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ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 2 USER’S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS TXP4-X Manual Revision: 1.01 Release Date: July 1997 No part of this manual, including the products and softwares described in it, may be repro- duced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except document[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Marketing Info Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12, 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 : www .asus.com.tw Gopher: gophe[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 4 CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7 How this Manual is Or ganized ........................................................ 7 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 7 II. FEA TURES .............[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS 6. BIOS Setup ............................................................................... 37 Load Defaults ..................................................................... 38 Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................. 38 Details of Standard CMOS Setup: .........[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 6 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 un[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 7 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 concerning this product III. Installation: Instructions on setting up the motherboard. IV . BIOS Softwar e Instructions on setting up the BIOS [...]

8 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual Features of the ASUS TXP4-X Motherboard The ASUS TXP4-X is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features in a motherboard. This motherboard: • Intel Chipset: Features Intel’ s 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems. • V ersatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium ® 75-233MHz (P55C-MMX ™ , P54C/[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 9 II. FEA TURES Introduction to ASUS TX97 Series of Motherboards Performance • SDRAM Optimized Performance — ASUS TX97 series of motherboards sup- port the new generation memory , Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), which increases the data transfer rate from 264MB/s max using EDO memory to 528MB/s max [...]

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ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 11 The ASUS TXP4-X Motherboard II. FEA TURES (Motherboard Parts) Intel’s 430TX PCIset 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 3 PCI Slots 3 ISA Slots 2 DIMM Sockets T : USB Port 1 B: USB Port 2 Programmable Flash ROM T : PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard T : Parallel Conn. B: Serial Conn. COM 1 COM 2 4 SIMM Sockets I[...]

12 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION ASUS TXP4-X Motherboard Layout Panel Connections Multi-I/O (En/Dis) M/IO FS0 FS1 FS2 BUS FREQ ISA Slot 3 ISA Slot 2 ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 4 Keyboard BIOS R PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 CPU ZIF Socket 7 Floppy Drives Secondary IDE Primary IDE CR2032 3 V olt Lithium Cell RTC (T est/Clea[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) M/IO p. 15 Multi-I/O Selection (Enable/Disable) 2) R TCLR p . 15 Real T ime Clock RAM (Operation/Clear Data) 3) VID0, 1, 2, 3 p . 16 CPU V oltage Regulator Output Selection 4) FS0, FS1, FS2 p . 17 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 5) BF0, BF1, BF2 p . 1 7 CPU:BUS Frequency Rat[...]

14 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION Installation Steps Before using your computer , you must complete the following steps: 1. Set Jumpers on the Motherboard 2. Install System Memory 3. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W ires, and Powe[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 15 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) Jumper Settings 1. Onboard Multi-I/O Selection (M/IO) Y ou can selectively disable each onboard Multi-I/O item (floppy , serial, paral- lel, and IrDA) through the Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SOFTW ARE or disable all multi-I/O items at once with the following jumper [...]

16 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification The only Cyrix CPU that is supported on this motherboard is labeled Cyrix 6x86 PR166+ but must be Revision 2.7 or later . Look on the underside of the CPU for the serial number . The number should read G8DC6620A or later . 3. V olta[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 4. CPU External (BUS) Frequency Selection (FS0, FS1, FS2) These jumpers tell 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 Inter[...]

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ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 19 III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) III. INST ALLA TION 2. System Memory (SIMM & DIMM) This motherboard supports four 72-pin, 32-bit SIMMs (Single Inline Memory Mod- ules) of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB. The SIMMs can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode (FPM) (Asymmetric or S[...]

20 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION SIMM Memory Installation 1. The SIMM memory modules will only fit in one orientation as shown because of a safety tab on one end of the SIMM sockets, which requires the notched end of the SIMM memory modules. 72 Pin SIMM Sockets 1 2 3 4 R 2. Press the memory module firmly into place starting from [...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: Insert the module(s) as shown. Because the number of pins are dif ferent on either side of the breaks, the module will only fit in the orientation as shown. DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides. SDRAM DIMM[...]

22 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard provides a 321-pin ZIF Socket 7 that is backward 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 turn on your system. Apply t[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION (Expansion Cards) III. INST ALLA TION 4. Expansion Cards First read your expansion card documentation for hardware and software settings that may be required to set up your specific card. Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card. 2. Set any necessary j[...]

24 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION T o simplify this process, the motherboard complies with the Plug and Play (PnP) specification, which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when- ever a PnP-compliant card is added to the system. For PnP cards, IRQs are assigned automatically from those available. If the system has[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 25 III. INST ALLA TION (DMA Channels) III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) 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 are labeled on the motherboard. Pin 1 is the side closest to [...]

26 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION 3. Parallel Printer Connector (25-pin Female) Y ou can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through “Onboard Parallel Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTW ARE. NOTE : Serial print- ers must be connected to the serial port. Parallel (Printer)[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 27 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 6. Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 & 2 (T wo 4-pin Female) T wo USB ports are available for connecting USB devices. Univeral Serial Bus (USB) 2 USB 1 7. Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (T wo 40-1pin IDE) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon[...]

