SER 386-AD5 User Manual

M A N U A L

U S E R ' S

Contents

Unit 1... Overview Unit 2... Main Board Layout and Description Unit 3 ... BIOS Setup

TRADEMARKS ANNOUNCEMENT

* IB M PC/AT , AM I, INT EL, AMD , CY RIX

U M C , M S-DO S, OS/2, UN IX , X E N IX , AR E TH E R EG IS TER ED T RA DE M AR KS O F TH E IR RE SPEC TIVE O RG ANIZA TIO NS

Overview

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T a l k i n g ab o u t 3 8 6 M/B, e ve r y b o d y th i n k s o f SPE ED. Yes, the f e a tu r e of this ne w e n h a n c ed ma i n b o a rd , 3 86 -AD 111 is in its fast spe e d wh e n c o mp a r e w i th the o t h e r 3 8 6 M/B.

7b e co n ce p t of c a c h e me m or y is th a t s o me ac t iv e p o r t io n of a low s p e e d me mor y is sto re d in du p l ic a t e, an d in a hi gh e r - s pe e d c a c h e me m o ry . W he n m e m or y req ue s t is gen e r a t e d , the r e q u e s t is firs t presen ted to t he ca c h e m e m o r y . If c a c h e c an n o t r e sp o n d , t h e r e q u e s t is p r e s e n t e d to m a i n me m o r y .

7 Ъе C A C H E m a in b o a r d is de s i g n e d to p e r f o rm as a v e r y

ef fi c ie n t m emor y sy s te m, w h il e th e me mor y d e v ic e s is

ve ry l o w - c o s t. T he det a il e d sp e ci f i c a ti o n o f thi s 3 8 6 - A D III M / B as fo l lo ws :

S pe ci f i c at i o n :

* Us i n g A LI Ch ip s e t , c o ns i s ts of M 1 429 , M 14 31.

* Us i n g I N T E L / A M D 80 38 6DX- 3 3/ 4 0 o r CY RI X

C X 4 8 6 D L C-4 0 CPU, L a n d m ark Sp e e d (V. 2.0) is

5 1.4/ 61 . 6 o r 128.5 respec tiv el y.

* 10 0 % IBM PC/ A T c o mp a ti b le .

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* 80 3 8 7 c o - p r oc e s s or S ocke t S u p po rt .

* W r i t e - Ba c k & W r i t e - T h r ou g h di r e c t ma p pi n g C a c h e

* Pa g e M o de D RAM co n t r o l l er s u p p o r ts up to 3 2 M B

* H ar d w a re /So f t wa r e T U R BO spe e d co n tr ol .

* AM I B I OS ( S i n g le BI O S , 5 12 K - B U ROM).

* Fiv e 16- B i t e x p an s ion slots.

* Op t i o n i z e d fo r OS /2 , W I N DO W S/ 3 86, UNI X , X E NI X,

* 1/2 Ba b y H a l f S i z e ; 4 - La y e r.

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wi t h C ac h e s iz e s 32 KB/12 8KB .

D RA M w i t h c o mb i n ati on o f 2 56 K B/ 1 M B/ 4 M B SI MM M o d u l e s.

N O VE L L 386. ... So f twa r e E nvii* onm ent.

Main Board Layout and Description

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0 ain Board Layout & Description

386-AD V Main Board Layout :

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JP 13 for CPU Clock Jumper Select

CPU Clock 1-2 3-4 5-6

33MHz

40MHz

ON ON

OFF

OFF ON

OFF

JPl, JP5 C P U T y p e Select

1-2 : Inte l & A MD 3 86 DX

2- 3 : Cyr ix 48 6D LC

CACHE R A M :

T o t a l C A C H E RAM fo r 3 8 6- AD III M/ B is 32 K B, 128 K B

C ac he m e m or y size . W h i l e u s i n g 32 KB , 1 28 KB pl e a s e ins e rt

th e S R A M in s o c k e ts : U1-U4, U18

1. 32 K B Ca c he R A M is i n se rt ed : 8K 8* 5 p c s

2. 12 8K B Cac h e RAM is in s er te d: 3 2K8 * 4 p cs an d T A G RA M is in se rt ed : 8 K 8* 1 pcs

