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Help Contents
Contents

Monthly Updates - November 1995

First Advanced ZE Help File

Product History

Board History

BIOS History

Software History

Latest ECO Notification

General Product Information

Product Order Code List

Orderable Spare Parts

Approved Vendor List for User-Installable Upgrades

INTEROPERABILITY TESTING PRODUCT LIST

Read Me Files

Frequently Asked Questions

Customer Support

Legal Stuff

Known Errata

HARDWARE ERRATA

BIOS ERRATA

Description

APM ERRATA

FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

SOFTWARE

THIRD PARTY ISSUES

Technical Product Summary

Introduction

Board Level Features

System Level Features

Appendix A − User-Installable Upgrades

Appendix B

Appendix C − I/O Map

Appendix D − Memory Map

Appendix E − Interrupts & DMA Channels

Appendix F − Connectors

ISA Connectors

PCI Connectors

Appendix G  BIOS Setup

Appendix H − BIOS Recovery

Appendix I − Error messages and Beep Codes

Appendix J − Environmental Standards

Appendix K − Reliability Data


First Advanced ZE Help File

Welcome to the first edition of the Advanced ZE helpfile.  We at Intel hope you find it helpful.


Board History

Changes to A2 Stepping of Triton Chip Set, PC82306  Class I

 Implemented: August 1995

Triton Chipset Stepping Change: A new stepping of the Triton chipset is being introduced into the current design of the Advanced ZE Platform. Recently, the Triton chipset transferred to an Intel internal process, referred to as "process 650" or "P650", to improve material availability. The devices affected this change were the TSC and the PIIX. The TSC changes from stepping A1 to A2 and includes a fix to facilitate compatibility with Matrox video cards. The PIIX changes from stepping A1P to A1 only address the previous signal quality issue removing the requirements for the external resistors on the #DACK0 and TC lines.

Removing Additional PIIX Pullups: As mentioned above, the new stepping of the PIIX removes the requirements for external pullups on the #DACK0 and TC lines.

National PC87306VUL Stepping Change: The National PC87306VUL revision A0 part on the Advanced ZE 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 is assigned to 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" mode of 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 reqires at least three addresses. The PC87306VUL RevB provides a programmable third option via bit 6 of PNP0 and the LPTBA register.

The Altered Assembly (AA#) and PBA# numbers of the motherboard will change per the following table

Product Code	Old AA#	New AA#	Old PBA#	New PBA#
S75EDZ8FNC	641016-002	641016-003	635352-104	635352-105
S75MTZ8FNC	641016-002	641016-003	635352-104	635352-105
S100EDZ8FLC	641018-002	641018-003	635352-104	635352-105
S100MTZ8FLC	641018-002	641018-003	635352-104	635352-105
S120EDZ8FLC	641019-002	641019-003	635352-104	635352-105
S120MTZ8FLC	641019-002	641019-003	635352-104	635352-105


BIOS History

ENGINEERING

Intel Corporation, 5200 NE Elam Young Parkway
Hillsboro, OR  97214

DATE:	November 1995

TO:	OMCO Business Unit

CC:	iPG / OPSD BIOS Engineering

FROM:	OPSD BIOS Engineering

SUBJECT:	 Aladdin Bios Release 5.0

About This Release

o	BIOS 1.00.05.BR0 Release 5.0 - Aladdin

Features/Errata Fixed In This Release

Release 5.0

o	Disabling either the primary or secondary IDE channel (via the Manual setting of the configuration Mode field of the Peripheral Configuration screen) will force Interrupt 14 and/or 15 to be released  (interrupts are available for use by other devices).  These interrupts are added to the list of available interrupts when the Use Setup Utility option of the Plug and Play screen is used.  Includes renaming Peripheral Configuration screen's primary and secondary IDE field names.  Format is "Primary PCI IDE Interface" and "Secondary PCI IDE Interface".

o	Reinstated the Hard Disk Pre-Delay feature.

o	Fixed problem where CPU Auto HALT features were incorrectly being disabled.  The fix results in about 5 watts of additional power saved during CPU inactivity even when APM is disabled in setup (as long as a power driver is installed).

o	Added call to detect serial mouse if a PS/2 mouse is not installed in the system.  Will now wake the system if a serial mouse is installed and a PS/2 mouse is not installed.

o	Fixed problem in which not all resources disabled if all resources cannot be enabled for a PCI device.

o	Fixed timing loop in keyboard controller related code that was causing problems with network remote diskless boot.

o	Set Input attribute in Keyboard device node.

o	Set IPL attribute in Floppy and IDE device nodes.

o	Corrected IRQ programmed for 3F8,IRQ 3;  2F8,IRQ 4;  3E8,IRQ 3; & 2E8,IRQ 4. Programming IRQ 3 & 4 reversed.  3F8,IRQ 4;  2F8,IRQ 3;  3E8,IRQ 4;   & 2E8,IRQ 3 were programmed correctly.

o	Corrected problems and potential problems possibly causing CMOS corruption.  Battery failure status was not being preserved through POST.  Date and time could be set to default (01/01/90) without posting an error.  Accesses to enable or disable NMI were not followed with a read or write.

o	Re-enabled palette snooping for those PCI BIOSs that disable it during initialization and request palette snooping be enabled via setup.o	Corrected floppy function 08, Return Disk Parameters.   It returned wrong parameters if the drive number was illegal.

o	Fixed bug in which BIOS text string could be displayed incorrectly.

o	Disabled Hotkey 6 in the Phoenix Keyboard Controller. It's default is enabled and set to the Break Key.  This caused problems with some software.

o	Added an additional test on the boot record (test for 0000 at the start of the record) to avoid trying to boot from a non-system disk.

o	Updated the ATA/ATAPI detection code to be more robust.  Handles faster CPUs, more reliably detects CD-ROM drives, and handles IDE drives which act as master and slave when no slave exists.

o	Fixed Int 15 Function C7h where bogus amount of memory could be returned.

o	Fixed password problem in which the password is entered followed by a backspace is considered valid.

o	Fixed possible Gate A20 enable/disable race condition.

Release 4.0

o	Updated device node ID for the parallel port when programmed for ECP mode.  Was 400h now is 401h.

Beta 4.01

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

o	ALL Triton products built will support Turbo/Deturbo in SMM.  However because some

protected mode operating systems replace the KB handler, Turbo/Deturbo may not function as expected.

o	Changed APM function 53, subfunction 0AH that indicates that the system does not have a battery (Not a portable PC).

o	Added a more robust APM 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	Adjusted for recovery to function properly.

o	Adjusted for new 306B support.

o	Fixed IRQ 5 and 7 display problems with ISAPNP screen of Setup.

o	Fixed problem with APM where it 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 3.0

o	Fixed security hotkey.

o	Fixed bug with shared memory being programed at C000.  Refer to DCS report 3701

o	Fixed front panel sleep switch so that it will wake the system when used with PowerMan.  Refer to DCS report 3717.

Release 2.0

o 	Fixed problems with S3 Trio 32 Video failures via reduction in Video Bios Clock rate reduction from 60Mhz to 57Mhz.  Also corrected font issues.  Video bios revision 1.03.08.09-57Mhz.

o	Fixed problem with ISA Shared Memory Setup options which was introduced between Beta 2.01 and Beta 2.02.  Now back to Beta 2.01 and Release 1.0 operation.  Failure was characterized by a failure of PCI video (with video error beep) when one would set the ISA Shared Memory option to start at C8000h.

o	Fixed problem introduced since Release 1.0 which would cause Protected Mode applications/Operating Systems to have a General Protection Fault when modifying the Device Node  configurations for onboard Parallel Port or onboard PCI IDE.

o	Fixed problem revolving around Bios Data Area offset 6Ch (dword - 32 bit value) aka Timer Count value.  Symptom of problem fixed:  "incorrect updating of Timer Count value in Bios Data Area occurs during Sleep/Power-Down when running Windows 95".  Fixed by utilizing Real Time Clock AND IRQ 0 (was previously only IRQ 0) as conditions for updating Timer Count value in Bios Data Area.

o	Added enhancement to APM code to allow audio feedback (beeping) which indicates APM code detection of:

a)	Sleep/Resume/Soft Power Off button press (single beep),

b)	Soft Power Off via 2 second hold of Sleep/Resume/Soft Power Off button (two decending beeps).

Beta 2.02

o	Fixed PCI code dealing with devices Disabled (DCS #2966).

o	Fixed PCI Bridge I/O Space allocation issues.

o	Adjusted code to always dispatch APM code reguardless of Enable or Disabled via SETUP option.

o	Adjusted Motherboard Device Node to change the DMA capability of the Onboard Floppy from Bus Mastering to Non-Bus Mastering.

o	Adjusted Motherboard Device Node to change the Serial Port Device Identifier from a Non-FIFO to a FIFO type device.

o	Fixed Bios Error Display code to Not Wait for User Input if no Keyboard was detected.

o	Fixed Bios Error Display code to Not Wait for User Input if no Video was detected (DCS #3401).

o	Adjusted SETUP to allow IRQ 5 or 7 to be chosen for I/O 378h for parallel port.

o	Adjusted parallel port mode choices to support Compatible, Bi-directional, ECP, & EPP.

o	Fixed Bios Error Display code to Not Display Resource Conflict Message when no PS/2 Mouse and add-in card using IRQ 12.

o	Fixed OS/2 trap problem related to APM being Enabled/Disabled in SETUP.

o	Fixed issue related to stack handling during compatible Shutdown 9.

o	Adjusted Resource Auto-configuration order for Windows 95 so that Motherboard Resources will be allocated before PCI resources.  This has been implemented via a SETUP option.

o	Adjusted PCI Resource allocation related to Video IRQ assignment.  We can now, on a product by product basis, decide to not assign IRQ's to PCI Video devices.

o	Fixed the programming of the Cache Line Size and Latency Timer for Bridges.

o	Fixed Motherboard Device Node Attributes to indicate "device can only be configured at runtime" from "device can be configured at runtime".  This fixes issue with WINICU R1.41 which thought the motherboard devices could be reconfigured for a next boot situation but the System Bios doesn't support this.

o	Fixed SETUP code to make sure one interrupt was preserved for PCI usage.

o	Fixed IDE timing programming so that when have two different mode drives ona single channel the slower mode will get programmed for that channel.

o	Fixed SETUP code for display of IRQ 5 and IRQ 7 in Plug and Play screen.

o	Fixed issue where PIIX Bus Mastering IDE was not being enabled.

o	Fixed APM code issues related to missing interrupts.

o	Fixed APM code for alarm events.

o	Adjusted APM code so front panel switch being held for 3 seconds will be interpreted as a soft power off.

o	Fixed PIIX IDE Master Latency Timer programming per SETUP (DCS #3354).

o	Fixed Motherboard Device Node for IDE reporting it is always enabled even if not (DCS #2759).

o    	Added new Crystal Audio micro-code.  Fixes problems of hangs at boot time and issues with Magic Carpet Software.

Beta 2.01

o	Fixed 32 bit PCI Set Irq to check for valid PCI Busses.  PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.1 change.

o	Added Product Information Storage and Retrieval features.

o	Fixed PCI and ISA PnP auto-configuration code so that a Configuration Error is flagged and the device is not disabled (DSC #3394).

o	Adjusted ISA PnP auto-configuration code so that back-to-back Isolation is not performed.  This helps certain ISA PnP cards which cannot handle this.

o	Fixed IDE auto-configuration code so that an empty IDE channel (an IDE channel without any drives connected to it) woul not hang the System Bios at POST-Time.

o	Fixed jump to wrong label in ISA PnP auto-configuration code.

o	Fixed PCIDIAG V1.2 hang and extraneous PCI.EXE entries.

o	Fixed Int 13h, Function 0Ch which was returning invalid value in AH.

o	Adjusted Message Server to handle Languages greater than 64k in size.

o	Adjusted ATA code to issue a second reset after ATA initialization to fix problem seen in some IDE CD-ROM drives not being accessible after boot.

o	Fixed code which handles freeform fields in SETUP to not update a field if invalid entry received.

o	Adjusted Motherboard Device Nodes to ignore the Checksum (per the "Plug and Play BIOS Specification" Version 1.0A) for Set System Node.

o    	Added new Crystal Audio micro-code.

Release 1.0

o     Removed Floppy Auto-Configuration from setup.  Only manual floppy configuration now supported.

o     Removed Soft Power Off setup option now supported in hardware.

o     Fixed user password failure with seven characters entered for password.  Failure scenerio involved "Unattended Start" and hot key not functioning properly.

Beta 1.10

o     Fixed ESCD to free up previously used PCI/PNP slots entries so they can be used again..

o     Fixed 32 bit -protect mode interface for PCI/PNP calls whihc manifested itself in Windows ICU R1.4 not functioning properly.

o     Adjusted memory error beep code for cleaner sound if have memory error.

Beta 1.09

o     Fixed problem where offboard floppy wasn't functioning properly.

o     Added custom IRQ/DMA for better resource allocation when audio is stuffed.

o     Added setup field to replace Cirrus 5434 PCI Burst detection and make it a generic setup option for video cards who can't handle PCI Bursting..

Beta 1.08

o     Fixed problem with latest ICU.  Need to use the following ICU until a new version is released (CM 1.24, Windows ICU R1.3).

o     Fixed problem with floppy where if disabled not reflected in Bios Data Area.

o     Enabled PCI Special Cycles in PIIX so that Triple Fault will cause reset.

o     Added Bridge Record for DTEK Compliance.

o     Fixed issue where Bios would improperly handle 2M byte SIMMs as though they were a supported part.  2M byte SIMMs are not supported and now will get error beep if used or will be ignored if used in combination with valid/supported SIMMs.

o     Added support to display speed of 120M hz processor in setup if used.

o     Updated DRAM timings per 1/4/95 memo from H/W.

Beta 1.07

o     Fixed problem where "Entering Setup" message was delayed after pressing the F1 key.

o     Fixed problem where ICU reassigned ports over the read data port.

o     Code updated to always scan all devices rather that use last output device. This allows an ISA card to override an on-board video.

o     Update to parallel port manual mode code.

o     IRQ 15 no longer used for PCI IRQ assignments.

o     Updated 8051 uCode from Crystal.

o     PIIX DMA channel programming left at default.  This assumes the "4-wire" H/W update has been done to route the Crystal DMA channels directly to the ISA bus.

o     Added code to disable pci bursting if Cirrus 5434 video controller is present and active.

o     Removed EDO auto/manual detection mode code.

o     Updated dram timings per 12/10/94 memo from H/W.

o     Fixed parallel port ECP support.

o     Updated floppy code so manual mode doesn't do a recalibrate if disabled.

o     Added code to generate error if memory requested below 1MB and not on bus 0.

Beta 1.06

o     Fixed Floppy Drive B: issues for 1.2MB 5.25" media failures.

