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P5T30-B4 MAINBOARD

User’s Manual

Rev: 1.05

Date: January - 98

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Page 1: ...P5T30 B4 MAINBOARD User s Manual Rev 1 05 Date January 98 All other product names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners ...

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Page 3: ... communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures l Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna l M...

Page 4: ... Setting the CPU Clock Selection Jumper 10 Setting the CPU Voltage Selection Jumper 11 Installing the Memory DRAM SIMM DIMMs 12 The Level 2 Cache SRAM 12 SETTING THE JUMPERS 13 CONNECTIONS 15 Power Supply Cables 15 Serial and Parallel Ports 15 IrDA compliant infrared module connector 15 USB Connection 15 Keyboard Connector 16 PS 2 Mouse Connector 16 Floppy Drives 16 IDE Hard Drives and CD ROMs 16 ...

Page 5: ...8 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 30 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS 32 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 32 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 32 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD AND USER PASSWORD SETTING 34 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 35 SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 35 PCI Device Listing 35 DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE DMI 36 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY 37 HAREWARE MONITORING UTILITY 38 DC 310U PCI ULTRA SCSI ADAPTER 39 APPENDIX A Using the ATX ...

Page 6: ...es easy system configuration and peripheral setup Advanced BIOS features include Temperature Monitoring and Alert functions designed to prevent the CPU from overheating Also the Award BIOS supports ACPI Readiness and is compatible with the PC 97 specification With support for up to 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM L2 cache and 256MB of EDO or SDRAM System RAM the P5T30 B4 is the ideal foundation for hig...

Page 7: ... Two way IrDA 6 pin connector to support IrDA 8 pin USB connector to support 2 USB ports AT keyboard connector PS 2 mouse connector 1 Parallel Port connector support ECP EPP 2 High Speed Serial Port connector 16550 Advanced Features Hardware Monitoring CPU Fan CPU Temperature Power Voltage PCI Bus Master IDE 2 PCI Bus Master IDE support LBA mode PIO mode 3 4 ULTRA 33 synchronous DMA mode Expansion...

Page 8: ...ower connector 4 PCI slots 15 COM2 connector 5 CPU socket Socket 7 16 Supplementary ATX 6 Infrared IR connector power connector 7 L2 Pipeline burst cache 17 Infrared IR connector 8 Intel 82430TX chipset 18 AT keyboard connector 9 DRAM SIMM DIMM sockets 19 PS 2 mouse connector 10 Secondary IDE connector 20 COM1 connector 11 Primary IDE connector 21 USB connector ...

Page 9: ...s supported on DIMM sockets 10 SECONDARY IDE CONNECTOR Connector for second IDE channel 11 PRIMARY IDE CONNECTOR Connector for first IDE channel The on board PCI Bus Mastering IDE controller features support for DMA Mode 2 PIO Modes and Ultra DMA 33 33MB sec for faster data transfer rates 2 Connectors are provided for support of up to 4 IDE devices on two channels Other ATAPI and Enhanced IDE devi...

Page 10: ...ARD LEVEL FEATURES P5T30 B4 User s Manual 8 devices directly to the port without an external hub USB is a new technology supporting keyboards mouse printers fax modems and other telephony devices Comprehensive Mainboard View ...

Page 11: ...hould be installed first before inserting the CPU into its socket 1 Locate the ZIF Zero Insertion Force Socket 7 This socket supports Pentium P5 CPUs 75 233Mhz 2 First open the socket by pulling the lever sideways then upwards Notice how the lever locks in place when pressed all the way down 3 The CPU must be inserted with the correct orientation One corner of the CPU has a notch and looks differe...

Page 12: ...Intel Pentium 200MHz 66MHz x3 0 Intel Pentium 166MHz 66MHz x2 5 Intel Pentium 150MHz 60MHz x2 5 Intel Pentium 133MHz 66MHz x2 0 Intel Pentium 120MHz 60MHz x2 0 Intel Pentium 100MHz 66MHz x1 5 Intel Pentium 90MHz 60MHz x1 5 Intel Pentium 75MHz 50MHz x1 5 AMD K6 PR300 300MHz 66MHz x4 5 AMD K6 PR266 266MHz 66MHz x4 0 AMD K6 PR233 233MHz 66MHz x3 5 AMD K6 PR200 200MHz 66MHz x3 0 AMD K6 PR166 166MHz 66...

Page 13: ...in Technical Documentation from the manufacturer Such information is available via the Intel Cyrix and AMD WWW sites Setting the CPU Voltage Selection Jumper JP1 JP2 Locate Jumper JP1 and JP2 on the mainboard Refer to the diagram on page 13 Set this jumper in accordance with your specific CPU type The Intel MMX CPU is an example of a dual supply chip 2 8V 3 3V When single supply CPUs are used this...

