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G586IPV Rev . B+ System Board User’ s Manual -A31060617-...
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FCC 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 in- terference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation.
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The manufacturer makes no warranties with respect to this documenta- tion and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, quality, or fitness for any particular purpose. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufacturer reserves the right to make revisions to this publication and to make changes to any and/or all parts of its content, at any time, without obligation to notify any per- son or entity of such changes.
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ............6 Features and Specifications ..........7 Package Checklist .............. 9 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation ..........10 Preparing the Area .............10 Handling the System Board ..........11 Installing the System Board ..........12 Board Layout ..............14 System Memory ..............15 DIMM ................15 SIMM ................16...
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Power Management Setup ..........46 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup..........50 Load BIOS Defaults ............52 Load Setup Defaults .............52 Integrated Peripherials ...........52 Supervisor Password ............57 User Password ............58 IDE HDD Auto Detection ..........58 HDD Low Level Detection ..........62 Save & Exit Setup ............62 Exit Without Saving............63 System Error Report ............63 IDE Device Drivers .............66 Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Checklist ..........
Cyrix 6x86 P120+/P133+/P150+/ P166+ and AMD-K5 PR75 75MHz/PR90 90MHz CPUs. The G586IPV can support 8MB to 128MB of system memory. It is equipped with a DIMM socket using x64 EDO, fast page mode or SDRAM, and 4 SIMM sockets using EDO or fast page mode x32 DRAM.
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PCI IDE Interface • PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate up to 6.6MB/sec.) • DMA Mode 2 Bus Master IDE (data transfer rate up to 22.2MB/ sec.) • Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer •...
• 25cm (9.84") x 22cm (8.66") Package Checklist The G586IPV package contains the following items: • The G586IPV system board • The G586IPV user’ s manual • One 40-pin IDE hard disk cable • One 34-pin floppy disk drive cable •...
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter summarizes the steps to install the G586IPV 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. Please refer to information on pages 15 and 16 for the number and type of memory modules needed for the amount of memory you require.
Handling the System Board It is quite easy to inadvertently damage your system board even before installing it in your system unit. Static electrical discharge can damage computer components without causing any signs of physical damage. You must take extra care in handling the system board to ensure against electrostatic build-up.
ESD protection. Installing the System Board If you are installing the G586IPV system board, the following outlines the basic installation steps. Before installing the system board into your system unit, you should prepare the tools you will need.
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4. Loosen the screws holding the original system board and remove the board from the system. Save the screws. 5. Remove the G586IPV from its original packing box. Be careful to avoid touching all connectors and pins on the board. Please refer to the handling instructions on pages 11-12 for proper handling tech- niques.
0 or Bank 1, but you must populate a bank first before going to the next bank. The G586IPV system board can support 8MB to 128MB of memory us- ing 1MBx32, 2MBx32, 4MBx32, or 8MBx32 72-pin SIMMs. The table below shows the supported SIM modules and their corresponding memory sizes.
Tilt the module upright until it locks in place in the socket. Warning: The DIMM and SIMM can not exist on the G586IPV system board at the same time. You must only use either a DIMM or SIMMs on your system board.
PCI Slot 2 also must not protrude more than 5mm. CPU Installation The G586IPV allows for easy installation of CPUs. Make sure all jumpers are set correctly before applying power or you may damage the CPU or system board.
Installing Upgrade CPUs The G586IPV is equipped with a 321-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket at location U25 of the system board. Refer to PAGE 14 for the location of the ZIF socket. This socket is designed for easy removal of an old CPU and easy insertion of an upgrade CPU.
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To install an upgrade CPU, 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 “...
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3. Position the CPU above the ZIF socket. Make sure pin 1 of the CPU is aligned with pin 1 of the socket. Lower the chip until the pins are inserted properly in their corresponding holes. Remember that very little force is needed to install the CPU. If the CPU is not easily inserted, verify whether or not pin 1 of the CPU is aligned with pin 1 of the socket.
Installing A Fan/Heatsink for Cyrix CPUs If you are using a Cyrix CPU, you must choose a fan/heatsink which is made for Cyrix processors. Position the fan/heatsink on the CPU such that the air from the side of the fan/heatsink will flow across the heat regulators on the system board.
Jumper Settings for Password Clear and Display Type Jumper JP2 Password Clear If you set a password in the "Password Setting" option and forget your password. power off your system and set jumper JP2 to On to clear the password stored in your CMOS. Now power on your system. After your system has detected the floppy or hard drive, turn it off again and set JP2 to off.
Built-in Ports The G586IPV system board is equipped with two serial ports, one paral- lel printer port, one FDD connector, two IDE hard disk shrouded head- ers and one PS/2 mouse connector. Refer to page 14 for the locations of the built-in connectors and pin 1 of those connectors.
1 of connector J3. Parallel Port The G586IPV system board has a standard connector for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer. The parallel port on your system board can be set to any of the following system I/O addresses:...
Floppy Disk Drive Controller The G586IPV system board has a built-in floppy disk controller that sup- ports two standard floppy disk drives. You can install any 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB floppy disk drives.
