Page 1 GA - 586ATX USER'S MANUAL ¯ Auto detect CPU Voltage. ¯ Support MMX CPU. ¯ Auto CPU Over heat Protect System (A.C.O.P.S.) ¯ Switching mode Voltage regulator on Board. ¯ Modem-Ring-On. ¯ Support Cyrix / IBM 6x86MX & AMD-K6 CPU.
Page 2 GA-586ATX Quick Installation Guide: SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7 SW8 1. Pentium Processor 90 MHz OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 2. Pentium Processor 100 MHz OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 3. Pentium Processor 120 MHz OFF OFF OFF OFF 4.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents AMD/Cyrix CPU SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7 SW8 17. P54CTB-180 MHz OFF OFF OFF 18. P54CTB-200 MHz OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 19. AMDK5-PR133 OFF OFF OFF OFF 20. AMDK5-PR166 OFF OFF OFF 21. AMD-K6/166 (2.9V) OFF OFF 22.
Page 4 GA-586ATX Pentium Processor 90 MHz Pentium Processor 90 MHz...
Page 5 Table of Contents Pentium Processor 100 MHz Pentium Processor 100 MHz...
Page 6 GA-586ATX Pentium Processor 120 MHz Pentium Processor 120 MHz...
Page 7 Table of Contents Pentium Processor 133 MHz Pentium Processor 133 MHz...
Page 8 GA-586ATX Pentium Processor 150 MHz Pentium Processor 150 MHz...
Page 9 Table of Contents Pentium Processor 166 MHz Pentium Processor 166 MHz...
Page 10 GA-586ATX Pentium Processor 180 MHz Pentium Processor 180 MHz...
Page 11 Table of Contents Pentium Processor 200 MHz Pentium Processor 200 MHz...
Page 12 GA-586ATX Intel MMX-150 MHz Intel MMX-150 MHz...
Page 13 Table of Contents 10. Intel MMX-166 MHz Intel MMX-166 MHz...
Page 14 GA-586ATX 11. Intel MMX-200 MHz Intel MMX-200 MHz...
Page 15 Table of Contents 12. Intel MMX-233 MHz Intel MMX 233 MHz...
Page 16 GA-586ATX 13. P54CT-150 MHz P54CT-150 MHz...
Page 17 Table of Contents 14. P54CT-166 MHz P54CT-166 MHz...
Page 18 GA-586ATX 15. P54CTB-150 MHz P54CTB-150 MHz...
Page 19 Table of Contents 16. P54CTB-166 MHz P54CTB-166 MHz...
Page 20: P54Ctb-180 Mhz On Off
GA-586ATX 17. P54CTB-180 MHz P54CTB-180 MHz...
Page 21 Table of Contents 18. P54CTB-200 MHz P54CTB-200 MHz...
Page 22: Amdk5-Pr133 Off On
GA-586ATX 19. AMDK5-PR133 AMDK5-PR133...
Page 23: Amdk5-Pr166
Table of Contents 20. AMDK5-PR166 AMDK5-PR166...
Page 24: Amd-K6/166 (2.9V) Off On
GA-586ATX 21. AMD-K6/166 (2.9V) AMD-K6/166 (2.9V)
Page 25: Amd-K6/180 (2.9V) On Off
Table of Contents 22. AMD-K6/180 (2.9V) AMD-K6/180 (2.9V)
Page 26 GA-586ATX 23. AMD-K6/200 (2.9V) AMD-K6/200 (2.9V)
Page 27 Table of Contents 24. AMD-K6/233 (3.2V) AMD-K6/233 (3.2V)
Page 28: Cyrix / Ibm 6X86-120 Mhz-Pr150+ On On
GA-586ATX 25. Cyrix / IBM 6x86-120 MHz-PR150+ Cyrix / IBM 6x86-120 MHz-PR150+...
Page 29: Cyrix / Ibm 6X86-133 Mhz-Pr166
Table of Contents 26. Cyrix /IBM 6x86-133 MHz-PR166+ Cyrix / IBM 6x86-133 MHz-PR166+...
