Intel 281786-002 manual

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    Advanced/ZP Baby-AT Board Technical Product Summary Version 2 July, 1995 Order Number 281786-002 ®[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 2 Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Board Level Features ......................................[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 3 Introduction The Intel Advanced/ZP baseboard features the Pentium  processor in a Baby-AT form factor with integrated I/O. Advanced/ZP baseboards are focused on providing the best possible performance at the lowest possible price for mainstream desktop computers. Advanced/ZP is a flexible baseboar[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 4 BASEBOARD DESIGN EXCEPTIONS BASEBOARD DIMENSIONS The Advanced/ZP is 3.0" shorter than the Baby-AT standard. The shorter board length may require some chassis to be modified to add additional mounting holes. MOUNTING HOLE PLACEMENT The mounting holes located in the bottom left and right corners o[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 5 Board Level Features A − Two PCI IDE interfaces B − National 87306 I/O controller C − Primary power connector D − Four SIMM sockets (two banks) E − 82438FX Triton Data Path (TDP) F − Parallel port connector G − Floppy drive connector H − 256KB Secondary cache I − 82437FX Triton Syst[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 6 SYSTEM MEMORY The Advanced/ZP baseboard provides four 72-pin SIMM sites for memory expansion. The sockets support 1M x 32 (4 MB), 2M x 32 (8 MB), 4M x 32 (16 MB), and 8M x 32 (32 MB) single-sided or double-sided SIMM modules. Minimum memory size is 8 MB and maximum memory size, using four 8M x 32 SIM[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 7 PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI) PCISET The Intel Triton 82430FX PCIset consists of the 82437FX Triton System Controller (TSC), two 82438FX Triton Data Path (TDP) devices, and one 82371FB PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator (PIIX) bridge chip. The Triton PCIset provides the following functions: • CPU in[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 8 IDE SUPPORT The Advanced/ZP baseboard provides two independent high performance bus-mastering PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 devices for up to 16 MB/sec transfers. Support for ATAPI devices is provided in the system BIOS. The system BIOS also supports Logical Block Add[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 9 the CMOS RAM values can be cleared to the system defaults by using a configuration switch on the baseboard. Appendix B lists switch and jumper configurations. An external coin-cell style battery provides power to the RTC and CMOS memory. The battery has an estimated lifetime of seven years and is soc[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 10 • The Flash BIOS can be updated from a file on a disk; • The current BIOS code can be copied from the Flash EEPROM to a disk file as a backup in the event that an upgrade cannot be successfully completed; or • The BIOS in th e Flash device can be compared with a disk file to ensure the system [...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 11 SECURITY FEATURES ADMINISTRATIVE PASSWORD The administrative password protects several sensitive Setup options from being viewable to a user unless the password is entered. These sensitive fields are viewable unless the administrative password is set. BIOS PASSWORD A BIOS password feature provides s[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 12 Figure 3. Front Panel Connectors Sleep/Resume This two pin header, when connected to a momentary switch, can be used to put the system into a power managed state (standby) that will reduce the system ’ s power consumption. If the system is in Stand By mode and the switch is pressed, the system wil[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 13 from an on-board voltage regulator from the +5 volt source. This information is provided only as a guide for calculating approximate total system power usage with additional resources added. CURRENT DC Voltage 75 MHz Typical Current* 90 MHz Typical Current* +5V 3.3 amps 3.45 amps -5V 20 milliamps 20[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 14 Appendix A − User-Installable Upgrades SYSTEM MEMORY Table A-1 shows the possible memory combinations. The Advanced/ZP will support both Fast Page DRAM or EDO DRAM SIMMs, but they cannot be mixed within the same memory bank. If Fast Page DRAM and EDO DRAM SIMMs are installed in separate banks, eac[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 15 Appendix B − Jumpers and Switches Figure B-1. Jumper locations and settings (default settings shown) EXTERNAL CPU CLOCK SPEED (50/60/66 MHZ) - SWITCHES 7 & 8 This jumper sets the CPU's external operating frequency at 50, 60, and 66 MHz.. Default setting is 50 MHz. Frequency Switch 7 Switc[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 16 PROCESSOR VOLTAGE REGULATION - SWITCH 2 Sets the output of the on-board voltage regulator. The switch settings are OFF = VR, and ON = VRE. The VR voltage specification requires a voltage range of 3.3-3.465 Volts DC, while the VRE specification requires a voltage range of 3.45- 3.6V. Pentium processo[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 17 Appendix C − I/O Map Address (hex) Size Description 0000 - 000F 16 bytes PIIX - DMA 1 0020 - 0021 2 bytes PIIX - Interrupt Controller 1 0040 - 0043 4 bytes PIIX - Timer 1 0048 - 004B 4 bytes PIIX - Timer 2 0060 1 byte Keyboard Controller Data Byte 0061 1 byte PIIX - NMI, speaker control 0064 1 byt[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 18 Appendix D − Memory Map Address Range (Decimal) Address Range (hex) Size Description 1024K-131072K 100000-8000000 127M Extended Memory 960K-1023K F0000-FFFFF 64K AMI System BIOS 952K-959K EE000-EFFFF 8K FLASH Boot Block (Available as UMB) 948K-951K ED000-EDFFF 4K ESCD (Plug and 'Play configur[...]

