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Asus P/I-XP55TVP4 User Manual

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  • Page 1 P/I-XP55TVP4 Pentium ATX Motherboard USER'S MANUAL...
  • Page 2 In no event shall ASUS be liable for any loss or profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of business, or...

  • Page 3: Asus Contact Information

    Telephone: 1-408-474-0567 Fax: 1-408-474-0568 Email: info-usa@asus.com.tw Technical Support: BBS: 1-408-474-0555 Email: tsd-usa@asus.com.tw ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Info: Address: Harkort Str. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany Telephone: 49-2102-445011 Fax: 49-2102-442066 Email: info-ger@asus.com.tw Technical Support: BBS: 49-2102-448690 Email: tsd-ger@asus.com.tw ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    How this manual is organized ............1 Item Checklist .................. 1 II. FEATURES ..................2 Features of the ASUS Motherboard ..........2 Parts of the ASUS Motherboard ..........3 III. INSTALLATION ................4 Map of the ASUS Motherboard ............4 Installation Steps ................
  • Page 5 Save and Exit Setup ..............47 Exit Without Saving ..............47 V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT ............49 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) .......... 49 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ..... 49 System Requirements ............49 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ...... 50 Notes: .................. 50 VI.

  • Page 6: Federal Communications Commission Statement

    Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana- dian Department of Communications. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Instructions on setting up the motherboard IV. BIOS Setup: BIOS software setup information ASUS DMI Utility: BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface VI. ASUS PCI-SC200: Installation of an optional SCSI card VII. ASUS I-A16C: Installation of an optional Audio card VIII. DOS/Win3.1x: Audio Software Manual (with I-A16C bundle only) IX.

  • Page 8: Features

    II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS Motherboard The ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features in a small package. This motherboard: • Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.

  • Page 9: Parts Of The Asus Motherboard

    II. FEATURES Parts of the ASUS Motherboard 256/512KB Pipelined CPU ZIF Socket 7 Burst L2 Cache T: USB Port 1 B: USB Port 2 PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse Parallel Conn. COM 2 Intel's 430VX PCIset COM 1 4 SIMM Slots...

  • Page 10: Installation

    III. INSTALLATION Map of the ASUS Motherboard ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 11 14) KEYLOCK (CON1) p. 23 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (5-pins) 15) SPEAKER (CON1) p. 23 Speaker Output Connector (4-pins) 16) IR p. 24 Infrared Port Module Connector 17) ATXPWR p. 24 Motherboard Power Connector (12-pin Block) ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 12: Installation Steps

    3. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. 4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 13: Jumper Settings

    Expansion Slot, then you have 256KB. If you only have onboard cache chips, then you have 512KB. An "ASUS" or "COAST" cache module can be used to upgrade the 256KB version to 512KB. If there is no onboard cache, you may install a cache module of either 256KB or 512KB.
  • Page 14 Flash Memory Writer Utility as shown in BIOS SOFTWARE. Programming BBLKW Disabled/Protect [1-2] (Default) Enabled [2-3] BBLKW BBLKW 1 2 3 1 2 3 Disabled / Protected Enabled (Default) Boot Block Programming (Disable / Enable) ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 You must enter BIOS to “Load Setup Defaults” and re-enter any user infor- mation after removing and reapplying this jumper. RTC RAM RTCLR Operation [short] (Default) Clear Data [open] RTCLR RTCLR Operation Clear CMOS Data / (Default) Battery Test Mode Clear CMOS Data / Battery Test Jumper ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 [2-3] [1-2] *NOTE: Only Cyrix Revision 2.7 or later is supported on this motherboard. See next page for revision identification. Bootup screen will show 6x86-P166+ -S CPU at 133MHz with the Cyrix 166+ installed on this motherboard. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 17: Compatible Cyrix Cpu Identification

    [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 VID0 VID1 VID2 2.5V 2.7V 2.8V-P55C 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 VID0 VID1 VID2 3.5V-VRE 2.9V 3.4V-STD CPU Voltage ID ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 18: System Memory (Dram & Sram)

    IMPORTANT: Each bank must have the same size memory installed in pairs. Do not use memory modules with more than 24 chips per module. Modules with more than 24 chips exceed the design specifications of the memory sub- system and will cause unreliable operation. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 19: Dram Memory Installation Procedures

    4. The plastic guides should go through the two "Mounting Holes" on the sides and the "Metal Clips" should snap on the other side. 5. To release the memory module, squeeze both "Metal Clips" outwards and rock the module out of the "Metal Clips". ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 20: Static Ram (Sram) For Level 2 (External) Cache

    Cache Expansion Slot, then you have 256KB. If you only have onboard cache chips, then you have 512KB. An "ASUS" or "COAST" cache module can be used to upgrade the 256KB version to 512KB. If there is no onboard cache, you may install a cache module of either 256KB or 512KB.