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C Z r r Z 3

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AD-5

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SLOTS

7Ъе expansion slots are :

16 b it s lo t * 5 p c s

Memory Organization

A /em or y size e x p a n s ion f rom 1 MB to 3 2MB

B o a r d . Le t ’s di s c u s s it o n e b y o n e :

On Board R A M :

S I MM SO CK E T

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S upp or t i ng 2 5 6K B, 1 M B and 4M B SI M M RA M

MOD U LE. So, m emor y a re avai la b le w i th m ixtur e o f

1M B / 2 M B / 4M В / 5 MB / 8 MB / 1 6MB / 2 0М В /

3 2 MB devi ce s .

Me mory S i ze B A N K O

1 MB

4 M B 4 MB

25 6 K B 51 2 KB

1 M B

5 MB 25 6 K B

8 MB 1 M B

16 M B 4 MB

20 M B

1 M B

32 MB 4 M B

B ANK 1

—

2 M B

- - -

4 MB 4M B

- - -

16 MB 16 M B

nit 3

BIOS Setup

Th is c ha p t e r ad v i se s u s e r h o w t o u s e t h e C H IP SETU P

u n d er th e A M I BI O S. Pl e a se re a d it cl ea rl y.

A fte r p owe r on a n d me m or y tes t, ple a s e p re s s " D EL "

key. T he p r o gr a m w i ll go to th e n e x t s c re e n .

H it < DEL> , If y o u wa n t to ru n SE TUP/ EXT D - SET.

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ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH BIOS DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS

Standard CMOS Setup for Changing Time, Date, Hard Disk Type, etc.

ESCrExit F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

ADVA NCED CHIPSET SETUP

CHANGE PASSWORD

AUTO DETECT HARD DISK

HARD DISK UTILITY

WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

N O TE :

S ta nd a r d CM O S S e t u p fo r Cha n g i ng T i m e , Da te , Ha r d di s k Ty£>e, etc.

A M IB IO S SETU P P RO G RA M - ST A N D A R D C M O S S E T U P

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A ll R ights Reserved

Date (mn/date/year) Time (hour/min/sec)

1 Med, Mar 03 1993 j

: 09 : 23 : 35

Base memory : 640 KB Ext memory

Cyln Head Wpcom LZone Sect Size

128

M o n Tue

28 1

7

21 28

4

615

8

15 22 23 29

5

2 3 4 9

16

30 6 7

Hard disk C: type : Hard disk D: type Floppy drive A : Floppy drive В : : Primary display Keyboard

Month: Jan, Fed, ••

lint» ■ n i О? n 1 ....

Fear : 1901.1902 -•«

37 615 8

Not Installed

1.2 MB, S i/4 " Not Installed VGA/PGA/EGA Installed

....................

2099

ESC:Exit*->*«-:Sel F2/F3:Color PU/PD:Modify

Sun

1 4

_

N O T E :

In the right bottom part of the screen, the calendar will alter the current year/month/date. You can use " t" " 4 ”

" -» " " to select the item you want, and use PgUp &

PgDn to change the value.

: 15360 KB

17 41 MB

W ed T h u F ri

5

10 17 18 19 20 24 31

12

11

26 2 7

25

1 2 3 8 9

Sat

6

13

10

A M I B IO S S E TU P P R OG R A M - S T A ND A RD C M O S SE T U P

Date (mn/date/year) : Wed, Mar 03 1993 Base memory : 640 KB Time (hour/min/sec) i 09 : 23 : 35 | Ext. memory : 15360 KB

Cyln Head Wpcom LZone Sect Size Hard disk C: type : 37 615 8 128 615 17 41 MB Hard disk D: type : Not Installed Floppy drive A : : 1.2 MB, 5 1/4 " Floppy drive В : : Not Installed Primary display : VGA/PGA/EGA

Ifpvhnont • VnctalbH

Time is 24 hour format:- Rouns(00—23), Minute:(00—59), Second:(00-59) (1 : 30 AM:0i : зо : oo),(i : з о рм із : зо : oo)

ESC:E xH*-» *«-:Sd F2/F3:Cok>r PU/PD: Modify

M o n T ue W e d Th u Fri S a t

Sun

28 1

7 8

1 4

21 2 2 23 28 2 9

4

2

3

9 10

15 16 17 18

24

30

31

5 6 7 8 9 10

N O T E :

You ca n c h an g e th e t im e acc or d i n g to th e ru le e x pl a n a  tio n in t h e le f t bo t t o m par t of th e s c re e n.

