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AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification The AP440FX motherboard may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are documented in the AP440FX Motherboard Specification Update.
Revision History Revision Revision History Date -001 Release of the AP440FX Technical Product Specification. 7/96 -002 Second release of the AP440FX Technical Product Specification 5/97 This product specification applies only to standard AP440FX motherboards with BIOS identifier 1.
iii T able of Contents 1 Motherboard Description 1.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Motherboard Manufacturing Options ..............................
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification iv 1.15 Environmental ................................................................ ............................................ 38 1.16 Power Consumption .........................................
Contents v 4 Error Messages and Beep Codes 4.1 BIOS Beep Codes ..................................................................................................... 7 1 4.2 PCI Configuration Error Messages .............................................
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification vi 32. Interrupts ................................................................................................................... 44 33. Flash Memory Organization ................................
7 1 Motherboard Description 1.1 Overview The AP440FX motherboard is a 64-bit, high-performance, mixed-voltage, energy-conscious, highly integrated platform. The AP440FX motherboard supports the following set of features: • Uses a 9-inch by 13-inch LPX form factor.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 8 OM06178 L O Q R P AA S J K Z Y X W T U V M N AB G DE H I F C FF HH JJ GG CC BB DD II EE KK LL MM Figure 1.
Motherboard Description 9 1.2 Motherboard Manufacturing Options Contact your local Intel Field Sales Office for options and ordering information. 1.3 Form Factor The motherboard is designed to fit into a standard LPX form factor chassis. Figure 2 illustrates the mechanical form factor for the AP440FX.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 10 1.4 I/O Shield The back panel I/O shield for the AP440FX motherboard must meet specific dimensional and material requirements. Computers based on the AP440FX motherboard need the back panel I/O shield in order to pass certification testing.
Motherboard Description 11 1.5 Microprocessor The AP440FX motherboard operates with 2.1 V to 3.5 V Pentium Pro processors. An onboard voltage regulator circuit provides the required voltages from the 5 V and 3.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 12 1.6 Main System Memory The motherboard has four 72-pin tin-lead SIMM sockets that make it possible to install up to 128 MB of RAM. The sockets support 1M x 32 (4 MB) single-sided modules, 2M x 32 (8 MB), 4M x 32 (16 MB), and 8M x 32 (32 MB) single- or double-sided modules.
Motherboard Description 13 • Integrated DRAM controller 64/72-bit Non-Interleaved path to memory w/ ECC support Support for EDO and Fast Page DRAM 8 MB to 256 MB main memory • Fully synchronous PCI bus interface PCI Rev.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 14 1.7.4 IDE Support The motherboard provides two independent high performance bus-mastering PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 devices. The BIOS supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and Extended Cylinder Sector Head (ECHS) translation modes as well as ATAPI (e.
Motherboard Description 15 1.8 PC87307 Super I/O Controller Control for the integrated serial ports, parallel port, floppy drive, real-time clock, and keyboard controller is incorporated into a single component, the National Semiconductor PC87307.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 16 • <CTRL> <ALT> <defined in Setup>: Power down and coffee-break key sequences take advantage of the SMM features of the Pentium Pro processor to greatly reduce the computer’s power consumption while maintaining the responsiveness necessary to service external interrupts.
Motherboard Description 17 1.9.1 S3 ViRGE Graphics Subsystem The AP440FX motherboard is available with a factory option of an S3 ViRGE SVGA graphics controller with 2 MB of 50 ns EDO SOJ DRAM.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 18 1.9.2 S3 ViRGE/DX Graphics Subsystem The optional onboard graphics subsystem uses the S3 ViRGE/DX graphics controller, with the following feature.
Motherboard Description 19 1.10 Audio Subsystem The AP440FX motherboard features a 16-bit stereo audio subsystem as a factory installed option. The audio subsystem is based on the Crystal CS4236 multimedia codec. The CS4236 provides all the digital audio and analog mixing functions required for playing and recording of audio on personal computers.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 20 When an out-of-range condition (temperature, fan speed, or voltage) is reached, an interrupt is activated. The Management Extension circuitry connects to the ISA bus as an 8-bit I/O mapped device and uses the I/O addresses identified in the I/O map.
Motherboard Description 21 Bank 0 (J6J1, J7J1) Bank 1 (J7J2, J7J3) PCI/ISA Riser Connector (J6J2) OM06182 Audio 1 J9N1 CD-ROM 4 Power 1 J9J1 3.3V Power 6 1 J9H1 Primary Power 12 Video 34 2 33 1 LPB VE.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 22 1.12.1 Front Panel Connectors The AP440FX motherboard provides connectors to support functions typically located on the chassis bezel. In addition, connectors are provided that support a cooling fan and a keyboard lock.
Motherboard Description 23 1.12 .1.1 SW_ON This 2-pin header connects to a front panel power switch. When the switch is closed, the power supply turns on. If a mechanical switch is connected to this header, it must apply a momentary ground to the SW_ON header pin in order to signal the supply to turn on or off.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 24 1.12.1.6 Reset This 2-pin header can be connected to a momentary SPST type switch that is normally open.
Motherboard Description 25 1.12.2 Memory/Expansion Connectors The AP440FX motherboard has four 72-pin SIMM sockets for main memory. These sockets accept standard SIMM 72-pin modules, as long as they satisfy the requirements described in the “Main System Memory” section of this specification, starting on page 12.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 26 Table 7. PCI/ISA Riser Connector (J6J2) (continued) Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Pin Signal Name A19 SA12 B19 REFRESH# E19 AD26 F19.
Motherboard Description 27 1.12.3 VESA Feature Connector Table 8 provides the pinout and signal listing for the LBP VESA feature connector. Table 8. LBP VESA Feature Connector (J1K1) Pin Signal Name /.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 28 1.12.5 Audio Connectors The pinouts and signal listings for the audio connectors are provided in Table 10, Table 11, and Table 12. Table 10. CD-ROM Connector (J9N1) Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 CD-Left 3 Ground 4 CD-Right Table 11.
Motherboard Description 29 1.12.6 Power Supply Connectors The AP440FX motherboard must be used with a power supply that supports remote power on/off, so the motherboard can turn off the power under software control. The Powerman utility supplied for Windows 3.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 30 The pinout listing for the soft-off power supply connector of the AP440FX motherboard is shown in Table 15. This 3-pin, keyed position supports a software-controlled power supply shutoff (soft- off).
Motherboard Description 31 Table 17 lists the pinout and signal names for the IDE connectors. Table 17. IDE Connectors (J8H1, J9H2) Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 32 1.12.8 Back Panel Connectors Figure 7 shows the location of the back panel connectors. OM06183 PS/2 Keyboard VGA Video Mic Input Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse USB 1 Serial Port 1 Audio Out USB 2 Figure 7.
Motherboard Description 33 1.12.8.2 COM1 Serial Port Table 19 lists the pinout and signal names for the serial connectors. Table 19. Serial Port Connector Pinout Pin Signal Name Description 1 D CD Car.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 34 1.12.8.5 Parallel Port Table 22 lists the pinout and signal names for the parallel port connector.
Motherboard Description 35 1.13 Jumper Settings There are three jumper blocks on the AP440FX motherboard. The jumper block at J1J1 defines the number of PCI slots (two or three slots) available on the riser board used with the motherboard. The jumper block at J4L2 defines a range of microprocessor and motherboard configuration parameters.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 36 1.13.1 Microprocessor Configuration (J4L2) These allow the motherboard to be switched between different speeds of the Pentium Pro processor. These jumpers also affect the PCI and ISA clock speeds as shown in Table 23.
Motherboard Description 37 Table 24 lists the motherboard configuration jumper positions and indicates the meaning for each position. Table 24. Configuration Jumper Settings Function Jumper Configurat.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 38 1.15 Environmental Table 25. Motherboard Environmental Specifications Parameter Specification Temperature Non-Operating -40 o C to +70 o C Operating +0 o C to +55 o C DC Voltage +3.3 V ±5 % +5 V ±5 % -5 V ±5 % +12 V ±5 % -12 V ±5 % Vibration Unpackaged 5 Hz to 20 Hz : 0.
