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1. 14 Serialand Parallel Ports 2 rte ete vente dees ertet teet 14 IrDA compliant infrared module connector 14 USB Connectors aoa ditare nr EE e 15 PS 2 Keyboard amp Mouse Connectors asss 15 FIOPPY DIVES tS 15 IDE Hard Drives and 8 15 8 1 85 51 2 2 ee eere ev ete 16 16 Bit Wide SCSI 2 3 Devices cccsccccccccesssssseeceeeeceesessneeeeeeeeessesseeeeeeeeeess 16 Optional RAIDport nennen nennen 16 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUDP 17 About the BIOS nte atit INTR uhu 17 Using Setup visi u an eI ee Be 17 2 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Help ipu i Een 17 A Final Note About 17 MAIN ree eet ere tete eet tei tits 18 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Xu uqa l us Qala Sim PATIO 19 BIOS FEATURES 22 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP qaqan a qaa u 25 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP seen rennen nene 28 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP eese eene 31 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS aaa ertet eee eerte 33 LOAD SETUP DEFAULT
2. 222 333 Read DRAM EDO FPM timings 2 2 2 3 3 3 x333 x444 Read DRAM EDO FPM timings are 3 3 3 4 4 4 x444 x444 Read DRAM EDO FPM timings are 4 4 4 4 4 4 DRAM Write Burst Timing Sets the timing for burst mode writes from DRAM Burst read and write requests are generated by the CPU in 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 the faster the system will address memory x333 timings is the default Write DRAM timings are 2 2 2 2 Write DRAM timings are 3 3 3 3 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 or 5 Clocks SDRAM CAS Lat RAS to CAS This item allows you to select the CAS latency for all SDRAM cycles and RAS to CAS delay 2 2 or 3 3 SDRAM Speculative Read This item is capable of allowing a DRAM read request to be generated slightly before the address has been fully decoded This can reduce all read latencies More simply the CPU will issue a read request and included with this request is the place address in memory where the desired data is to be found This request is received by the DRAM controller When it is enabled the controller will issue the read
3. Upon entering the Standard CMOS Setup screen you will see a screen like that below Again notice that the bottom of the screen provides information relating to the highlighted item as you move around the screen First let s set the system 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 corresponding to Midnight Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave These four options relate to the 4 IDE hard drives CD ROMs or other ATAPI devices that can be controlled via the on board IDE controller review IDE Hard Drives and CD ROMs on page 15 The Pri Master setting specifies the first device on the primary IDE channel Pri Slave the second Sec Master and Sec Slave specify the devices on the secondary channel The first option available is the most important Type This is where you will specify the type of device and how it is represented in the BIOS Setup If the device is a hard disk or P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 19 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP CD ROM generally the Auto option is the best choice for fast and easy setup of the hard disk parameters Here s an explanation o
4. 2 ATAPI devices each All IDE devices have jumpers which allow the user to configure the device as either Master or Slave A Master device is one that is ALONE on the IDE cable whereas a Slave device is installed as a SECOND device on the same cable Keep in mind that the Master device will appear before the Slave device in the CMOS Setup as well as the Operating System software Refer to the device documentation for jumper settings The Secondary IDE port can be used for up to 2 additional ATAPI devices Normally it s recommended that you connect your first hard drive to the Primary port and the first CD ROM to the Secondary P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 15 CONNECTIONS Make sure to align the RED stripe on the ribbon cable with Pin 1 on the mainboard IDE connector On most hard drives and CD ROMs the RED stripe should be oriented towards the power connector of the device 6 Bit SCSI 2 3 Devices for P5T30 WS only The 50 pin Ultra SCSI connector is capable of supporting up to 7 8 bit SCSI 2 or SCSI 3 devices Remember that the on board controller uses the SCSI ID of 7 So when hooking up your SCSI devices start with ID 0 and avoid ID 7 As with all SCSI Controllers only the LAST device on the cable should be terminated 16 Bit Wide SCSI 2 3 Devices for PST30 WS only e The 68 pin Ultra Wide SCSI connector if featured on the PST30 WS mainboard It can support up to 15 16 bit SCSI devic
5. 2 driver IDE ribbon cable diskettes This User s Manual Adaptec 7800 Family manual Diskette containing support software for updating the FLASH BIOS and Adaptec EZ SCSI 4 0 manual IDE drivers 50 pin Internal SCSI 2 ribbon cable Optional Infrared Module Optional 68 pin Internal Wide SCSI ribbon cable with External Bracket Optional 68 pin Internal Wide SCSI ribbon cable Optional USB Module 4 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual BOARD LEVEL FEATURES 1 P5T30 WS A4 2 5 30 4 without SCSI P5T30 WS with SCSI 4 3 21 20 4 19 5 18 r Lg 16 B E E 9 8 E 88 B 9 10 15 ulunnued 11 LIL o 12 Ges o e e e e e e e e e Qm r3 14 13 1 ISA slots 12 connector 2 Keyboard BIOS 13 USB connector 3 Mainboard BIOS 14 Power connector 4 PCIslots 15 CPU socket 5 Adaptec RAIDport Connector 16 Secondary IDE connector 6 DRAM SIMM DIMM sockets 17 Infrared I
