American Megatrends Titan II manual

American Megatrends, Inc. Titan-II PCI Pentium     EISA Motherboard User' s Guide MAN -711 1/6/95[...]

© Copy right 1994 Am erican Mega trends , Inc. All rights reserved. Am erican Me gatrends, I nc. 6145F N orthbel t Parkw ay Nor cross, G A 30071 This publ ication contains pro prietar y infor mation which is pr ote cted by copyr ight. No part of this publicatio n may be repr oduce d, transcribe d, stored in a retr ieval sy stem, trans lated into a[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide iii Table of Contents 1 Sy stem Overview ...................................................................................... 1 2 Install ation ........................................................................................... 9 Unpacking the Motherboard ............................[...]

Preface iv Preface Technical Support If an A merican Meg atrends moth erboard fails to operate as described or y ou are in doubt abou t a configu ration option , please call tech nical s upport at 404-246-8645. Acknowledgments This manual w as written by Sudhakaran Valappil and Julia McDonald.[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 1 1 Sy stem Overv iew The Am erican Megatrends Titan-II m otherboard has: • Sing le o r Dual Intel® P54C Pentium  3.3 Volt CPU operating at 90, 120, or 150 MHz internall y, • six EISA expansi on slo ts, and • four P CI exp ansio n slots. The motherboard con forms to th e PCI Version [...]

Chapter 1 System Overview 2 Description Note The motherboar d is not field upgradeabl e from one speed t o another. Heat Sink with Fan A heat sink with fan m ust be used with all In tel Pentium CPUs on all Pentium motherboards. Caution Adequate air fl ow in the chass is must be provided when using dual processors. Ins tallation of an 8 cm 0.2 amp f[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 3 Description, Continued L2 Secondary Cache Memory • The m otherboard support s 256 KB or 512 KB of di rect mapped, w rite-back L2 ex ternal (secondary ) cache memo r y. • Thirt y- two (32) pin sockets exis t for 256 KB/512 KB of DIP L2 cache m emory. • The extern al (secondary) cache m [...]

Chapter 1 System Overview 4 Description, Continued Shadow RAM The sys tem BIOS ROM is alw ays sh adowed. Video BIOS and Adaptor ROM s hadowing can be enabled via Adv anced Setup in 16 KB increments. System BIOS The Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA m otherboard has a 128 KB WINBIOS with built- in WINB IOS Setup and us er- defin able hard dis k drive ty pes[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 5 Description, Continued Up to Four IDE Drives The moth erboard supports up to f our IDE drives th ro ugh two 40 -pin I DE c onnec tor s, marked Primary and Secondar y. IDE Drive Assignments If four IDE driv es are connected, WINBIOS assigns th e physical drive nu mbers; DOS assig ns the logic[...]

Chapter 1 System Overview 6 Description, Continued Seven DM A Channels There are seven DMA channels. Tim er Features The motherboard has three programm able 16-bit counter/timers. Refresh Generation The Ti tan-I I P CI P entium EISA mothe rb oar d has a refr esh gene rat ion fe ature . I/O Capability The motherboard acces ses 32-, 16- or 8- bit I/O[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 7 Description, Continued EISA and PCI Expansio n Slots The Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA motherboard has the f ollowing EISA and PCI expansion slots: • four P CI exp ansio n slots, and • six EISA expansion slots f or EISA/ISA adapter cards . All PCI expa nsion slots a re bus mastering. All 6 E[...]

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Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 9 2 Installation Unpacking the Mot herboard Step Actio n 1 I nspect the cardbo ard carton for obvious damag e. If damaged, call Am erican Mega trends Te chnical Support at 404- 246-8645. L eave the mothe rboard in its or iginal packing. 2 Per form all unpacking and install ation pro cedures o [...]

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Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 11 Step 1 Warning This motherboard contains sensitive electronic components w h ich can be easil y damaged by static electricity. Follow the in structions ca refully to ensure cor rect installati on and to avoid static damage. Set all user-conf igurable jumpers and sw itches, and then install [...]

Chapter 2 Installation 12 Step 1 Set Jumpers, Continued J27 IRQ 12 J27 is a tw o-pin berg that selects IRQ12 for u se by th e onboard PS/2 m ouse. When an onboard PS/2 m o use is used in th e compu ter, J27 should be sh orted. Leave J27 OPEN is no PS/2 m ouse is u sed. J27 Settin g IRQ12 Sele ct Shorted PS/2 mouse is present. OPEN PS/2 mouse is abs[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 13 Step 1 Set Jumpers, Continued J28 and J29 Bus Frequency Select The Titan-II EISA motherboard s upports Intel CPUs that operate at voltage levels between 3.135 and 3.6V. J28 and J29 are tw o-pin jum pers that s upport th e 150 MHz P54C CPU. These jum pers should be sh orted wh en a 150 MHz P[...]

Chapter 2 Installation 14 Step 1 Set Jumpers, Continued J16 and J17 Ex tended Parallel Port DMA Select J16 and J17 are three-pin s ingle-inline berg s that select the EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) DMA chan nels, show n below . DMA Channel J16 J17 DRQ1 Shor t Pins 1-2 Shor t Pins 1-2 DRQ3 Shor t Pins 2-3 Shor t Pins 2-3. None (the fa ctory settin g) [...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 15 Step 1 Set Jumpers, Continued Using an External 3 .3V Pow er Supply Set the jum p ers and conn ectors as follows if using a 3.3V pow er supply : Jum per or Connect or Setting J1 Shor t Pins 1-2, S hort Pins 3-4, and S hort Pins 5-6 J2 Shor t Pins 1-2, S hort Pins 3-4, and S hort Pins 5-6 J3[...]

Chapter 2 Installation 16 Step 1 Set Jumpers, Continued J24 Flash Program m ing Voltage Pins 2- 3 of this ju mper shou ld alw ays be sh orted to provide +12V to th e Flash BIOS f or reprogramm ing. J22 Password LE D Select This three-pin berg is used to select the LED, w hich w ill to ggle w hen the system is waiting for the Password J22 Sett ing D[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 17 Step 2 Install Memory The main m emory su b sys tem on the Titan-II PCI EISA m otherboard consists of four 64-bit m emory bank s. All banks house S IMM (Single Inli ne Memory Module) DRAM pack ages. You can us e 256 KB x 36, 512 KB x 36, 1 MB x 36, 2 MB x 36, 4 MB x 36, 8 MB x 36, or 16 MB [...]

Chapter 2 Installation 18 Step 3 Install CPU In m ost cases, the CPU is already installed in the m otherbo ard. Follow the procedures in this step to install the CPU if it is not present, to replace a def ective CPU, or to add a second CPU. Warning Improper CPU installation can damage the CPU and the m otherboard. You m ust follow the procedures in[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 19 Step 4 Install the M otherboard The mountin g hole pattern on the Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA motherboard is the same as th e moun ting hole pattern on a stan dard AT moth erboard. Standoffs and m ounting s crews are not su pplied with the m otherboard. The standard 12 slot chassis should be [...]

Chapter 2 Installation 20 Step 4 Install the M otherboard, Continue d Caution Adequate air flow in the chassis must be provided when using dual processors . Installation of an 8 cm 0.2 amp fan at the front of the chassis is r ecommended to pull air in. This is in addition to the fan at the back of the case which pulls air out. Step 5 Connect the Po[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 21 Step 5 Connect the Pow er Supply , Cont inued Important Do not use the P5 and P6 pow er connectors . P5 and P6 can only be used wi th 3.3V power supplies . P4 is an additional auxiliary 5V power connector. Some power s upplies, 400 watts or greater, provide this connector. Power Supply Conn[...]

Chapter 2 Installation 22 Step 5 Connect the Pow er Supply , Cont inued 3.3 V Pow er Supply Connect or The 3.3V connect ors for the pow er supply are shown below. Make s ure jumpers J1, J2, J3, J11, an d J19 are set properly when u sing th e 3.3V power from the pow er supply . Caution On the 66/100 MHz motherboard, the regulat or has to be us ed an[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 23 Step 7 Connect Cables When conn ecting chassis con nectors to the m otherboard, m ake sure to con nect the correct connector end. Mos t connector w ires are color-coded. Match th e color of the w ires leaving the sw itch or LED to the sam e pin on the connector en d. There may be more than [...]

Chapter 2 Installation 24 Step 7 Connect Cables, Co ntinue d P22 Keyboard Lock Connector A fi ve-pin s ingle-inline berg that is attached via a cable to the k eyboard lock connector. The k eyboard lock allows the user to lock the keyboard, protecting the system from u nauthorized use. J13 Turbo L ED Connector A two-pin be rg tha t is a ttac hed vi [...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 25 Step 9 Connect Onboard I/O Onboard Ad apters The mot herboard has two seri al ports (P1 and P2), a parallel port (P13) onboard, and has IDE an d floppy con trollers. The serial an d parallel port con nectors are described below . The IDE connectors are des cribed on pag e 27. The floppy con[...]

