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HOT-304 OPTi 386™·25 Main Board User's Manual...
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HOT-304 OPTi 386-25 MAIN BOARD USER'S MANUAL 1991. oP YRIG H T ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2.01 MANUAL VERSION REGISTE RED TRADEMARKS . I B M ,I B M PC,I B M P C/XT,AT A N D PC-D O S A R E T R A DE M A R K S OF I N TE R N ATI O N A L B U SI N ESS MACHINES COR P .
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HOT-304 main board. It also contains the information neces sary to set u p more complex configurations and/or upgrade a 80386DX based system.
CHAPTER 1 QUICK SERVICE B efore you install the HOT-304 in your computer system. You need to make certain settings on the board by means of the jumper switches. These jumper switches enable you to configure the board according to your own requirements, the jumper settings in order to ensure that the HOT-304 works to your satisfactions.
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S ome jumper switches have no jumper and function as connectors to which you should attach an external jumper which will usually be connected to an in dicator,such as the turbo LED. : � ����. � g I.. � � J.
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COLOR J\.10NOCHROME J 1 0 is an external battery connector. If you wish to connect a battery pack to it, pi ug the jumper to the connector, there should be a rec.J wire attached to the jumper, make sure the edge of the jumper with red wire is plugged in the pin marked Internal Batt.
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is a speaker connector. Most cases have a small speaker built-in, and a four wire jwnper (the middle of two are empty ) attached which first wire is red colored one . When you plug the jumper i n the con nector, make sure the jumper with red wire is pushed over the pin marked 1.
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Reset Switch Connector is a Turbo switch connector . If there have a puch button of turbo switch on your case panel, con nect the jumper which attached to the switch to SW2 connector, to operate the system on the lower speed or at the turbo speed.
CHAPTER 2 INTRODUC1' 1 0N he HOT- 304 1nain board is a high performance AT-compatible main board that provides the simple logic in order to achieve the advanced personal com puter. It is a high perfonnance and high enhanced function board that offers the pritnary elements for building more advanced system.
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*Up to 8-MB of local high-speed, page-mode DRAM capacity on-board. *Optional caching of Shadowed System , Video and Adaptor BIOS. *DRAM Read/Write wait stste selectable from 0 to 3 wait state. * 8042 emulation for fast CPU-reset and gate A20 generation.
CHAPTER 3 INSTALLATION GUIDE f your HOT-304 M/8 is not installed in a computer system ,then the following basic information will be useful. Due to the wide variety of case the HOT-304 can be installed in, it is not possible to provide exact installing instructions for every case.
Although areas with a humid climate are much less prone to static build-up, it is better to alway safeguard against accidental damage that may be result in expen sive repairs . The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipments from static dis charge: *Discharge any static electricity that may have built -up in your body by touching a grounded( earthed)
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A fter installing the HOT-304 main board in a system case, you can connect the case connectors before clos ing the case. If the wire leads from the front panel are not labelled, you can identify them by tracing the wire back to see which control or indicator is attached to.
· ·· · · ·····. . · · ··· · · ··•······· · · · · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·········· ... ············· PROGRAM\ : B IOS SETUP MOS setup table references was written to assist you in the proper usage of BIOS setting, please take a few minutes to review the references to using the program.
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Each time the computer is turned on, it is configured with these parameters, and make it available. The BIOS SETUP program is resident in the ROM BIOS (On HOT-304 chip U 1 7). Listed below is an explanation of the keys displayed at the...
Retrieves the values which were resident when current setup session was started. Loads all features in the Advanced CMOS Setup/Advanced Chip Set Setup with BIOS Setup defaults. Loads all features in the Advanced CMOS Setup/Advanced Chip Set Setup with the Power-On defaults. Saves all changes made to Setup and Exit program.
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BIOS SETUP P ROGRA M- STANDARD CMOS SETUP (C) 1990 A merican Megatrends Inc., All Right Date (mn/date/year): Mon, Nov, 18, 1991 Base memory : 640 K B Ext. memory : 371 2 Time (hour/min/sec): 05 : 5 4: 48 Cyln Head WPcom LZone Sect Size Daylight saving : Disabled 977 5...
Dtsabled or Enabled. Daylight Savings- Hard disk types from 1 to 46 Hard Disk C and Hard Disk D are standard types, type 47 is user definable. User must enter the proper parameters for each drive. (Piease make reference on Appendix B).
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ANCED BIOS SETUP PROGRAM -1\DV CMOS SETUP (C) 1990 American Megatrends Inc.. /\II Rights Rcsc1ved Above l MB Memory Test : Enabled Shadow RAM Optio :Both Memory Test Tick Sound : Enabl : 0:300 Hard Disk Type 47 Area System Boot Up Num Lock : Enabled Floppy Drive Seek At Boot System Boot Up Sequence...
