This operation manual is meant to assist both Embedded Computer
manufacturers and end users in installing and setting up the system. The
information contained in this document is subject to change without any
notice.
This manual is copyrighted 1998. You may not reproduce or transmit in
any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1-1 About This Manual ....................................................1-2
1-2 System Specification ...................................................1-3
Trouble Shooting for POST Codes .........................................C-7
Contents
INTRODUCTION
This chapter gives you the information for PC-320. It also outlines
the System specification.
Sections include:
z About This Manual
z System Specifications
z Safety precautions
Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1
for a Quick Start.
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Chapter 1 Introduction
1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL
Thank you for purchasing PC-320 Mini Board with LAN/SSD/VGA,
fully DOS Command compatible. The PC-320 is designed as controller
or work-station. Its standard SBC functions and othe r featuring make
this CPU Card more suitable for harsh industrial environment and
commercial application. This manual is written to assist you how to
install and set up the system. It contains four chapters. The user can
apply this manual for configuration according to the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Introduction
This chapter introduces you the background of this manual, and the
specification for this system. Final in this chapter will show you how to
avoid damaging this Embedded CPU board.
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration
This chapter outlines the components' locations and their functions. In
the end of this chapter, you will know how to set jumper and how to
configure this board to meet your own needs.
Chapter 3 Software Utilities
Helpful information that informs you the proper installation of VGA,
LAN, Flash BIOS, and it also describes the Watchdog-timer function.
Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup
This chapter shows you how to set up the AMIBIOS configurations.
Appendix A Expansion Bus
This Appendix introduces you the expansion bus for PC-104.
Appendix B Technical Summary
This section gives you the information about the AMIBIOS
Identification Strings and Technical maps.
Appendix C Trouble Shooting
This section outlines the er rors and suggestions for solving the
problems.
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1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
z
CPU :
386SX-40 CPU built on board.
z
MEMORY :
Up to 16MB DRAM. (Note: Do not use double bank).
Two 72pin SIMM socket on board.
z
REAL-TIME CLOCK / CALENDAR :
CMOS data back up from BIOS set or BIOS default.
Dallas 12887 Real Time Clock.
z
BIOS :
AMI, Flash BIO S for plug & play function.
Easy update 128KB flash EEPROM.
Support S/IO Setup.
zzzz
KEYBOARD CONNECTOR :
5-pin PC/AT type connector.
Support PC/AT Keyboard.
Chapter 1 Introduction
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BUS SUPPORT :
Internal ISA, external PC-104 ISA BUS.
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WATCHDOG :
I / O port 443H to enable watchdog.
I / O port 441H to disable watchdog.
Time-out timing select 0 / 8 / 16 / 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 56 / 64 / 72 / 80 /
88 / 96 / 104 / 112 / 120 sec +/- 25%.
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IDE INTERFACE :
ISA IDE, 1 Channel support 2 devices.
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FLOPPY DISK DRIVE INTERFACE :
Support up to two Floppy Disk Drivers, 3.5" and 5.25" (360K / 720K /
1.2M / 1.44M / 2.88M).
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SERIAL PORT :
Two high speed 16550 Compatible UARTs with Send / Receive 16
Byte FIFOs; COM1 : RS-232; COM2 : RS-232/422/485
MIDI Compatible.
Programmable Band Rate Generator.
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VGA :
Support CRT & LCD Flat Panel.
LCD Mode: Mono/Color/STN/TFT/EL
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SSD :
Disk-on-chip Socket, support up to 72MB Solid State Disk.
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LAN :
10 Mbps transfer rate; support for UTP and BNC ports.
System power.
Hard Disk access.
Turbo function mode.
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PC-104 BUS EXPANSION & SPEED :
ISA8MHz
PC-1048MHz
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DMA CONTROLLER :
82C37 x 2
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DMA CHANNELS :
7
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INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS :
82C59 x 2
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INTERRUPT LEVELS :
15
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STORAGE TEMPERATURE :
-40 to 80°C.
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OPERATING TEMPERATURE :
0 to 60°C.
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SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENT :
DC Voltage:+ 5V, minimum +4.75V, maximum 5.25V.
DC Ampere: 5A
DC Voltage: +12V, minimum +11.4V, maximum 12.6V.
DC Ampere: 500mA
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BOARD DIMENSION :
102mm X 145mm
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BOARD WEIGHT :
0.25 Kg.
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1-3. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Follow the messages below to avo id damaging your system and hurting
yourself:
1. Avoid your system from static electric on all occasions.
2. Stay safe from the electric shock. Don‘t touch any components of
this card when the card is on. Always disconnect power when the
system is not in use.
3. Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices. For
instance, when you connect a jumper or install any cards, a surge of
power may damage the electronic components or the whole system.
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HARDWARE
CONFIGURATION
** QUICK START **
Helpful information details you the jumper & connector settings, and
components locations.
Sections include:
z Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table
z Components‘ Locations
z Configuration and Jumper settings
z Connector Pin Assignments
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2-1 JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE
RS-232/422/485 Selection for COM2 .........................JP3
SSD Memory Map with Jumper Setting ......................JP4
PC-320 Connectors, Jumpers and Components locations
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2-3 HOW TO SET JUMPERS
You can configure your board by setting jumpers. A jumper consists of
two or three metal pins with a plastic base mounted on the card, and a
small plastic "cap"( with a metal contact inside) to connect the pins. So
you can set up your hardware configurati on by "open" or "close" the pins.
The jumper can be combined into sets which called jumper blocks.
When the jumpers are all in the block, you have to put them together to
set up the hardware configuration. The figure b elow shows how this
looks.
JUMPERS AND CAPS
If a jumper has three pins, for examples, labelled PIN1, PIN2, and PIN3.
You can connect PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting and shorting. You
can either connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The same
jumper diagrams are applied all through this manual. The fi gure below
shows what the manual diagrams look and what they represent.
