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American Megatrends MAN-758 User's Manual

1. 3rd Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the third boot drives that the AMIBIOS 4th Boot Device attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floptical Floppy CDROM or 0 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are CD ROM This option sets the type of device for the third boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy Floptical CDROM or 0 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are CD ROM Try Other Boot Devices Set this option to Yes to instruct AMIBIOS to attempt to boot from any L1 L2 Cache other drive in the system if it cannot find a boot drive among the drives specified the 1 Boot Device 2 Boot Device 37 Boot Device and 4 Boot Device options The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Yes This option sets the type of caching algorithm used by the L1 internal cache memory on the CPU and the L2 secondary cache memory The settings are WriteBack WriteThru or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are WriteBack System BIOS Cacheable When set to Enabled the contents of the F0000h system memory segment can be read from or written to cache memory The contents of this memory segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster execution The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal default setting is Ena
2. P4 Pinout Description Gm J35 Erase Password J35 is a 2 pin berg that can be used to erase the contents of CMOS RAM where all system configuration information is stored If you forget the AMIBIOS password you can place a shorting bridge on J35 for a few seconds to erase the old password and all system configuration information as well You must then reboot the computer run AMIBIOS Setup and restore all system configuration information The J35 settings are DOrted Cont d 20 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 9 Attach Cables Continued J12 Keyboard Connector The keyboard connector is a 6 pin DIN socket The pinout is shown below Pin Assignments Keyboard clock Keyboard data 3e i 7 Connect Mouse Cable The mouse connector J2 is a 10 pin berg The mouse cable is the same as the serial cable in the motherboard Two serial cables are shipped with the motherboard Use one of these cables for the mouse or make your own cable The pinout is J29 Chassis Door Intrusion J29 is a 2 pin berg that can be used to attach a wire to the chassis door intrusion connector if the chassis has this feature The logic must be set so that Pin and Pin 2 are shorted when the chassis door is closed and open when the chassis door is opened J18 External J18 is a 3 pin berg An external SMI System Management Interrupt source can be connected to J18 When a
3. American Meyatresde E E 66 Marter See Slave Bate Tine Fleppu Cursest Setting Ret Inztalied Date Time Select the Standard option Select the Date and Time icon The current values for each category are displayed Enter new values through the keyboard Floppy Drive A and B Move the cursor to these fields via T and J and select the floppy type The settings are 360 5 inch 1 2 MB 5 inch 720 KB 3 inch 1 44 31 inch or 2 88 MB 3 5 inch 46 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Standard Setup Continued Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Select one of these hard disk drive icons to configure the hard disk drive named in the option Select Auto from the drive parameters screen to let AMIBIOS automatically configure the drive A screen with a list of drive parameters appears Click on OK to configure the drive Select Select C 51 in the drive parameter screen The SCSI drivers provided by SCSI drive or SCSI host adapter manufacturer should allow Select T ype SelectA uto to let AMIBIOS determine the parameters Click on OK when AMIBIOS displays the drive parameters SelectL B A Large M ode SelectO n if the drive has a capacity greater than 40 MB SelectB lo ck M ode SelectON toallow block mode data transfers Select 32 Bit Transfer Select to allow 32 bit data transfers Select theP 10 M It is best to select UtO toallow AMIB
4. XXII e oe asn oer 5 eir er asno MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide 4 Step 1 Unpack the Motherboard Inspect the cardboard carton for obvious damage If damaged call 770 246 8645 Leave the motherboard in its original packing Step 2 Perform all unpacking and installation procedures on a ground connected anti static mat Wear an anti static wristband grounded at the same point as the anti static mat Or use a sheet of conductive aluminum foil grounded through a 1 megohm resistor instead of the anti static mat Similarly a strip of conductive aluminum foil wrapped around the wrist and grounded through a 1 megohm resistor serves the same purpose as the wristband Inside the carton the motherboard is packed in an anti static bag and sandwiched between sheets of sponge Remove the sponge and the anti static bag Place the motherboard on a grounded anti static surface component side up Save the original packing material Inspect the motherboard for damage Press down on all ICs mounted in sockets to verify proper seating Do not apply power to the motherboard if it has been damaged If the motherboard is undamaged it is ready to be installed Set Jumpers Set all jumpers and install the CPU before placing the motherboard in the chassis Avoid Static Electricity Static electricity can damage the motherboard and other computer components Keep the motherboard in the anti
5. make sure all connectors are properly installed make sure the CPU is seated properly make sure there are no screws or other foreign material on the motherboard e the system into a surge protected power strip and make swe blank back panels are installed on the back of the chassis to minimize RF emissions Plug everything in and tum on the switch If there are any signs of a problem turn off the unit immediately Reinstall the connectors Call Technical Support if there are problems If the system operates normally a display should appear on the monitor The BIOS Power On Self Test POST should execute If POST does not run successfully it will beep or display error messages Beeps indicate a serious problem with the system configuration or hardware The Beep Code indicates the problem AMIBIOS Beep Codes are defined in the AMIBIOS Technical Reference Make sure the affected part is properly seated and connected An error message is displayed if the error is less serious Recheck the system configuration or the connections Configure the System Run WINBIOS Setup You must enter the requested information and save the configuration data in NVRAM The system will then reset run POST and boot the operating system See the following chapter for information on configuring the computer 42 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide 2 WINBIOS Setup In ISA and EISA computers the system parameters such as amount of memory
6. password You can either type the password on the keyboard or select each letter of the password one at a time using the mouse The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If you forget it you must drain NVRAM and reconfigure If You Do Not Want to Use a Password Just press lt Enter gt when the password prompt appears Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 75 Changing a Password Select the Supervisor or User icon from the Security section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu Enter the password and press lt Enter gt The screen does not display the characters entered After the new password is entered retype the new password as prompted and press lt Enter gt If the password confirmation 15 incorrect an error message appears If the new password is entered without error press lt Esc gt The password is stored in NVRAM after WINBIOS completes The next time the system boots a password prompt appears if the password function is present and enabled Remember the Password Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed If Anti Virus 76 you forget the password you must erase the system configuration information in NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory When this icon is selected from the Security section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu AMIBIOS issues a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk
7. 5 w E 180 MHz A 200 MHz 3 Pin 8 2 210MHz 196 m P dia 233 MHz 2 240 1 m Pier 266 MHz 8 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 3 Configure CPU Voltage J5 and J15 Each CPU can be independently set to the correct CPU core voltage J5 sets the voltage for the CPU in CPU Slot1 J15 sets the voltage for the CPU in Slot2 Short Pins 3 4 Short Pins 5 6 Short Pins 78 Short Pins 34 Short Pins 5 6 bort Pin 33 Factory Setting Short Pins 3 4 Short Pins n hort Pi n pT _ hort Pin Short Pins 34 Short Pins 7 8 hort Pins 9 10 Short Pins 3 4 hort Pins 7 8 Short Pins 3 4 bort Pins 9 10 hort Pins 3 4 Short Pins 5 6 E d Shot Pis mmm 10 Shot Pins5 6 Ori Di n Short Pins 7 8 2 05V Short Pins 2 Short Pins 3 4 Short Pins 5 6 Short Pins ios Short Pins 2 Short Pins 3 4 Short Pins 56 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 3 4 bius Short Pins x Pas ur Pi n Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 3 4 biis Pins Pin Short Pins 2 Short Pins 34 hort Pins 7 8 _____ Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 9 Step 4 Install Additional Voltage Regulator One Voltage Regulator Module VRM is shipped with every MegaRUM motherboard You need another VRM if you install two CPUs You can order VRMs for Intel Pentium II CPUs from
8. 50 Pin Low Density SCSI Connector Pinout Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 37 Step 11 Connect SCSI I O Continued Single Ended Ultra SCSI Understanding the cable requirements termination and stub lengths is key to the successful implementation of a Ultra SCSI subsystem SCSI Cables Up to Four Devices The total external SCSI cable length for single ended when using up to 4 Ultra SCSI devices maximum capacitance of device 25pf should be less than or equal to 3 meter SCSI signal length on AMI RAID SCSI length in storage box 3 meter 0 305 meter SCSI length in storage box 2 695 SCSI length in storage box SCSI Cables More than Four Devices The total external SCSI cable length for single ended when using from five to eight Ultra SCSI devices max cap of device 25pf should be less than or equal to 1 5 meter SCSI signal length on AMI RAID SCSI length in storage box 1 5 meter 0 305 meter SCSI length in storage box 1 195 SCSI length in storage box Spacing Devices The SCSI devices should be uniformly spaced between terminators with the end devices located as close as possible to the terminators SCSI Signal Path The SCSI signal path is a controlled impedance environment with the following characteristic impedance 90 ohms 6 ohms for the REQ and ACK signals 90 ohms 10 ohms for all other signals Cont d 38 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 11 Connect S
