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Intel I925XE User Manual

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March 08, 2005

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  • Page 1 User’ User’ s s s s s User’ User’ User’ Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual Intel Intel i925XE Intel i925XE mainboard i925XE i925XE mainboard mainboard mainboard Intel Intel i925XE mainboard for Intel Intel Intel Intel Socket Intel Socket 775 Socket...
  • Page 2 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF THE MANUFACTURER LIMITED WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER EXPRESSLY EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ITS PRODUCTS; INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.
  • Page 3 80 Port Frequently Asked Questions Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix D in this manual. P O ST C O D E P r o bl e m FFh o r CFh 1 .B IO S c hip inse rte d inc o rre c tly...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Package Contents ... 1- 1 Mainboard Features ... 1- 2 System Block Diagram ... 1- 6 Section 2 Specification Mainboard Specification ... 2- 1 Section 3 Installatio Mainboard Layout ... 3- 1 Easy Installation Procedure ... 3- 2 CPU Insertion ...
  • Page 5 Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide ... 6- 2 Appendix Appendix A Update Your System BIOS ... A- 1 Appendix B Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM ... B- 1 Appendix C Intel Matrix RAID Quick Guide ... C- 1 Appendix D POST Codes ... D- 1...
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  • Page 7: Introduction

    1-1 Package Contents Contents A. Mainboard B. User’s manual C. Floppy drive cable D. HDD drive cable E. CD (drivers and utilities) F. I/O Shield G. S-ATA data and power cable H. Game & COM bracket cable I. IEEE 1394 two ports cable J.

  • Page 8: Mainboard Features

    PC users as well as for entry-level workstation users. Intel adds support for Hyper-Threading Technology to the Pentium 4 processor family. HT Technology allows a single, physical Pentium 4 processor to function as two logical processor for next generation multi threaded application.
  • Page 9 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system opera- tion and status. This includes CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in RPMs. Dual GbE LAN Two Gigabit-LAN controllers onboard running on the PCI-Express bus. This twin set of PCI-Express to Gigabit-LAN breaks traditional bandwidth barrier, delivering maximum 1000Mbps between internal and external network.
  • Page 10 Introduction Special Features BIOS Features: Magic Health Reports your system hardware status for every boot-up to help detect faults early. Monitor hardware status including CPU temperature, CPU/Memory/ Chipset voltage, fan RPM speed for chassis fan, CPU fan & Power supply fan. EZ-Boot Simply press “ESC”...
  • Page 11 Introduction SP-ATA A S-ATA to IDE conversion device includes in this package. Older IDE hard- drives can now be plugged to new Serial-ATA interface through this transition kit. SP-ATA even works for CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives. PISTON V Achieve ultimate overclocking with revolutionary 5-phase switching power. Using "true"...

  • Page 12: System Block Diagram

    Introduction 1-2 System Block Diagram Page 1-6...

  • Page 13: Specification

    GHz in LGA775 socket with 533/800/1066 MHz front-side system bus ® Support Intel Celeron D socket with 533 MHz front-side system bus Support Intel 04B or 04A Platform Compatibility Guide Support EM64T for 64-bit O/S support Chipset ® Intel 925XE Chipset (925XE + ICH6R)
  • Page 14 Specification S-ATA RAID Four S-ATA ports with up to 150MBps bandwidth from ICH6R with RAID 0,1 support with Hot-Plug support Two Gb Ethernet from onboard Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E*1 controller for Dual LAN with Virtual Cable Net-Diagnostic support 1394a Two 1394a ports with up to 400Mbps bandwidth from onboard VIA VT6307 1394 controller Audio Selectable 2, 6 or 8-CH audio from onboard ALC880 High Definition audio...
  • Page 15 BIOS Flash EEPROM with Award Plug&Play BIOS Support ACPI S3 (Suspend To RAM) mode in ACPI compliant O/S Support EZ Boot for fast bootable device selection Support Magic Health for system hardware status report during system boot-up Peripheral Interfaces At Rear Panel PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports Parallel (printer) port S/PDIF-Out Coaxial jack...

