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Contents 

 

CHAPTER 0.................................................................................................................. 8 

QUICK INSTALLATION ......................................................................................... 8 

CHAPTER 1................................................................................................................ 16 

OVERVIEW................................................................................................................ 16 

1.1

 

F

EATURES

 ............................................................................................................ 16 

1.2

 

S

PECIFICATIONS

 .................................................................................................. 20 

CHAPTER 2................................................................................................................ 21 

HARDWARE INSTALLATION............................................................................ 21 

2.1

 

P

REPARATION AND 

I

NSPECTION

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2.2

 

P

LACEMENT

 ........................................................................................................ 22 

2.3

 

CPU

 GROUP

......................................................................................................... 24 

2.4

 

L2

 

C

ACHE 

M

EMORY

 .......................................................................................... 29 

2.5

 

D-RAM

 

C

ONFIGURATION

 ................................................................................. 29 

2.6

 

IDE

 

I

NTERFACE

 .................................................................................................. 30 

2.7

 

USB

 

(U

NIVERSAL 

S

ERIAL 

B

US

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2.8

 

E

NHANCED 

M

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-IO ....................................................................................... 32 

2.9

 

O

THERS

................................................................................................................ 34 

CHAPTER 3................................................................................................................ 38 

AWARD BIOS SETUP ............................................................................................. 38 

3.1

 

M

AIN 

M

ENU

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3.2

 

S

TANDARD 

CMOS

 

S

ETUP

 ................................................................................. 43 

3.3

 

BIOS

 

F

EATURES 

S

ETUP

 ..................................................................................... 46 

3.4

 

C

HIPSET 

F

EATURES 

S

ETUP

 ................................................................................ 51 

3.5

 

P

OWER 

M

ANAGEMENT 

S

ETUP

.......................................................................... 57 

3.6

 

P

N

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PCI

 

C

ONFIGURATION 

S

ETUP

 ................................................................... 60 

3.8

 

LOAD

 

SETUP

 

DEFAULTS............................................................................. 64 

3.9

 

S

UPERVISOR

/U

SER 

P

ASSWORD 

S

ETTING

 ........................................................ 64 

3.10

 

IDE

 

HDD

 

AUTO

 

DETECTION ................................................................... 65 

3.11

 

HDD

 

LOW

 

LEVEL

 

FORMAT...................................................................... 65 

3.12

 

SAVE

 

&

 

EXIT

 

SETUP ................................................................................... 65 

3.13

 

EXIT

 

WITHOUT

 

SAVING ........................................................................... 65 

APPENDIX A—CPU CONFLUENCE................................................................ 66 

Summary of Contents for P55XPLUS

Page 1: ...oard Meets the intent of Directive 89 336 ECC for Electromagnetic Compatibility Compliance was demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the official Journal of the European Communitie...

Page 2: ...2 X s u l P T M IEC 801 4 Fast Transient...

Page 3: ...Hardware Installation chapter The hardware detail specification and connection are described in this chapter The Award BIOS Setup chapter Detail description of this Ultra DMA33 motherboard no need to...

Page 4: ...ed stored in a retrieval tape disk system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of IWILL USACorporation...

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Page 6: ...ERFACE 30 2 7 USB UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS 31 2 8 ENHANCED MULTI IO 32 2 9 OTHERS 34 CHAPTER 3 38 AWARD BIOS SETUP 38 3 1 MAIN MENU 41 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 43 3 3 BIOS FEATURES SETUP 46 3 4 CHIPSET FEA...

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Page 8: ...chapter to help the experienced users for quick installation If you are a beginner and need to know more about this motherboard please start from Chapter 1 ISA PCI FDD S IDE P IDE SIMM1 LPT AT COM1 K...

Page 9: ...9 X s u l P TM 120 133 150 166 200 C200 233 266 300 T75 T83 3 5 3 2 3 1 2 9 2 8 2 1 JP5 JP6 JP3 JP1 J9 JP2 1 U11 Figure 2 Jumpers Location...

Page 10: ...wer LED Speaker Speaker connector Keylock Keylock switch connector ISA 5 x ISA Industrial Standard Architecture 98 pin expansion slot LPT 2 x 13 pin key protected for Parallel port connector KB 5 pin...

Page 11: ...he socket in gentle and horizontal way then pull down the handle bar back to its original place When you insert the CPU pay more attention to the the right direction CPU Step 2 Install CPU Cooler Hook...

Page 12: ...ocessor is installed please set to 2 9V If a AMD K6 with MMX dual voltage 233 and 266MHz processor is installed please set to 3 2V If an Intel Pentium AMD or Cyrix single voltage processor is installe...

Page 13: ...otherboard is devided into three banks Please see the graphic below for your reference IR SIMM1 SIMM2 SIMM3 SIMM4 DIMM1 DIMM2 Step 6 Install the Internal Peripherals The internal peripherals means dev...

Page 14: ...cable for Serial port One 26 pin connector that converts to 25 pin D Sub female connector cable is for Parallel port And there is another one 5 pin housing but only 4 wires converted into a 6 pin Mini...