Page 30: Cyrix / Ibm 6X86L- Pr150+ (2.8V) On On
GA-586ATX 27. Cyrix / IBM 6x86L-PR150+ (2.8V) Cyrix / IBM 6x86L-PR150+ (2.8V)
Page 31 Table of Contents 28. Cyrix / IBM 6x86L-PR166+ (2.8V) Cyrix / IBM 6x86L-PR166+ (2.8V)
Page 32 GA-586ATX 29. Cyrix / IBM 6x86MX-PR166 (60x2.5) Cyrix / IBM 6x86MX-PR166 (60x2.5)
Page 33 Table of Contents 30. Cyrix / IBM 6x86MX-PR200 (66x2.5) Cyrix / IBM 6x86MX-PR200 (66x2.5)
Page 34 GA-586ATX 31. Cyrix / IBM 6x86MX-PR233 (66x3 ) Cyrix / IBM 6x86MX-PR233 (66x3 )
Page 35 Table of Contents II. Quick Installation Guide of Jumper setting: KEYLOCK : Key-Lock Connector Pin No. Function Key Lock. GND. SPK : Speaker Connector Function Pin No. Data...
Page 36 GA-586ATX TD : Turbo LED Connector Function Pin No. LED anode (+) LED cathode (-) TB : Turbo Switch Connector Function Reserved.
Page 37 Table of Contents RST : Reset Switch Open : Normal operation. Close : For hardware reset system. PW : Power LED Pin No. Function LED anode (+). LED cathode (-).
Page 38 GA-586ATX GD : Green Function LED Function Pin No. LED anode (+) LED cathode (-) GN : Green Function Switch Open : Normal operation. Close One Time : For system entering Green mode.
Page 39 Table of Contents HD : IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin No. Function LED anode (+) LED cathode (-) LED cathode (-) LED anode (+) JP2 : Soft Power Connector Pin No. Function CTRL-Signal...
Page 40 GA-586ATX PWR : ATX Power Connector Function Pin No. 3,5,7,13,15-17 VCC (+5V) 4,6,19,20 +12V -12V Power Good 5V SB (Stand by +5V) PS-ON (Soft ON/OFF) JP1: USB Port Function Pin No. SBV1 SBD1- SBD1+ SBV0 SBD0- SBD0+...
Page 41 Table of Contents J2 : PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connector PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Pin No. Function Key Data VCC (+5V) Key Clock. J1: CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector Pin No. Function +12V...
Page 42 GA-586ATX J8 : For Primary IDE port RED LINE J7 : For Secondary IDE port RED LINE...
Page 43 Table of Contents JP4 : FLOPPY PORT RED LINE CN3 : LPT PORT...
Page 44 GA-586ATX CN2 : COM A COM A CN1 : COM B COM B...
Page 45 Table of Contents SW : For CPU INT./EXT.FREQ. 60 MHz 66 MHz Speed AUTO 2.0 V x 1.5 2.1 V 2.2 V 2.3 V 2.4 V x 2.5 2.5 V 2.6 V 2.7 V 2.8 V x 3.5 2.9 V 3.0 V 3.1 V 3.2 V...
Page 46 GA-586ATX ROM PCI / ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration : Enabled Chipset NA# Asserted : Enabled DRAM Timing : 70ns DRAM Refresh Rate : 15.6 us DRAM Leadoff Timing : 10/6/4 System After AC BACK : Soft-Off DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) : x333 /x444...
Page 47 Table of Contents The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein. ¯THIRD-PARTY BRANDS AND NAMES ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNES.
Page 48 GA-586ATX 1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST ............... 1-2 1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM ..............1-3 1.5. INTRODUCE THE PCI - BUS ............. 1-4 1.6. FEATURES ................1-4 2. SPECIFICATION ................. 2-1 2.1. HARDWARE ................2-1 2.2. SOFTWARE ................2-2 2.3. ENVIRONMENT................. 2-2 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............. 3-1 3.1.
Page 49 Table of Contents 4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP ............4-10 4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP............ 4-14 4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..........4-19 4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ............4-24 4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS............4-26 4.11. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS............4-27 4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ..........4-28 4.13.
Page 51 Introduction INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE Welcome to use the GA - 586ATX motherboard. The motherboard is a Pipeline 512 KB CACHE Pentium Processor based PC / AT compatible system with ISA bus and PCI Local Bus, and has been designed to be the fastest PC / AT system.
