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Intel AP440FX User's Manual

1. Oo Jo BB AAZ Y X OM06178 Figure 1 Motherboard Features Key to Motherboard Features Key Description A D G J M VGAT connector PS 2t mouse connector UO Controller U7M1 Crystal audio controller U9M1 Floppy connector J8L1 Main power connector J9H1 Hardware monitor ASIC U9C1 Onboard speaker L9A1 Intel SB82371SB PIIX3 U6E1 Front panel connector J2A1 Intel SB82442FX DBX U2F1 PCI slot Jumper block 2x3 J1J1 2 MB of Video DRAM Key Description B Serial port connector E PS 2 keyboard connector H Microphone input jack K CD ROM header 4x1 J9N1 N Telephony modem header 2x2 J9K1 Q IDE connectors J8H1 J9H2 T Flash BIOS E28F002 U8C1 Ww 3 5 V processor jumper J8A2 Z Auxiliary fan header 1x3 J4A1 CC Processor socket U3C1 FF ISA PCI riser socket J6J2 ll LPB VESA header J1K1 Configuration jumper block J4L2 Key Description C F l AA DD GG JJ MM Side by side USB connectors Parallel port connector Audio output jack Wavetable header 2x4 J9L1 Standard 3 3V power connector J9J1 Soft Off header 3x1 J9F1 Real time clock battery BT9B1 SIMM sockets J6J1 J7J1 J7J2 J7J3 Keyl
2. SCH PS 2 Mouse o o owmmgo 9 6 ow o ow Mic Input Parallel Port PS 2 USB 1 USB2 Serial VGA Video Keyboard Port 1 OM06183 Figure 7 I O Connections 1 12 8 1 VGA Video Connector Table 18 lists the pinout and signal names for the VGA video connector Table 18 VGA Video Connector J1N1 Pin Signal Name Function Pin 1 Red Video 9 2 Green Video 10 3 Blue Video 11 4 Monitor ID Bit 2 not used 12 5 Chassis Ground 13 6 Red Return Ground 14 7 Green Return Ground 15 8 Blue Return Ground Shield Signal Name Function Key no pin Sync Return Ground Monitor ID Bit 0 not used Monitor ID Bit 1 not used Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync Not used Chassis Ground 32 Motherboard Description 1 12 8 2 COM Serial Port Table 19 lists the pinout and signal names for the serial connectors Table 19 Serial Port Connector Pinout Pin Signal Name Description 1 DCD Carrier Detect 2 SIN Serial Data In 3 SOUT Serial Data Out 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Chassis Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicator 1 12 8 3 USB Back Panel Connectors Table 20 lists the pinout and signal names for the USB back panel connectors Table 20 USB Connector Pinout Pin Signa
3. J4A1 D 3 Wire Fan Connector Ir ach ane 3 LJ Ge gt Fan Power ER 1 H c D O Std Fan Ground Connector OM06181 Figure 6 Fan Connector Usage Table 6 Auxiliary Fan Connector J4A1 Pin Signal Name Function 1 Ground 2 Fan Power 3 _Fan Sense Tachometer 24 1 12 2 Memory Expansion Connectors The AP440FX motherboard has four 72 pin SIMM sockets for main memory These sockets accept standard SIMM 72 pin modules as long as they satisfy the requirements described in the Main System Memory section of this specification starting on page 12 Motherboard Description The AP440FX motherboard uses a PCI ISA riser connector J6J2 to provide for expansion PCI or ISA boards The associated riser board can support either two or three PCI slots A pair of jumpers on the AP440FX motherboard must be set to define the number of PCI slots on the riser board Refer to Figure 8 on page 35 for jumper block details Table 7 shows the pinout listing for the PCI ISA riser connector Table 7 PCI ISA Riser Connector J6J2 Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Pin Signal Name A1 IOCHK B1 GND E1 GND F1 GND A2 SD7 B2 RSTDRV E2 GND F2 GND A3 SD6 B3 Vcc E3 PCIINT1 F3 PCIINT3 A4 SD5 B4 IRQ9 E4 PCIIINT2 F4 PCIINT4 A5 SD4 B5 5 V E5 Vcc F5 Vcc A6 SD3 B6 DRQ2 E6 Key F6 Key A7 SD2 B7 12 V E7 Vcc F7 Vcc A8 SD1 B8 OWS E8 PCIRST
4. Oo tau m Q J2A1 J3A1 1 uoc Keylock Front Panel JAA1 3 Aux Fan 1 Dong O Gong O Oo 27 Front Panel I O Connector Header PCI ISA Riser audio Connector J6J2 JI9L1 Bank 0 J6J1 J7J1 8 jo oO OO Bank 1 J7J2 J7J3 SC 2 0 1 45 Wavetable CD ROM O JONI 1 im O om J9K1 ih Sc i j np Telephony Teen 7 cL D O 3 3V l O Power Q J9J1 E e Secondary D Primary JOF1 J i O Soft Off Power OOOOOOOOOOOM Primary Power JOH1 OM06182 Figure 4 Motherboard Connector Locations 21 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 12 1 22 Front panel features supported by front panel connectors include Front Panel Connectors The AP440FX motherboard provides connectors to support functions typically located on the chassis bezel In addition connectors are provided that support a cooling fan and a keyboard lock Soft Power On Sleep Resume Infrared IrDA port Hard Drive activity LED Power LED Reset Speaker Keyboard lock Each of the front panel connectors is identified in Figure 4 The front panel I O connector and keyboard lock connector are shown in detail in Figure 5 Keyboard JSAT Oe e 3 6 J2A1 13 18 ila
5. Table 23 Microprocessor System Speed Settings Host Bus PCI Bus ISA Bus Microprocessor Microprocessor Freq Freq Freq J4L2 A J4L2 B J4L2 C Clock Multiplier Freq MHz MHz MHz MHz DOWN DOWN DOWN 2 5 150 60 30 7 5 DOWN DOWN UP 2 5 166 66 33 8 33 DOWN UP DOWN reserved DOWN UP UP reserved UP DOWN DOWN reserved UP DOWN UP reserved UP UP DOWN 3 180 60 30 7 5 UP UP UP 3 200 66 33 8 33 1 13 2 Motherboard Configuration J4L2 J1J1 36 The jumpers for sections D E F G and H of JAL2 allow the selection of various motherboard features A second jumper block J1J1 allows selection of a riser board with either two or three PCI board connectors A third jumper J8A2 is used to provide 3 5 V for processors that require that voltage CAUTION Do not install a jumper on the J8A2 header if you are using a processor that does not require 3 5V The increased voltage could damage the processor Motherboard Description Table 24 lists the motherboard configuration jumper positions and indicates the meaning for each position Table 24 Configuration Jumper Settings Function Jumper Configuration FDWPR Flash Write Protect J4L2 D 5 6 UP NOR Default Normal operation J4L2 D 4 5 DOWN PRT Protect FLASH Flash Recover J4L2 E 2 3 UP NOR Default Normal operation J4L2 E 1 2 DOWN REC Enable Top Boot block to recover Flash CMOS Clear CMOS Contents J4L2 F 5 6 UP NOR Default Normal operation J4L2 F
6. 128 MB of RAM The sockets support 1M x 32 4 MB single sided modules 2M x 32 8 MB 4M x 32 16 MB and 8M x 32 32 MB single or double sided modules Minimum memory size is 8 MB and maximum memory size using four 8M x 32 SIMM modules is 128 MB Memory timing requires 60 ns fast page devices or for optimum performance 60 ns EDO DRAM Both parity and non parity memory modules are supported With parity SIMMs the board can be configured to support ECC operation The four sockets are arranged in two banks of two sockets each The sockets are designated Bank 0 and Bank 1 Each bank provides a 64 72 bit wide data path Both SIMMs in a bank must be of the same memory size and type although the types and sizes of memory may differ between banks Bank 0 only Bank 1 only or both of the banks may be populated There are no jumper settings required for the memory size or type which is automatically detected by the BIOS Use only tin lead SIMMs when adding DRAM 1 6 1 DRAM EDO or Hyper Page DRAM is designed to improve the DRAM read performance EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle unlike standard fast page mode DRAM that tri states the memory data when the precharge cycle occurs prior to the next memory access cycle 1 6 2 Parity and ECC DRAM Memory error checking and correction is supported by parity SIMMs With parity SIMMs the board can be configured to support ECC memory operation Parity SIMMs a
7. Brd Config 03F7 bit 7 1 bit Floppy Disk Chg Chan 1 0080 008F 16 bytes PIIX3 DMA Page Register 03F7 bits 7 bits Pri IDE Chan Status Port 6 0 00A0 00A1 2 bytes PIIX3 Interrupt Controller 2 O3F8 OS3FF 8 bytes Onboard Serial Port 1 00CO 00DE 31 bytes PIIX3 DMA 2 04DO 04D1 2 bytes Edge level triggered O00F0 00FF 16 bytes Math Coprocessor LPT 400h 8bytes ECP port LPT 400h Compatible I O Registers 0170 0177 8 bytes Secondary IDE Channel 0608 060B 4 bytes CS4236 Audio 01F0 01F7 8bytes Primary IDE Channel OCF8 1 byte PCI Config Address Reg 0200 0207 8 bytes Game Port OCF9 1 byte Turbo amp Reset control Reg 0228 022F 8bytes Parallel Port 3 ECP EPP OCFC OCFF 4bytes PCI Config Data Reg Mode 290 0297 8 bytes Management Extension OFEO OFE7 8 bytes CS4236 Audio Hardware 0240 024F 16 bytes CS4236 Audio FFOO FFO7 8bytes IDE Bus Master Reg 0278 027B 4bytes Parallel Port 2 FF80 FF9F 32 bytes PCI Universal Serial Bus 02E8 02EF 8 bytes Serial Port A FFAO FFA7 8bytes IDE primary Channel O2F8 02FF 8 bytes Onboard Serial Port 2 FFA8 FFAF 8 bytes IDE secondary channel 0330 0331 2 bytes MPU 401 MIDI This is only part of one of the Windows Sound System WSS selectable ranges The defined ranges are 0530 0537 0604 060B 0E80 0E87 or OF40 0F47 Only one of these ranges needs to be used for WSS to work Only by DWORD accesses Motherboard Resources 2 3 Soft Off Control The
8. If IDE Device Configuration is set to Auto Configured this reports the number of sectors for your IDE device and cannot be modified 3 14 3 5 Maximum Capacity Reports the maximum capacity of your IDE device It is calculated from the number of cylinders heads and sectors There are no options 3 14 3 6 IDE Translation Mode A Specifies the IDE translation mode The options are e Standard CHS standard cylinder head sector less than 1024 cylinders e Logical Block e Extended CHS extended cylinder head sector greater than 1024 cylinders e Auto Detected BIOS detects IDE drive support for LBA default CAUTION Do not change the IDE Translation Mode from the option selected when the hard drive was formatted Changing the option can result in corrupted data 3 14 3 7 Multiple Sector Setting Sets the number of sectors transferred by an IDE drive per interrupt generated The options are e Disabled e 4 Sectors Block e 8 Sectors Block e Auto Detected default Check the specifications for your IDE device drive to determine which setting provides optimum performance for your drive 3 14 3 8 Fast Programmed I O Modes Sets how fast transfers on the IDE interface occur The options are e Disabled e Auto Detected default If set to Disabled transfers occur at a less than optimized speed If set to Auto Detected transfers occur at the drive s maximum speed 53 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specific
9. saving or life sustaining applications Intel retains the right to make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice The AP440FX motherboard may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications Current characterized errata are available on request Contact your local Intel sales office or your distributor to obtain the latest specifications and before placing your product order Copies of documents which have an ordering number and are referenced in this document or other Intel literature may be obtained from Intel Corporation P O Box 7641 Mt Prospect IL 60056 764 or call 1 800 879 4683 or call in North America 1 800 879 4683 Europe 44 0 1793 431 155 France 44 0 1793 421 777 Germany 44 0 1793 421 333 other Countries 708 296 9333 T Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners Copyright O Intel Corporation 1996 1997 Table of Contents 1 Motherboard Description Er WW e EE 7 1 2 Motherboard Manufacturing Options essseees een 9 CR ROM Facto me MEC P MUSS 9 UM erc per 10 1055 IMIGTODTOGBSSO EE 11 1 5 1 Microprocessor e LEET 11 1 5 2 Microprocessor Heatsink and Clips AEN 11 1 6 Mam System Memory EE 12 1 6 1 EE 12 1 6 2 Parity and ECC DRAM canes rca ee cate eed EE EE 12 TiS Sin 12 1 7 1 82441FX PCI Bridge and Memory Controller PMC
10. 1 Motherboard Features AEN 8 2 Motherboard DImienslors ou scheda et adi quae ter nM UR rae De posait equa te idee E e eda 9 3 Back Panel I O Shield Dimensions ke 10 4 Motherboard Connector Eocallonsg de rho Re Doer eege 21 b Front Panel GOPEDOGIOES secs eoe repose eaae t pe E aqu dtque ER RR E 22 6 gt Man Connector bs 308 o eost eec edt ed ttai od pm to besote I eov 24 3 WO GOnNOCHONG mco eA Piae ads a 32 8 SUMS PLO CANONS RC DT c 35 Tables 1 Key to Motherboard Features un 8 2 Oo VIRGE Supported Resolutions EE 17 3 S3 VIRGE DX Supported Resolutions ANEN 18 4 Front Panel I O Connector J2A1 oed tepore eee cepit e iaeee ipe e aa re idee aeqepide 22 5 Keylock Connector J3A1 s sorteo oo ESO ea wean hoe We RE MON 24 6 Auxillary Fan Connector dA T za proce Ehe CR Eie EE rebar 24 7 POWISA Riser Connector LIGJD9 EEN 25 8 LBP VESA Feature Connector EE 27 9 Serial Port COM2H J3N1 Pinout ENEE 27 10 CD ROM Connector SING EE 28 11 Wavetable Upgrade Connector Oo 28 12 Telephony Connector OK A EE 28 13 Primary Power Supply Connector OH 29 14 External 3 3 V Power Supply Connector LO 29 15 Soft Off Power Supply Connector J9F1 seme 30 16 Floppy Drive Connector JB T ooi cra etie rete Perito Eee arte pb pe ege 30 17 IDE Connectors JOH 9B oos i etr Rr n teo eR i RC EAE 31 18 VGA Video Connector Cl TINA EE 32 19 Serial Port Connector il e EE 33 20 USB Gohinector PI
11. 4 Floppy B Type Specifies the physical size and capacity of the floppy drive The options are e Disabled default e 360 KB 5 25 inch e 1 2 MB 5 25 inch e 720 KB 3 5 inch e 1 44 1 25 MB 3 5 inch e 2 88 MB 3 5 inch 3 14 3 IDE Device Configuration Subscreen There are separate configuration subscreens for the Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master and Secondary IDE Slave devices 3 14 3 1 IDE Device Configuration Used to manually configure the IDE device or have the computer auto configure it The options are e Auto Configured default e User Definable e Disabled If you select User Definable then the Number of Cylinders Number of Heads and Number of Sectors items can be modified 3 14 3 2 Cylinders If IDE Device Configuration is set to User Definable you must type the correct number of cylinders for your IDE device If IDE Device Configuration is set to Auto Configured this reports the number of cylinders for your IDE device and cannot be modified 52 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 14 3 3 Heads If IDE Device Configuration is set to User Definable you must type the correct number of heads for your IDE device If IDE Device Configuration is set to Auto Configured this reports the number of heads for your IDE device and cannot be modified 3 14 3 4 Sectors If IDE Device Configuration is set to User Definable you must type the correct number of sectors for your IDE device