4

5

12

11

19 25 26 1 2 3

6

13

20 27

A M IB IO S S E T U P P R O GR A M - STA N DA R D C M O S SE T U P

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Date (mn/date/year) : Time (hour/min/sec) :

Hard disk C: type :

Hard disk D : type :

Floppy drive A : : Floppy drive В : Primary display : Keyboard :

FIXED type 01 -*46,U SER defined type 47, I For type 47 Enten Cyln Head, WPcom, LZonc, I Sec (WPcom is 0 for ALL, 65535 for NONE )

-E SC :E x i^-> ^< - :Sel F2/F3:Color PU/PD: Modify -

Wed, Mar 03 1993 09 : 23 : 35

Cyln Head Wpcom LZone Seet Size 37 615 8 128 615 17 41MB Not Installed

1.2 MB, 5 1/4 "

Not Installed

VG A /P G A /EGA

Installed

Base memory Ext. memory

M o n

Sun

28 1 2 3

1 4

21 2 2 23 28 2 9 30 31

Tue

9

8

7

16 17

15

4

6 7

5

N O T E :

A c c o r d in g to y o u r eq uip m e n t, se l e c t h a r d d is k С o r D . T h e o p ti o n s are 1 -47 t y p e s.

: 640 KB : 15360 KB

W ed Thu Fri

4

5 6

10 11 12 13

19 20

18

24

25 2 6

2 3

1

9 10

8

Sat

27

A M IB I O S SET U P PR O G R A M - S T AN D A RD CM OS SETU P

Date (mn/date/year) Time (hour/min/sec)

Wed, iWar 03 1993 Base memory : 640 KB

: 09 : 23 : 35 Ext. memory : 15360 KB

Cyln Head Wpcom LZone Sect Size Hard disk C: type Hard disk D: type Floppy drive A : Floppy drive В : Primary display

Keyboard

Options:— 360 KB 5 1 / 4" , 1.2 MB 5 1 / 4 ' , 720 KB 3 I / 2" ,

1.44 M B 3 1 / 2" , 2.88 MB 3 1 / 2 not Installed

= ESC:Exit :Sel F2/F3:Color PU/PD:Modify -

37 615 8 128 615 17 41 MB

Not Installed

1.2 MB, 5 1 /4 " Not Installed

VGA/PGA/EGA

Installed

M o n T u e W ed

Sun

28 1

7

1 4 15

21 28 29 3 0

4

2

8 9 10 11 12

16 17 18 19 20

22

23

5 6 7 8

N O T E :

A c c or d i n g t o y ou r e q u i p m en t , s et f l o p p y dri ve А о г B. T h e o p t i o n s ar e 360 K B 5 1/ 4”, 1 .2 MB 5 1/4 ”, 720 KB 31/ 2”,

1. 4 4 M B 31 /2”, 2. 8 8M B 31/2" a n d No t I n st a ll ed .

3

24 31

Fri S a t

T hu

4

25 26

1 2 3

6

5

13

27

9

10

A M IB IO S S E T U P PR O GR A M - STA N DA R D C M OS S E T U P

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Date (mn/date/year) : Wed, Mar 03 1993 Base memory : 640 KB Time (hour/min/sec) : 09 : 23 : 35 Ext. memory : 15360 KB

Cyln Head Wpeom LZone Sect Size Hard disk C: type : 37 615 8 128 615 17 41 MB Hard disk D: type : Not Installed Floppy drive A : : 1.2 MB, 5 1/4 " Floppy drive В : : Not Installed Primary display : | v g a / p g a / e g a | Keyboard : Installed

—ТТрТНПВГ-' —

Monochrome. Color 40x25, vr. Л / РГ. А / F.GA Color 80x25 not installed

FS C:ExitФ-»ф :Sel F2/F3:Co»or PU/fD:Modify

.......

