 and EGA are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation XT and CGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Revision History 6 6 95 Initial release for 10 10 94 core WINBIOS Page A ii Manual Number MAN BIOS1010 Appendix A AMBIOS Additional Information The American Megatrends WINBIOS Technical Reference provides much more detailed informa tion about BIOS functions and features and can be ordered from American Megatrends Technical Support If you need more information call American Megatrends technical support at 404 246 8600 Have the following information available before calling BIOS Serial number and revision number BIOS Identification Strings and a clear description of the problem American Megatrends BBS The BBS permits OEMs VA Rs and system integrators to access technical information about moth erboard and BIOS products Product Engineering C
14. Please note that the DLDSETUPHLP file must be present in order for help to appear If you get an error message be sure that the file DLDSETUPHLP isin the ACAD DRV sub directory R12 or in the TURBODLD sub directory R11 If at any point during the configuration process you want to change an item on a previous screen just press the Esc key to back up Selecting NO SAVE EXIT at the main configuration menu will return you to the AutoCAD configuration menu without making any changes At aminimum a graphics board and screen resolution must be chosen from the Select Graphics Board Resolution menu If no display options are configured the driver will be automatically configured for Generic VGA 640 x 480 resolution at 16 colors The first menu Select Graphics Boar d Resolution configures TurboDL DClassic for the graph cs board and display and rendering resolutions to be used Prior to configuring TurboDLD Classic run the CLMode utility and check the first screen to determine which chip and how much memory ison your VGA adapter Select Graphics Board Selects the graphics chip being used Select Display Resolution Selects AutoCAD 3D Studio and AutoShade main display screen resolutions Select Rendering Resolution Selects AutoCAD 12 13 3D Studio and AutoShade ren dering resolutions Page B 26 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities When configuring TurboDL DClassic s display options th
15. Release 11 386 3D Studio Release 13 and AutoShade 2 with RenderMan No memory conflicts Works with AutoCA Dis built in Virtual Memory Manager Includes CustomColors which lets you interactively customize your logical and physical colors from within AutoCAD Completely compatible with all Autodesk ADI 4 2 compatible third party software T Supports all AutoCAD Release 12 amp 13 features including rendering to viewports and 31 Bit regen space TurboDLDClassic requires a 8386 6486 or Pentium based PC which supports AutoCAD Release 13 12 11 386 AutoShade 2 with RenderMan or 3D Studio V 1 x 2 x Additional extended memory is recommended for optimal performance Quick start guide This section summarizes the basics of installing and using TurboDLDClassic Please read the rest of the manual for details Page B 24 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities What does it do TurboDLDClassic s main function is to speed up AutoCAD pans zooms and redraws The driver accomplishes this by creating and maintaining a Display List a fast displaying object list of the current drawing dramatically increasing performance on pans and zooms In addition to offering display list soeed enhancement TurboDLDClassic provides a birdis eye view to allow you to move around large drawings Whatis the catch The only resource used by TurboDL DClassic is memory The driver actively uses about 300Kbytes
16. Select the desired resolution WordPerfect 5 1 6 0 WordPerfect 6 0 To use high resolution modes with WordPerfect 6 0 install the VESA driver that comes with WordPerfect and configure the program to use one of the VESA high resolution graphics modes The TSRFONT EXE utility must be loaded prior to running an application requiring an 8x14 font Please refer to the Utility software section for more information WordPerfect 5 1 The high resolution WordPerfect version 5 1 driver supplied with your SB586PV VGA supports both high resolution text and graphics WordPerfect allows graphics and text drivers to be set up separately so be sure to install both of these drivers The TSRFONT EXE utility must be loaded prior to running an application requiring an 8x14 font Please refer to the Utility software section for more information Installing WordPerfect 5 1 display drivers To install the WordPerfect high resolution text driver supplied with your SB586PV VGA follow these instructions 1 If you have not already done so install WordPerfect onto your computer system Follow the instructions supplied with WordPerfect Run the installation program INSTALL EXE and choose the option for the WordPerfect drivers and specify the drive and directory where you want them copied to such as CAWP51 Start WordPerfect and go into SETUP by typing Shift F1 Choose Display 2 then text screen type by pressing 3 Move the cursor to where
17. The following WINBIOS POST checkpoint codes are valid for all WINBIOS products with a core BIOS date of 10 10 94 or later Uncompressed Initialization Checkpoints The following checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code C2h C5h C6h C7h C8h CAh CBh CDh CEh CFh Dih D2h D3h D4h D5h DDh 03h 05h 06h 07h 08h 09h 0Ah OBh OCh 0Dh Page A 36 Description The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Power on delay is complete Disabling cache memory next if any Calculating the ROM BIOS checksum The ROM BIOS checksum test passed The CMOS shutdown register test is done next The CMOS shutdown register test is done The CMOS checksum calculation is done next The CMOS checksum calculation is done and the CMOS Diag byteis written Initializing the CMOS status register for date and time next The CMOS status register isinitialized Any required initialization before the keyboard BAT is done next The BAT command wil be issued to the keyboard controller next The keyboard controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test The Initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done he keyboard command byte is written next The keyboard controller command byte is written Determining if lt Ins gt was pressed during power on next Checking lt Ins gt keypress d
18. The following screen appears when you select the password icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu CITITT Enter Hew Padded LGS OHH DD DER GEES rn BHOOOARR a Figure A 4 Password Screen You can enter a password by 3 typing the password on the keyboard gt selecting each letter via the mouse or gt selecting each letter via the pen stylus Pen access must be customized for each specific hardware platform Enabling a Password The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup see page 69 by choosing either Always the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when WINBIOS Setup is run The password is stored in CMOS RAM Changing a Password Select the Password icon from the Security section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu Enter the password and press lt Enter gt The screen does not display the characters entered After the new password is entered retype the new password as prompted and press lt Enter gt If the password confirmation is incorrect an error message appears If the new password is entered without error press lt Esc gt to return to the WINBIOS Setup Main Menu The password is stored in CMOS RAM after WINBIOS Setup completes The next time the system boots you are prompted for the password if the password function is present and is enabled Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 55 SB586PV Manual Remember the Password Keep a recor
19. To install the Word high resolution text driver supplied with your SB586PV VGA follow these instructions 1 If you have not already done so install Microsoft Word onto your computer system Follow the instructions supplied with Word When asked for a screen display type choose IBM Video Graphics Array VGA 2 Run the installation program INSTALL EXE and choose the option for the Microsoft Word drivers and specify the drive and directory where you want them copied to such as C WORD5 To use the new drivers they must be installed in the same directory as Word Otherwise they must be copied to the Word directory before they can be used 3 INSTALL EXE will copy two screen drivers i SCREEN8 VID for 800x600 graphics resolution T SCREEN VID for 1024 x768 graphics resolution The driver to be used must be named SCREEN VID When a file is renamed this it will overwrite the existing display driver If you wish to preserve the original it should be renamed or copied prior to installation of the new drivers Page B 48 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities 4 Thenew driver is now installed and to use it run Word as you normally would To view and change the screen resolutions select Options move the cursor to display mode and press F 1 Choose the desired screen resolution from the list presented 5 A sub menu will appear listing all the choices of resolutions supported by the text driver
20. TurboDLDClassic for the Display List 31 Bit zooming and panning is about 10 20 slower than for 15 Bit logical space The Use AutoCAD 31 Bit Space setting is ignored for AutoCAD R11 installations Internal Command Echo The echo of TurboDLDClassic internal commands can be enabled or disabled with the Inter nal Command Echo option If you would like to see TurboDL DClassicis internal commands display at the AutoCAD command line as they are executed enable this option Big Picture Zoom Mode Sets the Big Picture BP zoom definition area display options In azoomed view of the static BP asthe current viewport is zoomed or panned Float mode causes the image in the BP to move around within the birdis eye window keeping the zoomed viewport areafixed in the center of the birdis eye Freeze mode will lock the current BP contents into place to provide a better overall frame of reference Regen Mode Asa convenience feature a Regen Mode option has been added to TurboDL DClassic A Fast Regen will storethe AutoCAD drawing until the Display List has been created and then display it all at once The Incremental mode displays the drawing in chunksi asthe display list iscreated The Fast modecauses Regens to process approxi mately 5 10 faster than the incremental Neither mode changes memory requirements Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities After all options have been set use the arrow keys to scroll down to
21. XX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX X An AMIBIOS Identification string is displayed at the left bottom corner of the screen below the copyright message Press lt Ins gt during system boot to display two additional WINBIOS Identification strings The WINBIOS Identification Strings show the options installed in WINBIOS You will need this information when calling for technical support Displaying Additional WINBIOS ID Strings Step Action 1 Enable Wait for lt F1 gt If any Error in Advanced Setup to Enabled before freezing the screen 2 When a problem occurs freeze the screen by powering on the system and holding akey down on the keyboard to cause a Keyboard Error message 3 Copy the three lines and report this information to American Megtarends Press lt F1 gt to continue the boot process The following appears after POST completes Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP Press lt Del gt to access WINBIOS Setup Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 33 SB586PV Manual EISA Error Messages An EISA WINBIOS can generate additional error messages None of these messages is fatal The EISA WINBIOS error messages are Error Message EISA CMOS Checksum Failure EISA CMOS Inoperati onal Expansion Board Not Ready at Slot X Y Z Fail Safe Timer NMI Inoperational ID Information Mismatch for Slot X Y Z Invalid Configuration Information for Slot X Y Z Software Port NMI Inoperational ISA NMI Handler Messages Expl
22. a Windows application The main window is used to select and configure the monitor that you have connected to the graphics adapter Select the brand and model of the current monitor using the two dropdown boxes To get ascrollable list of available choices click on the down arrow with the mouse For keyboard only hit the Tab key until the Monitor Brand field is highlighted and use the cursor keys to move through the choices If the correct brand is not available select dOther Brandi Move to the Moni tor Model field and select from the list provided If Other Brandi was selected then the only choice will be Other Monitor If the monitor is not on the list select Other Modeli If the graphics adapter and the monitor both support VESA Display Data Channel this will be the default choice This means that CLMode was able to identify the monitor and knows what resol u tions and refresh rates are available for the monitor Select the refresh rate for each resolution If the monitor was selected by name then selecting the highest refresh for each resolution will give the highest quality display If 8Other Brandi or Other Modeli was chosen consult the manual that came with the monitor to determine the proper refresh rates Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 7 SB586PV Manual At the bottom of the screen are six buttons Each button represents a different option or window The underlined letter of a button name specifies the hot key com
23. and OPTI 82C611 621 XIO and 622 I O controllers VLSIAE82C106 and 82C107 C amp TA 82C710 82C711 820712 820725 82C731 National Semiconductor AEPC87310 PC87311 and PC87312 SMCAEFCD637C651 FCD637C611 FCD637C663 and FCD637C665 I O Controllers WinBond 767 and Western Digital WD76C22W WD76C30 and WD8120 peripheral controllers can easily be added Many other I O controllers are also supported 82C206 DMA Support WINBIOS supports the 82C206 chip includes DMA support that can be easily added by calling American Megatrends Parallel and Serial Port Support WINBIOS supports up to four serial ports and three parallel ports Fast Gate A20 Support WINBIOS supports the Fast Gate A20 option on many ASIC chipsets Normally the keyboard controller is used to switch between real and protected address modes with Gate A20 Fast Gate A20 substitutes a faster method for address mode switching often using I O ports PnP Support Requirements Systems need an additional 4 KB of bootblock flash ROM to support ISA Plug and Play Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 17 SB586PV Manual Shadow RAM Support WINBIOS can copy 16KB blocks of video system and adaptor ROMs from address C0000h through EFFFFh to RAM for faster execution The system BIOS at F0000h is automatically shadowed to RAM ROM shadow means that the ROM contents are copied from slower ROM 120 200 ns to faster RAM 54 100 ns Often ROM is 8 bits wide and RAM is 16 bits or R
24. appear Click OK for default monitor settings which is monitor type 3 or select Display Adapter Utility Program and run your display adapter utility program to set your monitor type oarHnonN gt Page B 44 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities For example c vgautils clmode exe t640 75 t800 75 t1024 75 t1280 75 CLMODE EXE comes in your Utilities Disk 8 9 Select the display resolution of choice from the SELECT DISPLAY RESOLUTION list box Click the Install button in the SOURCE DIRECTORY dialog box and follow prompts Install from the hard drive 1 Xcopy the display driver disk one to the hard drive target directory must be named DISP _1 GO xcopy a c disp_l Invoke an OS 2 window session or an OS 2 full screen session Change to an 1 directory run cLinsT21 cMD eg clinst21 c Enter Check the Primary Display check box from the DISPLAY DRIVER INSTALL dialog box Select the Accelerated Driver from PRIMARY DISPLAY ADAPTER TYPE dialog box TheMONITOR CONFIGURATION SELECTION UTILITY dialog box will appear Click OK for default monitor settings which is monitor type 3 or select Display Adapter Utility Program and run your display adapter utility program to set your monitor type For example c utils clmode exe m5 CLMODE EXE comes in your Utilities Disk Select the display resolution of choice from the SELECT DISPLAY RESOLUTION list box Click the Change button in t
25. beep codes to indicate a system problem If an error occurs during POST before WINBIOS has initialized and configured the display monitor beeps are sounded to indicate a system problem WINBIOS error messages and beep codes are discussed in Chapter 4 Memory Test During POST WINBIOS completely and thoroughly tests system memory If thereis aproblem with memory WINBIOS POST displays diagnostic information that helps the end user locate and fix the memory prob lem See Chapter 2 for more information about memory tests POST Checkpoint Codes WINBIOS POST routines generate checkpoint codes that can be used to diagnose where problems are occurring if the system does not boot These codes are routed to the Manufacturing Test Port 1 O Port 80h so that diagnostic equipment can be attached to a problem system to analyze these codes WINBIOS POST checkpoint codes are described on pages 31 through 37 Where the System BIOS is Stored The system BIOS is usually stored in one two or four read only memory ROM chips on the motherboard An ISA system BIOS is located at address FOOOOh AT compatible ISA BlOSes are normally stored in 64KB EISA BlOSes are stored in 128KB or 512KB The following table shows the number of chips required for each type of ROM chip BIOS Size Chips ROM Type ROM Size Number of ROM 64KB ISA BIOS 27256 256 kilobits 2 64KB ISA BIOS 27512 512kilobits 1 64KB ISA BIOS 27010 1024kilobits Not usable 128KB EISA BIOS 27256 256 ki
26. configured to reflect deoendencies between WINBIOS features and WINBIOS Setup options For example the External Cache option in Advanced Setup can be programmed to be displayed if the computer has secondary cache memory but to be absent if there is no secondary cache memory Help Screens WINBIOS Setup provides Help screens for Advanced Setup Chipset Setup Power Management Setup and Peripheral Setup Help on mouse and keyboard is also available Choose Help by pressing lt Alt gt lt H gt Automatic WINBIOS Setup Option Selection If selecting a certain setting for one WINBIOS Setup option determines the settings for one or more other WINBIOS Setup options WINBIOS automatically assigns the dependent settings and does not permit the end user to modify these settings unless the setting for the parent option is changed For example the Serial Port options in Peripheral Setup can be set to 2F8h 3F8h 2E8h or 3E8h If 2F8h is chosen by the end user for Serial Port 1 WINBIOS disables 2F8h for Serial Port 2 Invalid options are grayed and cannot be selected Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 41 SB586PV Manual Num Lock WINBIOS Setup allows the end user to set the Num Lock key on or off at system boot Point and Click Interface WINBIOS Setup uses the familiar point and click navigation technique The end user can point with the mouse anywhere on the screen click the left mouse button and WINBIOS Setup control is transferred to the ne
27. discover the capabilities of the monitor If this is successful you will see only one choice besides the other brand and model choices in the Monitor Brand and Monitor Model drop down combo boxes The various sections are described below Monitor brand Select the brand of your monitor from the list provided in the drop down box This will change the list of monitors in the Monitor Model drop down box to display only the models avail able under the selected brand If your monitor brand is not listed select Other Brand If your graphics adapter and monitor both support VESA Display Data Channel this will be the default choice This means that WinMode was able to identify the monitor and knows what resolu tions and refresh rates are available for the monitor Page B 16 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Monitor model Select the current model from the list first presented If your monitor is not listed select Other Monitor If your graphics adapter and monitor both support V ESA Display Data Channel this will be the default choice This means that WinMode was able to identify the monitor and knows what resolutions and refresh rates are available for the monitor Monitor refresh rates The drop down list boxes let you select the monitor refresh rates for each resolution If you select Unavailable for any screen resolution any higher resolutions will also be unavailable This will also turn off the corres
28. each category are dis played Enter new values through the keyboard Floppy A Floppy B Click on these icons to configure the floppy drives The settings are 360 KB 5 inch 1 2 MB 5 inch 720 KB 30 inch 1 44 MB 340 inch or 2 88 MB 30 inch Using Auto Detect Hard Disk If you select Detect Master or Detect Gave from the Utility section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu WINBIOS automatically finds all IDE hard disk drive parameters WINBIOS places the hard disk drive parameters that it finds in the Master Disk or Slave Disk display Slave Disk Select one of these hard disk drive icons to configure the drive named in the option A scrollable screen that lists all valid disk drive types is displayed Select the correct type and press lt Enter gt If the hard disk drive isan IDE drive select Detect C or Detect D from the Utility section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu to allow WINBIOS to automatically detect the IDE drive parameters If the parameters of the hard disk drive in your computer do not match any parameter list on the screen choose type 47 and enter the hard disk drive parameters on the screen that WINBIOS Setup displays Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 45 SB586PV Manual Entering Parameters The hard disk drive parameters are Parameter Description Type The number for a drive with certain identification parameters Cylinders The number of cylinders in the disk drive Heads The number of heads Write Precompen
29. floppy drive A before booting the system The settings are Enabled or Disabled Floppy Drive Swapping When this option is enabled the floppy drives A and B will be reversed allowing you to boot off the B drive The settings are Disabled or Enabled System Boot Up Sequence This option sets the sequence of boot drives either floppy drive A or hard disk drive C that WINBIOS attempts to boot from after POST completes The settings are C A or A C Password Checking This option enables the password check option every time the system boots or the end user runs Setup If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if WINBIOS is executed See page 80 for instructions on changing a pass word Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 49 SB586PV Manual Cache Memory This option enables secondary cache memory If Both is selected internal cache and external cache memory is enabled If Internal is chosen only the internal cache memory in the Pentium CPU is enabled If Dis abled is chosen all cache memory is disabled The settings are Internal Disabled or Both System BIOS Shadow Cacheable When this option is set to Enabled the contents of the RAM location F0000h FFFFFh that the system BIOS has been shadowed to can be read from or written to secondary cache memory The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default setti
30. graphics board supports For example VGAs support 64 intensities per RGB color component This means intensities increase in multiples of 4 256 64 therefore an intensity of 0 is the same as an intensity of 3 The up and down arrows allow you to select which component you want to alter As you manipu late the sliders all objects on the display that are of the same color as the selected physical color will change in hue This way you can visually determine the most appropriate setting for your display Pressing Enter will set the RGB values you have selected for the physical color you were modifying ADtIreset constructs a default ADI color palette as defined in the Autodesk Device Interface Driver Development Kit i VGAreset constructs a default VGA color palette in the first 16 color entries The remaining palette colors remain identical to those used for ADI devices Load reloads the color information from the file DLDCOLOR DAT It will be loaded from the directory pointed to by DLDCFG AutoCAD R11 or from the AutoCAD R12 DRV directory If DLDCOLOR DAT cannot be found an error message will be displayed This command is useful because it allows you to go back to your previously edited color configuration in case you have made some mistakes in configuring your colors that you want to undo Donit Accidentally Wipe Out Your Changes Selecting ADI reset VGAreset or Load will irrevo cably wipe out any current color change
31. having to exit the function you are currently executing DLDBIGPIC To call up the Big Picture at the AutoCAD command line type DLDBIGPIC Enter or double click the right mouse button or button 2 on your digitizer puck if you havenit redefined your BP Button double click This will bring up the BP on the display You will see cross hairs and a highlighted section indicating which part of the whole drawing you are currently viewing the size of the image will be determined by the AutoCAD logical drawing space being used 15 Bit or 31 Bit The selection or pick box will have an amp through it Move the mouse digitizer around to locate your pick box If you canit see a small box moving click the left mouse button the pick button to size down the pick area In size mode the pick box will have a right pointing arrow in it gt i If the contents of the BP are too small to work with you may increase the size of the image in the window by pressing the key on your numeric keypad this performs an incremental zoom within the BP Likewise pressing the key will reduce the size of the contents of the BP Pressing the Home and End keys will put the BP into its smallest and largest size respectively The smallest BP size is defined as being exactly the same view as that in the viewport referenced by the BP The largest BP size is defined as the largest image possible without causing a Regen The BP pick box is always proportioned to t
32. may need to be added to your AUTOEXEC BAT file for them to be permanent If this is necessary you will be prompted by the program If WinMode detects that you have changed your Windows 3 X configuration you will be asked if Windows should be restarted If you answer yes Windows will be restarted immediately If you answer no you can continue to use Windows however the changes will not take effect until Win dows is restarted Cancel The Cancel button closes the dialog box and exits the program without making any changes Se lecting Close from the control menu or double clicking on the control menu box will havethe same effect About The About button will display a dialog box with the version number of WinMode and a copyright notice Help For help on WinMode select the Help button The main help screen contains an image of the WinMode screen Place the cursor over the field s that you need help with When the mouse pointer changes to a hand click to display the help text for that field Click again to make the pop up text disappear After the extended resolution drivers and utilities have been installed they can be reconfigured either from within the Windows 3 X Control Panel or from the DOS prompt Reconfiguring Windows 3 X If you are in Windows run WinMode to reconfigure the Windows 3 X drivers Please refer to the Utility software section for information on WinMode Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 13 SB586PV Manu