9. American gt Megatrends MegaRUM Dual Pentium PCI ISA Motherboard User s Guide MAN 758 6 5 97 Copyright 1985 2010 American Megatrends Inc All rights reserved American Megatrends Inc 5555 Oakbrook Parkway Building 200 Norcross GA 30093 This publication contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced transcribed stored in a retrieval system translated into any language or computer language or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher American Megatrends Inc Limited Warranty Buyer agrees if this product proves to be defective that American Megatrends Inc is only obligated to replace or refund the purchase price of this product at American Megatrend s discretion according to the terms and conditions on the motherboard warranty card American Megatrends shall not be liable in tort or contract for any loss or damage direct incidental or consequential Please see the Warranty Registration Card shipped with this product for full warranty details Limitations of Liability In no event shall American Megatrends be held liable for any loss expenses or damages of any kind whatsoever whether direct indirect incidental or consequential arising from the design or use of this product or the support materials provided with the product Trademarks VESA is a registered trademark of the Video Electroni
10. Manufacturer PatNumbr AMI PartNumber MDL P681 V5A 140 SPX560 MDL P681 V5A140 10 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 5 Connect CPU Fans J1 and J7 shown below are 3 pin bergs that connect the fan on the CPU heat sink to the motherboard power J1 is the CPU fan connector for the CPU in CPU 5100 J7 is the CPU fan connector for the CPU in CPU 81002 Ground Pin J J7 and 12V M Fan Sense J 23 pinout All Pentium II CPUs are shipped with a heat sink and a CPU fan The connector from the CPU fan usually has three leads has red yellow and black leads Connect the Red lead to Pin 3 12V Make sure that you use fans that have 3 leads The 3 yellow lead should provide a tachometer output to permit the fan speed to be monitored by the onboard server management hardware If you must use fans with only 2 leads connect the red lead to Pin 3 J23 Chassis Fan J23 is a 3 pin berg located near the VRM for the CPU 2 socket The pinout is the same for J23 as it is for and J7 J23 provides 12V power to the main chassis fan The chassis fan should provide a tachometer output on Pin 3 so it can be monitored by the onboard server management hardware Step 6 Install CPU The Pentium II CPUs on Intel Slot adapter cards Insert the 5101 cards into the CPU card sockets on the motherboard The CPU 5101 sockets are below the SIMM sockets Warning Improper CPU installation can damage the
11. type of disk drives and video displays and many other elements are stored in NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory also called CMOS RAM Unlike the DRAM dynamic random access memory that is used for standard system memory NVRAM requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to NVRAM which retains the system parameters Every time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in NVRAM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is powered on The system parameters are configured by a system BIOS Setup utility Historically BIOS Setup utilities have been character based required keyboard input and have had user interfaces that were not very intuitive Graphical Setup American Megatrends has a new type of system BIOS Setup utility WINBIOS Setup has a graphical user interface the end user can access using a mouse The WINBIOS Setup code is so compact that it can reside on the same ROM as the system BIOS The system configuration parameters are set by WINBIOS Setup Since WINBIOS Setup resides in the ROM BIOS it is available each time the computer is turned on Starting WINBIOS Setup As POST executes the following appears Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP Press lt Del gt to run WINBIOS Setup Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 43 Using a Mouse with WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Setup has a built in mouse driver and can be accessed b
12. No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No Floppy Drive Seek Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drive A will perform a Seek operation at system boot The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Floppy Drive Swap Set this option to Enabled to permit drives A and B to be swapped The settings are Enabled or Disabled The default settings are Disabled Floppy Access Control This option specifies the read write access that is set when booting from a floppy drive The settings are Read Write or Read Only The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Read Write Hard Disk Access Control This option specifies the read write access that is set when booting from a hard disk drive The settings are Read Write or Read Only The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Read Write S M A R T For Hard Disks Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to use the SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology protocol for reporting server system information over a network The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d 52 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Advanced Setup Continued Quick Boot Set this option to Enabled to instruct AMIBIOS to boot quickly when the computer is powered on This option replaces the old Above 1 MB Memory Test Advanced Setup option The settings are Enabled
13. on the motherboard is identified by the broad arrow Fn J33 Turbo LED J33 is a 2 pin berg that is attached via a cable to the externally mounted bipolar Turbo LED The LED lights when the motherboard is running at high speed J38 IDELED J38 is a two pin berg that is attached via a cable to the externally mounted IDE Activity LED This LED lights when the IDE drive is running Warning In some IDE drives you may have to disable the IDE LED mounted on the drive by changing a jumper or setting a switch on the IDE drive itself before the IDE drive sends a signal to J34 Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 23 Step 9 Attach Cables Continued Optional USB Cable You can only use a custom USB cable with this motherboard You can order this USB cable AMI part number CBLKIT USB 1 from American Megatrends at 800 828 9264 Warning The pinout for the optional USB Cable Box is Pinl Red VCC Pin2 Green Data Pin3 White Data Pin4 Black Ground Please make sure that the USB cable is correctly installed Incorrect installation will damage the motherboard J19 J20 USB Connectors J19 and J20 are 4 pin USB Universal Serial Bus connectors The pinouts are J14 Enable Onboard PCI VGA J14 is a 2 pin berg that enables or disables the onboard PCI ATI VGA controller The J14 settings are PCLATIVGA _________ 1954 ae PCLVGA Enabled Cont d 24 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s
14. on when they occur The error beep codes and when they can occur are Description S7 Continuous UR Tum power off Then tum power on again to DECD QI Chapter 3 Programming the Flash ROM 81 Bootblock Code Checkpoint Codes Teste bae CARD cee ay Send the BAT command to the keyboard controller Make sure that Ctr Home was pressed Verify the main syste BIOS Enable the timer and the mmm diskette Tm Enable the internal cache Copy the Boi block BIOS and pass control to the boot block BIOS the er Andes FAT Gt The s MU E Disable the intemal cache Raise the Vpp Enable Flash write and reset the 82 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide 4 Deleting a Password If you forget the passwords you set up through WINBIOS Setup the only way you can restart the computer is to erase the system configuration information where the passwords are stored System configuration data is stored in CMOS RAM a type of memory that consumes very little power Erase Old Password You can drain CMOS RAM power via J33 on the motherboard J35 is a 2 pin berg that is normally always OPEN Perform the following steps to erase the old password Important Make sure you are properly grounded before performing the following procedure You must be certain that no electrostatic discharge ESD occurs ESD can ruin your motherboard Wear an antistatic wristband attached to a ground Se
15. slots and six PCI expansion slots CPUs MegaRUM motherboard will support all Intel 5101 CPUs operating at 233 MHz 266 MHz or faster speeds PCI Bus Speed AMIBIOS automatically configures the PCI slots The PCI slots synchronous with the CPU clock Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1 Overview Continued Onboard I O The MegaRUM motherboard includes e an onboard ATI Rage II PCI VGA controller with 2 MB of synchronous graphics memory two onboard Symbios Logic 53C875 SCSI controllers that provide 2 40 MBs ultra wide SCSI channels and one ultra wide narrow SCSI channel two 40 pin IDE connectors for 1 4 IDE drives 34 pin floppy drive connector two serial port connectors a 25 pin parallel port connector a keyboard DIN connector two 4 pin USB ports and aOpinbere mouse connector Server Management Software The American Megatrends SystemGuru server management software is included with the MegaRUM motherboard SystemGuru uses the interface to constantly monitor and report the CPU temperature fan speed ECC memory errors ambient temperature CPU voltage system voltage and other user specified system status information to any remote client computer See the American Megatrends SystemGuru User s Guide for additional information Onboard PCI The PCI VGA on MegaRUM motherboard is supported by the ATI 3D RAGE 264GT PCI Graphics Controller chip The PCI V