6. 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you to select the delay in msec between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins Options are 250 default 500 750 and 1000 Security Option This option enables password checking every time 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 requires VGA palette snooping The settings are Disabled or Enabled Assign PCI IRQ For VGA The Enabled option allows you to auto route an IRQ for use by a PCI VGA card OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB This should be set to OS2 if you are running IBM OS 2 with more than 64MB of RAM in the system Otherwise the setting should be Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow This option controls the location of the contents of the 32KB of Video ROM beginning at the CO000h memory location The settings are Enabled The contents of C0000h C7FFFh are written to the same address in system memory RAM for faster execution Disabled The video ROM is not copied to RAM The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory
7. C CYLINDER 0 HEAD 0 SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master 850 1647 16 65535 1646 63 AUTO Primary Slave 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Master 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Slave 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Up Down Select Item ENTER Accept ECS Exit Abort Copyright c Award Software Inc 1992 94 All Rights Reserved SELECT DRIVE Select from installed hard disk drive C or D Listed at the bottom of the screen is the drive automatically detected by the utility BAD TRACK LIST Auto Scan Bad Track The utility will automatically scan bad tracks and list the bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen Add Bad Track Directly type in any information about known bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen Modify Bad Track Modify information about the added bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen Delete Bad Track Delete the added bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen Clear Bad Track Table Clear the whole bad track list in the window at the right side of the screen 38 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP PREFORMAT Interleave Select the interleave number of the hard disk drive you wish to perform low level format You may select from 1 to 8 Check the documentation that came with the drive for the correct interleave number or select O for utility automatic detection Auto Scan Bad Track This allows the utility to scan for bad sect
8. Floppy Disk Access Control When R W the floppy disk can be read and written The other option is Read Only Boot Up NumLock Status When On the NumLock key will be automatically enabled when the system boots Boot Up System Speed Sets the system speed to High or Low Generally low speed would only be used for troubleshooting purposes Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbytes Initially the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard Normal Today while keyboards still provide this support it is more common and much faster for the system chipset Fast default to provide support for gate A20 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 23 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Typematic Rate Setting Determines if the typematic rate is to be used When disabled continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance In other words the BIOS will only report that the key is down When the typematic rate is enabled the BIOS will report as before but it will then wait a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly This feature is used to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated Options are 6 default 8 10 12 15
9. Intel Pentium 120MHz 60MHz x2 0 Intel Pentium 100MHz 66MHz x1 5 Intel Pentium 90MHz 60MHz 1 5 Intel Pentium 75 50MHz x05 AMD K6 PR233 233MHz 66MHz x3 5 AMD K6 PR200 200MHz 66MHz x3 0 AMD K6 PR166 166MHz 66MHz x2 AMD K5 PR200 66MHz x3 0 AMD K5 PR166 66MHz x2 5 AMD K5 PR150 60MHz x2 5 AMD K5 PR133 100MHz 66MHz 1 5 AMD K5 PR120 90MHz 60MHz 1 5 AMD K5 PR100 100MHz 66MHz 1 5 AMD K5 PR90 90MHz 60MHz 1 5 AMD K5 PR75 75MHz 50MHz 1 5 6x86MX PR200 M2 166MHz 66MHz x2 5 Cyrix 6x86MX PR166 M2 133MHz 66MHz x2 0 Cyrix 6 86 PR166 M2 150MHz 60MHz 2 5 P166 133MHz 66MHz x2 0 Cyrix P150 120MHz 60MHz x2 0 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 9 INSTALLING THE CPU AND MEMORY The Internal Core frequency corresponds to the number marked on the CPU The External Frequency when multiplied with the Ratio gives the CPU s internal frequency Bus Clock JFS0 2 MHz Ratio JBF0 2 a E x30 cim 66 JFso ER gt 60 75 2 5 ae n 321 JBF2 55 mn 50 This jumper automatically sets the ISA Clock as well f you are uncertain about the speed or voltage requirements of your particular CPU you should obtain Technical Documentation from the manufacturer Such information is available via the Intel Cyrix and AMD WWW sites Setting the CPU Voltage Selection Jumper JP5 Locate Jumper JP5 on the mainboard Refer to the JP5 diagram on page 12 Set this jumpe
10. a aus qa n A s eaten Gates ira ones 33 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS a 33 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD AND USER PASSWORD SETTING 35 IDE HDD AUTO 36 LOW LEVEL FORMAT UTILITY rennen 36 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING eee 37 PCL Device List ege ele pp RB ER ERE 37 DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE DMI 38 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY 39 DC 310U PCI ULTRA SCSI ADAPTER 40 ADAPTEC SCSISelect UTILITY 41 Configure View On board Host Adapter Settings Menu 42 SCSI Disk Utilities n in n Wa un a e 49 ARO 1130 PCIRAIDport Card 50 Board Level Features Diagram eese ener 3 Comprehensive Mainboard View a eene 7 Jumper Locations Diagram 12 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 3 INTRODUCTION Product Description The P5T30 WS A4 represents the highest level of technology available in PC Mainboards today Designed as a flexible high performance and cost effective solution for System Integrators and End Users alike the PST3
11. command slightly before it has finished determining the address System BIOS Cacheable When Enabled the Video BIOS cacheable will cause access to the System BIOS addressed at FOOOOH to FFFFFH to be cached Disabled is the default Video BIOS Cacheable When Enabled the Video BIOS cacheable will cause access to the video BIOS addressed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached Enabled is the default 8 Bit I O Recovery Time The recovery time is the length of time measured in CPU clocks that the system will delay after the completion of an input output request This delay takes place because the CPU is operating faster than the input output bus Therefore the CPU must be delayed to allow for the completion of I O transfers This item allows you to 26 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit I O Choices are from NA to 8 CPU clocks is the default P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 27 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 16 Bit I O Recovery Time This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16 bit I O Choices are from NA 1 to 4 CPU clocks is the default Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve compatibility certain space in memory can be reserved for old style ISA cards that map memory between 15 16 M 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 systems Disabled i
12. e Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks e Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives gt 1 Gbyte e Display Ctrl lt A gt Message During BIOS Initialization e Multiple Lun support e BIOS Support for More Than 2 Drives BIOS Support for Bootable CD ROM BIOS Support for Int 13h Extensions e Support for Ultra Speed e Send Start Unit SCSI Command If the devices on the SCSI bus are controlled by device drivers you can disable the SCSI BIOS and free 16 Kbytes of memory This also shortens the boot time by up to 60 seconds P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 49 ADAPTEC SCSI UTILITY Support Removable Disk Under BIOS as Fixed Disks This option allows you to control which removable media drives are supported by the AIC 78x0 BIOS It is only valid if the AIC 78x0 BIOS is enabled The default setting is Boot Only The following choices are available Boot Only Only the removable media drive designated as the boot device are treated as a hard disk drive e Disks All removable media drives supported by the BIOS are treated as hard disk drives e Disabled No removable media drives are treated as hard disk drives In this situation software drives are needed because the drive s are not controlled by the BIOS Caution Support for removable media drives means that the host adapter BIOS allows you to use a removable media drive only as if it were a hard disk drive you cannot remove the disk media during
13. Adapter Setup ter Setu Async 7MB sec amp 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 SYMTolerANT technology with Active negation of SCSI Data Parity Request and Acknowledge signals for Device Setup Setu improved fast SCSI transfer rates Input signal filtering on SCSI receivers improves data integrity even in noisy cabling environments Full 32 bit PCI DMA bus master Jumper less design Active SCSI bus termination P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 43 ADAPTEC SCSI UTILITY On board Adaptec Ultra Wide SCSI is featured on P5T30 WS The Adaptec SCSISelect Utility provides the user with a convenient way to configure the on board SCSI controller s BIOS and the attached devices performing a function similar to the Mainboard BIOS Setup program The following table shows some of the features in the PST30 WS mainboard as it relates to the SCSISelect Utility Thetype of chip that your mainboard features will be shown at the top of the Mainboard Chip Devices Supported Maximum Xfer Rate P5T30 WS AIC 7880 15 SCSI 2 Wide SCSI 2 Ultra 40MB Sec SCSI or Ultra Wide SCSI SCSISelect Utility Screen Once the on board SCSI controller is enabled in the Mainboard BIOS Setup the SCSI BIOS becomes active and the user can enter the SCSISelect Utility by pressing Ctrl A when the BIOS banner is displayed as sh