  • Page 16: Special Features

    Specification Front Panel Controller Supports Reset & Soft-Off switches Supports HDD & Power LEDs Supports PC speaker Supports Front Panel Audio connector Special Features Support KBPO function – Keyboard power on, turn on the computer from keyboard Support Wake-On-LAN by PME Support USB resume in S3 Onboard 80 Port LED display for system debugging PowerBIOS for excellent overclocking capabilities through...

  • Page 17: Installation

    Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Mainboard Layout Page 3-1...

  • Page 18: Easy Installation Procedure

    Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. CPU Installation 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System Memory 3-4. Expansion Slots 3-5. Device Connectors 3-1 CPU Installation <Figure 1> <Figure 2> Step 2 Open the socket by releasing the actuation lever, and press downwards at the tip shown by the arrow.
  • Page 19 • Apply thermal compound or paste to the CPU to avoid CPU overheating and damage. • In accordance with Intel guidelines specifications, do not install a CPU over 20 times to avoid damaging the pins on the CPU socket.

  • Page 20: Jumper Settings

    Installation 3-2 Jumper Settings Page 3-4 JCMOS: Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password, clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the default values stored in the ROM BIOS. Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS...

  • Page 21: System Memory Configuration

    3-3 System Memory Configuration The mainboard accommodates four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets. • Supports up to 4.0GB of 400/533MHz DDR2 SDRAM. • Supports dual channel memory interface. • Supports non-ECC memory and non-Registered DIMMs only. • Supports 256Mb/512Mb/1Gb DDR2 technologies in x8 and x16 devices only. •...

  • Page 22: Memory Installation

    Installation Memory configurations supported: ) t i * SS: Single-Sided DIMM, DS: Double-Sided DIMM Note: Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speeds (overclocking) may severely compromise the integrity of the system. Memory Installation : To install, align the notch on the DIMM module with the connector. Press straight down as shown in the figure below until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket.

  • Page 23: Expansion Slots

    3-4 Expansion Slots PCI-E VGA Slot PCI-E Slot PCI Slots VGA Card Installation Caution 1. Remove the bracket (on the PC case) for the slot you intend to use. 2. Firmly press down the card into the slot until it is completely seated.

  • Page 24: Device Connectors

    Installation 3-5 Device Connectors The I/O back panel for this mainboard is shown below. When installing the mainboard into the computer case, use the bundled I/O shield to protect this back panel. Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard S/PDIF-out S/PDIF-out Coaxial Jack Optical JCPU_FAN...
  • Page 25 IDE1 IDE3 IDE1 3.3V Ground +12V +12V 5VSB PW-OK Ground Ground +12V +12V Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PS-ON Ground Ground 3.3V -12V 3.3V 3.3V : Floppy Controller Connector IDE1: ATA-66/100 IDE Connector Supports up to 2 IDE devices from embedded IDE controller .
  • Page 26 Installation CD-IN Page 3-10 CFPA: Front Panel Audio Connector This audio connector connects to the audio jacks located on the front panel. Refer to your case manual to match the pin-out names. Front Line-out-R Front Line-out-L CD-IN: CD Audio_IN Connector The CD-IN connector is used to receive audio form a CD-ROM drive, TV tuner or MPEG card.
  • Page 27 GAME1: Game/MIDI connector This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick. COM2: Serial Port Connector The serial port can be used with modems, serial printers, remote display terminals, and other serial device. C1394-1 / C1394-2 : IEEE 1394a (FireWire) Connectors This mainboard has 2 IEEE 1394a ports.
  • Page 28 Installation SATA4 SATA1 PW-ON RESET LED2 LED4 LED3 Page 3-12 SATA1 / SATA2 / SATA3 / SATA4: S-ATA Connectors These connectors enable you to connect Serial ATA devices that conform to the Serial ATA specification. Use the bundled SP-ATA Kit for older IDE hard drives to interface to S-ATA.
  • Page 29 LED1: 80 Port Debug LED Provides two-digit POST code to show why the system fail to boot. Allows quick and easy optimization. The LED will display the CPU temperature when you run the bundled USDM software. CUSB3/CUSB4: Four USB 2.0 ports This mainboard includes additional USB2.0 ports, identified by two 10-pin connector.
  • Page 30 Installation CSPK Page 3-14 CFP: Front Panel Connector HD_LED This LED will light up whenever the hard drive is being accessed. PWR_LED This connects to the power button of the system chassis This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system.
  • Page 31 3-6 T T T T T her mo Stic mo Stic k Function k Function her mo Stic mo Stic mo Stick Function k Function k Function This mainboard is equipped with a digital thermometer capability to monitor any temperature. This is useful for measuring heat on peripherals such as VGA cards, hard disk drives, DIMMs or even on-board components such as chipset, MOSFETS, etc.

