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TX430
(Intel 430TX M/B)
User's Manual
SMART SOFT™
Latest Jumperless Techniques
451-043000100
REVISION: D
4-Aug-1997
Printed in Taiwan

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  • Page 1 TX430 (Intel 430TX M/B) User’s Manual SMART SOFT™ Latest Jumperless Techniques 451-043000100 REVISION: D 4-Aug-1997 Printed in Taiwan...

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY APPLICATION OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE(S): 89/336/EEC STANDARD TO WHICH CONFORMITY IS DECLARED: EN 55022:1994/A1:1995 CLASS B EN 50082-1 (IEC 801-2:1984, IEC 801-3:1984, IEC 801-4:1988) : DataExpert Corporation ANUFACTURER 1, 1438 BA O DDRESS REGUETLAAN ETHERLANDS +31 (20)-653-2243 : +31 (20)-653-2265...

  • Page 3: User's Notice

    In no envent shall DataExpert be liable for any loss or profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of business, or for indirect, special , incidental, or consequential damages of any kind, even if DataExpert has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising form any defect or error in this manual or product.
  • Page 4 NSTALLATION UIDE - It is recommended for installation of AMD K6 MMX 233 and Cyrix M1 PR200 CPU to be installed with certified CPU Cooler (Big Cooler) from the approved suppliers. Insufficient Cooling for the CPU may render the system unstable.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ABLE OF ONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION......1 1.1 Overview............2 1.2 System Features..........3 1.3 System Specification.........4 1.4 System Performance..........5 1.5 TX430 Board Layout..........6 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION........7 2.1 Installing DRAM..........7 2.2 Installing Other Jumpers & Connectors....11 2.3 Installing CPU with SMART SOFT Feature...15 2.4 Installing Flash ROM Utility........17 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM BIOS SETUP.......18 3.1 Standard CMOS Setup........19...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Motherboard Special Feature IMPORTANT NOTICE After you have assembled the motherboard with its system configuration installed, check that all the cables attached is correctly connected as required before powering on the system. The first procedure you required to do is to press the “DEL” key on the keyboard during displaying memory counting and access the “System BIOS Setup”.

  • Page 7: Overview

    TX430 User’s Manual Overview The TX430 motherboard optimized for MMX CPUs incorporates the latest jumperless technique “SMART SOFT” for CPU fast and easy installation. Additional built-in features include PC Doctor Monitoring for CPU overheated protection with ALARM warning and CPU slow-down to protect system crash during overheated condition.

  • Page 8: System Features

    Chapter 1: Introduction System Features The TX430 has many performance and system features integrated into the motherboard, including the following: AT Form-Factor Intel 430TX Pentium-based Motherboard with 512K · Pipeline Burst SRAM Cache. Supports Intel Pentium Family CPU running at 90MHz~200MHz, Intel ·...

  • Page 9: System Specification

    TX430 User’s Manual System Specification Multi-Processor Support: Intel Pentium 90~200 MHz, Intel Pentium with MMX 166~233 MHz AMD-K5 (90-166 MHz), AMD-K6 (166~233 MHz) Cyrix 6x86 (120 ~200 MHz) & Cyrix 6x86MX (166- 233 MHz) CPU Clock Speed: 55/60/66/75 MHz DRAM: 8MB to 256MB (Auto Banking) SRAM: 512K L2 Cache...
  • Page 10 Chapter 1: Introduction The following CPU benchmark programs provide a wide range of performance indexes, which do not reveal the true speed that the motherboard can provide. This test is performed on most types of CPUs which are installed on the TX430 motherboard.

  • Page 11: Tx430 Board Layout

    TX430 User’s Manual 1.5 TX430 Board Layout The general layout of the TX430 motherboard is shown in the following diagram: Flash Intel 82371AB Batter 64Kx Intel 82439TX CPU ZIF SOCKET 64Kx JP15 JP13 JP19...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Installation

    CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION The hardware must be set up for a variety of functions before the system is ready to operate. It is easy to set up the TX430 motherboard. The user only has to adjust a 82371 few jumpers, connectors, and sockets. Installing DRAM The TX430 motherboard can support extended memory of 8MB to 256MB.
  • Page 13 TX430 User’s Manual System Memory (SIMM & DIMM) This motherboard supports four 72-pin, 32-bit SIMMs (Single Inline Memory Modules) of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB. The SIMMs can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode (FPM) (Asymmetric or Symmetric), or Enhanced Data Out (EDO) (BEDO &...

