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- Page 1 American Megatrends, Inc. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide MAN-724 4/21/95...
- Page 2 Limited Warranty Buyer agrees if this product proves to be defective, that American Megatrends, Inc. is only obligated to replace or refund the purchase price of this product at American Megatrends' discretion according to the terms and conditions on the motherboard warranty card. American Megatrends shall not be liable in tort or contract for any loss or damage, direct, incidental or consequential.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Upgrading Cache Memory ... 55 Index ... 57 Preface Technical Support If an American Megatrends motherboard fails to operate as described or you are in doubt about a configuration option, please call technical support at 770-246-8645. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide... -
Page 4: System Overview
The PCI expansion slots are automatically configured by the onboard American Megatrends WINBIOS system BIOS. Motherboard Dimensions The Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA motherboard is approximately 8½ inches wide by 10.3 inches long (the mini Baby AT® motherboard size with similar mounting holes). External CPU Speed The Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA motherboard supports external CPU speeds of 25 MHz and 33 MHz. - Page 5 Overview, Continued Green PC Support The Super Voyager PCI II motherboard includes support for monitor blanking on Green PC monitors and IDE hard disk drive spin down. The motherboard supplies a TTL output to control Green PC power supplies. The System Management Interrupt (SMI) and CPU Halt are supported. This motherboard compiles with the APM (Advanced Power Management) V1.1 specifications.
- Page 6 Cache memory is enabled and disabled through WINBIOS Setup Advanced Setup. All installed system memory can be read from or written to L1 internal cache memory and L2 external cache memory. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Caution to 256 KB of L2 secondary cache memory.
- Page 7 Advanced Setup in 32 KB increments. System BIOS The Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA motherboard has a 128 KB WINBIOS with built-in WINBIOS Setup and user-definable hard disk drive types. The system BIOS is stored in Flash EPROMs and can be reprogrammed via software without removing the ROM.
- Page 8 Overview, Continued CMOS RAM The Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA motherboard has 114 bytes of CMOS RAM. A battery is not provided. An external 3.6V battery must be connected to J18. Real Time Clock The motherboard has a real time clock and CMOS RAM that stores system configuration information used by WINBIOS Setup.
- Page 9 Overview, Continued IDE Features This motherboard provides: • IDE on the PCI local bus, • support for IDE modes 1, 2, 3, and 4, • two IDE connectors (up to four IDE drives), • 32-bit data transfer, • IDE prefetch read buffer, •...
- Page 10 The ISA bus in the motherboard has a system clock that is generated by the bus clock (BCLK) and operates at approximately 8 MHz. ISA and PCI Expansion Slots The Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA motherboard has the following expansion slots for adapter cards: • three PCI expansion slots, and •...
- Page 11 Continued PS/2 Mouse The motherboard has a 10-pin berg header that can be attached via a customized serial cable to a PS/2-type mouse. Contact American Megatrends for cable and adapter information. Speaker This motherboard has a standard four-pin speaker connector.
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Page 12: Installation
Installation Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide... -
Page 13: Unpacking The Motherboard
Chapter 3 AMIBIOS and WINBIOS Step Action Inspect the cardboard carton for obvious damage. If damaged, call American Megatrends Technical Support at 770-246-8645. Leave the motherboard in its original packing. Perform all unpacking and installation procedures on a ground connected anti-static mat. Wear an anti-static... -
Page 14: Motherboard Layout
Motherboard Layout Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide... -
Page 15: Installation Steps
Installation Steps Step Action Set jumpers. Install memory. Install CPU. Install the motherboard. Connect the power supply. Connect the keyboard. Connect the cables. Connect the PS/2 mouse cable. Connect onboard I/O. Install floppy drives. Install hard disk drives. Install adapter cards. Test and configure. -
Page 16: Step 1 Set Jumpers
Onboard IDE IRQ 15 Enable Onboard IDE IRQ 14 Enable Drain CMOS RAM Power Green PC Power Switch Connector CPU External Speed Select Flash EPROM Select Regulator Output Voltage Select Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Description Cont'd... - Page 17 Step 1 Set Jumpers, Continued Installing a Jumper The bergs (jumpers) on the motherboard are used to select features. You will need two-pin shorting bridges (shown below) to set a jumper. A two-pin shoring bridge, a two-pin berg, and a shorting bridge (also called a jumper) mounted on the two-pin berg are shown below. J42, J44, J45 Cache Memory Configuration J42, J44 and J45 are three-pin bergs that controls the L2 secondary cache memory configuration on the motherboard.
- Page 18 Short Pins 1-2, 3- 4, and 5-6. 4, and 5-6. Short Pins 1-2. Short Pins 1-2. Note: For 3.3V CPUs, J7 must be left OPEN. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Cyrix M7 Cyrix M9 AM486DX (low voltage) standard 3.3V package...
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Page 19: Step 1 Set Jumpers
Step 1 Set Jumpers, Continued The J30 Setting and CPU Types J30 is a three-pin single inline berg that controls the voltage for 3.3V CPUs. If... Using an Intel or AMD short Pins 1-2 of J30 to select 3.45V out. This 3.3V CPU, is the factory setting. - Page 20 OPEN MHz) AM486 DX4 WT (33/100 Short Pins 1-2 MHz) AM486 DX4 WB (33/100 OPEN MHz) Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Internal Cache mode is set to WB (write-back mode). WT (write-through mode). Short Pins 1-2 Short Pins 1-2...
- Page 21 Step 1 Set Jumpers, Continued J34 Serial Port 1 IRQ Select J34 is a three-pin single-inline berg. Short pins 2-3 to select IRQ3 for serial port 1. Short pins 1-2 (the factory setting) to select IRQ4 for serial port 1. IRQ Port 1 Select IRQ3 Select IRQ4 (factory setting)
- Page 22 IRQ12 cannot be used by any ISA or PCI bus adapter card when the onboard mouse is enabled. IRQ12 Select Onboard PS/2 Mouse IRQ12 to bus Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Short Pins 1-2 Short Pins 2-3. Short Pins 5-6...
- Page 23 Step 1 Set Jumpers, Continued J43 CMOS RAM Drain J43 is a three-pin single-inline berg. Pins 1-2 are shorted in normal operation. Short pins 2-3 to drain the CMOS RAM. CMOS RAM Drain Normal Operation (factory setting) Drain CMOS RAM Caution Make sure that power is turned off before draining CMOS RAM power.
- Page 24 J39 is a two-pin berg. Place a shorting bridge on J39 to allow IRQ14 to be used for the primary IDE connector. If you leave J39 OPEN, IRQ14 is used by the bus. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Short Pins 2-3...
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Page 25: Step 2 Install Memory
Step 2 Install Memory The main memory subsystem on the motherboard includes four 32-bit memory banks that house SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module) DRAM packages. You can use 256 KB x 36, 512 KB x 36, 1 MB x 36, 2 MB x 36, 4 MB x 36, 8 MB x 36, or 16 MB x 36 SIMMs. - Page 26 8 MB x 36 DRAM Parity The Super Voyager PCI-II ISA motherboard supports parity DRAMs and non-parity DRAMs. If using x 32 non-parity DRAMs, you must set the Memory Parity Error Check option in WINBIOS Setup Advanced Setup to Disabled.
- Page 27 Step 2 Install Memory, Continued Installing SIMMs Place the motherboard on an anti-static mat. With the component side of the SIMM facing you, firmly push the card into the socket at a 45 degree angle, then push it up to a vertical position. When properly inserted, the SIMM clicks into place as the latching pins engage. See the following figure.
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Page 28: Step 3 Install Cpu
See pages 15 through 17 for jumper setting information. Warning Improper CPU installation can damage the CPU and the motherboard. You must follow the procedures in this section exactly as documented. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Cont'd... - Page 29 Step 3 Install CPU, Continued Installing the Upgrade Processor The CPU socket is a 237-pin ZIF PGA socket in the back corner. See the motherboard figure on page 11. Pin 1 of the socket is on a chamfered corner that corresponds to pin 1 of the CPU, also on a chamfered corner. Check for bent pins on the CPU. Gently straighten any bent pins with a pair of pliers.
- Page 30 Turn the power off. Check the coprocessor orientation. Press the chip firmly to make sure that it is properly inserted. Make sure all upgrade CPU pins are connected. Power the system up again. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide...
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Page 31: Step 4 Install The Motherboard
Step 4 Install the Motherboard The mounting hole pattern on the Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA motherboard is the same as the mounting hole pattern on any mini Baby AT motherboard. Standoffs and mounting screws are not supplied with the motherboard. Install the motherboard as follows:... -
Page 32: Step 5 Connect The Power Supply
P1, as shown below. The third power supply connector supplies 3.3V power to PCI adapter cards and to the CPU if a 3.3V CPU is installed. If a 3.3V CPU is installed, make sure the motherboard jumpers are set correctly. See pages 15 through 16 for information about the jumper settings. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide... - Page 33 Step 5 Connect the Power Supply, Continued Power Supply Connectors are Keyed The power connectors are keyed. The connector keys must be cut to fit some power supplies, as shown below. Important Make sure that the jumpers are configured correctly when you use the 3.3V power connectors.