Beta 1.05

o     Adjusted so that IRQ 12 can be used if no PS/2 Mouse installed.

o     Fixed Static Resource Conflict for ISA Cards w/ ICU.

o     Fixed Floppy issues related to 2.88M formats & drive B default type.

o     Resolved issues related to PCI Confidence test failures for PCIPOST State 23h.

Beta 1.04

o     Fixed Int 15h Function 87h interface.

o     System BIOS Caching Disabled to fix OS/2 Boot issues.

o     APM updated for new ATA IDE Hard Disk Table (fixed previous APM problems in Beta 1.03).

Beta 1.03

o     Cache Enable/Disable Algortihm fixed.

o     Revised Algorithm used to access PCI Configuration Space.

Beta 1.02

o     Memory Sizing fixed.

Beta 1.01

o	None.

Features Included In This Release

Release 5.0

o	Reinstated the Hard Disk Pre-Delay feature.

o	Added call to detect serial mouse if a PS/2 mouse is not installed in the system.  Will now wake the system if a serial mouse is installed and a PS/2 mouse is not installed.

o	Re-enabled palette snooping for those PCI BIOSs that disable it during initialization and request palette snooping be enabled via setup.o	Corrected floppy function 08, Return Disk Parameters.   It returned wrong parameters if the drive number was illegal.

o	Fixed Int 15 Function C7h where bogus amount of memory could be returned.

Release 4.0

o	None

Beta 4.01

o	ALL Triton products built will support Turbo/Deturbo in SMM.  However because some

protected mode operating systems replace the KB handler, Turbo/Deturbo may not function as expected.

o	Change to Int 15 Function DAh Subfunction 92h

                -DX now returns the CPU internal speed in BCD for all supported processors.

Release 3.0

o	None

Release 2.0

o	Added enhancement to APM code to allow audio feedback (beeping) which indicates APM code detection of:

a)	Sleep/Resume/Soft Power Off button press (single beep),

b)	Soft Power Off via 2 second hold of Sleep/Resume/Soft Power Off button (two decending beeps).

Beta 2.02

o	Adjusted code to always dispatch APM code reguardless of Enable or Disabled via SETUP option.

o	Adjusted Motherboard Device Node to change the DMA capability of the Onboard Floppy from Bus Mastering to Non-Bus Mastering.

o	Adjusted Motherboard Device Node to change the Serial Port Device Identifier from a Non-FIFO to a FIFO type device.

o	Adjusted SETUP to allow IRQ 5 or 7 to be chosen for I/O 378h for parallel port.

o	Adjusted parallel port mode choices to support Compatible, Bi-directional, ECP, & EPP.

o	Adjusted Resource Auto-configuration order for Windows 95 so that Motherboard Resources will be allocated before PCI resources.  This has been implemented via a SETUP option.

o	Adjusted PCI Resource allocation related to Video IRQ assignment.  We can now, on a product by product basis, decide to not assign IRQ's to PCI Video devices.

o	Adjusted APM code so front panel switch being held for 3 seconds will be interpreted as a soft power off.

Beta 2.01

o	Added Product Information Storage and Retrieval features.

o	Adjusted ISA PnP auto-configuration code so that back-to-back Isolation is not performed.  This helps certain ISA PnP cards which cannot handle this.

o	Adjusted Message Server to handle Languages greater than 64k in size.

o	Adjusted ATA code to issue a second reset after ATA initialization to fix problem seen in some IDE CD-ROM drives not being accessible after boot.

o	Adjusted Motherboard Device Nodes to ignore the Checksum (per the "Plug and Play BIOS Specification" Version 1.0A) for Set System Node.

o    	Added new Crystal Audio micro-code.

Release 1.0

o     None.

Beta 1.10

o     None.

Beta 1.09

o     None.

Beta 1.08

o     None.

Beta 1.07

o     None.

Beta 1.06

o     None.

Beta 1.05

o     Added new ESCD PCI Bridge support

o     Added support to Boot With PnP OS.

Beta 1.04

o     Floppy Auto Configuration adjusted to default to 1.44M not 2.88M when no media installed.

o     Floppy Auto Configuration algorithm streamlined for efficiency.

Beta 1.03

o     Enhanced ESCD support..

o     IDE ATA interface code added.

Beta 1.02

o	PCI Bridge Support.

o	Keyboard/Mouse Swap Support.

Beta 1.01

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 0 IDE Support.

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

o	Chicago Devnode Support.

o	Chicago APM Support.

Setup Changes

Release 5.0

o	Reinstated the Hard Disk Pre-Delay feature.

Release 4.0

o	None

Beta 4.01

o	Boot order of Floppy, Hard drive, Network, Disabled.

Release 3.0

o	None.

Release 2.0

o	Fixed problem with ISA Shared Memory Setup options which was introduced between Beta 2.01 and Beta 2.02.  Now back to Beta 2.01 and Release 1.0 operation.  Failure was characterized by a failure of PCI video (with video error beep) when one would set the ISA Shared Memory option to start at C8000h.

Beta 2.02

o	Adjusted SETUP to allow IRQ 5 or 7 to be chosen for I/O 378h for parallel port.

o	Adjusted parallel port mode choices to support Compatible, Bi-directional, ECP, & EPP.

o	Adjusted Resource Auto-configuration order for Windows 95 so that Motherboard Resources will be allocated before PCI resources.  This has been implemented via a SETUP option.

o	Fixed SETUP code to make sure one interrupt was preserved for PCI usage.

o	Fixed SETUP code for display of IRQ 5 and IRQ 7 in Plug and Play screen.

o	Fixed PIIX IDE Master Latency Timer programming per SETUP (DCS #3354).

Beta 2.01

o	Fixed code which handles freeform fields in SETUP to not update a field if invalid entry received.

Release 1.0

o     Removed Floppy Auto-Configuration from setup.  Only manual floppy configuration now supported.

o     Removed Soft Power Off setup option now supported in hardware.

Beta 1.10

o     Fixed Hard Disk field for Fast Programmed I/O Modes.  Wasn't being evaluated previously..

Beta 1.09

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

Beta 1.08

o     None.

Beta 1.07

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     Removed Setup option for SIMM auto/manual detection (always auto).

o     Removed Setup option for IDE prefetch buffer.

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     Removed  "C0000h" and "C4000h" options from "ISA Shared Memory Base Address" 	entry.

Beta 1.06

o     None.

Beta 1.05

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

o     Removed ISA IDE DMA option from hard disk setup pages.

o     Added Soft Power Off option to setup.

o     Added Boot With PnP OS option to setup.

Beta 1.04

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.

Beta 1.03

o     APM Enabled by default.

Beta 1.02

o	Removed DRAM Timings option.

o	Removed Infra-Red options except enable/disable.

o	Added 3-Mode/Auto-Configure Floppy choices.

o	Changed Palette Snooping default value to Disabled.

Beta 1.01

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.

o	Setup includes support for DRAM Timmings Selection Option.

o	Setup includes support for SIMM Type Overide.  EDO SIMMs or Fast Paged SIMMs.

Password Changes

Release 5.0

o	Fixed password problem in which the password is entered followed by a backspace is considered valid.

Release 4.0

o	None

Beta 4.01

o	None.

Release 3.0

o	None.

Release 2.0

o	None.

Beta 2.02

o	None.

Beta 2.01

o     None.

Release 1.0

o     Fixed user password failure with seven characters entered for password.  Failure scenerio involved "Unattended Start" and hot key not functioning properly.

Beta 1.10

o     None.

Beta 1.09

o     None.

Beta 1.08

o     None.

Beta 1.07

o     None.

Beta 1.06

o     None.

Beta 1.05

o     None.

Beta 1.04

o     None.

Beta 1.03

o     None.

Beta 1.02

o     None.

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).

Language Support

Release 5.0

Release 4.0

o	None

Beta 4.01

o	Support single language only.

Release 3.0

o	None.

Release 2.0

o	None.

Beta 2.02

o	None.

Beta 2.01

o	Adjusted Message Server to handle Languages greater than 64k in size.

Release 1.0

o     None.

Beta 1.10

o     None.

Beta 1.09

o     None.

Beta 1.08

o     None.

Beta 1.07

o     None.

Beta 1.06

o     None.

Beta 1.05

o     None.

Beta 1.04

o     None.

Beta 1.03

o     None.

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.

Hard Disk Changes

Release 5.0

o	Reinstated the Hard Disk Pre-Delay feature.

o	Added an additional test on the boot record (test for 0000 at the start of the record) to avoid trying to boot from a non-system disk.

o	Updated the ATA/ATAPI detection code to be more robust.  Handles faster CPUs, more reliably detects CD-ROM drives, and handles IDE drives which act as master and slave when no slave exists.

Release 4.0

o	None

Beta 4.01

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

o	Adjusted for new 306B support.

Release 3.0

o	None.

Release 2.0

o	None.

Beta 2.02

o	Fixed IDE timing programming so that when have two different mode drives ona single channel the slower mode will get programmed for that channel.

o	Fixed issue where PIIX Bus Mastering IDE was not being enabled.

Beta 2.01

o	Fixed IDE auto-configuration code so that an empty IDE channel (an IDE channel without any drives connected to it) woul not hang the System Bios at POST-Time.

o	Fixed Int 13h, Function 0Ch which was returning invalid value in AH.

o	Adjusted ATA code to issue a second reset after ATA initialization to fix problem seen in some IDE CD-ROM drives not being accessible after boot.

Release 1.0

o     None.

Beta 1.10

o     Fixed Hard Disk field for Fast Programmed I/O Modes.  Wasn't being evaluated previously..

Beta 1.09

o     None.

Beta 1.08

o     Fixed issue of system hang when no onboard IDE hard disks are installed in the system.

Beta 1.07

o     Updated IDE timing values .

o     Removed Bus Master IDE resources.

o     Fixed problem with the interaction between IDE and the NCR 825 BIOS.

Beta 1.06

o     None.

Beta 1.05

o     Fixed issue where onboard PCI IDE could not be disabled via setup previously.

Beta 1.04

o     Updated IDE ATA code.

Beta 1.03

o     IDE ATA Support added.

Beta 1.02

o     None

Beta 1.01

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.)

 Plug and Play (Windows 95, etc.)

Release 5.0

o	Set Input attribute in Keyboard device node.

o	Set IPL attribute in Floppy and IDE device nodes.

Release 4.0

o	Device node for the parallel port changed to 401h when programmed for ECP mode.

Beta 4.01

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

Release 3.0

o	None.

Release 2.0

o	Fixed problem with ISA Shared Memory Setup options which was introduced between Beta 2.01 and Beta 2.02.  Now back to Beta 2.01 and Release 1.0 operation.  Failure was characterized by a failure of PCI video (with video error beep) when one would set the ISA Shared Memory option to start at C8000h.

o	Fixed problem introduced since Release 1.0 which would cause Protected Mode applications/Operating Systems to have a General Protection Fault when modifying the Device Node  configurations for onboard Parallel Port or onboard PCI IDE.

o	Fixed problem revolving around Bios Data Area offset 6Ch (dword - 32 bit value) aka Timer Count value.  Symptom of problem fixed:  "incorrect updating of Timer Count value in Bios Data Area occurs during Sleep/Power-Down when running Windows 95".  Fixed by utilizing Real Time Clock AND IRQ 0 (was previously only IRQ 0) as conditions for updating Timer Count value in Bios Data Area.

Beta 2.02

o	Fixed PCI code dealing with devices Disabled (DCS #2966).

o	Adjusted Motherboard Device Nodes to ignore the Checksum (per the "Plug and Play BIOS Specification" Version 1.0A) for Set System Node.

o	Fixed PCI Bridge I/O Space allocation issues.

o	Adjusted Motherboard Device Node to change the DMA capability of the Onboard Floppy from Bus Mastering to Non-Bus Mastering.

o	Adjusted Motherboard Device Node to change the Serial Port Device Identifier from a Non-FIFO to a FIFO type device.

o	Fixed Bios Error Display code to Not Display Resource Conflict Message when no PS/2 Mouse and add-in card using IRQ 12.

o	Adjusted Resource Auto-configuration order for Windows 95 so that Motherboard Resources will be allocated before PCI resources.  This has been implemented via a SETUP option.

o	Adjusted PCI Resource allocation related to Video IRQ assignment.  We can now, on a product by product basis, decide to not assign IRQ's to PCI Video devices.

o	Fixed the programming of the Cache Line Size and Latency Timer for Bridges.

o	Fixed Motherboard Device Node Attributes to indicate "device can only be configured at runtime" from "device can be configured at runtime".  This fixes issue with WINICU R1.41 which thought the motherboard devices could be reconfigured for a next boot situation but the System Bios doesn't support this.

o	Fixed SETUP code to make sure one interrupt was preserved for PCI usage.

Beta 2.01

o	Fixed 32 bit PCI Set Irq to check for valid PCI Busses.  PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.1 change.

o	Fixed PCI and ISA PnP auto-configuration code so that a Configuration Error is flagged and the device is not disabled (DSC #3394).

o	Adjusted ISA PnP auto-configuration code so that back-to-back Isolation is not performed.  This helps certain ISA PnP cards which cannot handle this.

o	Fixed jump to wrong label in ISA PnP auto-configuration code.

o	Fixed PCIDIAG V1.2 hang and extraneous PCI.EXE entries.

Release 1.0

o     None.

Beta 1.09

o     None.

Beta 1.08

o     None.

Beta 1.07

o     Updated Device Node information for onboard IDE devices to describe them as Bus Master devices whhcih are compatible with standard IDE devices.

Beta 1.06

o     None.

Beta 1.05

o     None.

Beta 1.04

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

o     Fixed Device Node allocation error messages.

Beta 1.03

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.

Beta 1.02

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.

Beta 1.01

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

o	Setup menus are still TBD.

APM 1.1

Release 5.0

o	Fixed problem where CPU Auto HALT features were incorrectly being disabled.  The fix results in about 5 watts of additional power saved during CPU inactivity even when APM is disabled in setup (as long as a power driver is installed).

o	Added call to detect serial mouse if a PS/2 mouse is not installed in the system.  Will now wake the system if a serial mouse is installed and a PS/2 mouse is not installed.

Release 4.0

o	None

Beta 4.01

o	Changed APM function 53, subfunction 0AH that indicates that the system does not have a battery (Not a portable PC).

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

Release 3.0

o	Fixed front panel sleep switch so that it will wake the system when used with PowerMan.  Refer to DCS report 3717.

Release 2.0

o	Added enhancement to APM code to allow audio feedback (beeping) which indicates APM code detection of:

a)	Sleep/Resume/Soft Power Off button press (single beep),

b)	Soft Power Off via 2 second hold of Sleep/Resume/Soft Power Off button (two decending beeps).

o	Fixed problem revolving around Bios Data Area offset 6Ch (dword - 32 bit value) aka Timer Count value.  Symptom of problem fixed:  "incorrect updating of Timer Count value in Bios Data Area occurs during Sleep/Power-Down when running Windows 95".  Fixed by utilizing Real Time Clock AND IRQ 0 (was previously only IRQ 0) as conditions for updating Timer Count value in Bios Data Area.

