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The P55-VP 2
R
on Intel Pentium processor and is equipped with three PCI slots, four
standard ISA slots, Super Multi-I/O controller and dual port PCI-IDE
connectors for the future expansion. The hardware dimension is 220mm x
230mm with a four-layer-design technology.
Specification
VIA Apollo VPX PCIset chipset.
R
Intel Pentium Processor, AMD K5/K6 & Cyrix M1 operating at 75 ~ 200
MHz and P55C with 321 ZIF socket 7 and scalability to accept faster
Processors in the future.
Supports up to 192 MegaBytes of DRAM (a minimum of 8 MB) on board
(72-pin SIMM x 4 & 168-pin DIMM x 1). BIOS will autometically detect and
configure FP/EDO and Synchronous DRAM (Refer to Chapter 2-3 System
Memory Configuration).
Supports Onboard Pipelined Burst (synchronous) L2 Write Back/Through
Cache. The cache memory combination can be 256KB/512KB (32KB*32,
64KB*32 SRAM, respectively).
Supports four 16 bit ISA slots and three 32 bit PCI slots and provides two
independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting
PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra-DMA33 devices. The P55-VP 2 supports three PCI
Bus Masters and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces
configuration confusion when plugging in PCI I/O controller card(s).
Supports ATAPI (e.g. CD-ROM) devices on both IDE interfaces.
Supports 1 floppy port, 1 parallel port (EPP,ECP port), 2 serial ports (16550
Fast UART compatible) and 1 USB Connector.
Supports a PS/2 style mouse and standard AT style keyboard connectors.
Supports Award Plug & Play BIOS . The BIOS is stored in Flash EPROM
form. It provides better upgradeability for the system.
Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM (System Management Mode).
P55-VP 2 utilizes Lithium battery which provides environmental protection
and longer battery life.
Chapter 1
Introduction
mainboard is a high performance system hardware based
Introduction 1-1

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  • Page 1 Supports four 16 bit ISA slots and three 32 bit PCI slots and provides two independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra-DMA33 devices. The P55-VP 2 supports three PCI Bus Masters and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI I/O controller card(s).
  • Page 2 1-2 P55-VP 2 P55-VP 2 Layout CONN. W83877F Power Conn. COM1 COM2 Bank 4,5 Bank 2,3 82C587 82C587 64K*32 64K*32 TAG SRAM HD-LED+ SLEEP SPEAKER 3 1 3 1 KEYLOCK G-LED+ TB-LED+ RESET JP8 JP7 Figure 1-1...

  • Page 3: Hardware Design

    The P55-VP 2 supports two Onboard PCI IDE connectors, and automatically detects IDE harddisk type by BIOS utility automatic. The P55-VP 2 supports Award Plug & Play BIOS for the ISA and PCI cards. The BIOS can be located in Flash EPROM which can replace BIOS code easily if neces-...
  • Page 4 P55-VP 2 2-2 Connectors and Jumpers This section describes all connectors and jumpers equipped in the mainboard. Please refer to Figure 1-1 for location of each connector and jumper. KeyLock - Keyboard lock switch & Power LED connector. 1.Power LED(+) 2.N/C...

  • Page 5: Ps/2 Mouse Connector

    Hardware Design PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR 1.RED wire 2.BLUE wire 3.GREEN wire 4.NC 5.YELLOW wire IrDA/ASK IR CONNECTOR 1.VCC 2.NC 3.IRRX 4.GND 5.IRTX EPROM BIOS Selection 1-2 : 5V Flash EPROM.(SST, Winbond). 2-3 : 12V Flash EPROM (Intel). CPU Vcore voltage selection 1-2 : 2.9V For AMD K6-PR166/200 2-3 : 2.8V For Pentium MMX Processor &...
  • Page 6 P55-VP 2 Intel Pentium Processor / Pentium MMX Processor / AMD K5 / K6 Installation Clock/CPU Op. JP2-1 JP2-2 JP2-3 JP2-4 50/75 MHz 60/90 MHz JP2 1 2 3 4 66/100 MHz 60/120 MHz 66/133 MHz 60/150 MHz 66/166 MHz...

  • Page 7: System Memory Configuration

    BANK 4,5 5V FP / EDO DRAM SIMM4 NOTE : 1. P55-VP 2 supports both Fast Page DRAM and EDO DRAM SIMMs, but they cannot be used in the same memory bank. 2. The KEY ZOOM of the DIMM socket is 3.3V / Unbuffered.

  • Page 8: Cache Memory Configuration

    The P55-VP 2 supports 168-pin DIMM module to extend system memory size. You can install (3.3V / Unbuffered) Fast Page, EDO or Synchronous DRAM. Besides, to support 5VFP and EDO DRAM with DIMM socket, The P55-VP 2 provides JP6 to allow user using 3.3V/Unbuffered DIMM module with 5V FP and EDO DRAM chips.

  • Page 9: Integrated Pci Bridge

    There are four interrupts in each PCI slot : INTA#, INTB#, INTC#, and INTD#. Since the P55-VP 2 adapts the PCI auto-configuration with the system BIOS Setup utility. When the system is turned on after adding a PCI add-in card, the BIOS automatically configure interrupts, DMA channels, I/O space, and other paramaters.

  • Page 10: Award Bios Setup

    AWARD BIOS 3-1 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP Award's ROM BIOS provides a built-in setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS RAM so data will be retained even when the power is turned off.

  • Page 11: Standard Cmos Setup

    This menu shows all of the manufacturer's default values of the P55-VP 2. Again, user can move the cursor by pressing direction keys and <PgDn> or <PgUp> keys to modify the parameters.
  • Page 12 AWARD BIOS 3-3 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LDPA9) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled External Cache : Enabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow...
  • Page 13 3-4 CHAPTER 3 Quick Power On Self Test:This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some checking items during POST. Enabled : Enable quick POST. Disabled: Normal POST.
  • Page 14 AWARD BIOS 3-5 Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate. Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. Disabled Disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. The system BIOS will use default value of 2 items and the default is controlled by the keyboard.

  • Page 15: Chipset Features Setup

    3-6 CHAPTER 3 C8000 - CBFFF Shadow : CC000 - CFFFF Shadow: D0000 - D3FFF Shadow: D4000 - D7FFF Shadow: D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte or 32K byte perunit and the size depends on the chipset.
  • Page 16 AWARD BIOS 3-7 DRAM Timing: The default value is 60ns. 60ns : 2 (faster) Burst Wait State, for 60~70ns Fast Page Mode/EDO DRAM. 70ns : 3 (slower) Burst Wait State, for 70ns Fast Page Mode/EDO DRAM. : The default value is Enabled. Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled : Enabled the Video BIOS Cacheable to speed up the VGA Performance.

  • Page 17: Power Management Setup

    3-8 CHAPTER 3 3-4 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Choose the "POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP" in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it is absolutely necessary.

  • Page 18: Description Of The Green Functions

    3-4-2 Description of the Green Functions The P55-VP 2 supports HDD Power Down, Doze and Suspend power saving functions. In addition, the hardware suspend function is supported when the J5-SLEEP (Refer to Figure1-1) is closed to enter the Suspend function.

  • Page 19: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    3-10 CHAPTER 3 PM Events: AWARD BIOS defines 15 PM Events in the power management mode (Doze & suspend). The user can initialize any PM Events to be "Enable" or "Disable". When the system detects all of the enabled events, do not have any activity. It will start the system Doze timer first if the "Power Management"...
  • Page 20 AWARD BIOS 3-11 Resource Controlled By:The default value is Manual. Manual: The field defines that the PNP Card's resource is controlled by manual. You can set whethe IRQ-X or DMA-X is assigned to PCI/ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards. Auto: If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards.

  • Page 21: Integrated Peripherals

    3-12 CHAPTER 3 3-6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LDPA9) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS WARD SOFTWARE, INC. Onboard Primary PCI IDE : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 Onboard Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode : ECP / EPP IDE Prefetch Mode : Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA IDE HDD Block Mode...
  • Page 22 AWARD BIOS 3-13 IDE Primary Master PIO: The default value is Auto. Auto : BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode0~4 : Manually set the IDE Accessing mode. IDE Primary Slave PIO: The default value is Auto. Auto : BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode.

  • Page 23: Load Setup Defaults

    3-14 CHAPTER 3 Onboard UART 2 Mode:The default value is standard. This field allows the User to select the COM2 port that can support a serial Infrared Interface. Standard: Support a Serial Infrared Interface IrDA. HPSIR: Support a HP Serial Infrared Interface format. ASKIR: Support a Sharp Serial Infrared Interface format.

  • Page 24: Change Supervisor Or User Password

    AWARD BIOS 3-15 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LDPA9) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT PNP/PCI CONFIGURA ETUP Load SETUP Default (Y/N)? INTEGRATED PERIPH SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS...

  • Page 25: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    3-16 CHAPTER 3 3-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION The "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" utility is a very useful tool especially when you do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically.
  • Page 26 AWARD BIOS 3-17 LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: This is a new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck. The number of cylinders, heads and sectors shown in the setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD. During the HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by sector, head and cylinder into its own physical address inside the HDD.

  • Page 27: Hdd Low Level Format

    3-18 CHAPTER 3 Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some softwares involved. All softwares are located in the Award HDD Service Routine (1NT 13h). It may fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected if you are running under on Operating System which replaces the whole 1NT 13h.

  • Page 28: I/O & Memory Map

    TECHNICAL INFORMATION 4-1 Chapter 4 Technical Information 4-1 I/O & MEMORY MAP MEMORY MAP Address Range Size Description [00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory [80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional memory [9FC00-9FFFF] Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed [A0000-C7FFF] 160K Available for Hi DOS memory [C8000-DFFFF] Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs [E0000-EEFFF]...

  • Page 29: Time & Dma Channels Map

    4-2 CHAPTER 4 4-2 TIME & DMA CHANNELS MAP TIME MAP: TIMER Channel 0 System timer interrupt. TIMER Channel 1 DRAM REFRESH request. TIMER Channel 2 SPEAKER tone generator. DMA CHANNELS : DMA Channel 0 Available. DMA Channel 1 Onboard ECP (Option). DMA Channel 2 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP).

  • Page 30: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    TECHNICAL INFORMATION 4-3 4-4 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS : Seconds. Second alarm. Minutes. Minutes alarm. Hours. Hours alarm. Day of week. Day of month. Month. Year. Status register A. Status register B. Status register C. Status register D. Diagnostic status byte.

  • Page 31: Appendix A: Post Codes

    4-4 CHAPTER 4 APPENDIX A: POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to port address 80h. POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 01-02 Reserved. Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow. 1.Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only). 2.Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes. -DMA controller (8237).
  • Page 32 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 4-5 POST(hex) DESCRIPTION Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (40:ON - 40:FF) 1.Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Early Setup Value Program) 2.Measure CPU speed for display & decide the system clock speed. 3.Video initialization including Monochromc, CGA, EGA/VGA. If no display device found, the speaker will beep.
  • Page 33 4-6 CHAPTER 4 POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 1.Display the Award Plug & Play BIOS Extension message. (PnP BIOS only) 2.Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including COM ports, LPT ports, FDD port ... according to setup value. 33-3B Reserved. Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility. 1.Initialize Keyboard.
  • Page 34 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 4-7 POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 1.Initialize all ISA ROMs. 2.Later PCI initializations. (PCI BIOS only) -assign IRQ to PCI devices. -initialize all PCI ROMs. 3.PnP Initialzations. (PnP BIOS only) -assign IO, Memory, IRQ & DMA to PnP ISA devices. -initialize all PnP ISA ROMs. 4.Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings.

  • Page 35: Appendix B: I/O Connectors

    4-8 CHAPTER 4 APPENDIX B: I/O CONNECTORS J1 : PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR: Signal Name Data (Red Wire) Clock (Blue Wire) (Green Wire) (Yellow Wire) CN5/COM1,CN4/COM2 : Serial Ports Connector Signal Name Signal Name SOUT N.C. CN7 : Parallel Port Connector Signal Name Signal Name STROBE-...
  • Page 36 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 4-9 CN6 : Floppy Disk Connector Signal Name Signal Name Ground FDHDIN Ground Reserved Ground FDEDIN Ground Index- Ground Motor Enable Ground Drive Select B- Ground Drive Select A- Ground Motor Enable Ground DIR- Ground STEP- Ground Write Data Ground Write Gate Ground...

  • Page 37: Appendix C : Memory Configuration Table

    32M x 2 (64 MB) 16M x 2 (32 MB) Empty 96MB 32M x 2 (64 MB) 32M x 2 (64 MB) Empty 128MB NOTE : 1. P55-VP 2 support both Fast Page DRAM or EDO DRAM SIMMs, but they cannot be mixed within the same memory bank.
  • Page 38 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 4-11 SIMM 3,4 SIMM 1,2 DIMM Total Size Empty Empty Empty 4M x 2 (8 MB) 16MB Empty 8M x 2 (16 MB) 24MB Empty 16M x 2 (32 MB) 40MB Empty 32M x 2 (64 MB) 72MB Empty Empty 16MB...

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