AMPTRON PM-9800 User`s guide
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1. 10 Memory Installation Memory Considerations ATX POWER FEATURES 11 ATX Power Supply Connector Pinouts Power Switch e Modem Ring Power On RTC Soft Power On Windows 95 Shut Down BIOS OVERVIEW AND SPECIFICATIONS 12 Warning Installing a New Bios Entering the WinBios Setup Default Settings STANDARD AND ADVANCED BIOS SETTINGS 13 Primary Master amp Slave Secondary Master amp Slave Floppy Drive A amp B 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Boot Device SMART for Hard Disks Quick Boot PS 2 Mouse Support Password Check Internal Cache External Cache POWER PCI PnP amp PERIPHERAL BIOS SETTINGS 14 Power Management APM Green PC Monitor Power States Video Power Down Mode Plug and Play Aware OS Offboard PCI IDE Card PCI Slot 1 2 3 4 IRQ Priority IRQ 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Onboard FDC Onboard Serial Port 1 amp 2 Onboard Parallel Port Mode amp IRQ Onboard IDE HELPFUL HINTS AND TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS 15 What To Do First If You Are Still Having Problems Visit our website for updates www amptron com Though the information presented in this manual has been checked for accuracy and reviewed Amptron International Inc assumes no responsibilities for any inaccuracies that might be in this manual nor will it be li2. one at a time and reboot after each installation of the card and its specific drivers Do this until all your cards are in or until your system crashes or freezes again If it crashes then you will know that it has to do with that card So start all over again by taking out all cards except for the video card and your hard drive controller and placing that particular card with the problem into your system If it works then it is probably a compatibility or configuration problem between two or more of your cards so go back and check their IRQs DMAs I O ad dresses and make sure to contact the manufacturer for the latest drivers and ask for their tech support Most problems with your computer can be traced to factors other than your motherboard and it is simply a matter of getting the right drivers or configurations from your peripheral manufacturer and you ll be on the right track in no time Trademark Acknowledgment bb ARB fe A4 Pentium is a trademark of the Intel Corporation AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc MS DOS Windows 95 are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation Other trademarks belong to their respective owners Specifications are subject to change without notice Though the information presented in this User s Guide has been reviewed carefully no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies Published amp Printed in the United States
3. 83MHz SW2 CPU Core Voltage Selector SW2 1 SW22 SW2 3 DESCRIPTION ON OFF ON 2 5V ON OFF OFF 2 8V OFF ON ON 2 9V OFF OFF OFF 3 0V ON ON ON 3 0V OFF ON OFF 3 2V OFF OFF ON 3 3V ON ON OFF 3 5V SW3 CPU Clock Multiplier Selector SW3 1 SW3 2 SW3 3 DESCRIPTION MISCELLANEOUS PIN CONFIGURATIONS OFF OFF N A 1 5X ON OFF N A 2 0X ON ON N A 2 5X OFF ON N A 3 0X OFF OFF OFF 3 5X ON OFF ON 4 0X ON ON ON 4 5X EE PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL CPU CONFIGURATION JUMPERS CPU CLOCK PR MHz INTEL PENTIUM P54C El F g zilziziziziziziz o B x m m INTEL PENTIUM MMX TM P55C o E B PR120 100 o IBM 6x86 s CYRIX IBM 6x86 L amp MX eee ro or Les or Len 100 oF CYRIX AMD K5 3 5V nes e orc or ees s ore o AMD K6 IDT winchip 200 ore N A MEANS THAT THE PARTICULAR JUMPER HAS NO EFFECT ON THE SETTING ON ON OR OFF ooo mim m FF Ol TI zilziziziziz zi ziziziziziIz 3 OFF Z Z Z Z rZ Z Z g S olo BE F Eza Eza od 2 z IT CAN BE SET EITHER THE CYRIX 6X86 PROCESSORS CAN HAVE A SETTING OF EITHER 3 3V OR 3 5V DEPENDING ON THE MODEL OF THE PROCESSOR CHECK THE PROCESSOR S LABEL FOR MORE DETAILS THE CYRIX 6X86MX PROCESSOR MAY HAVE DIFFERENT CLOCK MULTIPLIER SETTINGS DEPENDING ON THE MODEL OF THE PROCESSOR CHECK THE PROCESSOR S LA