Page 52: Performance List
GA-586ATX Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). 1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users. (The different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.) Pentium Processor MMX-200 / 200 MHz...
Page 53: Block Diagram
Introduction 1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM pentium CPU Interface PROCESSOR 3.3V or 2.5V I/O 60-66MHz 3.3V PBSRAM For Mobile Docking Stations only. 430TX 32Kx32 DRAM MTXC 324 BGA PCI Docking 3.3V PCI 5V PCI 380-II (30/30 MHz) 380AB 430TX 5V ISA BM IDE PIIX4 GPIO(30+) FastATA/33...
Page 54: Introduce The Pci - Bus
GA-586ATX 1.5. INTRODUCE THE PCI - BUS Connecting devices to a CPU local bus can dramatically increase the speed of I/O-bound peripherals with only a slight increase in cost over traditional systems. This price / Performance point has created a vast market potential for local bus products.
Page 55: Specification
Specification SPECIFICATION 2.1. HARDWARE Pentium Processor 90 - 233 MHz, MMX, P54CT, P54CTB, AMDK5(PR133 / PR166), AMD-K6 (166 / 180 / 200 (2.9V) / 233 (3.2V) ), Cyrix / IBM 6 x 86 ( PR150+ / PR166+), Cyrix / IBM 6x86L (PR150+/ PR166+( 2.8V)), Cyrix / IBM 6x86MX (PR166 (60x2.5) / PR200(66x2.5) /PR233(66x3)).
Page 56: Software
GA-586ATX Supports 2 16550 COM ports. (Using IRQ4, 3) I/O PORTS Supports 1 EPP/ECP LPT port. (Using IRQ7 or 5 and DMA3 or 1) Supports 1 1.44/2.88 MB Floppy port. (Using DMA2 & IRQ6) Supports PS/2 Mouse. (Using IRQ12 ) Standby &...
Page 57: Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3.1. UNPACKING The mainboard package should contain the following: The GA - 586ATX mainboard. USER’S MANUAL for mainboard. Cable set for IDE & Floppy . Diskette for BUS MASTER ATAPI device (Ver 3.6). The mainboard contains sensitive electric components which can be easily damaged by static electricity, so the mainboard should be left in its original packing until it is installed.
Page 58: Mainboard Layout
GA-586ATX 3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT SLOT8 SLOT7 KEYLOCK SLOT6 SLOT5 SLOT4 SLOT3 BIOS SLOT2 SLOT1 PCI4 PCI3 FLOPPY PCI2 PCI1 SIMM1 SIMM2 SIMM3 SIMM4 IDE1 IDE2 DIMM2 DIMM1 COMA SOFT COMB POWER GA-586ATX DIP SWITCH MOUSE K.B FAN PW +12V ×Figure 3.1Ø 3.3.
Page 59 Hardware Installation Hard Disk active LED Pin No. Function LED anode(+). LED cathode(-). LED cathode(-). LED anode(+). GN-SW Pin No. Function Close For system to entering Green Mode (Suspend mode). Open Normal Operation. GN-LED Pin No. Function LED anode (+). LED cathode (-).
Page 60 GA-586ATX J2: PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connector Pin No. Function Key Data. GND. VCC (+5V). Key Clock. J1: CPU Cooling FAN Power Connector Pin No. Function +12V. Key-Lock Connector Pin No. Function Key-Lock. GND. Soft Power Connector Pin No. Function GND.
Page 61 Hardware Installation -12V. -5V. Power Good. 5V SB (Stand by +5V). PS-ON (Soft ON/OFF). JP1: USB Port Pin No. Function SBV1. SBD1-. SBD1+. GND. SBV0. SBD0-. SBD0+. GND. SW: CPU INT./ EXT. FREQ. RATIO AUTO 2.0 V SW 1 2.1 V 2.2 V 2.3 V 2.4 V...
Page 62: Dram Installation
GA-586ATX 3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION The mainboard can be installed with 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 MB 72 pins SIMM module DRAM, and the DRAM speed must be 60 or 70 ns. The DRAM memory system on mainboard consists of bank 0, & bank 1. Each bank consists of 2 sockets for 72 pins SIMM module DRAM.
