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P/I-P6NP5 Motherboard USER'S MANUAL[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual II USER'S NOTICE Product Name: P/I-P6NP5 Product Revision: 1.3 Manual Revision: 2.1 BIOS V ersion: #401A0-0105 or later Release Date: October 1996 No part of this product, including the product and software may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any lan- guage [...]

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P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual IV CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 1 How this manual is or ganized .......................................................... 1 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 1 II. FEA TURES .............................[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual V CONTENTS Load Setup Defaults ................................................................. 41 Supervisor Password and User Password ................................ 42 IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................ 43 Save and Exit Setup ............................................[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual VI 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 cause u[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 1 I. INTRODUCTION I. INTRODUCTION (Manual / Checklist) How this manual is organized This manual is divided into the following sections: I. Introduction: Manual information and checklist II. Features: Information and specifications III. Installation: Instructions on setting up the motherboard IV . BIOS Setup: BIOS softwa[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 2 II. FEA TURES Features of This Motherboard The P/I-P6NP5 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants a great many features in a small package. This motherboard: • Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives and Plug and Play to make setup of hard drives and expa[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 3 II. FEA TURES • PCI Bus Master IDE Contr oller: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, provides faster data transfer rates, and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as T ape Backup and CD-ROM drives. This controller supports PIO Modes 3 a[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 4 III. INST ALLA TION Map of the Motherboard (Map of Board) III. INST ALLA TION ISA Slot 3 ISA Slot 2 ISA Slot 1 PCI Slot 5 / MediaBus 2.0 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 SIMM Slot 1 (Bank 0) SIMM Slot 2 (Bank 0) SIMM Slot 3 (Bank 1) SIMM Slot 4 (Bank 1) ZIF Socket 8 Keyboard Infrared Case Connections PCI Slot 4 PS/2 M[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 5 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) JP10 p. 7 Multi-I/O Selection (Enable/Disable) 2) JP13 p. 7 Flash ROM Boot Block Program (Enable/Disable) 3) JP12 p. 8 CMOS RAM (Operation/Clear CMOS Data) 4) JP15, 16, 17, 18 p. 8 V oltage Regulator Output Selection 5) JP2, 3 p. 10 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 6) JP4, 5,[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 6 (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION Installation Steps Before using your computer , you must follow the six steps as follows: 1. Set Jumpers on the Motherboard 2. Install DRAM Modules 3. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W ir es, and Po[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 7 III. INST ALLA TION Jumper Settings 1. On-Board Multi-I/O Selection (JP10)[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 8 III. INST ALLA TION 3. CMOS RAM (JP12) 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 CMOS data: (1) T urn off the PC, (2) Set jumper to "Clear", (3) Power on the PC, (4) T urn off the PC, (5) Set jumper to &[...]

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P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 10 5. CPU External (BUS) Frequency Selection (JP2, JP3) 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 advertised CPU speed). 6. CPU to[...]

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P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 12 III. INST ALLA TION (Memory) 2. System Memory (DRAM/SDRAM & SRAM) This motherboard supports four 72-pin SIMMs (Single Inline Memory Modules) of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB. The DRAM can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode (Asymmetric or Symmetric), Extended Data Output [...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 13 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 & Module 1234 Notched End Bank 0 Ban[...]

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P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 15 III. INST ALLA TION 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard provides a 387-pin ZIF Socket 8. 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 turn on your system. Apply thermal jelly to the CPU top and then [...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 16 III. INST ALLA TION (Expansion Cards) 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 5 has a MediaBus extension 2.0 (see page 18) which allows the installation of a PCI card or a[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION (DMA Channels) III. INST ALLA TION Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs. System IRQs are available 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 de[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 18 (MediaBus Card) III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION ASUS MediaBus Card MediaBus allows a cost-ef ficient solution to a complete multimedia system. The advantages of using one add-on card is to reduce the slot requirements and compatibility problems in order to maximize the Plug and Play advantages. The add-on car[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 19 III. INST ALLA TION 5. External Connectors IMPOR T ANT : Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red 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 c[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 20 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 printer cable. Note : Serial printers must be connected to [...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 21 5. Floppy drive connector (34-pin block ) This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives. (Pin 5 is r emoved to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 22 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 7. Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (T wo 40-pin Block) This connector supports 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 disks, you [...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 10. Reset switch lead (CON1) This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn of f your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the life of the system's power sup[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 24 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 manufa[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 of f position as marked by[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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] Press E[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 advanced feat[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 a Bulletin Board Service (BBS) or the internet (WWW) and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu. V isit ASUS WWW at http://www .asus.com.tw/ or FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/ pu[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 described in [...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 settings. A s[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 to 31 Y [...]

P/I-P6NP5 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” optio[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 33 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Drive A / Drive B (None) 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 [...]

P/I-P6NP5 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’ s des[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 35 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) CPU Fast String (Enabled) Leave on default setting of Enabled for best performance. Deturbo Mode (Disabled) When Enabled , FLUSH# signal is held asserted to disable caching and the P6 bus pipeline will be stalled. This allows software to run at a reduced-speed. The defaul[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 36 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) T ypematic Rate Setting (Disabled) 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[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each functi[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 38 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) Read-Around-W rite The default setting of Enabled will increase the execution ef ficiency of the proces- sor . It allows the processor to execute read commands out of order if there is no dependence between these read and other write commands. 16-bit[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) Onboard FDC Swap A: B: (No Swap) This field reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives. T wo options are available: “No Swap” and “Swap AB.” If you want to switch drive letter assignments, set this field to “[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 . NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in [...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 41 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) V ideo Off Method (V/H SYNC + Blank) This field defines the video of f features. Three options are available: V/H SYNC + Blank, DPMS, and Blank Only . The first option, which is the default setting, blanks the screen and turns of f vertical and horizontal scanning; DPM[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Det[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (Power Management) IV . BIOS (Plug & Play / PCI) DMA x Used By ISA (No/ICU) These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a Legacy (non-PnP) ISA card. A vailable options include: No/ICU and Ye s . The first option, the default setting, indicates[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 Defaults?[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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. By def[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 entries[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 47 IMPOR T ANT : If your hard drive was alr eady 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 used whe[...]

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P/I-P6NP5 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 system suc[...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 the right [...]

P/I-P6NP5 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 entering [...]

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P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 53 Aside from the system BIOS, the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also con- tains the NCR SCSI BIOS. This SCSI BIOS works in conjunction with the optional ASUS PCI-SC200 SCSI controller card to provide a complete PCI Fast SCSI-2 interface. All SCSI devices you install to your system require driver software to func[...]

54 P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual The ASUS PCI-SC200 SCSI Interface Card Y our motherboard may have come with an optional SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) controller card, the PCI-SC200. The card is also available separately . This card works with the SCSI BIOS on the motherboard. T ogether , they provide a com- plete PCI Fast SCSI-2 interface.[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 55 Setting the INT Assignment Y ou must use PCI INT A setting in order to properly assign the card's interrupt. On the ASUS PCI-SC200, you assign the INT by setting jumper JP1 or JP2. The default setting for the card already is INT A, so you do not need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI-SC200 with this moth[...]

56 P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual Decide whether or not you need to terminate the ASUS PCI-SC200 based on its position in the SCSI chain. Only the devices at each end of the chain need to be terminated. If you have only internal or only external devices connected to the ASUS PCI-SC200, then you must terminate the ASUS PCI-SC200. If you have both inte[...]

P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual 57 NOTE: The ASUS I-A16C 16-bit ISA audio card comes with certain motherboard packages and is not for sale separately . ASUS I-A16C Audio Features • Creative Labs V iBRA 16C PnP Audio Chip • Full Duplex Supports • 16/8 bit PCM 5KHz to 44.1KHz • W ave T able Upgradeable • Software Includes: DOS and W indow 3.1 [...]

58 P/I-P6NP5 User's Manual Layout and Connectors VII. ASUS I-A16C Audio Card Microphone Speaker Out PC Speaker In Sony Audio In W ave T able Upgrade Line Out Line In MIDI/Game Mitsumi Audio In Panasonic Audio In V olume Control PC Speaker Out Connectors The audio input connectors are used when you wish to control software mixer set- tings (bas[...]