16. speed at which the system clock runs in power saving states The settings are expressed as a ratio between the normal CPU clock speed and the CPU clock speed when the computer is in the power conserving state The settings are 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 64 or 1 128 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings 1 8 Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 63 Power Management Setup Continued IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQS IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQU 012 015 When set to Monitor these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line The computer enters the Full On state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ line The settings for each of these options are Monitor or Ignore The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled 64 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide PCI PnP Setup Choose the PCI PnP Setup icon from the WINBIOS Setup screen to display the PCI and Plug and Play Setup options described below PCI VGA Palette Snoop When this option is set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disab
17. that the NVRAM area in the system BIOS has been cleared cer ac Cont d Chapter 3 Programming the Flash ROM 79 Programming the Flash ROM Continued Bootblock Actions When you reprogram from acd boot the bootblock code LT gegessen emen SP ROM fon heroo deoa oie dici drive rases the Hash EPROM Programs the Flash EPROM with the data read from the floppy diskin drive A The bootblock part of the Flash EPROM is not programmed Should you inadvertently open the disk drive door or turn power off to the computer while programming the Flash EPROM the bootblock will be unaffected Simply turn power back on and begin the Flash ROM programming process again S758P ROM S758P ROM resides on a floppy disk and contains the updated main BIOS code American Megatrends will provide this file when the AMIBIOS for the MegaRUM PCI ISA motherboard must be updated S758P ROM must be present the root directory of the floppy disk before the onboard Flash EPROM can be reprogrammed The file that has the main BIOS code must be named S758P ROM Cont d 80 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Programming the Flash ROM Continued Beep Codes The bootblock code produces a series of beeps during Flash ROM programming to signify completion of a step as shown on the previous screen or to signal an error Error beeps are arranged in a coded sequence and have different meanings depending
18. the Pentium CPU overheats The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled ISA 8 Bit I O Recovery Time This option specifies the length of the delay that is added to the CPU cycle between consecutive 8 bit I O operations The length of the delay is related to the CPU type and frequency The settings are 1 Sysclock 2 Sysclocks 3 Sysclocks 4 Sysclocks 5 Sysclocks 6 Sysclocks 7 Sysclocks 8 Sysclocks or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 59 Chipset Setup Continued ISA 16 Bit I O Recovery This option specifies the length of the delay that is added to the CPU Memory Hole cycle between consecutive 16 bit I O operations The length of the delay is related to the CPU type and frequency The settings are Sysclock 2 Sysclocks 3 Sysclocks 4 Sysclocks or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled This option specifies the location of an area of memory that cannot be addressed on the ISA bus The settings are Disabled 15 MB 16 MB or 512KB 640KB The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Deturbo Frequency MHz This option specifies the deturbo frequency in megahertz The USB Function deturbo frequency is a low speed used only for old software that cannot operate at high speed The settings are 6 MHz 8 MHz 12 MHz or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings a
19. 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min 7 min 8 min 9 10 min 11 12 13 14 min or 15 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Auxiliary Power Supply Timeout This option specifies the power state that the auxiliary power supply enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Standby Suspend or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 61 Power Management Setup Continued DPMS Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power state that a DPMS Display Power Management Specification compliant video subsystem enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Standby Suspend or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Green PC Monitor Power State This option specifies the power state that the green PC compliant video monitor enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Standby Suspend or Off The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings Disabled Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired The settings are Disabl
20. AMIBIOS test all system memory AMIBIOS waits up to 40 seconds fora READY signal from the IDE hard disk drive AMIBIOS waits for 5 seconds after sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive to allow the IDE drive time to gt ready again AMIBIOS checks fora Deb key press and runs AMIBIOS nas Deen Dressed test system memary above 1 MB AMIDBIOS does not wait up to 40 seconds fora READY signal from the IDE hard disk drive Ifa READY signal is not received immediately from the IDE drive AMIBIOS does not configure that drive AMIBIOS does not wait for 5 seconds after sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive to allow the IDE drive time to get ready again You cannot run AMIBIOS Setup at system boot because there is no delay for theH it Del to run Setup messace The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled 1 Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the first boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Network Floptical SCSI CDROM IDE 0 IDE 1 IDE 2 or IDE 3 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are IDE O 2nd Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the second boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled Floppy Floptical CDROM or IDE 0 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Floppy Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 53 Advanced Setup Continued
21. CPU and the motherboard You must follow the procedures in this section exactly as documented Make sure you wear an antistatic wristband while installing the CPU Follow all antistatic procedures Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 11 Step 7 Install Memory System Memory There are eight 32 bit SIMM Single Inline Memory Module sockets System memory must be populated one bank at a time Each bank has two sockets Each bank must be populated with the same type of SIMM If a 4 MB SIMM is installed in the first socket in then the same type of 4 MB SIMM must be installed in the second SIMM socket The minimum amount of system memory supported by the MegaRUM PCI is 8 MB Each socket can hold one SIMM You can use 1 MBx22 or36 2 32 36 x 32 36 8 MB x 32 36 16 MB x 32 36 32 MB x 32 36 SIMMs The MegaRUM motherboard will support 128 MB SIMMs when they become available permitting up to 1 GB of system memory to be installed on the motherboard Fast Page Mode EDO and Burst EDO SIMMs cannot be mixed The motherboard supports SIMMs operating at 60 or 70 ns RAS access time Set the Chipset Setup DRAM Speed ns option correctly Memory Display System memory is reported by AMIBIOS as it boots and again when the AMIBIOS System Configuration Screen is displayed just before the operating system boots The memory displayed by AMIBIOS on the System Configura
22. CSI I O Continued SCSI Termination The SCSI channels on the MegaRUM motherboard use active termination for each SCSI channel You must terminate the SCSI bus properly The SCSI bus on each SCSI channel is an electrical transmission line and it must be terminated properly at both ends to minimize reflections and losses You complete the SCSI bus by setting termination at both ends Do not add terminators in the middle of the SCSI bus The end devices must be located as close as possible to the terminators A simple rule is to place SCSI terminator after the last SCSI device on each of the SCSI connectors MegaRUM automatically terminates the onboard SCSI connectors Stub length The stub length shall not exceed 0 1 meter The spacing of devices on the SCSI bus should be at least three times the stub length to avoid stub clustering SCSI Cables Teflon flat ribbon cables give the best performance in the Ultra SCSI environment These cables should be used for all internal cabling To minimize discontinuities and signal reflections the use of cables with different impedance s on the same bus should be minimized Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 39 Step 11 Connect SCSI 1 0 Continued SCSI Termination Possibilities 5651 terminator Termination on SCSI devices motherboard termination disabled on both enabled Setup using one connector for one channel SCSI 5651 terminator terminator Termination on SCSI devices SCS
23. Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Serial Port1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address for serial port 1 The settings are 3E8h 3F 8h or Disabled The Optimal default setting is 3F 8h The Fail Safe default setting is not provided Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 71 Peripheral Setup Continued Serial Port1 FIFO This option enables the FIFO buffer for the first serial port The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal default setting is Disabled The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Caution Do not enable the Serial Port 1 FIFO option if a mouse is attached to COMI Serial Port2 IRQ This option specifies the IRQ Interrupt Request Line used by serial port 1 The settings are IRQ 3 IRQ 4 or Disabled The Optimal default setting is JRO 3 The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Serial Port2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address for serial port 2 The settings are 2F6h 2E8h or Disabled The Optimal default setting is 2F8h The Fail Safe default setting is not provided Serial Port2 FIFO This option enables the FIFO buffer for the second serial port The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal default setting is Disabled The Fail Safe default setting is not provided Caution Do not enable the Serial Port2 FIFO option if a mouse is attached to COM2 Parallel Port IRQ This option specifies the IRQ Interrupt Request Line used by the parallel port The settin
