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ADVANCED /EV HELP FILE

December 1995 Revision

New Approved Vendor List

Whats Changing

133+ MHz Support

Product History

Advanced/EV Baseboard Revision Summary

Advanced/EV BIOS Revision Summary

Advanced/EV System Revision Summary

Advanced/EV Software Summary

General Product Information

IPTL Tested Product List

Approved Vendor List User-Installable Upgrades

SYSTEM MEMORY (SIMM)

L2 Cache MEMORY (CELP)

Real Time clock Battery Replacement

Readme Files

Audio Text Files

Windows ICU 1.43

Advanced Power Management

DOS ICU Release 1.43

Frequently Asked Questions

Windows 95 and onboard Audio

32 Bit file access

32-bit Disk Access (FastDisk)

What Boards Support Processors Greater than 133 MHz

The Advanced/EV Sound

Orderable Spare Parts

OMCO Product Errata & Functional Profile

Intel CPU Errata

PCIset Errata

Audio Errata

BIOS Issues

Third Party Issues

Functional Considerations

Technical Product Summary

Introduction

Board Level Features

System Level Features

Appendix A − User-Installable Upgrades

Appendix B − Switch Settings and Jumpers

Appendix C − Connectors

Appendix D − Memory Map

Appendix E − I/O Map

Appendix F − PCI Configuration Space Map

Appendix G − Interrupts & DMA Channels

Appendix I − PCI Configuration Error Messages

Appendix J − AMIBIOS Error messages and Beep Codes

Appendix K − Soft-off Control

Appendix L  BIOS Setup

Appendix N − Environmental Standards

Appendix M − BIOS Recovery

Appendix O − Reliability Data


December 1995 Revision

Welcome to the December Edition of the Advanced/EV Help File!

A number of things have changed including the TPS included with this version.

There is also a special section on the Sound support for Advanced/EV.


New Approved Vendor List


Whats Changing

November 20, 1995

Our policy is to notify customers of planned changes and enhancements to Intel products as far in advance as possible (usually up to 60 days). This is a list of changes forecasted for the Intel Advanced/EV expandable desktop boards and systems. Many of these changes are in process; dates are approximate and subject to change.

BIOS Revision 1.00.03.CB0 - Class I

In Current Production

The new version of the BIOS corrects certain errata discovered during Win 95 compatibility testing. There will also be other minor changes.

BIOS Setup Modifications

Two modifications have been made to the Phase III BIOS setup fields. The first modification is to minimize user, or OEM, input in the integration process by not requiring Pre-Delay and Time-out settings to be programmed.  The second adds the flexibility to explicitly pick the sequence of the available boot devices, and to allow for future expansion of a mulitboot environment.

Removal of Pre-Delay and Time-out:

These two settings were replaced with the BIOS's ability to detect a drives' presence, whether it is a Master or a Slave, by utilizing an interrupt detection scheme. The user no longer has to modify these values for slow, or high capacity IDE drives.

Changes made to the setup display are the removal of these two fields while no other fields have been added.

Boot Sequence Change

Previous BIOSs have had the capability to select from only two logical boot devices; C, and A. The sequence as to how they could be configured were; A then C, C then A, or C only, however, this has limited boot device flexibility. Future BIOSs will be capable of booting from CD-ROM.

In order to offer all the available boot devices, for the user to pick from, the boot device configuration will appear like the following example where each device in the boot sequence from one to four can be defined.

Boot Options Sub-Menu

First Boot device

Floppy:

Hard disk

CD-ROM;this feature will be released in future BIOSs

Network

Disabled

Second Boot device

Third Boot device

Fourth Boot device

The field controls the order in which the BIOS attempts to boot from the hard disk, floppy drive, Network resource, or CD-ROM drive when ATAPI support is added to the BIOS.

The PBA numbers of the boards and systems will change per the following table:

Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	EO2348	636382-001	636348-503	636348-504
BP90EN0NVNCS	EO2348	636379-001	636348-503	636348-504
BP100EN0NVNCS	EO2348	636381-001	636348-503	636348-504
BP120EN0NVNCS	EO2348	638674-001	636348-503	636348-504
BP133EN0NVNCS	EO2326	639831-001	641508-701 641508-801	641508-702 641508-802
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	EO2350*	BRDP54EPS2	641961-800	641961-801
S120MTE8LC	EO2348	BRDP54EPS2	638859-503	638859-504
S100MTE8LC	EO2348	BRDP54EPS2	638859-503	638859-504
S120EDE8LC	EO2348	BRDP54EPS2	638859-503	638859-504
*Combined with copper removal this configuration see previous section

Add Second Source For 82430FX PCIset - Class II

Planned Implementation Date: 11/95

Due to capacity constraints on current fabrication site for the 82430FX PCIset we will be adding an alternate source to the Advanced EV bill of materials. This chip set change should be transparent to customers with the exception of noting changes in the markings on the components. PBA numbers will change per this table:

        Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	TBD	636382-001	636348-504	636348-505
BP90EN0NVNCS	TBD	636379-001	636348-504	636348-505
BP100EN0NVNCS	TBD	636381-001	636348-504	636348-505
BP120EN0NVNCS	TBD	638674-001	636348-504	636348-505
BP133EN0NVNCS	TBD	639831-001	641508-702 641508-802	641508-703 641508-803
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	641961-801	641961-802
S120MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-504	638859-505
S100MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-504	638859-505
S120EDE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-504	638859-505
TBD=To Be Determined

Phase out Fab Level Five - Class I

Planned Implementation Date: 11/95

All Product Codes Will Move To Fabs 7 & 8. Currently product codes other that the 133 Mhz use a fab five PBA. In an effort to reduce the number of variations to these product codes all product codes will transition from fab five to fabs seven and eight. The PBA numbers contained in the bill of materials for the product codes should be affected as follows. This is still under consideration and may change in the final implementation, as may all ECO notification information. The PBA numbers of the boards and systems will change per the following table:

Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	TBD	636382-001	636348-505	641508-703 641508-803
BP90EN0NVNCS	TBD	636379-001	636348-505	641508-703 641508-803
BP100EN0NVNCS	TBD	636381-001	636348-505	641508-703 641508-803
BP120EN0NVNCS	TBD	638674-001	636348-505	641508-703 641508-803
BP133EN0NVNCS	TBD	639831-001	641508-703 641508-803	Not Affected
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	641961-802	Not Affected
S120MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-505	641961-802
S100MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-505	641961-802
S120EDE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-505	641961-802
TBD=To Be Determined

BIOS Maintenance Release 1.00.04.CB0 - Class I

Planned Implementation Date: 11/95

Several features of the BIOS are slated for change. Some of these features may not be available in the final release due to functional considerations. Following is a list of changes that are scheduled for implementation:

•	Hard Drive Predelay - It was noted after removal of this feature in the previous revision of the BIOS that some hard drives require a predelay to respond properly to interrogation of the BIOS. This feature will be similar to the previous implementation of the hard drive predelay.

•	Serial Mouse APM awareness - Currently there is no BIOS support to facilitate the system recognizing or being awakened from the sleep mode by a serial mouse. Support for this feature will be added.

•	Change in the enumeration process - Currently there is no ability to relinquish secondary hard drive resources independently of the primary resources for use by add in cards. The enumeration process is being changed to facilitate use of these resources by add in cards. Please see release notes accompanying the released BIOS for details of the final implementation.

Other changes may be incorporated in this BIOS release. Please see the BIOS release notes for specific details.

The PBA numbers of the boards and systems will change per the following table:

Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	TBD	636382-001	641508-703 641508-803	641508-704 641508-804
BP90EN0NVNCS	TBD	636379-001	641508-703 641508-803	641508-704 641508-804
BP100EN0NVNCS	TBD	636381-001	641508-703 641508-803	641508-704 641508-804
BP120EN0NVNCS	TBD	638674-001	641508-703 641508-803	641508-704 641508-804
BP133EN0NVNCS	TBD	639831-001	641508-703 641508-803	641508-704 641508-804
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	641961-802	641961-803
S120MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	641961-802	641961-803
S100MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	641961-802	641961-803
S120EDE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	641961-802	641961-803
TBD=To Be Determined


133+ MHz Support


Advanced/EV Baseboard Revision Summary

PBA 636348-805, 641508-703, 641508-823, 641961-822, 638859-505

PBA 636348-804, 641508-822, 641961-821

PBA 636348-504, 641508-702, 641508-802, 641961-801, 638859-504

PBA 641508-701, 641508-801, 641961-701, 641961-801

PBA 641508-800, 641961-800

PBA 641508-700, 641961-700

PBA 636348-503, 638859-503

PBA 636348-502

PBA 636348-501

PBA 636348-402

PBA 636348-401


PBA 636348-805, 641508-703, 641508-823, 641961-822, 638859-505

BIOS Maintenance Release - Class I

New BIOS Revision 1.00.04.CB0

Several Features of the BIOS are slated for change. Some of these features may not be available in the final release due to functional considerations. Following is a list of changes that are scheduled for implementation:

1)    Hard Drive Predelay - It was noted after removal of this feature in the previous revision of the BIOS that some Hard drives require a predelay to respond properly to interrogation of the BIOS.  This feature will be similar to the previous implementation of the hard drive predelay.

2)	Serial Mouse APM awareness - Currently there is no support in the BIOS to facilitate the system recognizing or being awakened from the sleep mode by a serial mouse. Support for this feature will be added.

3)	Change in the enumeration process - Currently there is no ability to relinquish secondary hard drive resources independently of the primary resources for use by add in cards. The enumeration process is being changed to facilitate use of these resources by add in cards. Please see release notes accompanying the released BIOS for details of the final implementation.

4)	Removal of processor speed reporting - To facilitate future processors on the Advanced EV it is necessary to remove reporting of the processor speed by the BIOS. This will have no functional impact on current processor support, but will rather facilitate future processors. This change is mandated due to a design consideration for the Advanced EV platform.

Other changes may be incorporated in this BIOS release. Please see the BIOS release notes for specific details.

The PBA numbers of the boards and systems will change per the following table:

Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	TBD	636382-001	636348-804	636348-805
BP90EN0NVNCS	TBD	636379-001	636348-804	636348-805
BP100EN0NVNCS	TBD	636381-001	636348-804	636348-805
BP120EN0NVNCS	TBD	638674-001	636348-804	636348-805
BP133EN0NVNCS	TBD	639831-001	641508-702 641508-822	641508-703 641508-823
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	641961-821	641961-822
S120MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-504 641961-821	638859-505 641961-822
S100MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-504 641961-821	638859-505 641961-822
S120EDE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-504 641961-821	638859-505 641961-822
TBD=To Be Determined


PBA 636348-804, 641508-822, 641961-821

Add Second Source For Triton Chip Set - Class II

Due to capacity constraints on current fabrication site for the Triton Chip Set we will be adding an alternate source for the chip set to the Advanced EV bill of materials. This chip set change should be transparent to customers with the exception of noting changes in the markings on the components.

Please note that the PBA numbers are changing in a non contigous fashion due to a new system.

The PBA numbers of the boards and systems will change per the following table:

        Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	TBD	636382-001	636348-504	636348-804
BP90EN0NVNCS	TBD	636379-001	636348-504	636348-804
BP100EN0NVNCS	TBD	636381-001	636348-504	636348-804
BP120EN0NVNCS	TBD	638674-001	636348-504	636348-804
BP133EN0NVNCS	TBD	639831-001	641508-702 641508-802	- 641508-822
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	641961-801	641961-821
S120MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-504 -	- 641961-821
S100MTE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-504 -	- 641961-821
S120EDE8LC	TBD	BRDP54EPS2	638859-504 -	- 641961-821
TBD=To Be Determined


PBA 636348-504, 641508-702, 641508-802, 641961-801, 638859-504

BIOS Support for PC87306 Win 95 Compliance - Class I

New BIOS Revision 1.00.03.CB0

The BIOS revision 1.00.02.CB0 currently shipping with the Advanced EV base-board is being upgraded with version 1.00.03.CB0. The new version of the BIOS corrects certain errata discovered during Win 95 compatibility testing. There will also be other minor changes.

BIOS Setup Modifications

Two modifications have been made to the Phase III BIOS setup fields. The first modification is to minimize user, or OEM, input in the integration process by not requiring Pre-Delay and Time-out settings to be programmed.  The second adds the flexibility to explicitly pick the sequence of the available boot devices, and to allow for future expansion of a mulitboot environment.

Removal of Pre-Delay and Time-out:

These two settings were replaced with the BIOS's ability to detect a drives' presence, whether it is a Master or a Slave, by utilizing an interrupt detection scheme. The user no longer has to modify these values for slow, or high capacity IDE drives.

Changes made to the setup display are the removal of these two fields while no other fields have been added.

Boot Sequence Change:

Previous BIOSs have had the capability to select from only two logical boot devices; C, and A. The sequence as to how they could be configured were; A then C, C then A, or C only, however, this has limited boot device flexibility. Future BIOSs will be capable of booting from CD-ROM.

In order to offer all the available boot devices, for the user to pick from, the boot device configuration will appear like the following example where each device in the boot sequence from one to four can be defined.

Boot Options Sub-Menu

First Boot device

Floppy:

Hard disk

CD-ROM   ;this feature will be released in future BIOSs

Network

Disabled

Second Boot device

Third Boot device

Fourth Boot device

The field controls the order in which the BIOS attempts to boot from the hard disk, floppy drive, Network resource, or CD-ROM drive when ATAPI support is added to the BIOS.

The PBA numbers of the boards and systems will change per the following table:

Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	EO2348	636382-001	636348-503	636348-504
BP90EN0NVNCS	EO2348	636379-001	636348-503	636348-504
BP100EN0NVNCS	EO2348	636381-001	636348-503	636348-504
BP120EN0NVNCS	EO2348	638674-001	636348-503	636348-504
BP133EN0NVNCS	EO2326	639831-001	641508-701 641508-801	641508-702 641508-802
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	EO2350*	BRDP54EPS2	641961-800	641961-801
S120MTE8LC	EO2348	BRDP54EPS2	638859-503	638859-504
S100MTE8LC	EO2348	BRDP54EPS2	638859-503	638859-504
S120EDE8LC	EO2348	BRDP54EPS2	638859-503	638859-504
*Combined with copper removal this configuration see previous section


PBA 641508-701, 641508-801, 641961-701, 641961-801

Removal of VRM and Change to 1 ounce Copper Traces  Class I

This change affects only the 133 Mhz product codes

This ECO pertains to accommodating a 1oz copper on the Advance EV boards. Due to the constraint on the availability of 2oz copper a new revision to the board is being implemented to accommodate 1oz copper traces. Revision level 801 will also be changed to the primary board used in 133 Mhz product codes. The VRM support will be removed from the Advanced EV boards. Socket 7 specifications have been modified such that a VRM header and split plane support are no longer being considered in the upgrade

strategy for this product at this time. These changes should not affect the functional characteristics of the boards that are being modified by this ECO.

Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	EO2328	636382-001	Not Affected	Not Affected
BP90EN0NVNCS	EO2328	636379-001	Not Affected	Not Affected
BP100EN0NVNCS	EO2328	636381-001	Not Affected	Not Affected
BP120EN0NVNCS	EO2328	638674-001	Not Affected	Not Affected
BP133EN0NVNCS	None	639831-001	641508-700 641508-800	641508-701 641508-801
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	EO2328	BRDP54EPS2	641961-700 641961-800	641961-701 641961-801
S120MTE8LC	EO2328	BRDP54EPS2	Not Affected	Not Affected
S100MTE8LC	EO2328	BRDP54EPS2	Not Affected	Not Affected
S120EDE8LC	EO2328	BRDP54EPS2	Not Affected	Not Affected


PBA 641508-800, 641961-800

New Fab To Move VRM Location  Class I

This is a new fab under the 133 MHz product codes and does not effect existing PBA or AA numbers

There was a new Fab introduced to move the location of the VRM site. This change should be functionally equivalent to the -700 boards and will be an alternate to the -700 boards. The product codes used for the Advanced/EV can currently use either the -700 or the -800 revision levels of the board. This change will not add any advantages on the current revision of the board.  This board will still support 75 MHz to 133 Mhz processors, and overdrive processors which are intended as upgrades for up to 120 MHz

The PBA numbers of the boards and systems will change per the following table:

Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	None	636382-001	Not affected	Not affected
BP90EN0NVNCS	None	636379-001	Not affected	Not affected
BP100EN0NVNCS	None	636381-001	Not affected	Not affected
BP120EN0NVNCS	None	638674-001	Not affected	Not affected
BP133EN0NVNCS	None	639831-001	641508-700 -	Not affected 641508-800
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	None	BRDP54ESKT7PS2	641961-700 -	Not affected 641961-800
S120MTE8LC	None	BRDP54EPS2	Not affected	Not affected
S100MTE8LC	None	BRDP54EPS2	Not affected	Not affected
S120EDE8LC	None	BRDP54EPS2	Not affected	Not affected


PBA 641508-700, 641961-700

New Fab To Add Socket 7 And VRM Site  Class I

This is a new product introduction and does not effect existing PBA or AA numbers

There was a new fab introduced which added a site for VRM support and Socket 7 support. Although these additions will not functionally change this revision of the board, they are intended to allow Intel to add future functional features to the Advanced EV product line if necessary without the need for additional fab changes. The processor socket has been changed from a 320 pin socket 5 to a 321 pin socket 7. This change of processor sockets will not add any advantages on the current revision of the board. This board will still support 75 MHz to 133 Mhz processors, and overdrive processors which are intended as upgrades for up to 120 MHz.

The PBA numbers of the boards and systems will change per the following table:

Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	None	636382-001	Not affected	Not affected
BP90EN0NVNCS	None	636379-001	Not affected	Not affected
BP100EN0NVNCS	None	636381-001	Not affected	Not affected
BP120EN0NVNCS	None	638674-001	Not affected	Not affected
BP133EN0NVNCS	None	639831-001	-	641508-700
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S133MTE8LC	None	BRDP54ESKT7PS2	-	641961-700
S120MTE8LC	None	BRDP54EPS2	Not affected	Not affected
S100MTE8LC	None	BRDP54EPS2	Not affected	Not affected
S120EDE8LC	None	BRDP54EPS2	Not affected	Not affected


PBA 636348-503, 638859-503

Changes to PC82306  Class II

National PC87306VUL Stepping Change: The National PC87306VUL revision A0 part on the Advanced EV motherboard is stepping to revision B. The B-stepping part corrects certain errata discovered in the A0-stepping. Errata existing in the A0 part being corrected with the B-stepping is as follows:

1) When working with Standard parallel Port (SPP) with: EPP 1.9 enable and, /ZWS option disabled Wrong data might be forced on PD0-7 during an SPP write cycle. This is fixed in PC87306VUL RevB.

2) The PC87306VUL RevA supports one DMA channel for ECP. Pins 138 and 70 are reserved as well as bits 1, 2, and 3 of SCF1. The PC'95 Hardware Design Guide requires at least 2 DMA options for ECP. The PC87306VUL RevB provides a second DMA channel for ECP. Pin 138 is now assigned to signal /PDAKC1, and pin 70 has been assigned to signal PDRQ. Bit 3 of the SCF1 selects between the two DMA channels.

3) IRQ3 and 4 are allocated according to COM selection. They cannot be assigned independently of the address selection. This is the "legacy" mode standardized by industry and in all NSC SIOs. The PC'95 Hardware Design Guide, however, redefines the UART mode of operation so each UART has 2 IRQ options regardless of the selected address. The PC87306VUL RevB device supports both the "legacy" mode of operation and also independent IRQ3 and 4 options for each UART via bits 2 and 6 of PNP1.

4) IRQ5 and 7 are allocated according to LPT selection. They can not be assigned independent of  the address selection ("legacy" mode). The PC'95 Hardware Design Guide, however, defines the Parallel Port as having two IRQ options independent of the selected address. The PC87306VUL RevB supports both the legacy operation as well as providing independent IRQ5 and 7 options for the Parallel Port via bits 4 and 5 of PNP0.

5) The PC87306VUL RevA does not support the two lockable bits on SCF1 bits 6 and 7 and the lck bit 3 of FCR. The PC87306VUL RevB supports this feature.

6) The PC87306VUL RevA provides chip select for 10-bit and 16-bit address decode. Bit 3 of CS1CF is reserved. The PC87306VUL RevB provides another option to support the upper-14 bit address decode via bit 3 of CS1CF.

7) The EPP mode supports 2 base addresses, 278h and 378h. The PC'95 Hardware Design Guide requires at least three addresses. The PC87306VUL RevB provides a programmable third option via bit 6 of PNP0 and the LPTBA register.

The PBA numbers of the boards and systems will change per the following table:

Board Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	CA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
BEXXEN0NVNCS	EO2263	636382-001	636348-502	636348-503
BP90EN0NVNCS	EO2263	636379-001	636348-502	636348-503
BP100EN0NVNCS	EO2263	636381-001	636348-502	636348-503
BP120EN0NVNCS	EO2263	638674-001	636348-502	636348-503
System Level Product

Product Code	ECO #	MOC	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S120MTE8LC	EO2263	BRDP54EPS2	638859-502	638859-503
S100MTE8LC	EO2263	BRDP54EPS2	638859-502	638859-503
S120EDE8LC	EO2263	BRDP54EPS2	638859-502	638859-503


PBA 636348-502

ECO #2203A

This ECO (Engineering Change Order) was Implement to step to the Triton P650 PIIX A1 and remove the A1P PIIX pullups.  It also added Triton P650 TSCA2 as an alternate.


PBA 636348-501

This board has the blue wire of the -400 board buried in the fab.  This is the only difference between the two fabs.


PBA 636348-402

ECO #2203A

This ECO (Engineering Change Order) was Implement to step to the Triton P650 PIIX A1 and remove the A1P PIIX pullups.  It also added Triton P650 TSCA2 as an alternate.


PBA 636348-401

This is the first production ready Motherboard shipped to customers.  This product may have a blue wire rework connecting a site adjacent to R4F1 and R6J1.  This blue wire was required for FCC acceptance for boards that were tested with both Audio and Video.


Advanced/EV BIOS Revision Summary

BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0

BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0

BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0


BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0

Features/Errata Fixed In This Release

Features Included In This Release

Setup Changes

Password Changes

Language Support

Hard Disk Changes

Plug and Play (Windows 95, etc.)

APM 1.1

New Int 15h Extensions

Other Changes

Known Errata With This Release

Features Still To Be Added / Comments About This Release


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Features/Errata Fixed In This Release
Features/Errata Fixed In This Release

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

•	Fixed APM so it works.

•	New S3 Video BIOS 1.3-08-21 added.

Beta 4.01

•	Took speed out of Setup to avoid improper speed settings.

•	Released IRQ15 when secondary IDE is disabled.

•	Serial Mouse is now detected by the APM code.

•	Hard Disk pre delay is reinstalled.

•	New Drive detection routines implemented.

Release 3.0

o	Changed the device node ID for the parallel port from 400h to 401h when programmed to ECP mode.

Beta 3.02

o	The Devnode for the joystick port has been updated to allow Windows 95 to configure it.

Beta 3.01

o	S3 Trio 64 video BIOS version 1.03-08-11.

o	Updated code so function 40h(Get PnP ISA config structure) doesn't use NVRAM.

o	Turbo/Deturbo in SMM.  However operating systems that hook int. 9 will prevent turbo/Deturbo from working as expected.

o	Changed APM function 53, subfunction 0AH that indicates that the system does not have a battery (No System Battery).

o	Added a more robust APM harddisk activity check that helps prevent the system from powering down in the middle of a disk operation.

o	Adjusted the way PS/2 mouse state (installed/deinstalled) was stored to prevent incompatibility with SCO UNIX. Open desktop was unable to function when IRQ 12 set to latch mode as opposed to ISA mode.

o	Fixed Int 15h function DAh subfunction 12h CX=02h (read cache status) in CX upon return to indicate Valid Cache size of zero (no cache installed), previously returned invalid cache size.

o	Change to Int 15 Function DAh Subfunction 92h - DX now returns the CPU internal speed in BCD for all supported processors.

o	Support for single language only.

o	Added new "User CMOS Defaults" save capability via INT 15h interface.  Added CMOS Information Storage and Retrieval and Force CMOS Defaults/Clear ESCD functions.

o	Fixed CMOS default when selecting Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option from Win 95 to NULL.

o	Fixed EDO detection algorithm problem.  If no SIMMs installed in bank 0, then bank 0 was programmed in EDO mode and not Fast Page mode.  (DCS # 3262, 3634, 3635,3636, 3637)

o	Added support for INT 15h C7h function (Get Memory Map for ISA Holes) which is is used by IBM OS/2.  This function is fully supported as specified IBM Personal System/2 Personal Computer BIOS Interface (Part # S04G-3283-00).

o	Fixed APM problem of user suspend request not being posted when the hot key is depressed.

o	Adjusted APM code to not report events in the sleep and suspend handlers. This reporting would sometimes cause the system to appear hung. This hang appeared due to APM not being able to process a request to suspend or standby because an interrupt was pending.

o	Fixed APM problem where code would loop going into and out of SMM when trying to come out of a powered down state, and video was disabled (not power managed) in setup.

o	Fixed device nodes to not checksum device node data so we would comply with and pass Microsoft BIOS Test.

o	Adjusted PS/2 mouse device node to be dynamic and not static to comply with WIN 95 requirements.

o	Adjusted CMOS allocations to use 33h for the TSC cache information storage. This frees up CMOS byte 36h for OEM usage.  Also cleaned up PIC definitions for the PC87306 so that they no longer use equates in the banner file.

o	Fixed an error that showed up in manufacturing with a test card and could potentially show in the field .  If in setup Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option is selected and Boot PnP OS is set to None, then potentially the error bit for no boot device found may be set .  User could see "No boot device found" message and still boot properly.

o	Fixed Bus Mastering IDE I/O port value communicated via the device node interface to a corrected value.

o	Fixed information returned from 32 bit interface call to "Get PCI Routing Information" to prevent failing the NSP test.

o	Fixed parallel port setup choices so that I/O address 3BCh does not appear when the mode ECP or EPP is chosen.  Conversely,  neither mode ECP nor EPP appear where 3BCh is chosen as I/O address of parallel port.

o	Removed IDE time-out and pre delay due to improved algorithm for detection of ATA devices.

o	Adjusted product information parameters for manufacturing modes.

o	Fixed runtime interfaces so that we do not force a disable of NMI when accessing CMOS.

o	Fixed memory allocations for PCI devices such that they are aligned on 400h block boundaries according to the ESCD specification.

o	Fixed the PCI bridge code such that if no memory is requested by a bridge or the devices behind it, 1 MB is automatically allocated to it.  Also fixed situation where PCI bridge or devices behind it would request greater than 1GB of memory such that 1 GB is maximum limit for the bridge.

o	Added interface to core BIOS to provide INT 17h for EPP BIOS on a as needed basis.

o	Fixed keyboard controller interface code so that keyboard detection failure does not occur for higher end processors (100 MHz or greater).

o	Fixed setup field related to fourth boot device to point to appropriate CMOS entry.  Previously pointed to third device entry.

o	Added capability to perform custom keyboard initialization on a per product basis.

o	Fixed the shadowing of PnP device ROM's.  PnP devices are now checked and shadowed  or  not based on device configuration.  Previously, all PnP devices were shadowed whether they requested it or not.

o	Fixed parameter checking for device node "Get" and "Put" calls so that Win 95 "BIOS Test" completes properly.

o	Adjusted code so that "Get Node" calls will preserve all 32 bit registers.

o	Fixed the ATA code use of the Set Features command to distinguish between mode 3 and mode 4 drives.  Possible cause of periodic data corruption on mode 4 drives only. Adjusted PIIX IDE timings to add an extra clock for mode 4 drive running at 25 MHz PCI bus speed.

o	Fixed the code to properly allow all invalid PCI bus reads and writes performed by the PCI diagnostic tests.  Previous PCI specification required all reads and writes to be checked for validity within the device configuration spaces.

o	Added PC87306B support.

Release 2.0

o	Fixed a problem with the Device Initialization code that showed up when the manufacturing test hook board was installed.  The message "Primary Boot Device Not Found" would be displayed when the problem appeared.

Release 1.0

o	Added Int 15 AH=C7 memory check service to allow OS/2 to see greater than 64Mb of ram.

o	Fix problem where PCI services caused page faults while booting UNIX Ware.  Services had exceeded 8K in size.

o	Added Product Storage and Retrieval CMOS services.

o	Free IRQ 12 is no mouse is present.

o	Allow LPT port to use IRQ 5 or 7 if the port address is 378h.

o	Only single language supported due to space conflicts.

o	S3 Trio 64 Video BIOS rev 11 for 57mhz parts and fixes palette snooping.

o	The GP faults that were occurring in Windows 95 when doing dev node operations is fixed.  Changed real mode INT 15 calls.

o	EDO SIMM detection programs TSC reg. 68 correctly now if SIMMs are not installed in BANK 0

o	Fixed problem where system would not power down if drives were only connected to the secondary IDE controller.

o	Fixed problem where interrupts were being lost while in a standby or suspend power managed state.

o	Added support for Soft Power Off if the sleep switch held in.  Also added audio notification of button press and when system will power down.

Beta 1.03

o	Modified CT2504/Vibra16S device node to support Creative requests for support of the Creative Vibra16S Plug and Play drivers.

o	Added an IDE reset at the end of each channel scanning so certain IDE CD-ROM drives will function by themselves on a channel.

o	Fixed IDE Timings for multiple drives on a channel so they reflect the slower drive.

o	Fixed display of "Available"/PCI IRQs so that one will always be available for PCI and all cannot be selected as "Used By ISA".

o	Fixed display of IRQs 5 & 7 based upon the Peripheral Setup selections.

o	Bus Mastering is now enabled for onboard PCI IDE controller.

o	Latest S3 Trio 64 Video BIOS.

Beta 1.02

o	Unattended start hanging fixed.

o	APM hanging when power.exe loads fixed.

o	PCI IRQ routing fixed.

o	Latest S3 Trio 64 Video BIOS.

Beta 1.01

o	Latest S3 Trio 64 Video BIOS.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Features Included In This Release
Features Included In This Release

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

o	None

Beta 4.01

o	None

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No new features

Beta 3.01

o	Turbo/Deturbo in SMM.  However operating systems that hook int. 9 will prevent turbo/Deturbo from working as expected.

o	Change to Int 15 Function DAh Subfunction 92h - DX now returns the CPU internal speed in BCD for all supported processors.

o	Added new "User CMOS Defaults" save capability via INT 15h interface.  Added CMOS Information Storage and Retrieval and Force CMOS Defaults/Clear ESCD functions.

o	Added support for INT 15h C7h function (Get Memory Map for ISA Holes) which is is used by IBM OS/2.  This function is fully supported as specified IBM Personal System/2 Personal Computer BIOS Interface (Part # S04G-3283-00).

o	Adjusted APM code to not report events in the sleep and suspend handlers. This reporting would sometimes cause the system to appear hung. This hang appeared due to APM not being able to process a request to suspend or standby because an interrupt was pending.

o	Adjusted PS/2 mouse device node to be dynamic and not static to comply with WIN 95 requirements.

o	Adjusted CMOS allocations to use 33h for the TSC cache information storage. This frees up CMOS byte 36h for OEM usage.  Also cleaned up PIC definitions for the PC87306 so that they no longer use equates in the banner file.

o	Added ATAPI boot support. Removed IDE time-out and predelay due to improved algorithm for detection of ATA devices.

o	Adjusted product information parameters for manufacturing modes.

o	Added interface to core BIOS to provide INT 17h for EPP BIOS on a as needed basis.

o	Added capability to perform custom keyboard initialization on a per product basis.

o	Adjusted code so that "Get Node" calls will preserve all 32 bit registers.

o	Added PC87306B support.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Added Int 15 AH=C7 memory check service to allow OS/2 to see greater than 64Mb of ram.

o	Added Product Storage and Retrieval CMOS services.

o	Free IRQ 12 is no mouse is present.

o	Allow LPT port to use IRQ 5 or 7 if the port address is 378h.

o	Added support for Soft Power Off if the sleep switch held in.  Also added audio notification of button press and when system will power down.

Beta 1.03

o	Adjusted to have IRQs 5, 7, 9, & 10 be dependent upon CT2504 onboard audio and Peripheral Setup selections.

o	Creative CT2504/Vibra 16S onboard audio Configuration support added.

o	New Cache Configuration support for 256k onboard and 256k CELP module..

o	New Int 15h Extensions to support Product Information Storage and Retrieval.  See your marketing representative for more details.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	ESCD PCI Bridge support

o	Supports Boot With PnP OS.

o	IDE ATA interface code added.

o	PCI Bridge Support.

o	Keyboard/Mouse Swap Support.

o	Phase III - BIOS.

o	POSThaste.

o	National Semiconductor PC87306 Super I/O support

o	AMI Keyboard Controller Support

o	Triton Chipset Support.

o	Mode 4 IDE Support.

o	Static Keyboard/Mouse Support (does not support swapping).

o	Chicago Devnode Support.

o	Chicago APM Support.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Setup Changes
Setup Changes

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

o	None

Beta 4.01

•	Took speed out of Setup to avoid improper speed settings.

•	Hard Disk pre delay is reinstalled.

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No changes

Beta 3.01

o	Changed boot options to use new boot descriptions (first boot device .. fourth boot device).

o	Fixed CMOS default when selecting Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option from Win 95 to NULL.

o	Adjusted CMOS allocations to use 33h for the TSC cache information storage. This frees up CMOS byte 36h for OEM usage.  Also cleaned up PIC definitions for the PC87306 so that they no longer use equates in the banner file.

o	Fixed an error that showed up in manufacturing with a test card and could potentially show in the field .  If in setup Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option is selected and Boot PnP OS is set to None, then potentially the error bit for no boot device found may be set .  User could see "No boot device found" message and still boot properly.

o	Fixed parallel port setup choices so that I/O address 3BCh does not appear when the mode ECP or EPP is chosen.  Conversely,  neither mode ECP nor EPP appear where 3BCh is chosen as I/O address of parallel port.

o	Fixed setup field related to fourth boot device to point to appropriate CMOS entry.  Previously pointed to third device entry.

o	Added PC87306B support.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Allow LPT port to use IRQ 5 or 7 if the port address is 378h.

Beta 1.03

o	Fixed display of "Available"/PCI IRQs so that one will always be available for PCI and all cannot be selected as "Used By ISA".

o	Fixed display of IRQs 5 & 7 based upon the Peripheral Setup selections.

o	Adjusted to have IRQs 5, 7, 9, & 10 be dependent upon CT2504 onboard audio and Peripheral Setup selections.

o	Creative CT2504/Vibra 16S onboard audio support added.

o	Changed APM Inactivity Timer so that 1 minute is not allowed as a valid entry.  This is due to the lack of support for this setting in the Chipset.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	Added PCI Burst Enable/Disable Option to allow certain video cards to function without glitches.

o	If a User password and an Administrative password are installed, and Setup is entered via the User password, the "Unattended Start" and "Security Hot Key" entries are accessible.

o	"Boot with PnP OS" entry appears only if the "Configuration Mode" entry is set to "Use ICU".

o	"ISA Shared Memory Size" entry now includes options for 80KB and 96KB.

o	Adjusted so that IRQ 12 will be displayed if no PS/2 Mouse installed.

o	Added Boot With PnP OS option to setup.

o	Hard Disk Translation Mode Changed to default of "Auto Detected" from "Standard CHS".

o	Adjusted Date format in Main Screen to Month Date Year, was Year Date Month.

o	APM Enabled by default.

o	Added 3-Mode Floppy choices.

o	Changed Palette Snooping default value to Disabled.

o	New, more friendly, user interface.  Layered interface functions more like standard applications with better screen layout for easy viewing.  Like functions are grouped onto screens or menus for easier configuration.

o	On-line help available for most setup fields.

o	Administrative password function allows all but Time/Date and User Password selections to be modified only by the system administrator.

o	New screen layout allows for more descriptive field text.

o	New screen layout permits field and option text to be translated without having to use cryptic abbreviations.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Password Changes
Password Changes

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

o	None

Beta 4.01

o	None

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	None

Beta 3.01

o	Fixed problem where it took n+1 presses of the backspace key to delete n characters.  The left arrow key also works like backspace.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	None

Beta 1.03

o	None

Beta 1.02

o	Unattended start hanging fixed.

Beta 1.01

o	Both User and Administrative passwords are available.

o	Passwords have been extended to seven(7) characters instead of the current six(6).


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Language Support
Language Support

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

o	None

Beta 4.01

o	None

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No changes

Beta 3.01

o	Single language support.  Non US languages not supported.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Only single language supported due to space conflicts.

Beta 1.03

o	Have gone over the space limit and Single Language support only now.  Same languages are available as before English(US), German(GR), Italian(IT), French(FR), and Spanish(SP).

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	Multi-language support is now available.

o	OEMs and users will be able to flash language sets into the BIOS and configure which language is used through Setup.  The current plan is for language pairs consisting of: English(US)/German(GR), English(US)/Italian(IT), English(US)/French(FR), and English(US)/Spanish(SP).

o	Depending upon the size of the FLASH device used for a particular product, up to 32 languages may be present at one time in the BIOS.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Hard Disk Changes
Hard Disk Changes

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

o	None

Beta 4.01

•	Released IRQ15 when secondary IDE is disabled.

•	Hard Disk pre delay is reinstalled.

•	New Drive detection routines implemented.