  • Page 21: Central Processing Unit (Cpu)

    IMPORTANT: You must set jumpers for "CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio" and jumpers for "BUS Frequency Selection" depending on the CPU that you install. ZIF Socket 7 with White Dot Blank Lock Lever Pentium Processor ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 22: Expansion Cards

    PCI cards. Currently, there are two types of ISA cards. The original ISA expansion card design, now referred to as “Legacy” ISA cards, requires that you configure the card’s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 23: Assigning Dma Channels For Isa Cards

    IMPORTANT: Choose "Yes" for those IRQ's and DMA's you wish to reserve for Legacy (Non-PnP) ISA expansion cards in “IRQ xx Used By ISA” and “DMA x Used By ISA” of the PNP and PCI Setup in the BIOS SOFTWARE section, otherwise conflicts may occur. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 24 III. INSTALLATION (This page was intentionally left blank) ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 25: External Connectors

    Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE for settings. This connector will not allow standard AT size (large DIN) mouse plugs. You may use the onboard COM1 serial port for a standard serial mouse. PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female) ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 (Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta- tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged). Floppy Drive Connector Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 27 CPU and onboard heatsinks. Damage may occur to the motherboard and/or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used. These are not jumpers, do not place jumper caps over these pins. +12V Air Flow Air Flow +12Volt Power Lead for CPU Cooling Fan ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 28 10. IDE activity LED (IDE LED) This connector supplies power to the cabinet’s IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up. IDELED IDE Activity LED ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 29 LED lights when the system is powered on. See the figure below. 15. Speaker Connector (PANEL) This 4-pin connector connects to the cabinet-mounted speaker. PANEL System Turbo LED Power LED LOCK SMI Lead Keyboard Lock ATX Power Switch Speaker Connector Reset SW SPKR System Panel Connections ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 IMPORTANT: Make sure that the ATX power supply can take at least 10mAmp load on the 5Volt standby lead (5VSB). You may experience diffi- culty in powering on your system without this. ATX Power Connector ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 31: Power Connection Procedures

    "Start" button and the system will give three quick beeps after about 30 seconds and power off after windows shut down. NOTE: The message: "It's now safe to turn off your computer" will not be shown in Windows 95 when using shut down with ATX power supplies. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 32: Bios Software

    This gives you a backup copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to reinstall it. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing [FORMAT A:/S] from the DOS environment without creating "AUTOEXEC.BAT" and "CONFIG.SYS" files, then save the PFLASH.EXE and the BIOS to the floppy diskette. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 33: Advanced Features Menu

    Block and ESCD" requires that the system is running in real mode. This utility will not operate if the system is under protected mode or virtual mode. You should boot from a system floppy diskette without "AUTOEXEC.BAT" and "CONFIG.SYS" files. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 34: Updating Your Motherboard's Bios

    1. Download an updated BIOS file from Bulletin Board Services (BBS) or the internet (WWW) and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu. See ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page II. 2. Turn off your computer and open the system cabinet to Enable "Boot Block Programming"...

  • Page 35: Bios Setup

    But do so only if the first two methods fail. When you invoke Setup, the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will appear with the following options: ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 36: Load Defaults

    <F1> key. The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need. The memory display at the lower right-hand side of the screen is read-only and automatically adjusts accordingly. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 37: Details Of Standard Cmos Setup

    “User” and specify the specifications yourself manually, or you can select from the provided predefined drive specifications. To select, simply press the <Page Up> or <Page Down> key to change the option listed after the drive letter. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
  • Page 38 Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active (also possible with FDISK). NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
  • Page 39 If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card, choose the “EGA/VGA” option. Halt On (All Errors) This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt. Choose from : All Errors, No Errors, All, But Keyboard, All, But Diskette, and All, But Disk/ ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 40: Bios Features Setup

    Installation of new operating systems require that you disable this to prevent write errors. CPU Internal Cache (Enabled) These fields allow you to Enable or Disable the CPU’s “Level 1” primary cache. Caching allows better performance. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
  • Page 41 This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi-sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer. Most IDE drives, except older versions, can utilize this feature. Selections are HDD MAX, Disabled 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
  • Page 42 ROMs on them, you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically. Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 43: Chipset Features Setup

    8-bit I/O Recovery Time (1 BUSCLK) Timing for 8-bit ISA cards Video BIOS Cacheable (Enabled) Allows the Video BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution. Leave on default setting of Enabled for better performance. (Otherwise Disabled) ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
  • Page 44 ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate; ECP+EPP allows normal speed operation in a two-way mode. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
  • Page 45 Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing (0, 1, 2, 3, 4), it is necessary for these to be independent. The default setting of Auto will allow auto-detection to ensure optimal performance. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 46: Power Management Setup

    Choose "Advanced" in the Power Management Field. Video Off Option (Susp, Stby->Off ) This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power manage- ment. The settings are Susp, Stby->Off, Suspend->Off, Always on, and All modes->off. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
  • Page 47 You can individually Enable or Disable each IRQ to include in the sleep function. IRQ8 (Real Time Alarm) is usually set to Disable so that any software alarm clock or event calendar can wake up the system. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 48: Pnp And Pci Setup

    ICU, you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes. For example: If you install a Legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10, then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes............................ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
  • Page 49 This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices but current operat- ing systems do not. The default is set to Disabled until support disks and USB devices are available in which time you can set this function to Enabled. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 50: Load Bios Defaults

    Press the <Y> key and then the <Enter> key to confirm. Press the <N> key and then the <Enter> key to abort. This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 51: Supervisor Password And User Password

    <Enter> key instead of entering a new password when the “Enter Password” prompt appears. A message confirms the password has been disabled. NOTE: If you forget the password, see CMOS RAM in section III for procedures on clearing the CMOS. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 52: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    The auto-detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive. Some IDE drives can use more than one set. This is not a problem if the drive is new and there is nothing on it. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 53: Save And Exit Setup

    Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session. To exit without saving, highlight the “Exit Without Sav- ing” option on the main screen and then press the <Enter> key. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
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  • Page 55: Desktop Management

    V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con- figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD). DMI is able to auto-detect and record information pertinent to a computer’s system such as the CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/external frequencies, and memory size.

  • Page 56: Using The Asus Dmi Configuration Utility

    V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI (or delete) Use the (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the (up-down) cursor to move between the left hand menu items. The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen.
  • Page 57 You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data. You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...
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  • Page 59: Asus Pci-Sc200 Scsi Card

    For information about these drivers and their usage, see the Readme files included in the driver packages. You can print out the contents of these files using any text editor program. The next few pages will instruct you on the installation of the ASUS PCI-SC200 Fast SCSI Card. ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual...

  • Page 60: The Asus Pci-Sc200 Scsi Interface Card

    You also have the additional option of connecting external SCSI devices to the external SCSI-2 connector on the card. If you get the ASUS PCI-SC200 later on as an option, you will need to install it yourself. The setup procedure is explained here.

  • Page 61: Setting The Int Assignment

    Many SCSI devices use a set of terminating resistors to terminate the device. The ASUS PCI-SC200 has “active” termination that you set using jumper JP5. If you need to terminate the ASUS PCI-SC200, you do it by setting the jumper. The are two settings, "terminated" and "not terminated," as shown below.

  • Page 62: Scsi Id Numbers

    SCSI device. There are eight possible ID numbers, 0 through 7. The ASUS PCI-SC200 has a fixed SCSI ID of 7. You can connect up to seven SCSI devices to the interface card. You must set a SCSI ID number for each device.

  • Page 63: Unpacking And Handling Precautions

    CAUTION: Keep the ASUS I-A16C stored in its anti-static bag until you are ready to install it in your system. The ASUS I-A16C is easily damaged by static electric- ity. Observe the following precautions while unpacking and handling the board: •...

  • Page 64: Layout And Connectors

    VII. ASUS I-A16C Audio Card Layout and Connectors Panasonic Audio In Wave Table Upgrade Mitsumi Audio In PC Speaker In Volume Control PC Speaker Out Sony Audio In Speaker Out Line Out Line In Microphone MIDI/Game Connectors The audio input connectors are used when you wish to control software mixer set- tings (bass, treble, volume, etc.) for audio CD's that are played with your CD-ROM.

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