  • Page 32: Power-On/Off (Remote)

    Installation 3-7 Power-On/Off (Remote) This board has a 24-pin ATX and a 4-pin ATX12V power supply connector to support power supplies with Remote On/Off feature. The 4-pin ATX12V connector must be plugged in for the system to operate safely. The chassis power button should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON header.
  • Page 33 3-9 ACPI S3 (Suspend To RAM) Function This mainboard supports the STR (Suspend To RAM) power management scheme by maintaining the appropriate power states in the RAM interface signals. The power source to the RAM is kept active during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides many Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support Instant ON and QuickStart function.
  • Page 34 Installation Page 3-18...

  • Page 35: Bios Setup

    Main Menu The ROM BIOS contains a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data is stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off.

  • Page 36: Standard Cmos Setup

    BIOS The main menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction (arrow key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function.

  • Page 37: Advanced Bios Features

    4-2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer’s default values for the board. Pressing the [F1] key displays a help message for the selected item. CPU Feature This field is available only for Pentium Hard Disk Boot Priority...
  • Page 38 BIOS CPU L3 Cache This controls the status of the processor’s internal Level Three cache. Options: Enables, Disabled. Hyper-Threading Technology Enables the CPU Hyper-Threading Technology. Options: Enables, Disabled. It is recommend to enable Hyper-Threading Technology on system with Windows XP and Linux 2.4 and disabling it for legacy OS. First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items.

  • Page 39: Advanced Chipset Features

    BIOS APIC Mode This item allows you to enable APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) functionality. APIC is an Intel chip that provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) for its Pentium systems. Options: Enabled, Disabled. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance.
  • Page 40 BIOS DRAM Timing Selectable For setting DRAM Timing, select By SPD to follow Intel PC DDR SDRAM Serial Presence Detect Specification. Options: Manual, By SPD. CAS Latency Time This item specifies the number of clock cycles needed after a Column Address Strobe (CAS) signal before data can be read.

  • Page 41: Integrated Peripherals

    4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals Marvell Lan Boot ROM Enable/disable the onboard Marvell Lan Boot ROM. Options: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Express Function Scroll to PCI Express Function and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: PCI Express Slot 1/2 PCI-E device disabled function.
  • Page 42 BIOS On-Chip IDE Devices Scroll to On-Chip IDE Devices and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
  • Page 43 IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Select the mode of operation for the IDE drive. Ultra DMA-33/66/100 implementa- tion is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environ- ment includes a DMA driver. If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA-33/66/100, select Auto to enable UDMA mode by BIOS.
  • Page 44 Enable/Disable support for USB keyboard under DOS. Options: Auto, Enabled, Disabled. USB Mouse Support Enable/Disable support for USB mouse under DOS. Options: Enabled, Disabled. High Definition Audio (Intel High Definition Audio Controller) ® This item allows you disable the on-chip Audio. Options: Auto, Disabled.
  • Page 45 BIOS SuperIO Devices Scroll to SuperIO Devices and press <Enter>. The following screen appears: Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if you wish to use onboard floppy disk controller (FDC). If you install an external FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select “Disabled “in this field. Options: Enabled, Disabled.

  • Page 46: Power Management Setup

    BIOS 4-5 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’s absolutely necessary.
  • Page 47 POWER ON Function Enables computer power on by keyboard, mouse, or hotkey activity. Password: Requires you to enter a password when using the keyboard to power on. Set the password in the next field “KB Power ON Password.” Hot KEY: Enables you to use a hot key combination to power on the (default) computer.
  • Page 48 BIOS Max. saving: Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode. Min. saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode. User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode.

