AP53
Mainboard
User Guide
Copyright
Copyright 1996 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this
publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval
system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or
by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise,
without the prior written permission of this company.
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Disclaimer
This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or
implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any
warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software
described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove
defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its
distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing,
repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect
in the software. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this
publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof
without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
XT/AT is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.
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FCC Statement
FCC Class B Radio Frequency
Interference Statement
Note:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this
equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and
on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures:
1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.
Notice 1:
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate
the equipment.
Notice 2:
Shielded interface cables, if any, must be used in order to comply with
emission limits.
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About This Manual
Purpose and Scope
This manual tells how to install and configure the system board.
Organization
This manual consists of three chapters and one appendix:
Chapter 1, Overview, covers the specifications, layout, and components of the
system board.
Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, tells how to install the hardware
components, configure the system by resetting the jumpers, install the system
board and add expansion cards.
Chapter 3, AMI BIOS Utility, explains the system BIOS and tells how to
configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters.
Appendix A, Jumper and Connector Summary, gives you a tabular
summary of the jumper settings and onboard connectors discussed in Chapter
2.
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About This Manual
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Text entered by user,
default settings,
recommended
selections
a, e, s, etc
Represent text input by the user, default
settings and recommended selections
Represent the actual keys that you have
to press on the keyboard.
NOTE
Gives bits and pieces of additional
information related to the current topic.
WARNING
Alerts you to any damage that might
result from doing or not doing specific
actions.
CAUTION
Suggests precautionary measures to
avoid potential hardware or software
problems.
IMPORTANT
Reminds you to take specific action
relevant to the accomplishment of the
procedure at hand.
TIP
Tells how to accomplish a procedure
with minimum steps through little
shortcuts.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Overview
1.1 Board Layout.........................................1-2
1.2 Specifications .......................................1-3
1.3 System Board Parts..............................1-4
1.3.1 Microprocessor ................................. 1-4
1.3.2 ASICs ...............................................1-4
1.3.3 BIOS.................................................1-4
1.3.4 Expansion Slots................................ 1-5
1.3.5 DRAM Sockets .................................1-5
1.3.6 Second-level Cache .........................1-5
1.3.7 Two-channel PCI Mode 4
Enhanced IDE Interface...................1-5
1.3.8 Super I/O Controller..........................1-6
1.3.9 Keyboard Connector.........................1-6
1.3.10 Mouse Connector .............................1-6
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
2.1 ESD Precautions...................................2-1
2.2 Jumper Locations.................................2-2
2.3 Setting the Jumper ...............................2-3
2.4 Installing a Microprocessor .................2-3
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2.5 Upgrading the Microprocessor............2-7
2.6 Configuring the System Memory.........2-7
2.6.1 Installing a SIMM .............................. 2-9
2.6.2 Removing a SIMM ..........................2-10
2.7 Customizing your
Hardware Setup ..................................2-11
2.7.1 Selecting the Flash ROM Type.......2-11
2.7.2 Disabling the Onboard Super I/O
Controller .......................................2-11
2.7.3 Selecting the ECP DMA Channel ...2-12
2.7.4 Clearing the CMOS ........................2-12
2.7.5 Disabling the
PS/2 Mouse Function.....................2-13
2.7.6 Setting the Keyboard Clock ............2-13
2.8 Installing the System Board...............2-14
2.9 Connecting Peripherals......................2-15
2.9.1 Power Cable...................................2-15
2.9.2 Mouse.............................................2-15
2.9.3 Serial Devices (COM1/COM2)........2-16
2.9.4 Floppy Drives..................................2-16
2.9.5 Printer.............................................2-17
2.9.6 IDE Devices.................................... 2-17
2.9.7 Front-panel Switches and LEDs .....2-18
2.9.8 Keyboard ........................................2-19
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2.10 Installing Expansion Boards..............2-20
Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Utility
3.1 Entering the AMI BIOS Setup............... 3-1
3.2 Setup Menu ...........................................3-2
3.2.1 Standard Setup ................................3-3
3.2.2 Advanced CMOS Setup ...................3-7
3.2.3 Chipset Features Setup.................. 3-13
3.2.4 Power Management Setup ............. 3-17
3.2.5 PCI/PnP Setup ...............................3-20
3.2.6 Peripheral Setup.............................3-24
3.3 Security Setup..................................... 3-26
3.3.1 Supervisor Password......................3-27
3.3.2 User Password ............................... 3-28
3.3.3 Anti-virus.........................................3-29
3.4 Utility Setup ......................................... 3-29
3.4.1 Color Set ........................................3-30
3.4.2 Language .......................................3-30
3.5 Default Setup.......................................3-31
3.5.1 Original ...........................................3-31
3.5.2 Optimal ...........................................3-32
3.5.3 Fail-safe..........................................3-32
3.6 Exiting Setup.......................................3-33
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3.7 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers ..............3-34
Appendix A Jumper and Connector Summary
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