GA-686NX The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein. IBM PC/AT, PC/XT are trademarks of International Business Machine Corporation. PENTIUM is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
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Table of Contents 2.2. SOFTWARE..................2-2 2.3. ENVIRONMENT................2-2 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION............3-1 3.1. UNPACKING..................3-1 3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT..............3-2 3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS...3-2 3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION..............3-5 3.5. CPU INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP......3-5 3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM.........3-6 3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.........3-6 3.8.
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GA-686NX 4.12. USER PASSWORD..............4-21 4.13. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION..........4-22 4.14. SAVE & EXIT SETUP..............4-23 4.15. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING............4-24 5. AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION...........5-1 5.1. I/O BUS CONNECTOR PIN OUT..........5-1 5.1.1. ISA SLOT PIN OUT............5-1 5.1.2. PCI - BUS SLOT PIN OUT..........5-2 5.2.
Introduction INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE Welcome to use the GA - 686NX motherboard. The motherboard is a PENTIUM â Pro Processor based PC / AT compatible system with ISA bus and PCI Local Bus, and has been designed to be the fastest PC / AT system. There are some new features allow you to operate the system with just the performance you want.
GA-686NX 1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users. (The different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)
GA-686NX 1.5. INTRODUCE THE PCI - BUS Connecting devices to a CPU local bus can dramatically increase the speed of I/O- bound peripherals with only a slight increase in cost over traditional systems. This price / performance point has created a vast market potential for local bus products.
Specification SPECIFICATION 2.1. HARDWARE · Pentium â Pro processor 150 - 200 MHz. Pentium â Pro OverDrive â processor (P6T). 387 pins (socket 8) ZIF socket on board. · Included in Pentium. COPROCESSOR · 60 / 66 MHz system speed. SPEED 30 / 33 PCI-Bus speed.
Specification 2.3. ENVIRONMENT · 0°C to +50°C (Operating). Ambient Temp. · 0 to +85% (Operating). Relative Hum. · 0 to 10,000 feet (Operating). Altitude · 0 to 1,000 Hz. Vibration · 4.9 V to 5.2 V. Electricity Max. 20A current at 5V.
Hardware Installation HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3.1. UNPACKING The mainboard package should contain the following: · The GA - 686NX mainboard. · USER'S MANUAL for mainboard & SCSI Driver Installation. · Cable set for IDE & Floppy device. · Diskette for BUS MASTE ATAPI device. The mainboard contains sensitive electric components which can be easily damaged by static electricity, so the mainboard should be left in its original packing until it is installed.
GA-686NX 3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT µ §×Figure 3.1Ø 3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS CN1-11 I/O Ports Connector For Serial port2 (COM B). For LPT port. For Keyboard I/O port. For PS/2 Mouse port. For Serial port1(COM A). USB port (option).
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Hardware Installation J2: SPEKER Connector Pin No. Function Output J3: RESET Switch (RST) Pin No. Function RESET Input J4: POWER ON LED (PW-LED) Pin No. Function LED POWER (+)
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GA-686NX GND (-) J5: Hard Disk active LED Pin No. Function LED POWER (+) LED POWER (-) LED POWER (-) LED POWER (+) J6: INFARED Connector (IR) -- Function Option Pin No. Function IR Data Output IR Data Input...
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Hardware Installation POWER (+) J7: GN-SW Pin No. Function Close Force system to enter Green Mode (Suspend mode). Open Normal Operation. J8: ATX Power On/Off Pin No. Function Close & This is the soft switch (Power On/Off) of ATX Power Supply, Open Close &...
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GA-686NX +12V S1-1: System Speed Selection Function For 60 MHz system speed ( CPU 150, 180 MHz ). For 66 MHz system speed ( CPU 166, 200 MHz ). S1-2,3,4: CPU INT. / EXT. FREQ. RATIO Function x 2.5 x 3.5...
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Hardware Installation Pin No. Function Power Good signal 2,10,11,12 VCC (+5V) +12V -12V 5,6,7,8 Power2: ATX POWER connector Pin No. Function 3,5,7,13,15-17 4,6,19,20 VCC (+5V) +12V -12V...
GA-686NX Power Good 5V SB (Stand by +5V) PS-ON (Soft ON/OFF) 3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION The mainboard can be installed with 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 MB 72 pins SIMM module DRAM, and the DRAM speed must be 60 or 70 ns. The DRAM memory system on mainboard consists of bank 0 &...
Hardware Installation Double Double The DRAM installation position refer to Figure 3.1, and notice the Pin 1 of SIMM module must match with the Pin 1 of SIMM socket when the DRAM SIMM module is installed. Insert the DRAM SIMM module into the SIMM socket at 45 degree angle. If there is a wrong direction of Pin 1, the DRAM SIMM module couldn't be inserted into socket completely.
GA-686NX PENTIUM Pro 150 MHz PENTIUM Pro 166 MHz PENTIUM Pro 180 MHz PENTIUM Pro 200 MHz PENTIUM Pro 233 MHz PENTIUM Pro 266 MHz The CPU is a sensitive electric component and it can be easily damaged by static electricity, so users must keep it away from metal surface when the CPU is installed onto mainboard.