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    Appendix F − Connectors POWER SUPPLY CONNECTORS PRIMARY POWER (J9J1) Pin Name Function 1 PWRGD Power Good 2 +5 V + 5 volts Vcc 3 +12 V + 12 volts 4 -12 V - 12 volts 5 GND Ground 6 GND Ground 7 GND Ground 8 GND Ground 9 -5 V -5 volts 10 +5 V + 5 volts Vcc 11 +5 V + 5 volts Vcc 12 +5 V + 5 volts Vcc AUXILIARY (3.3V) PCI POWER (J6G1) Pin Name Functi[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 20 I/O CONNECTORS AT Keyboard Connector (J8k1) Pin Signal Name 1 Clock 2 Data 3 No Connect 4 Ground 5 Vcc (fused) Table F-11. Keyboard Connector Serial Ports (j7k1, j7k2) Pin Signal Name 1 DCD 2 DSR 3 Serial In - (SIN) 4 RTS 5 Serial Out - (SOUT) 6 CTS 7 DTR 8 RI 9 GND 10 N.C. Figure F-9. Serial Connec[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 21 ISA CONNECTORS (J1G1, J2G1, J2G2, J3G1) Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name GND B1 A1 IOCHK- RSTDRV B2 A2 SD7 Vcc B3 A3 SD6 IRQ9 B4 A4 SD5 -5V B5 A5 SD4 DRQ2 B6 A6 SD3 -12V B7 A7 SD2 0WS- B8 A8 SD1 +12V B9 A9 SD0 GND B1 A1 IOCHRDY SMEMW- B1 A1 AEN SMEMR- B1 A1 SA19 IOW- B1 A1 SA18 IOR- B1 A1 SA17 DACK3-[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 22 PCI CONNECTORS (J4G1, J5G1, J5G2) Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name GND A1 B1 -12V AD16 A32 B32 AD17 +12V A2 B2 No Connect 3.3V A33 B33 CBE2- No Connect A3 B3 GND FRAME- A34 B34 GND No Connect A4 B4 No Connect GND A35 B35 IRDY- Vcc A5 B5 Vcc TRDY- A32 B32 3.3V PCIINT3- [...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 23 Appendix G − BIOS Setup OVERVIEW OF THE SETUP MENU SCREENS The Setup program initially displays the Main menu screen. In each screen there are options for modifying the system configuration. Select a menu screen by pressing the left < ← > or right < → > arrow keys. Use the up < [...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 24 When selected, this brings up the Floppy Options submenu. Hard Disk 0:, 1:, 2:, 3: This reports if a hard disk is connected to the system. When selected, this brings up the Hard Disk Configuration submenu. Language When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the language of[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 25 Number of Cylinders If Hard Disk Type is set to User Definable, you must type the correct number of cylinders for your hard disk. If Hard Disk Type is set to Auto Configured, this reports the number of cylinders for your hard disk and cannot be modified. Number of Heads If Hard Disk Type is set to U[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 26 BOOT OPTIONS SUBMENU Boot Sequence When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the order of drives the system uses to find an operating system to boot from. The following options are available: C: First, Then A: The system checks drive C first, followed by drive A. A: First, Th[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 27 Typematic Rate When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the speed at which characters repeat when you hold down a key on the keyboard. The higher the number, the faster the characters repeat. The options are 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, and 30 characters per second. The default[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 28 PCI IDE Interface When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to enable the PCI IDE hard disk interface. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default is Enabled. (If Configuration Mode is set to Auto, this option cannot be modified.) Floppy Interface When selected, this brings up[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 29 Serial Port 2 IRQ This reports the IRQ number for serial port 2. This is informational only, and there are no options. If the Serial Port 2 Address field is set to Disabled, this field will not be visible. Parallel Port IRQ This reports the IRQ number for the parallel port. This is informational onl[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 30 IDE Drive Power Down When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set any IDE drives to spin down when the system goes into power managed mode. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default is Enabl ed. VESA Video Power Down When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 31 available. If an interrupt is available, the PCI auto-configuration code can assign the interrupt to be used by the system. If your system contains an ISA agent that uses one of these interrupts, select Used By ISA Card for that interrupt. Some of these interrupts may not be displayed if they alread[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 32 Set Administrative Password When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the Administrative password. Unattended Start When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to control when the security password is requested. The options are Enabled and Disabled. The default[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 33 Appendix H − BIOS Recovery The Advanced/ZE incorporates the AMIBIOS in a Flash memory component. Flash BIOS allows easy upgrades without the need to replace an EPROM. The upgrade utility fits on a floppy diskette and provides the capability to save, verify, and update the system BIOS. The upgrade [...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 34 Appendix I − Error messages and Beep Codes Errors can occur during POST (Power On Self Test) which is performed every time the system is powered on. Fatal errors, which prevent the system to continue the boot process, are communicated through a series of audible beeps. Other errors are displayed i[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 35 ERROR MESSAGES (CONT.) FDD Controller Failure The BIOS cannot communicate with the floppy disk drive controller. Check all appropriate connections after the system is powered down. HDD Controller Failure The BIOS cannot communicate with the hard disk drive controller. Check all appropriate connectio[...]

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    Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 36 Appendix J − Environmental Standards Parameter Condition Specification Temperature Non-Operating -40 o C to +70 o C Operating +0 o C to +55 o C Humidity Non-Operating 92% Relative Humidity max. @ 36 o C Operating 80% Relative Humidity max. @ 36°C Shock Non-Operating 30.0G, 11ms, 1/2 sine Table J-[...]