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TX97

Pentium Motherboard

USER'S MANUAL

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Page 1: ...R TX97 Pentium Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...nly for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Sound Blaster AWE32 and SB16 ...

Page 3: ...us com tw FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL Marketing Info Address 721 Charcot Avenue San Jose CA 95131 USA Telephone 1 408 474 0567 Fax 1 408 474 0568 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support BBS 1 408 474 0569 Email tsd usa asus com tw WWW www asus com ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Info Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 21...

Page 4: ...3 Central Processing Unit CPU 21 4 Expansion Cards 22 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 22 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 22 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 23 5 External Connectors 24 Power Connection Procedures 31 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 32 Support Software 32 Flash Memory Writer Utility 32 Main Menu 33 Advanced Features Menu 33 Managing Updating your Motherboard s BIOS 34 6 BIOS Setup 35 ...

Page 5: ... Desktop Management Interface DMI 56 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 56 System Requirements 56 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 57 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards 59 Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers 59 ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 SCSI Cards 59 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 60 Setting the INT Assignment for the ASUS PCI SC200 60 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices 60 Terminat...

Page 6: ...r installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a...

Page 7: ...k that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer þ The ASUS TX97 motherboard þ 2 serial port ribbon cables attached to a mounting bracket þ 1 parallel ribbon cable with mounting bracket þ 1 IDE ribbon cable þ 1 floppy ribbon cable þ Support Drivers and Utilities Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS Desktop Management Interface DM...

Page 8: ... from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Two floppy drives of either 5 25 or 3 5 1 44MB or 2 88MB are also supported without an exter nal card Supports Japanese standard Floppy 3 mode 3 5 1 2MB Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled com...

Page 9: ...ct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features imple mented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock everyday yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as in the next release of Windows 95 must be used PC 97 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS TX97 series of motherboards meet PC 97 compliancy The new P...

Page 10: ...n the system s initialization stage is completed upon boot up CPU Slow Down When CPU fans or system fans are malfunctioning the system will deactivate the CPU Clock line to decrease CPU utilization to the speed upon detection of system overheat This will prevent CPU damage from system overheat The CPU utilization will restore normal operations when tem perature falls below a safe level Auto Fan Of...

Page 11: ...d 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 PCI 4 or ASUS MediaBus 3 PCI Slots Super Multi I O Programmable Flash ROM 4 ISA Slots IDE Floppy Connectors Parallel Serial Ports Intel s 430TX PCIset 3 DIMM Sockets Hardware Monitor CPU Thermal Sensor PS 2 Mouse USB IrDA Switching Voltage Regulators ...

Page 12: ...loppy Drives Secondary IDE Primary IDE Multi I O En Dis Key board Parallel Printer Port Board Power Input P8 P9 DIMM Socket 3 DIMM Socket 2 DIMM Socket 1 ISA Slot 3 ISA Slot 2 ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 4 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 MediaBus Extension Super Multi I O COM 2 COM 1 PS 2 Mouse USB IrDA Flash BIOS CR2032 3Volts Lithium Cell BIOS Power 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache Chassis Fan...

Page 13: ...Drive Connector 34 pin Block 3 PRINTER p 25 Parallel Printer Port Connector 26 pin Block 4 COM1 COM2 p 25 Serial Port COM1 COM2 10 pin Blocks 5 FAN p 26 Power Supply Chassis CPU Fan Power Leads 6 CHASSIS p 26 Chassis Open Alarm Lead 3 pin Block 7 Primary Second IDE p 27 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin Blocks 8 IDELED p 27 IDE LEDActivity Light 9 POWER p 28 Motherboard Power Connector 12 pin...

Page 14: ...The jumpers will also be shown graphically such as to connect pins 1 2 and to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved to gethe...

Page 15: ...I O SIO Enable 1 2 Default Disable 2 3 R Super Multi I O Setting Enable Disable 1 2 3 SIO Enable Default Disabled 1 2 3 SIO 2 Flash ROM Boot Block Programming 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 MemoryWriterUtility as shown in BIOS SOFTWARE Programming BBL...