4. BEL FOR MORE DETAILS alt PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL MEMORY CONFIGURATIONS MEMORY INSTALLATION BANK DESCRIPTION MEMORY MODULE 0 SIMM1 amp SIMM2 2 X 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 72 PIN SIMM OR OR DIMM2 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 168 PIN DIMM 64MB 128MB 1 DIMM1 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 168 PIN DIMM 64MB 128MB 2 SIMM3 amp SIMM4 2 X 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 72 PIN SIMM MEMORY CONSIDERATIONS The mainboard lets you add up to 256MB of system memory through 4 SIMM and 2 DIMM Sockets on the board Each bank consists of two 72 pin SIMM modules or a 168 pin DIMM module eYou cannot install memory into SIMM1 amp SIMM2 and DIMM2 sockets at the same time The speed of all SIMMs and DIMM modules have to be faster than 70ns Uses Fast Page Mode or Externded DATA Out EDO for the SIMM sockets Uses Fast Page Mode Extended DATA Out EDO or Synchronous DRAM SDRAM for the DIMM sockets The function of Bank 2 will not be available for use when using 64M bit type of SDRAM in any DIMM slot Ul PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL ATX POWER FEATURES The functions that described in this chapter will not be available unless the ATX power connector is being used J1 ATX Power Supply Connector PIN DESCRIPTION 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Ground 6 5V 7 Ground 8 Power OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 Ground 14 PS On 15 Ground 16 Ground 17 Ground 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V JP2 PO
5. BIOS Do not change the settings in the BIOS unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing or when told to do so by a trained technician Changing any of the BIOS settings may affect the performance of your system and can also cause your system to hang INSTALLING A NEW BIOS When installing a new BIOS into this mainboard JP1 must be set to the clear CMOS position for a moment Replace the jumper back to the normal position before flashing the bios You can also hold down the END key and then power on to clear the CMOS ENTERING THE WINBIOS SETUP When the computer is POSTing during bootup going through a series of diagnostic checks hit the DEL key when prompted to enter the BIOS setup screen DEFAULT SETTINGS There are three default values for the BIOS Original The original default values recover the modified settings to the original settings Optimal The optimal default values provide the optimum settings for all devices and sys tem features Best The best default values provide the best performance settings for all devices and System features but it may cause your system to be unstable KI PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL STANDARD AND ADVANCED BIOS SETTINGS PRIMARY MASTER amp SLAVE SECONDARY MASTER amp SLAVE Choose these icons to configure the hard disk drive named in the option When you click on an icon the following parameters are listed Type LBA Large Mode Block Mode 32 bit Mode and PIO Mode All param
6. CONNECT AND INSTALL YOUR CARDS amp I O CABLES Be sure your cables and cards are properly oriented and plugged in firmly See the helpful hint page for tips on connecting your i o cables CONNECT YOUR CASE LED amp SWITCH CABLES TO THE BOARD CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY CABLES TO THE BOARD See the mainboard diagram page for tips on connecting your power cables POWER ON AND GO INTO BIOS AND SETUP YOUR SYSTEM Press del during memory check phase of POST and see the BIOS setup pages of this manual for more details on setting up your system s configuration If you get a blank screen refer to the troubleshooting section for some tips on solving this problem GET YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING Bootup your OS and see if the board and all your peripherals are recognized and working CLOSE UP YOUR CASE J PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL J2 AT Power Supply Connector PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 Power Good 7 Ground 2 5V 8 Ground 3 12V 9 5V 4 12V 10 5V 5 Ground 11 5V 6 Ground 12 5V J3 Keyboard Connector PIN DESCRIPTION Keyboard Clock Keyboard Data Not Connected Ground 5V Q O N J4 PS 2 Mouse Connector PIN DESCRIPTION Mouse Clock Ground Not Connected Mouse Data Not Connected Not Connected Not Connected VCC ONOoaBRWD J5 Infrared Module Connector PIN DESCRIPTION VCC Not Connected IRRXL Ground IRTX VCC IRRXH VCC ONOaBRWD
