Pentium GA - 586AL User manual

GA - 586AL/S
USER'S MANUAL
PCI - ISA SOLUTION
PENTIUM  PCI - ISA BUS MAINBOARD
REV. 2S First Edition

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The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may
appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the
information contained herein.
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.
UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories.
November 01, 1994 Taipei, Taiwan

Table of Contents
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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. HARDWARE .........................................................................................................9
2.2. SOFTWARE..........................................................................................................10
2.3. ENVIRONMENT.................................................................................................... 10
3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION........................................................................................ 11
3.1. UNPACKING............................................................................................................ 11
3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT............................................................................................ 12
3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS.....................................12
3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION............................................................................................ 14
3.5. SRAM INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP....................................................15
3.6. CPU INSTALLATION AND JUMPERS SETUP.......................................................15
3.7. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM...................................................................16
3.8. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.............................................................16
3.9. POWER LED & KEY LOCK CONNECTOR INSTALLATION .................................16
3.10. TURBO SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION................................................16
3.11. TURBO LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION....................................................... 17
3.12. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.......................... 17
3.13. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION............................................................... 17
4. BIOS CONFIGURATION................................................................................................ 18
4.1. ENTERING SETUP...............................................................................................18
4.2. CONTROL KEYS...................................................................................................18
4.3. GETTING HELP ....................................................................................................19
4.3.1. Main Menu.................................................................................................... 19
4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu .................................19
4.4. THE MAIN MENU..................................................................................................19
4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU...................................................................... 21

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4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP..................................................................................... 24
4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP..............................................................................27
4.8. PCI SLOT CONFIGURATION............................................................................... 29
4.9. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ...................................................................................... 31
4.10. PASSWORD SETTING.......................................................................................32
4.11. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION.............................................................................33
4.12. HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT...............................................................................33
4.13. SAVE & EXIT SETUP..........................................................................................34
4.14. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING .................................................................................... 35
4.15. KEYBOARD SETTING FUNCTION.....................................................................35
5. AT TECHNICAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................36
5.1. I/O BUS CONNECTOR PIN OUT.........................................................................36
5.1.1. ISA SLOT PIN OUT...................................................................................... 36
5.1.2. PCI - BUS SLOT PIN OUT........................................................................... 37
5.2. I/O & MEMORY MAP ............................................................................................ 38
5.3. TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP......................................................................... 38
5.4. INTERRUPT MAP................................................................................................. 39
5.5. RTC & CMOS RAM MAP...................................................................................... 39
APPENDIX A: POST MESSAGE..........................................................................................40
APPENDIX B: POST CODES...............................................................................................45
APPENDIX C: BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE TABLE.................................................................... 48
APPENDIX D: PROBLEM SHEET........................................................................................50

Introduction
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1.PREFACE
Welcome to use the GA - 586AL motherboard. The motherboard is a 256 KB /
512 KB / 1 MB 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.
This manual also explains how to install the motherboard for operation, and how
to set up your CMOS CONFIGURATION with BIOS SETUP program.
1.2.KEY FEATURES
qPentiumbased PC / AT compatible mainboard with PCI - ISA Bus.
q3 Master / Slave PCI Bus slots, 4 ISA Bus slots.
qSupports Pentium / P5T running at 60 / 66 MHz.
qSupports true 64 bits CACHE and DRAM access mode.
qSupports 273 Pins (Socket 4) ZIF white socket on board.
qSupports 256 KB / 512 KB / 1 MB second cache memory.
qCPU L1 / L2 Write-Back cache operation.
qSupports 2 - 160 MB DRAM memory on board.
qSupports 2 channels Enhance PCI IDE ports for 4 IDE Device.
qSupports 2xCOM, 1xLPT, 1x1.44MB Floppy port.
qSupports Hardware and Software speed change function.
qLicensed AWARD BIOS, FLASH EEPROM for BIOS update.
qBENCHMARQ / ODIN 3287 RTC on board.
q3/4BABY AT size, 4 layers PCB.