Asus P/I-P55T2P4S manual

R P/I-P55T2P4S Pentium Motherboard with Ultra Fast/Wide SCSI USER'S MANUAL[...]

II ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual USER'S NOTICE No part of this product, including the product and software may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the express written permission of ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (hereinafter referred to as ASUS) e[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual III ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Marketing Info: Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan, ROC T elephone: 886-2-894-3447 Fax: 886-2-894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support: Fax: 886-2-895-9254 BBS: 886-2-896-4667 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw WWW : http://www .asus.com.tw/ Goph[...]

IV ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 1 How this manual is organized .......................................................... 1 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 1 II. FEA TURES ......................[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual V CONTENTS BIOS Features Setup .................................................................. 34 Details of BIOS Features Setup: ........................................... 34 Chipset Features Setup ............................................................... 37 Power Management Setup ......................[...]

VI ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 1 I. INTRODUCTION How this manual is organized This manual is divided into the following sections: I. Introduction: Manual information and checklist II. Featur es: Information and specifications III. Installation: Instructions on setting up the motherboard IV . BIOS Setup: BIOS software setup information V . DMI U[...]

2 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual II. FEA TURES Features of the ASUS Motherboard The ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S is carefully designed for the demanding corporate PC manager who wants many features in a small package for use as a workstation or server . This motherboard: • Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard dr[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 3 II. FEA TURES • 50-Pin SCSI & 68-Pin SCSI Connectors: Supports 50-Pin Ultra-Fast SCSI & 68-Pin Ultra-W ide SCSI through onboard connectors. • Optional IrDA and PS/2 Mouse Connector: This motherboard supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface and a PS/2 mouse cable set. Parts of [...]

4 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Map of the ASUS Motherboard (Map of Board) III. INST ALLA TION 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache Floppy Drives Key- board PS/2 Mouse Parallel (Printer) Port ISA Slot 3 ISA Slot 2 ISA Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 MediaBus 2.0 SIMM Socket 6 (Bank 2) SIMM Socket 5 (Bank 2) SI[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 5 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) CBSIZE p. 7 Memory Cacheable Size (64MB / 512MB) 2) BBLKW p. 8 Flash ROM Boot Block Program (Disable/Enable) 3) SIO p. 8 Super Multi-I/O Selection (Enable/Disable) 4) R TCLR p. 9 Real T ime Clock RAM (Operation/Clear Data) 5) FS1, FS2 p. 10 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Select[...]

6 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Installation Steps Before using your computer , you must complete the following steps: 1. Set Jumpers on the Motherboard 2. Install DRAM Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W ires, and Power Supply 6. Setup the BI[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 7 III. INST ALLA TION Jumper Settings 1. Memory Cacheable Size (CBSIZE) The default of 64MB uses only the onboard T AG SRAM which allows cacheable memory up to 64MB. If you install DRAM above 64MB and wish to allow cacheable memory above 64MB, you need to install a T AG SRAM upgrade and set this jumper to 512MB . [...]

8 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 2. Flash ROM Boot Block Pr ogramming (BBLKW) This sets the operation mode of the boot block area of the Programmable Flash ROM to allow programming in the Enabled position. This is required only if prompted by the Flash Memory W riter Utility as shown in BIOS SOFTW ARE. Programming BBLKW Dis[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 9 III. INST ALLA TION 4. Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM (R TCLR) This clears the user-entered information stored in the CMOS RAM of the Real T ime Clock such as hard disk information and passwords. T o clear the R TC data: (1) T urn off the PC, (2) Short this jumper , (3) Power on the PC, (4) Turn of f the PC, (5) Re[...]

10 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 5. CPU External (BUS) Fr equency Selection (FS1, FS2) These jumpers tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU. These allow the selection of the CPU’ s External frequency (or BUS Clock ). The BUS Clock times the BUS Ratio equals the CPU's Internal frequency (the ad- [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION Cyrix CPU Identification The Cyrix CPU that is supported on this motherboard is labeled Cyrix 6x86 P166+ but must be Revision 2.7 and later . Look on the underside of the CPU for the serial number . The number should read G8DC6620A or lar ger . 7. CPU V oltage Regulator Selection (VID) These[...]

12 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 2. System Memory (DRAM & SRAM) This motherboard supports six 72-pin SIMMs of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, or 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB. The DRAM can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode (Asymmetric or Symmetric) or EDO. T o support ECC, you must use true (opposed to phan[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION DRAM Memory Installation Procedures: 1. The SIMM memory modules will only fit in one orientation as shown because of a "Plastic Safety T ab" on one end of the SIMM sockets which requires the "Notched End" of the SIMM memory modules. 72 Pin SIMM DRAM Sockets 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ba[...]

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ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 15 III. INST ALLA TION 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard provides a 321-pin ZIF Socket 7 that is backwards compatible with ZIF Socket 5 processors. The CPU that came with the motherboard should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating. If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you t[...]

16 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 4. Expansion Cards First read your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software settings that may be required to setup your specific card. NOTE: PCI Slot 4 has a MediaBus extension 2.0 which allows the installation of a PCI card or a MediaBus card (optional multifunctional card[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs. System IRQs are avail- able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first, and any remaining IRQs are then used by PCI cards. Currently , there are two types of ISA cards. The original ISA expansion card design, now referred to as ?[...]

18 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual 5. External Connectors IMPOR T ANT : Ribbon cables should always be connected with the r ed stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector . The four corners of the connectors ar e labeled on the motherboard. Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives. IDE ribbon cable must be[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 19 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 3. Parallel Printer Connector (26 Pin Block) Connection for the included parallel port ribbon cable with mounting bracket. Connect the ribbon cable to this connection and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot. It will then be available for a parallel [...]

20 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 5. Floppy Drive Connector (34-pin block ) This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connect- ing the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives. (Pin 5 is r emoved to pr event inserting in[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 7. Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors (T wo 40-pin Block) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disk[...]

22 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 9. T urbo LED Lead (P ANEL) The motherboard's turbo function is always on. The turbo LED connection is labeled here but the LED will remain constantly lit while the system power is on. Y ou may wish to connect the Power LED from the system case to this [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 14. CPU Cooling Fan Connector (F AN) This connector supports a CPU cooling fan of 500mAMP (6W A TT) or less. Orientate the fan so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink(s) instead of the expansion slots. Depending on the fan [...]

24 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 16. Ultra-Fast SCSI & Ultra-W ide SCSI Connectors This motherboard has onboard 50-Pin Ultra-Fast SCSI connector for 8-bit SCSI devices and 68-Pin Ultra-W ide SCSI connector for 16-bit SCSI devices. Onboard SCSI Connectors 50-Pin Ultra-Fast SCSI Connector[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 25 Power Connection Procedures 1. After all jumpers and connections are made, close the system case cover . 2. Make sure that all switches are in the off position as marked by . 3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case as instructed by your system user's[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 26 IV . BIOS (Flash Memory W riter) ASUSTeK PNP BIOS FLASH MEMORY WRITER V1.5 Copyright (C) 1995, ASUSTeK COMPUTER Inc. Flash Type -- SST 29EE010 Current BIOS Revision: #401A0-xxxx Choose one of the following: 1. Save Current BIOS To File 2. Update BIOS Main Block From File 3. Advanced Features Enter Choice: [1][...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 27 2. Update BIOS Main Block fr om File This option updates the BIOS from a file on the disk. This can either be a new file or a backup file created by the “Save Current BIOS to File” option. This will not update the Boot Block if the Boot Block is different. Y ou will be prompted with the following if advan[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 28 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Flash Memory W riter) Updating your Motherboard's BIOS 1. Download an updated BIOS file from Bulletin Board Services (BBS) or the internet (WWW) and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu. See ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION on page II. 2. T urn of f your co[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 29 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 6. BIOS Setup IV . BIOS (BIOS Setup) The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 V olt and 12 V olt. Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are re- leased. Use the Flash Memory W riter utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as descr[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 30 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Load Defaults The “Load BIOS Defaults” option loads the minimized settings for troubleshooting. “ Load Setup Defaults ”, on the other hand, is for loading optimized defaults for regular use. Choosing defaults at this level, will modify all applicable setti[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 31 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Details of Standard CMOS Setup: Date T o set the date, highlight the “Date” field and then press the page up/page down or +/- keys to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year format. V alid values for month, day and year are: Month: 1 to 12 Day: 1 [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 32 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can: • Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup. • Use the IDE HDD AUT O DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications. • Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the “User?[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 33 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Drive A, Drive B These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system. The available options for drives A and B are: 360KB, 5.25 in. 1.2MB, 5.25 in. 720KB, 3.5 in. 1.44MB, 3.5 in. 2.88MB, 3.5 in. None T o enter the configuration value for a[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 34 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) BIOS Features Setup This “BIOS Features Setup” option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features accord- ing to your preference. Some entries here are required by the motherboard?[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 35 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) External Cache These fields allow you to Enable (default) or Disable the CPU’ s “Level 2” second- ary cache. Caching allows better performance. Quick Power On Self T est This field speeds up the Power -On Self T est (POST) routine by skipping retesting a sec[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 36 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) T ypematic Rate Setting When enabled, you can set the two typematic controls listed next. Setup default setting is Disabled . T ypematic Rate (Chars/Sec) This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes. Options range from 6 to 30 ch[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 37 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (BIOS Features) IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) Chipset Features Setup This “Chipset Features Setup” option controls the configuration of the board’ s chipset. Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen. Auto Configuration The default setting of 60ns DRAM sets [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 38 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) [DRAM and ECC] If all your DRAM modules have parity chips (e.g. 8 chips + 4 parity chips), they are considered 36bits. This motherboard sums the memory per bank and therefore two modules will give 72bits and the following will be displayed: I[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) Onboard Parallel Port This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector . Y ou can select either: 3BCH / IRQ 7, 378H / IRQ 7 (default) , 278H / IRQ 5, Disabled. If you install an I/O card with a parallel port, ensur[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 40 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) Power Management Setup This “Power Management Setup” option allows you to reduce power consumption. This feature turns of f the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity . Details of Power Managemen[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 41 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) Suspend Switch This field enables or disables the SMI connector on the motherboard. This connec- tor connects to the lead from the Suspend switch mounted on the system case. De- fault setting for this field is Enabled . Doze Speed, Stdby Speed These two fields [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 42 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (Plug & Play / PCI) IV . BIOS PNP and PCI Setup This “PNP and PCI Setup” option configures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INT A#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value. The first four fields on the screen set how IRQ use is determined for ea[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (Power Management) IV . BIOS (Plug & Play / PCI) ISA MEM Block BASE This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a Legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range. If you have such a card, and you are not using an ICU to specify [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 44 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Load BIOS Defaults This “Load BIOS Defaults” option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-opti- mal and disable all high performance features. T o load these default settings, high- light “Load BIOS De[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 45 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Passwords) Supervisor Password and User Password These two options set the system passwords. “Supervisor Password” sets a pass- word that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility; “User Password” sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 46 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IDE HDD Auto Detection This “IDE HDD Auto Detection” option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive, and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen. Up to four IDE drives can be detected, with parameters for each listed inside the box. T o accept the optimal[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 47 IMPOR T ANT : If your hard drive was already formatted on an older pr evious system, incorr ect parameters may be detected. Y ou will need to enter the cor - rect parameters manually or use low-level format if you do not need the data stor ed on the hard drive. If the parameters listed dif fer from the ones u[...]