..........

Sun

28

1 4

21 28

M o n

7 8

4

Tue

W ed T h u F r i Sat

1

2

3

9

10

16

15 22 29

5

17 18 24

23 30

31

6

7 8

N O TE :

A c c or d i n g to y o u r di s p l a y card , se t pr ima r y dis pl a y typ e s. The o p t ion s are M on o ch r o m e, C olor 4 0 x 2 5, C o l or 8 0 X 2 5, VG A o r EG A and No t In st al le d.

4

5

6

12

11

13

19

20

26 27

25

2

1

3

9 10

A M IB IO S SET U P PRO G RA M - ST A ND A RD C M O S S E T U P

Date (mn/date/year): Wed, Mar 03 1993 Base memory : 640 KB Time (hour/m in/sec): 09 : 23 : 35 Ext. memory : 15360 KB

Cyln Head Wpcom LZone Sect Size Hard disk C: type : 37 615 8 128 615 17 41 MB Hard disk D: type : Not Installed Floppy drive A : : 1.2 MB, 5 1/4 " floppy drive в : : Not installed Primary display : VGA/PGA/EGA

Keyboard : | installed |

Options:- 1 nstailed : Test key board not Installed: Do not test keyboard

t= ES C : E x i t*-* * <-:S d F2/F3:Cok>r PU/PD:Modify

M o n

Sun

28 1 2 3

1 4 15

21 28

Tue W e d T h u

8 9

7

16 17 18

22

23

29 30 31

4

5 6 7 8 9

10 11

24

N O T E :

When k e y bo a r d is in s ta l le d , R O M t e st s k e y b o a r d ; o t he r 

wi s e , it dos e n ot.

Fri

sat

4

5

12

19

25 26 27

2

1

6

13 20

3

10

A M IB IO S S E T U P PR O G RA M - B I O S S E T U P U T IL ITIE S

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH BIOS DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS

Advanced CMOS Setup for Configuring System Options.

ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP

CHANGE PASSW ORD

AUTO DETECT HARD DISK

HARD DISK UTILITY

WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

ESC:Exit^->^<-:Sel F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

NOTE :

A d v a nc e d C M O S Set u p f or c o n f i g u r at i o n Sy s t e m O p  tion s.

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System Boot Up num Lock : On Numeric Processor Test : Enabled Floppy Drive Seek At Boot : Enabled System Boot Up Sequence : Л:, C: External Cache Memory : Enabled Internal Cache Memory : Disabled Password Checking Option : Setup Video ROM Shadow C000.32K : Enabled

System ROM Shadow F000 ,64K : Enabled BbotSector Virus Protection : Disabled

ESC:Exit :Sel (Ctrl)PU/PD:Modify F l:H elp F2/F3:Color F5:Old Values F6:BIOS Setup Defaults F7:Power-on Defaults

N O T E :

A b ov e V al u e s a r e Def a u lt .

A M IB IO S S E TU P PR O G R A M - B IO S SE T U P U T I L ITIE S

STAND ARD CMOS SETUP

AUTO CONFIGURATION W ITH BIOS DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POW ER-ON DEFAULTS

DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

Advanced Chipset Setup for Configuring the Chipset Redisters.

ESC:Exit^->^«-:Sel F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

CHANGE PASSWORD

AUTO DETECT HARD DISK

HARD DISK UTILITY

WRITE TO CMOS AN D EXIT

NO TE

A d v a nc e d Chi p s et Se tup fo r c o nfi g u r a t i o n Ch i ps e t R e g - ister s.