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2-4 RS232/422/485 (COM2) SELECTION
JP3 : RS-232/422/485 Selection
COM1 is fixed for RS-232 function only.
COM2 is selectable for RS-232, 422, 485 functions with JP3.
The jumper settings are as follow :
COM 2
Function
Jumper
setting
(pin closed)
Jumper
illustration
RS-232RS-422RS-485
1-2
5-6
7-8
9-10
11-12
17-18
19-20
21-22
23-24
1-3
5-6
7-8
9-10
11-12
13-14
15-16
17-18
19-20
21-22
23-24
*** Manufactory default --- RS-232.
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2-5 SSD MEMORY MAP WITH JUMPER SETTING
JP4: SSD Memory Mapping Selection.
The 32pin SSD socket supports a Disk-on-chip up to 72MB. This PnP
Flash ROM SSD can be installed as one of user‘s hard disk drive. if set
as Drive C, it can be used as a boot-up hard disk. The pin assignments
of SSD Memory Mapping are as follow:
SSD Memory MapJUMPER SETTING
(pin closed)
JP4
D000h-D7FFh1-2
D800h-DFFFh3-4
E000h-E7FFh5-6
✎✎✎✎Note: No manufacturer‘s defaulf setting is done on this SSD. User
should set the jumper according to the following Memory Map.
TBL : Turbo LED Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:
PINASSIGNMENT
1V
2Turbo Signal
CC
2-9 PANEL POWER CONNECTOR
CN1 : Panel Power Connector for VGA delay volta ge.
The pin assignments are as follow :
PINASSIGNMENT
1LCD V
2GND
3LCD +12V
DD
(+5V)
2-10 EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTOR
SPK : External Speaker Connector
The pin assignments are as follow :
PINASSIGNMENT
1V
2Speaker Signal
3Speaker Signal
4Speaker Signal
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2-11 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR
FDD : Floppy Disk Drive Connector
You can use a 34-pin daisy-chain cable to connect a two-FDDs. On
one end of this cable is a 34-pin flat cable to attach the FDD on the
board, the other side is to attach two FDDs.
The pin assignments are as follow :
HDL : Hard Disk Driver LED Connector
The pin assignments are as follow :
PINASSIGNMENT
1V
2HDD Active Signal
3HDD Active Signal
4HDD Active Signal
CC
2-14 POWER LED & KEYLOCK CONNECTOR
KBL : Power LED & Keylock Connector
The pin assignments are as follow :
PINASSIGNMENT
1Power LED
2NC
3Ground
4Keyboard INT
5Ground
2-15 EXTERNAL KEYBOARD CONNECTOR
KB1 : External Keyboard Connector
The pin assignments are as follow :
PINASSIGNMENT
1KBCLK
2KBDATA
3NC
4GND
5V
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2-16 POWER CONNECTOR
PWR :
Power Connector
The pin assignments are as follow :
PINASSIGNMENT
1NC
2+5V
3+12V
4-12V
5GND
6GND
2-17 PRINTER CONNECTOR
PRT : Printer Connector
As to link the Printer to the card, you need a cable to connect both
DB25 connector and parallel port. The pin assignments are as follow :
BNC : BNC Connector.
The pin assignments are as follow:
PINASSIGNMENT
1GND
2RXI
3ISOLATED
4GND
2-24 UTP CONNECTOR
UTP : UTP Connector.
The pin assignments are as follow:
PINASSIGNMENT
1TX+
2TX3RX+
4RX-
2-25 MEMORY INSTALLING
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration
The PC-320 local bus Embedded computer will support 2 DRAM
banks, bank 0, and bank 1 in one pcs. 72-pin SIMM sockets on board.
NOTE : SIMM 1 for single Bank DRAM module only, cannot
support Double Bank DRAM. But can support FP
DRAM & EDO DRAM at the same time.
DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION
SIMM 1
BANK 0, 1
1M1M
4M4M
16M16M
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SOFTWARE
UTILITIES
This chapter comprises the detailed information of Flash BIOS
Update and Watchdog function; also describes how to install the
configurations.
Sections include:
z VGA Configuration
z How to Install VGA Drivers for ISA
z Flash BIOS Update
z LAN Drivers Utilities
z Watchdog Timer Configuration
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3-1. VGA CONFIGURATION
The VGA interface for PC-320 CPU Card can support a great range of
displays, such as VGA, STN, TFT, EL ...etc. You can display CRT
and LCD Panel simultaneously on this board, but make sure the modes
for both displayed.
This card encloses with one Utility Disk. It contains two files:
VGA.EXE and AMIFLASH.EXE. The architecture is as follow
UTIL
VGALOTUS
Disk#1
WINDOWS 31
UTIL
WORD
WORDPERF
VESA
AMIFLASH
Before you change any setup for VGA and system BIOS, you have to
install your utility disk first, then the file will self-decompress and
create sub-directory on your hard driver.
NOTE
Users of PC-320 with Windows 95 system should update VGA display
with the VGA program “Chip & Tech Super VGA”, which can be
found inside Win95 system. More information on Win95 VGA
installation is given in Section 3.2 “How to Install VGA Drivers for
ISA”.
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: No windows 95 VGA driver is installed in this Utility Disk.
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3-2. HOW TO INSTALL VGA DRIVERS FOR ISA
3-2-1. For Systems Win 3.1, Lotus/Symphony, VESA, Word 5.0/5.5,
Wordperf, Utility Programs, etc...
Insert VGA Utility Disk to Drive A, and enter prompt path to
A:\UTIL\VGA\and t ype “setup”.
A:\CD\UTIL\VGA\>
A:\CD\UTIL\VGA\>SETUP
Press <Enter>, then the screen will display following tables:
DISPLAY DRIVER SETUP PROGRAM -Version 1.01 -
(C) Copywriter 1992, 1994, Chips and Technologies, Inc.
