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586ITOX
Rev. B+
System Board
User' s Manual
34070910

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  • Page 1 586ITOX Rev. B+ System Board User’ s Manual 34070910...
  • Page 2 Copyright This publication contains the information that is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation/adaptation without the prior written permission from the copyright holders. This publication is provided for informational purposes only.
  • Page 3 FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction Features and Specifications................Package Checklist....................Chapter 2 - Award BIOS Setup Utility The Basic Input/Output System..............Standard CMOS Setup..................BIOS Features Setup..................Chipset Features Setup..................Power Management Setup................PNP/PCI Configuration..................Load Fail-Safe Settings..................Load Optimal Settings..................
  • Page 5 Chapter 4 - Desktop Management Interface Desktop Management Interface..............57 Appendix A - Installation Instructions Preparing the Area....................Handling the System Board................Appendix B - Connecting Cables Ports and Connectors..................65 Appendix C - System Board Layout System Board Layout..................77 Appendix D - DIM and SIM Modules Types of Modules....................
  • Page 6: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual CHAPTER Introduction...
  • Page 7: Features And Specifications

    Introduction Features and Specifications Processor Upgrade ® The system board is equipped with a 321-pin ZIF socket (Intel Socket 7). This socket is designed for easy removal of an old processor and easy insertion of an upgrade processor. It is also equipped with a switching voltage regulator that supports 2.8V, 2.9V, 3.2V, 3.3V and 3.5V core voltage for various processors.
  • Page 8 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Energy Efficient Design • System power management supported • CPU stopped clock control • Hardware supports SMI green mode ® ® • Microsoft /Intel APM 1.2 compliant • Soft Power supported - ACPI v1.0a specification...
  • Page 9 Introduction Damage Free Intelligence • Monitors processor temperature and overheat alarm. If the temperature of the processor is over 85 C, an alarm will sound and the Green LED will illuminate warning you of system overheat. Some of the most common causes leading to high temperature are: - The fan is not functioning normally or has stopped.
  • Page 10: Watchdog Timer

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Dual Function Power Button Dual Function Power Button allows two distinct OFF modes. In Sleep mode, a PC powers down but not off. In Soft-Off, a PC shuts down but requires a reboot to "awaken" it.
  • Page 11: Usb Ports

    Introduction FDD Interface • One floppy drive interface supports two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB floppy drives. ATX Double Deck Ports • Two DB-9 serial ports • One DB-25 parallel port • One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port • One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port •...
  • Page 12: Package Checklist

    An ATX power supply also provides adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor. Package Checklist The 586ITOX package contains the following items: • The 586ITOX system board • The 586ITOX user’ s manual • One 40-pin IDE hard disk cable •...
  • Page 13: Chapter 2 - Award Bios Setup Utility

    CHAPTER Award BIOS Setup Utility...
  • Page 14: The Basic Input/Output System

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual The Basic Input/Output System The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals. In addition, the BIOS also contain codes for various advanced features found in this system board.
  • Page 15: Award Bios Setup Utility

    Award BIOS Setup Utility ROM PCI/ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Mon, Jul 29 1996 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 13: 27: 50 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto Auto Primary Slave Auto Auto...
  • Page 16 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual You can use Type “ User” to define your own drive type manually. This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor. If the controller of the HDD interface is ESDI, you must select “ Type 1”...
  • Page 17 Award BIOS Setup Utility Halt On This category determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up. The default setting is All Errors (BIOS default, Setup default). No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected. All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error.
  • Page 18: Bios Features Setup

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual BIOS Features Setup The BIOS Features Setup allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference.
  • Page 19 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU Internal Cache and External Cache These categories speed up the memory access. The default value is enabled. Enable the External Cache for better performance. Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on your system.
  • Page 20 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual of the numeric keypad is the number keys. When set to Off, the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys. Typematic Rate Setting When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down.
  • Page 21 Award BIOS Setup Utility Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM. Video Shadow will increase the video speed. Note that some graphics boards require that this option be disabled. The default value is Enabled. Enabled Video shadow is enabled.
  • Page 22: Chipset Features Setup

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration : Enabled Software Power-off : Enabled DRAM Timing : Normal Watchdog Timer : 1 sec DRAM Leadoff Timing : 11/7/3...
  • Page 23 Award BIOS Setup Utility Software Power-off Enabled Uses the ATX power supply to “ Soft Power On” or “ Soft Power Off” the PC. Default. Disabled The ATX power supply is always On and will turn Off only when the AC power is Off or disconnected from the PC.
  • Page 24: Power Management Setup