33. menu Type the letter of the floppy drive that the driver diskette isin followed by the word install For instance if the driver disk isin driveA typeA INSTALL EXE Click on the OK button In the first dialog box that is displayed you can set the path where you would like the utility programs to be installed If you want to use the default directory click on Continue To change to another directory you can either type the path name or you can click on the down arrow and select a directory for installation The drop down box works just like the Directory field in a file open dialog box After you select the directory press the Continue button After the drivers have been copied to your hard disk the install program will execute the WinMode utility See the section of this manual documenting WinMode for complete instructions on using this program After the extended resolution drivers and utilities have been installed they can be reconfigured from within Windows 3 X using Windows Setup WinMode or from the DOS prompt Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 11 SB586PV Manual Resolution These buttons let you choose the resolution that WinMode will use to run Windows 3 X after Windows is restarted Some of these buttons may be unavailable because of the amount of video memory in your system or if some of the monitor refresh rates have been set to Unavailable Colors These buttons let you choose the number of colors that will be availabl
34. of RAM from extended memory for its operation This memory is drawn from AutoCA Dis memory pool and therefore does not affect normal DOS operation The driver is loaded by AutoCAD at AutoCAD load time and is unloaded when AutoCAD is exited Additionally the Display List size can vary from one tenth to three times the size of the current drawing file particularly when using AutoCAD 12 amp 13is 31 bit regen space You may wish to purchase and install additional RAM before installing TurboDL DClassic since it shares memory with AutoCAD If AutoCAD is using alot of memory TurboDLDClassic may not have enough If there is significant hard disk activity while you are using TurboDL DClassic it may be an indication that you should add more memory to your system Installation Insert the driver diskette into DriveA or B Run the installation program INSTALL EXE and choose the option for the Autodesk AutoCAD drivers and specify the drive and directory where you want them copied to such as C ACAD DRV Since the start up is alittle bit different for AutoCAD Release 12 amp 13 than it is for older versions please follow the instructions for the version of AutoCAD you will be using TurboDLDClassic with To configure AutoCAD 12 13 Begin AutoCAD with the reconfigure switch by typing ACAD R Enter Choose option 3 Configure Video Display from the AutoCAD configuration menu Type Y at the Do you want to select message to display the av
35. over Passing control to the E000 ROM next Returned from E000 ROM control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system configuration next The system configuration is displayed Copying any code to specific areas Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 39 SB586PV Manual Bus Checkpoint Codes The system BIOS passes control to different buses at the following checkpoints Checkpoint Code Description 2Ah Initializing the different bus system static and output devices if present 38h Initialized bus input IPL and general devices if present 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages if any 95h Initializing bus option ROMS from C8000h Additional Bus Checkpoints While control is inside the different bus routines additional checkpoints are output to I O port address 0080h as word to identify the routines being executed These are word checkpoints The low byte of check point is the system BIOS checkpoint where control is passed to the different bus routines The high byte of checkpoint indicates that the routine is being executed in different buses High Byte The high byte of these checkpoints includes the following information Bits Description Bits 7 4 0000 Function 0 Disable all devices on the bus 000
36. text based word processing programs It also supports higher graphics resolutions pro viding greater detail when using the supplied drivers in graphics based programs In each application section there will be a brief introduction describing the application and the revision level of the application supported by the supplied display drivers The installation instructions for each display driver will follow the introduction section Follow the instructions carefully to be sure that each display driver is correctly installed All of the instal lation instructions assume that the Driver Diskette is located in drive A If drive B is used the instructions should be changed appropriate y The installation utility INSTALL EXE should be used to copy display drivers directly to the appropriate application directories where they may be configured by the application software Before you begin It is assumed that the user is familiar with DOS and certain DOS commands Please review the installation instructions and the associated DOS commands before attempting the actual installa tion Not all video modes will be available on all systems If an extended mode driver is installed for a video mode that is not available the application program will not function properly There are a number of things that determine the list of available video modes Some of these include the current monitor type the amount of installed memory and the revision of the VG
37. the CPU board from the backplane is necessary to gain alevel surface to mount the DRAM 3 Place the CPU board flat on awork table with the mounting bracket on your right side 4 Remove DRAM from the antistatic bag 5 Place DRAM in video socket with pin 1 aligned with the arrow on the DRAM socket Pin 1 on the DRAM is marked by a small dot or slanted edge Figure 3 3 Ensure all pins of the DRAM are aligned with the pins on the socket 6 Apply equal pressure to the top and bottom of the DRAM to seat it in the socket When completely seated the top of the DRAM will sit slightly below the top of the socket 7 Install the second DRAM following steps 4 6 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page 3 3 SB586PV Manual Page 3 4 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Chapter 4 Connectors The SB586PV has two rear panel and nine on board connectors All on board connectors have pin 1 identified by a square pad on the PCB and a silkscreened 1 next to the pin to prevent improper connection of system harnesses All connectors are also silkscreened for function and JE All pins supplying current in excess of 1 0A to an external connection are fused for protection Rear Panel Connectors SB586PV Parallel Printer port SVGA port SB586P Parallel Printer port only On Board Connectors Dual Serial ports Floppy Drive controller IDE Hard Disk interface SCSI 2 Hard Disk controller Video Feature connector Keyboard External Reset and Spea
38. the computer and the appropriate I O support is provided in WINBIOS Flash EPROM Support WINBIOS provides additional INT 16h functions to support the hardware independent American M egatrends Flash Utility Password Protection WINBIOS offers a system password that can be accessed via a hot key keystroke combination The WINBIOS password inhibits all mouse pen and keyboard access but permits background tasks to continue The password is configured in WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS provides password support can be selected from Advanced Setup The password prompt can occur every time WINBIOS Setup is run or every time the system boots MultiSector IDE Read Caching WINBIOS can read and store multiple sectors in cache memory Standardized Flash ROM Reprogramming Hooks WINBIOS makes porting to specific flash devices easy through extensions to BIOS functions See the WINBIOS Technical Reference for detailed information WINBIOS support for specific flash devices is independent of the DOS reprogramming utility IDE Power Management WINBIOS provides power management for IDE hard disk drives Local and Remote I O Devices WINBIOS supports I O devices in both local and remote locations Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 15 SB586PV Manual Additional BIOS Function Calls New hooks have been added in INT 1Ah for Socket Services PCI and Plug and Play BIOS functions New hooks have been added in INT 16h to set the CPU speed and to program flash EPROMs
39. the file Now run the Lotus installation utility by typing INSTALL Enter Select Change selected equipment from the list Note If you are currently using another driver supplied with a graphics board it may be necessary to choose First time installation Select Modify Current DCF or Chooseanother DCF to modify according to your preference The following procedure is valid for either selection Select Change Video Display This will present you with alist of all the display types provided with the 1 2 3 distribution with two additional choices 100 Column Display 800x600 resolution supports 100x31 100x42 and 100x75 16 color modes 128 Column Display 1024x768 resolution supports 128x40 128x54 and 128x96 16 color modes Select aresolution that best meets your requirements Page B 43 SB586PV Manual 8 After your selection is made choose the Save Changes option from the menu Note that when some high resol ution modes are selected a message may appear asking for the drive letter of the floppy disk Before entering the drive letter insert the disk that is requested in the floppy drive After inserting the disk you may enter the drive letter containing that diskette OS 2 2 1 2 11 If you choose not to install the OS 2 version 3 0 driver use the following instructions If you wish to install the OS 2 version 3 0 drivers please refer to the next section OS2 2 1 2 11 3 0 OS 2 versions 2 1 and 2 11 support 16 col
40. the option ROM returned control Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Configuring the timer data area and printer base address next Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required initialization before the Coprocessor test next Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is over Initializing the Coprocessor next Coprocesor initialized Performing required initialization after the Coprocessor test next Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next The extended keyboard check is done the ID flag is set and the Num Lock is set on or off as specified in WINBIOS Setup Issuing the keyboard ID command next The keyboard ID command was issued Resetting the keyboard ID flag next The keyboard ID flag was reset Performing the cache memory test next The cache memory test is over Displaying any soft errors next The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next NMI and parity enabled Performing any initialization required before passing control totheoption ROM at E000 next Initialization before E000 ROM control is
41. to Appendix B for further information on the video drivers A video controller is not included on the SB586P series CPU Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page 1 1 SB586PV Manual Resolution 1 Meg 2 Meg 640 x 480 16M 16M 800 x 600 64k 16M 1024 x 768 256 64k 1280 x 1024 N A 256 Table 1 1 Video Resolutions and Colors Disk Drive Disk controllers are provided for floppy disk drives and SCSI devices and a drive interface is provided for IDE fixed disk drives The IDE interface located on the PCI local bus supports two drives and includes LBA and PIO mode 3 support allowing up to 12MB sec throughput speeds The floppy drive controller also supports two drives ranging in density from 360K to 2 88MB floppy drives The SCSI controller is a single ended SCSI 2 Wide and Fast controller and is Adaptec AHA 2940 compatible The bus width is jumper selectable as 8 bit or 16 bit to maintain maximum compatibil ity With the 16 bit bus width selected Wide SCSI throughputs of up to 20MB sec are possible Connection to the SCSI controller is provided through a Single Ended 68 pin P connector A high density 68 pin SCSI cable allows full use of 16 bit wide bus transfers A 68 pin to 50 pin adapter is available to channel the SCSI bus signals to the standard 8 bit 50 pin connection for older SCSI peripherals Normal SCSI and SCSI Wide devices may be used on the same SCSI bus via an optional adapter If this is done it is
42. use the WinMode Utility to install the Full Screen accelerated driver Seamless support will still use the standard OS 2 Driver OS 2 2 1 2 11 3 0 The following is the procedure to upgrade OS 2 2 X to support OS 2 3 0 drivers You may also use these drivers to upgrade your OS 2 3 0 drivers OS 2 version 2 X and 3 0 supports 16 color 256 color 64K color and 16 million color resolutions You will need the following programs for installation CLMODE EXE or Video Adapter Utility program to select monitor type Install from floppy diskette Insert the OS 2 display driver disk must have volume labeled CIRRUS 11 into afloppy drive Invoke an OS 2 window session or an OS 2 full screen session Select the floppy drive with the display driver disk eg a Enter Run SETUP cmb from the floppy drive eg SETUP a c Enter FON gt This will upgrade your OS 2 to allow you to use the drivers When setup is finished it will instruct you to reboot and run the Display Driver Install in your System Setup folder Reinsert your driver disk 5 Check the Primary Display check box from the DISPLAY DRIVER INSTALL dialog box 6 Select the Accelerated Driver from the IBM BBSi from the PRIMARY DISPLAY ADAPTER TYPE dialog box 7 TheMONITOR CONFIGURATION SELECTION UTILITY dialog box will appear Click OK for default monitor settings which is monitor type 3 or select Display Adapter Utility Program and run your display adapter
43. 1 Function 1 Initialize static devices on the bus 0010 Function 2 Initialize output devices on the bus 0011 Function 3 Initialize input devices on the bus 0100 Function 4 Initialize IPL devices on the bus 0101 Function 5 Initiate general devices on the bus 0110 Function 6 Initialize error reporting on the bus 0111 Function 7 Initialize add on ROMs for all buses Bits 3 0 Specify the bus 0 Generic DIM Device Initialization Manager 1 On board System devices 2 ISA devices 3 EISA devices 4 ISA PnP devices 5 PCI devices Page A 40 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Chapter 5 WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Setup configures system information that is stored in CMOS RAM WINBIOS Setup has an easy to use graphical user interface that will be immediately recognizable to anyone who has ever used Microsoft Windows WINBIOS Setup sets a new standard in BIOS user interfaces Starting WINBIOS Setup As POST executes the following appears Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP Press lt Del gt to run WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Setup Features Multiple Languages Supported WINBIOS Setup can use up to four different languages if at least 96 KB of ROM storage is available The end user can select a language on the WINBIOS Setup main menu Icon Based User Interface WINBIOS Setup functions are all available in an easily accessible graphical user interface Automatic Option Selection WINBIOS can be
44. 132x43 NOTE The default driver set name assigned by the program is 123 SET You may create multiple driver sets with different display resolutions To run Lotus 1 2 3 with a specific driver set type 123 SETNAME Enter where SETNAME is the name of the desired driver set Lotus 123 v3 x To install a Lotus 3 0 or 3 1 display driver proceed as follows 1 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Itisassumed that Lotus 1 2 3 v3 0 or 3 1 is already installed on your hard disk using the standard Lotus installation utility To install this driver make the directory containing 1 2 3 v3 0 the current directory For example if 1 2 3 isin thedirectory named 123R3 then type the following command CD 123R3 Enter One of the files used in the driver installation is named INSTALL DDF This is a text file used by the 1 2 3 installation utility containing information on each of the drivers and modes of operation If you have been using a driver supplied with another graphics adapter you may want to make a backup copy of the INSTALL DDF file currently in your 1 2 3 directory COPY INSTALL DDF INSTALL BAK Enter Run the installation program INSTALL EXE and choose the option for the version of Lotus 123 that you are using and specify the drive and directory where you want them copied to such as CA123R3 If the INSTALL DDF has been copied to a backup file see step 2 above answer YES to the prompt to confirm overwriting
45. 2 drivers will install Win OS 2 drivers No special installation is required Problems running SVGA EXE in DOS If you encounter problems using SVGA EXE in Windowed DOS or Full Screen DOS follow the procedures below 1 Have a DOS Boot Disk available and boot with the DOS operating system in drive A If you are running an older BIOS prior to v1 30 and you need to run the new BIOS TSR load the TSR at this time ex VGAPIX EXE 2 Run CLMODE EXE to set monitor type ex c vgautils clmode exe t640 75 t800 75 t1024 75 t1280 75 3 Insert the OS 2 Installation Disk in Drive A Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 47 SB586PV Manual 4 Run SVGA EXE ex SVGA ON DOS This will create an SVGADATA DOS file on your diskette 5 Copy this file to your OS 2 subdirectory in your hard drive ex copy a SVGADATA DOS crosASVGADATA PMI 6 Remove disk from drive A and reboot OS 2 operating system Anytime SVGA EXE will not run in DOS W INDOWED or DOS FULL SCREEN repeat this procedure Microsoft Word The high resolution Microsoft Word 5 0 display driver supplied with your SB586PV VGA sup ports both high resolution text and graphics When using a Microsoft Mouse with the driver please ensure that your mouse driver version level is 7 0 or above The TSRFONT EXE utility must be loaded prior to running an application requiring an 8x14 font Please refer to the Utility software section for more information Installing Word display drivers
46. 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Description Configuration information Reserved set to 0 32bit Transfer Mode 0 Disable 1 Enable CD ROM 0 Disable 1 Enable Removable Media 0 Disable 1 Enable LBA Translation 0 Disable 1 Enable CHS Translation If thedrive has more than 1024 cylinders and AMIBIOS handles it without LBA mode support AMIBIOS translates physical parameters to logical parametersinternally to support morethan 1024 cylinders this bit is 1 Block Mode Transfer See offset 07h for the number of sectors that can be transferred per hardware interrupt 0 Disable 1 Enable DMA access Seeoffset 08h for the DMA channel and type 0 Disable 1 Enable Advanced PIO Mode See offset 09h for the configured PIO mode 0 Disable 1 Enable Reserved set to 0 Revision Number of this extension in BCD The current revisionis 10h Thefirst digit isthe major revision number The second digit is the minor revision number Checksum Page A 25 SB586PV Manual BIOS Extensions AMIBIOS includes the following extended INT 13h functions Function 41h Check Extension Present Function 48h Extended Get Drive Parameters INT 13h Function 41h Check Extension Present Input AH 41h BX 55AAh DL Drive number 80h and up Output AH 00h Successful Extension major version number Successful Error code if unsuccessful AL Extension minor version number BX AA55h CF O Successful 1 Unsuccessful CX B
47. 4 EN 60950 1992 Safety of Information Technology Equipment Mr Jim Jameson May 28 1999 President amp Chief Executive Officer San Diego CA Information supporting thisdeclarationiscontainedinthe applicable Technica Construction fileavalablefrom ADVENT ICSAdvent Europe Ben Turner Industrial Road Oving Road Chichester West Sussex PO194ET UK Customer Comments If you experience any problemswith this manual or just want to giveussomefeedback please review theform below Please detail any errors you find and send the information to usviaour Web site We will correct the errors problems as soon possible and put thelatest version up on our Web site Once the manual is updated you may download a pdf copy from our technical support library at http www icsadvent con techsupport ADVENT Mission Critical Applied Computing Solutions http www icsadvent com At our Web site you will find an onlineform that will ask the following types of questions Your Name Company Name Customer Number E mail address Phone 1 Product SB586P V Series Manual Revision 00431 027 3C Ontheweb sitetherewill also beaplacewhere you can enter your error information comments concerns about our products and or request technical support
48. 543X appears on the list and choose SELECT A sub menu will appear listing all the choices of resolutions supported by the text driver Select the desired resolution N oak Ww Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 49 SB586PV Manual To install the WordPerfect high resolution graphics driver supplied with your SB586PV VGA follow these instructions 1 oak w If you have not already done so install WordPerfect onto your computer system Follow the instructions supplied with WordPerfect Run the installation program INSTALL EXE and choose the option for the WordPerfect drivers and specify the drive and directory where you want them copied to such as CAWP51 Start WordPerfect and go into SETUP by typing Shift F1 Choose Display 2 then graphics screen type by pressing 2 Move the cursor to where SB586PV VGA appears on the list and choose SELECT A sub menu will appear listing all the choices of resolutions supported by the graphics driver Select the desired resolution WordStar The WordStar display drivers support WordStar versions 5 5 6 0 and above Installing WordStar drivers To install the WordStar high resolution text driver supplied with your SB586PV VGA follow these instructions 1 If you have not already done so install WordStar onto your computer system Follow the instructions supplied with WordStar Run the installation program INSTALL EXE and choose the option for the WordStar driv
49. A D VENT Model SB586P V Product Manual MANUAL NUMBER 00431 027 3C CE 6260 Sequence Drive San Diego CA 92121 4371 800 523 2320 fax 858 677 0895 www icsadvent com Mission Critical Applied Computing Solutions FOREWORD This product manual provides information to install operate and or program the referenced product s manufactured or distributed by ICS Advent The following pages contain information regarding the war ranty and repair policies Technical assistance is available at 800 480 0044 Manual Errors Omissions and Bugs A Bug Sheet is included as the last page of this manual Please use the Bug Sheet if you experience any problems with the manual that requires correction The information in this document is provided for reference only CS Advent does not assume any liability arising from the application or use of the information or products described herein This document may contain or reference information and products protected by copyrights or patents and does not convey any license under the patent rights of ICS Advent nor the rights of others Copyright 1998 by ICS Advent a California Corporation 6260 Sequence Drive San Diego CA 92121 4371 ICS Advent is a Registered Trademark of ICS Advent All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this publication may be reproduced stored
50. A controller To determine which modes are available before beginning the driver installation it is recommended that the user run the CLMode program and examine the list of available video modes Autodesk ADI 4 2 TheADI 4 2 driver provided with your SB586PV VGA isthe TurboDL DClassic display list driver from Panacea It has only two purposes 1 To speed up AutoCAD REDRAWs PANSs and ZOOMs 2 To provide a more productive user friendly interface to AutoCAD via the features described later in this manual The driver is memory resident and inserts itself between AutoCAD and the graphics board It has no other effect on AutoCA Dis operation besides speeding the program up it runs with AutoShade 2 with RenderMan and 3D Studio to provide enhanced rendering support but does not affect the speed of these programs since they do not support Display Lists Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 23 SB586PV Manual Installing TurboDLDClassic does not change any of the AutoCAD program files or alter any of the drawing files stored on disk TurboDLD Classic was designed to be an easy to use feature filled product that makes using AutoCAD faster and more productive not one that makes AutoCAD more complicated and difficult to use How does TurboDL DClassic make AutoCAD run faster There are three things the driver does to speed operation 1 AutoCAD stores drawings in a hierarchical structure with simple elements intermixed with complex on
51. Appendix A AMBIOS Primary Slave LBA Mode Set this option to Enabled to enable IDE LBA Logical Block Address Mode for the second IDE drive attached to the primary IDE controller LBA Modeis an advanced method for accessing data on IDE drives Data is accessed by block addresses rather than the traditional Cylinder Head Sector scheme Data transfer rates can be much higher in LBA mode The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Secondary Ctrl Drives Present This option specifies the number of IDE drives controlled by the secondary IDE controller The settings are None 1 Drive or 2 Drives Secondary Master LBA Mode Set this option to Enabled to enable IDE LBA Logical Block Address Mode for the first IDE drive attached to the secondary IDE controller LBA Mode is an advanced method for accessing data on IDE drives Data is accessed by block addresses rather than the traditional Cylinder Head Sector scheme Data transfer rates can be much higher in LBA mode The settings are Enabled or Disabled Secondary Save LBA Mode Set this option to Enabled to enable IDE LBA Logical Block Address Mode for the second IDE drive attached to the secondary IDE controller LBA Mode is an advanced method for accessing data on IDE drives Data is accessed by block addresses rather than the traditional Cylinder Head Sector scheme Data transfer rates can be much higher in LBA mode The settings are Enabled o
52. Bit 6 9 Data Bit 7 10 ACK 11 Busy 12 PError 13 Sel ect 14 Auto Feed 15 Fault 16 Init 17 Slct Int 18 Gnd 19 Gnd 20 Gnd 21 Gnd 22 Gnd 23 Gnd 24 Gnd 25 Gnd the after a sgnal indicates an active low signal J11 CPU Fan 2 pin single row friction lock Molex 22 23 2021 PIN SIGNAL 1 12V 2 Gnd Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page 4 5 SB586PV Manual J12 SVGA 15 pin high density D AMP 748390 5 Page 4 6 H SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL Red 2 Green Blue 4 PIX Data 2 Gnd 6 Gnd Gnd 8 Gnd n c 10 Gnd PIX Data 0 12 PIX Data 1 HSYNC 14 VSYNC PIX Data3 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMIBIOS American Megatrends Inc Useris Guide This manual describes the 10 10 94 core AMIBIOS which includes the new WINBIOS including WINBIOS Setup MAN BIOSUG1010 6 6 95 Copyright 1995 American Megatrends Inc All rights reserved American Megatrends Inc 6145F Northbelt Parkway Norcross GA 30071 Manual Number MAN BIOS1010 Page A i SB586PV Manual This publication contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced transcribed stored in a retrieval system translated into any lan guage or computer language or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written con sent of the publisher American Megatrends Inc Limited Warranty Buyer agrees if this product proves to be defective that American Megatrends Inc is o
53. DOS hard disk drive formatting If anti virus is enabled a virus warning message appears when you attempt to format the hard disk drive If you select Continue formatting proceeds as normal If you do not want to continue you may have to press N several times depending on how many retries are performed by the upper level software DOS for example does at least five retries before the Format utility is actually aborted Page A 56 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Section 4 Default The icons in this section permit you to select a group of settings for all WINBIOS Setup options Not only can you use these icons to quickly set system configuration parameters you can choose a group of settings that have a better chance of working when the system is having configuration related problems Original Choose the Original icon to return to the system configuration values present in WINBIOS Setup when you first began this WINBIOS Setup session Optimal You can load the optimal default settings for the WINBIOS Setup options by selecting the Optimal icon The Optimal default settings are best case values that should optimize system performance If CMOS RAM is corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically Fail Safe You can load the Fail Safe WINBIOS Setup option settings by selecting the Fail Safeicon from the Default section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu The Fail Safe settings provide far from optimal system perfo