Hardware Installation Due to the life-time of RTC internal battery is 5 years, the user can change a new RTC to replace old one after it can not work. The new one's brand and type must be same with old one. 3.7.
GA-686NX 3.12. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION After the I/O device installation and jumpers setup, the mainboard can be mounted into the case and fixed by screw. To complete the mainboard installation, the peripheral device could be installed now. The basic system needs a display interface card.
BIOS Configuration BIOS CONFIGURATION Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS SRAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. 4.1.
GA-686NX 4.2. CONTROL KEYS Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand Esc key Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS...
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BIOS Configuration F2 key Change color from total 16 colors F3 key Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu F4 key Reserved F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 key Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 key Load the default...
GA-686NX 4.3. GETTING HELP 4.3.1. Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. 4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.
BIOS Configuration · Integrated peripherals This setup page includes all onboard peripherals. · Load setup defaults BIOS defaults indicates the most appropriate value of the system parameter which the system would be in safe configuration. · User password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.
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GA-686NX date The date, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month) month The month, Jan. through Dec. year The year, from 1900 through 2099 · Time The time format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military-time clock.
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BIOS Configuration HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precomp LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press <Enter>. · Drive A type / Drive B type The category identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer.
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GA-686NX 1.44M, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 megabyte capacity. · Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Janpan Area) Disable Normal Floppy Drive. Drive A Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive. Drive B Drive B is 3 mode Floppy Drive.
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BIOS Configuration MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution monochrome adapters · Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. NO errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the...
GA-686NX conventional) memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard, or 640 K for systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the motherboard.
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BIOS Configuration attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and the following error message will appear, in the mean time, you can run anti-virus program to locate the problem. Default value is Disabled. Enabled Activate automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the...
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GA-686NX · Swap Floppy Drive The default value is Disabled. Enabled Floppy A & B will be swapped under DOS Disabled Floppy A & B will be normal definition · Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks.
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BIOS Configuration · Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) The default value is 6. 6-30 Set the maximum typematic rate from 6 chars. per second to 30 chars. per second. · Typematic Delay (mSec) The default value is 250. 250-1000 Set the time delay from first key to repeat the same key in to computer.
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GA-686NX · Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. The default value is Setup. System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt...
BIOS Configuration · C8000 - CFFFF Shadow / D0000 - DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16 K byte. The default value are Disabled. Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled 4.7.
GA-686NX Disabled Disable ECC & PARITY function. · PCI VGA Burst Write The default value is Disabled. Disabled Disable this function. Enabled Enable this function to better VGA performance;while some brands must disabled this function (e.g.ET4000W32P). · Video RAM Cacheable The default value is Disabled.
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BIOS Configuration The default value is Enabled. Enabled Enable Green function. Disabled Disable Green function. Please disable Green Function for Non-S CPU in OS/2, Unix, Window NT & Novell system. · PM Control by APM The default value is Yes. Enable software APM function.
GA-686NX · Suspend mode ( for CPU stop clock Mode ) The default value is Disable. Disable Disable Suspend Mode. 1 min - 1 Hour Setup the timer to enter Suspend Mode. · HDD Power Down The default value is Disable.
BIOS Configuration · Resources Controlled by The default value is Manual. Manual User can set the PnP resourse (I/O Address, IRQ & DMA channels) used by legacy ISA DEVICE. Auto BIOS automaticly use these PnP resoures. · IRQ (3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15),DMA(0,1,3,5,6,7) assigned to The default value is "Legacy ISA"...
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GA-686NX Mode0~4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode. · IDE Primary Slave PIO (for onboard IDE 1st channel). The default value is0 Auto. Auto BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode0~4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode.
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BIOS Configuration · On-Chip Secondary IDE The default value is Enabled. Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. · PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel The default value is Enabled. Enabled Enable PCI BUS DEVICE's 2nd IDE Channel Disabled Disable PCI BUS DEVICE's 2nd IDE Channel ·...
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GA-686NX Disabled Disable onboard Serial port A. · Onboard Serial Port 2 The default value is COM2/2F8. COM1/3F8 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 3F8H. COM2/2F8 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 2F8H. COM3/3E8 Enable onboard Serial port B and address is 3E8H.
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BIOS Configuration The default value is SPP. Using Parallel port as Normal Printer Port. Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port. Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode. 4-23...
GA-686NX 4.11. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS § µ Figure 4.7: Load Setup Defaults · Load SETUP Defaults To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter "Y". If not, enter "N". If there is any problem occurred, loading SETUP DEFAULTS step is recommended.
BIOS Configuration 4.12. USER PASSWORD When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. ENTER PASSWORD § µ Figure 4.8: Password Setting Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear and previously entered password from CMOS memory.
GA-686NX 4.14. SAVE & EXIT SETUP § µ Figure 4.10: Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS SRAM. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 4-26...
BIOS Configuration 4.15. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING § µ Figure 4.11: Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS SRAM. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 4-27...
