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ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual II USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 Manual Revision: 3.1 1 Release Date: May 1997 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 in any form by any means without the express w[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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/ Gop[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual IV CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 1 How this manual is or ganized .......................................................... 1 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 1 II. FEA TURES .....................[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual V CONTENTS Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ........................................ 31 BIOS Features Setup .................................................................. 34 Details of BIOS Features Setup: ........................................... 34 Chipset Features Setup ...................................[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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. Featur es: Information and specifications concerning this product III. Installation: Instructions on setting up the motherboa[...]

2 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User ’ s Manual II. FEA TURES Features of the ASUS Motherboard The ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 har[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User ’ s Manual 3 II. FEA TURES • PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan- nels, provides faster data transfer rates, and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as T ape Backup and CD-ROM drives. This controller supports PIO Mo[...]

4 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Map of the ASUS Motherboard CPU VCore JP20 JP2 ISA Slot 3 ISA Slot 2 ISA Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 SIMM Socket 1 (Bank 0) SIMM Socket 2 (Bank 0) SIMM Socket 3 (Bank 1) SIMM Socket 4 (Bank 1) Pipelined Burst Level 2 Cache Expansion Slot 256/512KB onboard L2 Cache CPU Z[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 5 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) JP1 p. 7 Multi-I/O Selection (Enable/Disable) 2) JP2 p. 7 Flash ROM Boot Block Program (Disable/Enable) 3) JP5 p. 8 T otal Level 2 Cache Size Setting (256/512KB) 4) JP7 p. 8 Real T ime Clock RAM (Operation/Clear Data) 5) JP17 p. 9 Single Power Plane CPU V oltage Selection 6) JP20 [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 6 (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 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 and SRAM Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 7 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) Jumper Settings 1. Onboard Multi-I/O Selection (JP1) Y ou can selectively disable each onboard Multi-I/O item (floppy , serial, paral- lel, and IrDA) through BIOS (see CHIPSET FEA TURES SETUP) or disable all Multi-I/O items at once with the following jumper in o[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 8 III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 3. T otal Level 2 Cache Size Setting (JP5) This jumper sets the total amount of L2 cache that is present. If you have both onboard cache chips (see "Map of Motherboard" for locations) and a Cache Expansion Slot, then you have 256KB. If you only have on[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 9 III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 5-6. Single/Dual Power Plane CPU V oltage Regulator Selections The following jumpers set the voltage supplied to the CPU. Determine whether your CPU has a Single Power Plane or Dual Power Planes and then the volt- age that it uses. When a single power plane CPU [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 10 III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 7. CPU External (BUS) Fr equency Selection (JP8, JP9, JP10) 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&[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 9. Memory Cacheable Size (JP4) 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 or use a cache mod[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 12 III. INST ALLA TION 2. System Memory (DRAM & SRAM) This motherboard supports four 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 pha[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION (DRAM Memory) 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 P[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 14 (External Cache) III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION Static RAM (SRAM) for Level 2 (External) Cache The motherboard you purchase may have either 0KB, 256KB, or 512KB onboard. If you have both onboard cache chips (see "Map of Motherboard" for locations) and a Cache Expansion Slot, then you have 25[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 4 has a MediaBus extension 2.0 (see page 18) which allows the installation of a PCI ca[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 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 expansio[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 compat- ibility problems in order to maximize the Plug and Play advantages. The a[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 r[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 20 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[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 21 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 con- necting 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-P55T2P4 User's Manual 22 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 dis[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 9. T urbo LED Lead (CON1) 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 le[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 on- board heat sink(s) instead of the expansion slots. Depending on the f[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 . 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-P55T2P4 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] P[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 advance[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 off your compu[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 describ[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 setting[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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-P55T2P4 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 p[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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-P55T2P4 User ’ s Manual 35 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) Quick Power On Self T est This field speeds up the Power -On Self T est (POST) routine by skipping retesting a second, third, and fourth time. Setup default setting for this field is Enabled . A complete test of the system is done on each test. HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User ’ s Manual 36 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG V ideo Cards may not show colors properly . The setting Enabled should correct this problem. Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled . OS/2 [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 th[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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: If [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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, ensure [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity . Details of Power Management S[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 Enable . Doze Speed (div by) , Stdby Speed (div by) T[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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. PNP OS Installed This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operat[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User ’ s Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (Power Management) IV . BIOS (Plug & Play / PCI) DMA x Used By ISA 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 ei[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 Defa[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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-P55T2P4 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 e[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User ’ s Manual 47 IMPOR T ANT : If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous 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 [...]

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ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 syst[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 [...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 ent[...]

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ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 53 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 card[...]

54 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 User's Manual 55 T erminator Settings for the ASUS PCI-SC860 Many SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI-SC860 use a set of onboard terminat- ing resistors to terminate the devices at the ends automatically . Automatic termina- tion requires that the SCSI devices be connected in a straight linear connection or “chain.” Connec[...]

56 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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, i[...]

ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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 ind[...]

58 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 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- tin[...]