Operation and Installation Manual Niagara NT 928 LD-1(PIILD) Slot1 PentiumII, 233 - 333MHz System Board November 1, 1997, Version 1.0 Introduction The Niagara NT 928 LD 1 system board is one of a family of new high performance designs for the Intel PentiumII processors, supporting speed ranges from 233-333MHz and higher. It provides 4 PCI slots, 3 ISA slots, an Advanced Graphics Port (AGP), a multi I/O controller for serial, parallel, floppy and dual FAST ATA/IDE (also called Enhanced) interface. It is mandatory that this board be configured on setup with a CPU fan cooler on top of the CPU, due to the heat generated by the processor. To prevent potential dust contamination and subsequent failure, it is advised to clean this fan periodically. SPECIFICATIONS: The Niagara NT 928 LD-1 is constructed on six layers in an ATX form factor. It supports power connection from a 3.3V ATX power supply. Switching Power regulation provides ample heat dissipation to keep the processors cool. Memory configurations of up to 512 MB of SDRAM with four banks of modules. Or 1GB of burst EDO memory. Supports ECC for memory error auto-correction. Gold contact sockets made of berylium/copper, a shape retaining metal alloy. L2, 256KB or 512KB of cache on the CPU card. Supports 1 parallel port and 2 serial (16550 UART) ports, PS/2 mouse port and a PS/2 keyboard and two USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, in the rear of the board as edge connectors. IrDA is also supported. Choice of AWARD or Phoenix BIOS, stored in EPROM flash. Lithium battery backed setup. The NT 928 LD-1 system board is designed with the 82440LX PCI-bus based chip-set. It provides increased system integration for PCI-bus IDE interface and USB from the chip-set. It also uses a fast multi I/O chip design for serial, floppy and parallel interface which supports ECP and EPP protocols. The NT 928 LD-1 supports four 168-pin DIMM as burst EDO and provides 1GB of main memory or four unbuffered SDRAM memory modules to provide 512MB of main memory. The NT 928 LD-1 supports two PCI connectors, one enhanced (primary) and one standard, for four IDE devices and detects IDE hard disk types and size through the BIOS autodetect utility. Care must be taken when inserting CPU and memory modules into associated slots, or expansion sockets, to avoid damaging circuits on the board. QUICK INSTALLATION REFERENCE of NT 928 LD-1 Host Adapters 1. Intel chip-set 82440LX with Enhanced IDE, for PentiumII processor. 2. SMC/ALI Multi I/O chip-set (serial, parallel, floppy, IDE). The Host Adapter's factory-set default settings should remain in their original positions and are shipped with the following default settings: Global Settings for System board, Host adapter Default Value Host Adapter BIOS Enabled CPU Clock 266MHz IDE Interface Enabled Floppy Interface Enabled COM1 at IRQ4 and COM2 at IRQ3 Enabled at DMA3 LPT1 parallel Port at IRQ7, address at 378h Enabled PS/2 mouse at IRQ 12 Enabled USB Disabled Quick Installation of Floppy, Hard Drive and Cables Step 1 LOCATE PIN 1 ON THE CABLES YOU ARE GOING TO USE. When attaching the internal Bus cables to the on-board IDE host adapters and the floppy drive, make sure that pin 1 is maintained throughout the bus. Pin 1 is denoted on most grey ribbon cables by a red stripe. Check your peripheral's manual for the correct pin 1 orientation. Step 2 CONNECT ONE END OF THE CABLE TO THE INTERNAL HEADERS. Line up pin 1 on the cables to pin 1 on the internal header connectors for all peripheral connections to be made. Firmly, but in a straight forward fashion, as to avoid bending the pins of the internal connector, put the cable end on to the connectors, lining up pin 1 associations. Step 3 ATTACH FREE END OF CABLE TO DEVICES. If tangled, untangle the cables so they will lie freely within the cabinet when the system case cover is replaced. Install the disks or other devices as specified in the manufacturer's directions. Make sure the pin 1 orientation is maintained. Step 4 INSTALL CPU RETENTION HOLDER, CPU AND COOLER. There are two sets of threaded studs, which are needed to mount the CPU retention holder. Plug the Slot1 CPU into the Retention holder in a horizantal downward direction until the card is seated properly. Hook up the brown power connector of the CPU cooler receptacle marked "J17" Make sure CPU Clock Frequency on jumper block is set to the same as the clock frequency of the CPU installed. Step 5 INSTALL MEMORY You must install at least one module into the left most memory sockets, closest to the PCI socket. Pin 1 orientation