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for the hard disk data storage. When this option is turned on, it System Boot Up Num Lock- may allow user to use the numeric key on the Enhanced Key board numeric keypad when the system is powered on. This option allow user to set the Numeric Processor Test numeric processor enable or disable.
ROM shadow is procedure Adaptor Rom Shadow xxxx 16K- in which B I OS code is copied from slower ROM to faster RAM. Each option allows for a segment of 1 6 KB to be shadowed from ROM to RAM, if these options is enabled. I n this item available options are "Dis...
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\DV 1\:\CLD BIOS SETUP PROGR,\M-. CIIII'SEI' SETUP 1990 American :\kgatl·cnds lnc.. /\ 11 Right Rcsc1vcd ATCLK Stretch : Disabled : CLKI�/4 BUS Clock Select DRAM R ead Wait State :OW/S DRAM Write Wail State RAS* Timeout Counter : Oisahlcd GA20 line after System Boot :Disabled 'fl' ESC: Exit...
; . ······· · ····················· · ···· · ······· · ··· · · · · · · · · ··· · · ·· ····· · · ................- he BIOS SETUP program has a optional password features.
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If user didn't Enable the Password Checking Option in AD VANCED CMOS SETUP, The screen in Fig 1 -7 will display. BIOS S ETUP P ROGRAM -A M I B I OS SETUP UTILITI ES n Megatrcnds Inc., (C) 1990 All Rights Reserved STANDA RD CMOS SETUP ADVANCED C MOS SETUP...
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If entered without error, the message will appear as below: But if the password confirmation is miskeyed, the error message will appear be below: NOTICE: When the Password Checking function is enabled and password is changed, it is important that a record of the password be kept in safe place.
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WARNING!! Performing the Hrd Disk Format, Auto Interleave, and Media Analysis will destroy any data on the hard disk being stored. HARD D ISK FORMAT UTILITY This utility use to format a new hard disk, or to reformat a used hard disk which has developed some bad tracks.
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- - - BIOS SETUP PROGRAM- HARD D ISK UTILITY (C) 1990 American Megatrend� Inc., All Rights Reserved Cyln Head WPcom LZone Sect Size(MB) Hard Disk C: Type : 2 Hard Disk D : Type : Not Installed · .:. ·...
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When prompt to Mark Bad Tracks is setted to Y > and press < <ENTER>, an option to add, delete, revise, or clear is selected from the Bad Track Edit Menu. 5. This is the last chance to determine whether the user want to continue the process or not.
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To determine the best interleave factor, the system will format a portion of the hard disk for each transfer rate calculated. The cylinders, heads and sectors formatted for each value will be displayed in the activity windows on the screen. The procedure of Auto Interleave Utility mostly same as Hard Disk Format, except miss out the step 3.
!WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT: · ·: ................... . The features configured in the STANDARD SETUP , ADVANCED CMOS S ETUP , ADVANC E D C H IP S ET SETUP, AND N EW...
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APPEND IX TECHNICAL RE FERENCE ADDRESS MAP H EX RANAGER DEVICE USAG E SYSTEM 000-01 F DMA CONTROLLER 1 020-03F I NTERR UPT CONTROLLER 1 SYSTEM TIMER SYSTEM 040-0SF 8042 (KEYBOAR D) SYSTEM 060-06F 070-07F R EAL TIME CLK SYSTEM 080 - 09F DMA R EG IST E R SYSTEM...
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POR OTYPE CARD 300-31 F R ESEHED 360-36F PAR . P R I NTER PORT 1 378-37F S DLC B I SYNC 380-38F 3A0-3AF B ISYNC MONO /P R I NTER ADAPTER 3B0-3BF R ESERVED 3C0-3CF COLOR ADAPTER 3D0-3DF D ISKETTE CONTROLLER 3F0-3F7 S E R I AL PORT 1 3F8-3FF...
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SDLC FLOOPY DISK SPAR E ,.._ _ CASCADE FOR DMA CONTROLLER 1 SPARE SPARE SPARE PAGE REGISTER AD DRESSER 1/0 HEX A D DR ESS PAGE R E G ISTER DMA CHAN NEL 0 0087 DMA CHAN N E L 1 0083 DMA CHAN N E L 2 0081...
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INTERRU PTS FUNCT I O N L EVEL SYSTEM TIMER 0/P 0 KEYBOARD 0/P 2 I NTE R R U PT FROM CONTROLLER 2 S E RIAL PORT 2 SERIAL PORT1 PARALLEL PORT 2 D I S KETTE CONTRO LLER PARALLEL PORT R EAL TIME CLOCK SOFTWARE REDIR ECT E D TO I NT OAH...
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DMA CO NTRO LLER REGISTERS HEX A D DR ES S COMM A N D C O D ES CHO ADDRESS CHO WORD CO U NT C H 1 ADDRESS CH1 WORD CO U NT CH2 ADDR ESS CH2 WO RD COU NT CH3 ADDRESS CH3 WO RD COUNT R EAD/WRITE REGISTER...
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