Motherboard Description 39 1.16.1 Power Supply Considerations The AP440FX motherboard is designed to operate with a switching power supply in the PS/2 form-factor with dual line input capability, remo.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 40 1.17.1.5 EMKO-TSE (74-SEC) 207/94 Summary of Nordic deviations to EN 60 950. (Norway, Sweden, Denmark & Finland) 1.17.2 EMI 1.17.2.1 FCC Class B Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 2 & 15, Subpart B, pertaining to unintentional radiators.
41 2 Motherboard Resources 2.1 Memory Map Table 28. Memory Map Address Range (Decimal) Address Range (hex) Size Description 1024K-131072K 100000-8000000 127M Extended Memory 960K-1023K F0000-FFFFF 64K.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 42 2.2 I/O Map Table 29. I/O Map Address (hex) Size Description Address (hex) Size Description 0000 - 000F 16 bytes PIIX3 - DMA 1 0376 1 byte Sec ID.
Motherboard Resources 43 2.3 Soft-Off Control The motherboard design uses Soft-off control implemented under the SMM code in the BIOS. Any power supply used with the AP440FX motherboard must support the Soft-off feature. The ONCTL# pin of the I/O controller is connected to the Soft-off control line in the power supply circuit.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 44 2.6 Interrupts Table 32. Interrupts IRQ Resource NMI I/O Channel Check 0 Reserved, Interval Timer 1 Reserved, Keyboard buffer full 2 Reserved, Ca.
45 3 Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 3.1 Introduction The AP440FX motherboard uses an Intel BIOS, which is stored in flash memory and easily upgraded using a floppy disk-based program. In addition to the Intel BIOS, the flash memory also contains the Setup utility, Power-On Self Tests (POST), APM 1.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 46 The disk-based Flash upgrade utility, FMUP.EXE, has three options for BIOS upgrades: • 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.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 47 PCI specification 2.1 for add-in card auto-configuration is also a part of the Plug and Play BIOS. Peer-to-peer hierarchical PCI Bridge 1.0 is supported, and by using an OEM supplied option ROM or TSR, a PCI-to-PCMCIA bridge capability is possible as well.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 48 3.8 Advanced Power Management (APM) This section describes the use of System Management Mode (SMM) by the BIOS. The BIOS supports APM version 1.2. APM is enabled in BIOS by default; however, the computer must be configured with an APM driver to utilize the system power saving features.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 49 3.10 Language Support The BIOS setup screen and help messages are supported in 32 languages. There are 5 languages available at this time: American English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. Translation to other languages may become available at a later date.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 50 Table 35. Overview of the Setup Menu Screens Setup Menu Screen Description Main Set up and modify some of the basic options of a PC, such as time, date, diskette drives, hard drives.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 51 3.14.1.5 Primary IDE Slave Reports if an IDE device is connected to the computer. When selected, this brings up the IDE Device Configuration subscreen. 3.14.1.6 Secondary IDE Master Reports if an IDE device is connected to the computer.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 52 3.14.2.3 Floppy A: Type Specifies the physical size and capacity of the floppy drive. The options are: • Disabled • 360 KB, 5.25-inch • 1.2 MB, 5.25-inch • 720 KB, 3.5-inch • 1.44/1.25 MB, 3.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 53 3.14.3.3 Heads If IDE Device Configuration is set to User Definable, you must type the correct number of heads for your IDE device. If IDE Device Configuration is set to Auto Configured, this reports the number of heads for your IDE device and cannot be modified.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 54 3.14.4 Boot Options Subscreen This section describes the options available on the Boot Options subscreen. 3.14.4.1 First Boot Device Sets which drive the computer checks first to find a bootable operating system.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 55 3.14.4.7 Num Lock Sets the state of the Num Lock feature on your keyboard when you boot. The options are: • • Off (default) • On 3.14.4.8 Setup Prompt Turns on (or off) the “Press <F1> Key if you want to run Setup” prompt during the power-up sequence.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 56 3.14.4.11 Typematic Rate Delay Sets how long it takes (in milliseconds) for the key-repeat function to start when you hold down a key on the keyboard.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 57 3.14.5.2 Processor Speed Reports the microprocessor clock speed. There are no options. 3.14.5.3 Cache Size Reports the size of the secondary cache. There are no options. If your computer contains no L2 cache, this item does not appear.