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ZEOS PANTERA User Manual

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  • Page 1 COMPLETE GUIDE TO HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING WITH YOUR PANTERA COMPUTER User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 (30) day money-back guarantee, or to repair or replace specific products or services that do not comply with the Limited Warranty offered 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 (such as incorrect voltages, power surges, improper or insufficient ventilation, failure to follow ZEOS’ provided operating instructions, “acts of God” or other situations beyond the control of ZEOS), or as the result of service or modification by anyone other than ZEOS. Non-ZEOS installed parts or components are not covered, nor is damage to ZEOS provided components covered as a result of their installation.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. The Big Picture ................9 Desktop System At A Glance ........... 10 Tower System At A Glance ............12 How to Open a Desktop Case ..........14 How to Open a Tower Case ............. 16 Inside a Desktop Computer ............. 18 Inside a Tower Computer ............
  • Page 5 Memory Control ..................36 Memory Shadow ..................37 Advanced Menu ............... 38 Large Disk Access Mode ............... 38 OS support for more than 64MB ............38 Plug & Play O/S..................38 Integrated Peripherals ................38 PCI Devices ................... 41 Security Options............... 42 Supervisor Password is .................
  • Page 6 Handy Cheat Sheet ..............64 Glossary ..................66 Index ..................... 68...

  • Page 7: Fcc Compliance Statement

    FCC Compliance Statement For U.S. and Canadian Users Warning! 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 8: 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 9: 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 Getting Started manual to help keep your system running trouble free, year after year. This User’s Guide is divided into five chapters.

  • Page 10: Desktop System At A Glance

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Desktop System At A Glance Brightness Power LED Contrast Hard Disk (HDD) LED Monitor Power Switch Reset Button Computer Power Switch (the “ON” Keyboard button) Lock Turbo Button (not used) Drive bays with CD- Turbo LED ROM drive and 3.5”...
  • Page 11 Chapter 1 - The Big Picture AC Power Cable 110-220V Mouse Cable Switch Connector (9-pin Serial COMA) Video Connector (location Cooling Fan varies with model) Parallel Printer Port Connector (LPT1) AC Power Keyboard Cable Secondary Serial Connector Port (25-pin COMB)

  • Page 12: Tower System At A Glance

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Tower System At A Glance Turbo LED Hard Disk (HDD) LED (not used) Power LED Turbo Button (not used) Computer Power Switch (the “ON” button) Reset Button Keyboard Lock Drive bays with CD-ROM drive and 3.5”...
  • Page 13 Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Cooling Fan Secondary AC Power Serial Port Cable (25-pin COMB) Keyboard Connector Mouse Cable Connector (9-pin Serial COMA) AC Power Cable Parallel Printer Port Connector (LPT1) Video Connector (location varies with model)

  • Page 14: 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 static electric shock. These shocks can permanently damage your equipment. Always ground yourself by touching the system cabinet before touching any internal component.
  • Page 15 Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Mounting Screws Cover Chassis Plastic Bezel...

  • Page 16: How To Open A Tower Case

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture How to Open a Tower Case Caution: Whenever you open the case or work inside the computer there is danger of static electric shock. These shocks 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 Plastic Bezel Chassis...

  • Page 18: Inside A Desktop Computer

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Inside a Desktop Computer Expansion Slots Power Supply Hard Disk Drive Mainboard Floppy Drives, Front of CD-ROM Drives, Computer and Tape Backup Units The mainboard is the large circuit board at the bottom of the chassis. It is the heart of your system.

  • Page 19: Inside A Tower Computer

    Chapter 1 - The Big Picture Inside a Tower Computer Floppy Drives, Power Supply CD-ROM Drives, and Tape Backup Units Front of Computer Expansion Hard Disk Drive Slots Mainboard Tower systems have the same components as desktop systems. The figure above shows the mainboard and typical components inside a Tower case.

  • Page 20: The Mainboard

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard 2. The Mainboard The mainboard is the largest circuit board in the computer. It contains the CPU (Central Processing Unit), the Level 2 cache, expansion slots, ports and connectors for other components, and the system’s main memory, or RAM (Random Access Memory).

