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P5BTX/L
Rev. A+
System Board
User' s Manual
34371013

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  • Page 1 P5BTX/L Rev. A+ System Board User’ s Manual 34371013...
  • Page 2 Copyright This publication contains the information that is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation/adaptation without the prior written permission from the copyright holders. This publication is provided for informational purposes only.
  • Page 3 FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications..............1.2 Package Checklist..................Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation 2.1 System Board Layout ................2.2 Installation Steps..................2.2.1 Installing System Memory............2.2.2 Installing a Processor..............2.2.3 Setting the Jumpers on the System Board....2.2.4 Installing Expansion Cards............
  • Page 5 Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 Desktop Management Interface............4.2 IDE Drivers....................Appendix A - Identifying Processors A.1 Intel Processors................... A.2 Cyrix Processors..................A.3 AMD Processors..................Appendix B - System Error Report B.1 POST Beep....................B.2 Error Messages.................... Appendix C - Troubleshooting C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist..............
  • Page 6 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual CHAPTER Introduction...

  • Page 7: Features And Specifications

    Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications 1.1.1 Features Chipset ® • Intel 82430TX PCIset chipset Processor ® The system board is equipped with a 321-pin ZIF socket (Intel Socket 7). This socket is designed for easy removal of an old processor and easy insertion of an upgrade processor. The system board is also equipped with a switching voltage regulator that supports 2.8V to 3.5V core voltage for various processors.
  • Page 8 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The system board comes with DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS. The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play BIOS.
  • Page 9 Introduction BIOS ® • Award BIOS, Windows 95 Plug and Play compatible • Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades Power Supply Connector The system board is equipped with an AT power supply connector for connecting an AT power supply. 1.1.2 Technology SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) is a DRAM technology that uses the clock on the chip to synchronize...

  • Page 10: Package Checklist

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives. The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive, the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

    CHAPTER Hardware Installation...

  • Page 12: System Board Layout

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 2.1 System Board Layout...

  • Page 13: Installation Steps

    Hardware Installation 2.2 Installation Steps Warning: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis.
  • Page 14 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 2.2.1.1 DIMM The two 168-pin DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) sockets use x64 EDO, FPM and SDRAM. The system board can support 8MB to 256MB memory. The table below summarizes the DIMM sockets and modules needed for the corres- ponding memory sizes.

  • Page 15: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket. Notch Pin 1 1 . Pull the “ tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the side. 2 .
  • Page 16 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual The following table summarizes the bank locations and modules needed for the corresponding memory sizes. Bank 0 Bank 1 SIMM1 SIMM2 SIMM3 Memory Size SIMM4 — — — — — 16MB — — 16MB —...
  • Page 17 Hardware Installation Bank 0 Bank 1 SIMM1 SIMM3 Memory Size SIMM2 SIMM4 64MB 136MB 64MB 64MB 136MB 64MB 64MB 144MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 144MB 160MB 16MB 16MB 64MB 64MB 160MB 64MB 64MB 16MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 192MB 32MB 64MB 64MB 32MB 192MB 64MB...

  • Page 18: Installing A Processor

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 2.2.2 Installing a Processor The system board is equipped with a 321-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket The ZIF socket is designed for easy removal of an old processor and easy insertion of an upgrade processor. If you need to apply excessive force to insert the processor, you are not installing the processor correctly.
  • Page 19 Hardware Installation 2.2.2.1 Jumper Settings of the Processors A processor’ s internal clock speed is the actual internal operating clock of the processor. Its frequency ratio differs from one processor ® to another. An Intel processor will multiply the external bus clock by the frequency ratio to become the internal clock speed.
  • Page 20 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual Locations of Jumpers JP1-JP3 and JP6-JP8 Jumper Settings for Intel Processors J P 8 Processors-Ext. Bus Clk-Ratio J P 1 J P 2 J P 3 J P 6 1-2 Off 90MHz - 60MHz - 1.5x...
  • Page 21 Hardware Installation Jumper Settings for AMD Processors Processors-Ext. Bus Clk-Ratio J P 2 J P 3 J P 6 J P 8 J P 1 K5 PR90 - 60MHz - 1.5x 1-2 On 1-2 Off 1-2 Off 1-2 Off, 3-4 Off, 1-2 Off, 3-4 Off, 2-3 Off 2-3 On...

  • Page 22: Setting The Jumpers On The System Board

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 2.2.3 Setting the Jumpers on the System Board 2.2.3.1 Jumper Settings for CMOS Clear Jumper JP5 CMOS Clear If, for some reason, the CMOS becomes corrupted, the system can be reconfigured with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS.

  • Page 23: Installing Expansion Cards

    Hardware Installation 2.2.4 Installing Expansion Cards 1. Switch off your computer’ s power. 2. Remove your computer’ s cover. 3. Locate for a free expansion slot on the system board. Remove the screw and slot cover. Save the slot cover for future use. You will be using the screw in step 6.
  • Page 24 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual To view the used and free IRQs, run Microsoft’ s Diagnostic, MSD.EXE. MSD.EXE is in the Windows directory. If you are using Windows 95, double-click “ My Computer” in the Windows 95 desktop. In “ My Computer” , select “ Control Panel” . In “ Control Panel”...

  • Page 25: Connecting The Ribbon Cables And Wires Of The Ports And Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.2.5 Connecting the Ribbon Cables and Wires of the Ports and Connectors 2.2.5.1 Serial Ports The built-in serial ports are RS-232C asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A-compatible UARTs that can be used with modems, serial printers, remote display terminals, and other serial devices.

  • Page 26: Parallel Port

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 2.2.5.2 PS/2 Mouse Port The PS/2 mouse port is a 6-pin connector on the system board. Attach the 6-pin mouse port cable, which is mounted on a card- edge bracket, to connector J1. Make sure the red wire on the PS/2 mouse connector is aligned with pin 1 of connector J1.

  • Page 27: Floppy Disk Drive Controller

    Hardware Installation Connecting the Parallel Printer Port Attach the DB-25 printer port cable to connector J9 on the system board. Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable aligns with pin 1 of J9. Use a small nutdriver to mount the cable into a DB-25 cutout in the system chassis.
  • Page 28 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 2.2.5.5 IDE Hard Disk Interface The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism.
  • Page 29 Hardware Installation Adding a Second IDE Hard Drive When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives. We recommend that you use Enhanced IDE, ATA-2, ATA-3 or Ultra-ATA hard drives be from the same manufacturer.
  • Page 30 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 2.2.5.6 Universal Serial Bus Ports The system board is equipped with a header, at location J11 on the system board, for external USB ports. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

  • Page 31: Irda Connector

    Hardware Installation USB port USB port USB cable connector USB port cables (optional) 2.2.5.7 IrDA Connector The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wire- less connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. Connect your IrDA cable to connector J10 on the system board. Make sure “...
  • Page 32 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 2.2.5.8 J13 (LEDs and Switches) HDLED Pin 1 Pin 2 (Primary/Secondary IDE LED) Si g nal Pin 1 GLED Pin 2 (Green LED) Si g nal Pin 1 EXTSMI# Si g nal Pin 2...

  • Page 33: Installing The System Board

    Hardware Installation 2.2.5.9 CPU Fan Connector The processor must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink. Position the fan/heatsink on the processor such that the air from the side of the fan/heatsink will flow across the heat regulators on the system board.

  • Page 34: Chapter 3 - Award Bios Setup Utility

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual CHAPTER Award BIOS Setup Utility...

  • Page 35: The Basic Input/Output System

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1 The Basic Input/Output System The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals. In addition, the BIOS also contain codes for various advanced features found in this system board.
  • Page 36 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual ROM PCI/ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Mon, Jul 29 1996 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 13: 27: 50 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master...
  • Page 37 Award BIOS Setup Utility You can use Type “ User” to define your own drive type manually. This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor. If the controller of the HDD interface is ESDI, you must select “ Type 1”...
  • Page 38 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual Halt On This category determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up. The default setting is All Errors (BIOS default, Setup default). No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected.

  • Page 39: Bios Features Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2 BIOS Features Setup The BIOS Features Setup allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference.
  • Page 40 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual CPU Internal Cache and External Cache These categories speed up the memory access. The default value is enabled. Enable the External Cache for better performance. Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on your system.
  • Page 41 Award BIOS Setup Utility Typematic Rate Setting When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down. When the typematic rate is enabled, the BIOS will not only report that the key is down, but will first wait for a moment, and, if the key is still down, it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly.
  • Page 42 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability The system board supports SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) hard drives. SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA/IDE and SCSI drives. The drive will provide sufficient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drive’...

  • Page 43: Chipset Features Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3 Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration : Enabled Mem. Drive Str. (MA/RAS) : 16mA/16mA DRAM Timing : Normal DRAM Leadoff Timing : 11/7/4 DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) : x333/x444 DRAM Write Burst Timing : x444...

  • Page 44: Power Management Setup

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 3.1.4 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy. If you like to use the soft power down feature of Windows 95, you must enable the Power Management below.
  • Page 45 Award BIOS Setup Utility PM Control by APM Y e s An Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU’ s in- ternal clock. Use this option in Windows ® 95.
  • Page 46 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual Standby Mode This is user configurable only when the Power Management category is set to User Defined. When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU clock will run at a speed slower than the speed during Doze mode (1/3 of full speed) while all other devices still op- erate at full speed.

  • Page 47: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5 PNP/PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 48 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual Manual This will allow you to set the IRQ/DMA (you have assigned your add-in card) to Legacy ISA or PCI/ISA PnP . For non-PnP ISA cards, select Legacy ISA. For PnP ISA or PCI cards, select PCI/ISA PnP.

  • Page 49: Load Fail-Safe Settings

    Award BIOS Setup Utility Assign IRQ for USB When Enabled, the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the USB device connected to your system. However, if you are not using USB devices and an ISA slot requires an IRQ address, set this function to Disabled.

  • Page 50: Integrated Peripherals

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 3.1.8 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled KBC input clock : 8MHz IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled IDE Primary Slave PIO...
  • Page 51 Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master/Slave UDMA These categories allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD-ROM. Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you.
  • Page 52 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual UART2 Mode Select The system board supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. You may not use IrDA (J10) and the COM 2 serial port at the same time. If you are using the COM 2 serial port, make sure “...

  • Page 53: Supervisor Password

    Award BIOS Setup Utility If you selected EPP , “ EPP Mode Select” will appear. This option applies to standard specification. The options are EPP1.9 and EPP1.7. Default setting: EPP1.9. If you selected ECP, “ ECP Mode Use DMA” will appear. This is used to select a DMA channel for the parallel port.

  • Page 54: User Password

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 3.1.10 User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup, set a user’ s password with the “ System” option selected in the BIOS Features Setup. If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup, set a user’...

  • Page 55: Save & Exit Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.12 Save & Exit Setup When all the changes have been made, highlight “ Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>. The message below will appear: Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)? N Type “ Y” and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot.

  • Page 56: Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual CHAPTER Supported Softwares...

  • Page 57: Desktop Management Interface

    4.1.1 Running the DMI Utility To run the DMI utility, type: DMICFG.EXE. You can download this utility from http://www.dfi.com.tw - BIOS & DRIVERS section or ftp.dfiusa.com - /pub/DMI directory. The DMI utility must run in real mode with at least 180K of base memory.

  • Page 58: Using The Dmi Utility

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 4.1.2 Using the DMI Utility Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc, 1996 [Edit DMI] [Add DMI] [Load DMI File] [Save DMI File] BIOS *** BIOS Auto Detect *** System Enclosure/Chassis Type : BIOS Information...
  • Page 59 Supported Softwares Add DMI 1. Use the ← or → arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu. 2. Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the ↑ or ↓ arrow keys, then press <Enter>. 3.

  • Page 60: Ide Drivers

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual 4.2 IDE Drivers The system board comes with a utility diskette. If you are running ® Windows 95 (Win95, Win95+, Win95 OSR1: Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1, Win95 OSR2: Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.0 or Win95 OSR2.1: Windows 95 OEM Service...

  • Page 61: Appendix A - Identifying Processors

    Identifying Processors APPENDIX Identifying Processors...

  • Page 62: Intel Processors

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual A.1 Intel Processors SXXXX/RSS R (voltage range) BP80502-SSS V for VRE voltage range SXXXX/RSS S for Standard voltage range SXXXX/KLM K = V for VRE voltage range, S for Standard voltage range BP80502-SSS L = M for min valid MD timings, S for min valid standard...

  • Page 63: Amd Processors

    Identifying Processors A.3 AMD Processors AMD-K5-PR166ABX A M D A M D K5 = Processor core PR166 = Performance rating PR166 A = Package type: Type A = CPGA AMD-K5-PR166ABX B = Operating voltage: B: 3.45V-3.60V C: 3.30V-3.465V F: 3.135V-3.465V H: 2.76V-3.0V/3.3V (core/IO) J: 2.57V-2.84V/3.3V (core/IO) K: 2.38V-2.63V/3.3V (core/IO)
  • Page 64 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual APPENDIX System Error Message...

  • Page 65: Post Beep

    System Error Message When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something, either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message, PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP, will be shown in the information box at the bottom.
  • Page 66 P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80) Unable to reset floppy subsystem. FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40) Floppy type mismatch. Hard Disk(s) fail (80) HDD reset failed. Hard Disk(s) fail (40) HDD controller diagnostics failed. Hard Disk(s) fail (20) HDD initialization error.

  • Page 67: Appendix C - Troubleshooting

    APPENDIX Troubleshooting...

  • Page 68: Troubleshooting Checklist

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer. To efficiently troubleshoot your system, treat each problem individually. This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes.

  • Page 69: Floppy Drive

    Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving. 1. The monitor has lost its vertical sync. Adjust the monitor’ s vertical sync. 2. Move away any objects, such as another monitor or fan, that may be creating a magnetic field around the display. 3.

  • Page 70: Hard Drive

    P5BTX/L System Board User’ s Manual Hard Drive Hard disk failure. 1. Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS. 2. If the system is configured with two hard drives, make sure the bootable (first) hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave.

  • Page 71: Serial Port

    Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device (modem, printer) doesn’ t output anything or is outputting garbled characters. 1 . Make sure that the serial device’ s power is turned on and that the device is on-line. 2 . Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer.

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