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1. 20 ASUS P I XPS55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION 7 Serial Port COM2 Connector 10 pin block This connector supports the provided serial port ribbon cable with mounting bracket Connect the ribbon cable to this connector and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot The serial port on the mounting bracket will then be used for secondary pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE for settings Pin 10 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 10 plugged ro oo Pin 1 a B COM 2 0 Onboard Serial Port Connector 8 CPU Cooling Fan Connector FAN This connector supports a CPU cooling fan of 500mAMP 6WATT or less Orientate the fan so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer Gog a ele 4 2 the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground
2. i I I SE ue Press the memory module firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle 72 Pin SIMM Sockets ll CO Ban 2 SIMM Merrory making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the sockets With your finger tips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into place 72 Pin DRAM in SIMM Socket Metal Clip Plastic Safety Tab This Side Only Mounting Hole The plastic guides should go through the two Mounting Holes on the sides and the Metal Clips should snap on the other side To release the memory module squeeze both Metal Clips outwards and rock the module out of the Metal Clips ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 13 Il INSTALLATION Static RAM SRAM for Level 2 External Cache The motherboard you purchase may have either OKB 256KB or 512KB onboard If you have both onboard cache chips see Map of Motherboard for locations and a Cache Expansion Slot then you have 256KB If you only have onboard cache chips then you have 512KB An ASUS or COAST cache module can be used to upgrade the 256KB version to 512KB If there is no onboard cache you may install a cache module of either 256KB or 512KB IMPORTANT You mus
3. 123 12 3 123 123 p DO CEG Ch gt Mba Di Ca Co 5 3 2 20 21 3 0 8 1 25 5 2 o m 0 ro ae ude BUS Frequency Ratio Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of the Intel AMD or Cyrix CPU as follows I BUS Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS Freq FS2 FSi FSO BFO BFI Intel Pentium 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 150MHz 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 133MHz 2 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 120MHz 2 0x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 75MHz 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD PR133 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD PR120 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD PR100 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD P90 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD P75 75MHz 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 Cyrix 166 133MHz 2 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 NOTE Only Cyrix Revision 2 7 or later is supported on this motherboard See next page for r
4. e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifica tions to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana dian Department of Communications ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual How this manual is organized This manual is divided into the following sections I II HII IV V VI Vil I INTRODUCTION g 7 F Introduction Manual information and checklist Features Information and specifications Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard BIOS Setup BIOS software setup information ASUS DMI Utility BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface ASUS PCI SC200 Installation of an optional SCSI card ASUS I A16C Installation of an optional Audio card VIII DOS Win3 1x Audio Software Manual with I A16C bundle only
5. IX Windows 95 Audio Software Manual with I A16C bundle only Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer Mi iM Mi iM iM 0o 0 B The ASUS P I XP55TVP4 motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable 1 serial cable amp bracket set Support drivers and utilities as follows view FILELIST TXT for details Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS Desktop Management Interface DMI utility e Bus Master IDE Drivers for various operating systems e Audio drivers and utilities included with I A16C bundle only e Readme files for descriptions and use of the files e Technical Support Form This user s manual audio sections included with I A16C bundle only Optional infrared module Optional ASUS PCI SC200 Fast SCSI card Optional ASUS I A16C Audio Card ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 1 i 1g ll FEATURES Features of the ASUS Motherboard The ASUS P I XP55TVP4 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features in a small package This motherboard Easy Installation Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives PS 2 mouse and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives expansion cards and other devices virtually automatic Multi Processor Multi Speed Support Supports one Intel P54C Pentium 75 200MHz Intel PSSC Pentium 200MHz Cyri
6. 17 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block This connector connects to a ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned z 9 IMPORTANT Make sure that the ATX power supply can take at least 10mAmp load on the 5Volt standby lead SVSB You may experience diffi culty in powering on your system without this mig E 5 0V GND GND PS ON GND 3 3V 5 0V Du 5 0V 3 3V 7 12 0V 3 3V O 120V 5VSB GND 2 GND 5 0V GND _ 5 0V GND PW 0K poe ATX Power Connector o 24 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Power Connection Procedures L 2 3 After all jumpers and connections are made close the system case cover Make sure that all switches are in the off position as marked by O Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case as instructed by your system user s manual Connect the power cord into an power outlet that is equipped by a surge protector You may then turn on your de
7. 250 Security Option System Quit tl Select Item PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto Help PU PD Modify PCI YGA Palette Snoop Disabled Old Values Shift F2 Color 0S 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use Take note of these keys and their respective uses If you need information on a particular entry highlight it and then press the lt F1 gt key A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need To load the last set values press the lt F5 gt key lt F6 gt and lt F7 gt load the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against acci dental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system This setting is recommended because conflicts with new operating sys tems Installation of new operating systems require that you disable this to prevent write errors CPU Internal Cache Enabled These fields allow you to Enable or Disable the CPU s Level
8. LoadiDetau ss nada ne A AN Ann D ALANA 30 Standard CMOS Setup en nn na dann nn a KAK A A A 30 Details of Standard CMOS Setup ea 31 BIOS Features Setup cc ia adnan landa AG Ah 34 Details of BIOS Features Setup aaa 34 Chipset Features Setpro Ann in ann Aa daa 37 Details of Chipset Features Setup aa 37 IV ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual CONTENTS Power Management Setup ena aaa 40 Details of Power Management Setup aa 40 PNP and PGES CU Sen dn nn A a aree na 42 Details of PNP and PCI Setup aaa 42 Load BIOS De TAI S nn nn ann ates NASA Na ani 44 Load Setup ST AUS ss nn nn nan ai AA A 44 Supervisor Password and User Password a 45 IDE HDD Auto Detection nennen anas 46 Save and Exit Setup reen ane nose tbcantneencoes 47 Exit Without Say nn nn AA NA AAA dada 47 V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT 0 ena 49 Desktop Management Interface DMI aaa 49 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 49 System Requirements era 49 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 50 Notes tan oes ey sions tacts E teeta eos 50 VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card 2s DI NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers contenu aa anna aaa 53 The ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Interface Card a a 54 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 aaa 54 Setting the INT Assignme
9. Supervisor Password and User Password These two options set the system passwords Supervisor Password sets a pass word that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system By default the system comes without any passwords To specify a password highlight the type you want and then press the lt Enter gt key A password prompt appears on the screen Taking note that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press the lt Enter gt key The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically reverts to the main screen STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP AND PCI SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS tre Select Item Esc Quit iJ F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Change Set Disable Password To implement the password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press the lt Enter gt key instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears A message confirms the password has bee