Chapter 2 Installation 26 Step 9 Connect Onboard I/O, Continued Attaching the Parallel Port Cable A parallel port cable is supplied with the m otherboard to connect the parallel port connector (P13 ) to the external parallel port co nnector. Step 10 Install Floppy Drive P7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector A 34- pin dual-in line berg. Con nect th e cable[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 27 Step 11 Install Hard Disk Attach IDE Cab le to P3 P3 is the primary IDE (Integrated Drive Electroni cs) hard disk drive connector. Both the prim ary mast er and the primary slave IDE drives m ust be conn ected by cable to P3, as show n below. P3 IDE Hard Disk Connector P3 is a 40-pin dual- [...]

Chapter 2 Installation 28 Step 12 Install A dapter Cards The Titan-II PC I Pentium EISA m otherboard provi des full EISA bus m asterin g adapter card support an d full compatibility w ith all IBM XT and AT-compatible adapter cards via six EISA expans ion slots. The Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA motherboard also h as four PCI Local Bus expan sion slots,[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 29 Step 12 Install A dapter Cards, Continued When inst alling EISA adapter cards, make sure th at they snap in twice and are fu lly s eated in the EISA expansion slot. If th e card makes contact on ly w ith the u pper row of contacts , it cannot fu nction properly. Step 13 Test and Configure R[...]

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Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 31 3A M I B I O S WINBIOS Setup has a graphical u ser interface that perm its mouse access, an d is so compact that it can resi de on the sam e ROM as the sy stem BIOS. The sy stem config uration parameters are set v ia W INBIOS Setup. Since WINBIOS Setup resides in the ROM BIOS, it is availab[...]

Chapter 3 AMIBIOS and W INBIOS 32 Standard Setup, Continue d Prim ary M aster Prim ary Slave Select on e of th ese hard dis k drive icons to configure t he drive nam ed in the option . WINBIOS supports u p to four IDE hard disk driv es: the primary master, prim ary slave, s econdary m aster, and secon dary slave. If the hard disk drive is an IDE dr[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 33 A dvanced Setup The WINB IOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the A d vanced Setup icon from the WINB IOS Setup main menu. Typem a tic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the rate at w hich characters on th e screen repeat wh en a key is press ed and held down . The Optima[...]

Chapter 3 AMIBIOS and W INBIOS 34 A dvanced Setup, Continued Parity Error Check Enables or disables parity error checking for system RAM. The setting s are Enabled (all system RAM parity is checked) or Di sabled (parity is ch ecked o nly on the first 1 MB of sy stem RA M). T he Optimal default settin g is Enabled. The Fail-Safe default setting is D[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 35 A dvanced Setup, Continued Cache Memory Enables or disables the internal and/or L2 secondary cach e. The Optimal default setting is Both. The Fail-Safe default setting is Dis abled. Internal Cache Mode Specifies th e type of caching algorithm used for L1 intern al cache m emory on th e CP U[...]

Chapter 3 AMIBIOS and W INBIOS 36 A dvanced Setup, Continued Video S hadow C000,32K When Enabled, the video R OM area from C0000h - C7FFFh is copied (shadow ed) to RAM for f aster execution. The Optimal default setting is Enabled. T he Fail-Safe default settin g is Dis abled. Shadow C800,16K Shadow CC00,16K Shadow D000,16K Shadow D400,16K Shadow D8[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 37 A dvanced Setup, Continued IRQ 3 throug h IRQ 15 These options specify the bus th at the Interrupt request lin e in the option title can be used on. The settings are ISA (the IRQ can only be u sed on the ISA bus) or PCI (the IRQ can on ly be used on th e P CI bus). The Optim al and Fail- Sa[...]

Chapter 3 AMIBIOS and W INBIOS 38 A dvanced Setup, Continued Important If the prim ary IDE controller is enabled, IRQ 14 can only be used by the onboard prim ary IDE cont roller. IRQ 14 will n ot b e available for any PCI or ISA adapter card. If IRQ 14 m ust be used f or an ISA adapter card, set the Onboard Pr imary/Secondary IDE option in Peripher[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 39 Chipset Setup The WINB IOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Chipset Setup icon from the WINB IOS Setup main menu. Base Memory Size This optio n specifies the size of th e base mem o ry. The Optimal an d Fail-Safe default setting s for this option are 640K[...]