54. Disabled Serial Port 2 IRQ is used for the second serial port COM2 This option enables serial port 2 on the motherboard if installed The settings are 2F8h 2E8h or Disabled Parallel Port IRQ7 is used for the parallel port LPT1 The IRQ can be changed to IRQ5 This option enables the parallel port on the motherboard if installed The settings are 278h 378h or Disabled Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port Mode The settings are Normal ECP EPP or Bi directional Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 53 SB586PV Manual Section 2 Utilities The following icons appear in this section Icon Description Detect Master The hard disk drive parameters for the Primary Master drive C are automatically de tected and reported to the Hard Disk Drive C screen in Standard Setup so you can easily configure drive C Detect Slave The hard disk drive parameters for the Primary Slave drive D are automatically detected and reported to the Hard Disk Drive C screen in Standard Setup so you can easily config ure drive D Color Set Changes the WINBIOS Setup color scheme Page A 54 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Section 3 Security WINBIOS Password Support WINBIOS Setup has an optional password feature The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when WINBIOS Setup is executed WINBIOS Setup can be used in pen based computers
55. ER DISPLAY line The corresponding line is DEFAULT DISPLAY and should be changed to read DEFAULT DISPLAY i RCPADIi The quotes around RCPADI must be used for this version of 3D Studio The MATERIAL DISPLAY should only be configured for RCPADI when BOTH the Display AND Rendering Resolutions of TurboDL DClassic are configured for 256 color resolutions An unpredictable Materials Editor screen will appear if anything other than 256 colors is selected If you are unsure about the function of the Materials Editor screen use the Materials Editor as VGA you should not have any problems at all Please note too that the use of the Materials Editor will not give you any more colors to choose from Save the above changes and start 3D Studio to begin the last part of the configuration procedure From your 3D Studio directory delete the file 3DADI CFG by typing DEL 3DADI CFG Enter Thiswill cause 3D Studio to start in its reconfiguration mode Start 3D Studio by typing 3DS Enter M IN 00431 027 anual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 31 SB586PV Manual During the 3D Studio reconfiguration start up you are prompted with a series of questions After the first 3D Studio question appears and is answered the TurboDLDClassic configuration program will appear Select a graphics board and display and rendering resolutions as you would for AutoCAD use Because RCPADI device drivers by definition are combined display and rendering devices dur i
56. GA graphics system is VGA compatible The utilities and drivers supplied with your SB586PV VGA provide support for additional features of your SB586PV VGA such as greater speed higher resolution and more available colors Before you begin The following instructions assume that the user is familiar with DOS and certain DOS commands Please review the associated DOS commands before performing the installation Notational conventions Throughout this manual the term DOS refers to both MS DOS and PC DOS except when noting features that are unique to one or the other Table 1 shows the typographic conventions that are used throughout this manual Type Style Description User Input This text must be typed exactly as it appears Text within brackets indicates certain keyboard keys such as Enter F10 etc Bold Sytem output Any message that is displayed by the computer ALL CAPITALS Directory names files and acronyms Table B 1 Notational conventions Easy installation The installation utility is provided to facilitate the smooth installation of the display drivers and utility software The installation program is menu driven and allows you to select and install only those display drivers for software and applications currently in use It is important to note that some display drivers need to have the associated vendor s application program already installed on the system prior to loading the SB586PV VGA displ
57. MB fhas been ound and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing memory below 1 MB for soft reset next If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next 4Ch The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 MB next 4Dh The memory above 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next 4Eh The memory test started not as aresult of asoft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size next 4Fh The memory size display has started It is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next 50h The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next 51h The memory size display was adj usted for relocation and shadowing Testing the memory above 1 MB next 52h The memory above 1 MB has been tested and initialized Saving the memory size information next 53h The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode next 54h Shutdown was successful The CPU isin real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity andthe NMI next 57h The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next 58h The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit lt DEL gt message next 59h The Hit lt DEL gt message is cleared The lt WAIT gt me
58. N 1 Gnd 8 Index Gnd 10 FDME 0 Gnd 12 FDSal 1 Gnd 14 FDSel OH Gnd 16 FDME 1 Gnd 18 Dir Gnd 20 Steo Gnd 22 WRData Gnd 24 WRGate Gnd 26 TRK O Gnd 28 WRProtect Gnd 30 RDData Gnd 32 HDSEL Gnd 34 DSK CHG the after a sgnal indicates an active low signal J7 VESA Feature Connector 26 pin dual row header AMP 103328 3 H 2 ON OW SIGNAL DN SIGNAL Gnd 2 Pixel data O Gnd 4 Pixel data 1 Gnd 6 Pixel data 2 EVIDEOH 8 Pixel data 3 ESY NCH 10 Pixel data 4 EDCLK 12 Pixel data 5 n c 14 Pixel data 6 Gnd 16 Pixel data 7 Gnd 18 Pixel clock Gnd 20 Blanking Gnd 22 Horiz Sync n c 24 Vertical sync n c 26 Gnd the after a sgnal indicates an active low signal Page 4 4 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Chapter 4 Connectors J8 Serial Port 2 10 pin dual row header AMP 103308 1 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 Carrier Detect 2 Data Set Ready 3 Receive Data l 4 Request to Send O 5 Transmit Data O 6 Clear to God 7 Data Terminal RDY O 8 Ring Indicator 9 Signal Gnd 10 n c J9 Serial Port 1 10 pin dual row header AMP 103308 1 PIN SIGNAL HN SIGNAL 1 Carrier Detect 2 Data Set Ready 3 Receive Data l 4 Request to Send O 5 Transmit Data O 6 Clear to God 7 Data Terminal RDY O 8 Ring Indicator 9 Signal Gnd 10 n c J10 Parallel Port 25 pin D AMP 747846 4 PIN SIGNAL HN SIGNAL 1 Strobe 2 Data Bit 0 3 Data Bit 1 4 Data Bit 2 5 Data Bit 3 6 Data Bit 4 7 Data Bit 5 8 Data
59. NBIOS for normal operations and System Configura tion Verification compare defined configuration with hardware actually installed BIOS Error Reporting BIOS errors are reported in one of two ways If then the error occurs before the display device is initialized a series of beeps sound Beep codes indicate that afatal error has occurred WINBIOS Beep Codes are described on the next page the error occurs after the display device is initialized the error message is displayed WINBIOS error messages are explained on page 44 A prompt to press lt F1 gt can also appear with displayed error messages Beep Codes Fatal errors which halt the boot process are communicated through a series of audible beeps If WINBIOS POST can initialize the system video display it displays the error message Displayed error messages in most cases allow the system to continue to boot Displayed error messages are described on page 25 Beeps Error message Description 1 Refresh Failure The memory refresh circuitry is faulty 2 Parity Error Parity error in the base memory the first 64 KB block of memory 3 Base 64 KB Memory Failure Memory failure in first 64 KB 4 Timer Not Operational A memory failurein thefirst 64 KB of memory or Timer 1 is not functioning 5 Processor Error The CPU generated an error Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 29 SB586PV Manual Beeps Error message Description 6 8042 Gate A20 Failure Cannot switch t
60. OM is 16 bits wide and RAM is 32 bits wide and shadowing increases speed by widening the data path The contents of ROM are then executed from RAM Shadow settings are chipset specific and are dependent on system hardware and are displayed in Advanced Setup Each option copies a 16 KB memory segment from ROM to RAM The video ROM segments are COOOOh and C4000h The adaptor ROM address segments that can be shadowed are C8000h through ECOOOh If an option is enabled all code in that 16 KB segment is shadowed PCI Support support PCI with ISA EISA and VL Bus supports full EISA PCI and VL Bus bus mastering provideflash ROM programming utility and provide System Configuration utility EISA PCI and Plug and Play Optional Plug and Play Support TI automatic plug and play system configuration through the System Configuration Utility SCU SCI is operating system independent self booting does not need DOS uniquely identifies all major bus architectures stores configuration data in CMOS RAM is compatible with the PnP data structures and uses a unique conflict resolution algorithm and T WINBIOS Plug and Play BIOS extensions support all major bus architectures runtime and boot time PnP functions needs 4 KB of CMOS RAM and automatically scans for New Device Installed Optional Flash ROM Support is hardware independent hardware specific functions handled by WINBIOS controls the flash programming vo
61. OS must translate the physical parameters of the hard disk to logical parameters The parameter table definition must be modified to reflect the translation The standard IBM AT compat ble hard disk parameter table and the enhanced drive parameter table are shown below Page A 22 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS AT Compatible Hard Disk Drive Parameters Offset Length Description 00h Word Physical number of cylinders 02h Byte Physical number of heads 03h Byte Reserved 04h Byte Reserved 05h Word Starting write precompensation cylinder Offset Length Description 07h Byte Reserved 08h Byte Drive control byte 09h Word Reserved OBh Byte Reserved OCh Word Landing Zone OEh Byte Physical sectors per track OFh Byte Reserved Enhanced Drive Parameter Table The logical parameters are used for the INT 13h Function 08h interface The physical parameters are used for the IDE interface the Identify Drive command Set Parameters command etc Offset Length Description 00h Word Logical number of cylinders 02h Byte Logical number of heads 03h Byte AOh A signature that specifies a translated parameter table 04h Byte Physical sectors per track 05h Word Starting write precompensation cylinder 07h Byte Reserved 08h Byte Drive control byte 09h Word Physical number of cylinders OBh Byte Physical number of heads OCh Word Landing Zone OEh Byte Logical sectors per track OFh Byte Checksum The value of the Checksu
62. S Setup Bit 7 4 of CMOS register 37h is now used for CPU override selection in BIOS Setup System Configuration Screen The Systen Configuration screen displays IDE drive parameters such as LBA mode Block mode 32 bit mode Prefetch and PIO mode DRAM Parity The new Boot Block Recovery code handles DRAM without parity INT 15h Support The 10 10 94 core AMIBIOS supports INT 15h Function E8h subfunction 01h Mouse Support The following mice are supported in BIOS Setup 7 P92 mice i bus mice using IRQs 3 4 or 5 IRQ2 is not supported for bus mice T Microsoft compati ble mice using the M V and W series M or M protocols and Logitech C series compatible mice using the MM protocol Page A 12 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Tested Pointing Devices The following mice are compatible Mouse Description PS 2 Microsoft EES Logitech MouseMan PIX KeyMouse True Mouse 00343 Dell Mouse 200 Micro Track Trackball PD600 9333 20038 Expert Mouse Trackball Version that use IRQs 3 supported Microsoft Microsoft InPort mouse M PD13 9MD Mice 4 or 5 2 are not Rev C card Logitech Bus bus are mouse mouse with with with Microsoft compatible The M V W Series using the M supported Logitech C series Mice that the MM protocol compatible use are PIX Microsoft 37967 C Series CC 93 9F Logitech KIDZ M ME23 9F Logitech Trackman T CC3 9F Genius 290 20010 MS amp MSC compatible Addison Addison
63. T must be run prior to starting AutoCAD R11 and only needsto be run once per system boot For automatic loading of the environment variables FASTACAD BAT may be added to the AUTOEXEC BAT file or an AutoCAD start up batch file To add FASTACAD BAT to your AUTOEXEC BAT file insert the line CALL DATURBODLDIFASTACAD anywhere in the file The above example assumes that FASTACAD BAT resides in a sub directory on drive D called TURBODLD If you do not wish to put FASTACAD in your AUTOEXEC BAT file you may put it in abatch file which also starts AutoCAD or simply remember to run the file before starting AutoCAD If you get the message Out of Environment Space when you run FASTACAD BAT you will need to enlarge your systemis environment This is accomplished by adding the following line SHEL L CACOMMAND COM P E 768 to your CONFIG SYS file The E 768 specifies an environment size of 768 bytes Change this number as appropriate You will need to reboot after modifying your CONFIGSYS file in order for the changes to take effect Configuring AutoShade 3D Studio and AVE Render AutoShade To configure AutoShade v2 0 to use TurboDLDClassic first run the FASTACAD BAT file from your TurboDL DClassic sub directory to set the AutoShade environment variables Next start AutoShade with SHADE R Enter which will allow you to reconfigure AutoShade For the dis play device select P386 Autodesk Device Interface display driver and for the renderin
64. Trackball MSC compatible Flash 60G3580 PC Accessories MSC compatible PC Accessories Keyboard 55 9 15 Digitus The Magic Click Trackball PD600 9333 Expert Mouse Compudyne MUS2G MS amp MSC compatible 002 Mouse Systems Optical Mouse TC6 AT4 Mouse AT 5 MS amp MSC compatible X 30M Microsoft Logitech oF Logitech RA12 Logitech GM D321 Addison 20015 MS amp MSC MSC compatible 401961 002 E MS E 9F Easy Options Serial CJ13 MS 400 Standard Features supported Logitech or Logitech MouseMan MouseMan compatible 20038 with ASM 604880 Trackball Mouse 401961 002 E Appendix A AMBIOS M CJ13 0019306 Addison 2 0 Sejin Mice that Microsoft Bus Logitech Bus Bus card M protocol supported P FirstMouse M Cordles compat Addison H7001 Systems Dexxa 20010 and MSC ErgoMouse Mouse Point 2 280PCA Tracking Micro Version Systems 40 Firenze Optronix use Ball Track Keytronic SWB Trackball IRQ Mouse card are xX M D15L s M ible 420 MS MSC MF21 MS KB 2205 3470 Mouse Corporation Fast ATA WINBIOS supports the Seagate Fast ATA specification Fast ATA uses Programmed I O IDE mode 3 and multiword DMA mode 1 to achieve higher data transfer rates Enhanced IDE Support Support for hard disk drives with capacities of more than 528 MB block mode multisector dat
65. Within AutoCAD simply double click the chosen button to invoke the Big Picture BP Highlight M ode Controls how the Big Picture will appear on the screen Patt Line will display the Big Picture using dotted lines to form the outer bounding box and the zoom crosshairs XOR Rect will use a contrasting rectangle to display the Big Picture The Both option will use a combination of Patt Line and XOR Rect to distinguish the Big Picture Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 27 SB586PV Manual BP Refresh In it s fastest mode TurboDL DClassic does not refresh the Big Picture until a DLDREFRESH command is issued Depending on a drawing s complexity in this mode the Big Picture could become confusing displaying vectorsthat are now actually erased and no longer part of the drawing To configurethe Big Pictureto be updated as objects aredrawn or erased enable the BP Refresh If soeed is a major concern disable it BP Cache Enables or disables TurboDLDClassicisinternal memory cache for Big Picture functions This cache will soeed up Big Picture operations on some graphics platforms primarily on TIGA based graphics boards For this reason the BP Cache is normally disabled As a reference on VGAs the performance benefit of the BP Cache is as little as 1 With a TIGA based graphics board however the performance benefit of the BP Cache is as high as 400 The Expert Configuration menu sets the function of TurboDLDClassic itself This menu
66. a transfer 32 bit data transfer advanced PIO LBA Logical Block Address Mode up to four IDE hard disk drives and the IDE standby timer are supported Supports Maximum System Memory The WINBIOS now supports up to 2 GB of system memory Megakey Support The American Megatrends Megakey keyboard controller is supported Megakey provides power manage ment features Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 13 SB586PV Manual PCI Support The PCI Version 2 0 specification is supported PCI support can be provided in computers that have ex tended CMOS RAM or that work with minimal CMOS RAM Virus Warning Message The DOS Format utility does not use INT 13h AH 05h Format it only verifies the disk via INT 13h AH 04h A virus warning message does not appear during DOS hard disk formatting When a virus warning message appears and the user selects Continue the operation continues If the user does not continue he may have to press N several times before the program aborts depending on how many retries are per formed DOS retries at least five times Other Features The WINBIOS POST WINBIOS Setup and runtime code is compressed PnP Plug and Play support is included EISA support has been modified to make AMIBIOS compatible with the PnP ESCD data structure i WINBIOS Setup has a keyboard or mouse driven graphical user interface supports multiple languages supports language selection from WINBIOS Setup supports local a
67. ailable video options for AutoCAD Select TurboDL D Classic by Panacea Inc from the list of display options If you chose to install TurboDLDClassic into a sub directory other than ACADIDRV be sure to modify the ACADDRV environment variable to include that sub directory Otherwise the TurboDLDClassic selection will not appear in the list of available drivers Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 25 SB586PV Manual To configure AutoCAD 11 386 Run the FASTACAD BAT that was copied to the TurboDL D Classic sub directory by typing C TURBODLD FASTACAD Enter The above example shows that TurboDLDClassic was installed on drive C in the TURBODLD sub directory Start AutoCAD and reconfigure it to use TurboDLDClassic by selecting option 5 Configure AutoCAD from the AutoCAD main menu From the next menu select option 3 Configure Video Display Choose Item 1 P386 ADI 4 0 4 1 R11 as your display device For more information see your AutoCAD dnstallation and Performance Guide f TurboDL DClassic configuration After selecting the proper display device the TurboDLDClassic driver configuration menu will appear Set up of TurboDLDClassic requires configuration of its various operating parameters These pa rameters have been logically grouped into menus based on their interaction with AutoCAD A quick trip through each menu will complete the configuration process Context sensitive help can be obtained by typing 7 at any menu option
68. al If you are in DOS proceed as follows to reconfigure the Windows 3 X drivers 1 Ensure that Windows 3 X and the extended resolution drivers are already installed on your computer 2 From your Windows directory at the DOS prompt type SETUP Enter to run the Windows SETUPEXE program Follow the instructions on the screen When you come to the screen which lists the hardware and software components such as display adapter e g VGA CGA etc keyboard type mouse type etc go to the Display selection by using cursor keys to move the highlighted bar and press Enter 3 You will see the list of drivers and their associated resolutions 4 Highlight the desired choice by moving the cursor to the correct display driver and then press Enter 5 Setup will prompt you that the driver is already in your Windows directory and give you a chance to replace it Use the existing driver 6 Continue with the remainder of the setup procedure To turn on off DDC detection support To turn the DDC detection support on or off the following changes need to be made to the WINMODE INI file To turn on DDC detection support MakeDdcCall on To turn off DDC detection support MakeDdcCall off To turn on off resolution change on the fly support To turn the resolution change on the fly support on or off the following changes need to be made to the WINMODE INI file To turn on resolution change on the fly support locate the following line in
69. allows for customization of the driver for speed or to adjust for memory constraints Page B 28 Display List Enables or disables the display list feature of TurboDLD Classic This option should always be set to enable disabling the Display List will cause TurboDLDClassic to run as an ordinary non display list driver Drawing Cache Enables or disables TurboDLDClassicis internal drawing cache a compressed list of the current viewport which speeds up pans zooms and redraws Asin the Display List option Drawing Cache should normally be enabled In low memory situations it may be desirable to disable the Drawing Cache Disabling the drawing cache will free up memory for AutoCAD but may or may not have a visible effect on your ZOOM and PAN performance For example on V GAs the performance benefit of the drawing cache is as little as 5 With a TIGA based graphics board however the performance benefit of the drawing cache is as high as 400 AutoCAD Logical Drawing Space Using AutoCAD 31 Bit Space configures TurboDL DClassic for use with AutoCAD R12is 31 Bit logical drawing space When set to Yes the driver will use AutoCA Dis extended 31 Bit drawing space Selecting No will use a 15 Bit drawing space similar to that of AutoCAD R11 The 31 Bit logical space allows you to extend your Regen less zooming ability by a factor of several million at the cost of more memory Additional memory is used by AutoCAD for the drawing space and by
70. alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate display retrace checking next Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next Initializing the bus input IPL general devices next if present Displaying bus initialization error messages The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit lt DEL gt message next The Hit lt DEL gt message is displayed The virtual mode memory test is about to start Preparing the descriptor tables next The descriptor tables are prepared Entering virtual mode for the memory test next Entered virtual mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing datato check memory wraparound at 0 0 next Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 37 SB586PV Manual 45h Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next 46h The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next 47h The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next 48h Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB next 49h Theamount of memory below 1 MB hasbeen found and verified Determining the amount of memory above 1 MB memory next 4Bh The amount of memory above 1
71. anation The Checksum for EISA CMOS is bad The battery for EISA CMOS RAM may be bad A Read Write error occurred in extended CMOS RAM The battery may be bad WINBIOS cannot find the expansion board in Slot X Y or Z Make sure the board isin the correct slot and is correctly seated Devices that depend on the fail safe NMI timer is not operating correctly The ID of the EISA Expansion Board in Slot X Y or Z does not match the ID in EISA CMOS RAM The configuration information for EISA Expansion Boards X Y or Z is not correct The board cannot be configured Run the ECU The software port NMI is not working ISA NMI Message Memory Parity Error at xxxxx I O Card Parity Error at xxxxx DMA Bus Time out Page A 34 Explanation Memory failed If the memory location can be determined it is displayed as xxxxx If not the message is Memory Parity Error An expansion card failed If the address can be determined it is displayed as xxxxx If not the message is I O Card Parity Error A device has driven the bus signal for more than 7 8 microseconds Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS EISA WINBIOS NMI Error Messages The EISA WINBIOS can generate additional NMI messages that are specific to EISA systems EISA NMI Message Explanation BUS Timeout NMI at Slot n There was a Bus Timeout NMI at Slot n E nable D isable Expansion Board Type E to enable the expansion board that had an
72. andard SUP eiii ia A 39 Figure A 3 Advanced SOU iii a Ney dt ees A 42 Figure A 4 Password Screen coccnccconocinccccnonccnnnnnn nn A 49 Table 2 1 CPU Jumper Settings Au 2 2 Table 2 2 Core Frequency iiioicaidn ib dl idad 2 2 Table 2 3 Onboard BUS Speed A atenten nenn nenn 2 3 Table 2 4 PO Cache tege aiii ERNEIEREN EE Araceli 2 3 Table 2 5 JP5 Cache Module Tvpe AE 2 3 Table 3 1 Memory Configuration ooonnccnnnncnnniconnccnncnnncncnn nen nnnc cnn cancer 3 1 Table B 1Notational CONVSMIONS ua la filas B 1 Current Rev 3C October 1997 Page viii Chapter 1 Introduction General The SB586P V series CPU board is a full featured industrialized single board computer support ing the Intel Pentium processor It combines many of the features normally needed for system operation high speed serial ports parallel port disk controllers on one board This reduces the number of slots required on the passive backplane allowing room for additional feature cards All of the onboard controllers may be totally disabled through the system BIOS if desired The SB586P V series has received XXCAL Lab s Gold Certificate for compatibility and performance and is CE certified when used in a CE compliant chassis The CPU board uses the Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI bus to communicate with the onboard features The external bus architecture complies with the Industrial Standard Architecture ISA with a PCI bus extension The PCI
73. arnings are accented with triangular symbols The exclamation symbol is used in all cau tions and warnings to help alert you to the important instructions The lightning flash symbol is used on the left hand side of a caution or a warning if the advisory relates to the presence of voltage which may be of sufficient magnitude to cause electrical shock Use caution when servicing any electrical component We have tried to identify the areas which may pose a Caution or Warning condition in this manual however ICS Advent does not claim to have covered all situations which might require the use of a Caution or Warning You must refer to the documentation for any component you install into acomputer system to insure proper precautions and procedures are followed Page vi Table of Contents FOREWORD A a a aa 2 fas T Masham eee ae ceeece II LAR AA eebe EE iv Limited WA TANVierrcosnnn ne iE oee e EEEE tn E eds iv EAR FO COC EE V Limitation of DEU EE Vv EE vi Ghapter T nt de tee EE 1 1 O o NS essateets 1 1 On Board Controllers TEE 1 1 Diploma 1 1 Disk Drive od A a 1 2 e Ee 1 2 Watch Dog KE te EE 1 3 How to remain GE Compliant teip neria iaa 1 3 FCC Compliance Statement for FCC Class A Devices 0 ccccceecescececeeceeeeseteeeeaeeeeaeeeaaeseeaeseeeeeeeeeees 1 3 Specifications srta idiota 1 4 Chabter2 Configuratio Mpi iei o ida 2 1 Configuration Jumpers cccceecececeeceeeeeesaeeeenaeseaeeeaeeecaeeecaaessaaaeseaeeseaeeseeeee
74. arrow and a down arrow Click on the up arrow to increase the cache size Click on the down arrow to decrease the cache size Font caching is a technique to increase the performance of Windows by saving the bitmaps of frequently used characters Normally when a character is displayed on the screen it first is created from the truetype outline then it is copied to the screen A cached character has already been created and stored and so it is just copied as needed WinMode has tried to determine the correct setting for this fidd for you but you may change it Just remember that memory set aside for font caching will not be available for Windows program and system usage Page B 12 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Operating System The Operating System buttons let you set the operating system in which you are running Win dows Thisis very important because the configuration and capabilities of the drivers are very different in OS 2 v2 1 and DOS The most obvious difference s that the drivers will only work in 16 and 256 color modes in OS 2 There are a number of other differences in the configuration of the drivers Prior to installing OS 2 For Windows you will need to run WinMode and select the OS 2 v2 1 option OK The OK button closes the dialog box and accepts the choices that you have made After clicking OK your computer will be reconfigured to use the choices that you have made These changes
75. ation Bank 0 Bank 1 Memeory SM1 SM2 SM3 SM4 256K x 36 256K x 36 AMB 1MB 1MB 512K x 36 512K x 36 aye 2MB 2MB 8MB 1M x 36 4MB 1M x 36 4MB 16MB 2M x 36 8MB 2M x 36 8MB 16MB 1M x 36 4MB IM x 36 4MB IM x 36 4MB 1M x 36 4MB 32MB 4M x 36 16MB 4M x 36 16MB 64MB 4M x 36 16MB 4M x36 16MB 4M x36 16MB 4M x 36 16MB 128MB 8M x 36 32MB 8M x 36 32MB 8M x 36 32MB 8M x 36 32MB 16M x 36 16M x 36 192MB 64MB 64MB 8M x 36 32MB 8M x 36 32MB Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page 3 1 SB586PV Manual SIMM sockets are very durable but can be broken Use extreme care when removing aSIMM from the socket Never force a SIMM into a socket and make sure the SIMM sin the correct orientation before installation Any SIMM sockets broken due to ABUSE MISHANDLING or ACCI DENT are not covered under the warranty Installation Procedures 1 Ensure proper static precautions have been taken before starting any work 2 OrienttheSIMM with the slotted edge pin 1 side towardsthe processor side rear of the board 3 Insert the SIMM nto the socket at a 45 degree angle approximately Make sure the SIMM is completely seated in the socket 4 Stand the SIMM straight up until it i clicks locking into position CLICK LOCK INSERT STAND UP Figure 3 1 SIMM Installation Cache The SB586P V supports cache memory options of Ok 256k or 512k Ca
76. ay drivers In other cases the loading of the display driver may be an integral part of the vendor s product instal lation process Please review the driver product section below for specific instructions prior to running the installation program Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 5 SB586PV Manual The installation utility is located on the diskette labeled Disk 1 To install the desired display drivers and utilities insert the diskette into the A drive type A Enter NSTALL Enter Follow the instructions on the screen to install the listed display drivers At any time you may press Esc to abort the installation process and go back to DOS Selected drivers are simply copied to the specified disk and directory Applications may require additional installation as described in the Display drivers section of this manual Operation If you have followed the installation instructions in this manual you are now ready to use your SB586PV VGA equipped computer system Most software that is compatible with IBM s Personal System 2 VGA or EGA will run automatically on your system using the VGA Card Just turn on your computer system and install your application package for PS 2 model 50 60 or 80 video VGA or EGA as instructed by the software manufacturer FCC information Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules The
77. bination for that item For ex ample press the Alt and the underlined letter keys simultaneous y In the lower right corner of the main window s configuration information about the graphics sys tem The information details the VGA BIOS version the total display memory of the graphics controller whether or not an EEPROM is present and whether or not a centering TSR is loaded This information is useful when installing software or getting technical support Preview video modes Select the Preview button The Video Modes Preview window displays a list of all of the modes supported based on the currently selected monitor timings and the amount of video memory present This list of video modes will tell you which are available in your current configuration for use with extended resolution drivers To see what different video modes look like on your monitor select the Show button After each test screen is displayed press Enter If you donit want to see any more video modes pressing Esc will return you to the Video Modes Preview window Centering adjust Centering is available while in Video Modes Preview only for extended Graphics modes 58h and greater While previewing a video mode you have the option to use the Right Left Up Down arrow keys to adjust your screen accordingly The screen adjustments have predefined limits and in some cases the limit for the right side adjustment for some modes will have already been reached when enter
78. bus extension supports the DEC bridge chip allowing additional peripherals on the PCI bus A full range of Pentium processors with speeds ranging from 75M Hz to 200M Hz are supported on the SB586P V board The processor is installed in a Low Insertion Force LIF socket and in cludes a heat sink to dissipate the excess heat it may generate In environments exceeding 40 a fan cooled heat sink is recommended The board has four SIMM sockets arranged in two banks and will accept up to 192MB of RAM using 36 bit SIMMs A 256k or 512k onboard cache option is available and is upgraded with plug in Cache Modules On Board Controllers Onboard controllers are incorporated into the design of the SB586P V series CPU for disk drives serial and parallel ports and video except on the SB586P models All onboard controllers are individually enabled or disabled with the systen BIOS Display The SB586PV contains a SVGA controller which offers 1MB of DRAM and is upgradable to 2MB The SVGA controller offers resolutions of up to 1280 x 1024 non interlaced with 256 colors The display portion includes a VESA feature connector allowing other peripherals to share signals and control of the VGA circuitry The PV Series Display Drivers and Utilities set is in cluded with the CPU board and offers programs for display enhancements Disk 1 is for DOS Disk 2 and 3 ave for Windows 3 1 and OS 2 2 1 Disk four is for OS 2 2 1X through 3 0 Please refer
79. c oxide semiconductor RAM and is often called CMOS or CMOS RAM Unlike the DRAM dynamic random access memory sed for stan dard systen memory NVRAM requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery powers NV RAM which retains the system parameters The computer is configured with the values stored in NVRAM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is powered on The original IBMAEAT Ehad 64 bytes of NV RAM All ISA systems have at least 64 bytes of NVRAM which is usually part of the Real Time Clock chip EISA systems have at least 4 KB of additional NVRAM to store EISA configuration information How Data Is Configured WINBIOS provides a system BIOS Setup utility WINBIOS Setup that is stored in ROM Read Only Memory This utility is accessed by pressing lt Del gt at the appropriate time during system boot or pressing a predefined keystroke combination Historically BIOS Setup utilities have been text based processed only keyboard input and had awkward user interfaces American Megatrends WINBIOS Setup has follows the basic standards for graphical user interfaces permits mouse access and is so compact that it can reside on the same ROM chip as the system BIOS system BIOS The system BIOS Basic Input Output System s the interface between the hardware and the operating system software used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 E compatible computers The system BIOS a coll
80. caaesseaeseeaaeseeeseeseaaeseaeeeeaes 2 1 PFOCESSO EE EE 2 2 CACC ii A A A A AA A Aa AAA 2 3 NET 2 4 Ir Ale 2 4 SCSI DEVICE COMMOCHOMN it dpi li Abadia Eeer 2 4 SESIDEVICS EE 2 5 Software Installation cacti Seiten a neared Gl wv ean aaa feels 2 6 CGhapter 3 Memorando blend ia O dnd 3 1 RAM a a a a a eee sao 3 1 Installation Procedures nienia aag NEE NEEN ee SEENEN NEEN 3 2 Cachi tia 3 2 Cache Module Installation ooonooocconnocccnnnnccnononcncnanancccnnonn ccoo nn nc nano nocnnno nn nc A aa la 3 2 Video DRAM Upgrade cisco A 3 3 Chapter CONTEO EE 4 1 Rear Panel Connecti 0000 A A A AAA AAA 4 1 On Board lee CET 4 1 Connector Pin Assignments cceccceeeeeeeeeceeeeeceeeceaeeeeaaeseaaessaaeecaaeeceaeeecaaeseaaesdeneesaeeeseeeeeseesinseneeseas 4 2 Page vii List of Figures Table 1 1 Video Resolutions and Colors 0 ccccccccecceceeececeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeaeeseaeeeeaeseeaeeeeeeeseeesseeeeeeneeeeeeeess 1 2 Figure 2 1 uletcTdee EE 2 1 Figure 222 68 10 50 PIM e Eer 2 5 Figure 2 3 Straight 8 bit SCSI Chain 0 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeaaeseaeeseneeseeeecaeeesaaeesaaeesaaeseaeeaeeseaeeeeees 2 5 Figure 3 12 SIMM Installation ui danni ee he ial iain ae ain das 3 2 Figure 3 2 Cache Module Installation ccceccceeececeeeceeeeceaeeeeaeeecaeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeecaeeecaeeesaaeseaaeseeeeeeeseneeeeeees 3 3 Figure 4 1 Connector Locations 4 1 Figure A 1 AMIBIOS Main Mem EE A 38 Figure A 2 St
81. ccnononcnnnnnnnnncncnnnnnnnnnn nan ncnnnnnnnnnncnnos A 28 EISA WINBIOS NMI Error Messages cccoooccccccccncccccccnononccononancnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns A 29 BIOS Configuration Summary Screen ooooocccccnnoccccnononononcnonanancnnnonnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns A 29 POST GhECKDOING Eegeregie ia A 30 Bus Checkpoint EEN Eed A 34 Chapter 5 WINBIOS Setup ENEE A 35 WINBIOS Setup GIE viciosas eege A 35 WINBIOS Setup Main Menu EEN A 37 Section AE SI do e a es A 39 ls is a eel id te Sek es A 39 POV ANGE SOU E A 42 Ghipset SelUp EE A 46 Peripheral Set p a a A 47 Section 22 Utilities ada ate elt A 48 Section S SECUN an e EEN A 49 WINBIOS Password Gupport A 49 E A Ee A 50 Section 4 A Rete Ra og Per re Peer AOR Tee WEED A 51 Manual Number MAN BIOS1010 Page A v SB586PV Manual This page intentionally left blank Page A vi Manual Number MAN BIOS1010 Appendix A AMBIOS Chapter 1 OverView WINBIOS American Megatrends new WINBIOS includes all features from previous versions of the world famous WINBIOS WINBIOS includes many new features and functions WINBIOS also has a new system configuration utility with an easy to use graphical user interface WINBIOS Setup CPU Support The 10 10 94 core WINBIOS supports all available Intel AEx86 compatible CPUs WINBIOS automatically detects the CPU type and speed Chipset Support The 10 10 94 core WINBIOS supports all major chipsets for ISA and EISA systems WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Set
82. cess it is probably time to add more memory to your system Contact your AutoCAD dealer for assistance in upgrading your memory Regarding display list memory it isimportant to realize that TurboDLD Classic speeds up AutoCAD operations by creating a Display List in memory and sending that list to the graphics board for pans zooms and redraws But a display list takes up memory How much memory For production use we recommend that at least 1 megabyte is available for TurboDL DClassic To determine how much memory AutoCAD is using use the status command while in AutoCAD refer to the AutoCAD 4nstallation and Performance Guide for more information The Display List for a simple drawing like the shuttle Columbia might only require 20 Kbytes for the Display List Complex drawings may require several megabytes We have seen Display Listsfor a drawing range from one tenth the size of the drawing file to three times the size in general the Display List averages about the same as the DWG file size This means that you should count on the Display List generally taking up as much as twice the DWG file size Also complex objects such as circles and text i expandi when translated into display list format so a drawing with a lot of complex objects and text will have a larger Display List than a simpler drawing Keeping the Display List small Text takes up adisoroportionate amount of spacein the Display List To keep the list small put text in its ow
83. che memory is installed using plug in modules and may be field upgraded as required The cache can be syncronous or asyncronous and is configured using the system BIOS and configuration jumpers Cache Module Installation Use the following procedures to install the cache module 1 Ensure proper static precautions have been taken before starting any work 2 Disconnect system power and gain access to the cache module socket 3 Remove cache module from antistatic bag and position module in the cache socket The module will easily fit in the socket with the proper orientation Figure 3 2 4 Insert the cache module into its socket until fully seated After installing the cache module configure the appropriate jumpers and system BIOS to take advantage of the new module The configuration jumpers are covered in Chapter 2 and the system BIOS is covered in Appendix A Page 3 2 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Chapter 3 Memory CACHE MODULE al SCSI CONNECTOR a Figure 3 2 Cache Module Installation Video DRAM Upgrade The SB586PV comes standard with 1MB of DRAM for the Video controller The memory is up gradable using Industrial Computer Source 3 274764 0 DRAM in the available video DRAM sockets To install the DRAM use the following procedures 1 Ensure proper static precautions have been taken before starting any work 2 Disconnect system power and gain access to the video DRAM sockets Removal of
84. cy energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications Opera tion of this equipment in aresidential areais likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his or her own expense Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Note The assembler of a personal computer system may be required to test the system and or make necessary modifications if a system is found to cause harmful interference or to be non compliant with the appropriate standards for its intended use Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page 1 3 SB586PV Manual Specifications Processors Supported Intel Pentium in a LIF Light Insertion Force Socket Processor Clock Rate 75MHz 90MHz 100MHz 120M Hz 133MHz 155MHz 166MHz or 200M Hz Chip Set Neptune ll BIOS Hi Flex Pentium AMIBIOS Flash EPROM Support ISA Bus Clock Rate 8 33Mhz PCI Bus Clock Rate 25Mhz 30Mhz or 33Mhz Memory Capacity 192MB Maximum On board SIMM Support 2 Banks 2 Sockets each 72 Pin Supports 256k x 36 1MB 512K x 36 2MB 1M x 36 4MB 2M x 36 8MB 4M x 36 16MB 8M x 36 32MB and 16M x 36 64M SIMMs Note Only Bank 0 supports 16M x 36 SIMMs Memory Speed Required 70ns or faster Video Controller SB586PV SVGA Video 1MB DRAM installe
85. d Run WINBIOS Setup The amount of memory found by WINBIOS is different than the amount in CMOS RAM Run WINBIOS Setup Run Standard Setup to set the date and time Page A 31 SB586PV Manual Error Message Page A 32 D Drive Error D drive failure Diskette Boot Failure Display Switch Not Proper DMA Error DMA 1 Error DMA 2 Error FDD Controller Failure HDD Controller Failure INTR1 Error INTR2 Error Invalid Boot Diskette Keyboard Is Locked Unlock It Keyboard Error KB Interface Error No ROM BASIC Explanation No response from drive D Run the AMIDiag Hard Disk Utility Check the hard disk type in Standard Setup No response from hard disk drive D Replace the drive Theboot diskettein drive A cannot be used to boot the system Use another boot diskette and follow the screen instructions Some systems require a video switch be set to either color or monochrome Turn the system off set the switch properly then power on Error in the DMA controller Error in the first DMA channel Error in the second DMA channel WINBIOS cannot communicatewiththefloppy di sk drivecontroller Check all appropriate connections after the system is powered down WINBIOS cannot communicate with the hard disk drive controller Check all appropriate connections after the system is powered down Interrupt channel 1 failed POST Interrupt channel 2 failed POST WINBIOS can read the diskette in floppy drive
86. d Sockets for additional 1MB DRAM VESA Feature Connector Driver Support under supported operating systems Rear Panel DB 9 High Density 15 pin connector female Cache Memory 16kB Internal Pentium Chip Cache 256kB or 512kB Cache Options plug in modules Page 1 4 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Chapter 1 Introduction IDE Disk Controller 2 Fixed Disk Drives Supported on the PCI Local Bus Secondary Controller Support LBA and PIO Mode 3 Support SCSI Disk Controller SCSI 2 Fast Wide controller Located on PCI Local Bus 8 bit or 16 bit bus Jumper Selectable To 40MB sec Throughput Adaptec AlC 7880 Single Chip Host Adapter Floppy Controller 2 Floppy Drives up to 2 88MB Supported Serial Ports 2 RS232 16550 Compatible FIFO Buffer Isolated to 1500V ESD MAX211E Component incorporated for enhanced ESD protection Parallel Port 1 Centronics Compatible Bi directional Compatibility EPP and ECP Enhanced Port Modes Keyboard Speaker amp Reset Port Single 8 pin Header Connector for System Interface Note Thekeyboard may be selected as absent or present by the system BIOS This will allow the system to boot without a keyboard attached Watchdog Timer Reset CPU automatically if CPU stops operating Reset CPU automatically if 5VDC varies more than 5 CMOS Battery On board Included Supported Operating Systems Windows NT V3 1 and later Windows 95 SCO Unix MS DOS Windows 3 11 ONS OY 2m V2 0 and later
87. d of the new password when the password is changed If you forget the password and your computer has an American Megatrends motherboard there is a procedure to drain power from CMOS RAM Remove the computer cover The SB586P series has a jumper you can set to drain CMOS RAM power See the appropriate motherboard technical documentation for the jumper information Again you have to run AMIBIOS Setup and restore the default values to CMOS RAM after erasing CMOS RAM Anti Virus When this icon is selected from the WINBIOS Setup main menu WINBIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The Anti Virus settings are Enabled or Disabled If enabled the following appears when a write is attempted to the boot sector You may have to type N several times to prevent the write Boot Sector Write Possible VIRUS Continue Y N _ The following is displayed after any attempt to format any cylinder head or sector of any hard disk drive viathe BIOS INT 13 Hard Disk Drive Service Format Possible VIRUS Continue Y N _ Formatting a Hard Drive Do not enable anti virus protection when formatting a hard disk drive The DOS hard disk Format utility does not use INT 13h function AH 05h to format the hard disk It only verifies the hard disk using the INT 13h Verify function AH 04h The virus warning message is not displayed during
88. e Rendering Board Resolution options described below will automatically appear ONLY when configuring AVE Render 3D Studio or AutoShade Otherwise the Display Board Resol ution options will be the only menu choices avail able Basic Configuration options set AutoCAD screen characteristics number of text lines in the com mand line area font size and dual screen mode AutoCAD Text Lines Selects number of lines in AutoCAD command prompt area The default is 3 lines but values from 1 to 10 can be specified A number larger than 3 might be useful if you are using this driver in ahigh resolution mode with small fonts eliminating the need to frequently swap back and forth between the text and graphics screens If you do not want any lines of text at the bottom of the display use AutoCAD to disable the command area see the AutoCAD dnterface Installation and Performance Guidef for more infor mation Press Return to continue with font selection Font Size Selects AutoCAD display screen font or font file to be used Choose the Font Size you would like to use for your AutoCAD menus pull downs and dialog boxes 8x8 8x 14 8x 16 12x20 12x24 For resolutions over 800x600 we recommend the 12x20 or 12x24 fonts The default is the 8x14 font Dual Screen Mode Enables or disables dual screen operation of AutoCAD User Interface options include the parameters for maneuvering within AutoCAD Using these options the Big Picture Panacea
89. e password turn system power off and momentarily short across the two jumper pads on X1 SCSI Device Connection SCSI devices may be connected in three different configurations 8 bit bus 16 bit bus or a combi nation of the two A 68 pin SCSI cable should be used for all SCSI wide configurations A 68 pin to 50 pin male to male adapter part number 50313 01 is available to allow for a straight 8 bit SCSI bus chain or a 68 pin to 50 pin female to female adapter part number 50314 01 for a 8 bit SCSI device to be placed on a 16 bit SCSI Wide bus Either adapter may be purchased from Industrial Computer Source CAUTION Use of other SCSI adapters to connect SCSI peripherals to the CPU board could cause damage to equipment or its components Industrial Computer Source has done extensive testing and approved only the adapters listed in this manual In astraight SCSI Wide chain the 68 pin cable is connected to the CPU board at one end and SCSI Wide devices are connected to the connectors on the cable Adding an 8 bit SCSI device to this chain is accomplished by placing the appropriate adapter on the cable connector and connecting the SCSI device to the adapter Figure 2 2 The necessary signals for the 8 bit device are chan neled through the adapter to the SCSI device The additional 16 bit signals are not carried through the adapter and are sent on down the SCSI chain Because of this it is necessary to place a 16 bit device with t
90. e settings are Enabled or Disabled On Board PCI SCSI Set this option to Enabled if the SCSI controller on the motherboard will be used The settings are Enabled or Disabled On Board PCI IDE Set this option to Enabled if the IDE controller on the motherboard will be used The settings are Enabled or Disabled On Board PCI Video Set this option to Enabled if the PCI Video controller on the motherboard will be used The settings are Enabled or Disabled IRQ5 Available to IRQ9 Available to IRQ10 Available to IRQ11 Available to IRQ14 Available to IRQ15 Available to These options allow the specified RQ to be used by the selected bus The settings are PCI PnP or 1SA ElSA Page A 52 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Peripheral Setup The WINBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Peripheral icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu The options described in this section are only examples Programing Mode Set this option to Auto for automatic selection of the onboard floppy controller and serial port 1 serial port 2 and parallel port addresses The setting are Auto or Manaul Onboard FDC This option enables the use of the floppy drive controller on the motherboard if installed The settings are Enabled or Disabled Serial Port 1 IRQ4 is used for the first serial port COM1 This option enables serial port 1 on the motherboard if installed The settings are 3F8h 3E8h or
91. e to Windows 3 X after Windows is restarted Some of these choices may be unavailable This is because of the amount of video memory in your system and the resolution that you have selected If you have chosen OS 2 v2 1 in the Operating System field then the only possible choices are for 16 or 256 colors Gen erally 256 color mode will be the fastest choice If you need more colors then there will be some slowdown in graphics performance Font Size The small fonts are intended for lower resolutions and higher resolutions on large monitors With smaller monitors the large fonts are more readable at higher resolutions Monitor Refresh Rates The drop down list boxes let you select the monitor refresh rates for each resolution If you select Unavailable for any screen resolution any higher resolutions will also be unavailable This will also turn off the corresponding choices in the Resolution box In general the higher the refresh rate the better the display quality and the lower the performance This is because the graphics system can only do a fixed number of operations per second The more time it soends redrawing the screen the less time it has available to perform other operations Consult the manual that came with your monitor to determine the proper settings for these fields Font Cache Size The Font Cache Size lets you set the amount of system memory that will be available for font caching Next to the font cache size is an up
92. ection of device drivers initialization routines system data and other code that controls the interface between the operating system and the system hardware on IBM PC XT AT PS 2 or compatible systems and also on EISA computer systems Primary System BIOS Function The primary system BIOS function is to provide a series of software interrupts and functions that control operations on certain devices such as the hard disk drive floppy drive and video subsystem The program mer calls the system BIOS in assembler language to directly manipulate the system hardware To use the BIOS the programmer writes code that places certain values in certain CPU registers WINBIOS inter prets these codes and passes values and error codes to the requesting program BIOS Function Call Examples Examples of BIOS interrupts and functions include Page A 8 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Interrupt Function Subfunction Purpose INT 13h AH 01h None Reads the status of the hard disk drives and the error code from the last BIOS hard disk operation INT 13h AH 03h None Reads the serial port status and reports the status in registers AH and AL INT 15h AH 84h AL 01h Reads the current relative positions of the X and Y coordinates of the two joysticks Secondary BIOS Functions POST WINBIOS also performs a series of device intializations and diagnostic tests known as the power on self test POST POST can generate error messages and
93. either DOS or original OS 2 v2 1 see Note below You can change the monitor refresh rates resol ution number of available colors large or normal size fonts and font cache size After new options have been selected you can either immediately restart Windows in which case the new configuration will take effect immediately or you can continue working in the current resolution in which case the new resolution will take effect the next time Windows is started In some configurations the AUTOEXEC BAT file needs to be modified to make the changes perma nent The display drivers support both Windows versions 3 1 and 3 11 and also Windows for Workgroups version 3 11 Because these drivers were written and optimized for performance they were written to use alinear address for the display buffer and run in protected mode To load the display drivers with Windows 3 11 or Windows for Workgroups 3 11 you must install the VGA driver first before installing these display drivers The display drivers will only run in enhanced mode and not in standard mode Original OS 2 2 X is non upgraded to support high color and true color display drivers To upgrade to support high color and true color for OS 2 2 X see page B 40 Using Install To run the installation program start Windows 3 X Insert the floppy labeled 4 Vindows 3 X Dis play Drivers and Utilities Disk 1 into your floppy disk drive From the Windows Program Man ager select Run from the File
94. en continually beep until the system is rebooted After the upgrade procedure is accomplished it will be necessary to reconfigure the WinBIOS configura tion Refer to Chapter 4 of this appendix for WinBIOS setup information Page A 10 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Chapter 2 BIOS Features Changes The main changes in 10 10 94 AMIBIOS from 07 25 94 AMIBIOS are Uncompressed nitializationcodeisnow relocatableandisnolongerlimitedto8KB Initialization code may not be located at FO00 E000h The offset of the initialization code is determined by its size AMIBCP postions the initialization code properly If needed DIM PCI Device Initialization Module code and Setup code are swapped by AMIBCP DIN code can be in the ROM file with the systen BIOS POST and runtime code BIOS Setup code may be present in the other 64 KB PCI bridge support has been added The PCI and PnP code now supports the PCI Version 2 1 specification Floppy drive swapping has been added The floppy drive setting in Standard Setup always corresponds to the physical drive configuration The floppy drive error messages during POST the floppy drive information in the system configuration display and in the BIOS global data area after boot up correspond to the logical drive setting The logical drive setting will be reversed from the physical drive setting if floppy drive swapping is enabled in Standard Setup New Features Supported
95. enabled DLDBPSTATIC Toggles the BP to stay on the screen at all times Use this command if you want the BP on the screen in order to conveniently move into it whenever you want to zoom or pan Typing DLDBPSTATIC will put up the BP at the position you set with DLDBPDIM Note that the static BP will disappear when other menus pop up on the screen and it will also disappear if you draw any objects which may overwrite the BP With these exceptions the BP will remain on screen until you either exit the drawing screen or you type DLDBPSTATIC again DLDCOLOR Invokes CustomColorsTM Panaceais color configuration program DLDCOM PACT Forces a manual garbage collect of Display List memory thereby returning unused display list memory back to the AutoCAD memory pool DLDDCACHE This command toggles the TurboDLDClassic drawing cache on and off The Drawing Cache is a compressed form of the current viewport which speeds pans zooms and redraws DLDDLIST This command toggles the display list function of TurboDLDClassic on and off Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 37 SB586PV Manual Please note that if the display list is turned off you will be running AutoCAD as though you were using a standard non display list driver pans zooms and redraws will be MUCH slower with DLDDLIST disabled DLDECHO Toggles internal TurboDLDClassic command echoing at the AutoCAD command line When TurboDLDClassic commands are executed via the digitizer or po
96. ent greenhouse gas It also accounts for 75 and 38 of all U S emissions of sulfur dioxide of nitrogen oxides respectively the two pollutants most responsible for acid rain By using more energy efficient equipment in our homes offices and factories we can reduce this pollution while saving money The Energy Star logo is used to mark computers peripherals and software that have adopted the EPAs power saving guidelines For more information on the Energy Star program contact Linda Latham Manager Energy Star Computers U S EPA 62024 Washington DC 20460 USA Phone USA 202 233 9230 Fax USA 202 233 9578 VESA VBE PM The VESA VBE PM is asoftware interface to the Video Electronics Standards Association V ESA Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard For more information on VESA and these specifications contact them at VESA 2150 North First Street San Jose CA 95131 2029 USA Phone USA 408 435 0333 Fax USA 408 435 8225 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 21 SB586PV Manual This page intentionally left blank Page B 22 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Chapter 3 Display drivers The video controller is VGA compatible The display drivers described in this manual are supplied to improve the resolution for each supported software application package It can support improved text resolution providing greater readability when using the supplied drivers in
97. er Resolution to select the desired rendering resolution from the list of available choices Select Return to Previous Menu and then select Save and Exit Select Render Mode Then select the rendering mode for TurboDL DClassic Select either Render to Viewport or Render to Scr een depending on how you wish to view your renderings Note that in order to render to a viewport you must be using a display resolution of at least 256 colors Otherwise AVE Render will not allow a render to viewport selection Select a Render Hard Copy Device If you are using a render hard copy device select your device type from the list of choices If you are not using a hard copy device accept the default of NULL After configuring AVE Render you will return to the drawing to render the current drawing If you have previously configured AVE Render type RCONFIG Enter at the AutoCAD command prompt to manually display the Render Configuration menu Follow these steps to re configure AVE Render 1 Select option 2 Configure Rendering Device to choose a new rendering driver Answer Y es to the Select Different Rendering Device question Select option 1 P386 Combined Display Rendering Driver Configuretherendering graphics board and resol ution Herethe TurboDL DClassic configuration program will appear on the screen Press the Enter key to continue past the help screen and display the Rendering Configuration menu Choose Select Graphics Board Resolution t
98. er differences in the configuration of the drivers Prior to installing OS 2 For Windows you will need to run WinMode and select the OS 2 2 1 option OK The OK button closes the dialog box and accepts the choices that you have made After clicking OK your computer will be reconfigured to use the choices that you have made These changes may need to be added to your AUTOEXEC BAT file for them to be permanent If this is necessary you will be prompted by the program If WinMode detects that you changed your Windows 3 X configuration you will be asked if Win dows should be restarted If you answer yes Windows will be restarted immediately If you say no then you will have to exit Windows and restart it manually for the changes to take effect Cancel The Cancel button closes the dialog box and exits the program without making any changes Se lecting Close from the control menu or double clicking on the control menu box will have the same effect About The About button will display a dialog box with the version number of WinMode and a copyright notice Help For help on WinMode select the Help button The main help screen contains an image of the WinMode screen Place the cursor over the field s that you need help with When the mouse pointer changes to a hand click to display the help text for that field Click again to make the pop up text disappear Page B 18 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and U
99. ermination resistors at the end of the chain to insure proper termination of all SCSI signals Page 2 4 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Chapter 2 Configuration 50314 01 _ Adapter 68 pin SCSI Wide Ribbon Cable Figure 2 2 68 to 50 pin Adapter If astraight 8 bit SCSI chain is desired the 68 pin to 50 pin male to male adapter is placed on the 68 pin connector on the CPU board From there you may run a standard 50 pin ribbon cable and connect the standard SCSI devices as needed Figure 2 3 Standard 50pin 50313 01 SCSI Cable _ erer D y Adapter CPU Board Figure 2 3 Straight 8 bit SCSI Chain The SCSI controller occupies SCSI ID 7 It is permanently terminated and therefore must be at the beginning of the SCSI cable A SCSI device at the end of the cable must also be terminated using termination resistors to insure the SCSI signals are properly dissipated SCSI Device Drivers A three disk set has been included which offers SCSI drivers for WIN95 WIN NT 3 1 3 5 OS2 NETWARE and UNIX Also included is EZ SCSI Lite which is used for Windows 3 X and DOS For information on installation and use of these files please see the associated user manual Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page 2 5 SB586PV Manual Software Installation Installation and setup programs especially those for operating systems such as Windows NT OS 2 or Unix are often sensitive to hardware performance If you encounter insta
100. ers and specify the drive and directory where you want them copied to such as CAWS Using a text editor enter the file FONTID CTL in the WordStar directory and change the CRT_TYPE line to read CRT_TYPE CL800 WGD When WordStar is executed the display driver will be used for page preview mode Page B 50 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Declaration of Conformity according to ISO IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014 A DN EN TL 6260 Sequence Drive San Diego CA 92121 4371 800 523 2320 declaresthat the product SB586P 90 SB586P 100 SB586P 120 SB586P 133 SB586P 150 SB586P 166 SB586P 200 SB586PV 90 SB586PV 100 SB586PV 120 SB586PV 133 SB586PV 150 SB586PV 166 SB586PV 200 to which thisdeclaration re ates meetsthe essential health and safety requirements andisin conformity with the relevant EU Directiveslisted below EU EMC Directive 89 336 EEC EU Low Voltage Directive 72 23 EEC using there evant section of thefollowing EU standards and other normative documents EN 50081 1 1992 Emissions Generic Requirements EN 55022 Measurement of radio interference characteristics of information technology equipment EN 50082 1 1992 Immunity Generic Requirements JEC 1000 4 2 1995 Immunity for radiated el ectromagnetic fields Supersedes EC 801 2 JEC 1000 4 3 1995 Immunity for radiated RF electromagnetic fields Supersedes EC 801 3 JEC 1000 4 4 1995 Immunity for AC and I O lines fast transients common mode Supersedes EC 801
101. es Every time the screen is updated AutoCAD must decode this structure TurboDL DClassic works differently While you are working it translates the normal hierarchi cal structure into a Display List a series of vectors or polygon fills When you pan or zoom TurboDL DClassic uses the Display List then writes the resulting vectors to the video board hardware Since the hierarchical structure does not have to be decoded drawing proceeds very quickly 2 TurboDLDClassic also maintains a Drawing Cache The Drawing Cache is a compressed list which contains the current contents of a viewport This pre scaled portion of the Display List allows for even faster pans and zooms and redraws 3 TurboDLDClassic gives you numerous new user interface features such as the bird s eye view via the features described later in this manual By how much does TurboDL DClassic increase the speed of AutoCAD PANs and ZOOMs aided by only the Display List run from two to twelve times faster than a non display list driver The Drawing Cache further speeds things up to the point that REDRAWSs can be up to twenty five times faster with TurboDL DClassic compared to the graphics drivers shipped with AutoCAD Features The features provided by TurboDLDClassic include Birdis eye view Accelerated redraws pans and zooms Easy to use no new commands or special menus to learn i Protected mode ADI 4 2 driver completely compatible with AutoCAD Release 12
102. eshes the Big Picture to reflect the most current changes to a drawing displays a listing of the current TurboDLDClassic parameters A flip to the graphics screen is recommended for this command gives a to the byte breakdown of how memory is being used for display list processing disolaysthe TurboDL DClassic version serial number and registered useris name at the AutoCAD command line toggles between the Fast and Visible Regen modes of TurboDLD Classic To install a Lotus display driver proceed as follows 1 Run theinstallation program INSTALL EXE and choose the option for the Lotus 123 drivers and specify the drive and directory where you want them copied to such as C LOTUS 2 From within the Lotus sub directory type INSTALL Enter 3 From the next menu select Advanced Options for Lotus 123 v2 2 or Change Selected Equipment for Lotus 123 v2 3 4 For v2 2 select Add New Driver sto Library and goto step 3 For v2 3 select Modify Current Driver Set and go to step 6 Page B 42 Manual Number 00431 027 3 o NDA Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities From the next menu select Modify Current Driver Set From the next menu select one of the display and resolution configurations From the next menu select Return To Menu From the next menu select Save Changes Enter the name you have selected for the driver set We recommend that the driver set name reflect or include the driver s resolution e g
103. essages If an error occurs after the system display has been initialized the error messages are displayed as follows ERROR Message Line 1 ERROR Message Line 2 Press lt F1 gt to continue and the system halts The system does not halt if Wait for lt F1 gt If Any Error in Advanced Setup is Disabled RUN SETUP UTILITY may also appear Press lt F1 gt to run WINBIOS Setup if this message appears Error Message 8042 Gate A20 Error Address Line Short C Drive Error C Drive Failure Cache Memory Bad CH 2 Timer Error CMOS Battery State Low CMOS Checksum Failure CMOS System Options Not Set CMOS Display Type Mismatch CMOS Memory Size Mismatch CMOS Time Date Not Set Manual Number 00431 027 3 Explanation Gate A20 onthekeyboard controller 8042 isnot working Replace the 8042 Error in the address decoding circuitry No response from drive C Run the AMIDiag Hard Disk Utility Check the C hard disk type in Standard Setup No response from hard disk drive C Replace the drive Cache memory is defective Run Do Not Enable Cache AMIDiag An AT system has two timers There is an error in timer2 CMOS RAM is powered by a battery The battery power is low Replace the battery CMOS RAM checksum is different than the previous value Run WINBIOS Setup The values stored in CMOS RAM have been destroyed Run WINBIOS Setup The video type in CMOS RAM does not match the type detecte
104. fresh rate will be set at the DOS prompt To display the available command line syntax for CLMode type CLMODE 7Enter Typing an invalid option will display the command line help text Typing S as a command line option will display the current CLMode settings TSRFONT driver Some DOS application programs bypass the BIOS and directly draw characters to the screen Pro grams which directly draw characters using the 8x14 font from the BIOS will appear to be writing incorrect data to the screen Typically this can occur in programs which offer a selection to use a graphics 25 or 34 line display mode Other programs may appear to cut off the descenders of characters like i yi andiji Running the TSRFONT driver will make a full 8x14 size character set available to these programs and should correct display errors discussed above which were observed in these programs To run the TSRFONT driver type TSRFONT Enter If you want to run it automatically when you turn on your computer add it to your AUTOEXEC BAT file Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 9 SB586PV Manual This page intentionally left blank 1 027 Page B 10 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Chapter 2 Microsoft Windows 3 X Windows 3 X installation The Windows 3 X driver installation utility copies all of the graphics driver and utility filesto your hard disk It also allows you to configure your graphics system for Windows 3 X in
105. g display select the P386 Autodesk Device Interface rendering driver If you are running the display and rendering screen on the same monitor i e single monitor make sure to tell AutoShade this A single monitor approach will require a redraw of the display screen after a rendering screen Next follow the same installation steps that were used to select the graphics board and display and rendering resolutions for AutoCAD Page B 30 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities 3D Studio release 1 X A 2 X Configuring 3D Studio requires three steps First you need to set the environment variables for 3D Studio by running the PANA3DS BAT file that was copied into your TurboDLD Classic sub direc tory Next edit the 3DS SET file located in your 3DS directory The following three lines may be changed to use the RCPADI rendering driver Locate the lines that begin with RENDER DISPLAY MAIN DISPLAY MATERIAL DISPLAY and change them to read RENDER DISPLAY RCPADI MAIN DISPLAY RCPADI MATERIAL DISPLAY RCPADI Make sure to remove the or any spaces that may be present at the beginning of the line It isonly necessary for the RENDER DISPLAY line to be set to RCPADI in order to render at high resolution If you do not need a high resolution main display screen or if you will not be using the materials editor you may keep MAIN DISPLAY and MATERIAL DISPLAY set to their de faults For 3D Studio 1 x there is no REND
106. gt lt PgDn gt lt Home gt lt End gt lt Alt gt lt H gt lt Alt gt lt Spacebar gt Alphabetic keys Numeric keys Function Move to the next window or field Move to the next field to the right left above or below Select in the current field Increments a value Decrements a value Closes the current operation and return to previous level Returns to the previous page Advances to the next page Returns to the beginning of the text Advances to the end of the text Access a help window Exit WINBIOS Setup A to Z are used in the Virtual Keyboard and are not case sensitive 0 to 9 are used in the Virtual Keyboard and Numeric Keypad WINBIOS Setup Main Menu The WINBIOS Setup main menu shown bel ow is organized into four windows Each window corresponds to a section in this chapter Each section contains several icons Clicking on each icon activates a specific function The WINBIOS Setup icons and functions are described in this chapter The sections are Windows Function Setup Described in Section 1 this section has four icons that permit you to set system configuration options such as date time hard disk type floppy type and many others Utilities Described in Section 2 has three icons that perform system functions Security Described in Section 3 has two icons that control WINBIOS security features Default Described in Section 4 this section has threeicons that permit you to select a gr
107. h 10h 11h 12h 13h 15h 19h 1Ah 20h 23h 24h 25h 26h 27h 28h 2Ah 2Bh 2Ch 2Dh 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 34h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 40h 42h 43h 44h Appendix A AMBIOS The keyboard controller BAT tes result has been verified Any initialization after the keyboard controller BAT test will be done next Initialization after the keyboard controller BAT test is done The keyboard command byte will be written next The keyboard controller command byte wa written Issuing the Pin 23 24 blocking unblocking command next Pin 23 24 of the keyboard controller has been blocked unblocked Checking if lt Ins gt was pressed during power on next Finished checking for lt Ins gt keystroke during power on Disabling the DMA and Interrupt controllers next DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 are disabled The video display is disabled and keyboard Port B is initialized Chipset initialization is about to begin Chipset initialization is over The 8254 timer test is about to start The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 gsecond on off time next The memory refresh period 30 gsecond test hascompleted The base64 KB memory will beinitialized next The base 64 KB of memory is initialized Setting the BIOS stack and performing any necessary configuration before interrupt vector initialization The conf
108. hange Notices Tech Tips Technical Notes and complete technical manuals are available on the BBS The BBS automatically handles modems with data transmission rates from 1 200 to 28 800 bps The characteristics of the BBS phone numbers are listed below The BBS requires no parity 8 data bits and 1 stop bit Phone Number Char acteristics 404 246 8780 US Robotics 28 800 bps Supports every v xx communications standard 404 246 8781 US Robotics 28 800 bps Supports every v xx communications standard 404 246 8782 US Robotics dual standard Can handle 2 400 9 600 or 14 400 bps Sup ports HST or v 32 404 246 8783 US Robotics 14 400 bps v 32 Supports high speed v 32 Manual Number MAN BIOS1010 Page A iii SB586PV Manual This page intentionally left blank Page A iv Manual Number MAN BIOS1010 Appendix A AMBIOS Table of Contents Chapter ROUTE e A 1 Configuring an ISA or EISA Computer A 2 BIOS a a a Mine Ramey Reenter GE A 4 Chapter 2 BIOS Features AAA A 5 Ee O Gee es aad escent tee ae A 5 NeW EE A 5 Standard BEE A 7 Chapter 3 Enhanced IDE Support EE A 13 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Power On Self Test A 23 Beep CodeS sepelio cotos a o pita A 23 Troubleshooting System Problems AAA A 24 WINBIOS Displayed Error Messages ooococccccoocccccccocccccccconanccononananc cnn conan nnnnnnnannnnos A 25 POST Memory Teod a eae hats A 27 BISA Error Messages ts a a ENE A E ETE A 28 ISA NMI Handler Messages cccoooccccconoccccccccnonccc
109. he SOURCE DIRECTORY dialog box type c disp_1 in edit box and follow prompts To install Windows 3 1 drivers for OS 2 2 1 Installation for full screen 256 color drivers for Windows 3 1 for chipsets Note that you should not use the 65 536 or 16 million color Windows 3 1 drivers with OS 2 Run Full Screen Win OS 2 If you have not previously installed the Windows 3 1 drivers and utilities select File from drop down menu Select Run and then Browse A or B drive wherever your Windows 3 1 Driver Disk resides and run INSTALL EXE In the driver configuration dialog select OS 2 2 1 in the operating system group Then select the desired resolution and color If you had previously installed Windows drivers you must run the WinMode utility and select OS 2 2 1 in the operating group Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 45 SB586PV Manual If you are installing Win OS 2 and had previously installed the Windows drivers you must run WinMode and select OS 2 2 1 in the operating system group before installing Windows 6 To use Power Management Screen Saver Go to Control Panel Select Desktop Select Screen Saver Select Display Power Management Select SETUP to setup the Power Management Screen Saver Note It is recommended that the resolution you choose corresponds with the resolution you are running in OS 2 When installing new OS 2 PM Drivers the standard Win OS 2 Driver will be installed for Full Screen Windows 3 1 You must
110. he i Perfor mance Seriesi I O products which are warranted to the original purchaser for as long as they own the product subject to all other conditions bel ow including those regarding neglect misuse and acts of God Within two years of purchase CSAdvent will repair or reolace at our option any defective product At any time after two years we will repair or replace at our option any defective i Performance Series I O product sold This does not include products damaged in shipment or damaged through customer neglect or misuse ICS Advent will service the warranty for all standard catalog products for the first two years from the date of shipment After the second year for products not manufactured by ICS Advent the remainder of the manufacturer s warranty if any will be serviced by the manufacturer directly The Return Procedure must be followed to assure repair or replacement CS Advent will normally return your replacement or repaired item via Second Day Air Overnight delivery or delivery via other carriers is available at additional charge The limited warranty is void if the product has been subjected to alteration neglect misuse or abuse if any repairs have been attempted by anyone other than ICS Advent or its authorized agent or if the failure is caused by accident acts of God or other causes beyond the control of ICS Advent or the manufacturer Neglect misuse and abuse shall include any installation operation or
111. he proper aspect ratio for the current viewport Click ing the pick button again will put you back into the pick box move mode Xi This operation is very similar to using the Zoom Dynamic feature of AutoCAD Once you have positioned the pick box on the area you would like displayed in the active viewport click any button other than the pick button to initiate the zoom or press the Enter key If you want to abort the operation just hold any button down other than the pick button until the BP disappears You can also hit any key on the keyboard other than Enter to cancel the BP Note that the BP is updated with new drawing commands but that moves or erases will not update the image unless BPREFRESH is enabled A DLDREFRESH or a REGEN will manually update the BP with the current drawing changes DLDBPCACHE Enables or disables TurboDLDClassicis internal cache for BP features This cache speeds up TurboDLDClassicis Big Picture functions DLDBPCACHE is normally disabled Performance benefits of the BP Cache with will vary from one graphics platform to the next For example on V GAs the performance benefit of the BP Cache is as little as 1 DLDBPDIM Resizing and repositioning the BP can be accomplished by typing this command at the AutoCAD prompt DLDBPDIM allows you to tell the driver where you want the BP placed and how large you want it to be The sizeis limited to being between one quarter and one half the width of the display This c
112. hen starting the program Select option 3 Configure Video Display Answer No Enter to the Select a new videodriver prompt to start the TurboDLDClassic configuration program Make the desired changes to the driver and then Save and Exit to continue to the AutoCAD drawing editor AutoCAD release 11 To change a Release 11 configuration select option 5 Configure AutoCAD from the AutoCAD main menu and then from the configuration menu select option 3 Configure Video Display Answer no to the Select a new video driver prompt to start the TurboDL DClassic configuration program Change the desired driver options Save and Exit to return to the AutoCAD configuration menu Open or begin a new drawing To completely reconfigure TurboDLDClassic using Panaceais defaults delete DLDSETUPDAT from either the ACAD DRV sub directory R12 or the TURBODLD sub directory R11 and then follow the Driver Configuration instructions earlier in this chapter Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 29 SB586PV Manual Configuring an AutoCAD 11 environment During the TurboDL DClassic installation process a FASTACAD BAT file is created and placed into the TURBODLD sub directory FASTACAD BAT contains four lines that set four separate environment variables DLDCFG used by TurboDL DClassic to find all of its configuration files and DSPA DI RCPADI RDPADI used by AutoCAD 3D Studio and AutoShade 2 w RenderMan respectively to find the driver file FASTACAD BA
113. iant cards and for cards to remain compliant they must be used in compliant chassis Any modifications made to the equipment may affect the CE compliance standards and should not be done unless approved in writing by Industrial Com puter Source The SB586P V is designed to be CE Compliant when used in an CE compliant chassis Maintain ing CE Compliance also requires proper cabling techniques The user is advised to follow proper cabling techniques from external devices to the interface to ensure a complete CE Compliant sys tem Industrial Computer Source does not offer engineering services for designing cabling sys tems Although Industrial Computer Source offers accessories it is the user s responsibility to ensure they are installed with proper shielding to maintain CE Compliance FCC Compliance Statement for FCC Class A Devices This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject 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 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and radiate radio frequen