24. GA features are 2MBSGRAM nctupgracable aVGA cblisinduded and video drivers for Windows 95 and Windows NT will be provided You can download video drivers for all other operating systems from the ATI BBS at 905 764 9404 Make sure you load the ATI 3D RAGE II drivers from the diskette provided Windows 95 auto detection tries to load the ATI Mach 64 drivers which will not function properly 2 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide MegaRUM PCI Dimensions The motherboard is approximately 12 25 by 13 8 The motherboard height restrictions are shown below than 0 5 Warning This motherboard contains sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity Follow the antistatic instructions carefully to ensure correct installation and to avoid damage Chapter 1 Hardware Installation MegaRUM PCI Motherboard Layout YOLS 3 X sds yoo AB Lpr PY ISOS XXX eer SOWO Ser Q3 cer lui sisseuo ezr Eb josey gcn peeds L abeyon Str eDeyoA ver 2 PIM ISIS SPF L IPM ISOS ppr L ISOS 9 1555 Zer ON Ler 1 391205 393205 2 ndO quo Ss ZANVELXNVS 0 4 14 vr
25. Guide Step 9 Attach Cables Continued J13 VGA Interrupt Enable J13 is a 2 pin berg that enables interrupt support for the onboard PCI ATI VGA controller intemupte ____ __ ___ t disabled for onboard P A horted Default J16 VGA Connector J16 is a 14 pin dual inline berg for the onboard ATI Rage II PCI VGA controller Connect the VGA cable supplied with this motherboard to J16 This cable converts J16 14 pin berg signals to a standard DB15 VGA connector which can be mounted on the chassis Make sure the red wire on the cable is connected to Pinl of J16 The pinout is ee Gen Bue VGA Cable and J16 Connectors The following drawing illustrates the VGA connectors on the VGA cable and J16 on the motherboard J16 aff VGA Cable motherboard SOO a a Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 25 Step 9 Attach Cables Continued Standard VGA Connector The pinout for the standard female DB15 VGA connector is shown below Pin 6 Ground Pin 1 Rej e Pin 11 Pin 7 Ground M Pin 2 Green Pin 8 Ground gt Pin 3 Blue M Pin t3HSYNC Pin 9 Fuse Pin4 Z Pint4vsync Pin 5Ground ES Pin 15 MONID2 Pin 10 Ground Standard VGA Female Connector J16 VGA Connector and Standard VGA The connections on the VGA cable that has a standard DB15 female VGA connector and a 14 pin berg connector at the other e
26. I devices motherboard termination disabled on both termination disabled on both disabled Setup using two connectors for one channel If the MegaRUM is at one end of a cable it sets termination automatically at that end Otherwise MegaRUM disables its own termination and you must set termination at the cable ends If another connector on MegaRUM is also used for the same channel the termination on MegaRUM is disabled automatically and termination should be set on the device at the farthest end of the cable For a disk array set SCSI bus termination so that removing or adding a SCSI device does not disturb termination An easy way to do this is to connect MegaRUM at one end of the SCSI cable for each channel and to connect an external terminator module at the other end of each cable The connectors between the two ends can connect SCSI devices Disable termination on the SCSI devices See the manual for each SCSI device to disable termination Selecting a SCSI Terminator Use ALT 2 type external SCSI terminators on SCSI channels operating at 10 MBs or higher synchronous data transfer Cont d 40 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 12 Install Drivers The following drivers are provided with the MegaRUM motherboard one VGA driver diskettes for Windows NT v3 51 and v4 0 one VGA driver diskette for Windows 95 one diskette containing the American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 utility four diskettes containing the American Mega
27. IOS to determine the PIO mode If you select a PIO mode that is not supported by the IDE drive B work poy Ifyou are absolutely certain that mode 0 as appropria Ode Select Type ae D ROM ClickonO K when AMIBIOS displays the drive parameter Select TYE DE oa 46 selectU SEF and enter the corect hard disk drive Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 47 Standard Setup Continued Entering Drive Parameters You can also enter the hard disk drive parameters The drive parameters are Parameter Description parameters Write Precompensatio n Landing Zone The actual physical size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track diameter diminishes Yet each sector must still hold 512 bytes Write precompensation circuitry on the hard disk compensates for the physical difference in sector size by boosting the write current for sectors on inner tracks This parameter is the track number on the disk surface where write precompensation begins This number is the cylinder location where the heads normally park when the system is shut down The number of sectors per track MFM drives have 17 sectors per track RLL drives have 26 sectors per track ESDI drives have 34 sectors per track SCSI and IDE drives have even more sectors per track The formatted capacity of the drive is the number of heads times the number of cylinders times the number of sectors per track tim
28. aining the American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 software utility T DMI Wizard 95 User s Guide the SysiemGuru User s Guide 4 diskettes containing the SystemGuru Server Management Software for Windows NT a Waranty Card and the American egatrends M egaRUM Dual Pentium II PCI ISA Motherboard User s Guide Warning Do not use 16 MB x 36 64 MB SIMMs that have 36 chips per SIMM This type of 16 MB SIMM does not work reliably because of excessive loading on the motherboard circuitry If you must use 64 MB SIMMs use only SIMMs that have 12 or 8 chips per SIMM Do not use 70 ns SIMMs The system memory timing cycle on this motherboard are very sensitive This motherboard does not work reliably with 70 ns SIMMs iv MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide 1 Hardware Installation Overview The American Megatrends MegaRUM PCI Dual Pentium II ISA motherboard features include e two Intel Pentium II CPUs operating at 120 133 150 166 180 200 210 233 240 266 MHz or higher speeds e upto 1 GB of system memory on the motherboard e parity checking or ECC Error Checking and Correction PCI local bus throughput of 132 megabytes per second e two Ultra Wide SCSI channels operating at 40 MBs e specially designed for the American Megatrends RAID Upgrade controller cards onboard ATI Rage II PCI VGA controller with 2 MB of synchronous graphics RAM e American Megatrends SystemGuru server management software e two ISA expansion
29. al Pentium II PCI ISA motherboard This product is a state of the art motherboard that includes the famous AMIBIOS It is assumed that you have also licensed the rights to use the American Megatrends documentation for the American Megatrends MegaRUM motherboard This manual was written for the OEM to assist in the proper installation and operation of this motherboard This manual describes the specifications and features of the MegaRUM PCI motherboard It explains how to assemble a system based on the MegaRUM PCI motherboard and how to use the AMIBIOS that is specifically designed for this motherboard This manual is not meant to be read by the computer owner who purchases a computer with this motherboard It is assumed that you the computer manufacturer will use this manual as a sourcebook of information and that parts of this manual will be included in the computer owner s manual Technical Support If an American Megatrends motherboard fails to operate as described or you Web Site Preface are in doubt about a configuration option please call technical support at 770 246 8600 We invite you to access the American Megatrends world wide web site at http www ami com iii Packing List You should have received the following aMegaRUM Dual Pentium ITPCIISA motherboard two serial cables one parallel cable ae VGA cabk two VGA driver diskettes for Windows 95 and Windows NT V35x 5 SCSI driver diskettes adiskette cont
30. are copied from ROM to RAM for faster execution The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 55 Chipset Setup Chipset Setup options are displayed by choosing the Chipset icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu All Chipset Setup options are described in this section PCI 2 1 Compliance Set this option to Enabled to program the chipset to comply with the PCI Version 2 1 specification The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled DRAM Speed ns This option specifies the RAS access time in nanoseconds of the DRAM used in the computer for system memory The settings are 60 ns or 70 ns The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are 70 ns Cont d 56 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Chipset Setup Continued DRAM ECC Mode This option sets the type of system memory checking The settings are Disabled or error reporting is done Level Multibit errors are detected and reported as parity errors Single bit errors are corrected by the chipset Corrected bits of data from memory are not written back to DRAM sysemmemoy L evel Level Mulkibit errors are detected and reported as parity errors Single bit errors are corrected by the chipset and are written back to DRAM system memory soft correctable memory error occurs writing the fixed data back to DRAM system memory will resolve
31. bled The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Cont d 54 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Advanced Setup Continued Caching Controller Set this option to Present if a caching controller is installed in the computer The settings are Present or Absent The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Absent Video Shadow C000 32K This option specifies how the 32 KB of video ROM at is treated The settings are Setting The contents of the video ROM are not copied to RAM d Enable The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h d C7FFFh are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM for faster execution Cached The contents of the video ROM area from C0000h C7FFFh are copied from ROM to RAM and can be written to or read from cache memory The Optimal default setting is Cached The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Shadow C800 16K Shadow CC00 16K Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16K Shadow D800 16K Shadow DC00 16K These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option ROM areas not used by ISA adapter cards are allocated to PCI adapter cards The settings are Setting Disable The contents of the named ROM area C800 00 etc d are not copied to RAM Cached The contents of the named ROM area C800 00 etc are copied from ROM to RAM and can be written to or read from cache memory Enable The contents of the named ROM area C800 00 etc d