DECOM PILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED
Application Display Drivers for
655XX VGA Flat Panel/CRT Controllers
Release 2.6.0
<<<Press any key to continue>>>
Follow the display messages to install VGA driver for CRT
ÇÈ= Move cursor Up / Down, ENTER = Enter selection, ESC = exit to DOS
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Select any Application Driver to Install
Windows Version 3.1
Lotus / Symphony
VESA Driver Version 1.2
Word Version 5.0
Word Version 5.5
WordPerfect Version 5.0
WordPerfect Version 5.1
Utility Programs
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If you select “Windows Version 3.1”, the table below will appear on
screen.
ÇÈ = Move cursor Up/Down Enter = Toggle selection
ESC = Exit to Main Menu END = Start to install
Press <Enter>; the “All Resolutions” will be selected, then press <End>;
the table will change as follow:
* All Resolutions selected
Windows Version 3.1
All Resolutions
Windows Version 3.1
Enter the [ Drive : Path} for installation
[C : \ WINDOWS ]
Please type the PATH name for installation. When you have
completed all the installations as required, press any key to return to the
Main Menu.
If you want to exit just press ESC, the message below will appear:
Do you really wan to exit ( Y/N ) ?
Select the answer as you require.
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3-2-2. For Win95 System
No windows 95 VGA driver is included in this Utility Disk.
Users of PC-320 with Windows 95 system should update VGA
display with the VGA program “Chip & Tech Super VGA”,
which can be found inside Win95 system.
---To update VGA display to S VGA for Win95 , user should
enter its CONTROL panel, then DISPLAY, and then SETUP
button.
---On SETUP screen, click DISPLAY P R OPERTIES, then
CHANGE DEVICES.
---On “Show all Devices ” screen, pick “Chips & Tec hnologies”
for the “Chips & Tech Super VGA”. Click this line and
update the VGA display.
3-3. FLASH BIOS UPDATE
You can use the AMIFLASH.EXE to update your system BIOS or
VGA BIOS.
Change path to
C:\AMIFLASH>AMIFLASH
The screen will show as below:
Chapter 3 Software Utilities
American Flash EPROM Programming Utility
Megatrends Copyright (C) 1992-1997, AmericanMegatrends Inc. Ver.6.34
with 256Kb/Save BIOS support Date:10/26/97
Message Flash Information
Enter the BIOS Filename from which Flash Flash Brand:
EPROM will be programed. The Filename must Flash Type :
end with a <Enter> or press <ESC> to exit. Flash Size :
File Size :
CheckSum : 00000h
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Enter the new BIOS Filename:
A:\320B3AC1.ROM
; the screen will
display the table below:
American Flash EPROM Programming Utility
Megatrends Copyright (C) 1992-1997, AmericanMegatrends Inc. Ver.6.34
with 256Kb/Save BIOS support Date:10/26/97
A:\320B3AC1.ROM
Message Flash Information
Flash EPROM P rogramming is t o start. System will not Flash Brand : SSY
be u sable until progra mming of Flash EPROM is succ- Flash Type : 29EE010
essfully complete. In case of any error, existing Flash Flash Size : 128K Kb
EPROM must be replaced by new programmed Flash File Size : 128K bb
EPROM to make the system usable CheckSum : xxxxxh
Press “Y” to continue, “N” to reboot
Enter File Name
If you want to save up the original BIOS, enter “Y” and press <Enter>
the following table will be displayed. If you choose “N”, the system
will reboot itself.
American Flash EPROM Programming Utility
Megatrends Copyright (C) 1992-1997, AmericanMegatrends Inc. Ver.6.34
with 256Kb/Save BIOS support Date:10/26/97
A:\320B3AC1.ROM
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Enter File Name
Flash Update Completed - Pass
Press any key to reboot
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3-4. LAN DRIVERS UTILITIES
3-4-1. Introduction of PC-320 LAN Drivers Utilities:
PC-320 LAN Drivers Utilities support the following operating
systems:
1. MS LAN Manager v2.x
2. DECnet Path Work v4.x
3. WIN/TCP Path Way Access for DOS v1.x
4. 3COM 3+ Open v1.1
5. Banyan VINES v4.00(2)
6. IBM LAN Support Program v1.3.x
7. Windows for Workgroups v3.1/v3.5
8. IBM LAN Server v3.0
9. IBM Communicati on Manager v1. 0
10. Artisoft LANtastic v6.0
3-4-2. Diskette# LAN Drivers & Utilities for PC-320 Users
PC-320 is a 386 embedded board, which is embedded with
UMC UM9008F Controller to support various network adapters.
Installation programs for LAN drivers are provided with PC320 in a 1.44 diskette labelled Disk # LAN Drivers & Utilities:
Chapter 3 Software Utilities
LAN Utilities Disk
................1. Mslanman for Ethernet adapters
................2. Ndis2 for Windows for Workgroups
................3. Netware for Netware
................4. Win95 for Win95 LAN adapters
................5. Workgroups for WinNT v31/35 LAN
Users installing network devices to PC-320 should also refer to the
User‘s Manual provided by the device manufacturer or vender. System
installed in PC-320 should also match the drivers provided in Utility
Disk here.
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3-5. WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION
The Watchdog Timer can reset the system automatically. It is defined
at I/O port
write I/O port
disable the function, write I/O port
command to stop the Watchdog function.
The PC-320 watchdog function : write I/O port address 443 to enable
watchdog and write I/O port address 441 to disable watchdog. The
timer‘s intervals have a tolerance of 25%, so you should program an
introduction that will refresh the timer about every second.
The following program shows you how to program the watch timer in
your program.
Watchdog enable program:
MOV AX, 000FH (choose the values you need; start from 0)
MOV DX, 443H
OUTDX, AX
Watchdog disable program:
. When you want to enable the watchdog timer, please
443H
, then the system will reset itself. When you want to
This chapter states out how to set up the AMI BIOS.