  • Page 14: Simm Memory Installation

    Chapter 2: Installation Total Memory None None 16MB None None 16MB 24MB 24MB 32MB 16MB 16MB None None 32MB 16MB 16MB 40MB 16MB 16MB 40MB 16MB 16MB 48MB 16MB 16MB 48MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 16MB 64MB 32MB 32MB None None 64MB 32MB 32MB...

  • Page 15: Installing Other Jumpers & Connectors

    TX430 User’s Manual 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 sockets which requires the “Notched End” of the SIMM memory modules. 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.
  • Page 16 Chapter 2: Installation +5V DC (Red Wire) JP2, JP3 DATA OUT DATA OUT CONNECTO GROUND JP13 GROUND RESET RESET IN +5V DC JP19 KEYLOCK GROUND CONNECTO KEYBOARD INHIBITOR GROUND DATA LINE JP15 SPEAKER GROUND CONNECTO +5V DC JP14 1-2 IDE1 HDD_LED 3-4 IDE2 GROUND...
  • Page 17 TX430 User’s Manual 2. SMI Suspend Switch Lead (SMI) 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.

  • Page 18: Cpu Type Select

    Chapter 2: Installation ”PS/2 Mouse Control” in BIOS Features Setup and “USB Function” in PnP and PCI Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE. See “Second Infrared” connector for details on the infrared connector. Red wire of the connector must be connected to the pin 1 of the JP2, JP3 USB on board.

  • Page 19: Installing Cpu With Smart Soft Feature

    TX430 User’s Manual Default setting SMART SOFT for INTEL or MMX CPUs AMD K5-PR166 Notice: For AMD K5-PR166, you must adjust the Dip Switch as shown in Condition 2. To use “Soft Frequency” setting for other types of CPUs, you just follow the setting in Condition 1. Incorrect setting of the DIP switch will over-ride the BIOS SMART SOFT feature.
  • Page 20 Chapter 2: Installation the related jumpers manually. The CPU’s type, frequency, clock and temperature are determined by the CPU Configuration Setup screen of the BIOS Setup program. The following shows you how to configure CPU from the CPU configuration setup screen, as follows: The Smart Soft CPU Setting can let you simply change the CMOS BIOS setting to attain your goal - the CPU’s working speed and the auto CPU Voltage.

  • Page 21: Installing Flash Rom Utility

    TX430 User’s Manual for the I/O interface. Some CPU vendor provide the same voltage for the core and I/O, it is called “SINGLE VOLTAGE CPU”. If the core and I/O use different voltages, it is called “DUAL VOLTAGES CPU”. Instead of setting the CPU as “single”...
  • Page 22 Chapter 2: Installation Release Date : 05/12/96 Enter BIOS Filename: Help/Error Message Enter the BIOS Filename from which Flash EPROM will be programmed. The Format:- [Drv:\Pathname\Filename.Ext] The Filename must end with a <ENTER>. Press <ESC> to Exit You cannot run this utility from the Windows 95 MS-DOS box. Please run it in real mode.

  • Page 23: Chapter 3 System Bios Setup

    Chapter 3: System BIOS Setup CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM BIOS SETUP This chapter discusses AMIBIOS Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored into battery-backed RAM so that it contains the Setup program when the power is turned off.

  • Page 24: Standard Cmos Setup

    3.1 Standard CMOS Setup The AMIBIOS Setup options described in this section are displayed by choosing the Standard Setup icon from the Setup section on the AMIBIOS Setup main menu. All Standard Setup options are described in this section. Date/Time ·...

  • Page 25: Advanced Cmos Setup

    Click on Block Mode and choose On to support IDE drives that use Block Mode. Click on 32Bit Mode and choose On to support IDE drives that permit 32-bit accesses. Configuring a CD-ROM Drive · Select the appropriate drive icon (Pri Master, Pri Slave, Sec Master, or Sec Slave). Choose the Type parameter and select CD ROM.
  • Page 26 xxx Boot Device · Piority of Device pre-defined in-sequence for Booting. S.M.A.R.T. Feature · S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology developed to manage the reliability of the hard disks by predicting some (but NOT ALL) of the future device failures. This feature helps BIOS warn the user of the possible device failure thereby giving user a chance to back up the device and replace the device before actual failure happens.
  • Page 27 after sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive. AMIBIOS does not check if the <Del> key was pressed. You cannot run AMIBIOS Setup at system boot if this setting is selected. Boot Up Sequence · This option sets the sequence of boot drives (floppy drive A:, hard disk drive C:, or a CD-ROM drive) that AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes.
  • Page 28 This option configures the primary display subsystem in the computer. The settings are Absent, Mono (monochrome), 40CGA, 80CGA, or VGA/EGA. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are VGA/EGA. Password Check · This option specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is implemented. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Setup.
  • Page 29 This option selects the type of caching algorithm used by AMIBIOS and the CPU to access L2 secondary (external) cache memory. The settings are: Setting Description WriteBack A write-back algorithm is used. WriteThru A write-through algorithm is used. Disabled AMIBIOS does not specify the type of caching algorithm.

