Asus P/I-XP55TVP4, User Manual

Page 1: ...R P I XP55TVP4 Pentium ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...he 14 Compatible Cache Modules for this Motherboard 14 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 5 External Connectors 19 Power Connection Procedures 25 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 26 Support Software 26 Flash Memory Writer Utility 26 Main Menu 26 Advanced Features Menu 27 Updati...

Page 5: ...MENT 49 Desktop Management Interface DMI 49 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 49 System Requirements 49 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 50 Notes 50 VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card 53 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers 53 The ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Interface Card 54 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 54 Setting the INT Assignment 55 Terminator Settings 55 SCSI ID Numbers 56 VII DOS 3 1 Windows 3 1...

Page 6: ...icular 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...

Page 7: ...indows 95 Audio Software Manual with I A16C bundle only Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer The ASUS P I XP55TVP4 motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable 1 serial cable bracket set Support drivers and utilities as follows view FILELIST TXT for details Flash Memory Writer utility to update the F...

Page 8: ...satile DRAM Memory Support Supports 72 pin SIMMs of 4MB 8MB 16MB or 32MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 128MB Supports both Fast Page Mode FPM and Extended Data Output EDO SIMMs see p 12 ISA PCI Expansion Slots Provides four 16 bit ISA four 32 bit PCI slots Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also ...

Page 9: ...FEATURES Parts of Board Intel s 430VX PCIset 256 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 4 PCI Slots 4 ISA Slots T USB Port 1 B USB Port 2 Floppy Drive Connector BIOS Flash ROM Parallel Conn IDE 2 Connector IDE 1 Connector COM 1 COM 2 PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse 4 SIMM Slots ...

Page 10: ...4 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION Map of the ASUS Motherboard Map of Board III INSTALLATION ...

Page 11: ...RD p 19 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female 2 PS2MOUSE p 19 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female 3 PRINTER p 20 Parallel Printer Port Connector 25 pin Female 4 COM1 p 20 Serial Port COM1 9 pin Female 5 USB p 20 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female 6 FLOPPY p 20 Floppy Drive Connector 34 pin Block 7 COM2 p 21 Serial Port COM2 10 pin Block 8 FAN p 21 CPU Cooling Fan Power Lead 3 pin Block 9...

Page 12: ...ns 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 to ge...

Page 13: ...ou have 512KB An ASUS or COAST cache module can be used to upgrade the 256KB version to 512KB If there is no onboard cache you may install a cache module of either 256KB or 512KB IMPORTANT See page 14 SRAM Cache for installation procedures Regardless of your cache combination set the following jumpers according to the total amount of L2 cache that is present onboard and installed as a module Cache...

Page 14: ... of the boot block area of the Programmable Flash ROM to allow programming in the Enabled position This is required only if prompted by the Flash MemoryWriterUtility as shown in BIOS SOFTWARE Programming BBLKW Disabled Protect 1 2 Default Enabled 2 3 Boot Block Programming Disable Enable Enabled BBLKW Disabled Protected Default BBLKW 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 15: ... to each pin WARNING You must unplug the power cord to your power supply to ensure that there is no power to your motherboard The CMOS RAM containing BIOS setup information will be cleared by this action You must enter BIOS to Load Setup Defaults and re enter any user infor mation after removing and reapplying this jumper RTC RAM RTCLR Operation short Default Clear Data open RTCLR Clear CMOS Data ...

Page 16: ...al speed of the Intel AMD or Cyrix CPU as follows BUS Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS Freq FS2 FS1 FS0 BF0 BF1 Intel Pentium 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 150MHz 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 133MHz 2 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 120MHz 2 0x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 100MHz...

Page 17: ... 200MHz is supported at 2 8Volts Intel P54C Pentium 75 200MHz Intel P55C Pentium MMX 200MHz AMD K5 PR75 133MHz Cyrix 6x86 166 Rev2 7 133MHz P55C STD VRE 2 5V 2 7V 2 8V 2 9V 3 4V 3 5V VID0 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 VID1 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 VID2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 7V 1 2 3 2 8V P55C 1 2 3 3 4V STD 1 2 3 3 5V VRE 1 2 3 2 9V 1 2 3 VID1 VID0 VID2 2 5V VID1 1 2 3 VID0 VID2 CPU Voltage ID Compat...

Page 18: ...Chipset Setup Auto Con figuration IMPORTANT Each bank must have the same size memory installed in pairs Do not use memory modules with more than 24 chips per module Modules with more than 24 chips exceed the design specifications of the memory sub system and will cause unreliable operation Install memory in any or all of the banks in any combination as follows Bank SIMM Memory Module Total Memory ...

Page 19: ...d 2 Press the memory module firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the sockets 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 sid...

Page 20: ... 2 Cache Size Setting jumper when changes are made to your cache size Level 2 Cache Expansion Slot Pipelined Burst Cache Module 42 Pins 38 Pins Insert the module as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the break the module will only fit in the orientation as shown Compatible Cache Modules for this Motherboard NOTE ASUS CMI Rev 3 0 has two TAG SRAM s to comply with COAST...

Page 21: ...m the socket then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Use the notched corner of the CPU with the white dot as your guide The white dot should point towards the end the of the lever Notice that there is a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a 1 printed on the motherboard next to that corner Be...

Page 22: ... necessary software drivers for your expansion card Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In an standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use by parts of the system which leaves 6 free for expansion cards Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs Sy...

Page 23: ...ion 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 with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by Legacy and PNP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that ...

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Page 25: ...ot allow standardAT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard mouse using an PS 2 plug mini DIN The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not detected expansion cards will be free to use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS F...

Page 26: ... board connector to an expansion slot opening Settings can be adjusted through the Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE COM 1 5 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female Sockets Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices You must enable the USB Function in PNP and PCI Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Universal Serial BUS 1 2 6 Floppy drive connector 34 pin...

Page 27: ...ial Port Connector COM 2 Pin 1 8 CPU Cooling Fan Connector FAN This connector supports a CPU cooling fan of 500mAMP 6WATT or less Orientate the fan so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect...

Page 28: ...res Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the ...

Page 29: ...es depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 13 Reset Switch Lead PANEL This 2 pin connector connects to the cabinet mo...

Page 30: ...ard according to the pin definitions Front View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND Back View IRRX 5V IRTX NC GND Infrared Module Connector 17 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block This connector connects to a ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are align...

Page 31: ...reen standards or if it has a power standby feature 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 anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance 7 During power on hold down ...

Page 32: ...ring 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 in this section to Save Current BIOS to File Flash Memory Writer Utility IMPORTANT Flash Type may also be INTEL 28F001BXT If unknown is shown after ...

Page 33: ... Parameter 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 t...

Page 34: ...nter 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 repeat the process and if the problem still persists upload the original BIOS file you saved to disk in step 1 of th...

Page 35: ...ng the 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 t...

Page 36: ...clock 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 t...

Page 37: ...ld 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 up to two hard disks the first of which is the master and the second is the slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since th...

Page 38: ...s over 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 sele...

Page 39: ...t arrow 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 o...

Page 40: ...last set values press the F5 key F6 and F7 load the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to 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...

Page 41: ...st 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 Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy A drive one tim...

Page 42: ... Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 Mouse on bootup If de tected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 Mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expan sion cards if a PS 2 Mouse is not detected Disabled will reserve IRQ12 for expan sion cards and therefore the PS 2 Mouse will not function PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandardVGAsuch as graphics ac...

Page 43: ...e optimal timings for items 2 through 9 for 60ns DRAM modules If you are using 70ns DRAM modules you must change this item to 70ns DRAM See section III for DRAM installation information SDRAM CAS Latency Leave on default setting of 3T SDRAM RAS to CAS Override Leave on default setting of Disabled PCI 2 1 Passive Release Leave on default setting of Disabled 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing ...

Page 44: ... Features floppy disk swap feature It is func tionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onb...

Page 45: ... if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector See section III of the baseboard manual for the IrDA compliant infrared module connector Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the Primary IDE channel Secondary IDE channel Both or Disable both channels for systems with only ...

Page 46: ...Saving 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...

Page 47: ...automatically 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 ...

Page 48: ...e IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 9 10 11 12 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 ...

Page 49: ...ent within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are 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...

Page 50: ...rm Press 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 ...

Page 51: ...hat 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 ...

Page 52: ...and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports 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 Stand...

Page 53: ...t accept 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 S...

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Page 55: ...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 Configuration U...

Page 56: ...t available 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 ES...

Page 57: ... press 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 Utili...

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Page 59: ...vers 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 ...

Page 60: ...m you 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 settin...

Page 61: ...o the 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 t...

Page 62: ...rmination 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 o...

Page 63: ...16C 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 fo...

Page 64: ...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 In Mitsumi Audio In Panasonic Audio In Pin Definition Pin Definition Pin Definition l Right Signal 1 Ground 1 Left Signal 2 Ground 2 Left Signal 2 Ground 3 Ground 3 Ground 3 Right Signal 4 Left Signal 4 R...