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P5TX-Apro User`s Manual

1. External Clock Speed 2 5X P1 55MHz 68 4MHz o e JP1 JP1 SE OEE GE 0 4 B 22 0 4 D 22 Ke selsjelelejal fa elolel ololeleja n n m HE o a oe 2 Gol aja f m m EZ 5 5 m Sien BE E 9 B V 21 9 B V 21 3 0x JP1 2 6 60MHz 75MHz i JP1 JP1 m BEE 0 4 8 22 0 4 B 22 S de E m Le ele m a GE Slelelis SEO aje e ala m oo ajo 2 m EH 0 u EZE 9 B U A 9 BU 21 CPU Core Voltage Vcore 2 54V 3 24V JPA JPA 616MHz Internal Clock Factor aJa 2 IP na 0 4 E 22 15x835x ee GEZIEN IK defi 2 oa de IE nee 3 34V EO OO DODOS Ip 66MHz 1 5 1 Da 2 JP1 ae D M B 22 20x SO bada o a o JP1 9 lena 10 olo o m Sn E SR 2 d n s a m 5 ala n m cn m n m v m 1 erf 1 a P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 6 Onboard Connectors Name Function Description IL Keyboard amp Mouse Stacked PS 2 ports keyboard lower mouse upper is Serial Port One Onboard 9 pin serial portis COM can be set to COM3 J4 Serial Port Two Onboard 9 pin serial portis COM2 can be setto COM4 J6 Parallel Port Standard 25 pin parallel Printer port IN Floppy Drive Controller 34 pin connector connects to 2 device cable End device is Drive A middle is Drive B J8 First IDE Channel 40 pin connector connects to 2 device cable End device is Primary Master middle is Slave J9 Second IDE Channel
2. 4 Reference Information 4 22 Virus Warning This protects the primary hard disk s boot sector and partition table from infection Any attempt to write to them will halt the system and produce a warning message If this happens you can either allow the system to continue or stop it and boot from a virus free bootable floppy disk Use an anti virus utility located on the floppy disk to check the hard disk The default setting is Disabled CPU Internal Cache This enables C PU s Level 1 built in cache Leave it enabled to maintain system performance The default setting is Enabled External Cache This is the Level 2 external cache of either 256KB or 512KB Leave this enabled to maintain system performance The default setting is Enabled Quick Power On Self Test This feature speeds up the Power On Self Test PO ST by skip ping some parts of the POST If your system is functioning nor mally you can enable this feature to speed the boot process The default setting is Enabled Boot Sequence This determines the order in which the computer checks drives for an operating system In addition to the drive A floppy disk drive and the drive C boot hard disk you can configure the or der to include another IDE hard disk drive or CD ROM drive or a SCSI device The options are A C SCSI GAS SCS A C SCSI C A D A SCSI EA SCSI F A SCSI C CD ROM A CD ROM C A C Only P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Referen
3. Cyrix IBM and AMD Theboard s switching CPU power design and jumper con figuration options allow the use of all Pentium class processors from all three vendors including those with M M X features The correct jumper configuration automatically sets the required power configuration for the CPU Processor speeds from 90 to 200M Hz are supported as well as single and split voltage CPUs Intel CPUs Supported Pentium P54C P54CTB P54CT P55C Cyrix amp IBM CPUs Supported 6X86 6X86L 6X86M X AMD CPUs Supported K5 K6 4 Reference Information 4 9 Interpreting CPU Markings If you are installing a CPU and you do not have the informa tion needed to set the CPU jumper configuration you can usually get it from the makings on the CPU The following information is a guide to reading the markings AMD K5 CPU Markings Package Type P Rating 75 90 100 120 133 150 166 A SPGA 296 pin AMD K5 PRIOO A BO 100M Hz Case Temperature Q 60 C CPU Model R 70 C Internal Clock Speed W 55 C X 65 C Operating Voltage Gea B 3 45V 3 60V C 3 30V 3 465V F 3 B5V 3 465V Vcore Vio H 2 76V 3 0V 3 B5V 3 465V J 2 57V 2 84V 3 B5V 3 465V K 2 38V 2 63V 3 B5V 3 465V 4 Reference Information 4 10 Cyrix 6x86 CPU Markings P Rating 90 120 133 150 166 200 Internal Clock Speed Core Frequency 100
4. Normal For IDE hard disks of 528M B or less LBA This stands for Logical Block Addressing the current standard access mode for large ID E hard disk drives It allows the use of hard disks larger than 528M B by causing the IDE controller to translate between the logical address it creates and the hard disk s actual physical address The maximum drive size sup ported is 8 4GB Large For 1GB or smaller drives with more than 1024 cylinders and no LBA support This access mode causes the O perating Sys tem to treat the drive as if it has fewer than 1024 cylinders by dividing the cylinder total in half and doubling the number of heads Drives needing this mode are less common M ost large IDE hard disk drives currently available use the LBA mode Use the AUTO setting to automatically detect the correct mode for new drives Floppy Disk Drives The two floppy disk drive items set the drive type for drives A and B and must be entered manually The options are 360KB 5 25 in 12MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 144MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 19 Highlight the listing after each drive name and select the ap propriate entry Floppy 3 Mode Support 3 Mode is a Japanese 3 5 inch floppy disk drive specification If this type of drive is installed you should enable this feature The default setting is Disabled Video Display Types You set this according to th
5. The following screen will appear P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 21 Menu Commands If you look at the lower portion of the screen illustration you ll see a section that lists the control commands for this level of the program You execute a command by pressing the key for that command The program commands are Quit This command will close the Setup program when you press the ESC key Help This displays information about the highlighted item when you press the F10 key Select Item You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move around the screen and select amenu item An item is highlighted when it is selected M odify To change the setting of a highlighted selection you can press either the Page Up PU and Page Down PD keys or the Plus and M inus keys Pressing a key once will switch to the next setting option for the selected item Change Color Change the program color scheme by pressing Shift F2 Old Values If you make changes during the current session and you don t want to keep them you can recall the last set of saved values for this page by pressing the F5 key Load BIOS Defaults Pressing F6 loads the BIOS Default settings for this page Load Setup Defaults Pressing F7 loads the Setup Default settings for this page If your mainboard is already installed in a working system the proper entries are already entered on this screen and you shouldn t change them P5TX Apro User s Manual
6. 5 1 fala 2 IE ls 0 4 8 22 2 0x a DROGE sws JPI 9 aa D n n n m n o e Se 4 B UY 71 2 6 2 94V eleiz m c cc JP4 Pale m n n pezie 18 2 1 5 ec 9 vie D 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 15 499908 T Jo AE D o o o R o D o o D 60 O D ll WE O B TILL D K EK K IEEE EI VA O GEO Jumper Locations The illustration above shows the location of the jumpers il lustrated on the previous page 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 16 Adding An IDE Peripheral This section covers some aspects of installing internal IDE pe ripheral devices as they relate to the mainboard The onboard Enhanced IDE controller supports up to four devices two per IDE channel The primary hard disk drive in most systems is an IDE device You may want to install more hard disks a CD ROM driveor combination of these and other devices This mainboard supports both PIO and UltraDMA modes which it can detect automatically You can install a mix of devices With the Setup D efaults loaded in the CM OS Setup utility the system will auto matically detect and configure multiple devices of whatever mode IDE Transfer Modes
7. CM OS Setup Utility press the Del or Delete key while the computer is starting up before the operating starts to load The utility s main screen will appear as shown on the next page To navigate the program use the controls shown on the screen The utility has several sections M any of the features con figured by the utility are set to operate automatically when the Setup Defaults the recommended mode are used With Setup Defaults loaded you can still customize various settings Clearing CMOS Under some unusual circumstances the configuration record created by the CM OS Setup utility and stored on the mainboard can become corrupted and unusable possibly leading to the board being unable to operate properly If this happens the CMOS record can be cleared by setting jumper JP2 to the clear setting for amoment and then setting it back to the N ormal setting Refer to Section 4 for more information 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 11 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5T2 A19 CHOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CHOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PHP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD OPTIMUM SETTINGS Quit Save amp Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility This is the main screen for the setup utility from which you access its various sections The function and use of each section is covered in Section 4 Reference Information INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS PC HEALTH MONITOR SUP
8. H ard disk read and write operations are executed via the main board chipset The transfer of data between the hard disk and the system takes place using one of a number of transfer modes either one of several PIO modes or UltaD MA mode Although there are several PIO M odes 0 through 4 and this mainboard supports all of them most current hard disk and CD ROM drives use either M ode 3 or 4 The greater the mode num ber the faster the transfer rate so you should use the fastest mode the device can operate at With Setup Defaults loaded in the CM OS Setup Utility the system will automatically detect the fastest mode a device can use and set it for that mode UltraD M A is another transfer method that provides even faster data transfer than PIO modes To use it you must install a drive that uses this transfer method Drives that use PIO M ode transfer can not use the UltraDM A setting The settings for drive modes are in the Integrated Peripherals section of the CM OS Setup utility The screen illustration at right shows the Setup D efaults settings 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 17 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5STR A19 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE IHC Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode SPF Auto Auto Auto Auto IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE
9. Jumper Settings Clear CMOS P2 Default Normal 2 3 Clear 12 Putcap on jumper for a moment and then remove to clear current settings P5TX Apro User s Manual 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 14 External Clock Speed 2 5X JPL 55M Hz 68 4MHz 2 6 IP IE DEZODDDDDDDDI 0 4 E 22 0 4 E 22 B57 lslelelslelels sjole s elealoia o T SOROKO nm 1 5 Slee sere EE 9 B V 21 9 B Y 21 3 0x JP1 2 6 60M Hz 75M Hz JP1 JP1 a mm BEEN 0 4 E 22 0 4 E 22 E 5 oioioinln Sie m o GEE als M SEO did SCH KO bida CU Ze dda CPU Core Voltage Vcore 2 54V 3 24V JP4 6LOMHz Internal Clock Factor 1 m 2 ve BO 0 4 B8 22 15x amp 3 5x B P OROZKO ala a H a JP1 9 EAE 10 alele ajo Se wl ol 5 6 E S B V 2l p ES POTE EET 2 84V ISCHleeloloinslnialn JP4 66MHz 1
10. Secondary Slave UDMA Auto PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Primary On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART 2 Mode Enabled 2F8 IRQ3 3F8 IRQ Quit t Select Item Standard Help PUSPD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Optimum Settings Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ You can also set the transfer CMOS Setup Utility mode for each device manu Integrated Peripherals The illustration above shows the Setup Defaults settings for this screen You can install IDE devices under these settings and the system will automat cally detect and set the best mode for each device ally although we recom mend using the default set tings unless you have a rea son notto and you know what you are doing 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 18 Installing IDE Devices The mainboard s Enhanced IDE controller supports four de vices in two channels IDE1 and IDE2 These are called the Pri mary and Secondary IDE channels Each channel supports two devices the first device is called the Master device and the second the Slave device You must configure any IDE device you install to operate as one or the other To find out how to configure the device you plan to install you should refer to the manual that comes with the device You may need to set jumpers or switches to configure it IDE Cab
11. Settings Function Jumper Settings External Speed IE 55M Hz 1 1 17 19 20 22 60MHz 1 13 17 19 18 20 61L6MHz 1 13 18 20 19 21 Default 66M Hz 9 11 17 19 18 20 68 4M Hz 9 11 18 20 19 21 75M Hz 9 11 17 19 20 22 Jumper J P1is divided into three sections Pins 1 6 9 14 17 22 separated by pinless spacers Internal Clock Factor IBE 15x amp 3 5x 13 2 4 Default 2 0x 13 4 6 215X 3 5 4 6 3 0x 3 5 2 4 Jumper J P1is divided into three sections Pins 1 6 9 14 amp 17 22 separated by pinless spacers CPU Core Voltage IEA 12 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 On Cap On 2 54V On One cap for this jumper Default 2 84V On 2 94V On 3 24V On 3 34V On Other Jumper Settings Clear CMOS P2 Default Normal 2 3 Clear 12 Putcap on jumper for a moment and then remove to clear current settings P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 5
12. Setup The CMOS Setup Utility is a program that is permanently stored in the BIOS chip on the mainboard The utility creates a system hardware configuration record that it stores in a small amount of battery supported memory on the board The BIOS uses this record to function as an interface betw een the system hardware and the operating system M ost of the settings in the CM OS Setup Utility are made automatically so you won t nor mally need to use this program You can however customize some of the operational features to suit how you prefer to use the system The screen illustrations on the next two pages show the Setup Default settings for these two sections of the utility The CMOS Setup Utility Summary in Section 4 Reference Information lists the setting options for each section of the util ity including the two noted above 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 4 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5T2 A19 BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Enabled CCOOO CFFFF Shadow Enabled DOOOO D3FFF Shadow A C SCSI D amp S000 D7FFF Shadow Swap Floppy Drive Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled DCOOO DFFFF Shadow Boot Up NumLock Status On Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Boot Up System Speed High Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate
13. additional ports and internal peripheral devices IDE 1 Primary IDE Channel A high speed serial port which can also be configured as the COM 3 port in the CM OS Setup Utility IDE 2 Secondary IDE Channel A high speed serial port which can also be configured as the COM 4 port in the CM OS Setup Utility Floppy Connector The parallel port can be configured as a Standard ECP or EPP parallel port in the CM OS Setup Utility 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 7 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5TR A19 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode SPP Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 3F8 IRQ Quit t Select Item UART 2 Mode Standard Help PUSPD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ Load Optimum Settings CMOS Setup Utility This section enables and con Integrated Peripherals figures the optional USB and This section of the setup util Infrared features ity configures the IDE and Floppy controllers and the The screen illustration shows settings for the external ports the set
14. amp Connectors The illustration above shows the location of the jumpers ports and other connectors on the mainboard u 49908 CPU Socket 7 T i Ea Floppy rr EIE Power Case Features Buc The COM1 and COM2 ports are underneath the Parallel port The USB ports and the PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse ports are stacked one above the other The Intrusion and Wakeup connectors are for signal cables that are monitored by the onboard sensor The ATX power connector is on the rightin this view Jumper Configuration Summary This section lists the jumper setting options for this mainboard The settings are listed as follows e Thetwo pins shorted by a jumper cap on a three or more pin jumper e g 1 2 or e For atwo pin jumper On if the cap isin place and Off if a cap is not in place In the jumper illustrations the Pin 1 position is shaded and the jumpers shown in a bird s eye view look like this BoE A jumper with a cap in position looks like this DES The default settings are noted in the summary tables Unless you need to upgrade the CPU disable the onboard VGA feature or upgrade the BIOS you should not need to change them P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 4 CPU Jumper
15. come with instructions on how to install it so this section covers relevant information from the mainboard side only ISA Cards amp Slots ISA expansion cards often use system resources in the form of IRQs and DMA channels N ew er cards that comply with the Plug and Play PnP standard are designed to allow the O perating Sys tem to automatically configure system resources Cards that do not support PnP may require manual configuration of both the card hardware and settings in the CM OS Setup Utility If you have a PnP compliant card to install there should be little to do other than follow the installation instructions If how ever you have anon PnP card and it requires configuring system resources you may need to review the third part of this section Configuring Expansion Card Resources In CM OS Setup 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 2 Running CMOS Setup To run the CMOS Setup utility press the Delete or the Del key while your computer is first starting up Select the PNP PCI CONFIGURATION item on the main screen and press the Enter key to open it When you are finished press the Esc key once to return to the main screen and then select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and press the Enter key to save the new configuration For more information on this see Sec tion 4 Reference Information PCI Cards amp Slots With very few exceptions any PCI expansion card you are likely to get will be Plug an Play compl
16. of the Setup program highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same as for the BIOS Features Setup screen Auto Configuration Everything on this screen except for the M emory Holeitem is set automatically when auto configuration is active If you dis able it you can set the values manually although we recommend against this Don t disable automatic configuration unless you know what you are doing The default setting is Enabled P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 26 Memory Hole At 5M 16M Some special add on cards require a 1M B address space be tween 15 and 16M B The documentation for this type of card should tell you if it needs this The default setting is Disabled To return to the main menu press the Esc key 4 Reference Information 4 27 Power Management PH Control by APH Video Off Method Video Off After Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Throttle Duty Cycle ZZ Active in Suspend UGA Active Monitor Soft Off by PWR BITH CPUFAN Off In Suspend Resume by Alarm ex Break Event From IRQ 8 Clock Event Ring In Event ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5TR A19 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE IHC Disabled Reload Global Timer Events zx Yes IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled DPHS Primary IDE 0 Disabled Suspend Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE J Disabled Disa
17. to install more memory and there are no sockets available you must remove some installed modules and replace them with the upgrade modules If you have to do this make sure to identify what type of memory is already installed In some cases there may be a mix of module types You can tell this by checking the configuration screen that appears while the computer is starting up Press the Pause key to temporarily interrupt the start up process while the screen is visible so that you have more time to read it When you re done press any key to resume Remove the lowest performance and smallest size modules and replace them with the upgrade 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 9 Installing A CPU Upgrade If you are installing this mainboard it will not have a CPU installed unless your vendor installed one when you purchased the board If the mainboard is installed in a system there will already be a CPU installed In either case the information and procedure for installing a CPU is the same Since the more likely scenario is that you are installing an upgrade this section assumes that is what you are doing The Basic Procedure To install a CPU on this mainboard you need to set up the board for a specific CPU by doing the follow ing e Set the External Clock Speed e Set the Clock M ultiplier Factor e Set the CPU Voltage You configure the CPU settings by adjusting jumper settings on the board In order to do this you will nee
18. to the Manual setting See the next page ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5STR A19 PHP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC No PCI IDE IRQ Map To Auto Disabled PCI AUTO Primary IDE INT A Secondary IDE INT B Tu Select Item p PUSPD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Optimum Settings If you install an Operating Sys tem that supports Plug and Play such as Windows95 you should set the first line PNP OS Installed to Yes 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 4 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5T4 A19 PHP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC Ho PCI IDE IRQ Map To PCI AUTO Hanual Primary IDE INT A Disabled Secondary IDE INT B Used MEM base addr PHP OS Installed z Resources Controlled By Reset Configuration Data PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP assigned to N A assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to t Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Optimum Settings Quit CMOS Setup Utility If you are installing a legacy PnP PCI Configuration When Resources Cont