32. cs Standards Association Intel Pentium Pentium Pro and Pentium II are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation MS DOS Microsoft Word and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Windows Windows NT and Windows 95 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation IBM AT XT CGA VGA PS 2 OS 2 and EGA are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Fujitsu is a registered trademark of Fujitsu America Inc Motorola is a registered trademark of Motorola Corporation Hitachi is a registered trademark of Hitachi America Ltd PNY is a registered trademark of PNY Corporation Oki is a registered trademark of Oki America Inc NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation Samsung is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics Corporation Siemens is a trademark of Siemens Corporation Mitsubishi is a registered trademark of Mitsubishi Electronics of America Micron is a registered trademark of Micron Corporation SCO Unix and UnixWare are registered trademarks of the Santa Cruz Operation Inc Toshiba is a registered trademark of Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Revision History 6 5 97 Initial release of preliminary version ii MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Preface To the OEM Thank you for purchasing the high performance American Megatrends MegaRUM Du
33. d static damage during installation Connect an alligator clip with a wire lead to any unpainted part of the chassis Ground the other end of the lead at the same point as Rotate the chassis so the front is to the right and the rear is to the left The side facing youis where the motherboard is mounted The power supply is mounted at the far end Hold the motherboard component side up with the edge with the SIMM sockets ET chis Macon the ports in the rear of the chassis The motherboard should rest level with the Place the mounting screws in the holes provided and tighten them Ifnecessary shift the motherboard d gay toalign the mounting holes on the motherboard with the Warning If using metallic screws make sure you use them only in the plated mounting holes If using metallic screws make sure the head of the screw fits completely inside the plated mounting holes Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 15 Step 9 Attach Cables Connectors The MegaRUM PCI motherboard includes many connectors Connection instructions illustrations of connectors and pinouts are supplied in the following pages A list of all connectors described in this section follows 16 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 9 Attach Cables Continued Connect Power Supply The power supply should match the physical configuration of the chas
34. disk drive controller Cont d 32 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 10 Connect I O Continued J10 Pinout J10 is the primary IDE connector The J10 pinout is zi 8 3 39 pmo DATA L 12 DATA 31 pow DATA HE hss s o p a GND Secondary IDE Controller 11 the secondary IDE connector is a 40 pin dual inline berg that connects the secondary primary and slave IDE drives to the secondary onboard IDE controller Attach the secondary master and slave IDE drives to J11 via a standard 40 pin IDE cable Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 33 Step 10 Connect I O Continued J11 Pinout J11 is the secondary IDE connector The pinout is GND 34 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 11 Connect SCSI I O SCSI Connectors J44 SCSI channel 1 and J45 SCSI channel 2 are 68 pin high density Wide SCSI connectors J36 SCSI channel 1 and J37 SCSI channel 2 are 50 pin low density Narrow SCSI connectors All SCSI connectors are located in the same area below the two ISA connectors High Density SCSI Connectors The 68 pin high density connectors are 0 050 pitch unshielded connectors The high density connector pinouts are shown below These connectors provide all signals needed to connect to wide SCSI devices The connector pinouts are for a single ended primary bus P CABLE as specified in SCSI 3 Parallel Interface X3T9 2 Proj
35. drive The settings are Enabled or Disabled If enabled the following appears when a write is attempted to the boot sector You may have to type N several times to prevent the boot sector write Boot Sector Write Possible VIRUS Continue Y N _ The following appears after any attempt to format any cylinder head or sector of any hard disk drive via the BIOS INT 13 Hard Disk Drive Service Format Possible VIRUS Continue Y N _ MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Section 3 Utility The icons in this section of the WINBIOS Setup main screen permit you to choose a different set of colors for the WINBIOS Setup screens and to display all WINBIOS Setup text displayed on the screen in a different language If you choose to display the WINBIOS Setup screen text in a different language the text for the screen messages written in the selected language must have been incorporated into the WINBOIS Setup code in AMIBIOS when the BIOS was manufactured Color Set Color Set sets the Setup screen colors Language If this feature is enabled you can choose to display all WINBIOS Setup screen text in different languages Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 77 Section 4 Default Original Optimal Fail Safe The icons in this section permit you to select a group of settings for all WINBIOS Setup options Not only can you use these icons to quickly set system configuration parameters you can choose a group of settings that have a better c
36. e Avoid Static Electricity on the following screen Taner pu Doe Since you drained power from CMOS RAM all system configuration information bus erased You mustnow re enter the system configuration information by Chapter 4 Deleting a Password 83 Avoid Static Electricity Static electricity can damage the motherboard and other computer components Keep the motherboard in the anti static bag until it is to be installed Wear an anti static wrist grounding strap before handling the motherboard Make sure you stand on an anti static mat when handling the motherboard Avoid contact with any component or connector on any adapter card printed circuit board or memory module Handle these components by the mounting bracket 84 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Specifications Engineering Specifications Temperature Ranges The following values are ambient temperatures inside the computer case The board temperatures reflect the dual Pentium CPU Heat dissipation requirements because they will be the hottest motherboard components Temperature specifications vary with the CPU frequency Frequency Airflow Airflow Temperatur over CPU over other e Range component 8 120 133 150 166 200 feet Not critical 0 through 180 200 210 233 240 266 MHz or per 50 iC higher speeds minute ambient You must make sure that there is adequate air flow over the CPU inside the case Humidity The recommended humid
37. ect 885 D revision 1 2b date July 2 1993 The cable assemblies that interface with this 68 pin connector are flatribbonortwisted pair cable for connecting intemal wide SCSI devices flatribbonortwited pair cable for connecting intemal and extemal wide SCSI devices cableassenbly for converting from intemal wide SCSI connectors to intemal non wide Type 2 connectors cableassembly for converting from intemal wide to intemal non wide SCSI connectors 30 and cableassembly for converting from intemal wide to intemal non wide SCSI connectors Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 35 Step 11 Connect SCSI I O Continued High Density 68 Pin SCSI Connector Pinout Gowd Ji _____ 1 2 _ 35 God l2 13 4 x D round 315 zxz ____ God 417 18 33 round 4 DBO Gowd 17187 round 15 __ 6 4 _____ ound ound mound ound round sound N LE Ps H T I 2 O I 63 33 ______65 a 1 gG 6 Cont d 36 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 11 Connect SCSI I O Continued 50 Low Density SCSI Connector MegaRUM motherboard includes a 50 low density 0 0100 pitch shrouded SCSI connector for each SCSI channel The pinout for the 50 pin low density connector is specified in SCSI 2 X39T9 2 project 375R revision 10K April 28 1993
38. ed Standby or Suspend The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Hard Disk Timeout Minute This option specifies the length of a period of hard disk drive inactivity When this length of time expires the computer enters power conserving state specified in the Hard Disk Power Down Mode option The settings are Disabled 1 min minute 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min 7 min 8 min 9 min 10 min 11 min 12 min 13 min 14 min or 15 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d 62 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Power Management Setup Continued Standby Timeout This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power on state When this length of time expires the computer enters Standby power state The settings are Disabled 1 min minute 2 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min 7 min 8 min 9 min 10 min 11 min 12 min 13 min 14 min or 15 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Suspend Timeout This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Standby state When this length of time expires the computer enters Suspend power state The settings are Disabled 1 min minute 2 min 3 min 4 min 5 min 6 min 7 min 8 min 9 min 10 min 11 min 12 min 13 min 14 min or 15 min The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Slow Clock Ratio This option specifies the
39. es 512 bytes per sector Cont d 48 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Standard Setup Continued Hard Disk Drive Types Type Cylinders Write Landing Sectors Capacity Precompensation Zone oes 37588 E sas 00s ow 37 99 sw EEEEENL NENNEN a Lx 39 po pais s SMB Ex 98 3 8 8 8 pes DET NN RN ass a ee ow pom AMIBIOS automatically sets IDE drive parameters Select USER to enter MFM ESDI or RLL drive 733 733 E 2S SEn er 7 Ht parameters Select Not Installed for SCSI drives Select CDROM for CD ROM drives Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 49 Advanced Setup Advanced Setup options are displayed by choosing the Advanced icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu All Advanced Setup options are described in this section Typematic Rate This option sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a key is pressed and held down The settings are Slow or Fast The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Fast System Keyboard This option does not specify if a keyboard is attached to the computer Rather it specifies if error messages are displayed if a keyboard is not attached This option permits you to configure