Chapter 3 AMIBIOS and W INBIOS 40 Pow er M anagement Setup The WINB IOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the Pow er Management Setup icon from the WINBIOS Setup m ain men u. Advanced Power M anagement Enables or disables the m o therboard pow er managem ent features. The Optim al and Fail-Safe defau lt settings are D[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 41 Pow er Management Setup, Conti nued DPMS VGA Power Do wn Set this option to Enabled to enable VGA adapter cards th at have the pow er down f eature to pow er down w hen the sy stem ente rs sus pend state. The VGA adapte r cards m ust support th e VESA DPMS (Display Power Man agemen t Servic[...]

Chapter 3 AMIBIOS and W INBIOS 42 Peripheral Setup The WINBIOS Setu p options described bel ow are s elected by choos ing the Peri pheral Set up icon from th e WINB IOS Setup main menu. Onboar d FDC Set this option to Enabled to use the fl oppy driv e controller on the m otherboard. The Optimal def ault setting is Enabled. Onboard Pr imary/Secondar[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 43 Peripheral Setup, Continue d Prim ary M aster Disk Mode Specifies th e IDE mode used by the master IDE driv e attached to the prim ary IDE controller. Selecti ng a mode not supported by the primar y master IDE drive will cause data loss . Prim ary Slave Disk Mode Specifies th e IDE mode use[...]

Chapter 3 AMIBIOS and W INBIOS 44 Peripheral Setup, Continue d Secondary Master/Slave Disk Mode Specifies th e IDE mode used by the master an d slave IDE drives attached to the s econdary IDE controller. Selecting a mode not supported by the secondar y master IDE drive will cause data loss . T he Optimal an d Fail-Safe default settings are Disabl e[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 45 Peripheral Setup, Continue d Serial Port 1 Specifies th e base I/O port address used for on board serial port 1. The serial port uses eight consecutiv e I/O port addresses. T he Optimal and Fail- Safe default setting s are Di sabled. Serial Port 1 FIFO Set this option to Enabled to enable t[...]

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Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 47 4 Flash Programming The Am erican Megatrends Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA moth erboard uses Flas h EPROM to store the s ystem B IOS. The advantage of using a Flash EPROM is that the EPROM chip does not hav e to be replaced to update the BIOS. The end user can actually reprogram the BIOS, usin [...]

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Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 49 A Upgrading Cache Memory L2 secondary (external) cache m emory on the A merican Megatren ds Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA m otherboard can be upgraded f rom 256 KB to 512 KB by removing the existing 32 KB x 8 15 ns SRA Ms and installin g 64 KB x 8 15 ns SRAMs in their place. You must use 3.3V S[...]

Appendix A Upgrading Cache Memory 50[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 51 B Engineering Specifications Tem perature Ranges The followi ng values are am bient temperatures ins ide the computer case. The board tem peratures reflect the Pentium CPU Heat dissipatio n requirem ents because it will be the hottest component. Tem perature specifications vary with the CPU[...]

Appendix B Engineering S pecifications 52 Engineering Specifications, Continue d The Titan-II EISA PCI Pentium motherboard requ ires +5V ~7A. The ISA bus requ iremen ts are: +5V ~13A -5V 1.6A +12V 5A -12V 2.4A The +5V supply current to the EISA Bus is limited by th e power connector. Power Co nsumption The two SIMM m emory banks consu me 2 Am ps ea[...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 53 Index 3.3V Po wer S ource Enable 13 Abo ve 1 MB Memo ry Te st 31 Adapte r Shadow Cacheable 33 Adv anced Setup 31 Board L ayo ut 10 Cache Me mory 33 Cache me mory configuratio n 11 Chipset S etup 37 COM1 23 COM2 23 Config uring Sy stem 27 Connecto rs Expansio n slots 26 Fl oppy disk 24 I DE [...]

Index 54 Index, Continue d I RQ 3 39 I RQ 3 throug h I RQ 15 35 J1, J2, J3, J11, and J19 3.3V Powe r Source Enable 13 J10 PL L T est Mode 12 J13 Tur bo LED Connector 22 J14 I DE Activ ity I ndicator L ED 22 J16 and J17 Ex tended Para lle l Por t DMA Sele ct 12 J18 Parallel P ort IRQ Select 1 2 J20 G reen PC P ower 14 J21 Pass word L ED 14 J22 Pass [...]

Titan-II PCI Pentium EISA Motherboard User's Guide 55 Index, Continue d Primar y I DE 32-Bit Tr ansfe r 40 Primar y I DE Block Mo de 39 Primar y I DE LBA Mode 40 Primar y Master Drive Mo de 40 Primary Slave Drive Mode 40 PS/2 Mo use 7 PS/2- type mouse 31 Rese t Switch Conne ctor 21 Seco ndary I DE 32-Bit T ransfer 40 Seco ndary I DE Blo ck Mod[...]

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