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... board design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number. Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number. For updated BIOS, drivers, or product release information you may visit ASUS' home page at: http://www.asus.com.tw/
© Copyright 1996 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All rights reserved.
Product Name: ASUS P/I-P55TVP4 Manual...
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... (CPU 15
4. Expansion Cards 16 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 16 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 16 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 17
5. External Connectors 19 Power Connection Procedures 25
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 26
Support Software 26
Flash Memory Writer Utility 26 Main Menu 26 Advanced Features Menu 27
Updating your Motherboard's BIOS 28
6. BIOS Setup 29 Load Defaults...
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... BIOS and Drivers 53
The ASUS PCI-SC200 SCSI Interface Card 54 Setting Up the ASUS PCI-SC200 54 Setting the INT Assignment 55 Terminator Settings 55 SCSI ID Numbers 56
VII. ASUS I-A16C Audio Card 57 ASUS I-A16C Audio Features 57 Unpacking and Handling Precautions 57 Layout and Connectors 58 Connectors 58 CD-Audio Connector Pin Definitions 58
VIII. DOS 3.1 & Windows 3.1x Audio Software...
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... Installation:
Instructions on setting up the motherboard.
IV. BIOS Setup: BIOS software setup information.
V. DMI Utility: BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface
VI. ASUS PCI-SC200: Installation of an optional Fast-SCSI card.
VII. ASUS I-A16C: Installation of an optional 16-bit Audio card
VIII. DOS/Win3.1x: Audio Software Manual (with ASUS I-A16C bundle)
IX. Windows 95: Audio Software...
User Manual - Page 8
... Bus Master IDE Controller: 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 Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives. This controller supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2. BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM boot-up.
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ASUS P/I-P55TVP4 User's Manual
User Manual - Page 9
... infrared port module for wireless interface and a PS/2 mouse cable set.
• NCR SCSI BIOS: This motherboard has firmware that supports the optional ASUS PCI-SC200 SCSI controller cards.
Parts of the Motherboard
Programmable Flash ROM 3 ISA Slots 3 PCI Slots Super Multi-I/O
1 DIMM Slot
II. FEATURES (Parts of Board)
PCI 4 or ASUS MediaBus 2.0
72-pin SIMM Sockets
Intel's 430VX PCIset
CPU ZIF...
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III. INSTALLATION (Jumpers)
III. INSTALLATION
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 Processing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires, and Power Supply 6. Setup the BIOS Software
1. Jumpers
Several hardware settings are made ...
User Manual - Page 13
... Multi-I/O item (floppy, serial, parallel, and IrDA) through Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SOFTWARE or disable all Multi-I/O items at once with the following jumper in order to use your own Multi-I/O card.
Selections Enable Disable
JP9 [1-2] (Default) [2-3]
JP9
1 2 3
Enable (Default)
1 2 3
Disabled
Multi I/O Setting (Enable / Disable)
JP10 JP9
2. Flash ROM Boot Block Programming (JP10...
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... PC, (2) Short this jumper, (3) Power on the PC, (4) Turn off the PC, (5) Remove this jumper, (6) Power on the PC, (7) Hold down during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re-enter user preferences.
Selections Operation Clear CMOS Data
JP7 [open] (Default) [short] (momentarily)
JP7 Operation (Default)
JP7 Clear Data
CMOS RAM (Operation / Clear CMOS Data)
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User Manual - Page 20
... onboard cache chips, then you have 512KB. An "ASUS" or "COAST" cache module can be used to upgrade the 256KB version to 512KB. If there is no onboard cache, you may install a cache module of either 256KB or 512KB.
IMPORTANT: You must set "Total Level 2 Cache Size Setting" jumper on when changes are made to your...
User Manual - Page 22
... the slot with the screw you removed in step 4. 7. Replace the computer system's cover. 8. Setup the BIOS if necessary (such as "IRQ xx Used By ISA: Yes" in PNPAND
PCI SETUP) 9. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card.
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards
Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate. Generally an IRQ must be exclusively...
User Manual - Page 23
... the PCI and PNP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility.
IMPORTANT: Choose "Yes" for those IRQ's and DMA's you wish to reserve for Legacy (Non-PnP) ISA expansion cards in "IRQ xx Used By ISA" and "DMA x Used By ISA" of the PNP and PCI Setup in the BIOS SOFTWARE section, otherwise conflicts may occur.
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... - View this file to see the files included in the support software.
PFLASH.EXE - This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard. To determine the BIOS version, check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left-hand corner of your screen during...
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IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
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 CONTACT INFORMATION on page II.
2. Turn off your computer and open the system cabinet to Enable "Boot Block Programming" jumper as shown in section III.
2. Boot from the...
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IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
6. BIOS Setup
The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 Volt and 12 Volt. Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are released. Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section.
All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the system ...
User Manual - Page 37
... they operate using device drivers and are not supported by any the BIOS. If you install the optional PCI-SC200 SCSI controller card into the motherboard (see section VI for instructions). If you install other vendor's SCSI controller card, please refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers.
To enter specifications for a hard disk drive, you must select...
User Manual - Page 46
... allows you to set power saving options according to your preference.
IMPORTANT: Advanced Power Management (APM) should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management. For DOS environments, you need to add DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE in you CONFIG.SYS. For Windows 3.x and Windows 95, you need to install Windows with the...
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(Flash Memory Writer)
V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility
This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Configuration 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 type, CPU speed, ...
User Manual - Page 59
... from the system BIOS, the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also contains 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 function. The NCR SCSI BIOS directly supports SCSI hard disks under the DOS, Windows and OS...
User Manual - Page 63
...bit ISA audio card comes with certain motherboard packages and is not for sale separately.
ASUS I-A16C Audio Features
• Creative Labs ViBRA 16C PnP Audio Chip • Full Duplex Supports • 16/8 bit PCM 5KHz to 44.1KHz • Wave Table Upgradeable • Software Includes:
DOS and Window 3.1 Drivers Windows 95 Driver Wave Editor Wave OLE Quick CD Mixer Control Quick Player
Unpacking...