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  • Page 1: Copyright Notice

    OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA. All trademarks mentioned in this document are acknowledged. The Specification on the manual is subject to change without notice. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.2.1 Setting the CPU Vcore Voltage 2.2.2 Setting the CPU I/O Voltage 2.2.3 Setting the CPU External Frequency 2.2.4 Setting the CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio 2.3 Installing Memory 2.4 Attaching Connectors 2.5 Set Jumpers on the Mainboard P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 3 4.3 The Steps to Install the VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver 4.4 The Steps to Install the VGA Driver 4.5 The Steps to Install the MVP4 Sound Card Driver 4.6 USB Driver Appendix System Environment Monitor A.1 The Steps to Install the System Environment Monitor Driver P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Introduction The P5F111 is a quality, high performance, function enhanced mainboard based on the powerful Intel P54C/P55C, AMD K5/K6/K6-2/ K6-3, Cyrix 6x86/M II and IDE WinChip C6 family processor. With a built-in VIA AGP graphics Chip, Ultra DMA-33/66 Bus Mastering IDE controller, concurrent PCI bus, USB ports and built-in AC97 Digital Audio Controller.
  • Page 5 The highly efficient synchronous switching design reduces power consumption and heat generation. External Modem Wakeup (Remote Ring On) (WOM) With an optional phone line and modem, the board can turn on automatically to answer a phone call. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 6 Suspend mode. (If you are using a 3-pin LED, it can display a different color when the system is in Suspend mode). Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Supports DMI through the BIOS, which creates a higher level of compatibility by allowing hardware to communicate with a standard protocol. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 7 EEP and ECP capabilities. For wireless connections, you can connect an optional infrared module to the IrDA-compatible infrared port. Automatic Device Detection Auto-detection support in BIOS makes installation of hard drives, and other devices samples. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 8: Specifications

    Standard Parallel Port (SPP), Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP), and Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) IrDA-compatible infrared port Mouse/Keyboard PS/2 mouse connector PS/2 keyboard connector Expansion Slots 3 X 32-bit PCI slots and 2 X 16-bit ISA slots One AMR Slot P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 9 AGP VxD Driver On Chip Trident AGP Driver Audio drivers O.S. Operates with MS_DOS 6.2x, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT4.x, Window NT5x, OS/2 Warp 4.0, Novell Netware, Novell UnixWare 1.1 and SCO Unix 5.0.x P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 10: What You Have

    DC Voltage -5V, +12V, -12V, +5V 5% tolerance. 1.3 What You Have The P5F111 mainboard comes securely packaged in a sturdy cardboard shipping carton. In addition to this User’s Manual, the shipping carton contains: The mainboard CD with support drivers and utilities OR Diskette with drivers and utilities.
  • Page 11: Precautions

    Ground yourself before removing any system component from its protective anti-static packaging. To ground yourself, grasp the expansion slot covers or other unpainted parts of the computer chassis. Handle the mainboard by its edges and avoid touching its components. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 12: Board Layout

    21. PS/2 Keyboard Connector 10. PCI Expansion Slots 22. PS/2 Mouse Connector 11. ISA Expansion Slots 23. Printer Connector 12. Secondary Dual USB Port 24. Game Port 13. Wake on Modem 25. Audio Port 14. Wake on LAN Header P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 13: Jumper Switches

    168-pin expansion slots for 3.3V SDRAM or EDO DRAM memory PCI1, PCI2, PCI3 32-bit PCI bus expansion slots for optional PCI cards ISA1, ISA2 16-bit ISA bus expansion slots for optional ISA cards For AC97 Modem/Audio Card P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 14: Onboard Connectors

    Game/MIDI Port connector. Connect a MIDI device or joystick to this connector. 1. Speaker connector. Plug a set of exter- nally powered speakers. Audio 2. Line In connector. Plug an input line. 3. Microphone connector. Plug an optional microphone. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 LAN card. Wake on Modem connector. Connect an optional Modem card to this 3-pin connector. This allows the system to power up when a wakeup signal is received from the network through the Modem card. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 Master mode, attach one drive to the IDE1 con- nector and another to the IDE2 connector. Connect these connectors to the appropriate fea- Front Panel tures on the front panel: Power LED, internal Connector speaker, HDD LED, Reset button, and Power Switch. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 17: Mainboard Installation

    Chapter 2:Hardware Installation 2 Mainboard Installation 2.1 Installation Steps The P5F111 is designed to fit into a standard AT form factor chassis. The pattern of the mounting holes and the position of the back panel connectors meet the AT system board specification.
  • Page 18 You will feel some resistance as the pressure starts to secure the CPU in the socket. 4. Install a heatsink with a cooling fan that is required to protect the CPU from being damaged due to overheat. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 19: Setting The Cpu Vcore Voltage

