Mainboard lcd Post Card Instruction(PTI8)

Introduction
PC LCD post test card Professional Version PTI8 is the computer repair tool developed by Waychan Technologies. The professional version
has all the advantages of Accurate PTI6, while it has upgraded the chip solution, adapting three-level menu operation, adding hundreds of
diagnostic codes (from authoritative institution). PTI8 could offer real-time monitoring on the voltage, and the professional function like key
signal monitoring. With unique MutiPost technology, PCi8 is able to monitor most POST interface of most main board, and it is compatible with
most of the popular main boards. Specially PCi8 has MINIPCIE, MINIPCI, LPC these three interfaces of notebook PC, which makes it new
generation Mainboard LCD Post Card that is compatible with both desktop and notebook PC. PTi has two screens design, as we had
feedbacks from customers that one screen is not convenient enough. PTI8 is a indispensable tool for computer repair personals.
Structure Diagram of PTI8

PTI8 is fully compatible with PCI slots of all types of main board, it has being tested with many of the popular main boards (including brand PC
and kludge PC), which involves mainstream products like INTEL and AMD (Lenovo, Asus, DELL, Toshiba , HP, etc). Also it has passed main
board test with INTEL 815, INTEL 845, INTEL 865, INTEL 915, INTEL 945, INTEL 965, ATI SB600, ATI Xpress 200, ATI Xpress 1100, and
AMD 480X chipset.
1. Asus P7P55D: tested with Core i7, Core i5 processor, Intel P55 chipset series.
2. HP DC7100 915G main board: LGA 775 Celeron D integrated card.
3. Asus P6T: tested with INTEL LGA 1156 series and Core i7 processor, and Intel X58 chipset.
4. Lenovo 760G motherboard M3A760M dual-core support AM3 with HDMI DDR3.
5. Asus P5Q: tested with Core2 Duo, Celeron D processors, Intel P45 series of chipsets.
6. Dell DELL Optix GX280 775-pin I915G + ICH6.
7. Master M2N_SLI: tested with AMD AM2 940 series processors, nVIDIA 560 series chipsets,
8. ASUS STRIKER: tested with INTEL LGA 7750 series processors, NVIDIA78i Series Chipset.
9. ASUS P5N7: tested with INTEL LGA 775Celeron D processor, nVIDIA Series Chipset.
10. Asus P6T: test platform INTEL LGA 1156 Series Core i5 processors, ntel X58 Chipset.
Function Menu
1, The appearance of PTI8 is shown in the picture, and the four keys are: MENU, ENTER, UP, DOWN. Before entering the menu, the key
'MENU' function as menu key, while it is used as back key after entering the menu; ENTER key is for entering the next menu or choose some
of the functions; UP is the page key, and could be used to check the previous diagnostic code; DOWN is the page key, and could be used to
check the next diagnostic code.
2, The six LED lights are 3.3V, CLK, RESET, FRAME, IRDY, SYSCLK. 3.3V is the power indicator light for PCI slot positive 3.3V voltage; CLK
is the time output indicator light of PCI slot, and it shows micro light during normal condition; RESET is the reset indicator light of PCI slot, and
it shines while resetting; FRAME is the FRAME indicator light of the PCI slot; IRDY is the IRDY indicator light for the PCI slot; SYSCLK is the
system indicator light of this professional version, and it shines during normal condition.
3, While doing test for the desktop PC, pls make sure the card is in the desktop mode, if not, pls choose 'desktop diagnostic' in the 'basic
choices' of the menu, then turn on the power and continue the test. The LED screen would show 'current code' and 'previous code' while the
CPU and the key signal is working normally, and finally it will show the malfunction explanation and repair suggestions. Our Mainboard LCD
Post Card can store five pieces of testing record, which could be checked by pressing 'UP' and 'DOWN'. If CPU is not working or the key
signal is invalid, the Mainboard LCD Post Card will show three key signal of RST, IRDY, FRAME, and suggest 'mistake in key signal, pls check
the circuit related to CPU and the power source of host machine '. If having notebook PC mode for the desktop PC, the Mainboard LCD Post

