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1. 1 2 2 3 for no connection connect pins 1 amp 2 and connect pins 2 amp 3 respectively Pin 1 for our motherboards is always on top i or on the left when holding the motherboard with the keyboard connector away from yourself A 1 is written besides pin 1 on jumpers with three pins The jumpers will also be shown graphically such as B to connect pins 1 amp 2 and CEE to connect pins 2 amp 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as B 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 together 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 components against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer Unplug your computer when working on the inside Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or circuitry Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system P I P6NP5 User s Manual III IN
2. NOTE PCI Slot 5 has a MediaBus extension 2 0 see page 18 which allows the installation of a PCI card or a MediaBus card optional multifunctional card but not both 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 Expansion Card Installation Procedure Read the documentation for your expansion card Set any necessary jumpers on your expansion card Remove your computer s cover Remove the bracket on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed in step 4 Replace the computer s cover Setup the BIOS if necessary Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card ae hen a ee Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards IMPORTANT PCI Slots 4 amp 5 share the same IRQ If using PCI cards on both slots 4 amp 5 make sure that the drivers support Share IRQ or that one card does not need an IRQ assignment Conflicts will arise on PCI Slots 4 amp 5 that will make the system unstable 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 f
3. 2 3 JP3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 CPU BUS Ratio JP5 On On On On JP7 On On Off Off JP6 Off Off On On JP4 On On On On CPU BUS Ratio 3 0x 3 0x 2 5x 2 5x External Freq 66MHz 60MHz 66MHz 60MHz 10 P I P6NP5 User s Manual III INSTALLATION This page was intentionally left blank RU ag 6 P I P6NP5 User s Manual 11 z 12 2 System Memory DRAM SDRAM amp SRAM This motherboard supports four 72 pin SIMMs Single Inline Memory Modules of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB The DRAM can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode Asymmetric or Symmetric Extended Data Output EDO or Burst Extended Data Output BEDO SIMMs must be installed in pairs so that each bank contains two of the same size memory modules To support ECC you must use true opposed to phantom parity generated by TTL chips 36 bit parity type SIMM e g 8 chips 4 parity chips in pairs for all modules Mixing 32 bit non parity SIMM e g 8 chips and 36 bit SIMM 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 pen Total Memory Bank 0 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB SIMM Slots 1 amp 2 72 pin FPM EDO BEDO SIMM Bank 1 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB SIMM Slots 3 amp 4 72 pin FPM EDO BEDO SIMM Total System Memory IMPORTANT Each bank must have the same size and type
4. FPM EDO BEDO of memory installed in pairs Memory setup is required in BIOS Chipset Setup Auto Configuration on page 34 P I P6NP5 User s Manual 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 com om ummm lt Notched End Bank0 Bank 1 72 Pin SIMM DRAM Sockets amp Module 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 This Side Only Plastic Safety Tab 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 P I P6NP5 User s Manual 13 Il INSTALLATION This page was intentionally left blank 14 P I P6NP5 User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 3 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a 387 pin ZIF Soc
5. 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 the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignor
6. Burst Write Combining The default setting of Enabled will increase the efficiency of PCI bus by combining several CPU to PCI write cycles into one VGA performance is increased by this action P I P6NP5 User s Manual 37 Chipset Features 0 BA A i Q i 38 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Read Around Write The default setting of Enabled will increase the execution efficiency of the proces sor It allows the processor to execute read commands out of order if there is no dependence between these read and other write commands 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 Memory Cache Mode USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technology for the video memory of the Pentium Pro processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must leave this on the default setting of UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature or else your system may not boot 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 default is Disabled DRAM and ECC If all your DRAM modules have parity chips e g 8 ch
7. CMOS Data Voltage Regulator Output Selection CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection CPU BUS Frequency Ratio DRAM Memory Expansion slots Socket for Central Processing Unit CPU 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 Port connector 26 pin Block Serial Port COM1 amp COM2 10 pin Blocks Floppy Drive connector 34 pin Block Motherboard Power connector 12 pin Block Primary Secondary IDE connectors 40 pin Blocks 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 IDE LED activity light CPU 12V Cooling Fan connector Infrared Port Module connector P I P6NP5 User s Manual 5 z I INSTALLATION Installation Steps Before using your computer you must follow the six steps as follows 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 aL ie a oe 1 Jumpers Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to con nect jumper pins JP on the motherboard See Map of the Motherboard on page 4 for locations of jumpers The jumper settings will be described numerically such as
8. Doze Speed div by Stdby Speed div by CRTC Alarm CIRQ2 Redir PM Timers Reserved HDD Power Down Reserved Doze Mode a PS 2 Mouse Standby Mode Coprocessor Suspend Mode 3 Hard Disk Reserved PM Events SA IRQ3 wake up 7 wake up 7 Bete iios Select Item wake up a PU PD Modify wake Up i i Kal ies Cshift F2 color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Power Management Setup Power Management User Defined This field acts as the master control for the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Defined 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 mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG SYS For Windows 3 x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature A battery and power cord icon labeled Power will appear in the Control Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Field Video Off Option Susp Stby gt
9. Manual Vil ASUS I A16C Audio Card NOTE The ASUS I A16C 16 bit ISA audio card comes with certain motherboard packages and is not for sale separately ee l A16C Audio Features Creative Labs VIBRA 16C PnP Audio Chip e Full Duplex Supports e 16 8 bit PCM 5KHz to 44 1KHz e Wave Table Upgradeable e Software Includes DOS and Window 3 1 Drivers Windows 95 Driver Wave Editor Wave OLE Quick CD Mixer Control Quick Player g q Unpacking and Handling Precautions CAUTION Keep the ASUS I A16C stored in its anti static bag until you are ready to install it in your system The ASUS I A16C is easily damaged by static electric ity Observe the following precautions while unpacking and handling the board e Before handling the board discharge static electricity form your body by touch ing an unpainted area of the system s metal chassis While installing the board ground yourself frequently to discharge any static electricity that may accu mulate in your body e After removing the board form the anti static bag place it on a grounded sur face with the components facing up e Check the board for damage If any socketed component appears loose press firmly but carefully to seat the chip in its socket Otherwise avoid touching the components on the board Always handle the board by the edges P I P6NP5 User s Manual 57 OILV ISNSV IIA VII ASUS I A16C Audio Card Layout and Connectors Wave Table Upgrade PC Sp
10. O S S O O S S O JP17 VID 2 S S S S O O O O S S S S O O O JP18 VID 3 S S S S S S S S O O O O O O O _ JP18 VID 3 a O VID Support Default r Voltage ID 0 1 2 3 VID Support or Manual 8 P I P6NP5 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION This page was intentionally left blank RU ag 7 P I P6NP5 User s Manual 9 Il INSTALLATION 5 CPU External BUS Frequency Selection JP2 JP3 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 advertised CPU speed 6 CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio JP4 5 6 7 These jumpers set the frequency ratio between the Jnternal 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 aN O x o O x Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of the Intel CPU as follows JP 200 180 166 150 External Freq JP2 1 2 2 3 1 2
11. See YL ve qi 5V ORG Pa tier s Power Connector Power Plugs from on Motherboard Power Supply P I P6NP5 User s Manual 21 Il INSTALLATION 7 Primary Secondary IDE connectors Two 40 pin Block This connector supports 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 jumpers accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings You may also 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 Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged I 5 om inf i UD CECE ELLE ee leeele sleek Weeeele stele oon Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector z 8 Turbo LED switch CON1 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 on the next page 9 SMI suspend switch lead
12. allow reads from the floppy but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Boot Up System Speed High This has no function and should be left on the setup default IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 P I P6NP5 User s Manual 35 i 36 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next Setup default setting is Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting is 6 other settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250ms This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250ms 500ms 750ms and 1000ms OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to Enable this option otherwise leave this on the setup default of Disabled Security Option System This field determines when the sy
13. included in the second SCO UNIX floppy disk Win dows 95 support is also available using the device drivers included within the Win dows software The ASUS PCI SC200 adapter is auto detected as PCI NCRC810 SCSI HOST ADAPTER and uses the NCRC810 MPD driver For information about these drivers and their usage see the Readme files included in the driver packages You can print out the contents of these files using any text editor program The next few pages will instruct you on the installation of the ASUS PCI SC200 Fast SCSI Card P I P6NP5 User s Manual 53 o m T U o or 54 VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card The ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Interface Card Your motherboard may have come with an optional SCSI Small Computer System Interface controller card the PCI SC200 The card is also available separately This card works with the SCSI BIOS on the motherboard Together they provide a com plete PCI Fast SCSI 2 interface With the card installed in your system you can connect SCSI devices installed in your system case to the internal connector on the card You also have the additional option of connecting external SCSI devices to the external SCSI 2 connector on the card If you get the ASUS PCI SC200 later on as an option you will need to install it yourself The setup procedure is explained here Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 There are two jumper settings you may need to make on the card to set it up One setting assig
14. inserts into the shared PCI 5 MediaBus 2 0 Slot NOTE This motherboard uses MediaBus Rev 2 0 The previous MediaBus cards designed for MediaBus Rev 1 2 will not fit into the MediaBus Rev 2 0 that is on this motherboard The difference between Rev 1 2 and Rev 2 0 is that the later revision has 72 pins instead of 68 pins so it does not have to use any PCI slot signals reserved for PCI cards therefore the motherboard s PCI Slot 4 can meet standard specifications The gap between the MediaBus extension and the PCI Slot 4 has been increased from 0 32 to 0 40 in order to prevent Rev 1 2 MediaBus cards from being installed into the new motherboards and vice versa The following are MediaBus cards designed for MediaBus 2 0 that can be used on this motherboard e PCI AS2940UW Ultra Fast Wide SCSI amp Audio MediaBus Card e PCI AV264CT N PCI Audio amp Video MediaBus Card e PCI AV264VT PCI Audio amp Video MediaBus Card e PCI AV264GT1 PCI Audio amp Video MediaBus Card e PCI AV264GT2 PCI Audio amp Video MediaBus Card The following are MediaBus cards designed for MediaBus 1 2 and therefore cannot be used on this motherboard e PCI AS7870 Fast Wide SCSI amp Audio MediaBus Card e PCI AV264CT PCI Audio amp Video MediaBus Card e PCI AV868 PCI Audio amp Video MediaBus Card All the above Audio features Creative Technology Ltd All the above Video features ATI Inc AV868 Video features S3 Inc All the above SCSI feat
15. 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 z p 3 You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS P I P6NP5 User s Manual 51 This page was intentionally left blank 52 P I P6NP5 User s Manual VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers Aside from the system BIOS the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also con tains the NCR SCSI BIOS This SCSI BIOS works in conjunction with the optional ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI controller card to provide a complete PCI Fast SCSI 2 interface All SCSI devices you install to your system require driver software to function The NCR SCSI BIOS directly supports SCSI hard disks under the DOS Windows and OS 2 environments It also uses device drivers from the DOS floppy disk included in the PCI SC200 controller card package to support hard disks and other SCSI devices working under DOS Windows Windows NT Novell NetWare and OS 2 These drivers provide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are
16. o 2101S 1O0d L 01S 1Od seauq Addo d 8 qnduj Jomog peog eV ners Jo den NOLLVTIVLSNI Ill O z SngeIp N G 101S 19d 0 yueg 101S WIS 0 yueg Z 101S WIS L yueg 101S WIS yueg v 101S WIS gdl lewd 3dqd Arepuosas ZZZ BUS Freq ZIF Socket 8 CMOS RAM CPU BUS Ratio Fan Power malJP18 Voltage Regulator IDE LED AAR u u n a aja a a SUOOBUUDD OSED Infrared nunnu 4 P I P6NP5 User s Manual III INSTALLATION Jumpers 1 2 3 4 5 6 JP10 JP13 JP12 JP15 16 17 18 JP2 3 JP4 5 6 7 Expansion Slots 1 2 3 4 5 SIMM Slots ZIF Socket 8 ISA Slots 1 2 3 PCI Slots 1 2 3 4 PCI 5 MediaBus Connectors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Parallel Port Serial Port Floppy Drive Power Input p Primary Second IDE p Turbo Power CON1 p SMI Switch CON1 p 10 Reset Switch CON1 p 11 Key Lock CON1 12 Speaker CON1 13 JP11 15 IR PPVPP PPDPP PPVPP P CO CO N N 12 15 16 16 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 22 23 23 p 23 p 23 14 JP1 p p 24 24 Multi I O Selection Enable Disable Flash ROM Boot Block Program Enable Disable CMOS RAM Operation Clear
17. will appear with the following options ROM PCI ISA BIOS PI P6NPS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC 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 BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Select Item Esc Quit i F10 Save amp Exit Setup Cshift F2 change color Time Date Hard Disk Type P I P6NP5 User s Manual 29 z 8 g i d a 30 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option loads the minimized settings for troubleshooting Load Setup Defaults on the other hand is for loading optimized defaults for regular use Choosing defaults at this level will modify all applicable settings A section at the bottom of the above screen displays the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses Another section just below the control keys section displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Standard CMOS Setup This Standard CMOS Setup option allows you to record some basic system hard ware configuration and set the system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged o
18. will reserve IRQ12 for expan sion cards and therefore the PS 2 Mouse will not function P I P6NP5 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 ROM PCI ISA BIOS PL FONFS TURES SETUP BRARD TOF TRAN LRC Pod Cie GRAM Fie FRI Burst erite e NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Chipset Features Setup Auto Configuration The default setting of 60ns DRAM sets the optimal timings for items 2 through 6 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 DRAM Refresh Type Leave on default setting of RAS Only as this is the current standard CPU to PCI IDE Posting Leave on default setting of Enabled so that the CPU to PCI IDE posting cycles are treated as normal I O write transactions USWC Write Posting Leave on default setting of Enabled to allow USWC write posting during I O bridge access CPU to PCI Write Post The default setting of Enabled will increase the efficiency of the PCI bus and speed up the execution in the processor PCI to DRAM Pipeline The default of Enabled will increase the bandwidth of the path between the PCI and the DRAM to enhance the PCI bus efficiency and DRAM accessing PCI
19. CON1 This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector See the figure on the next page 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 prob lems May require one or two pushes depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP of the BIOS software should be on the default setting of Enable 22 P I P6NP5 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 10 Reset switch lead CON1 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 11 Keyboard lock switch lead CON1 This 5 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch for locking the keyboard for security purposes See the figure below 12 Speaker connector CON1 This 4 pin
20. IOS 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 by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS environment without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files then copy PFLASH EXE to the newly formatted diskette and then save your BIOS to the same diskette P I P6NP5 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 Fl
21. LLATION 5 Floppy drive connector 34 pin block This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting 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 orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged sor Pin 1 pE EEEE 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 Goa a ele 4 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 om ae e i 5V gt F RED 4 a RED aay SV wer BLK GND i BLK a BLK __ at a mee 12V B lt A 12V 1
22. MS DOS manual Hard Disk Drives This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can support up to two hard disks the first of which is the master and the second is the slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and are not supported by any the BIOS If you install the optional PCI SC200 SCSI controller card into the motherboard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card please refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers P I P6NP5 User s Manual 31 S r2 g eco LON g 6 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 e 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 doc
23. Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power manage ment The settings are Susp Stby gt Off Suspend gt Off Always on and All modes gt off 40 P I P6NP5 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank This field defines the video off features Three options are available V H SYNC Blank DPMS and Blank Only The first option which is the default setting blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning DPMS Display Power Management System allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it sup ports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen Use the latter for monitors that do not support the Green no power management feature NOTE Screen saver software does not work with this feature While the monitor is shut off this software cannot display Suspend Switch Enabled This field enables or disables the SMI connector on the motherboard This connec tor connects to the lead from the Suspend switch mounted on the system case Doze Speed Stdby Speed These two fields set the CPU speed during each mode The number indicates what the normal CPU speed is divided by PM Timers This section controls the time out settings for the Power Management scheme The fields included in this section are HDD Power Down which places the hard disk into its lowest power consumption mode and the Doze Standby and Suspend sys tem inac
24. P I P6NP5 Motherboard USER S MANUAL USER S NOTICE I No part of this product including the product and software may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any lan guage in any form by any means without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC hereinafter referred to as ASUS except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes ASUS provides this manual as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of mer chantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASUS be liable for any loss or profits loss of business loss of use or data interruption of business or for indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even if ASUS has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product ASUS may revise this manual from time to time without notice For updated BIOS drivers or product release information you may visit ASUSTeK s home page at http www asus com tw 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 motherboard itself Manual revisions are released for each desi
25. P6NP5 User s Manual FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE VI Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The
26. STALLATION Jumper Settings 1 On Board Multi I O Selection JP10 P I P6NP5 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 3 CMOS RAM JP12 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 CMOS data 1 Turn off the PC 2 Set jumper to Clear 3 Power on the PC 4 Turn off the PC 5 Set jumper to Operation 6 Power on the PC 7 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Selections JP12 Normal open Default Clear CMOS short momentarily i JP12 JP12 Ba Ca F cZ j Gj HA Operation Default Clear Data D CMOS RAM Operation Clear CMOS Data j 4 Voltage Regulator Output Selection JP15 16 17 18 Pentium Pro Processors may require different voltages Current processors marked Pentium Pro support VID and will automatically adjust the voltage regulator so that no jumper settings are needed leave these jumpers open in this case Older processors without VID support require manual voltage ID setting Use S for Short and O or Open Selections 3 5 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 0 2 9 2 8 2 7 2 6 2 5 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 JP15 VID 0 S O S O S O S O S O S O S O S JP16 VID 1 S S O O S S O
27. ash EPROM 1 Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the Boot Block the motherboard BIOS and the PnP ESCD Parameter Block from a new BIOS file NOTE Update BIOS Main Block from File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD requires that the system is running in real mode This utility will not operate if the system is under protected mode or virtual mode You should boot from a system floppy diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files P I P6NP5 User s Manual 27 g 28 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Updating your Motherboard s BIOS L Download an updated BIOS file from a Bulletin Board Service BBS or the internet WWW and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu Visit ASUS WWW at http www asus com tw or FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS or 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 3 At the A prompt type PFLASH lt Enter gt Enter 2 from the Main Menu or 2 from the Advanced Features Menu You will be prompted with the following if Advanced Features is necessary Boot Block of New BIOS is different from old one Please Use Advanced Feature to fla
28. ates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector See section III of the baseboard manual for the IrDA compliant infrared module connector Onboard PCI IDE Enable both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE 0 Master Slave Mode IDE 1 Master Slave Mode Auto Each channel 0 and 1 has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing 0 1 2 3 4 it is necessary for these to be independent The default setting of Auto will allow auto detection to ensure optimal performance P I P6NP5 User s Manual 39 IV BIOS i U IV BIOS SOFTWARE Power Management Setup This Power Management Setup option allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity ROM PCI ISA BIOS PI P6NPS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management User Define COM 2 Video Off Option 3 video off Method Suspend Switch
29. connector connects to the case mounted speaker xo Power LED amp GND LOCK eae Keyboard Lock YT Speaker enD Connector SPKR 5 E i 1 System Case Connections m om I mom m0 Goa a ele 4 2 13 IDE activity LED IDE_LED This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the system cabinet P I P6NP5 User s Manual 23 Il INSTALLATION 14 CPU cooling fan connector FAN This connector supports a CPU cooling fan of 5 010mAMP 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 consideration 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 motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used z 24 P I P6NP5 User s Manual Power Connection Procedures 1 After all jumpers and connections are made close the system case cover 2 Make sure that all swi
30. d 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 T 6 Q J g pe a 42 P I P6NP5 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE DMA x Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a Legacy non PnP ISA card Available options include No ICU and Yes The first option the default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a Legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a Legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then app
31. eaker Out Panasonic Audio In Mitsumi Audio In PC Speaker In Sony Audio del Volume Control Connectors The audio input connectors are used when you wish to control software mixer set tings bass treble volume etc for audio CD s that are played with your CD ROM If the Audio Out from the CD ROM is not connected to the Audio In on the card you can only use the direct output located in the front panel of the CD ROM and adjust volume level by the knob CD Audio Connector Pin Definitions Sony Audio Input Mitsumi Audio Input Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Right Signal 1 GND 2 GND 2 Left Signal 3 GND 3 GND 4 Left Signal 4 Right Signal PC Speaker In PC Speaker Out Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Mono Signal 1 Right Signal 2 GND 2 GND 3 Left Signal 4 GND Panasonic Audio Input Pin Definition 1 Left Signal 2 GND 3 Right Signal Volume Control Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 Volume Up 3 Ground 4 Volume Down 5 Ground 58 P I P6NP5 User s Manual
32. ear for selecting the block size If you have more than one Legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU NCR SCSI BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard NCR SCSI BIOS see section VI If you wish not to use the onboard NCR SCSI BIOS choose Disabled USB Function Disabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices but current operat ing systems do not The default is set to Disabled until support disks and USB devices are available in which time you can set this function to Enabled Passive Release Enabled This function allows the passive release to be Enabled or Disabled The default setting of Enabled allows better performance P I P6NP5 User s Manual 43 U a N 8 Oo w B 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 lt Enter gt key The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press the lt Y gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to confirm Press t
33. ed 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 P I P6NP5 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 configuration changes highlight the Save amp Exit Setup option on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key ROM PCI A BIOS PI P6NP5 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC SAVE amp EXIT SETUP SAVE
34. gn represented by the digit before the period and for additions or corrections represented by the digit after the period The BIOS version noted below represents the current release during this manual revision Copyright 1996 ASUSTeK Computer Inc All rights reserved Product Name P I P6NP5 Product Revision 1 3 Manual Revision 2 1 BIOS Version 401A0 0105 or later Release Date October 1996 P I P6NP5 User s Manual P I P6NP5 User s Manual Ul CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION sscsseesesceecssccessacesasececsesstasetucteecscacsevass I How this manual is organized ccecccccessecceceeneeeceeeneeceeeneeeeeeaes 1 Iten Checklistio ietan aae a E a E 1 Features of This Motherboard cccccceccessececeeneeeceeeneeceeenteeeeeeaes 2 Parts of the Motherboard ys J0s at oesctecas at sken van torn Os aewstedeuetentac en uecevensts 3 Map of the Motherboard 60 2 go iecsee ete asics vadusecvacvecuees siuesestvenes tenons 4 DUTTA DOTS se esnan ces Rneactare adsense E E E N 5 Expansion Slots Ackema ine A E E E 5 MS ONPG CLOTS a nasrai aan Neea e e R e E Ea E a aE 5 Installation Steps oaeee ee a T AE S 6 te J mpef Sasnnn eee e vate a E E AE E 6 J mper Settints snenia pne Eina e textes 7 2 System Memory DRAM SDRAM amp SRAM oseese 12 DRAM Memory Installation Procedures 0 00 0 eee eeeeeees 13 3 Central Processing Unit CPU scccc conta acvrousatve redone 15 4 FER PANSTON C AES eneee a EAE ER 16 Expansion Card In
35. he lt left right cursors to move the top menu items and the TJ 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 not been made ESC will send you back to the left hand menu without any messages Notes A heading BIOS Auto Detect appears on the right for each menu item on the left side that has been auto detected by the system BIOS f a Z S g A heading User Modified will appear on the right for menu items that has been modified by the user 50 P I P6NP5 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
36. he lt N gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key The system displays a confirma tion message on the screen Press the lt Y gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to confirm Press the lt N gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen ROM PCI ISA BI PI P6NP5 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC Load SETUP Defaults Y N LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc Quit i Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Cshift F2 change color P I P6NP5 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 prompt appears on the screen Taking note that the
37. information you need lt F5 gt loads the last set values lt F6 gt amp lt F7 gt loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against acci dental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system This setting is recommended because conflicts with new operating sys tems Installation of new operating systems require that you disable this to prevent write errors CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enable or choose Disable to turn on or off the CPU s Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the Pentium Pro Processor s with the required data The BIOS will load the update on all pro cessors during system bootup in the default position of Enabled P I P6NP5 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE CPU Fast String Enabled Leave on default setting of Enabled for best performance Deturbo Mode Disabled When Enabled FLUSH signal is held asserted to disable cachi
38. ips 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 Shift F2 Color Data Integrity PAR ECC Disabled Load BIOS Defaults E 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 EEEE Se sora Er The default of Disabled for Data Integrity will not show memory errors on your monitor When using parity DRAM modules you can select ECC Error Checking and Correcting to correct 1 bit memory errors that may occur in the memory other wise Parity is the default See pages 12 13 for more information on DRAM memory modules Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the on board floppy drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy drives set this field to Disabled P I P6NP5 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This field reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Two options are available No Swap and Swap AB If you want to switch drive letter assignments set this field to Swap AB and the swap will be controlled in hardware This
39. ket 8 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 the CPU can overheat and cause damage to both the CPU and the motherboard See page 24 CPU Cooling Fan Connector To install a CPU locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket s Lock then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Look to see that the pins are more dense on one half compared to the other half The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that will cover the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted hold down on the fan and close the socket s lever IMPORTANT You must set the CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection and CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio depending on the CPU that you install P I P6NP5 User s Manual 15 7 ig oF Os amp 9 16 Il INSTALLATION 4 Expansion Cards First read your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software settings that may be required to setup your specific card
40. l s 440FX PCIset with I O subsystems Error Checking and Correcting ECC Using Intel s 440FX 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 Internal L2 Cache Support Supports Intel CPU s built in 256KB 512KB depending on CPU Level 2 cache so that no external SRAM chips are needed Versatile DRAM Memory Support Supports four 72 pin SIMMs of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB Supports both Fast Page Mode FPM Extended Data Output EDO SIMMs and Burst Extended Data Output BEDO ISA and PCI Expansion Slots Provides three 16 bit ISA slots four 32 bit PCI slots and one PCI 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 5 for an optional high performance expansion card which includes two functions in one easy to install card For revision compatibility information please refer to page 18 Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities 16 bit I O fully decoded to meet PC97 standards UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections T
41. lity 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 In the BIOS setup you should choose Yes for those IRQ s and DMA s you wish to reserve for Legacy cards P I P6NP5 User s Manual 17 7 DMA Channels 07 o a o VND z 18 III INSTALLATION ASUS MediaBus Card MediaBus allows a cost efficient solution to a complete multimedia system The advantages of using one add on card is to reduce the slot requirements and compatibility problems in order to maximize the Plug and Play advantages The add on card
42. n cable with mounting bracket 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable Support software as follows 1 diskette or 1 CD with I A16C bundle e BMIDEOS2 EXE BUS Master IDE Driver for OS 2 system e BMIDE_95EXE BUS Master IDE Driver for Windows 95 system e BMIDE_NTEXE BUS Master IDE Driver for Windows NT system e BMREADME TXT BUS Master IDE Driver notes e DMLEXE Desktop Management Interface DMI Configurstion Utility e HLELST Text file on the contents of the product support software e PFLASH EXE Hash Memory Writer utility to update motherboard BIOS e README TXT Readme file for instructions on use of the support software e NA6Ixxx AWD Binary file containing a BIOS version e Audio drivers and utilities included with LA16C CD bundle only This user s manual audio sections included with I A16C bundle Optional PS 2 mouse cable with mounting bracket Optional infrared module Optional PCI SC200 Fast SCSI card Optional I A16C Audio Card P I P6NP5 User s Manual 1 ll FEATURES Features of This Motherboard The P I P6NP5 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants a great many features in a small package This motherboard Easy Installation Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives and Plug and Play to make setup of hard drives and expansion cards virtually automatic Multi Speed Support Supports one 150 200MHz Pentium Pro CPU on a ZIF Socket 8 Intel Chipset Features Inte
43. nEn 44 Flash Memory Writer Utility ssecccisensianciacatesiageinaccuisaseaeteneveenee 45 The Flash Memory Writer Utility Screen eee 46 Desktop Management Interface DMI ssseesesessseesssereesssressseressesee 49 Introducing the DMI utility ssseseseeesseeseesseresseerssseresssrres 49 System Requirements ssseeesseseessseeesseeesssseesssrresssreessseessee 49 Using the DMI utility ac ccasvctcncusceecendiecussteastanwlderdeefieetansaievens 50 DOI A A E A EE 50 VI PCI SC200 SCSI Card SOCOHSHSHSSHSHSHSSHHSHSHHSHSHHSHSHHHSHHOHSHOHHHOOOEOE 53 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers ii cccsustetsaseunaansacecenaenacahed eabsoateeaieesee 53 The PCI SC200 SCSI Interface Card cc0scscccsecccssersesscseenccceses 54 Setting Upthe PCIS C200 e en ch ee E aA RRA 54 Setting the INT Assignment 2 c2sccnseccesnnvtcantecceastronrvecsatscencesesteens 55 Tetminator Settings sesse EA E ET 55 SCSLID N UMDETS inet oroniesi tun e oa a aa 56 VII I A16C Audio Card 0000 OOOO OOOO OOOH OHOHOHOHHHHHHHOHOHHHHHOHOOHOEEE 57 I A16C Audio Features cssnccadeisstsccssnsatan sovsdectesoncraveedoiaedos ovens 57 Unpacking and Handling Precautions ccesseeceeeeeeeeeeees 57 Layout and Connectors oes reisen aain aae ENEEK Ra an salsa 58 CONNEC IONS etaoin ean Eea ea AE E EE aS 58 VII DOS 3 1 amp Windows 3 1x Audio Software with optional I A16C Audio Card Bundle Only IX Windows 95 Audio Software with optional I A16C Audio Card Bundle Only P I
44. ng Terminated Not Terminated P I P6NP5 User s Manual 55 M N u J 56 VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card Decide whether or not you need to terminate the ASUS PCI SC200 based on its position in the SCSI chain Only the devices at each end of the chain need to be terminated If you have only internal or only external devices connected to the ASUS PCI SC200 then you must terminate the ASUS PCI SC200 If you have both internal and external devices connected you must not terminate the card See the following example which illustrates this concept SCSI Device 1 SCSI Device 2 0 Termination Required JP5 Open Termination Required End Device SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 3 Termination Required End Device No Termination Required JP5 Short Termination Required End Device SCSI Device 1 SCSI Device 2 SCSI ID Numbers All SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI SC200 interface card must have a SCSI identification number that is not in use by any other SCSI device There are eight possible ID numbers 0 through 7 The ASUS PCI SC200 has a fixed SCSI ID of 7 You can connect up to seven SCSI devices to the interface card You must set a SCSI ID number for each device SCSI devices vary in how they set the ID number Some use jumpers others have some kind of selector switch Refer to the manual for any device you install for details on how to set its ID number P I P6NP5 User s
45. ng and the P6 bus pipeline will be stalled This allows software to run at a reduced speed The default is set to Disabled to allow maximum processing speed Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and forth time Setup default setting for this field is Enabled A complete test of the system is done on each test HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First New Feature When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCS This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence C A This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are C CDROM A CDROM C A A C C A The setup default setting is to check first the hard disk and then the floppy drive that is C A Swap Floppy Drive Disabled When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy A drive one time Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy drives by allowing the setting of Read Only to only
46. ns the PCI INT interrupt the other sets the card s termination P I P6NP5 User s Manual VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card Setting the INT Assignment You must use PCI INT A setting in order to properly assign the card s interrupt On the ASUS PCI SC200 you assign the INT by setting jumper JP1 or JP2 The default setting for the card already is INT A so you do not need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI SC200 with this motherboard JPJP JPJP JPJP JPJP 12 12 12 12 T EJ Gey ER ja 2 a 2 o 12 12 C Bes Ch CB INT A Def INT B INT C INT D Interrupt Settings A B C or D Terminator Settings SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to the ASUS PCI SC200 with a fifty pin flat ribbon cable External devices connect to the external port with a SCSI 2 cable If there are more than one internal or external devices additional devices are connected with cables to form a daisy chain The SCSI chain must be terminated at both ends or the devices in the chain will not work properly Many SCSI devices use a set of terminating resistors to terminate the device The ASUS PCI SC200 has active termination that you set using jumper JP5 If you need to terminate the ASUS PCI SC200 you do it by setting the jumper The are two settings terminated and not terminated as shown below JP JP 5 5 Terminated Default Not Terminated Terminator Setti
47. ou 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 ROM PCI ISA BIOS PI P6NPS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Security Option System CPU Level 1 Cache Enabled PCI GA Palette Snoop Disabled CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled BIOS Update Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled CPU Fast String Enabled CCQQB CFFFF Shadow Disabled Deturbo Mode Disabled Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Tes Enabled Shadow Disabled HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First IDE D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence C A DCOOO DFFFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled PS 2 Mouse Control Auto Floppy Disk Access Control R W Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up System Speed 3 IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Quit es Select Item Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Help U PD Modify Typematic Delay Msec 250 Old Values smi Pte Color 0572 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use Take note of these keys and their respective uses If you need information on a particular entry highlight it and then press the lt F1 gt key A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the
48. 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 ROM PCI ISA BIOS PI P6NPS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Enter Password Select Item Esc Quit i a F10 Save amp Exit Setup shift F2 change color 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 P I P6NP5 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 PI P6NP5 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 849 823 32
49. r if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens The above screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys for use on this screen Take note of these keys and their respec tive uses User configurable fields appear in a different color If you need information on the selected field press the lt F1 gt key The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need The memory display at the lower right hand side of the screen is read only and automatically adjusts accordingly P I P6NP5 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Details of Standard CMOS Setup Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press the page up page down or keys to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1to 31 Year up to 2099 Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press the page up page 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
50. ree for expansion cards P I P6NP5 User s Manual III INSTALLATION Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs System IRQs are available 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 manu ally 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 direc tory 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 complied with the Plug and Play PNP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration whenever a PNP compliant card is added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are assigned 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 uti
51. sh whole bios 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 lt Enter gt key The utility then uploads the BIOS file from disk The following message will appear DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM IF THERE IS A PROBLEM If you encounter problems while downloading the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists upload the original BIOS file you saved to disk in step 1 of the Main Menu WARNING If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully download a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will require service from your vendor After successfully downloading the new BIOS file exit the Flash Memory Writer utility and then turn off your system Set the jumper back to its default setting of Programming Disabled Turn on your computer and hold down lt delete gt to enter BIOS setup You must select Setup Default to affect the new BIOS then you may set other items from the Main Menu P I P6NP5 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
52. so possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading P I P6NP5 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow key Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5 diskette This is normally disabled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA Mono for Hercules or MDA CGA 40 and CGA 80 If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose the EGA VGA option Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Choose from All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key P I P6NP5 User s Manual 33 reig o ice LON 8 i 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 y
53. stallation Procedure csceeeeteeee 16 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards ceeseeeseeeenneeees 16 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 00 eee eeeeeeeeeeee 17 ASUS Media Bus Card isin oescesyes os iantiewectaiaeouaacteas 18 5 External Connectot Seieren ernerik ienai 19 Power Connection Procedures ccccceeesseceeesteeeeeseaeees 25 6r BIOS S t pr e e e rte ees 26 Eoad Defaults arheo Seateicnuitarscaaisen ieta a Ee EEEE E 27 Standard CMOS Setup wir osncce sccdenasdsuesincaceaciokioe tere cuaine aannceeas 27 Details of Standard CMOS Setup esseeeesseeesseesessseessseerssee 28 BIOS Features Stipe eave renee ica Gat i easiest 31 Details of BIOS Features Setup 0 0 00 cccceeesecceestteeeeeeeeees 31 Chipset Features Setup sc tssct such natetesinacatensannestatetetaveusebertontenes 34 Power Management Setup s sisvccseysssiaadsspparstejacteasesthvaseteersateeatets 37 Details of Power Management Setup eeeseeeeeeeeeees 37 PINE amd PCF Setup ina e a E EE E REEE 39 Load BIOS Defaults sccccssnoasecuentncausanaoeiasapcenspundegiarul oieaaneraeds 41 IV P I P6NP5 User s Manual CONTENTS Load Setup Defaults rise e ae eeta e AE AE Eaa oases 41 Supervisor Password and User Password c ccccssseeceeeteeees 42 IDE HDD Auto Detection sssssesesssesseersseeresssrresserrsssseeessreessee 43 Save and Exit SetUP snensc unenian aa 44 Exit Without Sa VA er reas a ee a AET EERE EES E
54. stem 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 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion 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 PS 2 Mouse Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 Mouse on bootup If de tected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 Mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expan sion cards if a PS 2 Mouse is not detected Disabled
55. t to Disable so that any software alarm clock or event calendar can wake up the system P I P6NP5 User s Manual 41 IV BIOS SOFTWARE PNP and PCI Setup This PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value PCI P PNP AND PCI SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Slot 1 RIGHT IRQ Auto DMA 1 Used By ISA slot one R DMA 3 Used By ISA slot x DMA 5 Used By ISA slot ae CLEFT IRQ PCI Latency Timer PCI Clock ISA MEM Block BASE NCR SCSI BIOS 3 Used By ISA USB Function 4 Used By ISA Passive Release 5 Used By ISA 7 Used By ISA 9 Used By ISA ae 10 Used By ISA IRQ 11 Used By ISA IRQ 12 Used By ISA IRQ 14 Used By ISA ora ae Select Item IRQ 15 Used By ISA PU PD Modify Mal aies shift F2 color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of PNP and PCI Setup 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 determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of 74 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each fiel
56. tches are in the off position as marked by P I P6NP5 User s Manual 25 g 26 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Support Software FILELIST TXT View this file to see the files included in the support software PFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the mother board To determine the BIOS version check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger num bers represent a newer BIOS file NOTE A binary BIOS file is no longer included with the support software Save the motherboard s BIOS file to a floppy diskette as soon as your system 1s operational See Flash Memory Writer Utility below Flash Memory Writer Utility ASUSTeK PNP BIOS LASH 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 B
57. tem integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIOS System Requirements The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG EXE must be used in real mode in order for the program to run the base memory must be at least 180K Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by windows must not be installed You can boot up from a system diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG SYS or press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files P I P6NP5 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 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 t
58. tivation 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 71 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives The Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate At Max Saving these modes activate sequentially in the given order after one minute at Min Saving after one hour PM Events This section sets the wake up call of the system If activity is detected from any enabled IRQ channels in the left hand group the system wakes up from suspended mode You can enable power management for IRQs 3 15 individually in the list at the right of the screen The power management feature will work on the enabled IRQ channels Take note that a Microsoft serial mouse or compatible will use either COM1 IRQ4 or COM2 IRQ3 and a PS 2 mouse will use IRQ12 If you know which IRQ your mouse is using you can enable the Wake up Event for that IRQ here and the system will wake up when you move the mouse or click its button Sleep Items IRQ3 IRQ15 You can individually Enable or Disable each IRQ to include in the sleep function IRQ8 Real Time Alarm is usually se
59. to CMOS and EXIT Y N Select Item Esc Quit i 4 F10 Save amp Exit Setup Cshift F2 change color 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 P I P6NP5 User s Manual 47 Save amp Ext This page was intentionally left blank 48 P I P6NP5 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 collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard s Flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database Unlike other BIOS software the BIOS on this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the sys
60. 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 Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press the lt Delete gt key to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key s POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup reset the system by simultaneously pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys or by pushing the Reset button on the system case You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only if the first two methods fail When you invoke Setup the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen
61. umentation that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives This entry provides three options Normal Large LBA or Auto see be low Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not sup port LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncom mon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can select Auto 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 al
62. ures Adaptec Inc P I P6NP5 User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors 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 oe Keyboard Connector 5 pin female Connector Plug from Keyboard P I P6NP5 User s Manual 19 20 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 Note Serial printers must be connected to the serial port You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through BIOS Setup on page 37 Onboard Parallel Port Pin 26 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 26 plugged P I P6NP5 User s Manual Il INSTA
63. use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifica tions to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regu lations of the Canadian Department of Communications P I P6NP5 User s Manual How this manual is organized This I IL HMI IV V VI VIL I INTRODUCTION manual is divided into the following sections Introduction Manual information and checklist Features Information and specifications Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard BIOS Setup BIOS software setup information DMI Utility BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface PCI SC200 Installation of an optional SCSI card 1 A16C Installation of an optional Audio card g F 3 VII DOS Win3 1x Audio Software Manual with I A16C bundle IX Windows 95 Audio Software Manual with I A16C bundle Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer AFR AAA Ep El a ET The P I P6NP5 motherboard 2 serial port ribbon cables attached to a mounting bracket 1 parallel ribbo
64. wo floppy drives of either 5 25 or 3 5 1 44MB or 2 88MB are also supported without an external card The Japanese Floppy 3 mode 3 5 1 2MB floppy standard is also supported NCR SCSI BIOS This motherboard has firmware that supports the optional ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI controller cards P I P6NP5 User s Manual ll FEATURES e PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels 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 supports IDE CD ROM boot up 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 Motherboard PS 2 Mouse Support Super wL npe T Multi 1 0 Programmable Flash ROM 4 PCI Slots PCI5 orASUS MediaBus 2 0 3 ISA Slots 4 72 pin SIMM Sockets Intel s 440F X PClset CPU ZIF Socket 8 Self Powered 3 Real Time Clock Infrared Module Support P I P6NP5 User s Manual ll FEATURES ro k b 5 Il INSTALLATION Map of the Motherboard 10IS VSI 2 01S VSI L 101S VSI Of oINW mm Ode 6d t 101S lOd
65. 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 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are 3F8SH IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are 3FSH IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 378H IRQ 7 278H IRQ 5 Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activ

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