    Chapter 2:Hardware Installation 2.2.1 Setting the CPU Vcore Voltage (SW2) The P5F111 supports CPU voltages from 2.1V to 3.5V. DIP SWITCH (SW2) selects CPU Voltages DSW2 CPU Voltage SW2-P1 SW2-P2 SW2-P3 SW2-P4 2.2.2 Setting the CPU I/O Voltage (JP8) This jumper allows you to set the CPU I/O voltages to either 3.45V (default) or 3.3V.
  • Page 20: Setting The Cpu External Frequency

    112MHz, you should have faster SDRAM, PCI add on card and good heat dissipation CPU fan. Otherwise, that may cause your system to become unstable. We recommend you to use the standard CPU frequency for normal opera- tion. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 21: Setting The Cpu To Bus Frequency Ratio

    DIP Switch (SW1) selects CPU/HOST Ratio CPU/HOST Ratio SW1-P1 SW1-P2 SW1-P3 x1.5 x2.0 DSW1 x2.5 x3.0 x3.5 x4.0 x4.5 x5.0 x5.5 The Intel Pentium P55C 233MHz, AMD (K6-PR233/K6-2-333/ 350),IBM/Cyrix MII-PR300 are using 1.5x jumper setting for 3.5 x frequency ratio. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 22: Installing Memory

    5.SDRAM memory speeds 66.6MHz or faster; CAS latency: 2 or 3. The following table is the valid memory configuration: Bank DIMM Module Total Memory Bank 0 (DIMM1) EDO/SDRAM 4~256MB 4,8,16,32,64,128,256MB Bank 1 (DIMM2) EDO/SDRAM 4~256MB 4,8,16,32,64,128,256MB Total System Memory 4~512MB P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 23: Attaching Connectors

    Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 2.4 Attaching Connectors P5F111 Mainboard Connector/Jumper Location DIMM2 DIMM1 DSW2 PS/2 Mouse Connector Primary Dual USB Connector DSW1 Serial Port Connectors CPU Cooling FAN Connector Wake on LAN Connector Wake on Modem Connector WOL WOM CDROM Audio Input...
  • Page 24 Pin Assignment PIN Function HDD LED+ HDD LED- 10 11 STB LED+ STB LED- Power Good 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 Ground Power On/Off Ground Speaker out Ground Ground PW LED+ N.C. PW LED- P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 25 The front panel on your case may have a turbo switch to deactivate the Turbo mode when a slower speed is required for a specific application. P5F111 does not support the hardware deturbo function. An alternative method of using <CTRL><ALT><+/-> keys to change the speed may be used if necessary.
  • Page 26 2. +12V 3. SPEED / RPM There are two fan connectors on the P5F111 mainboard for the cooling fans. The connectors support fans of 12V DC/ 500mAMP (6 WATT) or less. When the system goes into sleep state, fan should...
  • Page 27 9. Ground 10. Ground 7. PS/2 Mouse Connector This dual-row 8 pin Pin Assignment 1. N.C. connector connects to the PS/ 2. +5V 2 port cable with a mounting 3. N.C. bracket. 4. MSDATA 5. GND 6. MSCLK P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 28 Chapter 2:Hardware Installation 8. Power Supply Connector The P5F111 mainboard provides two power connectors to support either AT or ATX power supplies connectors. This gives you the flexibility to use either an AT power supply or an ATX power supply in your system.
  • Page 29 CD2 is MPC2 type connector which is for SONY/ATAPI CD-ROM. CD1 is JST type connector which is for MITSUMI/ PANASONIC CD-ROM. CD1 Pin Assignment CD2 Pin Assignment 1. L_Input 1. L_Input 2. GND 2. GND 3. GND 3. R_Input 4. R_Input 4. GND P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 3. GND 3. MIC 4. PHN 4. GND 12. Wake on Modem Connector: This 3-pin header is used for remote wake up of the computer through a network. Pin Assignment 1. +5V 2. GND 3. Wake-up signal P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 31: Set Jumpers On The Mainboard

    3. Put the shunt back to pin1 and pin2 of JP3 4. Power on the system 3. BIOS R/W Setting (JP4) This jumper allows you to enabled Enabled BIOS R/W (default) or disable the BIOS R/W. Disabled BIOS R/W P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 32: Bios Configuration

    Chapter 3: BIOS Configuration 3 BIOS Configuration After hardware configuration of P5F111 Mainboard is completed, and system hardware has been assembled, the completed system may be powered up. At this point, CMOS setup should be run to ensure that system information is correct.
  • Page 33: Cmos Setup Utility

    Listed below are explanations of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screen: <ESC>: Exit the utility. ARROW KEYS: Use arrow keys to move cursor to the desired selection. <F10>: Saves all changes made to Setup and exits program. <Shift> <F2>: Changes background and foreground colors. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 34: Standard Cmos Setup