Card will suggest' mistake in diagnostic of desktop PC, pls check the circuit related to CPU and the power source of host machine '. (do
choose the right mode for diagnostic, and our card could save the diagnostic type after power off, the user need not to choose the diagnostic
type while start the card next time)
4, While doing test for the notebook PC, make sure the card is in the notebook mode, if not, pls choose 'notebook PC diagnostic' in the 'basic
choices' of the menu, then turn on the power and continue the test. The LED screen would show 'current code' and 'previous code' while the
CPU and the key signal is working normally, and finally it will show the malfunction explanation and repair suggestions. Our Mainboard LCD
Post Card can store five pieces of testing record, which could be checked by pressing 'UP' and 'DOWN'. If CPU is not working or the key
signal is invalid, the Mainboard LCD Post Card will show three key signal of RST, IRDY, FRAME, and suggest 'mistake in key signal, pls check
the circuit related to CPU and the power source of host machine '. If having desktop PC mode for the notebook PC, the Mainboard LCD Post
Card will suggest' mistake in diagnostic of notebook PC, pls check the circuit related to CPU and the power source of host machine '. (do
choose the right mode for diagnostic, and our card could save the diagnostic type after power off, the user need not to choose the diagnostic
type while start the card next time)
5, One diagnostic code could relate to different malfunction for different BIOS. This Mainboard LCD Post Card professional version has all the
diagnostic code of AMI WIN BIOS version, and all the codes of AWARD 6.0 version, and all the codes of Phoenix 6.0, besides all these , this
professional version added hundreds of diagnostic codes. The user should choose proper type according to related BIOS. There is 'BIOS
Options' on the main menu, after pressing ENTER, there will be choices of AMI, AWARD, PHOENIX, choose the right kind of BIOS, and the
screen would suggest that the BIOS has been chosen. The choice of BIOS would be saved when power is cut off.
6, This professional version can check the validity of PCI key signal. There is 'basic choice' on the main menu, choose 'signal check', then the
user can check the validity of the three signal: RST, IRDY, FRAME.
7, The real-time voltage monitoring function make sit possible to have a full understanding of how every group of key power supply. There is
'voltage monitoring' option on the main menu, offering the real-time monitoring results of 3.3V, 5V , and 12V, these three group of voltage.
8, The professional version offers two screen design, which makes it much more user-friendly. Try not to touch the welding spots while the two screens are
working, to avoid white screen situation. If touch the welding spots by mistake and white screen appears , pls cut off the power supply and restart the card,
then it will work normally again,.
The interface function of notebook PC (Optional)
The professional version of notebook Mainboard LCD Post Card had four-level PCB design, which makes the signal more stable, and makes it able to work
long time in a severe environment. the types of notebook PC main board interfaces: (1) MiniPCIe (2) MiniPCI (3) LPC
Mini PCI-E interface of Mainboard LCD Post Card
Mini PCI-E is the interface that getting more and more popular among notebook PC. The Mini PCI-E interface is taking less space than the Mini PCI. Our
Mainboard LCD Post Card use following pins of Mini PCI-E interface: PIN-8, PIN -10, PIN-12, PIN-14, PIN-16, PIN-17, PIN-19. Currently not all the
notebook producers support such pin definition standard, so not all the notebook main board would support such interface. After series of test, we confirm
that following notebook brands would support this interface. And they are HP, Lenovo, HASEE, UNIS, Acer, Fujitsu, Inventec, etc. The interface can not
work with the notebook main boards that are not supporting such interface. Following are some for the testing result for reference: HP: V6000 series,
including CT6 and other models; V9000 series, including AT8, AT9, and other models. Lenovo: CW3, CW4, LE4, LE5, and other models HASEE: 310,320
and other models UNIS: SYMPHONY6.0, 7.0 and other models Acer: Most models Fujitsu: PROTLAND10 other models Inventec: most models OEM by
Toshiba and HP
The LPC interfaces of Mainboard LCD Post Card
from left to right, the definition of our Mainboard LCD Post Card got this interface are: PIN1-LFRAME #, PIN2-LAD3, PIN3-LAD2, PIN4-LAD1, PIN5LAD0, PIN6-GND, PIN7-LRESET #, PIN8-LCLK, PIN9-3.3V. The interface needs fly line. Most models of the Lenovo ThinkPad series has fly line
interface on their main board. LPC is the popular interface for different main boards.
For main board of IBM X60, the LPC interface is on the slot with number U39. The definitions are: A2-> LRESET #, A3-> LFRAME #, A5-> LCLK, A9->
LAD3, A10-> LAD2, A11 -> LAD1, A12-> LAD0. For IBM T6 R6 main board, the LPC interface in on the pin No. J26. The definitions are: A1-> LCLK,
A3-> LFRAME #, B2-> LRESET #, B7-> LAD3, A7-> LAD2, B6 -> LAD1, A6-> LAD0 For notebook PC without fly line interface, the user need to
connect the fly line with chip pin of the main board, which would require very good jointing skill from the user. Following are the ways of fly line for
popular chips, such as PC97551, PC87541, PC87591, H8S/2149, W83L950D, TCPA, ect.

