386 MANUAL BOOK SYSTEM CHECKLIST Before proceeding any futher~ make sure that everythi ng you have purchased is in good physical cond~tion. If a nything i s obviously damaged or missing~ contact your dealer immediatl y . c .: Carefully unpack the s ystem unit~ keyboard~ cable s ~ d i skette i : : MS-DOS and System Utilities Diskette~ one c o py o f this manual and two keys . Check that the items listed b e l ow a re in your possesion and in g o od condition VE d E s ~ SYSTEM CHECKUST NDTE Ke ep al l pac kag i ng material and b o xes. You Nill nee d t he m for r epack i ng ano t her location . ABOUT CAHCE The idea of cache memory is that some active portion of the low speed memory is stored in duplicate~ in higher-speed cache memory. Whwn a memory request is generted~ the request is first presented to main memory. Thus~ a cache ma i n board is designed to perform as a very efficient hierarchical memory system~ while the memory devices needed is a v ery low-cost. Following, is the detailed specification of this SPM386 / CACHE main board. 2 SPECIFICATIONS * Standard AT Size * 100% IBM PC/AT Compatible * Support 80486 CPU Running at 20/25/33/50 in 1X clock * Support 80386 CPU Running at 33/40 in 2X clock * Support 80387 Coprocessor * Support cache size 64/128/256 KB * Support two banka DRAM with memory size up to 32MB * Support mixable 256 KB/1MB/4Mb DRAM moduls * Programable DRAM wait States * Supoort 256 Kb or 384 KB relocation to the top of DRAM memory * Support sophisticated shadow RAM for video and system BIOS. * Supoort fast gate A20 and fast CPU reset to optimize OS/2 operations. * Syncronous AT bus clock with programable clock (divided b 2,3,4,5,6,7,8) * Support parity generation and checking * 4-layer PCB with surface mounting technologi * support 6 AT Slots * Supoort 1 MCA slot for 486 local bus add-on cards TABLE OF . CONTENTS 1 . INTRODUCTION LOOK AT _ :86 L Main Board User's Manu a 1 page 1-1 to 1-2. 2. MEMORY CONFIGURATION Look at 386 L Main Board user's Manual page 2-1 to 2-3 3. JUMPER SETTIKG AKD CO~NECTORS Look. at .386 t~ > Main Board user's Manual page 3-1 to 3-4 4 . SYSTEM I?\STALATION Look at :861 Main Board user's Manual page 4-1 to 4-2 5. BUILT-IN BIOS SETUP PROGRAM Look at 386t 1lai n Board user's Manual page 5-1 to 5-lS 4 Your computer unit i s available for 115V or 230V of vo ltage CONN selection. The power selector switch is situated o n the front side of the power supply in the system unit. Slide the power Befo selector switch to the correct voltage setting. Make sure oper that the voltage option selected matches the power source. mC:t.rk prin CONNECTING YOUR SYSTEM lang prop Before installing your system, check that the power source is c1nd properly ground e d~ and confirm that the monitor and all the peripherals have been turned off. A pp CONNECTING THE MONITOR If y If your mon itor is a monochrome display, your system must be para installed with a Monochrome Display Adaptet- or a video dis- pl<.:<.y adc:'•. pt.E~t ·- +. 1-•i'<.t. ,__.,__,:i..JJ .;:,-.. monocht~ome :-:,c:;nitc:.:ot·-·. 1. Connecting monochrome monitor Orient the system unit s o that you have access to the rear panel. Connect the power and signal cables to their proper connectors on the rear panel. A SE If y seri ·'- -·· ' '' the video monitor only if the monitor is rated and set for t he same .,/C) 1 t C:•. •;i F: ·:::: 1.. i. p p ] .i (? d 1... j:· t. hE.· C C.• !TI p U. t E· ,.-· ~- \,. S:- ·1.: i;7: iT1 .. I ·f t . he iTJ C• r; .i t. CJ r- .i t7, r- a. -l::.(·?:.* cJ ·r •::• t- cl i ·f ·f r2 :'-t.::·! ··~ t \/C) 1 t-::1.(1 e C• r- h -~- =· t=\ c! .::_ ·f ·f e r-=:·n t t -~./ p;::f! of pluu :i.. ·!::. :~.: · ··u'. .!.!.d b·:=.· c:c•nn·=.