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No changes

Beta 3.01

o	Added a more robust APM check that helps prevent the system from powering down in the middle of a disk operation.

o	Fixed Bus Mastering IDE I/O port value communicated via the device node interface to a corrected value.

o	Removed IDE time-out and predelay due to improved algorithm for detection of ATA devices.

o	Fixed setup field related to fourth boot device to point to appropriate CMOS entry.  Previously pointed to third device entry.

o	Fixed the ATA code use of the Set Features command to distinguish between mode 3 and mode 4 drives.  Possible cause of periodic data corruption on mode 4 drives only. Adjusted PIIX IDE timings to add an extra clock for mode 4 drive running at 25 MHz PCI bus speed.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	None

Beta 1.03

o	Added an IDE reset at the end of each channel scanning so certain IDE CD-ROM drives will function by themselves on a channel.

o	Fixed IDE Timings for multiple drives on a channel so they reflect the slower drive.

o	Bus Mastering is now enabled for onboard PCI IDE controller.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	IDE ATA Support added.

o	User definable parameters are available on a per drive basis.  This means each of the four drives may have unique user defined parameters.

o	The DMA selection (Auto-Configured or Disabled) may be set on a per drive basis.  (The ability to select the DMA transfer mode has been removed.)

o	The Sector/Block selection (Auto-Configured, 8 Sectors/Block, 4 Sectors/Block, or Disabled) for multiple sector transfers may be set on a per drive basis.  (The ability for finer resolution of Sector/Block size has been removed.)

o	The Translation selection (Auto-Configured, Logical Block Addressing, Extended Cylinder/Head/Sector or Standard Cylinder/Head/Sector) may be set on a per drive basis.

o	A Hard Disk Pre-Delay has been added to the Boot Options screen.  This option sets a fixed amount of time to wait in POST before attempting to initialize any of the hard disks.  This delay occurs only once before calling the hard disk initialization code.  Because POST is so fast on this version of BIOS, many drives have not finished their power on self-test routines by the time the BIOS reaches its hard disk initialization code.  For certain drives, if the BIOS attempts to query the drive before it has finished its self-test, the drive may hang.  In an attempt to accommodate a user with one of these drives this option has been made available.  (This option is available on some current products.)


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Plug and Play (Windows 95, etc.)
Plug and Play (Windows 95, etc.)

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

o	None

Beta 4.01

•	Released IRQ15 when secondary IDE is disabled.

Release 3.0

o	Changed the device node ID for the parallel port from 400h to 401h when programmed to ECP mode.

Beta 3.02

o	Corrected game port Devnode to be Windows 95 compliant.

Beta 3.01

o	Updated code so function 40h(Get PnP ISA config structure) doesn't use NVRAM.

o	Added new "User CMOS Defaults" save capability via INT 15h interface.  Added CMOS Information Storage and Retrieval and Force CMOS Defaults/Clear ESCD functions.

o	Fixed CMOS default when selecting Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option from Win 95 to NULL.

o	Fixed device nodes to not checksum device node data so we would comply with and pass Microsoft BIOS Test.

o	Adjusted PS/2 mouse device node to be dynamic and not static to comply with WIN 95 requirements.

o	Fixed an error that showed up in manufacturing with a test card and could potentially show in the field .  If in setup Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option is selected and Boot PnP OS is set to None, then potentially the error bit for no boot device found may be set .  User could see "No boot device found" message and still boot properly.

o	Fixed Bus Mastering IDE I/O port value communicated via the device node interface to a corrected value.

o	Fixed information returned from 32 bit interface call to "Get PCI Routing Information" to prevent failing the NSP test.

o	Fixed runtime interfaces so that we do not force a disable of NMI when accessing CMOS.

o	Fixed memory allocations for PCI devices such that they are aligned on 400h block boundaries according to the ESCD specification.

o	Fixed the PCI bridge code such that if no memory is requested by a bridge or the devices behind it, 1 MB is automatically allocated to it.  Also fixed situation where PCI bridge or devices behind it would request greater than 1GB of memory such that 1 GB is maximum limit for the bridge.

o	Fixed the shadowing of PnP device ROM's.  PnP devices are now checked and shadowed  or  not based on device configuration.  Previously, all PnP devices were shadowed whether they requested it or not.

o	Fixed parameter checking for device node "Get" and "Put" calls so that Win 95 "BIOS Test" completes properly.

o	Adjusted code so that "Get Node" calls will preserve all 32 bit registers.

o	Fixed the code to properly allow all invalid PCI bus reads and writes performed by the PCI diagnostic tests.  Previous PCI specification required all reads and writes to be checked for validity within the device configuration spaces.

o	Added PC87306B support.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	The GP faults that were occurring in Windows 95 when doing dev node operations is fixed.  Changed real mode INT 15 calls.

o	Free IRQ 12 is no mouse is present.

Beta 1.03

o	Modified CT2504/Vibra16S device node to support Creative requests for support of the Creative Vibra16S Plug and Play drivers.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	Added support to allow Chicago to init all devices except Boot devices.

o	Turned of Multi-function Header bit in PIIX PCI Configuration Space Header byte since PIIX IDE Function #1 is defined as a Device Node.

o	Device Node added for PIIX IDE Controller.

o	Device Node added for ports 78h, 79h, & Bus Master IDE (0FFF0h-0FFFFh).

o	See APM below.

o	Plug and Play version 1.2 will be supported in the Phase III BIOS.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - APM 1.1
APM 1.1

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

•	Fixed APM so it works.

Beta 4.01

•	Serial Mouse is now detected by the APM code.

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No changes

Beta 3.01

o	Changed APM function 53, subfunction 0AH that indicates that the system does not have a battery (No System Battery).

o	Added a more robust APM check that helps prevent the system from powering down in the middle of a disk operation.

o	Fixed APM problem of user suspend request not being posted when the hot key is depressed.

o	Adjusted APM code to not report events in the sleep and suspend handlers. This reporting would sometimes cause the system to appear hung. This hang appeared due to APM not being able to process a request to suspend or standby because an interrupt was pending.

o	Fixed APM problem where code would loop going into and out of SMM when trying to come out of a powered down state, and video was disabled (not power managed) in setup.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Fixed problem where system would not power down if drives were only connected to the secondary IDE controller.

o	Fixed problem where interrupts were being lost while in a standby or suspend power managed state.

o	Added support for Soft Power Off if the sleep switch held in.  Also added audio notification of button press and when system will power down.

Beta 1.03

o	Changed APM Inactivity Timer so that 1 minute is not allowed as a valid entry.  This is due to the lack of support for this setting in the chipset.

Beta 1.02

o	APM hanging when power.exe loads fixed.

Beta 1.01

o	Advanced Power Management that supports both the APM 1.0 and 1.1 specifications.

o	Standby and Suspend are handled as like events allowing power down from OS/2 Control Panel.

o	Critical 1.1 calls are allowed even if the OS connects as 1.0.  This allows POWER.EXE to run in 1.0 while a custom Windows driver takes advantage of full 1.1 compatibility.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - New Int 15h Extensions
New Int 15h Extensions

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

o	None

Beta 4.01

o	None

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	None

Beta 3.01

o	Fixed Int 15h function DAh subfunction 12h CX=02h (read cache status) in CX upon return to indicate Valid Cache size of zero (no cache installed), previously returned invalid cache size.

o	Change to Int 15 Function DAh Subfunction 92h - DX now returns the CPU internal speed in BCD for all supported processors.

o	Added new "User CMOS Defaults" save capability via INT 15h interface.  Added CMOS Information Storage and Retrieval and Force CMOS Defaults/Clear ESCD functions.

o	Added support for INT 15h C7h function (Get Memory Map for ISA Holes) which is is used by IBM OS/2.  This function is fully supported as specified IBM Personal System/2 Personal Computer BIOS Interface (Part # S04G-3283-00).

o	Adjusted product information parameters for manufacturing modes.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Added Int 15 AH=C7 memory check service to allow OS/2 to see greater than 64Mb of ram.

Beta 1.03

o	New Int 15h Extensions to support Product Information Storage and Retrieval.  See your marketing representative for more details.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	New Int 15h Extensions for Extended Memory and Memory Map have been added.

o	Function E801 has been added to report the amount of contiguous memory above 1Mb.

o	Function E820 has been added to report a full memory map of the system.  This function is used by Chicago and newer versions of Windows NT.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Other Changes
Other Changes

Release 4.0

      o      None

Beta 4.02

•	New S3 Video BIOS 1.3-08-21 added.

Beta 4.01

o	None

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	None

Beta 3.01

o	Adjusted the way PS/2 mouse state (installed/deinstalled) was stored to prevent incompatibility with SCO UNIX. Open desktop was unable to function when IRQ 12 set to latch mode as opposed to ISA mode.

o	Fixed EDO detection algorithm problem.  If no SIMMs installed in bank 0, then bank 0 was programmed in EDO mode and not Fast Page mode.  (DCS # 3262, 3634, 3635,3636, 3637)

o	Adjusted CMOS allocations to use 33h for the TSC cache information storage. This frees up CMOS byte 36h for OEM usage.  Also cleaned up PIC definitions for the PC87306 so that they no longer use equates in the banner file.

o	Fixed an error that showed up in manufacturing with a test card and could potentially show in the field .  If in setup Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option is selected and Boot PnP OS is set to None, then potentially the error bit for no boot device found may be set .  User could see "No boot device found" message and still boot properly.

o	Adjusted product information parameters for manufacturing modes.

o	Added interface to core BIOS to provide INT 17h for EPP BIOS on a as needed basis.

o	Fixed keyboard controller interface code so that keyboard detection failure does not occur for higher end processors (100 MHz or greater).

o	Added capability to perform custom keyboard initialization on a per product basis.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	None

Beta 1.03

o	New Cache Configuration support for 256k onboard and 256k CELP module..

Beta 1.02

o	PCI IRQ routing fixed.

Beta 1.01

o	None


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Known Errata With This Release
Known Errata With This Release

o	None


Product History - BIOS 1.00.04.CB0 Release 4.0 - Features Still To Be Added / Comments About This Release
Features Still To Be Added / Comments About This Release

o	ATAPI Support has been removed.

Notes:

Note 1:
The various O/Ss either do their own memory detection or issue a series of BIOS interrupts to determine memory size. The most common series of BIOS interrupts are INT 12 to get base memory.  Int 15 AH=88h is issued to get extended memory. Int 15h AX=E801h is issued to get memory above 64MB. NT-Daytona Beta 2 and Chicago issue Int 15h AX=E820.
A problem occurs because there is no standard as to what Int 15h AH=88 returns. Microsoft expects up to 63MB UNLESS E801 is supported , when they expect only 15MB maximum. If Microsoft sees greater than 15MB they limit the memory to the AH=88 value and ignore the E801 results. Some O/Ss in the above situation limit memory to 16MB. Some O/Ss excpect Int 15 AH=88 to return up to 63MB and look at E801 for memory above 64MB.

Eliminating the Int 15h AX-E801 support allows all O/S to handle up to 64MB using the Int 15h AH=88h. Those O/S that support Int 15h AX=E820h will handle memory above 64MB


BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0

Features/Errata Fixed In This Release

Features Included In This Release

Setup Changes

Password Changes

Language Support

Hard Disk Changes

Plug and Play (Windows 95, etc.)

APM 1.1

New Int 15h Extensions

Other Changes

Known Errata With This Release

Features Still To Be Added / Comments About This Release


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Features/Errata Fixed In This Release
Features/Errata Fixed In This Release

Release 3.0

o	Changed the device node ID for the parallel port from 400h to 401h when programmed to ECP mode.

Beta 3.02

o	The devnode for the joystick port has been updated to allow Windows 95 to configure it.

Beta 3.01

o	S3 Trio 64 video bios version 1.03-08-11.

o	Updated code so function 40h(Get PnP ISA config structure) doesn't use NVRAM.

o	Turbo/Deturbo in SMM.  However operating systems that hook int 9 will prevent turbo/deturbo from working as expected.

o	Changed APM function 53, subfunction 0AH that indicates that the system does not have a battery (No System Battery).

o	Added a more robust APM harddisk activity check that helps prevent the system from powering down in the middle of a disk operation.

o	Adjusted the way PS/2 mouse state (installed/deinstalled) was stored to prevent incompatibility with SCO UNIX. Open desktop was unable to function when IRQ 12 set to latch mode as opposed to ISA mode.

o	Fixed Int 15h function DAh subfunction 12h CX=02h (read cache status) in CX upon return to indicate Valid Cache size of zero (no cache installed), previously returned invalid cache size.

o	Change to Int 15 Function DAh Subfunction 92h - DX now returns the CPU internal speed in BCD for all supported processors.

o	Support for single language only.

o	Added new "User CMOS Defaults" save capability via INT 15h interface.  Added CMOS Information Storage and Retrieval and Force CMOS Defaults/Clear ESCD functions.

o	Fixed CMOS default when selecting Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option from Win 95 to NULL.

o	Fixed EDO detection algorithm problem.  If no SIMMs installed in bank 0, then bank 0 was programmed in EDO mode and not Fast Page mode.  (DCS # 3262, 3634, 3635,3636, 3637)

o	Added support for INT 15h C7h function (Get Memory Map for ISA Holes) which is is used by IBM OS/2.  This function is fully supported as specified IBM Personal System/2 Personal Computer BIOS Interface (Part # S04G-3283-00).

o	Fixed APM problem of user suspend request not being posted when the hot key is depressed.

o	Adjusted APM code to not repost events in the sleep and suspend handlers. This reporting would sometimes cause the system to appear hung. This hang appeared due to APM not being able to process a request to suspend or standby because an interrupt was pending.

o	Fixed APM problem where code would loop going into and out of SMM when trying to come out of a powered down state, and video was disabled (not power managed) in setup.

o	Fixed device nodes to not checksum device node data so we would comply with and pass Microsoft BIOS Test.

o	Adjusted PS/2 mouse device node to be dynamic and not static to comply with WIN 95 requirements.

o	Adjusted CMOS allocations to use 33h for the TSC cache information storage. This frees up CMOS byte 36h for OEM usage.  Also cleaned up PIC definitions for the PC87306 so that they no longer use equates in the banner file.

o	Fixed an error that showed up in manufacturing with a test card and could potentially show in the field .  If in setup Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option is selected and Boot PnP OS is set to None, then potentially the error bit for no boot device found may be set .  User could see "No boot device found" message and still boot properly.

o	Fixed Bus Mastering IDE I/O port value communicated via the device node interface to a corrected value.

o	Fixed information returned from 32 bit interface call to "Get PCI Routing Information" to prevent failing the NSP test.

o	Fixed parallel port setup choices so that I/O address 3BCh does not appear when the mode ECP or EPP is chosen.  Conversely,  neither mode ECP nor EPP appear where 3BCh is chosen as I/O address of parallel port.

o	Removed IDE timeout and predelay due to improved algorithm for detection of ATA devices.

o	Adjusted product information parameters for manufacturing modes.

o	Fixed runtime interfaces so that we do not force a disable of NMI when acccessing CMOS.

o	Fixed memory allocations for PCI devices such that they are aligned on 400h block boundaries according to the ESCD specification.

o	Fixed the PCI bridge code such that if no memory is requested by a bridge or the devices behind it, 1 MB is automatically allocated to it.  Also fixed situation where PCI bridge or devices behind it would request greater than 1GB of memory such that 1 GB is maximum limit for the bridge.

o	Added interface to core BIOS to provide INT 17h for EPP BIOS on a as needed basis.

o	Fixed keyboard controller interface code so that keyboard detection failure does not occur for higher end processors (100 Mhz or greater).

o	Fixed setup field related to fourth boot device to point to appropriate CMOS entry.  Previously pointed to third device entry.

o	Added capability to perform custom keyboard initialization on a per product basis.

o	Fixed the shadowing of PnP device ROMs.  PnP devices are now checked and shadowed  or  not based on device configuration.  Previously, all PnP devices were shadowed whether they requested it or not.

o	Fixed parameter checking for device node "Get" and "Put" calls so that Win 95 "BIOS Test" completes properly.

o	Adjusted code so that "Get Node" calls will preserve all 32 bit registers.

o	Fixed the ATA code use of the Set Features command to distinguish between mode 3 and mode 4 drives.  Possible cause of periodic data corruption on mode 4 drives only. Adjusted PIIX IDE timings to add an extra clock for mode 4 drive running at 25 Mhz PCI bus speed.

o	Fixed the code to properly allow all invalid PCI bus reads and writes performed by the PCI diagnostic tests.  Previous PCI specification required all reads and writes to be checked for validity within the device configuration spaces.

o	Added PC87306B support.

Release 2.0

o	Fixed a problem with the Device Initialization code that showed up when the manufacturing test hook board was installed.  The message "Primary Boot Device Not Found" would be displayed when the problem appeared.

Release 1.0

o	Added Int 15 AH=C7 memory check service to allow OS/2 to see greater than 64Mb of ram.

o	Fix problem where PCI services caused page faults while booting UnixWare.  Services had exceeded 8K in size.

o	Added Product Storage and Retrieval CMOS services.

o	Free IRQ 12 is no mouse is present.

o	Allow LPT port to use IRQ 5 or 7 if the port address is 378h.

o	Only single language supported due to space conflicts.

o	S3 Trio 64 Video Bios rev 11 for 57mhz parts and fixes palette snooping.

o	The GP faults that were occuring in Windows 95 when doing dev node operations is fixed.  Changed real mode INT 15 calls.

o	EDO SIMM detection programs TSC reg 68 correctly now if SIMMs are not installed in BANK 0

o	Fixed problem where system would not power down if drives were only connected to the secondary IDE controller.

o	Fixed problem where interrupts were being lost while in a standby or syspend power managed state.

o	Added support for Soft Power Off if the sleep switch held in.  Also added audio notification of button press and when system will power down.

Beta 1.03

o	Modified CT2504/Vibra16S device node to support Creative requests for support of the Creative Vibra16S Plug and Play drivers.

o	Added an IDE reset at the end of each channel scanning so certain IDE CD-ROM drives will function by themselves on a channel.

o	Fixed IDE Timings for multiple drives on a channel so they reflect the slower drive.

o	Fixed display of "Available"/PCI IRQs so that one will always be available for PCI and all cannot be selected as "Used By ISA".

o	Fixed display of IRQs 5 & 7 based upon the Peripheral Setup selections.

o	Bus Mastering is now enabled for onboard PCI IDE controller.

o	Latest S3 Trio 64 Video Bios.

Beta 1.02

o	Unattended start hanging fixed.

o	APM hanging when power.exe loads fixed.

o	PCI IRQ routing fixed.

o	Latest S3 Trio 64 Video Bios.

Beta 1.01

o	Latest S3 Trio 64 Video Bios.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Features Included In This Release
Features Included In This Release

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No new features

Beta 3.01

o	Turbo/Deturbo in SMM.  However operating systems that hook int 9 will prevent turbo/deturbo from working as expected.

o	Change to Int 15 Function DAh Subfunction 92h - DX now returns the CPU internal speed in BCD for all supported processors.

o	Added new "User CMOS Defaults" save capability via INT 15h interface.  Added CMOS Information Storage and Retrieval and Force CMOS Defaults/Clear ESCD functions.

o	Added support for INT 15h C7h function (Get Memory Map for ISA Holes) which is is used by IBM OS/2.  This function is fully supported as specified IBM Personal System/2 Personal Computer BIOS Interface (Part # S04G-3283-00).

o	Adjusted APM code to not repost events in the sleep and suspend handlers. This reporting would sometimes cause the system to appear hung. This hang appeared due to APM not being able to process a request to suspend or standby because an interrupt was pending.

o	Adjusted PS/2 mouse device node to be dynamic and not static to comply with WIN 95 requirements.

o	Adjusted CMOS allocations to use 33h for the TSC cache information storage. This frees up CMOS byte 36h for OEM usage.  Also cleaned up PIC definitions for the PC87306 so that they no longer use equates in the banner file.

o	Added ATAPI boot support. Removed IDE timeout and predelay due to improved algorithm for detection of ATA devices.

o	Adjusted product information parameters for manufacturing modes.

o	Added interface to core BIOS to provide INT 17h for EPP BIOS on a as needed basis.

o	Added capability to perform custom keyboard initialization on a per product basis.

o	Adjusted code so that "Get Node" calls will preserve all 32 bit registers.

o	Added PC87306B support.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Added Int 15 AH=C7 memory check service to allow OS/2 to see greater than 64Mb of ram.

o	Added Product Storage and Retrieval CMOS services.

o	Free IRQ 12 is no mouse is present.

o	Allow LPT port to use IRQ 5 or 7 if the port address is 378h.

o	Added support for Soft Power Off if the sleep switch held in.  Also added audio notification of button press and when system will power down.

Beta 1.03

o	Adjusted to have IRQs 5, 7, 9, & 10 be dependent upon CT2504 onboard audio and Peripheral Setup selections.

o	Creative CT2504/Vibra 16S onboard audio Configuration support added.

o	New Cache Configuration support for 256k onboard and 256k CELP module..

o	New Int 15h Extensions to support Product Information Storage and Retrieval.  See your marketing representative for more details.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	ESCD PCI Bridge support

o	Supports Boot With PnP OS.

o	IDE ATA interface code added.

o	PCI Bridge Support.

o	Keyboard/Mouse Swap Support.

o	Phase III - Bios.

o	POSThaste.

o	National Semiconductor PC87306 Super I/O support

o	AMI Keyboard Controller Support

o	Triton Chipset Support.

o	Mode 4 IDE Support.

o	Static Keyboard/Mouse Support (does not support swapping).

o	Chicago Devnode Support.

o	Chicago APM Support.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Setup Changes
Setup Changes

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No changes

Beta 3.01

o	Changed boot options to use new boot descriptions (first boot device .. fourth boot device).

o	Fixed CMOS default when selecting Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option from Win 95 to NULL.

o	Adjusted CMOS allocations to use 33h for the TSC cache information storage. This frees up CMOS byte 36h for OEM usage.  Also cleaned up PIC definitions for the PC87306 so that they no longer use equates in the banner file.

o	Fixed an error that showed up in manufacturing with a test card and could potentially show in the field .  If in setup Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option is selected and Boot PnP OS is set to None, then potentially the error bit for no boot device found may be set .  User could see "No boot device found" message and still boot properly.

o	Fixed parallel port setup choices so that I/O address 3BCh does not appear when the mode ECP or EPP is chosen.  Conversely,  neither mode ECP nor EPP appear where 3BCh is chosen as I/O address of parallel port.

o	Fixed setup field related to fourth boot device to point to appropriate CMOS entry.  Previously pointed to third device entry.

o	Added PC87306B support.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Allow LPT port to use IRQ 5 or 7 if the port address is 378h.

Beta 1.03

o	Fixed display of "Available"/PCI IRQs so that one will always be available for PCI and all cannot be selected as "Used By ISA".

o	Fixed display of IRQs 5 & 7 based upon the Peripheral Setup selections.

o	Adjusted to have IRQs 5, 7, 9, & 10 be dependent upon CT2504 onboard audio and Peripheral Setup selections.

o	Creative CT2504/Vibra 16S onboard audio support added.

o	Changed APM Inactivity Timer so that 1 minute is not allowed as a valid entry.  This is due to the lack of support for this setting in the chipset.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	Added PCI Burst Enable/Disable Option to allow certain video cards to function without glitches.

o	If a User password and an Administrative password are installed, and Setup is entered via the User password, the "Unattended Start" and "Security Hot Key" entries are accessible.

o	"Boot with PnP OS" entry appears only if the "Configuration Mode" entry is set to "Use ICU".

o	"ISA Shared Memory Size" entry now includes options for 80KB and 96KB.

o	Adjusted so that IRQ 12 will be displayed if no PS/2 Mouse installed.

o	Added Boot With PnP OS option to setup.

o	Hard Disk Translation Mode Changed to default of "Auto Detected" from "Standard CHS".

o	Adjusted Date format in Main Screen to Month Date Year, was Year Date Month.

o	APM Enabled by default.

o	Added 3-Mode Floppy choices.

o	Changed Palette Snooping default value to Disabled.

o	New, more friendly, user interface.  Layered interface functions more like standard applications with better screen layout for easy viewing.  Like functions are grouped onto screens or menus for easier configuration.

o	On-line help available for most setup fields.

o	Administrative password function allows all but Time/Date and User Password selections to be modified only by the system administrator.

o	New screen layout allows for more descriptive field text.

o	New screen layout permits field and option text to be translated without having to use cryptic abbreviations.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Password Changes
Password Changes

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	None

Beta 3.01

o	Fixed problem where it took n+1 presses of the backspace key to delete n characters.  The left arrow key also works like backspace.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	None

Beta 1.03

o	None

Beta 1.02

o	Unattended start hanging fixed.

Beta 1.01

o	Both User and Administrative passwords are available.

o	Passwords have been extended to seven(7) characters instead of the current six(6).


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Language Support
Language Support

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No changes

Beta 3.01

o	Single language support.  Non US languages not supported.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Only single language supported due to space conflicts.

Beta 1.03

o	Have gone over the space limit and Single Language support only now.  Same languages are available as before English(US), German(GR), Italian(IT), French(FR), and Spanish(SP).

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	Multi-language support is now available.

o	OEMs and users will be able to flash language sets into the BIOS and configure which language is used through Setup.  The current plas is for language pairs consisting of: English(US)/German(GR), English(US)/Italian(IT), English(US)/French(FR), and English(US)/Spanish(SP).

o	Depending upon the size of the FLASH device used for a particular product, up to 32 languages may be present at one time in the BIOS.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Hard Disk Changes
Hard Disk Changes

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No changes

Beta 3.01

o	Added a more robust APM check that helps prevent the system from powering down in the middle of a disk operation.

o	Fixed Bus Mastering IDE I/O port value communicated via the device node interface to a corrected value.

o	Removed IDE timeout and predelay due to improved algorithm for detection of ATA devices.

o	Fixed setup field related to fourth boot device to point to appropriate CMOS entry.  Previously pointed to third device entry.

o	Fixed the ATA code use of the Set Features command to distinguish between mode 3 and mode 4 drives.  Possible cause of periodic data corruption on mode 4 drives only. Adjusted PIIX IDE timings to add an extra clock for mode 4 drive running at 25 Mhz PCI bus speed.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	None

Beta 1.03

o	Added an IDE reset at the end of each channel scanning so certain IDE CD-ROM drives will function by themselves on a channel.

o	Fixed IDE Timings for multiple drives on a channel so they reflect the slower drive.

o	Bus Mastering is now enabled for onboard PCI IDE controller.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	IDE ATA Support added.

o	User definable parameters are available on a per drive basis.  This means each of the four drives may have unique user defined parameters.

o	The DMA selection (Auto-Configured or Disabled) may be set on a per drive basis.  (The ability to select the DMA transfer mode has been removed.)

o	The Sector/Block selection (Auto-Configured, 8 Sectors/Block, 4 Sectors/Block, or Disabled) for multiple sector transfers may be set on a per drive basis.  (The ability for finer resolution of Sector/Block size has been removed.)

o	The Translation selection (Auto-Configured, Logical Block Addressing, Extended Cylinder/Head/Sector or Standard Cylinder/Head/Sector) may be set on a per drive basis.

o	A Hard Disk Pre-Delay has been added to the Boot Options screen.  This option sets a fixed amount of time to wait in POST before attempting to initialize any of the hard disks.  This delay occurs only once before calling the hard disk initialization code.  Because POST is so fast on this version of BIOS, many drives have not finished their power on self-test routines by the time the BIOS reaches its hard disk initialization code.  For certain drives, if the BIOS attempts to query the drive before it has finished its self-test, the drive may hang.  In an attempt to accommodate a user with one of these drives this option has been made available.  (This option is available on some current products.)


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Plug and Play (Windows 95, etc.)
Plug and Play (Windows 95, etc.)

Release 3.0

o	Changed the device node ID for the parallel port from 400h to 401h when programmed to ECP mode.

Beta 3.02

o	Corrected game port devnode to be Windows 95 complient.

Beta 3.01

o	Updated code so function 40h(Get PnP ISA config structure) doesn't use NVRAM.

o	Added new "User CMOS Defaults" save capability via INT 15h interface.  Added CMOS Information Storage and Retrieval and Force CMOS Defaults/Clear ESCD functions.

o	Fixed CMOS default when selecting Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option from Win 95 to NULL.

o	Fixed device nodes to not checksum device node data so we would comply with and pass Microsoft BIOS Test.

o	Adjusted PS/2 mouse device node to be dynamic and not static to comply with WIN 95 requirements.

o	Fixed an error that showed up in manufacturing with a test card and could potentially show in the field .  If in setup Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option is selected and Boot PnP OS is set to None, then potentially the error bit for no boot device found may be set .  User could see "No boot device found" message and still boot properly.

o	Fixed Bus Mastering IDE I/O port value communicated via the device node interface to a corrected value.

o	Fixed information returned from 32 bit interface call to "Get PCI Routing Information" to prevent failing the NSP test.

o	Fixed runtime interfaces so that we do not force a disable of NMI when acccessing CMOS.

o	Fixed memory allocations for PCI devices such that they are aligned on 400h block boundaries according to the ESCD specification.

o	Fixed the PCI bridge code such that if no memory is requested by a bridge or the devices behind it, 1 MB is automatically allocated to it.  Also fixed situation where PCI bridge or devices behind it would request greater than 1GB of memory such that 1 GB is maximum limit for the bridge.

o	Fixed the shadowing of PnP device ROMs.  PnP devices are now checked and shadowed  or  not based on device configuration.  Previously, all PnP devices were shadowed whether they requested it or not.

o	Fixed parameter checking for device node "Get" and "Put" calls so that Win 95 "BIOS Test" completes properly.

o	Adjusted code so that "Get Node" calls will preserve all 32 bit registers.

o	Fixed the code to properly allow all invalid PCI bus reads and writes performed by the PCI diagnostic tests.  Previous PCI specification required all reads and writes to be checked for validity within the device configuration spaces.

o	Added PC87306B support.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	The GP faults that were occuring in Windows 95 when doing dev node operations is fixed.  Changed real mode INT 15 calls.

o	Free IRQ 12 is no mouse is present.

Beta 1.03

o	Modified CT2504/Vibra16S device node to support Creative requests for support of the Creative Vibra16S Plug and Play drivers.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	Added support to allow Chicago to init all devices except Boot devices.

o	Turned of Multi-function Header bit in PIIX PCI Configuration Space Header byte since PIIX IDE Function #1 is defined as a Device Node.

o	Device Node added for PIIX IDE Controller.

o	Device Node added for ports 78h, 79h, & Bus Master IDE (0FFF0h-0FFFFh).

o	See APM below.

o	Plug and Play version 1.2 will be supported in the Phase III BIOS.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - APM 1.1
APM 1.1

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	No changes

Beta 3.01

o	Changed APM function 53, subfunction 0AH that indicates that the system does not have a battery (No System Battery).

o	Added a more robust APM check that helps prevent the system from powering down in the middle of a disk operation.

o	Fixed APM problem of user suspend request not being posted when the hot key is depressed.

o	Adjusted APM code to not repost events in the sleep and suspend handlers. This reporting would sometimes cause the system to appear hung. This hang appeared due to APM not being able to process a request to suspend or standby because an interrupt was pending.

o	Fixed APM problem where code would loop going into and out of SMM when trying to come out of a powered down state, and video was disabled (not power managed) in setup.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Fixed problem where system would not power down if drives were only connected to the secondary IDE controller.

o	Fixed problem where interrupts were being lost while in a standby or syspend power managed state.

o	Added support for Soft Power Off if the sleep switch held in.  Also added audio notification of button press and when system will power down.

Beta 1.03

o	Changed APM Inactivity Timer so that 1 minute is not allowed as a valid entry.  This is due to the lack of support for this setting in the chipset.

Beta 1.02

o	APM hanging when power.exe loads fixed.

Beta 1.01

o	Advanced Power Management that supports both the APM 1.0 and 1.1 specifications.

o	Standby and Suspend are handled as like events allowing power down from OS/2 Control Panel.

o	Critical 1.1 calls are allowed even if the OS connects as 1.0.  This allows POWER.EXE to run in 1.0 while a custom Windows driver takes advantage of full 1.1 compatibility.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - New Int 15h Extensions
New Int 15h Extensions

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	None

Beta 3.01

o	Fixed Int 15h function DAh subfunction 12h CX=02h (read cache status) in CX upon return to indicate Valid Cache size of zero (no cache installed), previously returned invalid cache size.

o	Change to Int 15 Function DAh Subfunction 92h - DX now returns the CPU internal speed in BCD for all supported processors.

o	Added new "User CMOS Defaults" save capability via INT 15h interface.  Added CMOS Information Storage and Retrieval and Force CMOS Defaults/Clear ESCD functions.

o	Added support for INT 15h C7h function (Get Memory Map for ISA Holes) which is is used by IBM OS/2.  This function is fully supported as specified IBM Personal System/2 Personal Computer BIOS Interface (Part # S04G-3283-00).

o	Adjusted product information parameters for manufacturing modes.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Added Int 15 AH=C7 memory check service to allow OS/2 to see greater than 64Mb of ram.

Beta 1.03

o	New Int 15h Extensions to support Product Information Storage and Retrieval.  See your marketing representative for more details.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	New Int 15h Extensions for Extended Memory and Memory Map have been added.

o	Function E801 has been added to report the amount of contiguous memory above 1Mb.

o	Function E820 has been added to report a full memory map of the system.  This function is used by Chicago and newer versions of Windows NT.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Other Changes
Other Changes

Release 3.0

o	None

Beta 3.02

o	None

Beta 3.01

o	Adjusted the way PS/2 mouse state (installed/deinstalled) was stored to prevent incompatibility with SCO UNIX. Open desktop was unable to function when IRQ 12 set to latch mode as opposed to ISA mode.

o	Fixed EDO detection algorithm problem.  If no SIMMs installed in bank 0, then bank 0 was programmed in EDO mode and not Fast Page mode.  (DCS # 3262, 3634, 3635,3636, 3637)

o	Adjusted CMOS allocations to use 33h for the TSC cache information storage. This frees up CMOS byte 36h for OEM usage.  Also cleaned up PIC definitions for the PC87306 so that they no longer use equates in the banner file.

o	Fixed an error that showed up in manufacturing with a test card and could potentially show in the field .  If in setup Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option is selected and Boot PnP OS is set to None, then potentially the error bit for no boot device found may be set .  User could see "No boot device found" message and still boot properly.

o	Adjusted product information parameters for manufacturing modes.

o	Added interface to core BIOS to provide INT 17h for EPP BIOS on a as needed basis.

o	Fixed keyboard controller interface code so that keyboard detection failure does not occur for higher end processors (100 Mhz or greater).

o	Added capability to perform custom keyboard initialization on a per product basis.

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	None

Beta 1.03

o	New Cache Configuration support for 256k onboard and 256k CELP module..

Beta 1.02

o	PCI IRQ routing fixed.

Beta 1.01

o	None


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Known Errata With This Release
Known Errata With This Release

o	None


Product History - BIOS 1.00.03.CB0 Release 3.0 - Features Still To Be Added / Comments About This Release
Features Still To Be Added / Comments About This Release

o	ATAPI Support has been removed.

Notes:

Note 1:
The various O/Ss either do their own memory detection or issue a series of BIOS interrupts to determine memory size. The most common series of BIOS interrupts are INT 12 to get base memory.  Int 15 AH=88h is issued to get extended memory. Int 15h AX=E801h is issued to get memory above 64MB. NT-Daytona Beta 2 and Chicago issue Int 15h AX=E820.
A problem occurs because there is no standard as to what Int 15h AH=88 returns. Microsoft expects up to 63MB UNLESS E801 is supported , when they expect only 15MB maximum. If Microsoft sees greater than 15MB they limit the memory to the AH=88 value and ignore the E801 results. Some O/Ss in the above situation limit memory to 16MB. Some O/Ss excpect Int 15 AH=88 to return up to 63MB and look at E801 for memory above 64MB.

Eliminating the Int 15h AX-E801 support allows all O/S to handle up to 64MB using the Int 15h AH=88h. Those O/S that support Int 15h AX=E820h will handle memory above 64MB


BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0

This is the initial production release of the BIOS.  The release notes are:

Related Topics:

Features/Errata Fixed In This Release

Features Included In This Release

Setup Changes

Password Changes

Language Support

Hard Disk Changes

Windows 95 Plug and Play

APM 1.1

New Int 15h Extensions

Known Errata With This Release


Product History - BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0 - Features/Errata Fixed In This Release
Features/Errata Fixed In This Release

Release 2.0

o	Fixed a problem with the Device Initialization code that showed up when the manufacturing test hook board was installed.  The message "Primary Boot Device Not Found" would be displayed when the problem appeared.

Release 1.0

o	Added Int 15 AH=C7 memory check service to allow OS/2 to see greater than 64Mb of ram.

o	Fix problem where PCI services caused page faults while booting UnixWare.  Services had exceeded 8K in size.

o	Added Product Storage and Retrieval CMOS services.

o	Free IRQ 12 is no mouse is present.

o	Allow LPT port to use IRQ 5 or 7 if the port address is 378h.

o	Only single language supported due to space conflicts.

o	S3 Trio 64 Video Bios rev 11 for 57mhz parts and fixes palette snooping.

o	The GP faults that were occuring in Windows 95 when doing dev node operations is fixed.  Changed real mode INT 15 calls.

o	EDO SIMM detection programs TSC reg 68 correctly now if SIMMs are not installed in BANK 0

o	Fixed problem where system would not power down if drives were only connected to the secondary IDE controller.

o	Fixed problem where interrupts were being lost while in a standby or syspend power managed state.

o	Added support for Soft Power Off if the sleep switch held in.  Also added audio notification of button press and when system will power down.

Beta 1.03

o	Modified CT2504/Vibra16S device node to support Creative requests for support of the Creative Vibra16S Plug and Play drivers.

o	Added an IDE reset at the end of each channel scanning so certain IDE CD-ROM drives will function by themselves on a channel.

o	Fixed IDE Timings for multiple drives on a channel so they reflect the slower drive.

o     Fixed display of "Available"/PCI IRQs so that one will always be available for PCI and all cannot be selected as "Used By ISA".

o     Fixed display of IRQs 5 & 7 based upon the Peripheral Setup selections.

o	Bus Mastering is now enabled for onboard PCI IDE controller.

o     Latest S3 Trio 64 Video Bios.

Beta 1.02

o	Unattended start hanging fixed.

o	APM hanging when power.exe loads fixed.

o	PCI IRQ routing fixed.

o	Latest S3 Trio 64 Video Bios.

Beta 1.01

o     Latest S3 Trio 64 Video Bios.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0 - Features Included In This Release
Features Included In This Release

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Added Int 15 AH=C7 memory check service to allow OS/2 to see greater than 64Mb of ram.

o	Added Product Storage and Retrieval CMOS services.

o	Free IRQ 12 is no mouse is present.

o	Allow LPT port to use IRQ 5 or 7 if the port address is 378h.

o	Added support for Soft Power Off if the sleep switch held in.  Also added audio notification of button press and when system will power down.

Beta 1.03

o     Adjusted to have IRQs 5, 7, 9, & 10 be dependent upon CT2504 onboard audio and Peripheral Setup selections.

o     Creative CT2504/Vibra 16S onboard audio Configuration support added.

o     New Cache Configuration support for 256k onboard and 256k CELP module..

o	New Int 15h Extensions to support Product Information Storage and Retrieval.  See your marketing representative for more details.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	ESCD PCI Bridge support

o	Supports Boot With PnP OS.

o	IDE ATA interface code added.

o	PCI Bridge Support.

o	Keyboard/Mouse Swap Support.

o	Phase III - Bios.

o	POSThaste.

o	National Semiconductor PC87306 Super I/O support

o	AMI Keyboard Controller Support

o	Triton Chipset Support.

o	Mode 4 IDE Support.

o	Static Keyboard/Mouse Support (does not support swapping).

o	Chicago Devnode Support.

o	Chicago APM Support.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0 - Setup Changes
Setup Changes

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Allow LPT port to use IRQ 5 or 7 if the port address is 378h.

Beta 1.03

o     Fixed display of "Available"/PCI IRQs so that one will always be available for PCI and all cannot be selected as "Used By ISA".

o     Fixed display of IRQs 5 & 7 based upon the Peripheral Setup selections.

o     Adjusted to have IRQs 5, 7, 9, & 10 be dependent upon CT2504 onboard audio and Peripheral Setup selections.

o     Creative CT2504/Vibra 16S onboard audio support added.

o	Changed APM Inactivity Timer so that 1 minute is not allowed as a valid entry.  This is due to the lack of support for this setting in the chipset.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o     Added PCI Burst Enable/Disable Option to allow certain video cards to function without glitches.

o     If a User password and an Administrative password are installed, and Setup is entered via the User password, the "Unattended Start" and "Security Hot Key" entries are accessible.

o     "Boot with PnP OS" entry appears only if the "Configuration Mode" entry is set to "Use ICU".

o     "ISA Shared Memory Size" entry now includes options for 80KB and 96KB.

o     Adjusted so that IRQ 12 will be displayed if no PS/2 Mouse installed.

o     Added Boot With PnP OS option to setup.

o     Hard Disk Translation Mode Changed to default of "Auto Detected" from "Standard CHS".

o     Adjusted Date format in Main Screen to Month Date Year, was Year Date Month.

o     APM Enabled by default.

o	Added 3-Mode Floppy choices.

o	Changed Palette Snooping default value to Disabled.

o	New, more friendly, user interface.  Layered interface functions more like standard applications with better screen layout for easy viewing.  Like functions are grouped onto screens or menus for easier configuration.

o	On-line help available for most setup fields.

o	Administrative password function allows all but Time/Date and User Password selections to be modified only by the system administrator.

o	New screen layout allows for more descriptive field text.

o	New screen layout permits field and option text to be translated without having to use cryptic abbreviations.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0 - Password Changes
Password Changes

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	None

Beta 1.03

o	None

Beta 1.02

o	Unattended start hanging fixed.

Beta 1.01

o	Both User and Administrative passwords are available.

o	Passwords have been extended to seven(7) characters instead of the current six(6).


Product History - BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0 - Language Support
Language Support

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Only single language supported due to space conflicts.

Beta 1.03

o	Have gone over the space limit and Single Language support only now.  Same languages are available as before English(US), German(GR), Italian(IT), French(FR), and Spanish(SP).

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	Multi-language support is now available.

o	OEMs and users will be able to flash language sets into the BIOS and configure which language is used through Setup.  The current plas is for language pairs consisting of: English(US)/German(GR), English(US)/Italian(IT), English(US)/French(FR), and English(US)/Spanish(SP).

o	Depending upon the size of the FLASH device used for a particular product, up to 32 languages may be present at one time in the BIOS.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0 - Hard Disk Changes
Hard Disk Changes

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	None

Beta 1.03

o	Added an IDE reset at the end of each channel scanning so certain IDE CD-ROM drives will function by themselves on a channel.

o	Fixed IDE Timings for multiple drives on a channel so they reflect the slower drive.

o	Bus Mastering is now enabled for onboard PCI IDE controller.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o     IDE ATA Support added.

o	User definable parameters are available on a per drive basis.  This means each of the four drives may have unique user defined parameters.

o	The DMA selection (Auto-Configured or Disabled) may be set on a per drive basis.  (The ability to select the DMA transfer mode has been removed.)

o	The Sector/Block selection (Auto-Configured, 8 Sectors/Block, 4 Sectors/Block, or Disabled) for multiple sector transfers may be set on a per drive basis.  (The ability for finer resolution of Sector/Block size has been removed.)

o	The Translation selection (Auto-Configured, Logical Block Addressing, Extended Cylinder/Head/Sector or Standard Cylinder/Head/Sector) may be set on a per drive basis.

o	A Hard Disk Pre-Delay has been added to the Boot Options screen.  This option sets a fixed amount of time to wait in POST before attempting to initialize any of the hard disks.  This delay occurs only once before calling the hard disk initialization code.  Because POST is so fast on this version of BIOS, many drives have not finished their power on self-test routines by the time the BIOS reaches its hard disk initialization code.  For certain drives, if the BIOS attempts to query the drive before it has finished its self-test, the drive may hang.  In an attempt to accommodate a user with one of these drives this option has been made available.  (This option is available on some current products.)


Windows 95 Plug and Play

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	The GP faults that were occuring in Windows 95 when doing dev node operations is fixed.  Changed real mode INT 15 calls.

o	Free IRQ 12 if no mouse is present.

Beta 1.03

o	Modified CT2504/Vibra16S device node to support Creative requests for support of the Creative Vibra16S Plug and Play drivers.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o     Added support to allow Windows 95 to init all devices except Boot devices.

o     Turned of Multi-function Header bit in PIIX PCI Configuration Space Header byte since PIIX IDE Function #1 is defined as a Device Node.

o     Device Node added for PIIX IDE Controller.

o     Device Node added for ports 78h, 79h, & Bus Master IDE (0FFF0h-0FFFFh).

o	See APM below.

o	Plug and Play version 1.2 will be supported in the Phase III BIOS.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0 - APM 1.1
APM 1.1

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Fixed problem where system would not power down if drives were only connected to the secondary IDE controller.

o	Fixed problem where interrupts were being lost while in a standby or syspend power managed state.

o	Added support for Soft Power Off if the sleep switch held in.  Also added audio notification of button press and when system will power down.

Beta 1.03

o	Changed APM Inactivity Timer so that 1 minute is not allowed as a valid entry.  This is due to the lack of support for this setting in the chipset.

Beta 1.02

o	APM hanging when power.exe loads fixed.

Beta 1.01

o	Advanced Power Management that supports both the APM 1.0 and 1.1 specifications.

o	Standby and Suspend are handled as like events allowing power down from OS/2 Control Panel.

o	Critical 1.1 calls are allowed even if the OS connects as 1.0.  This allows POWER.EXE to run in 1.0 while a custom Windows driver takes advantage of full 1.1 compatibility.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0 - New Int 15h Extensions
New Int 15h Extensions

Release 2.0

o	None

Release 1.0

o	Added Int 15 AH=C7 memory check service to allow OS/2 to see greater than 64Mb of ram.

Beta 1.03

o	New Int 15h Extensions to support Product Information Storage and Retrieval.  See your marketing representative for more details.

Beta 1.02

o	None

Beta 1.01

o	New Int 15h Extensions for Extended Memory and Memory Map have been added.

o	Function E801 has been added to report the amount of contiguous memory above 1Mb.

o	Function E820 has been added to report a full memory map of the system.  This function is used by Chicago and newer versions of Windows NT.


Product History - BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 Release 2.0 - Known Errata With This Release
Known Errata With This Release

o	IDE CD-ROM only works as IDE Slave or on a channel by itself.  It will not function as a master.


Advanced/EV System Revision Summary

New Power Supply, August '95

Class II type change

Power supply subassembly changed the preferred part. The new power supply corrects a power on problem observed with the some of  the earlier power supplies at the extreme low end of the specified operating temperature range. This problem has only been observed while doing qualification testing in a temperature chamber, there have been no field failures reported.


Advanced/EV Software Summary

APM Software

Plug N Play ICU


APM Software

Windows PowerMan Ver 1.20

This release fixes the following problems:

1. Running MSD (Version 2.11) when DOSPM loaded

2. Hard Drive spin down in Win95

3. Power_Event message in Win95


Plug N Play ICU

ICU version 1.44 was released.

See Readme File For Details


IPTL Tested Product List

VALIDATED IN HARDWARE INTEROPERABILITY TESTING

OPERATING SYSTEMS AND HARDWARE VALIDATED IN NETWORK TESTING

VALIDATED IN ALL TESTING, INCLUDING OPERATING SYSTEMS


VALIDATED IN HARDWARE INTEROPERABILITY TESTING

CD-ROM DRIVES

DISK CONTROLLERS

FAX/MODEMS & MODEMS

FLOPPY DRIVES

HARD DRIVES

KEYBOARDS

MEMORY BOARDS

MICE

MISCELLANEOUS

SOUND BOARDS

TAPE DRIVES

VIDEO ADAPTERS

VIDEO EXTENSIONS

USED IN CONFIGURING TEST PLATFORMS (NOT RIGOROUSLY VALIDATED)


CD-ROM DRIVES

Creative Labs CT-531 (external, proprietary)

Mitsumi FX-001DE (internal, IDE)

NEC CDR 74-1 (external, SCSI)

NEC CDR 260 (internal, IDE)

NEC CDR 600 (internal, SCSI)

Optics Storage 800X (internal, IDE)

Panasonic CR-563B (internal, proprietary)

Plextor PX-43CH (internal, SCSI)

TEAC SuperQuad 4X CD55 (internal, proprietary)

Toshiba XM-3301E1 (external, SCSI)

Toshiba XM-3401 (internal, SCSI)

Toshiba XM-3501B (internal, SCSI)


DISK CONTROLLERS

Onboard (IDE/SCSI)

Adaptec 1532P (PnP/SCSI)

Adaptec 1542CF (ISA/SCSI)

Adaptec 2740T (EISA/SCSI)

Adaptec 2940 (PCI/SCSI)

Adaptec 2940W (PCI/SCSI wide)

Future Domain 1630 (PnP/SCSI)

Future Domain 1680 (ISA/SCSI)

Future Domain 3260 (PCI/SCSI)

NCR 8250S (PCI SCSI)

QLogic FastSCSI IR (PCI/SCSI)

Ultrastor 15C Cache 2MB (ISA/IDE)


FAX/MODEMS & MODEMS

Intel 14.4/14.4 Faxmodem

Intel 2400EX modem

Intel SatisFAXtion® 100

Intel SatisFAXtion® 400

SupraFAXModem 288i

SupraFAXModem 288EXT


FLOPPY DRIVES

TEAC FD-235J (3.5-in. 2.88MB floppy)

TEAC FD-505 (dual 1.44/1.2MB floppy)

TEAC FD-55GFR (5.25-in. 1.2MB floppy)


HARD DRIVES

Conner CP30540 (SCSI)

Digital DSP 1370L (SCSI)

Fujitsu M2694ESA (SCSI)

Maxtor MXT7131A (IDE)

Maxtor MXT7345A (IDE)

Maxtor MXT1240S (SCSI)

Micropolis 4110 (SCSI)

Quantum ELS 170A (IDE)

Quantum LPS 170S (SCSI)

Quantum LPS 240S (SCSI)

Quantum LPS 270AT (IDE)

Quantum LPS 540S (SCSI)

Seagate ST11950N (SCSI)

Seagate ST3145A (IDE)

Western Digital AC3100 RTL (IDE)

Western Digital WD170A (IDE)


KEYBOARDS

BTC AT

Hi-Tek AT

Hi-Tek PS/2

KeyCat II

Microsoft Natural PS/2


MEMORY BOARDS

Above® Board ISA

AST Rampage

JRAM


MICE

Logitech Bus mouse

Logitech PS/2 Cordless mouse

Logitech PS/2 Ergo mouse

Logitech PS/2 Trackball

Microsoft Ergo PS/2 mouse

Microsoft Home Serial mouse


MISCELLANEOUS

Bernoulli Box II

DCP 286i Diagnostic v1.10

DCP/MUXi Diagnostic

Hardcard 85MB

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

Intel EtherExpress™ /Pro 100 (PCI)

IRMA 2 & IRMA 3


SOUND BOARDS

Onboard

Cyber Audio

Diamond Sonic Sound

Gravis UltraSound

Pro AudioStudio 16XL

Sound Blaster 16 Multi-CD

Sound Blaster 16 Value

Sound Blaster AWE 32

Turtle Beach Monterey

Turtle Beach MultiSound


TAPE DRIVES

Colorado Jumbo 250 (Floppy, Tape)

Conner 51250Q (Floppy, Tape)

Exabyte 8200T (SCSI, Tape)

Iomega Tape 250 (Floppy, Tape)


VIDEO ADAPTERS

Onboard S3 Trio64

#9 GXE PCI 1MB

AT&T VDC 800

ATI Graphics Wonder 1MB (ISA)

ATI Pro Turbo 4MB (ISA)

ATI Pro Turbo 4MB (PCI)

ATI UltraPro ISA 2MB

ATI UltraPro PCI 2MB

Cirrus Logic 5430

Diamond SpeedStar Pro 1MB (ISA)

Diamond Stealth 24 1MB (ISA)

Diamond Stealth 32 2MB (PCI)

Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM 2MB (PCI)

Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM 4MB (PCI)

Matrox MGA II PCI

Orchid ProDesigner II 1MB (ISA)

Paradise Windows Accelerator 1 MB (ISA)


VIDEO EXTENSIONS

ProShare VC200 v1.6

ISDN Adapter

Smart Video Capture

Win / TV


USED IN CONFIGURING TEST PLATFORMS (NOT RIGOROUSLY VALIDATED)

CD-ROM DRIVES

Toshiba XM-3401 (internal, SCSI)

DISK CONTROLLERS

Onboard (IDE/SCSI)

Adaptec 1542CF (ISA/SCSI)

Adaptec 2940 (PCI/SCSI)

FLOPPY DRIVES

NEC FD-1138H (3.5-in. 1.44MB floppy)

TEAC FD-235HF (3.5-in. 1.44MB floppy)

TEAC FD-235J (3.5-in. 2.88MB floppy)

TEAC FD-505 (dual 1.44/1.2MB floppy)

TEAC FD-55GFR (5.25-in. 1.2MB floppy)

HARD DRIVES

Seagate ST3390N (SCSI)

Western Digital AC1270 (IDE)

Western Digital AC2340 (IDE)

Western Digital AC2540 (IDE)

KEYBOARDS

Digital AT

Key Tronic AT

NMB RT-101

NMB PS/2

MICE

Logitech PS/2 Standard mouse

Microsoft Serial mouse

Mitsumi PS/2

MONITORS

AT&T CRT 329D

CTX 6468GM

MAG MX15H

Nanao FlexScan F550i W

NEC MultiSync 3D

Sony CPD 1320

ViewSonic 6E

PRINTERS

Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IIP

Panasonic KX-P1124i

Panasonic KX-P2123

Panasonic KX-P2130

SOUND BOARDS

Sound Blaster 16 Value

Sound Blaster Pro II

TAPE DRIVES

Archive Viper 2150S (SCSI, Tape)

HP 35480 DAT (SCSI, DAT)

VIDEO ADAPTERS

Onboard S3 Trio64

Paradise Windows Accelerator 1 MB (ISA)


OPERATING SYSTEMS AND HARDWARE VALIDATED IN NETWORK TESTING

BANYAN VINES

IBM LAN SERVER

MICROSOFT LAN MANAGER

MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT

NOVELL NETWARE

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS


BANYAN VINES

v5.54(0), Server

Client Workstation

Network Adapters:

Banyan ICA

IBM Token Ring 16/4

Intel EtherExpress™ 16


IBM LAN SERVER

v4.0, Advanced

DOS/Windows Requester

OS/2 Requester

IBM OS/2 v2.11GA

IBM OS/2 Warp v3.0

Network Adapters:

IBM Token Ring 16/4 II

IBM Token Ring 16/4 II w/ RPL

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

Intel TokenExpress™ 16/4s

ZNYX ZX312 EtherAction (PCI)


MICROSOFT LAN MANAGER

v2.2, Server

DOS/Windows Client

OS/2 Client

Microsoft OS/2 v1.30.1

Network Adapters:

IBM Token Ring II

IBM Token Ring 16/4

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

Intel TokenExpress™ 16/4s

ZNYX ZX312 EtherAction (PCI)


MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT

v3.5 Advanced Server

Network Adapters:

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

Znyx ZX312 EtherAction


NOVELL NETWARE

v4.1, Server

v3.12, Server

SFT III

Workstations

Network Adapters:

3Com TokenLink III (EISA)

AMD PCnet (PCI)

DEC Etherworks (PCI)

Eagle NE2000plus

Eagle NTR2000

IBM Token Ring 16/4 (16-bit)

IBM Token Ring II

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

Intel EtherExpress™ Pro 100 (PCI)

Intel TokenExpress™ 16/4s

Intel TokenExpress™ Pro (ISA)

Madge Smart 16/4 AT Ringnode

Olicom PCI Token Ring

Racal Interlan PCI T2

SMC Elite16C Ultra

SMC EtherPower PCI

SMC PC600FS

SMC Token Elite

Thomas-Conrad TC3045

Thomas-Conrad TC4045

Thomas-Conrad TC5045

Thomas-Conrad TC5048-T/2 (PCI)

Thomas-Conrad TC6242

ZNYX ZX312 EtherAction (PCI)


PEER TO PEER NETWORKS

LANtastic v.6.0

Intel EtherExpress™ Pro (ISA)

Intel TokenExpress™ Pro (ISA)

Novell Personal NetWare v.1.0

Intel EtherExpress™ Pro (ISA)

Intel TokenExpress™ Pro (ISA)

Windows for Workgroups v.3.11

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

Intel TokenExpress™ Pro (ISA)


VALIDATED IN ALL TESTING, INCLUDING OPERATING SYSTEMS

BENCHMARKS & DIAGNOSTICS

COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE

MEMORY & DRIVE MANAGERS

MISC. SOFTWARE

MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS

OPERATING SYSTEMS

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS(DOS

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS(OS/2


BENCHMARKS & DIAGNOSTICS

DisplayMate Professional v1.1

Floating Point Sequencer v1

Intel Manufacturing Diagnostics

PC Labs Benchmarks v7.0

QAPlus v4.70


COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE

DOSFax PRO v2.0

Crosstalk v2.0

Crosstalk for Windows

Faxability Plus OCR

Procomm Plus v2.01 (DOS)

Procomm Plus v1.02 (Windows)

ProShare Premiere v1.6

WinFax PRO v4.0


MEMORY & DRIVE MANAGERS

DOS Mem Maker

EMM386.sys v4.0

HIMEM.sys v2.04

Netroom

QEMM v7.0

Qualitas 386MAX v7.3


MISC. SOFTWARE

Flight Simulator v4.0

Wing Commander 2


MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS

Animotion MCS Stereo v.1.04

Battle Chess (1991) for Windows

Beethoven (1992) for Windows

Bookshelf (1992) for Windows

Mammals (1990 NGS)

SD Zoo Animals v.1 for Windows

Seventh Guest v1.1t


OPERATING SYSTEMS

Banyan Vines V.5.54(0)

IBM LAN Server 4.0 Advanced

IBM OS/2 v2.11GA

IBM OS/2 Warp v3.0

LANtastic 6.0

Microsoft DOS v5.00A

Microsoft DOS v6.22

Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2

Microsoft OS/2 v1.30.1

Microsoft Windows v3.11

MS Windows NT v3.5 Advanced Server

MS Windows for Workgroups v3.11

Novell NetWare v4.1

Novell NetWare v3.12

Novell NetWare SFT III

Novell Personal NetWare 1.0

SCO UNIX Open Desktop v3.0

SCO UNIX Vr3.2

SunSoft Solaris v2.1

Sun OS Vr5.1

UnixWare v2.0

Unix Vr4.2


SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS(DOS
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSDOS

Ami Pro for Windows v3.0

AutoCAD 11

CorelDRAW v4.0

dBASE IV v1.1

Excel v3.0 for Windows

Excel v4.0 for Windows

Grammatik v2.0 for Windows

Grammatik v5.0 for Windows

Harvard Graphics v2.13

Harvard Graphics v2.3

Lotus 1-2-3 r1.0 for Windows

Lotus 1-2-3 r4.0 for Windows

Lotus 1-2-3 r3.1

Lotus 1-2-3 r4.0

Mathematica v1.2

Mathematica v2.0

Minitab v7.2

Norton Utilities v8.0

PageMaker v4.0 for Windows

Paradox v3.5

PowerPoint v3.0 for Windows

PowerPoint v4.0 for Windows

Project v1.0 for Windows

Quattro Pro v3.0

Symphony v2.2

Word v6.0 for Windows

Word v2.0 for Windows

Word v1.1 for Windows

WordPerfect v5.1

WordPerfect v6.0

WordPerfect v5.1 for Windows


SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS(OS/2
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONSOS/2

Ami Pro v2.0

CorelDRAW v2.5


SYSTEM MEMORY (SIMM)

Table A-1 shows the possible memory combinations. The Advanced/AS will support both Fast Page DRAM or EDO DRAM SIMMs, but they cannot be mixed within the same memory bank. If Fast Page DRAM and EDO DRAM SIMMs are installed in separate banks, each bank will be optimized for maximum performance. Parity generation and detection is NOT supported, but parity SIMMs (x36) may be used. SIMM requirements are Fast Page Mode or EDO DRAM with tin-lead connectors. It should be noted that 70 ns EDO SIMMs may only be used with an external host bus speed of 60 MHz or slower.

SIMM 1,2 (Bank 0) SIMM Type (Amount)	SIMM 3,4 (Bank 1) SIMM Type (Amount)	Total System Memory
1M X 32 (4 MB)	Empty	8 MB
1M X 32 (4 MB)	1M X 32 (4 MB)	16 MB
1M X 32 (4 MB)	2M X 32 (8 MB)	24 MB
1M X 32 (4 MB)	4M X 32 (16 MB)	40 MB
1M X 32 (4 MB)	8M X 32 (32 MB)	72 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	Empty	16 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	1M X 32 (4 MB)	24 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	2M X 32 (8 MB)	32 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	4M X 32 (16 MB)	48 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	8M X 32 (32 MB)	80 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	Empty	32 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	1M X 32 (4 MB)	40 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	2M X 32 (8 MB)	48 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	4M X 32 (16 MB)	64 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	8M X 32 (32 MB)	96 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	Empty	64 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	1M X 32 (4 MB)	72 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	2M X 32 (8 MB)	80 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	4M X 32 (16 MB)	96 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	8M X 32 (32 MB)	128 MB
Table A-1. Possible SIMM memory combinations

Note: SIMMs may be parity (x 36) or non-parity (x 32)

APPROVED SIMM VENDORS

The devices listed below are categorized according to three levels of qualification:

1. Intel Approved and Tested: The device has been electrically tested by Intel and is known to be compatible with this product. In addition, the vendor has met or exceeded Intel's product change, quality control, availability and is listed on our Approved Manufacturing List.

2. Intel Tested: The device has been functionally tested by Intel at ambient temperatures; running a series of Intel tests (PCDIAG) and applications. These vendors are not required to meet Intel's quality and change control requirements. These parts may be subject to change without notice.

3. Customer Tested: The device has been electrically tested by a customer and is reported to be compatible with the specified platform. These parts have not been tested by Intel and may be subject to change without notice.

Intel recommends that devices listed as (1) Intel Approved and Tested or (2) Intel Tested be used to ensure proper system operation. SIMMs not listed or listed as (3) Customer Tested can be used; but, in the event of unreliable system operation, the devices should be replaced with devices tested by Intel (1 or 2) to determine whether the SIMMs are causing the problem.  Intel further recommends that you evaluate our test procedures and determine if they meet your data integrity needs.  You should develop a SIMM qualification procedure for mission critical applications, and applications where a high degree of data integrity is required.

IMPORTANT NOTE

SIMMs with gold contacts should NOT be placed into SIMM sockets with tin-lead contacts or vice-versa. Mixing dissimilar metal contact types has resulted in unreliable memory operation. For more information, see FaxBack document 4229.  Use only Tin-lead contact SIMMs for Advanced AS.

The following tables list SIMMs that are known to be compatible. SIMMs that are not listed should also function properly as long as their specifications are compatible with the devices listed below. In general, SIMM devices that are faster than those specified for a given platform will work, although no extra performance will be realized.

Related Topics:

FAST PAGE SIMM

EDO SIMM


FAST PAGE SIMM

1M x 32/36 - 4MB (202374-560 & 202374-570)

2M x 32/36 - 8MB (202375-560 & 202375-570)

4M x 32/36 - 16 MB

8M x 32/36 - 32MB


1M x 32/36 - 4MB (202374-560 & 202374-570)

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Centon Memory	1	CPCB00104-7	SAMSUNG DRAM
Centon Memory	1	CSAM1MX32-60SMT
Centon Memory	1	CSAM1MX32-70SMT
Centon Memory	1	CSAM1MX32NT7SMT
Fujitsu	1	158101	NPNX DRAM 1MX4
Hyundai	1	HYM532100AM-60B
Hyundai	1	HYM532100AM-70
Hyundai	1	HYM532120W-70
Micron Technology	1	MT8D132M-7
Oki Semiconductor	1	MSC23132C-70DS8
Samsung Corning Co.,Ltd	1	KMM5321000BV-7
Samsung Corning Co.,Ltd	1	KMM5321000CV-7
Samsung Corning Co.,Ltd	1	KMM5321200AW-7
Simple Technology	2	STI321000-70T
Simple Technology	2	STI361000-70T
Smart Modular Technologies	1	IN5321000-W7	with NEC DRAM
Smart Modular Technologies	1	INSM5321000T-70
Smart Modular Technologies	1	INSM5321000-7
Smart Modular Technologies	1	NI532014081XXS7	Hitachi devices Hm514405cs6
Smart Modular Technologies	1	SM5321000H-7
Smart Modular Technologies	1	SMI5321000-7
Smart Modular Technologies	1	SMI5321000W-7
Texas Instrument	1	TM124BBK32S-60
Texas Instrument	1	Z124BBK32S-70 IN	TM124BBK32S-70
Texas Instrument	1	Z124BBK32U-70	TI# TM124BBK32U-70
Toshiba Corp	1	THM3210B0AS-70
Unigen Corporation	2	1x32UG7PBT1
Unigen Corporation	2	1x32UG7SQT
Unigen Corporation	1	NU53201400IXXS7
Unigen Corporation	1	UG8M132SQT-70
Viking Components	2	1x32-70T
Visiontek Inc.	2	VT15020.E
Visiontek Inc.	2	VT15070.E


2M x 32/36 - 8MB (202375-560 & 202375-570)

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Century Microelectronics	1	322M6-07	with TC511816AJ-70 DRAM
Fujitsu Ltd	1	MB185201	w/NPNX 1Mx4
Hyundai	1	HYM532200AM-70
Micron Technology	1	MT16D232M-6
Micron Technology	1	MT16D232M-7
Oki Semiconductor	1	MSC23232C-70DS16
Samsung Corning Co.,Ltd	1	KMM5322000CV-7
Simple technology	2	STI322000-70T
Simple Technology	2	STI362000A-70T
Smart Modular Technologies	1	NI532023101XXS7	using 1x16 devices
Smart Modular Technologies	1	SMI5322000-7
Texas Instrument	1	Z248CBK32S-60 IN	TM248CBK32S-60
Texas Instrument	1	Z248CBK32S-6
Texas Instrument	1	Z248CBK32S-70 IN	TM248CBK32S-70
Texas Instrument	1	Z248CBK32U-70	TM248CBK32U-70
Toshiba Corp	1	THM3220C0AS-70
Unigen Corporation	2	2x32UG7DBT
Unigen Corporation	2	2x32UG7PBT1
Viking Components	2	2x32-70T
Visiontek Inc.	2	VT15115.E
Visiontek Inc.	2	VT15150.E


   4M x 32/36 - 16 MB

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Simple Technology	2	STI324000-70T
Simple Technology	2	STI-XPRESS/16HB
Unigen Corporation	2	4x32UG7KBT2
Viking Components	2	4x32-70T
Visiontek Inc.	2	VT15182.E
Visiontek Inc.	2	VT15208.E


8M x 32/36 - 32MB

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
First Tech Corporation	2	20-832-60NT3
Simple Technology	2	STI328000-70T
Simple Technology	2	STI-XPRESS/32HB
Unigen Corporation	2	8x32UG7KBT2
Viking Components	2	8x32-70T
Visiontek Inc.	2	VT15186.E
Visiontek Inc.	2	VT15215.E


EDO SIMM

Note: 60ns EDO SIMMs are required when the external CPU clock is set to 66 MHz (e.g., for the 100 MHz Pentium processor). Either 60ns or 70ns SIMMs can be used for external clock frequencies of 50 MHz and 60 MHz, but no additional performance will be seen with the 60ns SIMMs.

Related Topics:

1M x 32/36 - 4MB - 70ns (628961-570)

1M x 32/36 - 4MB - 60ns (628961-560)

2M x 32/36 - 8MB - 70ns (635389-570)

2M x 32/36 - 8MB - 60ns

4M x 32/36 - 16MB - 70ns

4M x 32/36 - 16MB - 60ns

8M x 32/36 - 32MB - 70ns

8M x 32 - 32MB - 60ns


1M x 32/36 - 4MB - 70ns (628961-570)

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Micron Technology	1	MT8D132M-7X
Samsung Corning Co.,Ltd	1	KMM5321004CV-7	4M DRAM BASED
Samsung Corning Co.,Ltd	1	KMM5321204AW-7
Simple Technology	2	STI321004A-70T
Smart Modular Technologies	1	NI532014081XXS7O
Smart Modular Technologies	1	NI532013181XXS7	With NEC DRAM 4218165-70
Texas Instrument	1	TM124FBK32U-70	Except Date Code 9532
Texas Instrument	1	Z124FBK32S-70
Texas Instrument	1	Z124FBK32U-70	Except Date Code 9532
Viking Components	2	EDO1327T


1M x 32/36 - 4MB - 60ns (628961-560)

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Micron Technology	1	MT8D132M-6X
Samsung Corning Co.,Ltd	1	KMM5321004CV-6	4M DRAM BASED
Samsung Corning Co.,Ltd	1	KMM5321204AW-6	16M DRAM BASED
Smart Modular Technologies	1	NI532014081XXS6
Unigen Corporation	2	1x32UG6DBT-EDO


2M x 32/36 - 8MB - 70ns (635389-570)

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Fujitsu Ltd	1	DM2M2N325-60JS	Use 2Mx8 EDO DRAM
Simple Technology	2	STI322004A-70T
Smart Modular Technologies	1	NI532024081XXS7	1mx4 based
Texas Instrument	1	TM248GBK32S-60	Hyper Shrink Version Approved
Texas Instrument	1	TM248GBK32U-70	Hyper Shrink Version Approved
Viking Components	2	EDO2327T


2M x 32/36 - 8MB - 60ns

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Micron Technology	1	MT16D232M-6X
Smart Modular Technologies	1	NI532024081XXS6	W/iMx4 Micron
Unigen Corporation	2	2x32UG6DBT-EDO


4M x 32/36 - 16MB - 70ns

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Simple Technology	2	STI324004-70T
Unigen Corporation	2	4x32UG7KBT2EDO
Viking Components	2	EDO4327T


4M x 32/36 - 16MB - 60ns

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments


8M x 32/36 - 32MB - 70ns

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Simple Technology	2	STI328004-70T
Viking Components	2	EDO8327T


8M x 32 - 32MB - 60ns

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments


L2 Cache MEMORY (CELP)

The devices listed below are categorized according to three levels of qualification:

1. Intel Approved and Tested: The device has been electrically tested by Intel and is known to be compatible with this product. In addition, the vendor has met or exceeded Intel's product change, quality control, and availability and is listed on our Approved Manufacturing List.

2. Intel Tested: The device has been functionally tested by Intel at ambient temperatures; running a series of Intel tests (PCDIAG) and applications. These vendors are not required to meet Intel's quality and change control requirements. These parts may be subject to change without notice.

3. Customer Tested: The device has been electrically tested by a customer and is reported to be compatible with the specified platform. These parts have not been tested by Intel and may be subject to change without notice.

Intel recommends that devices listed as (1) Intel Approved and Tested or (2) Intel Tested be used to ensure reliable system operation. SIMMs not listed or listed as (3) Customer Tested can be used; but, in the event of unreliable system operation, the device should be replaced with devices tested by Intel (1 or 2) to determine whether the device is causing the problem. Intel does not inspect signal quality nor do any environmental testing during level 2 qualification. Intel recommends that you develop and deploy a test strategy for CELP modules based on your operating conditions and requirements for data integrity.

The following tables list CELP modules that have been tested and passed testing on the Advanced/AS. CELP modules that are not listed may also function properly as long as their specifications are compatible with the COAST 1.2 specification. As other vendors are approved they will be periodically added to the approved vendor list.

Related Topics:

Asynchronous ( 256 KB

Asynchronous (  512 KB

Pipelined Burst ( 256 KB

Pipelined Burst ( 512 KB


Asynchronous ( 256 KB
Asynchronous  256 KB

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Smart Technologies	1	IN332Q4A084XG15
Smart Technologies	1	IN332Q4A0841G15
Smart Technologies	1	IN332Q4A0842G15
Smart Technologies	1	IN332Q4A0843G15


Asynchronous (  512 KB
Asynchronous   512 KB

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments


Pipelined Burst ( 256 KB
Pipelined Burst  256 KB

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments
Corsair Microsystems	1	C535Q256K3C-CDA1
Corsair Microsystems	1	C535Q256K3C-CDA2
Corsair Microsystems	1	C535Q256K3C-CDA
Smart Technologies	1	IN364TCSP83YGXX
Smart Technologies	1	IN364TCSP83SGXX


Pipelined Burst ( 512 KB
Pipelined Burst  512 KB

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments


Approved Vendor List User-Installable Upgrades - Real Time clock Battery Replacement
Real Time clock Battery Replacement

The battery can be replaced with a Sanyo CR2032, or equivalent, coin cell lithium battery. This battery has a 220 mAh rating.


Audio Text Files

README.TXT

CQA.TXT


README.TXT

README.TXT

==========

This file contains additional information to supplement the

manual.  Please read all the sections before you proceed with

the installation.

This file contains the following sections:

   1.  System Files

   2.  Power Management

   3.  Acknowledgement

1. SYSTEM FILES

   1.1 CONFIG.SYS

       During installation, you have the options to include the DOS

       drivers.

       If you install them then the following lines will be added to

       your CONFIG.SYS file.

          DEVICE=C:\VIBRA16\DRV\VIBRA16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5

          DEVICE=C:\VIBRA16\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS

       where :

       BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5 indicates the hardware resources used

       by your audio card.

       The VIBRA16.SYS driver has been improved to support different

       models of audio cards.  The BLASTER switch will not have any

       effect if you are using a Plug and Play audio card.  For such

       cards, the hardware resources will be allocated by the Intel

       Configuration Manager.  In this case, Intel Configuration Manager

       has to be loaded before your DOS audio drivers.

   1.2 AUTOEXEC.BAT

       The installation program adds the following statements to the

       AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

          SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6

          SET SOUND=C:\VIBRA16

          SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E

          C:\VIBRA16\DIAGNOSE /S /W=C:\WINDOWS

          C:\VIBRA16\MIXERSET /P /Q

       This BLASTER environment will not have any effect if you are

       using a Plug and Play audio card for the same reason as above.

2. POWER MANAGEMENT

   2.1 Native DOS environment

       Automatic power down of your audio card is not supported under

       native DOS environment.  However, you can still manually switch

       the audio card on or off by running POWERSET.EXE.  You may not

       have POWERSET.EXE if your audio package does not support power

       down feature.

       To turn on your audio card:

          POWERSET ON

       To turn off your audio card:

          POWERSET OFF

       You can run POWERSET.EXE only if your audio card supports the

       Power Down feature, otherwise the following error message will

       appear:

          "Card does not support Power Management!!!".

   2.2 Microsoft Windows environment and DOS Box environment

       APM handling

       Under Windows and the DOS Box environment, your audio

       drivers will support the Advanced Power Management (APM)

       if you are running on a system with APM BIOS and APM drivers.

       The drivers works in conjunction with the APM drivers and will

       respond to APM messages.

       Automatic power down feature

       The Audio Configuration utility will have a power control panel

       if your audio card supports the Power Down feature.  You can

       select the power control mode and change the power state of your

       audio card by using the panel.

       Three power control modes are supported which determine how the

       drivers power down your audio hardware.  With this power down

       feature, you can reduce the power consumption of your audio

       card.  Your audio drivers will still respond to APM messages

       regardless of the control mode that you choose.

       USER control mode

       Under this mode, you manually control the power to your audio

       card.  Once you power off the card, there will not be any audio

       output.  If you are playing any audio files, your player will

       still continue but you will not hear any audio output.

       SYSTEM control mode

       Under this mode, your audio drivers only respond to APM messages.

       The power to your audio card will be turned off when the audio

       driver receives a "suspend request" and will be turned on once it

       receives a "resume request".

       ACTIVITY control mode

       This is the most power saving feature for your audio card. Your

       audio drivers will power on the card when they detect that there

       is an audio activity on the card.  This activity includes audio

       playback/recording and MIDI playback.  It will then power off the

       card again once there is no more activity.

3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

   The included version of SB16FM.DRV is from Voyetra Technologies.

                 ******** END OF README.TXT ********


CQA.TXT

COMMON QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

==========================

This file contains answers to some commonly-asked questions.

Please go through all the sections below when you encounter

a problem before calling Technical Support.

This file contains the following sections:

   1. Installing Windows 3.1 drivers for the audio hardware

      1.1 Setup Windows 3.1 drivers again

      1.2 Using DRIVER applet in Control Panel (OEMSETUP.INF)

      1.3 General

   2. DOS drivers

      2.1 Uses of the DOS drivers

      2.2 Bypass loading the DOS drivers

   3. General

      3.1 Audio sources setting

      3.2 Playback digitized sound smoothly

      3.3 Error message appears when winsetup.exe runs

   4. GAMEPORT

1. INSTALLING WINDOWS 3.1 DRIVERS FOR

   1.1 SETUP WINDOWS 3.1 DRIVERS AGAIN

   Q1. How can I setup my Windows 3.1 drivers again.

   A1. You may setup Windows 3.1 drivers again by running INSTALL

       from your audio software directory at the DOS prompt.  Select

       "Setup Windows" and follow the instructions on the screen to

       complete the setup.

   1.2 USING DRIVER APPLET IN CONTROL PANEL (OEMSETUP.INF)

   Q1. My drivers are not installed when I use the driver applet

       in Control Panel to add the drivers.  What do I do?

   A1. Before you choose to add any audio software drivers,

       you should first remove all the existing audio drivers

       shown in the "Installed Drivers List" and then restart

       Windows. Chances are existing versions of audio drivers

       are installed when you start-up Windows and cannot be

       over-written. You must also restart Windows after adding

       all the drivers for these new drivers to take effect.

       Refer to your Windows User Reference Manual for more detail

       on the Driver applet.

   1.3 GENERAL

   Q1. No matter what I try, I can't get sound in Windows.  What

       should I do to fix it?

   A1. Here are some points you can check:

   a. If you installed Windows 3.1 using the "Express Installation",

      Windows scanned your hard disk for programs to be installed.

      As a result, older versions of the audio software applications

      may have been installed if they were on your hard disk at the

      time of installation.  Please remove these icons.  To do this,

      click on the icon once to select it, then press the delete key.

      Windows will ask you for confirmation.  Repeat the above

      procedure for each icon.

   b. Open the Driver applet in Control panel.  You should at least

      have the following driver names in the Installed Drivers list:

        Voyetra / Sound Blaster SuperSAPI FM Driver

        Creative Sound Blaster 16 Auxiliary Audio

        Creative Sound Blaster 16 Wave and MIDI

        MIDI Mapper

        Timer

        [MCI] CD Audio    ;this is only for owners of CD-ROM drives

        [MCI] MIDI Sequencer

        [MCI] Sound

      If one or more of the drivers do not exist, you must install the

      driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control Panel (See your

      Windows manual for more details).

   c. Check your SYSTEM.INI by choosing RUN from the File menu of the

      Program Manager and typing NOTEPAD SYSTEM.INI in the command

      line box.  Examine the [Boot], [drivers] and [sndblst.drv]

      sections. They should look something like this:

        [Boot]

        drivers=mmsystem.dll msmixmgr.dll

        [drivers]

        Timer=timer.drv

        Midimapper=midimap.drv

        Aux=sb16aux.drv

        MIDI=sb16fm.drv

        Wave=sb16snd.drv

        MIDI1=sb16snd.drv

        Mixer=sb16aux.drv

        [sndblst.drv]

        port=220

        int=5

        dmachannel=1

        hdmachannel=5

        MIDIport=330

      d. If Windows refuses to install a device driver or if you get the

      error message "Device not found" when playing a Wave or MIDI

      file, or a CD, be sure that you have the following settings in

      the [mci] section of SYSTEM.INI.

        [mci]

        WaveAudio=mciwave.drv

        Sequencer=mciseq.drv

        CDAudio=mcicda.drv; this is only for owners of CD-ROM drives

      If one or more of the drivers do not exist, you must install

      the driver(s) using the Driver applet in Control Panel (See

      your Windows manual for instructions).  Do not type in the

      entries into the SYSTEM.INI because the files have to be

      expanded and installed into your SYSTEM directory by Windows.

2. DOS DRIVERS

   2.1 USES OF THE DOS DRIVERS

   Q1. Which Sound Blaster applications require the DOS drivers

       VIBRA16.SYS and CTMMSYS.SYS to be loaded?

   A1. These apllications require the DOS drivers to be loaded:

         PLAY.EXE

         RECORD.EXE

   2.2 BYPASS LOADING THE DOS DRIVERS

   Q1. I do not wish to load the DOS drivers VIBRA16.SYS and

       CTMMSYS.SYS at system startup.  What should I do?

   A1. To bypass the loading of the DOS drivers VIBRA16.SYS and

       CTMMSYS.SYS, press the ALT key during system starts up.

       Or, you can use a text editor to REM the following lines in

       your CONFIG.SYS file.  These lines load the DOS drivers at

       system startup.

       DEVICE=C:\VIBRA16\DRV\VIBRA16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5 P:330

       DEVICE=C:\VIBRA16\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS

3. GENERAL

   3.1 AUDIO SOURCE SETTINGS

   Q1. I can't hear anything from the speakers, but when I run the

       diagnostic program, it sounds okay.  What do I do?

   A1. Check the mixer settings for the various sources.  Use the

       programs MIXERSET.EXE in DOS or CTMIXER.EXE in Windows to

       adjust the settings to a higher level.

   3.2 ELIMINATING JERKY DIGITIZED SOUND PLAYBACK

   Q1. The playback sounds jerky.  Is my card defective ?

   A1. If you are in Windows, this may be due to your choice

       of Windows swap file.  Temporary swap file tends to be

       fragmented causing jerky playback.  If possible, use a

       permanent swap file to eliminate this problem.  Refer to

       your Windows manual for instructions on creating a permanent

       swap file.

       Loading a disk cache program such as SMARTDRV will also

       eliminate this problem.  To load SMARTDRV, refer to your DOS or

       Windows manual for instructions.

   3.3 ERROR MESSAGE APPEARS WHEN WINSETUP.EXE RUNS

   Q1. When I start Windows and WINSETUP runs, it gives me a dialog

       box saying it can't find the environment.

   A1. The BLASTER environment is not set or is incorrectly set.

       This program requires that your BLASTER environment is set

       correctly and tallies with your audio hardware.  You can

       type "SET" at DOS prompt to check the environment settings.

       For more details on the BLASTER environment, refer to your

       Getting Started manual.

4. GAMEPORT

   Q1. How do I disable the GamePort?

   A1. There are a few ways for you to enable or disable the GamePort.

       This depends on the type of audio card you have.

       a. Non Plug and Play card

          To enable or disable GamePort, you need to set the appropriate

          jumper.  Please refer to your Getting Started manual for the

          location of the jumper.  If your audio card does not have the

          GamePort enable or disable jumper, you can use GAMEPORT.EXE

          utility to enable or disable the GamePort.  You may not have

          the GAMEPORT.EXE if your audio card does not support GamePort

          software enable or disable.

       b. Plug and Play card

          For Plug and Play card, you need to use the BIOS setup or the

          ISA Configuration utility to enable or disable the GamePort.

         *********  End of CQA.TXT  *********


Windows ICU 1.43

*******************************************************************

*README.TXT                   Release Notes for Plug and Play Kit *

*                                               for Windows(TM)   *

*Release 1.43                                            May 1995 *

*******************************************************************

Introduction

============

This kit contains Release 1.43 of the Plug and Play Kit for Windows. This release of the Plug and Play Kit for Windows supersedes all previous releases.  The components of this kit are:   Plug and Play Configuration Manager (CM) for Windows Provides configuration services to real-mode and protected- mode drivers and to applications in Windows environments. Plug and Play ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) for Windows Provides a way to assign system resources to add-in cards before the card is installed.  This assignment avoids resource conflicts and keeps track of system resources so that Plug and Play cards do not conflict with non-Plug and Play cards in a system.  A full description of ICU features and use is available in the ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) User's Guide. Information on the components of this kit, and on the inclusion of the Configuration manager and the ISA Configuration Utility in your products, is available in the Plug and Play Developer's Guide.

*******************************************************************

*Plug and Play Configuration Manager (CM)                         *

*******************************************************************

The Plug and Play Configuration Manager provides all of the functionality defined in the "Plug and Play Device Driver Specification for Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) and MS-DOS(R)".  The Configuration Manager also complies with the specifications

and definitions in:

  "Plug and Play ISA Specification", Version 1.0a from Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation

  "Plug and Play BIOS Specification", Version 1.0a from Intel Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation,Phoenix Technologies, Ltd., and Microsoft Corporation

  "Plug and Play BIOS Extensions Guide", Version 1.1 from Intel Corporation

  "PCI BIOS Specification", Version 2.1  from Intel Corporation

Configuration Manager Limitations

=================================

Please be aware that this release of the Plug and Play Configuration Manager for Windows has the following limitations: The default installation of the MS-DOS CM driver invokes the driver with the 'lock' device function of the CM provided by the   CM_LockConfig and CM_UnlockConfig functions unavailable to PC add-in install programs running in a real-mode MS-DOS environment.  The CM lock functionality is always available under Windows,   including the Windows V86 DOS. If this functionality is needed,  add the /LOCK parameter to the line in your CONFIG.SYS file that invokes the CM driver, DWCFGMG.SYS. CM_LockConfig and CM_UnlockConfig are unrelated to the locking options available with ECU or ICU utilities.  In the absence of the Intel Plug and Play BIOS extensions, Plug and Play boot devices are not reconfigured by the Configuration  Manager. Calls to the Configuration Manager do not work during  sys_critical_init.

******************************************************************

*Plug and Play Kit ISA Configuration Utility (ICU)               *

******************************************************************

See the ISA Configuration Utility User's Guide for details on using the Plug and Play ICU.

  NOTE

     The ISA Configuration Utility is for ISA systems only.  Do not run it on EISA systems.  To configure EISA systems, use an EISA Configuration Utility.

ICU Limitations

===============

Please be aware that this release of the Plug and Play ISA Configuration Utility for Windows has the following limitations: If any PCI devices are locked, the ICU may fail when trying to  reconfigure other PCI devices.  To work around this limitation,  unlock all PCI devices while adding or modifying other cards. You may lock the PCI devices again before saving the configuration. Pressing the F1 key invokes the ICU help facility from the  ISA Configuration Utility window (the main window) only. When you are modifying a function of a Plug and Play card in preparation for locking it, you might see a conflict message that indicates the card is conflicting with itself.  Try reconfiguring the card functions in a different order. If a function has two or more resource types that must be

  configured together, the ICU might not be able to configure that function, even though there might be a valid configuration available.  See the discussion on resolving conflicts in the Troubleshooting section of the ICU User's Guide for ways to successfully configure functions in this category. When you pick a resource for a new card that is currently used  by an existing card, the ICU reconfigures the Plug and Play ISA cards first, then the PCI cards.  However, PCI cards are restricted to specific interrupts.  Sometimes the configuration fails because the ICU assigns all the valid PCI interrupts to the Plug and Play cards, so that it cannot configure the PCI cards.  Use the ICU to reconfigure the Plug and Play cards to different interrupts, then try again to configure your new card.

Operational Hints

=================

 If the Windows screen saver becomes active during the Windows ICU setup, the index generator that runs at the end of the setup program is iconized as an MS-DOS icon.  To complete the setup procedure, return to Windows and maximize the MS-DOS icon.  The installation procedures in this kit assume that C: is the boot drive of the system.  Therefore, the procedures create, make changes to, or overwrite boot drive files on C:.  In particular, the procedures put the escd.rf file into C:\,  and create or modify the config.sys file in C:\.    On systems without the Plug and Play BIOS, if the boot drive is not C:, but some other drive, the user must move the escd.rf file to the root directory of the boot drive.  Also, the user must add a line that loads the CM driver (DWCFGMG.SYS) to the CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory of the boot drive. Some utilities, for example, the Stacker disk compression utility, can change the boot drive from C: to another drive. Such drive changes are not always obvious to the user. In order to avoid the user having to move and edit files, the installation procedure must make an INT 21 call to detect the boot device before installing the escd.rf file or  changing the config.sys file. The Windows ICU installation fails on a system that has MS-DOS 6.0 installed with the VSafe virus scanner active if the VSafe scanner checks executable files and protects executable files  (VSafe options 4 and 8).  If you are upgrading from a previous version of the ICU,  any user-entered names for unlisted cards are lost and will have to be re-entered. When you save an image file (Save Image File or Save Image File As.. on the Advanced menu), the icu.ndx index file is not updated.  So if the configuration you saved contained one or   more unlisted cards, when you load the image file you saved, the card resources for these unlisted cards are in the loaded configuration image.  However, cards of this type might be listed  as "Unknown Card," instead of by the name you assigned when you added it.  You can avoid this behavior by choosing the Save item on the File menu before you save the image file.  In addition, if you copy the image file to another system, you  must also copy the icu.ndx index file to avoid this behavior. After using the ICU load image file operation, you must save the changes and reboot your system before making any other changes.  If you don't, you will see inconsistent behavior. When a PCI or Plug and Play ISA card is modified, the ICU asks  you to verify that the card is configured as shown.  This step is unnecessary; the card will be automatically configured as shown when the system next boots. Configuration Assistance Utility (cassist) operation is incompatible with Plug and Play cards.  Remove all Plug and Play cards from your system before running cassist.  Failure to do so may result in system failure.  Replace the cards after you have run cassist.  If you have no mouse, you may experience changes in the keyboard   interface.  In most cases you can still traverse buttons, list boxes and menus in the dialog boxes using <TAB> key and select using the space bar.  In the message dialogs, you must use the up and down arrow keys or page up and page down keys instead for traversal. This release of the ICU includes PCMCIA Revision 2.10 support. This does not include support for CardBus or DMA, which were added to the new PC-Card Standard.  This release installs the following file:

<drive>:\windows\system\pccardrm.386

This file is a PCMCIA Card Services virtual device driver (VxD). The VxD allows the ICU to receive PCMCIA card events as Card  Services clients on Windows.  For this VxD to work properly,  real mode Card Services must be running on your system.  An entry for this VxD is put into the \windows\system.ini file under [386Enh] but is commented out.  Edit the file and remove the comment character(;) to activate the VxD.

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Trademark and Copyright Citations

=================================

MS-DOS is a registered trademark, and Windows is a trademark of

Microsoft Corporation. Other names and trademarks are the property of their respective

companies.


Advanced Power Management

(Installation instructions for Advanced Power Management for Microsoft* Windows* 3.11) 1.0 Revision History: 2 Mar 95: Original Release 2.0 Introduction. APM software enables the power management feature of the system.  This feature reduces the amount of electrical energy consumed by the VESA* DPM compliant system monitor, the power aware IDE hard drive(s), and the CPU after a specified period of inactivity.  The default Setup Program installs the APM software, invokes the software, issues a message that instructs the user to enable APM using Windows Setup, and displays the PowerMan icon.  3.0 Installation of APM Software The installation program is setup.exe.  The setup.exe program will install the APM software.  Please refer to the Enabling APM Software under Windows to learn how to enable the APM software. The software files are compressed to conserve space and you cannot copy them directly to your hard disk; you must use the Setup Program.  To install the APM Software: 1. Close any open application so only Windows* is running.	2. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive.	3. In the Windows Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.  The Run dialog box opens. 4. In the Command Line box, type [Diskette drive name]:\setup and click Ok. 5. After the drivers are loaded onto the system, the system  will be restarted. 4.0 Enabling APM Software under Windows The APM software consists of two portions: APM software shipped with Windows and software provided on the diskette. To enable APM in Windows:

1. Exit Windows.

2. Make Windows the current directory.  At the DOS prompt, type:    CD \WINDOWS and press <Enter>.

3. To run Windows Setup, type:  SETUP  <Enter>

4. Use the arrow keys to highlight selection next to the heading: Computer:

5. Press  <Enter> to list selections.

6. Use the arrow keys to select: MS-DOS System with APM

7. Follow screen prompts to accept these changes to Windows Setup.

8. Use BIOS Setup to set the Advanced Power Management option to Enabled.

5.0 Power Management Options Clicking on the PowerMan icon displays a system menu that allows users to obtain help, set options, enter the Power Saving State, and enter the PowerDown power management state which turns OFF the power supply to the system.  The Help option displays help for Power Management.  The Options menu selection displays the Power Management Options dialog box. Use this dialog box to establish the power management state for your system.  The Suspend option immediately puts the system into Power Saving state. The selected Power Saving modes conserve energy. Selecting this option is same as pressing the front panel button, the Hot-Key combination, or having the system inactivity timer time out.  The system returns to normal operation when you press the suspend/resume button, press a key, move the mouse (if enabled), or click a mouse button (if enabled). The PowerDown option turns the system off so that power can be disconnected from the system.  It is not recommended to disconnect the system from its power source when it is in normal operation or in a power management state other than PowerDown.  Only disconnect the system from its power source after it has been put into the PowerDown state by selecting the PowerDown option. This option is disabled if the system does not support soft power off. 6.0 Installed Files and Directory Structure The default install program for APM creates this directory structure: C:\windows\dospm.exe   powerman.hlp apmapp.exe system\ powerman.386powerman.scr System Configuration File Changes The default Setup Program for APM makes these changes to the system configuration files: 1. Adds the following entries to the indicated section of the win.ini file: [windows] load=apmapp.exe

2. Adds the following entries to the indicated section of the system.ini file[386Enh] device=powerman.386

3. Add the following to the config.sys file: DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE

7.0 APM Installation for DOS The Setup program also installs APM for DOS.  The following entries are made for the DOS environment:

1. Add the following to the autoexec.bat file:

C:\WINDOWS\DOSPM.EXE /D /M [/P]

D       =       enable IDE drive power management

M       =       enable video power management

P       =       enable soft power down

Additional DOSPM Parameters

U       =       unloads DOSPM TSR, if loaded

You must select at least one device (video or IDE drive) for power management. 8.0 Additional APM Information  advanced power management is to reduce system power consumption to less than 30 watts during periods of inactivity as defined in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star program.  The Advanced Product Line system uses APM BIOS version 1.1 to provide power management support for any operating system that supplies an APM driver such as POWER.EXE for DOS and VPOWERD.386 for Windows 3.1.  During periods of system inactivity the Advanced Product Line power management features: Remove drive motor power from all power aware IDE hard drives Reduce power consumed by VESA DPMS compliant monitors Use the System Management Mode (SMM) to reduce the power consumed by the CPU. There are three power management environments that an Advanced Product Line board can support: 1. APM BIOS with an operating system APM Driver 2. APM BIOS with an operating system APM Driver and PowerMan software (DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows95) stem APM Driver and Instant On 	software (Windows95)8.1 APM BIOS with APM Driver The APM BIOS with APM Driver reduces the system's energy consumption below Energy Star levels.  You enable APM BIOS using the Setup program.  When enabled, APM BIOS causes the system to enter the power managed state, Standby, when it receives a suspend request.  The Standby state causes the monitor, IDE drives, and CPU to reduce their energy consumption while maintaining the ability to "wake up" (return to normal operation) when any external interrupt occurs (e.g., incoming phone calls to a FAX/modem add-in card).  When the APM BIOS is enabled and the operating system APM driver (power.exe) is loaded, the system enters the Standby mode when one of these suspend actions occurs:

1. The System inactivity timer counts down to zero.  This timer counts down when the system does not receive an IRQ1 (keyboard), IRQ12 (PS/2 mouse), or IRQ14/15 (IDE hard drive) interrupt.  When one of these interrupts occurs, the System inactivity timer resets.  You set the timer value using Setup (default is ten minutes).

2. Pressing a keyboard Hot-Key.  You define the Hot-Key sequence using Setup. 3. Pressing the front panel suspend/resume button.

4. Software program issues a suspend request. The APM BIOS power management is well suited to the home user with a FAX or AT+V modem who wants to receive FAXs and phone messages while conserving energy. To wake-up the system the user can move the mouse, click a mouse button, or press a key on the keyboard.  When the User password is enabled the user must type the password before the system will "wake up".  The user is not prompted for the password, but the keyboard LEDs flash to indicate that the password is enabled. 8.2 APM BIOS with APM Driver and PowerMan Software The APM BIOS solution provides the ability to respond to incoming events, but  it does not provide the ability to wake the system up in response to scheduled software events (for example, send a number of faxes after midnight).  The APM BIOS solution cannot support wake up from schedule software events because it requires an external interrupt.  To support this environment, the Advanced Product Line  comes with a software utility named PowerMan.  PowerMan supports scheduled events and soft off power supplies. PowerMan is a driver and Windows screen saver that works in conjunction with the APM BIOS so all of its features are maintained.  However, when PowerMan is loaded, the system acts differently than with APM BIOS alone. When PowerMan is loaded the system only wakes up the monitor and hard drives if there is keyboard or PS/2 mouse activity.  If the wake-up is from software (e.g., incoming FAX), the CPU services the interrupt and the hard drive motor turns on, if required, but the monitor remains asleep.  When the interrupt is serviced, the CPU and hard drives return to Standby.  This behavior makes  PowerMan well suited for  a networked environment.  Networks frequently produce system interrupts that cause the system to constantly wake up with the APM BIOS only solution.  With PowerMan installed the system does not appear to wake up because the monitor does not wake-up unless the PS/2 mouse or keyboard are activated.  Turning on the monitor only for user generated interrupts maximizes energy savings as the monitor is the largest energy consuming device. Another benefit of PowerMan is that it utilizes the screen saver interface to provide password support.  With PowerMan loaded the system wakes up andprompts the user for a password just as a normal screen saver would.  The user can select the PowerMan screen saver and set the password using the Control Panel or by using PowerMan Options dialog box.  ther PowerMan configuration options include mouse click or move wake up, definition, and power saving sequencing of the DPMS monitor and DEhard drive.  Because power managing the disk drives and monitor requires some compromise of system responsiveness to the user, it is possible to have the system gradually increase the power reduction (thus, decrease responsiveness) over time.  PowerMan also provides a mechanism to turn the system completely off with a mouse click if the system is equipped with a "soft off" power supply.  If the system does not have a "soft off" power supply, this feature is automatically disabled.  This feature completely mimics the Windows95 Shutdown command and provides the user with the only method of turning off the system without reaching behind the chassis. A TSR named DOSPM.EXE provides support for scheduled events and soft off under DOS. 8.3 InstantOn (Windows95 only)  InstantOn is a much more robust power management implementation that takes ull advantage of the APM version 1.1 feature set and creates an environment of system reliability that APM BIOS or PowerMan cannot provide.  Loading InstantOn completely disables PowerMan.  In addition to supporting responsiveness to external interrupts and scheduled events, Instant On provides support for power managing add-in cards and support for applicationg restart in the event of a system hang.  Application restart is very important for systems that are responsible for important tasks such as voice messaging. With InstantOn the system can restart itself and pick up where it left off before the crash.  The system also re-establishes a network connection.  9.0 Copyright/Trademarks

*  Other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


DOS ICU Release 1.43

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*README.TXT                   Release Notes for Plug and Play Kit *

*                                                 for MS-DOS(R)   *

*May 1995 *

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Introduction

============

This kit contains Release 1.43 of the Plug and Play Kit for MS-DOS.

This release of the Plug and Play Kit for MS-DOS supersedes

all previous releases.  The components of this kit are:

   Plug and Play Configuration Manager (CM) for MS-DOS

      Provides configuration services to real-mode and protected-

      mode drivers and to applications in MS-DOS environments.

   Plug and Play ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) for MS-DOS

      Provides a way to assign system resources to add-in cards

      before the card is installed.  This assignment avoids

      resource conflicts and keeps track of system resources so

      that Plug and Play cards do not conflict with non-Plug

      and Play cards in a system.

                        NOTE

     The information in this file is for the system and/or

     card vendor.  Please do not distribute it directly to

     your customer.  You may use the parts of this file

     that are appropriate for your customer in your release

     notes.

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*Plug and Play Configuration Manager (CM)                         *

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The Plug and Play Configuration Manager provides all of the

functionality defined in the "Plug and Play Device Driver

Specification for Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) and MS-DOS(R)".

The Configuration Manager also complies with the specifications

and definitions in:

  "Plug and Play ISA Specification", Version 1.0a

      from Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation

  "Plug and Play BIOS Specification", Version 1.0a

      from Intel Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation,

      Phoenix Technologies, Ltd., and Microsoft Corporation

  "Plug and Play BIOS Extensions Guide", Version 1.1

      from Intel Corporation

  "PCI BIOS Specification", Version 2.1, from Intel Corporation

Configuration Manager Limitations

=================================

Please be aware that this release of the Plug and Play

Configuration Manager for MS-DOS has the following

limitations:

- The default installation of the MS-DOS CM driver invokes the driver

  with the 'lock' device function of the CM provided by the

  CM_LockConfig and CM_UnlockConfig functions unavailable to PC

  add-in install programs running in a real-mode MS-DOS environment.

  If the CM driver for Windows is also installed, the CM lock

  functionality is always available under Windows,

  including the Windows V86 DOS. If this functionality is needed,

  add the /LOCK parameter to the line in your CONFIG.SYS file that

  invokes the CM driver, DWCFGMG.SYS.

  CM_LockConfig and CM_UnlockConfig are unrelated to the locking

  options available with ECU or ICU utilities.

- In the absence of the Intel Plug and Play BIOS extensions, Plug

  and Play boot devices are not reconfigured by the Configuration

  Manager.

- Calls to the Configuration Manager do not work during

  sys_critical_init.

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*Plug and Play Kit ISA Configuration Utility (ICU)               *

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See the ISA Configuration Utility User's Guide for details on

using the Plug and Play ICU.

                        NOTE

     The ISA Configuration Utility is for ISA systems

     only.  Do not run it on EISA systems.  To configure

     EISA systems, use an EISA Configuration Utility.

ICU Limitations

===============

Please be aware that this release of the Plug and Play

ISA Configuration Utility for MS-DOS has the following

limitations:

- Some portions of the ICU may not fit on the screen if you are using

  VGA resolution.  If this happens, you can see the missing information

  by moving the displayed item back onto the screen.  Click on the

  title bar of the displayed item, and move the item to the desired

  location.

- Double clicking to select an item in a list is not supported.

- If any PCI devices are locked, the ICU may fail when trying to

  reconfigure other PCI devices.  To work around this limitation,

  unlock all PCI devices while adding or modifying other cards.

  You may lock the PCI devices again before saving the configuration.

- Pressing the F1 key invokes the ICU help facility from the

  ISA Configuration Utility window (the main window) only.

- When you are modifying a function of a Plug and Play card in

  preparation for locking it, you might see a conflict message

  that indicates the card is conflicting with itself.  Try

  reconfiguring the card functions in a different order.

- If a function has two or more resource types that must be

  configured together, the ICU might not be able to configure

  that function, even though there might be a valid configuration

  available.  See the discussion on resolving conflicts in the

  Troubleshooting section of the ICU User's Guide for ways to

  successfully configure functions in this category.

- When you pick a resource for a new card that is currently used

  by an existing card, the ICU reconfigures the Plug and Play ISA

  cards first, then the PCI cards.  However, PCI cards are

  restricted to specific interrupts.  Sometimes the configuration

  fails because the ICU assigns all the valid PCI interrupts to

  the Plug and Play cards, so that it cannot configure the PCI

  cards.  Use the ICU to reconfigure the Plug and Play cards to

  different interrupts, then try again to configure your new

  card.

Operational Hints

=================

- Run the MS-DOS installations for the kit components from MS-DOS,

  not from an MS-DOS window under Windows.

- The MS-DOS install program on these diskettes is incompatible

  with the expanded memory manager.  Before installing the Plug

  and Play kit for MS-DOS, disable your expanded memory manager.

  After you have finished the installation, you can enable the

  expanded memory manager again.

- The MS-DOS ICU installation might fail if some Terminate and

  Stay Resident (TSR) programs or drivers are resident in memory.

  If this happens, remove all TSRs from memory and restart the

  install process. Some example TSRs and drivers are: Borland

  Side Kick and network drivers that are not loaded from

  config.sys.

- You must execute the MS-DOS ICU from MS-DOS only, not from an

  MS-DOS window.  If you want to use the MS-DOS ICU from an MS-DOS

  window, the Windows ICU must also be installed on the system.

- The installation procedures in this kit assume that C: is

  the boot drive of the system.  Therefore, the procedures

  create, make changes to, or overwrite boot drive files on C:.

  In particular, the procedures put the escd.rf file into C:\,

  and create or modify the config.sys file in C:\.

  On systems without the Plug and Play BIOS, if the boot drive

  is not C:, but some other drive, the user must move the

  escd.rf file to the root directory of the boot drive.

  Also, the user must add a line that loads the CM driver

  (DWCFGMG.SYS) to the CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory

  of the boot drive.

  Some utilities, for example, the Stacker disk compression

  utility, can change the boot drive from C: to another drive.

  Such drive changes are not always obvious to the user. In

  order to avoid the user having to move and edit files, the

  installation procedure must make an INT 21 call to detect

  the boot device before installing the escd.rf file or

  changing the config.sys file.

- If you are upgrading from a previous version of the ICU,

  any user-entered names for unlisted cards are lost and will

  have to be re-entered.

- When you save an image file (Save Image File or Save Image File

  As.. on the Advanced menu), the icu.ndx index file is not

  updated.  So if the configuration you saved contained one or

  more unlisted cards, when you load the image file you saved,

  the card resources for these unlisted cards are in the loaded

  configuration image.  However, cards of this type might be listed

  as "Unknown Card," instead of by the name you assigned

  when you added it.  You can avoid this behavior by choosing the

  Save item on the File menu before you save the image file.  In

  addition, if you copy the image file to another system, you

  must also copy the icu.ndx index file to avoid this behavior.

- After using the ICU load image file operation, you must save the

  changes and reboot your system before making any other changes.

  If you don't, you will see inconsistent behavior.

- When a PCI or Plug and Play ISA card is modified, the ICU asks

  you to verify that the card is configured as shown.  This step

  is unnecessary; the card will be automatically configured as shown

  when the system next boots.

- Configuration Assistance Utility (cassist) operation is

  incompatible with Plug and Play cards.  Remove all Plug and Play

  cards from your system before running cassist.  Failure to do so

  may result in system failure.  Replace the cards after you have

  run cassist.

- If you have no mouse, you may experience changes in the keyboard

  interface.  In most cases you can still traverse buttons, list

  boxes and menus in the dialog boxes using the <TAB> key, and select

  using the space bar.  In the message dialogs, you must use the

  up and down arrow keys or page up and page down keys instead

  for traversal.

- This release of the ICU includes PCMCIA Revision 2.10 support.

  This does not include support for CardBus or DMA, which were added

  to the new PC-Card Standard.	To enable this support, Card Services

  must be running on your system.

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Trademark and Copyright Citations

=================================

MS-DOS is a registered trademark, and Windows is a trademark of

Microsoft Corporation.

The program used for MS-DOS installation of components of the

Plug and Play Kit for MS-DOS and Windows, INSTALL, is licensed

software provided by Knowledge Dynamics Corp., P.O. Box 780068,

San Antonio, Texas 78278 (U.S.A.). INSTALL is Copyright (c)

1987-1993 by Knowledge Dynamics Corp., which reserves all copyright

protection worldwide. INSTALL is provided to you for the exclusive

purpose of installing the MS-DOS components of the Plug and Play

Kit for MS-DOS and Windows. Intel Corporation is exclusively

responsible for the support of the Plug and Play Kit for MS-DOS

and Windows, including support during the installation phase.

In no event will Knowledge Dynamics Corp. provide any technical

support for the Plug and Play Kit for MS-DOS and Windows.

Other names and trademarks are the property of their respective

companies.

DOS ICU 1.44 Update i	Fixed an error that showed up in manufacturing with a test card and coun the field .  If in setup Setup/Advanced/PnP Configuration/Use ICU option is selected and Boot PnP OS is t to None, then po


Windows 95 and onboard Audio

There is a problem in the BIOS related to installing Windows 95 on Advanced/EV systems.  When installing Windows 95, disable the Joystick port in CMOS setup before the installation, and re-enable it after the installation.  Windows 95 maps two deviced to the same I/O space if you do not do this.  The rest of the installation process should proceed without difficulty.


32 Bit file access

32-bit file access, otherwise known as VFAT, is a 32-bit virtualized MS-DOS FAT file system. This is an enhanced version of the MS-DOS FAT file system that is normally used with Windows.  VGAT takes advantage of the protected mode on an 80386 or higher processor, which greatly enhances the file systems performance.  VFAT also increases the systems performance by using a protected mode cache as compared to a real mode cache provided by SMARTdrive.  There are several support issues with VFAT.

Many software utilities on the market today make INT26 calls which are not allowed when VFAT is enabled.  If an application tries to do this, the "call" will be trapped anda blue screen will come up to inform the user that this application will not work when VFAT is enabled.  The user then has the choice of either disabling VFAT or running the utility outside of WFWG.

By design, VFAT will only run on version 6.2 of MS-DOS DoubleSpace.  Users that have MS-DOS 6.0 will need to upgrade to version 6.2 or later.  VFAT will work with DriveSpace.

CAS modems will not be able to receive faxes while VFAT is enabled.  You may run into other unknown problems while VFAT is enabled.  If we find that disabling VFAT fixes an unknown problem, the call should be escalated to the WFWG Escalation team who will verify it and file a bug report against Windows 95.

Q.  I am running MS-DOS 6.0 and DBLSpace.  I just installed Windows for Workgroups 3.11.  When I try to turn on the 32-bit file access option, it is grayed out.  Why?

A.  In order to run 32-bit file access with DBLSpace you must upgrade your MS-DOS to version 6.2 or later.  This will be the only way to get 32-bit file access to work correctly with DBLSpace.

Q.  I am running WFWG 3.11 with 32-bit file access enabled but the 32-bit disk access option is grayed out... Why?

A.  This is because WFWG's setup program has determined that your hard drive/hard drive controller are not WD1003 compatible.  Because of this, 32-bit file access will be run over RMM.D32 which will map 32-bit calls to 16 bit drivers.


32-bit Disk Access (FastDisk)

32-bit disk access technology was developed for Windows 3.1 and works with any drive controller that is WD1003 compatible.  It allows Windows to bypass the BIOS and access the drive controller directly.  This allows better performance in Windows and MS-DOS applications running under Windows.  In WFWG 3.11, 32-bit disk access allows 32-bit file access to be a client to it instead of using the Real Mode Mapper (RMM.D32).  This allows 32-bit file access to run even faster.  If your drive controller/drive is not WD1003 compatible, contact your hardware vendor to see if they have a 32-bit disk access driver available.

Three conditions that may make your drive unable to do 32-bit disk access are:

1.  The drive is mapped as having more than 1024 sectors.

2.  Another drive on the chain does not support WD1003

3.  The drive does not support WD1003.


What Boards Support Processors Greater than 133 MHz

Support for new processor speeds greater than 133 MHz (exclusive of OverDrive processors) will require fab 7 or higher boards. Fab 7 boards can be recognized by the 3 digit extension on the PBA number. As an example a PBA number of 641508-504 is a fab 5 board, whereas a PBA number of 641508-821 is a fab 8 board revision. All boards will eventually switch to the fab 7 or higher boards as the fab 5 board stock is depleted. New board level products will all be built using exclusively fab 7 or higher boards. Only specific configurations of system level products not requiring fab 7 will contain fab 5 boards. The initial release products were fab 4 followed by fab 5. These boards will only support processor speeds through 133 MHz (exclusive of OverDrive processors). The current revision of the Advanced/EV boards being built, as of November 1995, are fab 8 and will support processor speeds in excess of 133 MHz.


The Advanced/EV Sound

Audio System Features

Vibra 16S Resources

System Board Audio Connectors

Disabling The Onboard Sound Resources

Audio System Windows Applications  For Windows 3.1x

Drivers For Various Operating Systems

Additional information


Audio System Features

The Advanced/EV comes equipped with the an onboard 16-bit audio component from Creative Labs Corporation, the Vibra 16S.  The software that comes with the system includes several audio applications.

The audio system provides the following features:

•	Support for major sound standards:  Sound Blaster Pro, Multimedia PC Level II, Ad Lib, MPCII, and Roland MPU-401 UART.

•	16-bit and 8-bit stereo digital sound recording and playback

•	Analog/digital stereo mixer with 8-step volume control

•	Sampling rates of 5 KHz to 44.1 KHz in 228 steps

•	Yamaha OPL3 stereo FM music synthesizer

•	MIDI/dual game port interface

•	Windows applications for the audio system


Vibra 16S Resources

The Vibra 16S is non-plug and play and has been implemented as a baseboard legacy device. This means that there is a device node defined for the Vibra 16S and the BIOS must configure it. Although it is not a plug and play device, the Vibra 16S is very flexible in that it accommodates a variety of I/O addresses, DMA channels and interrupts.

The audio subsystem requires up to two DMA channels (to support full duplex operation) and one interrupt. When the Vibra 16S is programmed for full duplex operation, two DMA channels are assigned: one of the channels will be a 16-bit channel and the other will be 8 bits. The system can be configured to use either DMA channels 1 or 3 (8 bit channels) and DMA channels 5 or 7 (16 bit channels). The interrupt can be mapped to IRQ 5, 7, 9, or 10. The base address register is also configurable for a variety of base addresses ranging from I/O address 220 through address 280.

Base Address (software configured)

220H - 233H(Default) or

240H - 253H or

260H - 273H or

280H - 293H

FM Address (fixed)

388H - 38BH

Joystick Address/Game Port (fixed)

200H - 207H

MPU-401 Address (software configured)

300H - 301H or

330H - 331H (default)

MPU-401 Enable (software configured)

Default is disabled

Joystick Enable (software configured)

Default Enabled

Interrupt (Software configured)

IRQ2/9 or

IRQ5 (default) or

IRQ7 or

IRQ10

8-bit DMA Channel (software configured)

DMA Channel 1 (default) or

DMA Channel 3

16-bit DMA Channel (software configured)

DMA channel 5 (default)

DMA channel 7


System Board Audio Connectors

There are two audio-related connectors on the system board: the audio I/O panel connector and the CD-ROM-to-audio interface connector.  The connectors are briefly described below.

Audio I/O Panel Accepts

This connector contains the audio I/O panel riser card.  The riser card provides the I/O connectors on the system back panel that allow you to connect speakers, microphone,  and so on to the audio system.

CD-ROM-to-Audio Interface Connector

If you install a CD-ROM drive in the system, this 4-pin connector makes it possible to connect the audio from a CD-ROM drive to the audio system mixer.  This connector is compatible with the CD-ROM-to-audio cable supplied with most CD-ROM drives.

Back Panel Audio I/O Connectors

The audio panel at the back of the system provides a 15-pin MIDI/dual game port and 3.5 mm microphone, line-in and line-out jacks.  Figure 1 shows the audio system I/O connectors for the desktop system and Figure 2 the connectors for the Mini-Tower system.

Note: The audio output is connected to the system's internal speaker.  The audio is redirected to the line-out jack when speakers or headphones are plugged into this jack.  The line-out jack in not amplified, which means that it will power most headphones fine, but if speakers are used, they will need to be amplified.

Related Topics:

Back Panel Audio Connectors on the Desktop System Figure 1

Back Panel Audio Connectors on the Mini-Tower System Figure 2


Back Panel Audio Connectors on the Desktop System Figure 1

Figure 1. Back Panel Audio Connectors on the Desktop System

a - Microphone jack

b - Line-in jack

c - Line-out/active speaker jack/headphone jack

d - MIDI/dual game


Back Panel Audio Connectors on the Mini-Tower System Figure 2

Figure 2. Back Panel Audio Connectors on the Mini-Tower System

a - MIDI/dual game port

b - Line-out/active speaker jack/headphone jack

c - Line-in jack

d - Microphone jack


Disabling The Onboard Sound Resources

To DISABLE the Vibra 16S chipset in DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows NT, go to the Advanced menu in the BIOS Setup and change the Audio Configuration to disabled.

This will release the resources used by this chipset and facilitate the use of other add-in sound solutions.


Audio System Windows Applications  For Windows 3.1x

The following paragraphs describe the Windows applications that  come with your Creative audio system.  For more information about each application, refer to the Windows help that comes with each application.

* Creative WaveStudio - This application makes it possible to record, play, and edit 8-bit and 16-bit sound files (.wav) from Windows.  To start WaveStudio, open the Creative program group in Windows and double-click on the WaveStudio icon.

* Creative EnsembleAV - This application provides the following audio players:

EnsembleCD for playing audio CDs (if you have a CD-ROM drive installed)

EnsembelWave for playing wave files, or recording from a CD or a MIDI file

EnsembleMIDI for playing MIDI files

EnsembleAV includes an on-screen remote control that allows you to control the above players, or you can operate each player independently.

* Creative Sound o'LE - Sound o'LE provides a control window with six buttons with which you can play, record, and alter wave files.  This application supports Object Linking and Embedding (OLE).  OLE makes it possible for you to insert sound into other Windows applications by linking or embedding them.  (For more information about Object Linking and Embedding, refer to your Microsoft Windows manual.)

* Creative Mixer - Creative Mixer makes it possible to combine and control sound from various audio sources.  Mixer allows you to control the volume of an audio source, and select and mix different audio sources during recording and playback.

* Creative Mosaic - This application is a game where you are challenged to arrange a set of tiles in the correct order in the minimum number of moves.

* Audio System MS-DOS Utilities - The Creative audio system also provides several utilities that run from the MS-DOS  operating system environment.  The following paragraphs describe each MS-DOS utility.

* PLAY Utility - The PLAY utility makes it possible to play audio CDs and sound files.  To start the PLAY utility go to your audio directory and type: "PLAY  filename". In this example, filename represents an audio file name.  To get more information about PLAY type: "PLAY /H".

* RECORD utility - With the RECORD utility you can record sound to a Microsoft Wave (.wav) or Creative Voice (.voc) file by specifying the file type and recording parameters, such as sampling rate and recording mode.   To start the RECORD utility go to your audio directory and type: "RECORD  filename". In this example, filename represents an audio file name.  Normally the file name will include the file extension,  .wav for a Microsoft Wave file or .voc for a Creative Voice file.  To get more information about specifying other recording parameters for the RECORD utility, type: "RECORD /H".

* MIXERSET utility - MIXERSET allows you to control the Mixer settings of the 16-bit audio system.  With the mixer, you can control the volume of various audio sources supported by the audio system. To start MIXERSET, go to the audio directory and type: "MIXERSET switches". In this example, switches represents one or more command switch settings that can be  used with the MIXERSET command, to specify volume, balance, and so on. You can also run MIXERSET from a control screen.  To start the MIXERSET control screen, type: "MIXERSET". For more information about the MIXERSET command, including a description of the switches, go to your audio directory and type: "MIXERSET  /H".

* QuickCD utility - QuickCD provides an interactive interface that allows you to play audio CDs through your CD-ROM drive (if one is installed).  To start QuickCd, go to your audio directory and type: "QCD".


Drivers For Various Operating Systems

Overview:

The Vibra 16S chipset, as implemented in the Advanced/EV baseboard, functions very much like any traditional add-in sound board.  The main difference is that the resource settings: base I/O address, DMA channel, IRQ, and feature enable/disable are set through the BIOS Setup under the Advanced menu, Audio Configuration.  Use the BIOS Setup to modify these resources - software modifications may not work properly.

Note:  The 4 diskette driver set for the Vibra16S chipset is only for DOS and Windows 3.1x !  Do not try to load the Vibra16S driver pack under Windows '95.  Though a running version of Windows 3.1x with sound can be upgraded to Windows '95 without issue, do not try to install the DOS and Windows 3.1x drivers directly in Windows '95.

The following is a look at how the Vibra16S in the Advanced/EV functions in different operating systems.

Intel will occasionally post new or improved drivers on the Intel BBS. Please check as needed for new drivers.

Related Topics:

DOS

Windows 3.x And WFW

Windows NT 3.5

Windows '95

Other Operating Systems


DOS

Most DOS applications work fine without special sound drivers loaded.  If a particular DOS program does not auto-detect the Vibra 16S chipset, one can generally manually tell the system what the sound is and which settings to use.  Check the Vibra 16S resource map for the default settings or the TPS.

If the Vibra 16S chipset is not listed explicitly as a choice, using a Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster Pro, or Sound Blaster compatible choice works fine.

If one does load the Vibra 16S drivers, the user will then have access to some DOS utilities with which they can affect changes to the card features (like volume) and the added configuration lines like SET BLASTER and loaded drivers help DOS based programs locate and configure the Vibra 16S chipset. (i.e. one may have to manually enter the Vibra16S settings less often)


Windows 3.x And WFW

Installation of the Vibra 16S drivers from the 4 diskette driver set is required.   However, the ICU, either DOS or Windows version, must be installed first.  The Vibra 16S installation program checks to see if the configuration manager has been installed by looking for the following line in the config.sys file: DEVICE=path\DWCFGMG.SYS

These Vibra 16S diskettes install the necessary drivers for Windows to function with sound and the handy multi-media applets like volume controls, sound editors and players.


Windows NT 3.5

One needs to use drivers that ship with Windows NT 3.xx

to install:

go to Control Panels in the Main program group

choose Drivers

choose add...

add the Creative Labs 1.x,Pro,16,AWE32 driver

choose OK and reboot

The DOS and Windows Vibra 16S drivers will not work correctly under Windows NT, this is why one needs to use the Windows NT native drivers and applets.


Windows '95

If the most recent version of BIOS is installed on the Advanced/EV and Windows '95 is being installed for the first time, there should be no issue. One should just let Windows '95 auto-detect the sound and install it's own drivers.  The only note is:

During the installation of Windows 95, the Windows 95 Setup Wizard comes up with the following dialog box:

Analyzing Your Computer

Setup will check to see what kind of hardware is in your computer.  If

you have any of the following devices, click the check box next to the

item.  Then click Next to continue.

CD-ROM Drive

Network Adapter

Sound, MIDI, or Video Capture Card

The above options may vary depending on the system configuration, but on the EV, the option for "Sound, MIDI, or Video Capture Card" will show up.  If this box IS checked, the sound and joystick should install correctly.  If this box IS NOT checked, the sound is detected and installed, but the game port is not installed or configured. To install the devices properly Windows '95 will need to be reinstalled, with the above mentioned check box  selected.

If BIOS version 1.00.02.CB0 is being used and Windows '95 is being installed for the first time,  there will be a conflict with the defaults set by Windows 95.  The sound driver and the game port will both be set to use I/O port  0200-0207.

If this problem is encountered: It is recommended that the BIOS be upgraded from version 1.00.02.CB0 to BIOS version 1.00.03.CB0. After BIOS upgrade, do a NVRAM clear (dip switch #4). Follow the instructions for BIOS version 1.00.03.CB0 Windows '95 install from above.

Note: If Windows '95 has already been installed, uninstall Windows '95 or format hard drive, and repeat the steps outlined above. If the user has BIOS 1.00.02.CB0 and is not going to upgrade the BIOS to 1.00.03.CB0 do the following:

Before installing Windows '95

Go into BIOS Setup (hit F1 during bootup)

Go to Advanced menu (right arrow key)

Move to the Audio Configuration sub-menu

Set Configuration Mode to Manual

Go to Joystick Address and set to disable

F10 to save configuration and boot system

Install Windows '95 completely

You must ensure durring the installation that the box is checked to enable sound detection at the stage where Windows 95 reports that it is analyzing your computer.  After installation, go to the BIOS Setup and re-enable the Joystick Address. The sound should be functioning at this point.  The joystick port, however, will still not function properly. The only known work-around is to upgrade to BIOS version 1.00.03.CB0 and follow the installation instructions above.


Other Operating Systems

Most other non-DOS operating systems that have multi-media support, like OS/2,  use a similar method of installation as Windows NT.  This means using the included drivers and installing some form of  Creative Labs 1.x,Pro,16,AWE32 driver.  I have not tested any other non-DOS operating systems.


Additional information

In the Advanced/EV TPS versions 1.0 and 2.0 have the following paragraph under the Audio Subsystem, sub-heading Audio I/O Access:

An additional connector located on the audio I/O module allows routing of the audio jacks to the front of the chassis so it can be connected to a front panel audio module that  would allows easier access to the audio jacks along with a mute button and infrared interface. This additional connector should be listed as optional.  Intel/OPSD has not implemented this option as part of  the standard line of Advanced/EV products.


Orderable Spare Parts

Intel Part No.	Manufacture/Part Number	Description
Components:
455114-003	TEAC/FD-235HF-4291	3.5 FD 1.44 MB
629588-001	Astec/SA201-3485-226	Green 200W PSU
Cables:
518761-003	Molex	Floppy Cable
619398-001	Molex	IDE Cable
612251-001	Molex	Serial Cable
612252-001	Molex	Parallel Cable
Chassis:
622628-004	Not Available	Chassis Assy. (no bezel)
623438-003	Suckle Corp./623438-003	Front Bezel Assy.
622626-004	Not Available	Top Cover Assy.
619616-002	Suckle Corp./619616-002	AT I/O Backpanel
619615-002	Suckle Corp./619615-002	PS/2 I/O Backpanel
623114-001	Bermo/10240-01 Suckle Corp./623114-001	PS/2 EMI Gaskets
619617-002	Not Available	5.25 EMI Filler Panel
617666-002	Not Available	5.25 Bezel Filler Panel
623117-001	Not Available	3.5 Bezel Filler Panel
622627-003	Suckle Corp./622627-003	Front 3.5 Drive Bay
619609-001	Bermo/10207-02 Suckle Corp./619609-001	Rear 3.5 Drive Bay
624029-002	Not Available	LED/Fan/Speaker/Crd Guide


Intel CPU Errata

5.  SMI# and FLUSH# during Shutdown

6.  No shutdown after IERR#

8.  Processor core may not serialize on bus idle

9. SMIACT# Premature Assertion during Replacement Writeback Cycle

10. STPCLK# Deassertion Not Recognized for 5 CLKs after BRDY# Returned

11. Future Pentium OverDrive Processor FERR# Contention in Two Socket Systems

12. Code cache lines are not invalidated if snooped during AutoHALT or Stop Grant states

13. STPCLK# assertion during execution of the HALT instruction hangs system

16.  FRC mode miscompare due to uninitialized internal register

17.  STPCLK# restrictions during EWBE#

20.  Overflow Undetected on Some Numbers on FIST

21.  Six Operands Result in Unexpected FIST Operation

22.  Snoop With Table-Walk Violation May Not Invalidate Snooped Line

23.  Slight Precision Loss for Floating-point Divides on Specific Operand Pairs

24.  FLUSH#, INIT or Machine Check Dropped Due to Floating-point Exception

25.  Floating-point Operations May Clear Alignment Check Bit

26.  CMPXCHG8B Across Page Boundary May Cause Invalid Opcode Exception

27.  Single Step Debug Exception Breaks Out of HALT

28.  Branch Trace Message Corruption in Slow Trace Mode

29.  FRC Lock Step Failure During APIC Write

30.  BE4#-BE0# Sampled Incorrectly at Min Vih

31.  Incorrect PCHK# Output During Boundary Scan if in DP Mode

32.  EIP Altered After Specific FP Operations Followed by MOV Sreg, Reg

33.  WRMSR Into Illegal MSR Does Not Generate GP Fault

34.  Inconsistent Data Cache State From Concurrent Snoop and Memory Write

35.  BE3#-BE0# Not Driven During Boundary Scan if RESET High

37.  Second Assertion of FLUSH# Not Ignored

38.  Segment Limit Violation by FPU Operand May Corrupt FPU State

40.  Excessive Current in Stop Clock State

41.  STPCLK# Buffer Samples Incorrectly During Boundary Scan Testing

43.  Data Breakpoint Deviations

46.  BUSCHK# Interrupt Has Wrong Priority

47.  BF and CPUTYP Buffers Sample Incorrectly During Boundary Scan Testing

48.  Matched But Disabled Data Breakpoint Can Be Lost By STPCLK# Assertion

DP1-DP13  Dual Processor system errata

AP1-AP12 APIC errata

TCP1-2


5.  SMI# and FLUSH# during Shutdown

WORKAROUND: The Advanced/MN motherboard does not use the FLUSH# signal.

STATUS: Not an issue.  Fixed in C2 stepping.


6.  No shutdown after IERR#

WORKAROUND: See Note A following this table.

STATUS: Not Worked around. Fixed in C2 stepping.


8.  Processor core may not serialize on bus idle

WORKAROUND: This errata was fixed with the B3 stepping of the 75/90/100 Mhz Pentium Processor.  The Advanced/EV motherboard ships with post B3 CPUs and this errata does not apply.

STATUS: Not an issue.  Fixed in B3 stepping.


9. SMIACT# Premature Assertion during Replacement Writeback Cycle

WORKAROUND: A motherboard is susceptible to this errata only if SMM space is  mapped over cacheable memory.  On the Advanced/EV motherboard SMM space is mapped over non-cached Video RAM, hence this is not an issue.

STATUS: This has been worked around.  Fixed in C2 stepping.


10. STPCLK# Deassertion Not Recognized for 5 CLKs after BRDY# Returned

WORKAROUND: The Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS on the Advanced/EV  motherboard has been implemented in a manner such that STPCLK# is not used.

STATUS: This has been worked around.


 11. Future Pentium OverDrive Processor FERR# Contention in Two Socket Systems

WORKAROUND: This errata is only relevant for motherboards which employ two sockets.  The Advanced/EV motherboard employs a single socket.

STATUS: This is not an issue. Fixed in C2 stepping.


12. Code cache lines are not invalidated if snooped during AutoHALT or Stop Grant states

WORKAROUND: This errata was fixed with the B3 stepping of the 75/90/100 Mhz Pentium Processor.  The Advanced/EV motherboard ships with post B3 CPUs and this errata does not apply.

STATUS: This is not an issue. Fixed in B3 stepping.


13. STPCLK# assertion during execution of the HALT instruction hangs system

WORKAROUND: The Advanced/EV  APM code has been implemented in a manner such that STPCLK# is not used.

STATUS: This has been worked around. Fixed in B3 stepping.


16.  FRC mode miscompare due to uninitialized internal register

WORKAROUND: This problem only has implications in dual processor fault tolerant machines which employ FRC (Functional Redundancy Checking) on a cycle by cycle basis.  The Advanced/EV  motherboard is uni-processor and does not operate in this mode.

STATUS: Not an issue.


17.  STPCLK# restrictions during EWBE#

WORKAROUND: The Advanced/EV motherboard APM code has been implemented in a manner such that STPCLK# is not used, hence this is not an issue.

STATUS: This is not an issue


20.  Overflow Undetected on Some Numbers on FIST

WORKAROUND:  This erratum requires a software workaround.  Refer to the Pentium Processor Specification Update for details of the software workaround.

STATUS:  Not an issue for a board-level product.  Fixed in C2 stepping.


21.  Six Operands Result in Unexpected FIST Operation

WORKAROUND:  This erratum requires a software workaround.  Refer to the Pentium Processor Specification Update for details of the software workaround.

STATUS:  Not an issue for a board-level product.  Fixed in C2 stepping.


22.  Snoop With Table-Walk Violation May Not Invalidate Snooped Line

WORKAROUND:  This erratum requires a software workaround. Refer to the Pentium Processor Specification Update for details of the software workaround.

STATUS:  Not an issue for the Advanced/EV.  This errata was fixed in the B3 stepping.  The Advanced/EV motherboard ships with post B3 CPUs and this erratum does not apply.


23.  Slight Precision Loss for Floating-point Divides on Specific Operand Pairs

WORKAROUND: The Advanced/EV motherboard ships with B5 or later CPUs and this errata does not apply.

STATUS:  Not an issue for the Advanced/EV.  This erratum was fixed in the B5 stepping.


24.  FLUSH#, INIT or Machine Check Dropped Due to Floating-point Exception

WORKAROUND:  None identified at this time.

STATUS:  Fixed in stepping C2.


25.  Floating-point Operations May Clear Alignment Check Bit

WORKAROUND:  None needed.  The alignment check bit is only used by code developers.  Operating systems and applications will not be affected by this erratum.

STATUS:  This will be fixed in a future stepping of the CPU.


26.  CMPXCHG8B Across Page Boundary May Cause Invalid Opcode Exception

WORKAROUND:  This erratum requires a software workaround. Refer to the Pentium Processor Specification Update for details of the software workaround.

STATUS:  Not an issue for a board-level product.


27.  Single Step Debug Exception Breaks Out of HALT

WORKAROUND:  None identified at this time.

STATUS:  Fixed in stepping C2.


28.  Branch Trace Message Corruption in Slow Trace Mode

WORKAROUND:  Use fast trace mode instead of slow trace mode. Operating systems and applications will not be affected by this erratum.

STATUS:  Fixed in stepping C2.


29.  FRC Lock Step Failure During APIC Write

WORKAROUND:  The Advanced/EV motherboard does not use the APIC.

STATUS:  Not an issue.


30.  BE4#-BE0# Sampled Incorrectly at Min Vih

WORKAROUND:  This erratum only affects boundary scan operations on the Advanced/EV motherboard.  Any OEM using boundary scan as part of an automated test environment should insure that a minimum Input High Voltage (Vih) of 3.0v @ 6ma is driven onto pins BE4#-BE0# to insure read of a logical "1".

Otherwise, if testing boundary scan in a system environment which does not meet the above criteria, these pins can be left untested by marking these pins as "INTERNAL" in the BSDL file.

STATUS:  This will be fixed in a future stepping of the CPU.


31.  Incorrect PCHK# Output During Boundary Scan if in DP Mode

WORKAROUND: This erratum is only relevant for motherboards which employ dual processors

STATUS: Not an issue.


32.  EIP Altered After Specific FP Operations Followed by MOV Sreg, Reg

WORKAROUND:  This erratum requires a software workaround. Refer to the Pentium Processor Specification Update for details of the software workaround.

STATUS:  Not an issue for a board-level product


33.  WRMSR Into Illegal MSR Does Not Generate GP Fault

WORKAROUND:  This erratum requires a software workaround. Refer to the Pentium Processor Specification Update for details of the software workaround.

STATUS:  Not an issue for a board-level product


34.  Inconsistent Data Cache State From Concurrent Snoop and Memory Write

WORKAROUND:  The Advanced/EV motherboard  uses the lookaside L2 cache in the 82430FX PCIsets and is not affected by this erratum.

STATUS:  Not an issue.


35.  BE3#-BE0# Not Driven During Boundary Scan if RESET High

WORKAROUND:  This erratum only affects boundary scan operations on the Advanced/EV motherboard.  Any OEM using boundary scan as part of an automated test environment should leave these pins untested by marking these pins as "INTERNAL" in the BSDL file.

STATUS:  This erratum was fixed in stepping C2.


37.  Second Assertion of FLUSH# Not Ignored

WORKAROUND: The design of the Advanced/EV motherboard always holds the FLUSH# signal high.

STATUS: Not an issue.


38.  Segment Limit Violation by FPU Operand May Corrupt FPU State

WORKAROUND:  This erratum requires a software workaround. Refer to the Pentium Processor Specification Update for details of the software workaround.

STATUS:  Not an issue for a board-level product


40.  Excessive Current in Stop Clock State

WORKAROUND:. The design of the Advanced/EV motherboard does not use the Stop Clock State in its APM implementation.

STATUS:  Not an issue.


41.  STPCLK# Buffer Samples Incorrectly During Boundary Scan Testing

WORKAROUND:  This erratum only affects boundary scan operations on the Advanced/EV motherboard.  Any OEM using boundary scan as part of an automated test environment should leave this pin untested by marking it as "INTERNAL" in the BSDL file.

STATUS:  This erratum will be fixed in a future stepping.


43.  Data Breakpoint Deviations

WORKAROUND:  None needed.  Data breakpoints are normally only used by code developers.  Operating systems and applications will not be affected by this erratum.

STATUS:  This will not be fixed.


46.  BUSCHK# Interrupt Has Wrong Priority

WORKAROUND: The design of the Advanced/EV motherboard always holds the BUSCHK# signal high.

STATUS: Not an issue.


47.  BF and CPUTYP Buffers Sample Incorrectly During Boundary Scan Testing

WORKAROUND:  None needed.  These buffers are normally only used by code developers.  Operating systems and applications will not be affected by this erratum.

STATUS:  This was fixed in stepping cB2.


48.  Matched But Disabled Data Breakpoint Can Be Lost By STPCLK# Assertion

WORKAROUND: The design of the Advanced/EV motherboard never asserts the STPCLK# signal.

STATUS: Not an issue.


DP1-DP13  Dual Processor system errata

WORKAROUND: These errata are only relevant for motherboards which employ dual processors

STATUS: Not an issue.


AP1-AP12 APIC errata

WORKAROUND: These errata are only relevant for motherboards which employ dual processors and the Pentium APIC.  The Advanced/EV motherboard is uni-processor and disables the APIC in hardware.

STATUS: Not an issue.


TCP1-2

WORKAROUND: These errata only apply to systems which use the TCP package.  The Advanced/EV motherboard does not use a TCP package.

STATUS: Not an issue


PCIset Errata

1   Locked PCI cycles by the A-1 Stepping of the 82437FX  TSC to a retrying PCI target do not function properly.

PROBLEM:  The A-1 stepping of the TSC component, the 82437FX, did not properly terminate locked cycles under certain conditions.  The improperly terminated cycle can result in a system lock-up.  Video cards are especially subject to this erratum.

Most video card vendors have rewritten their drivers based on our previous disclosure of this erratum so that the instructions that can cause this lockup are not used.  However, the default standard VGA driver for Windows '95 may cause this lockup under certain conditions.

WORKAROUND:  Copy the alternate Windows '95 VGA driver (named VGA.DRV) from the \drivers\display\vga subdirectory of the Windows '95 installation disk into the windows\system subdirectory on your hard drive.

STATUS:  This erratum has been fixed in the A-2 stepping of the 82437FX TSC component.


Audio Errata

3688  **AUDIO** Two Microprose games produce popping on Advanced/EV

3686  **AUDIO** MCS Stereo mixer causes problems w/ Vibra16 audio

3684  **AUDIO** Hell Cab produces static w/ Advanced/EV on-board Vibra16

3669  **AUDIO** Vibra16 reveals static in Critical Path & Descent demos

3748  **AUDIO** Mortal Kombat randomly loses digital effects on Advanced/EV

3750  **AUDIO** Nascar produces static at start of 2nd & 3rd races on Advanced/EV

3751  **AUDIO** Multiple applications produce static & popping on Advanced/EV

4260  Onboard SB 16 Vibra fails to initialize low DMA channel.

4270  Windows NT 3.51 CD-ROM Audio Certification and AudioManual tests fail

Vibra16 full duplex mode

4592 Loadhigh problems with the audio drivers


3688  **AUDIO** Two Microprose games produce popping on Advanced/EV

PROBLEM: Advanced/EV's on-board audio (Vibra16) will produce an audio pop in MicroProse's Master of Magic (v1.3.1) and Master of Orion (v1.3) games. In either game, there is a noticeable audio pop in the transition from the introduction to the game menu. This pop is also present in the transition from the game to the menu. The rest of the game plays without incident." 3689 "Win NT 3.5 Multimedia Wave Input test is not muted with on-board sound" "The Windows NT 3.5 Multimedia Wave Input test is part of the HCT test suite supplied by Microsoft. It is a WaveAudio test application that verifies that a PCM audio device driver works correctly by first recording and then replaying an internal audio signal. Normally this signal is muted during the test, but on the Advanced/EV platform using the on-board Creative Labs sound chipset the signal is not muted and can be heard through the speakers. As verification, a SoundBlaster 16 Value card was installed and the on- board sound chip disabled. The same test was run with no problems. The settings for both on-board and add-in sound were: Base I/O Addr: 220-233h MPU401 (MIDI) I/O Addr: 330-331h Joystick I/O Addr: 200-207h FM I/O Addr: 388-38Bh 8-Bit DMA: 1 16-Bit DMA: 5 IRQ: 5

WORKAROUND: See Note A:


3686  **AUDIO** MCS Stereo mixer causes problems w/ Vibra16 audio

PROBLEM: Animation's MCS Stereo (v1.05) mixer will not work with the Advanced/EV's on-board audio (Vibra16) in Windows 3.11. After installing and starting MCS Stereo v1.05, the audio mixer controls are missing from the stereo rack display. Attempts at using the Vibra16 Creative Mixer (v4.32) at this point results in the following error window: Creative Mixer Error Creative mixer auxiliary device driver is not loaded. After clicking on the OK button, the following error window appeared: Creative Mixer Error Make sure that the entries AUX=<aux driver name>, MIXER=<aux driver name>are under the [DRIVERS] section and the entry DRIVER=MSMIXMGR.DLL is under the [BOOT] section in the SYSTEM.INI. Clicking the OK button returns back to the program manager. During the installation MCS, sound card selection of Sound Blaster 16 ASP, Sound Blaster Pro, or Unlisted Sound Board still results in the absence of the MCS mixer. Reinstalling MCS without deleting the first installation will successfully install the MCS mixer. This lack of the MCS mixer was seen on the Aladdin and Advanced/EV with on-board Crystal audio.

WORKAROUND: Intel ships an ENSEMBLE product that has comparable functionality to the MCS software.  Customers should use ENSEMBLE.


3684  **AUDIO** Hell Cab produces static w/ Advanced/EV on-board Vibra16

PROBLEM: Time Warner's Hellcab produces static when playing the game on the Advanced/EV using the on-board Vibra16 audio. At the gate of hell , static is produced in the background as the devil talks. This static is present on a reference platform using a Sound Blaster 16 but, the static is more noticeable on the Advanced/EV with on-board Vibra16 audio

WORKAROUND:  See Note A:


3669  **AUDIO** Vibra16 reveals static in Critical Path & Descent demos

PROBLEM: When running the supplied demos of the Windows game Critical Path and the DOS game Descent, high frequency static is detected. Critical path reveals loud scratchy static during the villan's laugh and when Kat is screaming for help. Descent reveals the same sounds during heavy battle periods, where multiple explosions and firing is taking place in any of the three demo files. The scratching static is very similar to the sound of a stylus being dragged across a vinyl album. These sounds are hard to reproduce during actual play since the intensity and combination of the sounds appears to cause the problem

Workaround: See Note A:


3748  **AUDIO** Mortal Kombat randomly loses digital effects on Advanced/EV

PROBLEM: Mortal Kombat (MK) randomly loses digital sound effects on the Advanced/EV  with onboard sound, Vibra16 (drivers v beta 1-C).  When playing MK, the narrator's voice will disappear at various points  in the game. Once the voice disappears, it does not come back unless  the game is restarted.

WORKAROUND: See Note A:


3750  **AUDIO** Nascar produces static at start of 2nd & 3rd races on Advanced/EV

PROBLEM: Nascar Racing produces static when starting the second or third race of  a game on the Advanced/EV with onboard audio, Vibra16 (drv v beta 1-C).  After completing the first race, the start of the second race or  warmup will produce excessive static from the engine sound effect.

 This static is also present in the start of the third race.

WORKAROUND: This is third party issue.


3751  **AUDIO** Multiple applications produce static & popping on Advanced/EV

PROBLEM: Origin's Strike Commander, TV Guide Multimedia Crossword Puzzles Vol 1,  and Activision's Return To Zork 1.2 all produce static and popping  noises on the Advanced/EV with onboard sound, Vibra16 (drivers v beta  1-C).

A loud audio pop is produced at the start of Strike Commander with some  popping noise produced between some games scenes.  In TV Guide Puzzles, there a fair amount of popping and static heard  while in Return To Zork, some popping occurs in the intro along  scratchy voices.

WORKAROUND: This is a known Creative problem, received a letter from Creative acknowledging the issue.


4260  Onboard SB 16 Vibra fails to initialize low DMA channel.

PROBLEM: The onboard Sound Blaster 16 Vibra sound system fails to initialize a  low DMA channel on the Advanced EV baseboard.

While attempting to setup Windows 95 the onboard sound failed to  initialize correctly.  The drive was reformatted. DOS and the drivers for the VIBRA sound system were installed.  After resetting the system the error message "INVALID BLASTER = /D:???" was displayed. The diagnostics for the VIBRA were run, and were unable to assign any free low DMA channels for use.  An add-in Sound Blaster 16 Vibra was installed at the same settings and worked as expected.

WORKAROUND: Fixed in Bios Beta 3.02


4270  Windows NT 3.51 CD-ROM Audio Certification and AudioManual tests fail

PROBLEM: The CD_ROM (Audio Cert) and CD-ROM (Audio Manual) tests from the HCT test suite both test the functionality of the CD-ROM selecting and  playing random audio tracts. The CD-ROM (Audio Cert) test executes various function call and verifies the results automatically while the CD-ROM (Audio Manual) relies on manual verification from the user.

A Sony CDU76E IDE CD-ROM was used in testing for this particular run. The first configuration tested had both hard drives on the primary IDE channel, while the CD-ROM was alone on the secondary IDE channel.  When  these tests are run on this configuration the system reports several errors. The errors arose when the CD-ROM function calls would request a certain track number and position, but a different track number would be returned by the hardware. The tests mentioned above also fail when the CD-ROM is moved to a slave  position on the primary IDE channel beneath the Conner hard drive, and  the Maxtor is moved to the secondary IDE channel

WORKAROUND: None at this time.

STATUS: Currently under investigation.


Vibra16 full duplex mode

PROBLEM: The Vibra16 is programmed for full duplex operation.  Two DMA channels are assigned: one is a 16-bit channel & other 8-bit channel.  Due to this, speech recognition may not be as precise as it would otherwise be.  Everything is functional.  This issue is covered in the Technical Products Summary.


4592 Loadhigh problems with the audio drivers

PROBLEM: System hangs &  spontaneous reboot cycles were observed when attempting to LOADHIGH the Advanced EV Vibra16 audio drivers.  The problem occur when we execute LH C:\VIBRA16\DIAGNOSE/S/W=C:\WINDOWS ( in conjunction with MS-DOS v6.22's EMM386.EXE).  We tried excluding the memory region A000-EFFF from EMM386.EXE in the config.sys, but this did not correct the system hang and the reboot problems.  Note that when DIAGNOSE is loaded normally(without LOADHIGH), the system operates without error.

WORK AROUND: Works fine if the memory region A000-EFFF is excluded from EMM386.exe

* NOTE A:  This is a known Creative problem, got a letter from Creative acknowledging the issue.


BIOS Issues

3679  ADVANCED/EV BIOS PCI support runtime error

3695  ADVANCED/EV Parallel port doesn't run EPP speed - not supported by Xircom

3540  APM Mouse Hang

3812  PNP ICU/Windows95 hangs system

3813  Windows95 with Advanced/EV cause conflict in vibra16 drivers

3857  Windows 95 can't correctly install joystick driver

3858  Plug and Play card lock is not maintained across system reboot

3929  Using PnPOS=Win'95 causes "Primary Boot Device Not Found" error

4045  PnP Win95 build 950 r3 loses CD-ROM during installation.

3716  Serial Mouse does not wake monitor screen after APM shutdown in OS/2

4434  BCR - Removal of processor speed detection for standard Advanced EV

4274  Hard drive receives wrong identification from Windows NT

4399 Plug-N-Play sections of the IAL BIOS Screening Test Fail.

4411 Non-standard loading procedures required to load and run OS/2 V2.11


3679  ADVANCED/EV BIOS PCI support runtime error

PROBLEM: When the PCI BIOS read byte, read word, or read dword function is called with a valid offset and an invalid bus number, the function does not behave as expected. In these cases, the BIOS returns with the carry flag set and an error code indicating that a bad register number was passed to the call. Under these conditions, the BIOS should not set the carry flag and return an error code. Instead it should simply perform the operation on the PCI bus (which will result in an abort) and return the data (which will have each bit set) as appropriate to the caller.

WORKAROUND: This happens when the BIOS sends data to an invalid PCI bus number.  If this happens, the BIOS incorrectly handles the data.  Fixed in Beta 3.01 of the Bios.


3695  ADVANCED/EV Parallel port doesn't run EPP speed - not supported by Xircom

PROBLEM: The EPP enhancement of the parallel port is tested in the Novell networking area by running the Xircom Pocket Adapter line of network cards. In this case the token ring model was used connected to the parallel port. The BIOS menu gives 4 selections for parallel port mode. The EPP mode should be appropriate for this test, but the throughput results with the network card is much slower than expected. Running Xircom's diagnostics report EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Interrupt 17h Extensions V1.12. This computer is either equipped with Enhanced Parallel Port hardware or the computer's implementation of EPP is currently not supported by Xircom. Xircom technical support claims we should expect ~400KB in compatible mode and ~800KB throughput with EPP. A bus type token ring card, running 16Mb such as this one, runs at about ~1.5MB throughput. Here's the results with Advanced/EV (all throughput data reported by Novell's NWTEST): BIOS mode System throughput Compatible 140KB, EPP 140KB, Bi-directional 280KB

WORKAROUND:The Xircom adapter expects the presence of an EPP BIOS in the system to work in the EPP mode.  The Advanced EV product does not come with an EPP BIOS, thus does not support the Xircom pocket adapter in the EPP mode.  The adapter works properly in the bi-directional & compatible mode.  The product specification states that an EPP BIOS TSR or device driver must be loaded in order for EPP mode to function.  Xircom does not supply an EPP BIOS TSR for the user to install.  The user needs to get a device driver that works with the Xircom card.


3540  APM Mouse Hang

PROBLEM: With Power management enabled in the BIOS, if the DOS APM driver (POWER.EXE) is loaded along with the MS mouse driver, the system will hang while the mouse driver is loading. If the APM driver or the Mouse driver are remmed out in configuration files the system will boot. If Power management is disabled in the BIOS the system will boot. Disabling just the IDE Power Down or VESA Power Down do not resolve the problem. This is consistent with B5 and C2 CPU steppings at speeds of 75/90 and 100 Mhz. Disabling cache does not help.

Tried installing the DOSPM.EXE (Ver= Beta 0.6)before the mouse driver in autoexec.bat, but the system still locks up while loading the mouse driver. If PM is disabled in the BIOS, DOSPM.EXE will not be installed.

WORKAROUND: Fixed in Beta 3.01 of  the Bios.


3812  PNP ICU/Windows95 hangs system

PROBLEM: When choosing ICU/Windows95, and configure the audio to auto in the bios, system will hang on boot, you have to press esc to continue.

WORKAROUND: Fixed in Beta 3.01 of the Bios.


3813  Windows95 with Advanced/EV cause conflict in vibra16 drivers

PROBLEM:  When audio is set to auto in the bios, and under windows95/system/system properties/creative labs sound resources, if the box use automatic setting is checked, it disable the wave sound, MIDI is ok.

WORKAROUND: Fixed in latest BIOS.


3857  Windows 95 can't correctly install joystick driver

PROBLEM: When Windows 95 looks for the Joystick ports on Advanced/EV, they can't be found. This is because the device node (Plug and Play motherboard device node) for audio combines all the audio devices into one node. Windows 95 expects to see the joystick port as a separate device node. When trying to install the driver manually, it appears that the Vibra 16 Win 95 drivers cause a conflict with the joystick port range. Investigation is ongoing.

WORKAROUND: Fixed in Beta 3.01 of the Bios.


3858  Plug and Play card lock is not maintained across system reboot

PROBLEM: Add a Adaptec 1532P PnP card and lock the card resources(Use ICU 1.43). Reboot the system. ESCD image shows the card is not locked.

WORKAROUND: None at this time.


3929  Using PnPOS=Win'95 causes "Primary Boot Device Not Found" error

PROBLEM: Advanced EV system, with WesternDigital 31000 drive.  Install Win95 Build 490, set bios PNP options to "UseICU" and PnPOS="Windows95tm".  After system finds harddrive during boot up, the following message is displayed: "Primary Boot Device Not Found, Press F1 for Setup, Esc to Boot".  Press Esc and the system boots.  If PnPOS=NONE or OTHER, works fine.

WORKAROUND:  Fixed in Beta 3.01 of the Bios.


4045  PnP Win95 build 950 r3 loses CD-ROM during installation.

PROBLEM: After initial OS installation Win95 loses the CD-ROM from its list of known devices.  This happens after the first reboot of the OS install.  During the PnP scan it appears that Win95 tries to load the sound chip (Vibra 16) device drivers from the wrong(Win95) directory, when, in fact, it has already lost the CD-ROM drive where the drivers are to loaded from.  This was verified by trying to configure a printer and, again, the device drivers were not found.  CMOS settings were set to auto where applicable & defaults were used everywhere else.  The Win95 device manager settings for the sound chip match with the CMOS settings.

WORKAROUND: Fixed in Beta 3.01 of the Bios.


3716  Serial Mouse does not wake monitor screen after APM shutdown in OS/2

PROBLEM:  Serial mouse activity is not recognized by the APM as a user event, so only the system board is wakened from power standby.

WORDAROUND: Use a mouse attached to the mouse port.  This may be fixed in the future version of the Bios.


4434  BCR - Removal of processor speed detection for standard Advanced EV

PROBLEM: The Pentium CPU core runs at a different rate than the clock going into it.  For example, a PP75 requires a 50mhz external clock and runs the CPU core at 75mhz .  The external to internal clock ratio is 2/3.  Alternatively, a PP120 requires an external clock of 60mhz and runs the core at 120mhz, a ratio of 1/2.  This clock ratio is specified by a bus frequency pin on the cpu called BF.  The P54C only has one BF pin, you can only set the ratio for either 2/3 (BF=1) or 1/2 (BF=0).  The P54C parts include the PP75, 90, 100, and 120.

When the P54CS part was defined,  two more bus frequency pins were defined, BF1, and BF2 that were previously defined as No Connect pins on the original P54C.  This was done in order to define more clock ratios.  Currently, the P54CS only defines clock ratios based on BF and BF1, BF2 is to be pulled high or not connected.

In the recent fab spin for the EV to support Socket 7 (fabs 6, 7 and 8)  the BF1 pin was connected to a jumper, so the BF1 pin can be set to either 0 or 1.  But the BIOS was not provided with a method  to read the status of this pin, so if you install a PP150, set the jumpers/switches to the correct positions, the BIOS will tell you there is a PP120 installed.  (Similarly, the PP166 will be reported as a PP133.)   This will not cause any functional problems, the board will run great and benchmark like a PP150, but if the user checks to see what the BIOS says is there, it will say PP120.

WORKAROUND: The processor speed  can only be determined by the ability of the BIOS to read the status of that pin.  This would require either a blue wire on the current fab, or another fab spin. The only viable workaround to support these higher speed processors is to remove the reporting of the processor speed by BIOS.


4274  Hard drive receives wrong identification from Windows NT

PROBLEM: The system is configured with the Conner CFS 1275A hard drive jumpered as the master, and the Sony CDU76E CD-ROM jumpered as a slave. These devices are attached to the primary IDE channel. Additionally, The Maxtor 71626AP hard drive is jumpered as a master and is the only device connected to the secondary IDE channel.

Upon boot, the system recognizes both the Conner and the Maxtor.  The Conner is recognized as hard drive 0 and the Maxtor as hard drive 1. Upon booting into Windows NT from the Conner (drive 0) the drive letter  designations are switched.  NT will be running from the Conner but the

drive letter for this drive will be D: rather than C:.  The drive letter for the Maxtor (drive 1) is C: and should be D:.

When the system is configured with both hard drives on the primary IDE channel with the Conner as the master, the drive letters will be assigned correctly.

WORKAROUND: None at this time

STATUS: Currently under investigation.


4399 Plug-N-Play sections of the IAL BIOS Screening Test Fail.

PROBLEM: The Advanced EV using BIOS .01.03.CB0 Beta 3.01 fails PNP sections of the IAL BIOS Screening Test.

The IAL Reference Platform BIOS Screening Test is made up of a Test Manager and numerous Component Test Applications.  The Test Manager is a single executable that is responsible for user interaction, control of the test applications and results collection and disposal.  Each  Component Test is an individually bound executable that is capable of execution independent of the Test Manager. The execution environment for the Test Manger and the Component Tests is DOS 5.0 or greater on a basic NSP system with no additional hardware, except that which is required to boot and run DOS.  The following failures are taken from "ialrept.txt", an error log file created by the test:

ENTER: PNP BIOS Support at 12:36:34, 08/25/95 (Release 1.0)

WARN:  PnPReadEscd Failed REAL Mode call Return = 56 Expected = 0

(With this section enabled, the test locked the system)

With the above section disabled the following failures occurreENTER: PNP NVRAM Data Availability at 12:45:54, 08/25/95 (Release 1.0)

WARN:  Error reading ESCD NVRAM, function

 EXIT:  PNP NVRAM Data Availability at 12:45:56, 08/25/95

 ENTER: PNP Run Time Access Functions at 12:46:14, 08/25/95 (Release 1.0)

 WARN:  PnPReadEscd Failed REAL Mode Call Return = 56 Expected = 0

 WARN:  PnPReadEscd Failed PROT Mode Call Return = 56 Expected = 0

 WARN:  PnPReadEscd Failed REAL Mode Access Return = 56 Expected = 0

 EXIT:  PNP Run Time Access Functions at 12:46:14, 08/25/95

 ENTER: PNP ESCD Validation at 12:46:15, 08/25/95 (Release 1.0)

 WARN:  PnPReadEscd Failed REAL Mode cal Return = 56 Expected = 0

  EXIT:  PNP ESCD Validation at 12:46:15, 08/25/95

WORKAROUND: This test will no longer be run in our comaptibility lab, instead this will be performed in our BIOS evalulation lab.


4411 Non-standard loading procedures required to load and run OS/2 V2.11

PROBLEM:  Loading and testing of the OS/2 v2.11 OS requires the IDE CD-ROM to be configured as a master device on the secondary IDE BUS.

To successfully interface the IDE CD-ROM with the OS/2 v2.11 OS the following general procedures must be followed:

1. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file on the Installation Diskette 1 to include the statement BASEDEV= IBMIDECD.FLT.

2. Add the IBMIDECD.FLT file to the root directory.  NOTE: The IBMIDECD.FLT file is not normally found in the OS/2 v2.11 OS and must be obtained from an OS/2 v3.0(WARP) OS.

3. Add updated versions of the following files to the root directory:

  IBM1S506.ADD

  OS2CDROM.DMD

  OS2DASD.DMD

4. Manipulate the four files identified in steps 1 thru 3 during the installation process to insure the updated versions remain installed on the root directory and that they are called appropriately in the CONFIG.SYS.  Standard OS/2 v2.11 installation procedures may remove them one or more times during the installation process.


Third Party Issues

Third party issues are issues that must be resolved by a vendor other than Intel. These issues were uncovered during product evaluation and compatibility testing.  Some of the issues are with add-in cards and others are with drivers and software. These issues may be experienced by customers and therefore are documented in an effort help customers quickly identify known issues.  Third party issues typically arise based on introducing higher performance microprocessors into the industry.   These issues have been broken up by technology to make it easier to find specific issues.

Related Topics:

SOFTWARE

GAMES

HARD DRIVES & CD-ROMs

NETWORK

VIDEO


SOFTWARE

3642 Onboard sound chip fails to reproduce SB Pro2 under Solaris 2.1

4271  SCO ODT 3.0 does not install from an IDE CD ROM

4272  UnixWare 2.01 does not install from an IDE CD ROM

4357  Divide Overflow error using Quarterdeck Manifest & Qemm.


3642 Onboard sound chip fails to reproduce SB Pro2 under Solaris 2.1

PROBLEM: Solaris is currently the only UNIX supporting sound. It expects to find a SoundBlaster Pro 2 card at Port 220, IRQ5, and DMA1. It also expects to find a SCSI adapter at Port 330, as do UnixWare and SCO UNIX. The Solaris sound test consists of a few bars of music. The Advanced/EV onboard sound chip uses Port 330 for the MPU401 and DMA5 for 16-bit DMA as defaults. The system will not boot in this configuration because of the conflicts with the SCSI adapter. Changing the defaults to Port 300 and IRQ 7 allows the various UNIX OSs to be loaded. The Solaris sound test is normal on a SoundBlaster Pro 2 card, but if the onboard chip is used, with the same settings, a loud squeal results as soon as the chip is accessed, causing distortion in the music, and which does not stop when the music stops. The only way to stop the squeal is to reboot the system. A SoundBlaster 16 Value card was tried with the same settings to try to simulate the onboard chip more closely, as the Pro 2 card is 8 bits rather than 16. The system did not produce any sound at all, and failed to exit from the sound test command, effectively hanging the system.

WORKAROUND: None,  need to disable on-board audio and use true SB Pro2.


4271  SCO ODT 3.0 does not install from an IDE CD ROM

PROBLEM: When attempting to install SCO ODT 3.0 on Advanced EV platform with included IDE CD-ROM disk drive, it was noted that an IDE CD-ROM was not one of the available options for the installation media.  Therefore the installation must be made from a SCSI CD-ROM.

WORKAROUND: SCO ODT works only with SCSI.


4272  UnixWare 2.01 does not install from an IDE CD ROM

PROBLEM: When attempting to install UnixWare 2.01 on Advanced EV  platform with included IDE CD-ROM disk drive, it was noted that an IDE CD-ROM was not one of the available options for the installation media.  Therefore the installation must be made from a SCSI CD-ROM.

WORKAROUND: UnixWare works only with SCSI.


4357  Divide Overflow error using Quarterdeck Manifest & Qemm.

PROBLEM: Quarterdeck Manifest Ver. 2.02 with QEMM Ver.7.01 causes a divide overflow error to occur whenever the "First Meg - Timings" or "Expanded Memory - Timings" menu items are selected.  When the system jumpers are changed to 100mhz these menu selections work without error.  Quarterdeck Manifest Ver. 3.0 with QEMM Ver 7.5 passes the test with the system at 133MHz

WORKAROUND: This is a third party issue.


GAMES

3666  MS FlightSim 5.0a reveals audio and video failures

3664   MYST hangs Advanced/EV platform w/ APM enabled

3350  Critical Path fails with a Diamond Stealth 64D on Advanced/EV

3412  Critical Path fails in Base Config. 3 on the Advanced/EV


3666  MS FlightSim 5.0a reveals audio and video failures

PROBLEM: After setting up FLTSIM in Pentium High Performance, VGA 320x400x256, and Sound Blaster/ Sound Blaster Pro modes, the FS5 demo is started with the repeat demo option on. The demo starts as expected with the Cessna taking off. As the demo goes on, external views of the plane display a jerking motion of the plane against the background. Also, at various points in the demo, the Cessna's cockpit controls have the controls from the LeaserJet superimposed over them. Durning the demo at various times, the engine noise will silence for periods of 5 to 30 seconds or produce a repetitive popping noise. Starting FLTSIM in alternative modes such as Pentium High Resolution, SVGA 640x480x256, or Sound Blaster Universal have no effect on the problems previously listed. The S3 video bios is v 1.3-08-04, vesa 1.02 and the Vibra16 is DSP v4.13 using DOS MultiMedia Architecture v1.00, CTSOUND Physical-level driver v 1.04, and CTMMSYS Integration driver 1.01

WORKAROUND: This is a third party issue.


3664   MYST hangs Advanced/EV platform w/ APM enabled

PROBLEM: BroderBund's MYST 1.0.1 will stop working on the ADVANCED/EV board after the introductory logo is displayed. After starting WIN311 and MYST, the BorderBrund logo will display as expected. At this time, the Cyan logo and then the start of the game are expected. Instead, the screen fades to black and displays nothing else. Cntl-Alt-Del is pressed and a blue screen reports that the Windows application (myst.exe) has stopped responding to the system. Pressing Enter closes MYST and returns to the Program Manager. MYST will proceed past the BorderBrund logo when the ADVANCED/EV is deturboed, cache and APM disabled, and CPU set to 75MHz. However, MYST will stop responding to Windows if a whirlpool is activated in one scene. The whirlpool is located one mouse button click to the left of the opening scene, one click forward through a door, and 5 click forward down some stairs. Clicking on the whirlpool button will hang MYST.

WORKAROUND: Disable APM when using MYST.  Broderbund Software has been notified of this issue.


3350  Critical Path fails with a Diamond Stealth 64D on Advanced/EV

PROBLEM: Critical Path installation consistently crashes with a cryptic message  which says only "OVERFLOW" immediately after the user completes the dialog box wherein the destination drive and directory are chosen , whenever a video driver with more than 256 colors is used.  It installs  successfully when using Diamond's 256-color driver and also when using Windows 3.11's 256-color driver, but crashes (with a General Protection Fault) during play. It was previously thought that this is an issue with the QLogic SCSI controller, but the failure occurs in exactly the same way with an  Adaptec 2940W, and it also fails on Premier PCI II with the Adaptec.

Critical Path plays well with Advanced/EV's on-board video in 16-bit (Hi- Color) mode, but still crashes in exactly the same manner described above in 24-bit mode, even with the Adaptec controller.

WORKAROUND: Works fine with Video Bios 2.01, Drivers 1.34 & Incontrol 1.51.  Also must delete file THREE D.VBX from windows\system to install the game.


3412  Critical Path fails in Base Config. 3 on the Advanced/EV

PROBLEM: Critical Path fails in Base Config. 3 on the Advanced/EV.   Critical Path installation consistently crashes with a cryptic message  which says only "OVERFLOW" -- immediately after the user completes the dialog box wherein the destination drive and directory are chosen -- whenever a video driver with more than 64K colors is used.  It installs successfully when using #9's 64K-color driver and also when using the #9 GXE 256-color driver, but still produces video anomalies during play.

Specifically, the video is jerky -- only playing about one frame every ten or fifteen seconds, in fact -- which makes the game unplayable.

 A Cyber Audio card was used in the system for this test.  A Sound Blaster 16 Value card was then substituted, with the same results

WORKAROUND: Use Base Configuration 1 or 2.


HARD DRIVES & CD-ROMs

3699  Advanced/EV reports Static Resource Conflict with Ultrastor15C

PROBLEM: The Advanced/EV platform, equipped with an UltraStor15C ISA IDE controller, produces a Static Resource Conflict error message during POST. The user is then prompted to either continue the boot process or go into CMOS setup. If the user continues, the UltraStor card seems to function without any problem. This problem persists even after onboard IDE is disabled via CMOS setup and/or the ICU. This problem has been seen on several platforms

WORKAROUND:Third party issue.


NETWORK

3678  ADVANCED/EV - Novell 4.1 server hangs 15min. - 16hrs. into test

4265  3C509B driver won't load after exiting from Windows 3.1

4292  Banyan Vines 6.0 doesn't support installation from IDE CD-ROM.

4278  Advanced EV failed LAN Server 4.0 remote boot test with IBM Token-Ring II.

4266  Racal PCI T2 causes failure of DEC DE435.

4205  System configured for EPP, APPBIO.SYS doesn't provideEPP functionality

4217  3C509B PNP adapter takes IRQ C when mouse is connected.


3678  ADVANCED/EV - Novell 4.1 server hangs 15min. - 16hrs. into test

PROBLEM: When running Nwtest rev-h, or rev-g, on ENDV__02, the system would lockup causing \"Error writing FAT table for volume ENDEV/vol 2 \". The error happens on vol 2 or vol 3, both are SCSI drives. This error would occur intermittently, anywhere between 15 minutes and 16 hours of testing. This is a server configuration using Novell 4.10. Driver versions are listed below. This problem is also being seen on the Advanced AL, Advanced ZP, and XXpress Adaptec 2940 SCSI adapter Driver: aic7870.dsk ver: 2.08s

WORKAROUND: Identified the problem to be an Adaptec 2.06+ SCSI drivers running under Netware 4.1.  Using older Adaptec drivers 1.04- works.


4265  3C509B driver won't load after exiting from Windows 3.1

PROBLEM:When using the 3Com 3C509B adapter, the NetWare client driver for DOS (3C5X9.COM) will not load if the system has loaded, then exited from MS-Windows 3.1.

WORKAROUND:The following is the condition and description of 3COM Combo Ethernet card failure:

Uses:

   MS-DOS

   MS-Windows

   Configuration Manager, ver 1.4

   3COM Combo Ethernet card and driver

1. Condition:

Configuration manager (CM) loaded.

2. Description:

a. When a system is up and HAS NOT YET run any DOS application or  Windows,the driver (3C5X9.COM) for the 3COM Combo Ethernet card  can load and shows the same resources used for the card as the resources reported by the CM.

b. When a system is up and HAS run any DOS application or Windows, the driver 3C5X9.COM does not load and display a message indicating it can not find port 300h.

3. Cause/Explanation:

When MS-DOS runs any application, the available memory is allocated to the application. The CM unloads from the conventional memory. Then, when the Ehthernet card driver is executed, it makes a CM_GetConfig function call to CM. The CM is not there in the conventional memory, the function returns an error number. When the driver receives the error number returned from the CM_GetConfig function call, it does not load  the driver for the 3COM Combo Ethernet card.

4. Solution:

Added /STATIC option to the DWCFGMG.SYS parameter in CONFIG.SYS file.

EX: DEVICE=C:\PLUGPLAY\DRIVERS\DOS\DWCFGMG.SYS /STATIC

With this /STATIC option, The CM is forced to remain resident in memory.  By default, the CM dynamically loads into memory whenever a run time function is called, and unloads from memory when the function is done.   This option increases the amount of conventional memory used by the CM by at least 20 Kbytes (Unless the CM driver is loaded into high memory).


4292  Banyan Vines 6.0 doesn't support installation from IDE CD-ROM.

PROBLEM:The Advanced EV board failed to load Banyan Vines 6.00 (0) using the supplied IDE drives and CDROM. Banyan does not support IDE hard drives greater than 540MB or any IDE CDROM, the installation must be made from a SCSI CD-ROM and a hard drive  no larger than 540Mb.

WORKAROUND:This is not an issue.  Banayan vines does not support IDE CD-ROM/HDD.


4278  Advanced EV failed LAN Server 4.0 remote boot test with IBM Token-Ring II.

PROBLEM: The Advanced EV board was configured as a diskless workstation to test the  remote boot capabilities of the board. The IBM Token-Ring II RPL card is used to perform a remote boot from a domain controller running under OS/2 2.11 and LAN Server 4.00. The on-board IDE controllers are disabled and the system is set  to Deturbo (due to old RPL drivers - no upgrades available yet).

The card is normally configured to IRQ 3, I/O A20, ROM=cc000, and  RAM=d8000.

The card would load the boot ROM and attempt to initialize for network connection. The network connection would never occur, although  the system was not locked up and could be warm booted.

A number of configuration variations were attempted with no change in outcome.

WORKAROUND: None at this time.

STATUS: Will be fixed in the next BIOS release


4266  Racal PCI T2 causes failure of DEC DE435.

PROBLEM: The presence of the Racal PCI T2 ethernet adapter sometimes causes the DEC DE435  NetWare client for DOS MLID (DC21040.COM) to fail to load.  If the PCI T2 adapter is removed, the MLID for the DE435 adapter will load.  However, if the PCI T2 adapter is present in the system, the DC21040.COM may fail to load.  Whether or not the MLID fails, seems to depend on which slots the two PCI ethernet adapters are in.  I was able to reproduce the problem after removing all of the PNP ISA adapters.

WORKAROUND: Could not reproduce with new BIOS Rev. 1.00.02.CQ0K


4205  System configured for EPP, APPBIO.SYS doesn't provideEPP functionality

PROBLEM: When testing the Xircom PE3-10BC, which uses EPP functionality, it was found that the Disctec driver (APPBIO.SYS), which provides EPP services for the Advanced EV system, did not provide EPP funtionality when the Advanced EV's parallel port was configured for EPP.  The only functionality provided was standard mode.  If setup was used to configure the parallel port for ECP, then Standard, Bi-directional, and EPP modes were all supported.  If the parallel port was configured for Bi-directional, then Standard, and Bi-directional modes were supported.  If the parallel port was configured for Standard, then only Standard mode was supported.  It is my understanding that when the system is configured for EPP, then Standard, Bi-directional, and EPP modes should all be supported.

WORKAROUND: The Xircom adapter expects the presence of an EPP BIOS in the system to work in the EPP mode.  The Advanced EV does not come with an EPP BIOS thus does not support the Xircom pocket adapter in EPP mode.  The adapter works fine in bi-directional & compatible modes.  The product specification states that EPP BIOS TSR or device driver must be loaded on the system in order for EPP mode to function.  Xircom does not supply an EPP BIOS TSR for the user to install.  It seems that the Disctec driver(APPBIO.SYS) does not provide EPP functionality when Advanced EV's parallel port is configured for EPP.  The user needs get a driver for the Xircom card to work.


4217  3C509B PNP adapter takes IRQ C when mouse is connected.

PROBLEM: The 3C509B was taking IRQ C, even though there was a mouse connected to the mouse port.  Sometimes, on boot, POST did not detect the mouse.  This failure seemed more likely if the system had been warm booted after the mouse driver was loaded.

WORKAROUND:Fixed in BIOS 1.00.02.CQ0K


VIDEO

3608  Advanced/EV equipped with a #9 GXE PCI video, fails to play Critical Path

4273  Screen locks up when starting Solaris Certification Suite 2.0a

3697  Video anomalies are displayed when using the #9 GXE 800x600x256


3608  Advanced/EV equipped with a #9 GXE PCI video, fails to play Critical Path

PROBLEM: The Advanced/EV platform, equipped with a #9 GXE PCI video card, fails to  play Critical Path. Critical Path installation consistently crashes with a cryptic message which says only "OVERFLOW".  This occurs immediately after the user completes the dialog box wherein the destination drive and directory is chosen and only if a video driver with more than 64K colors is selected. Installation is successful when using #9's 64K-color or 256-color drivers, but still produces video anomalies during play.  During the introductory portion of the game, a full motion audio/video clip is  played.  While the audio plays normally, the video frames do not advance

WORKAROUND: This is a third party issue.


4273  Screen locks up when starting Solaris Certification Suite 2.0a

PROBLEM: The Solaris Certification Test Suite v2.0a is run from a command line window from within OpenWindows.  It launches another window which  contains the certify test menu.  On the Advanced EV platform, when  the certify command is executed, the menu window will start to open but the cursor will freeze before it is finished.  The system must be rebooted to recover.  On-board S3 Trio64 V+ video with 2MB video ram was  used.  Solaris was set to S3 Trio64 (2MB), then 1MB, using Video Driver Update 7. The system memory was increased from 16MB to 32MB with no improvement.  The workaround is to run the Certification tests with an add-in ATI MACH32 PCI video card.  This, of course, nullifies Solaris certification.

WORKAROUND: This is a third party issue.


3697  Video anomalies are displayed when using the #9 GXE 800x600x256

PROBLEM: The Advanced/EV platform, equipped with a #9 GXE ISA video card, displays video anomalies when using its 800x600x256 Windows driver. The video images appear to be clipped, with portions of characters cut out and transposed to other locations. This occurs only when using the 800x600x256 resolution and color depth. The driver revision is 3.15. Turning off PCI burst mode, adding wait states to the video RAM, and disabling cache had no effect on this anomaly. The #9 GXE was tried in an Advanced AL platform and a reference Premier PCI II system. The same anomaly was observed on both platforms. This problem was noted on the previous Advanced/EV run

WORK AROUND: This is a third party issue.


Functional Considerations

3698  Advanced/EV platform does not deturbo within an acceptable range

3707  **AUDIO** MPU-401 driver fails to install on Advanced/EV

3667  **AUDIO** Blown Away produces MIDI Sequencer warning

3749  **Audio** EnsembleWave mono recording of left channel only.


3698  Advanced/EV platform does not deturbo within an acceptable range

PROBLEM: The Advanced/EV platform deturbo speed does not fall within an acceptable range. The deturbo speed should be between 4 and 10 MHZ. The PC LABS Benchmark speed test shows the system to be operating at 28.88 MHZ for both deturbo via CMOS setup and deturbo via hot key sequence

WORKAROUND:This is not a problem, it's the lowest speed that our chipset supports.


3707  **AUDIO** MPU-401 driver fails to install on Advanced/EV

PROBLEM: Through the Control Panel-Drivers window, the MPU-401 driver is selected for installation. During the install, a Roland MPU-401 error window reports that a configuration or hardware problem has occurred. After clicking the OK button, a MPU-401 Compatible Setup window appears. In this setup window, the MPU-401 is set to Port 330h and IRQ 2/9. After clicking the OK button, the MPU-401 error window reappears reporting a configuration or hardware problem. Next the Setup window reappears and only selecting cancel will allow a return back to the Control Panel. Restarting Windows will again display the MPU-401 error window reporting a configuration/hardware problem. Approximately every one out of ten Windows restarts will not produce the MPU-401 error window.

Workaround: The Roland MPU-401 driver functions as expected


3667  **AUDIO** Blown Away produces MIDI Sequencer warning

PROBLEM:When running Blown Away by Imagination Pilots, a MIDI Sequencer warning is produced when a player first attempts to operate the hospital room keypad. The warning states: "This file may not play correctly w/ the default MIDI setup", and produces a box to check if you would like to disable the warning in the future. Once this box is checked, the warning never appears again. However, if the box is not checked, the message will appear several times per particular scene. Even going to the main menu will cause the warning message to appear. This has been seen across both the Aladdin and Advanced/EV platforms, and has even been seen on a Socrates GX configured with a Sound Blaster Pro

WORKAROUND: Check the box to disable this message, and the warning does not reappear.  Also, this has not effected the sound of Blown Away in engineering testing to this point.


3749  **Audio** EnsembleWave mono recording of left channel only.

PROBLEM: The EnsembleWave utility v1.22, when set to mono channel will only record the left channel of a midi or CD audio sound file.  This is also the case with the Sound Blaster 16 cards.  This left channel selection for mono sound may be by design but, it could be mistaken for a malfunction by an end user.

WORKAROUND: This is the desired operation of mono recording.


Introduction

The Advanced/EV integrates the latest advances in processor, memory, and I/O technologies into a Baby-AT form factor with maximum flexibility for a variety of price/performance levels. The baseboard provides the ideal platform for the increasing requirements of today's (and tomorrow's) desktop applications.

The flexible baseboard design will accept Pentium processors operating at 75 MHz, 90 MHz, 100 MHz, 120 MHz, and the soon to be introduced 133MHz. The Advanced/EV also has the scalability to accept faster Pentium processors in the future. The processor is complemented by a Card Edge Low Profile (CELP) socket that accepts a 256 KB or 512 KB second level write-back cache module using standard asynchronous SRAM or the new high-performance Pipeline Burst SRAM. The memory subsystem is designed to support up to 128 MB of EDO DRAM (for improved performance) or standard Fast Page DRAM in standard 72-pin SIMM sockets. A Type 5 or 7 Pentium OverDrive socket provides access to future processor enhancements.

Advanced/EV provides a new level of I/O integration. Intel's 82430FX PCIset provides increased integration and improved performance over other chip set designs. The 82430FX PCIset provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE controller with two high performance IDE interfaces for up to four IDE devices (such as hard drives, CD-ROM readers, and so forth). A Creative Labs VIBRA 16S codec integrated onto the baseboard provides 16-bit stereo Sound Blaster* compatible audio with enhanced capabilities to provide support for the increasing number of demanding multimedia applications. The National PC87306 Super I/O controller provides the standard PC I/O functions: floppy interface, two FIFO serial ports, one EPP/ECP capable parallel port, a Real Time Clock, and keyboard controller as well as support for an IrDA compatible infrared interface. Up to four PCI local bus slots provide a high bandwidth data path for data-movement intensive functions such as graphics, and up to three ISA slots complete the I/O mix. A total of six expansion slots may be populated: one PCI and ISA slot share the same chassis I/O panel.

In addition to superior hardware capabilities, a full set of software drivers and utilities are available to allow advanced operating systems such as Windows* 95 to take full advantage of the hardware capabilities. Features such as bus mastering IDE drivers, Windows 95-ready Plug and Play, Advanced Power Management (APM) with application restart, software-controlled power supply shutdown, and glitchless bidirectional audio are all provided by software available for the Advanced/EV.

The Advanced/EV provides the foundation for cost effective, high performance, highly expandable platforms which deliver the latest in CPU, I/O, and audio technology.

Related Topics:

Baby-AT Form Factor


Baby-AT Form Factor

The Advanced/EV baseboard is designed to fit into a standard Baby-AT form factor chassis. Figure 1 illustrates the actual dimensions, which do not strictly adhere to Baby-AT guidelines.

Figure 1. Advanced/EV Baseboard dimensions.


Board Level Features

Figure 2. Advanced/EV baseboard features

A − Primary power connector

B − VESA feature connector

C − Video memory and expansion sockets

D − Two PCI IDE interfaces

E − Configuration switches (eliminates most jumpers)

F − Parallel port connector

G − Floppy drive connector

H − National PC87306 I/O controller

I − Voltage regulation circuitry

J − Four SIMM sockets (two banks)

K 82438FX data path device (TDP)

L − CELP socket for secondary cache

M − Type 5 Pentium processor socket

N − Tag SRAM and Pipeline Burst SRAM cache**

O − 82437FX system controller (TSC)

P − 82371FB PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator (PIIX)

Q − Three ISA expansion connectors

R − Flash recovery jumper

S − Flash EEPROM for system BIOS

T − Four PCI expansion connectors

U − Vibra 16S audio controller

V − Custom video header for I/O panel**

W − Wavetable and CD-ROM connectors

X  3.3 volt PCI bus power connector

Y − S3* Trio64* PCI video controller**

Z − Audio connector for I/O panel

AA − Two serial ports

BB − PS/2 Keyboard and mouse ports**

**factory option, may not be available in all configurations

Related Topics:

CPU

Performance Upgrade

Second Level Cache

System Memory

Expansion Slots

PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI) PCISet

National Semiconductor PC87306 Super I/O Controller

audio subsystem

Baseboard BIOS

Connectors

Connectors

Power Consumption


CPU

The Advanced/EV baseboard is designed to operate with 3.3 volt Pentium Processors, reducing the system power requirements. A patented on-board voltage regulator circuit provides the required 3.3 volts from the 5 volts provided by a standard PC power supply. The baseboard supports Pentium processors which run internally at 75, 90, 100, 120, and 133MHz, and have iCOMP ratings of 615, 735, 815, 1000, and 1110 respectively. The Pentium processor maintains full backward compatibility with the 8086, 80286, i386™ and Intel486™ processors. It supports both read and write burst mode bus cycles, and includes separate 8 KB on-chip code and data caches which employ a write-back policy. Also integrated into the Pentium processor is an advanced numeric coprocessor which significantly increases the speed of floating point operations, while maintaining backward compatibility with i486DX math coprocessor and complying to ANSI/IEEE standard 754-1985.


Performance Upgrade

A 320-pin Zero Insertion Force socket provides users with a Level 5 OverDrive processor performance upgrade path for boards shipped with Processor speeds less than 133MHz. A 321-pin Zero Insertion Force socket provides users with a Level 7 OverDrive processor performance upgrade path for boards and systems shipped with a 133MHz processor installed. An OverDrive processor being developed for use with this socket will provide performance beyond that delivered by the originally installed Pentium Processor.


Second Level Cache

The processor's internal cache can be complimented by a second level cache using either new high-performance Pipeline Burst SRAM or traditional asynchronous SRAM. Pipeline Burst (PB) SRAM provides performance similar to expensive Synchronous Burst SRAM for only a slight cost premium over slower performing Asynchronous SRAMs. PB SRAM have registered data outputs. This allows SRAM vendors to use CMOS instead of expensive BiCMOS technology to produce PB SRAM. With the 82430FX PCIset, the performance level of PB and Synchronous SRAM is identical.

A Card Edge Low Profile (CELP) socket provides flexibility for these second level cache options. If the Advanced/EV is ordered with no cache installed, the cache can be added later in a field upgrade by installing a cache module into the socket. The CELP socket can accommodate both 256 KB and 512 KB cache modules and is designed to work with modules that adhere to the COAST (Cache On A STick) specification, version 1.1. For a list of cache module vendors or a copy of the COAST specification, contact your local Intel sales office or Intel Authorized Distributor.

A factory option on some Advanced/EV baseboards is an integrated 256 KB direct mapped write-back second level cache implemented with two 32k x 32 Pipeline Burst SRAM devices soldered to the baseboard. A 5v 32Kb x 8 external Tag SRAM provides caching support for up to 64 MB of system memory. Memory above 64 MB will not be cached. Advanced/EV baseboards with this 256 KB of soldered-down cache cannot be field upgraded by installing an additional 256 KB or 512KB of second-level cache on a module, for a total of 512 KB or 768 KB.

Related Topics:

CELP SOCKET


CELP SOCKET

•	Supports 3.3 volt mixed mode (5.0 volt power, 3.3 volt signal) or level-triggered modules that adhere to the COAST specification version 1.2

•	Supports 256 KB or 512 KB asynchronous or Pipelined Burst cache in write-back mode

•	Single sectored cache for 256 KB and 512 KB for optimal performance

•	Data SRAM speed is 15ns which supports up to 66 MHz processor (external) bus speed.

•	3-1-1-1 reads and writes at all processor speeds when using Pipelined Burst cache

•	3-2-2-2 reads and 4-3-3-3 writes with Asynchronous cache

•	Enables/Disables L2 cache without jumpers

•	L2 size autosensed

•	Burndy socket part number CELP2X80SC


System Memory

The Advanced/EV baseboard provides four 72-pin SIMM sites for memory expansion. The sockets support 1M x 32 (4 MB), 2M x 32 (8 MB), 4M x 32 (16 MB), and 8M x 32 (32 MB) single-sided or double-sided SIMM modules. Minimum memory size is 8 MB and maximum memory size, using four 8M x 32 SIMM modules, is 128 MB. Memory timing requires 70 ns fast page devices or, for optimum performance, 60 ns EDO DRAM (if the external CPU clock speed is 60 MHz or slower, 70 ns EDO DRAM may be used). Although 36-bit SIMM modules may be used, parity generation and checking is not supported.

The four sockets are arranged as Bank A and Bank B, with each bank consisting of two sockets and providing a 64-bit wide data path. Both SIMMs in a bank must be of the same memory size and type, although Banks A and B may have different types of memory installed. It is even possible to have 70 ns Fast Page DRAM in one bank and 60 ns EDO DRAM in the other, in which case each bank is independently optimized for increased performance. Bank A only, Bank B only, or both banks may be populated. There are no jumper settings required for the memory size or type, which is automatically detected by the system BIOS. Tin lead SIMMs are required when adding DRAM.

Related Topics:

EDO DRAM


EDO DRAM

Extended Data Out (or Hyper Page Mode) DRAM is designed to improve the DRAM read performance. EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next CAS# falling edge, unlike standard fast page mode DRAM which tri-states the memory data when CAS# negates to precharge for the next cycle. With EDO, the CAS# precharge overlaps the data valid time, allowing CAS# to negate earlier while still satisfying memory data valid window time.


Expansion Slots

Up to six expansion slots may be populated on the Advanced/EV baseboard. There are three ISA bus expansion connectors and four PCI expansion connectors. One of the expansion slots is shared by connectors that will accommodate either an ISA or a PCI expansion card, but not both at the same time. This accounts for the disparity between the number of slots and the number of connectors. All four PCI expansion slots accept PCI bus master cards, and fully support the PCI 2.0 specification.

On baseboards shipped from Intel with a processor and special low-profile heatsink, all ISA slots will accept full length add-in cards. Interference with the CELP socket limits two PCI slots to being able to support only half-length add-in cards.

Related Topics:

PCI 3.3 Volt Capabilities


PCI 3.3 Volt Capabilities

To maintain strict compliance with the PCI specification, the baseboard provides a connector which can be used to route 3.3 volt power to the PCI slots. The connector may be used with a separate 3.3 volt power supply or with a custom designed voltage converter.

Note: The on-board 3.3 volt regulator provides power for the CPU, PCIset and L2 cache only, not the PCI slots.


PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI) PCISet

The Intel 82430FX PCIset consists of the 82437FX system controller (TSC), two 82438FX data path (TDP) devices, and one 82371FB PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator (PIIX) bridge chip. The 82430FX PCIset provides the following functions:

• 	CPU interface control

• 	Integrated L2 write-back cache controller

- Pipelined Burst SRAM

- 256 KB or 512 KB Direct Mapped

•	Integrated DRAM controller

- 64-bit path to Memory

- Support for EDO and Fast Page DRAM

- 4 MB to 128 MB main memory

• 	Fully synchronous PCI bus interface

- 25/30/33 MHz

- PCI to DRAM > 100 Mbytes/sec

- PCI to DRAM posting of 12 Dwords

- 5 Dword buffers for CPU to PCI write posting

- 4 Dword buffers for PCI to Memory bus master cycles

- Support for up to 5 PCI masters

• 	Interface between the PCI bus and ISA bus

• 	Integrated fast IDE interface

- Support for up to 4 devices

- PIO Mode 4 transfers up to 16 MB/sec

- Integrated 8 x 32-bit buffer for

PCI IDE burst transfers

• 	Plug-n-Play port Audio I/O

- 2 steerable fast DMA channels with 4-byte buffer

- Up to 6 steerable interrupts

- 1 programmable chip select

• 	Enhanced Fast DMA controller

• 	Interrupt controller and steering

• 	Counters/Timers

•	SMI interrupt logic and timer with Fast On/Off mode

Related Topics:

82437FX System Controller (TSC)

82438FX Data Path Devices (TDP)

82371FB PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator (PIIX)

IDE SUPPORT


82437FX System Controller (TSC)

The 82437FX provides all control signals necessary to drive a second level cache and the DRAM array, including multiplexed address signals. It also controls system access to memory and generates snoop controls to maintain cache coherency. The TSC comes in a 208-pin QFP package.


82438FX Data Path Devices (TDP)

There are two 82438FX components which provide data bus buffering and dual port buffering to the memory array. Controlled by the 82437FX, the 82438FX devices add one load each to the PCI bus and perform all the necessary byte and word swapping required. Memory and I/O write buffers are included in these devices. The TDP devices are 100-pin QFP packages.


82371FB PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator (PIIX)

The 82371FB provides the interface between the PCI and ISA buses and integrates a dual channel fast IDE interface capable of supporting up to 4 devices. The 82371FB integrates seven 32-bit DMA channels, five 16-bit timer/counters, two eight-channel interrupt controllers, PCI-to-AT interrupt mapping circuitry, NMI logic, ISA refresh address generation, and PCI/ISA bus arbitration circuitry together onto the same device. The PIIX comes in a 208-pin QFP package.


IDE SUPPORT

The Advanced/EV provides two independent high performance bus-mastering PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 devices. The system BIOS supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and Extended Cylinder Sector Head (ECHS) translation modes as well as ATAPI (e.g.; CD-ROM) devices on both interfaces. Detection of the device transfer rate and translation mode capability is automatically determined.

In the Windows 95 environment, a driver will be provided by Intel in future that allows the IDE interface to operate as a PCI bus master capable of supporting PIO Mode 4 devices with transfer rates up to 16 MB per second while minimizing the system demands upon the processor. Normally, Programmed I/O operations require a substantial amount of CPU bandwidth. In true multi-tasking operating systems like Windows 95, the CPU bandwidth freed up by using bus mastering IDE can be used to complete other tasks while disk transfers are occurring.

Detailed information on the PCIset is available in the Intel 82430 PCISet data sheet.


