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- Page 1 486 PCI/ISA MAIN BOARD (486SX / DX / DX2 / DX4) PT-431A USER'S MANUAL 431A/002/0595 BEFORE INSTALLING THIS 486 MAIN BOARD PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL COMPLETELY AND RETAIN IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
- Page 2 See Picture 1 The Green Connection : Please refer to page 5. section 1.3. Trademark Acknowledgments: * IBM PC, PC/XT and PC/AT all are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. * Intel is registered trademark of Intel Corporation. * AMD is registered trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. * AMI is registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
- Page 3 INTRODUCTION....................................1.1 Overview....................................1.2 Checklist....................................1.3 Green PC Power Management.............................. SECTION 2......................................SPECIFICATIONS....................................2.1 PT-431A System Board Specifications..........................2.2 Jumpers and Connectors................................ 2.3 5V to 3.3V Daughterboard Board Installation (DX4/3.3V CPU)..................2.4 SIMM MEMORY Configuration............................SECTION 3......................................AMI BIOS Setup....................................
- Page 4 · PT-431A is a PCI Local Bus motherboard. The four PCI Bus slots fully comply with the PCI spec. v2.0. The speed of I/O peripherals can be dramatically increased by connecting PCI compatible controller cards to the PCI Bus slots on the PT-431A.
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Page 5: Fcc Warning
2) Standby mode. This mode is only available for the SMM CPUs. The clock of the CPU will slow down to the pre-set frequency. 3) Inactive mode. This mode is only available for the SMM CPUs. The PT-431A can stop the CPU clock under this mode. - Page 6 · Execution of the system hot key for power down sequencing <CTRL> <ALT> <\>. Through system activity monitoring and management, the PT-431A will not go into Green PC mode if any of the following activity is detected: ·...
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Page 7: Specifications
SECTION 2 SPECIFICATIONS PT-431A System Board Specifications · Supports 2pcs. of 72 pins SIMM(single or double bank). · Auto configure memory size without hardware jumper. · 32K, 128K, 256K, 512K cache memory size selectable. · Fast CPU reset and Fastgate A20 logic. -
Page 8: Jumper Position
JP46,JP47 CPU Type Select Keyboard Connector Power Connector To assist you in locating the necessary jumpers in order to configure your system, the following graphical guide has been added for jumper location. SIMM BANK JUMPER PCI SLOT POSITION ISA SLOT... - Page 9 Shaded Box represents default setting PS1: Power Supply Connector Pin Assignment Power Good +12V -12V Ground Ground Ground Ground These connectors are for the system case main power supply connector. This connector can only be attached in one specific way to avoid any crossed signals/shorts.
- Page 10 JP5 : PCI IDE LED Connector Pin 1 LED anode Pin2 LED cathod JP12 : Hardware Light Green Stanby Switch Press one time to go in suspend mode Press another time to go back normal mode Some system cases will also have a cable for switch on the case front which when pressed will automatically put the system in to / and out of ‘...
- Page 11 CPU Type JP16 JP17 JP21 JP27 JP28 JP29 JP30 JP36 JP40 486DX/DX2 OPEN OPEN OPEN 1-2,3-4 OPEN OPEN OPEN 486SX OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN 486SX SL OPEN OPEN 2-3,4-5 OPEN OPEN 486DX/DX2 SL OPEN OPEN 1-2,3-4 2-3,4-5 OPEN P24C OPEN...
- Page 12 Short this jumper for using Cyrix M9 CPU. JP20, JP22, JP31 : P24D Select JP20 Short JP22 Short JP31 Short Short all these jumpers if P24D is using. JP24 : Hardware VGA Green Connector This connector can add further power saving Green features to your Green VGA card or ‘PT-xxxx’ Green VGA card by connecting a Green cable between this jumper and the Green jumper on VGA card.
- Page 13 33MHz 40MHz 50MHz This selects the speed of CPU clock signal. Please note that some CPUs are clock-doubling or clock-tripling of of internal clock. JP37 : Clock Mode Select Factory Default Short 2-3 JP38 : External Battery Connector For External Battery : Pin 1 is ‘+’, Pin 4 is ‘-’ Default is using the built-in battery of DS12887.
- Page 14 Connect the cooling fan power cable to this connector, then the cooling fan can be controlled by power supply or CPU, please refer to JP43 as well. JP42 : Power Good Generator On Board Power Good Generator Power Supply Power Good Most power supplies produce a ‘Power Good’...
- Page 15 This selects the size and type of cache RAM on the mother board. This mother board can work with three types of cache RAM which allows for extra flexibiity should you wish to upgrade. The jumpers will be set accordingly during production. JP45 : ECO PAD Connector Pin 1 For ECO PAD...
- Page 16 JP6 : Speaker Connector Speaker data Ground JP9 : Turbo Switch OPEN Turbo Speed CLOSE Normal Speed JP10 : Turbo LED Connector LED anode LED Cathod JP11 : Reset Switch OPEN Normal CLOSE Reset 5V to 3.3V Daughterboard Board Installation (DX4/3.3V CPU) Remark : The user should read carefully all the procedures shown below before they go to install the 3.3V/3.45V CPU and the 3.3V/3.45V daughter board (DX4DB).
- Page 17 Step 1, remove the 4 mini jumpers from J1. JP50,JP51 Step 2, insert the DX4DB 3.3V daughter board on to the 8 pin header (J1) and the 10 pin IDC socket (JP50+JP51). DX4DB 3.3V/3.45V Daughter Board JP2+JP4+JP5 10 pin header 8 pin IDC socket JP50,+JP51 8 pin header...
- Page 18 256k x 36 (Parity) one - single bank 1 MB 512k x 32 (Non-Parity) two - dual bank 2 MB 512k x 36 (Parity) two - dual bank 2 MB 1M x 32 (Non-Parity) one - single bank 4 MB 1M x 36 (Parity) one - single bank 4 MB...
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Page 19: Ami Bios Setup
About CMOS Setup After the PT-431A motherboard has been integrated into the system, you need to run the Setup Program to set system configuration. Upon completion of this the Setup Program is then stored in the read-only memory (ROM), and can only be accessed when you turn on or reset the system. - Page 20 Starting AMI WinBIOS Setup When you turn on the system and in the course of the system POST, you will be presented with the screen depicted below. To enter the Setup program at this time, press the [DEL] key. This will display the first page of the AMI BIOS Setup menu.
- Page 21 AMI WinBIOS only has the set-up options for 2 hard drives, however when using an Enhanced IDE controller you can actually attach 4 hard drives. With an Enhanced IDE controller the two drives in the AMI WinBIOS set-up will refer to the two drives connected to the ‘Primary’...
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Page 22: Standard Setup
Standard Setup · The Standard Setup option is selected by choosing the “Standard” icon from the Setup section of the AMI WinBIOS Setup main menu selection screen. The Standard Setup screen should be as follows: Date / Time · Select the Standard option. Select the Date and Time icon. The current values for each category are displayed. Enter new values through the keyboard. -
Page 23: Advanced Setup
Sectors The number of sectors per track. MFM drives have 17 sectors per track. RLL drives have 26 sectors per track. ESDI drives have 34 sectors per track. SCSI and IDE drive may have even more sectors per track. Capacity The formatted capacity of the drive is (Number of heads) x (Number of cylinders) x (Number of sectors per track) x (512 bytes per sector) If you select Detect C: or Detect D: from the Utility section of the WinBIOS Setup main menu, WinBIOS automatically... -
Page 24: Parity Error Check
· When this option is enabled, the WinBIOS memory test is performed on all system memory. When this option is disabled, the memory test is done only on the first 1 MB of system memory. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. Memory Test Tick Sound ·... - Page 25 Shadow D400,16K · This option enables (turns on) or disables (turns off) the shadowing function of the contents of ROM area named in the option title. The settings are Disabled, Enabled. Shadow D800,16K · This option enables (turns on) or disables (turns off) the shadowing function of the contents of ROM area named in the option title.
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Page 26: Chipset Setup
Chipset Setup The Chipset Setup option is selected by choosing the “Chipset” icon from the Setup section of the AMI WinBIOS Setup main menu selection screen. AUTO Configuration · The settings of this option are Enable / Disabled. If it is enabled, the BIOS will automatically set up the “Cache Read Hit Wait State”, “Cache Write Hit State”, “DRAM Wait State Select”, “DRAM Page Mode”, “Keyboard Clock Select”, “AT Clock Select”... - Page 27 · This option enables or disables the caching function of the contents of the video BIOS EPROM. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. Resource Lock for Local DRAM · This option enables or disables the resource lock for local DRAM. The settings are Disabled or Enabled. Host-to-PCI POST Write wait state ·...
- Page 28 Adaptor ROM Cache CC00, 16K · This option enables (turns on) or disables (turns off) the caching function of the contents of ROM area named in the option title. The settings are Disabled, Enabled. Adaptor ROM Cache D000, 16K · This option enables (turns on) or disables (turns off) the caching function of the contents of ROM area named in the option title.
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Page 29: Power Management Setup
Doze Mode Timer · This option specifies the length of time of the PT-431A inactivity that must expire before the PT-431A is placed in Doze Mode. The settings are 15sec., 1min., 2Min., 4min., 8min., 16min., 32min., 64min., 128min., 256min. or 512min. - Page 30 This option specifies whether the PT-431A monitor the I/O port activity. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. Monitor I/O Address · This option specifies whether the PT-431A I/O port address which will not be monitored by the SMM mode. The default setting is 0. Mask I/O Address ·...
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Page 31: Color Set
3.11 Detect C: The Detect C: option is selected by choosing the “Detect C:” icon from the Utility section of the AMI WinBIOS Setup main menu selection screen. If drive C: is an IDE drive, the hard disk drive parameters for drive C: are automatically detected and reported to the Hard Disk Drive C: screen in Standard Setup, so you can easily configure drive C:. -
Page 32: Setting Password
You can enter a password by: · typing the password on the keyboard, · selecting each letter via the mouse. Setting Password The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup by choosing either Always (the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on) or Setup (the password prompt appears only when WinBIOS Setup is run). The password is stored in CMOS RAM. - Page 33 settings provide far from optimal system performance, but are the most stable settings. Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically.
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Page 34: Software Installation
Subsequent to the printing of this manual some of the drivers may have been updated or others added. Should you notice any drivers not mentioned here please contact your dealer or sales representative for further information. Please find the details information about the driver installation from the README file inside the PT-431A PCI IDE driver diskette. -
Page 35: Troubleshooting Guide
2. If you have switched off the computer system for more than two weeks, you might be required to recharge the battery fully. 3. Any hard disk cable longer than the standard type is not recommended for used with PT-431A. Too long a hard disk cable will make the Green PC circuit unable to monitor the hard disk activity. -
Page 36: Diagram Layout
SECTION 6 DIAGRAM LAYOUT See Diagram 1...