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GA - 586MS
PCI - ISA SOLUTION
¬ Support Win95 Soft-Power off.
¬ Support Modem Ring On by Com2.
If ATX-Power is using.
If Cyrix CPU is Using, make sure CPU Date-Code After 6620.
PENTIUM
PCI - ISA BUS MAINBOARD
REV.1.0 Second Edition

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  • Page 1 GA - 586MS PCI - ISA SOLUTION ¬ Support Win95 Soft-Power off. ¬ Support Modem Ring On by Com2. If ATX-Power is using. If Cyrix CPU is Using, make sure CPU Date-Code After 6620. PENTIUM PCI - ISA BUS MAINBOARD REV.1.0 Second Edition...
  • Page 2 GA-586MS Quick Installation Guide: 586 CPU JP35 1. Intel Pentium 75 MHz 2. Intel Pentium 90 MHz 3. Intel Pentium 100 MHz 4. Intel Pentium 120 MHz 5. Intel Pentium 133 MHz 6. Intel Pentium 150 MHz 7. Intel Pentium 166 MHz 8.
  • Page 3 Table of Contents JP35 Pentium 75 MHz JP35 2. Intel Pentium 90 MHz JP35 Pentium 90 MHz JP35 3. Intel Pentium 100 MHz...
  • Page 4 GA-586MS JP35 Pentium 100 MHz JP35 4. Intel Pentium 120 MHz JP35 Pentium 120 MHz JP35 5. Intel Pentium 133 MHz JP35...
  • Page 5 Table of Contents Pentium 133 MHz JP35 6. Intel Pentium 150 MHz JP35 Pentium 150 MHz JP35...
  • Page 6 GA-586MS 7. Intel Pentium 166 MHz JP35 Pentium 166 MHz JP35 8. Intel Pentium 180 MHz JP35 Pentium 180 MHz JP35...
  • Page 7 Table of Contents Intel Pentium 200 MHz JP35 Pentium 200 MHz JP35 10. P54CT-125 MHz JP35 P54CT-125 MHz JP35 11. P54CT-150 MHz...
  • Page 8 GA-586MS JP35 P54CT-150 MHz JP35 12. P54CT-166 MHz JP35 P54CT-166 MHz JP35 13. Intel P55C- 150 MHz...
  • Page 9 Table of Contents JP35 P55C-150 MHz JP35 14. Intel P55C-166 MHz JP35 P55C-166 MHz JP35...
  • Page 10 GA-586MS 15. Intel P55C- 200 MHz JP35 P55C- 200 MHz JP35 16. P54CTB-150 MHz JP35 P54CTB-150 MHz JP35 17. P54CTB-166 MHz...
  • Page 11 Table of Contents JP35 P54CTB-166 MHz JP35 18. P54CTB-180 MHz JP35 P54CTB-180 MHz JP35...
  • Page 12 GA-586MS 19. P54CTB-200 MHz JP35 P54CTB-200 MHz JP35 20. AMDK5- 75 MHz-P75 JP35 AMDK5- 75 MHz-P75 JP35 21. AMDK5- 90 MHz-P90...
  • Page 13 Table of Contents JP35 AMDK5- 90 MHz-P90 JP35 22. AMDK5-100 MHz-P100 JP35 AMDK5- 100 MHz-P100 JP35 23. Cyrix 6x86-100 MHz-P120+...
  • Page 14 GA-586MS JP35 Cyrix 6x86-100 MHz-P120+ JP35 24. Cyrix 6x86-110 MHz-P133+ JP35 Cyrix 6x86-110 MHz-P133+ JP35 Note: If Cyrix CPU is using,make sure Date-Codo After 6620 25. Cyrix 6x86-120 MHz-P150+ JP35...
  • Page 15 Table of Contents Cyrix 6x86-120 MHz-P150+ JP35 26. Cyrix 6x86-133 MHz-P166+ JP35 Cyrix 6x86-133 MHz-P166+ JP35...
  • Page 16 GA-586MS Quick Installation Guide of Jumper setting: GN: Green Function Switch Close One Time: For system entering Green mode. Open: Normal operation. GD: Green Function LED Pin No. Function LED anode (+) LED cathode (-)
  • Page 17 Table of Contents RST: Reset Switch Close: For hardware reset system. Open: Normal operation. SPK: Speaker Connector Pin No. Function Date...
  • Page 18 GA-586MS PWR: Key-Lock Connector Pin No. Function Key Lock. GND.
  • Page 19 Table of Contents POWER: Power Connector Pin No. Function Power Good signal. 2,10,11,12 VCC (+5V) +12V -12V 5,6,7,8 HD: IDE Hard Disk Active LED Pin No. Function LED anode (+) LED cathode (-) LED cathode (-) LED anode (+)
  • Page 20 GA-586MS TB: Turbo Switch Function Reserved TD: Turbo LED Connector Pin No. Function LED anode (+) LED cathode (-)
  • Page 21 Table of Contents JP2: CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector Pin No. Function +12V...
  • Page 22 GA-586MS SOFT-PWR: Close One Time : Switch power from on to off or from off to on. Pin No. Function CTRL- Signal RED LINE IDE1: For Primary IDE port...
  • Page 23 Table of Contents RED LINE IDE2: For Secondary IDE port J6: For Floppy port RED LINE J4: PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Mouse Pin No. Function Key Data VCC (+5V) Key Clock.
  • Page 24 GA-586MS J5: Keyboard Connector PS/2 Keyboard Pin No. Function Key Data VCC (+5V) Key Clock.
  • Page 25 Table of Contents J3: ATX Power Connector Pin No. Function 1,2,11 3,5,7,13,15,16,17 4,6,19,20 Power good 5VSB +12V -12V PSON J2: COMA Port COM A...
  • Page 26 GA-586MS J16:COMB PORT RED LINE J7:LPT PORT...
  • Page 27 Table of Contents J10: VGA PORT...
  • Page 28 GA-586MS 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.

  • Page 29: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 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 2. SPECIFICATION ..................2-1 2.1.
  • Page 30 GA-586MS 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............... 4-12 4.8.

  • Page 31: Introduction

    Introduction INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE Welcome to use the GA - 586MS motherboard. The motherboard is a Pipeline 256/512 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 32: Performance List

    GA-586MS 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.)

  • Page 33: Block Diagram

    Introduction 1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM SRAM Pentium CPU Host Address Bus Host Data Bus MA[11:0] DRAM F244 SiS 5596 MD[63:0] Monitor Address/Data PCI Bus DMA PnP Port (optional) SiS 5513 IRQ PnP Port XD BUS IDE Bus LS245 SD[15:8] LA[23:17] SA[19:0] SD[7:0] 74F04 Power,RESET...

  • Page 34: Introduce The Pci - Bus

    GA-586MS 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 35: Specification

    Specification SPECIFICATION 2.1. HARDWARE Pentium processor 75 - 200 MHz, P55C, P54CT, P54CTB, AMDK5(P-75/P-90/P-100), Cyrix6 X 86(P-120+/P-150+/P-166+). 321 pins (socket 7) ZIF white socket on board. 3.52V / 2.5V,2.7V,2.8V,2.9V Dual Power Ready. COPROCESSOR Included in Pentium. SPEED 50 / 60 / 66 MHz system and 25 / 30 / 33 PCI-Bus speed.

  • Page 36: Software

    GA-586MS Supports PS/2 Mouse. (Using IRQ12 ) GREEN FUNCTION Supports Standby & Suspend mode. Supports Green switch & LED. Supports IDE & Display power down. Monitors all IRQ / DMA / Display / I/O events. BIOS 128KB FLASH EEPROM. Supports Plug & Play Function.

  • Page 37: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3.1. UNPACKING The mainboard package should contain the following: The GA - 586MS mainboard. USER'S MANUAL. Diskettes for BUS Master IDE Driver & VGA Driver. 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 38: Quick Reference For Jumpers & Connectors

    GA-586MS SOFTPW JP11 JP37 JP14 FLOPPY IDE2 IDE1 BIOS SRAM 5596 5513 SRAM SIMM4 SIMM3 SIMM2 SIMM1 PCI2 PCI3 SLOT1 SLOT2 SLOT3 SLOT4 PCI1 +12V JP35 COMB W83877 PS/2 MOUSE KEYBOARD 8042 COMA ×Figure 3.1Ø 3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS JP2: CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector Pin No.
  • Page 39 Hardware Installation LED anode (+). LED cathode (-). LED cathode (-). LED anode (+). JP37: Green Function Switch Pin No. Function Close For system entering Green mode ( Suspend mode). Open Normal operation. J1: Power Connector Pin No. Function Power Good signal 2,10,11,12 VCC (+5V) +12V...
  • Page 40 GA-586MS Data. J26: Key-lock Connector Pin No. Function Key-lock GND. 586 CPU JP35 1. Intel Pentium 75 MHz 2. Intel Pentium 90 MHz 3. Intel Pentium 100 MHz 4. Intel Pentium 120 MHz 5. Intel Pentium 133 MHz 6. Intel Pentium 150 MHz 7.

  • Page 41: Dram Installation ( Edo & F.p. )

    Hardware Installation J4,J5 For PS/2 Mouse port & PS/2 Keyboard Port. J2,J16 For COM A (Serial port1) & COM B (Serial port2) 3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION ( EDO & F.P. ) 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.

  • Page 42: Sram Installation

    GA-586MS 8MB * 2pcs. 16MB 8MB * 2pcs. 4MB * 2pcs. 24MB 8MB * 2pcs. 8MB * 2pcs. 32MB 16MB * 2pcs. 32MB 16MB * 2pcs. 4MB * 2pcs. 40MB 16MB * 2pcs. 8MB * 2pcs. 48MB 16MB * 2pcs.

  • Page 43: Coms Rtc & Isa Cfg Cmos Sram

    Hardware Installation 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 installation. 3.7. COMS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM Built-in Rel Time Clock (RTC) With 256B CMOS SRAM in 5513. 3.8.

  • Page 44: Green Function Installation

    GA-586MS 3.13. GREEN FUNCTION INSTALLATION For the purpose of power saving, there are two jumpers, GN and GD, to make sure that the power saving function is working. The GD is an indicator (green LED) for green function. If the green LED is ON, the system is operating in green mode.