  • Page 49: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    BIOS Power On by Ring When enabled, any modem activity awakens the system from soft-off state. Options: Enabled, Disabled. USB Wake-Up From S3 This item allows a USB device to wake-up the system from S3 suspend state. Options: Enabled, Disabled. Resume By Alarm When set to Enable alarm resume, you can set the date (of month) and time (hh:mm: ss), that will awaken a system which has been powered down.

  • Page 50: Resources Controlled By

    BIOS Init Display First This item is used to select whether to initialize the VGA or PCI first when the system boots. Options: PCI Slot, PCIEx. Resources Controlled By Determines what controls system PNP/PCI resources. The default is Auto (ESCD). Manual: PNP Card’s resources are controlled manually.

  • Page 51: Pc Health Status

    BIOS 4-7 PC Health Status Figure 8: PC Health Status Show PC Health in POST When this function is enabled the PC Health information is displayed during the POST (Power On Self Test). Options: Enabled, Disabled. ACPI Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system.
  • Page 52 BIOS 1.5V The voltage level of power supplied to VGA card. VDIMM(V) The voltage level of the DRAM. VBAT(V) The voltage level of the battery. + 12V, VCC, 5VSB(V) The voltage level of the switching power supply. CHASSIS Smart Fan Control This item lets you define a chassis temperature that the system will maintain by smartly adjusting the chassis fan.

  • Page 53: Power Bios Features

    4-8 Power BIOS Features This page lets you adjust various parameters to obtain improved performance for overclocking. Overclocking requires expert knowledge and risks permanent damage to system components. We recommend you leave these parameters at their default values for proper operation. Figure 9: PowerBOIS Features Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled the mainboard automatically disables the clock source for a PCI slot...
  • Page 54 BIOS CPU CLOCK/SPEED Enables you to increment the CPU’s clock generator at 1MHz step. This works together with CPU Clock Ratio (below) to set the CPU operating frequency. CPU Clock Generator x CPU Clock Ratio = CPU Frequency For example, if you have a processor that is rated at 2.4GHz and the clock generator is 200MHz, then 200MHz x 12 = 2.4GHz Press <Enter>...

  • Page 55: System Memory Frequency

    Key in the DEC (decimal) number for the PCI Express subtle tuning. System Memory Frequency Enables you to select a ratio of the DDR2 DRAM to match the installed DRAM frequency 400/533MHz. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. Options available depend on system FSB.

  • Page 56: Defaults Menu

    BIOS In the following items, “Default Voltage” indicates the original factory value, and “New Voltage” indicates the value that you assign. CPU Vcore Voltage This item allows you to adjust the CPU Vcore voltage. Options: -0.0875V to +0.1875V in 0.0125V increments. We recommend that you leave this at the default value.

  • Page 57: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting This function lets you set either Supervisor or User Password, or both, to prevent unauthorized changes to BIOS menus. supervisor password: full rights to enter and change options of the setup menus. user password: only enter but no rights to change options of the setup menus.

  • Page 58: Exit Without Saving

    BIOS 4-11 Exiting BIOS Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS.

  • Page 59: Raid Configuration

    Introduction This section gives a brief introduction on RAID-related background knowledge and a general procedure to setup RAID system on this mainboard. RAID Basics RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit known as a RAID array. The advantage of RAID is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance.
  • Page 60 RAID Configuration RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If any disk member fails, it affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB.

  • Page 61: Intel Ich6R Raid Features

    Windows environment • Support “Hot-plug” – disconnect and rebuild RAID on-the-fly • Support Intel Matrix RAID technology – Segments the HDD into separate RAID volumes. (See diagram below) • For more information on creating RAID arrays or migrating to RAID with ICH6R, refer to user guide in the bundled CD.

  • Page 62: Enable Raid Function

    For Intel ICH6R 1. Under CMOS setup, Integrated Peripherals section, set “SATA mode” to RAID, set “Intel RAID Boot ROM” to Enabled and restart the system. 2. Power-on the system and wait for the RAID BIOS Setting utility message on the screen.
  • Page 63 Step 2: Prepare driver floppy When installing Windows XP/2000/NT4.0 into any RAID disk, the O/S setup will require a floppy disk containing the RAID driver. This step will show you how to prepare this driver floppy. There are 2 methods: Method 1 1.
  • Page 64 RAID Configuration Step 4: Install Software utility for Windows After the O/S has been installed, you may install the RAID controller’s driver and software. The RAID software is a Windows-based utility with graphical user interface that provides an easy operating tool to configure and manage RAID arrays.