Page 16: ...battery s current by removing this jumper and attaching a cur rent meter to pins 2 3 WARNING You must unplug the power cord to your power supply to ensure that there is no power to your motherboard The CMOS RAM containing BIOS setup information may be cleared by this action You should enter BIOS to Load Setup Defaults and re enter any user information after removing and reapplying this jumper RTC ...

Page 17: ...ster IBM Cyrix 6x86 M1 PR166 and faster WARNING Because CPU designs change rapidly the following chart is only intended as a simple quideline and is not intended to be true for your CPU Look for the CPU voltage included with your CPU and follow the Voltage setting diagramed below the chart Manufacturer CPU Type Single Plane Dual Plane VID0 VID1 VID2 Intel AMD IBM Cyrix P54C CS K5 M1 3 5V VRE 1 2 1...

Page 18: ...US Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS F FS0 FS1 FS2 BF1 BF0 Intel Pentium 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 150MHz 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 133MHz 2 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 120MHz 2 0x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 100MHz 1...

Page 19: ...BIOS SOFTWARE Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Type 168 pin DIMM Memory Modules Total Memory Socket 1 SDRAM 8MB 16MB 32MB x1 SDRAM 64MB 128MB Slot 3 must be empty Socket 2 SDRAM 8MB 16MB 32MB x1 SDRAM 64MB 128MB Slot 3 must be empty Socket 3 SDRAM 8MB 16MB 32MB Slot 1 or 2 must x1 not have 64 or 128MB SDRAM Total System Memory Max 256MB NOTE Maximum memory size is 256MB total for ...

Page 20: ...kets Lock 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory module must be a 3 3Volt Un bufferedSynchronousDRAM SDRAM YoucanidentifythetypeofDIMMmodule by the illustration below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Unbuffered RFU Buffered 5 0V The notch on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent t...

Page 21: ... socket then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Use the notched corner of the CPU with the white dot as your guide The white dot should point towards the end the of the lever Notice that there is a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a 1 printed on the motherboard next to that corner Because...

Page 22: ...os sible future use 5 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 6 Secure the card on 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 I...

Page 23: ...s are as signed automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Legacy cards that does not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Configu...

Page 24: ... Keyboard Connector 5 pin female This motherboard accepts an AT Keyboard Connector Plug as shown here Keyboard Connector 2 Floppy drive connector 34 pin block This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when usi...

Page 25: ...xpansion slot opening TIP You may also remove the bracket connectors and mount them directly to the case to save expansion slot space 4 Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors Two 10 pin blocks These connectors support the provided serial port ribbon cables with mounting bracket Connect the ribbon cables to these connectors and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot The two serial ports on the...

Page 26: ...nd onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the mother board and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins R 12Volt Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Power Orientate the fins so that air flow runs across motherboard s heatsinks Chassis Fan Power CPU Fan Power Power Supply Fan GND Rotation 12V Air Flow Air Flow 6 Chassis Open Alarm Lead...

Page 27: ... Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Feature...

Page 28: ...r receptacles on the connector Once aligned press the lead onto the connector until the lead locks into place AT Power Connector with ATX Power Supply For ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch and remote power on functions an ATX power supply and ATX to AT power connector adapter are required The ATX toAT power connector adapter will allow anATX power supply to be used on thisAT motherboard with addi...

Page 29: ...ction should be on the default setting of Enable 12 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch ATX Power Supply Adapter The system power can be controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system...

Page 30: ...RRX 9 5V 10 USB 5V 11 RUSBP1 12 RUSBP1 13 GND 14 none 15 RMSEEDATA 16 GND 17 IRRX 18 IRTX R Optional USB MIR PS 2 Mouse Infrared USB 1 USB 2 17 Second Infrared IrDA Fast IR Compliant Infrared Connector IR This is a second connector that supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must ...

Page 31: ...nitor LED may light up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper set tings and connections ...

Page 32: ...his section to Save Current BIOS to File Flash Memory Writer Utility The flash memory writer utility must be run while the system is in real mode In particular the Update BIOS Main Block From File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD options require real mode To run this utility boot from a system floppy disk without the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed ...

Page 33: ...from the current boot block this option will not update the main block Instead it will display the following messages Boot Block of New BIOS is different from old one Please Use Advanced Features to flash whole BIOS 3 Advanced Features This option displays the Advanced Features screen for clearing the PnP configura tion record and updating the motherboard BIOS Advanced Features Menu 1 Clear PNP ES...