19. you are unfamiliar with Acrobat Reader please take a mo ment to view the Reader Online Guide which is available under the Help menu when you run Reader The READ M E filein the M anual directory on the Support CD explains what to do if you need to view this document under an OS other than Windows95 L Package amp Product Information 12 Ze g F gt Manual Features The online version of this manual provides some additional navigation features not available in a conventional print docu ment You can click on entries in the Table of Contents and jump to that location in the manual In addition there are buttons at various points in the manual that are shortcuts to the topic dis played on the button This manual also uses some icons to call your attention to important information The icons appear in the sidebar and rep resent the following e Important information e A recommendation or good idea e A warning or bad idea e Danger warning If You Have The Printed Manual Obviously it is not possible to provide the additional naviga tion features in print form In order that you can still find things with relative ease where appropriate we have noted the loca tions of additional information referred to IE Package amp Product Information 13 Documentation Versions If you received this manual stored on a CD Support Disk you will also have received a printed Quick Installation Guide If you have the pri
20. 110 20 133 50 ZIN CPU Model rr 6x86 P166 GP 6x86 6x86L B3MHz 3 52V 028 Core Voltage Range Midpoint 3 3V 3 52V 2 5V VCC Specification Full spec 3 15V 3 7V C spec 16 3 5V 3 45V C spec 028 3 4V 3 7V 4 Reference Information 4 11 System Memory Specifications The memory subsystem on this mainboard has three 168 pin DIMM sockets The sockets function independently and can use either EDO DRAM or SDRAM 3 3 Volt modules Single or double sided modules from 8M B to 128M B are supported up to a total memory capacity of 256M B Memory Configurations You can install any combination of module sizes as long as you follow these requirements e All modules must be 3 3 Volt e All modules have same operating speed e g 60ns Other than these requirements there is no limitation on the variety of combinations so they are not listed here We recom mend using one type of DRAM either EDO or Synchronous SDRAM is faster than EDO Note It is possible to install more memory than the board supports Do not install more than 256M B on this mainboard the system will ignore additional memory 4 Reference Information 4 2 CMOS Setup Utility Summary This section explains the entries in the CM OS Setup Utility program This utility is permanently stored on the BIOS chip on the mainboard It creates a record of the mainboard s and some system configuration information and stor
21. 40 pin connector connects to 2 device cable End device is Secondary M aster middle is Slave J10 Case Features Connects to case features Pin 13 Power On LED Pin 4 5 Suspend Switch Pin 6 8 Suspend LED Pin 9 10 Reset Switch Pin 11 12 Keyboard Lock Pin 13 16 Speaker Pin 17 18 Hard Disk LED Pin 19 20 Power Switch ja USB Port 1 Port 2 Stacked Universal Serial Bus ports ID FIR header optional Connects to optional Fast IR infrared module cable ER IrDA header Connects to optional IrDA infrared module cable IBU CPU Fan power Connect to green cooling fan power cable II Intrusion Detector Connects to chassis intrusion cable ID Modem Ring Wake up Connects to internal modem for system wake up on modem ring PS1 ATX Power Connects to 20 pin ATX power supply lead PS2 AT Power Connects to standard power supply leads P8 and P9 P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 7 J 10 Case Features Connector bed 4 5 6 8 Be HP B 16 7 18 19 20 Pin 13 Power On LED Pin 4 5 Suspend Switch Pin 6 8 Suspend LED Pin 9 10 Reset Switch Pin 11 12 Keyboard Lock Pin 3 16 Speaker Pin 17 18 Hard Disk LED Pin 19 20 Power Switch Supported CPUs This mainboard can use CPUs from Intel
22. 6 6MHz 2 0 K6 PR200 200M Hz 66 6MHz 3 0 PR233 233M Hz 66 6MHz 215 CPU Jumper Tables amp Illustrations The next few pages show the CPU jumper settings The set tings are listed in the tables as follows e Where two pins are shorted connected by a jumper cap on a three or more pin jumper the shorted pins are listed e g 1 2 or e Foratwo pin jumper On if the cap isin place and Off if the cap is not in place In the jumper illustrations the Pin 1 position is shaded and the jumpers shown in a bird s eye view look like this JaJa A jumper with a cap in position looks like this D The default settings are noted in the tables P5TX Apro User s Manual 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 3 CPU Jumper Settings Function Jumper Settings External Speed SE 55M Hz 1 13 17 19 20 22 60MHz 1 13 17 19 18 20 61L6MHz 1 13 18 20 19 21 Default 66MHz 9 11 17 19 18 20 68 4MHz 9 11 18 20 19 21 75MHz 9 11 17 19 20 22 Jumper J P1is divided into three sections Pins 1 6 9 14 17 22 separated by pinless spacers Internal Clock Factor IEE BK 615 5 13 2 4 Default 2 0x 13 4 6 2 5X 3 5 4 6 3 0x 3 5 2 4 Jumper J P1is divided into three sections Pins 1 6 9 14 amp 17 22 separated by pinless spacers CPU Core Voltage IEA 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 On Cap On 2 54V On One cap for this jumper Default 2 84V On 2 94V On 3 24V On 3 34V On Other
23. C Mon May 19 1997 7 z 7 lt 5p TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Auto Hone Hone Hone 5 in Base Memory Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Extended Memory Video EGA UGA Other Memory 512K Halt On All Errors Total Memory 512K ESC Quit F1 Help Note Due to a technical limitation in producing the illustration of this screen the memory fig ures shownare notstandard Your system will display the figures for the memory in stalled on the mainboard a Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Change Color Standard CMOS Setup To enter this section highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key The screen above will appear Menu Commands If you look at the lower portion of the screen illustration you ll see a section that lists the control commands for this level of the program You execute a command by pressing the key for that command The program commands are Quit This command will close the Setup program when you press the ESC key Help This displays information about the highlighted item when you press the F10 key P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 17 Select Item You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move around the screen and select amenu item An item is highlighted when it is selected Change Color You can change the program color scheme by pressing Shift F2 M odify To change the setting of a h
24. CONFIGURATION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD OPTIMUM SETTINGS Quit Save amp Exit Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5T2 A19 CHOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS PC HEALTH MONITOR SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING oa Select Item Shift F2 Change Color P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 14 Menu Commands If you look at the lower portion of the screen illustration you ll see a section that lists the control commands for this level of the program You execute a command by pressing the key for that command The program commands are Quit This command will close the Setup program when you press the ESC key Save amp Exit Setup This will save the current settings and close the Setup pro gram when you press the F10 key Select Item You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move around the screen and select a menu item An item is highlighted when it is selected Change Color Change the program color scheme by pressing Shift F2 The section at the bottom of the screen displays a brief expla nation of a highlighted menu item s function There are six main sections to the Setup program e Standard CM OS Setup Date time disk drive video display and error handling e BIOS Features Setup System customization features and video display settings e Chipset Features Setup Chipset settings memory confi
25. Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Hsec 250 Security Option Setup PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Hon 0 2 Quit t Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Optimum Settings CMOS Setup Utility BIOS Features Setup This section of the setup util ity allows you to configure some system features includ ing Virus Warning Boot Se quence and Security Option Virus Warning When enabled monitors the primary hard disk boot sec tor and warns of any attempt to write to it Boot Sequence Controls the order in which the system checks disk drives for a boot disk Security Option Sets the level of password protection for the system 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 5 Power Management PH Control by APH Video Off Method Video Off After Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Throttle Duty Cycle ZZ Active in Suspend UGA Active Monitor Soft Off by PWR BTTH CPUFAH Off In Suspend Resume by Alarm ex Break Event From IRQ 8 Clock Event Ring In Event CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup This section of the setup util ity allows you to configure the power managementfeatures supported by the BIOS These can also operate in tandem with Operating System power management features ROM PCI ISA BIOS CPSTR A19 POWER MHAHAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Disabled Se Reload Global Timer Yes IR0 3 7 9 15 HHI DPM
26. ERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING a Select Item Shift F2 Change Color Flashing The BIOS This mainboard uses the Award BIOS The BIOS is stored on a programmable flash memory chip on the mainboard U pdates to the BIOS can be installed by installing anew BIOS file on the flash chip which replaces the existing one You do this using softw are that comes on the Support Disk There is an explana tion of how to install a BIOS update in a readme text file in cluded with the program Bus Master Drivers This mainboard comes with software drivers for various O p erating Systems that enable the PCI controller to operate in Bus Master mode The drivers are on the Support Disk The included readme file has information on the drivers and installation in formation 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 1 In This Section Installing Expansion Cards Adding System Memory Installing A CPU Upgrade Adding An IDE Peripheral Reconfiguring Your Mainboard This section explains how to install new hardware on your mainboard It covers installing expansion cards adding system memory changing the CPU and installing additional IDE periph eral devices such as a hard disk ora CD ROM drive Installing Expansion Cards There are seven expansion card slots on the mainboard three ISA slots and four PCI slots When you get an expansion card it will
27. Optimum Settings Reload Global Timer Events The system will restart the power saving count down when an event generates from any of the items in this section that are set to Enabled The defaults are shown above Power Supply Type This line indicates the type of power supply connected to the mainboard The default setting AT X enables the system to make use of ATX power supply features such as the Soft O ff feature noted in this section The other option is PS 2 for a standard pow er supply When you are finished in this section press the Esc key to return to the main menu 4 Reference Information 4 34 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5STR A19 PHP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PHP OS Installed No PCI IDE IRQ Map To PCI AUTO Resources Controlled By Auto Primary IDE INT A Reset Configuration Data Disabled Secondary IDE INT B Quit Tu Select Item Help PUSPD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Optimum Settings ENE PCI Configuration To enter this section of the Setup program highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same as for the BIOS Features Setup screen 4 Reference Information 4 35 PHP OS Installed Resources Controlled By Manual Configuration Data Reset IRQ 3 IRQ 4 assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned a
28. P5TX Apro Mainboard User s Manual Version 2 0 Copyright M ay 1997 All rights reserved Portions copyright Electronic Publishing Services from D elta Projects Ltd This publication may not becopied reproduced translated transmitted or reduced to any printed or electronic medium or to any machine readable form or stored in a retrieval system either in whole or in part without the written consent of the copyright holders The contents of this publication are subject to change The manufacturer reserves the right to alter the contents of this publication at any time and without notice The contents of this publica tion may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors and is supplied for informational use only Products are noted in this publication for identification purposes only M icrosoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of M icrosoft Corporation Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation All other product names or brands may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders P5TX Apro User s Manual Table Of Contents I r P5TX Apro Package amp Product Information sa 1 1 About This Et TE 1 1 Acrobat Document Tt 1 1 Manual EEan ekaia iaio aa 1 2 Package Contents anas ao asai 1 3 Component Information AEA 1 6 Expansion Cards EE 1 6 Memory Sockets Aa UE 1 7 CPU Socket amp CPU EE 1 7 Port amp galaz dg aillegau 1 7 2 Using Your Mainboard E 2 1 Systeri galara zs dast asu E ETE Eaa
29. S Primary IDE 0 Suspend Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE O Disable Secondary IDE 1 Disable Floppy Disk Disable Serial Port Disable Parallel Port 62 5 Disabled Power Supplier Type Enabled Delay 4 Sec Enabled Disabled Quit t Events e Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled ATR Select Item Help PUSPD Modify Suspend Old Values CShift F2 Color Disabled Load BIOS Defaults Enabled Load Optimum Settings You can use the Min Saving or Max Saving defaultmodes or you can configure the power managementfeatures individually in the User Define mode 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 6 Hardware Features This section is a brief overview of information about the mainboard s hardware features that connect to external devices Onboard Ports There are five external ports on the mainboard These are ports standard to most personal computers COM 1 Serial Port A high speed serial port which can also be configured as the COM 3 port in the CM OS Setup Utility COM 2 Serial Port A high speed serial port which can also be configured as the COM 4 port in the CM OS Setup Utility Parallel Port The parallel port can be configured as a Standard ECP or EPP parallel port in the CM OS Setup Utility PS 2 Keyboard Port amp PS 2 M ouse Port stacked USB ports two ports stacked Connectors There are several connectors on the mainboard for connecting
30. TAAA 2 1 Hardware Controls elen 2 1 CMOS Setup Utlity CONTOIS EAEE 2 3 Hardwar Gida 2 6 Onboard POTS e tina n 2 6 KEREN 2 6 Optional Hardware e alie 2 9 Firmware amp Software desas esis rata rade 2 10 How To Use The CM OS Setup Utility sav ii k aaa 2 10 Clearing CM EE 2 10 Flashing The E 2 2 SUE AEA a 2 2 P5TX Apro User s Manual Table Of Contents IV 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard aaa aa 3 1 Installing Expansion ezla 3 1 ISA TS amp Slots sii d nis 3 1 Configuring Expansion Card Resources In CMOS Setup a 3 2 Adding System Aula 3 6 Memory A Relaise TE 3 6 Installing A CPU UP9f d s ccicccivcnicssstsrovesessaosascasuneeddnks balasta 3 9 The Basic Procedure ciinja 3 9 Configuring External Clock Speed amp Factor o 3 10 ontig ring CPU aleta SA 3 10 GPU luuten EE 3 2 Adding An ISa deiat 3 6 IDE Transfer Modes ui ina da 3 16 Installing IDE Devices sist 3 18 4 P5TX Apro Reference Information ss 4 1 Using THIS Section r r nested ba di 4 1 Jumper Configuration SU A eNA 4 3 Supported CPUS geegent 4 8 Interpreting CPU Markings asie ksant na 4 9 System M emory SPECIICATIONS OA 4 1 Memory Configurations E 4 1 Aeta el eai aura e 4 2 Using the CMOS Setup E E 4 2 Accessing The CMOS Setup Utility EE 4 12 Standard CMOS zaa 4 16 BIOS Features NEE 4 20 Chipset ge ueta daaa again gai 4 25 Power Management EE 4 27 PNP PCI Configura UOM aitatiar 4 34 PC Health MONOT EE 4 42 E Package amp P
31. ake them work properly The avail able settings are PCI AUTO default ISA PCI SLOT1 PCI SLOT2 PCI SLOT3 PCI SLOT4 If you set this option to ISA both the Primary IDE INT and Secondary IDE INT options below it will not appear on the screen Primary Secondary IDE INT These define the primary secondary IDE INT of a PCI IDE card The setting options are A Primary IDE INT default B Secondary IDE INT default C D When you are finished you can press the Esc key to return to the main menu P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 37 Load BIOS Defaults To use this command highlight it in the main menu and press Enter A message will appear asking if you want to load the BIOS Defaults Press the Y key and then the Enter key The BIOS de fault settings will load Press the N key if you want to cancel This loads a set of troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM The settings are not optimal and turn off all the performance features Standard CM OS Setup is not affected by this command Load Optimized Settings To use this command highlight it in the main menu and press Enter A message will appear asking if you want to load the O p timized Settings Press the Y key and then the Enter key The optimized default settings will load Press the N key if you want to cancel This loads aset of optimized default values permanently st
32. ble Secondary IDE 1 Disabled Disable Floppy Disk Disabled Disable Serial Port Disabled Disable Parallel Port Disabled 62 5 Disabled Power Supplier Type ATR Enabled Delay 4 Sec Enabled Disabled Quit t Select Item Help PU PD Modify Suspend Old Values Shift F2 Color Disabled Load BIOS Defaults Enabled Load Optimum Settings Power Management Setup To enter this section of the Setup program highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same as for the BIOS Features Setup screen P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 28 What Power Management Does Power management lets you set up your computer to save electricity when it is not actively in use by putting the system into progressively greater pow er saving modes In the power man agement scheme there are four system states which proceed in the following sequence Normal Doze Standby Suspend Power Management This controls the entire power management scheme There are four settings User Defined You set the power saving options manually Disable Turns off all power management M ax Saving M aximizes power saving by activating maximum power sav ing settings after one minute of system inactivity M in Saving Produces less power saving by activating moderate power sav ing settings after one hour of system ina
33. board for optional ports These require optional external port hardware IR Ports There is one standard and one optional connector on the main board which support an IR infrared port module that enables wireless communication between the computer and other com puters and devices with an infrared port The default IR connec tor J13 is for SIR and the optional J12 connector is for Fast IR The port module is an optional component If it is installed you must set the UART 2 line in the Integrated Peripherals sec tion of the CM OS Setup utility to the appropriate IR mode used by the module 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 10 Firmware amp Software The mainboard hardware is supported by both firmware and software components Firmware is software that is stored on a chip on the board rather than on disk media The firmware component you interface with on this main board is the CM OS Setup Utility This utility establishes various settings used by the BIOS the basic software that is an interface between the system hardware and software The softw are component is comprised of software drivers that support the PCI IDE controller and some of the other hardware features How To Use The CMOS Setup Utility TheCM OS Setup Utility options are listed in detail in Section 4 Reference Information This section is just a brief explanation of how to run the program to adjust settings as noted in this and the next section To run the
34. ce Information 4 23 Swap Floppy Drive This switches the floppy drive assignments so that drive A is treated as drive B and drive B as drive A under DOS The de fault setting is Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status This item allows you to select which mode the numeric key pad on an IBM compatible extended keyboard is set to when the computer boots up The options are On Numeric keypad mode Default Off Cursor control mode Security Option This sets when password protection is active The two op tions are System Password required at bootup Setup Password controls access to Setup utility You create a password using the Password Setting option in the main menu If no password is set the system ignores this item P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 24 PCI VGA Palette Snoop If your video display card has an M PEG card attached to the feature connector the display may invert to black on white while booting If this happens set this line to Enabled to correct the problem The default setting is Disabled OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB If your system has more than 64M B of system memory in stalled and you are using the O S 2 operating system set this to the O S2 setting The default setting Non OS2 is for all other operating systems Video BIOS Shadow This copies the video display card BIOS into system DRAM to increase display speed and is required for system perf
35. ctivity PM Control By APM When this is set to Yes the Advanced Power M anagement fea ture in M icrosoft Windows controls power management opera tion The default setting is No P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 29 Video Off Method This governs monitor power saving by controlling how power management blanks the monitor screen The default setting blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning and re quires a monitor with green features If you don t have this type of monitor use the Blank option DPMS Display Power M anagement System allows the BIOS to control the video dis play card if the card has the DPM S feature V H SYNC Blank Default Blank Non green monitor less saving DPMS Display card must support DPMS Video Off After This governs when the video display gets turned off The op tions are Suspend Off after system enters Suspend mode Standby Off after system enters Standby mode Doze Off after system enters Doze mode N A No display shut off P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 30 Doze Mode This sets the period of system inactivity after which the sys tem goes into Doze mode the most limited power saving state The settings range from 1 minute to 1 hour and can be set manu ally when power management is in User Define mode The de fault setting is Disabled When the system goes into power sav ing mode power ma
36. d to know some information about the CPU you plan to install This should be provided by the CPU vendor or by the vendor you buy the chip from You ll need the following information e CPU Internal Clock Speed e CPU Voltage The internal clock speed is the speed the CPU operates at to process data and is the one used by CPU manufacturers to indi cate the speed of the chip for example a133M Hz Intel Pentium The CPU also has an external clock speed which is the speed at which it interacts with external components CPU voltage may either be the same internally and externally or it may be split depending on the CPU design Some proces sors use one voltage for the core Vcore and another for input output Vio 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 10 Configuring External Clock Speed amp Factor To configure the board for a CPU s internal clock speed you have to set the external clock speed Sometimes referred to as the bus speed and the clock factor so that the result is the internal clock speed of the CPU you are installing For example the de fault setting for these is 66 6M HZ external clock x 2 0 clock factor 133 2M Hz or an effective setting of 133M Hz Since the internal clock speed the CPU is supposed to operate at is fixed the two factors external clock and clock factor are the variables The CPU manufacturer or vendor s information should tell you what these factors should be P Rated CPUs C
37. date and time by setting this line to Enabled When enabled two more lines appear to allow you to set the wake up date and time Thedateis a day within the current calendar month The screen on the next page illustrates this The default setting is Disabled Break Event From Suspend The two lines in this section control whether the system will wake up if either of the events noted occur The defaults are shown on the screen illustration on the next page 4 Reference Information 4 33 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5STR A19 POWER MAHAGEMEHT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Disabled Se Reload Global Timer Events zx Yes IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled DPHS Primary IDE 0 Disabled Suspend Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE O Disabled Disable Secondary IDE 1 Disabled Disable Floppy Disk Disabled Disable Serial Port Disabled Disable Parallel Port Disabled 62 52 Disabled Power Supplier Type ATR Enabled Delay 4 Sec Enabled Enabled 0 Quit t Select Item a 0 0 Help PUSPD Modify uspend Old Values Shift F2 Color Disabled Load BIOS Defaults Power Management PH Control by APH Video Off Method Video Off After Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Throttle Duty Cycle ZZ Active in Suspend UGA Active Monitor Soft Off by PWR BITH CPUFAN Off In Suspend Resume by Alarm DateCof Month Alarm TimeC hh mm ss Alarm ex Break Event From IRQ 8 Clock Event Ring In Event Cee Gee nu ee ee ee eee ee eee eee Enabled Load
38. e amp Product Information 16 Component Information This section is a brief description of the components on the mainboard that you might need to know about if you want to upgrade or change your system configuration If your mainboard is already installed in a system it isn t necessary for you to re view this section This mainboard uses the AT X form factor a design that inte grates many features onto the board including some number of external ports Expansion Cards amp Slots The mainboard has seven expansion slots for system expan sion or add on cards Three of them are ISA slots the other four are PCI slots When you get an expansion card it must use one of these to connect to the computer The ISA expansion slots are a legacy of the original IBM PC AT design They are 16 bit slots that run at a moderate bus speed There are many kinds of expansion cards that use this slot design to connect to the computer some of the most common being sound and modem cards PCI slots are the current high speed 32 bit standard for sys tem expansion cards They operate at a faster speed and have a greater data throughput than ISA cards Expansion cards often make use of system resources which requires managing the system resource configuration M ost newer expansion cards support the Plug and Play standard that allows an Operating System like Windows95 to automatically detect them and configure system resourc
39. e Duty Cycle This line sets the percentage by which the CPU speed is cut back when power saving initiates The settings are 62 5 Default 15 87 5 2 5 25 37 5 50 ZZ Active In Suspend This item puts the cache controller into sleep mode when the system is in Suspend mode to achieve additional power saving The default setting is Disabled the option is Enabled VGA Active M onitor When this line is set to the default Enabled the system will not initiate pow er saving while there is display activity The other option is Disabled P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 32 Soft Off By PWR BTTN This line controls the function of a power switch attached to the PWR ON pins 19 amp 20 of the J10 Case Features connector When set to the default you must press the power switch for four seconds or more to turn the system off Pressing it for less than four seconds will put the system into Suspend mode If your system has a separate Suspend switch you can set this to Instant Off and the power switch will only function to turn the system on and off Delay 4 Sec Default Instant Off CPU Fan Off In Suspend In the default Enabled setting when a CPU Fan is connected to one of the fan power connectors on the mainboard the fan will turn off when the system is in Suspend mode The other option is Disabled Resume By Alarm You can set the system to wake up at a certain
40. e type of display card in your sys tem This should normally be left on EGA VGA The options are EGA VGA Mono for Hercules or MDA CGA 40 CGA 80 Error Handling The last line Halt On sets when the system stops if an error occurs The options are All Errors Default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key When you are finished in this section exit to the main menu screen by pressing the Esc key 4 Reference Information 4 20 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5T2 A19 BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow External Cache Enabled CCOOO CFFFF Shadow Quick Power On Self Test Enabled DOOOO D3FFF Shadow Boot Sequence A C SCSI D4000 D7FFF Shadow Swap Floppy Drive Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled DCOOO DFFFF Shadow Boot Up NumLock Status On Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Boot Up System Speed High Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Hsec 250 Security Option Setup PCI UGA Palette Snoop Disabled OS Select For DRAM gt 64HMB Hon 0 2 Quit t Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Optimum Settings BIOS Features Setup To enter this section of the Setup program highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key
41. econdary PCI controllers Selecting Disabled releases IRQ 14 Enabled default Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO These four lines set the hard disk PIO transfer mode which affects the hard disk data transfer rate The system will auto detect the PlO mode of a device in any of these positions when they are set to Auto the recommended setting Alternatively you can set the mode manually M odes 0 to 4 are supported Primary Master Master Slave UltaDMA These four lines enable hard disk UltraDM A transfer mode which requires a drive that supports this data transfer method The system will auto detect an UltraD M A device in any of these four positions when they are set to Auto the recommended setting The other setting is Disabled You can leave these set to Auto without effect if there are no UltraDM A devices installed USB Keyboard Support Enables or Disables support for aU SB keyboard Enable this if you connect a USB keyboard The default is Disabled P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 40 Onboard FDD Controller Enables or Disables the onboard Floppy Drive controller Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Sets the I O address for serial ports 1 amp 2 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard serial port COM 1default 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard serial port COM2 default 3E8 IRO4 2E8 IRO3 Disabled UART 2 Mode Sets mode for the second serial port UART If you select an IR module
42. es as needed Some older ISA designs may not support this standard and may therefore require manual configuration You should consult the specifications or documentation for acard to determine if this is the case and what needs do be done to properly configure the card E Package amp Product Information 17 Memory Sockets amp Modules There are three memory module sockets on the mainboard They use 168 pin DIMM memory modules The sockets func tion independently of each other This mainboard has a very flex ible memory design that allows the use of a variety of memory options up to a total of 256M B There is more information about this in Adding System M emory section of Section 3 Reconfiguring Your M ainboard CPU Socket amp CPU The Socket 7 CPU socket supports the full range of Pentium class CPUs including MM X Pentiums Installing a CPU in the socket is easy The lever at the side of the socket latches the CPU in place when it is down and releases it when raised If you want to install a CPU upgrade or are installing a CPU on the board for the first time please refer to Installing a CPU in Section 3 Reconfiguring Your M ainboard Port amp Controller Connections This mainboard has two external Serial ports a Parallel port two USB Universal Serial Bus ports and both a PS 2 type key board and mouse port built onto the board There are also sev eral connectors built onto the board There are connectors
43. es it in battery sup ported memory on the mainboard This record must be intact and accurate in order for the mainboard to operate After a brief explanation of how to operate the utility there is a summary of the entries and options for all sections of the util ity Under normal conditions once your system is set up you should have little or no need to use this utility Using the CMOS Setup Utility This mainboard uses the Award system BIOS It is stored in a Flash ROM memory chip on the mainboard The BIOS uses a softw are program also stored on the same chip to create a sys tem configuration record which is saved in a small amount of special CM OS memory on the mainboard Accessing The CMOS Setup Utility When you turn on your computer a message appears on the screen indicating you can run the Setup program by pressing the D el key it s on the keypad The message appears after the PO ST Power On Self Test If you want to run Setup but you don t respond in time before the message disappears you can reset the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt Delete keys at the same time or by pushing the system Reset button The message will then reappear After you press the Del or Delete key the program menu screen will appear displaying the Setup utility section names and some command instructions 4 Reference Information 4 B STANDARD CHOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PHP PCI
44. faster than EDO Note It is possible to install more memory than the board supports Do not install more than 256M B on this mainboard the system will ignore additional memory 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 7 bo D gt H p KE rere DIMM Sockets The picture above shows the memory module sockets in detail The sockets are num bered DIMM 1to DIMM 3 start ing from the top socketin the picture Modules press into place and are held in position bya retaining clamp at each end of the socket When you want to remove a module press down on the retaining clamps to push the module out of the socket P5TX Apro User s Manual cr 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 8 Installing Memory Modules To install a DIMM module look at the module and note the position of the shorter section of the connector edge that plugs into the DIMM socket Note the position of the shorter section of the socket Orient the module so that these match and press the module into the socket at a 90 angle The retaining clamps at each end of the socket will rotate upwards automatically to se cure the module in place M odules are designed so that they will only insert in one ori entation If you have trouble inserting the connector edge of the module into the socket it may be oriented the wrong way Turn the module around and try again You shouldn t need to force it If All Sockets Are Occupied If you want
45. for four IDE devices in two channels and for two floppy disk drives There are also connectors on the board for some system case features CPU and other cooling fans and some other hardware features Details about these connectors are in Section 4 Reference In formation P5TX Apro User s Manual 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 1 In This Section System Controls Hardware Features Firmware amp Software Using Your Mainboard This section covers the following topics e System Controls amp Indicators e Hardware Features e Firmware amp Software They go over the system control features and status indicators that derive from the mainboard and explain the software that comes with or is built into the mainboard System Controls There are two topics in this section a explanation of the hard ware controls and status indicators that connect from the main board to your system case and some information about the parts of the CM OS Setup Utility that allow you customize some sys tem features Hardware Controls amp Indicators There are some control features and status indicators that con nect from the mainboard to your system case which is some times called the Enclosure or Chassis These are e Power Switch e Power Status Indicator e Suspend Switch e Suspend Status Indicator e Reset Switch e Hard Disk Drive Activity Indicator e Keyboard Lock All of these case features connect to the ma
46. guration feature for special ized add on cards and VGA memory configuration e Power Management Setup Sets up the green power management features e PNP PCI Configuration PCI expansion slot and system resource settings P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 15 e Load BIOS Defaults Loads minimum settings from the BIOS ROM e Load Optimum Settings Loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM e Integrated Peripherals Settings for the IDE channels and onboard ports e PC Health Monitor Monitoring sensor settings and readings The other main menu items interact w ith these main sections e Supervisor Password amp User Password Sets a system password which is configured by the Security Option item in BIOS Features Setup e IDEHDD Auto Detection Automatically detects the drive parameters of any installed ID E hard disk drives and enters them automatically in the Stan dard CM OS Setup e Save amp Exit Setup Saves the current settings and exits the program e Exit Without Saving Discards any changes made during the current session and exits the program To enter a section of the Setup program highlight the menu item and press the Enter key 4 Reference Information 4 16 Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss HARD DISKS Primary Master Primary Slave S Secondary Master Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44H 3 Drive B None ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5STXZ A19 STANDARD CHOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE IN
47. iant If you are using an O perating System that supports PnP such as Windows 95 you should be able to follow the installation instructions that come with the card and have the O perating System automatically rec ognize and configure the card The four PCI slots on the mainboard all have Bus M aster Capability For installed PCI cards to use this feature an O perat ing System specific Bus M aster software driver that comes with this mainboard must be installed under your O perating System These drivers are located on the Support Disk There is more information about them later in this section Configuring Expansion Card Resources In CMOS Setup TheCM OS Setup Utility which is covered in detail in Section 4 Reference Information has a section called PN P PCI Configu ration The default settings in this section allow the Operating System to automatically configure IRQ resources for PnP com pliant ISA and PCI Cards If you need to install anon PnP card you will need to config ure any IRQ and DMA settings manually both on the card and in the CM OS Setup Utility The following three pages show how to do this 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 3 PHP OS Installed Resources Controlled By Reset Configuration Data CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configuration This is the default screen for this section when Setup De faults are loaded If you need to manually configure the IRQ settings set the first item on the screen
48. ighlighted selection you can press either the Page Up PU and Page Down PD keys or the Plus and M inus keys Pressing a key once will switch to the next setting option for the selected item If your mainboard is already installed in aworking system the proper entries are already entered on this screen and you shouldn t change them except for adjusting the Date and Time entries if necessary Date amp Time The first two lines on the screen are the date and time settings for the system clock Hard Disk Type amp Parameters Use the IDE HDD Auto Detection feature to automatically enter the drive parameters of IDE hard disk drives in these fields If you have only SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system leave the settings here at N one Only hard disk information needs to be entered here Other IDE devices do not use this For an IDE hard drive you should set the entry to Auto and the BIOS will automatically detect all drive information needed You can use the IDE HDD Auto Detection utility described later to supervise the auto detection process If you want to do this leave the drive set to None You can also enter specifications manually by using the User option P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 18 Large Hard Disk Modes The last of the drive parameter entries M ode has four op tions Normal LBA Large and Auto The M ode settings are for IDE hard disks only
49. inboard via con nector strip J10 Not all system cases have all of these features so your system may not have all of them The functions and op tions for these are shown in the table on the next page P5TX Apro User s Manual 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 2 Hardware Control amp Indicator Connectors Feature J 10 Pins Function Power Status LED 13 When lighted indicates that system is turned on Pin E Pin 2 Pin 3 Suspend Switch 4 5 Puts the system into Suspend state under Operating Systems that support this power management feature Suspend LED 6 8 When lighted indicates the system is suspended Pin T Pin 2 Pin 3 Reset Switch 9 10 Pressing the Reset switch restarts the system Keyboard Lock DD Disables keyboard via a lock mounted on front panel of the case Speaker B 16 Connects to the PC speaker mounted on the system case Pini HDD Activity LED 17 18 Flashes when hard disk drive is active Pin tt Pin 2 Power Switch 19 20 Turns the system power on and off Default sets this to dual function as power and suspend switch Press once for Suspend hold for gt 4 seconds for Off To set as Power only change Setting in the Power Management section of the CMOS Setup utility 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 3 CMOS Setup Utility Controls Two sections of the CM OS Setup Utility allow you to config ure how some of your system s features work These are e BIOS Features Setup e Power M anagement
50. items as in the Warning M essage list The last line System Status indicates the current evaluation of the system state in terms of the monitored items listed Under normal conditions it will display OK as the system status If there is a problem a warning will appear P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 44 Password Setting To use this command highlight it in the main menu and press Enter A message will appear prompting you to enter a password Type in a password The password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters Press Enter when you finish typing in the password If you typed in a password the message Confirm Password will appear Confirm the password by typing it again and press ing Enter The message box will close If you decide you don t want to set a password after you acti vate this command or if you want to eliminate an existing pass word press Enter without typing anything else The message Passw ord Disabled will appear and the message box will close When you set a password the Security Option line in BIOS Features Setup controls when the password is required You can set the option to require the password when the system boots up or when calling up the CM OS Setup utility The mainboard ships with no password IDE HDD Auto Detection When you install an IDE hard drive you can use this feature to automatically detect the drive parameters and e
51. les The mainboard comes with one IDE ribbon cable to connect two devices to the mainboard If you need to install devices on the second channel you will need to get another IDE cable These are a standard and inexpensive item that you can generally find at any computer supply store O ne edge of the cable is colored to indicate the Pin 1 side When you connect the cable to the main board and a device you must orient the cable so that this colored edge is at the Pin 1 side of the connector you are attaching it to The mainboard IDE connectors have an orientation cut out to ensure correct orientation and the supplied cable has an orienta tion tab on the side of the connector Some IDE cables do not have this tab and therefore are not forced to use the correct orien tation You should check that any cable you buy has orientation tabs on the side of the connectors If you get a cable that does not have them make sure the cable is correctly oriented when you attach it to the board and the device 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 19 IDE cables have three connectors on them one at each end and one in between closer to one of the ends When you install a device on the second channel attach the lone end to the ID E2 connector on the mainboard The two connectors that are closer to each other are for connecting to IDE devices The connector on theend is forthe M aster device and the connector in the middle is for the Slave device IDE De
52. n on the side of the cable connector which prevents attaching the cable incorrectly Please check the section on Installing IDE De vices for more information ELO ST D lan D EO D P5TX Apro User s Manual 2 E E 1 ti 4 E U LJ M 1 Package amp Product Information 15 Intrusion O COM2 him o D Parallel USB Port COM1 KB Mouse ISA Slots 3 PCI Slo Bo col O O Fan Power 49908 i CPU Socket 7 T Lea ee D o D D ale wer D D B Fan Power Floppy Fr BE me CH perrss P5TX Apro Layout The illustration above shows the connectors sockets and ports and the mainboard Case Features The COM1 and COM2 ports are underneath the Parallel port The USB ports and the PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse ports are stacked one above the other The Intrusion and Wake up connectors are for signal cables that are monitored by the onboard sensor The ATX power connector is on the right in this view IE Packag
53. nagement will skip to the next mode in the sequence if this is disabled Standby Mode This sets the period of system inactivity after which the sys tem goes into Standby mode the intermediate pow er saving state The settings range from 1 minute to 1 hour and can be set manu ally when power management is in User Define mode The de fault setting is Disabled When the system goes into power sav ing mode power management will skip to the next mode in the sequence if this is disabled Suspend Mode This sets the period of system inactivity after which the sys tem goes into Suspend mode the maximum power saving state The settings range from 1 minute to 1 hour and can be set manu ally when power management is in User Define mode The de fault setting is Disabled When the system goes into power sav ing mode power management will skip to the next mode in the sequence if this is disabled HDD Power Down This shuts down IDE hard disks that support a power saving mode after a specified time period The settings range from 1 to 15 minutes and can be set manually when power management is in User Define mode HDD Power Down does not affect SCSI hard disks The default setting is Disabled P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 31 The system automatically resumes from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as keyboard activity or an IRQ wake up event like mouse movement or a modem ring Throttl
54. nted version the Support Disk may notbea CD If so the manual and Acrobat folders will not be on the disk Package Contents The P5TX Apro mainboard package contains the following items as noted in the Quick Installation Guide which comes with the CD Documentation version of the mainboard We ve listed them here again for your convenience Please inspect the package contents and confirm that everything is there If any thing is missing or damaged call your vendor for instructions before proceeding The package includes e P5TX Apro Mainboard e Cable Pack 1 Floppy Controller Cable 1 IDE Controller Cable e Support Disk Driver Files Folder Manual Folder Adobe Acrobat Folder The mainboard comes with IDE Bus M aster drivers for sev eral O perating Systems The drivers are organized in individual folders by OS In each folder there is a readme file that explains how to install the driver Please locate the folder for the driver you need and check this file E Package amp Product Information 14 P5TX Apro You can use the photograph and the illustration onthe next page to familiarize yourself with the components on the P5TX Apro mainboard The Enhanced IDEand Floppy Disk Drive connectors have a notch in one side to orientthe cables correctly The mainboard comes with one IDE cable If you install devices on the second IDE channel with another cable it may not have the orienta tion extrusio
55. nter them in the appropriate Hard Disk section of Standard CMOS Setup H owever since the Auto settings in Standard CM OS Setup per form the same function you do not need to configure IDE hard disk drives from here If you want to use this feature highlight it in the main menu and press the Enter key Save And Exit Setup When you select this and press Enter the values entered dur ing the current session are recorded in CMOS memory Exit Without Saving When you select this and press Enter the Setup Utility closes without recording any changes made during the current session
56. onnected to the sensor technology on the mainboard The sensor monitors the voltage and temperature status for the items listed on this screen There are two sections on this screen Warning M essages and PC Status The Warning M essages section has settings that con trol the monitoring function The PC Status section displays the current status of the listed items as detected by the onboard sen sor including voltage readings and temperatures Warning Messages This section of the screen lists the items monitored by the sensor and enables warning messages which appear during the POST Power On Self Test which runs when your computer is starting up If the sensor detects a condition outside safe param eters during start up it will generate a warning message You can set the expected core voltage for the CPU under CPU Voltage The options for the rest of the items listed are Enabled and Disabled P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 43 The monitored items and default settings are e Warning Messages EEE 2V Voltage Enabled PV Voltage Enabled 5V Voltage Enabled 3 3V Voltage Enabled CPU Voltage 2 8V 2 93V 3 2V 3 3V Disabled CPU Fan Disabled CPU Temperature Enabled Mainboard Temperature Enabled Chassis Enabled PC Status When you call up the PC Health M onitor screen this section displays the current readings from the onboard sensor The read ings are for the same
57. ored in the BIOS ROM Use this command to load default settings for normal system operation Standard CM OS Setup is not affected by this command 4 Reference Information 4 38 IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA IDE Secondary Master UDMA ROM PCI ISA BIOS CP5STR A19 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE IHC Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode SPF Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Primary PCI ID On Chip Secondary PCI ID USB Keyboard Support Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART 2 Mode Onboard Parallel Port E Enabled E Enabled Disabled Enabled 2F8 IR03 3F8 IRQ Quit t Select Item Standard Help PUSPD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults 378 IRQ Load Optimum Settings Integrated Peripherals This section sets the IDE transfer mode for all IDE channels It also configures the other onboard ports Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same as for the BIOS Features Setup screen P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 39 IDE HDD Block Mode Enables hard disk drive block transfer mode The setting op tions are Enabled default Disabled On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE Enables or Disables the Primary or S
58. ormance The default setting is Enabled Shadowing Address Ranges The next six lines from C8000 CBFFF Shadow to DC000 DFFFF Shadow are address ranges for shadowing other expan sion card ROMs If there are any expansion cards with ROMs installed in your system you have to know the address range they use to shadow them specifically The default setting for all of these is Disabled When you are done in this section press the Esc key to return to the main menu 4 Reference Information 4 25 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CPSTR A19 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC futo Configuration DRAH Timing DRAH Leadoff Timing DRAM Read Burst CEDO FP DRAH Write Burst Timing Fast EDO Lead Off Refresh RAS Assertion Fast RAS To CAS Delay DRAH Page Idle Timer DRAM Enhanced Paging Fast MA to RAS Delay SDRAMCCAS Lat RAS to CAS SDRAM Speculative Read Speculative Lead Off System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable 8 Bit I 0 Recovery Time 16 Bit I 0 Recovery Time Memory Hole At 15H 16H Enabled 60ns 10 673 x222 x333 x222 Disabled 4 Clks 3 2 Clks Enabled 1 Clks 3 2 Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled 1 1 Disabled PCI Passive Release PCI Delayed Transaction Chipset HOZ Asserted Mem Drive Str CMA RAS WEIT Help PUSPDS 7 Old Values CShift F2 Load BIOS Defaults Load Optimum Settings Quit Disabled Enabled Enabled Auto lect Item Modify Color Chipset Features Setup To enter this section
59. r PCI ISA PnP Load BIOS Defaults PCI ISA PnP Load Optimum Settings When an item in the listis con figured this way itis no longer part of the pool of automati cally configurable resources For this reason don t config ure ISA cards this way unless they are Legacy cards 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 6 Adding System Memory There are some requirements you must follow if you want to install system memory The memory subsystem has three 168 pin DIMM sockets which function independently This main board supports both EDO DRAM and SDRAM Synchronous DRAM modules You can use modulesizes from 8M B to 128M B either single or double sided The total supported memory ca pacity for this mainboard is 256M B If your mainboard is already installed in a system it will have some amount of memory installed on the board You can tell how much by checking the configuration screen that appears when the computer is starting up With some memory installed there may be one or two sockets available to add additional memory Memory Configurations You can install any combination of module sizes as long as you follow these requirements Al modules must be 3 3 Volt e AI modules should have the same operating speed e g 60ns nanoseconds Other than these requirements there is no limitation on the variety of combinations so they are not listed here We recom mend using one type of DRAM either EDO or Synchronous SDRAM is
60. roduct Information 11 In This Section About This Manual Package Contents Component Information P5TX Apro Package amp Product Information This manual contains all the information you ll need to use the P5T X Apro mainboard Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the design and organization of the manual About This Manual This manual is designed mainly as an online document In addition to reading it on your display screen your can also print it out In some circumstances you may have received this manual as a printed document in which case you can skip the following section about the online version Acrobat Document Features This manual is in Adobe Acrobat format It requires Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3 0 or later to view it Acrobat Reader for Microsoft W indow s95 is supplied on the Support CD ROM disk that contains this manual It is installed on the Support CD and there is also an installation file that will automatically run the Acrobat Reader installer program to install it on your system hard disk If you were not aware of this you are probably viewing this document from the Support CD installation and Reader loaded automatically when you opened this manual If this is the case you may want to install Acrobat Reader on your system hard disk You can copy the M anual directory over as well so that the manual is readily available without having to hunt up the Support CD when you want to view it If
61. rolled By is setto Manual you can individually configure the IRQ amp DMA channel settings The individual defaults are for PnP cards and will still use all the items listed to automatically assign resources as needed ISA card thatrequires manual configuration you can manu ally assign the required re sources as needed See the next page for an example 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 5 PHP OS Installed ROM PCI ISA BIOS CPSTR A19 PHP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC No PCI IDE IRQ Map To PCI AUTO A Resources Controlled By Manual Primary IDE INT Reset Configuration Data assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to CMOS Setup Utility Pnp PCI Configuration This screen shows an ex ample of a manually config ured IRQ setting for a Legacy ISA expansion card Legacy cards by definition are not PnP compliant and must be manually configured if they require an IRQ or DMA chan nel See the card manual for specifics Disabled Secondary IDE INT B PCI ISA PnP Used MEM base addr H A PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA Quit t Select Item PCI ISA PnP Help PUSPD Modify PCI ISA PnP Old Values CShift F2 Colo
62. ssigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to ROM PCI ISA BIOS CPSTR A19 PHP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA PCI ISA Disabled PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PnP PCI IDE IRQ Map To Primary IDE INT Secondary IDE INT B Used MEM base addr N A PCI AUTO A Quit t Select Item Help PU PD 7 Old Values Shift F2 Load BIOS Defaults Load Optimum Settings Resources Controlled By When this line is set to Auto the BIOS will automatically con figure IRQ and DMA resources This is the recommended set ting If you set this line to M anual the screen changes as shown above and allows manual configuration In general you should only need to do this if you are installing an ISA card that requires manual configuration Reset Configuration Data The default setting is Disabled If you need to clear the ESC D data set this to Enabled The data will clear automatically and Modify Color the BIOS will reset this line to the Disabled setting P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 36 PCI IDE IRQ Map To Most of PCI IDE cards are non PCI compliant This line de fines the IRO Routing to m
63. tings when Setup De faults are loaded 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 8 Case Security The mainboard has a case security feature that will warn if the system case or chassis has been opened since the last time the system was used There is a photoelectric cell mounted on the mainboard that is active when the system is turned off and will detect the case being opened The next time you turn the system on a warning message will appear on screen during the POST Power On Self Test before the O perating System loads The J18 connector on the mainboard connects to a chassis intrusion signal cable Cooling Fan Connectors There are three cooling fan connectors on the mainboard that support cooling fans with power management features If you connect this type of fan and the CPU FAN Off In Suspend line in the CM OS Setup utility s Power M anagement Setup section is set to Enabled the system will turn the fans off when the system is in Suspend mode Modem Wake Up TheJ19 connector on the mainboard is for connecting a signal cable from a modem that supports a modem ring system wake up feature With such a modem installed and connected to the mainboard via this connector the system will wake up from Sus pend mode when an incoming call is received by the modem The Ring In Event line in the CM OS Setup utility s Power M anagement Setup section must be set to Enabled for this fea ture to function Power Supply Selec
64. tion There are two power supply connectors on the mainboard One is for a standard PS 2 type power supply and the other for an ATX power supply You must indicate which type is connected to the mainboard for power management purposes You do this by setting the Power Supply Type line in the CMOS Setup utility s Power M anagement Setup section to the correct type 2 Using Your Mainboard 2 9 The default setting is ATX So you will not need to change this if you are using an ATX power supply With an ATX power sup ply the system will turn the power off automatically when exit ing Windows95 PC Health Monitoring In order to detect potentially damaging conditions while the mainboard is operating the mainboard has an onboard sensor that monitors temperature and voltage levels In the event that these exceed predefined limits the system will automatically re act in attempt to prevent damage The PC Health Monitor section of the CMOS Setup utility sets the controls for this feature and also displays data from the onboard sensor UltraDMA Hard Disk Drive Support This mainboard supports hard disks that use UltraD M A data transfer You attach an UltraDM A drive to one of the IDE cables If you use the Optimum Settings feature in the CMOS Setup utility the system will automatically detect the drive and config ure the system to use it Optional Hardware Connectors There are additional feature connectors on the main
65. type the second serial port will not be available The setting options are Standard default used by COM2 serial port ASKIR HPSIR Onboard Parallel Port Sets the I O address for the onboard parallel port The setting options are 378H IRO7 default Disabled 278H IRQ5 3BCH IRO7 P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 41 If you set this option to Disabled the O nboard Parallel M ode option below will not appear on the screen Onboard Parallel Mode Selects the parallel port mode The setting options are SPP default ECP EPP EPP SPP ECP If you set this option to SPP or EPP SPP the ECP Mode Use DMA option will not appear on the screen If you set this option to SPP or ECP the Parallel Port EPP Type option will not appear on the screen ECP Mode Use DMA Selects the ECP M ode DMA channel Thesetting options are 3 default 1 Parallel Port EPP Type Sets the EPP protocol version The setting options are EPP 17 default EPP 19 P5TX Apro User s Manual 4 Reference Information 4 42 PC Health Monitor To enter this section of the Setup program highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same as for the BIOS Features Setup screen What The Health Monitor Does This section of the CMOS Setup utility is c
66. vices amp CMOS Setup When you install a new hard disk drive its parameters will be automatically detected by the BIOS and entered in the Standard CM OS Setup section of the CM OS Setup utility if you use the Setup Defaults which automatically detect any new hard disk drive All other devices do not use drive parameters and will not show up in the device list on this page P5TX Apro User s Manual P5TX Apro Reference Information This section is a summary of the P5T X Apro s specifications and settings It includes the following e Jumper Configuration Summary e Connector Summary e Supported CPUs e System Memory Configuration Specifications e CMOS Setup Utility Summary Using This Section The information in this section is presented in asummary for mat to make it easy to find specific information If you need re lated explanations please refer to the topics earlier in the manual 4 Reference Information 4 2 Intrusion Slots 321 COM2 ko COMI1 KB Mouse TO Parallel USB Port DIMM3 SA Wake Up Bo lo col a fe O Fan Power Pee NU VE Jumper
67. yrix IBM and AM D all make Pentium class CPUs that are performance rated at an Intel Pentium equivalent speed but ac tually have a slower internal clock speed This P rating is used to indicate the CPU s performance rather than its internal clock speed For example the Cyrix IBM P166 has an actual internal clock speed of 133M Hz If you install a CPU of this type make sure you set the mainboard for the actual internal clock speed of the CPU not its P rating Configuring CPU Voltage The CPU voltage specification should also be provided in in formation from the manufacturer or vendor Standard Pentium CPUs are single voltage M M X Pentiums are dual voltage You should set the CPU Voltage jumpers according to the specifica tions you get with the CPU P5TX Apro User s Manual 3 Reconfiguring Your Mainboard 3 11 CPU Settings Intel Pentium CPUs Internal Clock External Clock Clock Factor 75MHz 50MHz d 90MHz 60M Hz 15 100MHz 66 6MHz 15 PROMHz 60MHz 2 0 B3MHz 66 6MHz 2 0 150MHz 60MHz 215 166MHz 66 6MHz 215 200MHz 66 6M Hz 3 0 233MHz 66 6M Hz 35 Cyrix IBM CPUs 6X86 P120 100M Hz 50MHz 2 0 P133 110M Hz 55MHz 2 0 P150 I20MHz 60MHz 2 0 P166 133M Hz 66 6MHz 2 0 P200 150M Hz 75MHz 2 0 6X86MX 150MHz 75MHz 2 0 AMD CPUs K5 PR75 75MHz BON Hz T5 PR90 DON H2 60MHz 15 PR100 100M Hz 66 6MHz 15 BRIO 90M Hz 60MHz 15 PR133 100M H2 66 6MHz 15 PR150 20MHz 60MHz 2 0 PR166 133M Hz 6

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