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ASUS P/I-P55TVP4 motherboard user manual

1. B T L L Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector IDE Hard Drive Connectors 8 IDE activity LED IDE LED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 Pin plug IDE Hard Drive LED Hard Drive LED Lead 28 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 9 10 11 12 13 III INSTALLATION Turbo LED Lead 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 below SMI Suspend Switch Lead 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 below connects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a
2. Connectors Keyboard Connector 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin block 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 1234 1 GND ELE oneness 2 DATA 8 3 NC 1234 4 VCC hd Cable Set 2 ge This optional PS 2 mouse cable and bracket set is necessary to gt a provide a connector for a PS 2 an mouse on a free expansion slot cover T PS 2 Mouse Module Connector ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 25 Il 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 t
3. 22 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 22 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 23 5 External Ne 25 Power Connection Procedures era 31 IV BIOS SOP T WARE pan a akai 32 Support E 32 Flash Memory Writer Utility aaa 32 TEE E 32 Advanced Features Menu EE 33 Updating your Motherboard s BIOS aaa 34 6 BIOS Eeer 35 Load RRE 36 e E Kant 36 Details of Standard CMOS Setup aaa 37 BIOS Features Setup anna a aaa aha aa 40 Details of BIOS Features Setup aaa 40 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual CONTENTS Chipset Feat res SetuP na nn anna naaa pk alang aan 43 Details of Chipset Features Setup aa 43 Power Management Setup ena aaa 46 Details of Power Management Setup a 46 Ee E E 48 Details of PNP and PCI Setup mean 48 Boegen ege 50 Load Setup Defatlts A nn nn nan ata 50 Supervisor Password and User Password a 51 IDE HDD Auto Detect Ont E 52 Save and Exit Setup Ann nana AA aE eiaa 53 Exit Without SAVING 53 nana nn a E dann 53 V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT siccsssssvassssvennssocsssasstosnssnssanvansossonsene 55 Desktop Management Interface DMD aaa 55 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 55 GEREEST eege 55 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 56 VI ASUS PCI SCSI C
4. ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 43 IV BIOS ji U 44 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Memory Hole at Address None This features reserves either 14MB 16MB or 15MB 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting Memory from 14MB and up or 15MB and up will be unavailable to the system because expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the on board floppy drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy drives set this field to Disabled Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This field reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Two options are available No Swap and Swap AB If you want to switch drive letter assignments set this field to Swap AB and the swap will be controlled in hardware This works separately from the BIOS Features floppy disk swap feature It is func tionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are 3FSH IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are 3FSH IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This fie
5. 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 OM PCL TSH DIOS PTT VD 4 CRW SEIF VII UI IS SOL IMRE JHE IN HL CAS HAU PRO LAHN SECTON MTHM Primary Haster Roluct Primary Wister Option iH 5kip H NU AEN OLS d PEEDU LANDS SECTION HIHH SIN ii 4 H H H LIA l H d H H H RI Mole Some es like WC RLRE ART ZA WT HORA for installatio IA 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 suppo
6. 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 150MHz 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 133MHz 2 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 120MHz 2 0x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 75MHz 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K6 PR233 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K6 PR200 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 AMD K6 PR166 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 AMD K5 PR133 100 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR120 90 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR75 75MHz 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 TIBM Cynix 6x86MX PR233 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 IBM Cynix 6x86MX PR200 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 IBM Cynix 6x86MX PRI66 150MHz 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 IBM Cyrix PR166 133MHz 2 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 NOTE The only IBM Cyrix 6x86 L or M1 that is supported on this motherboard is rev 2 7 or later ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual IL INSTALLATION 2 System Memory DRAM SDRAM amp SRAM This motherboard supports four 72 pin SIMMs Single Inline Memory Modules of 4MB 8MB 16
7. or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens ale Lan ddyu T td See Ap Mit 8 SS FEI PREDOAP LAHO SECTION Wi ul H Hana MNegnru Eetended Heeury fi Diher ef lotta WITZ PAP The above screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys for use on this screen Take note of these keys and their respec tive uses User configurable fields appear in a different color If you need information on the selected field press the lt F1 gt key The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need The memory display at the lower right hand side of the screen is read only and automatically adjusts accordingly ASUS P I P55TVP4 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 1 to 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 ple
8. Advanced Feature to flash whole bios ff 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 Ar GH DBRT i KAI 1 Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the Boot Block the motherboard BIOS and the PnP ESCD Parameter Block from a new BIOS file NOTE Update BIOS Main Block from File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD requires that the system is running in real mode This utility will not operate if the system is under protected mode or virtual mode You should boot from a system floppy diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 33 g B 34 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Updating your Motherboard s BIOS L at e St Se Download an updated BIOS file from Bulletin Board Services BBS or the internet WWW and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu See ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page II Turn off your computer and open the system cabinet to Enable Boot Block Programming jumper as shown in section III Boot from the floppy diskette you created in step 1 of the main menu At the AN prompt type PFLASH lt Enter gt Enter 2 from the Main Menu or 2 from the Advanced Fe
9. Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning 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 inactivation modes The system automatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a pe riod of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives The Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate At Max Saving these modes activate se quentially 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
10. a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system This setting is recommended because conflicts with new operating sys tems Installation of new operating systems require that you disable this to prevent write errors CPU Internal Cache Enabled These fields allow you to Enable or Disable the CPU s Level 1 primary cache Caching allows better performance ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE External Cache Enabled These fields allow you to Enable or Disable the CPU s Level 2 secondary cache Caching allows better performance Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and forth time Setup default setting for this field is Enabled A complete test of the system is done on each test HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First 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 SCSI 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 A CDROM C CDROM C A D A E A E A C only LS ZIP C A C The setup default setting is to check first the hard disk and
11. are no longer produced IMPORTANT Banks 0 amp 1 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 P55TVP4 User s Manual SystemMerrory 6 17 Il 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 slots which requires the Notched End of the SIMM memory modules 1234 SSC DRAM Memory e Module Example lt Notched End Bank 0 Bank 1 72 Pin SIMM DRAM Sockets 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 7 9 3 With your finger tips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into place Clip 72 Pin DRAM in SIMM Socket TA RS s This Side Only Plastic Safety Tab 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
12. 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 set to Disable so that any software alarm clock or event calendar can wake up the system ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 47 T amp 4 J g H a 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 dain ny eg Dach a Tastalled f 1 Used Hy I Ho LEW DHT TAQ Auta w ISA Hor TCH ii ep 2 User A Wo TEU LET TAN hil w H oh DIS Bud ICH pu Timer D PEL Cieck mo eto Maabtad Kl 21 Used Hu TSH I ly II IEI IO TEL a LLU Hof ICH TEL Tcl Cl Itt IC NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of PNP and PCI Setup PNP OS Installed N
13. ten J E j PENE 4 72 pin SIMM i Sockets cu CPU ZIF J ete Socket 7 3 L2 Upgrade Cache Expansion Slot Onboard 256KB 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION ASUS P I P55TVP4 Motherboard Layout SS PS 2 Mouse Key EEEE board D R Sell Bus 8 eserved for future use S S Serial os Se D D D BE iG COM1 COM 2 A Z A ER u ARBRE Es oH gt zz Parallel Port Printer 2 9 D BS AF 3 p S 1 Sa A a eae Si Si Si o fs E o 2 D 2 2 ma m 9S A w WI ia fe O 5S fre mes D z G lle mm elm Sai Col w Si E oioioeloeiloig E fs E ee 2 zZ N ma SS SI SIS IS zji z ma ER IJJ OD m wm Isi Ss ololol o ollo oi ole e ole Ka Ka Ka Ka Ka XX Sedu a 2 2 injo A po esme pi oo e os olo leie 9 o D NN l 3 3 3 3 3 DEE Ka Ka Ka Ka Ka x RASA SA H HNH H 5 D D a P L2CACHE i d Ir a 2 CPU ZIF Socket 7 IIe Vio Vcore Mi Spat DG QO JP20 mm BUS Ratio py JP19 om uE O JP18 m
14. 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 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana dian Department of Communications ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections L II Ill IV V VI I INTRODUCTION g i o F 3 Introduction Manual information and checklist Features Information and specifications concerning this product Instal
15. the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted hold down on the fan and close the socket s lever IMPORTANT You must set jumpers for CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio and jumpers for BUS Frequency Selection depending on the CPU that you install 2 oo om Installed CPU Example ZIF Socket 7 with Pentium Processor White Dot ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 21 a E d 3 Q S 7 9 22 4 IL 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 SS a Zem 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 bra
16. 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 Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The settings are Susp Stby gt Off default All Modes gt Off Always On and Suspend gt Off 46 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features These options are available DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby and DPMS Sus pend The DPMS Display Power Management System features allow the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen or monitors without power management or green features If set up in your system your screen saver will not display with
17. then the floppy drive that is C A 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 allow reads from the floppy but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes 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 Security Option System This field determines when the system prompts for the password The default set ting is System where the system prompts for the 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 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 41 i 42 IV BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 Mouse on bootup If de tected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 Mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expan sion cards if a PS 2 Mouse is not detected Disabl
18. use your own Multi I O card Multi O JP9 Enable 1 2 Default Disable 2 3 a U U om om oO oO lin 2 2 5 3 3 J Ea Enable Default Disabled 3 i b 2 1 Multi UO Setting Enable Disable 2 Flash ROM Boot Block Programming JP10 This sets the operation mode of the boot block area of the Programmable Flash ROM to allow programming in the Enabled position This is required only if prompted by the Flash Memory Writer Utility as shown in BIOS SOFTWARE Programming JP10 Disabled 1 2 Default Enabled 2 3 f o T Q DA E E eo 1 o 1 2 D 2 3 D 3 DU Disabled Protected Enabled Default fo ke Boot Block Programming Disable Enable ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 13 IL INSTALLATION 3 Total Level 2 Cache Size Setting JP4 This jumper sets the total amount of L2 cache that is present If you have two cache chips onboard see motherboard layout for locations then you have 256KB A cache module can be used to upgrade the 256KB version to 512KB If there is no onboard cache you may install a cache module of either 256KB or 512KB IMPORTANT See Extern
19. 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 D I WI CE ape zl Bi Gs BR INT A Def INT B INTC INT D Interrupt Settings A B C or D Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to the ASUS PCI SC200 or ASUS PCI SC860 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 Terminating the devices on the ends of the SCSI Bus chain is necessary for SCSI devices to work properly Termination of the devices between the ends must be Disabled ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC860 Many SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI SC860 use a set of onboard active resistors to terminate the devices at the ends automatically Automatic termination requires that the SCSI devices be connected in a straight linear connection or chain Connect SCSI devices to one or two of the SCSI connectors in a linear chain for auto termination of the ASUS PCI SC860 to be effective Other formations will cause your SCSI devices to not mount pro
20. Connector SPKR ResetCon aie Reset SW shud System Panel Connectors ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual Connectors 6 29 IL INSTALLATION 14 IrDA compliant infrared module connector IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra red module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that sup port this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions Front View Back View IRTX GND For the infrared feature to be available you must connect an optional Infrared module to the motherboard IRRX Infrared Module Connector S 30 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Power Connection Procedures l 2 3 After all jumpers and connections are made close the system case cover Make sure that all switches are in the off position as marked by O Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case as inst
21. Jumpers with two pins will be shown as D 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 motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electric ity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other 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 P55TVP4 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Jumper Settings 1 Onboard Multi I O Selection JP9 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 to
22. MB or 32MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 128MB The DRAM can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode FPM Asymmetric or Symmet ric or Enhanced Data Output EDO SIMMs must be installed in pairs so that each bank contains two of the same size memory modules A new feature is the support of Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMM s when the SIMM sockets are not used Two slots are available for 3 3Volt power level Unbuffered Synchronous DRAMs SDRAM of either 8 16 or 32MB Maximum memory of SIMMs or DIMMs must be 128MB or less IMPORTANT Memory speed setup is required through Auto Configura tion in BIOS Chipset Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Install memory in Banks 0 amp 1 or Banks 2 amp 3 in combinations as follows Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB x2 SIMM Slots 1 amp 2 72 pin FPM or EDO SIMM Bank 2 amp 3 must be empty Bank 1 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB x2 SIMM Slots 3 amp 4 72 pin FPM or EDO SIMM Bank 2 amp 3 must be empty Bank 2 SMB 16MB 32MB 64MB x1 DIMM Slot 1 168 pin EDO or SDRAM DIMM Bank 0 amp 1 must be empty Bank 3 SMB 16MB 32MB 64MB x1 DIMM Slot 2 168 pin EDO or SDRAM DIMM Bank 0 amp 1 must be empty Total System Memory Max 128MB WARNING Do not install both SIMMs and DIMMs at the same time or else you will burn your memory Previous motherboards supported both SIMMs and DIMMs to be used together because there were 5 volt signal tolerant DIMMs but these memory modules
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25. Zaika P I P55TVP4 Pentium Motherboard USER S MANUAL Motherboard Model Information This motherboard has various models besides the full featured model described in this manual You have the option of purchasing models with or without the DIMM sockets MediaBus extension or the L2 cache expansion slot Ignore the features that are not relevant to your model You have the option of choosing 256KB or 512KB L2 cache onboard To determine your L2 cache size look on the box Model or press Pause when the BIOS diagnostic displays the information chart on your system The third line on the top right of the chart will show one of the following Cache Memory 256K Cache Memory 512K To upgrade to 512KB cache the 256K model requires a 256KB cache module to be inserted into the optional L2 cache expansion slot See your retailer about any fea tures that you may need before purchasing USER S NOTICE No part of this manual including the products and software described in it may be repro duced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup pur poses without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS 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 MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FO
26. a m m SS e SC ee 2 o ke nujun ba JP7 St CO o Do Oo zo 5 Si fala 2 256 512KB OnBoard L2 Cache sej 8 9 10 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION 4 JP7 5 JP16 22 6 JP1 2 3 7 JP5 JP6 Expansion Slots 1 SIMM Sockets 2 DIMM Sockets 3 Cache Expansion 4 ZIF Socket 7 5 ISA Slots 1 2 3 6 PCI Slots 1 2 3 Connectors 1 KBCON 2 PS2MOUSE 3 PRINTER 4 COM1 COM2 5 FLOPPY 6 POWER 7 Primary Second IDE 8 IDELED 9 TB LED CONI 10 SMI CON1 11 RESET CON1 12 KEYLOCK CONI 13 SPEAKER CON1 14 IR 15 USB p 7 p 7 p 8 p 8 p 9 p 10 p 10 D oa PPP p 19 p 20 p 20 p 21 p 21 p 22 p22 p 23 p 23 p 23 p 23 p 23 p 24 p 24 Multi I O Selection Enable Disable Flash ROM Boot Block Program Disable Enable Total Level 2 Cache Size Setting Real Time Clock RAM Operation Clear Data CPU Voltage Selection CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 72 Pin DRAM Memory Expansion Sockets 168 Pin SDRAM Memory Expansion Sockets Pipelined Burst SRAM Cache Module Socket Central Processing Unit CPU Socket 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 2 Moiherboard Layout Keyboard Connector 5 pin female PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin block Parallel Printer Port Connector 26 1 pin block Serial Port COM1 amp COM 10 1 pin blocks Floppy Disk Dri
27. ach 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 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 SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard 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
28. al Cache for installation procedures Re gardless of your cache combination set the following jumpers according to the total amount of L2 cache that is present onboard and installed as a module L2 Cache Size JP4 256KB 2 3 default 512KB 1 2 9 Total L2 Cache Size Setting 256KB 512KB 4 Real Time Clock RTC RAM JP7 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 4 Turn off the PC 5 Remove this jumper 6 Power on the PC 7 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences RTCRAM JP7 Operation open Default Clear Data short momentarily B mm om om JP7 JP7 Operation Default Clear Data RTC RAM Operation Clear Data 14 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION 5 Voltage Regulator Output Selection JP16 JP22 These jumpers set the voltage supplied to the CPU Determine whether your CPU has a Single Power Plane or Dual Power Planes a
29. ards i sicssicniicsacsvasevisiooasansisvassutesssansssaseseevecsens 59 Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers cccccisssccasscssvdnetcstnetsdsceincssvansenvease 59 ASUS PCI SC200 amp PCI SC860 SCSI Cards a 59 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 amp PCI SCS860 60 Setting the INT Assignment for the ASUS PCI SC200 60 Terminator Requirements for SCSI DeviceS 60 Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC860 61 Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 61 SCSI ID Numbers for RRE 62 e DIR 62 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions e 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
30. as not saved Load MIFD eae You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults 2 z g p 2 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 P55TVP4 User s Manual 57 This page was intentionally left blank 58 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers Aside from the system BIOS the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also con tains the Symbios SCSI BIOS This Symbios SCSI BIOS works in conjunction with the optional ASUS PCI SC200 controller card to provide Fast SCSI 2 interface when using compatible SCSI devices or the ASUS PCI SC860 SCSI controller cards to provide Ultra Fast SCSI 2 interface when using Ultra Fast SCSI 2 devices All SCSI devices you install on your system require driver software to function The Symbios SCSI BIOS directly supports SCSI hard disks under the DOS Win dows and OS 2 environments It also uses device drivers from the DOS floppy disk included in the ASUS PCI SC200 and ASUS PCI SC860 controller card packages to support hard disks and other SCSI devices working under DOS Microsoft Win dows Microsoft Windows NT Novell NetWare and IBM OS 2 These drivers pro vide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers y
31. ase refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disk Drives This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can support up to two hard disks the first of which is the master and the second is the slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and are not supported by any the BIOS If you install the optional PCI SC200 SCSI controller card into the motherboard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card please refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers To enter specifications for a hard disk drive you must select first a type You can select User and specify the specifications yourself manually or you can select from the provided predefined drive specifications To select simply press the lt Page Up gt or lt Page Down gt key to change the option listed after the drive letter ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 37 Standard CMOS R g d S 38 IV BIOS SOFTWARE For IDE hard disk drive setup you can e Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup e Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications e Enter
32. atures 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 lt Enter gt key The utility then uploads the BIOS file from disk The following message will appear DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM IF THERE IS A PROBLEM If you encounter problems while downloading the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists upload the original BIOS file you saved to disk in step 1 of the Main Menu WARNING If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully download a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will require service from your vendor After successfully downloading the new BIOS file exit the Flash Memory Writer utility and then turn off your system Set the jumper back to its default setting of Programming Disabled Turn on your computer and hold down lt delete gt to enter BIOS setup You must select Setup Default to affect the new BIOS then you may set other items from the Main Menu ASUS P I P55TVP4 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 ut
33. cket 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 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 P55TVP4 User s Manual Il 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 R
34. d the same way as the IRQ assignment process described above You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PNP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility IMPORTANT Choose Yes for those IRQ s and DMA s you wish to reserve for Legacy Non PnP ISA expansion cards in IRQ xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA of the PNP and PCI Setup in the BIOS SOFTWARE section otherwise conflicts may occur ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 23 DMA Channels This page was intentionally left blank 24 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources These are clearly separated from jumpers in Map of the ASUS Motherboard on page 4 Placing 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 Keyboard Connector 5 pin female This motherboard accepts an AT Keyboard Connector Plug as shown here
35. ed will reserve IRQ12 for expan sion cards and therefore the PS 2 Mouse will not function PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to Enable this option otherwise leave this on the setup default of Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion 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 Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot 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 Opt
36. er 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 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 A Bios CHE SETUF UTILI GRAD SOP TRE SEIN PUSSHOHE LS Duit fais Select Item Fil Bava S Lil aptun WOON Change bolar 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 P55TVP4 User s Manual 51 IV BIOS SOFTWARE IDE HDD Auto Detection
37. er s Manual 19 II INSTALLATION Static RAM SRAM for Level 2 External Cache The motherboard you purchase may have either OKB 256KB or 512KB onboard If you have both onboard cache chips see Map of Motherboard for locations and a Cache Expansion Slot then you have 256KB If you only have onboard cache chips then you have 512KB An ASUS or COAST cache module can be used to upgrade the 256KB version to 512KB If there is no onboard cache you may install a cache module of either 256KB or 512KB IMPORTANT You must set Total Level 2 Cache Size Setting jumper on when changes are made to your cache size B mm mm mm Si 42 Pins 7 Pipelined Burst Cache Module I L2 Cache Expansion Socket PEI peuexa 7 9 Insert the module as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the break the module will only fit in the orientation as shown Compatible Cache Modules for this Motherboard asus M Revo RER EE asus EE RETTEN e AsusCMiRevi6 ye o BE E ees e e C costo l e o o o o Ceo e e d e o COAST 3 1 NOTE ASUS CM1 Rev 3 0 has two TAG SRAM s to comply with COAST 3 0 specifica tions This extra TAG SRAM will not conf
38. esources 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 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 handle
39. for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ASUS at http www asus com tw or through any of the means indicated on the following page SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FUR NISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COM MITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUD ING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 1997 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS P I P55TVP4 Manual Revision 2 33 Release Date November 1997 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Marketing Info Address 150 Li Te Road Peitou Taipei Taiwan 112 ROC Telephone 886 2 894 3447 Fax 886 2 894 3449 Email info asus com tw Technical Support Fax 886 2 895 9254 BBS 886 2 896 4667 Email tsd asus com tw WWW 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 a
40. function to Enabled ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 49 U a N 8 D Gi 50 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 the lt N gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press the lt Enter gt key The system displays a confirma tion message on the screen Press the lt Y gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to confirm Press the lt N gt key and then the lt Enter gt key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Loud SCT Def muita YT LA SET DEPTS Gui 1 ave A Fail Ke lin Shar E Ghanie Color ASUS P I P55TVP4 Us
41. he BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 26 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 26 plugged NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Pin 1 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 En slot space ke i 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 COM 1 COM 2 EI CEU Pin 1 Pin 1 For these connectors to be available you must connect the included Serial cable set from COM1 using the 9 Pin male amp COM2 using the 25 Pin male to a free expansion slot openi
42. he support software Save the motherboard s BIOS file to a floppy diskette as soon as your system is opera tional See Flash Memory Writer Utility in this section to Save Current BIOS to File Flash Memory Writer Utility HaUslek FRE E Ia HEHDAY HATTI Ch 1995 NSU TO BAR a 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 reinstall it Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS environment without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files then save the PFLASH EXE and the BIOS to the floppy diskette ASUS P I P55TVP4 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 II Please Use
43. ility 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
44. ions 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 ASUS P I P55TVP4 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 ahi E Lond BUS Defoul ts Lond Sntun Daf ail te NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Chipset Features Setup Auto Configuration 60ns DRAM The default setting of 60ns DRAM sets the optimal timings for items 2 through 9 for 60ns DRAM modules If you are using 70ns DRAM modules you must change this item to 70ns DRAM See section III for DRAM installation information SDRAM CAS Latency Leave on default setting of 3T SDRAM RAS to CAS Override Leave on default setting of Disabled PCI 2 1 Passive Release Leave on default setting of Disabled 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 16 bit ISA cards 8 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 8 bit ISA cards Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Allows the Video BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution Leave on default setting of Enabled for better performance Otherwise Disabled
45. l for the IrDA compliant infrared module connector Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the Primary IDE channel Secondary IDE channel Both or Disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE 0 Master Slave Mode IDE 1 Master Slave Mode Auto Each channel 0 and 1 has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing 0 1 2 3 4 it is necessary for these to be independent The default setting of Auto will allow auto detection to ensure optimal performance ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 45 IV BIOS ji 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 HOW FCT ISA POUNER RRC MAA SHR Fomr Hoanapesent Usor Petina RT IN d H Sela f OFF finden An DF IET D hle He Hd Ir UU Finale a hii The Seloct tom Ha lig Push f we Ty Ola Values Shitt fre Calor bond AIDS Defoults Lond Sotup Def ail bs 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
46. lation Instructions on setting up the motherboard BIOS Setup Information on setting up the BIOS software Support Software Information on the included support software ASUS SCSI Cards Installation of optional ASUS SCSI cards Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer AAA Ae ea a OOO s amp s 1 ASUS motherboard 1 9pin male serial 25pin male serial external connector set 1 25pin female parallel 6pin female PS 2 mouse external connector set 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 bag of spare jumpers 1 disk or CD disc with support drivers and utilities e Flash Memory Writer utility to update the onboard programmable BIOS e Desktop Management Interface DMI utility e Bus Master IDE Drivers for various operating systems e Readme files for descriptions and use of the files e Technical Support Form 1 User s manual ASUS PCI SC200 Fast SCSI or PCI SC860 Ultra Fast SCSI card PS 2 mouse Infrared USB1 and USB2 external connector module optional ASUS pipelined burst cache module optional ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 7 ll FEATURES Features of the ASUS Motherboard The ASUS P I P55TVP4 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants a great many features in a small package This motherboard Easy Installation Equipped wi
47. ld 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 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector See section III of the baseboard manua
48. lict with the onboard TAG SRAM 20 ASUS P I P55TVP4 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
49. memory module squeeze both Metal Clips outwards and rock the module out of the Metal Clips 18 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual III INSTALLATION SDRAM Memory Installation Procedures Insert the module as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation as shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides SDRAM DIMM modules have different pint contact on each side and therefore have a higher pin density Installed SDRAM Memory Module Example o i 168 Pin DIMM SDRAM Sockets The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory module must be 3 3 Volt Unbuf fered Synchronous DRAM SDRAM of either 8 16 or 32 You can identify the type of DIMM module by the illustration below SDRAM Menory SDRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position RFU Unbuffered 5 0V UReserved Buffered 3 3V 168 PIN SDRAM DIMM Notch Key Definitions The notch on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type to be inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must ask your retailer for the specifications before purchasing 4 clock signals are supported on this motherboard ASUS P I P55TVP4 Us
50. nd then the voltage that it uses Current Intel CPU s marked Pentium has only a single power plane and uses the standard 3 38 volts STD or 3 5 volts VRE Currently Intel s new Pentium P55C MMX 200MHz is supported at 2 8Volts When a single power plane CPU is installed the dual power plane selections will be automatically disabled When a dual power plane CPU is installed the single power plane selections will be automatically disabled You may have one jumper on the Single Power Plane and another on the Dual Power Planes at the same time Intai f peniium Pentium MMX P55C Intel Pentium P54C AMD K6 AMD K5 IBM Cyrix 6x86 MX IBM Cyrix 6x86 M1 150MHz 233MHz 75MHz 200MHz PR166 and faster PR75 PR133 PR166 and faster PR166 and faster Single Power Plane Type Voltage Dual Power Planes Voltage ue JP17 short VRE 3 5V JP22 short 3 2V JP16 short Default STD 3 4V JP21 short 2 5V JP20 short 2 9V JP19 short 2 7V JP18 short Default 2 8V 8 m i JP22 a el Reserved JP21 le 2 2 5V JP20 a u 2 88V m JP19 ES 2 7V JP18 2 8V JP17 3 5V VRE JP16 Cd 3 38V STD O Default pete Voltage Regulator Output Selection Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification The only Cyrix CPU that is supported on this mothe
51. ng g TIP You may also remove the bracket connectors e and mount them directly to the case to save expansion slot space l L Serial Port Connectors 26 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual IL 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 as VE Pin 1 Conneci the Red stripe to Pin 1 En l 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 Connectors Bn AT Power Connect
52. o This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected When a non PnP OS is installed or to prevent reassign ing of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Slot 1 RIGHT IRQ to Slot 4 LEFT IRQ Auto These fields 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 NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a Legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or an ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a Legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes For example If you install a Legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE DMA x Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for e
53. odifications 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 SME a EXIT SETIP SAVE to RS ei EXT YHT E Puii L se Select Lies Fil Bava S bail aptun Cana Pile Chang Lolur 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 P55TVP4 User s Manual 53 8 e Save amp Eat This page was intentionally left blank 54 ASUS P I P55TVP4 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 im
54. or Power Plugs from l on Motherboard Power Supply Power Connector 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 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 27 IL 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 another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup e Connect the Red stripe to Pin 1 9
55. ou must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX floppy disk Windows 95 support is also available using the device drivers included within the Windows software The ASUS PCI SC200 and ASUS PCI SC860 are Plug and Play adapters that are auto detected by BIOS and current operating systems that support Plug and Play features For information about these drivers and their usage view the Readme files included in the driver packages ASUS PCI SC200 amp PCI SC860 SCSI Cards The ASUS PCI SC200 or the ASUS PCI SC860 may be bundled with your mother board or purchased separately Both cards provide the option of connecting internal or external SCSI devices for a total of 7 devices on each SCSI card SE Sn E D ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 59 o a Y w 60 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 amp PCI SC860 There are two jumper settings you may need to make on the ASUS PCI SC200 to set itup One setting assigns the PCI INT interrupt the other sets the card s termination The ASUS PCI SC860 has no jumper settings but you should read the Terminator Requirements Setting the INT Assignment for the ASUS PCI SC200 You must use PCI INT A setting in order to properly assign the ASUS PCI SC200 s interrupt On the ASUS PCI SC200
56. pansion 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 COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections 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 Supports two drives of either 5 25 inch 360KB or 1 2MB or 3 5 inch 720KB 1 44MB or 2 88MB disk drives Supports Japanese Floppy 3 mode 3 5 inch disk drive 1 2MB and LS 120 floppy disk drives 3 5 inch disk drive 120MB 1 44MB 720KB BIOS sup ports IDE CD ROM or SCSI device bootup ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual ll FEATURES e Optional PS 2 Mouse USB IrDA Connector Supports an optional cable and bracket set to mount the connectors to an unused expansion slot A second IrDA connector is available for a standard individual infrared cable set e Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports the optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through onboard firmware Parts of the ASUS P I P55TVP4 Motherboard Programmable Flash ROM Super Multi I 0 Serial P arallel P orts l l W m p 3 ISA Slots 3 PCI Slots IDE Floppy 2 DIMM Sockets PCI 4orASUS MediaBus Slot Intels 430VX EN DC leet
57. perly You must use the end of the ribbon cable when using the internal connector s to keep a linear path Additional Note The Symbios Logic SCSI Configuration Utility is a powerful tool If while using it you somehow disable all your controllers or cannot enter the configuration utility pressing Ctrl A after memory count during reboot allows you to recover and reconfigure Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 The ASUS PCI SC200 on the other hand has active termination that you must set using jumper JP5 There are two settings terminated and not terminated as shown below JP JP 5 5 Terminated Default Not Terminated Terminator Setting Terminated Not Terminated 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 ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 61 M N vi D 62 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Termination Required End Device SCSI Device 1 Termination Required JP5 Open SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 3 E Termination Requi No Termination Required End Device e
58. plemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIOS System Requirements The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG EXE must be 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 lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 55 f d Z S g 56 V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI or delete Tek DHI ofiguration We di ty EVI ave MIFDI Dead HOF Ih Bl SE 4 Ti D But i Zen Diet ati TENTER For deini ee i GC ii raor ENTER lecegt D I Use the amp left right curso
59. quired JP5 Short Termination Required End Device SCSI Device 1 SCSI Device 2 SCSI ID Numbers for SCSI Devices All SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI SC200 and ASUS PCI SC860 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 and ASUS PCI SC860 cards have fixed SCSI IDs of 7 The SCSI ID serves two purposes e It uniquely defines each SCSI device on the bus e It determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices try to use it at the same time SCSI IDs on one channel do not interfere with the IDs on another channel This ap plies to two SCSI host adapters that implement different buses as well as dual channels on a single host adapter You can connect up to seven SCSI devices to the interface card You must set a SCSI ID number ID 0 to ID 6 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 SCSI ID Priority The ASUS PCI SC200 and ASUS PCI SC860 are 8bit single channel SCSI cards SCSI ID 7 has the highest priority and SCSI ID 0 has the lowest priority ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual This page was intentionally left blank ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 63 64 This page was intentionally left blank A
60. rboard is labeled Cyrix 6x86 PR166 but must be Revision 2 7 or later Look on the underside of the CPU for the serial number The number should read G83DC6620A or later ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 15 7 9 16 Il INSTALLATION 6 CPU External BUS Frequency Selection JP1 JP2 JP3 These jumpers tell the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU These allow the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BUS Clock The BUS Clock times the BUS Ratio equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed 7 CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio JP5 JP6 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 o E E amp om mm Ca m E E LN a U Uv U vU U on On 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 z 55MHz 60MHz 66MHz xternal Clock eer requency Selection C C S D o oO o Dep ous Dee SE jl mx 2 0x A a 3 0x aq S N M U ar S3 B car d m Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of the Intel AMD or Cyrix CPU as follows BUS Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS Freg JP3 JP2 IP JP6 JPS Intel Pentium 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz
61. rs 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 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 A heading User Modified will appear on the right for menu items that has been modified by the user ASUS P I P55TVP4 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 w
62. rts four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignored and are not entered in the screen If you are auto detecting a hard disk that supports the LBA mode three lines will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not select Large or Normal The auto detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive Some IDE drives can use more than one set This is not a problem if the drive is new and there is nothing on it 52 ASUS P I P55TVP4 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 m
63. ructed 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 P55TVP4 User s Manual 2 Power Connections 31 g 32 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 t
64. s will cause the system to halt Choose from All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 39 Standard CMOS D i 40 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 op Shadow Shadow Tyoceatic Rate C lupe tic Dalay cl A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use Take note of these keys and their respective uses If you need information on a particular entry highlight it and then press the lt F1 gt key A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need To load the last set values press the lt F5 gt key lt F6 gt and lt F7 gt load the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against acci dental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use
65. screen will appear with the following options SED CHOS SETUP SSES NIR PUSSHOHE AMi FEATRES SETIP REP Gitt HIPSI ATES SET iii IFE HoD MT METER TOM PREE HAHAEEHEHT SETIN SWE amp EHI SETUP Se HHU PET BET PEL VLU SAYING MG ATs PERMITS BE SEIP TERA Ta Judi Fijas Select Item bave S beil Solu tT ta Change Coli ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 35 i R g i d a 36 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option loads the minimized settings for troubleshooting Load Setup Defaults on the other hand is for loading optimized defaults for regular use Choosing defaults at this level will modify all applicable settings A section at the bottom of the above screen displays the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses Another section just below the control keys section displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Standard CMOS Setup This Standard CMOS Setup option allows you to record some basic system hard ware configuration and set the system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost
66. sus com tw Technical Support BBS 1 408 474 0569 Email tsd usa asus com tw Www Wwww asus com 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 Hotline 49 2102 499712 BBS 49 2102 448690 Email tsd ger asus com tw WWW www asuscom de PIP ftp asuscom de pub ASUSCOM ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual CONTENTS LANTRODUCTION scsasscsssesscssssvesssnasivnisinsssicssscssssnsessoontenenessnceavsarssens 7 How this Manual is Organized nenen 7 Item Checklist nn ana ves cea egie ae na a renege 7 IL FEATURES EE 8 Features of the ASUS Motherboard aaa 8 Parts of the ASUS P I P55TVP4 Motherboard 9 IMI INSTALLATION enda a a aaa aaa 10 ASUS P I P55TVP4 Motherboard Layout aaa 10 Installation engen 12 NA a E 12 tee E 13 Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification 15 2 System Memory DRAM SDRAM amp SRAM a 17 DRAM Memory Installation Procedures 18 SDRAM Memory Installation Procedures 19 Static RAM SRAM for Level 2 External Cache 20 Compatible Cache Modules for this Motherboard 20 3 Central Processing Unit CPU emma 21 4 Expansion e EE 22 Expansion Card Installation Procedure
67. switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch since it does not have a function SMI is activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any problems May require one or two pushes depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 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 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead amp System Power LED CON1 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 CON1 This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker PLE Turbo or Neueste Power LED rouna ExtSMl SMI Lead a ta D Power LED Grouni ok d Keyboard Lock 5V Ground Speaker Ground
68. th BIOS that supports autodetection of hard drives PS 2 mouse and Plug and Play devices to make set up of hard drives expansion cards and other devices virtually automatic Versatile Processor Support Intel Pentium 75 233MHz PS55C MMX P54C P54CS IBM Cyrix 6x86 PR166 Rev 2 7 or later IBM Cyrix 6x86MX PR166 amp faster AMD K5 PR75 PR133 AMD K6 PR166 amp faster Intel Chipset Features Intel s 430VX PClset with I O subsystems Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components See section V L2 Cache Comes in OKB 256KB or 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM version each version is upgradeable to 256KB or 512KB Upgrades are made through a Synchronous SRAM cache module See page 14 for compatible modules Versatile DRAM Memory Support Supports 72 pin SIMMs of 4MB 8MB 16MB or 32MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 128MB Supports both Fast Page Mode FPM and Extended Data Output EDO SIMMs Has two 168 pin DIMMs to support 8 16 32MB SDRAM modules ISA and PCI Expansion Slots Provides three 16 bit ISA slots three 32 bit PCI slots and one PCI MediaBus which allows the use of either a standard PCI card or the ASUS MediaBus Card ASUS MediaBus Features an expansion slot extension shared with PCI Slot 4 for an optional high performance ex
69. the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of read write heads PRECOMP write precompensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors and MODE The SIZE field auto matically adjusts according to the configuration you specify The documentation that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives This entry provides three options Normal Large LBA or Auto see be low Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not sup port LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncom mon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can select Auto 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 yo
70. u must configure the hard drive in the standard method as described above by the User option NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading ASUS P I P55TVP4 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 error
71. ve Connector 34 pin block Motherboard Power Connector 12 pin block Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 1 pin blocks IDE LED Activity Light 2 pins Turbo LED Power LED 2 pins SMI Switch Lead 2 pins Reset Switch Lead 2 pins Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 5 pins Speaker Output Connector 4 pins Infrared Port Module Connector Universal Serial Bus Connector 10 pin block Reserved ASUS P I P55TVP4 User s Manual 11 7 9 12 III 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 PAi e wb o a 1 Jumpers Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins JP on the motherboard See motherboard layout locations of jumpers The jumper settings will be described numerically such as 1 2 2 3 for no connection connect pins 1 amp 2 and connect pins 2 amp 3 respectively Pin 1 for our motherboards is always on top ls or on the left when holding the motherboard with the key board 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 BI to connect pins 1 amp 2 and Le EMH to connect pins 2 amp 3

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