  • Page 21: Pci Local Bus 32-Bit High Speed Expansion Slots

    0K, 256K, or 512K of Level 2 cache. The single cache slot (labelled CACHE) is located next to the CPU. Continuous Full-Speed Processing Pantera systems now run continuously at maximum speed, eliminating Turbo Mode. Because of this, the Turbo button and Turbo LED are not used on Pantera systems.

  • Page 22: On-Board Peripherals

    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. Integrated onboard peripherals include: • Two serial ports (16550 UART) •...

  • Page 23: Serial Ports

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard Serial Ports Your mainboard has two RS-232C asynchronous serial ports, which are usually referred to as COM1 or COMA (9-pin) and COM2 or COMB (25- pin) ports. The serial ports are used to attach mice, serial printers, modems, or other serial peripheral devices.

  • Page 24: Parallel Port

    The 25-pin Centronics parallel port is often called the printer port because it is usually used for printers. However, devices that use this speedy parallel interface are becoming more common. Your Pantera’s parallel port is also Bidirectional, allowing data to flow to and from an external...

  • Page 25: Pci Scsi/ Ethernet Port

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard PCI SCSI/ Ethernet Port The optional onboard SCSI (host adapter allows you to connect and control up to seven peripheral devices such as SCSI-compatible disk drives, tape backup units, communications devices, and CD-ROM drives. The SCSI port is a parallel, multitasking interface which supports both SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 devices.

  • Page 26: Mainboard Diagram

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard Main 9-pin Serial Keyboard Mainboard Diagram Power Port COMA Connector 32-bit PCI Supply 16 bit ISA BIOS 25-pin 16 bit ISA Expansion Connectors Expansion Chip Serial Port Expansion Slots Slots COMB Slots Parallel Port Floppy Header Secondary IDE Hard...

  • Page 27: Mainboard Connectors

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard Mainboard Connectors Connectors and headers are used to attach peripheral devices to the mainboard. These devices can be internal (e.g., hard disk indicator lights), or external (e.g., serial and parallel ports). The most commonly used connectors are shown in the Mainboard Diagram.

  • Page 28: Mainboard Jumpers

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard Mainboard Jumpers FLSH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

  • Page 29: Jumper Settings

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard Jumper Settings CLK1 (Adjusts CPU and Bus Frequencies) CPU Frequency/Bus Frequency (preset at factory) 75MHz CPU/50MHz Bus 90MHz CPU/60MHz Bus 120MHz CPU/60MHz Bus 100MHz CPU/66MHz Bus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

  • Page 30: Mainboard Jumpers Described

    BIOS SETUP program to change settings stored in the CMOS. Other mainboards use jumpers to configure upgrade options and parameters on the mainboard. Pantera mainboards use the SETUP program and the FLASH programming utility instead, making BIOS changes and upgrades without removing the BIOS chip.

  • Page 31: Clk1

    Chapter 2 - The Mainboard CLK1 The CLK1 jumper sets the speed of the system clock. It will be set correctly to work with your system, so don’t change this jumper unless you change CPUs. Pins Jumpered CPU Clock Speed (MHz) Bus Clock Speed (MHz) 1-2 , 5-6 3-4, 5-6...

  • Page 32: Using Setup

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP 3. Using SETUP The SETUP utility program allows you to customize the power-on initialization parameters of your computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). You may need to use the SETUP program if you add components to your system. To run the BIOS SETUP program, press F2 during system boot.

  • Page 33: Main Menu

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Main Menu Your system’s BIOS settings were configured at the factory to maximize performance with the options you ordered. Generally, you need to run SETUP only if you install a new or different hard drive, if the onboard battery fails, or if you otherwise add to or change your basic hardware.

  • Page 34: 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 35: Video System

    Default: 16. Note: Before adding a new hard drive or formatting one from Zeos, first disable Multi- Sector Transfers, then format the drive, then run FDISK. Later, you can enable Multi-Sector Transfers again.

  • Page 36: Memory Control

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Memory Control The Memory Control subsection lets you view and change DRAM (system RAM) Timing, enable/disable the L2 (Level 2) External Cache, and determine which shadowed upper memory regions (in addition to system and video) are allowed to be cached in a superfast (12-15ns) 256K or 512K SIMM.

