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PREFACE
Thank you for purchasing the 486MIS system board. This document
gives an aid to the configuration and installation of this system board.
The information in this document is subject to change without notice.
This document contains information protected by copyright. All rights are
reserved. No part of this document may be used or reproduced in any
forms or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system,
without prior written permission.
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  • Page 1 PREFACE Thank you for purchasing the 486MIS system board. This document gives an aid to the configuration and installation of this system board. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. This document contains information protected by copyright. All rights are reserved.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    SCSI Device Termination SCSI Default Setting SCSI/IDE Dual Operation CHAPTER 4: BIOS SETUP ENTERING SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP AUTO CONFIGURATION - BIOS DEFAULTS AUTO CONFIGURATION - POWER-ON DEFAULTS CHANGE PASSWORD Page 2 486MIS System Board User's Manual...
  • Page 3 CHAPTER 7: NOVELL NETWARE 3.1X, 4.0X INSTALLATION APPENDIX A: KEYBOARD SPEED SWITCH APPENDIX B: AMI BIOS HARD DISK TYPE APPENDIX C: MEMORY MAPPING APPENDIX D: AT I/O ADDRESS MAP APPENDIX E: INTERRUPT ASSIGNMENTS APPENDIX F: SPECIFICATION 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 3...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Introduction

    CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION The 486MIS system board adds to our 486 product line high integration and cost effective solution without compromising performance and quality. With top speed at 50MHz and integrated 64K/128K/256K Write- Back cache, the 486MIS dramatically boosts system throughput for even the most demanding applications.
  • Page 5 Supports up to two 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch floppy disk drives. · Supports 360KB / 720KB / 1.2MB / 1.44MB densities. · Floppy Disk Controller can be disabled. Peripherals: · Supports two Serial ports and one Parallel port. 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 5...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2: Jumpers & Connectors

    Figures 1 on the next page shows the component layout of the 486MIS system board with locations of the system board jumpers and connectors. Note that most jumpers and connectors on the system board are labeled with proper names with pin 1 marked as '1'.
  • Page 7 FIGURE 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 7...

  • Page 8: Cpu External Clock Jumpers

    (PGA) socket on the system board. Make certain that pin 1 of the CPU chip is correctly aligned with pin 1 of CPU socket. The location of pin 1 on the CPU is denoted by a small notch. Page 8 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 9: Cache Size Jumpers

    System board runs zero wait state write transfer. Some VL-Bus adapters may not be able to run this mode. System board runs one wait state write transfer. All VL-Bus adapters can operate (Default) in this mode. 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 9...

  • Page 10: Clear Password Jumper

    7. Replace and secure the system cover. 8. Turn power ON, password data should be cleared. Display Type Jumper Display Type JP16 Video display VGA, EGA, OPEN Monochrome. (Default) Video display is CGA. SHORT FLASH BIOS Jumper Page 10 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 11: Flash Bios Jumper

    DC000 = D8000 = ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ Disable = ¢ ¢ Disable = ¢ ¢ Use this pin pairs to disable or enable SCSI port. ¢ ¢ Enable = ¢ Disable = ¢ 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 11...

  • Page 12: Ide Port Jumpers

    SHORT SHORT (Default) 240-nanosecond OPEN SHORT 180-nanosecond SHORT OPEN 120-nanosecond OPEN OPEN Parallel Port Jumper Parallel Port JP22 Select interrupt line IRQ7 for Parallel port. (Default) Select interrupt line IRQ5 for Parallel port. Page 12 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 13: System Board Connectors

    Connector PS2 Connector PS1 Power Good Ground +5 VDC Ground +12 VDC -5 VDC -12 VDC +5 VDC Ground +5 VDC Ground +5 VDC 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 13...

  • Page 14: Keyboard Connector

    This allows you to switch off the keyboard and so provide limited security against casual intruders. The pin assignments are indicated below: Description LED Power Key (No Connection) Ground Keyboard Lock Ground Page 14 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 15: Speaker Connector

    System reset can be done by shorting pin 1 to pin 2 with the same effect as turning the power off and then on again. Description Reset Input Ground 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 15...