Page 63 Hardware Installation 4MB * 2pcs. 8MB * 2pcs. 24MB 16MB 24MB 4MB * 2pcs. 24MB 16MB 16MB 32MB 4MB * 2pcs. 16MB 32MB 8MB * 2pcs. 32MB 16MB * 2pcs. 32MB 32MB 32MB 8MB * 2pcs. 8MB * 2pcs. 32MB 8MB * 2pcs.
Page 64 GA-586ATX 64MB 64MB 16MB * 2pcs. 16MB * 2pcs. 64MB 16MB * 2pcs. 32MB 64MB 4MB * 2pcs. 32MB * 2pcs. 72MB 32MB * 2pcs. 72MB 4MB * 2pcs. 32MB 32MB 72MB 16MB * 2pcs. 32MB 72MB 64MB 72MB 16MB 64MB 80MB 8MB * 2pcs.
Page 65: Sram Installation
Hardware Installation 64MB * 2pcs. 144MB 64MB * 2pcs. 16MB 152MB 64MB * 2pcs. 16MB 16MB 160MB 16MB * 2pcs. 64MB * 2pcs. 160MB 64MB * 2pcs. 32MB 160MB 64MB * 2pcs. 32MB 168MB 64MB * 2pcs. 16MB 32MB 176MB 64MB * 2pcs.
Page 66: Cmos Rtc & Isa Cfg Cmos Sram
GA-586ATX The CPU is a sensitive electric component and it can be easily damaged by static electricity, so users must keep it away from metal surface when the CPU is installed onto mainboard. When the user installs the CPU on socket, please notice that the PIN 1 of CPU is in the same corner as the PIN 1 of socket! Before the CPU is installed, the mainboard must be placed on a flat plane in order to avoid being broken by the pressure of CPU...
Page 67: Hardware Reset Switch Connector Installation
Hardware Installation 3.12. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION The RESET switch on panel provides users with HARDWARE RESET function which is almost the same as power-on/off. The system will do a cold start after the RESET switch is pushed and released by user. The RESET switch is a 2 PIN connector and should be installed to RST on mainboard.
Page 69: Bios Configuration
GA-586ATX BIOS CONFIGURATION Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS SRAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. 4.1.
Page 70: Control Keys
BIOS Configuration 4.2. CONTROL KEYS Up arrow Move to previous item. Down arrow Move to next item. Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand. Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand. Esc key Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - Exit current page and return to Main Menu.
Page 71: Getting Help
GA-586ATX 4.3. GETTING HELP 4.3.1. Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. 4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.
Page 72 BIOS Configuration Figure 4.1: Main Menu Standard CMOS setup This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS. BIOS features setup This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. Chipset features setup This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features. Power management setup This setup page includes all the items of Green function features.
Page 73: Standard Cmos Setup Menu
GA-586ATX Automatically configure hard disk parameter. HDD low level format Low level format IDE Hard Disk. Save & exit setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit without save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. 4.5.
Page 74 BIOS Configuration Figure 4.2: Standard CMOS Setup Menu Date The date format is <day>, <date> <month> <year>. Press <F3> to show the calendar. The day, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display-only date The date, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month) month The month, Jan.
Page 75 GA-586ATX Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Those information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. CYLS. number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precomp LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS number of sectors...
Page 76 BIOS Configuration Both Drive A & B are 3 mode Floppy Drive. Video The category detects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must matches your video display card and monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to select the type in setup.
Page 77 GA-586ATX All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for all other errors Memory The category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS. Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system.
Page 78: Bios Features Setup
BIOS Configuration DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs. Most use for this area is Shadow RAM. 4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Page 79 GA-586ATX appear, in the mean time, you can run anti-virus program to locate the problem. The default value is Disabled. Enabled Activate automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Disabled No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Page 80 BIOS Configuration hard disk (C) drive and SCSI drive. C,A,SCSI System will first search for hard disk (C) drive then floppy disk drive and SCSI drive. C,CDROM,A System will first search for hard disk (C) drive then CDROM drive and floppy disk drive. CDROM,C,A System will first search for CDROM drive then hard disk (C) drive and floppy disk drive.
