background image

Pentium

82430 TX P54C/P55C PCI Mainboard
User’s Guide &
Technical Reference
5BT5

Summary of Contents for 82430 TX

Page 1: ...Pentium 82430 TX P54C P55C PCI Mainboard User s Guide Technical Reference 5BT5 ...

Page 2: ...ise the manual or make changes in the specifications of the product described with in it at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any person of such revision or change The information contained in this manual is provided for general use by our customers Our customers should be aware that the personal computer field is the subject of many patents Our customers should ensure that ...

Page 3: ...U Settings 3 0 x clock 9 Pentium Ð 233 CPU Settings 3 5 x clock 10 AMD K6 Ð PR266 CPU Setting 4 0 x clock 10 Step 2 CPU Single Dual Voltage Setting 11 Single Voltage CPU Setting 11 Dual Voltage CPU Setting 12 Memory Configuration 12 Memory Configuration Table 13 RAM Bank Installation Notice 13 Cache Configuration 13 Cache Size and RAM Locations 13 Multi I O Port Addresses 14 Connectors 14 PW2 Ñ AT...

Page 4: ...ectors 17 JP45 Ð Wake On Lan WOL Header 17 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 18 Standard CMOS Setup 19 BIOS Features Setup 21 Chipset Features Setup 24 Power Management Setup 26 PNP PCI Configuration Setup 29 Load Setup Defaults 31 Load BIOS Defaults 31 Integrated Peripherals 32 Supervisor Password 35 User Password 36 IDE HDD Auto Detection 37 Appendix A CPU Setting List 38 Appendix B Frequently Asked Question...

Page 5: ...rt Detect CPU Voltage function L2 Cache Controller Ä On board 512K pipeline burst SRAMs cache DRAM Controller Ä Supports FPM EDO SIMM symmetrical asymmetrical addressing Ä Supports 2 strips of 168 pin EDO SDRM Unbuffered DIMM Ä Memory configurations from 4MB to 256MB BUS Controller Ä Compliant with PCI specification 2 1 Ä Four 32 bit PCI slots Masters and three ISA slots Ä Supports Universal Seria...

Page 6: ... to the board contact your dealer immediately Electrostatic Discharge Precautions Make sure you ground yourself before handling the mainboard or other system components Electrostatic discharge can easily damage the components Note that you must take special precaution when handling the mainboard in dry or air conditioned environments Take these precautions to protect your equipment from electrosta...

Page 7: ...oppy Connector 2 82430 TX Chipset 12 IDE1 IDE2 Connector 3 Pipelined Burst SRAM 13 Parallel Port Connector 4 Ultra I O Chip 14 COM1 COM2 Connector 5 PnP FLASH BIOS 15 AT Power Supply Connector 6 TAG SRAM 16 AT ATX Power Connector 7 ISA Slots 17 PS 2 Mouse Connector 8 PCI Slots 18 KB Connector 9 10 SIMM Bank Unbuffered DIMM Bank 19 Lithium battery for CMOS memory 3V ...

Page 8: ...MM2 SIMM BANK 1 SIMM BANK 0 IDE1 IDE2 FDC PRT COM1 COM2 AT PW ATX PW W83977TF KB Conn PS 2 Mouse Conn 82371AB Lithium Battery 3V Flash BIOS 586 CPU Family P B SRAM 64K x 32 P B SRAM 64K x 32 82439TX TAG SRAM USB1 1 4 5 9 1 IR1 ATP1 JP44 1 JP43 1 JP5 1 PW2 5 4 3 2 1 SW1 ON J17 1 5 1 4 J18 1 4 J24 J19 SW2 BF2 JP30 1 3 5 7 11 9 PW3 JP45 Figure 1Ð2 Mainboard Default Setting Important Make sure the sys...

Page 9: ...TION Turn off power to the mainboard system chassis and peripheral devices before performing any work on the mainboard or system Jumpers JP5 CMOS Clear Jumper Clear the CMOS memory by momentarily shorting pin 2Ð3 then shorting pin 1Ð2 to retain new settings CMOS Setting JP5 Retain CMOS data default 1 Clear CMOS data 1 JP40 CE Test Jumper Pin This connector is reserved for the CE test If you run in...

Page 10: ... Cooling Fan Connector Pin Assignment 1 GND 2 12V 3 GND Note Make sure the pin assignment of our CPU Cooling Fan is matched with this connector before connecting it otherwise you may damage either the mainboard or the cooling fan ATP1 PW3 JP44 Power Supply Selection Jumpers These three jumpers let you select either the AT or the ATX power supply Use only one power supply at a time on this mainboar...

