| Specs | |
|---|---|
| Board type: | Baby AT |
| Features: | Turbo feature |
| Physical dimensions: |
L: 260mm (10.2in) or 330mm (13in)
x W: 220mm (8.7in) or 218mm (8.5in) |
| AT or ATX Support: | Both AT and ATX power supply support. For ATX, read notes below and follow J1 Pinout. |
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CPU Type:
CPU Support: CPU Notes: |
Socket 7
CPUs with clock speed up to 75MHz officially, 83MHz unoficially. Multiplier range is 1.5x to 5x. Total speed 500MHz max. Unofficial BIOSes support some more AMD CPUs. |
| Chipset: | SiS 5598. (Alias: TX Pro II.) It is also its video chipset. |
| Has onboard cache: | Yes, 64bit 512KB cache. |
| Integrated Video: |
Yes, SiS 5598.
Uses up to 4MB system RAM for video. Supports resolutions of 640x480/800x600/1024x768. Has up to 24bit color support. |
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Integrated Sound:
Sound Blaster Emulation: Wavetable Support: |
Yes, C-Media SoundPRO, CMI8330. Is internally ISA.
Yes, Has Sound Blaster emulation. Yes, terrible wavetable software that goes by the name of SoftMIDI. |
| Controller ports: |
2x IDE [Ultra DMA/33 (33MB/sec)]
1x Floppy |
| PCI and ISA Slots: | 4x PCI, 4x ISA |
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Memory Slots:
Maximum Memory: |
4x FP/EDO SIMM/DIMM, 2x SDRAM DIMM
384MB RAM. See manual in Downloads section for details. |
| Keyboard Support: | AT DIN-5 connector. Easily can use PS/2 DIN-6 conversion adapter. |
| Has Mouse Support: | Yes, both Serial and PS/2. |
| Has USB Support: | Yes, USB 1.1 |
| Has IrDA Support: | Yes |
| Connectors: | USB (x2), IrDA, Parallel, Serial (2x), PS/2 Mouse, VGA, Modem-Ring On, Audio/Game |
| BIOS Notes: | BIOS update starting at 1999/04/21 supports hard drives up to 32GB. Previously it was an 8.4GB/8.7GB limit. There was also an HDD spindown bug that may have been fixed with this 1999/04/21 BIOS release. |
M571 Notes Updated 2011/03/13
Even More M571 information from here. Notes: Video Chipset as None is incorrect. It is SiS 5598.
Chipset Aliases: TX Pro, VX Pro and Co. - Interesting article on the chipset aliases, including the TX Pro II.
[Very old] EYO Tech Forum FAQ - Old technical info about the M571 regarding BIOS bugs, undocumented jumper settings, hardware modification. Mainly about the V7.0 board. Pulled from a year 2000 Wayback Machine archive entry.
M571 V3.2 Voltage Hack, ZIP File - Hardware voltage modification for the PCChips M571 V3.2 (NOT V3.2A) motherboard.
M571LMR Voltage Hack, ZIP File - Hardware voltage modification for the PCChips M571LMR motherboard. Original document warns of it not being tested properly and may have errors.
Drivers:
PC Chips Drivers CD Ver. 3.0 - Even older set of drivers that came with the motherboard.
PC Chips Drivers CD Ver. 3.5 - Older set of drivers that came with the motherboard.
PC Chips Drivers CD Ver. 3.6 - Last known set of drivers that came with the motherboard.
PC Chips Drivers CD Ver. 3.9 - Another set of drivers that came with another motherboard. Otherwise, the same as v3.6, but with updated PCI SoundPro sound drivers. The BIOS Flash utilities were updated as well.
All are from here and here. Site is down as of 2011/02/25. Scary, as I downloaded these three weeks ago. I'm glad I did not hesitate to get these... because the site isn't archived, either. O.O Site now exists again, but nothing else is there. 2011/03/22 Link now changed from kandk4u to Embrace Computers because it redirects there. The directory structure hasn't changed either; that's how I knew it was one and the same. 2011/06/02
Win95/Win98 IDE drivers - A set of IDE drivers for Windows 95 and 98, if you do not want to download the entire driver CD package.
Win95/Win98 VGA drivers - A set of VGA (video) drivers for Windows 95 and 98, if you do not want to download the entire driver CD package.
BIOS:
v1.3, v3.2/v3.2A, v7.0 - M571
v1.1, v3.0, v5.1 - M571LMR
Notes for the M571LMR:
Any v5.1 BIOS starting with October 2000 (though BIOS release notes state March 9, 2000!) is stated to work with all revisions of the board. Only thing is the BIOS chip size difference on the board.
All v1.x revisions are 2M (256K) releases.
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v1.1 (M571LMR)
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/08/02 - BIOS for the M571LMR v1.x board. Small block.
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/08/05 - BIOS for the M571LMR v1.x board. Small block.
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v3.0 (M571LMR)
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/06/21 - BIOS for the M571LMR v3.0 board. 2M version. Small block.
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v3.2/v3.2A (M571):
AMI BIOS, dated 1997/11/20 [S] - An earlier BIOS for the M571 v3.2A board. Don't bother with AMD K6, K6-2, or K6-III CPUs. From Adrian Oboroc's site. Thanks!
AMI BIOS, dated 1998/05/06 [S] - That's the original BIOS from my motherboard, an M571 v3.2A board. This has support for 8.7GB hard drives at most. It's for reference only, as I suspect that it's unstable. [Self-dumped version]
AMI BIOS, dated 1998/05/06 [C] - An early BIOS release for the M571 v3.2A board. [Clean version]
AMI BIOS, dated 1998/09/02 - Another early BIOS release for the M571 v3.2A board.
AMI BIOS, dated 1998/12/09 - Another early BIOS release for the M571 v3.2A board. Untested.
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/01/06 - Another BIOS release for the M571 v3.2A board. Grabbed from a very old archive of the Amptron website, courtesy of Archive.org's Wayback Machine. Supposedly adds support for 32GB drives.
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/04/21 - A known BIOS for the M571 v3.2A board. This adds support for 32GB hard drives.
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/05/14 - The last known BIOS for the M571 v3.2A board.
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/05/14 J.1 - Hacked BIOS for certain AMD Socket 7 processors. [from the readme: with patch J.1 for AMD K6-2+ and K6-III+ support.] Version 3.2/3.2A only. Original location is in the readme of the zip file.
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/08/31 - Another BIOS release for the M571 v3.2A board. Grabbed from a very old archive of the Eurone/Eurocom LA website, courtesy of Archive.org's Wayback Machine. More likely the 1998/08/31 BIOS if any.
AMI BIOS, dated 2002/02/01 - Modified BIOS for the M571 v3.2A board regarding the onboard VGA BIOS. It has been updated from 1.04 to 1.13, eliminating the need for a TSR. Found here.
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v5.1 (M571LMR):
1M version:
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/10/11 - Another BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 1M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/08/07 - Another BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 1M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/10/12 - Another BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 1M version.
2M version:
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/03/09 - An early BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 2M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/05/25 - Another early BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 2M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/06/21 - Another early BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 2M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/08/02 - A BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 2M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/08/05 - Another BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 2M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/08/29 - Another BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 2M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2000/11/30 - Another BIOS for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 2M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2001/04/20 - A later BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 2M version.
AMI BIOS, dated 2001/07/04 - A later BIOS release for the M571LMR v5.1 board. 2M version. No BIOS release entry available.
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v7.0 (M571):
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/01/09 - A BIOS release for the M571 v7.0 board. Grabbed from a very old archive of the Amptron website, courtesy of Archive.org's Wayback Machine.
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/04/21 - Another BIOS release for the M571 v7.0 board. Supposedly adds support for 32GB drives.
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/05/14 - The last known BIOS release for the M571 v7.0 board.
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/04/21 J.1 - Hacked BIOS for certain AMD Socket 7 processors. [from the readme: with patch J.1 for AMD K6-2+ and K6-III+ support.] Version 7.0 only. Original location is in the readme of the zip file.
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Broken:
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/01/29 - Another BIOS release for the M571 v3.2A board. -BREAKS ABILITY TO READ FROM FLOPPY DRIVE!- Possible v7.0 version?
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/03/05 - Another BIOS release for the M571 v7.0 board. DO NOT FLASH ON v3.2/v3.2A BOARDS! May be broken!
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Unknown:
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/08/13 - Another BIOS release for the M571 board. Supposedly revision v3.0. Untested!
AMI BIOS, dated 1999/01/13 - Another early BIOS release for the M571 board. Likely for v3.2A. Untested!
Manual:
Original PCChips Manual, Updated Version - Manual originally linked on Timmy's site. The true original has encoding issues, so this is the best version available.
Amptron PM9100 Manual - Manual of the Amptron version of the M571. Grabbed from a very old archive of the Amptron website, courtesy of Archive.org's Wayback Machine.
Reference:
Old PCChips BIOS Download Page - Old BIOS page of where the early BIOS files were linked in 1999. Unfortunately (and not surprisingly), all of the links to the BIOS files are dead. Also, note ONE little thing in that list... the 1999/03/05 BIOS is NOT listed there, but the 1999/04/21 BIOS is. Hmm...
Archive:
M571 Site Mirror Archive - .7z file archive format. Mirror from January 15, 2011, a year before most download files on the site from Fortunecity.com lapsed.