114. ice shielded cables must be used for the connection of any devices external to this product Page B 6 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Utility software There are utility programs which are supplied with your SB586PV VGA The following section describes these utilities and how to use them CL Mode is a program supplied with your SB586PV VGA to configure itis various options The TSRFONT utility will make afull 8x14 size character set available to programs that bypass the BIOS and directly draw characters to the screen WinMode lets the user change the operating resolution and the number of colors from within Win dows Information on WinMode can be found in the Windows 3 X section CLMode The CLMode utility allows the user to define the type of monitor attached set the video mode timings supported by the SB586PV VGA and preview them Note that to use a mouse a mouse driver should be installed prior to running the CLMode utility Using CLMod s graphic interface CL Mode requires that the computer have 300KB of standard memory and 10MB of extended or expanded memory available for it to run At the DOS prompt type CD VGAUTIL then CLMODE Enter When CL Mode starts it will blank the screen for a couple of seconds During this time CLModeis attempting to identify the monitors capabilities using the VESA Display Data Channel DDC In its graphics mode CL Mode looks and works just like
115. iguration menu at the bottom of the The menu items perform the following functions Object Selecting this option will allow you to changethecolor of any AutoCAD screen object such as the graphics area background color the menu area text color or the border line color Select the object whose color you want to change by moving the highlight box around with the left and right cursor control keys and pressing Enter when you have highlighted the desired object Note that a one line description of the object type is displayed at the top of the screen as you move the box around Once you have selected the object another highlight box will appear around the color boxes near est to the bottom of the screen These are the physical colors that the video board supports Use the left and right cursor keys to select the physical color to be used for the object you have selected and press Enter The screen will quickly redraw with the new color selection for the object you have chosen and you will be back at the start of object selection in case you want to change the color of another object Note that at any time during color configuration you can press the Esc key once or twice and return to AutoCAD Also pressing the question mark 7 key will provide you with context sensi tive help Drawing This option allows you to modify AutoCAD drawing colors 0 8 and 9 in a fashion similar to the way you change object colors When this opt
116. iguration required before interrupt vector initialization has completed Interrupt vector initialization is about to begin Interrupt vector initialization is done Reading the input port of the 8042 for a turbo switch setting if any Clearing the password if the POST diag switch is on Finished reading the input port of the 8042 Initializing the global data for the turbo switch next Global data initialization for the turbo switch is over Any initialization before setting video mode will be done next Initialization before setting the video mode is complete Configuring the monochrome mode and color mode settings next Bus initialization system static output devices will be done next if present Perorming any required configuration before the video ROM test All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is done Looking for the video ROM next and passing control to it The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA V GA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next The EGA VGA controller was not found The display memory read write test is about to begin The display memory read write test passed Look for retrace checking next The display memory read write test or retrace checking failed Performing the alternate display memory read write test next The
117. in aretrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Page iii Guarantee A thirty day money back guarantee is provided on all standard products sold Special order products are covered by our Limited Warranty however they may not be returned for refund or credit EPROMs RAM Flash EPROMs or other forms of solid electronic media are not returnable for credit but for replacement only Extended Warranty available Consult factory Refunds In order to receive refund on a product purchase price the product must not have been damaged by the customer or by the common carrier chosen by the customer to return the goods and the product must be returned complete meaning all manuals software cables etc within 30 days of receipt and in as new and resal able condition The Return Procedure must be followed to assure prompt refund Restocking Charges Product returned after 30 days and before 90 days of the purchase will be subject to a minimum 20 restocking charge and any charges for damaged or missing parts Products not returned within 90 days of purchase or products which are not in as new and re saleable condition are not eligible for credit return and will be returned to the customer Limited Warranty Effective April 1 1998 all products carry a two year limited warranty with the exception of t
118. in window will display instructions on using CLMode Page B 8 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Information about CLMode Selecting the About button will display version and copyright information about CLMode Undoing changes To return all settings to their state when CLMode was started select the Undo button Exiting the CLMode To exit CLMode at any time press the Alt and F4 keys simultaneously or click the left mouse button on the system button of the main window e the top left corner button of the window which is shown as a dot or select the Exit button Some boards are equipped with an EEPROM This is memory that will not be erased when the computer is turned off If the EEPROM is present then CLMode will save its configuration infor mation in the EEPROMs memory If there is no EEPROM CLMode will ask if the changes should be saved in the AUTOEXEC BAT In most cases the end user should answer yes Answering no means that the next time the computer is booted all of CLMode s configuration information will be lost When the CLMode utility exits the currently selected monitor brand model timings and center ing information will be saved The current monitor timings will be displayed Using CLM ode s command line options When command line options for CLMODE EXE are given at the DOS prompt the menu driven windows will not be disolayed Instead configuration monitor type video mode and re
119. ing the Preview mode In that case no right side adjustment will be allowed Once a mode has been adjusted the new values for horizontal and or vertical positioning are saved within CLMode When exiting from CLMode you are prompted on whether you want to save these new parameters to the TSR CENTER COM If you choose to do this the values to be used for the adjusted modes are stored in CENTER COM on exit CENTER COM can then be loaded outside of CLMode Once this is accomplished all of the modes which you have adjusted will be the active modes set when that mode request is made To unload CENTER COM you must change the monitor type currently set in CLMode This will unload CENTER COM and uninstall all center ing adjustments previously redefined An additional adjustment for monitor SY NC POLARITY is also available while centering is ac tive To adjust the polarity of the current mode simply press the PgUp or PgDn keys while in Preview to cycle through the available options Vertical Sync Polarity Horizontal Sync Polarity t Jy d Note Centering will not be allowed if CENTER COM has been loaded You must unload CENTER COM before attempting to save new adjustments Limitations You may only adjust and save 16 modes at a time to CENTER COM The information in the main window displays the VGA controller type the BIOS version number and the amount of video memory present Getting help Selecting the Help button from the ma
120. ion is selected a highlight square appears in the drawing color area of the simulated AutoCAD display The square can be manipulated using the four cursor keys You may notice that the drawing color portion of the display is laid out just like the CHROMA drawing supplied with AutoCAD When you press Enter the highlight moves down to the 16 physical colors just as it does during the object color selection Using the arrow keys pick the physical color you want to represent the selected drawing color Press Enter to have your selection take effect Physical choosing the Physical option from the menu allows you to alter the red green and blue components of the physical colors A highlight box will appear in the row of 16 physical colors at the bottom of the screen Page B 34 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Use the arrow keys to select the color you wish to edit and press Enter Three sliders will appear near the bottom of the display with the horizontal position of the slider for each of the color components red green or blue RGB indicating the relative intensity of the component You can use the left and right arrow keys to move the slider for the selected component or type in a number from O to 255 Many graphics boards do not support 255 different intensities for each color component There fore when you enter an intensity Custom Colors will round it to the nearest intensity which your
121. isabled Susten Keyboard Present Primary Display UGA EGA Mouse Support k Enabled Above LAMB Memory Test Disgabled Menory Test Tick Sound FC Enabled Parity Error Check Enabled Hit DEL Message Display FC Enabled Extended BIOS RAM Arena 5 6 366 Hait For Fi 1 Ang Error Enabled Figure A 3 Advanced Setup WINBIOS Setup can be customized via the American Megatrends AMIBCP utility See the American Megatrends AMIBCP Version 5 11 User s Guide for additional information Typematic Rate Char s Sec Typematic Rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a key s pressed and held down The settings are 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second System Keyboard This option does not specify if a keyboard is attached to the computer Rather it specifies if error messages are displayed if a keyboard is not attached This option permits you to configure workstations with no keyboards The settings are Absent or Present Primary Display Select This option configures the type of monitor attached to the computer The settings are Monochrome Color 40x25 Color 80x25 VGA PGA EGA or Not Installed Above 1 MB Memory Test When this option is enabled the WINBIOS memory test is performed on all system memory When this option is disabled the memory test is done only on the first 1 MB of system memory The settings are Enabled or Disabled Memort Test Tick Sound This option enables turns on or disables
122. it mapped API information Bits 15 3 Reserved set to 0 Bit 2 1 Valid extended drive parameter table 0 Invalid extended drive parameter table Bit 1 1 Removable media control is supported 0 Removable media control is not supported Bit O 1 Extended disk access is supported 0 Extended disk access is not supported INT 13h Function 48h Extended Get Drive Parameters Input AH 48h DL Drive number 80h and up DS SI Pointer to result buffer Output CF 0 Successful 1 Unsuccessful AH 00h Successful Any other value is an error code DS SI Pointer to filled result buffer Page A 26 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Result Buffer Offset 00h 02h 04h 08h OCh 10h 18h 1Ah Length Word Word Dword Dword Dword Qword Word Dword Appendix A AMBIOS Description Buffer Size This word contains the size in bytes of the buffer passed as input as well as the buffer returned including the size of this field two bytes The minimum size is 1Eh bytes Flags Number of Cylinders Number of Heads Number of Sectors per Track Number of Sectors on the drive Number of Bytes per Sector Pointer to Extended Drive Parameter table This doble word contains the pointer to extended drive parameter table in segment offset form If the content is FFFF FFFFh this field is invalid AMIBIOS points INT 41h for drive 80h and INT 46h for drive 81h AMIBIOS maintains the pointers to the parameter tables for drives greater than 81h i
123. ker CPU Fan 12VDC KEYBOARD SPEAKER amp RESET IDE CONNECTOR FLOPPY CONNECTOR CACHE MODULE SOCKET HD LED SCSI CONNECTOR COM2 COMA VESA FEATURE 4 12V FAN CONNECTOR Manual Number 00431 027 3 WW CONNECTOR PARALLEL PORT _ VGA CONNECTOR LE SB586PV Only A Figure 4 1 Connector Locations Page 4 1 SB586PV Manual Connector Pin Assignments J2 Hard Drive LED 2 pin header Molex 22 23 2021 PIN SIGNAL 1 LED 2 LED J3 Keyboard Keylock Speaker Reset 8 pin single row header Molex 22 23 2081 H Zz SIGNAL Reset Gnd n c Keyboard Clock Keyboard Data Keyboard Lock 5VDC Speaker OF See eb ene al J4 SCSI 2 68 pin AMP 749069 7 PIN SIGNAL DN SIGNAL 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Ground 10 Ground 11 Ground 12 Ground 13 Grou
124. le to accommodate mode switching back and forth Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 41 SB586PV Manual Command summary This section lists the basic commands found in TurboDLDClassic Commands have been listed alphabetically DLDBIGPIC DLDBPCACHE DLDBPDIM DLDBPFREEZE DLDBPHILIGHT DLDBPREFRSH DLDBPSTATIC DLDCOLOR DLDCOM PACT DLDDCACHE DLDDLIST DLDECHO DLDHELP DLDREFRESH DLDSTAT DLDUSAGE DLDVER DLDVISREGEN Lotus 123 v2 x callsup the Big Picture use digitizer clicksto define an area and zoom into it enables or disables the Drawing Cache for TurboDLDClassic advanced features allows resizing and repositioning of the Big Picture toggles the Big Picture Zoom Mode between Float and Fixed modes selects the highlight mode used to display the Big Picture enables and Disables the Big Picture automatic update mode toggles the Big Picture to stay on the screen at all times invokes CustomColorsTM Panacea s color configuration program forces a manual clean up of Display List memory returning any unused memory back to the AutoCAD memory pool toggles the TurboDL DClassic drawing cache on and off toggles the display list function of TurboDLDClassic on and off toggles internal TurboDLDClassic command echoing at the AutoCAD command line provides a list of TurboDLDClassic commands with one line description of each within AutoCAD Itis recommended that you flip to the text screen to view the output refr
125. ll turn the grid snap off TurboDL DClassic and Paper Space TurboDLDClassic features do not work in AutoCAD s Paper Space The execution of any TurboDLDClassic command in Paper Space will result in an error message at the command prompt Zoom Dynamic We do not recommended using ANY TurboDL DClassic features while in the Zoom Dynamic mode of AutoCAD Because TurboDL DClassic cannot determine when Zoom Dynamic has been initi ated unpredictable results will occur Use the Big Picture feature of TurboDLD Classic to accom plish the same task as Zoom Dynamic in a much more efficient fashion Switching Color Modes When switching color modes i e from 16 to 256 or vice versa the DLDCOLOR command should be run in order to reconfigure your color palette for the number of colors selected A black cursor and disappearing crosshairs are both symptoms of a color palette problem AutoCAD R12is CONFIG command Configuring TurboDL DClassic in the middle of a drawing session using the CONFIG command is abit like exiting and re starting AutoCAD If are using the static Big Picture you will have to re initialize it after returning from the Configuration menu Page B 40 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Sticky Cursors Sometimes when using the Big Picture the digitizer cursor will appear to stick to the edge of the birdis eye Thisis normal and isthe result of the digitizer puck respondi ng to the whole scree
126. llation errors during such an installation but not during normal operation of the computer configuring the BIOS with the Fail Safe Defaults may allow the installation program to complete After completing the instal lation reconfigure the BIOS with the previous BIOS settings Note that if you are installing to or from a SCSI device connected to the onboard controller or need other peripherals active during the installation serial mouse printer etc the Fail Safe Defaults will disable the onboard controllers After choosing Fail Safe manually re enable those options you desire in Peripheral Setup Page 2 6 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Chapter 3 Memory RAM The SB586P V allows a maximum of 192MB of 36 bit wide 0 wait state RAM via two banks of two 72 pin memory sockets Memory SIMMs of 256k x 36 512k x 36 1MB x 36 4MB x 36 8MB x 36 and 16MB x 36 are compatible The 16 x 36MB SIMMs may only be used in SIMM bank 0 The SB586P V uses only Tinned Lead SIM Ms It is recommended that 70ns SIM Ms or faster be used to ensure reliable operation at O wait states Memory may be placed in either bank however memory SIMMs must be the same size in a bank and must be installed in pairs We recommend using only the same manufacture and speed SIMMs on the CPU board The following table lists SIMM combinations needed to achieve the associated memory values This list is not inclusive Table 3 1 Memory Configur
127. lobits 4 128KB EISA BIOS 27512 512kilobits 2 128KB EISA BIOS 27010 1024 kilobits 1 512KB EISA BIOS 27010 1024 kilobits 4 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 9 SB586PV Manual BIOS Upgrade The SB586P V CPU card utilizes FLASH memory for the systems BIOS Flash memory allows the BIOS to be upgraded without having to change the actual BIOS chip To upgrade the system BIOS you must havethe amiboot rom file You can obtain this file by contacting the Industrial Computer Source Technical Support department at 1 800 480 0044 To upgrade the system BIOS perform the following procedures Obtain the amiboot rom file and copy it to afloppy disk Turn computer power off Place floppy disk containing the amiflash rom filein your A drive Depress and hold the Control and Home keys Turn computer power on Release the Control and Home keys OO P WN Booting the system in this manner will cause it to search the A drive for the amiboot rom file If the file is found it will perform the necessary procedures to write the BIOS information into the CMOS The system will beep twice when the file is found twice again when the write procedure is completed and three times upon verification After the three beep sequence the system will pause During this pause remove the floppy disk and the system will reboot with the new BIOS If the amiboot rom file is not found when the system is booted in this matter it will beeo twice and th
128. ltage can write enable flash devices automatically disables shadowing and cache memory as necessary flash programming utility recovers from errors by archiving a copy of the current WINBIOS to the hard disk drive and automatically saving shadowing caching and power management parameters and T WINBIOSis automatically reprogrammed by theflash programming utility after non fatal errors Page A 18 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Chapter 3 Enhanced IDE Support The 10 10 94 AMIBIOS supports the following enhanced DE features Block mode Multi sector transfer 32 bit transfer Advanced PIO modes modes 0 4 LBA mode for drives with capacities over 528 MB upto four hard disk drives and TI Standby timer User Selected All enhanced IDE features can be configured by the end user through AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup The difference between user selection and the action taken by AMIBIOS depends mainly on hardware support of the feature You should include AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup options for IDE Block mode multisector trans fer 32 bit transfer LBA mode Prefetch and IDE PIO separately for each IDE hard disk drive Block Mode Multi Sector Transfer If the IDE drive supports block mode and it is enabled in WINBIOS Setup AMIBIOS enables multi sector transfers AMIBIOS sets the number of sectors to be transferred per interrupt to the value returned by the identify drive command
129. m byte is such that the summation of all the bytes including the checksum byte in the parameter table is 00 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 23 SB586PV Manual Extended Drive Parameter Table The extended drive parameter table stores enhanced IDE drive configuration information Offset Length Description 00h Word LO Port Base Address for accessing the drive 02h Word Control Port Address is the drive control port address 04h Byte Master Slave LBA information Bit 7 Reserved set to 1 Bit 6 LBA Enable 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Bit 5 Reserved set to 1 Bit 4 Master Slave bit O Master 1 Save Bits 3 0 Reserved set to 0 05h Byte Reserved set to 0 06h Byte IRQ information Bits 7 4 Reserved set to 0 Bits 3 0 IRQ used by this drive 07h Byte Sector Count for Block mode multi sector transfer This is the number of sectors that can be transferred in one hardware interrupt 08h Byte If thedriveis configured for DMA datatransfer the DMA channel and type are specified Bits 7 4 DMA Type Bits 3 0 DMA Channel 09h Byte Advanced PIO Mode information The PIO mode is specified if the driveis configured for advanced PIO mode data transfer Bits 7 4 Reserved set to 0 Bits 3 0 PIO Mode 0 Mode 0 1 Mode 1 2 Mode 2 3 Mode 3 4 Mode 4 Page A 24 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Offset Length OAh Word Bits 15 8 Bit7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 OCh Word OEh Byte OFh Byte Manual Number 00431 027
130. mainder of the setup procedure The changes will not take effect until the computer is restarted After you have installed the Windows NT driver to select another display resolution follow steps 2 and 3 above then click on the down arrow on the right side of the DISPLAY line to select the desired resolution from the list of available display drivers Note These Windows NT drivers only support systems or video adapters with 1MB of DRAM or more Windows NT 3 5 Windows NT 3 5 display drivers installation Pe NOT F WON gt Select Control Panel from the Main group Select the Display icon Select Change Display Type Select Change from the Adapter Type area Select Other Place the Windows NT 3 5 Installation Disk into DriveA Select Install and click i Yes when the Installing Driver dialog box appears When the Windows NT Setup dialog box appears select drive A and click i Continue A message will appear stating that the drivers were successfully installed Click ORT You must now restart Windows NT 3 5 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 15 SB586PV Manual Selecting resolution and color depth Select Control Panel from the Main group Select Display icon Select Color Palette to change between 16 colors 256 colors and 65536 colors To select desktop resolution size go to the Desktop area and use the slide bar to change resolution from 640x480 800x600 1024x768 and 1280x1024 5 Select Test to test the
131. maintenance of the product other than in accordance with the ownersi manual No agent dealer distributor service company or other party is authorized to change modify or extend the terms of this Limited Warranty in any manner whatsoever ICS Advent reserves the right to make changes or improvements in any product without incurring any obligation to similarly alter products previously purchased Shipments not in compliance with this Guarantee and Limited Warranty Return Policy will not be ac cepted by ICS Advent ADVENT Mission Critical Applied Computing Solutions Page iv Return Procedure For any Limited Warranty or Guarantee return please contact ICS Advent s Customer Service at 1 800 480 0044 and obtain a Return Material Authorization RMA Number All product s returned to ICS Advent for service or credit must be accompanied by a Return Material Authorization RMA Number Freight on all returned items must be prepaid by the customer who is responsible for any loss or damage caused by common carrier in transit Returns for Warranty must include a Failure Report for each unit by serial number s as well as acopy of the original invoice showing date of purchase To reduce risk of damage returns of product must bein an ICS Advent shipping container If the original container has been lost or damaged new shipping containers may be obtained from ICS Advent Customer Service at a nominal cost Limitation of Liability
132. mode to the next the amount of power being saved is greater but so is the amount of time that it takes for a monitor to recover and be ready to display data The screen saver will cycle through all of the selected power saving modes one after another until the maximum selected power saving mode has been reached The number of minutes that is speci fied for each level is the number of minutes after the previous mode has been enabled It is not the total time before entering that mode Using the Windows Control Panel select Desktop In the group Screen Saver within the Desktop dialog box select the Screen Saver named Display Power Manager Select the desired delay before entering a power saving mode Select Setup to further configure the power saving options The following sections describe these options For further information on setting up Windows screen savers please refer to the Windows User Guide Special consider ations Some of these power saving modes are intended for specific display types so not all of them are available on all video controllers On some controllers only the animated logo will be available For the power saving modes to have any effect beyond just blanking the screen the monitor being used must have specific power saving features Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 19 SB586PV Manual Note that if the screen saver isin any of the power saving modes moving the mouse will not wake it up This is different from
133. modes of TurboDL DClassic A Fast Regen will create the display list and then display the drawing all at once A Visible Regen will display the drawing in chunks as the display list is created This command is a dynamic form of the Regen Mode parameter in the Expert Configuration Menu Since TurboDL DClassicis Fast Regen mode is faster than AutoCA Dis we highly recommend its use Page B 38 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Please note that the commands above with a following them when issued within AutoCAD will override the selections made during TurboDLDClassic configuration for the current drawing session only Exiting AutoCAD and subsequently restarting will cause all feature settings to revert back to those selected in the TurboDL DClassic configuration menu If you wish to make the cur rent changes permanent reconfigure TurboDL DClassic Memory usage and lists TurboDL DClassic shares extended memory with AutoCAD viathe PharLap Virtual Memory Man ager This means that TurboDLDClassic will automatically page to disk if it uses up all the RAM that AutoCAD has left for its use Seethe AutoCAD dnstallation and Performance Guide for more information on Virtual Memory Management Please note that if you start seeing excessive hard disk accesses during PANs REDRAWSs and ZOOMs while using AutoCAD with TurboDL DClassic try using the DLDCOMPACT command If this does not affect the amount of disk ac
134. n area while the Big Picture only occupies a small portion of the screen Because of the difference in resolutions between the screen and the digitizer when the screen cursor enters the Big Picture area the digitizer puck has more drawing area to cover in order to get to the same location as the screen cursor Using AutoCAD Commands Since TurboDLDClassic is totally transparent to users with respect to using normal AutoCAD commands to REDRAW PAN and ZOOM you still have to suffer from some of AutoCADis nuances One of these nuances is that ZOOM ALL and ZOOM EXTENTS both force a REGEN because AutoCAD does not keep track of various boundaries necessary to avoid the REGENs And REGENs are rather time consuming and do not use any display list processing to speed themselves up One way around this problem is to use another of AutoCADis built in features namely the VIEW command When you first load your image and see the whole drawing on the screen at once just type VIEW Save ALL Enter which will save the display position you see under a view named ol Then after you have done some detailed editing and want to return back to the big picture type VIEW Restore ALL Enter instead of ZOOM All Enter or ZOOM Extents Enter and the full drawing will be restored to the display at display list speeds without a REGEN Another nuance of AutoCA Dis is that if you zoom in too far or pan over too far you may inadvert ently cause a REGEN AutoCAD again p