National Semiconductor PC87306 Super I/O Controller

Control for the integrated serial ports, parallel port, floppy drive, RTC and keyboard controller is incorporated into a single component, the National Semiconductor PC87306. This component provides:

•	Two NS16C550-compatible UARTs with send/receive 16 byte FIFO

- Support for an IrDA compliant Infra Red interface

•	Multi-mode bi-directional parallel port

- Standard mode; IBM and Centronics compatible

- Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) with BIOS/Driver support

- High Speed mode; Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) compatible

•	Industry standard floppy controller with 16 byte data FIFO (2.88 MB floppy support)

•	Integrated Real Time Clock accurate within  13 minutes per year

•	Integrated 8042 compatible keyboard controller

The PC87306 is normally configured by the BIOS automatically, but configuration of these interfaces is possible via the CMOS Setup program that can be invoked during boot-up. The serial ports can be enabled as COM1, COM2, IrDA, or disabled. The parallel port can be configured as normal, extended, EPP/ECP, or disabled. The floppy interface can be configured for 360 KB or 1.2 MB 5¼" media or for 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, or 2.88 MB 3½" media. Header pins located near the back of the board allow cabling to use these interfaces

Related Topics:

Keyboard Interface

Real Time Clock, CMOS RAM and Battery


Keyboard Interface

PS/2 keyboard/mouse connectors are located on the back panel side of the baseboard. (Some product configurations replace the PS/2 style connectors with a single AT-style keyboard connector). The 5V lines to these connectors are protected with a PolySwitch* circuit which acts much like a self-healing fuse, re-establishing the connection after an over-current condition is removed. While this device eliminates the possibility of having to replace a fuse, care should be taken to turn off the system power before installing or removing a keyboard or mouse. The system BIOS can detect, and correct keyboards and mice plugged into the wrong PS/2 style connector.

The integrated 8042 microcontroller contains the AMI Megakey keyboard/mouse controller code which, besides providing traditional keyboard and mouse control functions, supports Power-On/Reset (POR) password protection. The POR password can be defined by the user via the Setup program. The keyboard controller also provides for the following "hot key" sequences:

•	<CTRL><ALT><DEL>: System software reset. This sequence performs a software reset of the system by jumping to the beginning of the BIOS code and running the POST operation.

•	<CTRL><ALT><+> and <CTRL><ALT><->: Turbo mode selection. <CTRL><ALT><-> sets the system for de-turbo mode, emulating an 25 MHz AT, and <CTRL><ALT><+> sets the system for turbo mode. Changing the Turbo mode may be prohibited by an operating system, or when the CPU is in Protected mode or virtual x86 mode under DOS.

•	<CTRL><ALT><defined in setup>: Power down and coffee-break key sequences take advantage of the SMM features of the Pentium Processor to greatly reduce the system's power consumption while maintaining the responsiveness necessary to service external interrupts.


Real Time Clock, CMOS RAM and Battery

The integrated Real Time Clock, RTC, is accurate to within 13 minutes per year. The RTC can be set via the BIOS Setup Program. CMOS memory supports the standard 128byte batterybacked RAM, fourteen bytes for clock and control registers, and 114 bytes of general purpose non-volatile CMOS RAM. All CMOS RAM is reserved for BIOS use. The CMOS RAM can be set to specific values or cleared to the system default values using the BIOS SETUP program. Also, CMOS RAM values can be cleared to system defaults by using a baseboard configuration switch.

An external coin-cell style battery provides power to the RTC and CMOS memory. The battery has an estimated lifetime of seven years and is socketed for easy replacement.


audio subsystem

The Advanced/EV baseboard features a 16-bit stereo audio subsystem. The audio subsystem is based upon the Creative Labs Vibra* 16S (CT2504) multimedia Codec and the Yamaha OPL3 FM synthesizer. The Vibra 16S provides all the digital audio and analog mixing functions required for recording and playing of audio on personal computers. The Creative Labs Vibra 16S is a single chip VLSI solution which is SoundBlaster* compatible and Roland MPU-401 UART mode compatible. Combined with the Yamaha OPL3 FM synthesizer, the Creative Labs Vibra 16S also provides MPCII, Adlib*, and Multimedia PC Level 2 compliance to meet all of the requirements of today's multi-media applications.

The Vibra 16S is plug and play and has been implemented as a baseboard device. This means that there is a device node defined for the Vibra 16S and the BIOS must configure it. Although it is not a plug and play device, the Vibra 16S is very flexible in that it accommodates a variety of I/O addresses, DMA channels and interrupts.

The audio subsystem requires up to two DMA channels (to support full duplex operation) and one interrupt. When the Vibra 16S is programmed for full duplex operation, two DMA channels are assigned: one of the channels will be a 16-bit channel and the other will be 8 bits. The system can be configured to use either DMA channels 1 or 3 (8 bit channels) and DMA channels 5 or 7 (16 bit channels). The interrupt can be mapped to IRQ 5, 7, 9, or 10. The base address register is also configurable for a variety of base addresses ranging from I/O address 220 through address 280 (see the resource map below for more details). The ICU (ISA Configuration Utility) must be installed and configured before installing the DOS and Windows audio drivers.

Vibra 16S resource mapBase Address (software configured)

220H - 233H(Default) or

240H - 253H or

260H - 273H or

280H - 293H

FM Address (fixed)

388H - 38BH

Joystick Address/Game Port (fixed)

200H - 207H

MPU-401 Address (software configured)

300H - 301H or

330H - 331H (default)

MPU-401 Enable (software configured)

Default is disabled

Joystick Enable (software configured)

Default Enabled

Interrupt (Software configured)

IRQ2/9 or

IRQ5 (default) or

IRQ7 or

IRQ10

8-bit DMA Channel (software configured)

DMA Channel 1 (default) or

DMA Channel 3

16-bit DMA Channel (software configured)

DMA channel 5 (default)

DMA channel 7

Related Topics:

audio I/o access

cd-rom Audio Input

wave table upgrade


audio I/o access

An audio I/O module ships with the Advanced/EV, containing all of the necessary audio jacks (Speaker Out, Line In, Mic In, and game port). The audio module plugs into a 34-pin header connector on the baseboard and occupies an otherwise unused I/O slot on the back of the chassis. The audio connectors are 1/8" stereo jacks.

An additional connector located on the audio I/O module allows routing of the audio jacks to the front of the chassis so it can be connected to a front panel audio module that would allows easier access to the audio jacks along with a mute button and infrared interface.

The audio output is connected to the standard PC speaker to provide an output path that does not require external speakers. If external speakers are plugged into the attached I/O module, then the audio output is redirected to the speakers. Furthermore, if headphones are plugged into a front panel speaker jack, the audio is redirected to the headphones.


cd-rom Audio Input

A four pin connector resides on the board (J6L2) for interfacing the audio stream from a CD-ROM reader into the audio subsystem mixer. This connector is compatible with the typical cable that is supplied with CD-ROM readers for interfacing to audio add-in cards.


wave table upgrade

A Wave Table upgrade connector provides access to Wave Table ISA compatible add-in cards  allowing the onboard audio solution to use a lookup table for wavetable synthesis.


Baseboard BIOS

The Advanced/EV baseboard uses an American Megatrends Incorporated (AMI) Pentium ROM BIOS, which is stored in Flash EEPROM and easily upgraded using a floppy disk-based program. BIOS upgrades will be downloadable from the Intel Applications Support electronic bulletin board service. In addition to the AMIBIOS, the Flash EEPROM also contains the Setup utility, Power-On Self Tests (POST), update recovery code, and the PCI auto-configuration utility. This baseboard supports system BIOS shadowing, allowing the BIOS to execute from 64-bit on-board write-protected DRAM.

The BIOS displays a sign-on message during POST identifying the type of BIOS and a five-digit revision code. The initial production BIOS in the Advanced/EV will be identified as 1.00.01.CB0. As BIOS updates occur the revision number will increase to 1.00.02.CB0, and so on.

Information on BIOS functions can be found in the IBM PS/2 and Personal Computer BIOS Technical Reference published by IBM, and the ISA and EISA Hi-Flex AMIBIOS Technical Reference published by AMI. Both manuals are available at most technical bookstores.

Related Topics:

FLASH Implementation

BIOS Upgrades

Setup Utility

PCI Auto-configuration Capability

ISA Plug & Play Capability

Shadow Memory

Power Management Capability

Flash LOGO Area

Security features


FLASH Implementation

The Intel 28F001BXT 1 Mb FLASH component is organized as 128K x 8 (128 KB). The Flash device is divided into five areas, as described in Table 1.

System Address		FLASH Memory Area
F0000H	FFFFFH	64 KB Main BIOS
EE000H	EFFFFH	8 KB Boot Block (Not FLASH erasable)
ED000H	EDFFFH	4 KB ECSD Area (Plug and Play data)
EC000H	ECFFFH	4 KB OEM Logo Area
E0000H	EBFFFH	48 KB Reserved for possible future use
Table 1. Flash memory organization

The FLASH device resides in system memory in two 64 KB segments starting at E0000H, and can be mapped two different ways, depending on the mode of operation. In Normal Mode, address line A16 is inverted, setting the E000H and F000H segments so that the BIOS is organized as shown in the system address column above. Recovery mode removes the inversion on address line A16, swapping the E000H and F000H segments so that the 8 KB boot block resides at FE000H where the CPU expects the bootstrap loader to exist. This mode is only necessary in the unlikely event that a BIOS upgrade procedure is interrupted, causing the BIOS area to be left in an unusable state.


BIOS Upgrades

FLASH memory makes distributing BIOS upgrades easy. A new version of the BIOS can be installed from a diskette. BIOS upgrades will be available as downloadable files in the secure section on the Intel bulletin board.

The disk-based Flash upgrade utility, FMUP.EXE, has three options for BIOS upgrades:

• 	The Flash BIOS can be updated from a file on a disk;

• 	The current BIOS code can be copied from the Flash EEPROM to a disk file as a backup in the event that an upgrade cannot be successfully completed; or

• 	The BIOS in the Flash device can be compared with a file to ensure the system has the correct version.

The upgrade utility ensures the upgrade BIOS extension matches the target system to prevent accidentally installing a BIOS for a different type of system. Security to prevent unauthorized changes to the BIOS is provided via a write-protect switch setting on the baseboard. The default setting is to allow BIOS upgrades. A recovery jumper is provided to allow recovery in the unlikely event of an unsuccessful BIOS upgrade. The jumper forces the ROM decode to access a 8 KB block of write protected recovery code in the Flash device.


Setup Utility

The ROM-based Setup utility allows the configuration to be modified without opening the system for most basic changes. The Setup utility is accessible only during the Power-On Self Test (POST) by pressing the <DEL> or <F1> key after the POST memory test has begun and before boot begins. A prompt may be enabled that informs users to press the <F1> key to access Setup. A switch setting on the baseboard can be set to prevent user access to Setup for security purposes. For more details, refer to the BIOS appendix.


PCI Auto-configuration Capability

The PCI auto-configuration utility operates in conjunction with the system Setup utility to allow the insertion and removal of PCI cards to the system without user intervention. When the system is turned on after adding a PCI add-in card, the BIOS automatically configures interrupts, DMA channels, I/O space, and other parameters. The user does not have to configure jumpers or worry about potential resource conflicts. Because PCI cards use the same interrupt resources as ISA cards, the user must specify the interrupts used by ISA add-in cards in the Setup utility. The PCI Auto-Configuration function complies with version 2.10 of the PCI BIOS specification.


ISA Plug & Play Capability

The BIOS incorporates ISA Plug and Play capabilities as delivered by Intel Architectural Labs Plug and Play Release 1.0A (Plug and Play BIOS Ver. 1.0A, ESCD Ver. 1.02) This will allow auto-configuration of Plug and Play ISA cards, and resource management for legacy ISA cards, when used in conjunction with the ISA Configuration Utility (ICU). Copies of the IAL Plug and Play specification may be obtained via the Intel BBS (916) 365-3600, or via CompuServe* by typing Go PlugPlay.


Shadow Memory

Memory from C8000-DFFFF is not shadowed. This is a change from previous Intel products using AMI based BIOS. This may have a slight adverse affect on the performance of some ISA legacy (non Plug and Play) cards.


Power Management Capability

The Advanced/EV BIOS supports power management via System Management Mode (SMM) interrupts to the CPU and Advanced Power Management (APM Ver. 1.1 and 1.0). In general, power management capabilities will allow the system to be put into a power-managed, standby state by either pressing a sleep/resume button on the front of the chassis, by entering a user configurable hot-key sequence on the keyboard, or by the expiration of a hardware timer which detects system inactivity for a user-configurable amount of time. When in the standby state, the Advanced/EV baseboard reduces power consumption by utilizing the power-saving capabilities of the Pentium processor and also spinning down hard drives and turning off DPMS compliant monitors. Add-in cards supplied with APM-aware drivers also can be put into a power managed state for further energy savings. The ability to respond to external interrupts is fully maintained while in standby mode, allowing the system to service requests such as an incoming fax or network messages while unattended.


Flash LOGO Area

Advanced/EV supports a 4 KB programmable FLASH user area located at EC000-ECFFF. An OEM may use this area to display a custom logo. The Advanced/EV BIOS accesses the user area just after completing POST.


Security features

Administrative Password

If enabled, the administrative password protects all sensitive Setup options from being changed by a user unless the password is entered.

User Password

The User Password feature provides security during the boot process. The user password can be set using the Setup utility, and must be entered prior to peripheral boot or keyboard/mouse operation. For more details on how to enable, disable, or change the password, see the BIOS appendix.

If the password is forgotten, it can be cleared by turning off the system and setting the "password clear" switch to the clear position.

Setup Enable Switch

A baseboard configuration switch controls access to the BIOS Setup utility. By setting the switch to the disable position, the user is prevented from accessing the Setup utility during the Power-On Self Test or at any other time. The message prompting the user to press <F1> to enter setup is also disabled


Technical Product Summary - Board Level Features - Connectors
Connectors

Front panel connections

The Advanced/EV baseboard provides header connectors to support functions typically located on the chassis bezel:

•	System Reset

•	Power LED

•	Keyboard Lock

•	Hard Drive activity LED

•	Turbo LED

•	System Speaker

•	Auxiliary System Fan

•	Infra-Red (IrDA) port

•	Sleep/Resume

•	Power Supply On


Technical Product Summary - Board Level Features - Connectors
Connectors

Figure 3. Front Panel Connectors

Sleep/Resume

This two pin header, when connected to a momentary switch, can be used to put the system into a power managed state (Stand By) that will reduce the system's power consumption. If the system is in Stand By mode and the switch is closed, the system will instantly "wake up" or Resume full system activity. (System activity will also resume when an external interrupt, such as a keystroke or mouse movement, occurs.) When used with a power supply with a high efficiency rating, the Advanced/EV is easily capable of reducing the system power to below EPA Energy Star requirements. The function of the Sleep/Resume button can also be achieved via the keyboard with a hot key sequence (programmable using CMOS setup). This connector can be found in two locations on the Advanced/EV baseboard to minimize system cable requirements.

Soft Power Down

When used with a power supply that supports remote power on/off, the Advanced/EV baseboard can turn off the system power via software control. An APM command issued to the system BIOS will cause the power supply to turn off via the three-pin PS ON header connector. For example, Windows 95 will issue this APM command when the user clicks on the Shutdown icon. The PS ON connector is a Molex 2695 3-pin connector which features a security latch. Power can be restored via a front panel power button when it is connected to the S_OFF two pin header.

By implementing a dual-pole momentary switch from the power button to the S_OFF/SLEEP four-pin header connector, both sleep/resume and power resume functions can be supported via a single button. In this configuration, pressing the button (closing the switch) while the system is active will put the baseboard into Stand By mode, pressing the button while in Stand By will cause the system to Resume to full operation. When the system has been completely powered off via software control as mentioned above, pressing the button will turn the system ON invoking POST.

Infrared (IrDA) connector

Serial port 2 can be configured to support an IrDA module via a 5 pin header connector. Once configured for IrDA, the user can transfer files to/from portable devices such as laptops, PDAs and printers using application software such as LapLink*. The IrDA specification provides for data transfers at 115kbps from a distance of 1 meter.

Speaker

The external speaker provides error beep code information during the Power-On Self Test if the system cannot use the video interface.

Related Topics:

Back panel connections

I/O connections


Back panel connections

The back panel provides external access to PS/2 style keyboard and mouse connectors integrated on some Advanced/EV baseboards. Figure 4 shows the general location of the keyboard and mice connectors.

Figure 4. Advanced/EV PS/2 Style Back panel

A standard AT-style keyboard connector (in place of the PS/2 style connectors) is available on some other configurations. Figure 5 shows this configuration.

Figure 5. Advanced/EV AT Style Back panel.


I/O connections

The baseboard contains shroudless stake pin header connections for cabling the serial, parallel, floppy, IDE and wave table interfaces. The CDROM header is shrouded, the audio interface is a female type connector. Figure 6 shows the locations of these connectors and the orientation of pin 1 on each.

Figure 6. I/O Connections


Power Consumption

Table 2 lists the current used by system resources in a configuration which includes 8 MB of DRAM. Table 3 lists the typical power consumed by the same configuration. Note that the 3.3 volts used to drive the CPU and core logic is derived from an on-board voltage regulator from the +5 volt source. This information is preliminary and is provided only as a guide for calculating approximate total system power usage with additional resources added.

Related Topics:

Current

Watts


Current

DC Voltage	Typical Current*
+5V	2.7 amps
-5V	120 milliamps
+12V	780 milliamps
-12V	90 milliamps
Table 2. Advanced/EV Current Requirements (Preliminary)

*(measured with 8 MB DRAM, VGA controller and Floppy Drive while sitting at DOS prompt )


Watts

System Configuration	Typical Power*	standby Power*
Advanced/EV baseboard, 8 MB, 256 KB cache, Floppy drive, 540 MB hard drive, DPMS graphics card	30 Watts	23.7 Watts
Table 3. Power use by System Resources (Preliminary)

*(true power measured from the wall with a 65% efficient power supply)


System Level Features

Chassis

Peripheral Bays

FAN

Expansion slots

Front Panel

Back panel

Power Supply

Floppy Drive

Speaker

Chassis color


Chassis

Expandable Desktop

MiniTower


Technical Product Summary - Chassis - Expandable Desktop
Expandable Desktop

The Advanced/EV Expandable Desktop easily provides the expandability required for most traditional PC applications − seven peripheral bays, seven expansion slots, an ample 200 watt power supply and an additional fan located at the left front of the chassis to help keep the system cool. The Advanced/EV Expandable Desktop also meets stringent environmental requirements.


Technical Product Summary - Chassis - MiniTower
MiniTower

The MiniTower chassis provides an ideal platform for multimedia applications that require integration of CD-ROM, sound cards, graphics and video solutions and high performance communications cards.

Expandability is provided for most traditional and emerging PC applications, including seven peripheral bays (four external and three internal). A 200 watt power supply and an additional fan located behind the front grill provide all of the power and cooling requirements needed to support future generations of Intel's Pentium and OverDrive processors.

The MiniTower chassis has been designed to offer the maximum in flexibility, ease of integration and maintenance. Two screws secure a sliding side panel that provides access to the inside of the chassis. The enclosure also meets stringent environmental requirements.

The chassis dimensions are: 16.0" (40.6 cm) high with feet, 8.3" (21 cm) wide, 18.1" (46 cm) deep with bezel. The weight without peripherals is 21.4 lbs (9.79 kgs).


Peripheral Bays

Figure 7. Advanced/EV Expandable Desktop and MiniTower front panels

Related Topics:

Expandable Desktop

MiniTower


Technical Product Summary - Peripheral Bays - Expandable Desktop
Expandable Desktop

Seven expansion bays are available for peripherals and other devices. These include three 5¼" half-height bays and two 3½" one-inch bays accessible from the front panel. Two internal 3½" bays are located above the power supply.


Technical Product Summary - Peripheral Bays - MiniTower
MiniTower

Seven expansion bays are available for peripherals and other add-in devices. These include three 5¼" half-height bays and one 3½" one-inch bays that are accessible from the front panel. Three internal 3½" peripheral bays are located in front of the power supply and are accessed by sliding off the chassis side, undoing the three screws that secure the peripheral bay to the chassis and rotating the bay.


FAN

The Advanced/EV Expandable Desktop and MiniTower both have two fans to keep the system cool. One fan within the power supply provides 28 cfm of air movement. The second fan, located behind the card guide, provides 26 cfm across the add-in cards and the CPU. The second fan receives 12 Vdc directly from the baseboard at stake pin location J1A1.


Expansion slots

The Advanced/EV has seven expansion card slots. At the system level, the Baby-AT or the Mini-Tower chassis do not interfere with the length of add-in cards. Some board level limitations are noted in the Board Level Features section of this document.


Front Panel

The Advanced/EV Expandable Desktop front panel consists of a power switch, a power-on LED and a hard disk access LED. Five peripheral bays can be accessed from the front panel of the Expandable Desktop, while four bays are externally accessible on the MiniTower.


Back panel

The back panel on both chassis consists of access panels for the expansion slots (one location is unused), two DB9 RS-232 serial ports, a bi-directional parallel port, a 115/230 voltage switch, a power supply input, an auxiliary power output and the power supply fan. The chassis is designed to support PS/2 style keyboard and mouse connectors. Punch-out locations also are provided for adding a second parallel port and a SCSI-2 connector. An audio riser card will be shipped with Advanced/EV products that have audio integrated on board, and a video riser card will be shipped with products that have the S3 Trio64 video controller. The audio and video risers plug into the baseboard, and occupy otherwise unused slots in the back of the chassis. This does not affect the slot openings used for ISA and PCI add-in cards.

Figures 8 & 9. Advanced/EV Expandable Desktop and MiniTower Back Panels


Power Supply

The Advanced/EV integrates a 200 watt switchable power supply for all onboard resources, add-in cards, and peripherals. The Astec Corp. model SA201-3440 supports operating settings at 100-120 VAC (5 Amps AC) or 200-240 VAC (3 Amps AC). The input voltage is selected using a switch on the back of the system.

Related Topics:

AC Power input SPEcifications

DC output SPECIFICATIONS


AC Power input SPEcifications

Input frequency 50/60 Hz
AC Voltage	Current
90-135	5.0 A
180-265	3.0 A
Table 4. Power Supply Input Specifications.


DC output SPECIFICATIONS

DC Voltage	Max. Continuous Current	Peak Current 15 Seconds	Minimum Current Load
+5V	22.0A	-	3.0A
-5V	0.5A	-	0A
+12V	8.0A	9.0 A	0A
-12V	0.5A	-	0A
Table 5. Power Supply DC Output Specifications.


Floppy Drive

A 3½" Teac Floppy drive Model FD-235HF is integrated into the right 3½" bay of the Expandable Desktop chassis and the external bay of the MiniTower chassis. This is the same proven floppy disk drive that has been used on many previous Intel systems.


Speaker

The standard systems ship with an external speaker installed. The user may enable/disable the device using the Setup utility or program the speaker via port 61H. The speaker provides error beep code information during POST if the system cannot use the video interface. The product guide contains detailed beep and error code information.


Chassis color

The Expandable Desktop chassis color is beige. The bottom and back of the chassis are not painted.

The MiniTower chassis color is Fuller O'Brien 271026C Dusty Beige. The bezel uses General Electric plastic chip H86204. The bottom and back of the chassis are not painted.


Appendix A - User-Installable Upgrades
Appendix A − User-Installable Upgrades

SYSTEM MEMORY

Real Time clock Battery Replacement


SYSTEM MEMORY

Table A-1 shows the possible memory combinations. The Advanced/EV will support both Fast Page DRAM or EDO DRAM SIMMs, but they cannot be mixed within the same memory bank. If Fast Page DRAM and EDO DRAM SIMMs are installed in separate banks, each bank will be optimized for maximum performance. Parity generation and detection is NOT supported, but parity SIMMs (x36) may be used. SIMM requirements are 70 ns Fast Page Mode or 60 ns EDO DRAM with tin-lead connectors.

SIMM 1,2 (Bank 0) SIMM Type (Amount)	SIMM 3,4 (Bank 1) SIMM Type (Amount)	Total System Memory
1M X 32 (4 MB)	Empty	8 MB
1M X 32 (4 MB)	1M X 32 (4 MB)	16 MB
1M X 32 (4 MB)	2M X 32 (8 MB)	24 MB
1M X 32 (4 MB)	4M X 32 (16 MB)	40 MB
1M X 32 (4 MB)	8M X 32 (32 MB)	72 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	Empty	16 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	1M X 32 (4 MB)	24 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	2M X 32 (8 MB)	32 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	4M X 32 (16 MB)	48 MB
2M X 32 (8 MB)	8M X 32 (32 MB)	80 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	Empty	32 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	1M X 32 (4 MB)	40 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	2M X 32 (8 MB)	48 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	4M X 32 (16 MB)	64 MB
4M X 32 (16 MB)	8M X 32 (32 MB)	96 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	Empty	64 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	1M X 32 (4 MB)	72 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	2M X 32 (8 MB)	80 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	4M X 32 (16 MB)	96 MB
8M X 32 (32 MB)	8M X 32 (32 MB)	128 MB
Table A-1. Possible SIMM memory combinations

Note: SIMMs may be parity (x 36) or non-parity (x 32)


Technical Product Summary - Appendix A - User-Installable Upgrades - Real Time clock Battery Replacement
Real Time clock Battery Replacement

The battery can be replaced with a Sanyo CR2032, or equivalent, coin cell lithium battery. This battery has a 220 mAh rating.


Appendix B - Switch Settings and Jumpers
Appendix B − Switch Settings and Jumpers

 Figure B-1. Jumper/Switch locations and settings

Related Topics:

External/INTErnal CPU Clock speed - Switches 6, 7 & 8

Setup Disable - Switch 5

Clear CMOS - Switch 4

Password clear - Switch 3

VR/VRE - Switch 2

ISA Bus Clock - Switch 1

Recovery Boot Enable - J1L1


External/INTErnal CPU Clock speed - Switches 6, 7 & 8

Switches 7 & 8 set the CPU's external operating frequency at 50, 60, or 66 Mhz. Default setting depends on the specific product code, see table for specific Pentium processor configuration information.

The following table gives the position of Switches 6, 7 and 8 and Jumper J1N1:

External Bus Speed	Bus Clock Multiplier	Processor Speed	Switch 6	Switch 7	Switch 8	J1N1
50	1.5	75	off	on	off	4/5
60	1.5	90	off	off	off	4/5
66	1.5	100	off	on	on	4/5
60	2	120	on	off	off	4/5
66	2	133	on	on	on	4/5
60	5/2	Reserved	on	off	off	5/6
66	5/2	Reserved	on	on	on	5/6


Setup Disable - Switch 5

Allows access to CMOS Setup Utility to be disabled by setting switch 5 to the ON position. Default is for access to setup to be enabled (switch 5 = OFF)


Clear CMOS - Switch 4

Allows CMOS settings to be reset to default values by moving switch 4 to the ON position and turning the system on. The system should then be turned off and switch 4 should be returned to the OFF position to restore normal operation. This procedure should be done whenever the system BIOS is updated.


Password clear - Switch 3

Allows system password to be cleared by moving switch 3 to the ON position and turning the system on. The system should then be turned off and switch 3 should be returned to the OFF position to restore normal operation. This procedure should only be done if the user password has been forgotten.


VR/VRE - Switch 2

Changes the output of the on-board voltage regulator. OFF = standard VR, ON = VRE specification. This switch should not be changed by the user unless changing to a new processor type. Some upgrade processors may require a different setting, check the processor's documentation for the correct setting. (VR = 3.3-3.465V, VRE = 3.465-3.63V)


ISA Bus Clock - Switch 1

This switch changes the clock frequency of the ISA bus. The effect of this switch on the ISA clock depends upon the setting of the CPU clock speed switches. The default setting for this switch is OFF. In general, this switch should only be set to ON if higher ISA performance is required, and the ISA expansion cards can handle the faster bus clock.

Bus Frequency	Switch 1	ISA Bus Speed
50 MHz	ON/OFF	8.33 MHz
60 MHz	OFF	7.5 MHz
	ON	10 MHz
66 MHz	OFF	8.25 MHz
	ON	11 MHz


Recovery Boot Enable - J1L1

Allows the system to boot in the event the system BIOS has been corrupted by moving the jumper from the default position of 1-2 to the 2-3 position. The procedure for recovery boot is described in detail in the BIOS Recovery appendix.


Appendix C - Connectors
Appendix C − Connectors

Power Supply Connectors

Front Panel Connectors J2A1 & J1B1

I/O Connectors


Power Supply Connectors

Primary Power (J9M1)

Soft Power Supply On (J8M1)

Aux. (3.3V) PCI Power (J6L1)

Soft Off/Sleep


Primary Power (J9M1)

Pin	Name	Function
1	PWRGD	Power Good
2	+5 V	+ 5 volts Vcc
3	+12 V	+ 12 volts
4	-12 V	- 12 volts
5	GND	Ground
6	GND	Ground
7	GND	Ground
8	GND	Ground
9	-5 V	-5 volts
10	+5 V	+ 5 volts Vcc
11	+5 V	+ 5 volts Vcc
12	+5 V	+ 5 volts Vcc


Soft Power Supply On (J8M1)

Pin	Name	Function
1	PS_ON	Remote ON/OFF
2	N/C	Not connected
3	GND	Ground


Aux. (3.3V) PCI Power (J6L1)

Pin	Name	Function
1	GND	Ground
2	GND	Ground
3	GND	Ground
4	+3.3 V	+ 3.3 volts
5	+3.3V	+ 3.3 volts
6	+3.3 V	+ 3.3 volts


Soft Off/Sleep

Pin	Signal Name
1	+5 V
2	Ext. SMI
3	PS_ON
4	Ground


Front Panel Connectors J2A1 & J1B1

Sleep/Resume

Infra-red

Auxiliary 12V Fan Power

Speaker Connector

Turbo LED

Hard Drive LED (Disk)

Key lock/Power LED

Reset Connector


Sleep/Resume

Pin	Signal Name
1	+5 V
2	Comatose


Infra-red

Pin	Signal Name
1	+5 V
2	Key
3	IR_RX
4	Ground
5	IR_TX


Auxiliary 12V Fan Power

Pin	Signal Name
1	Ground
2	+12 V (fused)
3	Ground


Speaker Connector

Pin	Signal Name
1	SPKR_DAT
2	Key
3	SPKR_DAT onnect
4	Ground


Turbo LED

Pin	Signal Name
1	PULL_UP_330
2	LED_TURBO-


Hard Drive LED (Disk)

Pin	Signal Name
1	PULL_UP_330
2	Key
3	HD ACTIVE
4	PULL_UP_330


Key lock/Power LED

Pin	Signal Name
1	Ground
2	KEY LOCK
3	Ground
4	Key
5	LED_PWR


Reset Connector

Pin	Signal Name
1	Ground
2	RESET


I/O Connectors

PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Ports

At Style Keyboard Port

CD-ROM Audio Interface

Audio I/O Connector

Wave Table Upgrade Connector

IDE Connectors

Serial Ports

Parallel Port Connector

Floppy Connector

ISA Connectors

PCI Connectors

CELP Connector


PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Ports

Pin	Signal Name
1	Clock
2	Data
3	No Connect
4	Ground
5	Vcc (fused)


At Style Keyboard Port

Pin	Signal Name
1	Clock
2	Data
3	No Connect
4	Ground
5	Vcc (fused)


CD-ROM Audio Interface

Pin	Signal Name
1	Ground
2	CD-Left
3	Ground
4	CD-Right


Audio I/O Connector

Signal Name	Pin	Pin	Signal Name
+5 V	1	2	+5 V
JoyStick But0	3	4	JoyStick But2
JoyStick X1	5	6	JoyStick X2
Ground	7	8	MIDI Out
Ground	9	10	JoyStick Y2
JoyStick Y1	11	12	JoyStick But3
JoyStick But1	13	14	MIDI In
+5 V	15	16	Key
Key	17	18	Key
Line Out Right	19	20	Ground
Right Speaker	21	22	Ground
Left Speaker	23	24	Key
Line Out Left	25	26	Ground
Line In Right	27	28	-12 V
Line In Left	29	30	Ground
Mic In	31	32	+12 V
Ground	33	34	Ground


Wave Table Upgrade Connector

Pin	Signal Name
1	Wave Right
2	Ground
3	Wave Left
4	Ground
5	Key
6	Ground
7	MIDI_Write
8	Ground


IDE Connectors

Signal Name	Pin	Pin	Signal Name
Reset IDE	1	2	Ground
Host Data 7	3	4	Host Data 8
Host Data 6	5	6	Host Data 9
Host Data 5	7	8	Host Data 10
Host Data 4	9	10	Host Data 11
Host Data 3	11	12	Host Data 12
Host Data 2	13	14	Host Data 13
Host Data 1	15	16	Host Data 14
Host Data 0	17	18	Host Data 15
Ground	19	20	Key
DRQ3	21	22	Ground
I/O Write-	23	24	Ground
I/O Read-	25	26	Ground
IOCHRDY	27	28	BALE
DACK3-	29	30	Ground
IRQ14	31	32	IOCS16-
Addr 1	33	34	Ground
Addr 0	35	32	Addr 2
Chip Select 0-	37	38	Chip Select 1-
Activity	39	40	Ground


Serial Ports

Pin	Signal Name
1	DCD
2	DSR
3	Serial In - (SIN)
4	RTS
5	Serial Out - (SOUT)
6	CTS
7	DTR
8	RI
9	GND
10	N.C.


Parallel Port Connector

Signal Name	Pin	Pin	Signal Name
STROBE-	1	2	AUTO FEED-
Data Bit 0	3	4	ERROR-
Data Bit 1	5	6	INIT-
Data Bit 2	7	8	SLCT IN-
Data Bit 3	9	10	Ground
Data Bit 4	11	12	Ground
Data Bit 5	13	14	Ground
Data Bit 6	15	16	Ground
Data Bit 7	17	18	Ground
ACJ-	19	20	Ground
BUSY	21	22	Ground
PE (Paper End)	23	24	Ground
SLCT	25	26	N.C.


Floppy Connector

Signal Name	Pin	Pin	Signal Name
Ground	1	2	FDHDIN
Ground	3	4	Reserved
Key	5	6	FDEDIN
Ground	7	8	Index-
Ground	9	10	Motor Enable A-
Ground	11	12	Drive Select B-
Ground	13	14	Drive Select A-
Ground	15	16	Motor Enable B-
Ground	17	18	DIR-
Ground	19	20	STEP-
Ground	21	22	Write Data-
Ground	23	24	Write Gate-
Ground	25	26	Track 00-
Ground	27	28	Write Protect-
Ground	29	30	Read Data-
Ground	31	32	Side 1 Select-
Ground	33	34	Diskette Change-


ISA Connectors

Signal Name	Pin	Pin	Signal Name
GND	B1	A1	IOCHK-
RSTDRV	B2	A2	SD7
Vcc	B3	A3	SD6
IRQ9	B4	A4	SD5
-5V	B5	A5	SD4
DRQ2	B6	A6	SD3
-12V	B7	A7	SD2
0WS-	B8	A8	SD1
+12V	B9	A9	SD0
GND	B10	A10	IOCHRDY
SMEMW-	B11	A11	AEN
SMEMR-	B12	A12	SA19
IOW-	B13	A13	SA18
IOR-	B14	A14	SA17
DACK3-	B15	A15	SA16
DRQ3	B16	A16	SA15
DACK1-	B17	A17	SA14
DRQ1	B18	A18	SA13
REFRESH-	B19	A19	SA12
SYSCLK	B20	A20	SA11
IRQ7	B21	A21	SA10
IRQ6	B22	A22	SA9
IRQ5	B23	A23	SA8
IRQ4	B24	A24	SA7
IRQ3	B25	A25	SA6
DACK2-	B26	A26	SA5
TC	B27	A27	SA4
BALE	B28	A28	SA3
Vcc	B29	A29	SA2
OSC	B30	A30	SA1
GND	B31	A31	SA0
	KEY	KEY
MEMCS16-	D1	C1	SBHE-
IOCS16-	D2	C2	LA23
IRQ10	D3	C3	LA22
IRQ11	D4	C4	LA21
IRQ12	D5	C5	LA20
IRQ15	D6	C6	LA19
IRQ14	D7	C7	LA18
DACK0-	D8	C8	LA17
DRQ0	D9	C9	MEMR-
DACK5-	D10	C10	MEMW-
DRQ5	D11	C11	SD8
DACK6-	D12	C12	SD9
DRQ6	D13	C13	SD10
DACK7-	D14	C14	SD11
DRQ7	D15	C15	SD12
Vcc	D16	C16	SD13
Master-	D17	C17	SD14
GND	D18	C18	SD15


PCI Connectors

Signal Name	Pin	Pin	Signal Name		Signal Name	Pin	Pin	Signal Name
GND	A1	B1	-12V		AD16	A32	B32	AD17
+12V	A2	B2	No Connect		3.3V	A33	B33	CBE2-
No Connect	A3	B3	GND		FRAME-	A34	B34	GND
No Connect	A4	B4	No Connect		GND	A35	B35	IRDY-
Vcc	A5	B5	Vcc		TRDY-	A32	B32	3.3V
PCIINT3-	A6	B6	Vcc		GND	A37	B37	DEVSEL-
PCIINT1-	A7	B7	PCIINT2-		STOP-	A38	B38	GND
Vcc	A8	B8	PCIINT4-		3.3V	A39	B39	PLOCK-
Reserved	A9	B9	No Connect		SDONE	A40	B40	PERR-
Vcc	A10	B10	Reserved		SBO-	A41	B41	3.3V
Reserved	A11	B11	No Connect		GND	A42	B42	SERR-
GND	A12	B12	GND		PAR	A43	B43	3.3V
GND	A13	B13	GND		AD15	A44	B44	CBE1-
Reserved	A14	B14	Reserved		3.3V	A45	B45	AD14
SPCIRST-	A15	B15	GND		AD13	A46	B46	GND
Vcc	A16	B16	PCLKE		AD11	A47	B47	AD12
AGNT-	A17	B17	GND		GND	A48	B48	AD10
GND	A18	B18	REQA-		AD9	A49	B49	GND
Reserved	A19	B19	Vcc		KEY	A50	B50	KEY
AD30	A20	B20	AD31		KEY	A51	B51	KEY
3.3V	A21	B21	AD29		CBEO-	A52	B52	AD8
AD28	A22	B22	GND		3.3V	A53	B53	AD7
AD26	A23	B23	AD27		AD6	A54	B54	3.3V
GND	A24	B24	AD25		AD4	A55	B55	AD5
AD24	A25	B25	3.3V		GND	A56	B56	AD3
AD22 (IDSEL)	A26	B26	CBE3-		AD2	A57	B57	GND
3.3V	A27	B27	AD23		AD0	A58	B58	AD1
AD22	A28	B28	GND		Vcc	A59	B59	Vcc
AD20	A29	B29	AD21		SREQ64-	A60	B60	SACK64-
GND	A30	B30	AD19		Vcc	A61	B61	Vcc
AD18	A31	B31	3.3V		Vcc	A62	B62	Vcc


CELP Connector

Signal Name	Pin	Pin	Signal Name		Signal Name	Pin	Pin	Signal Name
GND	1	41	D58		GND	81	121	D59
TIO0	2	42	D56		TIO1	82	122	D57
TIO2	3	43	GND		TIO7	83	123	GND
TIO6	4	44	D54		TIO5	84	124	D55
TIO4	5	45	D52		TIO3	85	125	D53
RSVD	6	46	D50		RSVD	86	126	D51
VCC3	7	47	D48		VCC5	87	127	D49
TWE*	8	48	GND		RSVD	88	128	GND
CADS*	9	49	D46		CADV*	89	129	D47
GND	10	50	D44		GND	90	130	D45
CWE4*	11	51	D42		COE*	91	131	D43
CWE6*	12	52	VCC3		CWE5*	92	132 22221332	VCC5
CWE0*	13	53	D40		CWE7*	93	133	D41
CWE2*	14	54	D38		CWE1*	94	134	D39
VCC3	15	55	D36		VCC5	95	135	D37
CCS*	16	56	GND		CWE3*	96	136	GND
GWE*	17	57	D34		CAB3	97	137	D35
BWE*	18	58	D32		CALE	98	138	D33
GND	19	59	D30		GND	99	139	D31
A3	20	60	VCC3		RSVD	100	140	VCC5
A7	21	61	D28		A4	101	141	D29
A5	22	62	D26		A6	102	142	D27
A11	23	63	D24		A8	103	143	D25
A16	24	64	GND		A10	104	144	GND
VCC3	25	65	D22		VCC5	105	145	D23
A18	26	66	D20		A17	106	146	D21
GND	27	67	D18		GND	107	147	D19
A12	28	68	VCC3		A9	108	148	VCC5
A13	29	69	D16		A14	109	149	D17
ADSP*	30	70	D14		A15	110	150	D15
ECS1*	31	71	D12		RSVD	111	151	D13
ECS2*	32	72	GND		PD0	112	152	GND
PD1	33	73	D10		PD2	113	153	D11
PD3	34	74	D8		PD4	114	154	D9
GND	35	75	D6		GND	115	155	D7
CLK1	36	76	VCC3		CLK0	116	156	VCC5
GND	37	77	D4		GND	117	157	D5
D62	38	78	D2		D63	118	158	D3
VCC3	39	79	D0		VCC5	119	159	D1
D60	40	80	GND		D61	120	160	GND


Appendix D - Memory Map
Appendix D − Memory Map

Address Range (Decimal)	Address Range (hex)	Size	Description
1024K-131072K	100000-8000000	127M	Extended Memory
960K-1023K	F0000-FFFFF	64K	AMI System BIOS
952K-959K	EE000-EFFFF	8K	FLASH Boot Block (Available as UMB)
948K-951K	ED000-EDFFF	4K	ECSD (Plug and Play configuration area)
944-947K	EC000-ECFFF	4K	OEM LOGO (available as UMB)
896K-943K	E0000-EBFFF	48K	BIOS RESERVED (Currently available as UMB)
800-895K	C8000-DFFFF	96K	Available HI DOS memory (open to ISA and PCI bus)
640K-799K	A0000-C7FFF	160K	Available HI DOS Memory (normally reserved for) video)
639K	9FC00-9FFFF	1K	Extended BIOS Data (moveable by QEMM, 386MAX)
512K-638K	80000-9FBFF	127K	Extended conventional
0K-511K	00000-7FFFF	512K	Conventional
Table D-1. Advanced/EV Memory Map

The table above details the Advanced/EV memory map. The ECSD area from ED000-EDFFF is not available for use as an Upper Memory Block (UMB) by memory managers. The area from E0000-EBFFF is currently not used by the BIOS and is available for use as UMB by memory managers. Parts of this area may be used by future versions of the BIOS to add increased functionality.