10. 1 primary cache Caching allows better performance ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE External Cache Enabled These fields allow you to Enable or Disable the CPU s Level 2 secondary cache Caching allows better performance Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and forth time Setup default setting for this field is Enabled A complete test of the system is done on each test HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First New Feature When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCS This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence C A This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are C CDROM A CDROM C A A C C A The setup default setting is to check first the hard disk and then the floppy drive that is C A Swap Floppy Drive Disabled When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy A drive one time Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of file
11. 1 L2SIZE p 7 Total Level 2 Cache Size Setting 512KB 256KB 2 BBLKW p 8 Flash ROM Boot Block Program Disable Enable 3 RTCLR p 9 Real Time Clock RAM Operation Clear Data 4 FSO FS1 FS2 p 10 CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection 5 BFO BF1 p 10 CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 6 VID p 11 CPU Voltage Regulator Output Selection Expansion Slots 1 SIMM Sockets 2 L2 Cache 3 CPU ZIF Socket 7 4 ISA Slots 5 PCI Slots 12 72 Pin SIMM Memory Expansion Sockets 14 Level 2 Cache Expansion Slot Central Processing Unit CPU Socket 16 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots 16 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots Se oS th Nn Connectors 1 PS2KEYBOARD p 19 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female 2 PS2MOUSE p 19 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female 3 PRINTER p 20 Parallel Printer Port Connector 25 pin Female 4 COMI p 20 Serial Port COM 9 pin Female 5 USB p 20 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin Female 6 FLOPPY p 20 Floppy Drive Connector 34 pin Block 7 COM2 p 21 Serial Port COM2 10 pin Block 8 FAN p 21 CPU Cooling Fan Power Lead 3 pin Block 9 Primary Second IDE p 22 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin Blocks 10 IDELED p 22 IDELED Activity Light 11 TB LED CON1 p 23 Turbo LED Power LED 2 pins 12 SMI CON1 p 23 SMI Switch Lead 2 pins 13 RESET CON1 p 23 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 14 KEYLOCK CON1 p 23 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 5 pins 15 SPEAKER CON1 p 23
12. EJ Gey ER ja 2 a 2 o 12 12 C Bes Ch CB INT A Def INT B INT C INT D Interrupt Settings A B C or D Terminator Settings SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to the ASUS PCI SC200 with a fifty pin flat ribbon cable External devices connect to the external port with a SCSI 2 cable If there are more than one internal or external devices additional devices are connected with cables to form a daisy chain The SCSI chain must be terminated at both ends or the devices in the chain will not work properly Many SCSI devices use a set of terminating resistors to terminate the device The ASUS PCI SC200 has active termination that you set using jumper JP5 If you need to terminate the ASUS PCI SC200 you do it by setting the jumper The are two settings terminated and not terminated as shown below JP JP 5 5 Terminated Default Not Terminated Terminator Setting Terminated Not Terminated ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 55 M N vi J 56 VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card Decide whether or not you need to terminate the ASUS PCI SC200 based on its position in the SCSI chain Only the devices at each end of the chain need to be terminated If you have only internal or only external devices connected to the ASUS PCI SC200 then you must terminate the ASUS PCI SC200 If you have both internal and external devices connected you must not
13. Parallel Printer Connector 25 pin Female You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female ee ee Se Flt 4 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin Male The one serial port can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices The second serial port COM2 requries a cable and bracket set to connect the on board connector to an expansion slot opening Settings can be adjusted through the Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE COM 1 SD i XO O EO DR bi SI 5 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin Female Sockets Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices You must enable the USB Function in PNP and PCI Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Universal Serial BUS 6 Floppy drive connector 34 pin block This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged H Boa Floppy Drive Connector Pin 1 LELE he g EELEE C m COLETTE Floppy Drive Connector
14. User Password every time you boot up The other option is Setup where the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up You can specify a password by using the Supervisor Password or User Password option from the main screen as explained later in this section PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 Mouse on bootup If de tected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 Mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expan sion cards if a PS 2 Mouse is not detected Disabled will reserve IRQ12 for expan sion cards and therefore the PS 2 Mouse will not function PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to Enable this option otherwise leave this on the setup default of Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion card
15. can overheat and cause damage to both the CPU and the motherboard See CPU Cooling Fan Connector at the end of this section To install a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Use the notched corner of the CPU with the white dot as your guide The white dot should point towards the end the of the lever Notice that there is a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a 1 printed on the motherboard next to that corner Because the CPU has a corner pin for three of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the one orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that will cover the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted hold down on the fan and close the socket s lever IMPORTANT You must set jumpers for CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio and jumpers for BUS Frequency Selection depending on the CPU that you install O COO ZIF Socket 7 with Blank Lock Lever White Dot Pentium
16. meter to each pin WARNING You must unplug the power cord to your power supply to ensure that there is no power to your motherboard The CMOS RAM containing BIOS setup information will be cleared by this action You must enter BIOS to Load Setup Defaults and re enter any user infor mation after removing and reapplying this jumper RTC RAM RTCLR Operation short Default Clear Data open g RTCLR RTCLR fe Operation Clear CMOS Data Default Battery Test Mode A T Pen nuan aan a gt Clear CMOS Data Battery Test Jumper lll INSTALLATION ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 9 I INSTALLATION 4 CPU External BUS Frequency Selection FSO FS1 FS2 These jumpers tell the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU These allow the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BUS Clock The BUS Clock times the BUS Ratio equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed 5 CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio BF0 BF1 These jumpers set the frequency ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the External frequency called the BUS Clock within the CPU These must be set together with the above jumpers CPU External BUS Frequency Selection
17. of the ASUS PCI SC200 Fast SCSI Card ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 53 o m T U v or 54 ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card The ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Interface Card Your motherboard may have come with an optional SCSI Small Computer System Interface controller card the PCI SC200 The card is also available separately This card works with the SCSI BIOS on the motherboard Together they provide a com plete PCI Fast SCSI 2 interface With the card installed in your system you can connect SCSI devices installed in your system case to the internal connector on the card You also have the additional option of connecting external SCSI devices to the external SCSI 2 connector on the card If you get the ASUS PCI SC200 later on as an option you will need to install it yourself The setup procedure is explained here Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 There are two jumper settings you may need to make on the card to set it up One setting assigns the PCI INT interrupt the other sets the card s termination ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card Setting the INT Assignment You must use PCI INT A setting in order to properly assign the card s interrupt On the ASUS PCI SC200 you assign the INT by setting jumper JP1 or JP2 The default setting for the card already is INT A so you do not need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI SC200 with this motherboard JPJP JPJP JPJP JPJP 12 12 12 12 T
18. speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector See section III of the baseboard manual for the IrDA compliant infrared module connector Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the Primary IDE channel Secondary IDE channel Both or Disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE 0 Master Slave Mode IDE 1 Master Slave Mode Auto Each channel 0 and 1 has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing 0 1 2 3 4 it is necessary for these to be independent The default setting of Auto will allow auto detection to ensure optimal performance ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 39 IV BIOS i U IV BIOS SO
19. terminate the card See the following example which illustrates this concept SCSI Device 1 SCSI Device 2 0 Termination Required JP5 Open Termination Required End Device SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 3 Termination Required End Device No Termination Required JP5 Short Termination Required End Device SCSI Device 1 SCSI Device 2 SCSI ID Numbers All SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI SC200 interface card must have a SCSI identification number that is not in use by any other SCSI device There are eight possible ID numbers 0 through 7 The ASUS PCI SC200 has a fixed SCSI ID of 7 You can connect up to seven SCSI devices to the interface card You must set a SCSI ID number for each device SCSI devices vary in how they set the ID number Some use jumpers others have some kind of selector switch Refer to the manual for any device you install for details on how to set its ID number ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual VII ASUS I A16C Audio Card NOTE The ASUS I A16C 16 bit ISA audio card comes with certain motherboard packages and is not for sale separately ee l A16C Audio Features Creative Labs VIBRA 16C PnP Audio Chip e Full Duplex Supports 16 8 bit PCM 5KHz to 44 1KHz Wave Table Upgradeable e Software Includes DOS and Window 3 1 Drivers Windows 95 Driver Wave Editor Wave OLE Quick CD Mixer Control Quick Player g q Unpacking and Handling P
20. voB CEA vo B Chm 2 5V 2 7V 2 8V P55C 3 123 12 3 123 voi c EEE Tlo vo D O i oe vera Ca C 2 9V 3 4V STD 3 5V VRE CPU Voltage ID ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 11 SystemMerrory m lt 12 2 System Memory This motherboard supports four 72 pin SIMMs of 4MB 8MB 16MB or 32MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 128MB SIMMs can be either 60ns or 70ns Extended Data Output EDO or Asymmetric Symmetric Fast Page Mode FPM modules Install memory in any or all of the banks in any combination as follows SIMM Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB La SIMM Slots 1 amp 2 72 pin FPM or EDO SIMM Bank 1 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB SIMM Slots 3 amp 4 72 pin FPM or EDO SIMM Total System Memory 128MB Max IMPORTANT Memory setup is required in BIOS Chipset Setup Auto Con figuration IMPORTANT Each bank must have the same size memory installed in pairs Do not use memory modules with more than 24 chips per module Modules with more than 24 chips exceed the design specifications of the memory sub system and will cause unreliable operation ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION SIMM Memory Installation Procedures L The SIMM memory modules will only fit in one orientation as shown because of a Plastic Safety Tab on one end of the SIMM sockets which requires the Notched End of the SIMM memory modules
21. yy Wed Jan 15 1997 Time hh mm ss 14 47 3 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master None 0 0 0 0 0 Primary Slave None 0 0 9 0 Secondary Master Auto i 0 Secondary Slave None 0 0 Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Base Memory Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Extended Memory 64512K Other Memory 384K Video EGA YGA aS Halt On All Errors Total Memory 65536K ESC Quit tl e Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color The above screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys for use on this screen Take note of these keys and their respec tive uses User configurable fields appear in a different color If you need information on the selected field press the lt F1 gt key The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need The memory display at the lower right hand side of the screen is read only and automatically adjusts accordingly ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Details of Standard CMOS Setup Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press the page up page down or keys to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1to 31 Year up to 2099 Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press the page up page d
22. BW P I XP55TVP4 Pentium ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL Il USER S NOTICE No part of this product including the product and software may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any lan guage in any form by any means without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC hereinafter referred to as ASUS except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes ASUS provides this manual as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of mer chantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASUS be liable for any loss or profits loss of business loss of use or data interruption of business or for indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even if ASUS has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product ASUS may revise this manual from time to time without notice Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identification purposes only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies The product name and revision number are both printed on the board itself Manual revisions are released for each board design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates
23. C To Exit xxxx denotes the current BIOS version stored in the Flash EPROM 1 Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the Boot Block the motherboard BIOS and the PnP ESCD Parameter Block from a new BIOS file NOTE Update BIOS Main Block from File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD requires that the system is running in real mode This utility will not operate if the system is under protected mode or virtual mode You should boot from a system floppy diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 27 g 28 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Updating your Motherboard s BIOS 1 SAN a Download an updated BIOS file from Bulletin Board Services BBS or the internet WWW and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu See ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page II Turn off your computer and open the system cabinet to Enable Boot Block Programming jumper as shown in section III Boot from the floppy diskette you created in step 1 of the main menu At the AN prompt type PFLASH lt Enter gt Enter 2 from the Main Menu or 2 from the Advanced Features Menu The program displays a second screen prompting you for the name of the BIOS file Type in the complete name of the file including the file name extension and then press th
24. Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the this connector WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no air flow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins mmm u 0 To 12Volt Power Lead for CPU Cooling Fan ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 21 9 10 22 I INSTALLATION Primary Secondary IDE connectors Two 40 pin Block These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First amp Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be bot
25. D lead See the figure below 12 SMI Suspend Switch Lead PANEL This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector see the figure below connects to the cabinet mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch since it does not have a function SMI is activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any problems May require one or two pushes depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable Gog a ele 4 6 13 Reset Switch Lead PANEL This 2 pin connector connects to the cabinet mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the life of the system s power supply See the figure below 14 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead amp System Power LED PANEL This 5 pin connector connects to the cabinet mounted keyboard lock switch for locking the keyboard and also to co
26. EMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP AND PCI SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc Quit t l e Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 29 8 g i d a 30 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option loads the minimized settings for troubleshooting Load Setup Defaults on the other hand is for loading optimized defaults for regular use Choosing defaults at this level will modify all applicable settings A section at the bottom of the above screen displays the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses Another section just below the control keys section displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Standard CMOS Setup This Standard CMOS Setup option allows you to record some basic system hard ware configuration and set the system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens Date mm dd
27. ES PETE IEE EEST AE APERA E PAPAE Features of the ASUS Motherboarid esa 2 Parts of the ASUS Motherboard aaa 3 III INSTALLATION EOE EAA R EE ARATE OE REEE Map of the ASUS Motherboard ea 4 Installation STEPS nn ann A ean AA A dna 6 MUST S oerte anu Man nan E end Aan a en Dn aaa 6 Jumper SEUING Ss nn A AAA AAA NAN 7 Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification 11 2 System Memory DRAM amp SRAM aaa 12 DRAM Memory Installation Procedures 13 Static RAM SRAM for Level 2 External Cache 14 Compatible Cache Modules for this Motherboard 14 3 Central Processing Unit CPU aaa 15 4 TAR DAN SIOM Card Sun nnt Aan anha A ann AA 16 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 16 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 16 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 17 5 External Connectofs ee ee anna n ana a ana a naaa 19 Power Connection Procedures ee 25 IV BIOS SOFTWARE KETIK TINTA ITIK TITIAN TANI KINII KIT 26 Support SoftWare nn San nn LAN NA an AA ATE A ANA anak 26 Flash Memory Writer Utility aaa 26 Man Menindik 26 Advanced Features Menu esen 27 Updating your Motherboard s BIOS a aaa 28 Gx BIOS Setup nn AAA A An An AA AAA NANA GA ANA 29
28. FTWARE Power Management Setup This Power Management Setup option allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity Power Management User Define Disable Video Off Option Susp Stby gt Off Enable Video Off Method VZH SYNC Blank 2 Enable Suspend Switch Enable Enable Doze Speed div by 8 LPT 1 Enable Stdby Speed div by 32 RTC Alarm Disable 9 IRQ2 Redir Enable PM Timers Reserved Enable HDD Power Down Disable Reserved Enable Doze Mode Disable PS 2 Mouse Enable Standby Mode Disable Coprocessor Enable Suspend Mode Disable Hard Disk Enable Reserved Enable x PM Events IRQ3 Wake Up Disable IRQ4 Wake Up Enable Quit tle Select Item IRQ8 Wake Up Disable Help PU PD Modify IRQ12 Wake Up Enable Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Power Management Setup Power Management User Defined This field acts as the master control for the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Defined allo
29. I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 31 Standard CMOS g 3 32 IV BIOS SOFTWARE For IDE hard disk drive setup you can e Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of read write heads PRECOMP write precompensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors and MODE The SIZE field auto matically adjusts according to the configuration you specify The documentation that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives This entry provides three options Normal Large LBA or Auto see be low Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not sup port LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncom mon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can select Auto un
30. IRQs 3 15 individually in the list at the right of the screen The power management feature will work on the enabled IRQ channels Take note that a Microsoft serial mouse or compatible will use either COM1 IRQ4 or COM2 IRQ3 and a PS 2 mouse will use IRQ12 If you know which IRQ your mouse is using you can enable the Wake up Event for that IRQ here and the system will wake up when you move the mouse or click its button Sleep Items IRQ3 IRQ15 You can individually Enable or Disable each IRQ to include in the sleep function IRQ8 Real Time Alarm is usually set to Disable so that any software alarm clock or event calendar can wake up the system ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 41 IV BIOS SOFTWARE PNP and PCI Setup This PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value Slot 1 RIGHT IRQ Auto DMA 1 Used By ISA No ICU Slot 2 IRQ Auto DHA 3 Used By ISA No ICU Slot 3 IRQ Auto DMA 5 Used By ISA No ICU Slot 4 LEFT IRQ Auto PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU NCR SCSI BIOS Auto IRQ 3 Used By ISA No ICU USB Function Disabled 4 Used By ISA Quit Tle Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults IRQ 15 Used By ISA No ICU NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to
31. Motherboard on page 4 Plac ing jumper caps over these will cause damage to your motherboard IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector The four corners of the connectors are la beled on the motherboard Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 18in 46cm with the second drive connector no more than 6in 15cm from the first con nector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 a 6 pin Female ane eeereeoen seis eveeeteorer 3 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard mouse using an PS 2 plug mini DIN The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not detected expansion cards will be free to use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE for settings This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN mouse plugs You may use the onboard COM1 serial port for a standard serial mouse PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female Ur z a oo gt IS INI III teann Kg J OP eee seeeues ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual Gog a ele 4 2 19 Il INSTALLATION 3
32. OS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS to File Perform as soon as system is operational This option allows you to copy the contents of the Flash memory chip onto a dis kette This gives you a backup copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to reinstall it Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS environment without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files then save the PFLASH EXE and the BIOS to the floppy diskette ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 2 Update BIOS Main Block from File This option updates the BIOS from a file on the disk This can either be a new file or a backup file created by the Save Current BIOS to File option This will not update the Boot Block if the Boot Block is different You will be prompted with the following if advanced features if necessary Boot Block of New BIOS is different from old one Please Use Advanced Feature to flash whole bios 3 Advanced Features Selecting this option brings up the Advanced Features screen for clearing the PnP configuration record and updating the motherboard BIOS Advanced Features Menu Advanced Features Flash Type SST 29EE010 Current BIOS Revision 401A0 xxxx Choose one of the following 1 Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD Enter Choice 2 Press ES
33. Processor ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 15 2 f 7 g 0 amp 16 III INSTALLATION 4 Expansion Cards WARNING Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards First read your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software settings that may be required to setup your specific card Expansion Card Installation Procedure Read the documentation for your expansion card Set any necessary jumpers on your expansion card Remove your computer system s cover E a Oa Remove the bracket on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed in step 4 Replace the computer system s cover Setup the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP 9 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Be a Ss ee Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In an standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use by parts of the system which leaves 6 free for expansion cards Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs System IRQs are avai
34. Speaker Output Connector 4 pins 16 IR p 24 Infrared Port Module Connector 17 ATXPWR p 24 Motherboard Power Connector 12 pin Block ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 5 Hl INSTALLATION Installation Steps Before using your computer you must complete the following steps Set Jumpers on the Motherboard Install DRAM Modules Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply Setup the BIOS Software a Maa 1 Jumpers Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins JP on the motherboard See Map of the Motherboard on page 4 for loca tions of jumpers The jumper settings will be described numerically such as 1 2 2 3 for no connection connect pins 1 amp 2 and connect pins 2 amp 3 respec tively Pin 1 for our motherboards is always on top or on the left when holding the motherboard with the keyboard connector away from yourself A 1 is written besides pin 1 on jumpers with three pins The jumpers will also be shown graphically such as B to connect pins 1 amp 2 and CE to connect pins 2 amp 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as ERM for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both ju