12. AP440FX also supports other VESA standards such as the VESA DPMS protocol to put a DPMS compliant monitor into power saving modes and the VESA Display Data Channel DDC2B that permits transfer of monitor identification and resolution support data for ease of use 1 9 4 Graphics Drivers and Utilities Graphics drivers and utilities may be downloaded from the Intel Applications Support web site at http www cs intel com oem_developer motherbd Once the site is accessed perform a keyword search for the specific application and its driver Drivers for SCOt UNIX are available from SCO Motherboard Description 1 10 Audio Subsystem The AP440FX motherboard features a 16 bit stereo audio subsystem as a factory installed option The audio subsystem is based on the Crystal CS4236 multimedia codec The CS4236 provides all the digital audio and analog mixing functions required for playing and recording of audio on personal computers These functions include e Stereo analog to digital and digital to analog converters e Analog mixing e Anti aliasing and reconstruction filters e Line and microphone level inputs e Digital audio compression using selectable A law wlaw e Full digital control of all mixer and volume control functions The CS4236 also provides support for four major sound standards including AdLibt Sound Blaster Pro 2 0 Windows Sound System and MPU 401 The CS4236 also supports full duplex operation which ensures support for applic
13. F8 PCKLF AQ SDO B9 12V E9 GNTO F9 GND A10 IOCHRDY B10 GND E10 REQO F10 GNT1 A11 AEN B11 SMEMW E11 GND F11 GND A12 SA19 B12 SMEMR E12 PCKLE F12 REQ1 A13 SA18 B13 IOW E13 GND F13 AD31 A14 SA17 B14 IOR E14 AD30 F14 AD29 A15 SA16 B15 DACK3 E15 3 3 V F15 3 3 V A16 SA15 B16 DRQ3 E16 Key F16 Key A17 SA14 B17 DACK1 E17 3 3 V F17 3 3 V A18 SA13 B18 DOT E18 AD28 F18 AD27 continued amp 25 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification Table 7 PCI ISA Riser Connector J6J2 continued Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Pin Signal Name A19 SA12 B19 REFRESH E19 AD26 F19 AD25 A20 SA11 B20 SYSCLK E20 AD24 F20 CBE3 A21 SA10 B21 IRQ7 E21 AD22 F21 AD23 A22 SA9 B22 IRQ6 E22 AD20 F22 AD21 A23 SA8 B23 IRQ5 E23 AD18 F23 AD19 A24 SA7 B24 IRQ4 E24 3 3V F24 3 3V A25 SA6 B25 IRQ3 E25 Key F25 Key A26 SA5 B26 DACK2 E26 3 3 V F26 3 3V A27 SA4 B27 TC E27 AD16 F27 AD17 A28 SA3 B28 BALE E28 FRAME F28 IRDY A29 SA2 B29 Vcc E29 CBE2 F29 DEVSEL A30 SA1 B30 OSC E30 TRDY F30 PLOCK A31 SAO B31 GND E31 STOP F31 PERR C1 SBHE D1 MEMCS16 G1 SDONE H1 SERR C2 LA23 D2 IOCS16 G2 SBO H2 AD15 C3 LA22 D3 IRQ10 G3 CBE1 H3 AD14 C4 LA21 D4 IRQ11 G4 PAR H4 AD12 C5 LA20 D5 IRQ12 G5 GND H5 GND C6 LA19 D6 IRQ15 G6 Key H6 Key C7 LA18 D7 IRQ14 G7 GND H7 GND C8 LA17 D8 DACKO G8 AD13 H8 AD10 C9 MEMR D9 DRQO G9 AD11 H9 AD8 C10 MEMW D10 DACK5 G10 AD9 H10 AD7 C11 SD8 D11 DRQ5 G11 CBEO H11 AD5 C12 SD9 D12 DA
14. I O address and IRQ COM2 2F8 IRQ3 Enabled as COM2 at indicated I O address and IRQ COMS3 3E8 IRQ4 Enabled as COMS at indicated I O address and IRQ COM4 2E8 IRQ3 Enabled as COM4 at indicated I O address and IRQ COM1 3F8 IRQ3 Enabled as COM1 at indicated I O address and IRQ COM2 2F8 IRQ4 Enabled as COM2 at indicated I O address and IRQ COMS3 3E8 IRQ3 Enabled as COMS at indicated I O address and IRQ COM4 2E8 IRQ4 Enabled as COM4 at indicated I O address and IRQ Auto Configured Port will be auto configured Default option 3 14 7 5 Serial Port 2 Address Configures serial port 2 The options are described and listed in Table 36 The default option is Auto Configured If the Configuration Mode is set to Auto Configured the Setup program assigns the first free COM port normally COM2 2F8h to serial port 2 lt gt NOTE If either serial port address is set the address it is set to does not appear in the options dialog box of the other serial port 3 14 7 6 Serial Port 2 IR Mode Makes Serial Port 2 available to infrared applications The options are e Disabled default e Enabled 58 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 14 7 7 Parallel Port Interface Selects the address and IRQ of the parallel port The options are described and listed in Table 37 If the Configuration Mode is set to Auto Configured the Setup program assigns LPT1 378h IRQ7 to the parallel port Table 37 Parallel Port Configuration Options
15. Mode 4 hard drives and recognition of ATAPI CD ROMs tape drives and any other ATAPI devices The BIOS determines the capabilities of each drive and configures them to optimize capacity and performance For the high capacity hard drives typically available the drive is automatically configured for Logical Block Addressing LBA for maximum capacity and to PIO Mode 3 or 4 depending on the capability of the drive The user can override the auto configuration options by using the manual mode setting The ATAPI Specification Revision 2 5 recommends that an ATAPI device be configured as shown in Table 34 Table 34 Recommendations for Configuring an ATAPI Device Primary Cable Secondary Cable Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 0 Drive 1 ATA Normal no ATAPI ATA ATAPI Disk and CD ROM for enhanced IDE systems ATA ATAPI Legacy IDE System with only one cable ATA ATAPI ATAPI Enhanced IDE with CD ROM and a tape or two CD ROMs 3 5 PCI Auto Configuration 46 The PCI auto configuration utility operates in conjunction with the Setup utility to allow the insertion and removal of PCI cards without user intervention Plug and Play When the computer is turned on after adding a PCI add in card the BIOS automatically configures interrupts I O space and other parameters PCI interrupts are distributed to available ISA interrupts that have not been assigned to an ISA card or other resources Those interrupts left set to available in Setup are considered f
16. Option Description Disabled Port not enabled LPT3 3BC IRQ7 Enabled as LPT3 at indicated I O address and IRQ LPT1 378 IRQ7 Enabled as LPT1 at indicated I O address and IRQ LPT2 278 IRQ7 Enabled as LPT2 at indicated I O address and IRQ LPT3 3BC IRQ5 Enabled as LPT3 at indicated I O address and IRQ LPT1 378 IRQ5 Enabled as LPT1 at indicated I O address and IRQ LPT2 278 IRQ5 Enabled as LPT2 at indicated I O address and IRQ Auto Configured Port will be auto configured Default option 3 14 7 8 Parallel Port Type Selects the mode for the parallel port The options are e Compatible default e Bi directional e ECP e EPP Compatible means the parallel port operates in AT compatible mode Bi directional means the parallel port operates in bi directional PS 2 compatible mode EPP and ECP mean the parallel port operates high speed bi directionally 59 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 14 7 9 USB Interface Table 38 lists and describes the options that are available if the parallel port mode is ECP Table 38 ECP Compatible Configuration Options Option Disable LPT1 378 IRQ7 DMA3 LPT2 278 IRQ7 DMA3 LPT1 378 IRQ5 DMA3 LPT2 278 IRQ5 DMA3 LPT1 378 IRQ7 DMA1 LPT2 278 IRQ7 DMA1 LPT1 378 IRQ5 DMA1 LPT2 278 IRQ5 DMA1 LPT3 228 IRQ7 DMA3 LPT3 228 IRQ5 DMA3 LPT3 228 IRQ7 DMA1 LPT3 228 IRQ5 DMA1 Auto Configured Description Port not enabled Enabled as LPT
17. SIMM slots There are no options 3 14 9 Power Management Configuration Subscreen This section describes the options available on the Power Management Subscreen 3 14 9 1 Advanced Power Management APM Enables or disables the APM support in your computer s BIOS The options are e Disabled e Enabled default Power Management only works with APM capable operating systems to manage power consumption in your computer 3 14 9 2 IDE Drive Power Down Spins down IDE drives when the computer goes into power managed mode The options are e Disabled e Enabled default This field does not appear if APM is disabled 3 14 9 3 VESA Video Power Down Sets any VESA compliant monitor to be power managed when the computer goes into power managed mode The options are e Disabled e Standby e Suspend e Sleep default This field does not appear if APM is disabled 63 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 14 9 4 Inactivity Timer Minutes Sets how long the computer must be inactive before it enters power managed mode Enter the number of minutes The range is 0 to 255 minutes The default is 10 minutes This field does not appear if APM is disabled 3 14 9 5 Hot Key CTRL ALT Sets the hot key that when pressed while holding down the lt Ctrl gt and lt Alt gt keys causes the computer to enter power managed mode All alphanumeric keys are valid This field does not appear if APM is disabled 3 14 9
18. buffering These features provide the most realistic user experience for interactive 3D applications In addition a fast linear addressing scheme based upon DCI reduces software overhead by mapping the display memory into the microprocessor s upper memory address space and permitting direct microprocessor access to the display memory Table 2 S3 ViRGE Supported Resolutions Resolution Refresh rate Hz 640 x 480 x 16 colors 60 640 x 480 x 256 colors 60 72 75 85 640 x 480 x 65 536 colors 60 72 75 640 x 480 x 16 777 216 colors non accelerated mode 60 72 75 800 x 600 x 256 56 60 72 75 85 800 x 600 x 65 536 60 72 75 800 x 600 x 16 777 216 colors non accelerated mode 60 72 75 1024 x 768 x 256 43 IL 60 70 75 85 1024 x 768 x 65 536 43 IL 60 70 75 1280 x 1024 x 256 45 IL 60 72 75 NOTE IL Interlaced The S3 ViRGE graphics controller supports more modes than shown above The graphics drivers provide options for additional resolutions AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 9 2 S3 VIRGE DX Graphics Subsystem The optional onboard graphics subsystem uses the S3 ViRGE DX graphics controller with the following features e 64 bit graphics engine with accelerator core e 24 bit RAMDAC clock synthesizer e Dual programmable clock generators e DCI based linear addressing scheme e S3 Streams Processor which enables the conversion of video data from YUV format to RGB format and accelera
19. disk in floppy drive A is corrupt It cannot be used to boot the computer Use another boot disk and follow the screen instructions The display jumper is not implemented on this product This error should not occur Error in the DMA controller Error in the first DMA channel Error in the second DMA channel The BIOS cannot communicate with the floppy disk drive controller Check all appropriate connections after the computer is powered down The BIOS cannot communicate with the hard disk drive controller Check all appropriate connections after the computer is powered down Interrupt channel 1 failed POST Interrupt channel 2 failed POST The BIOS can read the disk in floppy drive A but cannot boot the computer Use another boot disk The keyboard lock on the computer is engaged The computer must be unlocked to continue There is an error in the keyboard connector Parity error detected in memory 73 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 4 4 ISA NMI Messages 74 Table 45 ISA NMI Messages ISA NMI Message Memory Parity Error at xxxxx I O Card Parity Error at xxxxx DMA Bus Time out 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
20. if the computer was turned on when power was disconnected the computer turns back on when power is reapplied or it remains off depending on the user setup configuration in CMOS Table 13 provides the pinout listing for the primary power supply connector of the AP440FX motherboard Table 13 Primary Power Supply Connector J9H1 Pin Name Function 1 PWRGD Power good 2 5 V 5 volts VCC 3 12 V 12 volts 4 key 12V 12 volts 5 Ground Ground 6 Ground Ground 7 key Ground Ground 8 Ground Ground 9 5 V 5 volts 10 5 V 5 volts VCC 11 5 V 5 volts VCC 12 45V 5 volts VCC Table 14 provides the pinout listing for the external 3 3 volt power supply connector of the AP440FX motherboard Table 14 External 3 3 V Power Supply Connector J9J1 Pin Name 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 3 3 V 5 3 3 V 6 key 3 3 V 29 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification The pinout listing for the soft off power supply connector of the AP440FX motherboard is shown in Table 15 This 3 pin keyed position supports a software controlled power supply shutoff soft off When connected to this position the power supply follows remote on off commands Table 15 Soft Off Power Supply Connector J9F1 Pin Name Function 1 5 VSB 5 Volts Standby 2 PS_ON Remote On Off 3 PS_COM Supply presence 1 12 7 Floppy IDE Connectors 30 Table 16 lists the pinout and signal names for the floppy drive connector T
21. passwords that can be used to limit access to the computer Save or discard changes Description Configure your diskette drives Configure your IDE devices Modify options that affect boot up such as the boot sequence Modify options that affect the serial ports the parallel port and the disk drive interfaces Modify options that affect memory and system busses Access and modify APM options Modify options that affect the computer s Plug and Play capabilities Modify options that affect the computer s ability to log events such as parity ECC errors POST errors and system limit errors Main BIOS Setup Screen This section describes the Setup options found on the main menu screen If you select certain options from the main screen e g Hard Disk the Setup program switches to a subscreen for the selected option System Date Specifies the current date Select the month from a pop up menu 3 14 1 2 System Time 3 14 1 3 Floppy Options Specifies the current time When selected this brings up the Floppy Options menu 3 14 1 4 Primary IDE Master Reports if an IDE device is connected to the computer When selected this brings up the IDE Device Configuration subscreen 50 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 14 1 5 Primary IDE Slave Reports if an IDE device is connected to the computer When selected this brings up the IDE Device Configuration subscreen 3 14 1 6 Secondary IDE Master Report