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Page 34: Step 6 Connect The Keyboard Cable
The keyboard connector is a five-pin DIN socket labeled KEYBD on the motherboard. Attach a standard AT-compatible keyboard cable. A five-pin DIN to six-pin miniDIN converter is needed to connect a PS/2-type keyboard. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide... -
Page 35: Step 7 Connect Cables
Step 7 Connect Cables When connecting chassis connectors to the motherboard, make sure to connect the correct connector end. Most connector wires are color- coded. Match the color of the wires leaving the switch or LED to the same pin on the connector end. There may be more than one connector with the same color-coded wires. -
Page 36: Step 7 Connect Cables
J47 is a two-pin berg that is attached via a cable to the externally-mounted IDE Activity LED. This LED lights when the primary or secondary IDE drive is accessed. J51 Turbo Switch Do not attach a cable to J51. The CPU always operates in turbo mode. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide... -
Page 37: Step 8 Connect The Ps/2 Mouse Cable
You can order this cable (Cable Assembly DB9, Male, 10-Pin, part number CBLSUB1- 10) from the American Megatrends Sales Department (800-828-9264). J19 Pin 10 on J19 should be cut. Cut it off if is not. - Page 38 Step 9 Connect Onboard I/O, Continued Attaching the Parallel Port Cable A parallel port cable is supplied to connect J23 to the external parallel port connector, as shown below. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide...
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Page 39: Step 10 Install Floppy Drive
Step 10 Install Floppy Drive J25 is a 34-pin dual-inline berg. Connect the cable from the floppy drive to J25. The onboard floppy controller cannot be used if a hard disk adapter card with floppy controller is installed. The cable and the connector are shown below: The motherboard supports 3½"... -
Page 40: Step 11 Install Hard Disk
J22 is the primary IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard disk drive connector. Both the primary master and the primary slave IDE drives must be connected by cable to J22, as shown below. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide... - Page 41 J22 IDE Hard Disk Connector J22 is a 40-pin dual-inline berg that connects a hard disk drive that has an IDE interface to the primary onboard IDE Controller. This motherboard supports IDE Modes 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, prefetch, LBA (Logical Block Address) mode, high capacity drives (over 528 MB), 32-bit data transfer, and fast IDE transfer.
- Page 42 Set the Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master, and Secondary Slave IDE options for Block Mode, PIO Mode, LBA Mode, and 32-Bit Transfer Mode as appropriate for the IDE drives that you have installed. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Continued Action...
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Page 43: Step 12 Install Adapter Cards
CR SCSI BIOS The NCR SCSI BIOS for NCR 810-based PCI SCSI Host Adapter cards is part of the Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA motherboard WINBIOS. If a PCI SCSI Host Adapter card does not have an onboard SCSI BIOS, WINBIOS automatically provides the NCR SCSI BIOS on the PCI bus for the SCSI Host Adapter card to use. -
Page 44: Amibios And Winbios
The default setting for the Setup option is Optimal. The Optimal default settings are best-case values that should optimize system performance. If CMOS RAM is corrupted, the Optimal settings are loaded automatically. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide... -
Page 45: Standard Setup
Standard Setup Select the Standard Setup option from the WINBIOS Setup main menu. Standard Setup allows you to specify basic system parameters, such as time and date, and disk drive parameters. The Standard Setup options are described below. Date/Time Icon Select the Date and Time icon to change the date, day, or time. -
Page 46: Advanced Setup
Mouse Support When this option is set to Enabled, WINBIOS supports a PS/2-type mouse and IRQ12 is used for the mouse. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal default setting is Enabled. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide... - Page 47 Advanced Setup, Continued System Boot Up Num Lock This option turns the Num Lock key off when the computer starts. The settings are On or Off. The Optimal default setting is Floppy Drive Seek At Boot When this option is set to Enabled, WINBIOS performs a Seek command on floppy drive A: before booting the system. The settings are Enabled or Disabled.
- Page 48 The contents of ROM at C800h, D000h, and D800h usually store adaptor ROMs on ISA or EISA adapter cards. These ROM areas should not be shadowed unless specified by the adapter card manufacturer. Adaptor ROMs on all PCI adapter cards are automatically shadowed to RAM by WINBIOS. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide...
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Page 49: Chipset Setup
Chipset Setup The WINBIOS Setup options described in this section are displayed by choosing the Chipset Setup icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu. The Chipset Setup options are: ISA Memory Hole This option enables the ISA memory hole. The ISA memory hole is a memory area below 16 MB that can only be used on the ISA bus. - Page 50 The Optimal default setting is 248 µseconds. Assign IRQ 3 To Use this option to specify the bus that IRQ3 can be used on. The settings are PCI or ISA. The Optimal default setting is PCI. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Cont'd...