35. TOP MANAGEMENT Desktop Management Interface DMI Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database MIFD DMI is able to auto detect and record information pertinent to a computer s system such as the CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies and memory size The onboard BIOS will detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard s Flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database Unlike other BIOS software the BIOS on this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIOS System Requirements The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG EXE must be r
36. an in real mode in order for the program to run the base memory must be at least 180K Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by windows must not be installed You can boot up from a system diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG SYS or press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 49 V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI or delete ASUSTeK DMI Configuration Utility REVL O MARCH 1996 1 Save MIFD Load MIFD Load BIOS Defaults BIOS Auto Detect Type BIOS Information Handle 0000 Vendor Name Award Software Inc BIOS Version 401A0 0106 BIOS starting Address Segment FOOO BIOS Build Date 08 06 96 BIOS Characteristics Press ENTER for detail Size of BIOS ROM 0128K l Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort amp Exit Use the amp left right cursors to move the top menu items and the NN up down cursor to move between the left hand menu items The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen Press enter at the menu item to enter the right hand screen for editing Edit component appears on top The reversed color field is the current cursor position and the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for
37. ansfer rates and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM drives This controller supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 BIOS now supports IDE CD ROM or SCSI bootup Optional IrDA Connector Has an optional ribbon amp bracket set to support an optional infrared port module for wireless interface NCR SCSI BIOS This motherboard has firmware that supports the optional ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI controller cards ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual Il FEATURES Parts of the ASUS Motherboard 256 512KB Pipelined CPU ZIF Socket 7 Burst L2 Cache E Ta B Tuli La Kina La T USB Port 1 hee Pi T H kt B USB Port2 Ea Jas BRS Sd 5 ere E E EIRE 4 mE i sa Ga La a Hd PS 2 Keyboard HB da F ye e e an Barr PS 2 Mouse F Parallel Conn COM2 Intel s 430VX PClset COM1 4 SIMM Slots m S 4 PCI Slots 4 ISA Slots La BIOS Flash ROM ASUS P I XP55TV P4 User s Manual 3 Il INSTALLATION Map of the ASUS Motherboard aap yi Sud IO a Pa Mera bat Iriri Con DA sa EEEE SYR 2 1 Po He LS HS POS seat areg paa yang penat 4 GPU ZIF Soc kat 7 Pol Shot 1 Fol Shot 2 Fol Shot 3 Pl Shot 4 ISA Shot 1 ISA Slot 2 ISA Shot 3 ISA Slot 4 Sli Socket4 Bank 1 Sih Socket 3 Bank 1 Slil Sockets Bank 0 Slil Socket 1 Bank 0 ill INSTALLATION Map cf Board ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION Jumpers
38. are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For updated BIOS drivers or prod uct release information you may visit ASUS home page at http www asus com tw Copyright 1996 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Product Name ASUS P I XP55TVP4 Manual Revision 1 01 Release Date January 1997 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Marketing Info Address 150 Li Te Road Peitou Taipei Taiwan ROC Telephone 886 2 894 3447 Fax 886 2 894 3449 Email info asus com tw Technical Support Fax 886 2 895 9254 BBS 886 2 896 4667 Email tsd asus com tw WWW http www asus com tw Gopher gopher asus com tw FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL Marketing Info Address 721 Charcot Avenue San Jose CA 95131 USA Telephone 1 408 474 0567 Fax 1 408 474 0568 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support BBS 1 408 474 0555 Email tsd usa asus com tw ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Info Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 2102 442066 Email info ger asus com tw Technical Support BBS 49 2102 448690 Email tsd ger asus com tw ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual Ill CONTENTS L INTRODUCTION nn secs cenpartetssdeadaustutessossdseesesatsscassoucesse L How this manual is organized naaa 1 kem CMS CISD nn ANA NASA NAN AN DA Aa 1 II FEATUR
39. ch Enabled This field enables or disables the SMI connector on the motherboard This connec tor connects to the lead from the Suspend switch mounted on the system case Doze Speed Stdby Speed These two fields set the CPU speed during each mode The number indicates what the normal CPU speed is divided by PM Timers This section controls the time out settings for the Power Management scheme The fields included in this section are HDD Power Down which places the hard disk into its lowest power consumption mode and the Doze Standby and Suspend sys tem inactivation modes The system automatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a pe riod of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives The Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate At Max Saving these modes activate sequentially in the given order after one minute at Min Saving after one hour PM Events This section sets the wake up call of the system If activity is detected from any enabled IRQ channels in the left hand group the system wakes up from suspended mode You can enable power management for
40. channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a Legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a Legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one Legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU NCR SCSI BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard NCR SCSI BIOS see section VI If you wish not to use the onboard NCR SCSI BIOS choose Disabled USB Function Disabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices but current operat ing systems do not The default is set to Disabled until support disks and USB devices are available in which time you can set this function to Enabled ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 43 U a N 8 D w 44 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load BIOS Defaults This Loa
41. cy cards that does not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by Legacy and PNP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that has a card in it that requires an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISA cards both Legacy and PNP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described above You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PNP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility IMPORTANT Choose Yes for those IRQ s and DMA s you wish to reserve for Legacy Non PnP ISA expansion cards in IRQ xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA of the PNP and PCI Setup in the BIOS SOFTWARE section otherwise conflicts may occur ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 17 6 DMA Channels Il INSTALLATION This page was intentionally left blank 18 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources These are clearly separated from jumpers in Map of the
42. d BIOS Defaults option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non opti mal and disable all high performance features To load these default settings high light Load BIOS Defaults on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press the lt Y gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to confirm Press the lt N gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key The system displays a confirma tion message on the screen Press the lt Y gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to confirm Press the lt N gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen D D A D D D N Load SETUP Defaults Y N OAD BIOS DEFA Esc Quit tl e Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Load Setup Defaults except Standard CMOS SETUP ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE
43. d installed as a module Cache Size L2SIZE 256KB 2 3 Default Z 512KB 1 2 Z L2SIZE L2SIZE 3 BE 1 1 a 5 z 256KB Default 512KB a ag 40 __ amp Co gt Total Level 2 Cache Size ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 7 Il INSTALLATION 2 Flash ROM Boot Block Programming BBLKW This sets the operation mode of the boot block area of the Programmable Flash ROM to allow programming in the Enabled position This is required only if prompted by the Flash Memory Writer Utility as shown in BIOS SOFTWARE Programming BBLKW Disabled Protect 1 2 Default Enabled 2 3 i BBLKW BBLKW H 123 123 Disabled Protected Enabled Default Boot Block Programming Disable Enable 8 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION 3 Real Time Clock RTC RAM Battery Test Jumper RTCLR The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery You can test the battery s current by removing this jumper and attaching a current
44. der the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during bootup This will allow you to change your hard drives with the power off and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type If you use older hard drives which do not support this feature then you must configure the hard drive in the standard method as described above by the User option NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow key Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5 diskette This is normally disabled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video EGA VGA S
45. detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC will send you back to the left hand menu without any messages Notes A heading BIOS Auto Detect appears on the right for each menu item on the left side that has been auto detected by the system BIOS f a Z g A heading User Modified will appear on the right for menu items that has been modified by the user 50 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Save MIFD You can save the MIFD normally only saved to flash ROM to a file by entering the drive and path here If you want to cancel save you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults 2 7 p 3 You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 51 This page was intentionally left blank 52 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 Use
46. e lt Enter gt key The utility then uploads the BIOS file from disk The following message will appear DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM IF THERE IS A PROBLEM If you encounter problems while downloading the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists upload the original BIOS file you saved to disk in step 1 of the Main Menu WARNING If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully download a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will require service from your vendor After successfully downloading the new BIOS file exit the Flash Memory Writer utility and then turn off your system Set the jumper back to its default setting of Programming Disabled Turn on your computer and hold down lt delete gt to enter BIOS setup You must select Setup Default to affect the new BIOS then you may set other items from the Main Menu ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 6 BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips 5 Volt and 12 Volt Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are re leased Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the sys tem con
47. each function heading Details of PNP and PCI Setup Slot Interrupts Auto The first four fields on the screen set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot Slot 1 Right is nearest the memory sockets The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a Legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or an ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a Legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes For example If you install a Legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes 3 amp 4 BY g pe a 42 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE DMA x Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a Legacy non PnP ISA card Available options include No ICU and Yes The first option the default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA
48. et this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA Mono for Hercules or MDA CGA 40 and CGA 80 If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose the EGA VGA option Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Choose from All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 33 Standard CMOS 8 1 34 IV BIOS SOFTWARE BIOS Features Setup This BIOS Features Setup option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance or let you setup some system features accord ing to your preference Some entries here are required by the motherboard s design to remain in their default settings Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CCO00 CFFFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D OB8 D3FFF Shadow Disabled HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First ae D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive bitabled DCO00 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Floppy Disk Access Control Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up System Speed IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate chars S e 6 Typematic Delay Msec
49. evision identification Bootup screen will show 6x86 P166 S CPU at 133MHz with the Cyrix 166 installed on this motherboard 10 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification The only Cyrix CPU that is supported on this motherboard is labeled Cyrix 6x86 P166 but must be Revision 2 7 and later Look on the underside of the CPU for the serial number The number should read G8DC6620A or larger 6 Voltage Regulator Output Selection VIDO VID6 These jumpers set the voltage supplied to the CPU Determine whether your CPU has a Single Power Plane or Dual Power Planes and then the voltage that it uses Current Intel CPU s marked Pentium has only a single power plane and uses the standard 3 38 volts STD or 3 5 volts VRE Currently Intel s new Pentium P55C MMX 200MHz is supported at 2 8 Volts AMD K5 PRIOO ARA BOL ip a Paka ia i T EAN E i So AD atime HT AWD PRH TET D Intel P54C Pentium Intel P55C Pentium AMD K5 Cyrix 6x86 166 75 200MHz MMX 200MHz PR75 133MHz Rev2 7 133MHz os PSSC STD VRE VIDO 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 VID1 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 VID2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 123 123 123 7 voio g c
50. figuration and settings If your motherboard came in a computer system the proper configuration entries may have already been made If so invoke the Setup utility as described later and take note of the configuration settings for future refer ence in particular the hard disk specifications If you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press the lt Delete gt key to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key s POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup reset the system by simultaneously pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys or by pushing the Reset button on the system case You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only if the first two methods fail When you invoke Setup the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will appear with the following options STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAG
51. h Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup i B o Pin 1 Secondary IDE Connector EEE E e eels elec z R CECE J So tito f a Primary IDE Connector IDE Hard Driver Connectors IDE activity LED IDE LED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up IDELED Jt o mmm il uo IDE Activity LED ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION 11 Turbo LED Lead PANEL The motherboard s turbo function is always on The turbo LED connection is labeled here but the LED will remain constantly lit while the system power is on This lead should be connected to the Power LED on the system cabinet if your keyboard plug does not have a power LE
52. l able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first and any remaining IRQs are then used by PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as Legacy ISA cards requires that you configure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION You may use Microsoft s Diagnostic MSD EXE utility included in the Windows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs For Windows 95 users the Control Panel icon in My Computer contains a System icon which gives you a Device Manager tab Double clicking on a specific device give you Resources tab which shows the Interrupt number and address Make sure that no two devices use the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two de vices are in use at the same time To simplify this process this motherboard has complied with the Plug and Play PNP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PNP compliant card is added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are as signed automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Lega
53. loppy drives set this field to Disabled Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This field reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Two options are available No Swap and Swap AB If you want to switch drive letter assignments set this field to Swap AB and the swap will be controlled in hardware This works separately from the BIOS Features floppy disk swap feature It is func tionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are 3FSH IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are 3FSH IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 378H IRQ 7 278H IRQ 5 Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a
54. mpers be moved to gether To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins as diagramed WARNING Computer motheboards and components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect the motherboard and other compo nents against damage from static electricity you should follow some precau tions whenever you work on your computer Unplug your computer when working on the inside Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or circuitry Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION Jumper Settings 1 Total Level 2 Cache Size Setting L2SIZE This jumper sets the total amount of L2 cache that is present If you have both onboard cache chips see Map of Motherboard for locations and a Cache Expansion Slot then you have 256KB If you only have onboard cache chips then you have 512KB An ASUS or COAST cache module can be used to upgrade the 256KB version to 512KB If there is no onboard cache you may install a cache module of either 256KB or 512KB IMPORTANT See page 14 SRAM Cache for installation procedures Regardless of your cache combination set the following jumpers according to the total amount of L2 cache that is present onboard an
55. n disabled NOTE If you forget the password see CMOS RAM in section III for procedures on clearing the CMOS ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 45 46 IV BIOS SOFTWARE IDE HDD Auto Detection This IDE HDD Auto Detection option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS PIX5TVP4 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 849 823 0 1646 63 LBA 849 1647 65535 1646 63 NORMAL 849 823 65535 1646 63 LARGE Note Some OSes like SCO UNIX must use NORMAL for installation ESC Skip This screen could not be run from inside active programs and therefore could not be captured Up to four IDE drives can be detected with parameters for each listed inside the box To accept the optimal entries press the lt Y gt key or else select from the num bers displayed under the OPTIONS field 2 1 3 in this case to skip to the next drive press the lt N gt key If you accept the values the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen The process then proceeds to the next drive letter Pressing the lt N gt key to skip rather than to accept a set of parameters causes the program to enter zero
56. nnect the system power LED The system power LED lights when the system is powered on See the figure below 15 Speaker Connector PANEL This 4 pin connector connects to the cabinet mounted speaker Zj PANE L a a GND cnp 4 Power LED ao Lenn Keyboard Lock a seh 5V enp Speaker f enD Connector GND fa_ SPKR To fal o System Panel Connections ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 23 I INSTALLATION 16 IrDA compliant infrared module connector IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra red module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that sup port this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions Front View Back View Infrared Module Connector
57. noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Chipset Features Setup Auto Configuration 60ns DRAM The default setting of 60ns DRAM sets the optimal timings for items 2 through 9 for 60ns DRAM modules If you are using 70ns DRAM modules you must change this item to 70ns DRAM See section III for DRAM installation information SDRAM CAS Latency Leave on default setting of 3T SDRAM RAS to CAS Override Leave on default setting of Disabled PCI 2 1 Passive Release Leave on default setting of Disabled 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 16 bit ISA cards 8 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 8 bit ISA cards Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Allows the Video BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution Leave on default setting of Enabled for better performance Otherwise Disabled ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 37 U 38 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Memory Hole at Address None This features reserves either 14MB 16MB or 15MB 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting Memory from 14MB and up or 15MB and up will be unavailable to the system because expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the on board floppy drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a different controller card to connect the f
58. nt ena 55 Terminator Setangs ns su A Ann aa Men AAA Kn AA 55 SCO LTD Number Ann A ani nan at iena 56 VII DOS 3 1 amp Windows 3 1x Audio Software with optional I A16C Audio Card Bundle Only VIII Windows 95 Audio Software with optional I A16C Audio Card Bundle Only ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual VI FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures
59. own or keys to set the current time Follow the hour minute and second format Valid values for hour minute and second are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file please refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disk Drives This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can support up to two hard disks the first of which is the master and the second is the slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and are not supported by any the BIOS If you install the optional PCI SC200 SCSI controller card into the motherboard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card please refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers To enter specifications for a hard disk drive you must select first a type You can select User and specify the specifications yourself manually or you can select from the provided predefined drive specifications To select simply press the lt Page Up gt or lt Page Down gt key to change the option listed after the drive letter ASUS P
60. r s Manual VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers Aside from the system BIOS the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also con tains the NCR SCSI BIOS This SCSI BIOS works in conjunction with the optional ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI controller card to provide a complete PCI Fast SCSI 2 interface All SCSI devices you install to your system require driver software to function The NCR SCSI BIOS directly supports SCSI hard disks under the DOS Windows and OS 2 environments It also uses device drivers from the DOS floppy disk included in the PCI SC200 controller card package to support hard disks and other SCSI devices working under DOS Windows Windows NT Novell NetWare and OS 2 These drivers provide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX floppy disk Win dows 95 support is also available using the device drivers included within the Win dows software The ASUS PCI SC200 adapter is auto detected as PCI NCRC810 SCSI HOST ADAPTER and uses the NCRC810 MPD driver For information about these drivers and their usage see the Readme files included in the driver packages You can print out the contents of these files using any text editor program The next few pages will instruct you on the installation
61. rd drive If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the drive was formatted the drive will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your drive do not accept them Press the lt N gt key to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save and Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specify during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save amp Exit Setup option on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key STANDARD CHOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP AND PCI SETUP SAVING SAVE to CMOS and EXIT N LOAD BIOS DEFAULT LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc Quit oe Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Save Data to CMOS amp Exit SETUP Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session To exit without saving highlight the Exit Without Sav ing option on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 47 D X Ww w a This page was intentionally left blank 48 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual V DESK
62. recautions CAUTION Keep the ASUS I A16C stored in its anti static bag until you are ready to install it in your system The ASUS I A16C is easily damaged by static electric ity Observe the following precautions while unpacking and handling the board e Before handling the board discharge static electricity form your body by touch ing an unpainted area of the system s metal chassis While installing the board ground yourself frequently to discharge any static electricity that may accu mulate in your body e After removing the board form the anti static bag place it on a grounded sur face with the components facing up e Check the board for damage If any socketed component appears loose press firmly but carefully to seat the chip in its socket Otherwise avoid touching the components on the board Always handle the board by the edges ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 57 VII ASUS I A16C Audio Card Layout and Connectors Panasonic Audio In Mitsumi Audio In PC Speaker In Wave Table Upgrade Sony Audio In 7 L Volume Control PC Speaker Out r CS Speaker Out Line Out si Line In Microphone MIDI Game OILV ISNSV IIA Connectors The audio input connectors are used when you wish to control software mixer set tings bass treble volume etc for audio CD s that are played with your CD ROM If the Audio Out from the CD ROM is not connected to the Audio In on the card you can only use the di
63. rect output located in the front panel of the CD ROM and adjust volume level by the knob CD Audio Connector Pin Definitions Sony Audio In Mitsumi Audio In Panasonic Audio In Pin Definition Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Right Signal 1 Ground 1 Left Signal 2 Ground 2 Left Signal 2 Ground 3 Ground 3 Ground 3 Right Signal 4 Left Signal 4 Right Signal PC Speaker In PC Speaker Out Volume Control Pin Definition Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Mono Signal 1 Right Signal 1 Ground 2 Ground 2 Ground 2 Volume Up noes 3 Left Signal 3 Ground 4 Ground 4 Volume Down nee 5 Ground ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual
64. s after that drive letter Remember that if you are using another IDE controller that does not feature En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignored and are not entered in the screen If you are auto detecting a hard disk that supports the LBA mode three lines will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not select Large or Normal The auto detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive Some IDE drives can use more than one set This is not a problem if the drive is new and there is nothing on it ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE IMPORTANT If your hard drive was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You will need to enter the cor rect parameters manually or use low level format if you do not need the data stored on the ha
65. s from the computer system to be copied to floppy drives by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Boot Up System Speed High This has no function and should be left on the setup default IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 35 i 36 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next Setup default setting is Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting is 6 other settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250ms This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250ms 500ms 750ms and 1000ms Security Option System This field determines when the system prompts for the password The default set ting is System where the system prompts for the
66. s with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Chipset Features Setup This Chipset Features Setup option controls the configuration of the board s chipset Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen Auto Configuration 60ns DRAM Onboard FDC Controller Enabled DRAM Read Burst Timing x222 Onboard FDC Swap A amp No Swap DRAM Write Burst Timing x333 Onboard Serial Port 1 SF8H IRQ4 RAS to CAS Delay 3T Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 DRAM R W Leadoff Timing 101 6T Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ DRAM RAS Precharge Time 3T ees Port Mode ECP EPP MA to RASH Delay ooh ECP DMA Select TI Refresh RAS Assertion 4T UART2 Use Infrared Disabled Fast EDO Path Select Disebied SDRAM CASH Latency Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both SDRAM RAS to CAS Override Disabled IDE 8 Master Mode Auto PCI 2 1 Passive Release Disabled IDE 8 Slave Mode Auto 16 bit I 0 Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK IDE 1 Master Mode Auto 8 bit I 0 Recovery Time i BUSCLK IDE 1 Slave Mode Auto Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole At Address None Quit tl Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults NOTE SETUP Defaults are
67. t set Total Level 2 Cache Size Setting jumper when changes are made to your cache size 38 Pins 42 Pins b Oe o Level 2 Cache Expansion Slot APed zZ a Insert the module as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the break the module will only fit in the orientation as shown Compatible Cache Modules for this Motherboard sm id Sd P_ASUSCMIRevI3 o oo o o o asus is O o Sd ASUSCMi Revis Yo oo ooo Com A a o oe e e e Cos o oOo O oO COASTS NOTE ASUS CMI Rev 3 0 has two TAG SRAM s to comply with COAST 3 0 specifications This extra TAG SRAM will not conflict with the onboard TAG SRAM 14 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 3 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a 321 pin ZIF Socket 7 that is backwards compatible with ZIF Socket 5 processors The CPU that came with the motherboard should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on your system Apply thermal jelly to the CPU top and then install the fan onto the CPU WARNING Without a fan circulating air on the CPU and heat sinks the CPU and or heat sinks
68. vices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch on the power supply if a switch is available as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The monitor LED may light up after the system s if it complies with Green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance During power on hold down the lt Delete gt key to enter BIOS setup Follow the next section BIOS SOFTWARE for instructions Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system For Windows 95 users you can select shut down the computer from the Start button and the system will give three quick beeps after about 30 seconds and power off after windows shut down NOTE The message It s now safe to turn off your computer will not be shown in Windo
69. ws 95 when using shut down with ATX power supplies ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual 2 Power Connections 25 g 26 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Support Software FILELIST TXT View this file to see the files included in the support software PFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the mother board To determine the BIOS version check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger num bers represent a newer BIOS file NOTE A binary BIOS file is no longer included with the support software Save the motherboard s BIOS file to a floppy diskette as soon as your system is operational See Flash Memory Writer Utility in this section to Save Current BIOS to File Flash Memory Writer Utility ASUSTeK PNP BIOS FLASH MEMORY WRITER V1 5 Copyright C 1995 ASUSTeK COMPUTER Inc Flash Type SST 29EE010 Current BIOS Revision 401A0 xxxx Choose one of the following 1 Save Current BIOS To File 2 Update BIOS Main Block From File 3 Advanced Features Enter Choice 1 Press ESC To Exit Xxxx denotes the current BIOS version stored in the Flash EPROM IMPORTANT Flash Type may also be INTEL 28F001BXT If unknown is shown after Flash type then this ROM chip is not programmable or not supported with the PnP BI
70. ws you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG SYS For Windows 3 x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature A battery and power cord icon labeled Power will appear in the Control Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Field Video Off Option Susp Stby gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power manage ment The settings are Susp Stby gt Off Suspend gt Off Always on and All modes gt off 40 ASUS P I XP55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank This field defines the video off features Three options are available V H SYNC Blank DPMS and Blank Only The first option which is the default setting blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning DPMS Display Power Management System allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it sup ports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen Use the latter for monitors that do not support the Green no power management feature NOTE Screen saver software does not work with this feature While the monitor is shut off this software cannot display Suspend Swit
71. x P166 Rev 2 7 or later or AMD K5 PR75 133MHz See page 10 Intel Chipset Features Intel s 430VX PCIset with I O subsystems Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components See section V L2 Cache Provides the option of OKB upgradeable to 256KB or 512KB on board 256KB upgradeable to 512KB or 512KB onboard Pipelined Burst SRAM Upgrades are made through a Synchronous SRAM cache module See page 14 for compatible cache modules Versatile DRAM Memory Support Supports 72 pin SIMMs of 4MB 8MB 16MB or 32MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 128MB Supports both Fast Page Mode FPM and Extended Data Output EDO SIMMs see p 12 ISA amp PCI Expansion Slots Provides four 16 bit ISA amp four 32 bit PCI slots Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Two floppy drives of either 5 25 or 3 5 1 44MB or 2 88MB are also supported without an exter nal card The Japanese Floppy 3 mode 3 5 1 2MB floppy standard is also supported PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan nels provides faster data tr

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