Beta 2.02

o	Adjusted code to always dispatch APM code reguardless of Enable or Disabled via SETUP option.

o	Fixed OS/2 trap problem related to APM being Enabled/Disabled in SETUP.

o	Fixed APM code issues related to missing interrupts.

o	Fixed APM code for alarm events.

o	Adjusted APM code so front panel switch being held for 3 seconds will be interpreted as a soft power off.

Beta 2.01

o     None.

Release 1.0

o     Removed Soft Power Off setup option now supported in hardware.

Beta 1.10

o     None.

Beta 1.09

o     None.

Beta 1.08

o     Decreased time for system to power down by approximately 2 seconds, once front panel switch is pressed..

Beta 1.07

o     Updated APM fast off timer programming.

o     Updated code for Front Panel sleep switch.

o     APM code no longer flashes keyboard LEDs.

Beta 1.06

o     None.

Beta 1.05

o     Added support to handle Soft Power Off.

Beta 1.04

o     Updated IDE Hard Disk Table Support code to allow APM to function properly with new ATA IDE code.

Beta 1.03

o     See Setup above.

Beta 1.02

o	Fixed Chicago Front panel sleep operation.

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.

o	Setup menus are still TBD.

New Int 15h Extensions

Release 5.0

o	Fixed Int 15 Function C7h where bogus amount of memory could be returned.

Release 4.0

o	None

Beta 4.01

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.

Release 3.0

o	None.

Release 2.0

o	None.

Beta 2.02

o	None.

Beta 2.01

o    None.

Release 1.0

o     None.

Beta 1.10

o     None.

Beta 1.09

o     None.

Beta 1.08

o     None.

Beta 1.07

o     None.

Beta 1.06

o     None.

Beta 1.05

o     None

Beta 1.04

o     None.

Beta 1.03

o     None.

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.

Other Changes

Release 5.0

o	Fixed problem in which not all resources disabled if all resources cannot be enabled for a PCI device.

o	Fixed timing loop in keyboard controller related code that was causing problems with network remote diskless boot.

o	Corrected IRQ programmed for 3F8,IRQ 3;  2F8,IRQ 4;  3E8,IRQ 3; & 2E8,IRQ 4. Programming IRQ 3 & 4 reversed.  3F8,IRQ 4;  2F8,IRQ 3;  3E8,IRQ 4;   & 2E8,IRQ 3 were programmed correctly.

o	Corrected problems and potential problems possibly causing CMOS corruption.  Battery failure status was not being preserved through POST.  Date and time could be set to default (01/01/90) without posting an error.  Accesses to enable or disable NMI were not followed with a read or write.

o	Re-enabled palette snooping for those PCI BIOSs that disable it during initialization and request palette snooping be enabled via setup.o	Corrected floppy function 08, Return Disk Parameters.   It returned wrong parameters if the drive number was illegal.

o	Fixed bug in which BIOS text string could be displayed incorrectly.

o	Disabled Hotkey 6 in the Phoenix Keyboard Controller. It's default is enabled and set to the Break Key.  This caused problems with some software.

o	Fixed possible Gate A20 enable/disable race condition.

Release 4.0

o	None

Beta 4.01

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	Adjusted for recovery to function properly.

o	Fixed IRQ 5 and 7 display problems with ISAPNP screen of Setup.

o	Fixed problem with APM where it 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 3.0

o	None.

Release 2.0

o 	Fixed problems with S3 Trio 32 Video failures via reduction in Video Bios Clock rate reduction from 60Mhz to 57Mhz.  Also corrected font issues.  Video bios revision 1.03.08.09-57Mhz.

o	Fixed problem with ISA Shared Memory Setup options which was introduced between Beta 2.01 and Beta 2.02.  Now back to Beta 2.01 and Release 1.0 operation.  Failure was characterized by a failure of PCI video (with video error beep) when one would set the ISA Shared Memory option to start at C8000h.

Beta 2.02

o	Fixed Bios Error Display code to Not Wait for User Input if no Keyboard was detected.

o	Fixed Bios Error Display code to Not Wait for User Input if no Video was detected (DCS #3401).

o	Fixed issue related to stack handling during compatible Shutdown 9.

o    	Added new Crystal Audio micro-code.  Fixes problems of hangs at boot time and issues with Magic Carpet Software.

Beta 2.01

o	Added Product Information Storage and Retrieval features

o    	Added new Crystal Audio micro-code.

Release 1.0

o     None.

Beta 1.10

o     None.

Beta 1.09

o     None.

Beta 1.08

o     None.

Beta 1.07

o     None.

Beta 1.06

o     None.

Beta 1.05

o     None

Beta 1.04

o     None.

Beta 1.03

o     None.

Beta 1.02

o     None.

Beta 1.01

o	A setup field has been added to enable/disable Byte Merging on PCI.  This feature enhances performance but may break some PCI graphics cards.

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.

Features Still To Be Added / Comments About This Release

o	CD-ROM Boot Support

o	ATAPI Support

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


Software History

There is no software history at this time.


Latest ECO Notification

Dear Advanced/ZE Customer,	November 20, 1995

Our policy is to notify customers of all planned changes and enhancements to Intel products as far in advance as possible (usually up to 60 days). The following is a list of changes forecasted for the Intel Advanced/ZE. Many of these changes are in process and the dates are approximate and subject to change.

Related Topics:

BOARD LEVEL CHANGES

SYSTEM LEVEL CHANGES

Bill of Materials Change - Class III


BOARD LEVEL CHANGES

No board-level changes are anticipated at this time.


SYSTEM LEVEL CHANGES


Bill of Materials Change - Class III

Implemented 11/95

The bill of materials for the Advanced/ZE Desktops and MiniTowers has been changed to correct the speed of cache to be used on 100 MHz systems. Units built between May, 1995 and November 8, 1995 under product codes S100MTZ8FLC and S100EDZ8FLC were shipped with 20 ns L2 cache parts, rather than the 15 ns components required for use with 100 MHz microprocessors. A separate Action Alert has been issued with instructions on obtaining replacement cache parts for affected systems.

Please note this issue does NOT affect Advanced/ZE board products or 75 MHz, 90 MHz, or 120 MHz system products.

Please contact your Intel field sales representative if you have any questions regarding these changes.

OEM Products and Services Division

Intel Corporation


Product Order Code List

Product Code	Description
S120EDZ8FLC	120MHz Pentium Processor Exp. DT, 8MB FPM, 256k cache, floppy
S100EDZ16FLC	100MHz Pentium Processor Exp. DT, 16MB FPM, 256K cache, floppy
S100EDZ8FLC	100MHz Pentium Processor Exp. DT, 8MB FPM, 256K cache, floppy
S90EDZ8FLC	90MHz Pentium Processor Exp. DT, 8MB FPM, 256K cache, floppy
S75EDZ8FNC	75MHz Pentium Processor Exp. DT, 8MB FPM, 0 cache, floppy
S120MTZ8FLC	120MHz Pentium Processor Minitower, 8MB FPM, 256k cache, floppy
S100MTZ8FLC	100MHz Pentium Processor Minitower, 8MB FPM, 256k cache, floppy
S90MTZ8FLC	90MHz Pentium Processor Minitower, 8MB FPM, 256k cache, floppy
S75MTZ8FNC	75MHz Pentium Processor Minitower, 8MB FPM, 0 cache, floppy
Advanced/ZE Boards  (Zappa-E)    Baby AT Form Factor, Cache Sockets, No Audio
PBP120EDZ8FNC	120MHz Pentium Processor board, 8MB FPM, 0 cache
PBP100EDZ8FNC	100MHz Pentium Processor board, 8MB FPM, 0 cache
PBP90EDZ8FNC	90MHz Pentium Processor board, 8MB FPM, 0 cache
PBP75EDZ8FNC	75MHz Pentium Processor board, 8MB FPM, 0 cache
PBP120EDZ0NC	120MHz Pentium Processor board, 0MB, 0 cache
PBP100EDZ0NC	100MHz Pentium Processor board, 0MB, 0 cache
PBP90EDZ0NC	90MHz Pentium Processor board, 0MB, 0 cache
PBP75EDZ0NC	75MHz Pentium Processor board, 0MB, 0 cache


Orderable Spare Parts

Intel Part Number	         Description

All Product Codes	         635352-105

SPARES 	Part#

635353-003	Common PB Board

CPUASSYP90T	P54C_C2,90Mhz CPU Assy

CPUASSYP75T	P54C_C2, 75Mhz CPU Assy

CPUASSYP100T	P54C       100Mhz CPU Assy

CPUASSYP120T	P54C       120Mhz CPU Assy

632685-001	CLIP, ALADDIN

202374-570	DRAM, SIM, 1MX32, 70nS,

617666		5.25 FILLER PANEL
619609		REAR 3.5 DRIVE BAY
620516		CHASSIS ASSEMBLY
622626		TOP COVER
622627		FRONT 3.5 DRIVE BAY
623117		3.5 FILLER PANEL
623438		FRONT BEZEL ASSEMBLY
624029		LED/FAN/SPEAKER/CARD GUIDE
629588		200 W POWER SUPPLY
630097		SERIAL CABLE
630098		PARALLEL CABLE
635970		FLOPPY DRIVE CABLE
635973		HARD DRIVE CABLE
Related Topics:

Approved Batteries


Approved Batteries

Vendor	Description        	        Vendor Part Number

Sony  	3V Lithium cell	        CR-2032

Panasonic            3V Lithium cell                        CR-2032


Approved Vendor List for User-Installable Upgrades

SYSTEM MEMORY


General Product Information - Approved Vendor List for User-Installable Upgrades - SYSTEM MEMORY
SYSTEM MEMORY

Table A-1 shows the possible memory combinations. The Advanced/ZE 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. SIMM requirements are 70ns Fast Page Mode or 60nS EDO DRAM with tin-lead connectors.

SIMM 1,2 (Bank 0) SIMM Type (Size)	SIMM 3,4 (Bank 1) SIMM Type (Size)	Total System Memory
Empty	1M X 32 (4 MB)	8 MB
Empty	2M X 32 (8 MB)	16 MB
Empty	4M X 32 (16 MB)	32 MB
Empty	8M X 32 (32 MB)	64 MB
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

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APPROVED SIMM VENDORS

FAST PAGE SIMM

EDO SIMM


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, and availability and is listed on our Approved Manufacturing List.

2. Intel Tested: The device has been electrically 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 devices should be replaced with devices tested by Intel (1 or 2) to determine whether the SIMMs are causing the problem.

IMPORTANT NOTE

SIMM devices with gold contacts should NOT be placed into SIMM sockets with tin-lead contacts or vice-versa. Mixing dissimilar metal contact types has been shown to result in unreliable memory operation. For more information, see FaxBack document 4551.

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.

All Sizes:  Tin-lead contacts.


FAST PAGE SIMM

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments

1M x 32 (4MB), Non-Parity

Micron Technology	1	MT8D132M-7
Samsung Corning Co, LTD.	1	KMM5321000BV-7
Simple Technology	2	STI321000-70T
VisionTek Inc.	2	VT15020.E

1M x 36 (4MB), Parity

Simple Technology	2	STI361000-70T
VisionTek Inc.	2	VT15070.E

2M x 32 (8MB), Non-Parity

Hyundai	1	HYM532200AM-70
Micron Technology	1	MT16D32M-7
Micron Technology	1	MT16D32M-6
Samsung Corning Co, LTD.	1	KMM5322200AW-7
Simple Technology	2	STI322000-70T
VisionTek Inc.	2	VT15115.E

2M x 36 (8MB), Parity

Simple Technology	2	STI362000A-70T
VisionTek Inc.	2	VT15150.E

4M x 32 (16MB), Non-Parity

Simple Technology	2	STI324000-70T
VisionTek Inc.	2	VT15182.E

4M x 36 (16MB), Parity

Micron Technology	2	MT12D436DM-7
Samsung Corning Co, LTD.	2	KMM5364100A-7
Simple Technology	2	STI-XPRESS/16HB
VisionTek Inc.	2	VT15208.E

8M x 32 (32MB), Non-Parity

Simple Technology	2	STI328000-70T
VisionTek Inc.	2	VT15186.E

8M x 36 (32MB), Parity

Samsung Corning Co, LTD.	2	KMM5368100A-7
Simple Technology	2	STI-XPRESS/32HB
VisionTek Inc.	2	VT15215.E


EDO SIMM

Vendor	Qual	Vendor Part Number	Comments

1M x 32 (4MB), Non-Parity, 70 ns

Micron Technology	1	MT8D132M-7X
Simple Technology	2	STI321004A-70T
2M x 32 (8MB), Non-Parity, 70 ns

Simple Technology	2	STI322004A-70T
4M x 32 (16MB), Non-Parity, 70 ns

Simple Technology	2	STI324004-70T
8M x 32 (32MB), Non-Parity, 70 ns

Simple Technology	2	STI328004-70T


INTEROPERABILITY TESTING PRODUCT LIST

See Errata And Third Party Hardware for problems with hardware listed.

