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GA - 586IP
USER'S MANUAL
PCI - ISA SOLUTION
PENTIUM
PCI - ISA BUS MAINBOARD
REV. 2 First Edition
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  • Page 1 GA - 586IP USER'S MANUAL PCI - ISA SOLUTION PENTIUM PCI - ISA BUS MAINBOARD REV. 2 First Edition ________________________________________________________________...
  • Page 2 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. MS-DOS WINDOWS NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents ________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ......................5 1.1. PREFACE ......................5 1.2. KEY FEATURES....................5 1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST ..................6 1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM....................7 1.5. INTRODUCE THE PCI - BUS ................7 1.6. FEATURES......................8 2. SPECIFICATION ......................9 2.1.
  • Page 4 GA-586IP ________________________________________________________________ 4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP ................... 28 4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ................32 4.8. PCI SLOT CONFIGURATION ................34 4.9. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS .................. 35 4.10. PASSWORD SETTING ..................36 4.11. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ................37 4.12. SAVE & EXIT SETUP ..................38 4.13.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    ________________________________________________________________ 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE Welcome to use the GA - 586IP motherboard. The motherboard is a 256 / 512 KB CACHE PENTIUM CPU based PC / AT compatible system with ISA bus and PCI Local Bus, and has been designed to be the fastest PC / AT system. There are some new features allow you to operate the system with just the performance you want.

  • Page 6: Performance List

    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 100 / 90 MHz DRAM...

  • Page 7: Block Diagram

    Ø Figure 1.1 60 MHz 14.318 MHz HOST BUS PCI BUS EISA BUS ISA SLOT Data PCMC Address Address/Data Address Pentium 82434 Control Clock E Data P54CT Clock Clock A 8 MHz Clock Clock D 82378 Control Clock B PCI SLOT...

  • Page 8: Features

    GA-586IP ________________________________________________________________ PCI - bus standard provides end-users with a low-cost, extendible and portable local bus design, which will allow system and peripherals from different manufactures to work together. 1.6. FEATURES 32 bits bus transfer mode. Bus Master or Slave access. Memory burst transfer to 132 MB/sec.

  • Page 9: Specification

    Support Fast Page DRAM access mode. CACHE MEMORY 16 KB cache memory included in Pentium. 256 / 512 KB second cache memory on board. Support Pentium Burst Read / Write mode on second cache memory access. SHADOW RAM Main BIOS shadow function.

  • Page 10: Environment

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ 2.3. ENVIRONMENT Ambient Temp. 0 C to +50 C (Operating). Relative Hum. 0 to +85% (Operating). Altitude 0 to 10,000 feet (Operating). Vibration 0 to 1,000 Hz. Electricity 4.9 V to 5.2 V. 7 A to 10 A current. _____________________________________________________________10...

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3.1. UNPACKING The mainboard package should contain the following: The GA - 586IP mainboard. USER'S MANUAL. 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 12: Mainboard Layout

    _____________________________________________________________ 3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT × Ø Figure 3.1 512K 256K BIOS ISA SLOT 1 27C010 ISA SLOT 2 Pentium 66 MHz ISA SLOT 3 DS12887 P54CT 60 MHz BIOS ISA SLOT 4 PCI SLOT #4 SOCKET 5 PCMC GA-586IP Rev.1...
  • Page 13 Hardware Installation ________________________________________________________________ J1: Power Connector Pin No. Function Power Good signal 2,10,11,12 VCC (+5V) +12V -12V 5,6,7,8 J4 ~ J7: PCI Device Interrupt (IRQ) Selection Jump No. Function Closed for Enable PCI INT-D connect to ISA IRQ-14 or IRQ- 5. Closed for Enable PCI INT-C connect to ISA IRQ-11 or IRQ- 12.

  • Page 14: Dram Installation

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ J13: Turbo LED Connector Pin No. Function LED cathode (-). LED anode (+). J14: Speaker Connector Pin No. Function Data. GND. VCC (+5V). J15: Second Cache Size Selection Pin No. Function Close for 256 KB cache size. Close for 512 KB cache size. J19: System Speed Selection Pin No.
  • Page 15 Hardware Installation ________________________________________________________________ Size Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 2 2 MB 1 MB x 2 None None 4 MB 1 MB x 2 1 MB x 2 None 4 MB 2 MB x 2 None None 6 MB 1 MB x 2 1 MB x 2 1 MB x 2 8 MB...