  • Page 45: 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 46: Control Keys

    GA-586MS 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...

  • Page 47: 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 48: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    GA-586MS 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.
  • Page 49 BIOS Configuration select the value you want in each item. ROM PCI / ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Fr i, Mar 1 1996 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 16 : 49 : 18 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD...
  • Page 50 GA-586MS Primary HDDs / Secondary HDDs The category identify the types of hard disk drive 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. Type User is user-definable and type Auto will automatically detect HDD's type..
  • Page 51 BIOS Configuration 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. 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 megabyte capacity.
  • Page 52 GA-586MS 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...

  • Page 53: Bios Features Setup

    BIOS Configuration Expanded Memory. Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640K 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 54 GA-586MS 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. The default value is Enabled. Enabled Enable cache function.
  • Page 55 BIOS Configuration Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On. Keypad is number keys Keypad is arrow keys Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. The default value is Setup. System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt...

  • Page 56: Chipset Features Setup

    GA-586MS 4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ISA Bus Clock : PCI CLK/4 System BIOS Cacheable : Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled VGA Shared Memory Size : 1MB VGA Memory Clock (MHz)
  • Page 57 BIOS Configuration Enabled Enable video BIOS cacheable. Disabled Disable video BIOS cacheable. VGA Shared Memory Size: The default value is 1MB. 0.5MB Set VGA Shared Memory Size to 0.5MB 1 MB Set VGA Shared Memory Size to 1 MB 1.5MB Set VGA Shared Memory Size to 1.5MB 2 MB Set VGA Shared Memory Size to...

  • Page 58: Power Management Setup

    GA-586MS 4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management : Enabled VGA Activity : Disabled PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ3 (COM 2) : Enabled Video Off Method : DPMS Supported...
  • Page 59 BIOS Configuration Video off Method The default value is DPMS Supported 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 Supported BIOS will use DPMS Standard to control VGA card.
  • Page 60 GA-586MS The default value is Enable. Enable Enable PCI/ISA Master Activity. Disable Disable PCI/ISA Master Activity. IRQ1-15 Activity: The default value is Enable. Enable Enable IRQ1-15 Activity. Disable Disable IRQ1-15 Activity. VGA Activity: The default value is Disable. Enable Enable VGA Activity.

  • Page 61: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    BIOS Configuration 4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ROM PCI / ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Resources Controlled By : Manual PCI IRQ Actived By : Level Reset Configuration Data : Disabled IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA IRQ-4 assigned to : Legacy ISA IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP...

  • Page 62: Load Bios Defaults

    GA-586MS 4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS 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...

  • Page 63: Load Setup Defaults

    BIOS Configuration 4.11. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 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 LEVEL FORMAT Load SETUP Defaults (Y/N)? N LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS...

  • Page 64: Integrated Peripherals

    GA-586MS 4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI / ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Internal PCI/IDE : Both IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO...
  • Page 65 BIOS Configuration The default value is Auto. Auto BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode0~4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode. IDE Secondary Master PIO (for onboard IDE 2nd channel). The default value is Auto. Auto BIOS will automatically defect the IDE HDD Accessing mode.

  • Page 66: Supervisor / User Password

    GA-586MS 3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H. 2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8H. 3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8H. 2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8H.

  • Page 67: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    BIOS Configuration ENTER PASSWORD 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 Enter Password: SAVE &...
  • Page 68 GA-586MS 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 69: Hdd Low Level Format

    BIOS Configuration 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...

  • Page 70: Save & Exit Setup

    GA-586MS 4.16. SAVE & EXIT SETUP 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...

  • Page 71: Exit Without Saving

    BIOS Configuration 4.17. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 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 LEVEL FORMAT Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS...

  • Page 73: At Technical Information

    GA-586MS 5. AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION 5.1. I/O BUS CONNECTOR PIN OUT Enhanced Parallel Port 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...

  • Page 74: 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 75: I/O & Memory Map

    GA-586MS 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.
  • Page 76 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 77: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    GA-586MS 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...

  • Page 81: Appendix A: Post Message

    GA-586MS 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 82 Appendix A: Post Message Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color. This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup. Determine which setting is correct, and then either turn off the system and change the jumper, or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection.
  • Page 83 GA-586MS Ö Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non-volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupted. Re-run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory. When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.
  • Page 84 Appendix A: Post Message This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated. Ö PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot.
  • Page 85 GA-586MS Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted. Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL. Ö Wrong Board In Slot PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non-volatile memory.

  • Page 87: Appendix B: Post Codes

    Appendix B: Post Codes 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.
  • Page 88 GA-586MS 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 89 Appendix B: Post Codes 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 & communication interface). Enable Slot 0 Initialize slot 0 (System Board).
  • Page 90 GA-586MS 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 91: Appendix C: Bios Default Drive Table

    Appendix C: BIOS Default Drive Table 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...
  • Page 92 GA-586MS 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 10 MB...

  • Page 93: Appendix D: Problem Sheet

    Appendix D: Problem Sheet 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...

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