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ZEOS PANTERA User Manual

The complete guide to high-performance computing with your pantera computer
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HIGH-PERFORMANCE
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  • Page 1 COMPLETE GUIDE TO HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING WITH YOUR PANTERA COMPUTER User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 Limited Warranty given by ZEOS. In no event will ZEOS be liable for any damages caused, in whole or in part, by customer, or for any economic loss, physical injury, lost revenues, lost profits, lost savings or other indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages incurred by any person, even if ZEOS has been advised of the possibility of such damage for claims.

  • Page 3: Customer Assurance Program

    Any product (except for software, software disks, related documentation and consumables) purchased from ZEOS may be returned within thirty days from the date it was shipped by ZEOS for a full refund of the purchase price excluding original shipping charges.
  • Page 4 ZEOS. This warranty is limited to the original purchaser and is not transferable.

  • Page 5: Fcc Compliance Statement

    FCC Compliance Statement For U.S. and Canadian Users Danger! Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15, Subpart B of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. The Big Picture ............... 10 Desktop System At A Glance ..........12 Vertical System At A Glance ............ 14 How to Open a Desktop Case..........16 How to Open a Vertical Case ..........18 Inside a Desktop System Unit ..........20 Inside a Vertical System Unit ..........
  • Page 8 Contents Fixed Disk Menu ..............34 Fixed Disk 0 Type ................35 Fixed Disk 1 - 3 Control ..............35 SCSI BIOS Enable Menu ............36 Memory Control ..............38 External Cache ................... 38 Cache Video BIOS area ..............38 Idt 7MP6157 256K Module: ..............
  • Page 9 8. How to Install an Optional SCSI Controller Chip ....58 Hardware ................58 Software .................. 61 9. Special Notes on the Pantera 90 ........... 62 Mainboard Specifications ............65 Mainboard Environmental Specifications ........ 65 9-Pin Serial Port (J4) Pin Assignment ........66 25-Pin Serial Port (J3) Pin Assignment ........

  • Page 10: The Big Picture

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture 1. The Big Picture Welcome to the ZEOS User’s Guide! The User’s Guide works with the Before Calling ZEOS Technical Support guide and the Getting Started manual to help keep your system running trouble free, year after year.
  • Page 11 Chapter 8, How to Install an Optional SCSI Controller Chip, shows how to add a SCSI chip and connect SCSI devices to the mainboard. Chapter 9, Special Notes on the Pantera 90, describes special features of the 90 MHz Pantera system. Mainboard Specifications lists technical details about your mainboard.

  • Page 12: Desktop System At A Glance

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Desktop System At A Glance Brightness Contrast Power LED Hard Disk (HDD) LED Monitor Power Switch Reset Button System Unit Power Switch (the “ON” button) Keyboard Lock Drive bays with CD- ROM drive Turbo Button and 3.5”...
  • Page 13 Chapter 1 - The Big Picture AC Power Cable Mouse Cable Connector (9-pin Serial Cooling Fan COM1) AC Power Cable Video Connector Parallel Printer Port Connector (LPT1) Keyboard Connector Secondary Serial Port (25-pin COM2)

  • Page 14: Vertical System At A Glance

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Vertical System At A Glance Hard Disk (HDD) LED Power LED Turbo LED (not used) System Unit Power Switch Turbo Button (the “ON” button) (not used) Keyboard Lock Reset Button Brightness Drive bays Contrast with CD- ROM drive Monitor Power...
  • Page 15 Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Cooling Fan Secondary Serial Port AC Power (25-pin Cable COM2) Keyboard Connector Mouse Cable Connector (9-pin Serial COM1) AC Power Cable Parallel Printer Port Connector (LPT1) Video Connector...

  • Page 16: How To Open A Desktop Case

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture How to Open a Desktop Case Caution: Whenever you open the case or work inside the computer there is danger of electrostatic discharge. Electrostatic discharge can permanently damage your equipment. Always ground yourself by touching the system cabinet before touching any internal component.
  • Page 17 Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Mounting Screws Cover Chassis Plastic Bezel...

  • Page 18: How To Open A Vertical Case

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture How to Open a Vertical Case Caution: Whenever you open the case or work inside the computer there is danger of electrostatic discharge. Electrostatic discharge can permanently damage your equipment. Always ground yourself by touching the system cabinet before touching any internal component.
  • Page 19 Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Mounting Screws Cover Plastic Bezel Chassis...