Page 15: ...or normally the red cable is 5V power Or connect to the left side of onboard keylock Step 12 Connect the Devices LED Some computer chassis provides device LED Like HDD LED to identify if the device is...

Page 16: ...P55XPlus motherboard It not only can run the 66MHzbus that Intel claims on all her highest system bus but also built in 75MHz and 83MHz bus speed as an option for users to take advantage of In order...

Page 17: ...onnect PCI Local Bus together with the standard 16 bit Industrial Standard Architecture ISA this motherboard dramatically boots system I O through for even the most demanding application in today s ma...

Page 18: ...is using the 2 83V dual power source This regulator will automatically detect the CPU type and power The users need not to care what processor is used Please refer to Appendix A for more information...

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Page 20: ...aud Rate Generator Parallel Port One onboard 26 pin box header connector provides the Parallel port Connect this parallel port by one 26 pin and convert to 25 pin D Sub cable that packs with this moth...

Page 21: ...tools IDE HDD devices floppy drive and peripherals that connect to your system s manual s MS DOS diskettes with FDISK and FORMATprograms Medium size flat blade screwdriver Medium sized Phillips head...

Page 22: ...22 X s u l P T M 2 2 Placement ISA PCI FDD S IDE P IDE SIMM1 LPT AT COM1 KB PS2 CPU BIOS F Panel Fan USB COM2 SIMM2 SIMM3 SIMM4 DIMM1 DIMM2 U11 Figure 1 Connectors for P55XPlus...

Page 23: ...23 X s u l P TM 120 133 150 166 200 C200 233 266 300 T75 T83 3 5 3 2 3 1 2 9 2 8 2 1 JP5 JP6 JP3 JP1 JP2 1 Figure 2 Jumpers for P55XPlus...

Page 24: ...n you install the CPU into the Zero Insertion Force ZIF socket you should be very careful Lift the handle bar of this 321 Pin ZIF socket up carefully and insert the CPU into ZIF socket And make sure t...

Page 25: ...Cooler is required to be placed on top of the CPU all the time to prevent CPU from over heat The CPU fan power is a 1 x 3 pin connector CPU Fan JP4 12V GND NC 3 2 To Cabinet s speaker To Motherboard s...

Page 26: ...ed to understand the Bus Frequency and Ratio while configuring the jumpers For example if your CPU is Pentium with MMX 166MHz all you need to do is to place the yellow jumper cap on the position marke...

Page 27: ...6x86 P150 CPU at 120 MHz 120 133 150 166 200 C200 233 266 300 T75 T83 3 AMD CPU K5 K6 AMD K5 166 120 133 150 166 200 C200 233 266 300 T75 T83 AMD K6 200 120 133 150 166 200 C200 233 266 300 T75 T83 A...

Page 28: ...therboard provides a jumper for different application purposes Most of them do not use the same voltage for the processors For example the current Intel Pentium processor is using 3 5V single power so...

Page 29: ...ingle In line Memory Module or one piece 168 pin DIMM Dual In line Memory Module must be inserted in this P55XPlus Ultra DMA33 motherboard 1 Two DIMM DIMM 1 DIMM 2 sockets support 3 3V Unbuffered Sync...

Page 30: ...is connector and the IDE devices Normally put the boot up hard disk at the primary IDE channel and other IDE devices at the secondary IDE channel like CD ROM Each IDE connector can connect two IDE dev...

Page 31: ...versal Serial Bus Basically the USB is suitable for mid to low speed devices like Mouses Keyboards Joysticks etc In the past all these were using different connectors and it is complicated for end use...

Page 32: ...ed Multi IO 2 8 1 FDC Connector The IBM compatible floppy disk drive has 360KB 720KB 1 2KB 1 44KB and 2 88KB The most popular one is 1 44MB in 3 5 inch There is also one kind of 2 88MB FDD used in the...

Page 33: ...devices Parallel port is a 25 pin female external DB25 connector for parallel port Parallel Following selection is all controlled by the BIOS ECPMode DMA ChannelSelected by BIOS printer Port Address a...

Page 34: ...a parallel port This is often used in serial mouse serial printer fax modem etc This provides a 16550 compatible serial port and this is faster in transfer speed than a traditional 16450 compatible s...

Page 35: ...e pin assignments for P8 and P9 are indicated below AT Power connector P8 P9 Orange Red Yellow Blue Black Black PG 5 0 V 12 0 V 12 0 V GND GND White 5 0 V Black Black GND GND Red 5 0 V Red 5 0 V Red 5...

Page 36: ...LED Note The Power LED can be connected from both the LED Keylock This motherboard has no Turbo function so it will not support Turbo function If the computer chassis has the front Turbo LED in the fr...

Page 37: ...a 6 pin Mini DIN PS 2 mouse connector the manufacture default is IRQ12 2 9 5 CMOS Clear Jumper JP1 The JP1 is a 3 pin pin header connector jumper cap on 1 2 for normal operation or jumper cap on 2 3 f...