Sections include:
z Introduction
z Run CMOS Setup
z The Standard CMOS Setup
z The Advanced CMOS Setup
z The Advanced Chipset Setup
z Peripheral Setup
z Change Supervisor Password
z Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings
z Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings
z Save Settings and Exit
z Exit Without Saving
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4-1. INTRODUCTION
This chapter will show you the function of a BIOS in managing the
features of your system. The PC-320 Embedded Card is equipped with
the BIOS for system chipset from AMI Software Inc. This page briefly
explains the function of a BIOS in managing the special features of
your system. The following pa ges describe how to use the BIOS for
system chipset Setup menu.
Your application programs (such as word processing, spreadsheets, and
games) rely on an operating system such as DOS or OS/2 to manage
such things as keyboard, monitor, disk drives, and memory.
The operating system relies on a BIOS (Basic Input and Output system),
a program stored on a ROM (Read-only Memory) chip, to initialize and
configure your computer's hardware. As the interface between the
hardware and the operating system, the BIOS enables you to make
basic changes to your system's hardware without having to write a new
operating system.
The following diagram illustrates the interlocking relationships between
the system hardware, BIOS, operating system, and application program:
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4-2 RUN CMOS SETUP
The SETUP programs lets you specify your system‘s configuration o f
diskette drivers, hard disk drivers, video display, memory, date, and
time, and to make setting in the ALI chipset. The SETUP program can
only be accessed when the CPU Card has been installed in your system
and all necessary power, drive, and display connections have been
made. When you turn on your computer, the system will run a memory
check, and you can see it counting through the memory on your screen.
The following display will also appear on your screen:
As long as this message is present on the screen you may press the <
Del> key ( the one that shares the decimal point at bottom of the
number keypad) to access the setup program. In a moment, the main
manu of the AMI SETUP program will appear on the screen:
Hit < Del>, if you want to run SETUP
AMIBIOS SETUP -- BIOS SETUP UTILITIES
(C)1995 America Megatrends Inc., All Rights Reserved
Change Supervisor Password
Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings
Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings
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Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup
Advanced Chipset Setup
Peripheral Setup
Change User Password
Save Settings and Exit
Exit Without Saving
Standard CMOS Setup for Change Time, Date, Hard Disk Type, etc
ESC: Exit ÇÅÈÆ: Sel F2/F3: Color F10: Save & Exit
You may use the cursor up/down keys to highlight the individual menu
items. As you highlight each item, a brief description of that item‘s
function appe ars in the lower window. If you have a color monitor you
can use the F2 and F3 ke ys to scroll through the various color
combinations available.
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4-3 THE STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU
The first item in the main menu is the
must run this part of the setup program in order to correctly setup your
hardware configuration. Highli ght
<ENTER>, the
Standard CMOS Setup
your screen, as shown on the following screen.
AMIBIOS SETUP PROGRAM--STANDARD CMOS SETUP
(C)1995 American Megatrends Inc., All Right Reserved
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) : Fri October 30, 1998
Time (hh/mm/ss) : 14 : 14 : 06
Floppy Drive A: 1.44MB 3½
Floppy Drive B: Not Installed
LBA Blk PIO 32 Bit
Pri Master
Pri Slave
Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled
Type
: Auto
: Auto
Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode
Standard CMOS Setup
Standard CMOS Setup
display which will appear on
On
On
. You
and press
Mode
On
On
Mode
Auto
Auto
Mode
Off
Off
Month:
In the top right corner the base memory size and the extended memory
size are displayed. This is automatically read from your systems, and
you do not need to set these parameters. The bottom right hand of the
screen shows a calendar. The month display depends on the date set in
your system clock, and the c urrent day flashes. Since you have not yet
setup the time and date. The display is probably incorrect, correct them
if necessary.
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Day:
Year:
Jan - Dec
01 - 31
1901-2099
ESC: Exit
PgUp/PgDn : Modify
F2/F3 : Color
→↑↓←
: Sel
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Information on each item and examples of setting.
DATE:
< Month >, < Date > and <Year >. Ranges for each value are listed
below in prompt box in the lower left corner of the CMOS Setup
Screen.
TIME:
< Hour >, < Minute >, and < Second >. Use 24 hour clock format,
i.e., for PM numbers, add 12 to the hour. For examples, 4: 30P.M.
You should enter the time as 16:30:00.
PRI MASTER / PRI SLAVE:
The categories identify the types of hard disk drive C or drive D that
have been installed in the computer. There are 45 predefined types
and 2 user definable types are for Normal BIOS. Type 1 or Type 45
are predefined. Type User is user-definable.
TYPE:
This is the number designation for a drive with certain identification
parameters.
SIZE (CAPACITY):
This is the formatted capacity of the drive based on the following
formula: (# of heads) X (# of cylinders) X (# of sets) X
( 512bytes/sects)
FLOPPY DRIVE A AND DRIVE B:
The option are 360KB 5.25in, 1.2KB 5.25in, 720KB 3.5in, 1.44MB
3.5in, 2.88MB 3.5in and None. Not Installed could be used as an
option for diskless workstations.
BOOT SECTOR VIRUS PROTECTION:
Boot Sector virus Protection is an option in Advanced Setup.
When enable, WinBIOS warns the user when any program attempts
to write to or format the boot sector and allows the user to intervene.
Options are disable and Enable.
After making all the above setting according to your system
configuration. Press <ESC> to return to the main menu. If you do not
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wish to use the advanced setup options you may now save the setting
you made in the
highlight the
Standard CMOS Setup
Save Settings and Exit
save the settings, your system will reboot and these settings will be
automatically implemented every time you turn your computer on.
allows you find true certain features
supported by the chipset and AMI BIOS. It also includes support for
shadow RAM under which the contents of the ROM BIOS can be
copied into memory at boot up, enhancing performance. When you
change any of the setting, you may recall the default settings at any time
from the main menu. In order to see the available option, just highlight
the relevant item and you will find the available options on the right side
of the screen as shown on the screen above.
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A brief introduction of each of the setting in the
program is given below.
Setup
Advanced CMOS
1st/2nd/3rd/4th BOOT DEVICE:
These option sets the sequence of boot drives afters AMIBIOS
attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes. The
default sequence settings are 1st boot device: floppy, 2nd boot
device: IDE-0, 3rd boot device: ARMD-HDD, and 4th boot device:
Disabled.
BOOT FROM CARD BIOS:
Set this option to “Yes” in order the BIOS to boot up having other
option cards such as LAN, SCSI, etc...The settings are Yes and No.
The default setting is Yes.
TRY OTHER BOOT DEVICES:
Set this option to “Yes” in order the BIOS to boot from other
devices after all selected boot devices failed to boot. The settings are
Yes and No. The default setting is Yes.
S.M.A.R.T. FOR HARD DISKS:
This option is set to support the S.M.A.R.T. Function. The settings
are disabled or enabled. The Default setting is Disabled.
BOOTUP NUMLOCK:
Set this option to Off to turn the Num Lock key off when the
computer is booted so you can use the arrow keys on both the
numeric keypad and the keyboard. The settings are On or Off. The
default setting is On.
FLOPPY DRIVE SWAP:
Set this option to Enabled to permit drives A: and B: to be swapped.
The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is
Disabled.
FLOPPY DRIVE SEEK:
When this option is set to Enabled, the BIOS performs a seek
command on floppy drive A before booting the system. The settings
are Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Enabled.
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HDD ACCESS CONTROL:
This option allows you to control the HDD from data writing.
When the option is set to Read Only, the HDD cannot write any data.
The settings are Normal or Read Only. The default setting is
Normal.
SYSTEM KEYBOARD:
This option does not require a keyboard to be attached to the
computer. Rather, it specifies if error messages are displayed if the
keyboard is not attached. This option permits you to configure
workstation with no keyboards. The settings are Absent or Pr esent.
The default setting is Present.
PRIMARY DISPLAY:
Select this option to configure the type of monitor attached to the
computer. The settings are absent, VGA/EGA, CGA 40x25, CGA
80x25, or Mono. The default setting is VGA/EGA.
PASSWORD CHECK:
This option specifies the type of display monitor and adapter in the
computer is powered on or every time AMIBIOS Setup is executed.
If Always is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the
computer is turned on. If Setup is choosed, the password prompt
appears is AMIBIOS is executed.
SYSTEM BIOS SHADOW CACHEABLE:
When this option is set to Enabled, the contents of the F0000h
system memory segment can be read from or written to L2
secondary cache memory. The contents of the F0000h memory
segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for
faster execution.
The settings are Enabled and Disabled. The Optimal default setting
is Enabled. The Fail-Safe default setting is Disabled.
These options control the location of the contents of the 32KB of
ROM beginning at the specified memory location. If no adaptor
ROM is using the named ROM area, the area is made available to
the local bus. The settings are Setting, Description, Shadow.
The contents of C0000h-C3FFFh are written to the same address in
system memory (RAM) for faster execution.
4-5 THE ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP
AMIBIOS SETUP --ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP
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Slow Refresh
Memory Hole At 15-16M
RAS Precharge Time
RAS Active Time Insert Wait
CAS Precharge Time Insert Wait
Memory Wr ite Inse rt Wait
Memory Miss Read Insert Wait
ISA Write Cycle end Insert Wait
I/O Recovery
I/O Recovery Period
On-Chip I/O Recovery
ESC: Exit ↓↑ : Sel
PgUp/PgDn : Modify
F2/F3 : Color
By moving cursor to the desired selection, all options for the desired
selection will be displayed on right side of the screen for choice. User
has to use select the desired option.
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4-6 PERIPHERAL SETUP
Choose
Peripheral Setup
shown on screen as below:
AMIBIOS SETUP - PERIPHERAL SETUP
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option on the main menu, a display will be
Hard Disk Delay
OnBoard IDE
OnBoard FDC
OnBoard Serial Port 1
OnBoard Serial Port 1 IRQ
OnBoard Serial Port 2
OnBoard Serial Port 2 IRQ
OnBoard Parallel Port
Parallel Port Mode
EPP Version
Parallel Port IRQ
Parallel Port DMA Channel
ESC : Exit ↓↑ : Sel
PgUp/PgDn : Modify
F2/F3 : Color
By moving cursor to the desired selection, all options for the desired
selection will be displayed on the right side of the screen for choice.
User has to use select the desired option.
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4-7 CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
This main menu item to allow you to enable/disable the password
checking option. Highlight the item and the display will be shown on
screen as below:
AMIBIOS SETUP --BIOS SETUP UTILITIES
(C) 1995 American Megatrends Inc, All Rights Reserved
Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup
Advanced Chipset Setup
Peripheral Setup
ESC: Exit
Change User Password
Enter new supervisor password:
Change the supervisor passwod
: Sel F2/F3 : Color F10 Save & Exit
→↓↑←
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You may type in up to 8 characters for your password then press
<Enter>.
The screen will then ask you to verify the password as shown below:
AMIBIOS SETUP --BIOS SETUP UTILITIES
(C) 1995 American Megatrends Inc, All Rights Reserved
Advanced Chipset Setup
Retype new supervisor password:
Change the supervisor passwod
ESC: Exit
→↓↑←
And then this password will be stored in the CMOS.
Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup
Peripheral Setup
Change User Password
: Sel F2/F3 : Color F10 Save & Exit
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AMIBIOS SETUP --BIOS SETUP UTILITIES
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Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup
Advanced Chipset Setup
Peripheral Setup
Change User Password
New Supervisor password installed, press any key to continue
Change the supervisor passwod
ESC: Exit
: Sel F2/F3 : Color F10 Save & Exit
→↓↑←
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4-8 AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH OPTIMAL SETTINGS
You can load the optimal default settings for the AMIBIOS Setup
options by selecting the
Auto Configuration with O pt imal Settings
from the Main Menu. The Optimal default are best-case values that
should optimize system performance. If CMOS RAM is corrupted, the
Optimal settings are loaded automatically.
AMIBIOS SETUP --BIOS SETUP UTILITIES
(C) 1995 American Megatrends Inc, All Rights Reserved
Main Menu. The table below will be shown on screen.
AMIBIOS SETUP --BIOS SETUP UTILITIES
(C) 1995 American Megatrends Inc, All Rights Reserved
Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup
Advanced Chipset Setup
Peripheral Setup
Aut
Auto
ESC: Exit
Change User Password
Load fail safe settings (Y/N) ? N
Load fail safe configuration settings
: Sel F2/F3 : Color F10 Save & Exit
→↓↑←
option from
s
gs
The Fail-Safe settings provide far from optimal system performance,
but are the most stable settings. Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the
system is behaving erratic ally.
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4-10 SAVE SETTINGS AND EXIT
AMIBIOS SETUP --BIOS SETUP UTILITIES
(C) 1995 American Megatrends Inc, All Rights Reserved
Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup
Advanced Chipset Setup
Peripheral Setup
Change User Password
Save current settings and exit (Y/N) ? Y
Write the current settings to CMOS and exit
ESC: Exit
When you have completed adjusting all the settings as required, select
the
Save Settings and Exit
shown on as above. Press “Y” when you wish to save the settings, your
machine will be automatically rebooted and the changes you have made
will be implemented. You may call up the setup program at any time to
adjust any of the individual items by pressing <Del> key during boot up.
If you wish to cancel any changes you have made, then press “N”, the
original setting stored in the CMOS will be retained.
: Sel F2/F3 : Color F10 Save & Exit
→↓↑←
item from Main Menu, the display will be
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4-11 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
When you have completed adjusting all the settings as required, and you
do not want to save any changes. Highlight
press “Y” the table below will be shown:
BIOS SETUP PROGRAM--BIOS SETUP UTILITIES
(C) 1995 American Megatrends Inc, All Rights Reserved
Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup
Advanced Chipset Setup
Peripheral Setup
Change User Password
Auto
Quit without saving (Y/N) ?
Auto
Exit without saving the current settings
ESC: Exit
: Sel F2/F3 : Color F10 Save & Exit
→↓↑←
Exit without Saving
and
ngs
ings
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APPENDIX
EXPANSION BUS
This appendix indicates you the pin assignments.
Sections include:
z PC-104 Connector Pin Assignment
A
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Appendix A EXPANSION BUS
PC-104 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT
104AB, 104CD : PC-104 Connector
The PC-104 can support multi-pieces of PC-104 modules. This card has
two connectors : one (104AB) consists of 64 pin, dual-in-line header,
the other one (104CD) consists of 40 pin, dual-in-line header
The pin assignments for connector 104AB & 104CD are as follow:
0System TIMER interrupt from TIMER-0
1Keyboard output buffer full
2Cascade for IRQ 8-15
3Serial port 2
4Serial port 1
5Parallel port 1
6Floppy Disk Adapter
7Parallel port 2
8RTC clock
9VGA
10Available
11Available
12Available
13Reserved
14Hard Disk Adapter
15Available
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RTC & CMOS RAM MAP
CODEASSIGNMENT
00Seconds
01Second alarm
02Minutes
03Minutes alarm
04Hours
05Hours alarm
06Day of week
07Day of month
08Month
09Year
0AStatus register A
0BStatus register B
0CStatus register C
0DStatus register D
0EDiagnostic sta tus byte
0FShutdown byte
10Floppy Disk drive type byte
11Reserve
12Hard Disk type byte
13Reserve
14Equipment byte
15Base memory low byte
16Base memory high byte
17Extension memory low byte
18Extension memory high byte
30Reserved for extension memory low byte
31Reserved for extension memory high byte
32Date Century byte
33Information Flag
34-3FReserve
40-7fReserved for Chipset Setting Data
Appendix B TECHNICAL SUMMARY
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Appendix B Technical Summary
TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP
Timer Channel Map :
Timer ChannelAssignment
0System timer interrupt
1DRAM Refresh request
2Speaker tone generator
DMA Channel Map :
DMA ChannelAssignment
0Available
1IBM SDLC
2Floppy Disk adapter
3Channel-3 Available
4Cascade for DMA controller 1
5Available
6Available
7Available
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I/O & MEMORY MAP
Memory Map :
MEMORY MAPASSIGNMENT
0000000-009FFFFSystem memory used by DOS and
application
00A0000-00BFFFFDisplay buffer memory for VGA/ EGA /
CGA / MONOCHROME adapter
00C0000-00DFFFFReserved for I/O device BIOS ROM or
RAM buffe r.
00E0000-00EFFFFReserved
00F0000-00FFFFFSystem BIOS ROM
0100000-BFFFFFFSystem extension memory
This section outlines the errors may occur when you operate the
system, also gives you the suggestions o n solving the problems.
Sections include:
z Trouble Shooting for System Error Messages
z AMIBIOS Displayed Error Messages
z Trouble Shooting for POST Codes
APPENDIX
C
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Appendix C Trouble Shooting
TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR SYSTEM ERROR MESSAGE
The following information inform you the error messages and the
trouble shooting. Please adjust your systems according to the messages
below. And make sure all the components and connectors are in proper
position and firmly attached. If the errors still encountered, please
contact with your distributor for maintenance.
