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1 Introduction The 82430 HX/P54C PCI mainboard is a high-performance system board that supports Intel P54CX family CPUs. You can install 256K to 512K of external cache memory on the mainboard. The mainboard is fully compatible with industry standards, and adds many technical enhancements.
Introduction Unpacking the Mainboard The mainboard package contains: ¥ The 82430FX / P54C Mainboard ¥ This User's Guide ¥ One Triones IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM Bus Master Drivers Diskette Note: Do not unpack the mainboard until you are ready to install it. Follow the precautions below while unpacking the mainboard.
2 Hardware Setup This chapter explains how to configure the mainboardÕs hardware. After you install the mainboard, you can set jumpers, install memory on the mainboard, and make case connections. Refer to this chapter whenever you upgrade or reconfigure your system. CAUTION: Turn off power to the mainboard, system chassis, and peripheral devices before performing any work on the...
Hardware Setup JP32, JP33: Bus Fraction Core/Bus Ratio Select Set this jumper according to your CPU clock. Note: For Pentium X / Y MHz, X stands for CPU core clock, Y stands for bus clock. Ratio P54CX Family JP32, JP33 Pentium Ð...
Hardware Setup J4: VRM (Voltage Regulator Module) Socket (Reserved) VRM socket is dedicated for 2.5V CPU to use. It converts 3.3V to 2.5V for the advance high speed P54CX. JPS2: PS/2 Mouse Function Jumper Set PS/2 mouse function enabled or disabled. PS/2 Mouse Function JPS2 Disabled...
Hardware Setup Function of every connector on the COM/VGA/LINE adapter is described below: DB1 – VGA Cable Connector Attach the cable of VGA monitor to this connector. JACK1 – Line Out Connector Attach Line-In cable of the external speaker system device to this jack. J1 –...
Hardware Setup CPU Type Configuration Set the mainboardÕs CPU jumpers JP12, JP13, JP32, and JP33 according to CPU type as described below, and then set JP27, JP30 for the proper voltage of the CPU. Step 1: Frequency Setting Pentium – 75*/90*/100* CPU Settings (1.5 x clock) AMD K5 –...
Hardware Setup Pentium – 150* CPU Settings (2.5 x clock) Pentium (P54CX) – 150*/60 MHz JP12 (Red Caps) JP13 JP12 JP13 Pentium (P54CX) – 166*/66 MHz (Red Caps) Family JP12 JP13 Figure 2Ð1Ð3. CPU Jumper Settings Note: You must equip the CPU with a fan and heat sink for system stability.
Hardware Setup Step 2: CPU Single/Dual Voltage Setting Single Voltage CPU Setting Signal voltage CPUs use the same voltage for VIO and VCore and has been used traditionally. The CPUs which fall into this category are Intel P54CX, AMD-K5-PRxxxBx, AMD-K5-PRxxxCx, AMD-K5-PRxxxFx, and Cyrix 6x86.
Hardware Setup 2.5V CPU JP24 JP26 JP29 JP24 JP26 JP29 JP27 JP30 2.7V ~ 2.8V CPU JP24 Family JP26 JP36 JP29 2.9V CPU JP24 JP26 JP29 Figure 2Ð2Ð2. Dual Voltage CPU Memory Configuration The mainboard supports eight banks of 72-pin SIMM or EDO DRAM (with or without parity).
Hardware Setup Cache Configuration The mainboard has a write-back caching scheme. You can configure the mainboardÕs cache by installing cache chips in the sockets noted below and then set jumpers JP31 to set the mainboard for the type of SRAM installed.
Hardware Setup Upgrade to 512KB/Onboard 512KB Pipelined Burst Cache Configuration 1. Insert Jumper into JP31 when you have 512K Pipelined Burst SRAM CHIPs onboard or 256K SRAM CHIPs and 256K Pipelined Burst SRAM module. 2. Due to the various design, contact the supplier for 256KB Pipelined Burst SRAM module when you want to upgrade to 512K cache on your motherboard.
Hardware Setup Connectors Attach the mainboard to case devices, or an external battery, via connectors on the mainboard. Refer to Figure 1-1 for connector locations and connector pin positions. J1 – Keyboard Connector A five-pin female DIN keyboard connector is located at the rear of the board.
Hardware Setup J2 – PS/2 Mouse Connector Attach PS/2 mouse cable to this connector. J22 – Turbo LED Connector Attach the turbo LED to J22. The LED lights when the system is in Turbo mode. IDE1/IDE2 – On-board Primary/Secondary IDE HDD Connectors Attach on-board hard disk drives to these connectors.
Hardware Setup J6, U22 – Universal Serial Bus Connector (Optional) Attach USB cable to these connectors for external USB device. MPEG Connector – MPEG Daughter Board Connector (Optional) You could attach H/W MPEG Daughter Board to perform the H/W MPEG function. Due to the various design, contact your dealer for the H/W MPEG function.
3 BIOS Setup The mainboardÕs BIOS setup program is the ROM PCI/ISA BIOS from Award Software Inc. Enter the Award BIOS programÕs Main Menu as follows: 1. Turn on or reboot the system. After a series of diagnostic checks, you are asked to press DEL to enter Setup.
Drivers Installation Guide Standard CMOS Setup Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows. 1. Choose ÒSTANDARD CMOS SETUPÓ from the Main Menu. A screen appears. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Fri, Feb 1 1995 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 7 : 30 : 33 HARD DISKS...
Drivers Installation Guide BIOS Features Setup Run the BIOS Features Setup as follows. 1. Choose ÒBIOS FEATURES SETUPÓ from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of items appears. (The screen below shows the BIOS default settings.) ROM PCI/ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
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Drivers Installation Guide Boot Sequence The default setting attempts to first boot from drive A: and then from hard disk C:. You can reverse this sequence with ÒC: A:Ó, but then drive A: cannot boot directly. Swap Floppy Enabled changes the sequence of the A: and B: Drive drives.
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Drivers Installation Guide OS Select for OS2: Choosing this when you are using OS/2 DRAM >64MB operation system. Non-OS/2: Choosing this when you are using no- OS/2 operation system. Video or BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM Adapter BIOS to faster RAM.
Drivers Installation Guide Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control system options in the computer. Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the Chipset. Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows. 1.
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Drivers Installation Guide DRAM Timing Choose the right speed to fit your DRAMÕs spec. 82430HX chipset supports 50, 60, and 70ns DRAM timing. DRAM RAS Precharge Use the default setting. Time DRAM R/W Leadoff Use the default setting. Timing DRAM RAS to CAS Use the default setting.
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Drivers Installation Guide Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled: The video BIOS C0000H- C7FFFH is not cached. Enabled: The video BIOS C0000H- C7FFFH is cacheable if cache controller is enabled. 8Bit I/O Recovery Time Use the default setting. 16Bit I/O Recovery Use the default setting. Time Memory Hole At 15M- Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).
Drivers Installation Guide Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup option sets the systemÕs power saving functions. Run the Power Management Setup as follows. 1. Choose ÒPOWER MANAGEMENT SETUPÓ from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of items appears. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...
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Drivers Installation Guide PM Control by Choose Yes or No (default). APM stands for Advanced Power Management. To use APM, you must run Òpower.exeÓ under DOS v6.0 or later version. Video Off Method Choose V/H Sync+Blank (default), Blank screen, or DPMS for the selected PM mode. Doze Mode When the set time has elapsed, the BIOS sends a command to the system to enter doze mode...
Drivers Installation Guide PNP/PCI Configuration Setup This option sets the mainboardÕs PCI Slots. Run this option as follows: 1. Choose ÒPNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUPÓ from the Main Menu and the following screen appears. (The screen below shows default settings.) ROM PCI/ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Drivers Installation Guide IRQX and Choose PCI/ISA PnP or Legacy ISA. If the first DMAX assigned item is set to Manual, you could choose IRQX and DMAX assigned to PCI/ISA PnP card or ISA card. PCI/ISA PnP: BIOS auto assigns IRQ/DMA to the device.
Drivers Installation Guide Load BIOS Defaults Choose this item and the following message appears: ÒLoad BIOS Defaults (Y/N)?NÓ To use the BIOS defaults, change the prompt to ÒYÓ and press <Enter>. Note: BIOS DEFAULTS values are adjusted for high performance. If you run into any problems after loading BIOS DEFAULTS, please load the SETUP DEFAULTS for the stable performance.
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Drivers Installation Guide IDE HDD Block Mode Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled. Enabled invokes multi-sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer. Not all HDDs support this function. PCI Slot IDE 2nd Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled. Channel When Enabled is set, IRQ15 is dedicated for secondary IDE use.
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Drivers Installation Guide Onboard Parallel Port Choose the printer I/O address: 378H/IRQ7 (default), 3BCH/IRQ7, 278H/IRQ5 Onboard Printer Mode Choose ECP + EPP (default), SPP or EPP, ECP mode. The mode depends on your external device that connects to this port. ECP Mode DMA Select Choose DMA3 (default) or DMA1.
Drivers Installation Guide Supervisor Password Based on the setting you made in the ÒSecurity OptionÓ of the ÒBIOS FEATURES SETUPÓ, this Main Menu item lets you configure the system so that a password is required every time the system boots or an attempt is made to enter the Setup program.
Drivers Installation Guide User Password Based on the setting you made in the ÒSecurity OptionÓ of the ÒBIOS FEATURES SETUPÓ, this Main Menu item lets you configure the system so that a password is required every time the system boots or an attempt is made to enter the Setup program.
Drivers Installation Guide IDE HDD Auto Detection This Main Menu item automatically detects the hard disk type and configures the STANDARD CMOS SETUP accordingly. Note: This function is only valid for IDE hard disks. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
4 Drivers Installation Guide IDE BUS Master Installation Guide MS-DOS/WINDOW/WFW 1) You should install CD-ROM in secondary channel in Windows (WFW). 2) Change the current directory to a: or b:. 3) Under DOS command line prompt, run the SETUP directly. After entering the setup utility, just follow the instructions of the setup.
Drivers Installation Guide WINDOWS 95 1) Close any running applications. 2) Insert the floppy disk into drive A:. 3) Open ÒMy ComputerÓ, double click ÒDrive A:Ó. 4) Double click ÒWin95Ó. 5) Double click the Setup program. 6) Then just follow the instruction. NOVELL 3.X&4.X 1) Copy the driver TRIN4X.DSK or TRIN312.DSK to the subdirectory which holds the file SERVER.EXE.
Drivers Installation Guide 4) From root directory, type the following commands: mkdir/inst cd /inst tar xvf /tmp/trisco.tar. (Note: there is a period at the end of the last command.) 5) Now, insert a blank diskette into the floppy drive A and type: tar cvf /dev/<your floppy drive A device name>.
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Drivers Installation Guide 4) From root directory, type the following commands: mkdir/inst cd /inst tar xvf /tmp/trisco.tar. (Note: there is a period at the end of the last command.) 5) Install the driver by typing: ./install 6) Reboot your SCO UNIX system.. OS/2 2.0 and WARP 3.X 1) Copy TRIOS2.ADD from the floppy diskette to your hard disk under the OS2 directory (i.e., C:\OS2).