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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 previous or updated manuals, BIOS, drivers, or product release information you may visit the ASUS home page at http://www.asus.com.tw/ or contact ASUS from the following page.
© Copyright 1997 ASUSTeK COMPUTER...
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...IRQs for Expansion Cards 16 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 17 ASUS MediaBus Card 18 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 30 Standard CMOS Setup 30
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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. Software:
Information on the included support software
VI. ASUS SCSI: Installation of an optional ASUS SCSI cards
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 Manual...
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... 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 hard drives and expansion cards virtually automatic.
• Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium...
User Manual - Page 9
... drives. This controller supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2. BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM and SCSI bootup.
• Optional IrDA and PS/2 Mouse Connector: This motherboard supports an optional 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...
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... Serial Bus (Reserved for future use)
COM 1 COM 2 Serial (COM) Ports
MULTI I/O Chipset
Multi-I/O (En/Dis)
JP1
Parallel (Printer) Port
PCI Slot 1
PCI Slot 2
PCI Slot 3
PCI Slot 4 ISA Slot 1
SIMM Socket 4 (Bank 1)
SIMM Socket 3 (Bank 1)
SIMM Socket 2 (Bank 0)
SIMM Socket 1 (Bank 0)
III. INSTALLATION (Map of Board)
Board Power Input
P9
Secondary IDE
Primary IDE
Floppy Drives...
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...7 Multi-I/O Selection (Enable/Disable) p. 7 Flash ROM Boot Block Program (Disable/Enable) p. 8 Total Level 2 Cache Size Setting (256/512KB) p. 8 Real Time Clock RAM (Operation/Clear Data) p. 9 Single Power Plane CPU Voltage Selection p. 9 Dual Power Plane CPU Voltage Selection p. 10 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection p. 10 CPU:BUS Frequency Ratio p. 11 Memory Cacheable Size (64MB / 512MB...
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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 and SRAM 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...
User Manual - Page 14
... information stored in the CMOS RAM of the Real Time Clock such as hard disk information and passwords. To clear the RTC data: (1) Turn off the 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...
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
... configure the card's jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus. You may use Microsoft's Diagnostic (MSD.EXE) utility included in the Windows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs. For Windows 95 users, the "Control Panel" icon in "My Computer," contains a "System" icon which gives you a "Device Manager" tab...
User Manual - Page 32
... - 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
...since 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.
IV. BIOS (Standard CMOS)
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... control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature. Blank Screen only blanks the screen (use this for monitors without power management or "green" features. If set up in your system, your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected). V/H SYNC+Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning.
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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
... 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 provide Ultra-Fast SCSI-2 interface when using Ultra-Fast SCSI-2 devices.
All SCSI devices you install on your system require driver software to function. The Symbios 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...