Page 34: ...mpt type PFLASH and then the Enter key 5 Enter 2 Update BIOS Main Block From File from the Main Menu or option 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD from the Advanced Features Menu if prompted by option 2 of the Main Menu 6 The program displays a second screen prompting you for the name of the BIOS file Type in the complete file name and extension of the new BIOS and then press the Enter key...

Page 35: ... are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test...

Page 36: ... CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys Take note of these keys and their re...

Page 37: ...board see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually ...

Page 38: ...le with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading 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 To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and ...

Page 39: ...etails of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system This setti...

Page 40: ...one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 Security Option System This field determines when the system prompts for the password The default set ting is System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up The other option is Setup where the system always boots up and prompts for the...

Page 41: ...duces the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next Setup default setting is Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 This field controls the speed at which the system ...

Page 42: ...lt or check with your vendor for DIMM specs SDRAM Speculative Read Disabled If Enabled the CPU will issue predict commands to access the DRAM if a miss occurs the CPU will cancel this command Some operating systems under certain situations have a problem utilizing this feature so it is normally Disabled Passive Release Enabled This is a mechanism that allows concurrency of ISA EISA cycles and CPU ...

Page 43: ...ve letter assignments set this field to Swap AB and the swap will be controlled by the onboard chipset Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 T...

Page 44: ...he Primary IDE channel Secondary IDE channel Both or Disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE Ultra DMA Mode Auto This sets the IDE UltraDMA to be active when using UltraDMA capable IDE de vices The BIOS will automatically adjust or disable this setting for slower IDE devices so that Auto or high settings will not cause problems for older IDE devices Choose Disable if you do not...

Page 45: ...res Min Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 40 min of system inactivity Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 30 sec of system inactivity IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEVICE C DOS POWER EX...

Page 46: ...from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable This field shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard disks Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode Disable These fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 M...

Page 47: ...et the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor can detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The on...

Page 48: ... IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the di...

Page 49: ... Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more th...

Page 50: ...nter to confirm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main scr...

Page 51: ...that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will promp...

Page 52: ...En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller ...

Page 53: ...he ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and th...

Page 54: ...quires Real Mode DOS Box the DMI Configuration utility as described at the end of section V PFLASH Runs requires Real Mode DOS Box the Flash Memory Writer utility as described at the beginning of section IV BusMaster Installs Intel BusMaster IDE drivers Browse this CD Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD Technical Support Form View the Technical Support Form with Notepad Read Me V...

Page 55: ...not installed For a faster response insert a floppy dis kette before choosing this function 2 The LDCM only displays half the actual fan RPM Multiply the displayed fan RPM by 2 for the actual fan RPM 3 Chassis Fan and CPU A Fan RPM must be at least 2 640 RPM to be monitored by the LDCM 4 CPU B Fan must be at least 2 660 RPM to be monitored by the LDCM 5 Fan labels are not consistent use this table...

Page 56: ...g of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI...

Page 57: ...lable for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC will...

Page 58: ...to cancel save you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS...

Page 59: ...tWare and IBM OS 2 These drivers pro vide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX floppy disk Windows 95 support is also available using the device drivers included w...

Page 60: ...need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI SC200 with this motherboard JP 1 JP 2 INT A Def 1 2 3 Interrupt Settings A B C or D JP 1 JP 2 INT B 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT C 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT D 1 2 3 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to theASUS PCI SC200 orASUS PCI SC860 with a fifty pin flat ribbon cable Extern...

Page 61: ... all your controllers or cannot enter the configuration utility pressing Ctrl A after memory count during reboot allows you to recover and reconfigure Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 The ASUS PCI SC200 on the other hand has active termination that you must set using jumper JP5 There are two settings terminated and not terminated as shown below Terminator Setting Terminated Not Terminate...

Page 62: ...device on the bus It determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices try to use it at the same time SCSI IDs on one channel do not interfere with the IDs on another channel This ap plies to two SCSI host adapters that implement different buses as well as dual channels on a single host adapter You can connect up to seven SCSI devices to the interface card You must set a SCSI ID nu...

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