Asus TXP4, User Manual

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Page 4: ...Memory Installation 21 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 22 4 Expansion Cards 23 23 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 23 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 24 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 24 5 External Connectors 25 Power Connection Procedures 33 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 34 Support Software 34 Flash Memory Writer Utility 34 Main Menu 34 Advanced Features Menu 35 M...

Page 5: ...US DMI Configuration Utility 56 System Requirements 56 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 57 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards 59 Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers 59 ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 SCSI Cards 59 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 60 Setting the INT Assignment for the ASUS PCI SC200 60 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices 60 Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC860 61 Terminator Settin...

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 interfer ence 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: ...ackage is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 9pin male serial 25pin male serial external connector set 1 25pin female parallel 6pin female PS 2 mouse external connector set 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 bag of spare jumpers 1 diskette or CD with sup...

Page 8: ...i I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components See sect...

Page 9: ...I transfers from PCI master busses to memory to CPU ACPI Ready ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is also implemented on all ASUS 430TX series of motherboards ACPI provide more Energy Saving Features for the future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features imple mented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock everyday yet sati...

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Page 11: ...board Parts 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 4 PCI Slots Super Multi I O Programmable Flash ROM 3 ISA Slots IDE Connectors Serial Parallel Floppy Intel s 430TX PCIset 2 DIMM Sockets PS 2 Mouse USB IrDA Cool Switching Voltage Regulators AT Power Connector 4 SIMM Sockets ATX Power ...

Page 12: ...BIOS Power CR2032 3V Lithium Cell Serial Ports Floppy Drives Secondary IDE Primary IDE PS 2 Mouse USB IrDA Parallel Printer Port ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 ISA Slot 3 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 Intel PIIX4 PCIset Intel 430TX PCIset SIMM Socket 4 32 bit 72 pin module SIMM Socket 3 32 bit 72 pin module SIMM Socket 2 32 bit 72 pin module SIMM Socket 1 32 bit 72 pin module DIMM Socket 1 64...

Page 13: ...M2 10 1pin Blocks 5 FAN p 27 Power Supply Chassis CPU Fan Power Leads 6 Primary Second IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 1pin Blocks 7 IDELED p 28 IDE LEDActivity Light 8 ATX POWER p 29 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pin Block 9 AT POWER p 29 AT Motherboard Power Connector 12 pin Block 10 PS2MOUSE USB IR p 31 PS 2 Mouse USB IR Combo Connector 18 1pin Block 11 IR p 31 Second Infrared ...

Page 14: ...to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jump ers 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 together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins a...

Page 15: ...bled 1 2 Default Enabled 2 3 R TXP4 Boot Block Programming Disabled Protect Default BBLKW Enabled BBLKW 2 Real Time Clock RTC RAM CLRTC The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer 2 Short solder points using a small metalic object 3 Turn on your computer 4 Holddown Delete duringbootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences RT...

Page 16: ...BUS Frequency Selection CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 2 5x 5 2 2 5x 5 2 1 0x 1 1 2 0x 2 1 2 5x 5 2 2 0x 2 1 2 0x 2 1 2 0x 2 1 2 0x 2 1 2 0x 2 1 1 5x 3 2 3 5x 7 2 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 3 5x 7 2 CPU A CPU B CPU C CPU D CPU E 4 0X 4 1 4 5X 9 2 Match the table s Ratio column to these CPU types 50MHz 1 2 3 FS2 FS1 FS0 55MHz 1 2 3 FS2 FS1 FS0 60MHz 1 2 3 FS2 FS1 FS0 66MHz 1 2 3 FS2 FS1 ...

Page 17: ...2 1 2 AMD K5 PR100 100MHz A 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR90 90MHz A 1 5x 60MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR75 75MHz A 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium P55C 233MHz B 3 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium P55C 200MHz B 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium P55C 166MHz B 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 IBM Cyrix6x86MX PR233 200MHz B 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 ...

Page 18: ...4C P54CS 3 5V VRE 1 2 2 3 2 3 AMD K5 3 5V VRE 1 2 2 3 2 3 IBM Cyrix 6x86 3 5V VRE 1 2 2 3 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 AMD 35micron K6 PR233 3 2V Dual 2 3 2 3 1 2 AMD 35micron K6 166 200 2 9V Dual 1 2 2 3 2 3 IBM Cyrix 6x86MX 2 9V Dual 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel P55C MMX 2 8V Dual 2 3 2 3 2 3 AMD 25micron K6 233 266 300 2 2V Dual 1 2 R TXP4 CPU Vcore Voltage Selecti...

Page 19: ...row on the motherboard IMPORTANT Memory speed setup is required through Auto Configuration in BIOS Chipset Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE If both 60ns and 70ns memory are used set Auto Configuration to 70ns Do not use memory modules with more than 18 chips per module Modules with more than 18 chips exceed the design specifica tions of the memory subsystem and will be unstable Memory Socket SIMM Memory...

Page 20: ...e firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket 3 With your fingertips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into place The plastic guides should go through the two mounting holes and the support clips should snap Clip Plastic Safety Tab This Side Only Mounting Hole 72 Pin DRAM in SIMM Socket To release t...

Page 21: ...MM Socket 2 DIMM Socket 1 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins Lock R The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM must be 3 3V Unbuffered for this moth erboard 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 left center or right to i...

Page 22: ...gree 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 Because the CPU has a corner pin for t...

Page 23: ...eep 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 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 ca...

Page 24: ...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 I...

Page 25: ...nnector 5 pin female This motherboard accepts an AT Keyboard Connector Plug as shown here R 2 Floppy drive connector FLOPPY 34 1 pin block This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables wit...

Page 26: ... the case to save expansion slot space TXP4 Parallel Printer Connector Pin 1 Connect the Red stripe to Pin 1 4 Serial Port Connectors COM1 COM2 two 10 1 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 You can make available the parallel port and choose th...

Page 27: ...ifferent The red wire should be Positive the black should be Ground and the yellow wire should be Rotation signal WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins R TXP4 Cooling Fan Power Power Supply Fan Chas...

Page 28: ...wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged R TXP4 IDE Hard Disk Drive Connectors Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector Orient the red stripe on the IDE ribbon cable to Pin 1 Pin 1 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 operatin...

Page 29: ...12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5V Standby 9 AT Power Supply Connector POWER 12 pin block This connector connects to a standard 5 Volt power supply To connect the leads from the power supply ensure first that the power supply is not plugged Most power supplies pro...

Page 30: ...ound 8 no connection 9 5 Volt TXP4 PS 2 Mouse USB IrDA Module Connector 10 USB 5 Volt 11 USB Port 1 12 USB Port 1 13 Ground 14 no connection 15 PS 2 Mouse Data 16 Ground 17 Infrared Receive 18 Infrared Transmit Optional USB MIR 1 9 18 10 R 11 Second IrDA Compliant Infrared Connector IR 5 pin block This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra red module This module...

Page 31: ...anagement Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 14 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch Lead PWR SW 2 pins The system power can be controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power L...

Page 32: ...nector 3 pin WAKE_LAN The WAKE_LAN connector allows the system to power up when there is a wakeup package signal received from the network through the ASUS PCI L101 LAN card Requires the ASUS PCI L101 and an ATX power supply with at least 720mAmp 5VSB R TXP4 Wake on LAN Activity 5V Standby PME Ground ...

Page 33: ...nitor LED may light up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards 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 set tings and connections ...

Page 34: ... system Flash Memory Writer Utility IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Type the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported with the PnP BIOS and there fore cannot be programmed by the 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 t...

Page 35: ...P 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 36: ...pe PFLASH and then the Enter key 5 Enter 2 Update BIOS Main Block From File from 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 6 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 the Enter key The u...

Page 37: ... 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 Self Test...

Page 38: ... 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 onboard CMOS battery weakens The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys Take note of these keys and their re...

Page 39: ...ard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by...

Page 40: ...le 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 floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and ...

Page 41: ...etails of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental 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 investigate your system This setti...

Page 42: ...s can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 Security Option System This field determines when the system prompts for the password The default set ting is System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up The other option is Setup where the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called u...

Page 43: ...repeated keystrokes Op tions range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting is 6 other settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 This field sets the time interval 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 boa...

Page 44: ...g of Disabled 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 rese...

Page 45: ...ou select ECP or ECP 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...

Page 46: ...he 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 F...

Page 47: ...ks 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 section determines the ways the system can be controlled when it is started or restarted when modem activity is detected or when power to the computer is inter rupted and reapplied The Soft Off mode refers ...

Page 48: ... power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Every day which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date IV BIOS PnP PCI PNP and PCI Setup This PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots All PCI bus slot...

Page 49: ...s a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes For example If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes DMA x Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISAcard Available options include No ICU and Yes The first option the defaul...

Page 50: ...nter to confirm 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 scr...

Page 51: ... 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 password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt fo...

Page 52: ...En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order 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 con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller ...

Page 53: ... the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and ...

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Page 56: ...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 57: ...ion and are not 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 no...

Page 58: ...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 SOFTWARE Using DMI Utility...

Page 59: ...r 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 fl...

Page 60: ...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 PCI SC860 with a fifty pin flat ribbon cable Extern...

Page 61: ...sing it you somehow disable all your controllers or cannot enter the configuration utility pressing Ctrl A after memory count during reboot allows you to recover and reconfigure Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 The ASUS PCI SC200 on the other hand has active termination that you must set using jumper JP5 There are two settings terminated and not terminated as shown below Terminator Setti...

Page 62: ...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 SC...

Page 63: ...sing theASUS 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 motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to d...

Page 64: ... Novell Netware 3 x 4 x DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 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 rem...