Asus Computer Hardware TXP4 X User Manual

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TXP4-X  
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Pentium ATX Motherboard  
USER’S MANUAL  
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CONTENTS  
I. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................7  
How this Manual is Organized ........................................................7  
Item Checklist ..................................................................................7  
II. FEATURES ....................................................................................8  
Features of the ASUS TXP4-X Motherboard ..................................8  
Introduction to ASUS TX97 Series of Motherboards ................9  
The ASUS TXP4-X Motherboard ............................................ 11  
III. INSTALLATION ........................................................................12  
ASUS TXP4-X Motherboard Layout ............................................12  
Installation Steps ............................................................................14  
1. Jumpers ......................................................................................14  
Jumper Settings ..................................................................15  
Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification ................................16  
2. System Memory (SIMM & DIMM) .........................................18  
SIMM Memory Installation................................................20  
DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: ...........................21  
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................22  
4. Expansion Cards .......................................................................23  
Expansion Card Installation Procedure ..............................23  
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards.................................23  
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards...........................24  
5. External Connectors..................................................................25  
Power Connection Procedures .................................................33  
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE .....................................................................34  
Support Software ...........................................................................34  
Flash Memory Writer Utility....................................................34  
Main Menu .........................................................................35  
Advanced Features Menu ...................................................35  
Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS................36  
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CONTENTS  
6. BIOS Setup ...............................................................................37  
Load Defaults .....................................................................38  
Standard CMOS Setup .............................................................38  
Details of Standard CMOS Setup:......................................38  
BIOS Features Setup ................................................................41  
Details of BIOS Features Setup..........................................41  
Chipset Features Setup .............................................................44  
Details of Chipset Features Setup.......................................44  
Power Management Setup........................................................47  
Details of Power Management Setup .................................47  
PNP and PCI Setup ..................................................................50  
Details of PNP and PCI Setup ............................................50  
Load BIOS Defaults .................................................................52  
Load Setup Defaults .................................................................52  
Supervisor Password and User Password ................................53  
IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................54  
Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................55  
Exit Without Saving .................................................................55  
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  
Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI-SC860 ........................61  
Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI-SC200 ........................61  
SCSI ID Numbers for SCSI Devices .......................................62  
SCSI ID Priority .......................................................................62  
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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE  
Federal Communications Commission Statement  
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following  
two conditions:  
This device may not cause harmful interference, and  
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that  
may cause undesired operation.  
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B  
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to  
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa-  
tion. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if  
not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions, may cause  
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that  
interference will not occur in a particular 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 inter-  
ference 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 circuit different from that to which  
the receiver is connected.  
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.  
WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the  
graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes  
or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for  
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.  
Canadian Department of Communications Statement  
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions  
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana-  
dian Department of Communications.  
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I. INTRODUCTION  
How this Manual is Organized  
This manual is divided into the following sections:  
I.  
Introduction:  
Manual information and checklist  
II. Features:  
III. Installation:  
IV. BIOS Software  
Information and specifications concerning this product  
Instructions on setting up the motherboard.  
Instructions on setting up the BIOS software  
V.  
Support Software Information on the included support software  
VI. ASUS SCSI Cards Installation of ASUS SCSI cards (optional)  
Item Checklist  
Please check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing  
items, please contact your retailer.  
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The ASUS TXP4-X motherboard  
1 IDE ribbon cable  
1 floppy ribbon cable  
Support Drivers & Utilities  
• Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS  
• Desktop Management Interface (DMI) utility  
• TX patch files for Windows 95  
• Readme files for descriptions and use of the files  
• Technical Support Form  
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This user’s manual  
Infrared module (optional)  
ASUS PCI-SC200 Fast-SCSI or PCI-SC860 Ultra-Fast SCSI card (optional)  
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II. FEATURES  
Features of the ASUS TXP4-X Motherboard  
The ASUS TXP4-X is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants  
many features in a motherboard. This motherboard:  
Intel Chipset: Features Intel’s 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems.  
Versatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium® 75-233MHz (P55C-MMX, P54C/  
P54CS), IBM®/Cyrix® 6x86-PR166+ (Rev 2.7 or later), IBM®/Cyrix® 6x86MX™  
(PR166 & faster), AMD-K5(PR75-PR133), AMD-K6(PR166 & faster).  
Versatile Memory Support: Is equipped with two DIMM sockets to support 8-  
128MB 168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB. Is also  
equipped with four SIMM sockets to support 4-64MB 72-pin Fast Page Mode  
(FPM) or Extended Data Out (EDO) memory modules up to 256MB. SIMMs  
and DIMMs cannot be used at the same time.  
Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard  
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives,  
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.  
ISA & PCI Expansion: Provides four 16-bit ISA and four 32-bit PCI slots.  
Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART-compatible serial ports and  
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.  
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 components.) (See section V)  
PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master  
IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan-  
nels, supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and  
supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives.  
Supports two drives of either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB,  
1.44MB, or 2.88MB) disk drives. Supports Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” (3.5-inch  
disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120 MB,  
1.44MB, 720K). BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.  
Level 2 Cache: 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM onboard.  
Optional IrDA: Supports and optional IrDA receiver/transmitter device.  
SCSI BIOS: Has firmware to support optional ASUS SCSI controller cards.  
Optional IrDA Connector: Supports an optional infrared port module for wire-  
less interface.  
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II. FEATURES  
Introduction to ASUS TX97 Series of Motherboards  
Performance  
SDRAM Optimized Performance ASUS TX97 series of motherboards sup-  
port the new generation memory, Synchronous Dynamic Random Access  
Memory (SDRAM), which increases the data transfer rate from 264MB/s max  
using EDO memory to 528MB/s max using SDRAM.  
Double the IDE Transfer Speed — ASUS TX97 series of motherboards with  
Intel 430TX PCIset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/33  
IDE, which can handle data transfers up to 33MB/s. The best of all is that this  
new technology is compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specifications so there  
is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables.  
Concurrent PCI — Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI  
master busses to memory to CPU.  
ACPI Ready — ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is also  
implemented on all ASUS 430TX series of motherboards. ACPI provide more  
Energy Saving Features for the future operating systems (OS) supporting OS  
Direct Power Management (OSPM) functionality. With these features imple-  
mented in the OS, PCs can be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all the energy  
saving standards. To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI, an ACPI-supported OS  
such as in the successor to Windows 95 must be used.  
PC ’97 Compliant — Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS TX97 se-  
ries of motherboards meet PC ’97 compliancy. The new PC 97 requirements for  
systems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support  
for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and  
managing all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation pro-  
cedures for both Windows 95 and Windows NT.  
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