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ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual II USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 Manual Revision: 1.01 Release Date: January 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 expr[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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/ Go[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual IV CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1 How this manual is or ganized .......................................................... 1 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 1 II. FEA TURES ..[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual V CONTENTS Power Management Setup ........................................................ 40 Details of Power Management Setup ................................. 40 PNP and PCI Setup .................................................................. 42 Details of PNP and PCI Setup ...............................[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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 III. Installation: Instructions on setting up the motherboard IV . BIOS Setup: BIO[...]

2 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual Features of the ASUS Motherboard The ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features in a small package. This motherboard: • Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of ha[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 3 Parts of the ASUS Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES (Parts of Board) Intel's 430VX PCIset 256/512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 4 PCI Slots 4 ISA Slots T : USB Port 1 B: USB Port 2 Floppy Drive Connector BIOS Flash ROM Parallel Conn. IDE 2 Connector IDE 1 Connector COM 1 COM 2 PS/2 Keyb[...]

4 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Map of the ASUS Motherboard (Map of Board) III. INST ALLA TION[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 5 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) L2SIZE p. 7 T otal Level 2 Cache Size Setting (512KB/256KB) 2) BBLKW p . 8 Flash ROM Boot Block Program (Disable/Enable) 3) R TCLR p . 9 Real Time Clock RAM (Operation/Clear Data) 4) FS0, FS1, FS2 p . 1 0 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 5) BF0, BF1 p. 10 CPU:BUS Frequ[...]

6 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 DRAM Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wir es, an[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 7 III. INST ALLA TION Jumper Settings 1. T otal Level 2 Cache Size Setting (L2SIZE) 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 onboard cache[...]

8 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) 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 SO[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 9 III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 3. Real Time Clock (R TC) RAM / Battery T est Jumper (R TCLR) The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery . Y ou can test the battery’ s current by removing this jumper and attaching a current meter to each pin. W ARNING: Y ou must unplug the po[...]

10 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 4. CPU External (BUS) Fr equency 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&a[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) III. INST ALLA TION 6. V oltage Regulator Output Selection (VID0 - VID6) These jumpers set the voltage supplied to the CPU. Determine whether your CPU has a Single Power Plane or Dual Power Planes and then the voltage that it uses. Current Intel CPU's marked "Penti[...]

12 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION (SIMM Memory) 2. System Memory This motherboard supports four 72-pin SIMMs of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, or 32MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 128MB. SIMMs can be either 60ns or 70ns Extended Data Output (EDO) or Asymmetric/Symmetric Fast Page Mode (FPM) modules. . IMPOR T A[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION (SIMM Memory) III. INST ALLA TION SIMM 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. 1234[...]

14 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 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 256KB. If you only have onboard cache c[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 [...]

16 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 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. Expansion Card Installation Procedure: 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card. 2. Set any [...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION (DMA Channels) III. INST ALLA TION Y ou may use Microsoft's Diagnostic (MSD.EXE) utility included in the W indows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs. For W indows 95 users, the "Control Panel" icon in "My Computer ," contains a "System" icon[...]

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ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 19 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 ar e la- beled on the motherboard. Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on h[...]

20 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) 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 printers must be connected to the serial port. Paralle[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 7. Serial Port COM2 Connector (10-pin block) This connector supports the provided serial port ribbon cable with mounting bracket. Connect the ribbon cable to this connector and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot. The serial port on the mounting br[...]

22 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 9. 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 disks, you must configure the second[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION 1 1. 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. This lead should be connected to the Power LED on the system cabinet if your keyboard plug does not[...]

24 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 16. IrDA-compliant infrar ed module connector (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 Inf[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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 com[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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 configuratio[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 User's Manual 35 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) External Cache (Enabled) These fields allow you to Enable or Disable the CPU’ s “Level 2” secondary cache. Caching allows better performance. Quick Power On Self T est (Enabled) This field speeds up the Power -On Self T est (POST) routine by skipping retesti[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 eac[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual 38 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) Memory Hole at Address (None) This features reserves either 14MB-16MB or 15MB-16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. Memory from 14MB and up or 15MB and up will be unavailable to the system be[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 User's Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) ECP DMA Select (3) This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP+EPP in the Parallel Port Mode . Select either DMA Channel 1, 3 , or Disable . UAR T2 Use Infrared (Disabled) When enabled, this field activates the onboard[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 n[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 scann[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 head[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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, i[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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. (This screen could not be run from inside active programs and therefore could not be captured.) Up to four ID[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 User's Manual 49 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 such as the CPU ty[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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-XP55TVP4 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[...]

54 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 in[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 t[...]

56 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 b[...]

ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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 in[...]

58 ASUS P/I-XP55TVP4 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- ti[...]