Packard Bell 570/580/590/620/630/650 M/Board

570/580/590/620/630/650 Motherboard Diagram

The on-board video chip of your computer will automatically be disabled by the installation of a separate video card.

Specification

Jumper Block SW1E1

SwitchFunctionStatusConfiguration
1ReservedOn *
Off
Reserved
Reserved
2ISA SpeedOn
Off
60 or 66 MHz
50 MHz
3PasswordOn *
Off
Disabled
Enabled
4CMOSOn
Off *
Clear
Normal
5SetupOn
Off *
Disabled
Enabled
6Frequency MultiplierOn
Off
2X
1.5X
7CPU Clock 1On
Off
60 MHz
50 or 66 MHz
8CPU Clock 0On
Off
66 MHz
50 or 60 MHz

* Indicates default settings.

JumperFunctionStatusConfiguration
J26BIOS Recovery1-2
2-3
Normal
Recovery
J13J1CPU Voltage1-2
2-3
VR
VRE

Note - Some configurations of this series of motherboards may list the BIOS Recovery Jumper as J5A2. Both designations are valid. The jumper is in the same location and the settings are the same.

Battery

Replace with 3 volt lithium battery.

BIOS Upgrade Procedure

1. Insert the BIOS update diskette into drive A: and reboot the system.
2. Press (enter). When the dialogue box appears.
3. The Main Menu will appear on the screen.
4. Select "Update Flash Memory Area from a file" using the Down Arrow key.
5. Press (enter).
6. The UPDATE FLASH AREA dialog box appears on the screen.
7. Select "Update System Bios".
8. Press (enter).
9. Select 1006AU0R.BIO file.
10. Press (enter).
11. Press (enter) at the following screen to proceed with programming.
12. After 2 message screens, the BIOS is now re-programmed with the updated BIOS file.
13. Remove the disk from drive A.
14. Press (enter) to reboot the computer system.
15. Complete the process by running the CMOS Setup program.

BIOS Recovery

1. Move the 'FLASH NORMAL/FLASH RECOVERY' jumper block, J5A2 from pins 1-2 to pins 2-3.
2. Insert the BIOS upgrade diskette and reboot the system. No video is available during the procedure.
3. The system beeps once and starts copying the recovery code into the CMOS Flash memory.
4. The system beeps twice as the recovery completes.
5. Turn off the system and move the jumper block, J5A2 from pins 2-3 to pins 1-2.
6. Leave the BIOS upgrade diskette in the floppy drive, and continue with the original upgrade following the procedure described in 'BIOS UPGRADE PROCEDURE'.

Cache Upgrade

This system has got 16KB Internal Cache (integrated into the CPU). The Cache memory on this motherboard CANNOT be upgraded.

CPU Upgrades

This motherboard can accommodate the Intel Pentium P75, P90, P100, P120 and P133MHz, and the 150, 166, 180 and 200MHz Intel Pentium Overdrive Processor with MMX technology.

The upgrade processor installs in the Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) Socket. (U11H1). In the table below you can find the correct jumper settings for each processor:

Speed8672
75MHZOFFOFFOFFOFF
90MHZOFFOFFONOFF
100MHZONOFFOFFON
120MHZOFFONONON
133MHZONONOFFON
MMX 150 Overdrive*  OFFONOFFON
MMX 166 Overdrive*ONOFFOFFON
MMX 180 Overdrive*OFFONONON
MMX 200 Overdrive*ONOFFONON

* The Intel Pentium Overdrive Processor with MMX technology, is equipped with an on-package voltage regulator, which adapts the 3.3V system voltage to 2.8V processor voltage.

If you wish to install an MMX Overdrive processor, it may be necessary to have BIOS version 1.00.07 BY0R and at least 16MB of RAM installed. The current BIOS version will appear on the screen immediately after switching on the computer.

Memory Upgrades


Video Memory Upgrade

The video memory on this system can be upgraded to 2MB, by using two 256Kx16-70ns SOJ DRAM chips.