40. gs are Disabled IRQ 5 or IRQ 7 The Optimal default setting is IRQ 7 The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Cont d 72 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Peripheral Setup Continued Parallel Port Address This option specifies the base I O port address for the parallel port The settings are 378h 278h or Disabled The Optimal default setting is 3781 The Fail Safe default setting is not provided Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode ECP and EPP are both bidirectional data transfer modes that adhere to the IEEE P1284 specifications The settings are The standard AT compatible parallel port mode is used The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Enhanced Parallel d EPP specification EPP uses the existing parallel port signals to provide etric bidirectional data transfer driven by the host device Ihre not care etl ah dev Perso be ETE Capabilities Port ECP specification ECP uses the DMA protocol to achieve data transfer rates up to 2 5 Megabits per second ECP provides symmetric bidirectional communication The Optimal default setting is Normal The Fail Safe default setting is not provided Parallel Port DMA Channel This option is only available if the setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is Extended or ECP This option sets the DMA channel used by the parallel port The settings are DMA CH 1 or DMA CH 3 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are not
41. hance of working when the system is having configuration related problems Choose the Original icon to return to the system configuration values present in WINBIOS Setup when you first began this WINBIOS Setup session You can load the optimal default settings for the WINBIOS by selecting the Optimal icon The Optimal default settings are best case values that should optimize system performance If NVRAM is corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically You can load the Fail Safe WINBIOS Setup option settings by selecting the Fail Safe icon from the Default section of the WINBIOS Setup main menu The Fail Safe settings provide far from optimal system performance but are the most stable settings Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically 78 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide 3 Programming Flash All versions of the MegaRUM PCI motherboard use Flash EPROM to store the system BIOS The advantage of Flash EPROM is the EPROM chip does not have to be replaced to update the BIOS The end user can actually reprogram the BIOS using a ROM file supplied by American Megatrends Programming the Flash EPROM Press and hold Ct and Home keys down while tuming the power on Continue to hold the Ctrl and lt Home gt keys down until the access 1 on the 0 NVRAM checksum bad NVRAM cleared will appear during the first boot after a successful BIOS ROM update This message indicates
42. he settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Optional ROM Cacheable Set this option to Enabled to allow the contents of the option ROM to be read from or written to cache memory This option does not appear if the Optional ROM Shadow Before Init option is set to Disabled The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d 58 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Chipset Setup Continued SCSI Channel 1 Set this option to Enabled to enable SCSI channel 1 on the motherboard The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled SCSI Channel 2 Set this option to Enabled to enable SCSI channel 2 on the motherboard The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Watchdog Timer This motherboard has an integrated system watchdog timer The watchdog timer reboots the computer if the computer locks up if there is no bus activity for 1 2 seconds Set this option to Enabled when running applications such as a security system that require continuous monitoring The computer then automatically resets after it locks up and the application can continue running with no human intervention required The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled CPU Thermal Alarm Set this option to Enabled to enable an alarm if
43. icating an uncorrectable memory error The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are Disabled Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 57 Chipset Setup Continued PCI VGA USWC Video Frame Buffer Set this option to Enabled to enable the USWC memory Optional ROM attribute and improve video performance when a PCI video adapter is installed However VGA card drivers may not behave correctly when this option is set to Enabled This option is only available if the PCI VGA card supports pre fetchable video frame buffers The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are Disabled The MegaRUM motherboard has an empty option ROM socket You can install a 32 KB ROM in this socket The starting memory address of this ROM can be either only if this computer does not have VGA controller C800h DOOOh or D800h The following three Chipset Setup options configure the option ROM only if you have installed a ROM chip in the option ROM socket Optional ROM Decode This option specifies the starting address of an adapter ROM to be decoded The settings are C800h DOOOh DS00h or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are Disabled Optional ROM Shadow Before Init Set this option to Enabled to permit the contents of the option ROM to be copied to RAM before being initialized by AMIBIOS during Power On Self Test This option does not appear if the Optional ROM Decode option is set to Disabled T
44. il Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard Secondary Prefetch This option enables the prefetch feature for the specified IDE device attached to the onboard Secondary IDE controller The settings are Master Slave Both or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d 70 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Peripheral Setup Continued Offboard PCI ISA IDE Card This option specifies the expansion slot that the offboard PCI or ISA IDE Controller adapter card is installed in The Onboard Primary Secondary IDE option must be set to Disabled if this option is set to any value except Disabled The settings are Absent Primary PCI Secondry PCI or ISA The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Absent Offboard Primary Secondary This option specifies the IDE channel used by the offboard PCI controller The settings are Primary Secondary or Both The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Primary Offboard PCI IDE Primary IRQ Offboard PCI IDE Secondary IRQ These options specify the PCI interrupt used by the primary and secondary IDE channels if an offboard IDE controller is installed in the computer The settings are Disabled Hardwired INTA INTB INTC or INTD The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Serial 1 IRQ This option specifies the IRQ Interrupt Request Line used by serial port 1 The settings are IRQ 4 or Disabled The Optimal default setting is IRQ 4 The
45. ing is 248 USB Device IRQ Preference PCI Slot 1 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 2 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 3 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 4 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 5 IRQ Preference PCI Slot 6 IRQ Preference These options specify the IRQ priority for USB and PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots The settings are Disabled Auto IRQ 5 IRQ 9 IRQ10 IRQ 14 or IRQI5 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto PCI SCSI 1 Latency PCISCSI 2 Latency These options specify the latency timings in PCI clocks for PCI SCSI devices The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d 66 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide PCI PnP Setup Continued PCISCSI 1 IRQ Preference PCISCSI 2 IRQ Preference PCI SCSI 3 IRQ Preference PCI SCSI 4 IRQ Preference PCI SCSI 5 IRQ Preference PCI SCSI 6 IRQ Preference These options specify the IRQ priority for USB and PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots The settings are Disabled Auto IRQ 5 IRQ 9 IRQIO IRQ 14 IRQI5 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 67 Setup Continued IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQS IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQU 012 IRQ14 IRQ15 These options specify the bus that the specified IRQ line uses Use these options to reserve IRQs for legacy ISA adapter cards The setting determines if AMIBIOS should rem
46. ity range for operation of the motherboard is 20 to 80 non condensing Chapter 4 Deleting a Password 85
47. led For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and D isabled Data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette registers Enabled Data read and written by the CPU is directed to the both the PCI VGA devices P and the ISA VGA device re a This option must be set to Enabled if any ISA adapter card installed in the system requires VGA palette snooping The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Allocate IRQ To PCI VGA Set this option to Yes to allow AMIBIOS to allocate an IRQ for the VGA controller on the PCI bus When set to No AMIBIOS will not allocate an interrupt to the PCI VGA even if the PCI VGA request an interrupt The settings are Yes or No The Optimal default setting is No The Fail Safe default setting is Yes USB Device Latency This option specifies the latency for USB device The settings are Disabled The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 65 Setup Continued PCI Slot 1 Latency PCI Slot 2 Latency PCI Slot 3 Latency PCI Slot 4 Latency PCI Slot 5 Latency PCI Slot 6 Latency These options specify the latency timings in PCI clocks for PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots The settings are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The Optimal default setting is 248 The Fail Safe default sett
48. memory area The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards This option does not appear if the Reserved Memory Size option is set to Disabled The settings are C0000 C4000 C8000 000 D0000 D4000 D8000 or 000 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 69 Peripheral Setup Peripheral Setup options are displayed by choosing the Peripheral Setup icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu All Peripheral Setup options are described in this section Onboard Floppy Controller Set this option to Enabled to enable the floppy drive controller on the motherboard The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Onboard Primary Secondary IDE This option specifies the IDE channel used by the onboard IDE controller The settings are Disabled Primary Secondary or Both The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Onboard IDE Bus Master Set this option to Enabled if the onboard IDE controller is a PCI bus mastering device This option is not available if the Onboard Primary Secondary IDE option is set to Disabled The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Onboard Primary Prefetch This option enables the prefetch feature for the specified IDE device attached to the onboard Primary IDE controller The settings are Master Slave Both or Disabled The Optimal and Fa