Page 38: ...gram built into the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup informat...

Page 39: ...the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error mes...

Page 40: ...op up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc or the F1 key again In Case of Problems If a...

Page 41: ...uit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard disk Type LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT USER PASSWORD Note th...

Page 42: ...chipset defaults are settings which provide for maximum system performance While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the manufacturer has the right to change these defaults to...

Page 43: ...ve Secondary Master Fri Nov 1996 11 15 7 TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR SECTOR Auto Auto Auto Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto 1 44M 3 5 in None EGA V...

Page 44: ...our hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually If you select Type User you will need to know the information listed below Enter the info...

Page 45: ...r Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters Error Halt The category dete...

Page 46: ...u to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security ROM PCI ISA BIOS XXXXXXXX BIOS FEA...

Page 47: ...bled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table can c...

Page 48: ...that BIOS can not tell from 720K 1 2M or 1 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warn...

Page 49: ...is selection allows you select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 6 6 characters per second 8 8 characters per second 10 10 characters per second 12 12 characters per second 15 15 characters p...

Page 50: ...the MPEG ISA VESAVGACards can work with PCI VGAor not Enabled When PCI VGAworking with MPEG ISA VESAVGACard Disabled When PCI VGAnot working with MPEG ISA VESAVGA Card Video BIOS Shadow Determines whe...

Page 51: ...sabled F5 Old Values F7 Load Setup Defaults Primary Frame Buffer VGA Frame Buffer Disabled AT BUS CLOCK X 3 3 3 F6 Load BIOS Defaults ISA ome Buffer Delay Transaction Passive Release Disabled Disabled...

Page 52: ...pre defined items will become SHOW ONLY DRAM Timing The DRAM timing is controlled by the DRAM Timing Registers The timings programmed into this register are dependent on the system design Slower rate...

Page 53: ...four separate parts The first part provides the location within the DRAM where the read or write is to take place while the remaining three parts provide the actual data The lower the timing numbers t...

Page 54: ...e the read command slightly before it has finished determining the address Disabled is the default Turn Around Insertion When this is enabled the chipset will insert one extra clock to the turn around...

Page 55: ...e This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16 bit I O Choices are from NA 1 to 4 CPU clocks 1 clock is the default Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain...

Page 56: ...elect Enabled or Disabled This item determines the size of the L2 cacheability 64MB 512MB Chipset NA Asserted This item allows you to select between two method of chipset NA asserted during CPU write...

Page 57: ...On On 1 x333 On 4 3 x222 x333 F5 Old Values F7 Load Setup Defaults Video Off Method Enabled IRQ4 IRQ8 IRQ12 Wake Up Event Wake Up Event Wake Up Event Wake Up Event Power Down Resume Events IRQ3 On On...

Page 58: ...is not enabled this will be preset to No Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and ho...

Page 59: ...configured as On even when the system is in a power down mode The following is a list of IRQ Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device w...

Page 60: ...Quit F1 Help Shift F2 Color Select Item PU PD Modify No Auto F5 Old Values F7 Load Setup Defaults PCI IDE 2nd Channel Disabled Level ISA PCI IRQ Actived By Diasabled PCI IRQ Map To PNP OS Installed Re...

Page 61: ...k drive itself rather than individual partitions Since each IDE controller supports two separate hard drives you can select the INT for each Again you will note that the primary has a lower interrupt...

Page 62: ...d IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Disabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 2 Normal Auto F6 Load BIOS Defaults UR1 Mode UR2 Mode Normal 378 IRQ7 SPP Onboard...

Page 63: ...timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode This is true for the next four setup items 1 IDE Primary MasterPIO 2 IDE Primary Slave PIO 3 IDE Secondary MasterPIO 4 IDE Se...

Page 64: ...TO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard disk Type INTEGRATED PHERALS USER PASSWORD HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT LOAD SETU...

Page 65: ...rompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password h...

Page 66: ...z 120 3 1V Pentium 120 Q0708 SK110 Q0808 SX999 SY062 SY030 SY033 SU100 120Mhz 120 3 38V Pentium 120 Q0707 Q0711 Q0732 SK086 SX994 SU033 Q0776 Q0785 120Mhz 120 3 52V Pentium 133 Q0882 SY028 133Mhz 133...

Page 67: ...the CPU working voltage for example B Following is the description B CPU working voltage range 3 45 3 6 V C CPU working voltage range 3 3 3 465 V F CPU working voltage range 3 135 3 38 V B The printi...

Page 68: ...the K6 CPU is AMD K6 PR2 xxx The value behind the K6 is the processor speed The CPU jumper should adjust to the same position as your CPU really is The CPU working voltage is AMD K6 PR2 166 2 9V AMD K...

Page 69: ...he second line is internal clock for example P133 is 133 Mega Hertz The J15 should adjust to the same value as the CPU really are The third line is CPU working voltage index 016 working voltage is 3 1...

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