Related Topics:

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)

OPERATING SYSTEMS AND HARDWARE VALIDATED IN NETWORK TESTING

VALIDATED IN ALL TESTING, INCLUDING OPERATING SYSTEMS


CD-ROM DRIVES

Creative Labs CT-531 (external, proprietary)

Mitsumi FX-001 (internal, proprietary)

Mitsumi FX-001DE (internal, IDE)

NEC CDR 74-1 (external, SCSI)

NEC CDR 260 (internal, IDE)

NEC CDR 600 (internal, SCSI)

NEC CDR 601 (internal, SCSI)

Optics Storage 800X (internal, proprietary)

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 Triton PIIX (PCI/IDE)

Onboard National 87306 (ISA/IDE)

AccuLogic (ISA/IDE)

Adaptec 1532P (PnP/SCSI)

Adaptec 1542CF (ISA/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

Hayes 9600 SmartModem

Intel 14.4/14.4 Faxmodem

Intel 2400EX modem

Intel SatisFAXtion® 100

Intel SatisFAXtion® 400

SupraFAXModem 288i

      U.S. Robotics Courier Modem (28.8)


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

Digital DSP 1370L (SCSI)

Fujitsu M2694ESA (SCSI)

Maxtor MXT1240S (SCSI)

Maxtor MXT7131A (IDE)

Maxtor MXT7345A (IDE)

Micropolis 4110 (SCSI)

Quantum LPS 240S (SCSI)

Quantum LPS 270AT (IDE)

Quantum LPS 540S (SCSI)

Seagate ST12450W (SCSI wide)

Seagate ST11950N (SCSI)

Seagate ST3145A (IDE)

Seagate ST32550W (SCSI wide)

Western Digital AC1270 (IDE)

Western Digital AC3100 RTL (IDE)

Western Digital AC31200 (IDE)

       Western Digital WD170A (IDE)


KEYBOARDS

BTC 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 Natural PS/2 mouse

       Microsoft Home Serial mouse


MISCELLANEOUS

Bernoulli Box II

DCP 286i Diagnostic v1.10

DCP/MUXi Diagnostic

Hardcard 85MB

Intel EtherExpress™ /Pro 100 (PCI)

IRMA 2 & IRMA 3

ZNYX ZX312 EtherAction (PCI)


SOUND BOARDS

Cyber Audio

Diamond Sonic Sound

Gravis UltraSound

Pro AudioStudio 16XL

Sound Blaster 16 ASP

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)

Colorado Trakker 250 (Parallel, Tape)

Conner 51250Q (Floppy, Tape)

Exabyte 8200T (SCSI, Tape)

       Iomega Tape 250 (Floppy, Tape)


VIDEO ADAPTERS

#9 GXE PCI 1MB

#9 GXE ISA 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 4MB (PCI)

Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM 2MB (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 Triton PIIX (PCI/IDE)

Adaptec 1542CF (ISA/SCSI)

Adaptec 2940 (PCI/SCSI)

FLOPPY DRIVES

TEAC FD-235HF (3.5-in. 1.44MB 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 AC2250A (IDE)

Western Digital AC2340 (IDE)

Western Digital AC2540 (IDE)

KEYBOARDS

Key Tronic AT

NMB RT-101

MICE

Digital PS/2

Logitech PS/2 Serial mouse

Logitech PS/2 Standard mouse

Microsoft Serial mouse

Mitsumi PS/2

MONITORS

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 C1533 DAT (SCSI, DAT)

VIDEO ADAPTERS

ATI UltraPro PCI 2MB

Atron VGA

Diamond SpeedStar Pro SE (PCI)

Matrox MGA II PCI

Paradise VGA Plus 16 (ISA)

Paradise Windows Accelerator 1 MB (ISA)

STB PowerGraph 64 (PCI)


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

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

Intel TokenExpress™ 16/4s

ZNYX ZX312 EtherAction (PCI)


MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT

v3.5 Advanced Server

Network Adapters:

3Com 3C509


NOVELL NETWARE

*v4.1, Server

v3.12, Server

SFT III

Workstations

Network Adapters:

3Com Tokenlink III

AMD PCnet (PCI)

DEC Etherworks (PCI)

Eagle NTR2000

IBM Token Ring 16/4 II

IBM Token Ring 16/4 (8-bit)

IBM Token Ring 16/4 (16-bit)

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

Intel EtherExpress™ Pro (ISA PnP)

Intel EtherExpress™ Pro 100 (PCI)

Intel TokenExpress™ 16/4s

Intel TokenExpress™ Pro (ISA)

Madge Smart 16/4 AT Ringnode

Olicom PCI 16/4

Racal Interlan PCI T2

SMC Elite16C Ultra (Ethernet)

SMC EtherPower PCI

SMC PC600FS

SMC Token Elite

Thomas-Conrad TC4045

Thomas-Conrad TC5048-T/2 (PCI)

Thomas-Conrad TC6242

ZNYX ZX312 EtherAction (PCI)


PEER TO PEER NETWORKS

LANtastic v.6.0

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

Intel TokenExpress™ Pro (ISA)

Novell Personal NetWare v.1.0

Intel EtherExpress™ 16

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)


BENCHMARKS & DIAGNOSTICS

DisplayMate Professional v1.1

Floating Point Sequencer v1

GST Diagnostic v1.01

Landmark Benchmarks v2.0

QAPlus v4.70


COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE

BitFax v4.0

Crosstalk v2.0

Crosstalk for Windows

DOSFax PRO v2.0

Faxability Plus OCR

Procomm Plus v1.02 (Windows)

ProShare Premiere v1.6

WinFax PRO v4.0


MEMORY & DRIVE MANAGERS

EMM386.sys v4.0

HIMEM.sys v2.04

Netroom

QEMM v7.0

Qualitas 386MAX v7.3

RAMdrive.sys v2.12

Smartdrive.sys v2.10


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

Tie Fighter


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 v1.1

Unix Vr4.2


SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS(DOS)

AutoCAD 11

AutoCAD 12

dBASE IV v1.1

Excel v4.0 for Windows

Harvard Graphics v2.3

Lotus 1-2-3 r3.1

Lotus 1-2-3 r4.0

Mathematica v2.0

PageMaker v4.0 for Windows

Paradox v3.5

PowerPoint v4.0 for Windows

Quattro Pro v3.0

*Word v6.0 for Windows

Word v2.0 for Windows

Word v1.1 for Windows

WordPerfect v5.1

WordPerfect v5.1 for Windows


Read Me Files

Windows ICU 1.43

Advanced Power Management


Windows ICU 1.43

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

*                                               for Windows(TM)   *

*Release 1.43                                            May 1995 *

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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.

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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 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.

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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 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.


Frequently Asked Questions

Q:    Will the Advanced ZE support 166 MHz processors?

A:     Yes board/systems with socket 7  processors will  support 166 MHz processors.

Q:     Should I use EDO SIMMS with the Advanced ZE board?

A:     The speed advantages gained by using EDO SIMMs in a base board with cache installed are minimal (in the neighborhood of .5%).

Q:     What are the End Of Life Terms for the Advanced ZE?

A:      The advanced ZE is a "Leadership" product  therefore it is orderable for 12 months.  After the End of Life (EOL) announcement, customers will have 90 days to place final orders, and up to nine additional months to take delivery.

Q:      Will my Advanced ZE board run Windows 95?

A:     Yes.  The Advanced ZE has been tested with Windows 95.

Q:     Where do I get a replacement battery for CMOS.

A:     This is a commonly available battery available in many local retail outlets.

Q:     Can PCI cards share interrupts?

A:     Yes.  PCI cards can share interrupts with other PCI cards by design.

Q:     Which switches must be changed when I change my processor?

A:     You must ensure that switches 2, 6, 7, and 8 are set correctly.  See the TPS Appendix B for proper switch settings.

Q:     What is the result of using SIMMS that are not on the approved list.

A:     You may experience a variety of failures including system lock ups.  The nature of these errors can be unpredictable.  Intel recommends using level 1 qualified SIMMS from the approved vendor list.


Customer Support

This product is backed by Intel support groups in the OEM Products and Services Division (OPSD), including these major services:

Related Topics:

FaxBack

Intel Applications Support BBS

Intel Application Support Hotline


FaxBack

Product descriptions and technical data can be sent to any fax machine by using a Touch-Tone phone to request the information.   Information on End-Of-Life products is also available.  This service is available worldwide.

(U.S.: 800-628-2283 or 916-356-3105; Europe: 44-793-496646)


Intel Applications Support BBS

Intel Applications Support bulletin board has product information, demo software and more. This service is available worldwide through direct-dial.

(U.S.: 916-356-3600; Europe:44-793-496340)

Modem speeds up to 14.4k baud can be used with standard comunications software. Your modem should be set to no parity, 8 data bits, and 1stop bit.

Flash BIOS upgrade files are also available via the BBS, as well as other poduct udates.


Intel Application Support Hotline

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HARDWARE ERRATA

The initial release of the Advanced/ZE product has some known hardware errata. These issues will be addressed in future releases of the product.  Until then, these issues are considered errata and are documented as such.  The following list is a complete list of all known hardware issues at the time this document was published.

Pentium® Processor 75/90/100/120/133

Excessive current in Stop Clock state

Description:  During the stop clock mode, a portion of the internal processor circuitry may remain active. This problematic circuitry is part of the boundary scan logic, and is not properly reset unless boundary scan is run. The current drawn will result in a violation of the stop clock power dissipation specification.

IMPLICATION: The Pentium processor will draw more current than specified for the stop clock state.  The specification for Stop Clock Power dissipation is 50mW.  Under the condition of the erratum, the power consumption can reach 60-80mW, depending on the type of processor and core voltage.

WORKAROUND: For designs which are not power sensitive, no workaround is necessary.  For implementations which are power sensitive, two possible workarounds exist. Both of these workarounds will initialize the boundary scan logic, and therefore eliminate the source of the excessive current.

   1) Ground TCK or TRST#.  Note that this will NOT allow boundary scan to be run.

   2) Ground TCK or TRST# through a 1K ohm resistor.  This will allow a normal

        boundary scan to be performed if desired.

For power sensitive designs, please observe that as both TCK and TRST# have an internal 30K ohm pull-up resistor, the workarounds will not result in any significant additional current draw.

STATUS: Affects all current steppings of the Pentium Processor 75/90/100/120/133.  To be fixed on a future stepping.

 Locked PCI Cycles by the Triton TSC (82437FX) to a retrying PCI target do not function properly.

		Description The A-1 stepping Triton TSC chip, the 82437FX, does not properly terminate locked cycles under certain conditions.  The improperly terminated cycle can result in a system lock-up.  There are two conditions that must occur simultaneously for this erratum to exhibit itself. Details 1. The TSC, performing a Locked access on PCI, is retried by the target PCI agent. 2. The TSC is retried on a locked access to a PCI agent. 3. The retry cycle is immediately followed by another Bus master requesting DMA cycles to main system memory. The system locks up because the retried lock cycle was not properly terminated, therefore the DMA cycle never completes resulting in a locked up system. This system lock-up has only been experienced when using a certain PCI graphics card that is memory mapped on the PCI bus and incorporates the Retry mechanism (if disconnects were performed instead of retries then there would be no issue).  This card when combined with drivers that create locked accesses to the card (VGA drivers supplied with Windows create locked accesses)  are susceptible to this erratum.. Typically cards that are not in this category are SCSI and LAN cards (which I/O map and therefore are not susceptible to this erratum). Dozens or PCI graphics cards which were tested as part of the Triton compatibility validation did not cause the system to lock-up when using the standard Windows VGA drivers or when using the drivers supplied by the graphics card vendor.  There were two cards, out of all these cards, that failed the test. Workaround  Use graphics cards on the hardware compatiable list.


BIOS ERRATA

This version of BIOS on the Advanced/ZE will be release 3.0.  The BIOS banner will read 1.00.03.BR0.  There are a few known issues that will not be fixed in release 3.0.  These issues will be addressed in future releases of the BIOS.  Until then, these issues are considered errata and documented as such.  The following list is a complete list of all known issues at the time this document was published..

		Description Unable to lock resources to a specific card.
		Details Using WINICU ver. 1.41 to lock resources does not work properly.  Lock does work if you simply want to lock in the resources that were assigned by the system default assignments at power up.  The problems arise if you use WINICU to alter the default assignments and then try to lock them.  This is a BIOS issue not a WINICU issue.
		Workaround This will be fixed in a future release of the BIOS.
		Cannot permanently disable or modify any motherboard devices with WINICU ver. 1.41.
		Details If you use WINICU ver. 1.41 to disable the on-board IDE interface, the interface will be enabled again if you reboot the machine (it will not stay disabled).  This is a BIOS issue not a WINICU issue.
		Workaround Use the setup utility to disable the on-board IDE, then it will remain permanently disabled.  This will be fixed in a future release of the BIOS.
		No ATAPI support in the system BIOS is causing CD-ROM difficulties.
		Details The failures stem from the fact that the system BIOS does not have ATAPI support which is required for CD-ROM devices.  The most common failure reported is the fact that the CD-ROM will not initialize as a master when installed on an IDE interface along with a hard drive.
		Workaround Put the CD-ROM on the secondary IDE channel all by itself or only use it as the slave (use the hard drive as the master).
		PnP BIOS function 41 GetEscdInfo corrupts the callers data (From IAL DCS #698, submitted by Anthony J Mascarenhas)
		Details  This function is invoked by the NSP reference platform test suite. In Real mode the BIOS corrupts the data of the caller.  The specific instruction within the BIOS is mov [si], edi . Open Verify Fixed/implemented
		Workaround None, under investigation.
		Keyboard and Mouse intermittently do not bring system out of standby.
		Details This is a problem observed on Advanced/ZE Platforms. Sometimes, the Keyboard and Mouse events do not bring the system out of standby. Other external interrupts (such as COM, Network) bring the system out of standby. It appears that the KB controller locks up for unknown reason. I have not be able to reproduce this problem on Plato which uses a different KB controller than Advanced/ZE.
		Workaround None.  Fixed in Future Release
		Trakker Bi-Directional Problem
		Details After loading Trakker sotware version 4.05 for DOS, the TAPE>EXE was run ant hte folllowing error occured: ERROR 194- Unable to detect tatpe controller at given I/O address, Hardware Configuration Unsuccessful. The CONFIG>EXE was run for the Trakker and showed it found a Bi-directional port but could not configure the software to bi-directional mode (mode 4 through 6) without getting the error in TAPE.EXE. The only mode that would let the TAPE>EXE see the Trakker was mode 0 (Unid-directional, Full Handshake, 500 KB/sec, Full Delay.) This problem did not occur on a Plato.
		Workaround None.  Third Party Issue.
		Int 13h Funct 05 failure
		Details Products Testing Lab report issue for int 13h sub 05h - format Track/cylinder failure. in regs:   ax=0501h   bx=1b98h  cx=eb40h  dx=0f81h  es=3011h out regs:  ah=cch  flags=7287h Occurs with setup settings of: Auto Cfg for IDE Xlation Mode.  All works ok with STD CHS settings for IDe Xlation mode.  Problem fails for Western Digital WD2250A.
		Workaround None, under investigation.


APM ERRATA

This version of BIOS on the Advanced/ZE will be release 3.0.  The BIOS banner will read 1.00.03.BR0.  There are a few known issues that will not be fixed in release 3.0.  These issues will be addressed in future releases of the BIOS.  Until then, these issues are considered errata and documented as such.  The following list is a complete list of all known issues  related to Advanced Power Management (APM) at the time this document was published..

