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Apollo P55KTX User Manual

Isa pci mainboard with onboard pci ide and super multi-i/o. vpx/97 pciset
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1. The "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directly from
ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function is necessary
when you accept this mainboard, or the system CMOS data will corrupt.
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
STANDARD CMOS SETUP
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP/PCI CONFIGURA
INTEGRATED PERIPH
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
ESC: QUIT
F10:Save & Exit Setup
Load Setup Defaults Except Standard COMS SETUP
2. KBPO(KeyBoard Power On) Function : There is a basic requirement that the
" +5V SB" power of the ATX power supply must be > = 0.1A (100mA).
Please refer to chapter 3 -1 for detail.

Read me first

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT
Load SETUP Default (Y/N)?
:SELECT ITEM
(Shift)F2 :Change Color
LOAD SETUP DEFAULT
ETUP
Y
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  • Page 1: Read Me First

    Read me first 1. The "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function is necessary when you accept this mainboard, or the system CMOS data will corrupt. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 2 Apollo VPX/97 PCIset P55KTX ISA PCI M a in B o a rd with Onboard PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O. TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. The specification is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 3: Package Checklist

    Package Checklist Please check your package which should include all items listed below. If you find any item damaged or missed, please contact your supplier. One mainboard One manual One IDE ribbon cable One floppy ribbon cable...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents page Chapter 1 - Introduction............1-1 P55KTX Board Layout..............1-2 Chapter 2 - Hardware Design .......... 2-1 2-1 Mainboard Layout............... 2-1 2-2 Connectors and Jumpers ..........2-2 2-3 System Memory Configuration ........2-5 2-4 Integrated PCI Bridge .............2-6 Chapter 3 - ATX Power Control ........3-1 3-1 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Funtion.............

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    The hardware dimension is 220mm x 270mm with a four-layer-design technology. Specification VIA Apollo VPX/97 PCIset chipset. Intel Pentium Processor, Pentium Processor with MMX Technology, AMD K5/K6 & Cyrix 6x86/6x86L/6x86MX operating at 90 ~ 333 MHz with 321 ZIF socket 7 provides scalability to accept faster Processors in the future.

  • Page 6: P55Ktx Board Layout

    1-2 P55KTX P55KTX Layout ATX Power Conn. 2.0V 2.8V 2.9V +12V 3.2V 3.5V 9 10 VT82C585VP USB Conn. PCI#4 W83877F VT82C586B PCI#2 Figure 1-1...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 - Hardware Design

    The P55KTX supports two Onboard PCI IDE connectors, and automatically detects IDE harddisk type by BIOS utility automatic. The P55KTX supports Award Plug & Play BIOS for the ISA and PCI cards. The BIOS can be located in Flash EPROM which can replace BIOS code easily if neces-...

  • Page 8: Connectors And Jumpers

    P55KTX 2-2 Connectors and Jumpers This section describes all connectors and jumpers equipped in the mainboard. Please refer to Figure 1-1 for location of each connector and jumper. KeyLock - Keyboard lock switch & Power LED connector. 1.Power LED(+) 2.N/C 3.GND...
  • Page 9 Hardware Design IrDA/ASK IR CONNECTOR 1.VCC 2.NC 3.IRRX 4.GND 5.IRTX Keyboard Power-ON Function Selection 1-2 : Disabled 2-3 : Enabled PS/2 PS/2 COM2 COM1 parallel port Mouse Keyboard Figure 3-2: P55KTX I/O back panel Layout...
  • Page 10 P55KTX Intel Pentium Processor / Pentium MMX Processor AMD K5 / K6 Installation J7 J8 J9 Clock/CPU Op. 60/90 MHz 66/100 MHz NONE 60/120 MHz 66/133 MHz NONE 60/150 MHz 66/166 MHz NONE 66/200 MHz NONE 66/233 MHz NONE 66/266 MHz...

  • Page 11: System Memory Configuration

    9 10 9-10 : 3.5V for Intel Pentium, Cyrix 6x86 and AMD K5 2-3 System Memory Configuration The P55KTX supports different type of settings for the system memory. The following figures and table provides all possible memory combinations. > DIMM3 BANK 2 >...

  • Page 12: Integrated Pci Bridge

    P55KTX 2-4 Integrated PCI Bridge The P55KTX utilizes VIA Apollo VPX/97 PCIset chipset to support Intel Pentium Processor PCI/ISA system. The VIA Apollo VPX/97 PCIset chipset consists of the 82C585VPX system controller (TSC), two 82C587VP Data Path (TDP) devices, and one 82C586B PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator bridge chip.