7. PM 9800 PENTIUM 75MHz to 233MHz PCI Ultra DMA 33 amp High Speed Multi I O Intel 430TX Chipset System Board Amptron in User s Guide mM symbol of value Revision 1 0 Y4 PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL MAINBOARD SPECIFICATIONS 3 Processor Compatibility List Board Features MAINBOARD DIAGRANMN 4 Board Layout Glossary of Board Components INSTALLATION GUIDE 5 Step by Step Installation Procedures CONNECTOR PIN CONFIGURATIONS cesses 6 AT Power Supply Connector Keyboard Connector Infrared Module Connector Universal Serial Bus Connector CASE SWITCH PIN CONFIGURATIONS 7 Reset Switch Connector HDD LED Connector Suspend LED Connector Suspend Switch Connector Keylock amp Power LED Connector Speaker Connector Case Fan Connector MISCELLANEOUS PIN CONFIGURATIONS 8 CMOS RAM Discharge Selector CPU Fan Connector DIMM Voltage Selector CPU External Clock Selector CPU Core Voltage Selector CPU Clock Multiplier Selector CPU CONFIGURATION JUMNPERS 9 CPU Configuration Jumpers Chart MEMORY CONFIGURATION S
8. UAL INSTALLATION GUIDE BE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING It s easy to get overly excited about your purchase and to jump right into installing the System board into your case Too many times people fail to read the manual or insist on installing it themselves only to find out later that they ve permanently damaged their motherboard and as well as their components Though this manual will make installation seem like a fairly simple procedure it is not So if you re not a technophile or have little or no computer knowledge consider asking your vendor or a trained technician to install this board SET SW1 SW2 SW3 TO CONFIGURE THE BOARD FOR YOUR CPU It s fairly easy to forget a jumper or two so before you power on your system make sure to check amp double check your settings so that you don t prematurely burn out your CPU INSERT THE CPU INTO THE ZIF SOCKET Pull up the handle and insert the CPU with the dotted corner aligned with the corner of the ZIF socket that looks like its missing a pinhole Plug it in and pull down on the handle INSTALL YOUR MEMORY INTO THE CORRECT SOCKETS Insert your memory into the corresponding DIMM or SIMM sockets Follow the instruc tions outlined in the memory section of this manual INSTALL THE MAINBOARD ONTO THE SYSTEM CHASSIS Make sure the mainboard is properly grounded and mounted into the case Take time to do this properly as it makes the installation of your cards and cables easier
9. USB1 Universal Serial Bus Connector CONNECTIOR PIN CONFIGURATIONS PIN DESCRIPTION 1 45V 2 DATA 3 DATA 4 Ground Note that the pin orientations of each USB channel pins 1 4 are inverted in comparision with each other PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL J7 RST Reset Switch Connector PIN DESCRIPTION 1 Signal 2 Ground J7 HD LED HDD LED Connector PIN DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 2 Signal J7 SUS LED Suspend LED Connector PIN DESCRIPTION 1 Signal 2 Ground J7 SUS SW Suspend Switch PIN DESCRIPTION 1 Signal 2 Ground J7 KB LOCK Keylock amp Power LED PIN DESCRIPTION LED Output Not Connected Ground Keylock Ground Q OO N J7 SPK Speaker Connector PIN DESCRIPTION Data Out Not Connected Ground 5V Q N CASE SWITCH PIN CONFIGURATIONS JPX2 Case Fan Connector PIN DESCRIPTION 1 Data 2 12V 3 Ground 4 PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL JP1 CMOS RAM Discharge Selector PIN DESCRIPTION 12 Normal Mode default 2 3 Clear CMOS Make sure that JP1 is set to Normal Mode pins 1 2 before installing the mainboard JPX1 CPU Fan Connector PIN DESCRIPTION 1 Data 2 412V 3 Ground JPX4 DIMM Voltage Selector JPX4A JPX4B DESCRIPTION 1 2 1 2 5V 2 3 2 3 3 3V default SW1 CPU External Clock Selector SWi d SWi SW1 3 DESCRIPTION ON ON ON 50MHz OFF OFF ON 60MHz OFF OFF OFF 66MHz ON OFF OFF 75MHz OFF ON ON
10. W SW POWER SWITCH When the system is off push the power button to turn the system on When the system is on push the power button rapidly to switch the system to the Suspend mode and by pushing and holding the button for more than 4 seconds it will turn the system completely off When the system is in the Suspend mode push the power button rapidly to turn the system on MODEM RING POWER ON While in soft off suspend state if an external modem ring up signal occurs the system wakes up and can be remotely accessed Make sure that the Resume On Ring option is set to ENABLED in the BIOS setup section Refer to the Power Management section in Chapter 4 RTC SOFT POWER ON If you want to auto boot the system at a certain time set the function of RTC Alarm time properly and the function of RTC Alarm Resume From Soft Off option in the BIOS Setup section will be set to ENABLED WINDOWS 95 SHUT DOWN If ATX Power is used the It is now safe to turn off your computer message will not be shown when you are shutting down the computer 12 BIOS OVERVIEW AND SPECIFICATIONS PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL After you have configured the mainboard and have assembled the components turn on the computer and run the software setup to ensure that the systems information is correct WARNING Due to the frequent upgrades of the AMI WINBIOS this manual may not include descrip tions of all the features available to you in your current