is toward the edge of the board, away from the Adaptec SCSI chip. Step 6 INSTALL DISPLAY CONTROLLER AND CONNECT EXTERNAL I/O PORTS. Step 7 CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY It is recommended to use an ATX compatible 3Volt power supply and watch for proper 110V or 220V setting of your country. Also watch for correct orientation of the plug. Step 8 POWER ON THE SYSTEM Be certain of stable voltage into your system from your power utility. A UPS or at least a Surge Protector is recommended. Step 9 SETTING UP THE SYSTEM Enter the Setup Menu screen if you want to change any preset testing values, by pressing "DEL" key when the system prompts ask you. Always "Load Setup" first, then select other required changes. Step 10 SAVE THE SETUP DATA TO THE CMOS Exit "Setup Menu" screen with "Esc" key and write to CMOS by selecting "F10". Step 11 AFTER SYSTEM RE-BOOTS Install your Operating system. Then insert the Adapted EZ-SCSI Installation diskette from a floppy drive and follow the EZ-SCSI operation manual or reference to the Adapted 7800 Family Manager Set, which will guide you through the installation of Netware, Windows NT, OS/2, SCO Unix, Unixware software. JUMPER CONFIGURATION REFERENCE JP1 CPU speed setup from 233-330MHz Function set one jumper to match exact CPU rating JP10 Remote Power ON Switch JP19 CMOS clear Function Pin Default 1-2 Clear CMOS 2-3 J32 RESET/KEYLOCK/SPEAKER/HARD DRIVE/TURBO-LED. |Reset SW | NOT | IDE | | | USED | LED | NOT USED ----------|----------|---------|------------------- | ## ## | XX XX | ## ## | XX XX XX XX | --------------------------------------------------- J32 | ## ## ## ## | XX | ## ## ## ## ## | --------------------------------------------------- | GND PWR | NOT | PWR PWR| | | USED| | | SPEAKER | | KEYLOCK | SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION The NT 928 LD-1 supports different sizes of memory on each of the four banks. One bank (64-bit wide) is made up on one module. BIOS SETUP The Award BIOS provides a built-in Set-up program which allows the user to modify basic system configurations and hardware parameters. The modified data will be stored in a battery backed CMOS RAM so data will be retained when power is turned off. The information stays unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or other peripheral equipment. TO ENTER SETUP PROGRAM Power on the computer and press key immediately, this will bring you into the BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY. The menu displays all the major selection items and allows the user to select any one choice. The selection is made by moving the cursor key to the item and press . An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen. When a selection is made the menu of selected item will appear so the user can modify selected configuration parameters. BIOS FEATURES SETUP Selecting the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows the user to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the NT 928 LD-1 default values as set at the factory or other installation facility. Again the user can move the cursor by pressing direction keys and or keys to exchange the parameters. This setup program provides two convenient ways to load the factory default parameters from BIOS, if shown data is corrupted. This allows the system to recover from any possible error. CHIP-SET FEATURES SETUP Choose this menu and with the key reload initial values after any hardware changes or other system changes. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP This menu allows the user to modify power management functions of CPU and Multi I/O chip. In general these parameters should not be changed unless setup data is corrupted. PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP This program allows the user to modify PCI IRQ signals when various PCI cards are added to the PCI slots TIME & DMA CHANNELS MAP Channel 0 System timer interrupt Channel 1 DRAM refresh request Channel 2 Speaker tone generator INTERRUPT MAP IrQ DESCRIPTION 0 System timer 1 Keyboard buffer full 2 Cascade for IRQ 8-15 3 Serial port 2 4 Serial port 1 5 Parallel port 2 6 Floppy disk 7 Parallel port 1 8 Realtime clock 9 Available 10 Available 11 Available 12 PS/2 mouse 13 Math coprocessor 14 On board Hard disk (IDE1) channel 15 On board Hard disk (IDE2) channel DMA CHANNELS CHANNEL DESCRIPTION 0 Available 1 On board ECP option 2 Floppy disk 3 On board ECP (*Default) 4 Cascade for DMA controller 1 5 Available 6 Available 7 Available ********************* END OF DOCUMENT***********************