  • Page 20: Inside A Desktop System Unit

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Inside a Desktop System Unit The figure below shows some of the most common components inside the system unit case. Expansion Slots Expansion Boards Power Supply Mainboard Hard Disk Drive Floppy Drives, CD-ROM Drives, and Tape Backup Units The mainboard is the large circuit board at the bottom of the system unit case.

  • Page 21: Inside A Vertical System Unit

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Inside a Vertical System Unit Floppy Drives, CD-ROM Drives, and Tape Backup Units Power Supply Hard Disk Drive Mainboard Expansion Slots Expansion Boards Vertical systems have all the same components as desktop systems. The figure shows the mainboard and common components inside a vertical system unit case.

  • Page 22: The Mainboard

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard 2. The Mainboard The mainboard is the large circuit board located at the bottom of the system unit case. It is the heart of your computer system. This board contains the central processing unit (CPU), secondary cache subsystem, expansion slots, ports and connectors for other computer components, and the system main memory or RAM.

  • Page 23: Pci Local Bus 32-Bit High Speed Expansion Slots

    <Ctrl><Alt><+> activates turbo mode (default). <Ctrl><Alt><-> disables turbo mode. Note: Some Pantera systems have a Turbo LED and Turbo button on the front of the case. The Turbo button and Turbo LED are not used on Pantera systems. Only the keyboard command enables or disables...

  • Page 24: Serial Port

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard On-Board Peripherals Your mainboard has all of the standard peripheral interfaces and many extras built in. This eliminates the need for many peripheral expansion cards and greatly enhances system reliability. The integrated peripheral interfaces include: Optional SCSI port (supports both SCSI-1 and -2 type devices) Two serial ports Parallel port...

  • Page 25: Parallel Port

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard Parallel Port The 25-pin Centronics parallel port is often called the printer port because it is generally used only for printers. However, the parallel interface has achieved a high level of standardization. The parallel port is also EPP or Enhanced Parallel Port compatible.

  • Page 26: Mainboard Connectors

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard Mainboard Connectors Connectors are used to attach devices to the mainboard. Attached devices can be internal like hard disk indicator lights, or external like serial and parallel ports. The most commonly used connectors are shown in the Mainboard Diagram. A detailed description is provided in the table below.

  • Page 27: Mainboard Diagram

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard Mainboard Diagram PCI Power 32-bit PCI 16-bit ISA FLASH Supply socket expansion expansion slots protect Clear 3.2Volts Keyboard slots Clock/ jumper CMOS connector Battery Memory Paralllel port jumper connector Mainboard Power Connector CoM2 serial port COM1 serial port SCSI...

  • Page 28: Mainboard Jumpers

    To connect a jumper, place the jumper cap over the pins you wish to connect and gently press down. The Pantera mainboard uses only two jumpers. The mainboard stores most configurations in battery backed CMOS memory. The Pantera mainboard uses the SETUP program to reconfigure options stored in battery backed memory.

  • Page 29: Mainboard Jumpers Diagram

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard Mainboard Jumpers Diagram...

  • Page 31: Using Setup

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP 3. Using SETUP The Extended BIOS Software System consists of several programs which work along with the system BIOS. Together, they provide additional system customization. You can access the Extended BIOS Main Menu by pressing F2 during system boot.

  • Page 32: Main Menu

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Main Menu Your system setup has been configured at the factory for maximum performance and reflects all options you may have ordered. Generally, you need to run SETUP only if you change your system’s hardware configuration, such as installing a different hard drive, or if the on-board battery fails.

  • Page 33: Main Menu Options

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Main Menu Options System Time Sets the real-time clock, using a 24-hour format. During the power-up sequence, the real time is read and saved in memory for use by the operating system. After boot up, the operating system updates the system time.

  • Page 34: System Memory

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Main Menu Options System Memory Sets the system memory size. This is set to 640KB at the ZEOS factory. MS-DOS can manage conventional memory of 640KB without additional software. You should not need to change this value.

  • Page 35: Fixed Disk 0 Type

    Fixed Disk 0 Type Sets the hard drive 0 configuration. This option was set to Auto at the ZEOS factory prior to shipment. In most cases, this option is all you need. When Auto is selected, the system determines what kind of hard drive is installed and displays the drive parameters.

  • Page 36: Scsi Bios Enable Menu

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP SCSI BIOS Enable Menu The SCSI default configuration settings are appropriate for most system installations. Configuration changes are only necessary when using nonstandard (older) SCSI devices or nonstandard peripheral expansion cards. SCSI BIOS Enabled Enables or disables the integrated SCSI BIOS. Controller Address The on-board SCSI controller always uses IRQ11, non-DMA.
  • Page 37 Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Enhanced Enable this option if you are using a hard drive larger than 1GByte. This option enables enhanced mode disk geometry translation. If the BIOS detects a drive capacity greater than 1GByte, it uses 255 head/ 63 sector translation. Otherwise it uses 64 head/ 32 sector translation.

  • Page 38: Memory Control

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Memory Control The memory control sub-menu allows you to make detailed changes to your system memory configuration. External Cache This option permits you to enable or disable the external cache memory. Some applications are not compatible with caching. This option allows you to disable memory caching, if necessary.

  • Page 39: Memory Shadow

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Memory Shadow Shadowing is the technique of mirroring or copying portions of the computer’s slower, read-only memory into much faster system memory. Shadowing key portions of memory generally improves system performance. System Shadow System shadow is always enabled. Video Shadow Enables or disables copying of the video BIOS into RAM.

  • Page 40: Boot Sequence Menu

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Boot Sequence Menu The boot sequence sub-menu allows you to speed up boot time by disabling certain standard computer boot procedures. Keyboard Auto-repeat Rate Defines the rate the keyboard repeats when a key is pressed and held.

  • Page 41: Floppy Check

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Floppy Check When enabled the system checks that each floppy drive configured in CMOS memory is operational. Disabling floppy check skips this step, speeding up boot time. Floppy Swap For systems that boot using DOS, allows you to swap the drive designation for floppy drives A: and B:.

  • Page 42: Advanced Menu

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Advanced Menu Warning! Setting these items incorrectly could disable your system. Never needlessly change from the defaults. The Advanced Menu offers the following options: Large Disk DOS Compatibility Enables or Disables Logical Block Addressing, enabling you to use very large IDE hard drives.

  • Page 43: Pci Devices

    (0 through 3) needs an interrupt entry. For example, a card inserted in PCI slot 6 needs an interrupt entered on Interrupt Steering Register 0. Note: For more help setting PCI bus master interrupts, call ZEOS Technical Support at 1-800-228-5390.

  • Page 44: Security

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Security The system security options allow you to password-protect system access. Whenever a password is entered, you must re- enter the proper password to access the system. To protect yourself from forgetting your passwords, we strongly recommend writing them down and storing for safekeeping.

  • Page 45: Password On Boot

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Password on Boot When enabled, the system asks you for a password on boot. The system will only boot if the correct supervisor or user password is entered. The default is disabled. Diskette Access Specifies which level of password is required to access the floppy drives.

  • Page 46: How To Add An Expansion Board

    Chapter 4 - How to Add and Expansion Board 4. How to Add an Expansion Board The expansion slots on your mainboard are designed to accept a wide variety of cards or boards. Components such as scanners, tape backup units, video capture devices, and many others use expansion cards (also called expansion boards) to communicate with the CPU on the mainboard.
  • Page 47 Chapter 4 - How to Add an Expansion Board Mounting screw Expansion slot 6. Slide the new board into place. Press firmly so the edge connector on the card slides all the way into the expansion slot. 7. Screw in the mounting screw. 8.

  • Page 48: How Disk Drives Work

    Chapter 5 - How Disk Drives Work 5. How Disk Drives Work There are three main types of disks for storing files - floppy, hard, and compact disks. Floppy disks are small, relatively slow, portable disks. Most people use floppy disks to transfer files or install new programs onto their hard drives.

  • Page 49: How A Floppy Drive Works

    Chapter 5 - How Disk Drives Work How a Floppy Drive Works Floppy drives have two primary connectors, a ribbon cable called the data cable, and a power connection to the power supply. The ribbon cable connects the back of the floppy drive with the floppy controller port J5 on the mainboard.

  • Page 50: How An Ide Hard Drive Works

    Chapter 5 - How Disk Drives Work How an IDE Hard Drive Works IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard drives are the most common hard drives and are the most likely to be installed on your system. IDE devices have most of the electronics or “smarts”...

  • Page 51: How A Cd-Rom Drive Works

    Chapter 5 - How Disk Drives Work How a CD-ROM Drive Works CD-ROM drives are capable of reading information from compact discs, or CD’s. The “ROM” in CD-ROM stands for Read Only Memory. Compact discs are read-only, meaning, you can read information from them, but cannot write files or information onto them like a floppy disk or hard disk drive.

  • Page 52: How To Add System Ram

    Chapter 6 - How to Add System RAM 6. How to Add System RAM System memory is often called RAM or Random Access Memory. RAM is the thinking space available to your applications. Usually, the more system RAM you have, the faster your system will run.
  • Page 53 Chapter 6 - How to Add System RAM Table 2. - Some Possible Memory Configurations SIMM Capacity Bank 0 Bank1 Bank2 Total Memory 10MB 12MB 12MB 12MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 24MB 32MB 16MB 16MB 32MB 32MB 64MB 32MB 32MB 64MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 64MB...

  • Page 54: Installing Simms

    Chapter 6 - How to Add System RAM Installing SIMMs When installing SIMMs, use 70ns or faster memory chips for maximum system performance. Faster and slower memory chips may be intermixed. However, always set the CPU/DRAM Speed option in SETUP to the slowest chip speed installed. Remember, larger numbers are slower than smaller numbers (100ns SIMMs are slower than 70ns SIMMs).
  • Page 55 Chapter 6 - How to Add System RAM Retaining clip Retaining clip Inserting a SIMM 5. Insert the bottom edge into the socket slot. Press down firmly on the SIMM while maintaining the proper angle of insertion. 6. Ensure the SIMM seats correctly. If not, remove and repeat Step 5.

  • Page 56: How To Add System Cache Memory

    Chapter 7 - How to Add System Cache Memory 7. How to Add System Cache Memory Secondary cache memory can speed up memory intensive applications and greatly enhance your CPU’s performance. You add cache memory by adding a single in-line memory module (SIMM) into the secondary system cache SIMM socket on the mainboard.
  • Page 57 Chapter 7 - How to Add System Cache Memory SIMM Socket for Secondary System Cache Pin 1 3. If you are upgrading your system cache memory, remove the SIMM you are replacing by gently pulling the SIMM out of the socket. 4.

  • Page 58: How To Install An Optional Scsi Controller Chip

    Chapter 8 - How to Install an Optional SCSI Controller Chip 8. How to Install an Optional SCSI Controller Chip To install an optional SCSI controller on your mainboard, you must first install the SCSI chip and cable, then make software changes to the system SETUP.
  • Page 59 Chapter 8 - How to Install an Optional SCSI Controller Chip Pin 1 Pin 1 SCSI Cable Connector SCSI Chip Socket 4. Locate the SCSI host adapter socket on the mainboard and identify the pin 1 (beveled) corner of the socket. If you need help finding the SCSI host adapter socket, see the figure above.
  • Page 60 Chapter 8 - How to Install an Optional SCSI Controller Chip 5. Match the beveled Pin 1 corner of the SCSI host adapter with the beveled Pin 1 corner of the socket. Carefully align the SCSI chip in the SCSI host adapter socket. 6.

  • Page 61: Software

    Chapter 8 - How to Install an Optional SCSI Controller Chip Software 1. Access the system SETUP utility by pressing F2 during system boot. 2. Verify the following SCSI parameters in system SETUP, Main Menu, SCSI BIOS Enable sub-menu: SCSI BIOS [Enabled] SCSI Controller Address [340H] Synchronous [Enabled] Enhanced [Enabled]...

  • Page 62: Special Notes On The Pantera 90

    ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket on the mainboard. In essence, the daughterboard replaces the mainboard CPU. The Intel Pentium™ 90 CPU plugs into the ZIF socket on the Pantera 90 module daughterboard and takes over as CPU for the system.
  • Page 63 Chapter 9 - Special Notes on the Pantera 90 ISA Expansion Slots Pentium 90 CPU with heat sink Standoff screw spaces Pantera 90 Module ZIF arm on mainboard CPU socket...