  • Page 16: Sram Installation And Jumpers Setup

    JUMPER (J19) selection to set up the system speed to 60 MHz or 66 MHz for 60 or 66 MHz PENTIUM CPU. The mainboard can use 3.3V PENTIUM or P54CT CPU, and the CPU speed must match with the frequency of CLOCK GEN. It will cause system hanging up if the CLOCK GEN.'S frequency is higher than CPU's.

  • Page 17: Cmos Rtc & Isa Cfg Cmos Sram

    XT should be executed with a low speed system, so a high speed system needs the speed switching function to change its running speed. Because a PENTIUM cannot accept real clock speed change when program is executed, so ________________________________________________________________...

  • Page 18: Turbo Led Connector Installation

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ the mainboard uses simulation method to implement TURBO switching function. The J12 on mainboard should be connected to the TURBO switch on panel, and user can push in or pop out the TURBO switch to enable or disable the turbo function of system. If not necessary, please don't use De-turbo mode.

  • Page 19: Bios Configuration

    BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ 4. 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 20: Getting Help

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ Menu F6 key Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 key Load the default F8 key Reserved F9 key Reserved F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu 4.3.
  • Page 21 BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ Figure 4.1: Main Menu ROM ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP PASSWORD SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP PCI SLOT CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS : Save &...

  • Page 22: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ performance. Password setting Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. IDE HDD auto detection Automatically configure hard disk parameter. Save & exit setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit without save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

  • Page 23: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ Figure 4.2: Standard CMOS Setup Menu ROM ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Mon, Feb 7 1994 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 10 : 45 : 38 CYLS. HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS Drive C 1 (10Mb) Drive D : None (0 Mb)
  • Page 24 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ Drive C type / Drive D type The category identify the types of hard disk drive C or drive D that has been installed in the computer. There are 46 pre-defined types and a user definable type. Type 1 to Type 46 are pre-defined. Type User is user-definable. Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press <Enter>.
  • Page 25 BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. NO errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped and you will be prompted...
  • Page 26 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ 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 27: Bios Features Setup

    BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ 4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Enabled CPU Internal Cache : Enabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled External Cache : Enabled C8000 - CBFFF Shadow : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled CC000 - CFFFF Shadow : Disabled...
  • Page 28 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ 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 Disabled Disable cache Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
  • Page 29 BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ 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 K Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On Keypad is number keys Keypad is arrow keys IDE HDD Block Mode...
  • Page 30 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ C8000 - CFFFF Shadow / D0000 - DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16 K byte. The default value are Disabled. Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled _____________________________________________________________30...

  • Page 31: Chipset Features Setup

    BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ 4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ROM ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. DRAM Wait State : 0 Wait CPU To PCI write buffer : Enabled PCI Memory Burst Write : Enabled System BIOS Cacheable : Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled Using ET4000/W32P PCI VGA : NO...
  • Page 32 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ PCI Memory Burst Write The default value is Enabled. Enabled Enhanced Master PCI device performance. Disabled For some slower PCI device. System BIOS Cacheable The default value is Enabled. Enabled Enable BIOS shadowed cacheable. Disabled BIOS shadowed only. Video BIOS Cacheable The default value is Enabled.

  • Page 33: Pci Slot Configuration

    BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ The default value is Enabled. Enabled Enable NCR 810 PCI SCSI device. Disabled Disable NCR 810 PCI SCSI device. Delay For SCSI / HDD (secs) Set start timing for some slower speed SCSI hard disk. The start timing can set from 0 to 30 seconds. The default value is 5.

  • Page 34: Load Setup Defaults

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ slot. This function is completed by Jumper on PCI device card or card's booting BIOS setup, but user must re-setup here. The default value is NA. NCR SCSI Using IRQ This category select a IRQ for NCR 810 PCI SCSI controller (GA-410). There are four IRQ selections (9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and NA) for GA-410.

  • Page 35: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ ENTER PASSWORD ROM ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP PASSWORD SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP PCI SLOT CONFIGUR OUT SAVING Enter Password: LOAD SETUP DEFAU : Save &...
  • Page 36 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ ROM ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. CYLS. HEAD PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS Drive C: (202 Mb) 65535 Do you accept this drive C (Y/N)? N : Skip Type "Y" will accept the H.D.D. parameter reported by BIOS. Type "N" will keep the old H.D.D. parameter setup. _____________________________________________________________36...