AUTO Config Function Enabled

AT Bus Clock Select DRAM Read wait State Normal DRAM Write wait State Normal SRAM Read wait State SRAM Write wail Slate OWS

Cycle Check Point Fast Slow Refresh Ext. Cache WB/WT Feature Shadow Cacheable Polling Clock Select DMA Clock Select

ESC:Exit Ф :Sel (Ctrl)PU/PD:Modify Fl:Help F2/F3:Color F5:0 ld Values F6:BI0S Setup Defaults F7:Power-on Defaults

N O T E :

Ab ov e V al ue s a re Def a ul t.

CLK2 /10

OWS

60u

WB

Disabled CL K2/3 ATCLK/2

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STAND ARD CMOS SETUP

ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

I AUTO 1

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS

DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

Load BIOS Setup Default Values for Advanced CMOS and Advanced CHIPSET Setup.

ESC:Exit F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

CHANGE PASSWORD

AUTO DETECT HARD DISK

HARD DISK UTILITY

WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

NO TE

Lo a d BI OS Se t up De fa u l t V alu es f o r Adv a nc e d CM OS and A d v an c e d C H I P SE T Se tu p .

В I OS S etu p

A M IB IO S S E T U P P RO G R A M - B I O S S E T UP U TIL ITIE S

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP

ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH BIOS DEFAULTS

I AU TO c o l ^ T ^ R A rION WITH p o w e r '-o n d £f m Jl t s

Load Power-On Default Values for Advanced CMOS and Advanced CHIPSET Setup.

- ESC:Exit vi,-**<-:Sel F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit =

ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP

CHANGE PASSWORD

AUTO DETECT HARD DISK

HARD DISK UTILITY

WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS A ND EXIT

NO T E :

L o ad Powe r - On De f a ult Va lue s for A dv a n c e d C M OS a n d A dv a nc e d CH IP S ET S e t u p.

STANDAR D CMOS SETUP

ADV ANCED CMOS SETUP

AUTO CONFIGURATIO N WITH BIOS DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS

Change the User Password Stored in the CMOS .

ESC:Exit ^-»^<-:Sel F2/F3:CoIor F10:Save & Exit

ADV A NCED CHIPSET SETUP

1 СНУИ С Е Ь У І І ^ Б ІБ

AUTO DETECT HARD DISK

HARD DISK UTILITY

WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

N O T E :

C h a ng e t he U se r P a s swo r d S t o r e d in t h e C M OS.

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в I OS S e t u p

A M IB IO S S E T UP P RO G RA M - BIO S S E T UP U TI L IT IES

STANDA RD CMOS SETUP

ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

ADV ANCED CHIPSET SETUP

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH BIOS DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS

DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

ESC:Exit ^-»*<-:Sel F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

N O T E :

A u t o D e t e ct ion of Ha r d Dis k T yp e.

CHANGE PASSWORD

HARD DISK UTILITY

WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

Auto Detection of Hard Disk Type.

STANDA RD CMOS SETUP

ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH BIOS DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS

DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

Format the Hard Disk, Auto Interleave Detection and Media Analysis.

ESC:Exit Ф-»ф«-:5еІ F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

CHANGE PASSWORD

AUTO DETECT HARD DISK

I H A RD DISK UT IL ITY 1

WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

N O TE :

F o rma t th e H a r d D i s k , Au t o I n te rl ea v e D e tec t ion a n d M ed i a A n a l y s i s .

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH BIOS DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS

DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

Write the Settings to the CMOS and Exit.

ESC:Exit 4-»^<-:Sel F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

CHANGE PASSWORD

AUTO DETECT HARD DISK

HARD DISK UTILITY

1 WRITE TO CM OS AND EXlV I

N O T E :

Wr it e t h e Se tt ing s to t h e C M OS a n d E x it.

A M IB IO S S E TU P PR O G RA M - B IO S S ETU P U T I L IT IE S

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP

ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH BIOS DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS

AD VANCED CHIPSET SETUP

CHANGE PASSWORD

AUTO DETECT HARD DISK

HARD DISK UTILITY

WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT

Г DO NOT WRITE TO CM O S A ^ T x iT " j

Do Not write the Settings to the CMOS and Exit.

ESC:Exit ^-»^«-iSel F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

NO TE :

D o No t w r i t e t h e S e tt i n g s to t h e CM O S a n d E x it .