Packard Bell Phoenix M/Board
Specification
- Bus : 133 MHz front side bus is supported
- Cache : Integrated on the SEC cartridge
- Chipset : VIA Apollo Pro133
- CPU Support : SEC1 or SEC2 cartridge, placed in Slot 1
- Expansion Slots : Four 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots, one ISA slot, one shared PCI/ISA slot
- Form Factor : ATX
- RAM : Three 168-pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 1.5 GB of SDRAM memory
- Video : None
Upgrades
- CPU : CPU upgradable using Pentium III up to 800/100 MHz and 800/133 MHz, Pentium II up to 450/100 and Celeron up to 433/66.
- RAM : RAM upgradable up to 1.5 GB using 3.3 V gold-plated SDRAM DIMMs. The Phoenix motherboard only accepts 168-pin DIMM modules. Only gold-plated DIMMs may be used, as the sockets on the motherboard are also gold-plated, and oxidation must be prevented. Only use unbuffered 3.3 V SDRAM. Single- or double-sided DIMMs may be used. SDRAM DIMMs may be up to 512 MB big. Memory size and speed can vary between sockets. Parity (×72) DIMMs can be installed, ECC memory checking is supported.
Adding RAM is the most cost effective way to boost your computer's performance.
BIOS
There are two versions of the BIOS available - 3.5 (also known as version 2.35) and 3.7.
Diagnostic LEDs
| Display (LED 2-3-4-5) | BIOS operation |
|---|---|
| Red - Red - Red - Red | Power on, starting BIOS |
| Red - Red - Red - Green | Early chipset initialisation |
| Red - Red - Green - Red | Memory detection test. |
| Red - Red - Green - Green | Decompressing BIOS image to RAM for fast booting |
| Red - Green - Red - Red | Initialising keyboard controller |
| Red - Green - Red - Green | Test shadow RAM |
| Red - Green - Green - Red | Processor initialisation |
| Red - Green - Green - Green | Testing RTC |
| Green- Red - Red - Red | Initialising video interface |
| Green - Red - Red - Green | BIOS sign on |
| Green - Red - Green - Red | Testing base and extended memory |
| Green - Red - Green - Green | Assign resource to all ISA |
| Green - Green - Red - Red | Initialising hard drive controller |
| Green - Green - Red - Green | Initialising floppy drive controller |
| Green - Green - Green - Red | Assign IRQs to PCI devices |
| Green - Green - Green - Green | Booting operating system |
Jumpers
| Jumper | Configuration |
|---|---|
| JP6 - Clear BIOS Settings | 1-2 : Normal operation (default) 2-3 : Clear current BIOS settings |
| SW1 & SW2 - Set Bus Speed | Closed, Closed : Auto Open, Closed : 100MHz Open, Open : 133MHz |
| JP11 - Set Keyboard Wakeup | 1-2: Enable Keyboard WakeUp (default) 2-3: Disable Keyboard WakeUp |