28 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 8. IDE activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This connector supplies power to the cabinet’ s IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up. IDE Activity LED TIP: If the case-mounted[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 29 10. IrDA / Fast IR-Compliant infrared module connector (5-pin IR) This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra- red module. This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that sup- port this feature. Y ou must also configure the setting through “UAR T2 Use In- frared” in Ch[...]

30 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 12. Message LED Lead (MSG LED) This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax/modem. The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data transfer or waiting in the inbox. This function requires OS and driver support. 13. SMI [...]

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ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 33 III. INST ALLA TION (Power Connections) III. INST ALLA TION Power Connection Procedures 1. After all jumpers and connections are made, close the system case cover . 2. Be sure that all switches are off (in some systems, marked with ). 3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your [...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 34 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Support Software FILELIST .TXT - V iew this file to see the files included in the support software. PFLASH.EXE - This is the Flash Memory W riter utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the mother - board. T o determine the BIOS version, chec[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 35 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Flash Memory Writer) Main Menu 1. Save Current BIOS T o File This option allows you to copy the contents of the flash memory onto a floppy disk. This gives you a backup copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to reinstall it. Create a bootable DOS diskette without AUTOEXE[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 36 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Flash Memory W riter) Managing and Updating Y our Motherboard’s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing [FORMA T A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating “AUT OEXEC.BA T” and “CONFIG.SYS” files. 2. Copy PFLASH.EXE to yo[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 37 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 released. Use the Flash Memory W riter utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in de[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 38 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Load Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option loads the minimum settings for troubleshooting. Load Setup Defaults , on the other hand, is for loading optimized defaults for regu- lar use. Choosing defaults at this level will modify all applicable settings. A section at the b[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) T ime T o set the time, highlight the “T ime” field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down> or <+>/<–> to set the current time. Follow the hour , minute and second format. V alid values for hour , minute and second are: (Hour: (00 to 23),[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 40 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field: Primary Master , Primary Slave, Secondary Master , and Secondary Slave, you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk during bootup. This will allow you to ch[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 41 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) BIOS Features Setup BIOS Featur es Setup consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features according to your preference. Some entries are required by the motherboard’ s design to remain in their d[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 42 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First (IDE) When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives, IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C (default setting of IDE ). This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCSI . This allows multiple operating[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) V ideo ROM BIOS Shadow (Enabled) This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM. Relocat- ing to RAM enhances system performance, as information access is faster than the ROM. C8000 - CBFFF Shadow to DC000 - DFFFF Shadow (Disabled) These fields ar[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 44 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 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 in the BIOS Features Setup screen. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function head[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 45 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (BIOS Features) IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) 8-bit I/O Recovery T ime (1 BUSCLK) T iming for 8-bit ISA cards V ideo BIOS Cacheable (Enabled) Allows the V ideo BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution. Leave on default setting of Enabled for better performance, otherwise Disabled . Memory Hole a[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 46 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) UAR T2 Use Infrared (Disabled) When enabled, this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UAR T to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard. If your system already has a second serial port connected to t[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 47 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) 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 [...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 48 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) V ideo Off Method (DPMS OFF) This field defines the video off features. These options are available: DPMS OFF , DPMS Reduce ON , Blank Scr een , V/H SYNC+Blank , DPMS Standby , and DPMS Sus- pend . The DPMS (Display Power Management System) [...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 49 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) PWR Up On Modem Act (Enabled) This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer (turns the A TX power supply on) when the modem receives a call while the com- puter is of f. NOTE: The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the comp[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 50 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (PnP / PCI) 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. Details of PNP a[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 51 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (Power Management) (PnP / PCI) IV . BIOS 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 either that[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 52 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Load Defaults) 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- ligh[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 53 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[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 54 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Hard Disk Detect) 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 [...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 55 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Load Setup Defaults) IV . BIOS (Save & Exit) IMPOR T ANT : If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system, incorrect parameters may be detected. Y ou will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low-level format if you do not need the data stored on[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 56 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 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[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual 57 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 [...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 58 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 a drive and path and file[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 59 Aside from the system BIOS, the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also con- tains the Symbios SCSI BIOS. This Symbios SCSI BIOS works in conjunction with the optional ASUS PCI-SC200 controller card to provide Fast SCSI-2 interface when using compatible SCSI devices or the ASUS PCI-SC860 SCSI controller cards to pro[...]

60 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual Setting Up the ASUS PCI-SC200 & PCI-SC860 There are two jumper settings you may need to make on the ASUS PCI-SC200 to set it up. One setting assigns the PCI INT interrupt, the other sets the card’ s termination. The ASUS PCI-SC860 has no jumper settings but you should read the “T erminator Requirements.” Se[...]

ASUS TXP4-X User’s Manual 61 T erminator Settings for the ASUS PCI-SC860 Many SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI-SC860 use a set of onboard active resistors to terminate the devices at the ends automatically . Automatic termination requires that the SCSI devices be connected in a straight linear connection or “chain.” Connect SCSI devices to[...]

62 ASUS TXP4-X User’ s Manual SCSI Device 1 SCSI Device 2 T ermination Required (End Device) T ermination Required (JP5 Open) T ermination Required (End Device) SCSI Device 3 SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 T ermination Required (End Device) No T ermination Required (JP5 Short) SCSI ID Numbers for SCSI Devices All SCSI devices, includin[...]