49. n external SMI needs to generate an SMI to the system Pin 1 must be shorted to Pin 2 as a pulse Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 21 Step 9 Attach Cables Continued J28 Reset Switch Connector J28 is a two pin single inline berg that is attached via a cable to an externally mounted reset switch When the reset switch is pressed the system performs a hard reset Pin 115 ground and Pin 2 is Hard Reset J46 Speaker Connector J46 is a four pin single inline berg that is optionally attached via a cable to a standard system speaker AMIBIOS signals hardware problems through the speaker Pin 1 on the motherboard is identified by the arrow on the white box around the berg The MegaRUM PCI motherboard also has a built in speaker mounted on the motherboard Description 2 kee _______ J40 SCSI Activity J40 is a 4 pin berg that attaches to a cable connected to the SCSI activity indicator J47 System Override J47 is a 2 pin berg that attached to a system override switch Cont d 22 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 9 Attach Cables Continued J41 Keyboard Lock J41 is a 5 pin single inline berg that is attached via a cable to the keyboard lock connector or separate keyboard lock and Power LED connectors The computer chassis may not include the keyboard lock and Power LED on a single connector The keyboard lock allows the user to lock the keyboard protecting the system from unauthorized use Pin 1
50. nd are shown below Ground ion o Ga wound omi 26 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 10 Connect I O Onboard Adapters The MegaRUM PCI motherboard has Conflicts two serial ports 78 and JO aparallel port 72 two Ultra Wide SCSI connectors two Ulta narrow SCSI connectors wea the primary IDE connector is J12 and the secondary IDE connector is afloppy ontoller J1 The serial and parallel port connectors are described below AMIBIOS minimizes conflicts between onboard and offboard I O devices AMIBIOS automatically checks the adapter cards installed in the expansion slots on the MegaRUM PCI motherboard for a hard disk or floppy controller and serial or parallel ports J8 SER1 J9 SER2 18 and J9 are 9 pin connectors that provide an AT compatible serial port interface Connect the cables supplied with the motherboard to J8 and J9 The serial port base I O port address and other serial port settings can be selected in Peripheral Setup in WINBIOS Setup The J8 and J9 pinout is shown below Pin Signal Description Signal Description Carrier Detect 6 Data Set Ready Request to Send 3 TransmitData 8 Clear to Send 4 Data Terminal Ring Indicator Ready Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 27 Step 10 Connect I O Continued J3 Parallel Port J3 is a 25 pin connector for a parallel port The J3 pinout is shown below Connect the 16 pin
51. o 12 16 to 10 11 to 15 13 to 13 15to 11 Q Z Q Z zZ N ojojo Use Ce Drar oo ax _ 2 Q 2 Q Q 2 Q Z Q Z Q Z Q 2 Q 2 Q Z Q 2 Q Z Q Z 30 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide CAm Cont d Step 10 Connect I O Continued IDE Drives Attach the IDE drives in the following manner Choose Peripheral Setup in WINBIOS Setup to enable the onboard IDE controller Secondary Slave Drive Secondary Master Drive lt J8 Secondary IDE Connector J7 Primary IDE Connector Primary Master Driv E Primary Slave Driv lt Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 31 Cont Cont d Step 10 Connect I O Continued Attach IDE Cable to J10 J10 is the primary IDE Integrated Drive Electronics hard disk drive connector Both the primary master and the primary slave IDE drives must be connected by cable to J10 as shown below J10 is a 40 pin dual inline berg that connects an IDE drive to the primary onboard IDE connector This motherboard supports IDE Modes 0 1 2 3 and 4 IDE prefetch LBA Logical Block Address mode high capacity drives over 528 MB 32 bit data transfer and fast IDE transfer These IDE features are configured in Peripheral Setup in the WINBIOS Setup utility Disable the onboard IDE interface in Peripheral Setup to use an ISA ESDI RLL or SCSI hard
52. o Disabled AMIBIOS continues the boot process without waiting for F1 to be pressed The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Pause on Config Screen This option specifies the length of time that the AMIBIOS configuration screen appears The settings are 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 8 sec 9 sec or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Boot Up Num Lock Set this option to Offto turn the Num Lock key off when the computer is booted so you can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard The settings are On or Off The default settings are On Password Check This option enables password checking every time the system boots or when you run AMIBIOS Setup If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if AMIBIOS is executed See the Advanced Setup chapter for instructions on changing a password The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are Setup Cont d Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 51 Advanced Setup Continued Boot To SCO Unix Set this option to Yes only if running the SCO Unix v3 0 5 0 or higher operating system The settings are Yes or No The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No Boot To OS 2 Set this option to Yes if running OS 2 operating system and using more than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard The settings are Yes or
53. ove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that can be configured by the system BIOS The BIOS reads the ESCD NVRAM to find all available IRQs If more IRQs must be removed from the pool use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning SA EISA setting to it Onboard I O is configured by AMIBIOS All IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as PnP IRQ12 only appears if the PS 2 Mouse Support option in Advanced Setup is set to Disabled IRQ14 and 15 are not available if the onboard PCI IDE is enabled If all IRQs are set to JSA and IRQ14 and 15 are allocated to the onboard PCI IDE IRQO is still available because at least one IRQ must be available for PCI and PnP devices The settings are ISA Auto PnP Primary PCI or Secondry PCI The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Auto Cont d 68 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide PCI PnP Setup Continued DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel7 These options allow you to specify the bus type used by each DMA channel The settings are PnP 154 The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are PnP Reserved ISA Card Memory Size This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are Disabled 16K 32K or 64K The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Reserved ISA Card Memory Address This option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved
54. provided Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 73 Section 2 Security Three icons appear in this part of the WINBIOS Setup screen Supervisor Password User Password and Anti Virus Two Levels of Passwords Both the Supervisor and the User icons configure password support If you use both the Supervisor password must be set first The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when WINBIOS Setup is executed using either or both the Supervisor password or User password AMIBIOS Password Support The Supervisor and User icons activate two different levels of password security Supervisor and User In addition the computer can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when WINBIOS Setup is executed 74 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Setting a Password The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup by choosing either Always the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when WINBIOS is run The password is encrypted and stored in NVRAM EN American AMIBIOS Setup Megatrends C1994 American Megatrends Inc m Setup Utility Password LLL Standard letectSlave Enter New Password Power Mgmt EJ EJ EJ ER mem E M di El EJ EJ Password Fail safe
55. re Disabled Set this option to Enabled to enable the system BIOS USB Universal Serial Bus functions The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support Set this option to Enabled to enable USB support for legacy keyboards and mice The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled 60 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Power Management Setup The AMIBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Power Management Setup icon from the Setup section on the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Standard Power Management Set this option to Enabled to enable standard power management including SMI support The settings are Enabled Instant On or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Advanced Power Management APM Set this option to Enabled to enable APM The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Instant On Timeout Minute This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while the computer is in Full power on state When this length of time expires the computer enters a low power consumption state but the computer can return to full power instantly when any system activity occurs This option is only available if supported by the computer hardware The settings are Disabled 1 min minute 2 min