BEEP 1: REFRESH FAILURE
The memory refresh circuitry is faulty. Reseat the memory SIMMs or
DIPs. If the system still beeps, replace the memory.
BEEP 2: PARITY ERROR
Parity error in the base memory ( the first 64 KB block) of memory.
Reset the memory SIMMs or DIPs. If the system still beeps, replace the
memory.
BEEP 3: BASE 64 KB Memory Failure
Memory failure in the first 64 KB. Reset the memory SIMMs or DIPs. If
the system still beeps, replace the memory.
BEEP 4: TIMER NOT OPERATIONAL
A memory failure in the first 64 KB of memory, or Timer 1 is not
functioning. The CPU Card must be replaced.
BEEP 5: PROCESSOR ERROR:
Faulty CPU. The CPU must be replaced.
BEEP 6: 8042-Gate A20 Failure:
Cannot switch to Protected Mode. Reset the keyboard controller chip. If
it still beeps, replace the keyboard controller. If it still beeps, try a
different keyboard, or replace the keyboard fuse, if the keyboard has one.
BEEP 7: PROCESSOR EXCEPTION INTERRUPT ERROR
Exception interrupt found in CPU. The CPU must be replaced.
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BEEP 8: DISPLAY MEMORY READ/WRITE ERROR
The system video adapter is either missing or its memory is faulty. This
is not a fatal error. There is a memory error on the video adapter.
Replace the video adapter, or the RAM on the video adapter.
BEEP 9: ROM CHECKSUM ERROR
The ROM checksum values does not match the value encoded in the
AMIBIOS. The BIOS ROM probably is bad. The system probably needs
a new BIOS ROM chip.
BEEP 10: CMOS SHUTDOWN REGISTER READ/WRITE ERROR
When the situation happens, the CPU Card must be replaced.
BEEP 11: CACHE MEMORY BAD - DO NOT ENABLE CACHE
When this situation happens, it shows that the cache memory test failed.
Cache memory is disabled.
to enable cache memory.
motherboard. If it still beeps, replace the cache memory.
Do not press <Ctrl> <Alt> <Shift> <+>
Reset the cache memory on the
AMIBIOS DISPLAYED ERROR MESSAGES
ADDRESS LINE SHORT :
Error in the address decoding circuitry.
C: DRIVE ERROR :
No response from drive C:. Run the AMIDiag Hard Disk Utility. Check
the C: hard disk type in Standard Setup.
C: DRIVE FAILURE :
No response from hard disk drive C:. Replace the drive.
CACHE MEMORY BAD :
Do not enable Cache!
CH-2 TIMER ERROR :
An AT system has two timers. There is an error in timer2.
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CMOS BATTERY STATE LOW :
CMOS RAM is powered by a battery. The battery power is low. Replace
the battery.
CMOS CHECKSUM FAILSURE :
CMOS RAM checksum is different than the previous value. Run
AMIBIOS Setup.
CMOS SYSTEM OPTIONS NOT SET :
The values stored in CMOS RAM are either corrupt or nonexistent. Run
AMIBIOS Setup.
CMOS DISPLAY TYPE MISMATCH :
The video type in CMOS RAM does not match the type detected. Run
AMIBIOS Setup.
CMOS MEMORY SIZE MISMATCH :
The amount of memory found by AMIBIOS is d ifferent from the amount
in CMOS RAM. Run AMIBIOS Setup.
CMOS TIME AND DATE NOT SET :
Run Standard Setup to set the date and time.
D: DRIVE ERROR :
No response from drive D:. Run the AMIDiag Hard Disk Utility. Check
the hard disk type in Standard Setup.
D: DRIVE FAILURE :
No response from hard disk drive D:. Replace the drive.
DISKETTE BOOT FAILURE :
The boot diskette in drive A: cannot be used to boot the system. Use
another boot diskette and follow the screen instructions.
DISPLAY SWITCH NOT PROPER :
Some systems require a video switch be set to either color or
monochrome. Turn the system off, set the switch properly, then power
on.
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DMA ERROR :
Error in the DMA controller.
DMA1 ERROR :
Error in the first DMA channel.
DMA2 ERROR :
Error in the second DMA channel.
FDD CONTROLLER FAILURE :
AMIBIOS caanot communicate with the floppy disk drive controller.
Check all appropriate connections after the system is powered down.
HDD CONTROLLER FAILURE :
AMIBIOS cannot communicate with the hard disk drive controller.
Check all appropriate connections after the system is powered down.
INTR1 ERROR :
Interrupt channel 1 failed POST.
INTR2 ERROR :
Interrupt channel 2 failed POST.
INVALID BOOT DISKETTE :
AMIBIOS can read the diskette in floppy drive A:, but it cannot boot the
system with it. Use another boot diskette and follow the screen
instructions.
KEYBOARD IS LOCKED.....UNLOCK IT :
The keyboard lock on the system is engaged. The system must be
unlocked to continue to boot.
KEYBOARD ERROR :
The keyboard has a timing problem. Make sure a Keyboard Controller
AMIBIOS is installed. Set Keyboard in Advanced Setup to “Not
Installed” to skip the keyboard POST routines.
KB/INTERFACE ERROR :
There is an error in the keyboard connector.
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NO ROM BASIC :
Cannot find a proper bootable sector on either drive A: or C:. AMIBIOS
cannot find ROM Basic.
OFF BOARD PARITY ERROR :
Parity error in memory installed on an adapter card in an expansion slot.
The format is:
OFF BOARD PARITY ERROR ADDR = (xxxx)
XXXX is the hex address where the error occurred. Run AMIDiag to
find and correct memory problems.
ON BOARD PARITY ERROR :
Parity error in motherboard memory. The format is:
ON BOARD PARIT Y ERROR ADDR = (xxxx)
XXXX is the hex address where the error occurred. Run AMIDiag to
find and correct memory problems.
PARITY ERROR ?????