  • Page 65: Driver Installation

    Click “MARVELL GIGA LAN Driver” to install LAN driver. Step 4 : Click “USB 2.0 Driver” to install USB 2.0 driver. Step 5 : Click “INTEL ICH6R RAID Driver” to install Intel RAID driver. Step 6 : Click “INTEL APPLICATION ACCELERATOR RAID EDITION” to install Intel RAID administrator.

  • Page 66: Realtek Sound Manager Quick User Guide

    Drivers Installation Realtek Sound Manager Quick User-guide Introduction To obtain the best performance from your audio system, run the "Sound Manager" utility to adjust the settings to suit your needs. This section of the manual is intended to provide a quick user-guide to setup "Sound Manager". For more detailed information, refer to "Sound Manager manual"...

  • Page 67: Drivers Installation

    3. This page displays the mainboards's phone jack function when a corresponding audio mode is selected. Figure 3 above shows the phone jack setup for 8 channel mode. 4. This page lets you test the 3D Positional Audio features. Drivers Installation Speaker Configuration: <Figure 3>...
  • Page 68 Drivers Installation 5. This page displays information regarding the audio hardware and software. To remove "Sound Manager" icon from Windows Task bar, uncheck "Show icon in system tray". 6. This page shows S/PDIF-Out function on your system. S/PDIF-Out: Choose the type of audio source that will appear on the S/PDIF- out connector.
  • Page 69 7. This mainboard is equipped with jack re-tasking feature for Front Panel audio. Simply plug Microphone/ Line-out into any front panel jack and it will work. 8. Figure 8 below shows the back panel audio. The Jack sensing capability will warn you if a wrong jack is plugged and will guide you to the right jack.
  • Page 70 Drivers Installation Page 6-6...

  • Page 71: Appendix

    A-1 Update Your System BIOS Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model from our website to an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy. Run the downloaded xxxxx.EXE file and it will self extract. Copy these extracted files to a bootable floppy disk. Note: The floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs.
  • Page 72 Appendix 5. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file. XXXX 6. To confirm and proceed, please key in [Y] to start the programming. XXXX 7. The BIOS update is finished. XXXX F1 : Reset XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin XXXXX xxxxx.bin xxxxx.bin...

  • Page 73: Intel Application Accelerator Raid Option Rom

    Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM ® This Appendix describes the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM for creating a RAID array on SATA hard drives attached to ICH6R. This RAID BIOS provides a pre-OS user interface with basic functionality needed to create and delete RAID volumes in a pre-OS environment.
  • Page 74 3. Determining the Version of the Option ROM There is only one way to determine the version of the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM integrated into the system BIOS. Use the following procedure to determine the version.

  • Page 75: Intel Matrix Raid Quick Guide

    RAID 0 volume (D: Drive) : for Games, Scratch Disks, Non-critical Applications. To enable Intel Matrix technology, a first RAID volume needs to be created that is less than the combined size of the two hard drives assuming they are the same size.
  • Page 76 1. Insert the bundled CD the CD-ROM drive. 2. Boot the system from the CD-ROM drive. 3. A menu of various RAID controllers will appear. Look for the Intel ICH6R RAID driver. 4. Insert a blank floppy into the A:drive 5.
  • Page 77 7. Install the latest Intel Application Accelerator software via the bundled CD- ROM. This will add the Intel RAID configuration. ——————————Creating RAID 0—————————————— 8. Run the Intel® Storage Utility from the following link in the Start Menu: Start-> Program-> Inte ® erator 9.
  • Page 78 Appendix...

  • Page 79: Post Codes

    D-1 POST CODES POST (hex) DESCRIPTION Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. - Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 &...
  • Page 80 Appendix Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). 19-1Ah Reserved Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. Reserved Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch.
  • Page 81 Test 8259 functionality. Reserved 45-46h Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4A-4Dh Reserved Program MTRR of M1 CPU Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable range.
  • Page 82 Appendix Reserved Initialize floppy controller Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. 70-72h Reserved (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if : -AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -ALT+F2 is pressed Reserved Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. Reserved Detect serial ports &...

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