KINGSTON MC133PD - Manual

2 General Information Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 General Description The Kingston Technology MCMaster processor upgrade board is a busmasterprocessor upgrade card. It provides your computer with a powerful 486DX2microprocessor to give your system the increased perfo...

General Information 3 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company Package Contents The Kingston MCMaster package should contain the following items: • MCMaster Processor Upgrade Circuit Board • MCMaster Option Diskette • User’s Guide If any item is missing or damaged, contact your K...

4 Hardware Installation Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Hardware Installation Install the MCMaster processor upgrade following these steps: Preparing your Reference Disk 1. If you have not previously made a backup copy of the Reference diskthat came with your PS/2 comput...

6 Hardware Installation Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Installing SIMMs 1. Place the MCMaster board onto the anti static bag on a flat surfacewith the component side face up and the edge connector toward you. 2. Insert the edge of the SIMM into the socket with pin 1 to ...

Hardware Installation 7 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company Installing the MCMaster 1. Make sure that the system power switch is OFF. 2. Unlock and remove the system cover. Your PS/2 QuickReference provides detailed instructions for removing orreinstalling the cover. 3. Choo...

8 Configuring the System Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Configuring the System At this point, you've finished physically installing MCMaster in the system.The next step is to configure the system to acknowledge MCMaster's presence.For most PC-DOS users, the automatic co...

11 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company Appendices

12 Appendix A Configuration Options Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Appendix A Configuration Options For most installations the automatic configuration will suffice. However, inorder to make the MCMaster work properly in other circumstances, you mayhave to go to the conf...

14 Appendix A Configuration Options Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 ;remove semicolon from next line;if you wish to use INITPROG;initprog 80 Edit the line with "initprog 80" to delete the semicolon. The two linesshould now read: ;remove semicolon from next line;i...

Appendix A Configuration Options 15 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company Interrupt Level Default: Level 15Options: Level 10 Level 12 This selects the hardware interrupt level that the MCMaster uses. There's noreason to select a level other than 15, unless this conflicts with ...

16 Appendix A Configuration Options Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Flush Mode Default: Mode 1Option: Mode 2Mode 3 This option controls the method that the MCMaster uses to maintain hardwarecache coherency when the MCMaster is being used with other busmasteradapters incl...

Appendix A Configuration Options 17 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company Memory Options Default: Mapped, report allOptions: Unmapped Report MCMaster memoryMapped, Report all, <16MUnmapped, <16MMapped, report MM, <16M Mapped, report all In this configuration, the MCMa...

Appendix A Configuration Options 19 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company Summary This table does not cover every possibility, but it should be helpful in selectingmemory options based on your system's configuration. System "Plain" system OtherBusmaster 16MB TotalSyste...

20 Appendix B MCMaster Software Utilities Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Appendix B MCMaster Software Utilities The MCMaster is designed to function as a self-contained product. In mostinstallations, all the special program code required to make the MCMasterfunction is ...

Appendix B MCMaster Software Utilities 21 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company MMUPD.BAT Automatic EPROM Update If the new code is supplied to you on a diskette or if you download thenew code from the Kingston BBS (which comes in the form of a self-extracting executable file)...

22 Appendix B MCMaster Software Utilities Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 • Don't power off the system while the program is running.EPROM.EXE notifies you as it completes various steps of itsoperation, but it is not finished until it says so. If you power off inthe middl...

Appendix B MCMaster Software Utilities 23 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company s Start MCMaster (in connection with one of the other switches). If the i or r options are used and the Device Driver is being used to start up theMCMaster, the s option must also be used. If the M...

Appendix B MCMaster Software Utilities 25 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company For OS/2 1.2 and pre-1991 OS/2 1.3 DISK02.SYS is a replacement for the driver supplied with OS/2. If you're notabsolutely certain which driver you need, it would be a good idea to copy theDISK02.SY...

26 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Appendix C Troubleshooting We have made every effort to make the MCMaster as easy to install aspossible. Nevertheless, problems do sometimes occur. If you have problems,first review the steps outlined in the i...

Appendix C Troubleshooting 27 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company MCMaster Error Messages The MCMaster Option ROM displays one of several error messages when itencounters a hardware problem. The ROM will display one of these errormessages and halt the system to prevent data ...

28 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 How to isolate problems If you have a problem with one particular peripheral or program, you may wantto isolate the problem to determine if the problem is caused by interactionbetween the MCMaster and a partic...

Appendix C Troubleshooting 29 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company Using the MCMaster Diagnostic Kingston provides a diagnostic program, MMDIAG.EXE, for the MCMaster.The purpose of the diagnostic is two-fold: First, it allows MCMaster users ordealers to test any new memory th...