  • Page 16: Turbo Switch Connector

    The Turbo LED connector, marked as 'TB/LED', is a 2-pin BERG strip. It is used to connect a CPU operating frequency indicator LED from the front panel to the system board. The pin assignments are indicated below: Description LED Cathode LED Anode Page 16 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 17: Parallel Port Connector

    Description Carrier Detect (RLSD) Receive Data (RXD) Transmit Data (TXD) Data Terminal Ready (DTR) Signal Ground Data Set Ready (DSR) Request To Send (RTS) Clear To Send (CTS) Ring Indicator (RI) No Connection 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 17...

  • Page 18: Floppy Interface Connector

    Drive 2 Ground Drive 1 Ground Motor 2 Ground Direction Ground Step Ground Write Data Ground Write Enable Ground Track0 Ground Write Protect Ground Read Data Ground Head Select Ground Disk Change Ground Page 18 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 19: Ide Interface Connector

    The hard disk activity LED connector (HDLED) is a 4-pin keyed BERG strip. It is used to connect to front panel hard disk LED. Description LED Anode (+) LED Cathode (-) LED Cathode (-) LED Anode (+) 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 19...

  • Page 20: Scsi Interface Connector

    Ground Ground Ground SCSI Termination No Connection Current Ground Ground Ground Ground ATN# Ground Ground Ground BUSY# Ground ACK# Ground RST# Ground MSG# Ground SEL# Ground C/D# Ground REQ# Ground I/O# No Connection Page 20 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 21: Chapter 3: Hardware Installation

    512Kx36, 1Mx36, 2Mx36, 4Mx36, and 8Mx36 DRAM SIMMs. These banks are labeled SIMM1, SIMM2, and SIMM3. DRAM speed must be 80ns, 70ns, or 60ns. You can configure the memory of the 486MIS in a variety of ways. The chart below shows the possible combinations.

  • Page 22: Installing Dram Simms

    2. Insert the SIMM at a 45 degree angle, tilted towards ISA slots. 3. Gently push the SIMM to an upright position until it "snaps" into place. 4. Repeat above steps until the entire bank is filled. Page 22 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 23: Installing A Vl-Bus Card

    7. Holding the card at the center of the top edge, gently push straight down with equal pressure at both ends. 8. Replace the screw to hold the card into place. 9. Replace and secure the system cover. 10.Reconnect all the wires and cables. EQUIPMENT REQUIRED 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 23...
  • Page 24 The dimension of the 486MIS system board is designed to fit perfectly in a PC/XT (or PC/AT) standard case. To build a complete high performance system based on the 486MIS system board, the following equipment are needed: A chassis with dimension similar to PC/XT/AT standard chassis.

  • Page 25: Scsi / Ide Setup

    The first and last physical SCSI devices on the SCSI cable must have terminators installed. All other SCSI devices must have terminators removed. If the 486MIS SCSI port is not at either end of the SCSI bus, terminators RT1, RT2 and RT3 (located next to the SCSI connector) must be removed.
  • Page 26 One IDE hard drive and one SCSI hard drive - Install IDE hard drive as drive C:. During system BIOS Setup, enter IDE drive type for drive C:. Leave drive D: "not installed" so the 486MIS SCSI BIOS will install the SCSI drive as drive D: ·...

  • Page 27: Chapter 4: Bios Setup

    2. Hit the <Del> key momentarily as soon as the following message appears: "Hit <DEL>, if you want to run SETUP" 3. After you press the <Del> key, the following BIOS Setup screen appears: 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 27...
  • Page 28 : Old Setup Values <F6> : BIOS Setup Default Values <F7> : Power On Default Values <ESC> : Exit Setup Section Arrow Keys : Select Setup Item <PG UP/ PG DN> : Modify the Setup Item Page 28 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 29: Standard Cmos Setup

    Keyboard (Installed / Not Installed): Default is "Installed". "Not Installed" allows your system to operate without keyboard. After all selections have been done, press <Esc> key to exit this section. ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 29...