11. able for damage resulting from the use of this manual Amptron International Inc reserves the right to make changes to the manual at any time and without notice TABLE OF CONTENTS x PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL MAINBOARD SPECIFICATIONS CPUs SUPPORTED Intel Pentium P54C 75MHz to 200MHz Intel Pentium with MMXTM Technology P55C 166MHz to 233MHz Cyrix9 IBM 6x86MX PR166 Cyrix IBM 6x86L PR166 Cyrix IBM 6x86 PR120 to PR200 AMD K6 PR2 166 to PR2 233 AMDTM K5 PR75 to PR166 IDT WinChip C6 200MHz High Performance Intel 430TX Chipset Switching voltage regulator supports 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 0 2 9 2 8 amp 2 5 volt processors MEMORY Up to 256MB of main memory in 4 2 banks auto banking 72 pin SIMM slots for Fast Page Mode or EDO DRAM and 2 168 pin DIMM sockets for SDRAM Fast Page Mode DRAM or EDO DRAM modules Supports 64M bit 16M X 4 8M X 8 4M X 16 technology DRAM SDRAM CACHE On Board 512KB Pipeline Burst Cache Up to 64MB Cacheable Main Memory Size ENHANCED IDE CONTROLLER Two PCI EIDE Interfaces for up to four EIDE devices in two channels Individually supports PIO Mode 0 to 4 and Ultra DMA 33 for all four devices all four devices may have different PIO modes and performance will be optimized for each device BUS ARCHITECTURE Four 32 bit PCI Local Bus Slots with Master Mode Four 16 bit ISA Bus Slots Compliant to PCI 2 1 ON BOARD I O CONTROLLER On Board I
12. eters relate to IDE drives except Type FLOPPY DRIVE A B Choose the Floppy Drive A or B icon to specify the floppy drive type The settings are 360KB 5 1 2MB 5 720KB 3 1 44MB 31 or 2 88MB 3 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH BOOT DEVICE Set these options to select the boot sequence from different booting devices SMART FOR HARD DISKS This allows you to enable or disable the SMART function of hard drives QUICK BOOT When this option is set to ENABLED the BIOS skips many of the POST diagnostic Steps so that bootup is faster PS 2 MOUSE SUPPORT When this option is set to ENABLED the BIOS supports a PS 2 type mouse PASSWORD CHECK This option specifies the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented The settings are Setup The password prompt appears only when an enduser attempts to run BIOS setup Always A password prompt appears every time the computer is powered on or rebooted The BIOS password does not have to be enabled The enduser sets the password by choosing the password icon on the BIOS setup screen INTERNAL CACHE Set this option to ENABLED to enable the Internal CPU cache EXTERNAL CACHE Set this option to ENABLED to enable the external L2 cache P3 PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL PCI PnP amp PERIPHERAL SETTINGS POWER POWER MANAGEMENT APM Set this option to ENABLED to enable power management and APM features GREEN PC MONITOR POWER STATES This option specifies the power sta
13. nterfaces for High Speed Multi I Os Two 16550 Fast Serial Ports One SPP EPP amp ECP Mode Capable Parallel Port One High Speed Floppy Drive Connector Supports 2 88MB floppy drives amp 1Mb sec floppy transfer rates One PS 2 type Mouse Header POWER MANAGEMENT FEATURES SMM SMI Power Management with APM Software Interface Monitor CPU and I O status with fully user configurable parameters in BIOS Supports following ATX power functions Power Switch Modem Ring On RTC Soft On Advanced Configuration Power Interface BIOS FEATURES AMI Plug and Play Flash ROM for easy BIOS upgrades MAINBOARD DIAGRAM ZIF SOCKET Plug the processor into this socket Make sure the cpu is correctly aligned before you insert it AT POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR Plug the dual connectors from the power supply directly into the board connectors On most power supplies you must orient the black ground wires such that all the black wires on both connectors are in the middle PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR Plug the single 20 pin connector into the board connector It should only fit in one direction AT STYLE KEYBOARD CONNECTOR Plug a standard 5 pin female DIN key board connector into this port PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR Plug a PS 2 mouse connector into this port PS 2 MOUSE HEADER Use this when you want to relocate the PS 2 mouse connector plug off the mainboard RI PM 9800 MAINBOARD MAN
