Asus TX97-N, User Manual

Page 1: ...R TX97 N Pentium NLX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...ds 20 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 20 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 20 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 21 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 21 5 External Connectors 22 Front Panel Descriptions 27 Power Connection Procedures 31 Main Menu 32 Support Software 32 Flash Memory Writer Utility 32 Advanced Features Menu 33 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 34 6 BIOS Setup 35 Lo...

Page 5: ...equirements 52 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 53 Notes 53 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards 55 Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers 55 ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 SCSI Cards 55 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 56 Setting the INT Assignment for the ASUS PCI SC200 56 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices 56 Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC860 57 Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 57 SC...

Page 6: ...lar 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: ...allation of ASUS SCSI cards optional VII ASUS L101 Card Installation of the ASUS LAN card optional Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for one 3 5inch floppy drive 1 Support drivers and utilities 1 Motherboard User s Man...

Page 8: ...orts DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components See section V PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Has onboard Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors one for CD ROM only Supports two IDE devices up to 8 4GB using one channel Supports BusMasterUltraDMA 33IDE PIO Modes 3 4 and ...

Page 9: ...ive Connector Riser Card Front NLX Slot ATI 3D Rage Chipset Multi I O T PS 2 Mouse B PS 2 Keyboard T Parallel Conn B Serial Conn COM 2 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache Programmable Flash ROM Intel 430TX PCIset Intel PIIX4 PCIset 2 DIMM Sockets Intel CPU Compatible ZIF Socket 7 VGA Memory Upgrade Sockets LCD Panel Connector COM 1 VGA Connector Joystick MIDI Connector TV Out RCA Conn optional TV Out S...

Page 10: ...Connector 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache 3 2 1 0 Row 512KB VGA Memory Socket 512KB VGA Memory Socket VID0 VID1 VID2 CPU Voltage BF2 BF1 BF0 Freq Ratio CPU ZIF Socket 7 Parallel Port COM 1 COM 2 CDROM Connector SVHS VGA Joystick MIDI RCA TV Out TV Out CPU_FAN LCD Monitor Connector RTCLR Audio Conn TV Out is optional 512KB onboard VGA Memory Motherboard Layout III INSTALLATION Floppy Drive Conn PCI ...

Page 11: ...ctor 25 pin Female 5 COM1 COM2 p 23 Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Two 9 pin Male 6 VGA p 23 VGA Compatible Connector 15 pin Female 7 TV Out optional p 23 Television Connector RCA 4 pin Female S Video 8 USB p 24 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female 9 IR p 24 Infrared Module 10 POWER p 24 NLX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pin Block 11 IDE1 p 25 Primary IDE Connector 40 pin Block 12 FLOPPY p ...

Page 12: ... 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 Set tings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins as diagramed WARNING Computermotherboards baseboardsandcomponents suchas SCS...

Page 13: ...y Test Jumper RTCLR You can test the battery s current by removing this jumper and attaching a cur rent meter to the Operation pins WARNING You must unplug the power cord to your power supply to en sure that there is no power to your motherboard The CMOS RAM con taining BIOS setup information may be cleared by this action You should enter BIOS to Load Setup Defaults and re enter any user informati...

Page 14: ...Internalfrequency the advertisedCPUspeed WARNING Frequencies above 66MHz exceed the specifications for the onboard Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable Match the table s Ratio column to these CPU types R CPU BUS Frequency Ratio CPU A CPU B CPU C CPU D CPU E 4 0X 4 1 3 2 1 BF1 BF0 BF2 3 2 1 BF1 BF0 BF2 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 3 2 1 BF1 BF0 BF2 2 5x 5 2 2 5x 5 2 1 0x 1 1 2 0x 2 1 2 5...

Page 15: ... 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR133 100MHz A 1 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR120 90MHz A 1 5x 60MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR100 100MHz A 1 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR90 90MHz A 1 5x 60MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR75 75MHz A 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium P55C 233MHz B 3 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium P55C 200MHz B 3 0x 66MHz...