  • Page 30: Advanced Cmos Setup

    Floppy Drive Seek At Boot: Default is "Disabled". On this setting the system will check the hard disk first to find the disk operating system. This option also allows the user to run the system without a floppy disk drive. Page 30 486MIS System Board User's Manual...
  • Page 31 ROMs use. · Boot Sector Virus Protection: Select 'Enabled' to protect the Boot sector of your hard disk from software virus such as "Michael Angelo". 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 31...
  • Page 32 Cache Write Cycle, Cache Burst Read Cycle: Follow below table to set these Cache options. CPU Clock Speed Cache Write Cache Burst Cycle Read Cycle 20MHz or 25MHz 33MHz with 64KB or 256KB Cache 33MHz with 128KB cache 40MHz 50MHz Page 32 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 33: Auto Configuration - Bios Defaults

    AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS Use this option to load the settings detected by the system when you turn it on. It your system behaves erratically you can use this feature to check for incorrect settings. 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 33...

  • Page 34: Change Password

    If the password is miskeyed, the following error message appears: ERROR, Press Any Key... If the password is keyed in correctly the following confirmation message appears: NEW Password Installed 7. Press <Esc> to exit to the Main Menu. Page 34 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 35: Auto Detect Hard Disk

    After you have/have not made any changes during setup and decided not to store those information into non-volatile CMOS memory, use this option to exit Setup. The system should reboot with the current configuration stored in CMOS memory. CHAPTER 5: DOS/WINDOWS DRIVERS 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 35...

  • Page 36: Dos/Windows Drivers Quick Installation

    Press <F1> on any screen to view additional Help information. Press <Esc> to exit from a Help screen 5. Reboot your PC so the new configuration can take effect. You can do this by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. Page 36 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 37: Aspi2Dos Aspi Manager

    · aspi2dos command line options are divided into Group 1 and Group · Group 1 options are mandatory for 486MIS SCSI port. · Group 2 options are optional. Group 1 Command Line Options...
  • Page 38 Valid entries are the numbers 0 through 7. Any other values will be rejected, an error message will be displayed and the 486MIS SCSI ID will default to 7. If no /h option is present, a default SCSI ID of 7 is used.
  • Page 39 Value Allow SCSI target devices to disconnect Enable SCSI parity checking Enable synchronous negotiation Set 486MIS SCSI port ID to 7 /q11 Set interrupt request channel to 11 After restoring the default values with /z, you can add customized Group 1 options on the same command line.
  • Page 40 Int 13 calls are routed through the 486MIS SCSI BIOS instead of the Int 13 code in aspi2dos (This only applies to SCSI disks installed with the 486MIS SCSI BIOS.) The /i option is rarely used and is intended for debugging purposes.

  • Page 41: Dos/Windows Drivers Formatting Utilities

    486MIS SCSI port will default to the jumper setting. The default value is 11. If you change the IRQ jumper(s) from the default setting of 11, you must also enter a corresponding /q option for the device=aspi2dos line in the config.sys file.

  • Page 42: Partitioning & High-Level Formatting With Afdisk

    F1. Press Esc to exit the Help screens. Change to the directory where scsifmt is located (the default directory is c:ladaptec) and enter scsifmt to start the program. Partitioning & High-Level Formatting with afdisk Page 42 486MIS System Board User's Manual...
  • Page 43 SCSI disk partitioning and high-level formatting utility. You must use this utility to partition SCSI disks that are not mounted by the 486MIS BIOS. afdisk allows you to add or delete a DOS partition or to delete a non-DOS partition.

  • Page 44: Viewing Device Information With Showscsi

    OK to add a new program item. When the Program Item Properties window appears, click on Browse and change to the directory where the DOS/WINDOWS DRIVERS files were copied (the default is c:ladaptec.) Double-click Page 44 486MIS System Board User's Manual...
  • Page 45 You can click on the Read Defect List button to view information about disk defects. The notes in this window explain the meaning of the primary defects and grown defects that are listed. The SCSI Interrogator supports reading the defect list for most, 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 45...