		Description
		System may hang if Ext SMI event occurs during hard disk activity.
		If the keyboard hot-key or the Ext SMI sleep button is depressed while running XCOPY, SCANDISK, Double Space or other intensive disk intensive activities, the system may hang.  Typically the system will immediately spin down the hard drives and resume the disk activity upon a wake up event; however, on some occasions, the system will hang upon the wake up event.  The system will not power down via the inactivity timer during disk transfers.
		Workaround None.
		Windows HCT test fails with PowerMan utilites loaded.
		The XMS test of the Windows 3.1 Hardware Compatibilty Test rev 2.0 checks the ability of HIMEM.SYS to correctly manipulate the hardware A20 line and memory addressing. The test is run once from DOS (XMSRUN.BAT),once  in Windows Standard Mode, and twice in Windows Enhanced Mode. On the Morrison platform, the system will frequently hang after completing one pass in Enhanced Mode, before the second pass is started. The other modes pass without fail.
		Workaround None. Under investigation.
		PowerMan screen saver causes failures with FAX/Modem transfers.
		During both fax transmissions and modem transfers, the activation of the supplied screensaver cause errors in transmission. In some cases, these errors are recoverable and the transmission continues to conclusion. But in a few cases, the transmission is aborted and the fax or modem transfer fails.
		Workaround None. Under investigation.
		Front Panel Sleep Switch will not awaken the system during APM test
		Details With DOSPM.EXE or POWER.EXE loaded, the Front Panel Sleep Switch will  not awaken the system from the power managed state.   During the Advanced Power Management Tests, if the Front Panel Sleep  Switch is depressed while the system is in its Power Managed State, the  system should awaken. But, on the Morrison Platform, running the MS-DOS  Advanced Power Management Tests, if DOSPM.EXE or POWER.EXE are loaded,  the Front Panel Sleep Switch will not awaken the system from the Power  Managed State.
		Workaround None, under investigation.
		ECHS formatted disks generate Disk Write errors in Windows'95
		Details Current APM implementation on Advanced\ZE does not spin up disk drives on resume. While this is the correct behaviour, disk access to a powered down IDE drive by Win95 driver caused disk errors if the disk is formatted to be ECHS. It appears that Win95 IDE driver is not aware of the ECHS format. This problem could not be reproduced under either Standard CHS or LBA modes.
		Workaround None, Third Party Issue.
		**APM** MYST fails to run on Aladdin w/ IDE CD-ROM
		Details After starting WIN311 and MYST, the Border 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. Ctrl-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 Progam Manager.     MYST will proceed past the Border logo when the Advanced/ZE  deturboed though disabling the secondary cache. However, MYST will stop responding to Windows at the start of the game.     This problem occurs only on an IDE Hard Drive and IDE CD-ROM equipped platform. Both the Sony CDU55E and the NEC 260 exhibited this same problem. An Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI based platform with the Plextor PX4-43CH experiences no problems with MYST.    The real failure mechanism revolves around APM. With APM enabled the failure described above happens. APM being enabled causes the failure on all of the Platforms including Zappa with an add-in card.
		Workaround None, Third Party Issue.
		Maxtor MXT-540A fails to power down during APM testing
		Details The Maxtor MXT540A hard drive fails to power down during APM testing on the Advanced/ZE.  Summary: The system is setup for APM by loading POWER.EXE in the  CONFIG.SYS. CMOS is entered and IDE POWER DOWN is set to ENABLE using  <CTRL>-<ALT>-<S> hotkey sequence. CMOS is saved and the system is  rebooted. At this point the hard disk does not power down when the  hotkey sequence is activated.     This test has worked for all other drives tested. Maxtor 7131A Seagate  ST3145A Quantum LPS170A Quantum LPS270A Western Digital WD170A Western  Digital AC3100RTL
		Workaround None, Third Party Issue.


FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

Functional considerations are usability issues that Intel has uncovered during product evaluation and compatibility testing.  These issues may be experienced by customers and therefore are documented in an effort help customers quickly identify known issues.  The items listed below are not considered Advanced/ZE errata in that they do not reflect anything that is broken on the baseboard.

		Description
		ISA add-in Above board memory products are not supported.
		Impact Users will not be able to use Above board memory products.
		De-Turbo is actually running at an effective speed of 23Mhz.
		The intent behind de-turbo is to effectively reduce the system performance to that of an 8 Mhz system.  The de-turbo feature currently reduces the system speed to 23Mhz.
		Impact Although de-turbo is not running at 8Mhz it has still proved useful in our compatibility testing (running at 23Mhz).  There are several operating systems listed in this functional considerations document that require our system be in de-turbo mode (23Mhz) in order to successfully install.
		CGA cards are not supported.  Although the Advanced/ZE supports CGA emulation by VGA cards, it does not support CGA cards.
		Impact CGA cards will not  work.
		Mouse double click speed if set to fast does not work.  This is under investigation.  Currently we believe that the problem is that users cannot click fast enough (now that we have bumped the CPU speeds up).  The mouse double click works fine when set to medium or slow.  We will continue to investigate this issue and drive it to resolution.
		Impact Users will have to set the double click speed to medium.  In the mouse section of the control panel set the overall pointer speed and double click speed to medium (or slow).
		720K Floppies do not work with FastBack A add-in Above board memory products are not supported.
		Impact Users will not be able to use 720K floppies with FastBack.


SOFTWARE

		Description
		QEMM's Manifest 1.12 will not perform the expanded memory access test.
		Details This failure is exhibited when the Advanced/ZE is operating at 120Mhz. This test will run at slower speeds therefore it is likely that the test needs to be modified for higher speed CPU's.  Intel will notify QEMM.
		Workaround None.
		FastBack 3.0 fails.
		Details FastBack 3.0 is a very old version of FastBack.  FastBack is up to release 6.0 which does work on Advanced/ZE.
		Workaround Users will have to upgrade to FastBack 6.0
		Win3.11 32-bit disk access driver does not support Logical Block Addressing (LBA).
		Details The 32 bit driver included with Windows 3.11 does not support large drives (drives over 504 megabytes).  Our BIOS will map large drives using LBA.  Windows does not understand the LBA algorithm.
		Workaround None at this time, however there are some drive manufacturers writing drivers for Windows.  Stay tuned.
SOFTWARE cont.

		Description
		Bench29 Math test fails.
		Details This test fails on a number of Pentium motherboards.  The faster the CPU the greater the number of failures (it does not fail everytime).  At slower speeds this test will run without errors.
		Workaround This test will pass if run in de-turbo mode.
		Several multi media program installations causes system reboot
		Details Several Multi Media program installations causes system reboot. San Diego Zoo The Animals, Critical Path, and both versions of Battle Chess cause the system to reboot during installation. The above programs are installed under Windows by running the setup program from the CD- ROM.  Both San Diego Zoo and Critical Path hang after the beginning selections for the load are made (Path, ect..). If the mouse is then moved the system reboots.  V1.0 MPC Battle Chess causes the system to appears to lockup, by flashing the hour glass and then returning to the arrow pointer. If the mouse is then moved the pointer remains non-moving. After several attempted moves the system reboots. If instead of running the setup the program is directly started, the program runs normally.  The Enhanced Battle Chess (second release) fails the setup as with the V1.0. If the program is started directly, it can not find its data file and terminates. The ICU was ran to configure the system with no effect on the problem. Closed Errata 3rd Party Issue
		Workaround None, under investigation.
		Bridge Record for DTEK Compliance
		Details ESCD specification has been updated 12-16-94- this requires an update to the ESCD code.
		Workaround None, third party Issue.
		QA Plus 4.8 Memory Test Failures
		Details When running the QAplus ver 4.80 memory tests, errors were encountered durtin tthe extended memory tests. The errors were sporadic and occurred on four separate Aladdin boards, with 60 and 70 nano-second SIMMs rangin in sixe from 4 meg to 10 meg. Some the errors were as follows:  SIMM or System board Failed   Inverse Walking Bit Left  Ox100000h  Bad Byte:.....765432.Parity  etc.  QA plus test Cache by turning it on and off in the processor and external. Trition spec require it all on or off. QA agreed it owns issue and fixed test for IBM already - they also do not have trition chip set support. This would not be an issue if they had done chip set code. RAA 3-27-95 These errors did not occur in any other version of QAPlus or in QAFE or Checkit Pro. Test passes at 75MHZ, sporatically fails at 90MHZ, totally fails at 100MHZ. The problem is code timing specific to this version of QA Plus Closed Closed 3rd Party Issue 3006 NT and NEC 260R CD-ROM Failure When trying to install Microsoft NT 3.5 Server with the NEC 260R CD-ROM the system gives the message Setup did not find any hard disk drive installed in your computer. Setup cannot continue. Press F3 to exit This occurs on disk three when the system should come up with the configuraion found durint the setup process. The Mistsumi 4x IDE and the Sanyo 4X IDE CD-Roms both work, as well as the Mitsumi 2x CD-ROM.
		Workaround None, third party issue.
		MS Flight Simulator produces video flicker on Aladdin w/ ATI Mach 64
		Details The game will work correctly in VGA mode. The problem below occurs in SVGA mode. v5a works with more graphics cards in SVGA mode but not all of them. This is a game issue and has not been described in game litrature. TME to put a functional consideration for this issue MicroSoft's FLIGHT SIMULATOR v5 (FS5) will produce excessive screen flickering when set to SVGA using the ATI GRAPHIC EXPRESSION on the Advanced/ZE.     On the Advanced/ZE board using a Graphic Expression, (2 MB DRAM, video bios   v0.23 1994/8/24), FS5 will display excessive flickering in the white   pull down menu area when running in SVGA mode.    This flickering does not occur when using a DIAMOND SpeedStar Pro SE PCI, (video bios v 1.00, Vesa bios 1.02 Speed Star Pro Alpine series). This flickering was seen on the MORRISON when using the S3 TRIOS32 PCI, (video bios 1.3-08), onboard video.
		Workaround None, third party issue.


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 microporcessors into the industry.   These issues have been broken up by technology to make it easier to find specific issues.

Related Topics:

ICU

GRAPHICS

HARD DRIVES & CD ROM DRIVES

NETWORK

OTHER


ICU

		The ICU does not support ISA IRQ sharing.
		Details The ICU does not know how to handle interrupt sharing. It is possible for IRQ3, IRQ5, and IRQ7 to be shared by more than one ISA device.  In one scenario, serial ports 1 & 2 were sharing interrupt 3 and the ICU did not know how to handle it. Serial ports sharing an IRQ is perfectly legitimate.
		Workaround None at this time.  This may require a new revision of the ICU to support shared ISA IRQ's.


GRAPHICS

		Video text scroll test reports memory char compare error...with mode 3
		Details The test was executed with a Cirrus cl-gd5434-hc-b PCI video card and reports memory character compare errors with mode 3. When executed with a Matrox MGA II PCI video card, the test passed, but the text mode colors were incorrect. When executed with a ATI Mach 32 PCI video card, the test passed and everything appeared to be normal.
		Workaround None, third party issue.
		The ATI Graphics Xpression Mach 64 card fails portions of the Kings Quest VI  video game.
		Details This failure was only experienced in Windows.  The failure did not exhibit itself when Kings Quest VI was played under DOS.  Also,  The failure was not seen with other video cards tested.
		Workaround This issue can be corrected by editing the Windows system.ini file.  Find the devicebitmap statement and set it to devicebitmap=off.
		The ATI Mach 32 card has PCI hold time issues.
		Details The ATI mach 32 card has some hold time requirements (the PCI spec. says that add-in cards do not need hold time).  The failure exhibits itself as a lock up on the PCI bus.
		Workaround ATI has revised their BIOS to fix the hold time issues.  Use BIOS revision 113-23000-110.
		Cirrus 5434 does not work with CPU to PCI bursting enabled.
		Details Every 5434 stepping to date does not work on the Advanced/ZE with CPU to PCI bursting enabled.
		Workaround Use the Advanced/ZE setup utility to disable CPU to PCI bursting. The burst option is located in the Advanced chipset section of the setup utility.
		Matrox MGA II does not work with CPU to PCI bursting enabled.
		Details The Matrox MGA II does not work on the Advanced/ZE with CPU to PCI bursting enabled.  The failure is exhibited as smeared video while in windows.
		Workaround Use the Advanced/ZE setup utility to disable CPU to PCI bursting. The burst option is located in the Advanced chipset section of the setup utility.
		Matrox MGA II video card fails when DAC palette snooping is enabled.
		Details This is an older known issue with the Matrox MGA II and palette snooping.
		Workaround Palette DAC snooping is an option in the setup utility of the Advanced/ZE.  The default for palette DAC snooping is disabled, so there is no action required by the end user for this issue.
		Trident 7381 card has on incompatibility with the San Diego Zoo software.
		Details The application, The San Diego Zoo Presents..... The Animals, has corrupted video when run on the Trident 7381 PCI video card.  Other PCI video cards were tried and there were no problems found.
		Workaround No known workaround at this time.  Intel will continue to work the issue in an attempt to find a workaround.
		Diamond Viper Video Pro does not work with CPU to PCI bursting enabled.
		Details The Diamond Viper Pro does not work on the Advanced/ZE with CPU to PCI bursting enabled.  The failure is exhibited as corrupted video while in windows.
		Workaround Use the Advanced/ZE setup utility to disable bursting. The burst option is located in the Advanced chipset section of the setup utility.
		With the S3 proto-type card Hellcab looses the mouse on the start screen.
		Details With the S3 proto card and executable BIOS dated 10/2694, the mouse cursor on the start screen is not visible when moved from the far left part of the screen.
		Workarounds None.
		Floppy not working with Mach32 and WINNT
		Details With WINNT and a Mach 32 card, accessing the floppy hangs the systems. If a Mach 64 card is used the system works fine. If you boot from a DOS diskette with the Mach 32 card the floppy works fine. This board was brought over by design to run NT stress tests to verify a new chip wasn't going to cause problems.
		Workaround None, third party issue.
		Matrox MGA Impression does not work with CPU to PCI bursting enabled
		Details The Matrox MGA II does not work on the Advanced/ZE with CPU to PCI bursting enabled. The failure is exhibited as smeared video while in windows. Closed Errata 3rd Party Issue
		Workaround Use the Advanced/ZE setup utility to disable bursting. The burst option is located in the advanced chipset section of the setup utility
		ATI Mach64 GX & CX add-in cards have PCI hold time issues
		Details Some of the ATI Mach64GX/CX add-in card designs have a requirement for PCIhold time (PCI spec [ver x.x] states-add-in catds do not need hold time).
		Workaround Some of the add-in cards in this family have a Pal implemented at location U51.  Boards with the Pal work.  Also, if the ATI device was produced at SGS then it is equivalent to the ATI DC stepping, this device works.
		#9GXE PCI video board displays video anomolies
		Details Summary: When using the #9GXE PCI video board on the Alad__09, the video  resolution at 1152x870x65k displays lines down the icons and turns them  pink. Running at 1280x1024x256 resolution causes the characters on the  title bar to have lines drawn through them. Also, when running windows  paintbrush, the 1280x1024x256 resolution causes the zoom feature of  paintbrush to display the zoom area inside its little box but the screen  doesnt change or display the bit mapping Issue of the zoomed area.
		Workaround None, third party issue.
		Windows locks up with the Diamond Stealth 32 v1.02 video drivers
		Details The Aladdin locks up intermittently in Windows.    Summary: This problem was first seen installing the Diamond Stealth 32  drivers v1.02 for Windows. The drivers seem to install properly, but  when Windows restarted the system will lock trying to initialize the  INCONTROL TOOLS v1.20. This is a control panel for the Stealth 32  video card. The only way to get Windows to come up without locking is to  run Windows setup from the DOS prompt and select VGA for the video  device.    Tests were run in VGA mode with no problems detected. The problems  seem to occur when the Stealth 32 drivers for Windows are installed.    The Stealth 32 driver could be successfully used if Windows setup is run  from the DOS prompt and VGA is selected for the video device. Then  Windows is started in VGA mode and setup is ran again choosing the  Stealh 32 drivers. At this point Windows is using the Stealth 32 drives  for video but would hang the system during testing .
		Workaround None, third party issue.