AT Technical Information 5.2. I/O & MEMORY MAP MEMORY MAP: [0000000-009FFFF] System memory used by DOS and application program. [00A0000-00BFFFF] Display buffer memory for VGA/ EGA/CGA/MONOCHROME adapter. [00C0000-00DFFFF] Reserved for I/O device BIOS ROM or RAM buffer. [00E0000-00EFFFF] Reserved for PCI device ROM. [00F0000-00FFFFF] System BIOS ROM.
AT Technical Information DMA Channel-4 Cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA Channel-5 Available DMA Channel-6 Available DMA Channel-7 Available 5.4. INTERRUPT MAP NMI: Parity check error IRQ (H/W): 0 System TIMER interrupt from TIMER-0 1 KEYBOARD output buffer full 2 Cascade for IRQ 8-15 3 SERIAL port 2...
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GA-686NX 4 SERIAL port 1 5 PARALLEL port 2 6 FLOPPY DISK adapter 7 PARALLEL port 1 8 RTC clock 9 Available 10 Available 11 Available...
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AT Technical Information 12 Available 13 MATH coprocessor 14 HARD DISK adapter 15 Available...
GA-686NX 5.5. RTC & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS: Seconds Second alarm Minutes Minutes alarm Hours Hours alarm Day of week Day of month Month Year Status register A Status register B Status register C...
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AT Technical Information Status register D Diagnostic status byte Shutdown byte FLOPPY DISK drive type byte Reserve HARD DISK type byte Reserve Equipment byte Base memory low byte Base memory high byte Extension memory low byte Extension memory high byte 19-2d 2E-2F...
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GA-686NX Reserved for extension memory low byte Reserved for extension memory high byte DATE CENTURY byte INFORMATION FLAG 34-3F Reserve 40-7f Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA 5-10...
GA-686NX APPENDIX A: POST MESSAGE When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something, either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bottom.
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Appendix A: Post Message Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color. This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup. Determine which setting is correct, and then either turn off the system and change the jumper, or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection.
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GA-686NX Ö Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non-volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt. Re-run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory. When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.
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Appendix A: Post Message PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated. Ö OFFENDING SEGMENT: This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated.
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GA-686NX When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility. Ö SYSTEM HALTED, (CTRL-ALT-DEL) TO REBOOT ... Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted.
Appendix B: Post Codes APPENDIX B: POST CODES EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h. ISA POST codes are typically output to port address 80h. POST Name Description Turn Off Chipset OEM Specific-Cache control. Cache Processor Test 1 Processor Status (1 FLAGS) Verification.
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GA-686NX Test CMOS Verifies CMOS is working correctly, detects bad battery. Interface and Battery Status Chipset Default Program chipset registers with power on BIOS defaults. Initialization Memory presence OEM Specific-Test to size on-board memory. test Early Shadow OEM Specific-Early Shadow enable for fast boot.
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Appendix B: Post Codes Test Video Memory Test video memory, write sign-on message to screen. Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow according to Setup. Test DMA BIOS checksum test. Controller 0 Keyboard detect and initialization. Test DMA Controller 1 Test DMA Page Test DMA Page Registers.
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GA-686NX EISA mode flag. Test EISA Configuration Memory Integrity (checksum & communication interface). Enable Slot 0 Initialize slot 0 (System Board). 21-2F Enable Slots 1-15 Initialize slot 1 through 15. Size Base and Size base memory from 256 K to 640 K extended Extended Memory memory above 1 MB.
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Appendix B: Post Codes Display virus protest disable or enable. Initialize Floppy Initialize floppy disk drive controller and any drives. Drive & Controller Initialize Hard Initialize hard drive controller and any drives. Drive & Controller Detect & Initialize Initialize any serial and parallel ports (also game port). Serial/Parallel Ports Reserved Detect &...
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GA-686NX Initialize Option Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to ROMs EFFFFh. When FSCAN option is enabled, will initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh. Initialize Time Initialize time value in 40h: BIOS area. Value Setup Virus Protect Setup virus protect according to Setup...
Appendix D: Problem Sheet APPENDIX D: PROBLEM SHEET 1. Customer Data Tel. No. Name Fax. No. Address Purchase Date 2. Mainboard Date Rev. No. Model NO. Serial No. 3. System Configuration...
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GA-686NX CPU Type: CPU Brand: CPU Speed: q 16 q 32 MB DRAM Type: q 80 q 70 q 60 ns DRAM Speed: DRAM Total Size: DRAM Brand: q 64KB q 128 KB q 256 KB q 512 KB SRAM Size:...
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Appendix D: Problem Sheet Floppy Drive A Capacity & Brand: Floppy Drive B Capacity & Brand: q MFM q RLL q IDE q EDSI q SCSI Storage Controller Type Hard Drive C Brand & Type: Hard Drive D Brand & Type: LAN Controller Type: LAN Card Brand &...
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GA-686NX Mouse Brand & Model: q DOS q OS/2 q NETWARE q UNIX / XENIX Ver.: O.S. 4. AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS File: 5. Problem Description:...