  • Page 37: Memory Shadow

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Memory Shadow BIOS shadowing copies data from portions of the computer’s slower ROM (Read-Only Memory) chips into much faster DRAM (system RAM) chips in system memory. This data can then be read more quickly by the CPU, so system performance improves.

  • Page 38: Advanced Menu

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Advanced Menu Warning! Setting these items incorrectly could cause your system to malfunction. Never needlessly change from the defaults. The Advanced Menu offers the following options: Large Disk Access Mode Lets you set your system to expect a large DOS hard disk, or some Other type of hard disk, such as expected by UNIX or Novell Netware.
  • Page 39 Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Advanced Menu (continued) 1st COM Port When 1st COM Port (COM A) is set to Auto, the system will automatically set the interrupt and IRQ for that port. Otherwise this option allows you to choose (from a list) the interrupt and I/O address of the 9- pin serial port.
  • Page 40 Chapter 3 - Using SETUP LPT Mode Allows you to set the parallel port communication mode to match the capabilities of your parallel port device. Settings: Unidirectional, Bidirectional or Enhanced. Default: Unidirectional. Floppy Disk Controller Configures the onboard floppy disk controller to Primary, Secondary, or Disabled.

  • Page 41: Pci Devices

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP PCI Devices The PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Devices subsection allows you to enable or disable the integrated SCSI and LAN options. Enable Onboard SCSI Enables/disables the built-in SCSI port, if present. Default: set at factory. Onboard Ethernet Enables/disables the onboard AMD Ethernet controller, if present.

  • Page 42: Security Options

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Security Options The Security Menu allows you to password-protect system access, a way of safeguarding information. When passwords are enabled, users must type the proper password to access the protected part of the system. Note: 1. It’s easy to forget a password, so we strongly recommend writing down your passwords and storing them in a secure place.

  • Page 43: Password On Boot

    Chapter 3 - Using SETUP Password on boot When enabled, the system asks you for a password on boot. The system will boot only after the correct supervisor or user password is entered. Default: Disabled. Diskette access Active only when a Supervisor password is enabled, this specifies which level of password (Supervisor or User) is required on bootup to use the floppy disk drives.

  • Page 44: Power Options

    In Windows, activating power conservation is simpler. Launch the Control Panel utility from the Main program group. Then enter the “Desktop” dialog and select the ZEOS screen saver. Now you can select the timeout period, down to a minimum of one minute. That's all there is to it.

  • Page 45: Exit Menu Options

    5 minutes after the rest of the system, due to a built-in delay. In Standby mode, power consumption will be 30 Watts or less. Note: Power Savings in Windows will not be active unless you select the ZEOS screen saver.

  • Page 46: Expanding Your System

    The five ISA and three PCI expansion slots on your mainboard are designed to accept a wide variety of add-on cards (many available from ZEOS). Scanners, tape backup units, video capture devices, and many other devices come on expansion cards, which communicate with the CPU via standard expansion slots.
  • Page 47 Chapter 4 - Expanding Your System How to Add an Expansion Board (continued) Mounting Screw Expansion Slot 8. Connect any internal cables to the expansion card. 9. Close the computer case, and turn on the power. Many expansion cards require you to run diagnostic or installation software before the new board will work properly.

  • Page 48: How Disk Drives Work

    Chapter 4 - Expanding Your System 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 4 - Expanding Your System 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 4 - Expanding Your System 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” built into the drive, rather than installed on a separate controller card or on the motherboard.

  • Page 51: How A Cd-Rom Drive Works

    Chapter 4 - Expanding Your System How a CD-ROM Drive Works CD-ROM drives read information from compact discs, or CDs. The “ROM” in CD-ROM stands for Read Only Memory. Compact discs are read-only--you can read information from them, but cannot add new files or information onto them as you can do with a floppy disk or hard disk.

  • Page 52: Adding System Ram

    Chapter 4 - Expanding Your System Adding 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. Many software applications simply run much faster and more efficiently when more RAM is available.

  • Page 53: Installing Simms

    Chapter 4 - Expanding Your System Installing SIMMs When installing SIMMs, use 70ns or faster memory chips for maximum system performance. Different speed SIMMs may be mixed, but only if you put them different banks. In addition, always set the CPU/DRAM Speed option in SETUP to match the slowest SIMM.
  • Page 54 Chapter 4 - Expanding Your System Installing SIMMs (continued) Retaining clip Retaining Clip Inserting a SIMM 5. Ensure the SIMM seats correctly. If not, remove and repeat Step 4. 6. Gently push the top edge toward the retainer clips until the clips snap into place.

