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ECS P5HX-A User Manual

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Introduction
Mainboard Description
Processor
Chipset
System BIOS
L2 On-board Cache
L2 Cache Module
SIMM System Memory
Socket
Expansion Slots
PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Set
Serial / Parallel Ports
PCI IDE Connectors
FDD Connector
Power Supply Connectors
User's Manual 3-1
P5HX-A

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  • Page 1 P5HX-A Introduction Mainboard Description Processor Expansion Slots Chipset PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Set System BIOS Serial / Parallel Ports L2 On-board Cache PCI IDE Connectors L2 Cache Module FDD Connector SIMM System Memory Power Supply Connectors Socket User’s Manual 3-1...
  • Page 2 P5HX-A P5HX-A is a new generation ATX form factor Pentium PCI mainboard using Intel 430HX PCIset (TXC, PIIX 3) and SMC 37C669 I/O Chip. It delivers great performance with industry standard EDO memory and PB SRAM cache with concurrent PCI 2.1, APM, Plug & Play, PCI Bus Master IDE, and parity / ECC…...
  • Page 3 P5HX-A Provide the connectors for standard PC power supply or ATX power supply. User’s Manual 3-3...
  • Page 4 > Support COASt 2.0 or later Pipelined Burst for 256KB or 512KB. Ä An optional ECS “ CM161 “ or later version of upgrade cache Ä module can be inserted to expand the cache memory size to 256KB or 512KB.
  • Page 5 P5HX-A • Support EDO/ Fast Page Mode DRAM. • Support parity check or ECC function with parity SIMMs. Slots: • Four 16-bit ISA slots with 100% ISA compatible function. • Four 32-bit PCI slots support PCI Bus master. PCI specification version 2.1.
  • Page 6 P5HX-A Cache Memory System Memory The diagram above displays the location of SIMM Sockets, Pipelined Burst SRAM and L2 Cache module on P5HX-A motherboard. User’s Manual 3-6...
  • Page 7 P5HX-A System Memory SIMM: P5HX-A provides tremendous flexibility DRAM configurations. It accepts a maximum of 256MB memory size. The on-board DRAM is installed with SIMM (Single-In-line-Memory Module). There are two memory banks which support the 4M/8M/16M/32M/64M type, single and/or double-density modules.
  • Page 8 256KB. If there is not any n-board 256KB L2 Cache” in the motherboard, users may either upgrade to 256KB or 512KB by inserting an ECS M161” or COASt (2.0 or later) upgrade cache module of 256KB or 512KB.
  • Page 9 P5HX-A Jumpers and Connectors Setting the Jumpers Set bus frequency and CPU frequency Core CPU Host Clock JP7P Freq. (MHz) Clock (MHz) Multiplier short 1-2, 3-4 short 1-2 short 1-2 short 3-4 short 1-2 short 1-2 short 1-2 short 1-2...
  • Page 10 P5HX-A Voltage CPU JP4, JP5 3.3V (STD) short 1-2 short 1-2 (default) short 1-2 short 1-2 3.52V (VRE) short 3-4 short 1-2 JP2, JP3 Dual CPU I/O CPU core JP17P JP4, JP5 Voltage CPU Voltage Voltage short 2-3 (Split Power 3.3V (STD)
  • Page 11 P5HX-A 512KB JP15 short (on-board 256KB 32Kx32 Burst SRAM and 256KB Cache Module) 512KB JP15 open (on-board 512KB 64Kx32 Burst SRAM only) Table 2 -3 Cache Memory Size Settings Set CMOS RAM Clear Switch BIOS Setting values and password are stored in CMOS RAM. To clear CMOS Data, please open your computer chassis;...
  • Page 12 Green Function CPU Cooling Fan Control P5HX-A provides the ability to turn the CPU cooling fan off while the system is in low-power suspend mode. Please connect the CPU cooling fan to J18 and enable PU Fan Power Green” function in BIOS ower Management Setup “...
  • Page 13 P5HX-A CPU Type (The jumpers block for most used CPU) Intel Pentium 75MHz CPU Intel Pentium 100MHz CPU (50MHz Host Clock) installed (66MHz Host Clock) installed on board on board Intel Pentium 90MHz CPU Intel Pentium 120MHz CPU (60MHz Host Clock) installed...
  • Page 14 P5HX-A Intel Pentium 133MHz CPU (66MHz Host Clock) installed on board Intel Pentium 200MHz CPU (66MHz Host Clock) installed on board Intel Pentium 150MHz CPU (60MHz Host Clock) installed on board Intel P55C 166MHz CPU (66MHz Host Clock) installed on board...
  • Page 15 P5HX-A 12. Cyrix 6X86 110MHz CPU 10. Intel P55C 200MHz CPU (55MHz Host Clock) installed (66MHz Host Clock) installed on board on board 13. Cyrix 6X86 120MHz CPU (60MHz Host Clock) installed 11. Cyrix 6X86 100MHz CPU on board (50MHz Host Clock) installed on board User’s Manual 3-15...
  • Page 16 P5HX-A CPU Voltage Selection 14. Cyrix 6X86 133MHz CPU (66MHz Host Clock) installed on board User’s Manual 3-16...
  • Page 17 P5HX-A User’s Manual 1-17...
  • Page 18 P5HX-A Connectors The following table lists the connectors located on the P5HX-A. They can be used to connect with some peripheral devices to enhance the operating performance of the system. Please refer to the mainboard layout figure on the next page for their positions.
  • Page 19 P5HX-A Connector Function CPU Fan Power + 1 2 V G N D Fast IR Header (Optional) IRRX IRR3 IR Header (Intel) IRRX IRTX ATX Power ON/OFF Switch AT Power Supply Connector ATX Power Supply Connector Table 2 -6. Connectors...
  • Page 20 P5HX-A Board Layout Figure 2 -1. P5HX-A Mainboard Layout User’s Manual 1-20...
  • Page 21 P5HX-A Built-in BIOS Setup Program SETUP Program This chapter describes the Award BIOS setup for P5HX-A. The setup program uses a number of menus that you can specify changes to your hardware and turn the special features on or off.
  • Page 22 P5HX-A PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP - This option is used to set the various system function and internal addresses of the PCI devices. Allows users to configure system IRQ and DMA to PCI/ISA PnP or Legacy ISA . LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS - Users can load the BIOS default values to boot the system safely.
  • Page 23 P5HX-A Standard CMOS Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS <<P5HX-A>> STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC Data (mm:dd:yy) : Thu, Feb 18 1996 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 17 : 58 : HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE − Primary Master...
  • Page 24 P5HX-A section of the Standard CMOS SETUP screen is for viewing purpose only; therefore, manual modifications are not allowed. BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS <<P5HX-A>> BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled...
  • Page 25 P5HX-A Boot Sequence - Selects the drive where the system would search for the operating system to run with. The available options are: • • A,C (default) • • C,CDROM, A CDROM,C,A Swap Floppy Drive - nabled” will effectively change the A: drive to B: and the B: to A: drive.

  • Page 26: Table Of Contents

    P5HX-A Chipset Features Setup OM PCI/ISA BIOS <<P5HX-A>> CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration : Enabled Memory Parity/ECC Check : Disabled DRAM Timing : <70ns DRAM RAS# Precharge Time : 4 L2 Cache Cacheable Size : 64MB DRAM R/W Leadoff Timing...

  • Page 27: Fast Ras# To Cas# Delay

    P5HX-A Fast RAS# To CAS# Delay - Selects the RAS-to-CAS delay time for DRAM access . The available options are: • • 3 (default) DRAM Read Burst <EDO/SPM> - Determines the timing for burst read to the cache . If your DRAM type is EDO DRAM , we suggest you to select x222(EDO) timing to get a better performance .
  • Page 28 P5HX-A Peer Concurrency - Determines the CPU allowed to run DRAM/L2 cycles or not when non-PHLD PCI master devices are targeting peer device . The available options are: • • Enabled (default) Disabled Chipset Special Features - Enable/Disable chipset special features . The available options are: •...
  • Page 29 P5HX-A Power Management Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS <<P5HX-A>> Power MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management : Disabled ** Power Down & Resume Events ** PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ3 (COM 2) : ON Video Off Method : DPMS...
  • Page 30 P5HX-A Standby Mode - Sets the timer interval when the system enters STANDBY mode. The available options are: • • Disabled (default) 1 Hour • 1/2/4/6/8/10/20/30/40 Min Suspend Mode -Sets the time interval when the system enters SUSPEND mode. The available options are: •...
  • Page 31 P5HX-A PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS <<P5HX-A>> PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Resources Controlled By : Auto PCI IRQ Actived By : Level Reset Configuration Data : Disabled PCI IDE IRQ Map To : PCI-AUTO Primary IDE INT# Secondary IDE INT# ↑↓→←: Select Item...
  • Page 32 P5HX-A • • PCI-SLOT 1 PCI-SLOT 2 • • PCI-SLOT 3 PCI-SLOT 4 If user sets this option to SA”, both the rimary IDE INT#” and econdary IDE INT#” options below will not be shown on the screen. Primary/Secondary IDE INT# - Defines the primary/secondary IDE INT# of the PCI IDE card.
  • Page 33 P5HX-A INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI/ISA BIOS <<P5HX-A>> INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel : Enabled On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO...
  • Page 34 P5HX-A Onboard FDD Controller - Enables or Disables the FDD controller or on-board I/O chip. The available options are: • • Enabled (default) Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1/2 - Sets the I/O address for serial port 1/2. • 3F8/IRQ4 (default of Onboard serial Port 1) •...
  • Page 35 P5HX-A SUPERVISOR PASSWORD The SUPERVISOR PASSWORD utility allows you to set, change, and disable the password which is stored in the BIOS. To change the password setting, press <Enter> on the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD option of the main menu and then type the new password.
  • Page 36 After pressing the <Enter> key on this item of the main menu, the display screen will show the following screen. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS <<P5HX-A>> CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. HARD DISKS...
  • Page 37 P5HX-A • User’s Manual 1-37...