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ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual

1. H ml mus um am B ET PG ORG mW 5V ai co RED ala 12V So YLW 12V gt in gt BLU UU lt 4 AA GND BLK BLK SS BLK lt O gt WHT 5V aii RED HEBR FIO RED B Cael 5V RED E AA ILA i Ih Power Connector Power Plugs from on Motherboard Power Supply Power Connector 20 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION 7 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 both 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 an
2. 048g Meis 043g dis 04d 2 148 048g 2 148 i NE B Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of the Intel Cyrix or AMD CPU as follows BUS Frequency Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS Freq FS2 FSI BFO BFI1 Intel Pentium 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 166MHz 25x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 150MHz 25x 60MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 133MHz 20x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 120MHz 20x 60MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 75MHz 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 Cyrix 166 133MHz 20x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 AMD 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 1 2 AMD 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD 75MHz 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 1 21 10 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION Cyrix CPU Identification The 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 7 CPU Voltage Regulator Selection VID These jumpers set the voltage supplied to the CPU Currently Intel s new Pentium P55C 200MHz is now supported at 2 8 Volts Vaso i 6 Single Power Plane VIDO VIDI VID2 VID3 2 9 Volts VR
3. 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 be unstable ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IIl INSTALLATION DRAM Memory Installation Procedures 1 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 Su mm IE En c mm Bank2 Bank1BankO 72 Pin DRAM Modules 72 Pin SIMM DRAM Sockets DRAM Merrory 2 Press the memory module firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket 3 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 Ms Plastic Safety Tab This Side Only Mounting Hole 4 The plastic guides should go through the two Mounting Holes on the sides and the Metal Clips should snap on the other side 5 To release the memory module squeeze both Metal Clips outwards and rock the module out of the Metal Clips ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 13 This page was intentionally left blank 14
4. 3gI KAiepuooes Clock Freq lock Write ERTC Clear CPU ZIF Socket 7 a Fan Pwr 1 Intel 430HX 7 Cacheable Fan Pwr 2 64 512MB PClset pareau wW m o 7 m Li a Freq Rati apeib6dn vus OVL 4JOJDBUUOD 9seD 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache 4 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Jumpers 1 CBSIZE 2 BBLKW 3 SIO 4 RTCLR 5 FSI FS2 6 BFO BFI 7 VID Expansion Slots 1 TAG SRAM 2 SIMM Sockets 4 ISA Slots 1 2 3 5 PCI Slots 1 2 3 6 PCI 4 MediaBus p p 3 CPU ZIF Socket 7 p 15 p p p vie 16 16 18 Connectors 1 KBCON p 18 2 PS2MOUSE p 18 3 PRINTER p 19 4 COMI COM2 p 19 5 FLOPPY p 20 6 POWER p 20 7 Primary Second IDE p 21 8 HDLED p 21 9 TB LED PANEL p 22 10 SMI PANEL p 22 11 RESET PANEL p 22 12 KEYLOCK PANEL p 22 13 SPEAKER PANEL p 22 14 FANPWR 1 2 15 IR 16 SCSI amp Wide SCSI p 24 Memory Cacheable Size 64MB 512MB Flash ROM Boot Block Program Disable Enable Super Multi I O Selection Enable Disable Real Time Clock RAM Operation Clear Data CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0 CPU Voltage Selection TAG SRAM Upgrade Socket
5. ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 57 58 VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY DOS Formatting Utilities Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS based formatting utilities Low level Formatter scsifmt Use the DOS based scsifmt utility for low level formatting of SCSI hard disk drives removable media Floptical drives and magneto optical drives You can also use it to scan a disk device for surface defects before you store data on it Run scsifmt from the DOS prompt not from the Windows MSDOS prompt Before you run it be sure the disk devices you want to format are connected to the host adapter and that they are powered Then follow these steps L Change to the directory where scsifmt exe is located usually c scsi type scsifmt at the DOS prompt and press Enter NOTE If you are formatting a SCSI disk device that supports more than one LUN for example Iomega s Bernoulli dual multidrive type scsifmt L at the command line When the first screen appears read it and press Enter to continue Press F1 at any time to view Help Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to a disk device you want to format or verify then press Enter When the next screen appears select either Format or Verify to verify that the disk is free of surface defects then press Enter 5 Ifyou select Format confirm that you want to format the disk then wait while the
6. cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM Setup default setting is Enabled C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards 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 Leave on default setting of Disabled ASUS P I P55T2P4S 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 68ns DRAM Onboard FDC Controller Enabled DRAM Read Burst Timing x333 Onboard FDC Swap A amp No Swap DRAM Write Burst Timing x333 Onboard Serial Port 1 SF8H IRQ4 RAS to CAS Delay T nboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 DRAM R W Leadoff Timing 6T 5T Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ DRAM Turbo Read Leadoff Disabled Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP DRAM Speculative Leadoff Disabled ECP DHA Select zw Turn flround Insertion Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled Turbo Read Pipelining Enabled Peer Concurrency Enabled Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both PCI Streaming Enabled IDE 8 Master Mode Auto Passive Release Enabled IDE 8 Slave Mode Auto Chipset Global Features Enabled ID
7. The ASUS P I P55T2P4S is carefully designed for the demanding corporate PC manager who wants many features in a small package for use as a workstation or server 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 P55C Pentium 200MHz Cyrix P166 Rev 2 7 or later or AMD K5 PR75 100MHz See page 10 Intel Chipset Features Intel s 430HX PCIset with I O subsystems Adaptec SCSI Chipset Features Adaptec s 7880 Ultra Fast Wide SCSI Chipset Error Checking and Correcting ECC Using Intel s 430HX PCIset together with parity DRAM modules can detect multi bit memory errors and correct 1 bit memory errors 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 512KB onboard Pipelined Burst SRAM Versatile DRAM Memory Support Supports 6 72 pin SIMMs of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB or 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 384MB Supports both Fast Page Mode FPM and Extended Data Output EDO SIMMs ISA and PCI Expansion Slots Provides three 16 bit ISA slots three 32 bit PCI slots and one PC
8. follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS My CDROM drive doesn t work properly under Windows95 Some older models of SCSI CDROM drives are not compatible with the embedded Windows95 CDROM driver You can add support for the CDROM drive by doing the following Click the Start button and select Restart the computer in MS DOS mode When the DOS prompt appears follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS 3 When you are finished running Adaptec EZSCSI for DOS find the file named cdtsd vxd in the windows system iosubsys directory and rename it cdtsd sav My CDROM drive shows up as more than one icon under My Computer The mapping between mscdex which runs in real mode and the Windows95 CDROM driver does not match You can correct this in one of two ways e Comment out the line that loads mscdex exe in the autoexec bat file e Changethe L switch on the line that loads mscdex exe in the autoexec bat file so it assigns the CDROM drive the next highest logical drive letter after the hard disk drives ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Information for DOS Windows 3 1x Users The following information may be useful if you install Adaptec EZSCSI on a com puter running DOS Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups3 1x NOTE The Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting section on page 6 de scribes a few situations when you may need to use the DOS Windows3 1x driv ers and ASPI managers under Windows95 or WindowsN
9. ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual I INTRODUCTION How this manual is organized This manual is divided into the following sections g E L I Introduction Manual information and checklist II Features Information and specifications III Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard IV BIOS Setup BIOS software setup information V DMI Utility BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface VI Adaptec EZ SCSI Adaptec SCSI utility installation and usage VII Adaptec 7800 Adaptec SCSI driver installation and usage Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer The ASUS P I P55T2P4S motherboard 2 serial port ribbon cables attached to a mounting bracket parallel ribbon cable with mounting bracket 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable 50 Pin Fast SCSI cable Support software view FILELIST TXT for contents and descriptions Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS Desktop Management Interface DMI utility Bus Master IDE Drivers for various operating systems Adaptec SCSI drivers and utilities Technical Support Form EI Ee ea SP EP te B This user s manual Optional PS 2 mouse cable with mounting bracket Optional infrared module Optional 68 Pin Fast amp Wide SCSI cable 0o 00 dee ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 1 i s j Il FEATURES Features of the ASUS Motherboard
10. DRAM Memory Expansion Sockets Central Processing Unit CPU Socket 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 32 bit PCI Bus Slot and MediaBus Map of Board Keyboard Connector 5 pin Female PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Block Parallel Printer Port Connector 26 pin Block Serial Port COMI amp COM 10 pin Blocks Floppy Drive Connector 34 pin Block Motherboard Power Connector 12 pin Block Primary Secondary IDE Connectors 40 pin Blocks SCSI IDE Activity LED Lead Turbo LED Power LED 2 pins SMI Switch Lead 2 pins Reset Switch Lead 2 pins Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 5 pins Speaker Connector 4 pins 12 Volt CPU Cooling Fan Connector Infrared Port Module Connector 50 Pin SCSI and 68 Pin Wide SCSI Connectors ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 5 Ill 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 ae P te PM ES 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
11. Delete F1 Help Esc Exit 6 Press Esc to return to the Select SCSI Device to Partition window If you want to partition a different disk device select the device from the list and repeat the earlier steps 7 To quit afdisk press Esc and select Yes to confirm that you want to quit 60 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Removable Media Manager rmvtool Your copy of Adaptec EZSCSI may include the DOS based rmvtool utility If you have this utility you can use it to lock unlock and eject removable media for example a cartridge in a SyQuest removable cartridge drive You run rmvtool by entering commands at the DOS prompt Here are the commands for a removable drive installed at SCSI ID 5 e To lock the disk media rmvtool lock ID 5 To unlock the disk media rmvtool unlock ID 5 e To eject the disk media rmvtool eject ID 5 NOTE Some devices do not support the Eject command If the device is at another SCSI ID type that number instead of 5 If you are not sure which device is at which SCSI ID type rmvtool at the DOS prompt and press Enter A list of SCSI devices appears Devices that support removable media are marked If your computer has two or more host adapters you need to add another number to the command For example if you have two host adapters one of them is host adapter0 and the other is host adapter1 This information appears when you type the rmvtool command So if th
12. FDC Swap A B This field reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives in the Swap AB setting otherwise leave on the default setting of No Swap This works separately from the BIOS Features floppy disk swap feature It is functionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives Onboard Serial Port 1 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 default 2FSH IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRQ 10 and Dis abled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 Settings are 3FSH IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 default SESH IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Dis abled for the onboard serial connector ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Onboard Parallel Port This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 378H IRQ 7 default 278H IRQ 5 Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port ensure that there is no conflict in the address assign ments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port Parallel Port Mode 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 speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP default allows normal speed operation in a two way m
13. LP1 3 HA 40 Target 4 IOMEGA BET Logical Drive Info 64 head 32 sectors track 85 cylinders 512 bytes sector Create a DOS Partition Start Cylinder o 85 megabytes End Cylinder 84 2AEEFh blocks Ins Create Del Delete F1 Help Esc Exit The Create a DOS Partition window suggests that you create one partition on the disk device equal to its entire capacity If this is what you want to do skip to step5 4 To change the size of the partition use the arrow keys to select Start Cylinder and End Cylinder and type in the numbers you want Partitions up to 2Gigabytes are supported 5 When the number of cylinders is what you want press Esc When the confir mation prompt appears select Yes and press Enter to create the partition To create more partitions on the same disk device repeat steps 3 4 and 5 As you create partitions on the disk they are added to the window at the upper right of the screen as shown here Adaptec SCSI Disk Se up Program v3 33 Select SCSI Device to Partition HA 0 Target 0 QUANTUM LP1 Type Start End Megs DOS 0 84 85 HA 0 Target 4 IOMEGA BET Logical Drive Info 64 head 32 sectors track 85 cylinders 512 bytes sector 85 megabytes 2AEEFh blocks Ins Create Del
14. Power LED amp Lock Keyboard Lock Ug System Panel Connectors ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION 14 CPU Cooling Fan Connector FAN This connector supports a CPU cooling fan of 5 00mAMP 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 the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground 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 airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the mother board and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins FANPWR 1 So n a ale 4 9 m 4 L E T 12Volt CPU Fan Power 15 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector IR This connector supports the optional wireless transm
15. SCSI host adapters The host adapter miniport driver is automatically installed and con figured during Windows95 and WindowsNT installation if your host adapter is al ready installed To make sure the driver is installed correctly in systems running Windows95 open the Control Panel double click on System and click the Device Manager tab Then double click the SCSI Controllers icon you should see the model name of the SCSI host adapter s installed in your system What if there is no SCSI controllers icon under Device Manager or the model name of the SCSI chipset does not appear under Device Manager If the SCSI controllers icon or your host adapter s model name do not appear open Control Panel and double click the Add New Hardware icon Let Windows search for the host adapter by selecting Yes on the second screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard If Windows does not detect the host adapter run the Add New Hardware Wizard again This time select No on the second screen of the wizard then select SCSI controllers on the next screen Select the name of your host adapter when it appears ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY If the name of your SCSI chipset does not appear you may be able to find its miniport driver on the Windows95 CD ROM Follow these steps 1 Place the Windows95 CD ROM in your CDROM drive and run the Add New Hardware wizard 2 Select No on the second screen and select SCSI controllers on the
16. SCSI Controllers icon select the name of the old host adapter and click Remove 3 Turn OFF the computer and physically remove the currently installed host adapter 4 Install the new host adapter according to the instructions in the hardware docu mentation 5 Turn the computer ON If the new host adapter supports Plug and Play Win dows will install and configure it automatically Otherwise run Add New Hard ware to make sure the new driver is loaded ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 55 56 VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY If I am running under Windows95 do I need lines for the Adaptec real mode ASPI drivers and mscdex in my config sys and autoexec bat files Usually you do not need to use these real mode ASPI drivers because the new Windows miniport drivers support most SCSI host adapters and SCSI devices How ever you need to load the drivers including mscdex if you have a CDROM drive if any of the following is true e You are running in MSDOS mode e You are using a scanner or another SCSI device with config sys or autoexec bat based drivers such as HP s sjiix sys e You have an older model SCSI 1 CDROM drive that Windows95 does not support e You are using a CD Recorder drive however some newer models of CD Recorder drives can use the embedded Windows miniport drivers To install the Adaptec EZSCSI DOS drivers click the Start button and select Re start the computer in MS DOS mode When the DOS prompt appears
17. 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 Legacy cards that does not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by Legacy and PNP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an 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 P
18. disable this to prevent write errors CPU Internal Cache These fields allow you to Enable default or Disable the CPU s Level 1 primary cache Caching allows better performance ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE External Cache These fields allow you to Enable default or Disable the CPU s Level 2 second ary cache Caching allows better performance Quick Power On Self Test 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 This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are C CDROM A CDROM C A A C CjA The setup default setting is to check first the hard disk and then the floppy drive that is C A Swap Floppy Drive When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS By setup default this field is set to Disabled Boo
19. 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 other vendor s SCSI controller card please refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 3l Standard CMOS 2 j 1 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
20. 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 d 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 P55T2P4S 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 Ez p j 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 P55T2P4S User s Manual 51 This page was intentionally left blank 52 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Welcome to Adaptec EZSCSI 4 00e Adaptec EZSCSI gives you what you need to use your SCSI devices most effectively with Windows 95 and WindowsNT You can also use Adaptec EZSCSI on computers running DOS Windows 3 1x or Win dows for Workgroups3 1x Quick Start Instructions First install S
21. 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 interfer ence by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna 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 graph ics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifi cations 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 Canadian Department of Communications
22. second characters Four delay rate options are available 250ms 500ms 750ms and 1000ms Setup default value is 250ms Security Option This field determines when the system prompts for the password The default set ting is System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up The other option is Setup where the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called 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 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 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 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 This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo
23. 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 under 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 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Drive A Drive B 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 r
24. 4 Turn off the PC 5 Remove this jumper 6 Power on the PC 7 Hold down lt De lete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Selections RTCLR Operation open Default Clear Data short momentarily do E Operation Default Clear Data VES gso i RTC RAM Operation Clear Data ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 9 Ill INSTALLATION 5 CPU External BUS Frequency Selection FS1 FS2 These jumpers tells 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 ad vertised CPU speed 6 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 8 m 123 123 123 123 peng ree EE ro EET roo ERI Hm id SERT cS ERI Fs C ERE 50MHz 55MHz 60MHz 66MHz CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection 1 5x 20x 2 5 x 3 0 x CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 1 5x 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x
25. ASUS P I P55T2P4S 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 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 fo
26. 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 delete 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 P55T2P4S 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 configuration 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 Ru
27. CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION oetcote ee obe eise seo inna How this manual is organized ener horto ex Eher teta 1 Item Chee Sty ses heit o dh RD AA SANA A DA 1 Features of the ASUS Motherboard aaa 2 Parts of the ASUS Motherboard ran 3 Map of the ASUS Motherboard maaa 4 Installation Steps Fade tas bene area naaa Od Dd ERN EHE 6 JUMPE eese ott AAA EA E san ath eet 6 Jumper Selling siis oe nn des utentes t pA QE RO PR Dee be pode d OUR 7 TAG SRAM Upgrade cies sts cater en ane een aeo nana naaa 7 Gyrix CPU Identification a nn An es nn Nani dada 11 2 System Memory DRAM amp SRAM aaa 12 DRAM Memory Installation Procedures 13 3 Central Processing Unit CPU pe nma 15 4 Expansion Gards Sosa reet D ERE MENDA Ai 16 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 16 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards susss 16 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 17 5 External Connectors denies t esie teste xe dU ew ea Pene era us st SERE UNUS 18 Power Connection Procedures eese 25 Support SoftWare aoee AA AAA AAA AA AA AAA a A 26 Flash Memory Writer Utility naaa 26 Mam Ment M 26 Advanced Features Menu ipee rte ete bee eoe op eos 27 Updating your Motherboard s BIOS ese
28. CSI devices see the hardware documentation for details Then fol low the instructions for your operating system software in one of the following sec tions We recommend that after you install Adaptec EZSCSI you run SCSITutor to learn more about the features of SCSI Windows95 or WindowsNT If you want to install Windows95 or WindowsNT on a new computer system you may not be able to access your SCSI CDROM drive at first Usually you install Windows95 and WindowsNT from a CDROM disc To gain access to your CDROM drive follow the DOS Quick Start instructions on page 4 Then reboot your com puter and follow these instructions Install Windows95 or WindowsNT version 3 51 or above and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Diskette in your floppy disk drive 3 Click the Start button and select Run 4 Type a setup if you are using the A drive or b setup if you are using the B drive Then click OK 5 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen Windows Windows for Workgroups 3 1x Install Windows3 1x or Windows for Workgroups3 1x and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Diskette in your floppy disk drive Select File Run from the Program Manager menu 4 When the Run dialog box appears type a setup if you are using the A drive or b setup if you are using the B drive Then click OK 5 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen DOS 1 Install DOS6 x or a
29. Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Floppy Disk Access Control R W Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up System Speed IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec Security Option Quit ps Select Item PS 2 Mouse Function Control Help PD Modify PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Old Values Pan 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 F1 key A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need To load the last set values press the F5 key F6 and F7 load the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning 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 The default setting is Disabled This setting is recommended because conflicts with new operating systems Installation of new operating systems require that you
30. E short open open open 2 8 Volts STD Default open short open open 2 7 Volts open open short open 2 5 Volts open open open short NN o o D On m CPU Vcore Voltage Selection ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 11 12 Il INSTALLATION 2 System Memory DRAM amp SRAM This motherboard supports six 72 pin SIMMs of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB or 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB The DRAM can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode Asymmetric or Symmetric or EDO To support ECC you must use frue opposed to phantom parity generated by logic chips 36 bit parity type DRAM e g 8 chips 4 parity chips in pairs for all modules Mixing 32 bit non parity DRAM e g 8 chips and 36 bit DRAM e g 12 chips will work minus the ECC feature Install memory in any or all of the banks in any combination as follows Memory Module M Total Memory Bank 0 x2 SIMM Sockets 1 amp 2 i i MI Bank 1 MB SMB 16MB 32MB 64MB x2 SIMM Sockets 3 amp 4 in FPM EDO BEDO SIMM Bank 2 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB x2 SIMM Sockets 5 amp 6 72 pin FPM EDO BEDO SIMM Total System Memory 384MB Max I IMPORTANT Memory setup is required using Auto Configuration in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE
31. E 1 Master Mode Auto 16 bit I 0 Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK IDE 1 Slave Mode Auto 8 bit I 0 Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Quit Tle Select Item Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Help PU PD Modify DRAM are 64 Not 72 bits wide Old Values Shift F2 Color Memory parity SERR NMI Disabled Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Auto Configuration 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 pages 12 13 for DRAM installation information Peer Concurrency Leave on default setting of Enabled PCI Streaming Leave on default setting of Enabled Passive Release Leave on default setting of Enabled Chipset Global Features Leave on default setting of Enabled 16 bit I O Recovery Time Timing for 16 bit ISA cards Leave on default setting of 1 BUSCLK 8 bit I O Recovery Time Timing for 8 bit ISA cards Leave on default setting of 1 BUSCLK Video BIOS Cacheable Allows the Video BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution Leave on default setting of Enabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M Enabling this features reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA ex pansion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The def
32. I MediaBus 2 0 which allows the use of either a standard PCI card or the ASUS MediaBus Card ASUS MediaBus Rev 2 0 Features an expansion slot extension shared with PCI Slot 4 for an optional high performance expansion card which includes two functions in one easy to install card 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 COM 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 transfer 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 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual Il FEATURES 50 Pin SCSI amp 68 Pin SCSI Connectors Supports 50 Pin Ultra Fast SCSI amp 68 Pin Ultra Wide SCSI through onboard connectors e Optional IrDA and PS 2 Mouse Connector This motherboard supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface and a PS 2 mouse cable set Parts of the ASUS Motherboard Super Multi 0 CITAS gt
33. Jt P I P55IT2P4S Pentium Motherboard with Ultra Fast Wide SCSI USER S MANUAL II 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 language 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 numb
34. N ESTKEY xum c Th 3 ISA Slots ames YER NE ana at poy Parallel amp Serial P orts 3 PCI Slots Adaptec s 7880 Ultra Fast Wide SCSI Chipset 50 Pin SCSI 68 Pin SCSI wees T TEN mmmmtIMTmIPMMMTITTTIS in Last ITREETIIIUITITTEEEETE oe B Te nmm ins Srdzis amp d i e Floppy Conn PCI 4 or ASUS MediaBus 2 0 M oe a IDE Connectors Self Powered RealTime Clock Programmable filash ROM Intel s 430HX PCIset CPU ZIF Socket 7 Upgradeable TAG SRAM 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IIl INSTALLATION Map of the ASUS Motherboard Universal Serial Mouse Keyboard BIOS p Bus Reserved Hee HHEHHHHBHBHHBI Parallel Printer Adaptec 7880 SCSI Chipset J012euuo SS uld 0S ISOS 9PIM Uld 89 seauq Addo 4 z yueg 9 18490S WIS z yueg s 1ex90S WINIS 1 yueg v 194908 WINIS 1 yueg 18490S WIS 0 4ueg z 18490S WIS 0 yueg 116x908 WINIS D ol o0 gt gt j gt e o o 9 9 S8 U DUI Dy U i NI We lol oer men reo o p o zo S9 S8 9 5 8 amp A w N T 9 KZ z 0 o D UJ c n N O 1ndu jewog pseog dal Arewud
35. T DOS and Windows3 1x Device Drivers Device drivers are software programs that enable your computer to communicate with SCSI devices such as hard disk drives CDROM drives and scanners Each kind of device requires a different device driver Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS Windows3 1x device drivers that are copied to your hard disk during installa tion Adaptec EZSCSI adds command lines to your config sys and autoexec bat files to load these device drivers if it finds these kinds of devices on your computer To learn more about the Adaptec EZSCSI device drivers including their command line option information see the online Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Win dows Help application DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface managers are software programs that enable the SCSI device drivers your host adapter and your SCSI devices to communicate with each other ASPI managers are written for a specific operating system such as DOS and a specific family of Adaptec host adapters Adaptec EZSCSI includes several ASPI managers for DOS Windows3 1x When you install Adaptec EZSCSI on these operating systems it detects what kind of host adapter is installed in your computer and automatically configures your system with the correct ASPI manager To learn more about these ASPI managers including their command line option information see the Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Windows Help application
36. T and CONFIG SYS files ASUS P I P55T2P4S 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 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 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
37. TALLATION 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 all power cords into a power strip that is equipped by a surge protector You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light and the monitor LED as well 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 any thing 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 authorized dealer for assistance During power on hold down the lt Delete gt key to enter BIOS setup Follow the next section BIOS SOFTWARE for instructions ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual Power Connections 25 g 2 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 t
38. WARD 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 32 0 1646 63 LBA 849 1647 16 65535 1646 63 NORMAL 849 823 32 65535 1646 63 LARGE Note Some OSes like SCO UNIX must use NORMAL for installation ESC Skip 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 zeros 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 th
39. acheable Size CBSIZE The default of 64MB uses only the onboard TAG SRAM which allows cacheable memory up to 64MB If you install DRAM above 64MB and wish to allow cacheable memory above 64MB you need to install a TAG SRAM upgrade and set this jumper to 572MB See this section for TAG SRAM Upgrade Cacheable Size CBSIZE Cacheable Size 64MB 512MB 64MB 1 2 Default 512MB 2 3 E m CBSIZE CBSIZE O O O 1 1 p 64MB Cacheable Default 512MB Cacheable i OE Bs TAG SRAM Upgrade The purpose of this SRAM is described by Memory Cacheable Size jumper You must use a standard 5Volt SRAM chip that is 15ns or faster ia Indention i E am Insert one 16K8 or 32K8 5 f I SRAM chip as shown by HH za the Top view with the semi PH circle Indention on the i same side as the Notch mest d Motherboard Top Side E TAG SRAM Upgrade ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 7 IIl INSTALLATION 2 Flash ROM Boot Block Programming BBLKW This sets the operation mode of the boot block area of the Programmable Flash ROM t
40. aes 53 Windows95 or WindowsNT eese 53 Windows Windows for Workgroups 3 1x sesss 53 po M 53 Troubleshooting Tips en e etos omine bh tae futu o 54 SCSI Device Troubleshooting eere eene eene ette nn 54 Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting 54 Information for DOS Windows 3 1x Users aaa 57 DOS and Windows3 1x Device Drivers sess 57 DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers aaa 57 DOS Formatting Utilities En EE OR S pP ic 58 Low level Formatter scsifmt a 58 Formatter and Partitioner afdisk 59 Removable Media Manager rmvtool 61 VII ADAPTEC 7800 DRIVERS 88 Pages for onboard Adaptec 7880 SCSI Chipset ASUS P I P55T2P4S 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 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
41. and connect pins 2 amp 3 respec tively Pin 1 for our motherboards is always on top Tal 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 Ell to connect pins 1 amp 2 and CE to connect pins 2 amp 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as Ell 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 jumpers 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 Usea 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 P55T2P4S User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Jumper Settings 1 Memory C
42. antly 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 case 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 SMIlead 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 Reset Switch Lead PANEL This 2 pin connector connects to the case 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 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead amp System Power LED PANEL This 5 pin connector connects to the case mounted keyboard lock switch for locking the keyboard and also to connect the system power LED The system power LED lights when the system is powered on See the figure below Speaker Connector PANEL This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Turbo or 45V Power LED E auo Nes
43. ault is Disabled ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 37 i 1 2 38 IV BIOS SOFTWARE DRAM and ECC If all your DRAM modules have parity chips e g 8 chips 4 parity chips they are considered 36bits This motherboard sums the memory per bank and therefore two modules will give 72bits and the following will be displayed DRAM are 72 bits wide Old values CShift F2 color Memory parity SERR NMI Disabled Load BIOS Defaults DRAM ECC PARITY Select Parity Load Setup Defaults If your DRAM modules do not have parity chips e g 8 chips they are considered 32bits and the following will be displayed instead DRAM are 64 Not 72 bits wide F5 Old values CShift F2 Color Memory parity SERR NMI Disabled F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults The default of Disabled for Memory parity SERR NMJ will not show memory errors on your monitor When using parity DRAM modules you can select from the default of Parity or ECC Error Checking and Correcting to correct 1 bit memory errors that may occur in the memory See pages 12 13 for more information on DRAM memory modules Onboard FDC Controller 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 floppy drives set this field to Dis abled Default setting is Enabled Onboard
44. ay and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity Power Management User Define Disable Video Off Option D Stby gt Off Enable Video Off Method SUNC Blank PT 2 Enable Suspend Switch Enable i Enable Doze Speed div by 8 Enable Stdby Speed div by 32 Disable i 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 PM Events vel IRQ3 Hake Up Disable I Enable quit ge Select Item IRQ8 Wake Up Disable Hel PU PD Modify IRQ12 Wake Up Enable Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Details of Power Management Setup Power Management User Defined This field acts as the master control for the power management modes There are four options Max Saving Min Saving Disabled and User Defined 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 allows 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 m
45. bove and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Diskette in your floppy disk drive Oo ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 2 5 E E z i h 5 53 54 VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Troubleshooting Tips SCSI Device Troubleshooting Review this checklist if your newly installed SCSI disk drives CDROM drives and other devices do not seem to work properly e Be sure that termination is correctly set for all devices on the SCSI bus as described in your host adapter documentation e Be sure there are no hardware conflicts such as devices in your computer try ing to use the same interrupts IRQs or DMA channels e Be sure the cables connecting the external and internal SCSI devices and the host adapter are attached securely Also be sure the pin 1 orientation is correct for internal cables See the host adapter documentation for more information e Besurethat each SCSI device connected to the host adapter has a unique SCSI ID Besure CD ROM drives and other SCSI devices are attached to a power source and are turned ON Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting What is a miniport driver and how do I make sure that the miniport driver is installed correctly Miniport drivers are a new kind of 32bit protect mode device driver used by Win dows95 and WindowsNT to control host adapters and other kinds of devices Win dows95 and WindowsNT include a set of miniport drivers for various types of
46. 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 P55T2P4S 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 ESC 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 Fi
47. cted 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 motherboard BIOS must support DMI The following motherboards do not support DMI P I P6RP4 not supported PCI E P54NP4 not supported PCI I P54NPAD not supported The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG EXE must be ran 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 F5 during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BA
48. determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of 4 or 5 for each slot PCI Latency Timer The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA 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 DMA x Used By ISA 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 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 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE ISA MEM Block BASE This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a Legacy ISA card tha
49. disk device is formatted This may take a long time if the disk is large If you select Verify you can press Esc at any time to stop the verification process This does not damage the disk If the utility finds bad blocks on the disk it displays information about them You can reassign the bad block s to prevent data from being stored there Repeat steps 3 4 and 5 as needed to format or verify other disk devices When you are finished press Esc to exit ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Formatter and Partitioner afdisk Use the DOS based afdisk utility to partition and format SCSI hard disk drives Floptical drives and magneto optical drives You can also use afdisk to remove DOS and non DOS partitions from a disk drive and to format removable media in standard hard disk format OS 2 floppy format or DOS V Japanese format NOTE Use afdisk only if the disk device is not controlled by the host adapter BIOS that is if the host adapter does not have a BIOS or if its BIOS is not en abled If the disk device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS use the DOS fdisk utility to partition and format the disk device See the MSDOS documentation P 5 D 0 a E z 3 h 5 Run afdisk from the DOS prompt only not from the Windows MSDOS prompt Before you run it be sure the disk devices you want to format and partition are connected to the host adapter and that they are powered Then foll
50. e 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 P55T2P4S 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 hard 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 configu
51. e note that a Microsoft serial mouse or compatible will use either COMI 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 IRQS 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 P55T2P4S User s Manual 41 3 te 4 J 2 pe Q 42 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 DMA 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 Onboard AHA 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 The first four fields on the screen set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to
52. e removable disk drive is at SCSI ID 3 on host adapterl you would enter this command to lock the disk media rmvtool lock ID 1 3 You can issue rmvtool commands for two or more devices and you can add the commands to the autoexec bat file If you add this command line to your autoexec bat file rmvtool locks the media in the two devices when the computer boots This prevents the disk media from being removed until another command is issued to unlock it rmvtool lock ID 4 ID 5 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 61 Es T Sx This page was intentionally left blank 62 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual
53. en 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 ROM P A BIOS P55T2P ARD SOFTWA Date mm dd yy Thu Nov 21 1996 Time hh mm ss 10 13 6 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HERD PRECOMP LRNDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto Primary Slave None Secondary Master Auto Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Base Memory Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Extended Memory Other Memory Video EGA YGA SSS SSS SSS Halt On All Errors Total Memory 65536K ESC Quit oe 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 scree
54. er Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For updated BIOS drivers or product release information you may visit ASUS home page at http www asus com tw Copyright 1996 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Copyright 1995 Adaptec Inc All rights reserved Adaptec the Adaptec logo and EZ SCSI are trademarks of Adaptec Inc which may be registered in some jurisdictions Product Name ASUS P I P55T2P4S Manual Revision 1 20 Release Date November 1996 ASUS P I P55T2P4S 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 0254 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 P55T2P4S User s Manual III
55. ight arrow key Floppy 3 Mode Support 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 Disabled Default Video Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA Default Mono for Hercules or MDA CGA 40 CGA 80 If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose the EGA VGA option Halt On This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt All Errors Default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 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 set up 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 D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First 1DE D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence A D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow
56. itting 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 E m P m E ie For the infrared feature to be available you must connect an optional Infrared B a module to the motherboard Infrared Module Connector ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 23 Ill INSTALLATION 16 Ultra Fast SCSI amp Ultra Wide SCSI Connectors This motherboard has onboard 50 Pin Ultra Fast SCSI connector for 8 bit SCSI devices and 68 Pin Ultra Wide SCSI connector for 16 bit SCSI devices E m Connect the Red E lain I Pin 1 stripe to Pin 1 b i b 68 Pin Ultra Wide 50 Pin Ultra Fast la SCSI Connector SCSI Connector Onboard SCSI Connectors aan SS 24 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IIl INS
57. k If you are using a PS 2 mouse you must purchase an optional PS 2 mouse set which connects to the 6 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer s case The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section Ung Fom B 1234 1 GND pe LITI Motherboard 2 DATA 8 3 NC 1234 ur 5 CLK 7x Cable Set 8 NC This optional PS 2 mouse cable and bracket set is necessary to provide a connector for a PS 2 mouse on a free expansion slot cover PS 2 Mouse Module Connector ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IIl INSTALLATION 3 Parallel Printer Connector 26 Pin Block Connection for the included parallel port ribbon cable with mounting bracket Connect the ribbon cable to this connection and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot It will then be available for a parallel printer cable You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 26 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 26 plugged NOTE Serial printers
58. le 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 P55T2P4S User s Manual 27 g 2 28 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Updating your Motherboard s BIOS L v cope Mc ull 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 Enter 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 the Enter 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
59. lt setting for this field is Enabled 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 5 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 IRQs 3 15 individually in the list at the right of the screen The power management feature will work on the enabled IRQ channels Tak
60. must be connected to the serial port For this connector to be available you must connect the included Parallel 25 Pin female cable set to a free expansion slot opening TIP You may also remove the bracket connectors and mount them directly to the case to save expansion slot space E a Onboard Parallel Printer Connector 4 Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors Two 10 pin blocks These connectors support the provided serial port ribbon cables with mounting bracket Connect the ribbon cables to these connectors and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot The two serial ports on the mounting bracket will then be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup Pin 10 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 10 plugged 8 COM 1 COM 2 i GEE a Pin 1 Pin 1 For these connectors to be available you must connect the included Serial cable set from COM 1 using the 9 Pin male amp COM using the 25 Pin male to a free expansion slot opening TIP You may also remove the bracket connectors and mount them directl
61. n 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 F1 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 P55T2P4S 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 1to31 Year up to 2099 Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press the page up page down 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
62. n 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 Delete 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 Ctrl Alt and Delete 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 Esc Quit TED re e F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Select Item ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 29 8 j i d ie 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 scre
63. nP 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 P55T2P4S User s Manual 17 DMA Channds 6 18 Ill INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources These are clearly separated from jumpers in Map of the 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 labeled 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 connector 1 Keyboard Connector 5 pin female This connection is for a standard IBM compatible keyboard May also be known as a 101 enhanced keyboard 8 h 8 I i 1 9 Keyboard Connector 5 pin female e This motherboard accepts an AT Keyboard Connector Plug as shown here Ih Keyboard Connector 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin bloc
64. next screen Click on the Have Disk button then click the Browse button 4 Look in the drivers storage directory of the CDROM and select the name of your SCSI host adapter if it appears Oo What if a yellow exclamation point or a red X appears in Device Manager in front of my host adapter This means there is some kind of resource problem First see if the names of any host adapters appear that are not actually installed in your computer If so select the name and click Remove If a red X appears in front of your host adapter name remove all the host adapter references under SCSI Controllers and run Add New Hardware as described in the previous question answer If a yellow exclamation point appears in front of your host adapter name the resources that the driver uses probably do not match the resources used by the hardware Double click the host adapter name then click on the Resource tab Deselect the Use automatic settings box and edit the resources Interrupt Request Direct Memory Access etc so they match those used by the host adapter If the problem still remains there is probably a hardware resource conflict between the host adapter and other hardware in your computer You can fix this by changing the hardware resource settings See your hardware documentation What do I need to do if I want to use another host adapter 1 Open the Control Panel double click on System and click the Device Man ager tab 2 Double click the
65. o 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 1 2 Default Enabled 2 3 jo BBLKW BBLKW ws bh g GG Disabled Default Enabled O p a i m Boot Block Programming Disable Enable 2 3 Onboard Multi I O Selection SIO You can selectively disable each onboard Multi I O item floppy serial paral lel and IrDA through Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SOFTWARE or dis able all Multi I O items at once with the following jumper in order to use your own Multi I O card Selections SIO Enable 1 2 Default Disable 2 3 SIO SIO 1 1 2 2 I E g Enable Default Disabled Super Multi I O Setting Enable Disable 8 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION 4 Real Time Clock RTC RAM RTCLR This clears the user entered information stored in the CMOS RAM of the Real Time Clock such as hard disk information and passwords To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off the PC 2 Short this jumper 3 Power on the PC
66. o 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 BIOS 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 re install it Create a bootable system floppy diskette
67. ode ECP DMA Select This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 3 default or Disable UART2 Use Infrared 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 You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both default or disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE 0 Master Slave Mode IDE 1 Master Slave Mode 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 the optimal performance ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 39 IV BIOS i 40 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Power Management Setup This Power Management Setup option allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video displ
68. ode 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 1x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows including 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 off 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 acronym for Dis play Power Management System allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen Use the latter for monitors that do not support the Green no power management feature Take note that a screen saver software does not work with this feature While the monitor is shut off this software cannot display ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Suspend Switch 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 De fau
69. other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup I 5 Connect the Red stripe to Pin 1 Goa a LK 6 HAHAHAHA TET TTL I ARARE EEEE b L n oO Q o 5 a 5 5 lt O m O o 3 2 oO O 9 o A lb B ll E Primary IDE Connector IDE Hard Drive Connectors 8 IDE Activity LED HDLED This 2 Pin lead will light up a case LED whenever there is read write activity by devices connected to the IDE and or SCSI connectors TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 Pin plug T HD LED Hard Drive LED Lead ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 21 22 9 10 11 12 13 Ill INSTALLATION 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 You may wish to connect the Power LED from the system case to this lead See the figure below 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 inst
70. ow these steps 1 Change to the directory where afdisk exe is located usually c csi type afdisk at the DOS prompt and press Enter Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen The number that appears after Target is the device s SCSI ID 2 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the disk device you want to partition then press Enter If the selected disk device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS you can view information about it but you cannot partition it with afdisk Use the DOS fdisk and format utilities If the selected disk device is unpartitioned you must partition it before you can format it To do this follow the instructions on the screen Press F1 to see an explanation of the partitioning options Information about the selected disk device appears in the lower left of the screen Disks smaller than 1 Gigabyte have 64 heads 32 sectors per track and cylinders equal to the number of MBytes of available capacity Disks larger than 1 Gigabyte have 255 heads 63sectors per track and one cylinder per 8MBytes of available capacity ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 59 VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY 3 To create a new partition on the disk device press Ins A screen similar to this f appears 5 d N Adaptec SCSI Disk Setup Program v3 33 3 T End M a S Select SCSI Device to Partition PS Start Ende Megs Q HA 0 Target 0 QUANTUM
71. ration changes highlight the Save amp Exit Setup option on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key 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 SAVING SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N V LOAD BIOS DEFAULT LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc Quit t l e Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Save Data to CHOS 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 P55T2P4S User s Manual 47 D X d V This page was intentionally left blank 48 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual V DESKTOP 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 colle
72. rce 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 P Blank White Dot ZIF Socket 7 with Pentium Processor ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 15 a t d 8 Q 8 2 16 4 IIl INSTALLATION 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 NOTE PCI Slot 4 has a MediaBus extension 2 0 which allows the installation of a PCI card or a MediaBus card optional multifunctional card but not both Expansion Card Installation Procedure Secus uec 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card 2 Setany necessary jumpers on your expansion card 3 4 Remove the bracket on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for pos Remove your computer system s cover sible 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
73. rompt 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 T 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 been disabled NOTE If you forget the password see CMOS RAM in section III for procedures on clearing the CMOS ASUS P I P55T2P4S 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 PI55T2P4S CMOS SETUP UTILITY A
74. sssss 28 6 BIOS Setup siete nae NE Manna PRG Mc Y GEN a EDU Ee na 29 Bezug 30 Standard C MOS Setup ear CREER ERR EDAD Ux 30 Details of Standard CMOS Setup ea 31 IV ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual CONTENTS BIOS Features Sef p eeserutee terns a A AG 34 Details of BIOS Features Setup ea 34 Chipset Pe al res Setup avy desi AAA Uo PRORA Te EE VERE PA RNETEE 37 Power Management Setup ena ter e tappa eue 40 Details of Power Management Setup usssss 40 PNP and PCL S ODDS sederteeieiiere na tee nt shen sop ed terrere tele 42 Ixoad BIOS Deraults sce saec e a xd nee AA ini 44 Load Setup Defaults date ooo ad 44 Supervisor Password and User Password ssse 45 IDE HDD Auto Detection tete eode tind e tette Ps eneta da 46 Save and Exit Setup 401 d Ua dai be Enn per cet AS EAEE 47 Exit Without Sap eiie Ur RICE EO ARI lies uates reU REFUS 47 V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT eee eene nenne 49 Desktop Management Interface DMD aaa 49 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 49 System Requirements nenen m E id 49 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 50 O E E A A I p d aT M Feo us 50 VI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY 53 Quick Start Instructions erts rie teres e bx To aa rues M
75. t 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 Onboard AHA BIOS The default uses Auto settings for the onboard Adaptec 7880 SCSI If you wish not to use the onboard Adaptec 7880 SCSI choose Disabled USB Function 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 P55T2P4S User s Manual 43 U a N 8 D w 3 T T 44 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load BIOS Defaults This Load 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 Enter key The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press
76. t Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy A drive one time By setup default this field is set to Disabled Floppy Disk Access Control This allows protection of files 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 This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot The setup default setting for this field is On Boot Up System Speed This has not function and should be left at the setup default of High IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors 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 By setup default this field is set to HDD MAX other selections are Dis abled 2 4 8 16 and 32 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 35 36 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Typematic Rate Setting 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 This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and
77. the Y key and then the Enter key to confirm Press the N key and then the Enter 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 Enter key The system displays a confirma tion message on the screen Press the Y key and then the Enter key to confirm Press the N key and then the Enter key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen D A 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 P55T2P4S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 p
78. the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNPAND PCI SETUP Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 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 ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual IIl INSTALLATION Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs System IRQs are avail 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 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 devices are in use at the same time To simplify this process this motherboard has
79. y to the case to save expansion n Ih Slot space E a Onboard Serial Port Connectors ASUS P I P55T2P4S User s Manual 19 Ill INSTALLATION 5 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 Pin 1 E LI Connect the Red stripe to Pin 1 HAHAHA AAA ER m H Floppy Drive Connector 6 Power Connector 12 pin block This connector connects to a standard 5 Volt power supply To connect the leads from the power supply ensure first that the power supply is not plugged Most power supplies provide two plugs P8 and P9 each containing six wires two of which are black Orient the connectors so that the black wires are located in the middle z 2 Using a slight angle align the plastic guide pins on the lead to their receptacles on the connector Once aligned press the lead onto the connector until the lead locks into place

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