HARD DRIVES & CD ROM DRIVES

		Description
		Quantum Qlps270 hard drives do not support Logical Block Addressing.
		Details The Quantum qlps270 hard drive inaccurately reports that it supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA).   The Advanced/ZE by default is configured to auto-detect the hard drive and the modes it supports.  When the Advanced/ZE detects the hard drive and  determines that the drive supports LBA it configures the drive for LBA, this will cause failures when attempting to use the hard drive.
		Workaround To avoid the failure scenario when using the qlps270 hard drive, configure  the Advanced/ZE to operate the hard drive in Standard CHS mode via the setup utility.
		Quantum 80AT hard drives when operating in slave mode have incompatibilities with some other drives.
		Details The Quantum 80AT is an old hard drive that has problems when operating as a slave with some other drives.
		Workaround None.
		Adaptec 1542CF with INT11 selected will not allow a CD ROM to work.
		Details If you select Interrupt 11 for the Adaptec 1542CF ISA SCSI plug and play controller, it will cause a CD ROM failure.
		Workaround Use interrupt 9 or 10.
		Sony CDU-55E fails to be recognized on the secondary IDE port.
		Details On an Advanced/ZE system with a Sony CDU-55E CD-ROM drive strapped as a  master drive and connected to the secondary IDE port, the Sony ATAPI  CD-ROM device driver v. 2.19c fails to locate the drive and presents  the following error message:  No drives are attached, or drives are powered down. The device driver  is not installed.     If the same setup is used and you step through the config.sys and  autoexec.bat upon booting MS-DOS, the driver detects the device and  loads properly.     If the CD-ROM drive is strapped as a slave and daisy-chained with the  hard drive and connected to either the primary or secondary IDE ports,  the driver detects the device and loads without any problems.  If the drive is strapped as a master and connected to the primary IDE  port, and the hard drive is connected to the secondary IDE port, the  driver detects the device and loads without any problems as well.  It appears to be some type of timing issue related with the secondary  IDE port. This has been seen throughout many groups and across  multiple platforms, however, this problem is not always consistantly  recreatable. I currently have an Aladdin platform that is very  consistant which may be used for debug. Problem does not occur on  the same platform w/ the CDU-76E drive.
		Workaround None, under investigation.


NETWORK

		Description
		LanManager 2.2 with IBM Token ring II card needs a new driver.
		Details The failure mode is exhibited as a failure to connect to the network.  It will connect fine if the system is run in de-turbo mode.  This is resultant from a Token Ring driver that needs to be fixed. This issue is also present in Lanserver 3.0 & 4.0.
		Workaround A new Token ring driver named Token.OS2 resolves this problem.  The driver is dated 9-4-94
		Softset2 configuration utility for the Intel Ether Pro adapter reports warnings when Int2/9 is selected.
		Details When configuring the Intel Ether Pro adapter using the supplied Softset2 config. utility, the software reports that Int 2/9 is unavailable for use (used by the system).  If you select and configure the card to use Int 2/9, then you get a warning.  The warning can be overridden and you can force the card to use Int 2/9, in which case the card will operate without error.
		Workaround Ignore the error and use Int 2/9 anyway.  The system will work just fine.
		Advanced/ZE NetWare 4.1 hangs in server configuration
		Details When running Nwtest rev-h, or rev-g, on alad_11, the system would lockup causing Error writing FAT table for volume alad/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 Aladdin, ZAPPM, and  Xxpress.
		Workaround None, under investigation.


OTHER

		Description
		Samsung PBSRAM does not work for 512K cache.
		Details The Samsung Pipelined Burst SRAM does not work on the Advanced/ZE when used as 512K cache.  This part has a known defect.
		Workaround Use another vendors parts until Samsung fixes their part.
		TallTree JRAM memory board does not work.
		Normal DRAM timing causes problems with Benchmarking tests
		Folsom is publishing an errata and we will not use the 4-4-4 DRAM Burst timing mode.
		Workaround None, third party issue.
		Setup allows password entered when disabled.
		Details Request is to adjust Setup to not highlight password fields when the password switch/jumper is disabled.  Also want to display password jmper/switch setting on security screen so user is aware of current setting of switch/jumper.
		Workaround None, under investigation.
		Will not boot after finding non boot-able floppy.
		Details We booted the system with a floppy in the drive.  It was a non-bootable floppy.  The system warns that .  Non-System disk or disk error  Replace and press any key when ready.  The floppy drive light is off; we then removed the floppy and hit the space bar.  We then observe that the system hangs with the floppy drive light on and the drive is spinning.  We expected it to boot off the hard drive not hang the system. Soft boot does not work.  We had to do a hardware boot. (Reset key
		Workaround None, under investigation.
		1532P intermittently fails to recognize Quantum LPS240 on Aladdin
		Details On bootup, SCSI controllers query their SCSI bus(es) to identify the devices that are attached thereto, and report those devices as part of their BIOS sign-on. The Adaptec 1532P is an ISA Plug 'n Play SCSI controller that has intermittent problems recognizing Quantum LPS240 hard drives when it is installed into the Aladdin platform. In the hard drive controller validation test and the Dual Bus Master / Bridge test, two Quantum LPS 240s are used; one with SCSI ID 0, one with SCSI ID 1.  The failure does not occur consistently. On rare occasions (approximately once every 10 - 20 bootups) the controller works correctly. On most other occasions, the 1532P finds drive 0, but not its ID string, and does not find drive one. On a few occasions, it fails to find any drives at all. On extremely rare occasions, the actuator / head array of the second hard drive can be heard banging against the inside of its case when the controller queries it.  When only one drive is attached to the bus, the 1532P usually finds it, but usually fails to get its ID string. Sometimes it fails to find the drive at all, and on rare occasions, it works correctly.  The failure occurs whether warm booting or cold booting.
		Workaround Adaptec suggests that both Adaptec and Intel state that this card will not be supported on Intel platforms, recommending the use of the Adaptec 1542CP card as a replacement.
		Adaptec 1542CP causes CM to issue an IO RANGE CHECK FAILURE msg
		Details Add an Adpatec AHA-1540CP/1542CP PnP-ISA SCSI controller(with BIOS ver1.00). When CM comesup, we see the following warning messages, CAUTION: Active Device conflict detected! Error=10 WARNING: I/O Range Check Failure! CSN=3 Address=3F0 Length=6 WARNING: I/O Range Check Failure! CSN=3 Address=370 Length=6 Conflicting devices may not function as expected!
		Workaround None, third party issue.


Introduction

The Intel Advanced/ZE Baseboard features the Pentium processor in a standard Baby-AT form factor baseboard with integrated I/O. Advanced/ZE baseboards are focused on providing the best possible performance at the lowest possible price for mainstream desktop computers.

Advanced/ZE is a flexible baseboard which is available with the 75 MHz, 90 MHz, 100 MHz, or 120 MHz Pentium processor. The processor is complemented by a standard 256 KB or 512 KB asynchronous SRAM second level write-back cache and support for up to 128 MB of Fast Page or EDO DRAM. A Pentium OverDrive socket (Socket 5) provides access to future performance enhancements.

The Advanced/ZE baseboard offers outstanding I/O capabilities starting with the full set of I/O, including a floppy drive interface, dual channel PCI local bus IDE interfaces, two serial ports with FIFOs, an EPP/ECP capable parallel port, and an infrared (IrDA) port. Three dedicated PCI local bus slots, and one shared PCI/ISA slot, provide a high bandwidth data path for functions such as graphics that have a high data throughput requirement . The integrated Bus Mastering capable PCI IDE controller provides two high performance IDE interfaces for hard drives and CD-ROMs. Bus mastering enhances the performance in multi-tasking environments such as Windows* 95. The Advanced/ZE baseboard also provides four dedicated full-length capable ISA connectors and one full length shared PCI/ISA connector.

In addition to superior hardware capabilities, features like Windows 95-ready Plug and Play and Advanced Power Management (APM) with application restart are provided by software available from Intel for the Advanced/ZE platform.

The Advanced/ZE Expandable Desktop baseboard provides the foundation for cost effective, high performance, highly expandable platforms which deliver the latest in CPU and I/O technology.

Although the Advanced/ZE supports CGA emulation by a VGA card, CGA cards are not supported.

Related Topics:

ADVANCED/ZE FORM FACTOR

Baseboard Design Exceptions


ADVANCED/ZE FORM FACTOR

The Advanced/ZE baseboard is designed to fit into a standard Baby-AT form factor chassis. Figure 1 illustrates the mechanical form factor for the Advanced/ZE. The actual dimensions of the Advanced/ZE baseboard do not strictly adhere to the standard Baby-AT guidelines, exceptions to the standard are listed in the Baseboard Design Exceptions section.

Figure 1. Advanced/ZE Baseboard dimensions.


Baseboard Design Exceptions

Keyboard connector

Front panel connectors

Jumpers/Switches


Keyboard connector

The baseboard is designed to accept PS/2 style mouse and keyboard connectors.


Front panel connectors

There is no front panel connector on the baseboard for a Turbo/Deturbo switch. The processor speed can be set either through a parameter in the CMOS Setup Utility, or from the keyboard (<CTL><ALT><+> = Turbo, <CLT><ALT><-> = Deturbo). Changing processor speed from the keyboard may be prohibited by the operating system, or when the processor is in protected mode.

Setting the processor to deturbo (or slow) only slows the processor to the approximate equivalent of a 25 MHz clock rate, not the standard 8 MHz clock rate.


Jumpers/Switches

There is no Color/Mono jumper/switch on the baseboard to specify Monochrome or Color video mode at boot, the BIOS will automatically detect the type of video card installed.

Also, there is no Flash write protect jumper/switch, the BIOS needs to be able to write to FLASH to support the Plug and Play features.


Board Level Features

Board Diagram

CPU

Performance Upgrade

Second Level Cache

System Memory

Expansion Slots

PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI) PCIset

National Semiconductor 87306 Super I/O Controller

System BIOS

Connectors

Power Consumption


Board Diagram

A − Primary power connector

B − Floppy drive connector

C − Two PCI IDE interfaces

D − Parallel port connector

E − National 87306 I/O controller

F − 82437FX Triton System Controller (TSC)

G − 82438FX Triton Data Path (TDP)

H − Four SIMM sockets (two banks)

I  CPU voltage regulator

J − 256 KB/512 KB L2 cache data SRAM sockets

K − 256 KB/512 KB L2 cache tag SRAM socket

L  Secondary cache size jumpers

M − Pentium processor socket (Type 5)

N − Front Panel I/O connectors

O − Configuration switch block

P − 82371FB PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator (PIIX)

Q − Five ISA expansion connectors

R − BIOS recovery boot jumper

S − Flash EEPROM for system BIOS

T − Four PCI expansion connectors

U − Battery for the Real-time clock

V − 3.3 volt power connector for PCI

W  PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse port

X − Serial port connectors	Figure 2. Advanced/ZE Baseboard Major component location


CPU

The Advanced/ZE baseboard is designed to operate with 3.3 volt Pentium processors. A patented on-board voltage regulator circuit provides the required 3.3 volts from the 5 volt tap provided by a standard PC power supply. The baseboard supports the Pentium processors at iCOMP index 610 \ 75 MHz, 735 \ 90 MHz, and 815 \ 100 MHz, and 1000 \ 120 MHz.  The Pentium processor is backward-compatible with the 8086, 80286, i386TM and i486TM CPUs. It supports both read and write burst mode bus cycles, and includes separate 8K 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 Type 5 Zero Insertion Force socket provides users with a performance upgrade path to future, higher speed, Pentium processors. 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 Pentium processor's internal cache is complemented by a field-upgradeable 256 KB/512 KB direct mapped write-back second level cache. The 256 KB cache configuration is implemented with eight 3.3 volt 32K x 8 asynchronous SRAM devices for the cache data and one 5 volt 32K x 8 SRAM for the cache tag. The 512 KB cache configuration is implemented with eight 3.3 volt 64K x 8 asynchronous SRAM devices for the cache data and one 5 volt 32K x 8 SRAM for the cache tag. The field-upgradeable second level cache sites are 32-pin SOJ type sockets. The cache size is set by three configuration jumpers located on the baseboard. The available options are 0 KB, 256 KB, and 512 KB.

Care must be taken if a 256 KB cache solution is implemented. The 32K x 8 chips must be offset away from Pin 1 on the socket. Figure 3 shows an example of chip insertion for the 32K x 8 and 64K x 8 SOJ SRAM devices.

With 75 MHz processors (which have an external clock frequency of 50 MHz), 20 ns SRAMs may be used. When using 90 MHz or 120 MHz processors (60 MHz external clock) or a 100 MHz processor (66 MHz external clock), 15 ns SRAMs must be used.


Figure 3. SRAM insertion


System Memory

The Advanced/ZE 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. For external CPU speeds of less than 60 MHz (used with 75, 90 and 120 MHz processors) memory timing requires 70 ns fast page devices or, for higher performance, 70 ns EDO DRAM.  For external CPU speeds of 66 MHz (used with 100 MHz processors) you must use 60 ns EDO DRAM, but 70 ns fast page DRAM may still be used.  Parity generation and checking is not supported by the chip set.

The four sockets are arranged as Bank 0 and Bank 1, 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, however Banks 0 and 1 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 maximum performance. Bank 0 only, Bank 1 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 to be used when adding Fast Page or EDO 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 the memory data valid window time.


Expansion Slots

Up to eight expansion slots may be populated on the Advanced/ZE baseboard. There are five ISA bus expansion connectors and four PCI expansion connectors. One slot 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 connectors. All four PCI expansion slots accept PCI bus mastering cards, and fully comply with the PCI 2.0 specification. Three of the PCI slots can accommodate full-length add-in cards, while all of the ISA slots can accommodate full length add-in cards. The fourth PCI slot is blocked by the peripheral bay in the Expandable Desktop chassis and is limited to a 1/2 length add-in card. This limitation does not apply to the MiniTower chassis, which can accommodate eight, full-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 user 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 Triton 82430FX PCIset consists of the 82437FX Triton System Controller (TSC), two 82438FX Triton Data Path (TDP) devices, and one 82371FB PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator (PIIX) bridge chip. The Triton PCIset provides the following functions:

• 	CPU interface control

• 	Integrated L2 write-back cache controller

- standard SRAM

- 256 KB/512 KB Direct Mapped

•	Integrated DRAM controller

- 64-bit path to Memory

- Support for EDO and Fast Page DRAM

- Up 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

• 	Enhanced Fast DMA controller

• 	Interrupt controller and steering

• 	Counters/Timers

Related Topics:

· SMI interrupt logic and timer with Fast On/Off mode82437FX Triton System Controller (TSC)

82438FX Triton Data Path (TDP)

82371FB PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator (PIIX)

IDE SUPPORT

TRITON DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS


· SMI interrupt logic and timer with Fast On/Off mode82437FX Triton System Controller (TSC)
•	SMI interrupt logic and timer with Fast On/Off mode82437FX Triton 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 Triton Data Path (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, 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. The PIIX comes in a 208-pin QFP package.