·c: tec:l d j_;-- ·· e=-t:J. ·y' teo E•. r.. ;b -=•ppr-o p t- j_ a. t E• c: :.i. r ·· c: lJ :: t:. .. Othe comp tor-. CONNECTING THE PRINTER Before proceeding, determine your printer type from is operation manual. Several different types are currently marketed. You can choose from parallel, serial, or graphics printers. If .you need to print doc uments in Europea n langguage, you will need a printer which can do the job properly. This manual will show y ou how to interface parallel and serial printers. A PARALLEL PRINTER If you have a parallel printer, i~ must be connectPd to the parallel printer connector. lJJAF:t~ I NG ~ Connecting a parallel printer to the serial (RS-232) connector will cause permaner t damage to the system unit A SERIAL PRINTER - . ... ~~- .. If you use a serial printer, 1 be connected to the serial (RS-232) interfac~ connected. ~~~-"----m m~~ / }_' ., ~ .. <::::::::::::~ j!t11 : ~ Other serial (RS-232) devi c es suc h a s: modem~ terminal or host computer can also be connected to ~ he serial (RS-232) connec­ tor·. OONNECUNG THE ~.R SOlillCH i d First, connect the PfJ\·H:! r· cord to the :.:;y:.:;tem tmit. · Plug one d end of the power c.or·d to the system unit, and the other· E.·nu d to a grounded wall outlet. Make sure that the power· to th1..· system nn.l t is not on Lha. L the head pr·otection ::-;heet i~; n,-move fr·orn the dif;kc!t Le dr-ive. I LOADING THE OOS SYSTEM DJSKELfE A n c Insert the OOS syst.1:."!! into Lbe dc:i.ve A: . If you havf~ a Har·disk and the ros iB al h:·eady loaded in to it, then you n'-"ed not insert the DOS r~y;-';tf:UJ dL:kette into drivt! A:. TURNING ON THE rowER INPUT Turn on the power of the Video mrJrLi.tor ( if you monitor· i s not a monochrome display monitm· ) . 0 Turn on the power of your.· :.:;ystem urtit. Do not press any e keyboard key is pr·e<:~sE:d ·j _ ;~:.mediat.elly after· power-on, a key- board er·ror massage wilJ. displa.yed. f SOME SYSTEM MESSAGES After turning on the syst.em pm.Jt~r, you will see fo1}uwing message ; I t (Look at US3486 Main Board User-s Manual) Page 4-4 to 4-6. T b 7 if you didn, t insert the system diskette or· o.ny bo()table disktte or any boatable diskette in dr·ive A: , and no har·d disk with resident [:OS it: avai lubh:. thi::; ruensage will be displayed : Non-system disk or disk error Replace disk and a1..rike any key Inser·t the system diskeU:.E:· or ;_my bootablf.~ dii:!lwt te ln drive A: and press any key. If your· syBtern ·.i.E~ <-J net-:~ one that has not yet been configticed, or- when :it baa beeo -jnc"<Yn' ectly configured, the rnessa.get-> \.Jill be c.lisplayed (Look at US3486 Main Board Uuur~ u Manual) page 4-7 to 4- 10 Other BIOS self test c~ r-r. · or mc!ssage may be displayed. For example, whenever- you conf:i.@ .H'( :~d the memor·y size deffcr·mrL form that installed in the sy0tern. You 1-1ill s1~·e : MmllRY SIZE ERROR - RUN -SETUP If there no second hur·d djsk installed, but in the conLi.gnr·a­ ti.on you specifi a second l:v.. rr-d disk, you will see : ERROR ENOOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE 1 The folowing erro-r- mF:.ssu.ge i~; displayed only lofhenuver.· the battery is low_, or when you .st;H·t the computer w:i.th hHtter-y not connected. co CMOS RAM ERROR~ CHECK BATTERY/RUN SETUP Press the function key Fl. The following message is displayed CH Current date is Sun 7-05-1987 If Enter new date (mm-dd-yy):_ co If you do not wish to change the date~ press Enter. To enter Af the current date~ type the month~ date~ then y ear~ and press th Enter. Only numbers are accepted; t yping any other character th will cause the operating system to prompt you to reenter the te date. The nmointh~ date and year should each be separated by Bu II " / " CJr- II da sy re You will then see th ~ fo llowi ng time promft di Current time is 0:00:55.28 n- Enter new time : cu If you wish to enter the correct time, the format is hour:minute:second.hundredth of a second The version numbe r of the MS - DOS operating system you are using and other message will then be displa. The Dos prompt "A>" .. If your hard disk C h asa been installed DOS~ when the error 11 11 messa.ges a.ppeat- !' r·~-ec.:;s;. F J.. <:<.1-tCI tt-·te DDS wi 11 pr-ompt C> • CONFIGURING YOUR SYSTEM CHECKING THE BATTRY WITH SETUP If you have reached here successf ully~ you are now ready to configure the system unit. After configuration~ the confiqurasi parameters are stored in the memory of the computer.