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Note: Only Enhanced IDE hard drives or ATAPI CD-ROMs can be connected to the IDE interface. Connecting the IDE Hard Disk Interface To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each PCI IDE shrouded header has a keying mechanism. The 40-pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.
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In a few cases, drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together. The problem lies in the hard drives, not the G586IPV system board. Preparing an IDE Drive for Use IDE disk drives are already low-level formatted, with any bad-track er- rors entered, when shipped by the drive manufacturer.
Installing Expansion Cards The G586IPV system board is equipped with 4 dedicated PCI slots and 3 dedicated 16-bit ISA slots. All PCI slots are bus masters. Due to the size of the CPU with its accompanying fan/heatsink compo- nent, the length of the add-in cards in PCI slot 4 and ISA slot 1 is limited to 18cm (7.07", measured from the bracket of the card).
Chapter 3 Software Installation After you power up your system, the BIOS message appears on your screen and the memory count begins. After the memory test, the following message will appear on the screen: Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond, restart your system or press the “...
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59GD49) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE &...
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Date Enter the current date in the following format: <Day>, <Date>, <Month>, <Year>. These items can be altered; they are detected and displayed automatically. Displays a day from Sunday to Saturday Month Displays the month, January through December Date Displays the date from 1 to 31 Year Displays the last two digits of the year Time...
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If you select Type “ User” , you will need to know the information listed below. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <En- ter>. This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. If the controller of the HDD interface is ESDI, you must select “...
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Note: Choosing an incorrect type number might cause your system to format the floppy disk improperly. Item Factory Default 1.44M, 3.5" Drive A None Drive B Video This refers to the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor. You should choose the setting that matches your video display card and monitor.
All, But The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop Diskette for all other errors. All, But The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error; Disk/Key it will stop for all other errors. Memory The lower right corner of the Standard CMOS Setup Screen shows the base memory size, extended memory size and the memory size of your...
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59GD49) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled : Enabled Video BIOS Shadow CPU Internal Cache : Enabled : Disabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow External Cache : Enabled : Disabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled : Disabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow...
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Swap Floppy Drive Enabled When this option is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive, this option causes the system to boot from drive B instead of drive A. Disabled When this option is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive, the system will boot from drive A.
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Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbytes. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while key- boards still provide this support, it is more common, and much faster, for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.
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20 characters per second 24 characters per second 30 characters per second Typematic Delay (Msec) When the typematic rate is enabled, this selection allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins. 250 msec 500 msec 750 msec...
Optional shadow is disabled. Chipset Features Setup The G586IPV system board uses the Intel 82430VX chipset. This sec- tion allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59GD49) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. : Enabled Auto Configuration : 60 ns DRAM Timing DRAM RAS# Precharge Time DRAM R/W Leadoff Timing Fast RAS To CAS Delay DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) : x222/x333 DRAM Write Burst Timing : x222 Fast MA to RAS# Delay CLK Fast EDO Path Select...
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Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: Doze Mode, Standby Mode, and Suspend Mode. The default value is Disabled. Disabled No power management. Disables all three modes. Min Power The predefined timer settings that have the max values.
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The System BIOS will ignore Advanced Power Management (APM) when initiating the power management mode. Note: If the APM is not installed, this option has no effect. Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. The default value is V/H SYNC + Blank.
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Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. The default value is Disabled. Disabled This function cannot be executed. 1Min-1Hr The Suspend mode will be set to one minute. This option defines the idle time that elapses before the sys- tem enters the Suspend mode.
Power Down & Resume Events (IRQ 3 - 15) Power Down and Resume events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In effect, the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as On, even when the system is in a power down mode.
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PCI IRQ Activated By This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device. Under all circumstances, you should retain the default configuration unless advised otherwise by your system's manufacturer. The default value is Level. Level The interrupt will be controlled by the level.
Primary/Secondary IDE INT # A/B/C/D You can choose INT A, B, C or D your PCI IDE card is using for its interrupt. Load BIOS Defaults The “ Load BIOS Defaults” option loads the troubleshooting default val- ues permanently stored in the ROM chips. These settings are not opti- mal and turn off all high performance features.
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ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59GD49) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO : AUTO IDE Primary Slave PIO : AUTO IDE Secondary Master PIO : AUTO IDE Secondary Slave PIO : AUTO On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled...
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Your system supports five modes, numered from 0 (default) to 4, which primarily differ in timing. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode. The BIOS will set the system board to fit the hard disk drive Auto timing automatically.
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FDD Controller used. Enabled Disabled FDD Controller not used. Onboard Serial Port 1 or 2 This option allows you to control the assignment of the serial port 1 or 2 connector on the system board. The default value of port 1 is 3F8/IRQ4, and that of port 2 is 2F8/IRQ3.
Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP. This function is the mode of the device. Set this according EPP/SPP your parallel devices. ECP/EPP Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry, set a supervisor’ s password with the “ System” option selected in the BIOS Features Setup.