Detailed information on the PCIset is available in the Intel 82430 PCISet data sheet.


IDE SUPPORT

The Advanced/ZE baseboard provides two independent high performance bus-mastering PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 devices for up to 16 MB/sec transfers. Support for ATAPI devices is provided in the system BIOS. The system BIOS also supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and ECHS on both IDE interfaces. When used in conjunction with a special driver the IDE interface operates as a PCI bus master for optimum performance in a multi-tasking environment.  One such driver is  provided by Intel for the Windows 95 environment.


TRITON DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

Triton Memory Hole Limitation

Due the design of the Triton chipset, only one memory hole can be active at a time. The user can not set the Base Memory size to 512 KB and enable the ISA LFB at the same time.

Triton PCI Hold Time Requirement

The chipset provides less hold time than the earlier Neptune and Mercury chipsets on the PCI address and data lines, but still is within the PCI specification. (The PCI specification calls out a 0 ns minimum hold time.) Some PCI expansion cards do not meet this requirement, and in fact require more hold time than the Triton chipset provides. Disabling PCI write bursting will sometimes enable these cards to function.


National Semiconductor 87306 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 87306. This component provides:

•	Two NS16C550-compatible UARTs with send/receive 16 byte FIFO

- Support for an IrDA compliant HSDSL 1000 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; Enhanced 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/yr

•	Integrated 8042 compatible keyboard controller

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 or disabled. COM2 can alternately be configured as an IRDA port.  The parallel port can be configured as normal, extended , or disabled. The floppy interface can be configured for  720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, or 2.88 MB media. Header pins located near the back of the board allow cabling to use these interfaces.

Related Topics:

Keyboard/mouse Interface

Real Time Clock, CMOS RAM and Battery

IrDA (InfraRed) Support


Keyboard/mouse Interface

PS/2 keyboard/mouse connectors are located on the back panel side of the baseboard. 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 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 a 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 86 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/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, the CMOS RAM values can be cleared to the system defaults by using a configuration switch on the baseboard. Appendix B lists switch and jumper configurations.

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. Refer to Appendix A for battery replacement details.


IrDA (InfraRed) Support

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, PDA's and printers using application software such as LapLink. The IrDA specification provides for data transfers at up to 115kbps from a distance of 1 meter.

A 5-pin header is provided to allow connection to a Hewlett Packard HSDSL-1000 compatible infrared transmitter/receiver.


System BIOS

The Advanced/ZE baseboard uses an American Megatrends Incorporated (AMI) Pentium Processor ROM BIOS, which is stored in Flash EEPROM and easily upgraded using a floppy disk-based program. 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 32-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. As an example the BIOS for the Advanced/ZE will be 1.00.03.BR0. As BIOS updates occur the revision number will increase to 1.00.04.BR0, 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 Plug and Play ESCD Storage Area
EC000H	ECFFFH	4 KB OEM LOGO Area
E0000H	EBFFFH	48 KB System BIOS Reserved
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. For information on recovering the BIOS in the event of a catastrophic failure, refer to the appendix.


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 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. 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 <F1> key after the POST memory test has begun and before boot begins. A prompt may be enabled that informs the user to press the <F1> key to access Setup.  A switch on the baseboard can be set to prevent user access to Setup for security purposes. Setup options are detailed in 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 2.0 of the PCI BIOS specification.


ISA Plug & Play Capability

The BIOS incorporates ISA Plug and Play capabilities conforming to version 1.0a of the Plug-n-Play specification. 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 FaxBack* (800) 628-2283, 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. All or part of this area may be used as shared ISA memory if needed.  Video BIOS located from C0000-C7FFF is shadowed to boost performance.


Power Management Capability

The Advanced/ZE will enable you to have an Energy Star compliant system through its Advanced Power Management resources.  The Advanced/ZE BIOS supports power management via System Management Mode (SMM) interrupts to the CPU and Advanced Power Management (APM v1.1). In general, power management capabilities will allow the system to be put into a power managed Stand By state.  This can be accomplished by pressing the sleep/resume button on the front of the chassis, entering an user configured hot-key sequence on the keyboard, or by the expiration of a hardware timer which detects system inactivity for a user-configurable length of time. While in the Stand By state, the Advanced/ZE baseboard reduces the system power consumption to Energy Star levels by utilizing the power saving capabilities of the Pentium Processor,  spinning down the IDE hard drive, and turning off an Energy Star rated monitor. Add-in cards supplied with APM-aware drivers can also be put into a power managed state for further energy savings. The ability to respond to external interrupts is fully maintained while in Stand By mode allowing the system to service requests such as in-coming FAX's or network messages while unattended.


Flash LOGO Area

Advanced/ZE supports a 4 KB programmable FLASH user area located at EC000-ECFFF. An OEM may use this area to display a custom logo. The BIOS accesses the user area at several points during the boot up sequence.


Security features

Administrative Password

The administrative password protects several sensitive Setup options from being viewable to a user unless the password is entered. These sensitive fields are viewable unless the administrative password is set.

BIOS Password

A BIOS password feature provides security during the boot process. A password can be entered using the Setup utility, and will be required on boot up before normal operation of the system can commence. To enable, disable, or change the password, refer to the Setup program options in the appendix.

If the password is forgotten, it can be cleared by turning off the system and setting the "password clear" jumper to the clear position.

Setup Enable Jumper

A baseboard configuration switch controls access to the BIOS Setup utility. By setting switch SW5 to the ON 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


Connectors

Front panel connections

Back panel connections


Front panel connections

The 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 CPU Fan

•	Infrared (IrDA) port

•	Sleep/Resume

Figure 4. 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 (standby) that will reduce the system's power consumption. If the system is in Stand By mode and the switch is pressed, the system will instantly "wake up" or Resume full system activity. When used with a power supply with a high efficiency rating, the Advanced/ZE 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 in setup.

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, PDA's and printers using application software such as LapLink. The IrDA specification provides for data transfers at up to 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. See the appendix for more information about error beep codes.


Back panel connections

The back panel provides external access to PS/2 style keyboard and mouse connectors integrated on the Advanced/ZE baseboard. Figure 5 shows the general location of the PS/2 style keyboard and mouse connectors


Figure 5. Advanced/ZE PS/2 Style Back panel

Related Topics:

I/O connections


I/O connections

The baseboard contains shroud-less stake pin header connections for cabling the serial, parallel, floppy, and IDE interfaces. 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, a 90 MHz processor, a floppy drive, and a VGA card. 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 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	0 amps
+12V	780 milliamps
-12V	90 milliamps
Table 2. Advanced/ZE Current Requirements

*(measured with 8 MB DRAM, VGA controller and Floppy Drive while sitting at DOS prompt)


Watts

Resource	Typical Power*
Advanced/ZE baseboard, 8 MB	24.7 Watts
Teac 3½" Floppy drive	1.7 Watts
Table 3. Power Use by System Resources

*(measured with 8 MB DRAM, VGA controller and Floppy Drive while sitting at DOS prompt)


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/ZE Expandable Desktop easily provides the expandability required for most traditional PC applications − seven peripheral bays, eight 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/ZE 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 eight 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/ZE 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

Eight expansion bays are available for peripherals and other add-in devices. These include three 5¼" externally accessible half-height bays and one 3½" one-inch bays accessible from the front panel. Four internal 3½" peripheral bays are located in front of the power supply and are accessed via a swing out carrier located under the slide off the chassis side


FAN

The Advanced/ZE 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.


Expansion slots

The Advanced/ZE has eight expansion card slots. 4 ISA slots, 3 PCI slots, and one shared slot are all full length in the MiniTower chassis.  The peripheral carrier in the Expandable Desktop chassis does limit one of the PCI slots to use of a half-length add-in card, thus still providing 7 full length slots.


Front Panel

The Advanced/ZE Expandable Desktop front panel consists of a sleep/resume 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 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.

Figures 8 & 9. Advanced/ZE Expandable Desktop and MiniTower Back Panels


Power Supply

The Advanced/ZE integrates a 200 watt switchable power supply for all onboard resources, add-in cards, and peripherals. The Astec Corp. model SA201-3485 supports operating settings at 100-120 VAC (4 Amps AC) or 200-240 VAC (2.5 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	4.0 A
180-265	2.5 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 a 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 bezel uses General Electric plastic chip H86204. The bottom and back of the chassis are not painted.

The MiniTower chassis color is 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

CACHE SRAM

RTC batteryJumpers and Switches


Technical Product Summary - Appendix A - User-Installable Upgrades - SYSTEM MEMORY
SYSTEM MEMORY

Table A-1 shows the possible memory combinations. The Advanced/ZE 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. SIMM requirements are Fast Page Mode or  EDO DRAM, 60 ns or 70 ns, with tin-lead connectors.

SIMM 1,2 (Bank 0) SIMM Type (Size)	SIMM 3,4 (Bank 1) SIMM Type (Size)	Total System Memory
Empty	1M X 32 (4 MB)	8 MB
Empty	2M X 32 (8 MB)	16 MB
Empty	4M X 32 (16 MB)	32 MB
Empty	8M X 32 (32 MB)	64 MB
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


CACHE SRAM

		Processor Speed
		75 MHz	90 MHz	100 MHz	120 MHz
	Cache Speed	20 ns	15 ns	15 ns	15 ns
256 KB	Tag SRAM	32K x 8 (5 volt)	32K x 8 (5 volt)	32K x 8 (5 volt)	32K x 8 (5 volt)
	Data SRAM (8)	32K x 8 (3.3 volt)	32K x 8 (3.3 volt)	32K x 8 (3.3 volt)	32K x 8 (3.3 volt)
512 KB	Tag SRAM	32K x 8 (5 volt)	32K x 8 (5 volt)	32K x 8 (5 volt)	32K x 8 (5 volt)
	Data SRAM (8)	64K x 8 (3.3 volt)	64K x 8 (3.3 volt)	64K x 8 (3.3 volt)	64K x 8 (3.3 volt)


RTC batteryJumpers and Switches

 The battery can be replaced with either of the following batteries:

Sony CR2032 3V Lithium cell

Panasonic CR2032 3V Lithium cell


Appendix B

Figure B-1. Switch and Jumper locations (default settings shown)

Related Topics:

External CPU Clock speed (50/60/66 MHz) - Switches 7 & 8

internal CPU Bus clock speed - switch 6

Setup Disable - switch 5

Clear CMOS - switch 4

Password clear - switch 3

Processor Voltage regulation - switch 2

ISA BUS SPEED - switch 1

Recovery boot enable - J1N1

Second Level Cache Size Selection - J1A1, J1A2, J3A1


External CPU Clock speed (50/60/66 MHz) - Switches 7 & 8

This jumper sets the CPU's external operating frequency at 50, 60, 66 MHz.. Default setting is 60 MHz.

Frequency	Switch 7	Switch 8
50 MHz	ON	OFF
60 MHz	OFF	OFF
66 MHz	ON	ON
Table B-1. Switch Settings For External CPU Speed


internal CPU Bus clock speed - switch 6

Sets the internal processor speed to either 3/2 or 2 times the external CPU clock speed. Switch 6=OFF for 3/2, Switch 6=ON for 2 times. The 3/2 setting is used for 75 MHz, 90 MHz, and 100 MHz processors.  The 2 times setting is used for 120 MHz processors.  The default setting is 3/2, (Switch 6 = OFF).


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. Default setting is SW4=OFF.


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. Default setting is SW3=OFF.


Processor Voltage regulation - switch 2

Sets the output of the on-board voltage regulator.  The switch settings are OFF = VR, and ON = VRE.  The VR voltage specification requires a voltage range of 3.3-3.465 Volts DC, while the VRE specification requires a voltage range of 3.45-3.6V.  Pentium processors currently available that do not require the VRE voltage specification should use the VR setting.  When upgrading your CPU be sure to consult the documentation for the processor voltage requirements before setting this switch, as an incorrect setting may damage the processor.   The default position is with the switch set for VR (off).


ISA BUS SPEED - switch 1

Sets the ISA bus speed to either 1/4 or 1/3 of the PCI bus speed to best maximize system performance for 75, 90, 100 or 120 MHz processor speeds. When SW1=ON the ISA bus speed will be 1/4 of the PCI bus speed and when SW1=OFF the ISA bus speed will be 1/3 the PCI bus speed. The ISA bus speed is derived from the PCI bus speed which is derived from the external processor clock frequency. The position of SW1 will set the ISA bus speed to either Compatible or Enhanced for 90 MHz, 100 MHz, and 120 MHz processors and will leave the ISA bus speed Compatible for 75 MHz processor speed. For 90 MHz, 100 MHz, and 120 MHz processor speeds, if SW1 is set to Compatible (SW1=ON), the speed will fall within the limits defined by the IBM AT Technical Reference (6-8.33 MHz). If set to Enhanced (SW1=OFF), the speed will be greater than the maximum defined by the IBM AT Technical Reference manual. SW1 can be set to either position when a 75 MHz processor speed is used for maximum ISA bus performance. Modern ISA cards can operate with the enhanced speeds, however some older cards can experience difficulties. The actual value of the Bus Clock when set to Compatible or Enhanced is dependent upon the setting of the external processor frequency. The following table describes the ISA bus speeds for the 75 MHz, 90 MHz, 100 MHz, and 120 MHz processor speeds.

Internal Processor Frequency	PCI bus Frequency	SW1=OFF (1/3)	SW1=ON (1/4)
75 MHz	25 MHz	8.33 MHz	8.33 MHz
90 MHz	30 MHz	10.0 MHz	7.50 MHz
100 MHz	33 MHz	11.0 MHz	8.33 MHz
120 MHz	30 MHz	10.0 MHz	7.50 MHz
Table B-2. ISA Bus Speed Settings


Recovery boot enable - J1N1

This switch 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.  A recovery disk must be in drive A while booting up with this jumper set to 2-3.  Once the recovery is complete the jumper should be move back to pins 1-2, and the system rebooted.


Second Level Cache Size Selection - J1A1, J1A2, J3A1

System second level cache size selection jumpers are used in conjunction with memory installed in the second level cache sockets to configure the size of the system second level cache. The following table describes the jumper settings for the second level cache size options.

