Intel SQ599 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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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 OverDrive
TM
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.