135. n graphics performance Font size The small fonts are intended for lower resolutions and higher resolutions on large monitors With smaller monitors the large fonts are more readable at higher resolutions Font cache size The Font Cache Size lets you set the amount of system memory that will be available for font caching Next to the font cache size is an up arrow and a down arrow Click on the up arrow to increase the cache size Click on the down arrow to decrease the cache size Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 17 SB586PV Manual Font caching is a technique to increase the performance of Windows by saving the bitmaps of frequently used characters Normally when a character is displayed on the screen it first is created from the Truetype outline then it is copied to the screen A cached character has already been created and stored and so it is just copied as needed WinMode has tried to determine the correct setting for this fidd for you but you may change it Just remember that memory set aside for font caching will not be available for Windows program and system usage Operating system The Operating System buttons let you set the operating system that you are running Windows in Thisis very important because the configuration and capabilities of the drivers are very different in OS 2 2 1 and DOS The most obvious difference is that the drivers will only work in 16 and 256 color modes in OS 2 2 X There are a number of oth
136. n hardware and has to be developed according to the hardware specifications Cycle Timing The relation between the IDE PIO mode value and IDE cycle timing is shown below The cycle timings are stored in words 67 and 68 Mode Timing 0 600 ns 1 383 ns 2 240 ns 3 180 ns 4 120s Mode Values The IDE PIO mode value is stored in bits 15 8 of word 51 If the mode value is 3 or 4 force the mode value to 0 Support for Four IDE Hard Disk Drives The 10 10 94 AMIBIOS supports computers with up to four hard disks through a primary and secondary controller The primary controller uses LC port addresses 1FOh 1F7h 3F6h and IRQ 14 The secondary controller uses I O port addresses 170h 177h 376h and IRQ 15 The hard disk drives connected to primary controller are user selectable through AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup and can be auto detected by AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup The hard disk drives connected to the secondary controller are always auto detected and are not user sel ect able WINBIOS Setup includes two options that allow the end user to specify secondary master and dave drives The secondary slave drive cannot be installed without first installing the secondary master drive In the next release of AMIBIOS the disks connected to secondary controller will be user selectable through setup and setup will have icons to auto detect the hard disks connected to secondary controller Hard Disk Parameter Tables To support LBA mode BI
137. n layer of the drawing Then do not display the text layer when editing the rest of the figure This will keep memory consumption down and speed up PANs REDRAWSs and ZOOMs Read the AutoCAD manuals The AutoCAD manuals have an excellent section on performance concentrating on memory us age To get the most performance out of the program read the appropriate sections of those manu als as well as this one Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 39 SB586PV Manual TIPSAND TRICKS Upgrading from older Panacea DLD drivers Be sure to remove any reference to previous DLD driver commands FASTACAD calls or SET parameters or sub directories that may be in your AUTOEXEC BAT file or in AutoCAD start up batch files Such references could cause AutoCAD and TurboDL DClassic to look in the wrong place for setup information If you have been using a previous Panacea DLD driver and wish to use the color palette you customized for it with TurboDLDClassic you may copy the DLDCOLOR DAT file from your older DLDis sub directory to the sub directory you specified during the TurboDL DClassic instal lation process Maneuvering Through AutoCAD Zooming When zooming into an image be aware of your AutoCAD grid snap setting If you are zoomed extremely far into a drawing and you are having trouble moving your digitizer cursor you may be snapping to a point which is not part of the zoomed viewport If the cursor only moves to a single point or is not on screen at a
138. nd 14 Ground 15 Ground 16 Ground 17 Termpwrb 18 Termpwrb 19 Ground 20 Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground 23 Ground 24 Ground 25 Ground 26 Ground 27 Ground 28 Ground 29 Ground 30 Ground 31 Ground 32 Ground 33 Ground 34 Ground 35 SCD12 36 SCD13 37 SCD14 38 SCD15 39 SCDPH 40 SCDO 41 SCD1 42 SCD2 Page 4 2 Manual Number 00431 027 3 J4 SCSI 2 68 pin cont PIN SIGNAL 43 SCD3 45 SCD5 47 SCD7 49 Ground 51 Termpwrb 53 N C 55 SCA TN 57 SCBSY H 59 SCRST 61 SCSEL 63 SCREQ 65 SCD8 67 SCD 10 Chapter 4 Connectors PIN SIGNAL 44 SCD4 46 SCD6 48 SCDPL 50 Ground 52 Termpwrb 54 Ground 56 Ground 58 SCACK 60 SCM SG 62 SCC D 64 SCI O 66 SCD9 68 SCD11 the after asigna indicates active low J5 IDE Hard Drive 40 pin dual row header AMP 103308 8 PIN SIGNAL 1 Reset 3 Data 7 5 Data6 7 Data5 9 Data 4 11 Data 3 13 Data 2 15 Data 1 17 Data 0 19 Gnd 21 n c 23 LOC IOW 25 LOC IOR 27 LOC RDY 29 n c 31 IRQ 14 33 Add 1 35 Add 0 37 CS0 39 LED Manual Number 00431 027 3 PIN SIGNAL 2 Gnd 4 Data 8 6 Data 9 8 Data 10 10 Data 11 12 Data 12 14 Data 13 16 Data 14 18 Data 15 20 n c 22 Gnd 24 Gnd 26 Gnd 28 reserved 30 Gnd 32 LOC 10CS16 34 n c 36 Add 2 38 CS1 40 Gnd Page 4 3 SB586PV Manual J6 Floppy Drive Connector 34 pin dual row header AMP 103308 7 H 2 ON OW SIGNAL DN SIGNAL Gnd 2 DRVEN 0 Gnd 4 n c Gnd 6 DRVE
139. nd remote I O devices supports the EPA Green PC specification and the SMI specification CMOS registers 33h and 34h are not included in the CMOS RAM checksum calculation There is a new hook in INT 1Ah for adding socket services PCI and Plug and Play BIOS functions i Thereis anew hook in INT 16h for adding Set CPU Speed and flash programming functions Thedelay timing code in INT 14h and INT 17h has been changed The timing is now a hook through which the delay time can be modified Converting old AMIBIOS Files There is no change in the portable chipset specific files WINBIOSes that have been ported to the 06 25 94 core BIOS only have to be relinked with the 10 10 94 core OBJ files CMOS RAM Data Structure Registers NVRAM registers in the CMOS RAM data structure may have values greater than 7Fh Any CMOS register value over 7Fh cannot used in WINBIOS Setup but can be used to initialize chipset registers and can be configured via AMIBCP absolute table modification PCI Vendor ID and Device IDs PCI devices with Vendor ID and Device IDs of 0000h are supported by the 10 10 94 core WINBIOS PCI devices with these IDs were not supported by the 07 25 94 core WINBIOS Page A 14 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS ECP and EPP Support WINBIOS supports ECP Extended Communications Port and EPP Enhanced Parallel Port in the INT 17h Parallel Port Service This support is present if the appropriate hardware is present in
140. ng 3D Studio reconfiguration you will be brought to the TurboDLD Classic configuration menu more than one time once each for Display and Rendering It is not necessary to select display and or rendering resolutions a second time Simply press the Enter key to remove the help screen and then highlight Save and Exit to continue to the next question Also if FASTACAD BAT is used instead of PANA3DS BAT to define the AutoCAD operating environment the TurboDLDClassic configuration menu will also appear for RDPADI and DSPADI devices if they are present 3D Studio v3 X Panaceais TurboDL DClassic drivers will run with 3D Studio release 3 X Please use 3D Studiois default RCPADI VIBRANT GRAPHIC DRIVER CONFIGURATION Follow the Vibrant Graph ics Configuration Program Setup Procedures that are found in your 3D Studio 3 X Installation Manual for ADI 4 2 Drivers From your Turbodld Sub directory run PANA3DS BAT to set the 3D Studio environment settings Run 3DS VIBCFG During Configuration for Vibrant Graphics there will be four categories Main Display Materials Display Render Display and Flic Playing For these four categories set RCPADI When Vibrant Graphic settings are complete click OK to exit and save settings The Setup for Turbodld Classic Drivers will then commence Follow the menus to Setup Display and Rendering Screen Save and Exit to 3D Studio Please note that the out of the box drivers that are supported in 3D Studio release 3 X a
141. ng WINBIOS Setup next Page A 38 Manual Number 00431 027 3 88h 89h 8Bh 8Ch 8Dh 8Eh 8Fh 91h 94h 95h 96h 97h 98h 99h 9Ah 9Bh 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh 9Fh AOh Ath A2h A3h A4h A5h A7h A8h A9h AAh BOh Bih 00h Appendix A AMBIOS Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next The first screen message has been displayed The lt WAIT gt message is displayed Shadowing the video BIOS next Video BIOS shadowing was successful Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Checking and initializing the mouse next The mouse check and initialization is complete Resetting the hard disk controller next The hard disk controller has been reset Configuring the floppy drive next The floppy drive has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive next The hard disk drive has been configured Setting the base and extended memory size next The memory size was adjusted for mouse support Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next Initializing before passing control to the C800 ROM Initialization before the C800 option ROM gains control has completed The option ROM check is next The option ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after
142. ngs are Disabled ISA Video ROM Shadow C000 32K When this option is set to Enabled the video ROM area from CO000h C7FFFh is copied shadowed to RAM for faster execution The settings are Enabled or Disabled ISA Adapter Shadow C800 16K ISA Adapter Shadow CC00 16K ISA Adapter Shadow DO000 16K ISA Adapter Shadow D400 16K ISA Adapter Shadow D800 16K ISA Adapter Shadow DC00 16K These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title The settings are OS or Disabled The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter IDE Block Mode This option enables multiple sector reads and writes for IDE drives The settings are Disabled 29 B 43B 89B 169 B 323B 643B or Auto Primary CTRL 32 Bit Transfer This option enables 32 bit data transfers on the IDE data port If disabled 16 bit data transfer is used by the BIOS 32 bit data transfers can only be enabled if IDE prefetch mode is also enabled The settings are Enabled or Disabled Primary Master LBA Mode Set this option to Enabled to enable IDE LBA Logical Block Address Mode for the first IDE drive attached to the primary IDE controller LBA Modeis an advanced method for accessing data on IDE drives Data is accessed by block addresses rather than the traditional Cylinder Head Sector scheme Data transfer rates can be much higher in LBA mode The settings are Enabled or Disabled Page A 50 Manual Number 00431 027 3
143. nly obli gated to reolace or refund the purchase price of this product at American Megatrendis discretion according to the terms and conditions of the warranty card that accompanies this product Ameri can Megatrends shall not be liable in tort or contract for any loss or damage direct incidental or consequential Please see the Warranty Registration Card shipped with this product for full war ranty details Limitations of Liability In no event shall American Megatrends be held liable for any loss expenses or damages of any kind whatsoever whether direct indirect incidental or consequential arising from the design or use of this product or the support materials provided with the product Trademarks American Megatrends acknowledges the following trademarks Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation AMD is aregistered trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Cyrix is a registered trademark of Cyrix Corporation MS DOS Xenix and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Unix isaregisteredtrademark of American Telephoneand Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories Toshiba is a registered trademark of Toshiba America Corporation Sony is aregistered trademark of Sony Corporation VESA and VL Bus are trademarks of the Video Electronics Standards Association NEC is a registered trademark of Nippon Electric Corporation
144. normal screen savers and is used to keep the monitor from waking up because of accidents such as bumping the desk that the computer is sitting on This is especially important if the password option is enabled since once the password dialog box pops up it stays there until the user turns it off This is alimitation of the Windows 3 X screen saver interface Using the screen saver When the screen saver is started it will initially display a bouncing logo on a black background To enable additional levels of power savings select them from the Screen Saver Mode section of the Setup dialog box Screen saver mode The Screen Saver Mode section has four check boxes in it The screen saver detects the type of graphics controller that is being used and the types of power savings that it is capable of If the text immediately to the right of any of the check boxes is unavailable that option is not available If a power saving mode is available then the text immediately to the right of the check box is black If the box is selected with the mouse or the keyboard the rest of the fields on the line will also turn black If the check box is deselected the other fields will turn gray The minutes field for each line can be changed only if the check box for that line is selected The amount of time can be set for any number between 1 and 60 The number can either be typed directly or by clicking on the up or down arrow next to the number Holding the mou
145. nternally Use INT 13h function 48h to retrieve parameters for the specified drive LBA Mode for Operating System Environment LBA Mode must be set as follows depending on the operating system Operating Systen SCO UNIX 3 2 4 Novell Netware DOS Windows Windows NT OS 2 2 1 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Necessary Action LBA mode must be disabled in WINBIOS Setup LBA mode must be disabled in WINBIOS Setup LBA mode must be enabled in WINBIOS Setup if the IDE hard disk capacity is greater than 528 MB LBA mode must be enabled in WINBIOS Setup if the IDE hard disk capacity is greater than 528 MB LBA mode must be enabled in WINBIOS Setup if the IDE hard disk capacity is greater than 528 MB LBA mode must be enabled in WINBIOS Setup if the IDE hard disk capacity is greater than 528 MB Page A 27 SB586PV Manual This page intentionally left blank Page A 28 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Power On Self Test WINBIOS provides all IBM standard Power On Self Test POST routines as well as enhanced WINBIOS POST routines WINBIOS POST supports CPU internal diagnostics WINBIOS POST checkpoint codes are accessible via the Manufacturing Test Port I O Port 80h WINBIOS checkpoint codes are documented in the WINBIOS Technical Reference POST Phases Every time the system is powered on WINBIOS executes two types of POST routines System Test and Initialization test and initialize WI
146. o display graphics board and resolution menu selections First choose Select Render Graphics Board to select the graphics board to be used for rendering Next choose Select Render Resolution to select the desired rendering resolution from the list of available choices Select Return to Previous Menu and then Save and Exit Select the rendering mode for TurboDLDClassic Select either Render to Viewport or Render to Screen depending on how you wish to view your renderings Note that in order to render to a viewport you must be using a Display resolution with at least 256 colors Otherwise AVE Render will not allow a render to viewport selection Select Exit to the Drawing Editor from the Render Configuration menu and then type Y to keep the changes you ve just made Press the F1 key to change to the graphics screen if necessary Changing colors Included with TurboDL DClassic is the CustomColors color configuration utility What is so unique about CustomColors is that it gives you the ability to modify all of your changeable AutoCAD colors including menu colors text colors dialog box colors and even drawing colors while run ning AutoCAD Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 33 SB586PV Manual CustomColors simulates an AutoCAD screen complete with all possible objects At the AutoCAD drawing editor command line type DLDCOLOR Enter to edit the color configuration Once you enter the utility you are provided with the following conf
147. o protected mode 7 Processor Exception Interrupt Error The CPU on the CPU Card generated an exception interrupt 8 Display Memory Read Write Error Thesystem video adapter is either missing or its memory is faulty Thisis not a fatal error 9 ROM Checksum Error The ROM checksum value does not match the value encoded in WINBIOS 10 CMOS Shutdown Register Read Write Error The shutdown register for CMOS RAM has failed 11 Cache Memory Bad Do Not Enable Cache The cache memory test failed Cache memory sdisabl ed Do not press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Shift gt lt gt to enable cache memory Troubleshooting System Problems If the Computer Beeps If it beeps 1 2 or 3 times 6 times 8 times 9 times 11 times 4 5 7 or 10 times Page A 30 then reseat the memory SIM Msor DIPs If thesystem still beeps replace the memory reseat the keyboard controller chip If it still beeps replace the keyboard controller If it still beeps try a different keyboard or replace the keyboard fuse if the keyboard has one there is amemory error on the video adapter Replace the video adapter or the RAM on the video adapter the BIOS ROM chipisbad Thesystem probably needs anew BIOS ROM chip reseat the cache memory on the motherboard If it still beeps replace the cache memory the motherboard must be replaced Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS WINBIOS Displayed Error M
148. ommand functions like the pan zoom selection box in the BP as far as positioning and di mensioning goes To abort hold the right mouse button or any other digitizer button down until the moving box disappears Page B 36 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities DLDBPFREEZE Sets the Big Picture BP zoom definition area display options DLDBPFREEZE toggles the Big Picture Zoom Mode parameter in TurboDL DClassic s Expert Configuration Menu In azoomed view of the static BP as the current viewport is zoomed or panned Float mode causes the image in the BP to move around within the birdis eye window keeping the zoomed viewport area fixed in the center of the birdis eye Freeze mode will lock the current BP contents into place to provide a better overall frame of reference DLDBPHILIGHT Changes the highlight used to display the Big Picture among three modes Patt Line XOR Rect and Both Patt Lines will use dotted lines to outline the Big Picture pick box XOR Rect will use a contrasting rectangle to highlight the pick box and Both will use a combination of Patt Lines and XOR Rect DLDBPREFRSH This convenience feature of TurboDLDClassic toggles the Big Picture update mode If disabled the BP is updated manually by issuing aDLDREFRESH command When enabled DLDBPREFRSH will cause the BP to refresh automatically when an object is drawn or erased The BP operations therefore will be slower with DLDBPREFRSH
149. or and 256 color resolutions You will need the following programs for installation CLMODE EXE or Video Adapter Utility program to select monitor type IMPORTANT NOTE IBMis DISPINST EXE uses SVGA EXE to identify the SVGA chipset before proceeding with the installation of a display driver The IBM SVGA EXE shipped with OS 2 2 1 does not correctly ID the chipset Running CLINST21 CMD will update SVGA EXE with the new SVGA EXE before calling DSPINSTL EXE Thiswill help OS 2 identify the chipset correctly If you are having trouble installing the Drivers manually rename the IBM SVGA EXE to SVGA IBM and copy the new SVGA EXE fileto your OS 2 subdirectory During installation thetarget filemay haveanewer date than the source file Select the Yes button when the installation program displays a dialog box to notify the user of this situation Information about SVGA EXE can be found in the OS 2 User Manual Install from floppy diskette Insert the OS 2 display driver disk must have volume labeled i DISP 17 into a floppy drive Invoke an OS 2 window session or an OS 2 full screen session Select the floppy drive with the display driver disk e g a Enter Run cLinsr21 cmD from the floppy drive eg clinst21 c Enter Check the Primary Display check box from the DISPLAY DRIVER INSTALL dialog box Select the Accelerated Driver from the PRIMARY DISPLAY ADAPTER TYPE dialog box 7 TheMONITOR CONFIGURATION SELECTION UTILITY dialog box will
150. oup of settings for all WINBIOS Setup options Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 43 SB586PV Manual Amor dan MMTDTOE He fui SEN CGR fietrioan Heantrendz Eno MET Advanced Chipset De tent ag De tert D Peripheral k Calar Ser E a y Fasseora Anti Virus orisinal Detinni Fall sate Eet Dates Time Floppy Hard Disk Figure A 1 AMIBIOS Main Menu Default Settings Each WINBIOS Setup option has two default settings These settings can be applied to all WINBIOS Setup options when you select the Default section on the WINBIOS Setup main menu The types of defaults are Defaults Description Optimal These settings provide the best performance characteristics Fail Safe These settings are more likely to configure a workable computer when something is wrong If you cannot boot the computer successfully select the Fail Safe WINBIOS Setup options and try to diagnose the problem after the computer boots These settings do not provide optimal performance Page A 44 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Section 1 Setup Standard Setup The standard Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Standard icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu The Standard Setup screen is shown below A S HardDisk HardDisk D Figure A 2 Standard Setup Date and Time Select the Standard option Select the Date and Time icon The current values for
151. p up menus they generate inter nal commands which will be displayed at the AutoCAD command line if DLDECHO is enabled Disable DLDECHO to simplify the command line DLDHELP Provides alist of TurboDLDClassic commands with one line description of each within AutoCAD It s recommended that you flip to the text screen by pressing the F1 key to view the output DLDREFRESH Refreshes the Big Picture to reflect the most current changes to a drawing If the static BP is up it will be updated If not the next time the BP is brought up it will contain acurrent reoresentation of your drawing provided no changes were made between the DLDREFRESH command and the DLDBIGPIC command For Automatic update of the Big Picture see the DLDBPREFRSH com mand above DLDSTAT Displays the current TurboDLDClassic status A listing of the current TurboDLDClassic param eters will be displayed at the AutoCAD command line A flip to the graphics screen is recom mended for this command DLDUSAGE Use DLDUSAGE if you want a to the byte breakdown of how memory is being used specifically for display list processing DLDUSAGE returns information regarding the memory each viewport is occupying Since AutoCAD supports multiple viewports it is possible to have multiple display lists DLDVER Displays the TurboDL DClassic version serial number and registered useris name at the AutoCAD command line DLDVISREGEN Toggles between the Fast and Visible Regen
152. ponding choices in the Resolution box The only choices that will be available are the ones available to the monitor that was selected in the Monitor Brand and Monitor Mode fields If Other Brand or Other Model were selected then all of the refresh rates available on the graphics adapter will be listed Consult the manual that came with your monitor to determine the best choices In general the higher the refresh rate the better the display quality and the lower the performance This is because the graphics system can only do a fixed number of operations per second The more time it soends redrawing the screen the less time it has available to perform other operations Resolution These buttons let you choose the resolution that WinMode will use to run Windows 3 X after Windows is restarted Some of these buttons may be unavailable because of the amount of video memory in your system or if some of the monitor refresh rates have been set to Unavailable Colors These buttons let you choose the number of colors that will be available to Windows 3 X after Windows is restarted Some of these choices may be unavailable This is because of the amount of video memory in your system and the resolution that you have selected If you have chosen OS 2 v2 1 in the Operating System field then the only possible choices are for 16 or 256 colors Gener ally 256 color mode will be the fastest choice If you need more colors then there will be some slowdown i
153. r Disabled Boot to PnP Operating System When this option is set to Yes the BIOS will activate only those Piug n Play add in cards needed to boot the system The BIOS will then pass control for configuring the renaining Plug and Play cards to the operating system The settings are Yes or No OS2 Above 64MB Memory Support This option must be set to Enabled if support for 64MB of RAM or more is need in OS2 The settings are Enabled or Disabled Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 51 SB586PV Manual Chipset Setup The sample WINBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Chipset icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu The Chipset Setup options described in this section are samples of the options that may be displayed ISA VGA Frame Buffer Size This option must be set to Enabled if the VGA card installed in the system requires a frame buffer This option sets the size of the VGA frame buffer The settings are Disabled 1 MB 2 MB or 4 MB ISA VGA Frame Buf Base Addr This option sets the base address or starting point of the VGA frame buffer This option must be set to Enabled if the VGA card installed in the system requires a frame buffer PCI VGA Palette Snooping This option must be set to Enabled if any ISA adapter card installed in the system requires VGA palette snooping The settings are Enabled or Disabled PCI VGA Buffering Set this option to Enable if buffering for the PCI VGA is desired Th
154. re supplied and maintained by Autodesk TurboDLDClassic only provides still rendering support for 3D Studio TurboDLD Classic will not play back rendered FLI or FLC files Thisis alimitation of 3D Studio The Mapping Icon colors which are usually yellow and green will appear as black when using any external ADI driver Also 3D Studio has problems with large fonts It is recommended that you use the default font settings AVE Render AutoCAD 12 amp 13is AVE Render uses TurboDL DClassic s rendering capabilities to render ob jects and drawings If AVE Render has never been configured when you first select the AutoCAD render command you will be forced to run through the configuration process You will be prompted as follows 1 Select a Rendering Display Device Since TurboDLDClassic is a combined display rendering device choose item 1 P386 ADI Combined Display Rendering Driver from the available choices Page B 32 Manual Number 00431 027 3 2 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Configure the Rendering Graphics Board and Resolution Here the TurboDLDClassic configuration program will appear on the screen Press the Enter key to continue past the help screen and display the Rendering Configuration menu Choose Select Graphics Boar d Resolution to display graphics board and resolution menu selections First choose Select Render Graphics Board to select the graphics board to be used for renderings Next choose Select Rend