Second Level Cache Size	J1A1	J1A2	J3A1
0 Kbytes	1 - 2	1 - 2	No Jumper Installed
256 Kbytes	1 - 2	2 - 3	No Jumper Installed
512 Kbytes	2 - 3	1 - 2	1 - 2
Reserved	2 - 3	2 - 3	Don't Care
Figure  B-3. CACHE configuration switch settings


Appendix C - I/O Map
Appendix C − I/O Map

Address (hex)	Size	Description
0000 - 000F	16bytes	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	82C306 - Real Time Clock, Address
0071	1 byte	82C306 - Real Time Clock, Data
0078	1 byte	Reserved - Brd. Config.
0079	1 byte	Reserved - Brd. Config.rd only
0080 - 008F	16bytes	PIIX - DMA Page Register
00A0 - 00A1	2 bytes	PIIX - Interrupt Controller 2
00C0 - 00DE	31bytes	PIIX - DMA 2
00F0	1 bytes	Reset Numeric Error
0170 - 0177	8 bytes	Secondary IDE Channel
Address (hex)	Size	Description
01F0 - 01F7	8 bytes	Primary IDE Channel
0278 - 027B	4 bytes	Parallel Port 2
02F8 - 02FF	8 bytes bytes	On-Board Serial Port 2
0376	1 byte	Secondary IDE Chan Cmd Port
0377	1 byte	Secondary 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	Primary IDE Channel Cmnd Port
03F7 (Write)	1 byte	Floppy Channel 1 Command
03F7, bit 7	1 bit	Floppy Disk Change Channel 1
03F7, bits 6:0	7 bits	Primary IDE Channel 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 Addr Reg Enable
0CFC-0CFF*	4 bytes	PCI Conifig Data Reg
FF00-FF07	8 bytes	IDE Bus Master Reg
* Only accessible after PCI configuration space enabled.

Table C-1. Advanced/ZE I/O Address Map

I/O Port 78 is reserved for BIOS use.  I/O 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)	3/2x	2x
1	No Connect
2	No Connect
3	External CPU clock (Switch 7)
4	External CPU clock (Switch 8)
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
Table  C-2. I/O Port for board configuration

Related Topics:

PCI Configuration Space Map


PCI Configuration Space Map

The Triton chipset 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	0F		PCI Expansion Slot 1
00	0D		PCI Expansion Slot 2
00	0E		PCI Expansion Slot 3
00	10		PCI Expansion Slot 4
Table C-3.  Advanced/ZE PCI Config. Space Map


Appendix D - Memory Map
Appendix D − Memory Map

Address Range (Decimal)	Address Range (hex)	Size	Description
1024K-131072K	100000-8000000	130048K	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	ESCD (Plug'n'Play configuration area)
944K-947K	EC000-ECFFF	4K	OEM LOGO (available as UMB)
896K-943K	E0000-EBFFF	48K	BIOS RESERVED (currently available as UMB)
800K-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/ZE Memory Map

The table above details the Advanced/ZE memory map. The ESCD 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 - Interrupts & DMA Channels
Appendix E − Interrupts & DMA Channels

IRQ	System Resource
NMI	Unused
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	Parallel Port 2
6	Floppy
7	Parallel Port 1
8	Real Time Clock
9	User available
10	User available
11	User available
12	On-board Mouse Port
13	Reserved, Math coprocessor
14	Primary IDE if enabled, else available to user
15	Secondary IDE if enabled, else available to user
Table E-1. Advanced/ZE Interrupts

DMA	Data Width	System Resource
0	8- or 16-bits	Open
1	8- or 16-bits	Open - Normally used for LAN
2	8- or 16-bits	Floppy
3	8- or 16-bits	Parallel Port
4		Reserved - Cascade channel
5	16-bits	Open
6	16-bits	Open
7	16-bits	Open
Table E-2. Advanced/ZE DMA Map


Appendix F - Connectors
Appendix F − Connectors

Power Supply Connectors

Front Panel Connectors -(J2A1, J1B1)

Table F-10. Reset Connector

I/O Connectors


Power Supply Connectors

Primary Power (j9j1)

auxiliary (3.3V) PCI Power (j6G1)


Primary Power (j9j1)

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


auxiliary (3.3V) PCI Power (j6G1)

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
Tables F-1. and F-2. Power connectors


Front Panel Connectors -(J2A1, J1B1)
Front Panel Connectors −(J2A1, J1B1)

sleep/resume

Infrared

CPU 12V Fan Power

Speaker Connector

Hard Drive LED (Disk)

Keylock/Power LED

Reset Connector


sleep/resume

Pin	Signal Name
1	+5 V
2	Sleep
Table F-3. Sleep Connector


Infrared

Pin	Signal Name
1	+5 V
2	Key
3	IR_RX
4	Ground
5	IR_TX
Table F-5. IRDA Connector


CPU 12V Fan Power

Pin	Signal Name
1	Ground
2	+12 V (fused)
3	Ground
Table F-7. CPU Fan Connector


Speaker Connector

Pin	Signal Name
1	SPKR_DAT
2	Key
3	SPKR_DAT connect
4	Ground
Table F-9. Speaker ConnectorTurbo LED

Pin	Signal Name
1	PULL_UP_330
2	LED_TURBO-
Table F-4. Turbo LED Connector


Hard Drive LED (Disk)

Pin	Signal Name
1	PULL_UP_330
2	Key
3	HD ACTIVE
4	PULL_UP_330
Table F-6. HDD LED Connector


Keylock/Power LED

Pin	Signal Name
1	LED_PWR
2	Key
3	Ground
4	KEY LOCK
5	Ground
Table F-8. Key lock & Power LED Connector


Reset Connector

Pin	Signal Name
1	Ground
2	RESET


Table F-10. Reset Connector


I/O Connectors

pS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Ports

Serial Ports

iDE Connectors

Parallel Port Connector

Floppy Connector


pS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Ports

Pin	Signal Name
1	Clock
2	Data
3	No Connect
4	Ground
5	Vcc (fused)
Table F-11. Keyboard/Mouse Connectors


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.


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
Table F-12. Serial Port

Connectors


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.
Table F-14.  Parallel Port ConnectorTable F-13. IDE Connectors


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 -
                                                                           Table F-15. Floppy Connector


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
Table F-16. ISA Connector


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
Table F-17. PCI Connector


Appendix G ( BIOS Setup
Appendix G  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 submenu. After you have selected an 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 Submenu	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.
Table G-1.  BIOS Setup


Overview of the Setup Keys

Setup Key	Description
<F1>	Pressing the <F1> key brings up a help screen for the currently selected item if available.
<Esc>	Pressing the <Esc> key takes you back to the previous screen. Pressing <esc> 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 selection. Pressing either key in a submenu 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).
Table G-2. Setup Keys


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 submenu for the selected option. Submenus 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 submenu.

Hard Disk 0:, 1:, 2:, 3:

This reports if a hard disk is connected to the system. When selected, this brings up the Hard Disk Configuration submenu.

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. This is informational only, and there are no options.

Mouse

This reports if a mouse is installed or not. This is informational only, and there are no options.

Base Memory

This reports the amount of base memory. This is informational only, and there are no options.

Extended Memory

This reports the amount of extended memory. This is informational only, and there are no options.

Related Topics:

Floppy Options Submenu

Hard Disk Configuration Submenu

Boot Options Submenu


Floppy Options Submenu

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 Submenu

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. This is informational only, and there are no options here.

Initialization Timeout

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the amount of time the system allows for auto-configuring an IDE drive before reporting that a drive is not present. The options are Disabled, 5, 10, or 31 seconds. The default setting for drive C: is 5 seconds, and the default for drives D:, E:, and F: is Disabled. To decrease boot-up time, you can set the time-out specification to Disabled for any drive not in the system. Furthermore, many hard drives do not require 5 seconds for auto-configuration. You may try setting the time-out to Disabled for a hard drive in your system. When set to Disabled, the system will try to auto-configure your drive once. If you set the time-out to Disabled and the drive is not detected, reset the time-out to a higher setting.

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 or drive not properly recognized.

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 Submenu

Boot Sequence

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the order of drives the system uses to find an operating system to boot from. The following options are available:

C: First, Then A:	The system checks drive C first, followed by drive A.

A: First, Then C:	 	The system checks drive A first, followed by drive C.

(The above selection allows you to boot from a diskette when necessary.)

C: Only 	The system checks drive C and no other drives.

A: Only	The system checks drive A and no other drives.

The default is A: First, Then C:

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 (similar to a 25 MHz AT).

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.

Hard Disk Pre-Delay

When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the hard disk drive pre-delay. The options are Disabled, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 seconds. The default is 3 seconds. When enabled, this option causes the BIOS to wait the specified time before it first accesses the hard drive. If your system contains a hard drive, and you don't see the drive type displayed during boot-up, the hard drive may need more time before it is able to communicate with the controller. Setting a pre-delay will provide additional time for the hard drive to initialize.

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 submenu for the selected option. Submenus are described in the sections following the description of the Advanced screen options.

Processor Type

This reports the CPU type. This is informational only, and there are no options.

Processor Speed

This reports the clock speed of the CPU. This is informational only, and there are no options.

Cache Size

This reports the size of the secondary cache. This is informational only, and 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 submenu.

Advanced Chipset Configuration

When selected, this brings up the Advanced Chipset Configuration submenu.

Power Management Configuration

When selected and enabled, this brings up the Advanced Power Management (APM) submenu.

Plug and Play Configuration

When selected, this brings up the Plug and Play Configuration submenu.

Related Topics:

Peripheral Configuration Submenu

Advanced Chipset Configuration Submenu


Peripheral Configuration Submenu

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, and not necessarily the state after reboot.

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.)

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 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, IRQ7; LPT1, 378h, IRQ7; LPT1, 378h, IRQ5, and LPT2, 278h, IRQ5. The default is LPT1, 378h. If the Configuration Mode is set to Auto, the setup program assigns LPT1, 378h, IRQ7 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 or EPP. The default is Compatible. Compatible means the parallel port will operate in AT-compatible output mode. Bi-directional means the parallel port will operate in bi-directional PS/2-compatible mode.  EPP/ECP means the parallel port will operate in either ECP or EPP compatible mode, which is the most advanced mode at which the chipset will operate.

Serial Port 1 IRQ

This reports the IRQ number for serial port 1. This is informational only, and 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. This is informational only, and 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. This is informational only, and there are no options. If the Parallel Port Address field is set to Disabled, this field will not be visible.


Advanced Chipset Configuration Submenu

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. This is informational only, and 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.

PCI Burst

This enables or disables support for PCI/memory burst mode data transfers. The options are Enabled or Disabled.  The default is Enabled.  PCI burst mode allows higher throughput of data between the PCI bus and memory.  Not all cards are capable of utilizing this enhanced data transfer mode.  Some cards may act unpredictably with PCI burst mode enabled.  If you are having problems with a PCI add in card, PCI Burst mode should be disabled.

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. This is informational only, and there are no options.


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 submenu 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

When selected, this 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, and spaces are valid.

Related Topics:

Plug and Play Configuration Submenu


Plug and Play Configuration Submenu

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 submenu 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 set the size of ISA shared memory. The options are Disabled, 16 KB, 32 KB, 48 KB, 64 KB, 80KB, 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 into 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, and IRQ12 for the mouse port.

Note:  One IRQ is required for PCI devices.  When selecting IRQs for use by ISA the BIOS will not allow you to select all IRQs as used by ISA.

Note:  IRQ 14 and IRQ 15 will not show up on the list of available IRQs, even when the on board IDE controllers are disabled.  If the on board IDE controllers are not used, these IRQs may be used for ISA cards, even though they do not show up on the menu.  These interrupts will not be used by PCI devices other than the IDE controllers, as they must remain available for bootable devices.


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
Table G-3. Password Options

* 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. This is informational only, and there are no options.

Administrative Password is

This reports if there is an Administrative password set. This is informational only, and 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 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 H - BIOS Recovery
Appendix H − BIOS Recovery

The Advanced/ZE 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 I - Error messages and Beep Codes
Appendix I − 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 to continue 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

Table I-2. Error Messages

ERROR MESSAGES (cont.)

Plug and Play ERROR MESSAGES

ISA NMI Messages


BEEP CODES

Beeps	Error Message	Description
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.
Table I-1. Beep Codes


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	Some systems require a video switch on the baseboard be set to either color or monochrome. Turn the system off, set the switch, then power on.
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.


Table I-2. Error Messages

ERROR MESSAGES (cont.)

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.
Table I-2. Error Messages Cont.


ERROR MESSAGES (cont.)
Plug and Play ERROR MESSAGES

Bad PNP Serial ID Checksum	The serial ID checksum of a Plug and Play card was invalid.
Floppy Disk Controller Resource Conflict	The floppy disk controller has requested a resource that is already in use.
NVRAM Checksum Error, NVRAM Cleared	The ESCD data was reinitialized because of an NVRAM checksum error. Try rerunning the ICU.
NVRAM Cleared by Jumper	The "Clear CMOS" switch has been moved to the ON position and CMOS RAM has been cleared.
NVRAM Data Invalid, NVRAM Cleared	Invalid entry in the ESCD area.
Parallel Port Resource Conflict	The parallel port has requested a resource that is already in use.
PCI Error Log is Full	This message is displayed when more than 15 PCI conflict errors are detected. No additional PCI errors can be logged.
PCI I/O Port Conflict	Two devices requested the same resource, resulting in a conflict.
PCI IRQ Conflict	Two devices requested the same resource, resulting in a conflict.
Primary Memory Conflict	Two devices requested the same resource, resulting in a conflict.
Primary Boot Device Not Found	The designated primary boot device (hard disk drive, diskette drive, or CD-ROM drive) could not be found.
Primary IDE Controller Resource Conflict	The primary IDE controller has requested a resource that is already in use.
Primary Input Device not Found	The designated primary input device (keyboard, mouse, or other, if input is redirected) could not be found.
Secondary IDE Controller Resource Conflict	The secondary IDE controller has requested a resource that is already in use.
Serial Port 1 Resource Conflict	Serial port 1 has requested a resource that is already in use.
Serial Port 2 Resource Conflict	Serial port 2 has requested a resource that is already in use.
Static Device Resource Conflict	A non-Plug and Play ISA card has requested a resource that is already in use.
System Board Device Resource Conflict	A non Plug and Play system resource has requested a resource that is already in use.
Table I-3. Plug and Play Error Messages


Plug and Play ERROR MESSAGES
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.
Table I-4. ISA NMI Messages

Appendix J − Environmental Standards


ISA NMI Messages
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 J-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 J-2. System Environmental standards


Appendix J - Environmental Standards
Appendix K − Reliability Data

The Mean-Time-Between-Failures (MTBF) data is calculated from predicted data @ 55C for board level.

Advanced/ZE baseboard	91,332 hours

The Mean-Time-Between-Failures (MTBF) data is calculated from predicted data @ 35C for system level.

Advanced/ZE Expandable Desktop	30,890 hours

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