Page 11: ...these CPUs i e high quality DRAM and VGA card Step 1 Frequency Setting Pentium 90 100 CPU Settings 1 5 x clock AMD K5 PR90 PR100 PR120 PR133 1 5 x clock 82371AB 586 CPU Family P B SRAM 64K x 32 P B SRAM 64K x 32 12345 12345 SW1 ON Pentium 90 60 MHz AMD K5 PR 90 60MHz AMD K5 PR 120 60 MHz 12345 SW1 ON Pentium 75 50 MHz AMD K5 PR 75 50MHz Pentium 100 66 MHz AMD K5 PR 100 66 MHz AMD K5 PR 133 66 MHz ...

Page 12: ...71AB 586 CPU Family P B SRAM 64K x 32 P B SRAM 64K x 32 12345 12345 12345 SW1 ON SW1 ON ON Pentium 100 50 MHz 12345 SW1 ON Cyrix 6x86 6x86L PR200 75 MHz Pentium 120 60 MHz Cyrix 6x86 6x86L PR150 60 MHz AMD K5 K6 PR150 Pentium 133 66 MHz Cyrix 6x86 6x86L PR166 66 MHz Figure 2Ð1Ð2 CPU Jumper Settings Note You must equip the CPU with a fan and heat sink for system stability ...

Page 13: ...60 MHz Pentium 166 66 MHz AMD K5 K6 PR166 Figure 2Ð1Ð3 CPU Jumper Settings Pentium 180 200 CPU Settings 3 0 x clock AMD K6 PR200 CPU Setting 82371AB 586 CPU Family P B SRAM 64K x 32 P B SRAM 64K x 32 5 4 3 2 1 SW1 ON 12345 Pentium 180 60 MHz Pentium 200 66 MHz AMD K6 PR2 200 SW1 ON 12345 SW1 ON Figure 2Ð1Ð4 CPU Jumper Settings Note You must equip the CPU with a fan and heat sink for system stabili...

Page 14: ...SRAM 64K x 32 P B SRAM 64K x 32 5 4 3 2 1 SW1 ON Figure 2Ð1Ð5 CPU Jumper Settings Note You must equip the CPU with a fan and heat sink for system stability AMD K6 PR266 CPU Setting 4 0 x clock 82371AB 586 CPU Family P B SRAM 64K x 32 P B SRAM 64K x 32 5 4 3 2 1 SW1 ON SW2 BF2 Figure 2Ð1Ð6 CPU Jumper Settings ...

Page 15: ...oltag due to the Smart Detect CPU Voltage function that this board has Single Voltage CPU Setting Signal voltage CPUs use the same voltage for both VIO and VCore The CPUs which fall into this category are P54CX AMD K5 and Cyrix 6x86 Refer to the following figures to set the voltage for these CPUs 3 1 5 9 11 7 3 1 5 9 11 7 82371AB 586 CPU Family P B SRAM 64K x 32 P B SRAM 64K x 32 JP30 3 3V CPU 3 1...

Page 16: ... Voltage CPU Note Due to various design please ask your dealer for the correct voltage settings for your specific CPU Memory Configuration The mainboard supports two banks of 72 pin SIMM modules and two strips of 168 pin 3 3V Unbuffered DIMM modules The mainboard requires SIMM of at least 70ns access time The mainboard supports from 4 to 256 Mbytes with no other restrictions on memory configuratio...

Page 17: ...e to the RAS line share architecture of TX chipset the possible combination of DIMM SIMM in this mainboard are as one of the followings 1 In Bank 0 2 In Bank 1 3 In Bank 0 Bank 1 4 In DIMM 1 5 In DIMM 2 6 In DIMM 1 DIMM 2 7 In Bank 0 DIMM 2 8 In Bank 1 DIMM 1 Cache Configuration The mainboard has a write back caching scheme with built in 512KB Level 2 Pipelined Burst cache onboard to improve the s...

Page 18: ...ng for IRQ7 which may conflict with printing functions If this occurs do not use sound card functions at the same time you print Connectors Attach the mainboard to case devices via connectors on the mainboard Refer to Figure 1 1 for connector locations and connector pin positions PW2 ATX Power Supply On Off Switch Connector Momentary Type Attach a two pin switch to this connector for turning the A...

Page 19: ...ors from the power directly onto the board connector while making sure the black leads are in the center ATX PW ATX Power Supply Connectors The motherboard provides an ATX power supply connector It is a twenty pin male header connector Plug the connector from the power directly onto the board connector while making sure the pin1 is in its position 11 20 J19 Hardware Reset Control Attach the Reset ...

Page 20: ...ing the infrared transfer function This mainboard meets the specification of ASKIAR and HPSIR IR1 Connector Pin Assignment 1 2 3 4 5 VCC FIRRX IRRX GND IRTX J17 Keylock Power LED Connector J17 is a connector for a lock that may be installed on the system case for enabling or disabling the keyboard J17 also attaches to the caseÕs Power LED Pin 1 3 for power LED and pin 4 5 for keylock KB Conn Keybo...

Page 21: ...onnector J18 Speaker Connector Attach a 4 pin case mounted speaker to this connector USB1 Universal Serial Bus Connectors Attach 9 pin USB cable to these connectors for external USB device JP45 Wake On Lan WOL Header Attach a 3 pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake On Lan WOL function This function lets users wake up the connected computer through the LAN card The cable should be...

Page 22: ...NFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Time Date Hard Disk Type Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color 3 Choose an option and press Enter Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in the system See the following sections 4 Press...

Page 23: ...y F11 Help Shift F2 Change Color F3 Toggle Calendar Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 3328K Other Memory 128K Total Memory 4096K 2 Use arrow keys to move between items and select values Modify selected fields using PgUp PgDn Ð keys Some fields let you enter values directly Date mm dd yy Type the current date Time hh mm ss Type the current time Primary Secondary Master Slave First choose the type of...

Page 24: ... or previous user for details Drive A B Choose 360KB 5 1 4 in 1 2MB 5 1 4 in 720KB 3 1 2 in 1 44M 3 1 2 in default 2 88 MB 3 1 2 in or Not installed Video Choose Monochrome Color 40x25 VGA EGA default Color 80x25 Halt On Choose halt mode when BIOS detects system errors All Errors default All But Diskette No Errors All But Keyboard All But Disk Key 3 When you finish press the ESC key to return to t...

Page 25: ...s Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled 2 Use the arrow keys to move between items and to select values Modify the selected fields using the PgUp PgDn Ð keys F keys are explained below F1 ÒHelpÓ gives options available for each item Shift F2 Ch...

Page 26: ...m Lock Status Choose On or Off On puts numeric keypad in Num Lock mode at boot up Off puts this keypad in arrow key mode at boot up Typematic Rate Setting Enable this option to adjust the keystroke repeat rate Typematic Rate Chars Sec Choose the rate a character keeps repeating Typematic Delay Msec Choose how long after you press a key that a character begins repeating Security Option Choose Setup...

Page 27: ... operation system Non OS 2 Ð Choosing this when you are using no OS 2 operation system Video Adapter BIOS Shadow BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM These 16K segments can be shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and it has BIOS present 3 After you have finished with the BIOS Features Setup program press th...

Page 28: ...t EDO FP x222 x333 DRAM Write Burts Timing x222 Fast EDO Lead Off Disabled Refresh RAS Assertion 4 CLKS Fast RAS To CAS Delay 3 DRAM Page Idle Timer 2 Clks DRAM Enhanced Paging Enabled Fast MA to RAS Delay 2 Clks SDRAM CAS Lat RAS to CAS 3 3 SDRAM Speculative Read Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled 8 Bit I O Recovery Time 3 16 Bit I O Recovery Time 3 Memory Hole ...

Page 29: ...g Fast MA to RAS Delay Use the default setting SDRAM CAS Lat RAS to CAS Use the default setting SDRAM Speculative Read Use the default setting System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Ð The ROM area F0000H FFFFFH is not cached Enabled Ð The ROM area F0000H FFFFFH is cacheable if cache controller is enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Ð The video BIOS C0000H C7FFFH is not cached Enabled Ð The video BIOS C0...

Page 30: ...GEMENT SETUP Power Management User Define PM Control by APM Yes Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank Video Off After Standby Doze Mode Disabled Standby Mode Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled VGA Active Monitor Enabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Delay 4 Sec CPU Fan Off In Suspend Enabled Resume by Ring Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled Break Event From Suspend IRQ8 Clock Event Disabled ES...

Page 31: ...ced Power Management To use APM you must run Òpower exeÓ under DOS v6 0 or later version Video Off Method Choose V H Sync Blank default Blank screen or DPMS for the selected PM mode Video Off After Choose Standby default Suspend Doze or N A mode Doze Mode When the set time has elapsed the BIOS sends a command to the system to enter doze mode system clock drops to 33MHz Time is adjustable from 1 Mi...

Page 32: ...the system runs into the suspend mode refer to Power Management Setup Resume by Ring Choose Enabled or Disabled default This function only works when the computer is powered on Enabled Ð The system will resume active when modem is ringing Disabled Ð The system will not resume when modem is ringing Resume by Alarm Choose Enabled or Disabled default Enabled Ð Set alarm to wake up the system either b...

Page 33: ...E INC Resources Controlled By Manual Reset Configuration Data Disabled IRQ 3 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 4 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA ...

Page 34: ...is setting must match the PCI card PCI IDE IRQ Map To Select PCI AUTO ISA or assign a PCI SLOT number depending on which slot the PCI IDE is inserted The default setting is PCI AUTO If PCI AUTO does not work then assign an individual PCI SLOT number Primary IDE INT Choose INTA INTB INTC or INTD The default setting is INTA Secondary IDE INT Choose INTA INTB INTC or INTD The default setting is INTB ...

Page 35: ...m is recommended if you need to reset the system setup Note The SETUP Defaults are optimized for the most stabilized performance Load BIOS Defaults Choose this item and the following message appears ÒLoad BIOS Defaults Y N NÓ To use the BIOS defaults change the prompt to ÒYÓ and press Enter Note BIOS DEFAULTS values are adjusted for high performance If you run into any problems after loading BIOS ...

Page 36: ...y Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel Disabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard IR Co...

Page 37: ...ble this function before using the USB keyboard Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Ð Use the on board floppy controller default Disabled Ð Turn off the on board floppy controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Choose serial port 1 2Õs I O address Do no set port 1 2 to the same value except for Disabled IRQ can be released when choose Auto I donÕt quite understand this sentence Onboard IR ...

Page 38: ...transmission work Onboard Parallel Port Choose the parallel port I O address 378H IRQ7 default 3BCH IRQ7 278H IRQ5 or Disabled to disable this port Parallel Port Mode Choose ECP EPP default SPP EPP or ECP The mode depends on your external device that connects to this port ECP Mode Use DMA Choose DMA3 default or DMA1 This setting only works when the Onboard Printer Mode is set at the ECP mode EPP M...

Page 39: ...The following message appears ÒEnter Password Ó 2 Enter a password and press Enter If you do not wish to use the password function you can just press Enter and a ÒPassword disabledÓ message appears 3 After you enter your password the following message appears prompting you to confirm the new password ÒConfirm Password Ó 4 Re enter your password and then Press ESC to exit to the Main Menu Important...

Page 40: ... a password and press Enter If you do not wish to use the password function you can just press Enter and a ÒPassword disabledÓ message appears 3 After you enter your password the following message appears prompting you to confirm the new password ÒConfirm Password Ó 4 Re enter your password and then Press ESC to exit to the Main Menu 5 You are not allowed to change any setting in ÒCMOS SETUP UTILI...

Page 41: ...TUP accordingly Note This function is only valid for IDE hard disks ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC Do you accept this drive C Y N N ESC Skip HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Primary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Master None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...

Page 42: ...5X off off off off off AMD K5 PR150 60Mhz 2 0X on off on off off AMD K5 PR166 66Mh 2 5X on on off off off AMD K6 PR166 66Mhz 2 5X on on off off off AMD K6 PR200 66Mhz 3 0X off on off off off AMD K6 PR233 66Mhz 3 5X off off off off off AMD K6 PR266 66Mhz 4 0X on off off off off Cyrix 6x86 P150 60Mhz 2 0X on off on off off Cyrix 6x86 P166 66Mhz 2 0X on off off off off Cyrix 6x86 P200 75Mhz 2 0X on o...

Page 43: ...0 50Mhz 2 0X on off on on on P54C P120 60Mhz 2 0X on off on off off P54C P133 66Mhz 2 0X on off off off off P54C P55C P150 60Mhz 2 5X on on on off off P54C P55C P166 66Mhz 2 5X on on off off off P54C P55C P180 60Mhz 3X off on on off off P54C P55C P200 66Mhz 3X off on off off off P55C P233 66Mhz 3 5X off off off off off AMD K6 PR266 CPU need to close jumper BF2 Voltage Setting Table JP30 Voltage 1 ...

Page 44: ...e your system by reducing the I O load on the CPU 2 Also included on the disk are update files for the TX chipset To windows 95 the TX chipset that your board comes with is a new ÒdeviceÓ and therefore you will see two question marks on ÒUSB DeviceÓ and ÒPCI bridgeÓ when you open ÒDevice ManagerÓ under the Windows ÒSystemÓ icon In order to correct this the disk contains update files for windows 95...

Reviews: