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Part Number:MN-090-B21-71

Rev:1.02

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction of IT5 Series Features

(1) IT5V..................................................................................1-2

Specifications ................................................................1-2

Layout diagram..............................................................1-4

System block diagram....................................................1-5

(2) IT5H..................................................................................1-6

Specifications ................................................................1-6

Layout diagram..............................................................1-8

System block diagram....................................................1-9

Chapter 2

Installing the Mainboard

(1) Standard External Connectors ............................................2-3

(2) Jumpers and Switches....................................................... 2-10

(3) Presentation and Installation of the CPU........................... 2-11

(4) Installing Pipeline Burst SRAM ........................................ 2-14

(5) Installing System Memory

DRAM Memory

.................. 2-15

Chapter 3

Introduction to BIOS

(1) CPU setup <CPU SOFT MENU™

>.....................................3-4

(2) Standard CMOS Setup Menu ........................................... 3-10

(3) BIOS Features Setup Menu.............................................. 3-12

(4) Chipset Features Setup Menu ........................................... 3-18

(5) Power Management Setup Menu ...................................... 3-20

(6) PCI & Onboard I/O Setup ................................................ 3-24

(7) Load BIOS Defaults......................................................... 3-30

(8) Load Setup Defaults......................................................... 3-30

(9) Password Setting.............................................................. 3-31

(10) IDE HDD Auto Detection.............................................. 3-32

Summary of Contents for IT5E Series

Page 1: ...rnal Connectors 2 3 2 Jumpers and Switches 2 10 3 Presentation and Installation of the CPU 2 11 4 Installing Pipeline Burst SRAM 2 14 5 Installing System Memory DRAM Memory 2 15 Chapter 3 Introduction...

Page 2: ...Installation Appendix B Intel Pentium CPUs Appendix C AMD K5 CPUs Appendix D Cyrix 6x86 CPUs Appendix E General Discussion about HDD Installation Appendix F Technical Support Appendix G Flash BIOS Us...

Page 3: ...on board It also provides an extension slot allowing the user to upgrade Pipeline Burst SRAM to 512K Two 168 pin DIMM slots and four 72 pin SIMM slots meet the requirements for all memory configurati...

Page 4: ...t l Supports Intel Pentium CPUs 75MHz to 200MHz and P55C CPUs with MMX l Supports all AMD sixth generation AMD K5 CPUs 75MHz to 100MHz l Supports all Cyrix sixth generation 6x86 CPUs P120 P133 P150 P1...

Page 5: ...O mode 0 4 and Bus Master l One EPP ECP parallel port and one 16550 serial port l Two floppy disk drive connectors FDD 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M 8 Other features l Standard AT architecture dimens...

Page 6: ...1 4 Chapter 1 l Layout diagram Fig 1 1 Layout diagram...

Page 7: ...essor 3 3V Host BUS Control Address Data Second Level Cache Addr Ctrl Tag Ctrl Data Ctrl TIO 0 7 PCI BUS TXD Ctrl Plink Control Address Data Fast IDE ISA BUS Universal Serial Bus TDX Main Memory DRAM...

Page 8: ...Hz to 200MHz and P55C CPUs with MMX l Supports all AMD sixth generation AMD K5 CPUs 75MHz to 166MHz AMD K6 CPUs 200MHz and 233MHz l Supports all Cyrix sixth generation 6x86 CPUs P120 P133 P150 P166 l...

Page 9: ...Bus Master l One EPP ECP parallel port and one 16550 serial port l Two floppy disk drive connectors FDD 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M 8 Other features l Standard AT architecture dimensions l Four IS...

Page 10: ...1 8 Chapter 1 l Layout diagram Fig 1 3 Layout diagram...

Page 11: ...rocessor 3 3V Control Address Host BUS Second Level Cache Data Addr Ctrl Ctrl Tag Ctrl ECC TIO 0 7 TIO 8 10 Data PCI BUS Control Address Data Fast IDE Universal Serial Bus ISA BUS USB 1 USB 2 Main Mem...

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Page 13: ...xample the operating voltage of Cyrix s next generation CPUs is unknown at the present time Thus we were not able to include these specifications in your motherboard We will supply further information...

Page 14: ...puter user to perform the installation by themselves We have attempted to write this document in a very clear concise and descriptive manner to help overcome any obstacles you may face during installa...

Page 15: ...tation the cables may have and if any notice the position of the first pin of the connector In the explanations that follow we will describe the signifigance of the first pin PN1 Keylock connector Ple...

Page 16: ...re this instruction If your case has a cable for the Standby feature you should connect this cable to the connector on the Mainboard Pin number Name or significance of signal 10 Standby power supply 5...

Page 17: ...nect the two thread hardware reset cable to the PN2 connector pins on the mainboard Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Ground 2 Hardware reset signal The Hardware Reset is used to reset the c...

Page 18: ...ating speed JS1 Power Control connector This has a specific orientation The present power supply units of AT computer do not support this feature so you can ignore this connector If your power supply...

Page 19: ...Mouse cable provided to the Mouse connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 Mouse data 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 5VDC 5 Ground 6 Mouse clock The PS 2 Mouse Port is...

Page 20: ...orientation The three warning marks indicate that if you make a mistake in pin number or connection orientation you could destroy your equipment During installation you just need to connect to the cor...

Page 21: ...r Name of the signal or signification 1 5VDC 2 No connection 3 Receive data 4 Ground 5 Transmit data I O Port connectors Watch the pin number and the orientation Connector name Pin number Name of the...

Page 22: ...ter But if you use your computer normally you should not need to use this feature After you have deleted theCMOS information the computer is saved but you still have to go back to the BIOS Setup menu...

Page 23: ...ew models to the Pentium CPU series That is why the CPU market is filled with a lot of different models and brands All CPUs have different electrical specifications That s why installing a CPU is beco...

Page 24: ...LOCK or even ISA Bus clock Ten years ago the original specification of AT Bus clock installed in the first generation PC AT computers was 8MHz this means that there are some interface cards which can...

Page 25: ...main reason is that Cyrix has improved the internal architecture of the 6x86 CPU which means that with the same internal clock speed the actual clock speed will be different Having read the related te...

Page 26: ...settings Mode 1 NO NO NO 0K OFF Mode 2 YES NO NO 256K OFF Mode 3 YES NO 256K module 512K ON Mode 4 NO NO 256K module 256K OFF Mode 5 NO NO 512K module 512K ON Mode 6 NO YES NO 512K OFF Notes 1 If you...

Page 27: ...mainboard will meet your needs 3 Easy installation You just need to insert the modules without the help of God Isn t it great Besides the features mentioned above you can use simultaneously 72 pin SIM...

Page 28: ...IT5V 128M Bytes It is the upper limit supported by the 430 VX chipset IT5H 512M Bytes It is the upper limit supported by the 430 HX chipset Relationships between memory modules and Pentium CPUs Pentiu...

Page 29: ...68 pin DIMM modules and insert them in the memory socket 168 pin DIMM modules specifications According to the standards defined by JEDEC there are a lot of different types of specifications for 168 pi...

Page 30: ...density or double density memory modules l Memory modules supported 1Mx64 8M 2Mx64 16M or 4Mx64 32M l DIMM1 is the first pair DIMM2 is the second pair Usually you first insert modules in DIMM1 socket...

Page 31: ...rt FP DRAM Yes Yes Support EDO DRAM Yes Yes 168 pin DIMM specifications 3 3V Unbuffered 3 3V Unbuffered 168 pin DIMM socket 2 DIMMs 2 DIMMs Support FP DRAM Yes Yes Support EDO DRAM Yes Yes Support syn...

Page 32: ...x2 40MB 8Mx32 32Mx2 72MB 16Mx32 64Mx2 136MB 1Mx32 4Mx2 24MB 2Mx32 8Mx2 2Mx32 8Mx2 32MB 4Mx32 16Mx2 48MB 8Mx32 32Mx2 80MB 16Mx32 64Mx2 144MB 1Mx32 4Mx2 40MB 4Mx32 16Mx2 2Mx32 8Mx2 48MB 4Mx32 16Mx2 64MB...

Page 33: ...pair it will not be repeated 1Mx64 8M 16MB 2Mx64 16M 24MB 1Mx64 8M 4Mx64 32M 40MB 8Mx64 64M 72MB 16Mx64 128M 136MB 1Mx64 8M 24MB 2Mx64 16M 32MB 2Mx64 16M 4Mx64 32M 48MB 8Mx64 64M 80MB 16Mx64 128M 144M...

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Page 35: ...parameters of the hardware synchronization and detects all the hardware Only when these tasks are completed does it give up control of the computer to the program of the next level which is the opera...

Page 36: ...TUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change color Description of each function Fig 3 BIOS Setup main menu In the Bios Setup main menu of Figure 3 you can see sever...

Page 37: ...u can read its data and you can also store data in it But this memory has to be powered by a battery in order to avoid any loss of its data when the computer is turned off Since you may have to change...

Page 38: ...l the items that can be chosen for that option ROM PCI ISA BIOS XXXXXXXX CPU SOFT MENU AWARD SOFTWARE INC CPU Name Is Intel Pentium MMX CPU Type Speed 133 66x2 Turbo Frequency Disable External Clock 6...

Page 39: ...100 66x1 5 120 60x2 133 66x2 150 60x2 5 166 66x2 5 200 66x3 Note 2 For AMD K5 CPUs from AMD you can choose the following P Ratings PR75 50x1 5 PR90 60x1 5 PR100 66x1 5 PR120 60x1 5 PR133 66x1 5 PR166...

Page 40: ...nal clock is operating within the normal limits Enable CPU external clock is operating within the limts of the Turbo mode Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup Normally if the...

Page 41: ...development department to verify that the CPU is able to work normally when CPU speed operating temperature and power supply are 2 5 higher or lower than the standard values This is to guarantee prod...

Page 42: ...tage 3 52v Reserved 3 38v Some CPUs from AMD need this I O Plane Voltage 3 30v For most of the dual voltage CPUs default currently available The CPU voltage must be set according to voltage indication...

Page 43: ...e given is the central value For example the voltage range of 3 52V is 3 45V to 3 6V The central voltage value between 3 45V and 3 6V is 3 52V Attention After setting up the parameters and you leave t...

Page 44: ...28K Video EGA VGA Expanded Memory 0K Other Memory 128K Halt On All Errors Total Memory 4096K Esc Quit F1 Help Select Item Shift F2 Change color PU PD Modify F3 Toggle Calender Fig 3 2 Standard CMOS Se...

Page 45: ...rd disks support this mode that s why we recommend you use this mode The HDD AUTODETECTION option in the Main Menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported LAR...

Page 46: ...A C SCSI D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On IDE HDD Block Mode Enable...

Page 47: ...m and its peripherals If the Quick power on self test feature is Enable the BIOS will simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process The default is Enable Boot Sequence When the co...

Page 48: ...omatically detect if your hard disk drive supports this feature or not and will choose the right settings for you 2 For further details about hard disk drive installation refer to appendix E Typematic...

Page 49: ...se and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But doing this you have to reset all the options you had set up before PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to...

Page 50: ...feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option Shadowing address ranges D4000 D7FFF Shadow This option allows you to decide if the memory block BIOS of...

Page 51: ...SHADOW The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM and it is often very slow With the Shadow feature the CPU reads the BIOS on the VGA card and copies it into RAM When the CPU runs...

Page 52: ...CLK 1 Fast EDO Path Select Disabled Refresh RAS Assertion 5 Clks ISA Bus Clock PCICLK 3 SDRAM CAS Lat RAS to CAS 3 3 System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled 8 Bit I O Recovery Tim...

Page 53: ...lock has a size of 1M We recommend that you disable this option DRAM ECC PARITY SELECT This option is used to select the DRAM check feature ECC Error check and correction PARITY Parity error check Onl...

Page 54: ...ence Normal Mode Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode The system consumption is reduced according the following sequence Normal Doze Standby Suspend 1 In the Main Menu select Power Management Setup and...

Page 55: ...ings Doze 1 hour Standby 1 hour Suspend 1 hour Max Saving When the three saving modes are enabled the system is set up for maximum power savings Doze 1 minute Standby 1 minute Suspend 1 minute PM Cont...

Page 56: ...ntrol it HDD Power Down If the system has not accessed data on the hard disk drive during the specified time period the engine of the HDD will stop in order to save electricity You can set 1 to 15 min...

Page 57: ...ing completely If this mode is disabled the system will not enter the Suspend mode Wake Up Events When system is in Doze or Standby power saving mode it will check for the wake up events IRQ4 3 8 12 d...

Page 58: ...se DMA 3 PCI IDE Card IRQ Map to PCI AUTO Primary IDE INT A Secondary IDE INT B Onboard USB Controller Disabled Onboard IDE 1 Controller Enabled Master Drive PIO Mode Auto Esc Quit Select Item Slave D...

Page 59: ...e this IRQ That is this IRQ will be assigned to the first interrupt number INT found on the PCI bus 2nd Available IRQ This means that the second interrupt number INT found on the PCI bus will use this...

Page 60: ...be careful The INT A signal of the first PCI slot the INT B signal of the second PCI slot the INT C signal of the third PCI slot and the INT D signal of the fourth PCI slot are the same so be careful...

Page 61: ...ble 3F8h IRQ4 2F8h IRQ3 3E8h IRQ4 or 2E8h IRQ3 Attention Do not select the same I O address and IRQ for the two serial ports otherwise the serial ports will not be able to operate normally Onboard IR...

Page 62: ...nsfer rate Slave drive PIO Mode Auto the BIOS can auto detect the PIO mode of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate Default Mode 0 Mode 4 User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in order to...

Page 63: ...he HDD data transfer rate But it does not mean that you can select the highest MODE value just as you like you first have to be sure that your HDD supports this MODE otherwise the hard disk will not b...

Page 64: ...Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults are the settings that allow your system to operate at its highest performance When you choose this option the following message is displayed Load Setup Defaults Y N...

Page 65: ...age is displayed Enter Password Type your password When complete press Enter The following message is displayed Confirm Password Type your password again When complete press Enter The password setting...

Page 66: ...mation into the hard disk information section If the CMOS data were erased and you had forgotten the hard disk specifications it was a great problem But now you can use this option to autodetect the h...

Page 67: ...the BIOS SETUP For information about your CPU refer to appendices B C or D and to information labeled on the CPU itself SIMM1 SIMM4 DIMM1 DIMM2 Since Pentium are 64 bit CPUs you have to use two 72 pi...

Page 68: ...on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors IDE2 Connect one end of the 40 pin cable that comes with the drive to the CD ROM connector and the other end to the IDE2 pin connector on the...

Page 69: ...s IDE LED connector to the connector on mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 7 Activity LED Cathode 8 IDE LED signal LED Anode Watch the pin position and the orientation PN1 There...

Page 70: ...nnect the four threads speaker cable to the correct pins of connector PN2 on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 4 5VDC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Sound Signal PN2 There is not speci...

Page 71: ...oard Mouse Connect the six threads PS 2 Mouse cable that comes with the hardware to the connector on the mainboard Install the bracket located on the other end of the computer case When you buy a Mous...

Page 72: ...d to use any jumper Parameters and CPU settings After you have followed the steps described above and completed the installation when you power the computer on you will see the following message displ...

Page 73: ...05 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0540 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0541 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0666 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C SX961 75MHz 1 5 50MHz STD STD Yes P54C SZ977 75...

Page 74: ...R STD Yes P54C Q0543 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD DP Yes P54C Sx879 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD STD Yes P54C Sx885 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD MD Yes P54C Sx909 90MHz 1 5 60MHz VR STD Yes P54C Q0628 90MHz 1 5 60MHz STD STD Ye...

Page 75: ...D STD Yes P54C Sx970 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VRE MD Yes P54C Q0784 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C SY007 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0563 100MHz 1 5 66MHz STD STD Yes P54C Q0587 100MHz 1 5 66MHz VR...

Page 76: ...x994 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE MD No P54C Q0732 S 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE MD No P54C Q0785 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE STD No P54C SY008 120MHz 2 60MHz VRE STD No P54C SY033 120MHz 2 60MHz STD STD No P54C Q0707 120MHz 2 6...

Page 77: ...z STD Yes P54CS SU073 133MHz 2 66MHz STD Yes P54CS Q0882 133MHz 2 66MHz Yes P54CS SY082 133MHz 2 66MHz Yes P54CQS Q0733 133MHz 2 66MHz STD MD Yes Convert to P54CS P54CQS Sk098 133MHz 2 66MHz STD MD Ye...

Page 78: ...P54CS Q0886 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes PPGA P54CS Q0890 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes PPGA P54CS SY072 166MHz 2 5 66MHz VRE Yes P55C Q0940 166MHz 2 5 66MHz 2 9V 3 3V CPGA P55C Q0942 166MHz 2 5 66MHz 2 9V 3...

Page 79: ...nal Kit Supports timing for C55 C88 cache chipsets design P54C 1 Beginning with the P54C E Step standard timings have been replaced by existing Min Delay timing P54CS 1 P54CS PPGA UP No DP No APIC No...

Page 80: ...Appendix B B 8...

Page 81: ...re Q 60 J R 70 J W 55 J X 65 J Y 75 J Z 85 J Internal Clock 75MHz 90MHz 100MHz 120MHz 133MHz Processor name K5 Operating Voltage B 3 45V 3 60V C 3 30V 3 465V F 3 135V 3 465V G x y H 2 86V 3 00V 3 30V...

Page 82: ...Appendix C C 2...

Page 83: ...nd voltage 6x86 P166 GP 133 MHz 3 52V 028 Name of the processor 6x86 6x86L P Rating 90 120 133 150 166 200 CPU Core Frequency 100 110 120 133 150 VCC Specification Full spec 3 15V 3 70V C spec 016 3 1...

Page 84: ...Appendix D D 2...

Page 85: ...delivers input output I O orders through the chipset on the mainboard to the hard disk drive and than puts these data into the system memory This is the PIO mode What is the Master mode When the syst...

Page 86: ...es 4 16Mbyte sec DMA Mode 1 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 13 3Mbyte sec DMA Mode 2 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 16 6Mbyte sec Usually PIO mode means that the hard disk data are acce...

Page 87: ...disk drives are set at Master as a default so you don t need to adjust any setting Just connect one end of the 40 pin cable on the drive connector and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard...

Page 88: ...et the hard disk drive used for boot up as Master set the other HDD at Slave connect one connector of the 40 pin cable to the first drive another connector to the second drive and the other end of the...

Page 89: ...drive and the other end of the cable to connector IDE2 on the mainboard Installing three HDDs one CD ROM drive The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector Set th...

Page 90: ...Using FDISK DOS command This command is found in the DOS disks FDISK is a tool used to organize and to partition the hard disk The hard disk must have been partitioned before use You can create one un...

Page 91: ...ibed below First remove all interface cards except the VGA card and try to reboot F If you still cannot boot up Try installing another brand model VGA card and see if the system will start If it still...

Page 92: ...EC BAT edit CONFIG SYS with a text editor and in front on the line that loads the Sound Card Driver add a remark REM in order to disable the Sound Card Driver See the example below CONFIG SYS DEVICE C...

Page 93: ...ort Form Company name Phone J Contact Fax Model BIOS ID Mainboard model no DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware name Brand Specifications C P U HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory DRAM CO...

Page 94: ...manual Example PT5R2 PR5R2 2 Mainboard model number REV Note the mainboard model number labeled on the mainboard as REV Exemple REV 2 11 3 BIOS ID See below Example PENTIUM S CPU at 150Mhz Memory Test...

Page 95: ...In the Brand space write AMD in the Specifications space write P75 7 HDD Indicate the brand and specifications of your HDD s specify if the HDD is using IDE1 or IDE2 If you know the disk capacity ind...

Page 96: ...Or in the Brand space write SEC in the Specifications space write DIMM S DRAM 8MB G12 10 COAST Indicate the brand and specifications of your COAST Example In the Brand space write Winbond in the Spec...

Page 97: ...r message Example 1 To update BIOS and create a backup of the current system BIOS execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Py SAVEBIOS Sy Example 2 To update BIOS create a backup of current system BIOS a...

Page 98: ...e First it is strongly suggested that you format a disk that can boot your computer before you update your BIOS If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS update you will be able to use this di...

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