Page 16: ...riate VID jumpers according to the illustration below Manufacturer CPU Type Single Plane Dual Plane VID0 VID1 VID2 Intel P54C P54CS 3 5V VRE 1 2 1 2 2 3 AMD K5 3 5V VRE 1 2 1 2 2 3 IBM Cyrix 6x86 3 5V VRE 1 2 1 2 2 3 Intel P54C P54CS 3 4V STD 2 3 2 3 2 3 AMD K5 3 4V STD 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel P55C MMX 2 8V Dual 2 3 2 3 2 3 AMD 35micron K6 PR233 3 2V Dual 2 3 2 3 1 2 AMD 35micron K6 166 200 2 9V Dual 1 ...

Page 17: ...res Setup IMPORTANT Memory speed setup is required through Auto Configuration in BIOS Chipset Features Setup Parity EDO DIMM 9 chips Non Parity SDRAM DIMM 8 chips General DIMM Notes not true for all memory modules Four possible memory chips are supported EDO or SDRAM with and without parity SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO chips BIOS shows EDO or SDRAM memory on b...

Page 18: ...ts 88 Pins 20 Pins 60 Pins R Lock The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory modules must be 3 3Volt Un buffered Synchronous DRAM SDRAM or Extended Data Output EDO You can identify the type of DIMM module by the illustration below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notch on the DIMM module will shift between ...

Page 19: ...ys away from 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 tha...

Page 20: ...eep the bracket for pos sible 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 system s cover 8 Setup the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNPAND PCI SETUP 9 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion c...

Page 21: ... 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 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 ...

Page 22: ...ard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standardAT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse 6 pin F...

Page 23: ... Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors Two 9 pin Male The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE COM 2 COM 1 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 6 VGA Connector 15 pin Female This connector is for displaying on a standard VGA compatible device VGA Monitor 15 pin Female 7 TV Out Connectors RCA and 4 pin Fem...

Page 24: ...hrough the front system panel 10 NLX Power Supply Connector 20 pin NLXPWR This connector connects to an NLX 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 aligned IMPORTANT Be sure that the NLX power supply can deliver at least 720mAmp on the 5volt sta...

Page 25: ... After connect ing the single end to the riser card connect the other end to a 3 5inch floppy disk drive Panel Conn Riser Slot Floppy Drive Conn Floppy Disk Drive Connector Orient the red stripe on the floppy ribbon cable to Pin 1 Pin 1 Riser Card Front 13 LAN Activity Connectors 2 pin LAN_LED 3 pin WOL_CON These connectors support Local Area Network LAN cards such as the ASUS PCI L101 with output...

Page 26: ...ont Panel Display and Buttons Riser Card Front Pin 1 The front panel displ buttons connect to th riser card through a cable 15 Riser Front Panel Microphone Connector 2 pin This connector is used to connect the front panel microphone jack to the moth erboard through a ribbon cable Riser Slot Front Panel Microphone Jack Riser Card Front The front panel s 1 8inch micro phone jack connects to the rise...

Page 27: ...ard s LAN_LED E IDE Activity LED Blinks when data is transfered via the IDE channels includes the CD ROM F Message LED The LED will remain lit when there is no modem activity and blink when there is data being transfered or waiting in the inbox G Reset Button Switch used for rebooting the computer without having to use the power switch H Volume Down Button Decreases the onboard audio amplifier s v...

Page 28: ...dio Connectors Three 1 8inch female These connectors are provided for audio input and output signals R Audio Jack Connector A ribbon cable connects the Motherboard Audio Conn to the Back Panel Audio Conn Back Panel Audio Jacks Speaker Out Line Out Line In Motherboard Audio Conn Back Panel Audio Conn 1 2 9 10 18 CPU Fan Connector 3 pin This connector support a cooling fan of 500mAMP 6WATT or less 1...

Page 29: ...ns There are 1MB memory standard for the onboard VGA Add two DRAM chips to upgrade the onboard VGA memory to 2MB 20 CD ROM Connector 50 1 pin CDROM This is a proprietary CD ROM connector which requires a converter in order to attach to a slim CD ROM Only a slim CD ROM will fit in the NLX system housing ...

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Page 31: ...ll 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 press Delete to enter the BIOS setup Follow the instruc tions on the next s...

Page 32: ...Writer Utility in this section to Save Current BIOS to File NOTE The following screen contents in this user s manual are provided as ex amples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Flash Memory Writer Utility Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to reinstall it It is recommended...

Page 33: ...nP configura tion record and updating the motherboard BIOS Advanced Features Menu 1 Clear PNP ESCD 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 baseboard BIOS and the PnP extended sys tem configuration data ESCD parameter block from a new BIOS file ...

Page 34: ...om the Main Menu or option 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD from the Advanced Features Menu if prompted by option 2 of the Main Menu 5 The program displays a second screen prompting you for the name of the BIOS file Type in the complete file name and extension of the new BIOS and then press Enter The utility then updates the BIOS file from disk WARNING If you encounter problems while up...

Page 35: ...If you are installing 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 Sel...

Page 36: ...ou to record some basic system hardware configu ration and set the system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore How ever 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...

Page 37: ...s or other IDE devices Each channel 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 because they operate using device drivers and are not supported by any BIOS If you install the optional PCI SC200 SCSI controller card into the motherboard see section VI for instruc tions If you install oth...

Page 38: ... disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of flo...

Page 39: ...igate your system This setting is rec ommended because of conflicts with new operating systems or some programs Installa tion of these programs requires that you disable Virus Warning to prevent write errors CPU Internal Cache Enabled Choose Disable to turn off the CPU s built in level 1 cache External Cache Enabled Choose Disable to turn off the CPU s external level 2 cache Quick Power On Self Te...

Page 40: ... when 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 PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto Auto allows the BIOS to detect the PS 2 mouse on bootup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 Mouse If not detected IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards Enabled will always reser...

Page 41: ...terval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250 500 750 and 1000 Chipset Features Setup This Chipset Features Setup option controls the configuration of the board s chipset Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Chipset Features Setup A...

Page 42: ...sabled for some ISA cards that are not PCI 2 1 compliant 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 16 bit ISA cards 8 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 8 bit ISA cards Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Allows the Video BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution Leave on default setting of Enabled for better performance otherwise Disabled Memory Hole at Address None This features reserves ei...

Page 43: ... EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 1 3 or Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared featur...

Page 44: ...the system into power saving mode after 40 min of system inactivity Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 30 sec of system inactivity 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 DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG SYS ...

Page 45: ...er Down Disable This shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity configurable to 1 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard disks Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode Disable These fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour and Disable Power Up Control This sect...

Page 46: ...is Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU and MB motherboard tem peratures These values refresh upon key entries Set to Igno...

Page 47: ...sed or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 and D...

Page 48: ...nter to con firm Press N and then Enter 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 sc...

Page 49: ...that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts 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 p...

Page 50: ...vices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features to use Drive E 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 controller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When a...

Page 51: ... match the ones that should be used for your drive do not accept them Press N 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 Save Exit Setup on the main screen type Y and th...

Page 52: ...S image file and requiring 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 MI...

Page 53: ...ilable 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 wil...

Page 54: ...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 SOFTWARE Using DMI Utility V SUPPORT SOFTWAR...

Page 55: ...SCSI devices working under DOS Microsoft Win dows Microsoft Windows NT Novell NetWare and IBM OS 2 These drivers pro vide 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 flop...

Page 56: ...tting for the card already is INTA so you do not need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI SC200 with this motherboard JP 1 JP 2 INT A Def 1 2 3 Interrupt Settings A B C or D JP 1 JP 2 INT B 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT C 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT D 1 2 3 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to theASUS PCI SC200 orASUS PC...

Page 57: ...tting for the card already is INTA so you do not need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI SC200 with this motherboard JP 1 JP 2 INT A Def 1 2 3 Interrupt Settings A B C or D JP 1 JP 2 INT B 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT C 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT D 1 2 3 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to theASUS PCI SC200 orASUS PC...

Page 58: ... SCSI ID serves two purposes It uniquely defines each SCSI device on the bus It determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices try to use it at the same time SCSI IDs on one channel do not interfere with the IDs on another channel This ap plies to two SCSI host adapters that implement different buses as well as dual channels on a single host adapter You can connect up to seven S...

Page 59: ...heASUS PCI L101 on anASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the riser card s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the motherboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the riser card s LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data acti...

Page 60: ... DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 for MS LAN Manager WfW IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 for MS Windows NT WfW 3 11 Windows 95 SCO UNIX Streams Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours ...