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P5T30-A4 MAINBOARD
User's Manual
(for Board Rev. 2.31 or later)
Rev : 2.02
Date : January - 98
* All other products names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners

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  • Page 1 P5T30-A4 MAINBOARD User’s Manual (for Board Rev. 2.31 or later) Rev : 2.02 Date : January - 98 * All other products names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners...
  • Page 3 The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    IrDA-compliant infrared module connector ............16 USB Connector ....................16 PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Connectors ..............17 Floppy Drives....................17 IDE Hard Drives and CD-ROMs ............... 17 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP..............18 About the BIOS....................18 Using Setup....................... 18 P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 5 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ................ 36 SAVE & EXIT SETUP / EXIT WITHOUT SAVING........36 PCI Device Listing .................... 36 DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE (DMI)......37 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY........38 HARDWARE MONITORING UTILITY..........39 DC-310U PCI ULTRA-SCSI ADAPTER ..........40 P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    (USB) onto the mainboard, optimum system performance is assured and system design and implementation is simplified. Fully “Plug & Play” compatible via an Award BIOS, the P5T30-A4 facilitates easy system configuration and peripheral setup. Advanced BIOS features include Temperature Monitoring and Alert functions designed to prevent the CPU from overheating. Also, the Award BIOS supports ACPI Readiness and is compatible with the PC’97 specification.

  • Page 7: Features

    Options USB cable/bracket set One FDD cable, One IDE cable , Fan adaptive cable, User Manual Accessories Driver/ Utility diskettes ( for P5T30-A4 only) LDCM ( LanDesk Client Manager) Compact , Fan ( for P5T30- A4X only) P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 8: Board Level Features

    Infrared (IR) connector (Rear) CPU socket DRAM DIMM sockets (2) & Infrared (IR) connector (Front) SIMM sockets (4) Primary IDE connector COM1 connector Secondary IDE connector Printer port connector Floppy connector PS/2 keyboard connector P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 9 Tape Drives and CD-ROMs are also supported. 17. SECONDARY IDE CONNECTOR: Connector for second IDE channel. 18. FLOPPY CONNECTOR: Built-in floppy controller supports (2) 5.25" or 3.5" (1.44MB or 2.88MB) floppy drives. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 10 BOARD LEVEL FEATURES BOARD LEVEL FEATURES Comprehensive Mainboard View P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 11: Installing The Cpu And Memory

    This mainboard features a fan monitoring function to alert you when the cooling fan starts to malfunction (Refer to page 30). If you are using a fan with the standard 4-pin Molex-Type Power-Supply connector, you should use the fan adaptive cable provided as shown: P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 12: Setting The Cpu Clock Selection Jumper

    Cyrix 6x86MX PR166 (M2) 150MHz 60MHz x2.5 Cyrix 6x86 P200+ 150MHz 75MHz x2.0 Cyrix 6x86 P166+ 133MHz 66MHz x2.0 Cyrix 6x86 P150+ 120MHz 60MHz x2.0 Cyrix 6x86 P133+ 110MHz 55MHz x2.0 Cyrix 6x86 P120+ 100MHz 50MHz x2.0 P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 13: Setting The Cpu Voltage Selection Jumper

    (Refer to the CPU documentation) Intel Pentium Cyrix P55C P54C P+ (*) Vcore/Vcc 2.8V/3.3V ”x”/3.3V ”x”/3.3V ”x”/3.5V (*): See what voltage is required for your Cyrix CPU, 3.3V or 3.5V. “x”: Don’t care. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 If the your CPU Vcore requirement is not included in the table above, please refer to the following list of Jumper settings for all possible Vcore: Vcore Vcore Jumper Setting Jumper Setting 2.0V 2.7V 2.1V 2.8V 2.2V 2.9V 2.3V 3.0V 2.4V 3.1V 2.5V 3.2V 2.6V P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 15: Installing The Memory (Dram Simm/Dimms)

    INSTALLING THE CPU AND MEMORY Installing the Memory (DRAM SIMM/DIMMs) • The P5T30-A4 mainboard supports 72-pin SIMMs and 168-pin DIMMs of two types: • SIMM: Fast Page Mode (Asymmetric or Symmetric) or EDO (Extended Data Output) • DIMM: 3.3 Volt unbuffered SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) or 3.3 Volt EDO...

  • Page 16: Setting The Jumpers

    Jumper Cap across the two pins, thereby Pin 2-3 Short connecting them. 3-pin jumpers can be set to pins 1-2 or 2-3 connected. Pin-1 is labeled on the circuit board for these jumpers as shown: JFS0-2 JBF0-2 P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 17 This switch must be hooked up before the system can be powered on, unlike traditional “Baby-AT” designs where the power switch is located on the Power Supply itself. JP3: IDE Activity LED - Hook the IDE LED lead to this jumper, with the RED lead corresponding to Pin-1. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 18: Connections

    UART2 is directed, COM2 or IrDA. (* Pin-6 is reserved for consumer IR input - remote control *) USB Connector This 8-pin connector permits connection of two USB peripheral devices directly to the system without an external hub. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 19: Ps/2 Keyboard & Mouse Connectors

    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. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 20: Mainboard Bios Setup

    CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) refers to the chip in which the BIOS information is stored. The P5T30-A4 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 21: 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. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 22: Standard Cmos Setup

    BIOS Setup. If the device is a hard disk or CD-ROM, generally the Auto option is the best choice for fast and easy setup of the hard disk parameters. Here’s an explanation of the Auto, User and Types (1-45) options: P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 23 • SCSI Hard Drives are NOT entered into the Mainboard BIOS Setup in any way. The hard drive settings in the Standard CMOS Setup are only for drives connected to P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 24 Extended Memory is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU's memory address map. Other Memory refers to the memory located in the region between 640K and 1MB. This region can be used for shadowing as well as expanded memory in DOS. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 25: Bios Features Setup

    CPU Internal Cache - Enables or Disables the Level-1 Internal Cache memory. Generally, this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes. External Cache - Enables or Disables the Level-2 External Cache memory. Generally, this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 POST to see if the drive is working properly. Floppy Disk Access Control - When R/W, the floppy disk can be read and written. The other option is Read Only, which protects the floppy disk from any modifications. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 27 Report No FDD For WIN95 - While the FDD in “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” is set to NONE, set this option to No to release IRQ6 for passing Win95 logo. This option is irrelevant under normal operation. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 28: Chipset Features Setup

    Note: The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost. Such a scenario might occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 29 This can reduce all read latencies. More simply, the CPU will issue a read request and included with this request is the place (address) in memory where the desired data is to be found. This request is P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 CPU Fan Malfunction Alarm - When Enabled, the system will issue a warning via the speaker when the CPU fan starts to malfunction. System 5V Alarm ( < 4.7V) - When Enabled, you will be warned via the speaker if the system board operating voltage is below 4.7V. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 31: Power Management Setup

    Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock. If the 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. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 Resume by Ring - This item enables the modem to bring the system out of Power Saving mode. ** Break Event From Suspend ** - When IRQ 8 Clock Event is enabled, the unmasked IRQ8 will generate a Fast Burst Timer reload or stop break event. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    : PCI/ISA PnP F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F6 : Load BIOS Defaults DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F7 : Load Setup Defaults P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 Used MEM base address - This item allows you to determine which base addresses are not to be occupied by PCI Card and leave these addresses for some special ISA Card used only. Choices are C800, CC00, D000, D400, D800, DC00. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 35: Load Bios Defaults

    IDE controller in a PCI Slot. On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE - Enables or Disables the secondary controller. Situations where this controller would be disabled are: a) You are not using any IDE Drives or b) You P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...
  • Page 36 ECP Mode Use DMA - Options are 1 and 3. This field is available only when one of the two following options in Parallel Port Mode is selected: ECP or ECP/EPP. Parallel Port EPP Type - Options are 1.7 and 1.9 (default ; IEEE 1284 compliant). P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 37: Supervisor Password And User Password Setting

    If you do not know the current password, the CMOS must be cleared by removing the battery for a while and then re-installing it back. *This will clear all user-defined BIOS Setup options. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: 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. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 39: Desktop Management Interface (Dmi)

    Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector System slots áâßà Move cursor Enter-Accept DEL-Delete ESC-Abort&Exit Note: The DMI utility must be run in real mode without the EMM386 memory manager loaded. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 40: 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. P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

  • Page 41: Hardware Monitoring Utility

    HARDWARE MONITORING UTILITY HARDWARE MONITORING UTILITY Your P5T30-A4 mainboard, version 2.0 and later, has an advanced built-in hardware monitoring feature to keep track of CPU temperature, system board voltage and CPU fan speed. When an abnormal condition occurs, the system speaker will BEEP to warn the user to trouble shoot the failed part of the system.

  • Page 42: Dc-310U Pci Ultra-Scsi Adapter

    SCSI transfer Device Setup rates. -Input signal filtering on SCSI receivers improves data integrity, even in noisy cabling environments. PCI Integration -Full 32-bit PCI DMA bus master -Jumper-less design -Active SCSI bus termination (DC-310: optional) P5T30-A4 User’s Manual P5T30-A4 User’s Manual...

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