14. ode per Windows 95 ortry configurating your system with the most basic drivers i e vga instead of svga etc If your problem is resolved then it is most likely not a motherboard problem and the source of the crashes is due to one of your cards See the next paragraph for suggestions on how to solve these problems If the problem is not resolved then check your bios and reset the CMOS to factory defaults You do this by hitting the specific hotkey del or some other key prompted for when you boot up during the memory check period of bootup Then select the function of resetting CMOS to factory defaults Exit save changes and it will reboot Other things that you can try if this doesn t help is to check the configuration of the motherboard and making sure the jumpers correctly match the components you ve put on it i e cpu type and clock speed type and size of cache etc check your manual for what the correct jumper settings are You can also check your memory by booting your sys tem with the minimal number of memory chips 1 for 486 5x86 2 for Pentiums and rotating them and rebooting after each rotation to see if you can successfully restart your System You can also try turning off your external cache via your bios and seeing if that is the problem Basically the best technique for troubleshooting is to change one setting and then rebooting until you can get it to work Once you re at this step you need to place one of your other cards in
15. pecifies the base I O port address type Normal Bi Dir EPP or EPP ECP and IRQ of the parallel port on the motherboard ONBOARD IDE This option specifies the channel used by the IDE controller on the motherboard sky PM 9800 MAINBOARD MANUAL HELPFUL HINTS AND TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS WHAT TO DO FIRST The most overlooked and common problems are actually the easiest to solve Even if you are the most seasoned of all computer technophiles and you can tell Bill Gates a thing or two make sure you double check the following three most frequently repeated mistakes 1 The power cable is not plugged firmly into the power supply in the back of the computer Or the motherboard is not connected to the power supply 2 You ve got ide floppy serial parallel scsi cables that are either not plugged in firmly into the respective ports or they are plugged in backwards 3 Your jumpers for the cpu bus speed clock multiplier or voltage are not properly config ured IF YOU STILL ARE HAVING PROBLEMS The best way to solve any of your computer problems is to start all over again You ve probably accumulated many peripherals every since you ve got your computer So basi cally remove all your cards except for the video card and your hard drive controller if you have a SCSI hard drive or if you don t have an on board i o controller and reboot your system lf you still get error messages after this reboot try booting in safe m
16. te that the green PC compliant video monitor enters when BIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired VIDEO POWER DOWN MODE This option specifies the power conserving state that the VESA VGA video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired 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 PLUG AND PLAY AWARE OS Set this option to YES if the operating system in this computer is PnP aware OFFBOARD PCI IDE CARD This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed in the computer You must specify the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard where the offboard PCI IDE controller is installed This disables the onboard PCI IDE controller You must also specify the IRQs for this PCI IDE card PCI SLOT 1 2 3 4 IRQ PRIORITY These options specify the priority IRQ to be used for any PCI devices installed in PCI expansion slots 1 through 4 IRQ 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 These options allow you to reserve IRQs for legacy non PnP ISA adapter cards ONBOARD FDC This option allows you to enabled the floppy drive controller on the motherboard ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 1 amp 2 This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 1 amp 2 ONBOARD PARALLEL PORT MODE amp IRQ This option s
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