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- Page 1 P5V30-B4 MAINBOARD User’s Manual Manual Rev: 2.1a Date: 03-97 * All other products names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Serial and Parallel Ports ................13 IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector ..........13 USB Connector ..................13 Keyboard Connector................14 PS/2 Mouse Connector................14 Floppy Drives ..................14 IDE Hard Drives and CD-ROMs .............. 14 P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 3 BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS ............34 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY ........39 DMI UTILITY...................40 DC-310U PCI ULTRA SCSI ADAPTER..........41 þ MAINBOARD DIAGRAMS Board Level Features ................5 Comprehensive Mainboard View ............. 7 Jumper Locations ..................11 P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 4: Introduction
® processors at speeds of up to 200Mhz is just the beginning. The P5V30-B4 is designed to provide greater overall system throughput by utilizing the latest in I/O technology. By incorporating such advanced features as Bus Mastering IDE and Universal Serial Bus (USB) onto the mainboard, optimum system performance is assured and system design and implementation is simplified. -
Page 5: Board Level Features
Front Infrared (IR) connector 6. Back Infrared (IR) connector 17. CPU socket 7. COM2 connector Clock Generator 8. COM1 connector ISA slots 9. Printer port connector PCI slots 10. Power connector Mainboard BIOS 11. DRAM SIMM sockets P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 6 16. FRONT INFRARED (IR) CONNECTOR: *See number 6. This connector is convenient for system cases that support a front IR connector. 17. CPU SOCKET: ZIF Socket 7 for Pentium CPUs. This mainboard supports CPU speeds of 75-200Mhz for Intel, AMD and Cyrix. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
- Page 7 21. MAINBOARD BIOS: Award BIOS supporting “Plug and Play”, Symbios SCSI BIOS, DMI, Green PC specification, on screen setup for Enhanced IDE and Multi-I/O. The BIOS is FLASH Upgradeable via the AWDFLASH Utility (See page 35). Comprehensive Mainboard View P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 8: Installing The Cpu And Memory
JP8 is a small 3-pin Header Connector that provides 12-Volt power for CPU Cooling Fans. This is useful if your Fan provides this type of connector, instead of the normal Molex-Type Power-Supply connector. Pin-2 corresponds to the RED power lead as shown: P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... -
Page 9: Setting The Cpu Clock Selection Jumper
(Refer to the diagram on page 10). Set these jumpers in Core (3.0V) accordance with the table below for your specific CPU type: Core (3.1V) (Refer to the CPU documentation) Core (3.2V) P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... -
Page 10: Installing The Memory (Dram Simms)
INSTALLING THE CPU AND MEMORY INSTALLING THE CPU AND MEMORY Installing the Memory (DRAM SIMMS) • The P5V30-B4 mainboard supports 72-pin SIMMS of two types: • Fast Page Mode (Asymmetric or Symmetric) • EDO (Extended Data Output) • SIMM Sizes supported: 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, and 32MB •... -
Page 11: Setting The Jumpers
JP5: Clear CMOS RAM - When closed, the CMOS information is reset to default. All user-entered information is cleared. To clear the CMOS, first turn the computer off, then connect a jumper cap over the two pins for a moment. Remove the jumper and power the system on. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 12 Pin-2 corresponds to the RED power lead as shown: JP12: IDE Activity LED - Hook the IDE LED lead to this jumper, with the RED lead corresponding to Pin-1. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 13: Connections
The IrDA connector bracket hooks directly to this connector on the mainboard. This connector provides support for the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. You must first configure through the BIOS setup where UART2 is directed, COM2 or IrDA. USB Connector P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 14 CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS This 8-pin connector permits connection of two USB peripheral devices directly to the system without an external hub. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 15: Keyboard Connector
Make sure to align the RED stripe on the ribbon cable with Pin-1 on the mainboard IDE connector. On most hard drives and CD-ROMs, the RED stripe should be oriented towards the power connector of the device. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... -
Page 16: Mainboard Bios Setup
CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) refers to the chip in which the BIOS information is stored. The P5V30-B4 mainboard features Award BIOS, which provides an easy to use Setup program to aid in hardware configuration. In this section we will look at the various menus and options contained in the Award BIOS Setup Program. -
Page 17: Main Menu
Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 18 The first option available is the most important: Type. This is where you will specify the type of device and how it is represented in the BIOS Setup. If the device is a hard disk or P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
- Page 19 Operating Systems that do not use the FAT file system do not need LBA Mode, and can use the Normal or Large Modes. Examples would be Netware and Unix. • When configuring a new hard drive greater than 528MB in capacity, always make sure LBA mode is enabled. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
- Page 20 The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for all other errors. Memory - This category is display-only. All memory detected by the POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS is shown as the following types: P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 21: Bios Features Setup
If you will be running such a program, you can disable Virus Protection first, or choose “Y” to accept the boot sector modification when this message shows up. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 22 Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K. Floppy Disk Access Control - When R/W, the floppy disk can be read and written. The other option is Read Only. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
- Page 23 The contents of C0000h-C7FFFh are written to the same address in system memory (RAM) for faster execution. Disabled The video ROM is not copied to RAM. The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 24: Chipset Features Setup
60ns is the fastest rate. The 70ns timing is slower and may be required in certain system designs to support loose layouts or slower memory. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 25 Fast EDO Path Select - When Enabled, a fast path is selected for CPU to DRAM read cycles for the leadoff. This results in a 1 HCLK pull-in for all read leadoff latencies for P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
- Page 26 PCI memory, including the main DRAM array. Delayed Transaction - It is used by targets that cannot complete the initial data phase within the requirements of the PCI 2.1 specification. Disabled is the default. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 27: Power Management Setup
Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be preset to No. Video Off Method - This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. V/H YNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 28 As above, the choices are On and Off. Off is the default. When set On, activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 29: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup
Plug and Play compatible devices. This ® capability is specifically designed for a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95. Choices are Auto (default) and Manual. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... -
Page 30: Load Bios Defaults
User-defined options in the Standard CMOS Setup are not affected. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Loads the default values for best system performance into the BIOS Setup program. To load the default values, highlight this option and press [ENTER]. Enter “Y” in the confirmation P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 31 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP screen and press [ENTER] again. User-defined options in the Standard CMOS Setup are not affected. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 32: Integrated Peripherals
This will probably result in loss of data. 383 ns 240 ns • The relation between the IDE PIO mode value and IDE 180 ns cycle timing is shown in the following table: 120 ns P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 33 UART to support the COM2 serial port. Choosing IrDA SIR or SHARP IR will activate the on-board infrared feature and redirect the second serial port UART to support the infrared module connector on the mainboard. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 34: Supervisor Password And User Password Setting
[ENTER]. You will see a message indicating that the password is disabled. If you do not know the current password, the CMOS must be cleared via the Clear CMOS Jumper, JP3 (See page 10). *This will clear all user-defined BIOS Setup options. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... -
Page 35: Ide Hdd Auto Detection
Simple communication controller, Base system peripherals, Input device, Docking station, Processor and Serial bus controller. The PCI device listing is useful for troubleshooting purposes. More detailed information for each field may be obtained through the PCI specification documentation. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... -
Page 36: Built-In Symbios Scsi Bios
Queue Tags Enabled If you decide to press Ctrl-C during boot, the following message appears: Please wait, invoking Configuration Utility … After a brief pause, your computer will display the Main Menu of the utility. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 37 Mono/Color - Allows you to choose between a black and white or color display for the SCSI Configuration utility. Help - Brings up a help screen with information about the Main menu. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
- Page 38 SCSI bus from low to high (o to max) SCSI ID, or from high to low (max to 0) SCSI ID. If you have more than one device on the SCSI bus, changing the scan order changes the order in which drive letters are assigned by the system. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
- Page 39 16 bit data transfers have this option enabled. Disconnect - SCSI devices have the ability to disconnect from the bus during an I/O transfer. This option tells the host adapter whether or not to allow a device to disconnect. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 40: Device Drivers
Device Drivers To function properly with different SCSI devices under different operating systems you’ll need to install device drivers. The device driver information should be available in your SCSI adapter’s package. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... -
Page 41: Flash Bios Programming Utility
The Utility can be aborted at this time by hitting “n”. To begin programming, hit “y”… When the Flash programming starts, a bar indicator will show the progress of the programming operation. After successful completion, hit the reset button or power off the computer. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... -
Page 42: Dmi Utility
Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector System slots áâßà Move cursor Enter-Accept DEL-Delete ESC-Abort&Exit without memory Note: The DMI utility must be run in real mode the EMM386 manager loaded P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual... - Page 43 • Drivers & Utilities DOS, Win3.1, Win95, NT 3.5/4.x, Netware 3.x/4.x, SCO 3.2v4.2/5.0, UnixWare 2.x., OS/2 Warp • BIOS (& Flush utility), Installation, Low Level Format. P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...
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Page 44: Dc-310U Pci Ultra Scsi Adapter
DC-310U PCI ULTRA SCSI ADAPTER DC-310U PCI ULTRA SCSI ADAPTER Mainboard BIOS Support Adapter Setup Device Setup P5V30-B4 User’s Manual P5V30-B4 User’s Manual...