Asus P I-P6NP5, User Manual

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Page 2: ... use or data interruption of business or for indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even ifASUS has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product ASUS may revise this manual from time to time without notice For updated BIOS drivers or product release information you may visit ASUSTeK s home page at http www asus...

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Page 4: ...ion Procedures 13 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 15 4 Expansion Cards 16 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 16 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 16 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 17 ASUS MediaBus Card 18 5 External Connectors 19 Power Connection Procedures 25 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 26 6 BIOS Setup 26 Load Defaults 27 Standard CMOS Setup 27 Details of Standard CMOS Setup 28 BIOS Features Setup 3...

Page 5: ...9 System Requirements 49 Using the DMI utility 50 Notes 50 VI PCI SC200 SCSI Card 53 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers 53 The PCI SC200 SCSI Interface Card 54 Setting Up the PCI SC200 54 Setting the INT Assignment 55 Terminator Settings 55 SCSI ID Numbers 56 VII I A16C Audio Card 57 I A16C Audio Features 57 Unpacking and Handling Precautions 57 Layout and Connectors 58 Connectors 58 VIII DOS 3 1 Windows 3...

Page 6: ...ar installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on ...

Page 7: ...e P I P6NP5 motherboard 2 serial port ribbon cables attached to a mounting bracket 1 parallel ribbon cable with mounting bracket 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable Support software as follows 1 diskette or 1 CD with I A16C bundle BMIDEOS2 EXE BUSMasterIDEDriverforOS 2system BMIDE_95 EXE BUSMasterIDEDriverforWindows95system BMIDE_NT EXE BUSMasterIDEDriverforWindowsNTsystem BMREADME TXT BUSMas...

Page 8: ...ory Support Supports four 72 pin SIMMs of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB Supports both Fast Page Mode FPM Extended Data Output EDO SIMMs and Burst Extended Data Output BEDO ISA and PCI Expansion Slots Provides three 16 bit ISA slots four 32 bit PCI slots and one PCI MediaBus 2 0 which allows the use of either a standard PCI card or the ASUS MediaBus Card ASUS Med...

Page 9: ... supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 BIOS supports IDE CD ROM boot up Optional IrDA and PS 2 Mouse Connector This motherboard supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface and a PS 2 mouse cable set Parts of the Motherboard II FEATURES Parts of Board Intel s 440FX PCIset CPU ZIF Socket 8 PCI 5 or ASUS MediaBus 2 0 4 PCI Slots Super Multi I O Programmable Fla...

Page 10: ...MM Slot 1 Bank 0 SIMM Slot 2 Bank 0 SIMM Slot 3 Bank 1 SIMM Slot 4 Bank 1 ZIF Socket 8 Keyboard Infrared Case Connections PCI Slot 4 PS 2 Mouse JP13 JP10 JP12 JP5 JP7 JP6 JP4 JP2 JP3 JP15 JP16 JP17 JP18 Fan Power Parallel Printer COM 1 COM 2 Floppy Drives Primary IDE Secondary IDE P9 Board Power Input P8 ROM Program Multi I O BUS Freq JP1 Voltage Regulator IDE LED CMOS RAM CPU BUS Ratio ...

Page 11: ... and MediaBus Connectors 1 Keyboard p 19 Keyboard connector 5 pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse p 19 PS 2 Mouse connector 6 pin Block 3 Parallel Port p 20 Parallel Port connector 26 pin Block 4 Serial Port p 20 Serial Port COM1 COM2 10 pin Blocks 5 Floppy Drive p 21 Floppy Drive connector 34 pin Block 6 Power Input p 21 Motherboard Power connector 12 pin Block 7 Primary Second IDE p 22 Primary Secondary IDE...

Page 12: ...s The jumpers will also be shown graphically such as to connect pins 1 2 and to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for short On and for open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved togeth...

Page 13: ...lti I O card Selections JP10 Enable 1 2 Default Disable 2 3 1 Multi I O Setting Enable Disable 2 3 Enable Default Disabled JP10 JP10 2 Flash ROM Boot Block Programming JP13 This sets the operation mode of the boot block area of the BIOS Flash ROM to allow programming in the Enabled position Programming JP13 Enabled 2 3 Default Disabled 1 2 Boot Block Programming Disable Enable Enable Default JP13 ...

Page 14: ...P12 4 Voltage Regulator Output Selection JP15 16 17 18 Pentium Pro Processors may require different voltages Current processors marked Pentium Pro support VID and will automatically adjust the voltage regulator so that no jumper settings are needed leave these jumpers open in this case Older processors without VID support require manual voltage ID setting Use S for Short and O or Open Selections 3...

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Page 16: ...equency called the BUS Clock within the CPU These must be set together with the above jumpers CPU External BUS Frequency Selection CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x 3 5x 4 0x 5 0x 2 0 x 2 5 x 3 0 x 3 5 x 4 0 x JP5 JP7 JP6 JP4 5 0 x 60MHz 1 2 3 CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection JP2 JP3 66MHz 1 2 3 JP2 JP3 Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of the Intel CPU as follows JP 200 180 166...

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Page 18: ...t use true opposed to phantom parity generated by TTLchips 36 bit parity type SIMM e g 8 chips 4 parity chips in pairs for all modules Mixing 32 bit non parity SIMM e g 8 chips and 36 bit SIMM e g 12 chips will work minus the ECC feature Install memory in any or all of the banks in any combination as follows Bank Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB x2 SIMM Slots 1 2 72 pin FPM...

Page 19: ...module firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket 3 With your finger tips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into place Metal Clip Plastic Safety Tab This Side Only Mounting Hole 72 Pin DRAM in SIMM Socket 4 The plastic guides should go through the two Mounting Holes on the sides and the Metal Clips...

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Page 21: ...cate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket s Lock then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Look to see that the pins are more dense on one half compared to the other half The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that will cover the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fa...

Page 22: ...ansion card 3 Remove your computer s cover 4 Remove the bracket on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use 5 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 6 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed in step 4 7 Replace the computer s cover 8 Setup the BIOS if necessary 9 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Assigning IRQs ...

Page 23: ...a PNP compliant card is added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are assigned automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Legacy cards that does not work ...

Page 24: ...I Slot 4 can meet standard specifications The gap between the MediaBus extension and the PCI Slot 4 has been increased from 0 32 to 0 40 in order to prevent Rev 1 2 MediaBus cards from being installed into the new motherboards and vice versa The following are MediaBus cards designed for MediaBus 2 0 that can be used on this motherboard PCI AS2940UW Ultra Fast Wide SCSI Audio MediaBus Card PCI AV26...

Page 25: ...s a 101 enhanced keyboard Connector Plug from Keyboard Keyboard Connector 5 pin female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin block If you are using a PS 2 mouse you must purchase an optional PS 2 mouse set which connects to the 6 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer s case The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS...

Page 26: ...ong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 26 plugged Parallel Printer Connector Pin 1 4 Serial port COM1 and COM2 connectors Two 10 pin blocks These connectors support the provided serial port ribbon cables with mounting bracket Connect the ribbon cables to these connectors and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot The two serial ports on the mounting bracket will then be used for ...

Page 27: ...Volt power supply To connect the leads from the power supply ensure first that the power supply is not plugged Most power supplies provide two plugs P8 and P9 each containing six wires two of which are black Orient the connectors so that the black wires are located in the middle Using a slight angle align the plastic guide pins on the lead to their receptacles on the connector Once aligned press t...

Page 28: ...abeled here but the LED will remain constantly lit while the system power is on You may wish to connect the Power LED from the system case to this lead See the figure on the next page 9 SMI suspend switch lead CON1 This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain ...

Page 29: ...re below 11 Keyboard lock switch lead CON1 This 5 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch for locking the keyboard for security purposes See the figure below 12 Speaker connector CON1 This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker System Case Connections 5V NC GND LOCK GND 5V GND SPKR Keyboard Lock Speaker Connector Power LED GND GND 5V GND Reset SW SMI Lead Turbo or Power...

Page 30: ...o airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used GND CPU Fan Power 12V FAN 12V GND 15 IrDA compliant infrared module connector IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also...

Page 31: ...nitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light and the monitor LED as well The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may hav...

Page 32: ... bootup Larger num bers represent a newer BIOS file NOTE A binary BIOS file is no longer included with the support software Save the motherboard s BIOS file to a floppy diskette as soon as your system is operational See Flash Memory Writer Utility below Flash Memory Writer Utility IMPORTANT Flash Type may also be INTEL 28F001BXT If unknown is shown after Flash type then this ROM chip is not progra...

Page 33: ...ameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the Boot Block the motherboard BIOS and the PnP ESCD Parameter Block from a new BIOS file NOTE Update BIOS Main Block from File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD requires that the system is running in real mode This utility will not operate if the s...

Page 34: ...he name of the BIOS file Type in the complete name of the file including the file name extension and then press the Enter key The utility then uploads the BIOS file from disk The following message will appear DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM IF THERE IS A PROBLEM If you encounter problems while downloading the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just...

Page 35: ...he motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press the D...

Page 36: ...k and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the o...

Page 37: ...e and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file please refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disk Drives This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can support...

Page 38: ...er 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not sup port LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncom mon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can select A...

Page 39: ...row key Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5 diskette This is normally disabled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA Mono for Hercules or MDA CGA 40 and CGA 80 If you are using a VGA or an...

Page 40: ...o each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against acci dental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and investig...

Page 41: ...SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence C A This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are C CDROM A CDROM C A A C C A The setup default setting is to check first the hard disk and then the floppy drive that is C A Swap Floppy Drive Disabled When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS ...

Page 42: ...hen the Setup utility is called up You can specify a password by using the Supervisor Password or User Password option from the main screen as explained later in this section PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandardVGAsuch as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on t...

Page 43: ...Type Leave on default setting of RAS Only as this is the current standard CPU to PCI IDE Posting Leave on default setting of Enabled so that the CPU to PCI IDE posting cycles are treated as normal I O write transactions USWC Write Posting Leave on default setting of Enabled to allow USWC write posting during I O bridge access CPU to PCI Write Post The default setting of Enabled will increase the e...

Page 44: ... ex pansion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM and ECC If all your DRAM modules have parity chips e g 8 chips 4 parity chips they are considered 36bits This motherboard sums the memory per bank and therefore two modules will give 72bits and the f...

Page 45: ...ows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode...

Page 46: ...ng except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Defined allows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEV...

Page 47: ...matically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a pe riod of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives The Doze...

Page 48: ...re manual settings of 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a Legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is ...

Page 49: ...re not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one Legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Bloc...

Page 50: ...ress the N key and then the Enter key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main scre...

Page 51: ...the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press the Enter key The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To implement the password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will...

Page 52: ...s Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignored ...

Page 53: ...cept them Press the N key to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save and Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specify during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen and then press the Enter key Exit Without Saving Selec...

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Page 55: ...ring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configurat...

Page 56: ...ailable for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC wi...

Page 57: ...ss ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS V DMI Using DMI Utility ...

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Page 59: ... provide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX floppy disk Win dows 95 support is also available using the device drivers included within the Win dows software The ...

Page 60: ...u can connect SCSI devices installed in your system case to the internal connector on the card You also have the additional option of connecting external SCSI devices to the external SCSI 2 connector on the card If you get the ASUS PCI SC200 later on as an option you will need to install it yourself The setup procedure is explained here Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 There are two jumper settings y...

Page 61: ...e ASUS PCI SC200 with a fifty pin flat ribbon cable External devices connect to the external port with a SCSI 2 cable If there are more than one internal or external devices additional devices are connected with cables to form a daisy chain The SCSI chain must be terminated at both ends or the devices in the chain will not work properly Many SCSI devices use a set of terminating resistors to termi...

Page 62: ...ation Required End Device SCSI Device 3 SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 Termination Required End Device No Termination Required JP5 Short SCSI ID Numbers All SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI SC200 interface card must have a SCSI identification number that is not in use by any other SCSI device There are eight possible ID numbers 0 through 7 The ASUS PCI SC200 has a fixed SCSI ID of 7 ...

Page 63: ...is easily damaged by static electric ity Observe the following precautions while unpacking and handling the board Before handling the board discharge static electricity form your body by touch ing an unpainted area of the system s metal chassis While installing the board ground yourself frequently to discharge any static electricity that may accu mulate in your body After removing the board form t...

Page 64: ...ot connected to the Audio In on the card you can only use the direct output located in the front panel of the CD ROM and adjust volume level by the knob CD Audio Connector Pin Definitions Sony Audio Input Mitsumi Audio Input Panasonic Audio Input Pin Definition Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Right Signal 1 GND 1 Left Signal 2 GND 2 Left Signal 2 GND 3 GND 3 GND 3 Right Signal 4 Left Signal 4 Righ...