22. ssssse 12 1 7 2 82442FX Data Bus Accelerator DBX sssssssnesserrnneesserrrerrnrressrrrrrrrnrressee 13 1 7 3 82371SB PCI ISA IDE Xccelerator DIIS3 13 1 7 4 Ree EE 14 1 7 5 Secure Flash SUDBOLL a uen tiene pO REIP RR Irae 14 1 7 6 USB SUDO EE 14 1 8 PCS 7307 Super TO CODO ice task ees wt vee EE atone 15 1 8 1 Floppy E Hellt ege gege ed eege 15 1 8 2 Keyboard and Mouse Interface AAA 15 1 8 3 Real Time Clock CMOS RAM and Battery sseeseeessese 16 1 8 4 Infrared Support 25 4 cocos ee se occ Nc el ease nde ha cece ata LE 16 1 8 5 Parallel PO M S 16 1 9 ie i i RR K E 16 1 9 1 S3 ViRGE Graphics Subsystem oie earth Cent coated etant spetta 17 1 9 2 S3 VIRGE DX Graphics Subsystem ssseesseseerrneresserererrnrrrssrrrrrrrnneeset 18 1 9 3 LBP VESA Feature Connector EE 18 1 9 4 Graphics Drivers and Utilities EEN 18 0 Audio SUDSY SCI EE 19 1 Management Extension Harchware eene 19 Motherboard Connectors i suci eco Seege hate Dinara metere 20 1 12 1 Front Panel CGonnechors ENNEN 22 1 12 2 Memory Expansion Conneciors sciente Eee ete a Neier 25 1 12 3 VESA Feature Connector ENNEN 27 1324 eSerlalHIgadar one deeem etu se epatis eege gedet Hake 27 112 9 Audio GONNEC OrS o restet euentum tee a 28 1 12 6 Power Supply GONDOCIOLSsS oco ret EU te D RIED E PEU Rel REOR es 29 1 12 7 Floppy IDE ele 30 1 12 38 Back Panel COInB6olors det oe e e e tear sione iag 32 1 13 Jumper l
23. want to run Setup prompt during the power up sequence The options are e Disabled e Enabled default lt gt NOTE This option has no effect on your ability to access the Setup program It only toggles the prompt 3 14 4 9 Hard Disk Pre Delay Sets the hard disk drive pre delay The options are e Disabled default e 3 seconds e 6 seconds e O seconds e seconds e 15 seconds e 21 seconds e 30 seconds When enabled this option causes the BIOS to wait the specified time before it accesses the first hard drive If your computer contains a hard drive and you don t see the drive type displayed during boot up the hard drive may need more time before it is able to communicate with the controller Setting a pre delay provides additional time for the hard drive to initialize 3 14 4 10 Typematic Rate Programming Sets the typematic rates The options are e Default default e Override Choosing Override enables the Typematic Rate Delay and Typematic Rate setup options 55 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 14 4 11 Typematic Rate Delay Sets how long it takes in milliseconds for the key repeat function to start when you hold down a key on the keyboard The options are e 250 msec default e 500 msec e 750 msec e 1000 msec If Typematic Rate Programming is set to Default this option is not visible 3 14 4 12 Typematic Rate Sets the speed in characters per second at which characters r
24. 00000 7FFFF Size 127M 64K 16K 8K 4K 4K 32K 96K 160K 1K 127K 512K Description Extended Memory AMI BIOS Boot Block ESCD Plug and Play configuration area Reserved for BIOS OEM LOGO Area BIOS Reserved Available HI DOS memory open to ISA and PCI bus Video memory and BIOS Extended BIOS Data moveable by QEMMt 386MAX Extended conventional Conventional 41 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 2 2 I O Map Table 29 I O Map Address Address hex Size Description hex Size Description 0000 000F 16 bytes PIIX3 DMA 1 0376 1 byte Sec IDE Chan Cmd Port 0020 0021 2bytes PIIX3 Interrupt Controller 1 0377 1byte Sec IDE Chan Stat Port 002E 002F 2bytes 87307 Base Configuration 0378 037F 8bytes Parallel Port 1 0040 0043 4bytes PIIX3 Timer 1 0388 038B 4bytes CS4236 Audio 0060 1 byte Keyboard Controller Byte 03B0 03BB 12 bytes S3 Virge or Virge DX Reset IRQ 0061 1 byte PIIX3 NMI speaker control O3BC OSBF 4 bytes Parallel Port 3 0064 1 byte Kbd Controller CMD STAT 0300 03DF 32 bytes S3 Virge or Virge DX Byte 0070 bit 7 1 bit PIIX3 Enable NMI OSE8 OS3EF 8 bytes Serial Port 3 0070 bits 6 0 7 bits PIIX3 Real Time Clock 03F0 03F5 6bytes Floppy Channel 1 Address 0071 1 byte PIIX3 Real Time Clock 03F6 1 byte Pri IDE Chan Cmd Port Data 0078 1 byte Reserved Brd Config 03F7 Write 1 byte Floppy Chan 1 Cmd 0079 1 byte Reserved
25. 1 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT2 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT1 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT2 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT1 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT2 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT1 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT2 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT3 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT3 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT3 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Enabled as LPT3 at indicated I O address IRQ and DMA channel Port will be auto configured default option Enables or disables the USB interface The options are e Disabled e Enabled default 3 14 7 10 Audio Interface Enables or disables the onboard audio subsystem The options are e Enabled frees the I O resources and addresses used to support the audio interface e Disabled default 3 14 7 11 Hardware Monitor Interface Enables or disables the Hardware Monitor Controller The options are e Disabled e Enabled default 3 14 7 12 Primary PCI IDE Status 60 Displays the current status of the Primary PCI IDE Interface from the selectable setting above This is an informational field and is not accessible Motherboard BIOS and Setup U
26. 3 14 13 1 User Password Reports if there is a User password set There are no options 3 14 13 2 Administrative Password Reports if there is an Administrative password set There are no options 3 14 13 3 Enter Password Sets the User password The password can be up to seven alphanumeric characters 68 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 14 13 4 Set Administrative Password Sets the Administrative password The password can be up to seven alphanumeric characters 3 14 14 Exit Screen This section describes the different ways to exit and save or not save changes made in the Setup program 3 14 14 1 Exit Saving Changes Saves the changes to CMOS RAM and exits the Setup program You can also press the lt F10 gt key anywhere in the Setup program to initiate this 3 14 14 2 Exit Discarding Changes Exits the Setup program without saving any changes This means that any changes made while in the Setup program are discarded and NOT SAVED Pressing the lt Esc gt key in any of the four main screens initiates this activity 3 14 14 3 Load Setup Defaults Resets all of the Setup options to their defaults You can also press the F5 key anywhere in the Setup program to initiate this This selection loads the default Setup values from the ROM table 3 14 14 4 Discard Changes Discards any changes you made during the current Setup session without exiting the program You can also press the lt F6 gt key anywhere in the Se
27. 4 5 DOWN CLR Clear CMOS content PSWCLR Password Clear J4L2 G 2 3 UP DIS Disable Disable Enable J4L2 G 1 2 DOWN ENA Enable system password capability SETUP Setup Enable Disable J4L2 H 5 6 UP ENA Enable J4L2 H 4 5 DOWN DIS Disable setup accessibility Riser with 2 PCI slots J1J1 1 2 and Enables use of riser card with two 2 PCI J1J1 4 5 slots Riser with 3 PCI slots J1J1 2 3 and Enables use of riser card with three 3 PCI J1J1 5 6 slots 3 5 V Processor Voltage Jumper J8A2 Installed 3 5 V Processor Not Installed All other processor types Note The text appearing in a BOLD ITALIC font duplicates the text of the motherboard silk screening 1 14 Reliability The Mean Time Between Failures MTBF data is calculated from predicted data 955 C in accordance with the Intel Reliability Policy and Procedures Handbook Motherboard 60239 Hours 37 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 15 Environmental Table 25 Motherboard Environmental Specifications Parameter Specification Temperature Non Operating 40 C to 70 C Operating 0 C to 55 C DC Voltage 3 3 V 5 45V 5 96 5 V 5 12 V 5 12 V 5 Vibration Unpackaged 5 Hz to 20 Hz 0 01g Hz sloping up to 0 02 g Hz 20 Hz to 500 Hz 0 02g Hz flat Packaged 10 Hz to 40 Hz 0 015g Hz flat 40 Hz to 500 Hz 0 015g Hz sloping down to 0 00015 g Hz 1 16 Power Consumption 38 Table 26 lists the vol
28. 6 Auto Start On AC Loss Enables returning to the last known state of the computer or powering down upon AC power loss to the motherboard The options are e Disabled e Enabled default 3 14 9 7 Power On COM1 Ring Enables the computer to power on upon an incoming POTS call to a telephony device configured for operation on COM1 The options are e Disabled default e Enabled 3 14 10 Plug and Play Configuration Subscreen This section describes the options found on the Plug and Play configuration subscreen 3 14 10 1 Configuration Mode Sets how the BIOS gets information about ISA cards that do not have Plug and Play capabilities The options are e Use BIOS Setup e Use PnP OS default If Use PnP OS is selected the BIOS will depend on run time software to ensure that there are no conflicts between ISA boards with Plug and Play capabilities and those without Only the Boot With PnP OS will be visible 3 14 10 2 PnP OS Enables the computer to select the type of PnP OS to boot from The options are e Disabled e Other PnP OS e Windows 95 default 64 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 14 10 3 ISA Shared Memory Size Sets a range of memory addresses that will be directed to the ISA bus rather than on board memory The options are e Disabled default e 16KB e 32KB e 48KB e 64KB e 80KB e 96KB If this is set to Disabled the ISA Shared Memory Base Address described below will not be visible T
29. 9 Bul BOOL m REER 49 UMP Fash OGO Area EE 49 3 13 Setup Enable Jump r eere recen ete rb or e teni File ur NEEN 49 3 14 Overview of the Setup Menu Screens ENNEN 49 3 14 1 Main BIOS Setup SCrebeli oret e eb bep a aderire e 50 3 14 2 Floppy Options Gubecreen Akte 51 3 14 3 IDE Device Configuration Subscreen ssssesssereeresresssrrrnresrrrrssrrrrrrrnnnrsent 52 3 14 4 Boot Options Subscreen et ettet tor eto ebbe d eie be cec ede iss 54 3 14 5 Advanced Screen ree cru a hu ek ce el de ce ide 56 3 14 6 Event Logging Configuration nnne 57 3 14 7 Peripheral Configuration Gubecreen 57 3 14 8 Advanced Chipset Configuration Subscreen ss ssseeseeessssesrrrrrersssrrrrrrre 61 3 14 9 Power Management Configuration Subscreen ssseesessssessssrrrrrrssrsssrrrree 63 3 14 10 Plug and Play Configuration Subscreen ssssseeeeee 64 3 14 11 Event Logging Configuration esssssseserrneeesseeeerrrrtrssterrerrnnnrnnnreserrnne nn 66 at E alen EE 68 3 14 13 Security Screen Options wisi cece ENEE eee kt D RR REC R BERE RE RE RR OE KK 68 3 14 14 EXit Sreo RI mU T UU UU LTEM 69 Contents 4 Error Messages and Beep Codes 4 1 BIOS Beep Codes n D teo etos ren Ae e tied hatin Gane aids 71 42 PCI Configuration Error MSSSaQBS EE 71 23 BIOS Error Messages EE crate ba EE RECHT 73 44 SISANMIMSSSSQBS eras eae Ie pattes oae egerat lo rt Sep bet ings te Ra naQ Brad LE pre cues Cost 74 Figures
30. CK6 G12 AD6 H12 AD3 C13 SD10 D13 DRQ6 G13 AD4 H13 AD1 C14 SD11 D14 DACK7 G14 AD2 H14 ADO C15 SD12 D15 DRQ7 G15 Key H15 Key C16 SD13 D16 Vcc G16 Vcc H16 Vcc C17 SD14 D17 MASTER G17 GNT2 H17 Vcc C18 SD15 D18 GND G18 GND REQ2 H18 GND PCCLK2 G19 GND H19 GND These signals are 2 slot 3 slot jumpered signal names 26 1 12 3 VESA Feature Connector Motherboard Description Table 8 provides the pinout and signal listing for the LBP VESA feature connector Table 8 LBP VESA Feature Connector J1K1 Pin Signal Name Function 1 Ground 3 Ground 5 Ground 7 Enable External Pixel Data 9 Enable External Sync 11 Enable External Pixel Clock 13 N C not used 15 Ground 17 Ground 19 Ground 21 Ground 23 N C not used 25 Key no pin 27 Key no pin 29 IICCLK 31 IICDAT 33 EN1 Pin 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 Signal Name Function Pixel Data 0 Pixel Data 1 Pixel Data 2 Pixel Data 3 Pixel Data 4 Pixel Data 5 Pixel Data 6 Pixel Data 7 PCLK Pixel Clock BLANKING HSYNC Horizontal Sync VSYNC Vertical Sync Ground Key no pin Ground N C EN2 1 12 4 Serial Header The COM2 serial port can be accessed using the COM2H header J3N1 on the motherboard Table 9 lists the signals and pinout for the COM2H header Table 9 Serial Port COM2H J3N1 Pinout Pin Signal Name Description 1 DCD Carrier Detect 2 DSR Data Set Rea
31. E AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification n May 1997 Order Number 281830 002 The AP440FX motherboard may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications Current characterized errata are documented in the AP440FX Motherboard Specification Update Revision History Revision Revision History Date 001 Release of the AP440FX Technical Product Specification 7 96 002 Second release of the AP440FX Technical Product Specification 5 97 This product specification applies only to standard AP440FX motherboards with BIOS identifier 1 00 0x CT1 Changes to this specification will be published in the AP440FX Motherboard Specification Update Order Number 281831 before being incorporated into a revision of this document Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products No license express or implied by estoppel or otherwise to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document Except as provided in Intel s Terms and Conditions of Sale for such products Intel assumes no liability whatsoever and Intel disclaims any express or implied warranty relating to sale and or use of Intel products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose merchantability or infringement of any patent copyright or other intellectual property right Intel products are not intended for use in medical life
32. IOS 16 KB Boot block Not flash erasable 8 KB ESCD Area Plug and Play data storage area 4 KB Reserved for BIOS 4 KB OEM Logo Area 32 KB Reserved for BIOS 64 KB Reserved for BIOS 64 KB Reserved for BIOS 3 3 BIOS Upgrades Flash memory makes distributing BIOS upgrades easy A new version of the BIOS can be installed from a diskette BIOS upgrades are available to be down loaded from the Intel Applications Support web site at http www cs intel com oem developer motherbdl or from Intel s FTP site at ftp ftp intel com pub bios Be sure to have the BIOS identification that applies to this motherboard 45 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification The disk based Flash upgrade utility FMUP EXE has three options for BIOS upgrades e The Flash BIOS can be updated from a file on a disk e The current BIOS code can be copied from the Flash EEPROM to a disk file as a backup in the event that an upgrade cannot be successfully completed e The BIOS in the Flash device can be compared with a file to ensure the computer has the correct version The upgrade utility ensures the upgrade BIOS extension matches the target computer to prevent accidentally installing a BIOS for a different type of computer 3 4 PCI IDE Support The two local bus IDE connectors with independent I O channel support are setup up automatically by the BIOS if the user selects Autoconfiguration in Setup The IDE interface supports PIO Mode 3 and
33. able 16 Floppy Drive Connector J8L1 Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 DENSEL 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable A 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select A 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable B 17 MSEN1 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00s 27 MSENO 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette Change Table 17 lists the pinout and signal names for the IDE connectors Motherboard Description Table 17 IDE Connectors J8H1 J9H2 Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DDRQO DDRQ1 22 Ground 23 UO Write 24 Ground 25 UO Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 Vcc pull down 29 DDACKO DDACK1 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 IRQ15 32 Reserved 33 DAG1 34 Reserved 35 DAGO 36 DAG2 37 Chip Select 1P 1S 38 Chip Select 3P 3S 39 Activity 40 Ground 31 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 12 8 Back Panel Connectors Figure 7 shows the location of the back panel connectors eg EE U
34. aining backward compatibility with math coprocessors that comply with ANSI IEEE standard 754 1985 SCH NOTE If you are installing a 3 5 V processor a jumper must be installed on the jumper block located at J8A2 See Section 1 13 for more information SCH NOTE The 200 MHz Pentium Pro processor with 512 KB of cache memory is not supported on the AP440FX motherboard 1 5 4 Microprocessor Upgrade Socket 8 is a 387 pin modified staggered pin grid array SPGA zero insertion force ZIF socket along with a programmable voltage regulator for the microprocessor core It provides users with a performance upgrade path to OverDrive processors The voltage regulator programming is automatic and controlled by the VID pins of the processor 1 5 2 Microprocessor Heatsink and Clips An approved Pentium Pro processor heatsink is necessary for proper thermal dissipation in an LPX compliant chassis The processor heatsink assembly must be securely fastened to the Socket 8 ZIF socket by two clips These clips fit over the heatsink assembly and attach to the outer wide tabs of the Socket 8 assembly N CAUTION Do not use the older style of bail wire clips for securing the heatsink assembly These clips have been found to damage the motherboard when installed or removed incorrectly AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 6 Main System Memory The motherboard has four 72 pin tin lead SIMM sockets that make it possible to install up to
35. al Port 2 4 Serial Port 1 5 Audio Codec 6 Floppy 7 Parallel Port 1 8 Real Time Clock 9 Audio FM Synthesis 10 USB 11 Video 12 Onboard Mouse Port if present else user available 13 Reserved Math coprocessor 14 Primary IDE if present else user available 15 Secondary IDE if present else user available 3 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 1 Introduction The AP440FX motherboard uses an Intel BIOS which is stored in flash memory and easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program In addition to the Intel BIOS the flash memory also contains the Setup utility Power On Self Tests POST APM 1 2 the PCI auto configuration utility and Windows 95 ready Plug and Play 1 0a This motherboard also supports BIOS shadowing allowing the BIOS to execute from 64 bit onboard write protected DRAM The BIOS displays a sign on message during POST identifying the type of BIOS and a five digit revision code The initial production BIOS in the motherboard is identified as 1 00 01 CT1 3 2 BIOS Flash Memory Organization The Intel PA28FB002BX 2 MB flash component is organized as 256K x 8 256 KB The flash device is divided into seven areas as described in Table 33 Table 33 Flash Memory Organization Address FFFF0000H FFFECO00H FFFEAO000H FFFE9000H FFFE8000H FFFE0000H FFFD0000H FFFCO000H FFFFFFFFH FFFEFFFFH FFFEBFFFH FFFE9FFFH FFFE8FFFH FFFE7FFFH FFFDFFFFH FFFCFFFFH Flash Memory Area 64 KB Main B
36. and indicates the position of each cutout 0 118 x Hl YP THY TS Lt TL 0 900 e Ch y Ls L J d x A TX e 0 682 gt 0 525 lt 2 534 gt dee 3 945 Ge 4 645 ES 5 302 gt pS 5 963 Ge 6 904 P 8 193 E 9 000 pe a 0 021 di 0 080 BE 0 075 Right end View SEN 0 079 Sa __ 0 027 OM06183A Figure 3 Back Panel I O Shield Dimensions Motherboard Description 1 5 Microprocessor The AP440FX motherboard operates with 2 1 V to 3 5 V Pentium Pro processors An onboard voltage regulator circuit provides the required voltages from the 5 V and 3 3 V taps off the power supply The onboard voltage regulator makes use of the VID capabilities to automatically adjust its voltage output to match that of the installed processor Pentium Pro processors running at 150 166 180 and 200 MHz are supported The Pentium Pro processor integrates the second level cache and cache controller that were previously implemented on the motherboard The internal non blocking L2 cache on the 150 180 and 200 MHz processors is 256 KB while second versions of the 166 and 200 MHz processors integrate a 512 KB cache The Pentium Pro processor has an advanced numeric coprocessor that significantly increases the speed of floating point operations while maint
37. ation 3 14 4 Boot Options Subscreen This section describes the options available on the Boot Options subscreen 3 14 4 1 First Boot Device Sets which drive the computer checks first to find a bootable operating system The options are e Disabled e Floppy default e Hard Disk e CD ROM e Network 3 14 4 2 Second Boot Device Sets which drive the computer checks second to find a bootable operating system The options are e Disabled e Floppy e Hard Disk default e Network 3 14 4 3 Third Boot Device Sets which drive the computer checks third to find a bootable operating system The options are e Disabled default e Floppy e Hard Disk e Network 3 14 4 4 Fourth Boot Device Sets which drive the computer checks fourth to find a bootable operating system The options are e Disabled default e Floppy e Hard Disk e Network 3 14 4 5 System Cache Enables or disables both the primary and the secondary cache memory The options are e Disabled e Enabled default 3 14 4 6 Boot Speed Sets the boot speed The options are e Deturbo e Turbo default If Turbo is selected boot up occurs at full speed If Deturbo is selected the board operates at a slower speed 54 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 14 4 7 Num Lock Sets the state of the Num Lock feature on your keyboard when you boot The options are e Off default e On 3 14 4 8 Setup Prompt Turns on or off the Press lt F1 gt Key if you
38. ations such as video conferencing The CS4236 includes a Plug and Play compatible ISA interface and is comprised of seven logical devices including e Synthesizer e Game Port e Sound Blaster e Sound System e MPU 401 e CD ROM e CS4236 device Each logical device is configured into the host environment using the ISA Plug and Play configuration methodologies The audio subsystem requires up to two DMA channels and one interrupt The computer can be configured to use either DMA channels 0 1 or 3 The interrupt can be mapped to use interrupt 5 7 9 11 12 or 15 1 11 Management Extension Hardware The Management Extension hardware provides low cost instrumentation capabilities designed to reduce the total cost of PC ownership The Management Extension hardware incorporates features that support the requirements of the Desktop Management Interface DMI compliant areas of the BIOS as well as those of the LANDesk Client Manager software The hardware implementation is a single chip ASIC with the following features e An integrated temperature sensor plus support for an external temperature sensor e Support for one fan speed sensor e Power supply voltage monitoring to detect levels above or below acceptable values e Registers for storing POST hardware test results and error codes e Remote reset capabilities from a remote peer or server through LANDesk Client Manager Version 3 0 and service layers when available e Hardware com
39. brings up the Advanced Chipset Configuration subscreen 3 14 5 6 Power Management Configuration When selected this brings up the Power Management subscreen 3 14 5 7 Plug and Play Configuration When selected this brings up the Plug and Play Configuration subscreen 3 14 6 Event Logging Configuration This section describes the options available in the Event Logging Configuration subscreen 3 14 7 Peripheral Configuration Subscreen This section describes the screens for the peripheral configuration subscreen 3 14 7 1 Primary PCI IDE Interface Enables or disables the Primary PCI IDE interface The options are e Disabled e Auto Configured default 3 14 7 2 Secondary PCI IDE Interface Enables or disables the Secondary PCI IDE interface The options are e Disabled e Auto Configured default 3 14 7 3 Floppy Interface Enables or disables the diskette drive interface The options are e Disabled e Enabled e Auto Configured default 57 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 14 7 4 Serial Port 1 Interface Configures serial port 1 The options are described and listed in Table 36 The default option is Auto Configured If the Configuration Mode is set to Auto Configured the Setup program assigns the first free COM port normally COM1 3F8h to serial port 1 Table 36 Serial Port Configuration Options Option Description Disable Port not enabled COM1 3F8 IRQ4 Enabled as COM1 at indicated
40. by 5 0 1 0 5 V 10 0 3 0 12 V 5 6 0 0 0 12 V t 1096 0 8 1 17 Regulatory Compliance This printed circuit assembly complies with the following safety and EMI regulations when correctly installed in a compatible host system 1 17 1 Safety 1 17 1 1 UL 1950 CSA 950 95 3rd edition Dated 07 28 95 The Standard for Safety of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment USA amp Canada 1 17 1 2 CSA C22 2 No 950 93 3rd Edition The Standard for Safety of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment Canada 1 17 1 3 EN 60 950 2nd Edition 1992 with Amendments 1 2 amp 3 The Standard for Safety of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment European Union 1 17 1 4 EC 950 2nd edition 1991 with Amendments 1 2 amp 3 The Standard for Safety of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment International 39 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 17 1 5 EMKO TSE 74 SEC 207 94 Summary of Nordic deviations to EN 60 950 Norway Sweden Denmark amp Finland 1 17 2 EMI 1 17 2 1 FCC Class B Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations Parts 2 amp 15 Subpart B pertaining to unintentional radiators USA 1 17 2 2 CISPR 22 2nd Edition 1993 Limits and methods of measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment Internatio
41. cal to booting are assigned resources by the BIOS Device Node information is available for all devices to ensure compatibility with Windows 95 Copies of the Intel Architecture Laboratory IAL Plug and Play specification may be obtained from the Intel World Wide Web site at http www intel com IAL plugplay 3 7 Desktop Management Interface DMI DMI is a method of managing computers in an enterprise The main component of DMI is the Management Information Format Database MIF which contains information about the computer and its components Using DMI a system administrator can obtain the types capabilities operational status installation date and other information about the computer s components The DMI specification requires that certain information about the motherboard be made available to an applications program This user defined information is located in a series of data structures which are accessed in various ways by means of the DMI service layer Component instrumentation allows the service layer to gain access to the information stored in the GPNV The included MIF database defines the data and provides the method for accessing the information The AP440FX BIOS provides the first stage of DMI v 2 0 support including static system configuration information including motherboard and peripheral data Future AP440FX product releases will provide event detection and error logging achieving the maximum benefit of DMI with applicat
42. d access to the options Thus by setting separate Administrative and User passwords a system administrator can limit who can change critical Setup values The actual limitations depend on whether either the Administrative or User passwords or both are set To limit access to who can boot the computer set the User password This is the password that the computer asks for before booting If only the Administrative password is set the computer boots up without asking for a password If both passwords are set you can enter either password to boot the computer Table 40 shows the effects of setting the Administrative and User passwords The table is for reference only and is not shown on the Security screen In the table the statement Can change a limited number of options means you can change the date and time the power management hot key the User password the security hot key and unattended start Table 40 Administrative and User Password Functions Password Required Password Set Administrative mode can Usermodecan During Boot Process Neither Can change all options Can change all options None Administrative only Can change all options Can change a limited None number of options User only N A Can change all options User Both Can change all options Can change a limited Administrative or User number of options If no password is set any user can change all Setup options 3 14 13 Security Screen Options