  • Page 46: Playing Audio Cds With Cdplayer

    The program consists of two files which are automatically copied to your fixed disk when you run the DOS/WINDOWS DRIVERS lnstall program: the executable file cdplayer.exe and a font file cdplayer.fon. cdplayer Command Line Options Page 46 486MIS System Board User's Manual...
  • Page 47 Stop - Stops the CD from playing. The track will be displayed at its 00:00 Elapsed Track Time. · Play - Starts play operation at the current displayed track. If a CD is already playing, audio playing continues. 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 47...
  • Page 48 You can then switch to a different track and playing, change a setting, or eject the CD and start playing a different one. Page 48 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 49: Chapter 6: Os/2 V2.1 Drivers

    1. Make a copy of OS/2 Diskette 1. Delete the file IBMSCSI.ADD from this copy. 2. Copy the AHA152X.ADD file from the 486MIS driver diskette (OS2 subdirectory) to the root directory on the copy of OS/2 Diskette 1. (The root directory is the first directory on the diskette.) 3.

  • Page 50: Command Line Usage

    Allow targets to disconnect from the SCSI bus (DEFAULT). Prevent targets from disconnecting from the SCSI bus. /H:x Specifies the 486MIS SCSI ID. A number from 0-7 replaces x. The default ID is 7. If you specify an invalid number, the default is used.

  • Page 51: Chapter 7: Novell Netware 3.1X, 4.0X

    You will be prompted for a file server name and an IPX internal network number. Consult the NetWare 386 User's manual for this information. The NetWare 386 prompt (":") will now be displayed. Insert the 486MIS Driver Diskette into drive A:. Use the LOAD command to install the driver.
  • Page 52 This option is used to enable or disable SCSI parity checking on the 486MIS SCSI port. If not specified, the default value of "on" will be used and the 486MIS SCSI port will check parity on all data Page 52 486MIS System Board User's Manual...
  • Page 53 If "off" is selected, the 486MIS SCSI port will not check for SCSI parity. sel_to = This option is used to set the selection time-out value. The values are specified in milliseconds (ms). If not specified, the default value of 0 will be used (when 0 ms is selected, a value of 256 ms is actually used).

  • Page 54: Appendix A: Keyboard Speed Switch

    > key once while holding <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Shift> keys. Slow speed: Cache memory and 32-bit DRAM transfer mode are OFF. Set by pressing < > key once while holding <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Shift> keys. Page 54 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 55: Appendix B: Ami Bios Hard Disk Type

    1024 65535 1024 128MB 1024 1024 1024 43MB 10MB 1024 65535 1024 77MB 1024 1024 68MB 41MB 25MB 57MB 41MB 41MB 41MB 48MB 65535 69MB 65535 114MB 1224 65535 1223 152MB USER'S TYPE 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 55...

  • Page 56: Appendix C: Memory Mapping

    I/O board is used in this range 01000000- System Memory Cached BFFFFFFF (RAM) C0000000- System Memory Cached C1FFFFFF (RAM) C2000000- System Memory Cached FFFDFFFF FFFE0000- 128K On-Board Not cached FFFFFFFF BIOS ROM Page 56 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 57: Appendix D: At I/O Address Map

    3F0 - 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 3F8 - 3FF Serial Port 1 (RS-232-C) 6E2 - 6E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 1 790 - 793 Cluster Adapter 1 AE2 - AE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 2 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 57...
  • Page 58 EE2 - EE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 3 1390 - 1393 Cluster Adapter 3 22E1 GPIB Adapter 1 2390 - 2393 Cluster Adapter 4 42E1 GPIB Adapter 2 62E1 GPIB Adapter 3 82E1 GPIB Adapter 4 Page 58 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

  • Page 59: Appendix E: Interrupt Assignments

    Parallel Port 1 IRQ8 Real Time Clock IRQ9 Expansion Bus Pin IRQ10 Expansion Bus Pin IRQ11 Expansion Bus Pin IRQ12 Expansion Bus Pin IRQ13 Coprocessor Error IRQ14 Fixed Disk Drive Controller IRQ15 Expansion Bus Pin 486MIS System Board User's Manual Page 59...

  • Page 60: Appendix F: Specification

    Non-Operating: 50 o to 104 o Fahrenheit (10 o to 40 o Celsius) -22 o to 140 o Fahrenheit (-30 o to 60 o Celsius) Shipping: RELATIVE HUMIDITY (NON-CONDENSING) Operating: 20% to 80% Non-Operating: 5% to 90% Page 60 486MIS System Board User's Manual...

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