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy. If you like to use the soft power down feature of Windows 95, you must enable the Power Management below.
  • Page 25 Award BIOS Setup Utility PM Control by APM Y e s An Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU’ s in- ternal clock. Use this option in Windows ® 95.
  • Page 26 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Suspend Mode This is user configurable only when the Power Management category is set to User Defined. When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off.
  • Page 27 Award BIOS Setup Utility Resume By Ring Enabled Enables the Modem Ring-on feature. This allows your system to power on to respond to incoming calls. Make sure JP10 is set according to the COM port where your modem is connected. Disabled Disables the Modem Ring-on feature.
  • Page 28: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual PNP/PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 29 Award BIOS Setup Utility Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. Auto The system will automatically detect the settings for you. The categories that follow will not be shown on the screen.
  • Page 30: Load Fail-Safe Settings

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Assign IRQ for VGA If Enabled, the system will automatically set an IRQ for the VGA card installed. Your VGA card will need an IRQ address only when using the video capture function of the card. If you are not using this function and a new device requires an IRQ address, you can set this function to Disabled.
  • Page 31: Integrated Peripherals

    Award BIOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled KBC input clock : 8MHz IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4...
  • Page 32 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master/Slave UDMA These categories allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD-ROM.
  • Page 33 Award BIOS Setup Utility UART2 Mode Select The system board supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. You may not use IrDA (J16) and the COM 2 serial port at the same time. If you are using the COM 2 serial port, make sure “...
  • Page 34: Supervisor Password

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Onboard Parallel Port 378H/IRQ7, 3BCH/IRQ7, 278H/IRQ5 Selects the I/O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port. Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port. Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port Mode will appear only if you selected an I/O address and IRQ in Onboard Parallel Port (shown above).
  • Page 35: User Password

    Award BIOS Setup Utility Enter Password: Type in the password. You are limited to eight characters. When done, the message below will appear: Confirm Password: You are asked to verify the password. Type in exactly the same password. If you type in a wrong password, you will be prompted to enter the correct password again.
  • Page 36: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual IDE HDD Auto Detection Use this option to detect the parameters for the hard disk drives installed in your system. These parameters will then be automatically entered into the "Standard CMOS Setup". The IDE HDD Auto Detection screen displays the following categories of information: Size, Cylinders, Heads, Precomp, LandZone, Sectors and Mode.
  • Page 37: Save & Exit Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility Save & Exit Setup When all the changes have been made, highlight “ Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>. The message below will appear: Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)? N Type “ Y” and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot.
  • Page 38: Chapter 3 - Upgrade Guide

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual CHAPTER Upgrade Guide...
  • Page 39: System Memory

    Upgrade Guide System Memory The system board supports two kinds of memory modules: DIMM and SIMM. DIMM, which sometimes uses SDRAM, performs better than SIMM, which uses DRAM. When you are purchasing DIMMs, please specify you want the Intel compatible type.
  • Page 40: Installing The Dim Module

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual DIM 1 Memory Size DIM 0 16MB 32MB 16MB 40MB 32MB 40MB 32MB 48MB 32MB 16MB 48MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 32MB 32MB 128MB 64MB 64MB 256MB 128MB 128MB Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket.
  • Page 41 Upgrade Guide SIMM The SIM sockets are divided into two banks on the system board, Bank 0 and Bank 1. Each bank consists of 2 SIMM sockets. Your system board supports 8MB to 256MB of memory using 1MBx32, 2MBx32, 4MBx32, 8MBx32 16MBx32 72-pin SIMMs (Single In-line Memory...
  • Page 42 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Bank 0 Bank 1 SIM3 SIM4 SIM1 Memory Size SIM2 16MB 40MB 16MB 40MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 48MB 16MB 16MB 48MB 16MB 32MB — 64MB 32MB — — 32MB 64MB — 32MB 16MB 16MB...
  • Page 43: Cache Memory

    Upgrade Guide Installing a SIM Module A SIM module simply snaps into a socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the SIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket. notch 1. Position the SIMM above the socket with the “ notch” in the module aligned with the “...
  • Page 44: Processor Upgrade Information

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Processor Upgrade Information The system board allows for easy installation processors. Make sure all jumpers are set correctly before applying power or you may damage the processor or system board. Use a needle-nosed plier to...
  • Page 45 Upgrade Guide Jumper Settings for Intel Processors Processors - Ext. Bus CLK J P 4 J P 5 J P 7 90MHz - 60MHz 1-2 On 2-3 On All Off 100MHz - 66MHz 1-2 On 2-3 On All Off 120MHz - 60MHz 2-3 On 1-2 On 1-2 On...
  • Page 46 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Jumper Settings for Cyrix/IBM Processors Processor - Ext. Bus CLK J P 4 J P 7 J P 5 6x86L PR150+ - 60MHz 1-2 On 1-2 On 2-3 On 6x86L PR166+ - 66MHz 2-3 On...
  • Page 47 Upgrade Guide Jumper Settings for AMD Processors Processor - Ext. Bus CLK J P 5 J P 4 J P 7 K5 PR90 - 60MHz 1-2 On 2-3 On All Off K5 PR100 - 66MHz 2-3 On 1-2 On All Off K5 PR120 - 60MHz 1-2 On 2-3 On...
  • Page 48 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Installing Upgrade Processors The system board is equipped with a 321-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket. This socket is designed for easy removal of an old processor and easy insertion of an upgrade processor. The ZIF socket allows you to carefully place the new processor into its position.
  • Page 49 Upgrade Guide To install an upgrade processor, do the following: 1. Make sure the handle on the side of the ZIF socket is up. To raise the handle, push it down, slightly pull it out to the side, then raise it as far as it will go. It may be necessary to initially apply a small amount of sideways force to free the handle from its retaining “...
  • Page 50 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual 3. Position the processor above the ZIF socket. Make sure pin 1 of the processor is aligned with pin 1 of the socket. Lower the processor until the pins are inserted properly in their corresponding holes.
  • Page 51: Clearance Requirements

