SQ599
Section 1 Introduction
1-1 How To Use This Manual
This manual provides information necessary for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to build a PC-AT compatible system using the Pentium PCI motherboard. For the end-users, this manual is a good reference to understand and properly use the motherboard. Section 1 gives an overview of the SQ599 all-in-one motherboard. Section 2 guides user through configuration and installation. Section 3 provides the information for the system setup procedure. Section 4 provides the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) firmware related information. Section 5 provides the VGA software driver installation procedure.
1-2 Overview
The Pentium PCI motherboard is designed by SiS 5511/5512/5513 chipset which is developed by SiS. The SiS chipset provides an integrated IDE controller with two enhanced PCI IDE interfaced up to four devices. The Winbond W83787F supports super I/O function and floppy. The I/O provides two enhanced UART 16C550 fast serial ports and one parallel port with EPP/ECP capability.
The motherboard supports Write-Back cache, which can be 256KB/512KB/1MB, and Pipeline Burst cache to provide workstation level computing performance. A Pentium OverDriveTM socket provides access to future performance enhancements, and SIMM sockets support 8MB of system memory up to 128MB DRAM or EDO RAM.
The SQ599 motherboard supports the 75/90/100/120/133/150/166/200MHz Pentium CPU as well as the Cyrix 6x86 line. It can be upgrade by P55C CPU.