Parity error in system memory at an unknown address. Run AMIDiag t o
find and correct memory problems.
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?????
DMA BUS TIME-OUT :
A device has driven the bus signal for more than 7.8 microseconds.
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TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR POST CODES
When you power on your PC, and the screen display nothing. Y ou have
to insert the POST Card for test. The address for ISA POST port is 80h.
Make sure the card is in correct slot. The lists below indicates the error
messages, please follow the instruction to adjust your system. If the error
still occurred, please contact your distributor for maintenance.
UNCOMPRESSED INIT CODE CHECKPOINTS
D0 :NMI is Disabled. CPU ID saved.
D1 :To d o DMA init, Keyboard controller BAT test, start memory refresh
and going to 4GB flat mode.
D3 :T o start Memory sizing.
D4 :To comeback to real mode. Execute OEM patch. Set stack.
D5 :E000 ROM enabled. Init code is copied to segment 0 and control to
be transfered to segment 0.
D6 :Control is in segment 0. To check <CTRL> <HOME> key and verify
main BIOS checksum.
If either <CTRL> <HOME> is pressed or main BIOS checksum is
bad, go to check point E0, or else go to check point D7.
D7 :Main BIOS runtime code is to be decompressed and control to be
passed to main BIOS in shadow RAM.
BOOT BLOCK RECOVERY CODE CHECK POINTS
E0 : OnBoard Floppy Controller (if any) is initialized.
To start base 512K memory test.
E1 :To initialize interrupt vector table.
E2 :To initialize DMA and interrupt controllers.
E6 :To enable floppy and timer IRQ, enable internal cache.
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ED :Initialize floppy drive.
EE :Start looking for a diskette in drive A: and read 1st sector of the
diskette.
EF :Floppy read error.
F0 :Start searching “AMIBOOT.ROM” file in root directory.
F1 :“AMIBOOT.ROM” file not present in root directory.
F2 :Start reading FAT table and analyze FAT to find the clusters
occupied by “AMIBOOT.ROM” file.
F3 :Start reading “AMIBOOT.ROM” file cluster by cluster.
F4 :“AMIBOOT.ROM” file not of proper size.
F5 :Disable internal cache.
FB :Detect Flash type present.
FC :Erase Flash.
FD :Program Flash.
FF :Flash program successful. BIOS is going to restar t.
RUNTIME CODE IS UNCOMPRESSED IN F000 SHADOW RAM
03 :NMI is Disabled. To check soft reset/power-on.
05 :BIOS stack set. Going to disable Cache if any.
06 :POST code to be uncompressed.
07 :CPU init and CPU data area init to be done.
08 :CMOS checksum calculation to be done next.
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0B :Any initialization before keyboard BAT to be done next.
0C :KB controller I/B free. To issue the BAT command to keyboard
controller.
0E :Any initialization after KB controller BAT to be done next.
0F :Keyboard command byte to be written.
10 :Going to issue Pin-23, 24 blocking/unblocking command.
11 :Going to chec k pressing of <INS >, <END> key during power-on.
12 :To init CMOS if “Init CMOS in every boot” is set or <END> key is
pressed. Going to disable DMA and Interrupt controllers.
13 :Video display is disabled and port-B is initialized.
Chipset init about to begin.
14 :8254 timer test about to start.
19 :About to start memory refresh test.
1A :Memory Refresh line is toggling. Going to check 15us ON/OFF time.
23 :To read 8042 input port and disable Megakey GreenPC feature.
Make BIOS code segment writeable.
24 :To do any setup before Int vector init.
25 :Interrupt vector initialization about to begin. To clear password if
necessary.
27 :Any initialization before setting video mode to be done.
28 :Going for monochrome mode and color mode setting.
2A :Different BUSes init (system, static, output devices) to start if present.
(Please see Appendix for details of different BUSes).
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2B :To give control for any setup required before optional video ROM
check.
2C :To look for optional video ROM and give control.
2D :To give control to do any proce ssi ng after video ROM returns contro l .
2E : If EGA/VGA not found then do display memory R/W test.
2F :EGA/VGA not found. Display memory R/W test about to begin.
30 :Display memory R/W test passed. About to look for the retrace
checking.
31 :Display memory R/W test or retrace checking failed. To do alternate
Display memory R/W te st.
32 :Alternate Display memory R/W test passed. To look for the alternate
display retrace checking.
34 :Video display checking over. Display mode to be set next.
37 :Display mode set. Going to display the power on message.
38 :Different BUSes init (input, IPL, general devices) to start if present.
(Please see Appendix for details of different BUSes).
39 :Display different BUSes initialization error messages.
(Please see Appendix for details of different BUSes).
3A :New cursor position read and saved. To display the Hit <DEL>
message.
40 :To prepare the descriptor.
42 :To enter in virtual mode for memory test.
43 :To enable interrupts for diagnostics mode.
44 :To initialize data to check memory wrap around at 0:0.
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45 :Data initialized. Going to check for memory wrap around at 0:0. And
finding the total system memory size.
46 :Memory wrap around test done. Memory size calculation over.
About to go for writing patterns to test memory.
47 :Pattern to be tested written in extended memory.
Going to write patterns in base 640k memory.
48 :Patterns written in base memory.
Going to findout amount of memory below 1M memory.
49 :Amount of memory below 1M found and verified.
Going to findout amount of memory above 1M memory.
4B :Amount of memory above 1M found and verified.
Check for soft reset and going to clear memory below 1M for soft
reset.
(If power on, go to check point #4Eh).
4C :Memory below 1M cleared. (SOFT RESET)
Going to clear memory above 1M.
4D :Memory above 1M cleared. (SOFT RESET).
Going to save the memory size. (Goto check point # 52h).
4E :Memory test started. (NOT SOFT RESET).
About to display the first 64k memory size.
4F :Memory size display started. This will be updated during memory test.