Page 81 GA-586ATX Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360 Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On. Keypad is number keys.
Page 82: Chipset Features Setup
BIOS Configuration Non-OS2 Using non-OS2 operating system. Using OS2 operating system and DRAM>64MB. Video BIOS Shadow It determines whether video BIOS will copied to RAM, however, it is optional from chipset design. Video Shadow will increase the video speed. The default value is Enable. Enabled Video shadow is enabled.
Page 83: Auto Configuration
GA-586ATX ROM PCI / ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration : Enabled Chipset NA# Asserted : Enabled DRAM Timing : 70ns DRAM Refresh Rate : 15.6 us Power-Supply Type : Auto DRAM Leadoff Timing : 10/6/4 SDRAM (CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS) : 3/3 DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP)
Page 84 BIOS Configuration 10/6/3 Set DRAM Leadoff Timing to 10/6/3 11/7/4 Set DRAM Leadoff Timing to 11/7/4 10/6/4 Set DRAM Leadoff Timing to 10/6/4 DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) The default value is x333 / x444. X444 / x444 Set DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) to x444 / x444. X333 / x444 Set DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) to x333 / x444.
Page 85 GA-586ATX Fast MA to RAS# Delay. The default value is 2 Clks. 2 Clks Set Fast MA to RAS# Delay is 2 Clks. 1 Clks Set Fast MA to RAS# Delay is 1 Clks. System BIOS Cacheable The default value is Enabled. Enable Enabled System BIOS Cacheable.
Page 86 BIOS Configuration The default value is Disabled. Enable Enabled PCI 2.1 Compliance. Disable Disabled PCI 2.1 Compliance. Chipset NA# Asserted The default value is Enabled. Enabled Enabled Chipset NA# Asserted. Disable Disabled Chipset NA# Asserted. DRAM Refresh Rate The default value is 15.6 us. 15.6 us Set DRAM Refresh Rate to 15.6 us.
Page 87: Power Management Setup
GA-586ATX CPU Temperature Select The default value is Auto. Auto Set CPU Temperature Automatically. 65 C/149 F Set CPU Temperature to 65 C/149 F. 70 C/158 F Set CPU Temperature to 70 C/158 F. 75 C/167 F Set CPU Temperature to 75 C/167 F. 80 C/176 F Set CPU Temperature to 80 C/176 F.
Page 88: Video Off Method
BIOS Configuration ROM PCI / ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ** Reload Global Timer Events ** Power Management : Enabled IRQ [3-7,9-15] , NMI : Enabled PM Control by APM : Yes Primary IDE 0 : Enabled Video Off Method : DPMS Primary IDE 1...
Page 89 GA-586ATX V/H SYNC + Blank BIOS will turn off V/H-SYNC when gets into Green mode for Green monitor power saving. Blank Screen BIOS will only black monitor when gets into Green mode. DPMS BIOS will use DPMS Standard to control VGA card.
Page 90 BIOS Configuration 50.0% Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 50.0%. 62.5% Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 62.5%. 75.0% Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 75.0%. 87.5% Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 87.5%. 12.5% Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 12.5%. 25.0% Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 25.0%. 37.5% Set Throttle Duty Cycle is 37.5%.
Page 91 GA-586ATX Enabled Primary / Secondary IDE Enabled. Disabled Primary / Secondary IDE Disabled. Floppy Disk The default value is Enabled. Enable Floppy Disk Enabled. Disable Floppy Disk Disabled. Serial Port The default value is Enabled. Enable Serial Port Enabled. Disable Serial Port Disabled.
Page 92: Pnp Os Installed
BIOS Configuration 4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ROM PCI / ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. PNP OS Installed : No PCI IDE IRQ Map To : PCI-AUTO Resources Controlled by : Manual Primary IDE INT# Reset Configuration Data : Disabled Secondary IDE INT# IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA...
Page 93 GA-586ATX The default value is Disabled. Enabled Enabled Reset Configuration Data. Disabled Disabled Reset Configuration Data. IRQ (3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15),DMA(0,1,3,5,6,7) assigned to The default value is "Legacy ISA" or "PCI/ISA PnP". Legacy ISA The resource is used by Legacy ISA device. PCI/ISA PnP The resource is used by PCI/ISA PnP device (PCI or ISA).