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ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 49 (Flash Memory W riter) Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con- figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD). DMI is able to auto-detect and record information pertinent to a computer ’ s sy[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 50 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI (or delete) Use the ←→ (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the ↑↓ (up-down) cursor to move between the left hand menu items. The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen. Press enter at the menu item to enter th[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User's Manual 51 V . DESKT OP MANAGEMENT Save MIFD Y ou can save the MIFD (normally only saved to flash ROM) to a file by entering the drive and path here. If you want to cancel save, you may press ESC and a message “Bad File Name” appears here to show it was not saved. Load MIFD Y ou can load the disk file to memory by e[...]

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ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 53 VI. EZ-SCSI UTILITY (Intro/Quick Start) VI. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY W elcome to Adaptec EZSCSI ® 4.00e Adaptec EZSCSI gives you what you need to use your SCSI devices most effectively with W indows ® 95 and W indowsNT™. Y ou can also use Adaptec EZSCSI on computers running DOS, W indows ® 3.1x, or W in- do[...]

54 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual VI. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY T roubleshooting T ips SCSI Device T roubleshooting Review this checklist if your newly-installed SCSI disk drives, CDROM drives, and other devices do not seem to work properly: • Be sure that termination is correctly set for all devices on the SCSI bus, as described in your host [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 55 VI. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY VI. EZ-SCSI UTILITY (T roubleshooting) If the name of your SCSI chipset does not appear , you may be able to find its miniport driver on the Windows95 CD-ROM. Follow these steps: 1 Place the W indows95 CD-ROM in your CDROM drive and run the Add New Hardware wizard. 2 Select No on the[...]

56 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual VI. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY If I am running under Windows95, do I need lines for the Adaptec r eal mode ASPI drivers and mscdex in my config.sys and autoexec.bat files? Usually , you do not need to use these real mode ASPI drivers, because the new W indows miniport drivers support most SCSI host adapters and S[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 57 VI. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY VI. EZ-SCSI UTILITY (DOS/Win Info.) Information for DOS/Windows 3.1x Users The following information may be useful if you install Adaptec EZSCSI on a com- puter running DOS, W indows 3.1x, or W indows for W orkgroups3.1x. NOTE: The Windows95/W indowsNT T roubleshooting section on pag[...]

58 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual VI. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY DOS Formatting Utilities Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS-based formatting utilities: Low-level Formatter (scsifmt) Use the DOS-based scsifmt utility for low-level formatting of SCSI hard disk drives, removable media, Floptical ® drives, and magneto-optical drives. Y ou can also[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 59 VI. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY VI. EZ-SCSI UTILITY (Partitioning) Formatter and Partitioner (afdisk) Use the DOS-based afdisk utility to partition and format SCSI hard disk drives, Floptical drives, and magneto-optical drives. Y ou can also use afdisk to remove DOS and non-DOS partitions from a disk drive and to f[...]

60 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User ’ s Manual VI. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY 3. T o create a new partition on the disk device, press Ins. A screen similar to this appears: Select SCSI Device to Partition HA #0 - Target 0 HA #0 - Target 4 QUANTUM LP105S 910109405 IOMEGA BETA90 <Ins> Create, <Del> Delete, <F1> Help, <Esc> Exit Ada[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4S User’ s Manual 61 VI. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY VI. EZ-SCSI UTILITY (Removable Media) Removable Media Manager (rmvtool) Y our copy of Adaptec EZSCSI may include the DOS-based rmvtool utility . If you have this utility , you can use it to lock, unlock, and eject removable media—for example, a cartridge in a SyQuest removable cart[...]

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