Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction This manual is designed to give you information on the TI5VG Motherboard. It is divided into the following sections: • • • • Introduction • • • • Specifications • • • • Hardware Description •...
Chapter 2 Specifications Chapter 2 Specifications Based on VIA’s VP3 chipset, the TI5VG is a ATX Pentium motherboard that supports all the features to make a Microsoft PC’97 compliant PCI/ISA system. This high performance model comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot, power management functionality that is compliant with ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and legacy APM requirements.
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This allows the PC to power off via Windows 95 operating system. AGP Support (Accelerated Graphics Port) The TI5VG motherboard comes with an AGP slot for an AGP VGA card that supports 133MHz 2X mode for texture mapping, z-buffering and alpha blending. AGP will allow 3D applications to run faster.
Chapter 3 Hardware Description Chapter 3 Hardware Description This chapter briefly describes each of the major features of the TI5VG motherboard. The layout of the board is shown in Figure 1 which shows the locations of the key components. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: 3.1 Processor and CPU Voltage ............6...
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Chapter 3 Hardware Description Figure 1: Layout of the TI5VG Motherboard TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 3 Hardware Description 3.1 Processor and CPU Voltage The TI5VG is designed to take a Pentium Processor with a bus speed of 60 and 66 MHz. The internal clock of the CPU can be multiples of 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 and 4.5 of the bus clock, the CPU frequency can be 90 to 300MHz.
128MB 128MB 128MB 384MB 3.4 BIOS The BIOS on the TI5VG motherboard provides the standard BIOS functions plus the following additional features: 1. DMI (Desktop Management Interface) The motherboard supports DMI to enable computer system management in an enterprise. 2. ISA Plug and Play (PnP) Extension Unlike PCI cards which are plug and play, ISA cards require setting jumpers to resolve hardware conflicts.
PC and is used to monitor power supply voltages, temperatures and fan speeds. It has an on-chip temperature sensor and also features Chassis Intrusion Input. The LM78 is compatible with the optional LDCM (LANDesk Client Manager) software from Intel. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
There are seven DMA Channels available on the motherboard. Only DMA2 is used by the floppy controller. In the case that ECP mode on the parallel port is used, DMA1 or DMA3 will be used. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
IRQ15 Secondary IDE 3.11 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Slot The TI5VG motherboard comes with an AGP slot for an AGP VGA card that supports 133MHz 2X mode for AD and SBA signaling to provide high-performance 3D graphic display. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 4 Hardware Settings Chapter 4 Hardware Settings The following sections describe the necessary procedures and proper jumper settings to configure the TI5VG motherboard. 4.1 SW1(1-7): CPU Frequency Selector ......... 15 4.2 SW2(1-4): CPU Voltage Selector ..........17 4.3 JP8: Clear CMOS Selection ............19 For the locations of the jumpers, refer to Figure 2 on the following page.
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Chapter 4 Hardware Settings Figure 2: Jumper Locations of the TI5VG TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
P55C-233 off off off off off off off *P55C = Pentium with MMX technology Caution: When installing a CPU into the TI5VG, make sure that: 1. CPU clock multiplier settings are correct, SW1(5-7). 2. CPU voltage settings are correct, SW1(1-4).
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Bus Clock Multiplier CPU FREQ. 66MHz K6-266 off off off off on off on 66MHz 4.5x K6-300 off off off off on on on 66MHz PR133 off off off off on off off TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
66MHz 3.5x K6-233 off off off off off off off 4.2 SW2(1-4): CPU Voltage Selector For Single Voltage CPU: Intel P54C, Cyrix 6x86, AMD K5 CORE 3.5V 3.5V on on on on TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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3.3V 2.7V on on on off 3.3V 2.6V off on on off 3.3V 2.5V on off on off 3.3V 2.2V off on off off 3.3V 2.1V on off off off TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Do not clear the CMOS RAM unless it is absolutely necessary. You will lose your password, etc. Function Function Normal Clear CMOS 1 2 3 Note: To clear CMOS, the ATX-power connector should be disconnected from the motherboard. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 5 Installation Chapter 5 Installation This chapter describes the connectors and interfaces that the TI5VG provides for creating a working system. Refer to Figure 3 for the location of the connectors. The following items are covered in this chapter: 5.1 I/O Connectors ................22...
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Chapter 5 Installation Figure 3: Connector Location on the TI5VG TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 5 Installation 5.1 I/O Connectors The I/O connectors connect the TI5VG to the most common peripherals. To attach cables to these connectors, carefully align Pin 1 of the cables to that of the connectors. Refer to Figure 4 for the location and orientation of the connectors.
64 plug and play external peripherals per channel. The following table shows the pin outs of these ports. J3 Pin # Signal Name USB0 USB- USB1 USB+ Ground TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 5 Installation 5.6 J4, J6: Serial Ports The onboard serial ports of the TI5VG 10, J4 and J6, are two DB-9 external connectors. The following table shows the pin-out assignments of the these connectors. Pin # Signal Name Pin #...
Ground Ground Ground Ground Power good 5VSB +12V 5.9 J9: Floppy Drive Connector J9 of the TI5VG is a 34-pin header and will support up to 2.88MB floppy drives. Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Ground RM/LC Ground...
Speaker Speaker: Pins 1 - 4 This connector provides an interface to a speaker for audio tone generation. An 8-ohm speaker is recommended. J13 Pin # Signal Name Speaker out No connect Ground TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Reset Switch: Pins 9 and 19 The reset switch allows the user to reset the system without turning the main power switch Off and then On. Orientation is not required when making a connection to this header. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Hard Disk Drive LED Connector: Pins 10 and 20 This connector connects to the hard drive activity LED on control panel. This LED will flash when the HDD is being accessed. J13 Pin # Signal Name Ground TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 6 BIOS Configuration Chapter 6 BIOS Configuration This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the TI5VG motherboard. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: 6.1 BIOS Introduction ..............33 6.2 BIOS Setup................33 6.3 Standard CMOS Setup ..............35...
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6.7 PNP/PCI Configuration............. 47 PNP OS Installed Resources Controlled by Reset Configuration Data IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15, DMA0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to CPU to PCI Write Buffer PCI Dynamic Bursting PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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UART 2 Mode Onboard Parallel Mode 6.11 Supervisor / User Password.............53 6.12 IDE HDD Auto Detection ............54 6.13 HDD Low Level Format............54 6.14 Save & Exit Setup ..............55 6.15 Exit Without Saving ..............55 TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
<PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, <F1> for help and <Esc> to quit. When you enter the Setup utility, the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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We strongly recommend that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults. These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
1 to 12 Date : 1 to 31 Year : 1994 to 2079 To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and use the PageUp/ PageDown or +/- keys to set the current time. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Number of sectors SIZE : Automatically adjust according to the configuration MODE (for IDE HDD only) : Auto Normal (HD < 528MB) Large (for MS-DOS only) (HD > 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing) TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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The system boot will not be halted for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors. All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not be halted for a key- board or disk error; it will stop for all others. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Virus Warning feature. CPU Internal Cache / External Cache These items allow you to enable (speed up memory access) or disable the cache function. By default, these items are Enabled. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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1 MB. By default, this field is set to Fast. Memory Parity/ECC Check Set this option to Enabled, when the memory installed in your system supports ECC (error correction code) or parity. By default, this field is set to Enabled. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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RAM. Video Shadow will increase the video speed. C8000 - CBFFF Shadow/DC000 - DFFFF Shadow Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB to 1024KB. These fields determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM or not. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
When enabled, this field supports pipelining of DRAM reads The default setting is Enabled. Sustained 3T Write This field allows support for PBSRAM sustained 3T write. By default, this field is set Enabled. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The options available are 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M and 256M. The default setting is 64M. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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LM78 hardware monitoring device. VIO / VCORE These optional and read-only fields show the current voltages in the voltage regulators and power supply as monitored by the optional LM78 hardware monitoring device. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
1hr. Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. (Default) Note: In order to enable the CPU overheat protection feature, the Power Management field should not be set to Disabled. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Suspend Mode When enabled, and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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The IRQ section sets the wake-up call of the system. If activity is detected from any enabled IRQ channels in the left-hand group, the system wakes up from suspended mode. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
This field allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not. The default value is Disabled. IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15, DMA0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to These fields allow you to determine the IRQ/DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
PCI IRQ Activated by This field allows you to select the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device. The default value is Level. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
PCI interrupt is associated with the connected hard drives. Selecting “PCI AUTO” allows the system to automatically determine your IDE disk system configuration. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
: Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Load BIOS Defaults except Standard CMOS Setup To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter “Y”. If not, enter “N”. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
These fields allow your system hard disk controller to work faster. Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands that transfer to or from the disk drive, PIO (Programmed Input/Output) allows the BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
This field determines the UART 2 mode in your computer. The options are Standard, HPSIR, and ASKIR. Onboard Parallel Mode This field allows you to determine parallel port mode function. Normal Printer Port Enhanced Parallel Port Extended Capabilities Port TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
This option should only be used by a professional. Low-level formatting can cause irreparable damage to your hard disk. The procedures include selecting the drive you want to low-level format, determining the bad tracks, and proceeding with pre-formatting. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Automatic polling and alerting of memory and hardware conditions and predictive failure mechanisms minimize downtime and increase effective troubleshooting. LDCM can take periodic “snapshots” of critical configuration files for easy change management and restoration when needed. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
If your operating system is Windows NT 3.51, run the following “setup.exe” command in the following directories accordingly: LDCM\NT\Client (for LANDesk Client Manager) LDCM\NT\Admin (for LANDesk Administrator Manager) LDCM\NT\Custom (for LDCM Custom Setup) TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 7 LANDesk User Guide 7.2.1 Installing LANDesk Client Manager Click “Install LANDesk Client Manger”. You will then see the welcome message. Click “Next” to continue. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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If you are using ATI VGA card, choose “With ATI VGA card”. Otherwise, choose “with other VGA card”. Click “Next” to continue. To change the directory where Setup will install LANDesk Client Manager, click “Browse”. Otherwise, click “Next” to continue. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 7 LANDesk User Guide Enter the folder name for the LANDesk Client Manager and choose “Next” to continue. Click “Finish” to complete Setup. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 7 LANDesk User Guide 7.2.2 Install LANDesk Administrator Manager Click “Install LANDesk Administrator Manager” on the initial screen and you will see the above welcome message. Click “Next” to continue. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Click “Next” to install the LDCM to the path listed on the screen. Select and install the LDCM documentation. To read the documentation, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in your system. Click “Next” to continue. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 7 LANDesk User Guide In the Select Program Folder box, enter the folder name where you want the program icons added. Click “Next” to continue. Click “Finish” to complete Setup. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 7 LANDesk User Guide 7.2.3 Installing LDCM Custom Setup Click “Install LDCM Custom Setup” on the initial screen and you will see the above welcome message. Click “Next” to continue. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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In the User Information box, type your name and the name of your company and click “Next” to continue. To change the directory where Setup will install LDCM Custom Setup, click “Browse”. Otherwise, click “Next” to continue. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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In the Select Program Folder box, enter the folder name where you want the program icons added. Click “Next” to continue. Click “Finish” to complete Setup. Before writing the configuration files, see the README file. TI5VG Pentium VP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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