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Tigercat Pentium II
System Board Manual
Document Number: 06-00305-01, Rev. 2A
July 1997
45365 Northport Loop West, Fremont, CA. 94538-6417

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  • Page 1 Tigercat Pentium II System Board Manual Document Number: 06-00305-01, Rev. 2A July 1997 45365 Northport Loop West, Fremont, CA. 94538-6417...
  • Page 2 Copyright Notices © Portions of the Manual Trademarks Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 3 Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Quick Installation Chapter 2 - Configuring the Tigercat Chapter 3 - Installing the Tigercat Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 4 Chapter 4 - The BIOS Setup Utility Chapter 5 - Installing Device Drivers Appendix A - Technical Information Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 5 Appendix B - Post Messages Appendix C - Beep and POST Codes Appendix D - Hard Disk Drive Types Appendix E - Updating the System BIOS Appendix F - Warranties and Notices Glossary Index Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 6 List of Figures List of Tables Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 7 Introduction Introduction ® Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 8 Introduction Features ® ® Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 9: Software Compatibility

    Introduction Software Compatibility Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 10: Before You Begin

    Introduction Before You Begin Common Names Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 11: Quick Installation

    Chapter 1: Quick Installation Chapter Quick Installation Installing the Tigercat STATIC! Before handling the Tigercat, be properly grounded by using a special wrist or ankle strap, or touch a safely grounded object. Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 12 Chapter 1: Quick Installation Figure 1.1: Power-Up Screen Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 13 Chapter 2: Configuring the Tigercat Configuring the Tigercat Chapter Static Electricity Environment Considerations Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 14 Chapter 2: Configuring the Tigercat Tigercat System Board Figure 2-1: Tigercat System Board Diagram Tigercat Back Panel Connections Figure 2-2: Back Panel Connections (Intel Venus I/O Shield Compatible) Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 15: Jumper Settings

    Chapter 2: Configuring the Tigercat Jumper Settings , l a , l a , l a , l a Table 2-1: System Speed Selection i t c n i t ) t l Table 2-2: Clear CMOS Settings Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 16 Chapter 2: Configuring the Tigercat i t c n i t ) t l i l c Table 2-3: Soft Power On/Off Setting i t c n i t ) t l Table 2-4: Pipeline Mode Setting ) t l...
  • Page 17 Chapter 2: Configuring the Tigercat i t c n i t l b a ) t l l b a Table 2-6: Onboard Sound Selection i t c n i t t e v ) t l t e v...
  • Page 18 Chapter 2: Configuring the Tigercat i t c i s n t o l r o t ) s t t l o r e f t r o c i v e v i r o t s t r...
  • Page 19 Chapter 2: Configuring the Tigercat i t c ; r e r o t s i s ; r e t a t r o t u r r i s s r t n i s u e t t ;...
  • Page 20 Chapter 2: Configuring the Tigercat Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 21 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Installing the Tigercat Chapter Introduction System Memory Support Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 22 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Installing the Tigercat Tools Required Equipment Required Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 23: System Memory

    Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat System Memory Adding Memory For long term reliability, Micronics recom- mends using DIMMs with gold-plated contacts. The use of tin-plated contacts may conflict with the gold alloy on the DIMM socket. 168-Pin DIMM Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 24: Memory Configurations

    Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Memory Configurations Memory Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 1Mx64 16MB 2Mx64 16MB 1Mx64 1Mx64 24MB 2Mx64 1Mx64 24MB 1Mx64 1Mx64 1Mx64 32MB 2Mx64 2Mx64 32MB 4Mx64 32MB 1Mx64 1Mx64 1Mx64 1Mx64 40MB...
  • Page 25 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Memory Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 64MB 4Mx64 4Mx64 64MB 8Mx64 80MB 4Mx64 2Mx64 2Mx64 2Mx64 80MB 4Mx64 4Mx64 1Mx64 1Mx64 80MB 8Mx64 2Mx64 80MB 8Mx64 1Mx64 1Mx64 96MB 4Mx64 4Mx64 2Mx64...
  • Page 26 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Memory Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 192MB 16Mx64 4Mx64 4Mx64 192MB 8Mx64 8Mx64 4Mx64 4Mx64 192MB 8Mx64 8Mx64 8Mx64 224MB 16Mx64 8Mx64 2Mx64 2Mx64 224MB 16Mx64 8Mx64 4Mx64 256MB 16Mx64 16Mx64 256MB...
  • Page 27: Installing Dimms

    Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Installing DIMMs Figure 3-1: Installing a 168-Pin DIMM Removing DIMMs Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 28: Cpu Installation

    Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat CPU Installation Installing the CPU Retention Mechanism Retention Base Support Bridge with Studs (Orient the loops toward the outer edges of the system board) Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 29 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Keyed Retention Base Installing a CPU Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 30 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Top Bar Base Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 31 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat CPU Installation Overview Figure 3-2: Installing a CPU Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 32 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat CPU Installation (Boxed version) Install to system board Figure 3-3: Installing a CPU (Boxed version) Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 33: Installing A Pci Peripheral Card

    Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Installing a PCI Peripheral Card Figure 3-4: Installing a PCI Card Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 34: Installing An Isa Peripheral Card

    Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Installing an ISA Peripheral Card Figure 3-5: Installing an ISA Peripheral Card Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 35: Installing An Agp Peripheral Card

    Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Installing an AGP Peripheral Card Figure 3-6: Installing an AGP Peripheral Card Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 36 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Installing a CD-ROM Drive Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 37 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Tigercat Sound Option Connecting Sound Devices Figure 3-7: Connecting External Sound Devices Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 38 Chapter 3: Installing the Tigercat Game Port Line Out Line In MIC In Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 39 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Chapter The BIOS Setup Utility Configuration Initial Boot Up Setup Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 40 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Figure 4-1: Power-Up Screen Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 41: Running The Setup Procedure

    Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Running the Setup Procedure → ← Setting the Main Screen ↑ ↓ Figure 4-2: CMOS Main Screen Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 42 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility System Time and Date ↑ ↓ Diskette A or B ↑ ↓ Numlock External Cache Video BIOS Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 43 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility System BIOS System Memory Extended Memory Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 44 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Figure 4-3: IDE Device Submenu Type Multiple-Sector Transfers Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 45 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility LBA Mode Control 32-Bit I/O Transfer Mode Ultra DMA Mode Smart Monitoring Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 46: Setting The Advanced Screen

    Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Setting the Advanced Screen <←/→> Figure 4-4: Advanced Screen Serial Port A Serial Port B Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 47 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Parallel Port Floppy Disk Controller Integrated PCI IDE Integrated Sound Card LM78 Plug & Play O/S Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 48 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Reset Configuration Data PCI Configuration USB Legacy Mode PS/2 Mouse Secured Setup Configuration Large Disk Access Mode Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 49: Security Screen

    Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Smart Monitoring ECC Configuration Security Screen Figure 4-5: Security Setup Screen Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 50: Set Supervisor Password

    Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Set Supervisor Password Figure 4-6: Supervisor Password Submenu Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 51 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Set User Password Password on Boot Fixed Disk Boot Sector Diskette Access Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 52 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Power Screen ←/→ ↑/↓ Figure 4-7: Power Screen Power Savings Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 53 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Standby Time-out Auto Suspend Time-out Resume On Time Resume On Modem Ring Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 54: Boot Screen

    Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Boot Screen ←/→ ↑/↓ Figure 4-8: Boot Screen Boot Device Priority Hard Drive Floppy Check Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 55: Exit Screen

    Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Exit Screen ←/→ ↑/↓ Figure 4-9: Exit Screen Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 56 Chapter 4: The BIOS Setup Utility Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 57 Chapter 5: Installing Device Drivers Chapter Installing Device Drivers About Device Drivers Installing the Sound Drivers Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 58 Chapter 5: Installing Device Drivers Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 59 Appendix A: Technical Information Appendix Specifications ® ® Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 60 Appendix A: Technical Information ™ Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 61: Environmental Specifications

    Appendix A: Technical Information Environmental Specifications Temperature Range Relative Humidity Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 62: Battery Disposal

    Appendix A: Technical Information Battery Disposal Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 63: Support And Information Services

    Appendix A: Technical Information Support and Information Services Technical Support Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 64 7 days a week Europe http://www.mcrni.com information " Customer Service - Order Micronics M-F: 8:00am to (800) 577-0977 and Orchid products 5:00pm (PST) (510) 651-3666 (Fax) France +33 (1) 45 43 56 26...
  • Page 65 CONTROLLER ERROR KEYBOARD A key is jammed or was Make sure the keys are ERROR nn held down during boot. not jammed or dirty. KEYBOARD Keyswitch on the front of Unlock the keyswitch. Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 66 System battery died. Replace the system IS DEAD battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system. SYSTEM CACHE External (L2) cache System will still run, but ERROR - CACHE failed BIOS test. slower. Replace cache DISABLED at convenience. Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 67 Appendix C: Beep and POST Codes Appendix Beep and POST Codes Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 68 Test 512K base address lines. 3-4-3 Test 512K base memory. Test CPU bus-clock frequency. Test CMOS RAM. Initialize alternate chipset registers. Reinitialize the chipset (MB only). Shadow system BIOS ROM. Reinitialize the cache (MB only). Autosize cache. Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 69 Set up hardware interrupt vectors. Test coprocessor if present. Disable onboard I/O ports. Detect and install external RS232 ports. Detect and install external parallel ports. Re-initialize on-board I/O ports. Initialize BIOSData Area. Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 70 Shutdown error. Extended Block Move. Shutdown 10 error. The following are for boot block in Flash ROM: Initialize the chipset. Initialize refresh counter. Check for Forced Flash. Check HW status of ROM. BIOS ROM is OK Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 71 Appendix D: Hard Disk Drive Types Appendix Hard Disk Drive Types Type Cylinders Heads Write Sectors Size Precomp none none none none none none none none 1024 none none none Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 72 Appendix D: Hard Disk Drive Types Type Cylinders Heads Write Sectors Size Precomp none none 1024 none 1024 none 1024 none none Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 73 Appendix E: Updating the System BIOS Appendix Updating the System BIOS If you encounter problems during this process, or if you have questions about the procedure, please call Technical Support. Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 74 Appendix E: Updating the System BIOS Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 75 Appendix F: Warranties and Notices Appendix Limited Warranty Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 76 Appendix F: Warranties and Notices Non-Warranty Service Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 77: Fcc Statement

    Appendix F: Warranties and Notices FCC Statement Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 78 Glossary Glossary Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 79 Glossary Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 80 Glossary Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 81 Glossary Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 82 Index Index Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 83 Index Tigercat System Board Manual...
  • Page 84 Index Tigercat System Board Manual...

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