  • Page 55: Adding System Cache Memory

    You must use a 3-volt SIMM when you add cache memory. If you aren’t sure, contact ZEOS Technical Support before purchasing or installing a cache SIMM. Note: System cache SIMMs are not the same as RAM memory SIMMs. Do not try to install cache SIMMs in your RAM memory sockets, or RAM SIMMs in your cache SIMM socket.
  • Page 56 Chapter 4 - Expanding Your System Caution: Static RAM is extremely sensitive to static electricity. These shocks can permanently damage your equipment. Use an antistatic wrist strap attached to cabinet ground. Be sure to ground yourself by touching the system cabinet before beginning this procedure. 5.

  • Page 57: Installing A New Cpu

    Chapter 4 - Expanding Your System Installing a New CPU Caution: Static electricity can permanently destroy your CPU. Always ground yourself by touching the system cabinet before beginning the follow- ing procedure. We strongly recommend using an antistatic wrist strap attached to cabinet ground.
  • Page 58 Chapter 4 - Expanding Your System 6. Set the CLK jumper to match the speed of your new CPU. If you need help with this jumper, see Mainboard Jumpers Diagram, earlier. 7. Close case and boot as you normally would. (heat sink not shown) Pin 1...

  • Page 59: Mainboard Specifications

    Chapter 5 - Mainboard Specifications 5. Mainboard Specifications Intel Pentium (P54C) Power Consumption Approx. 25Watts (varies with CPU, memory) Clock Speeds 75, 90, 100, 120, or 133MHz Chipset Intel “Neptune” chipset ISA bus speed 8.25 MHz for 33MHz systems 8.33 MHz for 25MHz systems PCI local bus speed up to 133 MB/s (33MHz) up to 100 MB/s (25MHz)

  • Page 60: 9-Pin Serial Port (J2) Pin Assignment

    Chapter 5 - Mainboard Specifications 9-Pin Serial Port (J2) Pin Assignment 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...
  • Page 61 Chapter 5 - Mainboard Specifications 9-Pin Serial Port (J2) 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 62: Parallel Port (J4) Pin Assignment

    Chapter 5 - Mainboard Specifications Parallel Port (J4) Pin Assignment Parallel Port Signal Header Pin Connector Pin Number 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...
  • Page 63 Chapter 5 - Mainboard Specifications Parallel Port (J4) 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 64: 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 65 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 66 Glossary This glossary provides general definitions of key terms. For an expanded list look in standard reference books on computers. Address - A number or expression representing the Disk Drive - The physical device which allows the physical location of a device or a piece of data. computer to read from and write to a disk.
  • Page 67 Glossary Kilobyte (KB) - A unit used to measure storage Reset - To reload a computer’s operating system so space (in a computer’s memory or on a disk). One you can retry a task or begin using a different kilobyte equals 1024 bytes. operating system.
  • Page 68 Index Enable On-board SCSI 41 Adding an Expansion Board 46 Expansion Board Adding System Cache Memory 55 Adding 46 Adding System RAM 52 Expansion Slots Advanced Menu 38 Location 26 Asynchronous Cache Module 31 External (Level 2) Cache 36 Autotype Fixed Disk 35 Fixed Disk Boot Sector 43 Boot Sequence 37 Floppy Disk Controller 40...
  • Page 69 Index Mainboard SCSI Port Features 25 Diagram 26 Secondary Cache Subsystem 21 Environmental Specifications 59 Security 42 Jumper Functions 30 Serial Port Features 23 Jumpers Diagram 28 SETUP 32 Specifications 59 Shadow Memory Regions 37 Memory SIMMs Control 36 Adding 53 Shadow 37 System Mode, in SETUP 40...
  • Page 70 Late Changes The following changes arrived too late for printing : p.1: new ZEOS logo. p.4-6: updated TOC. p.11: video connector location moved. p.13: video connector location moved. p.15: video connector location moved. p.17: video connector location moved. p.18: updated mainboard diagram.

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