  • Page 30: Advanced Chipset Setup

    These options specify how the contents of the adaptor ROM named in the option title are handled. The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards. The settings are: Settin Description Disabl The specified ROM is not copied to RAM.
  • Page 31 DRAM Speed · This option specifies the RAS Access Time parameter for the installed DRAM SIMMs. The settings are Manual, 60 ns, or 70 ns. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are 70ns. For Cyrix / IBM PR200 MHz or 233 MHz MMX CPUs, it is recommended to configure the setting as “70ns”...

  • Page 32: Power Management Setup

    Set this option to Enabled to enable enhanced paging. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. Memory Hole · This option allows the end user to specify the location of a memory hole for ISA card with firm ware ROM.
  • Page 33 Power Management/APM · Set this option to Enabled to enable the Intel 430TX power management features and APM (Advanced Power Management). The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Enabled. This option works in conjunction with the CPU overheated warning alarm. Disabling it may render the warning alarm off.
  • Page 34 Disabled, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min, 5 min, 6 min, 7 min, 8 min, 9 min, 10 min, 11 min, 12 min, 13 min, 14 min, or 15 min. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. Standby Time out (Minute) ·...

  • Page 35: Pci/Pnp Setup

    IRQ13 IRQ14 IRQ15 When set to Monitor, these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line. If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state, AMIBIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line. computer enters the full on power state if any activity occurs.
  • Page 36 Plug and Play-Aware O/S · Set this option to Yes if the operating system in this computer is aware of and follows the Plug and Play specification. Currently, only Windows 95 is PnP-aware. The settings are Yes or No. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings No. Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Card ·...
  • Page 37 These options specify if the named DMA channel is available for use on the ISA/EISA bus or for PnP (Plug and Play). The settings are ISA/EISA or PnP. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are PnP. IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11...

  • Page 38: Peripheral Setup

    3.6 Peripheral Setup Choose the Peripheral Setup icon from the AMIBIOS Setup screen to display the Peripheral Setup options, described below.
  • Page 39 Onboard FDC · This option enables the FDC (Floppy Drive Controller) on the motherboard. The settings are Auto (AMIBIOS automatically determines if the floppy controller should be enabled), Enabled, or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Auto. Onboard Serial Port1 ·...
  • Page 40 This option specifies the type of duplex transmission used by serial port 2. This option is only valid if the Serial Port2 Mode option is not set to Normal. The settings are Half Duplex or Full Duplex. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are N/A.
  • Page 41 This option is only valid if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP. This option specifies the version of the Enhanced Parallel Port specification that will be used by AMIBIOS. The settings are 1.7 or 1.9. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are N/A.

  • Page 42: Smart Soft Cpu Setting

    3.7 Smart Soft CPU Setting The SMART Soft CPU setting can let you simply change the CMOS BIOS Setting to set the CPU type, working speed, frequency, and temperature control. See section 2.2 for more information on this.

  • Page 43: Static Electricity Precautions

    Trademarks and/or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners: The information in this publication has been carefully for reliability; however, no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies. Specifications are subject to change without notice. IBM, PC/AT, and PC/XT are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

  • Page 44: Limited Warranty

    In the event of failure of any part(s) due to defects in material or workmanship occurring within that one year period, DataExpert will, at its option, either repair or replace the defective product or part thereof at no charge for the parts or labor.
  • Page 45 RMA FORM When the motherboard can not work well, please fill up this form to describe related situations. If the space is not enough to use, you can attach separate paper. MODEL: MODEL NO: HARDWARE CPU: Brand , Model , Speed CD-PROCESSOR: Brand , Model , Speed...
  • Page 46 ¨HANG UP ¨NO SCREEN ¨FLOPPY R/W ERROR ¨HARD DISK R/W ERROR ¨PARITY MEMORY ERROR ¨OTHER <B>ERROR MESSAGES ON YOUR SCREEN (PLEASE SHOW US THE WHOLE SENTENCE) <C>PROBLEM DESCRIPTION...

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