Page 14: ...s or 2 DIMMs can be installed for a maximum RAM capacity of 256MB To mix both SIMM and DIMM modules on the same mainboard please refer to the chart below for possible combination SOCKET DIMM 1 DIMM 2 BANK 0 SIMM 1 2 BANK 1 SIMM 3 4 MEMORY 32MB 32MB Yes No MODULE No 32MB Yes Yes Minimum RAM capacity is 8MB With 2 4MB SIMMs Installed or 1 8MB DIMM SIMM DIMMs speed requirements 70ns or 60ns This main...

Page 15: ...per has two settings Open and Short or Closed The jumper is closed by placing the Jumper Cap across the two pins thereby connecting them 3 pin jumpers can be set to pins 1 2 or 2 3 connected Pin 1 is labeled on the circuit board for these jumpers as shown 1 2 3 4 5 6 JBF0 2 J14 J15 JP1 JP2 J12 JFS0 2 3 pin Jumper 2 pin Jumper Pin 1 2 Open Pin 2 3 Short ...

Page 16: ...also be used by the Turbo switch on the front of the system since this mainboard does not support that function For this switch to be functional it must first be enabled in the Power Management Setup in the BIOS Setup utility Pins 17 19 Reset switch lead Connects to the Reset Switch lead from the system case The reset switch is used to cold boot the system without actually turning off the power re...

Page 17: ...from the supplied serial port connector bracket hook to the COM1 and COM2 connectors on the mainboard Generally the upper serial port on the bracket would be configured as COM1 and the lower port as COM2 Make sure to orient Pin 1 marked on the mainboard to the RED stripe on the ribbon cables IrDA compliant infrared module connector The IrDA connector bracket hooks directly to this connector on the...

Page 18: ...connector on your floppy drives IDE Hard Drives and CD ROMs The on board Enhanced IDE controller can support up to 4 IDE hard drives or other ATAPI devices such as CD ROMs This controller as with all Enhanced IDE controllers consists of both Primary and Secondary ports Each port has an associated connector and cable which can support up to 2 ATAPI devices each All IDE devices have jumpers which al...

Page 19: ...n your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel Cyrix AMD processors in a standard IBM AT compatible input output system Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press Enter to select use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit Getting Help Pressin...

Page 20: ...T FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE EXIT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several s...

Page 21: ...Date Use the arrow keys to move to and highlight the Date option Select the Month by using the PgDn and PgUp keys This is how most settings will be configured Then move to the day year and time via the arrow keys to finish setting the system date and time Keep in mind that the system time is set in 24 hour time With this method 1PM is represented as 13 00 2PM as 14 00 and so on with 00 00 correspo...

Page 22: ...on is the preferred choice Mode One of Enhanced IDE s most important features is LBA Logical Block Addressing Mode This feature allows the use of larger hard drives by providing a way to bypass the cylinder limitations imposed by many Operating Systems LBA Mode is used to extend a hard drive s useable capacity by remapping the cylinders in a way that is acceptable to these operating systems For in...

Page 23: ...ors are supported you do not have to select their type in Setup EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color 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 Halt On Determines if the system will prompt you if ...

Page 24: ...Item Security Option System F1 Help PU PD Modify PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Assign IRQ For VGA Disabled F6 Load BIOS Defaults OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 F7 Load Setup Defaults Virus Warning When enabled the BIOS will warn the user when any program attempts to write to or format the boot sector If an attempt is made the BIOS will halt the system and the followi...

Page 25: ... that the system would first check the floppy drive for a bootable disk This would slow bootup speed however since the floppy would be checked on every boot C A System will first search hard disk drive then floppy disk drive for boot sector A C System will first search for boot sector on floppy disk then hard disk C only System will first search for boot sector on hard disk only CDROM C A System w...

Page 26: ...me the computer is powered on or every time BIOS Setup is executed If System is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears only when the BIOS Setup program is executed Refer to the section Supervisor Password for more information PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option must be set to Enabled if any ISA MPEG card installed req...

Page 27: ...ystem BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled 8 Bit I O Recovery Time 1 16 Bit I O Recovery Time 1 ESC Quit Select Item Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify PCI 2 1 Compliance Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Auto Configuration When Enabled pre defined values for 60ns DRAM Cache Timings etc are set according to the CPU ...

Page 28: ...e lower the timing numbers the faster the system will address memory x333 timings is the default x222 Write DRAM timings are 2 2 2 2 x333 Write DRAM timings are 3 3 3 3 x444 Write DRAM timings are 4 4 4 4 Fast EDO Lead off The item allows you to select the Fast EDO Lead Off or not to enhance the performance Refresh RAS Assertion This item allows you to select the type of DRAM refresh clock delay 4...

Page 29: ...5M 16M In order to improve compatibility certain space in memory can be reserved for old style ISA cards that map memory between 15M 16M Do not enable this feature unless you use the old style ISA card otherwise the memory size may be reduced to 15 MB for some operating system Disabled is the default PCI 2 1 Compliance It is used by targets that cannot complete the initial data phase within the re...

Page 30: ...Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down There are four selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Disabled No power ma...

Page 31: ...ut off while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Throttle Duty Cycle This item determines the duty cycle for the clock contro...

Page 32: ...assigned resources PNP OS Installed No PCI IDE IRQ Map To PCI AUTO Resources Controlled by Manual Primary IDE INT A Reset Configuration Data Disabled Secondary IDE INT B SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto IRQ 3 assigned to Legacy ISA PCI Latency Timer 80 PCI Clocks IRQ 4 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Used MEM base addr N A IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ ...

Page 33: ...e controller and which PCI interrupt A B C or D is associated with the Primary and or Secondary port Most add on IDE controllers are configured to use INT A for the primary and INT B for the secondary SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS When set to Auto Default the system will automatically sense the presence of any SCSI adapter that uses a Symbios SYM53C8XX SCSI chip If the SCSI adapter installed has its own BIOS ...

Page 34: ...On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto InfraRed COM2 Sel...

Page 35: ...ng Auto is default Onboard FDD Controller Enables or Disables the on board Floppy Disk Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 With this option the on board Serial Port 1 can be Disabled or set to 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 or 2E8 IRQ3 Auto is Default Onboard Serial Port 2 With this option the on board Serial Port 2 can be Disabled or set to 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 or 2E8 IRQ3 Auto is Default InfraRed...

Page 36: ...r password by choosing Supervisor Password and pressing ENTER Setup prompts for a password 2 Enter a 1 8 character password using letters numbers or a combination of both The specific characters are not shown as you enter them Press ENTER 3 A confirmation box appears asking you to re enter the password Enter the password again Press ENTER Follow the same procedure to set the User Password Changing...

Page 37: ...isting Bus No Device No Func No Vender ID Device ID Device Class IRQ 0 7 1 8086 7010 IDE Controller 14 15 0 7 2 8086 8829 Serial bus controller 11 0 9 0 1013 7333 Display controller NA Bus No Encoded value indicating 1 of 256 possible buses in a system Device No Encoded value indicating 1 of 32 possible devices on a given bus Func No Encoded value indicating 1 of 8 possible functions on a multifun...

Page 38: ...ates and other information about the system and its components This DMI utility DMICFG EXE allows you to add additional information such as serial numbers vendor information and enclosure chassis configurations into the MIF áâßàMove cursor Enter Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort Exit Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI FILE Save DMI FILE BIOS System Base Board Enclosure Chassis Processor Memory Controller Memory ...

Page 39: ... is the FLASH BIOS Programming Utility The second file needed is the updated BIN file which contains the actual BIOS code This file will have the extension bin such as P598GH BIN Make sure these files are on the diskette or hard drive in the same directory 3 Start the AWDFLASH Utility by changing to the directory where the two required files exist and typing AWDFLASH and pressing ENTER 4 The AWDFL...

Page 40: ...d with your P5T30 B4 mainboard is designed for Windows 95 With this utility installed an error message will pop up under Windows 95 in addition to the warning beep to alert the user when problem occurs The utility includes the following files T_CHECK EXE Hardware monitor utility INSTALL EXE Hardware monitor utility installation program UNINST EXE Hardware monitor utility uninstallation program Rea...

Page 41: ... Bus Termination and 32 bit PCI DMA Bus Mastering are a few more of the advanced features built in to the DC 310U providing the best performance and ease of use possible SCSI Performance Symbios SYM53C860 SCSI Chip Max 7 SCSI Devices Async 7MB sec Sync 20MB sec Maximum SCSI Bus Transfers 132MB sec at 33MHz Bus Master Data Transfers 80 byte DMA FIFO for 2 4 8 16 dwords burst across PCI bus Reliabil...

Page 42: ...onnector on the mainboard The two connectors should be oriented so that the BLACK wires meet in the middle of the 12 pin power connector Connect the 4 pin connector of the Adaptive Power Cable to the supplementary power connector on the mainboard Align the RED wire to Pin 1 of the supplementary power connector Connect the ATX power connector of the Adaptive Power Cable to the ATX Power Supply This...

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