American Megatrends Pegasus User manual

Pegasus
Pentium® II
PCI ISA Motherboard
User's Guide
MAN-759
7/3/97

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Revision History
7/3/97 Initial release.

Preface iii
Preface
To the OEM Thank you for purchasing the high performance American Megatrends
Pegasus Pentium II PCI ISA motherboard. This product is a state of the art
motherboard that includes the famous AMIBIOS. It is assumed that you have
also licensed the rights to use the American Megatrends documentation for
the American Megatrends Pegasus motherboard.
This manual was written for the OEM to assist in the proper installation and
operation of this motherboard. This manual describes the specifications and
features of the Pegasus PCI motherboard. It explains how to assemble a
system based on the Pegasus PCI motherboard and how to use the AMIBIOS
that is specifically designed for this motherboard.
This manual is not meant to be read by the computer owner who purchases a
computer with this motherboard. It is assumed that you, the computer
manufacturer, will use this manual as a sourcebook of information, and that
parts of this manual will be included in the computer owner's manual.
Technical Support If an American Megatrends motherboard fails to operate as described or
you are in doubt about a configuration option, please call technical support at
770-246-8645.
Warning
Do not use 16 MB x 36 (64 MB) SIMMs that have 36 chips per
SIMM. This type of 16 MB SIMM does not work reliably because of
excessive loading on the motherboard circuitry. If you must use 64
MB SIMMs, use only SIMMs that have 12 or 8 chips per SIMM.
Do not use 70 ns SIMMs. The system memory timing cycle on this
motherboard are very sensitive. This motherboard does not work
reliably with 70 ns SIMMs.

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American Megatrends BBS
The American Megatrends BBS permits OEMs, VARs, and system
integrators to access technical information about motherboard and BIOS
products. Product Engineering Change Notices, Tech Tips, Technical Notes,
and complete technical manuals are available.
Data Transmission Rates The American Megatrends BBS automatically handles modems with
data transmission rates from 1,200 to 28,800 bps.
BBS Phone Numbers The following table lists the characteristics of the BBS phone numbers.
The BBS requires no parity, eight data bits, and one stop bit.
Phone Number Characteristics
770-246-8780 28,800 baud rate. Supports v.34.
770-246-8781 28,800 baud rate. Supports v.34.
770-246-8782 Supports HST and v.42.
770-246-8783 Supports HST and v.42.
Web Site We invite you to access the American Megatrends world wide web site at:
http://www.megatrends.com.
Packing List
You should have received the following:
• a Pegasus Pentium II PCI ISA motherboard,
• two serial cables,
• one parallel cable,
• a diskette containing the American Megatrends DMI Wizard 95 software
utility,
• The DMI Wizard 95 User’s Guide,
• the SystemGuru User’s Guide,
• 4 diskettes containing the SystemGuru Server Management Software for
Windows NT,
• a Warranty Card, and
• the American Megatrends Pegasus Pentium II PCI ISA Motherboard
User's Guide.

Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 1
1Hardware Installation
Overview
The American Megatrends Pegasus PCI Pentium II ISA motherboard features
include:
• an Intel Pentium II CPU operating at 233, 266, 300 MHz or higher
speeds ,
• up to 768 MB of system memory on the motherboard,
• parity checking or ECC (Error Checking and Correction),
• PCI local bus throughput of 132 megabytes per second,
• the American Megatrends SystemGuru server management software,
• three ISA expansion slots, and
• four PCI expansion slots.
CPUs The Pegasus motherboard will support all Intel Slot1 CPUs operating at 233
MHz, 266 MHz, 300 MHz, or faster speeds.
PCI Bus Speed AMIBIOS automatically configures the PCI slots. The PCI slots are
synchronous with the CPU clock:
CPU External Clock Frequency PCI Expansion Slot Frequency
66 MHz 33 MHz
60 MHz 30 MHz
Onboard I/O The Pegasus motherboard includes:
• two 40-pin IDE connectors for 1 – 4 IDE drives,
• a 34-pin floppy drive connector,
• two serial port connectors,
• a 25-pin parallel port connector,
• a keyboard DIN connector,
• two 4-pin USB ports, and
• a 9-pin berg mouse connector.
Server Management Software The American Megatrends SystemGuru server management
software is included with the Pegasus motherboard. SystemGuru uses the
LM78 interface to constantly monitor and report the CPU temperature, fan
speed, ECC memory errors, ambient temperature, CPU voltage, system
voltage and other user-specified system status information to any remote
client computer. See the American Megatrends SystemGuru User’s Guide for
additional information.