the power supply and address haven't been listed above, GND and 3.3V power supply are optional for the users. (Attention: do not
connect the card with PIN9-3.3V power supply, or else the Mainboard LCD Post Card would be permanently damaged) Also the user
could link the Mainboard LCD Post Card to the LPC interface BIOS ofthemainboardwith fly line, if the main board has BIOS of
PLCC32 with LPC interface.
The pin definitions of LPC BIOS are: PIN2-RST #,
PIN13-LAD0,
PIN14-LAD1,
PIN15-LAD2,
PIN16-GND,
PIN17-LAD3,
PIN23-LFRAME #,
PIN25-VCC
PIN31-CLK.

Attention:
1. This professional version has Table Look-up function and the diagnostic result will show on the screen. There would appear some
POST code while there are malfunction codes on the main board, so the judgment of whether the malefaction has been rightly
diognoticed could only be sure with the last Mainboard LCD Post Card (that is why some 2-digit or 4 - digit card can not make proper
diagnostic). We suggest the users to press UP and DOWN to check the next and previous codes, and find out the reasons for
malfunction in the main board.
2. The interpretation for the codes '00 'and' FF '
(1) '00 'or' FF 'appearing after a series of codes means BIOS self-check completed.
The BIOS self-check would continue if the BIOS circuit on the main board is functioning. '00 'And' FF 'would appear at last,
showing the user that self check has been completed, and will start guiding the system.
The '00 ',' FF 'appearing right after the computer started means the main board is not working, pls check CPU or power supply.
3. There are three kinds of conventional BIOS: AMI, Award, Phoenix. The same code could be showing different kinds of meaning, so
the user of our Mainboard LCD Post Card must choose relative kind of BIOS in the menu. Save the data after changing the setting.
4. The type of BIOS could be identified by main board menu or by the mark on the chip of main board BIOS, or check directly on the
screen if the main board could show that. Or plug out the RAM card, the BIOS is AMI type if it stops at 'D1', 'D3', or 'DE'; the BIOS is
AWARD type if it stops at 'C1', 'C2', 'C3'; it is Phoenix type if it stops at '0 A ' , '0 B ', or '0 C'.
5. Some of the PCI slots would show only part of the codes, so we suggest changing the slot when failing in obtaining diagnostic
codes. Many of the Mainboard LCD Post Cards on the market could show '2 B 'codes while using with high-end main boards , but our
card is able to obtain all the codes.
6. The diagnostic code would be '00 'while RST signal light and the CLK signal light of notebook PC is off, so the test could not
continue, it's possible that the main board of notebook PC does not support the MINIPCI-E interface, pls use other interface to
continue the test.
7. If on the screen reads 'unknown diagnostic code, pls check the parameters of main board', pls check the BIOS setting first, try to
change the BIOS setting. If Not Solved the problem is after this, pls check the website http: / / www.bioscentral.com for more support,
or You can contact us directly.
8, Pls check the appendix1 for the parameters of our latest version.
9, Contact information of Waychan Technologies www.mcufpga.com