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 58 3.14.7.4 Serial Port 1 Interface Configures serial port 1. The options are described and listed in Table 36. The default option is Auto Configured. If the Configuration Mode is set to Auto Configured, the Setup program assigns the first free COM port (normally COM1, 3F8h) to serial port 1.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 59 3.14.7.7 Parallel Port Interface Selects the address and IRQ of the parallel port. The options are described and listed in Table 37. If the Configuration Mode is set to Auto Configured, the Setup program assigns LPT1, 378h, IRQ7 to the parallel port.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 60 Table 38 lists and describes the options that are available if the parallel port mode is ECP. Table 38. ECP - Compatible Configuration Options Option Description Disable Port not enabled LPT1, 378, IRQ7, DMA3 Enabled as LPT1 at indicated I/O address, IRQ, and DMA channel.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 61 3.14.7.13 Secondary PCI IDE Status Displays the current status of the Secondary PCI IDE Interface from the selectable setting above. This is an informational field and is not accessible. 3.14.7.14 Floppy Status Reports the current status of the floppy drive from the selectable setting above.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 62 3.14.8.4 Onboard Video IRQ Enables or disables the onboard video IRQ. The options are: • Disabled (default) • Enabled 3.14.8.5 Video Palette Snoop Controls the ability of a primary PCI graphics controller to share a common palette with an ISA add-in video card.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 63 3.14.8.8 Memory Error Detection Sets the type of error detection or correction. The options are: • Disabled (default) • ECC • Parity This field appears if either ECC or Parity SIMMs are detected. Parity and ECC SIMMs can be configured to run either as Parity or ECC (e.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 64 3.14.9.4 Inactivity Timer (Minutes) Sets how long the computer must be inactive before it enters power managed mode. Enter the number of minutes. The range is 0 to 255 minutes. The default is 10 minutes.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 65 3.14.10.3 ISA Shared Memory Size Sets a range of memory addresses that will be directed to the ISA bus rather than on-board memory.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 66 3.14.10.5 IRQ 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 Sets the status of the IRQ. The options are: • Available (default) • Used By ISA Card The PCI auto-configuration code looks here to see if these interrupts are available for use by a PCI or Plug and Play device.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 67 3.14.11.5 Clear Event Log Sets a flag that clears the event log on the next pass through the POST. The options are: • Keep (default) • On Next Boot 3.14.11.6 Mark Existing Events as Read Marks all events already in the log as having been not read (Do Not Mark) or read (Mark).
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 68 3.14.12 Security Screen This section describes the two access modes that can be set using the options found on the Security screen, and then describes the Security screen options themselves. 3.14.
Motherboard BIOS and Setup Utility 69 3.14.13.4 Set Administrative Password Sets the Administrative password. The password can be up to seven alphanumeric characters. 3.14.14 Exit Screen This section describes the different ways to exit and save or not save changes made in the Setup program.
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71 4 Error Messages and Beep Codes 4.1 BIOS Beep Codes Table 41. BIOS Beep Codes Beeps Error Message Description 1 Refresh Failure The memory refresh circuitry on the motherboard is faulty. 2 Parity Error A parity error has been detected. 3 Base 64 KB Memory Failure Memory failure in the first 64 KB.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 72 Table42. PCI Configuration Error Messages (continued) Error Message Explanation NVRAM Cleared By Jumper The “Clear CMOS” jumper has been moved to the “CLR” position and CMOS RAM has been cleared.
Error Messages and Beep Codes 73 4.3 BIOS Error Messages Table 44. BIOS Error Messages Error Message Explanation Gate A20 Error Gate A20 on the keyboard controller is not working. Address Line Short! Error in the address decoding circuitry on the motherboard.
AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification 74 4.4 ISA NMI Messages Table 45. ISA NMI Messages ISA NMI Message Explanation Memory Parity Error at xxxxx Memory failed. If the memory location can be determined, it is displayed as xxxxx. If not, the message is Memory Parity Error ????.
Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Intel AP440FX c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Intel AP440FX - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Intel AP440FX, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Intel AP440FX va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Intel AP440FX, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Intel AP440FX.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Intel AP440FX. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Intel AP440FX ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