  • Page 13: Chapter 3 - Atx Power Control

    Chapter 3 ATX Power Control Tthe P55KTX equips an ATX power connector which is a single 20-PIN input device for an ATX power supply (see Figure 3-3). An ATX power supply provides a build- in Remote Power ON/OFF function. To implement the function, a momentary switch which is normally open should be connected to the position J12(PIN 24, 25) as the system's power ON/OFF button.

  • Page 14: External Modem Ring-In Power On And Keyboard Power On Funtion

    On the basis of bounded functions in I/O chipset, the two serial ports are able to support the External Modem Ring-in Power ON function. Once users connect the external modem to COM1 or COM2, the P55KTX mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.

  • Page 15: Chapter 4 - Award Bios Setup

    AWARD BIOS CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP Award's ROM BIOS provides a built-in setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS RAM so data will be retained even when the power is turned off.

  • Page 16: Standard Cmos Setup

    This menu shows all of the manufacturer's default values of the P55KTX. Again, user can move the cursor by pressing direction keys and <PgDn> or <PgUp> keys to modify the parameters.
  • Page 17 AWARD BIOS ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LDPAB) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled External Cache : Enabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow...
  • Page 18 CHAPTER 4 Quick Power On Self Test:This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some checking items during POST. Enabled : Enable quick POST. Disabled: Normal POST.
  • Page 19 AWARD BIOS Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate. Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. Disabled Disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. The system BIOS will use default value of 2 items and the default is controlled by the keyboard.

  • Page 20: Chipset Features Setup

    CHAPTER 4 C8000 - CBFFF Shadow : CC000 - CFFFF Shadow: D0000 - D3FFF Shadow: D4000 - D7FFF Shadow: D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte or 32K byte perunit and the size depends on the chipset.
  • Page 21 AWARD BIOS DRAM Timing: The default value is 60ns. 60ns : 2 (faster) Burst Wait State, for 60~70ns Fast Page Mode/EDO DRAM. 70ns : 3 (slower) Burst Wait State, for 70ns Fast Page Mode/EDO DRAM. : The default value is Enabled. Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled : Enabled the Video BIOS Cacheable to speed up the VGA Performance.

  • Page 22: Power Management Setup

    CHAPTER 4 4-4 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Choose the "POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP" in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it is absolutely necessary.
  • Page 23 Valid range is from 1 minute up to 1 hour. 4-4-2 Description of the Green Functions The P55KTX supports HDD Power Down, Doze and Suspend power saving functions. In addition, the hardware suspend function is supported when the J12(24,25) (Refer to Figure1-1) is closed to enter the Suspend function.

  • Page 24: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    4-10 CHAPTER 4 PM Events: AWARD BIOS defines 7 PM Events in the power management mode (Doze & suspend). The user can initialize any PM Events to be "Enable" or "Disable". When the system detects all of the enabled events, do not have any activity. It will start the system Doze timer first if the "Power Management"...
  • Page 25 AWARD BIOS 4-11 Resource Controlled By:The default value is Manual. Manual: The field defines that the PNP Card's resource is controlled by manual. You can set whethe IRQ-X or DMA-X is assigned to PCI/ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards. Auto: If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards.

  • Page 26: Integrated Peripherals

    4-12 CHAPTER 4 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LDPAB) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS WARD SOFTWARE, INC. Onboard Primary PCI IDE : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 Onboard Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode : ECP / EPP IDE Prefetch Mode : Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA IDE HDD Block Mode...
  • Page 27 AWARD BIOS 4-13 IDE Primary Master PIO: The default value is Auto. Auto : BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode0~4 : Manually set the IDE Accessing mode. IDE Primary Slave PIO: The default value is Auto. Auto : BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode.

  • Page 28: Load Setup Defaults

    4-14 CHAPTER 4 Onboard UART 2 Mode:The default value is standard. This field allows the User to select the COM2 port that can support a serial Infrared Interface. Standard: Support a Serial Infrared Interface IrDA. HPSIR: Support a HP Serial Infrared Interface format. ASKIR: Support a Sharp Serial Infrared Interface format.

  • Page 29: Change Supervisor Or User Password

    AWARD BIOS 4-15 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LDPAB) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT PNP/PCI CONFIGURA ETUP Load SETUP Default (Y/N)? INTEGRATED PERIPH SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS...

  • Page 30: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    4-16 CHAPTER 4 4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION The "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" utility is a very useful tool especially when you do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically.
  • Page 31 AWARD BIOS 4-17 LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: This is a new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck. The number of cylinders, heads and sectors shown in the setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD. During the HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by sector, head and cylinder into its own physical address inside the HDD.

  • Page 32: Hdd Low Level Format

    4-18 CHAPTER 4 Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some softwares involved. All softwares are located in the Award HDD Service Routine (1NT 13h). It may fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected if you are running under on Operating System which replaces the whole 1NT 13h.

  • Page 33: I/O & Memory Map

    TECHNICAL INFORMATION Chapter 5 Technical Information 5-1 I/O & MEMORY MAP MEMORY MAP Address Range Size Description [00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory [80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional memory [9FC00-9FFFF] Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed [A0000-C7FFF] 160K Available for Hi DOS memory [C8000-DFFFF] Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs [E0000-EEFFF]...

  • Page 34: Time & Dma Channels Map

    CHAPTER 4 5-2 TIME & DMA CHANNELS MAP TIME MAP: TIMER Channel 0 System timer interrupt. TIMER Channel 1 DRAM REFRESH request. TIMER Channel 2 SPEAKER tone generator. DMA CHANNELS : DMA Channel 0 Available. DMA Channel 1 Onboard ECP (Option). DMA Channel 2 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP).

  • Page 35: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    TECHNICAL INFORMATION 5-4 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS : Seconds. Second alarm. Minutes. Minutes alarm. Hours. Hours alarm. Day of week. Day of month. Month. Year. Status register A. Status register B. Status register C. Status register D. Diagnostic status byte.

  • Page 36: Appendix A: Post Codes

    CHAPTER 4 APPENDIX A: POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to port address 80h. POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 01-02 Reserved. Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow. 1.Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only). 2.Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes. -DMA controller (8237).
  • Page 37 TECHNICAL INFORMATION POST(hex) DESCRIPTION Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (40:ON - 40:FF) 1.Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Early Setup Value Program) 2.Measure CPU speed for display & decide the system clock speed. 3.Video initialization including Monochromc, CGA, EGA/VGA. If no display device found, the speaker will beep.
  • Page 38 CHAPTER 4 POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 1.Display the Award Plug & Play BIOS Extension message. (PnP BIOS only) 2.Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including COM ports, LPT ports, FDD port ... according to setup value. 33-3B Reserved. Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility. 1.Initialize Keyboard.
  • Page 39 TECHNICAL INFORMATION POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 1.Initialize all ISA ROMs. 2.Later PCI initializations. (PCI BIOS only) -assign IRQ to PCI devices. -initialize all PCI ROMs. 3.PnP Initialzations. (PnP BIOS only) -assign IO, Memory, IRQ & DMA to PnP ISA devices. -initialize all PnP ISA ROMs. 4.Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings.

  • Page 40: Appendix B: I/O Connector

    CHAPTER 4 APPENDIX B: I/O CONNECTORS PS/2 PS/2 COM2 COM1 parallel port Mouse Keyboard Figure 5-1: P55KTX I/O back panel Layout COM1,COM2 : Serial Ports Connector Signal Name Signal Name SOUT LPT1 : Parallel Port Connector Signal Name Signal Name STROBE-...
  • Page 41 TECHNICAL INFORMATION FDD1 : Floppy Disk Connector Signal Name Signal Name Ground FDHDIN Ground Reserved Ground FDEDIN Ground Index- Ground Motor Enable Ground Drive Select B- Ground Drive Select A- Ground Motor Enable Ground DIR- Ground STEP- Ground Write Data Ground Write Gate Ground...
  • Page 42 5-10 CHAPTER 4 J2 : USB Connector: USB Port 1 USB Port 2 Figure 5-2 USB Port Adapter...
  • Page 43 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 5-11 idt C6 APPENDIX C : Processor installation Clock Op. J7 J8 J9 C6-DS120 60MHz * 2 NONE C6-DS133 66MHz * 2 C6-DS180 60MHz * 3 NONE C6-DS200 66MHz * 3 C6-DS240 60MHz * 4 NONE C6-DS266 66MHz * 4 C6-DS300 60MHz * 5 C6-DS333 66MHz * 5 NONE...

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