Appendix E - I/O Map
Appendix E − I/O Map

Address (hex)	Size	Description
0000 - 000F	16 bytes	PIIX - DMA 1
0020 - 0021	2 bytes	PIIX - Interrupt Controller 1
0040 - 0043	4 bytes	PIIX - Timer 1
0048 - 004B	4 bytes	PIIX - Timer 2
0060	1 byte	Keyboard Controller Data Byte
0061	1 byte	PIIX - NMI, speaker control
0064	1 byte	Kbd Controller, CMD/STAT Byte
0070, bit 7	1 bit	PIIX - Enable NMI
0070, bits 6:0	7 bits	I/O(87306) - RTC, Address
0071	1 byte	I/O(87306) - RTC, Data
0078	1 byte	Reserved - Brd. Config.
0079	1 byte	Reserved - Brd. Config.
0080 - 008F	16 bytes	PIIX - DMA Page Register
00A0 - 00A1	2 bytes	PIIX - Interrupt Controller 2
00C0 - 00DE	31 bytes	PIIX - DMA 2
00F0	1 byte	Reset Numeric Error
0170 - 0177	8 bytes	Secondary IDE Channel
01F0 - 01F7	8 bytes	Primary IDE Channel
0278 - 027B	4 bytes	Parallel Port 2
02F8 - 02FF	8 bytes	On-Board Serial Port 2
0376	1 byte	Sec IDE Chan Cmd Port
0377	1 byte	Sec IDE Chan Stat Port
0378 - 037F	8 bytes	Parallel Port 1
03BC - 03BF	4 bytes	Parallel Port x
03E8 - 03EF	8 bytes	Serial Port 3
03F0 - 03F5	6 bytes	Floppy Channel 1
03F6	1 bytes	Pri IDE Chan Cmnd Port
03F7 (Write)	1 byte	Floppy Chan 1 Cmd
03F7, bit 7	1 bit	Floppy Disk Chg Chan 1
03F7, bits 6:0	7 bits	Pri IDE Chan Status Port
03F8 - 03FF	8 bytes	On-Board Serial Port 1
LPT + 400h	8 bytes	ECP port, LPT + 400h
0CF8-0CFB*	4 bytes	PCI Config Address Reg
0CFC-0CFF*	4 bytes	PCI Config Data Reg
FF00-FF07	8 bytes	IDE Bus Master Reg.
Table E-1. Advanced/EV I/O Address Map

* Only accessible by DWORD accesses.

I/O Port 78 is reserved for BIOS use. Port 79 is a read only port, the bit definitions are shown below.

Bit #	Description	Bit = 1	Bit = 0
0	Internal CPU Clock Freq. (Switch 6)	3/2	2x
1	Soft Off capable power supply	No	Yes
2	On-bd Audio present	Yes	No
3	External CPU clock (Switch x)
4	External CPU clock (Switch x
5	Setup Disable (Switch 5)	Enable access	Disable access
6	Clear CMOS (Switch 4)	Keep values	Clear values
7	Password Clear (Switch 3)	Keep password	Clear password


Appendix F - PCI Configuration Space Map
Appendix F − PCI Configuration Space Map

The 82430FX PCIset uses Configuration Mechanism 1 to access PCI configuration space. The PCI Configuration Address register is a 32-bit register located at CF8h, the PCI Configuration Data register is a 32-bit register located at CFCh. These registers are only accessable by full DWORD accesses. The table below lists the PCI bus and device numbers used by the baseboard.

Bus Number (hex)	Dev Number (hex)	Func. Number (hex)	Description
00	00	00	Intel 82437FX (TSC)
00	07	00	Intel 82371FB (PIIX) PCI/ISA bridge
00	07	01	Intel 82371FB (PIIX) IDE Bus Master
00	0D		PCI Expansion Slot 6
00	0E		PCI Expansion Slot 5
00	0F		PCI Expansion Slot 4
00	10		PCI Expansion Slot 3
Table F-1. Advanced/EV PCI Config. Space Map


Appendix G - Interrupts & DMA Channels
Appendix G − Interrupts & DMA Channels

IRQ	System Resource
NMI	I/O Channel Check
0	Reserved, Interval Timer
1	Reserved, Keyboard buffer full
2	Reserved, Cascade interrupt from slave PIC
3	Serial Port 2
4	Serial Port 1
5	On-bd Audio (default)
6	Floppy
7	Parallel Port 1
8	Real Time Clock
9	User available
10	User available
11	User available
12	On-brd Mouse Port (Avail if no PS/2 mouse)
13	Reserved, Math coprocessor
14	Primary IDE
15	Secondary IDE if present
Table G-1.Advanced/EV Interrupts

DMA	Data Width	System Resource
0	8- or 16-bits	On-bd Audio (default)
1	8- or 16-bits	On-bd Audio (default)
2	8- or 16-bits	Floppy
3	8- or 16-bits	Parallel Port (for ECP/EPP Config.)
4		Reserved - Cascade channel
5	16-bits	Open
6	16-bits	Open
7	16-bits	Open
Table G-2. Advanced/EV DMA Map


Appendix I - PCI Configuration Error Messages
Appendix I − PCI Configuration Error Messages

The following PCI messages are displayed as a group with bus, device and function information.

<'NVRAM Checksum Error, NVRAM Cleared'>, \ ; String

<'System Board Device Resource Conflict'>, \ ; String

<'Primary Output Device Not Found'>, \ ; String

<'Primary Input Device Not Found'>, \ ; String

<'Primary Boot Device Not Found'>, \ ; String

<'NVRAM Cleared By Jumper'>, \ ; String

<'NVRAM Data Invalid, NVRAM Cleared'>, \ ; String

<'Static Device Resource Conflict'>, \ ; String

The following messages chain together to give a message such as:

"PCI I/O Port Conflict: Bus: 00, Device 0D, Function: 01".

If and when more than 15 PCI conflict errors are detected the log full message is displayed.

<'PCI I/O Port Conflict:'>, \ ; String

<'PCI Memory Conflict: '>, \ ; String

<'PCI IRQ Conflict: '>, \ ; String

<' Bus '>, \ ; String

<', Device '>, \ ; String

<', Function '>, \ ; String

<',PCI Error Log is Full.'>, \ ; String

<'Floppy Disk Controller Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text

<'Primary IDE Controller Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text

<'Secondary IDE Controller Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text

<'Parallel Port Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text

<'Serial Port 1 Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text

<'Serial Port 2 Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text


Appendix J - AMIBIOS Error messages and Beep Codes
Appendix J − AMIBIOS Error messages and Beep Codes

Errors can occur during POST (Power On Self Test) which is performed every time the system is powered on. Fatal errors, which prevent the system from continuing the boot process, are communicated through a series of audible beeps. Other errors are displayed in the following format:

ERROR Message Line 1

ERROR Message Line 2

For most displayed error messages, there is only one message. If a second message appears, it is "RUN SETUP". If this message occurs, press <F1> to run AMIBIOS Setup.

Related Topics:

BEEP CODES

error messages

ISA NMI Messages


BEEP CODES

Beeps	Error Message	Description
1 long, 2 short	No video card found	Applies only to baseboards with no on-bd video.
1 long, 3 short	No Monitor connected	Applies only to baseboards with on-bd video present.
1 long, x short	Video related failure	Other video beep codes may exist and are tied to specific video BIOS implementations. Contact the vendor for details should the need arise.
1	Refresh Failure	The memory refresh circuitry on the baseboard is faulty.
2	Parity Error	Parity is not supported on this product, will not occur.
3	Base 64 KB Memory Failure	Memory failure in the first 64 KB.
4	Timer Not Operational	Memory failure in the first 64 KB of memory, or Timer 1 on the baseboard is not functioning.
5	Processor Error	The CPU on the baseboard generated an error.
6	8042 - Gate A20 Failure	The keyboard controller (8042) may be bad. The BIOS cannot switch to protected mode.
7	Processor Exception Interrupt Error	The CPU generated an exception interrupt.
8	Display Memory Read/Write Error	The system video adapter is either missing or its memory is faulty. This is not a fatal error.
9	ROM Checksum Error	ROM checksum value does not match the value encoded in BIOS.
10	CMOS Shutdown Register Rd/Wrt Error	The shutdown register for CMOS RAM failed.
11	Cache Error / External Cache Bad	The external cache is faulty.


error messages

Error Message	Explanation
8042 Gate - A20 Error	Gate A20 on the keyboard controller (8042) is not working. Replace the 8042.
Address Line Short!	Error in the address decoding circuitry on the baseboard.
Cache Memory Bad, Do Not Enable Cache!	Cache memory is defective. Replace it.
CH-2 Timer Error	Most AT systems include two timers. There is an error in timer 2.
CMOS Battery State Low	CMOS RAM is powered by a battery. The battery power is low. Replace the battery.
CMOS Checksum Failure	After CMOS RAM values are saved, a checksum value is generated for error checking. The previous value is different from the current value. Run AMIBIOS Setup.
CMOS System Options Not Set	The values stored in CMOS RAM are either corrupt or nonexistent. Run Setup.
CMOS Display Type Mismatch	The video type in CMOS RAM does not match the type detected by the BIOS. Run AMIBIOS Setup.
CMOS Memory Size Mismatch	The amount of memory on the baseboard is different than the amount in CMOS RAM. Run AMIBIOS Setup.
CMOS Time and Date Not Set	Run Standard CMOS Setup to set the date and time in CMOS RAM.
Diskette Boot Failure	The boot disk in floppy drive A: is corrupt. It cannot be used to boot the system. Use another boot disk and follow the screen instructions.
Display Switch Not Proper	The display jumper is not implemented on this product, this error will not occur.
DMA Error	Error in the DMA controller.
DMA #1 Error	Error in the first DMA channel.
DMA #2 Error	Error in the second DMA channel.
FDD Controller Failure	The BIOS cannot communicate with the floppy disk drive controller. Check all appropriate connections after the system is powered down.
HDD Controller Failure	The BIOS cannot communicate with the hard disk drive controller. Check all appropriate connections after the system is powered down.
INTR #1 Error	Interrupt channel 1 failed POST.
INTR #2 Error	Interrupt channel 2 failed POST.
Invalid Boot Diskette	The BIOS can read the disk in floppy drive A:, but cannot boot the system. Use another boot disk.
Keyboard Is Locked...Unlock It	The keyboard lock on the system is engaged. The system must be unlocked to continue.
Keyboard Error	There is a timing problem with the keyboard. Set the Keyboard option in Standard CMOS Setup to Not Installed to skip the keyboard POST routines.
KB/Interface Error	There is an error in the keyboard connector.
Off Board Parity Error	Parity error in memory installed in an expansion slot. The format is: OFF BOARD PARITY ERROR ADDR (HEX) = (XXXX) XXXX is the hex address where the error occurred.
On Board Parity Error	Parity is not supported on this product, this error will not occur.
Parity Error ????	Parity error in system memory at an unknown address.


ISA NMI Messages

ISA NMI Message	Explanation
Memory Parity Error at xxxxx	Memory failed. If the memory location can be determined, it is displayed as xxxxx. If not, the message is Memory Parity Error ????.
I/O Card Parity Error at xxxxx	An expansion card failed. If the address can be determined, it is displayed as xxxxx. If not, the message is I/O Card Parity Error ????.
DMA Bus Time-out	A device has driven the bus signal for more than 7.8 microseconds.


Appendix K - Soft-off Control
Appendix K − Soft-off Control

The Advanced AS design supports Soft off control via the SMM code in the BIOS. The CS1 pin out of the National 306B Ultra I/O controller is connected to the Soft off control line in our power supply circuit.

The registers in the Ultra I/O controller that sets the I/O address and control of the CS1 pin is NOT setup until the SMM code is activated. The code performs the following operations:

OUT 0Ch to I/O port 2Eh

OUT 75h to I/O port 2Fh

OUT 11h to I/O port 2Eh

OUT 00h to I/O port 2Fh

OUT 0Dh to I/O port 2Eh

OUT A0h to I/O port 2Fh

After setting the above registers, any read operation to I/O location 75H will trigger the Softoff circuit and turn the power supply off.


Appendix L ( BIOS Setup
Appendix L  BIOS Setup

Overview of the Setup Menu Screens

Overview of the Setup Keys

Main Screen

Advanced Screen

Power Management Configuration

Security Screen

Exit Screen


Overview of the Setup Menu Screens

The Setup program initially displays the Main menu screen. In each screen there are options for modifying the system configuration. Select a menu screen by pressing the left <←> or right <→> arrow keys. Use the up <↑> or down <↓> keys to select items in a screen. Use <Enter> to select an item for modification. For certain items, pressing <Enter> will bring up a subscreen. After selecting item, use the arrow keys to modify the setting.

Setup Menu Screen	Description
Main	For setting up and modifying some of the basic options of a PC, such as time, date, diskette drives, hard drives.
Advanced	For modifying the more advanced features of a PC, such as peripheral configuration and advanced chipset configuration.
Security	For specifying passwords that can be used to limit access to the system.
Exit	For saving or discarding changes.
Setup Subscreen	Description
Hard Disk Configuration	For configuring your hard drives.
Boot Options	For modifying options that affect the system boot up, such as the boot sequence.
Peripheral Configuration	For modifying options that affect the serial ports, the parallel port, and the disk drive interfaces.
Advanced Chipset Configuration	For modifying options that affect memory and system busses.
Power Management Configuration	For accessing and modifying Advanced Power Management (APM) options.
Plug and Play Configuration	For modifying options that affect the system's plug and play capabilities.


Overview of the Setup Keys

Setup Key	Description
<F1>	Pressing the <F1> key brings up a help screen for the currently selected item.
<Esc>	Pressing the <Esc> key takes you back to the previous screen. Pressing it in the Main, Advanced, Security, or Exit screen allows you to Exit Discarding Changes (see later in this chapter).
<Enter>	Pressing the <Enter> key selects the current item or option.
<↑>	Pressing the up <↑> key changes the selection to the previous item or option.
<↓>	Pressing the down <↓> key changes the selection the to the next item or option.
<←> <→>	Pressing the left <←> or right <→> keys in the Main, Advanced, Security, or Exit menu screens changes the menu screen. Pressing either key in a subscreen does nothing.
<F5>	Pressing the <F5> key allows you to Load Setup Defaults (see later in this chapter).
<F6>	Pressing the <F6> key allows you to Discard Changes (see later in this chapter).
<F10>	Pressing the <F10> key allows you to Exit Saving Changes (see later in this chapter).


Main Screen

This section describes the Setup options found on the main menu screen. If you select certain options from the main screen (e.g, Hard Disk), the Setup program will switch to a subscreen for the selected option. Subscreens are described in the sections following the description of the main screen options.

System Date

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the current date.

System Time

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the current time.

Floppy Options

When selected, this brings up the Floppy Options subscreen.

Hard Disk (Primary IDE Master/Slave, Secondary IDE Master/Slave)

Reports if a hard disk is connected to the system. When selected, this brings up the Hard Disk Configuration subscreen.

Language

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the language of the text strings used in the Setup program and the BIOS. The options are any installed languages. If no additional languages have been installed, this item will not appear.

Boot Options

When selected, this brings up the Boot Options screen.

Video Mode

This reports the video mode. There are no options.

Mouse

This reports if a mouse is installed or not. There are no options.

Base Memory

This reports the amount of base memory. There are no options.

Extended Memory

This reports the amount of extended memory. There are no options.

Related Topics:

Floppy Options Subscreen

Hard Disk Configuration Subscreen

Boot Options Subscreen


Floppy Options Subscreen

Floppy A: Type

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the physical size and capacity of the diskette drive. The options are Disabled, 360 KB, 5.25-inch; 1.2 MB, 5.25inch; 720 KB, 3.5-inch; 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch; 2.88 MB, 3.5-inch. The default is 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch.

Floppy B: Type

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the physical size and capacity of the diskette drive. The options are Disabled, 360 KB, 5.25-inch; 1.2 MB, 5.25inch; 720 KB, 3.5-inch; 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch; 2.88 MB, 3.5-inch. The default is Disabled.


Hard Disk Configuration Subscreen

Hard Disk Type

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to manually configure your hard drive or have the system auto configure it. The options are Auto Configured and User Definable. The default is Auto Configured. If you select User Definable then the Number of Cylinders, Number of Heads, and Number of Sectors items can be modified.

Number of Cylinders

If Hard Disk Type is set to User Definable, you must type the correct number of cylinders for your hard disk. If Hard Disk Type is set to Auto Configured, this reports the number of cylinders for your hard disk and cannot be modified.

Number of Heads

If Hard Disk Type is set to User Definable, you must type the correct number of heads for your hard disk. If Hard Disk Type is set to Auto Configured, this reports the number of heads for your hard disk and cannot be modified.

Number of Sectors

If Hard Disk Type is set to User Definable, you must type the correct number of sectors for your hard disk. If Hard Disk Type is set to Auto Configured, this reports the number of sectors for your hard disk and cannot be modified.

Maximum Capacity

This reports the maximum capacity of your hard disk. It is calculated from the number of cylinders, heads, and sectors. There are no options here.

IDE Translation Mode

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the IDE translation mode. The options are Standard CHS (standard cylinder head sector — less than 1024 cylinders), Logical Block Addressing (LBA), Extended CHS (extended cylinder head sector — greater than 1024 cylinders), and Auto Detected (BIOS detects IDE drive support for LBA). The default is Auto-detected.

Do not change this from the option selected when the hard drive was formatted. Changing the option may result in corrupted data.

Multiple Sector Setting

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the IDE programmed I/O cycles so that multiple sectors are transferred in a single block. This only affects drives connected to the ISA/IDE connector. The options are Disabled, 4 Sectors/Block, 8 Sectors/Block, or Auto Detected. The default is Auto Detected. Check the specifications for your hard disk drive to determine which setting will provide the optimum performance for your drive.

Fast Programmed I/O Modes

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set how fast transfers on the PCI IDE interface occur. The options are Disabled or Auto Detected. The default is Auto Detected. If set to Disabled, transfers occur at an un-optimized speed. If set to Auto Detected, transfers occur at the drive's maximum speed.


Boot Options Subscreen

Boot Sequence

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set which drive the system checks first to find operating system to boot from. The following options are available:

First Boot Device	Floppy

Hard Disk

CD-ROM

Network

Disabled

Second Boot Device

Third Boot Device

Fourth Boot Device

For example, if CD-ROM is selected as the first boot device, then the second boot device can be set as any one of the following - Floppy, Hard Disk, Network or Disabled. The third boot device can be set as any of the three remaining devices , and the fourth boot device as any of the remaining two.

System Cache

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to enable or disable both the primary and secondary cache memory. The options are Enabled or Disabled. The default is Enabled.

Boot Speed

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the system's boot speed. The options are Deturbo and Turbo. The default is Turbo. If Turbo is selected, boot-up occurs at full speed. If Deturbo is selected, the board operates at a slower speed.

Num Lock

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the beginning state of the Num Lock feature on your keyboard. The options are On and Off. The default is Off.

Setup Prompt

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to turn on the "Press <F1> Key if you want to run Setup" prompt during the power-up sequence. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default is Enabled.

Typematic Rate Programming

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the typematic rates. The options are Default and Override. The default is Default. Choosing Override enables Typematic Rate Delay and Typematic Rate.

Typematic Rate Delay

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set how long it takes for the key-repeat function to start when you hold down a key on the keyboard. The options are 250, 500, 750, and 1000 millisecond delays. The default is 250. If Typematic Rate Programming is set to Default, this option will not be visible.

Typematic Rate

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the speed at which characters repeat when you hold down a key on the keyboard. The higher the number, the faster the characters repeat. The options are 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, and 30 characters per second. The default is 6. If Typematic Rate Programming is set to Default, this option will not be visible.


Advanced Screen

This section describes the Setup options found on the Advanced menu screen. If you select certain options from the Advanced screen (e.g, Peripheral Configuration), the Setup program will switch to a subscreen for the selected option. Subscreens are described in the sections following the description of the Advanced screen options.

Processor Type

This reports the CPU type. There are no options.

Processor Speed

This reports the clock speed of the CPU. There are no options. For the 150/166mhz pentium processors this field will not be displayed since the BIOS cannot read the status of the Bus Frequency(BF1) pin. The board will run at 150/166mhz only the processor speed won't be displayed in the BIOS

Cache Size

This reports the size of the secondary cache. There are no options. If no secondary cache is installed, this field will not be displayed.

Peripheral Configuration

When selected, this brings up the Peripheral Configuration subscreen.

Advanced Chipset Configuration

When selected, this brings up the Advanced Chipset Configuration subscreen.

Power Management Configuration

When selected and enabled, this brings up the Advanced Power Management (APM) subscreen.

Plug and Play Configuration

When selected, this brings up the Plug and Play Configuration subscreen.

Related Topics:

Peripheral Configuration Subscreen

Audio Configuration

Advanced Chipset Configuration Subscreen


Peripheral Configuration Subscreen

Configuration Mode

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the peripheral configuration yourself, or have the system do it. The options are Auto and Manual. The default is Auto.

When Auto is selected, the system peripherals are automatically configured during power up. The options below for the PCI/IDE Interfaces, Floppy Interface, Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 Addresses, and the Parallel Port Address can not be modified. The settings displayed for those options reflect the current state of the hardware.

If Manual is selected, the options for the PCI IDE Interfaces, Floppy Interface, Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 Addresses, and Parallel Port Address can be explicitly configured.

PCI IDE Interface

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to enable the PCI IDE hard disk interface. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default is Enabled. (If Configuration Mode is set to Auto, this option cannot be modified.)

Floppy Interface

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to enable the diskette drive interface. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default is Enabled. (If Configuration Mode is set to Auto, this option cannot be modified.)

Serial Port 1 Address

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to select the address of the serial port. The options are Disabled; COM1, 3F8h; COM2, 2F8h; COM3, 3E8h; and COM4, 2E8h. The default is COM1, 3F8h. If the Configuration Mode is set to Auto, the Setup program assigns the first free COM port (normally COM1, 3F8h) as the serial port 1 address, regardless of what is selected under the Serial Port 1 Address option. (If Configuration Mode is set to Auto, this option cannot be modified.)

Serial Port 2 Address

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to select the address of the serial port. The options are Disabled; COM1, 3F8h; COM2, 2F8h; COM3, 3E8h; and COM4, 2E8h. The default is COM2, 2F8h. If the Configuration Mode is set to Auto, the Setup program assigns the first free COM port (normally COM2, 2F8h) as the serial port 2 address, regardless of what is selected under the Serial Port 2 Address option. (If Configuration Mode is set to Auto, this option cannot be modified.)

If either serial port address is set, the address it is set to will not appear in the options of the other serial port.

Serial Port 2 IR Mode

When selected, this dedicates Serial Port 2 for infrared applications. Serial Port 2 also can be enabled with software from application programs. This option is only available when the Configuration Mode is set to Manual.

Parallel Port Address

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to select the address of the parallel port. The options are Disabled; LPT3, 3BCh; LPT1, 378h; and LPT2, 278h. The default is LPT1, 378h. If the Configuration Mode is set to Auto, the setup program assigns LPT1, 378h as the parallel port address, regardless of what is selected under the Parallel Port Address option. (If Configuration Mode is set to Auto, this option cannot be modified.)

Parallel Port Mode

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to select the mode for the parallel port. The options are Compatible, Bi-directional, ECP and EPP. The default is Compatible. Compatible means the parallel port will operate in AT-compatible output mode. Bi-directionalnded means the parallel port will operate in bi-directional PS/2-compatible mode. ECP sets the port up to be ECP ready. This option is not affected by what is selected on the Configuration Mode field above.

Serial Port 1 IRQ

This reports the IRQ number for serial port 1. There are no options. If the Serial Port 1 Address field is set to Disabled, this field will not be visible.

Serial Port 2 IRQ

This reports the IRQ number for serial port 2. There are no options. If the Serial Port 2 Address field is set to Disabled, this field will not be visible.

Parallel Port IRQ

This reports the IRQ number for the parallel port. There are no options. If the Parallel Port Address field is set to Disabled, this field will not be visible.


Audio Configuration

Configuration Mode

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the audio configuration yourself, or have the system do it. The options are Auto and Manual. The default is Auto.

The Audio subsystem of the Advanced/EV should be configured by using the ICU (ISA Configuration Utility).


Advanced Chipset Configuration Subscreen

Base Memory Size

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the size of the base memory. The options are 512 KB and 640 KB. The default is 640 KB.

ISA LFB Size

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the size of the video linear frame buffer. The options are Disabled or 1 MB. The default is Disabled. If this is not set to Disabled, then the ISA LFB Base Address field will appear.

ISA LFB Base Address

This reports the base address of the LFB. There are no options. This field will not appear if the ISA LFB Size is set to Disabled.

Video Palette Snoop

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to control the ability of a PCI graphics card to "snoop" write cycles to an ISA graphics card's color pallet registers. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default is Disabled. Note: Some video capture or TV tuner add-in boards may require this feature to be enabled. Depending on hardware limitations, this item may not appear.

Latency Timer (PCI Clocks)

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to control the time and agent on the PCI bus can hold the bus when another agent has requested the bus. The valid numbers are between 0 and 256. The default is 66.

SIMM Type Detection

This reports the type of DRAM installed in each of the two memory banks: Fast Page Mode, Extended Data Out Mode, or None. There are no options.

PCI Burst

This enables or disables support for PCI-to-memory burst mode data transfers. The options are Enabled or Disabled. The default is Enabled.


Power Management Configuration

Power Management Configuration enables or disables the Advanced Power Management (APM) support in your system's BIOS. Power Management will only work with APM-capable operating systems to manage power consumption in your system. If Advanced Power Management is set to Disabled, none of the fields in the Advanced Power Management subscreen will be visible.

IDE Drive Power Down

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set any IDE drives to spin down when the system goes into power managed mode. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default is Enabled.

VESA Video Power Down

Brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the command issued to your graphics card when the system goes into power managed mode. The command options are Disabled, Standby, Suspend, and Sleep. The default is Sleep.

Inactivity Timer

This allows you to set how many minutes the system must be inactive before it enters power managed mode. The range is 0 to 255 minutes. The default is 10 minutes.

Hot Key

This allows you to enter a hot key that, when pressed while holding down the <Ctrl> and <Alt> keys, will cause the system to enter power managed mode. All alphanumeric keys, punctuation keys, and spaces are valid keys.

Related Topics:

Plug and Play Configuration Subscreen


Plug and Play Configuration Subscreen

Configuration Mode

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set how the BIOS gets information about ISA cards that do not have plug and play capabilities. The options are Use Setup Utility and Use ICU (ISA Configuration Utility). The default is Use Setup Utility.

If Use ICU is selected, the BIOS will depend on run-time software to ensure that there are no conflicts between ISA boards with plug and play capabilities and those without. None of the rest of the items in this subscreen will be visible.

If Use Setup Utility is selected, the BIOS will depend on the following items to avoid conflicts.

ISA Shared Memory Size

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to select a block of the memory to access the ISA bus. The options are Disabled, 16 KB, 32 KB, 48 KB, 64 KB and 96 KB. The default is Disabled. If this is set to Disabled, ISA Shared Memory Base Address, below, will not be visible.

ISA Shared Memory Base Address

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the base address for the ISA Shared Memory. The options are C8000h, CC000h, D0000h, D4000h, D8000h, and DC000h. The default is C8000h. This setting may affect the ISA Shared Memory Size item. The value entered in the ISA Shared Memory Size item cannot extend to the E0000h address. For example, if a size of 64K was selected, options D4000h, D8000h, and DC000h will not be available.

Boot With PnP OS

When Enabled is selected, the BIOS will activate only those Plug and Play add-in cards needed to boot the system, then pass control to the operating system to configure any remaining Plug and Play add-in cards. The default is Disabled, but this feature should be set to Enabled for use with Windows 95..

IRQ 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the status of the IRQ. The options are Available and Used By ISA Card. The default is Available. The PCI auto-configuration code looks here to see if these interrupts are available. If an interrupt is available, the PCI auto-configuration code can assign the interrupt to be used by the system. If your system contains an ISA agent that uses one of these interrupts, select Used By ISA Card for that interrupt.

Some of these interrupts may not be displayed if they already have been assigned to other peripherals, such as IRQ 3 and IRQ 4, which are normally used by the serial ports, and IRQ 7 for the parallel port.


Security Screen

This section describes the two access modes that can be set using the options found on the Security screen, and then describes the Security screen options themselves.

Related Topics:

Administrative and User Access Modes

Security Screen Options


Administrative and User Access Modes

The options on the Security screen menu make it possible to restrict access to the Setup program by allowing you to set passwords for two different access modes: Administrative mode and User mode.

In general, Administrative mode has full access to the Setup options, whereas User mode has restricted access to the options. Thus, by setting separate Administrative and User passwords, a system administrator can limit who can change critical Setup values. The actual limitations depend on whether either the Administrative or User passwords or both are set.

If you want to limit access to who can boot the system, you must set the User password. This is the password that the system will ask for before booting. If only the Administrative password is set, the system will boot up without asking for a password. If both passwords are set, you can enter either password to boot the system.

This table shows the effects of setting the Administrative and User passwords. (The table is for reference only, and is not shown on the Security screen.) In the table, the statement "Can change a limited number of options" means you can change the system date and time, the User password, and the security hot key.

Password Set	Administrative mode can:	User mode can:	Pswd Required at Boot
Neither	Change all options*	Change all options*	None
Administrative only	Change all options	Change a limited number of options	None
User only	N/A	Change all options	User
Both	Change all options	Change a limited number of options	Administrative or User
* If no password is set, any user can change all Setup options.


Security Screen Options

User Password is

This reports if there is a User password set. There are no options.

Administrative Password is

This reports if there is an Administrative password set. There are no options.

Set User Password

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the User password.

Set Administrative Password

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the Administrative password.

Unattended Start

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to control when the security password is requested. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default is Disabled. The User password must be enabled before you can enable this option. If Enabled is selected, the system will boot, but the keyboard will be locked until the User password is entered.

Security Hot Key (CTRL-ALT-)

This allows you to set a hot key that, when pressed, will lock the keyboard until the User password is entered.


Exit Screen

Exit Saving Changes

Exit Discarding Changes

Load Setup Defaults

Discard Changes


Exit Saving Changes

When selected, this allows you to save the change to CMOS and exit the Setup program. You can also press the <F10> key anywhere in the Setup program to do this.


Exit Discarding Changes

When selected, this allows you to exit the Setup program without saving any changes. This means that any changes made while in the Setup program will be discarded and NOT SAVED. Pressing the <Esc> key in any of the four main screens will do this.


Load Setup Defaults

When selected, this allows you to reset all of the setup options to their defaults. You can also press the <F5> key anywhere in the Setup program to do this.

This selection loads the default Setup values from the ROM table.


Discard Changes

When selected, this allows you to discard any changes you made during the current Setup session without exiting the program. You can also press the <F6> key anywhere in the Setup program to do this.

This selection loads the CMOS values that were present when the system was turned on.


Appendix N - Environmental Standards
Appendix N − Environmental Standards

Boards

Systems


Boards

Parameter	Condition	Specification
Temperature
	Non-Operating	-40oC to +70oC
	Operating	+0oC to +55oC
Humidity
	Non-Operating	92% Relative Humidity max. @ 55oC
	Operating	85% Relative Humidity max. @ 55°C
Altitude
	Non-Operating	50,000 feet (15,240 meters)
	Operating	10,000 feet (3048 meters)
Vibration
	Non-Operating	0.01g2/Hz @ 5Hz, 0.02g2/Hz from 20Hz-500Hz
Shock	Non-Operating	30.0G, 11ms, 1/2 sine
Table N-1. Board Environmental standards


Systems

Parameter	Condition	Specification
Temperature
	Non-Operating	-40oC to +70oC
	Operating	+10oC to +35oC
Humidity
	Non-Operating	92% Relative Humidity max. @ 36oC
	Operating	80% Relative Humidity max. @ 36°C
AC Line
Surge Test	Non-Operating	2.0kV/3KA Unidirectional
	Operating	1.5kV/3KA Unidirectional
Line Voltage Range		90-132V or 180-264V
Line Freq. Range		47-63Hz
Source Interrupt		17 msec nominal line
ESD
	0-2.5KV	No errors
	2.5KV-15.0KV	limited errors, no physical damage
Acoustical Noise		40 dba (measured at bystander position)
Vibration
	Non-operating	.001g2/Hz@5Hz, .01g2/hz from 20Hz-500Hz
Shock	Non-Operating	30.0G, trapezoidal wave form
	Operating	2G, 11 msec, 1/2 sine
Table N-2. System Environmental standards


Appendix M - BIOS Recovery
Appendix M − BIOS Recovery

The Advanced/EV incorporates the AMIBIOS in a Flash memory component. Flash BIOS allows easy upgrades without the need to replace an EPROM. The upgrade utility fits on a floppy diskette and provides the capability to save, verify, and update the system BIOS. The upgrade utility also provides the capability to install alternate languages for BIOS messages and the SETUP utility. The upgrade utility can be run from a hard drive or a network drive, but no memory managers can be installed during upgrades.

Related Topics:

Using the upgrade utility

Recovery mode


Using the upgrade utility

If the utility is obtained from the bulletin board, UNZIP the archive and copy the files to a bootable MS-DOS 3.3, 4.01, 5.0, or 6.x diskette. Reboot the system with the upgrade diskette in the bootable floppy drive and follow the directions in the easy to use menu-driven program.


Recovery mode

In the unlikely event that a FLASH upgrade is interrupted catastrophically, it is possible the BIOS may be left in an unusable state. Recovering from this condition requires the following steps (be sure a power supply and speaker have been attached to the board, and a floppy drive is connected as drive A:):

1.	Change Flash Recovery jumper to the recovery mode position.

2.	Install the bootable upgrade diskette into drive A:

3.	Reboot the system.

4.	Because of the small amount of code available in the non-erasable boot block area, no video is available to direct the procedure. The procedure can be monitored by listening to the speaker and looking at the floppy drive LED. When the system beeps and the floppy drive LED is lit, the system is copying the recovery code into the FLASH device. As soon as the drive LED goes off, the recovery is complete.

5.	Turn the system off.

6.	Change the Flash Recovery jumper back to the default position.

7.	Leave the upgrade floppy in drive A: and turn the system on.

8.	Continue with the original upgrade.


Appendix O - Reliability Data
Appendix O − Reliability Data

The Mean-Time-Between-Failures (MTBF) data is calculated from predicted data @ 55°C.

Advanced/EV baseboard	TBD

Advanced/EV Expandable Desktop	29,914 hrs

Advanced/EV MiniTower	29,914 hrs

Note: The power supply fan and auxiliary fan are considered wear-out items and are not included in calculation of the system MTBF numbers listed above.