To delete or disable the password function, highlight “ Supervisor Pass- word” and press <Enter>, instead of typing in a new password. Press the <Esc> key to return to the main menu. User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup, set a user’...
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Standard CMOS Setup. Hard Drive Mode The G586IPV supports three HDD modes: Normal, LBA and Large. If your hard disk drive does not support LBA mode, the “ LBA” option will not be displayed. If your HDD has 1024 or fewer cylinders, the “ Large”...
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The maximum number of cylinders, heads and sectors for Normal mode are 1024, 16 and 63, respectively. no. Cylinders (1024) x no. Heads ( 16) x no. Sectors ( 63) x bytes per sector ( 512) 528 megabytes If you set your HDD to Normal mode, the maximum accessible HDD will be 528 megabytes even though the physical size of the HDD may be greater than that.
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Large Mode Large mode is the extended HDD access mode supported by the G586IPV system boards. Some IDE HDDs have more than 1024 cylin- ders without LBA support (in some cases, you may not want the LBA mode). These system boards provide another alternative to support these kinds of HDDs.
HDD Low Level Format This option will format, set the interleave mode and do a media analysis of your hard drives. Highlight this option and press <Enter>. A screen similar to the one below will appear. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59GD49) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Type “ Y” and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot. You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen. If you wish to make additional changes to the setup, press <Ctrl> <Alt> <Esc> simul- taneously or <Del>...
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Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST. DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER No boot device was found. Insert a system disk into Drive A and press <Enter>.
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FLOPPY DISK CNTRLR ERROR OR NO CNTRLR PRESENT The system cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller. Make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly. If no floppy drive is installed, be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE. KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initialize the keyboard.
Press and hold down the CTRL, ALT and DEL keys simultaneously. IDE Device Drivers To install the IDE device drivers supported by the G586IPV system boards, please refer to the “ Readme” file contained in the provided dis- kette.
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Checklist If you experience difficulty with the G586IPV system board, please refer to the checklist below. If you still cannot identify the problem, please contact your dealer. 1. Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are properly set.
Appendix A Types of Modules The G586IPV system board allows you to populate memory with 1MBx64 or 2MBx64 DIMM, and 1MBx32, 2MBx32, 4MBx32 and 8MBx32 SIMMs. The following modules have been tested with this board. Most untested brands will work but a few may fail to do so.
Appendix B Memory and I/O Maps Memory Address Map Address Name Function 0000000 to 640KB System System Board Memory 009FFFF Board RAM 00A0000 to 128KB Video Reserved for Graphics 00BFFFF Display Memory Display Memory 00C0000 to 160KB I/O Reserved for ROM on 00E7FFF Expansion ROM I/O Adapter Card...
Appendix E Connector Pin Assignments Connector J3 PS/2 Mouse Connector Function Mouse Data N.C. Ground Mouse Clock N.C. J4 (COM1) and J5 (COM2) COM 1 and COM 2 Serial Ports Function DCD (Data Carrier Detect) RX (Receive Data) TX (Transmit Data) DTR (Data Terminal Ready) Ground (Signal Ground) DSR (Data Set Ready)
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Function Function Ground Write Gate Ground Ground Track 0 MTR1 MSEN Drate1 Wr Protect Ground Ground Read Data Step Ground Ground Head Select Write Data Ground Ground Disk Change Connector J7 Parallel Printer Port Function Function -Strobe -Autofd Data 0 -Error Data 1 -Init...
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Connectors J8 and J9 Primary and Secondary IDE Hard Disk Drive Connectors Function Function -IOR Ground N.C. BALE N.C. Ground IOCS16 N.C. Ground N.C. HCS0 N.C. HCS1 Ground -IOW Ground Ground Connector J10 Fan Connector Function Ground +12V Ground Connector J11 Infrared Connector Function IRTX...
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Connector J12 Turbo LED Connector Function Signal Connector J13 HD LED Connector Function Signal Connector J14 Green LED Connector Function Signal Connector J15 Green Button Connector Function Ground Signal Connector J16 Reset Switch Connector Function Ground Reset...
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Connector J17 Speaker Connector Function Signal N.C. Ground Connector J18 Power LED/Keylock Connector Function LED Signal N.C. Ground Keylock Signal Ground Connector CN1 PS/2 Keyboard Connector Function Keyboard Data N.C. Ground Keyboard Clock N.C. Connector CN2 AT Keyboard Connector Function Keyboard Clock Keyboard Data N.C.
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Connector PL1 Power Connector Function Power Good +12V -12V Ground Ground Ground Ground Connector SSM1 Cache Module Slot Function Function Ground TIO0 TIO2 TIO6 TIO4 RSVD Ground TWE# ADSP# CADS#/CAA3 Ground ECS1#/(CS#) ECS2# HBE4# HBE6# HBE0# HBE2# Ground CLK1 Ground CCS#/CAB4 GWE# BWE#...
Appendix F Row Address Strobe of the DRAM and SDRAM After you power up your system, the BIOS message appears on your screen and the memory count begins. After the memory test, the screen will appear as below: Award Software, Inc. System Configurations CPU Type :6x86-P166+...