    Upgrade Guide Installing A Fan/Heatsink Position the fan/heatsink on the processor such that the air from the side of the fan/heatsink will flow across the heat regulators on the system board. Clearance Requirements Your processor comes with a heatsink mounted on top. To maintain proper airflow once the upgrade is installed on the system board, the processor and heatsink require certain space clearances.
  • Page 52: Jumper Settings For Modem Ring-On

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Jumper Settings for Modem Ring-on Jumper JP10 Modem Ring-on Select The system board supports the Modem Ring-on feature which allows the Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC to power on to respond to incoming calls. With an...
  • Page 53: Jumper Settings For Cmos Clear

    Upgrade Guide Jumper Settings for CMOS Clear Jumper JP11 CMOS Clear If, for some reason, the CMOS becomes corrupted, the system can be reconfigured with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS. To load the default values, power off your system and set JP11 pins 3 and 4 to On.
  • Page 54: Jumper Settings For Vga

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Jumper Settings for VGA Jumper JP12 Onboard VGA Enable/Disable The system board is equipped with an onboard VGA port. If you wish to install a VGA add-in card, set JP12 to Off to disable the onboard VGA.
  • Page 55: Jumper Settings For Software Power-Off

    Upgrade Guide Jumper Settings for Software Power-off Jumper JP13 Software Power-off Select Jumper JP13 is used to set the method of powering off the PC. The default setting uses the ATX power supply to power off the PC. If you wish to use the AC power, set JP13 pins 2 and 3 to On.
  • Page 56: Desktop Management Interface

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual CHAPTER Desktop Management Interface...
  • Page 57: Desktop Management Interface

    Running the DMI Utility To run the DMI utility, type: DMICFG.EXE. You can download this utility from http://www.dfi.com.tw - BIOS & DRIVERS section or ftp.dfiusa.com - /pub/DMI directory. The DMI utility must run in real mode with at least 180K of base memory.
  • Page 58: Using The Dmi Utility

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Using the DMI Utility Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc, 1996 [Edit DMI] [Add DMI] [Load DMI File] [Save DMI File] BIOS *** BIOS Auto Detect *** System Enclosure/Chassis Type : BIOS Information...
  • Page 59 Desktop Management Interface Add DMI 1. Use the ← or → arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu. 2. Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the ↑ or ↓ arrow keys, then press <Enter>. 3.
  • Page 60: Appendix A - Installation Instructions

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual APPENDIX Installation Instructions...
  • Page 61: Preparing The Area

    Installation Instructions This chapter summarizes the steps to install the system board into your system unit. It also includes a description of the area in which you must work and directions for memory installation. Before installing the system board, obtain the memory you plan to install. Refer to the System Memory section for the number and type of memory modules needed for the amount of memory you require.
  • Page 62: Installing The System Board

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual 2. Wear an antistatic wrist strap. 3. Do all preparation work on a static-free surface with the system board components facing up. 4. Hold the system board only by its edges. Be careful not to touch any of the components, contacts or connections, especially gold contacts, on the board.
  • Page 63 Installation Instructions Detach all connectors from the old system board and remove expansion cards seated in any expansion slots. Loosen the screws holding the original system board and remove the board from the system. Save the screws. Remove the I/O shield located at the rear of the system unit and replace it with the I/O shield included in the package.
  • Page 64: Appendix B - Connecting Cables

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual APPENDIX Connecting Cables...
  • Page 65: Ports And Connectors

    Connecting Cables Ports and Connectors The ATX double deck ports consist of one PS/2 mouse port, one PS/2 keyboard port, two USB ports, a printer port, two serial ports and a VGA port. Serial Ports The system board is equipped with two on-board serial ports at locations J4 (COM 2) and J9 (COM 1) of the system board.
  • Page 66 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Parallel Port The system board has a standard on-board printer port (J7) for in- terfacing your PC to a parallel printer. The system board is also equipped with 25-pin connector (J8) for optional printer port cable. Attach the...
  • Page 67: Floppy Disk Drive Controller