    “Master” and the second device is “Slave”. Hard disk Types from 1 to 45 are standard ones; Type “Auto” is IDE HDD auto detection; Type “User” is user definable, and Type “None” is not installed (e.g. SCSI). P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 35 “CGA 40” and “CGA 80”. Halt On: The options are “All Errors” (default), “No Errors”, “All, But Keyboard”, “All, But Diskette” and “All, But Disk/Key”. This setting determines which type of errors will cause the system to halt during bootup. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 36: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    CMOS memory and continue with the booting process. 3.7 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Selecting this option and pressing the <Enter> key will exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 37: Bios Features Setup

    External Cache: The default setting is “Enabled”. This setting enables the Level 2 cache. Quick Power On Self Test: The default setting is “Enabled”. This will skip some diagnostic checks during the Power On Self Test (POST) to speed up the booting process. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 38 6 to 30 Chars/Sec. The default setting is “6” Chars/Sec. Typematic Delay (Msec): This setting controls the time between the display of the first and second characters. There are four delay choices: 250ms, 500ms, 750ms and 1000ms. The default setting is “250” ms. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 39 This option must be set to “Enabled” if any ISA VGA card installed in your system requires VGA palette snooping to fix improper color problem. After you have made your selection(s) in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP, press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 40: Chipset Features Setup

    2/2 or 3/3. The system board designer should have set the values in this field, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the val- ues in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 41 USB Keyboard Support. Enabled: Enables function when the USB keyboard is being used. Disabled: (default) When the AT keyboard is being used. OnChip Sound. Enabled (default): Turn on AC97 chip Controller. Disabled: Turn off AC97 chip Controller or User can external add- on sound card. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 CNTR”,”1.5% DOWN”,”0.6% DOWN”, ”Disabled”. System clock frequency will automatically be modulated which helps reducing electromagnetic interference. Default is “Disabled”. After you have made your selections in the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP, press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 43: Power Management Setup

    Mode, Standby Mode and Suspend Mode Timer features. There are four options: User Define: Allows you to customize all power saving timer features. Optimize: This is the recommended setting for general use. Test/Demo: This is for test/demonstration purposes. Disabled: Disables the power management features. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 44 Full power func- tion will return when a Power Management event is detected. When system entering DOZE Mode the STB LED will start blinking once a second, indicates your system at DOZE Mode. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 45 “0” (zero) for the day of the month, the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time. Resume by Ring: If “Enabled”, the system power will be turned on if an FAX/Modem receives an incoming telephone ringing. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 46 IRQ assigned to the modem has to be the same as the setting in this option. Press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen, after you have made your selections in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 47: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    Resources Controlled By: The default setting is “Manual” which allows you to control IRQs and DMAs individually. The other option is “Auto” which will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQs and DMAs for each peripheral. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 48 INT B. The INT A is routed to IRQ 14 and the INT B is routed to IRQ 15 thru a hardware router in the chipset. After you have made your selections in the PnP / PCI Configuration SETUP, press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 49: Integrated Peripherals

    IDE HDD Block Mode: The Default setting is “Enabled”. This feature enhances hard disk performance by making multi-sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer. Most IDE drives, except very early design, have the Block Mode transfer feature. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 50 “278/IRQ5”, “3BC/IRQ7” and “Disabled” (disable the onboard parallel port). Parallel Port Mode: There are four options “Normal” (default), “EPP”, “ECP”, “ECP+EPP”. Change the mode from “Normal” to the enhanced mode only if your peripheral device can support it. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 51: Supervisor/User Password

    “Enter Password” dialog box appears. A mes- sage will appear confirming that the password is disabled. If you have set both supervisor and user password, only the supervisor password allows you to enter the BIOS SETUP PROGRAM. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 52: Driver And Utility

    4 Driver and Utility 4.1 Flash Utility The BIOS of the P5F111 mainboard can be upgraded by using a Flash utility. A new version of the BIOS can be downloaded from the factory's BBS and Web site. The FLASH utility can be extract from the BIOS files that you download or at manufacturer diskette under FLASH directory which comes with the mainboard.
  • Page 53: The Steps To Install The Via Bus Master Pci Ide Driver

    Step 2. Click the “Install Driver” option in your installation screen. Step 3. Click the “VIA IDE Bus Master Driver” option. (It will start the installation.) Step 4. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the installation. (The system will restart.) P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 54: The Steps To Install The Vga Driver

    Step 4. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the installation. (The system will restart.) After system back on then you are complete the installation of VGA driver. A new version of the VGA drive can be downloaded from the factory's BBS and Web site. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 55: The Steps To Install The Mvp4 Sound Card Driver

    BBS and Web site. 4.6 USB Driver Q: How to configure the USB controller on P5F111? A: USB controller requires the USB supplement install, so please make sure your system install the USB supplement first. You can click at “Control panel”...
  • Page 56: Appendix

    Step 3. The following screen will appear (shown in the next page). Step 4. Restart the PC. After system back on then you are complete the installation of VGA driver. A new version of the VGA drive can be downloaded from the factory's BBS and Web site. P5F111 User’s Manual...
  • Page 57 APPENDIX Click “OK” and continue setup procedure. P5F111 User’s Manual...

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