American Megatrends 42 Series User manual

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MAN-642 Rev C
9/11/92

© Copyright 1992 American Megatrends, nc.
All rights reserved.
American Megatrends, nc.
6145F Northbelt Parkway
Norcross, GA 30071
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system, translated into any language or computer language, or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher, American
Megatrends, nc.
Limited Warranty
Buyer agrees if this product proves to be defective, that American Megatrends, nc. is only obligated to replace or refund the purchase price of this product
according to the terms and conditions on the warranty card enclosed with this product. American Megatrends shall not be liable in tort or contract for any loss or
damage, direct, incidental or consequential. See the Warranty Registration Card shipped with this product for full warranty details.
Limitations of Liability
n no event shall American Megatrends be held liable for any loss, expenses, or damages of any kind whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, incidental, or
consequential, arising from the design or use of this product or the support materials provided with the product.
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FasMath is a trademark of Cyrix Corporation.
Fujitsu is a registered trademark of Fujitsu America, nc.
Hitachi is a registered trademark of Hitachi America, Ltd.
BM, AT, VGA, OS/2, and EGA are registered trademarks of nternational Business Machines Corporation. XT and CGA are trademarks of nternational Business Machines Corporation.
ntel and i386 are registered trademarks of ntel Corporation.
Mitsubishi is a registered trademark of Mitsubishi Electronics of America.
MS-DOS, Xenix, and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation.
Oki is a registered trademark of Oki America, nc.
Siemens is a trademark of Siemens Corporation.
Motorola is a registered trademark of the Motorola Corporation.
Toshiba is a registered trademark of Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba.
Weitek is a trademark of Weitek ncorporated.
Revision History
12/15/91 nitial printing
3/3/92 Revised to include changes for Rev B.
9/11/92 Revised to include changes for Rev C.

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Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Installation 5
Unpacking 5
nstallation Steps 7
Step 1 Set Switch and Jumper Options 8
Step 2 nstall Memory 11
Step 3 nstall Coprocessor 14
Step 4 nstall the Motherboard 16
Step 5 Connect the Power Supply 18
Step 6 Connect the Keyboard 20
Step 7 Connect Cables 20
Step 8 nstall Adapter Cards 26
Step 9 nstall Floppy Drive 28
Step 10 nstall Hard Disk 30
Step 11 Perform nitial Test and Configuration 31
Chapter BIOS Power-On Self Test (POST)
AM B OS Displayed Messages 35
B OS NM Handler Messages 37
Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Setup 9
Section 1 Running AM B OS Setup 41
Setup Keys 42
AM B OS Setup Main Menu 43
Auto Configuration With Power-On Defaults 44
Write to CMOS and Exit 44
Do Not Write to CMOS RAM and Exit 44
Section 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 45
Hard Disk Drive C: 46
Hard Disk Drive D: 46
Configuring ESD Drives 46
Hard Disk Drive Types 48
Floppy Drive A: 49
Floppy Drive B: 49
Monitor 49
Keyboard 49
Preface

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Chapter 4 AMIBIOS Setup, cont'd
Section 3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 51
Typematic Rate Programming, Typematic Rate Delay, and Typematic Rate 53
Above 1 MB Memory Test 53
Memory Test Tick Sound 53
Memory Parity Error Check 53
Hit <DEL> Message Display 53
Wait For <F1> f Any Error 55
System Boot Up Num Lock 55
Weitek Processor 55
Floppy Drive Seek At Boot 55
System Boot Up Sequence 55
System Boot Up CPU Speed 55
Fast Gate A20 Option 56
Turbo Switch Option 56
Password Check Option 56
Shadow RAM Option 56
Section 4 ADVANCED CH PSET SETUP 57
On Board Serial Port 1 58
On Board Serial Port 2 59
On Board Parallel Port 60
On Board Floppy Controller 61
On Board DE Controller 61
8-bit DMA Active Clock 61
16-bit DMA Active Clock 61
DMA Clocks 61
Command Delay, 8-bit Cycle 61
Command Delay, 16-bit Cycle 62
8-bit /O Wait States 62
16-bit /O Wait States 62
Section 5 AM B OS Password Support 63
Section 6 Hard Disk Utility 65
When to Use AM B OS Hard Disk Utilities 66
Hard Disk Format Utility 67
Auto nterleave Utility 69
Hard Disk Utility Error Messages 71
Appendix A Upgrading to 256 KB Cache 7
Index 77
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