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- Page 1 GA - 586DX USER'S MANUAL Dual PENTIUM PCI - ISA BUS MAINBOARD REV. 1 Third Edition...
- Page 2 GA-586DX 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. IBM PC/AT, PC/XT are trademarks of International Business Machine Corporation. PENTIUM is a trademark of Intel Corporation. AWARD is a trademark of Award Software, Inc.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION.................. 1-1 1.1. PREFACE ..................1-1 1.2. KEY FEATURES ................1-1 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 SPECIFICATION.................. 2-1 2.1. HARDWARE ..................2-1 2.2. SOFTWARE..................2-2 2.3. - Page 4 GA-586DX 4.3. GETTING HELP ................4-3 4.3.1. Main Menu.................. 4-3 4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu....4-3 4.4. THE MAIN MENU................4-3 4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU ............ 4-5 4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP..............4-9 4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ............4-13 4.8.
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Page 5: Introduction
Introduction INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE Welcome to use the GA - 586DX motherboard. The motherboard is a 512 KB cache Dual 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 6 GA-586DX 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 200 MHz...
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Page 7: Block Diagram
Introduction 1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM Pentium Processor Host Bus 3.3V Control Address Data Second Level Cache Cntl Addr Cache Data Main (SRAM) Tag Cntl Memory (DRAM) TIO[7:0] TIO[10:8] Cntl PCI Bus Control Address/Data Ultra SCSI Hard Disk Fast IDE Device(s) Ultra Wide SCSI AIC-7880 CD ROM PIIX3... -
Page 8: Features
GA-586DX 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 9: Specification
Specification SPECIFICATION 2.1. HARDWARE Pentium processor 75 - 200 MHz, P55C (Dual). Pentium OverDrive processor, (PODP). AMD5 K 86, Cyrix6 x 86 processor. Two 321 pins (socket 7) ZIF white socket on board. 3.3V / 2.8V Dual Power Ready for P55C,Cyrix & AMD processor. -
Page 10: Software
GA-586DX Support Mode 3,4 IDE & ATAPI CD - ROM. I/O PORTS Supports 2 16550 COM ports. (Using IRQ4, 3) Supports 1 EPP/ECP LPT port. (Using IRQ7 or 5 and DMA3 or 1) Supports 1 1.44MB Floppy port. (Using DMA2 & IRQ6) Supports PS/2 Mouse. -
Page 11: Hardware Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3.1. UNPACKING The mainboard package should contain the following: The GA - 586DX mainboard. USER'S MANUAL for mainboard & SCSI Driver Installation. Cable set for IDE, Floppy & SCSI device. Diskette for BUS MASTE IDE Driver & SCSI controller Drivers. -
Page 12: Quick Reference For Jumpers & Connectors
GA-586DX COMB Mouse COMA Keyboard PCI3 PCI1 POWER CONN. FLOPPY +12V GND 1st CPU Socket J1:CPU FAN +12V GND PCI4 PCI2 2nd CPU Socket J2:CPU FAN AIC-7880 DRAM SCSI Bank0,1 RAID Port 1 2 3 4 P.B. DIP SWITCH SRAM WIDE SCSI JP15 ULTRA SCSI... - Page 13 Hardware Installation LED POWER (+) GND (-) t J6: Hard Disk active LED Pin No. Function LED POWER (+) LED POWER (-) LED POWER (-) LED POWER (+) t J7: INFARED Connector (IR) -- Function Option Pin No. Function IR Data Output IR Data Input POWER (+) t J8: GN-SW...
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Page 14: Dram Installation
GA-586DX t CN1-11 I/O Ports Connector For Serial port2 (COM B). For LPT port. For Keyboard I/O port. For PS/2 Mouse port. For Serial port1(COM A). USB port (option). For Floppy port For ULTRA WIDE SCSI port. For ULTRA 8 bit SCSI port. CN10 For Secondary IDE port. -
Page 15: Cpu Installation And Jumpers Setup
Hardware Installation Double Single Double Double The DRAM installation position refer to Figure 3.1, and notice the Pin 1 of SIMM module must match with the Pin 1 of SIMM socket when the DRAM SIMM module is installed. Insert the DRAM SIMM module into the SIMM socket at 45 degree angle. If there is a wrong direction of Pin 1, the DRAM SIMM module couldn't be inserted into socket completely. -
Page 16: Cmos Rtc & Isa Cfg Cmos Sram
GA-586DX PENTIUM 100 MHz, AMD5 K 86-P100/P133 Cyrix 6 X 86-P120 Cyrix 6 X 86-P133 PENTIUM 120 MHz, AMD5 K 86-P150, Cyrix 6 X 86-P150 PENTIUM 133 MHz, AMD5 K 86-P166, Cyrix 6 X 86-P166 Intel PODP 125MHz PENTIUM 150 MHz PENTIUM 166 MHz PENTIUM 180 MHz PENTIUM 200 MHz... -
Page 17: Green Function Installation
Hardware 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 J4 on mainboard. - Page 18 GA-586DX System has 16 bit SCSI 16 bit 16 bit SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE SCSI ID SCSI ID Mainboard No.15 No.0 Terminator ON Terminator OFF Terminator ON System has only 8 bit SCSI device 8 bit 8 bit SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE SCSI ID SCSI ID...
- Page 19 Hardware Installation System has 8 bit EXT. SCSI port & 8 bit INT. SCSI device EXT. 50pin SCSI port 8 bit 8 bit SCSI-2 Terminator SCSI DEVICE SCSI DEVICE SCSI ID SCSI ID Mainboard No.6 No.0 EXT. SCSI-2 DEVICE High byte Terminator ON Terminator ON Low byte Terminator OFF Terminator OFF...
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Page 20: Peripheral Device Installation
GA-586DX 3.13. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION After the I/O device installation and jumpers setup, the mainboard can be mounted into the case and fixed by screw. To complete the mainboard installation, the peripheral device could be installed now. The basic system needs a display interface card. If the PCI - Bus device is to be installed in the system, any one of four PCI - Bus slots can be used if Slave PCI - Bus device being installed;... -
Page 21: Bios Configuration
BIOS Configuration 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 22: Control Keys
GA-586DX 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 PgUp key... -
Page 23: Getting Help
BIOS Configuration 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 24: Standard Cmos Setup Menu
GA-586DX 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 25 BIOS Configuration categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrows to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. ROM PCI / ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
- Page 26 GA-586DX For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Primary HDDs / Secondary HDDs The category identify the types of hard disk drive C drive F 4 devices that has been installed in the computer. There are 45 pre-defined types and a user definable type. Type 1 to Type 45 are pre-defined.
- Page 27 BIOS Configuration 360K, 5.25 in. 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity. 1.2M, 5.25 in. 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity (3-1/2 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled). 720K, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte capacity 1.44M, 3.5 in.
- Page 28 GA-586DX system will be stopped and you will be prompted All,But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other errors All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or...
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Page 29: Bios Features Setup
BIOS Configuration Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640 K to 1024 K address space. This is memory that can be used for different applications. DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs. - Page 30 GA-586DX 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 CPU Internal Cache / External Cache These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU / chipset design.
- Page 31 BIOS Configuration Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks, Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 K, 1.2 M or 1.44 M drive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number.
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Page 32: Chipset Features Setup
GA-586DX 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 Disabled Video shadow is disabled PCI/VGA Palette Snoop The default value are Disabled. - Page 33 BIOS Configuration ROM PCI / ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration : 60-70ns Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabled DRAM ECC/PARITY select : ECC Memory Parity/ECC Check : Disabled : Quit : Select Item : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify : Old Values...
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Page 34: Power Management Setup
GA-586DX being used, If yes, the BIOS will Enable the function. Enabled Enable Memory Parity or ECC check function. 4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ** Power Down & Resume Events ** Power Management : Enabled IRQ3 (COM 2) -
Page 35: Pnp/Pci Configuration
BIOS Configuration Green mode for Green monitor power saving. Blank Screen BIOS will only black monitor when gets into Green mode. DPMS Support BIOS will use DPMS Standard to control VGA card. (The Green type VGA card will turn of V/H- SYNC automatically.) Standby Mode ( for Network Card using ) The default value is Disable. -
Page 36: Resources Controlled By
GA-586DX ROM PCI / ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Resources Controlled by : Manual Reset Configuration Data : Disabled IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA IRQ-4 assigned to : Legacy ISA IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-7 assigned to : Legacy ISA IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP... - Page 37 BIOS Configuration ROM PCI / ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel : Enabled On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto...
- Page 38 GA-586DX Enabled Enable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. Disabled Disable onboard 2nd channel IDE port. 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.
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Page 39: Load Setup Defaults
BIOS Configuration 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. COM4/2E8 Enable onboard Serial port A and address is 2E8H. - Page 40 GA-586DX ROM PCI / ISA BIOS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP USER PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION Load SETUP Defaults (Y/N)? N INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS : Quit...
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Page 41: User Password
BIOS Configuration 4.12. 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 USER PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP... -
Page 42: Ide Hdd Auto Detection
GA-586DX 4.13. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ROM PCI / ISA BIOS IDE HDDD AUTO DETECTION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS. HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip): N OPTION SIZE CYLS. HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 1 (Y) -
Page 43: Save & Exit Setup
BIOS Configuration 4.14. SAVE & EXIT SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS SAVE & EXIT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP USER PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? N... -
Page 44: Exit Without Saving
GA-586DX 4.15. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ROM PCI / ISA BIOS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP USER PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PCI CONFIGURATION Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS... -
Page 45: At Technical Information
AT Technical Information 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... -
Page 46: Pci - Bus Slot Pin Out
GA-596DX 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 AD_21 AD_20... -
Page 47: I/O & Memory Map
AT Technical Information 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 48 GA-596DX 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 10 Available...
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Page 49: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map
AT Technical Information 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... -
Page 51: Appendix A: Post Message
GA-586DX 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 52 Appendix A: Post Message Ö DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Since last powering off the system, the display adapter has been changed. You must configure the system for the new display type. Ö EISA Configuration Checksum Error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non-volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot.
- Page 53 GA-586DX Ö KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot. If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard, set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT KEYBOARD.
- Page 54 Appendix A: Post Message Ö Should Be Empty But EISA Board Found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no board ID. When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.
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Page 55: Appendix B: Post Codes
GA-586DX 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 56 Appendix B: Post Codes 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 57 GA-586DX 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 & communication interface). Enable Slot 0 Initialize slot 0 (System Board). 21-2F Enable Slots 1-15 Initialize slot 1 through 15.
- Page 58 Appendix B: Post Codes 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). Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen.
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Page 59: Appendix C: Bios Default Drive Table
GA-586DX 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 60 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...
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Page 61: Appendix D: Problem Sheet
GA-586DX 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...