Page 94: Load Bios Defaults
BIOS Configuration 4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS ROM PCI / ISA BIOS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERUSER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS Load BIOS Defaults (Y/N)? N...
Page 95: Load Setup Defaults
GA-586ATX 4.11. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI / ISA BIOS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERUSER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS Load SETUP Defaults (Y/N)? N...
Page 96: Integrated Peripherals
BIOS Configuration 4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI / ISA BIOS 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 IDE Primary Master UDMA : Auto...
Page 97 GA-586ATX IDE Primary Master PIO (for onboard IDE 1st channel). The default value is Auto. Auto BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode0~4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode. IDE Primary Slave PIO (for onboard IDE 1st channel). The default value is Auto.
Page 98 BIOS Configuration IDE Secondary Master UDMA (for onboard IDE 2nd channel). The default value is Auto. Auto BIOS will automatically set the IDE HDD to Ultra DMA/33 Mode. Disabled Disable Ultra DMA HDD Function. IDE Secondary Slave UDMA (for onboard IDE 2nd channel). The default value is Auto.
Page 99 GA-586ATX The default value is Enabled. Enabled Enable onboard FDD port. Disabled Disable onboard FDD port. Onboard Serial Port 1 The default value is COM1/3F8. COM1/3F8 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 3F8H. COM2/2F8 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 2F8H. COM3/3E8 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 3E8H.
Page 100 BIOS Configuration The default value is SPP. Using Parallel port as Normal Printer Port. EPP/SPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port / Normal Printer Port. ¯ Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port. ECP/EPP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ¯...
Page 101: Supervisor / User Password
GA-586ATX 4.13. SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. ENTER PASSWORD ROM PCI / ISA BIOS USER PASSWORD AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP...
Page 102: Ide Hdd Auto Detection
BIOS Configuration PASSWORD DISABLED If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup. If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.
Page 103: Hdd Low Level Format
GA-586ATX 4.15. HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT ROM PCI / ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE &...
Page 104: Save & Exit Setup
BIOS Configuration 4.16. SAVE & EXIT SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS SAVE & EXIT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERUSER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS...
Page 105: Exit Without Saving
GA-586ATX 4.17. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ROM PCI / ISA BIOS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERUSER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N...
Page 107: At Technical Information
GA-586ATX AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION 5.1. I/O BUS CONNECTOR PIN OUT 5.1.1. ISA SLOT PIN OUT -I/O CH CHK RESET SD07 SD06 IRQ9 SD05 SD04 DRQ2 SD03 -12V SD02 SD01 +12V SD00 -I/O CH RDY -SMEMW -SMEMR SA19 -IOW SA18 -IOR SA17 -MEMCS16 SBHE...
Page 108: Pci - Bus Slot Pin Out
AT Technical Information 5.1.2. PCI - BUS SLOT PIN OUT -12V +12V INTA# INTB# INTC# INTD# PST#1 PST#2 RST# GNT# REQ# AD_31 AD_30 SBO# AD_29 SERR# AD_28 AD_27 AD_26 CBE#1 AD_15 AD_25 AD_14 AD_24 AD_13 CBE#3 IDSEL AD_12 AD_11 AD_23 AD_10 AD_22 AD_09...
Page 109: I/O & Memory Map
GA-586ATX 5.2. I/O & MEMORY MAP MEMORY MAP: [0000000-009FFFF] System memory used by DOS and application program. [00A0000-00BFFFF] Display buffer memory for VGA/ EGA/CGA/MONOCHROME adapter. [00C0000-00DFFFF] Reserved for I/O device BIOS ROM or RAM buffer. [00E0000-00EFFFF] Reserved for PCI device ROM. [00F0000-00FFFFF] System BIOS ROM.
Page 110 AT Technical Information NMI: Parity check error IRQ (H/W): 0 System TIMER interrupt from TIMER-0 1 KEYBOARD output buffer full 2 Cascade for IRQ 8-15 3 SERIAL port 2 4 SERIAL port 1 5 PARALLEL port 2 6 FLOPPY DISK adapter 7 PARALLEL port 1 8 RTC clock 9 Available...
