Preface
To the OEM Thank you for purchasing the high performance American Megatrends Pegasus Pentium II PCI ISA motherboard. This product is a state of the art motherboard that includes the famous AMIBIOS. It is assumed that you have also licensed the rights to use the American Megatrends documentation for the American Megatrends Pegasus motherboard.
This manual was written for the OEM to assist in the proper installation and operation of this motherboard. This manual describes the specifications and features of the Pegasus PCI motherboard. It explains how to assemble a system based on the Pegasus PCI motherboard and how to use the AMIBIOS that is specifically designed for this motherboard.
This manual is not meant to be read by the computer owner who purchases a computer with this motherboard. It is assumed that you, the computer manufacturer, will use this manual as a sourcebook of information, and that parts of this manual will be included in the computer owner's manual.
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Warning
Do not use 16 MB x 36 (64 MB) SIMMs that have 36 chips per
SIMM. This type of 16 MB SIMM does not work reliably because of excessive loading on the motherboard circuitry. If you must use 64 MB SIMMs, use only SIMMs that have 12 or 8 chips per SIMM.
Do not use 70 ns SIMMs. The system memory timing cycle on this motherboard are very sensitive. This motherboard does not work reliably with 70 ns SIMMs.
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