    Connecting Cables Floppy Disk Drive Controller The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk header that supports two standard floppy disk drives. You can install any 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB floppy disk drives. To prevent improper floppy cable installation, the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism.
  • Page 68 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Header Note: An IDE cable with a standard 40-pin connector (without the keying mechanism) can be installed in the shrouded IDE header. Be extremely careful to match the colored edge of the ribbon with pin 1 of the header.
  • Page 69 Connecting Cables Adding a Second IDE Hard Drive When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives. We recommend that you use Enhanced IDE or ATA-2 and ATA-3 hard drives be from the same manufacturer.
  • Page 70: Vga Port

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual VGA Port The system board is equipped with an on-board VGA port at location J12 of the system board. It is also equipped with a 15-pin connector (J13) for optional VGA port cable. The system board may come...
  • Page 71: Irda Connector

    Connecting Cables IrDA Connector The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wire- less connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. Connect your IrDA cable to connector J16 on the system board. Refer to “ UART2 Mode Select” (Integrated Peripherals setup) in Chapter 2 of this manual for more information.
  • Page 72: Cpu Fan Connector

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual CPU Fan Connector The system board is equipped with a 3-pin fan connector at location J6 of the system board. Function +12V ATX Connector The system board is equipped with an ATX power connector at location J1 of the system board.
  • Page 73 Connecting Cables Install the 20-pin ATX power cable connector into location J1 on the system board. The 20-pin connector can be inserted into J1 only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of J1. Function Function 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V...
  • Page 74 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual J17 (LEDs and Switches) PW-LED Pin 1 Anode (ATX power LED) Pin 2 Cathode HD-LED Pin 1 Anode (Primary/Secondary IDE LED) Pin 2 Cathode G-LED Pin 1 Anode (Green LED) Pin 2 Cathode PWR-SW...
  • Page 75 Connecting Cables Expansion Slots The system board is equipped with 1 dedicated PCI slot, 5 dedicated 16-bit ISA slots and 1 shared PCI/ISA slot. All PCI and ISA slots are bus masters.
  • Page 76: System Board Layout

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual APPENDIX System Board Layout...
  • Page 77: System Board Layout

    System Board Layout square denotes pin 1...
  • Page 78: Appendix D - Dim And Sim Modules

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual APPENDIX DIM and SIM Modules...
  • Page 79: Types Of Modules

    DIM and SIM Modules Types of Modules The following modules have been tested with this board. Most untested brands will work but a few may fail to do so. SIMM Brand Chip Number 1MBx32/x36 Fujitsu 81C1000A-70 1MBx32 M51440A-70 2MBx32/x36 M511000B-70 2MBx32 424400-60 2MBx32...
  • Page 80 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual DIMM Brand Chip Number D4516161G5-7JF Fujitsu D4516161G5-7JF 16MB KM416S1120AT-G12 16MB D4516821G5-A12-7F 16MB Mitsubishi M5M4V16S30CTP 32MB KM44S4020AT-G12 32MB KM44S4020AT-G10 32MB D4516821G5-A12-7F 64MB D4564841GG5-A10-9JF 128MB D4564841GG5-A10-9JF...
  • Page 81: Appendix E - Watchdog Timer

    APPENDIX Watchdog Timer...
  • Page 82: Using The Watchdog Timer Function

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Using the Watchdog Timer Function The following are the parameters for enabling or disabling the Watchdog Timer function when using the GWBASIC or ASSEMBLY applications. When enabled, the application accesses read port 443 (HEX).
  • Page 83: Driver Installation

    APPENDIX Driver Installation...
  • Page 84 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual The system board comes with an IDE driver diskette. The IDE ® drivers supported by the system board are: DOS, Windows 3.1, ® ® Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. To install the IDE drivers, please refer to the “...
  • Page 85 APPENDIX Troubleshooting...
  • Page 86: Troubleshooting

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer. To efficiently troubleshoot your system, treat each problem individually. This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes.
  • Page 87: Power Supply

    Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving. 1. The monitor has lost its vertical sync. Adjust the monitor’ s vertical sync. 2. Move away any objects, such as another monitor or fan, that may be creating a magnetic field around the display. 3.
  • Page 88: Hard Drive

    586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual 4. There is not enough space left on the diskette. Use another diskette with adequate storage space. Hard Drive Hard disk failure. 1. Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS.
  • Page 89: Serial Port

    Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device (modem, printer) doesn’ t output anything or is outputting garbled characters. 1 . Make sure that the serial device’ s power is turned on and that the device is on-line. 2 . Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer.
  • Page 90 586ITOX System Board User’ s Manual 5. If the board fails to function, place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components. Gently press each component into the socket. 6. If you made changes to the BIOS settings, re-enter setup and...

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