Contents
Mainboard D1548................................................................................................................................ 1
Notational conventions ................................................................................................................. 1
Important notes..................................................................................................................................... 2
Information about boards ............................................................................................................. 2
List of features ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Special technical features – special features ............................................................................... 4
Brief instructions on installing mainboard ......................................................................................6
Prior to installation........................................................................................................................ 6
Interfaces and connectors................................................................................................................. 8
External ports ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Internal ports and connectors ............................................................................................................... 9
Hard disk connection.................................................................................................................... 9
Pin assignment of internal ports ......................................................................................................... 10
Settings with switches and jumpers............................................................................................... 15
Add-on modules / Upgrading .......................................................................................................... 16
Installing and removing processors.................................................................................................... 16
Installing the processor with heat sink and fan........................................................................... 16
Upgrading main memory ............................................................................................................ 18
Upgrading AGP screen controllers ..................................................................................................... 19
Adding PCI cards................................................................................................................................ 19
PCI bus interrupts - Selecting correct PCI slot ........................................................................... 19
Replacing the lithium battery ...................................................................................................... 20
BIOS update ....................................................................................................................................... 22
BIOS Recovery – Recovering System BIOS ...................................................................................... 23
Microcode Update .............................................................................................................................. 23
Drivers ................................................................................................................................................ 24
Annex................................................................................................................................................. 25
Electrical Properties............................................................................................................................ 25
Loadability for connections and fuses ........................................................................................ 25
Mainboard current requirement .................................................................................................. 25
APM and ACPI system status, energy-saving modes........................................................................ 26
Mainboard Revision and BIOS Version .............................................................................................. 27
Error messages ................................................................................................................................ 28
DOS error messages.......................................................................................................................... 31
Glossary ............................................................................................................................................. 32