Appendix C Troubleshooting 31 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company it will show its results in the status window. If any tests fail, the program willdisplay error messages in red. The test list is divided into columns. The columnheadings, across the top of the window, mean: T...

32 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Running Individual Tests To run an individual test, simply point to the test by moving the green highlightbar to that test, and press [R] or [Enter]. This will cause the test to run once. Looping on Tests To r...

Appendix C Troubleshooting 33 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company correctly from the MCMaster's processor, and can only be run from the originalprocessor as described in the previous section. The tests that can run from the MCMaster side are: • Test Board ID • The three DRAM...

34 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Interpreting the Results If the board fails the EEPROM test, try reprogramming the EEPROM using theEPROM.EXE program supplied with the MCMaster option disk. If you dothis, and the test still fails, contact you...

Appendix C: Troubleshooting 35 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company Hardware Issues In the several years that the MicroMaster, and now, the MCMaster product linehave been in existence, we've accumulated a fair amount of experience withwhat problems might arise. While no manua...

36 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 IBM 386 Enhanced Memory Adapter This adapter comes in two types. One uses a track 0 initializer, and the otherhas a ROM. To determine which is which, boot from your Reference disketteand go to the configuratio...

Appendix C: Troubleshooting 37 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company If you are using a third-party memory board that allows you to configure theboard as either EMS or Extended Memory, we recommend configuring theboard as Extended memory, and using a driver like BlueMAX (from ...

38 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 If you upgrade your system to a 486 after installing DOS 5.0, there are a fewsteps you can take to take advantage of these features. 1. Insert a call to EMM386.EXE in your CONFIG.SYS file.Consult your DOS docu...

Appendix C: Troubleshooting 39 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company The Solution The solution is to edit your CONFIG.SYS after the installation is done. Makethe disk cache about half the size of the MCMaster memory. Version 3.0 of SMARTDRV does not need to be as precisely ...

40 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 QEMM-386 If you are using QEMM version 5.0 or higher, there is a file called MCA.ADLthat QEMM uses to identify option ROMs in the system. To make QEMMaware of the MCMaster's Option ROM, you should edit MCA.ADL...

Appendix C: Troubleshooting 41 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company DOS 3.3 Users For the MCMaster to work under DOS 3.3 with the Stealth 'M' mode, youmust include the driver QEMMFIX.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file. Thisdriver appears in your CONFIG.SYS before QEMM386. Copy the d...

42 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 MCMaster and the Intel Above Board Some versions of the Intel Above Board use a boot track initializer; this meansthat, in order for the PS/2 to "see" the Above Board's memory, the AboveBoard has to be...

Appendix C: Troubleshooting 43 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company OVERVIEW In the early days of the PS/2 computers, there was no easy way to install non-IBM memory adapters so that the system 'saw' the memory. IBM issued aninterim method of installing an initializer program...

Appendix C: Troubleshooting 45 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company 2. Installing the MCMaster and Intel Above Board together It is preferred that you install the Intel Above Board first, and then install theMCMaster. To do this, see section 1 on the previous page. If you hav...

46 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 message saying "Could not find the Intel Above Board 2 Plus initialization file,"either the set configuration program removed it or you have the newer versionof the Above Board. If it's been removed, r...

Appendix C: Troubleshooting 47 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company 11. Remove the INTEL diskette and insert the MCMaster diskette. Type: A: [Enter]setinit i008e.adf [Enter] 12. Remove the diskette and reboot the system. This will look for a file named I008E.ADF (which should...

48 Appendix C Troubleshooting Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 How to Reach Kingston If you have any problems, questions, or comments associated with installing orusing your MCMaster, please call Kingston Technical Support. For the latestdriver file updates and informatio...

Appendix D Product Warranties and Notices 49 MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Kingston Technology Company Appendix D Product Warranties and Notices Limited Warranty KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY ("Kingston") warrants that thisproduct is free from defects in material and workmanship. Subject to...

50 Appendix D Product Warranties and Notices Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Warranty Claim Requirements To obtain warranty service, return the defective product, freight prepaid andinsured, to your local authorized Kingston dealer or distributor, or to theKingston facto...

MCMaster For Internal Use Only Kingston Technology Company MCMaster User’s Guide - Rev. B06 Revision History Revision Level Comments A First Release. B Changed the order of sub-sections in HardwareInstallation section. Added Flush Mode Option. B1 Added INSTOS2 utility to Appendix B MCMasterSoftware ...