- Page 51 Chipset Setup, Continued Assign IRQ 4 To Use this option to specify the bus that IRQ4 can be used on. The settings are PCI or ISA. The Optimal default setting is PCI. Assign IRQ 5 To Use this option to specify the bus that IRQ5 can be used on. The settings are PCI or ISA. The Optimal default setting is PCI. Assign IRQ 7 To Use this option to specify the bus that IRQ7 can be used on.
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Page 52: Power Management Setup
WINBIOS Setup main menu. All Power Management Setup options are described below. BIOS Power Management This option enables the motherboard power management features. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal default setting is Disabled. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Cont'd... - Page 53 Power Management Setup, Suspend Timer Value This option specifies the length of time all monitored activities can be inactive before the computer enters suspend state. The BIOS Power Management option must be set to Enabled before this option can be set. The settings are Disabled, 1 Min., 2 Min., 5 Min., 10 Min., 15 Min., 20 Min., 30 Min., or 45 Min.
- Page 54 Power Management Setup, Event Monitoring WINBIOS Setup Power Management Setup for the Super Voyager PCI-II motherboard defines system events that can be monitored for activity and suspended. When the BIOS Power Management option is set to Enabled, the following options are enabled.
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Page 55: Peripheral Setup
Power Management Setup, Serial Port Activity When this option is set to Monitor, the system BIOS monitors all serial port activity and sends the computer to suspend state if no serial port activity occurs for the length of time specified in the Suspend Timer Value Power Management option. The settings are Monitor or Ignore. - Page 56 IDE drive. The settings are Auto (AMIBIOS automatically sets the correct IDE mode), Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, or Mode 4. The Optimal default setting is Auto. Selecting a mode not supported by the IDE drive causes data loss. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Cont'd...
- Page 57 Peripheral Setup, Continued Primary Master IDE LBA Mode Primary Slave LBA Mode Secondary Master LBA Mode Secondary Slave LBA Mode Set these options to Enabled to enable IDE LBA (Logical Block Address) Mode for the primary master, primary slave, secondary master, or secondary slave IDE drive. LBA Mode is an advanced method for accessing data on IDE drives. Data is accessed by block addresses instead of the AT-standard Cylinder-Head-Sector scheme.
- Page 58 2E8h. The Optimal default setting is 2F8h. Parallel Port Use this option to specify the base I/O port address used for the onboard parallel port. The settings are Disabled, 278h, or 378h. The Optimal default setting is 378h. Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide...
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Page 60: Flash Programming
4 Flash Programming The American Megatrends Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA motherboard uses Flash EPROM to store the system BIOS. The advantage of using a Flash EPROM is that the EPROM chip does not have to be replaced to update the BIOS. The end user can actually reprogram the BIOS, using a ROM file supplied by American Megatrends. - Page 61 Chapter 4 Flash Programming...
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Page 62: A Upgrading Cache Memory
Upgrading Cache Memory L2 secondary (external) cache memory on the American Megatrends Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA motherboard can be upgraded from 128 KB to 256 KB by adding four 32 KB x 8 15 ns SRAMs. You must use 5 V SRAM DIPs. - Page 63 Appendix A Upgrading Cache Memory...
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Page 64: Index
Figures Attaching Parallel Port Cables 32 Attaching Serial Port Cables 31 Floppy drive connector 32 IDE cable 33 Power supply key cutting 28 SIMM 23 Floppy A 37 Floppy B 37 Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide Cont'd... - Page 65 Index, Continued Floppy Disk Seek at Boot 38 Hardware Reset Switch 4 HDD/FDD Activity 45 Heat Sink with Fan 2 IDE Activity Indicator LED 30 IDE Autodetect 6 IDE Cables 33 IDE Features 6 IDE Hard Disk Connector 33 IDE Power Down 44 IDE Prefetch Read Buffer 49 Installing Adapter Cards 34 Installing the Motherboard 26...
- Page 66 Secondary Slave IDE 32Bit Transfer 48 Secondary Slave IDE Block Mode 47 Secondary Slave IDE PIO Mode 47 Secondary Slave LBA Mode 48 Serial Port 1 31, 49 Serial Port 2 49 Serial Port Activity 46 Cont'd Super Voyager PCI-II 486 ISA Motherboard User's Guide...
- Page 67 Index, Continued Serial Ports 5 Shadow D800,16K 39 SIMMs Installing 23 Slave Disk 36 Slot 1 Latency Time 41 Slot 2 Latency Time 41 Slot 3 Latency Time 41 Speaker Cable Connector 30 Suspend Timer Value 44 Switch and Jumper Options 12 System Boot Up Num Lock 38 Tables BBS Phone Numbers iv...