  • Page 37: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    BIOS Configuration ________________________________________________________________ 4.12. SAVE & EXIT SETUP ROM ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP PASSWORD SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP PCI SLOT CONFIGUR OUT SAVING SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? N LOAD SETUP DEFAU : Save &...

  • Page 38: Keyboard Setting Function

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ 4.14. KEYBOARD SETTING FUNCTION After booting the O.S., there are some special functions used by keyboard as follows: "CTRL_ALT_DEL" Pressing these keys simultaneously will cause system to Warm Start (Software Reset). "CTRL_ALT_[+]" Pressing these keys simultaneously will change the system speed to high speed (Turbo, all cache memory enable).

  • Page 39: At Technical Information

    AT Technical Information ________________________________________________________________ 5. AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION 5.1. I/O BUS CONNECTOR PIN OUT 5.1.1. ISA SLOT PIN OUT -I/O CH CHK -MEMCS16 SBHE RESET SD07 -I/OCS16 LA23 SD06 IRQ10 LA22 IRQ9 SD05 IRQ11 LA21 SD04 IRQ12 LA20 DRQ2 SD03 IRQ15 LA19 -12V...

  • Page 40: Pci - Bus Slot Pin Out

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ 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 AD_29 AD_28 AD_27 AD_26 AD_25 AD_24 CBE#3 IDSEL AD_23 AD_22 AD_21 AD_20 AD_19 AD_18 AD_17 AD_16 CEB#2 FRAME# IRDY# TRDY# DEVSEL#...

  • Page 41: 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 42: Interrupt Map

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ 5.4. INTERRUPT MAP 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 43 AT Technical Information ________________________________________________________________ DATE CENTURY byte INFORMATION FLAG 34-3F Reserve 40-7f Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA ________________________________________________________________...

  • Page 44: Appendix A: Post Message

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ 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 45 Appendix A: Post Message ________________________________________________________________ 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 46 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ 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 47 Appendix A: Post Message ________________________________________________________________ Ö Memory parity Error at ... Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location. You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips. Ö...
  • Page 48 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ Ö RAM PARITY ERROR - CHECKING FOR SEGMENT ... Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory. 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. F When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.
  • Page 49 Appendix A: Post Message ________________________________________________________________ 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. F When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.

  • Page 50: Appendix B: Post Codes

    GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ APPENDIX B: POST CODES F 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 Cache OEM Specific-Cache control. Processor Test 1 Processor Status (1 FLAGS) Verification.
  • Page 51 Appendix B: POST Codes ________________________________________________________________ Keyboard detect and initialization. Test DMA Controller 1 Test DMA Page registers Test DMA Page Registers. 12-13 Reserved Test Timer Counter 2 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2. Test 8259-1 Mask Bits Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines.
  • Page 52 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ Pre-boot Enable Enable parity checker. Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot. Initialize Option ROMs Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to EFFFFh. When FSCAN option is enabled, will initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh. Initialize Time Value Initialize time value in 40h: BIOS area. Setup Virus Protect Setup virus protect according to Setup Set Boot Speed...

  • Page 53: Appendix C: Bios Default Drive Table

    Appendix C: BIOS Default Drive Table ________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX C: BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE TABLE Type Size (MB) Cylinders Heads Sectors Write / Land Example Model Precomp Zone 10 MB TEAC SD510 MMI 112, 5412 20 MB Seagate ST225, ST4026 31 MB 62 MB 47 MB 20 MB...
  • Page 54 GA-586IP _____________________________________________________________ 41 MB Miniscribe3053/6053 RLL 48 MB Miniscribe 3650 69 MB 65535 Miniscribe 3650 RLL 114 MB 65535 Conner CP3104 152 MB 1224 65535 1223 Conner CP3204 User _____________________________________________________________54...

  • Page 55: Appendix D: Problem Sheet

    Appendix C: BIOS Default Drive Table ________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX D: PROBLEM SHEET 1. Customer Data Name Tel. No. Address Fax. No. Purchase Date 2. Mainboard Data Model No. Rev. No. Serial No. 3. System Configuration CPU Type: CPU Brand: CPU Speed: q 16 q 32 MB DRAM Type...

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