56. sis Make sure the power switch is off before assembly Before attaching all components make sure the proper voltage has been selected Power supplies often can run on a wide range of voltages and must be set usually via a switch to the proper range Use at least a 450 watt power supply which should have built in filters to suppress radiated emissions Connect Power Cables Attach the power supply cables to the power connector and P3 on the motherboard AT compatible power supplies have two six pin connectors attached as shown below The six pin connector on the power cable with three red wires and two black wires is attached to P3 The other connector on the end of the power cable is attached to P1 oR AN Gk SE VON BLUE BLAC gu Standard AT Power Supply Connectors Cont d 18 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 9 Attach Cables Continued Power Connector Keys The power connectors are keyed to prevent incorrect installation The keys on the connector must be cut to fit on some power supplies as shown below Remove Pin 1 Key 6 Pin1 Key3 d P1 Pinout Aes s Ground ick wiry P3 Pinout Description Ground Black wire Ground Black wire vee Red wire Chapter 1 Hardware Installation Cont d 19 Step 9 Attach Cables Continued P2 Pinout Description s emm
57. static bag until it is to be installed Wear an anti static wrist grounding strap before handling the motherboard Make sure you stand on an anti static mat when handling the motherboard Avoid contact with any component or connector on any adapter card printed circuit board or memory module Handle these components by the mounting bracket Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 5 Step 2 Configure CPU Speed If using two CPUs with different speed ratings set the motherboard jumpers to the lower CPU speed J21 and J24 select the CPU speed The drawings on the next screens show how J24 and J21 should look for each possible CPU speed Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 3 4 Short Pins 2 Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 3 4 Short Pins he Short Pins 34 Short Pins 5 6 hort Pins 7 8 Short Pins3 4 Short Pins 5 6 hort Pin Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 5 6 hort Pins 7 8 Short Pins 1 2 a F hort Pin 7 8 hort Pin 7 8 240 MHz OPEN Short Pins 1 2 Pot Pins 34 Pin 266 MHz Shorted Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 3 4 hort Pins 7 8 Important Please contact American Megatrends technical support at 770 246 8645 to support a CPU running at other speeds Cont d 6 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 2 Configure CPU Speed Continued J24 J21 120 MHz 133 150 MHz nd m 2 S 166 MHz Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 7 Step 2 Configure CPU Speed Continued J2 J21
58. the problem Most DRAM are soft errors Ifa hard uncorrectable error occurs writing the fixed data back to DRAM system memory does not solve the problem In this case the second time the error occurs in the same location a Parity Error is reported indicating an uncorrectable error Level 11 is selected AMIBIOS automatically sets the Standard Power Management option in Power Management Setup toE na bled to make sure that the System Management Interface SMD is enabled If you do not want to enable power management set the Advanced Power Maneganent APM option toD isabled and set all Power Management Setup timeout options to Disabled To enable power management A chancel Power Management PM to E na bled and set the power The following illustrates the difference between Level I and Level II ECC Suppose a DRAM SIMM has a single bit uncorrectable error Even writing fixed data to this bit will not remove the error Level I the data error is fixed during the memory read cycle every time the bad bit is accessed and the system continues to run although every time the bad bit is read and corrected CPU cycles are wasted Level the system tries to write the corrected data back to the bad bit in the DRAM SIMM Since the bad bit in the SIMM cannot be fixed writing data to the bad bit has no effect The next time the error location is read the chipset will once again find a bad bit The chipset generates a Parity Error ind
59. tion Screen is 384 KB less than the total memory installed Cont d 12 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 7 Install Memory Continued Select SIMMs SIMMs must meet the following specifications SIMM Part Numbers Miutsudish PNY Oki 2MBx36 PNS MT12D136M MHIM36AD P361000 70 36100 5 70 2355 70 7512 lt 5361000 7 P362000 70 EMM53620036 70 MT12D436M 65 MCM36400S 70 P364000 70 lt 5364100 7 CM36800 P368000 707 samsung Chapter 1 Hardware Installation lt 5368100 7 Cont d 13 Step 7 Install Memory Continued Installing SIMMs The four SIMM sockets on the motherboard can be filled with either 1 MB x 32 or 36 2 MB x 32 or 36 4 MB x 32 or 36 8 MB x 32 or 36 or 16 MB x 32 or 36 SIMMs Place the motherboard on an anti static mat With the component side of the SIMM facing you firmly push the SIMM into the socket at an angle then push it up When properly inserted the SIMM clicks into place as the latching pins engage The SIMM installation process is shown below 14 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 8 install the Motherboard The motherboard mounting hole pattern is shown below Standoffs and mounting screws are not supplied with the motherboard The chassis manufacturer should supply these parts Place the chassis on an anti static mat Connect the chassis to ground to avoi
60. to DB25 cable provided with the motherboard to J3 The parallel port interface supports the standard Centronics compatible parallel port the ECP Extended Capabilities Port and he EPP Enhanced Parallel Port port All parallel port settings must be correctly configured through Peripheral Setup in WINBIOS Setup Signal Signal Description Description rp rp 99 11 BUSY J m m Cont d EA 28 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Step 10 Connect I O Continued J4 Floppy J4 is a 34 pin dual inline berg Connect the cable from the floppy drive to J4 as shown below The onboard floppy controller cannot be used if a hard disk card with a floppy controller is installed Choose Standard Setup and Peripheral Setup to configure the floppy controller The motherboard supports up to two 720 KB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB 37 drives and 360 KB and 1 2 544 drives The connecting cable is a 34 pin ribbon connector with two 34 pin edge connectors for attaching the floppy disk drives There is a small twist in the cable between the floppy connectors The last end connector should be connected to floppy drive A Cont d Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 29 Step 10 Connect I O Continued J1 Floppy Connector Pinout 6 55 2 Twist in Floppy Cable Floppy B to A Floppy B to A Floppy B to A Floppy B to A 10 to 16 12 to 14 14 t
61. trends SystemGuru server management software one diskette with SCSI drivers for Windows NT v3 51 and v4 0 one diskette with SCSI drivers for SCO Unix V5 0 one diskette with SCSI drivers for Windows 95 one diskette with SCSI drivers for DOS and SCSI utility programs One diskette with SCSI drivers for Novell NetWare v3 xx and 4 xx Installing DMI Wizard 95 The American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 User s Guide is provided with the MegaRUM motherboard Follow the DMI Wizard 95 installation instruction in the American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 User s Guide Installing SystemGuru The American Megatrends SystemGuru User s Guide is provided with the MegaRUM motherboard Follow the DMI Wizard 95 installation instruction in the American Megatrends SystemGuru User s Guide Installing VGA Drivers The VGA driver installation process is operating system dependent See the user documentation for the operating system that is installed in this computer for information about the VGA driver installation procedure Installing SCSI Drivers The SCSI driver installation process is operating system dependent See the user documentation for the operating system that is installed in this computer for information about the SCSI driver installation procedure Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 41 Step 13 Test and Configure Start the Test BIOS Errors Review the following points before powering up make sure that all adapter cards are seated properly
62. workstations with no keyboards The settings are Absent or Present The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Present Primary Display This option configures the type of monitor attached to the computer The settings are Mono CGA40x25 CGA80x25 VGA EGA or Absent The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are VGA EGA Setup Color Scheme This option specifies the foreground background and border color combinations that AMIBIOS Setup is displayed in The settings are Pastel Army LCD and Sky The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are LCD PS 2 Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 type mouse Pins 2 3 of the PS 2 Mouse Selector jumper on the motherboard must be shorted together to enable PS 2 mouse support The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Cont d 50 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide Advanced Setup Continued Hit lt DEL gt Message Display Set this option to Disabled to prevent Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run Setup from appearing when the system boots The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Wait for lt F1 gt If Error AMIBIOS POST runs system diagnostic tests that can generate a message followed by Press F1 to continue If this option is set to Enabled AMIBIOS waits for the end user to press F1 before continuing If this option is set t
63. y either a serial mouse or PS 2 style mouse WINBIOS Setup supports Microsoft Compatible serial mice and all PS 2 type mice The mouse click functions are single click to change or select both global and current fields and double click to perform an operation in the selected field Using the Keyboard with WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS has a built in keyboard driver that uses simple keystroke combinations Change or select a global field Change or select the current field Enter Perform an operation in the current field Increment a value Decrement a value Cut 44 MegaRUM PCI Motherboard User s Guide WINBIOS Setup Menu Fewer Munt WINBIOS Setup main menu is organized into four sections Each of these sections corresponds to a section in this chapter DO Perivheret Each section contains several icons Clicking on each icon activates a specific AMIBIOS function The WINBIOS Setup main windows and related functions are described below Main Windows The WINBIOS Setup main windows are The Utilities iem you to cim the WINBIOS osi MM Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup 45 Section 1 Setup Standard Setup Standard Setup options are displayed by choosing the Standard icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu All Standard Setup options are described in this section Sd Premican _ AMIRIOS Kotun Yension 2 2 E _

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