155. recommended to havea terminated SCSI Wide Device at the end of the cable to insure proper termination of all SCSI signals Please see the SCSI Connection section in Chapter 2 for further information I O Ports Two serial ports compatible with the 16550 UART are available on the SB586P V CPU The serial ports are extended through 10 pin headers on the board to bracket mounted DB 9 connectors Also included is an Enhanced parallel port capable of Bi directional communication The parallel port is accessible through the DB 25 connector on the rear bracket of the CPU board Page 1 2 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Chapter 1 Introduction Watch Dog Circuit The watch dog circuit is a hardware timer that resets the CPU if the timer is not refreshed periodi cally The circuit is refreshed by atrigger pulse provided by the BALE bus line Any event such as a read or write to memory disk drive activity video refresh etc will trigger the BALE line and thus reset the timer If the processor should become hung up the watch dog circuit will time out and reset the CPU The watchdog circuit is set to reset the CPU if it is not refreshed for 150msec or greater Also a power monitor built into the same circuit is set to reset the CPU if the 5VDC power varies by more than 5 How to remain CE Compliant In order for computer systems to renain CE compliant only CE compliant parts may be used To keep a chassis compliant it must contain only compl
156. resolution If the display test screen was good then select i Yes when the Test M odedialog box appears If the display test screen was bad then select i Noi Windows NT will give you an error message 6 If the display screen was good and you selected i Yest Windows NT 3 5 will prompt you to restart Windows NT 3 5 FON gt WinMode The WinMode utility configures your graphics system for Windows 3 X in either DOS or original OS 2 2 1 It allows the user to change the monitor refresh rates resolution number of available colors large or normal size fonts and font cache size After new options have been selected the user can either immediately restart Windows in which case the new resolution will take effect immediately or continue working in the current resolution in which case the new resolution will take effect the next time Windows is started In some configu rations the AUTOEXEC BAT file needs to be modified to make the changes permanent WinMode assumes that the Windows drivers have been correctly installed and configured using installation utility provided on the Windows 3 X Drivers and Utilities Diskette For installation instructions see the section on Windows 3 X drivers in this manual Using WinMode WinMode is run by selecting itis icon The icon will bein the group that you specified during the install process When WinMode is started the screen may blank for up to two seconds This hap pens while WinMode attempts to
157. rmance but are the most stable settings Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 57 SB586PV Manual This page intentionally left blank Page A 58 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities User Guide Software revision 1 24 Document release date June 1995 Document revision 1 24 Display Drivers and Utilities Notice CIRRUS LOGIC Inc believes the information contained in this document is accurate and reliable However CIRRUS LOGIC Inc reserves the right to make corrections improvements or changes to this manual at any time and without notice No responsibility is assumed by CIRRUS LOGIC Inc for its use nor for infringements of patents or other rights of third parties This document implies no license under patents or copyrights other than those explicitly stated This manual iscopyrighted All rights reserved This document may not in whole or part be copied photocopied reoroduced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent in writing from CIRRUS LOGIC Inc Copyright 1993 1994 CIRRUS LOGIC Inc All rights reserved Trademarks Windows MS DOS and MS Word are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AutoCAD isaregistered trademark and AutoShade and AutoSketch are trademarks of Autodesk Inc Display List Driver VGA TurboDLD Classic CustomColors aretrademark
158. rovides a very simple solution the REGENAUTO com mand Just type REGENAUTO Off Enter at the AutoCAD command prompt and automatic REGENSs will be disabled The REGENA UTO setting is also saved as part of your drawing file so you only need to execute it once per drawing You may even want to set REGENAUTO off in your ACAD DWG drawing template so that all your drawings are created with REGENAUTO set off Third Party Software If you are having trouble with TurboDL DClassic and third party AutoCAD applications be sure that the third party application supports ADI 4 2 In order to use the ADI 4 2 specification third party applications require new T Drivers and therefore must be revised If an application does not specifically say that it is ADI 4 2 compatible it probably is not Check with the manufacturer to be sure If your third party application is ADI 4 2 compatible and you are having trouble using TurboDL DClassic try running AutoCAD without the third party application to try to isolate the problem Also try the third party application with the VESA compatible driver shipped with AutoCAD this will also help to isolate the source of the problem Also note that any third party TSR that needs to access the display may not work properly when using AutoCAD with any advanced ADI display driver especially if the TSR switches graphics modes Most TSRs will not support the same graphics platforms as TurboDLDClassic and there fore will not be ab
159. s of Panacealnc Lotus 1 2 3isatrademarks of Lotus Development Corporation PC DOS OS 2 and Presentation Manager are trademarks of IBM Corporation WordPerfect is atrademark of WordPerfect Corporation WordStar is a trademark of WordStar Corporation RenderMan is a registered trademark of Pixar VESA VBE PM and DPMS are trademarks of Video Electronics Standards Association All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Page B ii Display Drivers and Utilities Table of Contents Chapter EENEG B 1 OPEN A aa a aa a E a eE ENE dian tee eee B 2 Utility EE eege B 3 A EE B 3 TSRFEON T e EE B 5 Chapter 2 Microsoft Windows VA sa B 7 Windows NP E B 11 Windows NI EE B 11 Windows KEE B 11 tee ET B 12 Power management screen Saver escustiaiit E EEN B 15 Chapter 3 Display SEIN EE Ee B 19 Autodesk ADIA a A A train vtdacoetvinsieesaavmestecntes B 19 SD e A cece tates Sekt chante fends Oat ht ts cine B 28 Lotus 123 EE B 38 Lotus T23 VI EE B 39 A Ee EE B 40 SIA RE EE B 42 Mi r s ft Word iaa ia aaa B 44 WordPertsct al EE B 45 WordStar O e dia tvdesugeudt a e a A E A B 46 Display Drivers and Utilities Page B iii This page intentionally left blank Page B iv Display Drivers and Utilities Chapter 1 Introduction This manual provides operating instructions for user utilities and installation instructions for the display drivers supplied with your SB586PV VGA The SB586PV V
160. s than or equal to 4 329 267 420F33h and the drive capacity is greater than 1056 9 MB but less than or equal to 2113 9 MB the total number of sectors is less than or equal to 8 658 534 841E66h and the drive capacity is greater than 2 113 9 MB but less than or equal to 4 227 8 MB the total number of sectors is greater than 8 658 534 841E66h and the drive capacity is greater than 4227 8MB Maximum Values then usually translation is not 63 sectors per track and 32 heads is used for translation 63 sectors per track and 64 heads used for translation 63 sectors per track and 128 heads is used for translation 63 sectors per track and 255 heads is used for translation The drive parameters are checked for the maximum values allowed by AMIBIOS and the ATA specifica tions Par ameter Maximum Limiting Element Cylinders 1 024 BIOS Heads 16 ATA specification Sector per track 63 BIOS If limit checking fails the next level of translation is tried Page A 20 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Advanced PIO Mode To support a PIO mode the host and the hard disk may haveto set to proper cycle timings The two possible Cases are host does not support IORDY T host supports IORDY The algorithm is different for these two cases You must choose an algorithm The word offsets referred to in the following algorithms corresponds to word offset in 512 bytes buffer returned by identify drive com mand
161. s you may have made unless you have just saved your new setting so use them only when you really need to such as when you have made so many color changes that you cannot seem to get back to a reasonable place and just want to start over Save Saves the current color palette to DLDCOLOR DAT It will be saved to the directory pointed to by the DLDCFG environment variablein FASTACAD or to the ACAD DRV R12 directory if FASTACAD is not used Exit Exits CustomColors If you have made palette changes but not saved them you will be asked if you want to save your changes before exiting When running at more than 8 bits per pixel 256 colors setting physical colors via DLDCOLOR will have no visible effect until a SAVE and EXIT occurs TurboDL DClassic commands TurboDL DClassic offers AutoCAD users many features and productivity options This section alphabetically lists the basic commands found in TurboDL DClassic and provides the correct syn tax for their usage For a brief summary of TurboDLDClassic commands type DLDHELP at the AutoCAD command prompt Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page B 35 SB586PV Manual The most important feature of TurboDLDClassic is the addition of a world view called The Big Picture or BP for short Bringing up the BP allows you to view wherein the current drawing you are currently located in your active viewport and it also gives you the ability to dynamically move to another part of the drawing without
162. sation The size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track diameter diminishes Yet each sector must still hold 512 bytes Write precompensation circuitry on the hard disk compensates for the physical difference in sector size by boosting the write current for sectors on inner tracks This param eter is the track number where write precompensation begins Landing Zone This number s the cylinder location where the heads will normally park when the system Sectors Capacity is shut down The number of sectors per track MFM drives have 17 sectors per track RLL drives have 26 sectors per track ESDI drives have 34 sectors per track SCSI and IDE drive may have even more sectors per track The formatted capacity of the drive is Number of heads x Number of cylinders x Num ber of sectors per track x 512 bytes per sector Hard Disk Drive Types Type Cylinders Heads Write Precompensation Zone Sectors Capacity 1 306 4 128 305 17 10MB 2 615 4 300 615 17 20 MB 3 615 6 300 615 17 31 MB 4 940 8 512 940 17 62 MB 5 940 6 512 940 17 47 MB 6 615 4 65535 615 17 20 MB 7 462 8 256 511 17 31 MB 8 733 5 65535 733 17 30 MB 9 900 15 65535 901 17 112 MB 10 820 3 65535 820 17 20 MB 11 855 5 65535 855 17 35 MB 12 855 7 65535 855 17 50 MB 13 306 8 128 319 17 20 MB 14 733 7 65535 733 17 43 MB 16 612 4 0 663 17 20 MB 17 977 5 300 977 17 41 MB 18 977 7 65535 977 17 57 MB 19 1024 7 512 1023 17 60 MB 20 733 5 300 732 17 30 MB Page
163. se button down on the arrow will quickly increase or decrease the minutes field The number of minutes that is specified for each level is the number of minutes after the previous mode has been enabled It is not the total time before entering that mode Screen saver animation speed The scroll bar controls how fast the animation moves The checkbox controls whether or not a bouncing sound will be played whenever the logo hits an edge of the screen Password options If the password checkbox is enabled then the screen saver will prompt the user for a password before it quits The password is the same one that is used for other Windows 3 X screen savers The Energy Star program Energy Star is a program created by the US Environmental Protection Agency EPA to promote energy efficiency The goal of this program is to lower electricity usage by making computers and related hardware more energy efficient Page B 20 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Computers currently use an estimated 5 of commercial electricity consumption If no actions are taken this could rise to 10 by the year 2000 Ironically much of this electricity is wasted Re search shows that the vast majority of time personal computers are on they are not actively in use Additionally 30 40 are left running at night and on weekends Electricity generation accounts for 35 of all U S emissions of carbon dioxide the most preva l
164. se limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc tions 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 harmful interference to radio or television 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 the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two condi tions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Notice to user Changes or modifications to this product not approved by the party responsible for FCC compliance could void your authority to operate this equipment In order for an installation of this product to maintain compliance with the limits for a Class B dev
165. ssage is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next 60h The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next 62h The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next 65h The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 next 66h Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 Initializing the 8259 interrupt controller next 67h Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization 7Fh Extended NMI source enabling is in progress 80h The keyboard test has started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next 81h A keyboard reset error or stuck key wasfound Issuing thekeyboard controller interfacetest command next 82h The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the command byte and initializing the circular buffer next 83h The command byte was written and global data initialization has completed Checking for a locked key next 84h Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next 85h The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next 86h The password was checked Performing any required programming before WINBIOS Setup next 87h The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncompressing theWINBIOS Setup code and executi
166. the Save and Exit option and then press the Enter key to continue Next configurethe AutoCAD screen display characteristics and then type Y to accept the changes Exit to the AutoCAD drawing editor to begin using TurboDL DClassic If you are reconfiguring AutoCAD and currently have a drawing loaded you must exit the drawing and reload the drawing The last step in setting up TurboDLDClassic is to configure the colors for AutoCAD From the AutoCAD Command Line type DLDCOLOR Enter to start CustomColors TurboDL DClassic s color configuration utility Make any desired color changes and then Save the new color palette and then Exit to return to the drawing editor Verifying your TurboDL DClassic installation To verify that TurboDLDClassic is running and installed correctly follow one of these two simple tests If you havethe AutoCAD side menu enabled look for the Panacea Logo in the lower right hand corner If you are running AutoCAD without a side menu type DLDVER Enter at the AutoCAD command prompt If Turbo DClassic is loaded and running this command should return your current version and serial number Reconfiguring TurboDL DClassic To reconfigure TurboDLDClassic follow the instructions below for your version of AutoCAD Release 12 or Release 11 AutoCAD Release 12 13 If you need to make changes to your TurboDLD Classic configuration type CONFIG Enter at the AutoCAD command prompt or use ACAD R Enter w
167. the WINMODE INI file and change the last word in the line to oni system ini CL_WinAccel changeres lin Swinmode ini Configuration changeres on To turn off resolution change on the fly support locate the following line in the WINMODE INI file and change the last word in the line to offi system ini CL_WinAccel changeres 1lin Swinmode ini Configuration changres off Page B 14 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities Windows NT Windows NT drivers are available on request from our Technical Support department at 1 800 480 0044 After receiving the needed drivers follow the instructions below for your specific version of Windows NT Windows NT 3 1 Windows NT 3 1 display drivers installation Pdo gt Start Windows NT From the MAIN window of the Program Manager run the Windows NT Setup program Select Change Systems Settings from the Options menu of Setup Click on the down arrow at the right side of the DISPLAY line Scroll to the end of thelist of available display drivers and select OTHER display requires disk from hardware manufacturer Insert the Windows NT display driver disketteinto driveA and typeA A Enter asthe pathname then click on OK You will see the list of available drivers their associated resolution and monitor refresh rates Highlight by moving the cursor to the desired display driver click on OK and then click on Close Continue with the re
168. tilities Power management screen saver About the screen saver The Display Power Manager for Windows 3 X provides a mechanism to control the amount of power used by a computer s monitor It provides atotal of 5 levels of power savings The first level is a conventional screen saver that turns the screen black and bounces a logo around The black screen provides substantial power savings and the animation lets you know that the computer is still active The other four levels of power savings are Reduced on mode Reduced on mode is an optional power saving state that allows the computer to use some power savings while still fully operational Currently this is limited to some portable computers that can lower the power usage on their LCD displays This causes some degradation of display quality Stand by mode Stand by mode is an optional power saving state that gives minimal power savings but provides the fastest recovery time Suspend mode Suspend mode i s a mandatory state in which substantial power savings are achieved by the display The trade off is that recovery times are longer than from stand by mode Off mode Off mode provides the highest level of power savings and the longest recovery times With this mode the display is actually turned off so that recovery times are equivalent to switching the monitor on They match the power saving modes defined by the VESA VBE PM see below standard As you move down from one
169. tors or disk drives by selecting Not Installed in Standard Setup All error messages about missing devices are sup pressed resulting in a normal boot Easily Configured The BIOS Configuration Program AMIBCP allows you to set both default settings for all WINBIOS Setup options AMIBCP allows you to select and customize the Advanced Setup Chipset Setup Power Management Setup and Peripheral Setup options displayed to the end user when WINBIOS Setup is ex ecuted You can easily customize and test a system WINBIOS in minutes with AMIBCP Page A 16 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS 2 88 MB 301 Floppy Drives WINBIOS supports 2 88 MB 301 floppy drives User Definable Hard Disks WINBIOS allows the end user to define hard disk types for both hard drives in a system Supports Hardwar e Specific Features Many chipsets used in ISA systems have features such as paged memory memory interleaving EMS support Fast Gate A20 Support and power management WINBIOS for specific chipsets support these types of features Call an American Megatrends Sales Representative for more information about chipset specific WINBIOS Boot Sector Virus Protection Boot Sector Virus Protection is an option in Advanced Setup When enabled WINBIOS warns the user when any program attempts to write to or format the boot sector and allows the user to intervene LO Controller Support Support for the Intel E82341 and AIP OPTiAE82C601 and 602 Data Buffer Chip
170. turns off the ticking sound during the memory test The settings are Enabled or Disabled Page A 48 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Parity Error Check This option enables or disables parity error checking for system RAM The settings are Enabled all system RAM parity is checked or Disabled parity is checked only on the first 1 MB of system RAM Hit DEL Message Display Disabling this option prevents Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run Setup from appearing when the system boots The settings are Enabled or Disabled Extended BIOS RAM Area Specify in this option if the top 1 KB of the system programming area beginning at 639K or 0 300 in the systen BIOS areain low memory will be used to store hard disk information The settings are Dos 1K or 0 300 Wait for F1 If Any Error WINBIOS POST runs system diagnostic tests that can generate a message followed by Press lt F1 gt to continue If this option is enabled WINBIOS waits for the end user to press lt F1 gt before continuing If this option is disabled WINBIOS continues the boot process without waiting for lt F1 gt to be pressed The settings are Enabled or Disabled System Boot Up Num Lock When On this option turns off Num Lock when the system is powered on so the end user can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard The settings are On or Off Floppy Drive Seek At Boot When this option is enabled WINBIOS performs a Seek command on
171. up is an easy to use system configuration utility that sets system parameters and resides on the ROM chip with the systen BIOS WINBIOS Setup has an easy to use graphical user interface The configuration options in WINBIOS Setup are all icon based All settings for each option are displayed for easy access All WINBIOS Setup functions can be accessed by mouse keyboard or pen Pen access must be customized for each hardware platform The WINBIOS Setup Advantage WINBIOS Setup provides an intuitive user interface and amouse driver that allows system configuration to be as simple as running Microsoft Windows System Configuration Utility PCI and Plug and Play PnP systems both require computer configuration American Megatrends has combined the PCI and PnP configuration functions with the EISA Configuration Utility ECU in a single configuration utility AMISCU performs PCI and PnP configuration functions automatically while configur ing EISA features manually or automatically Manual Number 00431 027 3 Page A 7 SB586PV Manual Configuring an ISA or EISA Computer Configuration Data In AT compatible and EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture systems system configuration data must be stored somewhere when the computer is turned off This data such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video display is stored in NVRAM Nonvolatile Random Access Memory The most commonly used NVRAM includes CMOS complementary metalli
172. uring power onisdone Disabling the DMA and Interrupt controllers next DMA controller 1 and 2 and interrupt controller 1 and 2 are disabled Chipset initialization and automatic memory detection is about to begin Chipset initialization and auto memory detection is over Uncompressing the run time code next The runtime code is uncompressed Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at F000 FFFOh The runtime code is uncompressed in the FOOOh shadow RAM segment The NMI is disabled Checking for a soft reset or power on next The soft reset or poweron tes completed Disabling cache memory if any next Uncompressing the POST code next The POST code is uncompressed CPU initialization and CPU data area initialization will be done next CPU and CPU data area initialization has completed Calculating the CMOS checksum next The CMOS checksum calculation is done and the CMOS Diag byte has been written CMOS RAM is initialized next if the Initialize CMOS in every boot option is set CMOS initialization is done Initializing the CMOS status register for date and time next The CMOS status register initialization is done Any initialization before the keyboard BAT command test is done next The keyboard controller initialization buffer is free Issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller next The BAT command was issued to the keyboard controller Verifying the BAT command next Manual Number 00431 027 3 OEh OF
173. utility program to set your monitor type Page B 46 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix B Display Drivers and Utilities For example c vgautils clmode exe t640 75 t800 75 t1024 75 t1280 75 CLMODE EXE comes in your Utilities Disk 8 Select the display resolution of choice from the SELECT DISPLAY RESOLUTION list box 9 Click the Install button in the SOURCE DIRECTORY dialog box and follow prompts After the installation is complete open the System Icon in the System Setup located in the OS 2 System Folder On Page 1 of the System Settings Screen you will see the screen resolution and screen refresh rates On Page 2 of the System Settings Screen you will see the Change Display Configuration Display Name which describes the current display monitor and the View Current Configuration button Select a monitor from the Display Name list Go to Page 2 and click on the View Current Configuration button to display the Configuration screen which will display the maximum reso lutions and refresh rates supported by the monitor you have selected Select the desired resolution and the highest refresh rate for your selected monitor This will be translated to the Screen Refresh Rate on page 1 Select the 75 Hz Refresh Rate for example and shutdown and reboot OS 2 The new resolutions and refresh rates you selected for your monitor will now be updated and supported by the OS 2 display driver Win 3 X drivers for OG 2 2 X 3 0 The new OS
174. w location The previous window is closed All parameters that have been changed will automatically be saved pending the selection on the exit screen Mouse Support The following devices are supported gt PS 2 type mice gt bus mice that use IRQs 3 4 or 5 IRQ2 is not supported gt Microsoft compatible mice that use the M V W Series M and M protocols and gt Logitech C series compatible mice using the MM protocol Typematic Rate and Delay WINBIOS allows the end user to set the speed that a keystroke is repeated at and the delay before the repeating starts in WINBIOS Setup Boot Sequence and Speed WINBIOS Setup allows the end user to determine if the system boots from drive C or A and the processor boot speed High or Low Memory Test Tick Sound WINBIOS permits the end user to press lt Esc gt or lt Del gt during the memory test to disable the ticking sound and bypass the memory test Using a Mouse with WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Setup can be accessed via keyboard mouse or pen The mouse click functions are gt single click to change or select both global and current fields and gt double clock to perform an operation in the selected field Page A 42 Manual Number 00431 027 3 Appendix A AMBIOS Using the Keyboard with WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Setup has a built in keyboard driver that uses simple keystroke combinations Keystroke lt Tab gt Arrow Keys lt Enter gt lt Esc gt lt PgUp

Kontron / ICS Advent SB586P(V) Manual

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents