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EC Declaration of Conformity
We
Iwill Corp.
No. 9-1, Kong 6th RD.,
Lin Kou 2nd Industrial
Park, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
declare under sole responsibility that the
P55TU motherboard
meets the intent of Directive 89/336/ECC for Electromagnetic Compatibility.
Compliance was demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the
official Journal of the European Communities:
EN 50081-1 Emissions:
EN 55022
EN 55022
EN 60555-2
EN 50082-1 Immunity:
IEC 801-2
IEC 801-3
IEC 801-4
Radiated, Class B
Conducted, Class B
Power Harmonics
Electrostatic Discharge
RF Radiat
Fast Transient
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  • Page 1 Lin Kou 2nd Industrial Park, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. declare under sole responsibility that the P55TU motherboard meets the intent of Directive 89/336/ECC for Electromagnetic Compatibility. Compliance was demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the official Journal of the European Communities:...
  • Page 2 Chipset with BGA technology and with Adaptec new Ultra / Ultra Wide SCSI embedded which is equilevent to AHA 2940UW. Adaptec RAID port option ready is a big advantage in this P55TU SCSI motherboard. It ca n turn this SCSI motherboard to support hardware SCSI RAID by adding the RAIDBUS 1000 or the ARO 1130 adapter from Adaptec.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1- Overview 1.1 Features 1.2 Specif ications Chapter 2- Quick Installation Chapter 3- Hardware Installation 3.1 Preparation and Inspection 3.2 Placement 3.3 CPU group 3.4 Cache Memory 3.5 D-RAM Conf iguration 3.6 SCSI Interf ace 3.7 Adaptec RAIDport option 3.8 IDE Interf ace 3.9 USB 3.10 Enhanced Multi-IO...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1- Overview

    HAPTER 1 Overview Thank you for purchasing this P55TU SCSI Motherboard. This operation manual will guide you to proper configure and install. It has an overview of the engineer design and feature of this board. Also, this manual provides useful information for your later upgrade or change the configuration.
  • Page 6 5 X 16-bits ISA slots. 3 X 32-bits PCI slots for PCI compatible add-on cards. (PCI#2 is occupied by the Adaptec SCSI, it is flexible for your choose while you install a prior or minor controller on this PCI bus.) ◼...

  • Page 7: Specifications

    EPP Mode --Enhanced Parallel Port compatible(EPP) compatible IEEE 1284 ECP Mode --Microsoft & Hewlett Packard Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) Compatible Incorporates Chip Protect Circuit for protection against damage due to printer power-on ◼ Others function: Support both Fast Page DRAM or EDO DRAM SIMM. Support Pentium CPU SMM (System Management Mode).

  • Page 8: Chapter 2- Quick Installation

    HAPTER 2 Quick Installation This SCSI Motherboard is shipped with manufacture preset at : CPU Clock at 100 MHz Adaptec Ultra Wide SCSI Chip Enabled Wide SCSI Mode Enabled SCSI Terminator Control by BIOS 512K Pipeline Burst Cache on board Printer ECP Mode at DMA3 Printer at IRQ7 , Address at 378h Serial 1 at IRQ4, Serial 2 at IRQ3...

  • Page 9: Chapter 3- Hardware Installation

    Step 6. Setting up the system Enter the "Setup Menu" screen by press the " Del " key while power on or warm reset the system. Always "LOAD SETUP DEFAULT" at first and select others necessary that your system require. Step 7.

  • Page 10: Preparation And Inspection

    3.1 Preparation and Inspection The P55TU SCSI Motherboard, like all electronic equipment is static sensitive. Please take the proper precautions when handling this board. You should avoid static up. If possible, You should ground yourself by touching a metal table or your computer frame.

  • Page 11: Placement

    3.2 Placement P55TU Ke yboard PS2 m ous e Bank 0 Bank 1 Re s e t SW SCSI LED IDE LED SM I SW Turbo LED Spe ak e r Ke ylock Placement & Connector...
  • Page 12 P55TU JP12 JP11 200 MHz 2.50 V 2.70 V 2.83 V 3.38 V 3.52 V Jumper...

  • Page 13: Cpu Group

    3.3 CPU group 3.3.1 CPU Socket This CPU socket provides flexibility for Intel Pentium , Pentium OverDrive, Pentium future processors, AMD (5k86) and Cyrix (6x86) processor. When installing the CPU into the Zero Insertion Force ( ZIF ) socket should be very carefully. Lift the handle of this 321 Pin ZIF socket up carefully and insert the CPU into ZIF socket.
  • Page 14 3.3.3 CPU Clock Select To set the correct CPU clock select for the Intel Penitum based CPU to this motherboard. You need to set both the CPU External Clock Frequency and the CPU to bus frequency ratio correctly. But this motherboard special design with a one jumper move to set the CPU clock select and you only need to place the jumper cap into the CPU clock that you desire.
  • Page 15 If you are using Cyrix 6X86 CPU, please be noted on Cyrix 6X86 120+ which is 100 MHz CPU. Both jumpers caps on 75 MHz and 100 MHz need to be placed. To use other Cyrix CPU speed please refernce following table.

  • Page 16: Cache Memory P13

    3.3.4 CPU Voltage Select (JP4) The on-board regulator provides different voltage selection for Intel P54C Pentium and future P55C processor. Different CPU require change the JP4 set to different voltage. 3.52V ( VRE ) is design when Cyrix CPU is installed 3.38V ( Default ) is for all the Intel P54C CPU 2.83V is reserve for the Intel P55C 2.7V and 2.5V is reserve for Cyrix M2 CPU...

  • Page 17: Scsi Interface

    The P55TU supports different type of system memory. No jumper needed for this function or configure. This mainboard separates four pieces of 72 pins SIMM(Single In Line Memory Module) into two banks. NOTE: 1 . P55TU supports EDO DRAM. 2 . The 60 ns EDO DRAM is required.
  • Page 18 J2 is a 50 pins 8 bit internal Ultra SCSI connector. It attaches the SCSI cable(s) from the P55TU SCSI controller to the SCSI peripherals. The external SCSI port expansion kit is a optional for your connecting external devices. Be-sure the cable's colored side should align to pin #1 of this connector.
  • Page 19 3.6.3 Set SCSI IDs You must assign a different SCSI ID to each device on the SCSI bus connected to the P55TU system board. See your SCSI device documentation for directions on how to determine the ID and change it.

  • Page 20: Adaptec Raidport Option

    Enabled *Default Disabled 3.6.5 SCSI Terminator Control JP1&JP2 are both 3 pin jumper connectors. These are for Low/ High Byte SCSI Terminator. Function Note Low Byte SCSI Terminator Always On Low Byte SCSI Terminator Always Off Low Byte SCSI Terminator Controlled by BIOS *Default Function Note...

  • Page 21: Ide Interface

    P55TU Pentium Placement & Connector 3.8 IDE Interface 3.8.1 Primary, Secondary IDE Connectors Primary / Secondary IDE are 40 pins internal IDE port conn ectors. Use a 40 pins flat cable to connect between this connector and the IDE devices.

  • Page 22: Enhanced Multi-Io

    3.10 Enhanced Multi-IO 3.10.1 J11 FDC Connector J11 is a 34 pins internal Floppy port connector. Use 34 pins flat cable to connect between this connector and floppy drives. 3.10.2 J12 Printer Connector J12 is a 26 pins connector for parallel port. Use a 26 pin IDC flat cable to convert internal port to a standard 25 pin external D-Sub connector.

  • Page 23: Other

    If you are using the ordinary parallel cables running at the EPP or ECP mode that this controller provided, you may experience that the data efforts. 3.10.3 J14/J15 Serial Port J14/J15 are 10 pins internal Serial 1/Serial 2 port connector. This system board provides two flat cable to convert internal Serial ports to a standard 9 and 25 pins external RS-232 port.
  • Page 24 3.11.3 Reset, SCSI LED, IDE LED, SMI Switch, Turbo LED, Speaker, KeylockConnectors Reset SCSI LED IDE LED SMI SW Turbo LED Speaker Keylock Reset Turbo SW Turbo LED SPEAKER KEYLOCK Note : This mainbaord has no Turbo function, it will not support Turbo switch. The Turbo LED will light-on when you connect a computer case that mounted Turbo LED and power on this system.
  • Page 25 JP12 JP12 EPROM type Note 5V Flash EPROM *Default support (29xxx) 12V Flash EPROM support (28xxx) 3.11.5 PS/2 Mouse J10 is a 5 pin connector, connect this port by a 1 x 5 IDC flat cable to a L- frame mini-din PS/2 mouse connector.

  • Page 26: Chapter 4 Award Bios Setup

    HAPTER 4 Award BIOS Setup Notice The information in this guide is subject to change without notice. The software described in this guide is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Award Software, Inc.
  • Page 27 BIOS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch and turn control over to the operating system. While the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways: By pressing <Del> immediately after switching the system on, or by pressing the <Del>...
  • Page 28 F4 key Reserved F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 key Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 key Load the default F8 key Reserved F9 key...

  • Page 29: Main Menu

    4.1 Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>...
  • Page 30 Standard CMOS Setup This setup page includes all the items in a standard, AT-compatible BIOS. BIOS Features Setup This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. Password Setting Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.

  • Page 31: Standard Cmos Setup

    This section page includes all the items of IDE hard drive and Programmed Input / Output features. Load Setup Defaults The chipset defaults are settings which provide for maximum system performance. While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the manufacturer has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs.
  • Page 32 highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A59F13D) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Fri, Apr 7 1995 Time(hh:mm:ss) : 00:00:00 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDE SECTOR MODE Primary Master...
  • Page 33 year The year, from 1900 through 2099 Time The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Daylight saving The category adds one hour to the clock when daylight-saving time begins. It also subtracts one hour when standard time returns.
  • Page 34 HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precom LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS number of sectors MODE mode type Drive A Type / Drive B Type If a hard disk has not been installed Select NONE and press <Enter>. The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that have been installed in the computer.
  • Page 35 No errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped and you will be prompted. All errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected. All, The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will But Keyboard stop for all other errors.

  • Page 36: Bios Features Setup

    4.3 BIOS Features Setup This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security. ROM / PCI ISA BIOS (2A59FI3D) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 37 ! WARNING ! Disk boot sector is to be modified Type "Y" to accept write or "N" to abort write Award Software, Inc. Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
  • Page 38 Boot Sequence This category determines which drive to search first for the disk operating system (i.e., DOS). Default value is A,C. System will first search for hard disk drive then floppy disk drive. System will first search for floppy disk drive then hard disk drive.
  • Page 39 Keypad is number keys Keypad is arrow keys Boot Up System Speed Selects the default system speed -- the normal operating speed at power up. High Set the speed to high Set the speed to low Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled.
  • Page 40 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) When the typematic rate is enabled, this selection allows you select the rate at which the keys are accelerated. 6 characters per second 8 characters per second 10 characters per second 12 characters per second 15 characters per second 20 characters per second 24 characters per second 30 characters per second...
  • Page 41 OS Select for DRAM > 64 This item allows you to access the memory that over 64MB in OS/2. The choice: Non-OS2, OS2. PCI / VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI/VGA or not. Enabled When PCI/VGA working with MPEG ISA/VESA VGA Card.

  • Page 42: Chipset Feature Setup

    4.4 Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59FI3D) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration : Disabled Memory Parity / ECC Check : Auto DRAM Timing : 70ns Signal Bit Error Report : Enabled DRAM RAS# Precharge Time L2 Cache Cacheable Size : 64MB DRAM R/W Leadoff Timing...
  • Page 43 Auto Configuration Pre-defined values for DRAM, cache.. timing according to CPU type & system clock. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. Note: When this item is enabled, the pre-defined items will become SHOW- ONLY. DRAM Timing The DRAM timing is controlled by the DRAM Timing Registers. The timings programmed into this register are dependent on the system design.
  • Page 44 Seven clocks leadoff for reads and six clocks leadoff for writes. Six clocks leadoff for reads and five clocks leadoff for writes. 7/6 Leadoff timing is the default. Fast RAS# to CAS# Delay When DRAM is refreshed, both rows and columns are addressed separately. This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from Row Address Strobe (RAS) to Column Address Strobe (CAS).
  • Page 45 remaining three parts provide the actual data. The lower the timing numbers, the faster the system will address memory. x222 Write DRAM timings are 2-2-2-2 x333 Write DRAM timings are 3-3-3-3 x444 Write DRAM timings are 4-4-4-4 x222 timings is the default. Turbo Read Leadoff The turbo read leadoff may be required in certain system designs to support...
  • Page 46 ISA Clock This item allows you to select the PCI clock type. PCI CLK/3 PCI clock type PCI CLK/4 PCI clock type Cache Features System BIOS Cacheable When enabled, accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H -FFFFFH are cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled. Enabled BIOS access cached Disabled...
  • Page 47 the input/output bus that the CPU must be delayed to allow for the completion of the I/O. This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit I/O. Choices are from NA, 1 to 8 CPU clocks. 1 clock is the default.
  • Page 48 DRAM ECC/PARITY Select This item allows you to select between two methods of DRAM error checking, ECC and Parity (default). Memory Parity / ECC Check This item allows you to select between three methods of memory error checking, Auto, Enabled and Disabled Single Bit Error Report L2 Cache...

  • Page 49: Power Management Setup

    4.5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59FI3D) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 50 Disable (default) No power management. Disables all four modes Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min. Max. Power Saving Maximum power management -- ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU.
  • Page 51 Standby Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the fixed disk drive and the video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed. Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off.

  • Page 52: Pnp/Pci Conf Iguration

    • IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) • IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) • IRQ10 (Reserved) • IRQ11 (Reserved) • IRQ12 (Reserved) • IRQ13 (Coprocessor) • IRQ14 (Hard Disk) • IRQ15 (Reserved) 4.6 PnP/ PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components.
  • Page 53 IRQ-4 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP On-Board SCSI Chip :Enabled IRQ-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ- 9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-10 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-11 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-14 assigned to...
  • Page 54 PCI IRQ Activated This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device. Under all circumstances, you should retain the default configuration unless advised otherwise by your system manufacturer. Choices are Level (default) and Edge. PCI IDE IRQ Map This allows you to configure your system to the type of IDE disk controller in use.

  • Page 55: Integrated Peripherals

    4.7 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59FI3D) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel : Enabled On-Chip Primary : Enabled On-Chip Secondary PCI : Enabled IDE Primary Master : Auto IDE Primary Slave : Auto...
  • Page 56 IDE PIO IDE hard drive controllers can support up to two separate hard drives. These drives have a master/slave relationship which are determined by the cabling configuration used to attach them to the controller. Your system supports two IDE controllers--a primary and a secondary--so you have to ability to install up to four separate hard disks.

  • Page 57: Load Setup Defaults

    On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE As above for the Primary controller, this setup item you either to enable or disable the secondary controller. You might choose to disable the controller if you were to add a higher performance or specialized controller. Enabled Primary HDD controller used Disabled...

  • Page 58: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    PASSWORD DISABLED. When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration. Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted.

  • Page 59: Scsi Select Utility Option P57

    Perform low - level formatting on new SCSI disk devices. ⚫ Running the SCSISelect Utility You will see a banner similar to the one shown in below when you turn on or reboot your computer. The BIOS banner lists the model number and SCSI ID of each SCSI device connected to the host adapter.

  • Page 60: Configure/View Host Adapter Settings Menu

    AIC-78xx at Bus: Device xx:xxh Arrow keys to move cursor, <Enter> to select option, <Esc> to Exit (*=default) Use the Up and Down keys and the Enter key to make selections in the SCSI Select utility . Press Esc at any time to return to the previous menu . Note: You can press F5 to toggle the display between color and monochrome modes .
  • Page 61 Adaptec AIC-78xx < SCSISelect(TM) > Utility v1.XX AIC-78xx at Bus: Device xx:xxh Configuration SCSI Channel Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID SCSI Parity Checking Enabled Host Adaptec SCSI Termination Low ON/ High ON Additional Options Boot Device Configuration Press <Enter> SCSI Device Configuration Press <Enter>...
  • Page 62   Use the cursor ( )and Enter keys to select the SCSI ID, if you need to change it . Press Esc at any time to return to the previous menu. When selecting the host adapter SCSI ID, consider the following: ¨...
  • Page 63 Disabled Internal and external connectors The possible P54TSW2 termination setting are as follows: Host Adapter Termination High Devices Are Attached to 68-pin internal connector only 68-pin external connector only 50-pin internal connector only 68-pin internal and 68-pin external connectors 50-pin and 68-pin internal connectors 50-pin internal and 68-pin external connectors Invalid...
  • Page 64 or hang if Initiate Sync Negotiation is enabled . Set Initiate Sync Negotiation to no for these devices. ◼ Maximum Sync Transfer Rate This option determines the maximum synchronous data transfer rate that the host adapter can support. The host adapter supports rates up to the Fast SCSI maximum of 10.0 MBytes / sec.
  • Page 65 bus performance. If only one SCSI device is connected to SCSI port , set Enable Disconnection to no to achieve slightly better performance. ◼ Send Start Unit Command This option , which is supported by some SCSI devices, determines whether the Start Unit Command (SCSI command 1B) is sent to the SCSI device (most devices do not require this ).
  • Page 66 ◼ Reset SCSI Bus at Host Adapter Initialization This option allows you to enable or disable a SCSI bus reset generated by the host adapter during its power - on initialization and after a hard reset. If enabled , the SCSI bus is reset the first time the host adapter is initialized .

  • Page 67: Scsi Disk Utilities

    If this option is enabled , the following translation schemes are used: SCSI hard disks 1 GByte use a translation schema of 64 heads , 32 sectors per track SCSI hard disks 1 GByte use a translation schema of 255 heads , 63 sectors per track ⚫...
  • Page 68 removable - media drives that were previously used with a non - Adaptec host adapter. Caution : A low - level format destroy all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation. You cannot abort a low - level format once it is started.
  • Page 69 The Cyrix also ship their 6x86 Processors at the voltage specification of 3.52 Volts(also knows as the VRE spec.). Ensure that your motherboard voltage jumper setting are set accordingly. Example: Cyrix 6x86 family of processors (cyrix logo here) 6x86-P166+GP Cyrix CPU Ordering Number 133Mhz Internal CPU Frequency Operating Voltage:...
  • Page 70 rating as part of their product name. The first members of the AMD5K86 family are based on the SSA/5 core, as indicated in the Part Number listed below. Example: AMD5K86 family of processors The marking shown below is provided as an example only. It is intended to help you to set the correct CPU Voltage for AMD Processor.

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