43. dy 3 SIN Serial Data In 4 RTS Request To Send 5 SOUT Serial Data Out 6 CTS Clear To Send 7 DTR Data Terminal Ready 8 RI Ring Indicator 9 GND Chassis Ground 10 Key Vacant 27 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 12 5 Audio Connectors The pinouts and signal listings for the audio connectors are provided in Table 10 Table 11 and Table 12 Table 10 CD ROM Connector J9N1 Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 CD Left 3 Ground 4 CD Right Table 11 Wavetable Upgrade Connector J9L1 Pin Signal Name Wave Right Ground Wave Left Ground Key Midi In NC MIDI Out ON OO FR WN Table 12 Telephony Connector J9K1 Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 Mono Out 3 Mic In 4 Key 28 Motherboard Description 1 12 6 Power Supply Connectors The AP440FX motherboard must be used with a power supply that supports remote power on off so the motherboard can turn off the power under software control The Powerman utility supplied for Windows 3 1x allows for soft off as does the shutdown icon in Windows 95 Start menu The BIOS turns the power off when it receives the proper APM command from the operating system For example Windows 95 issues this APM command after the user selects Shutdown the computer option APM must be enabled in the BIOS and operating system in order for the soft off feature to work correctly The user has the ability to determine the state of the power supply so
44. e e C8000h default e CC000h e D0000h e D4000h e D8000h e DC000h This setting could affect the ISA Shared Memory Size item The value entered in the ISA Shared Memory Size item cannot extend to the E0000h address For example if a size of 64K is selected options D4000h D8000h and DCO000h are not available If the ISA Shared Memory Size is set to Disabled this field will not appear 65 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 14 10 5 IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Sets the status of the IRQ The options are e Available default e Used By ISA Card The PCI auto configuration code looks here to see if these interrupts are available for use by a PCI or Plug and Play device If an interrupt is available the PCI auto configuration code or the PnP configuration agent can assign the interrupt to be used by the PCI or PnP device If your computer contains a legacy ISA agent that uses one of these interrupts select Used By ISA Card for that interrupt This lets PCI and PnP cards know that the marked interrupts are not available for their use NOTE IRQ 3 4 5 and 7 may not be available in this option depending on the setting chosen for the COMI COM2 and parallel ports in the Peripheral Configuration Subscreen IRQ 14 and 15 may not be available if the Primary and Secondary IDE ports are enabled 3 14 11 Event Logging Configuration This section describes the options available in the Event Loggi
45. e Te eC eos etos tope te Ute tete i eden es 35 1 13 1 Microprocessor Configuration AL 21 36 1 13 2 Motherboard Configuration J4L2 Jh 36 UNE i is mE DP 37 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification iS Environmental emer eanciees teshdea vee ptgecthertmtacuarnrnen a eeeaiy 38 1 16 Power Consumption sises sekis tec tia e tse eni reda DEENEN EE EES tack 38 1 16 1 Power Supply Ree E Ee 39 1 17 Regulatory Gompliange 5 rn eon tace oce a c decet e Ore en 39 We e EE 39 Les EMs enee ee a wt dae edie ee eege 40 UR ME dee eege EE ne CN A0 Motherboard Resources 2 1 Memor Map E 41 22 ON rio C 42 2 9 SOT OI COMO ud a a UM mm EN E 43 2 4 PCI Configuration Space Map erepto ere Hte nein etx baee RP Eten se to n 43 2 5 DMA Channels erae te Rede e Eua etu uiu vec Ra reed Edi eee ses e e Ern wes 43 ZESNN MIST sj re M E Pr 44 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility CEN cese er 45 3 2 BIOS Flash Memory Organization eegene SERA ro Ro Eesti Ge 45 3 9 BIOS Upgrades nere er oie tete reo deat lee te abeat ere send eec dicit 45 KEE Gelee e EE 46 3 5 POLAuto Configurallon 2 etre eed n na ecu rne e ud rus eI Eo eurn 46 3 6 TSACPIUG and Pay ote hs eer eite i bb ibo e elt ea oneal levy 47 3 7 Desktop Management Interface DMI 47 3 8 Advanced Power Management ADM 48 3 9 Advanced Power Control AR ett ie eene xe Dr er on e Rad ud 48 31 0 Language SUpBOL EE 4
46. e n e ee ee E ENEE c UE tees Yeu ENEE 74 1 Motherboard Description 1 1 Overview The AP440FX motherboard is a 64 bit high performance mixed voltage energy conscious highly integrated platform The AP440FX motherboard supports the following set of features Uses a 9 inch by 13 inch LPX form factor Uses a type 8 Zero Insertion Force ZIF socket to house the standard processor and provides an upgrade path to future OverDrive processors Accepts Pentium Pro processors with core clock frequencies of 150 MHz 166 MHz 180 MHz and 200 MHz Supports up to 128 MB of DRAM using four standard 72 pin tin lead SIMMt sockets The modules can use Fast Page Mode FPM or Extended Data Out EDO memory Non parity 32 bit and parity 36 bit memory SIMMs are supported With parity SIMMs the board can be configured to support Error Checking and Correcting ECC memory operation Uses Intel s 82440FX chipset The Intel 82371SB PCI ISA IDE Xccelerator PITX3 provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE controller with two high performance IDE interfaces for up to four devices such as hard drives or CD ROM Uses a flash BIOS with the following features Uses both hardware and software Secure Flash features to protect flash contents from corruption Uses a BIOS that complies with the Desktop Management Interface DMI compliant Uses the National Semiconductor Super I O controller the PC87307 or the pin compatible PC87308 de
47. epeat when you hold down a key on the keyboard The higher the number the faster the characters repeat The options are e 6char sec default e 8 char sec e 10 char sec e 12 char sec e 15 char sec e 20 char sec e 24 char sec e 30 char sec If Typematic Rate Programming is set to Default this option is not visible 3 14 4 13 Scan User Flash Area Scans the user Flash area for ROMs The options are e Disabled e Enabled default 3 14 4 14 Quick Mode Enables the user to speed up the boot process The options are e Disabled default e Enabled 3 14 5 Advanced Screen This section describes the Setup options found on the Advanced menu screen If you select certain options from the Advanced screen e g Peripheral Configuration the Setup program switches to a subscreen for the selected option Subscreens are described in the sections following the description of the Advanced screen options 3 14 5 1 Processor Type Reports the microprocessor type There are no options 56 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 14 5 2 Processor Speed Reports the microprocessor clock speed There are no options 3 14 5 3 Cache Size Reports the size of the secondary cache There are no options If your computer contains no L2 cache this item does not appear 3 14 5 4 Peripheral Configuration When selected this brings up the Peripheral Configuration subscreen 3 14 5 5 Advanced Chipset Configuration When selected this
48. er of PCI slots two or three slots available on the riser board used with the motherboard The jumper block at J4L2 defines a range of microprocessor and motherboard configuration parameters The jumper block at J8A2 is used to provide 3 5 V for processors that require that voltage Figure 8 shows the jumper block locations on the motherboard and indicates how jumper placement corresponds to the value defined by the motherboard silk screening Jumper Placement Detail B UP 5 J8A2 B D F H 1 ji l l 4 86 4 64 6 4 6 Configuration nn J4L2 6GG 600 666 6600 Jumpers P NOO OOO OOO OOO Geen DOWN TREIE UP PCI Riser Woo A C E G 1 3 O oO e O Ci O E Q eee oC o X 3 5V Processor js OM06180 Figure 8 Jumper Locations 35 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 13 1 Microprocessor Configuration J4L2 These allow the motherboard to be switched between different speeds of the Pentium Pro processor These jumpers also affect the PCI and ISA clock speeds as shown in Table 23
49. he active PCI function within a device 72 Error Messages and Beep Codes 4 3 BIOS Error Messages Table 44 BIOS Error Messages Error Message Gate A20 Error Address Line Short Cache Memory Bad Do Not Enable Cache 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 and Date Not Set Diskette Boot Failure Display Switch Not Proper DMA Error DMA 1 Error DMA 2 Error FDD Controller Failure HDD Controller Failure INTR 1 Error INTR 2 Error Invalid Boot Diskette Keyboard Is Locked Unlock It KB Interface Error On Board Parity Error Explanation Gate A20 on the keyboard controller is not working Error in the address decoding circuitry on the motherboard Cache memory is defective Replace it There is an error in timer 2 CMOS RAM is powered by a battery The battery power is low Replace the battery After CMOS RAM values are saved a checksum value is generated for error checking The previous value is different from the current value Run Setup The values stored in CMOS RAM are either corrupt or nonexistent Run Setup The video type in CMOS RAM does not match the type detected by the BIOS Run Setup The amount of memory on the motherboard is different than the amount in CMOS RAM Run AMIBIOS Setup Run Setup to set the date and time in CMOS RAM The boot
50. his field should be set to Enabled only when a non Plug and Play ISA card legacy card that requires non ROM memory space is used LAN cards that have on board memory buffers are one example of this video capture cards that have video buffer memory are another By default allocation of upper memory is as follows memory from C0000 C7FFF is automatically shadowed This memory range is typically reserved for video BIOS Memory from C8000 DFFFFh is initially unshadowed The BIOS scans this range for any ISA expansion card BIOS that may be present and notes the location and size The BIOS will then autoconfigure the PCI and Plug and Play devices shadowing the ROM requirements other than video into the area above E0000h until that area is full It will then assign additional PCI and Plug and Play expansion cards to the area between C8000h and DFFFFh If an ISA legacy card has non ROM memory requirements the autoconfigure routine may write into an area that is needed by the ISA expansion card The ISA Shared Memory Size parameter signifies the autoconfigure routine that this block of memory is reserved and should not be shadowed Shadowing is a technique that copies a block of memory from an add in card s ROM to the same address in system memory This provides faster access and achieves higher performance By default all upper memory is shadowed 3 14 10 4 ISA Shared Memory Base Address Sets the base address for the ISA Shared Memory The options ar
51. ibility of having to replace a fuse care should be taken to turn off the power before installing or removing a keyboard or mouse The integrated 8042 microcontroller contains the AMI Megakey keyboard mouse controller code which besides providing traditional keyboard and mouse control functions supports Power On Reset POR password protection The POR password can be defined by the user in the Setup program The keyboard controller also provides for the following hot key sequences e CTRL ALT DEL System software reset This sequence performs a software reset of the computer by jumping to the beginning of the BIOS code and running the POST operation AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification e CTRL ALT defined in Setup Power down and coffee break key sequences take advantage of the SMM features of the Pentium Pro processor to greatly reduce the computer s power consumption while maintaining the responsiveness necessary to service external interrupts e CTRL ALT defined in Setup Keyboard secure hot keys lock the keyboard until user specified password is given 1 8 3 Real Time Clock CMOS RAM and Battery 1 8 4 The integrated real time clock is compatible with DS1287 and MC146818 components It provides a time of day clock a 100 year calendar with alarm features and a century register The real time clock can be set in the Setup program The real time clock also supports 242 byte batte
52. ideo IRQ Enables or disables the onboard video IRQ The options are e Disabled default e Enabled 3 14 8 5 Video Palette Snoop Controls the ability of a primary PCI graphics controller to share a common palette with an ISA add in video card Some add in cards that use the VESA feature connector might need this feature enabled The options are e Disabled default e Enabled 3 14 8 6 ISA VGA Write Combining Enables or disables the ISA VGA write combining Enabling this feature provides faster video performance by combining processor writes to video memory The options are e Disabled e Enabled default 3 14 8 7 Latency Timer PCI Clocks Sets the length of time in PCI clocks an agent on the PCI bus can hold the bus when another agent has requested the bus The options are e Auto Configured default e 16 e 24 e 32 e 40 e 48 e 56 e 64 e 72 e 80 e 88 e 96 e 104 e 112 e 120 e 128 62 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 14 8 8 Memory Error Detection Sets the type of error detection or correction The options are e Disabled default e ECC e Parity This field appears if either ECC or Parity SIMMs are detected Parity and ECC SIMMs can be configured to run either as Parity or ECC e g Parity SIMMs may be configured to run in ECC mode 3 14 8 9 Bank 0 Reports the type of memory found in the Bank 0 SIMM slots There are no options 3 14 8 10 Bank 1 Reports the type of memory found in the Bank 1
53. ily point to the executable interrupt service routines when the processor goes into SMM Interrupts are disabled upon entry into SMM Any program that wants to use interrupts during SMM must provide a valid interrupt service routine and place a pointer to it in an interrupt descriptor table before renabling interrupts Windows 95 places an Energy Star compliant monitor in video standby mode after a period of system inactivity Windows 95 uses the motherboard BIOS to put the processor into SMM The motherboard BIOS in turn invokes the video BIOS to place the monitor into standby mode Some video BIOSes reenable interrupts when they are called but do not ensure that a valid interrupt service routine is available If the video BIOS then generates a hardware or software interrupt while the system is in SMM in most cases the system will lock up 3 9 Advanced Power Control APC 48 The BIOS supports APC through the National 87307 Super I O controller Two features that have been implemented are Auto Start On AC Loss and Power On COMI Ring Auto Start On AC Loss sets the control for returning to the last known state of the computer or powering down upon AC power loss to the motherboard Power On COMI Ring sets the control for allowing the computer to be powered on upon an incoming POTS call to a telephony device configured for operation on COMI Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3 10 Language Support The BIOS setup screen and help messages are su
54. ions such as LANDesk Client Manager from Intel 47 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 8 Advanced Power Management APM This section describes the use of System Management Mode SMM by the BIOS The BIOS supports APM version 1 2 APM is enabled in BIOS by default however the computer must be configured with an APM driver to utilize the system power saving features Windows 95 enables APM automatically upon detecting the presence of the APM BIOS The energy saving Standby mode can be initiated by one of the following e a keyboard hot key sequence set by the user e atime out period set by the user e asuspend resume button tied to the front panel sleep connector When in Standby mode the motherboard reduces power consumption by utilizing the Pentium Pro processor s SMM capabilities and also spinning down hard drives and turning off VESA DPMS compliant monitors The user may select which DPMS mode Standby Suspend or Off to send to the monitor in Setup The ability to respond to external interrupts is fully maintained while in Standby mode allowing the system to service requests such as an in coming fax or network message while unattended Any keyboard or mouse activity brings the system out of the energy saving Standby mode When this occurs the monitor and IDE drives are turned back on immediately Because SMM uses its own address space the pointers to interrupt service routines in protected mode do not necessar
55. k Addressing LBA and Extended Cylinder Sector Head ECHS translation modes as well as ATAPI e g CD ROM devices on both IDE interfaces Detection of IDE device transfer rate and translation mode capability is automatically determined by the BIOS Normally programmed I O operations require a substantial amount of microprocessor bandwidth In true multi tasking operating systems like Windowst 95 the microprocessor bandwidth freed up by using PCI bus mastering IDE can be used to complete other tasks while disk transfers are occurring When used in conjunction with the appropriate driver for the Windows 95 environment the IDE interface can operate as a PCI bus master capable of supporting PIO Mode 4 devices with transfer rates of up to 16 MB sec Detailed information on the PCIset is available in the Intel 82440FX PCISet data sheet 1 7 5 Secure Flash Support The AP440FX motherboard uses both onboard hardware and BIOS code support to protect the onboard flash memory device from accidentally or intentionally being corrupted A general purpose I O GPIO port of the I O controller is used to control the write enable line of the flash device By putting the microprocessor in System Management Mode SMM whenever the flash write is enabled the BIOS can ensure that the SMM code is not corrupted and that flash can only be written from within SMM 1 7 6 USB Support The AP440FX motherboard has two USB ports This permits connection of two USB peri
56. l Name 1 5 v fused 2 USBPO USBP1 fused 3 USBPO USBP 1 fused 4 Ground 1 12 8 4 Keyboard and Mouse Ports Table 21 lists the pinout and signal names for the PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors Although they are labeled as Keyboard and Mouse on the motherboard and the back panel the connectors can be used interchangeably for either keyboard or mouse Table 21 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pinout Pin Signal Name Function Data No connect Ground 5 VDC fused Clock No connect o a Fw hy 33 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 12 8 5 Parallel Port Table 22 lists the pinout and signal names for the parallel port connector Table 22 Parallel Port Connector Pinout Pin Signal Name Description Pin Signal Name Description 1 STB Strobe 14 AFD Auto Feed 2 PPDO Data Bit 0 15 ERROR Fault 3 PPD1 Data Bit 1 16 INIT Initializing printer 4 PPD2 Data Bit 2 17 SLCTIN Select input 5 PPD3 Data Bit 3 18 GND Chassis Ground 6 PPD4 Data Bit 4 19 GND Chassis Ground 7 PPD5 Data Bit 5 20 GND Chassis Ground 8 PPD6 Data Bit 6 21 GND Chassis Ground 9 PPD7 Data Bit 7 22 GND Chassis Ground 10 ACK Acknowledge 23 GND Chassis Ground 11 BUSY Port Busy 24 GND Chassis Ground 12 PE Paper end 25 GND Chassis Ground 13 SLCT Select 34 1 13 Jumper Settings Motherboard Description There are three jumper blocks on the AP440FX motherboard The jumper block at J1J1 defines the numb
57. motherboard design uses Soft off control implemented under the SMM code in the BIOS Any power supply used with the AP440FX motherboard must support the Soft off feature The ONCTL pin of the I O controller is connected to the Soft off control line in the power supply circuit The registers in the I O controller that set the I O address and control the ONCTL pin are not setup until the SMM code is activated 2 4 PCI Configuration Space Map Table 30 PCI Configuration Space Map Bus Number hex Dev Number hex Function Number hex Description 00 00 00 Intel 82440FX PMC Host Bridge 00 07 00 Intel 82371SB PIIX3 ISA bridge 00 07 01 Intel 82371SB PIIX3 IDE Controller 00 07 02 Intel 82371SB PIIX3 USB 00 08 00 Video Controller 00 13 00 PCI Expansion Slot user available 00 11 00 PCI Expansion Slot user available 00 0B 00 PCI Expansion Slot Optional PCI Expansion Slot for 3 slot Riser 2 5 DMA Channels Table 31 DMA Channels DMA Data Width Resource 0 8 or 16 bits Open 1 8 or 16 bits Audio 2 8 or 16 bits Floppy 3 8 or 16 bits Parallel Port for ECP EPP Config 4 Reserved Cascade channel 5 16 bits Open 6 16 bits Open 7 16 bits Open 43 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 2 6 Interrupts 44 Table 32 Interrupts IRQ Resource NMI UO Channel Check 0 Reserved Interval Timer 1 Reserved Keyboard buffer full 2 Reserved Cascade interrupt from slave PIC 3 Seri
58. nal 1 17 2 3 EN 55 022 1995 Limits and methods of measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment Europe 1 17 2 4 EN 50 082 1 1992 Generic Immunity Standard Currently compliance is determined via testing to IEC 801 2 3 and 4 Europe 1 17 2 5 VCCI Class 2 ITE Implementation Regulations for Voluntary Control of Radio Interference by Data Processing Equipment and Electronic Office Machines Japan 1 17 2 6 ICES 003 Issue 2 Interference Causing Equipment Standard Digital Apparatus Canada 1 17 3 Product Certification Markings This printed circuit assembly has the following product certification markings e European CE Marking Consists of a marking on the board and shipping container e UL Recognition Mark Consists of the UL File No E139761 on the component side of the board and the PB No on the solder side of the board Board material flammability is 94V 1 or 0 Canadian Compliance Consists of small c followed by a stylized backward UR on component side of board 40 2 Motherboard Resources 2 1 Memory Map Table 28 Memory Map Address Range Decimal 1024K 131072K 960K 1023K 944K 959K 936K 943K 932K 935K 928K 931K 896K 927K 800 895K 640K 799K 639K 512K 638K OK 511K Address Range hex 100000 8000000 F0000 FFFFF ECO000 EFFFF EA000 EBFFF E9000 E9FFF E8000 E8FFF E0000 E7FFF C8000 DFFFF A0000 C7FFF 9FCO0 9FFFF 80000 9FBFF
59. ng Configuration subscreen 3 14 11 1 Event Log Capacity This information field tells whether the log is full 3 14 11 2 Event Count Granularity Defines the number of log events that must occur before the event log is updated The default is 10 events 3 14 11 3 Event Time Granularity Minutes Defines the amount of time that must pass before the event log is updated The default is 30 minutes 3 14 11 4 Event Log Control Allows users to enable or disable event logging The options are e AU Events Enabled default e ECC Events Disabled e AU Events Disabled 66 3 14 11 5 Clear Event Log Sets a flag that clears the event log on the next pass through the POST The options are Keep default On Next Boot 3 14 11 6 Mark Existing Events as Read Marks all events already in the log as having been not read Do Not Mark or read Mark The options are Do Not Mark default Mark 3 14 11 7 Event Log Subscreens The bottom of the Event Log screen includes several information fields that display information about the date and time of the last event of a specific type as well as a count of how many events of that type are logged Selecting a field and pressing lt Enter gt brings up a subscreen that shows information specific to that event type Event types for which subscreens are available include The subscreens presented for each of these event types are described in Table 39 Note that the Single Bit ECC Events Mul
60. nobl nanesene aa deaeuea bate enable Netto inde e ied S Logos Era ese 33 21 PS 2Keyboard Mouse Connector Pinot 33 22 Parallel Port Connector PIO ssn eui omes Ero cerrar too ie Pape eb ruin eee edt ede 34 23 Microprocessor System Speed Settings seeesseesennrneeeeseeennrrrnrrrnrrsserennrrnnnnsserrnnne 36 24 Configuration OECD eoa e egen Core e rn ds tese enn 37 25 Motherboard Environmental Gpecfcations 38 26 gt Ge EE 38 2 DG Ee E 39 28 MIGNON WIapisoe e cogites era teo tone dre Nae herd pep RR Retire ease e eege Eed 41 297 VO cT EE 42 30 PCI Configuration Space Map ree per EC rto E bn te bt en ear 43 31 JDNMZCOHADDels uso dee Ee 43 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification vi att E 44 Flash Memory OrganizatiOhi nie ret reed ENEE ENEE EEN Rae en ee takeout 45 Recommendations for Configuring an ATAPI Device seeeeneee 46 Overview of the Setup Menu Screens ke 50 Serial Port Gonriguratlion R e EE 58 Parallel Port Configuration Option EEN 59 ECP Compatible Configuration Option 60 Event Log SUbSCcreens xe ect e bir ud eO asks a pu pu SUR cec eases 67 Administrative and User Password Funchons 68 BIOS Beep Codes oce ete dece tev edit ku Ha qr ea RYE eae 71 PCI Configuration Error Messages cte cet e Eo cec a pa Eten EE mage cc rte ipu hus 71 Chained PCI Error Messages dit eet end eee Sce cr ERE ENEE dg 72 BIOS Error Messages EE 73 ISA NMI MeSSag6s o
61. ock header 3x1 J3A1 Intel SB82441FX PMC U4F1 Consumer Fast IR header 5x2 J4L1 S3 ViRGE DX video controller U2K1 COM2H header 5x2 J3N1 1 2 Motherboard Manufacturing Options Motherboard Description Contact your local Intel Field Sales Office for options and ordering information 1 3 Form Factor The motherboard is designed to fit into a standard LPX form factor chassis Figure 2 illustrates the mechanical form factor for the AP440FX The AP440FX LPX form factor adheres to the standard LPX guidelines with outer dimensions of 9 inches x 13 inches 0 37 7 10 E 12 63 C J 11 10 98 0 5 50 t X 0 00 O 0 150 0 35 8 65 3 55 7 15 0 00 8 45 OM06179 Figure 2 Motherboard Dimensions AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 4 VO Shield The back panel I O shield for the AP440FX motherboard must meet specific dimensional and material requirements Computers based on the AP440FX motherboard need the back panel I O shield in order to pass certification testing Figure 3 shows the critical dimensions for the I O shield
62. oloo o ooog o oC OO polo oo 27 SW ON IRDA PWRLED SPKR SLP HDLED RESET OM04953 Figure 5 Front Panel I O Connectors Table 4 lists the pinout for the front panel I O connector Table 4 Front Panel I O Connector J2A1 Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 SW_ON 15 HD ACTIVE 2 FPPWR_ON 16 5V 3 SLEEP_REQ 17 Key 4 FPSLP 18 Ground 5 Key 19 Key 6 5V 20 PWRDVR 7 Key 21 Key 8 IR_RX 22 Ground 9 Ground 23 FP_RESET 10 IR_TX 24 5V 11 IR_SL1 25 Key 12 Key 26 SPKR_DAT connect 13 5V 27 PC_SPKROUT 14 _Key Motherboard Description 1 12 1 1 SW ON This 2 pin header connects to a front panel power switch When the switch is closed the power supply turns on If a mechanical switch is connected to this header it must apply a momentary ground to the SW ON header pin in order to signal the supply to turn on or off Because of the motherboard s internal debounce circuitry the ground must be applied for at least 50ms At least two seconds must pass before the power supply will recognize another on off signal to prevent double clicking 1 12 1 2 Sleep Resume When Advanced Power Management APM is activated in the BIOS and the Operating System s APM driver is loaded Sleep mode Standby can be entered in one of three ways e An optional front panel Sleep Resume button e A user defined keyboard hot key e Prolonged computer inactivity The Sleep Resume button is supported by a 2 pin header located on the front panel I O connector Cl
63. osing the Sleep switch generates an SMI System Management Interrupt to the processor which immediately goes into System Management Mode SMM The front panel Sleep mode switch must be a momentary two pin SPST type that is normally open The function of the Sleep Resume button can also be achieved by using a keyboard hot key sequence or by a time out of the inactivity timer Both the keyboard hot key and the inactivity timer are programmable in the BIOS Setup timer is set to 10 minutes by default To reactivate the computer or Resume the user must simply press the sleep resume button again or use the keyboard or PS 2 mouse Mouse activity only wakes up the computer if a mouse driver is loaded While the computer is in Standby or sleep mode it is fully capable of responding to and servicing external interrupts such as in coming FAX even though the monitor only turns on if a user interrupt keyboard mouse occurs as mentioned above 1 12 1 3 Infrared Connector Serial port 2 can be configured to support an IrDA module with a 5 pin header connector Once configured for IrDA the user can transfer files to or from portable devices such as laptops PDAs and printers using application software such as LapLink The IrDA specification provides for data transfers at 115 Kbps from a distance of 1 meter Consumer IR is also supported by the same connector 1 12 1 4 Hard Drive LED This 3 pin keyed header can be connected to a f
64. patibility with Windows NTT AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification When an out of range condition temperature fan speed or voltage is reached an interrupt is activated The Management Extension circuitry connects to the ISA bus as an 8 bit I O mapped device and uses the I O addresses identified in the I O map 1 12 Motherboard Connectors 20 The AP440FX motherboard has onboard connectors supporting the following feature areas e Front panel features e Memory SIMM and expansion PCI ISA riser sockets e Video features e Serial header e Audio features e Power connectors e Floppy and PCI IDE connectors Figure 4 identifies the connectors on the AP440FX motherboard and indicates the feature area with which each connector is associated Motherboard Description Serial J3N1 O 9 800 OO OO 20M COM2H Video 1 fgg 2 an og an Lu LPB Dr VESA BE og JIKI BE oo UI 28 an 33 BEI 34 Floppy IDE 1 Pa 2 s OO BB Fi EB Floppy B B Drive oog BH J8L1 oOo LI HH 1 mso 33 jag 34 EE Og LELI LE BB PCIIDE OU oo Bu J8HI GH JOH2 Oo oOo OOo D oo 39 n BJ 40
65. pheral devices directly to the computer without an external hub If more devices are required an external hub can be connected to either of the built in ports The motherboard completely supports the standard universal host controller interface UHCI and takes advantage of the standard software drivers written to be compatible with UHCI Features of the USB include e Self identifying peripherals e Automatic mapping of function to driver and configuration e Support for isochronous and asynchronous transfer types over the same set of wires e Support for up to 127 physical devices e Guaranteed bandwidth and low latencies appropriate for telephony audio and other applications e Error handling and fault recovery mechanisms built into protocol e Low cost cables and connectors Motherboard Description 1 8 PC87307 Super I O Controller Control for the integrated serial ports parallel port floppy drive real time clock and keyboard controller is incorporated into a single component the National Semiconductor PC87307 The PC87307 is a fully Plug and Play compatible device which provides e Two NS16C550 compatible UARTS with send receive 16 byte FIFO Support for an IrDA and Consumer IR compliant Infrared interface e Multi mode bi directional parallel port Standard mode IBM and Centronics compatible Enhanced Parallel Port EPP with BIOS Driver support High Speed mode Extended Capabilities Port ECP compatible e Indu
66. pported in 32 languages There are 5 languages available at this time American English German Italian French and Spanish Translation to other languages may become available at a later date 3 11 Boot Options Booting from CD ROM is supported in adherence to the El Torito v 1 0 bootable CD ROM format specification developed by Phoenix Technologies and IBM Under the Boot Options field in Setup CD ROM is one of four possible boot devices which are defined in priority order The default setting is for floppy to be the primary boot device and hard drive to be the secondary boot device If CD ROM is selected it must be the first device The third and fourth devices are set to disabled in the default configuration The user can add also select network as a boot device The network option allows booting from a network add in card with a remote boot ROM installed lt gt NOTE A copy of El Torito v 1 0 is available on the Phoenix Web page http www ptltd com techs specs html 3 12 Flash LOGO Area The motherboard supports a 4 KB programmable flash user area located at ES000 ESFFF An OEM may use this area to display a custom logo The BIOS accesses the user area just after completing POST A utility is available from Intel to assist with installing a logo into flash for display during POST Contact your local Intel Sales office or authorized distributor for further information 3 13 Setup Enable Jumper A motherboard configu
67. r has requested a resource that is already in use The primary IDE controller has requested a resource that is already in use The secondary IDE controller has requested a resource that is already in use The parallel port has requested a resource that is already in use Serial port 1 has requested a resource that is already in use Serial port 2 has requested a resource that is already in use The following PCI messages are chained together to give an error message Table 43 Chained PCI Error Messages Error Message PCI resource name Conflict Bus aa Device bb Function cc where PCI O Port Conflict PCI Memory Conflict PCI RQ Conflict Bus aa Device bb Function cc Explanation A PCI resource conflict has been detected The full message Is formed by chaining the fixed text with the variable text indicated by italics Each message variation provides details on the type of resource conflict and detailed information on the bus device and function associated with the resource conflict Two devices requested the same I O port resulting in a conflict Two devices requested the same memory address resulting in a conflict Two devices requested the same IRQ address resulting in a conflict Is a hexadecimal number corresponding to the PCI bus number For desktop motherboards the bus number is 00 Is a hexadecimal number corresponding to the PCI device Is a hexadecimal number corresponding to t
68. ration jumper controls access to the BIOS Setup utility By setting the jumper to the disable position the user is prevented from accessing the Setup utility during the POST or at any other time The message prompting the user to press lt F1 gt to enter Setup is also disabled 3 14 Overview of the Setup Menu Screens The Setup program initially displays the Main menu screen In each screen there are options for modifying the computer s configuration Select a menu screen by pressing the left or right lt gt arrow keys Use the up T or down lt gt arrow keys to select items in a screen Use the Enter key to select an item for modification For certain items pressing Enter brings up a subscreen After you have selected an item use the arrow keys to modify the setting 49 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 14 1 3 14 1 1 Table 35 Overview of the Setup Menu Screens Setup Menu Screen Main Advanced Security Exit Setup Subscreen Floppy Options IDE Device Configuration Boot Options Peripheral Configuration Advanced Chipset Configuration Power Management Configuration Plug and Play Configuration Event Logging Configuration Description Set up and modify some of the basic options of a PC such as time date diskette drives hard drives Modify the more advanced features of a PC such as peripheral configuration and advanced chipset configuration Specify
69. re automatically detected but the user must enter Setup to configure the SIMMs for either Parity or ECC operation Parity memory detects single bit errors ECC memory detects double bit errors and corrects single bit errors Errors may be generated by a defective memory module by different speeds of memory modules or by DMA or memory conflicts 1 7 Chipset The Intel 82440FX PCIset consists of the 82441FX PCI Bridge and Memory controller PMC and the 82442FX Data Bus Accelerator DBX The Intel 82371SB PCI ISA IDE Xccelerator PIIX3 bridge provides the connection between the ISA and PCI buses 1 7 1 82441FX PCI Bridge and Memory Controller PMC The 82441FX comes in a 208 pin QFP package and provides the following features e Microprocessor interface control Pentium Pro processor host bus up to 66 MHz 32 bit addressing Motherboard Description e Integrated DRAM controller 64 72 bit Non Interleaved path to memory w ECC support Support for EDO and Fast Page DRAM 8 MB to 256 MB main memory e Fully synchronous PCI bus interface PCI Rev 2 1 5 V interface compliant 25 30 33 MHz PCI to DRAM gt 100 MBps e Data Buffering Host to DRAM and PCI to DRAM write data buffering Write combining support for host to PCI burst writes 1 7 2 82442FX Data Bus Accelerator DBX The DBX connects to the 64 bit Pentium Pro processor data bus the 64 72 bit memory data bus and the 16 bit PMC private data bu
70. ree for PCI add in card use The PCI Auto Configuration function complies with version 2 10 of the PCI BIOS specification Configuration information is stored in ESCD format The ESCD data may be cleared i e write protection is removed by setting the CMOS clear jumper to the DOWN CLR position Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility PCI specification 2 1 for add in card auto configuration is also a part of the Plug and Play BIOS Peer to peer hierarchical PCI Bridge 1 0 is supported and by using an OEM supplied option ROM or TSR a PCI to PCMCIA bridge capability is possible as well 3 6 ISA Plug and Play The BIOS incorporates ISA Plug and Play capabilities as delivered by Plug and Play Release 1 0A Plug and Play BIOS V 1 0A ESCD V 1 03 When used in conjunction with the ISA Configuration Utility ICU for DOS or Windows 3 x the computer allows auto configuration of Plug and Play ISA cards PCI cards and resource management for legacy ISA cards Because the BIOS supports configuring devices across PCI bridges release 1 41 or greater of the ICU must be used with the motherboard to properly view and change settings Configuration information is stored in ESCD format The ESCD data may be cleared i e write protection is removed by setting the CMOS clear jumper to the DOWN CLR position The BIOS also has a setup option to support the Windows 95 run time Plug and Play utilities When this option is selected only devices criti
71. ront panel LED to indicate when hard drive activity is taking place When the hard drive is being accessed the HDACTIVE pin J2A1 15 goes low 1 12 1 5 Power ON LED This 2 pin header can be connected to a front panel LED to indicate when power is applied to the motherboard When the motherboard is powered up power is applied to the PWRDRV pin 241 20 to light the front panel LED 23 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 12 1 6 Reset This 2 pin header can be connected to a momentary SPST type switch that is normally open When the switch is closed the computer performs a hard reset and runs POST 1 12 1 7 Speaker The speaker provides error beep code information during the POST if the computer cannot use the video interface Jumpering pins 26 27 the last two pins of J2A1 engage the onboard speaker To disable the onboard speaker and allow use of the chassis speaker remove the jumper from these pins 1 12 1 8 Keylock Connector J3A1 The Keylock connector pinout is listed in Table 5 Table 5 Keylock Connector J3A1 Pin Signal Name 1 Ground KB_LOCK Ground 1 12 1 9 Fan Connector J4A1 The auxiliary fan connector J4A 1 is a 1 by 3 header that can accept either two position power and ground or three position power ground and fan sense fan plugs Figure 6 indicates the required orientation and positioning of the fan plug Table 6 lists the signals and pinout for the fan connector
72. ry backed CMOS RAM in two banks which is reserved for BIOS use The CMOS RAM can be set to specific values or cleared to the default values using the Setup program Also the CMOS RAM values can be cleared to the defaults by using a configuration jumper on the motherboard An external coin cell style battery provides power to the real time clock and CMOS memory The battery used is a long life version that is socketed for easy replacement When the computer is on the life of the battery is extended by a trickle current from the power supply Infrared Support A 5 pin interface on the front panel I O connector allows connection to a Hewlett Packard HSDL 1000 compatible infrared IrDA transmitter receiver Once the module is connected to the front panel I O header Serial port 2 can be redirected to the IrDA module When configured for IrDA the user can transfer files to or from portable devices such as laptops PDAs and printers using application software such as LapLinkt The IrDA specification provides for data transfers at 115kbps from a distance of 1 meter Support for Consumer Infrared ASK IR and DASK IR options for SHARP IR is also included Consumer infrared is supported at both slow and medium speeds 1 8 5 Parallel Port A 25 pin D Sub header is provided on the back panel for a multi mode bi directional parallel port The parallel port operates in standard mode Enhanced Parallel Port EPP version 1 7 mode with BIOS and Driver suppor
73. s The DBX works in parallel with the PMC to provide a high performance memory subsystem for Pentium Pro processor based computers The DBX comes in a 208 pin PQF package 1 7 3 82371SB PCI ISA IDE Xccelerator PIIX3 The 82371SB provides the interface between the PCI and ISA buses and integrates a dual channel fast IDE interface capable of supporting up to four devices The 82371SB integrates four 8 bit and three 16 bit DMA channels three 8 bit timer counters two eight channel interrupt controllers PCI to ATf interrupt mapping circuitry NMI logic ISA refresh address generation and PCI ISA bus arbitration circuitry together into the same device The PIIX3 comes in a 208 pin QFP package and provides the following features e Interface between the PCI bus and ISA bus e Universal Serial Bus USB Host Hub Controller Support for 2 USB ports e Integrated fast IDE interface Support for up to 4 devices with separate Master Slave mode support PIO Mode 4 transfers up to 16 MB sec Integrated 8 x 32 bit buffer for Bus Master IDE PCI burst transfers e Enhanced DMA controller with Fast Type F DMA e Counters Timers e Power Management Programmable system management interrupt SMI AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 1 7 4 IDE Support The motherboard provides two independent high performance bus mastering PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 devices The BIOS supports Logical Bloc
74. s if an IDE device is connected to the computer When selected this brings up the IDE Device Configuration subscreen 3 14 1 7 Secondary IDE Slave Reports if an IDE device is connected to the computer When selected this brings up the IDE Device Configuration subscreen 3 14 1 8 Language Specifies the language of the text strings used in the Setup program and the BIOS The options are any installed languages 3 14 1 9 Boot Options When selected this brings up the Boot Options subscreen 3 14 1 10 Video Mode Reports the video mode There are no options 3 14 1 11 Mouse Reports if a PS 2 mouse is installed or not There are no options 3 14 1 12 Base Memory Reports the amount of base memory There are no options 3 14 1 13 Extended Memory Reports the amount of extended memory There are no options 3 14 1 14 BIOS Version Reports the BIOS identification string There are no options 3 14 2 Floppy Options Subscreen 3 14 2 1 Floppy A Reports if a floppy drive is connected to the computer There are no options 3 14 2 2 Floppy B Reports if a second floppy drive is connected to the computer There are no options 51 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 14 2 3 Floppy A Type Specifies the physical size and capacity of the floppy drive The options are e Disabled e 360 KB 5 25 inch e 1 2 MB 5 25 inch e 720 KB 3 5 inch e 1 44 1 25 MB 3 5 inch default e 2 88 MB 3 5 inch 3 14 2
75. stry standard floppy controller with 16 byte data FIFO 2 88 MB floppy support e Integrated Real Time Clock with Century calendar functionality e Integrated 8042 compatible keyboard controller The PC87307 is normally configured automatically by the BIOS but configuration of these interfaces also is possible using the CMOS Setup utility that can be invoked during boot The serial ports can be enabled as COM1 COM2 COM2 as IrDA or disabled The parallel port can be configured as compatible bi directional EPP ECP or disabled The floppy interface can be configured for 360 KB or 1 2 MB 51 4 media or for 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB 312 media 1 8 1 Floppy Controller The PC87307 is software compatible with the DP8473 and 82077 floppy disk controllers The floppy interface can be configured for 360 KB or 1 2 MB 5 media or for 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB 3 7 media in the BIOS setup By default the Floppy A interface is configured for 1 44 MB and Floppy B is disabled Configuring the floppy interface for 1 2 MB 312 3 mode floppy requires the use of a driver to operate correctly 1 8 2 Keyboard and Mouse Interface PS 2 keyboard mouse connectors are located on the back panel side of the motherboard The 5V lines to these connectors are protected with a PolySwitcht circuit which acts much like a self healing fuse re establishing the connection after an over current condition is removed While this device eliminates the poss
76. t and a high speed Extended Capabilities Port ECP compatible mode EPP Mode requires a driver provided by the peripheral manufacturer to operate correctly 1 9 Graphics Subsystem The AP440FX motherboard is available with a factory option of an S3 ViRGET or ViRGE DX SVGA graphics controller Both options are supported by 2 MB of 50 ns EDO SOJ DRAM soldered to the motherboard The AP440FX motherboard also supports the S3 media channel also known as the Local Peripheral Bus LBP or Scenic Highway Motherboard Description 1 9 1 S3 ViRGE Graphics Subsystem The AP440FX motherboard is available with a factory option of an S3 ViRGE SVGA graphics controller with 2 MB of 50 ns EDO SOJ DRAM The S3 ViRGE has a high performance 64 bit 2D 3D graphics engine and incorporates the S3 Streams Processor that enables the device to convert YUV formatted video data to RGB and provides acceleration for scaling the video display without compromising picture quality or frame rate The on chip RAMDAC clock synthesizer is capable of output pixel data rates of 135 MHz providing non interlaced screen resolutions of up to 1280x1024x256 colors at 75 Hz The 64 bit S3d Engine incorporates the key Windows and other GUI accelerator functions of BitBLT line draw and polygon fill 3D features include flat shading Gouraud shading and texture mapping support Advanced texture mapping features include perspective correction bi linear and tri linear filtering MIP mapping and Z
77. tage and current specifications for a hypothetical computer configured with the AP440FX motherboard and the following components a 200 MHz Pentium Pro processor w 256 KB Cache 16 MB EDO DRAM 3 5 inch floppy drive 1 6 GB IDE hard drive and 4X IDE CD ROM The power supply is a 200 watt LPX power supply with at least 6596 efficiency This information is preliminary and is provided only as a guide for calculating approximate total power usage with additional resources added Table 26 Power Usage DC amps Operating Conditions AC watts 43 3V 5V 5V 12 V 12V 5VSB APM enabled idle and running 29 6 400 mA 1 96 A lt 10mA 240mA 50mA N A Windows 95 desktop APM disabled running 53 7 410 mA 6 08 A lt 10mA 240mA 80mA N A Windows 95 SCT AVI test Computer powered down N A N A N A N A N A N A lt 10 mA Motherboard Description 1 16 1 Power Supply Considerations The AP440FX motherboard is designed to operate with a switching power supply in the PS 2 form factor with dual line input capability remote ON OFF forced air cooling standby voltage VSB and the following electrical characteristics e Power 200 W maximum peak 160 W maximum continuous e Rise time for power supply 2 ms to 20 ms e Minimum delay from reset to Powergood 100ms e Minimum Powerdown warning 1 ms Table 27 DC Voltage Current Range amps DC Voltage Acceptable Tolerance Maximum Minimum 3 3 V 5 3 14 0 0 3 5 V t 5 18 0 1 0 5 V SB stand
78. tes display scaling while maintaining picture quality and frame rate e 3 D graphics support including flat shading Gouraud shading and advanced texture mapping e S3 Scenic Highway support for hardware MPEG Table 3 S3 ViRGE DX Supported Resolutions Refresh Rate Hz At 4 bit Color 8 bit Color 15 16 bit Color 24 bit Color 32 bit Color Resolution 16 Colors 256 Colors 32K 64K Colors 16M Colors 16M Colors 640 x 480 60 60 72 75 85 60 72 75 60 72 75 60 72 75 800 x 600 not supported 56 60 72 75 60 72 75 60 72 75 60 72 75 85 1024 x 768 not supported 43 IL 60 70 43 IL 60 70 75 not supported not supported 75 85 1280 x 1024 43 IL 45 IL 45 IL 60 72 75 not supported not supported not supported 60 72 75 1600 x 1200 not supported 48 5 IL not supported not supported not supported Non accelerated mode only IL Interlaced The S3 ViRGE DX graphics controller supports more modes than shown above The graphics drivers provide options for additional resolutions 1 9 3 LBP VESA Feature Connector The AP440FX motherboard supports a 34 pin VESA feature connector which also accepts a 26 pin peripheral plug for synchronizing graphics output with an external NTSC or PAL signal and a shared frame buffer interface to maximize multimedia performance as well as the LPB or Scenic Highway that provides a glueless bi directional interface to a video companion device such as an MPEG live video decoder The
79. the bus signal for more than 7 8 microseconds
80. tility 3 14 7 13 Secondary PCI IDE Status Displays the current status of the Secondary PCI IDE Interface from the selectable setting above This is an informational field and is not accessible 3 14 7 14 Floppy Status Reports the current status of the floppy drive from the selectable setting above There are no options 3 14 7 15 Serial Port 1 Status Reports the current status of serial port 1 from the selectable setting above There are no options 3 14 7 16 Serial Port 2 Status Reports the current status of serial port 2 from the selectable setting above There are no options 3 14 7 17 Parallel Port Status Reports the current status of the parallel port from the selectable setting above There are no options 3 14 8 Advanced Chipset Configuration Subscreen This section describes the options available on the Advanced Chipset Configuration Subscreen 3 14 8 1 Base Memory Size Sets the size of the base memory The options are e 512KB e 640 KB default 3 14 8 2 ISA LFB Size Sets the size of the linear frame buffer The options are e Disabled default e 1MB If this is set to 1 MB the ISA LFB Base Address field appears 3 14 8 3 ISA LFB Base Address Reports the base address of the LFB There are no options The base address is 16 MB minus the ISA LFB size value This field does not appear if the ISA LFB Size is set to Disabled 61 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 14 8 4 Onboard V
81. tiple Bit ECC Events Pre Boot Events Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility initial three lines of information for all screens cover the same information Table 39 Event Log Subscreens Event Type Single Bit ECC Events Multiple Bit ECC Events Pre Boot Events Subscreen Detail Date of Last Occurrence Time of Last Occurrence Total Count of Events Errors Memory Bank with Errors Date of Last Occurrence Time of Last Occurrence Total Count of Events Errors Memory Bank with Errors Date of Last Occurrence Time of Last Occurrence Total Count of Events Errors POST ERRORS FOUND None initial value None initial value None initial value None initial value None initial value None initial value None initial value None initial value None initial value None initial value None initial value None initial value 67 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 3 14 12 Security Screen This section describes the two access modes that can be set using the options found on the Security screen and then describes the Security screen options themselves 3 14 12 1 Administrative and User Access Modes The options on the Security screen menu enable you to restrict access to the Setup program by enabling you to set passwords for two different access modes Administrative mode and User mode In general Administrative mode has full access to the Setup fields whereas User mode has restricte
82. tup program to initiate this This selection loads the CMOS RAM values that were present when the computer was turned on 69 4 Error Messages and Beep Codes 4 1 BIOS Beep Codes Table 41 BIOS Beep Codes Beeps Error Message Description 1 Refresh Failure The memory refresh circuitry on the motherboard is faulty 2 Parity Error A parity error has been detected 3 Base 64 KB Memory Failure Memory failure in the first 64 KB 4 Timer Not Operational Memory failure in the first 64 KB of memory or Timer 1 on the motherboard is not functioning 5 Processor Error The microprocessor on the motherboard generated an error 6 Gate A20 Failure The keyboard controller might be bad The BIOS cannot switch to protected mode 7 Processor Exception Interrupt The microprocessor generated an exception interrupt Error 8 Display Memory Read Write The video adapter is either missing or its memory is faulty Error This is not a fatal error 9 ROM Checksum Error ROM checksum value does not match the value encoded in BIOS 10 CMOS Shutdown Register The shutdown register for CMOS RAM failed Read Write Error 4 2 PCI Configuration Error Messages The following PCI messages are displayed as a group with bus device and function information Table 42 PCI Configuration Error Messages Error Message NVRAM Checksum Error NVRAM Cleared System Board Device Resource Conflict Primary Output Device Not Found Primary Input Device Not Fo
83. und Primary Boot Device Not Found Explanation The ESCD data was reinitialized because of an NVRAM checksum error Try rerunning the ICU A non Plug and Play ISA card has requested a resource that is already in use The designated primary output device printer modem or other if output is redirected could not be found The designated primary input device keyboard mouse or other if input is redirected could not be found The designated primary boot device hard disk drive diskette drive or CD ROM drive could not be found continued 48 71 AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification Table42 PCI Configuration Error Messages continued Error Message NVRAM Cleared By Jumper NVRAM Data Invalid NVRAM Cleared Static Device Resource Conflict PCI Error Log is Full Floppy Disk Controller Resource Conflict Primary IDE Controller Resource Conflict Secondary IDE Controller Resource Conflict Parallel Port Resource Conflict Serial Port 1 Resource Conflict Serial Port 2 Resource Conflict Explanation The Clear CMOS jumper has been moved to the CLR position and CMOS RAM has been cleared Invalid entry in the ESCD Anon Plug and Play ISA card has requested a resource that is already in use If and when more than 15 PCI conflict errors are detected the log full message is displayed If this message displays no additional PCI errors can be logged The floppy disk controlle
84. vice to integrate the following standard PC I O functions floppy interface two FIFO serial ports and one EPP ECP capable parallel port real time clock keyboard controller support for an IrDAT and Consumer Infrared interface at both slow and medium speeds Integrates a Crystal audio codec CS4236 on the motherboard to provide 16 bit stereo Sound Blaster Pro compatible audio Provides an onboard telephony modem connector to support the latest telephony applications Integrates an S31 ViRGE DXt graphics controller onboard to support SVGA graphics at resolutions up to 1600x1200 An enhanced LBP VESAT feature connector supports external multimedia capabilities A hardware monitoring ASIC provides the following monitoring functions Integrated temperature sensor Fan speed monitoring Power supply voltage monitoring Storage of power on self test POST results and error codes PCI and ISA expansion slots are supported by a connector on the motherboard designed to accept a riser card An onboard jumper supports riser cards with either two or three PCI slots AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification Table 1 MM LL KK JJ II HH GG F EE DD CC E

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