Page 111: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map
GA-586ATX 5.5. RTC & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS: Seconds Second alarm Minutes Minutes alarm Hours Hours alarm Day of week Day of month Month Year Status register A Status register B Status register C Status register D Diagnostic status byte Shutdown byte FLOPPY DISK drive type byte Reserve...
Page 113: Appendix A: Post Message
Appendix A: Post Message APPENDIX A: POST MESSAGE When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something, either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bottom.
Page 114 GA-586ATX Ö DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR - RUN SETUP Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition. Run Setup to re-configure the drive type correctly. Ö DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color.
Page 115 Appendix A: Post Message Ö ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER Cannot initialize controller. Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus. Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup. Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly in the hard drive.
Page 116 GA-586ATX Ö MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Memory has been added or removed since the last boot. In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to re-configure the memory configuration. In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields.
Page 117 Appendix A: Post Message Ö Should Have ISA Board But Not Found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board installed is not responding to the ID request, or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot. When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.
Page 119: Appendix B: Post Codes
GA-586ATX APPENDIX B: POST CODES EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h. ISA POST codes are typically output to port address 80h. POST Name Description Turn Off Chipset OEM Specific-Cache control. Cache Processor Test 1 Processor Status (1 FLAGS) Verification. Test the following processor status flags carry, zero, sign, overflow, The BIOS will set each of these flags, verify they are...
Page 120 Appendix B: Post Codes Setup low memory Early chip set initialization. Memory presence test. OEM chip set routines. Clear low 64 K of memory. Test first 64 K memory. Early Cache Cyrix CPU initialization. Initialization Cache initialization. Setup Interrupt Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with Vector Table SPURIOUS_INT-HDLR and initialize INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL.
Page 121 GA-586ATX Test Stuck NMI Verify NMI can be cleared. Bits (Parity/IO Check) Display CPU clock. 1B-1E Reserved Set EISA Mode If EISA non-volatile memory checksum is good, execute EISA initialization. If not, execute ISA tests an clear EISA mode flag. Test EISA Configuration Memory Integrity (checksum &...
Page 122 Appendix B: Post Codes Reserved Reserved 48-4D Reserved Manufacturing Reboot if Manufacturing POST Loop pin is set. POST Loop or Otherwise display any messages (i.e., any non-fatal Display Messages errors that were detected during POST) and enter Setup. Security Check Ask password security (optional).
Page 123: Appendix C: Bios Default Drive Table
GA-586ATX APPENDIX C: BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE TABLE Type Size Cylinders Heads Sectors Write / Land Example Model (MB) Precomp Zone 10 MB TEAC SD510 MMI 112, 5412 20 MB Seagate ST225, ST4026 31 MB 62 MB 47 MB 20 MB 65535 Seagate ST125 Tandon TM262...
Page 124 Appendix C: BIOS Default Drive Table 69 MB 65535 Maxtor2140, Priam S14 41 MB Maxtor2190, Priam S19 68 MB 65535 Maxtor1085 Micropolis1325 53 MB Maxtor1105, 1120, 4780 94 MB 1024 65535 1024 Maxtor1170 128 MB 1024 65535 1024 CDC9415 43 MB 1024 1024 1024...
Page 125: Appendix D: Problem Sheet
GA-586ATX APPENDIX D: PROBLEM SHEET 1. Customer Data Tel. No. Name Fax. No. Address Purchase Date 2. Mainboard Date Rev. No. Model NO. Serial No. 3. System Configuration CPU Type: CPU Brand: CPU Speed: q 16 q 32 MB DRAM Type: q 80 q 70 q 60 ns...
Page 126: Appendix E: Fcc Document
Appendix E : FCC Document APPENDIX E: FCC DOCUMENT FCC Compliance Statement: DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2. 1077(a) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device , Responsible Party Name: G.B.T.

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2 Specification

3 Hardware Installation

4 Bios Configuration

5 At Technical Information

Appendix A: Post Message

Appendix B: Post Codes

Appendix C: Bios Default Drive Table

Appendix D: Problem Sheet

Appendix E: Fcc Document

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