  • Page 65: Mainboard Specifications

    Mainboard Specifications Mainboard Specifications Intel Pentium (TM) Processor Clock rate 60 MHz, 66 MHz, or 90MHz ISA bus speed 7.5 MHz (60 MHz clock), 8.25 MHz (66 MHz clock) PCI local bus speed up to 132 MB/s(66MHz), up to 120 MB/s(60MHz) Data path 8, 16, 32,64-bits Expansion slots (8)

  • Page 66: 9-Pin Serial Port (J4) Pin Assignment

    Mainboard Specifications 9-Pin Serial Port (J4) Pin Assignment J4 Header Pin DB9 Connector Signal Number Pin Number DCD, Data Carrier Detect DSR, Data Set Ready RXD, Receive Data RTS, Request to Send TXD, Transmit Data CTS, Clear To Send DTR, Data Terminal Ready RI, Ring Indicator GND, Ground 25-Pin Serial Port (J3) Pin Assignment...
  • Page 67 Mainboard Specifications 9-Pin Serial Port (J4) Pin Assignment 5 - GND, Ground 9 - RI, Ring Indicator 4 - DTR, Data Terminal Ready 8 - CTS, Clear To Send 3 - TXD, Transmit Data 7 - RTS, Request to Send 2 - RXD, Receive Data 6 - DSR, Data Set Ready 1 - DCD, Data Carrier Detect...

  • Page 68: Parallel Port (J2) Pin Assignment

    Mainboard Specifications Parallel Port (J2) Pin Assignment J2 Header Pin Parallel Port Signal Number Connector Pin Number STB, Strobe PD0, Data Bit 0 PD1, Data Bit 1 PD2, Data Bit 2 PD3, Data Bit 3 PD4, Data Bit 4 PD5, Data Bit 5 PD6, Data Bit 6 PD7, Data Bit 7 ACK, Acknowledge...
  • Page 69 Mainboard Specifications Parallel Port (J2) Pin Assignment 1 - STB, Strobe 14 - AFD, Auto Feed 2 - PD0, Data Bit 0 15 - ERR, Error 3 - PD1, Data Bit 1 16 - INIT, Initialize 4 - PD2, Data Bit 2 17 - SLIN, Select Input 5 - PD3, Data Bit 3 18 - GND, Ground...

  • Page 70: Scsi Port Pin Assignment

    Mainboard Specifications SCSI Port Pin Assignment J8 Header Pin SCSI Port Signal Number Connector Pin Number SCD0, Data Bit 0 SCD1, Data Bit 1 SCD2, Data Bit 2 SCD3, Data Bit 3 SCD4, Data Bit 4 SCD5, Data Bit 5 SCD6, Data Bit 6 SCD7, Data Bit 7 SCDP, Parity...

  • Page 71: Handy Cheat Sheet

    Handy Cheat Sheet Here are some of the most often needed or forgotten notes. CTRL-ALT-DEL ............Warm Reboot Reset button, or Power button ..............Cold Reboot F2 during power up ............. Access SETUP CTRL-BREAK, or CTRL-C ......Pause or Break an application or batch file DOS Commands COPY [filename] [drive:][path][newfilename] ....
  • Page 72 Handy Cheat Sheet Windows Shortcuts Ctrl-C ............... copy to clipboard Ctrl-V ..........paste or copy from the clipboard Ctrl-X ............delete and copy to clipboard Alt-Tab ..........toggle between open applications Alt-Esc ..........jump to next open application Wildcards - wildcards are special characters that can represent any other valid numbers, letters, or symbols in a file name.

  • Page 73: Glossary

    Glossary This glossary provides general definitions of key terms. For an expanded list look in standard reference books on computers. Address (Physical) - A specific location in memory DIP Switches - Small switches on a piece of where a unit record, or sector, of data is stored. hardware such as a CPU, a printer, or an option card.
  • Page 74 Peripheral - A device (such as, a printer or a ZEOS - Greek God of computers. modem) connected to a computer that depends on the computer for its operation. Port - A physical input/output socket on a...
  • Page 75 Index Advanced SETUP Menu 42 Enhanced Parallel Port 37 Audio Port Expansion Board, how to install 46 Extended Memory, in SETUP 34 features 25 in SETUP 43 External Cache 38 BIOS 31 Fixed Disk 0 Type 35. See also Hard Disk Boot Sequence 41 Fixed disk boot sector 45 Fixed Disk Menu in SETUP 34...
  • Page 76 Summary screen 40 Synchronous 36 Numlock 40 System Backup Reminder 45 System Date 33 System Memory how to add 52 Pantera 90 62 in SETUP 34 Parallel Port System Shadow 39 features 25 System Time 33 in SETUP 43 Parity 37...
  • Page 77 Late Changes The following changes arrived too late for printing: There are no corrections at this time.

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