14. C8000 DFFFF Shadow These options control the location of the contents of the 16KB expansion card ROMs beginning at the specified memory location If no adapter ROM is using the named ROM area this area is made available to the local bus Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose The settings are Enabled or Disabled 24 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP This setup menu contains advanced configuration options relating to the mainboard chipset These options are rarely changed by the user Auto Configuration Enabled System Hardware Monitor Current CPU Temperature 35 C 95 F DRAM Timing 70ns CPU Warning Temperature 60 C 140 F DRAM Leadoff Timing 10 6 4 DRAM Read Burst EDO FP x333 x444 DRAM Write Burst Timing x333 Fast EDO Lead Off Enabled Refresh RAS Assertion 5 Clks SDRAM CAS Lat RAS to CAS 3 3 SDRAM Speculative Read Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled 8 Bit I O Recovery Time tall 16 Bit I O Recovery Time 1 1 Quit T 1 lt Select Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Help PU PD Mod PCI2 1 Compliance Disabled Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Auto Configuration When Enabled pre defined values for 60ns DRAM Cache Timings etc are set according to the CPU type amp system clock Enabled is
15. Plug amp Play such as Windows 95 Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices This capability is specifically designed for a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 Choices are Auto default and Manual 32 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Reset Configuration Data Reset Configuration Data When set to Enabled ESCD Extended System Configuration Data is cleared This setting will automatically be set back to Disabled when the system reboots Enabled and Disabled default IRQ3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 DMA0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to By default all resources are assigned to the PCI Bus except IRQs 3 and 4 If an ISA card requires a particular IRQ or DMA channel those resources should be set to Legacy ISA so that the PCI Bus will not try to use them Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP PCI IDE IRQ Map To Configures what type of IDE disk controller is in use By default Setup assumes that you are using the on board PCI IDE Controller and this option is set to PCI AUTO If you have equipped your system with an add on PCI controller changing this setting allows you to specify which slot has the 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 second
16. RED power lead as shown JP8 System Functions Jumper Block Pins 3 amp 5 Turbo LED switch The Turbo function is not supported by this mainboard Therefore the Turbo LED will always remain lit as long as the system power is on Pins 7 amp 9 SMI suspend switch lead If your system s case has a suspend switch hook the lead from the switch to pins 7 amp 9 A suspend switch is used to save electricity by putting the system into a suspend mode when the computer is not being used This switch could 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 amp 19 Reset switch lead Connects to the Reset Switch lead from the system s case The reset switch is used to cold boot the system without actually turning off the power reducing wear and tear on the power supply Pins 2 6 8 10 Keyboard lock switch lead Pins 2 amp 6 connect to the Power LED from the system s case Pins 8 amp 10 connect to the case mounted keylock switch Pins 14 amp 20 Speaker connector Connects to the Speaker lead from the system s case JP5 CPU Voltage Selection Jumper This jumper is explained in detail on page 10 JP4 Power On Switch Connects to the Power Switch featured on ATX case designs This switch must be hooked up before the syste
17. all supported devices responds to the host adapter Note If many drives are set to yes for Send Start Unit Command the boot time will vary depending on how long it takes each drive to spin up Initiate Wide Negotiation This option which appears for only 16 bit adapters lets the adapter initiate wide negotiation with a 16 bit SCSI device The adapter will not attempt wide negotiation with 8 bit devices so you can leave this option enabled that is set to yes even if the bus includes 8 bit devices 48 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual ADAPTEC SCSI UTILITY Advanced Configuration Options Do not change these five options unless absolutely necessary Plug and Play Support This option appears only if the BIOS is configured to include 5 1 support When enabled the option allows the adapter to automatically assign a SCSI ID to an attached SCSI device that supports SCAM 1 protocol Most non SCAM devices tolerate SCAM protocol so you can usually enable this option even if you have some non SCAM devices In rare cases an old SCSI 1 device may not tolerate SCAM and may cause the computer to hang or operate erratically If this happens leave this option disabled Host Adapter BIOS This setting Enables or Disables the AIC 78x0 BIOS The BIOS must be enabled if you want the computer to boot from a SCSI hard disk drive connected to the adapter In addition the BIOS must be enabled if you want to enable any of the following options
18. as well as partition and format programs will also trigger this warning If you will be running such a program you can disable Virus Protection first or choose Y to accept the boot sector modification when this message shows up CPU Internal Cache Enables or Disables the Level 1 Internal Cache memory Generally this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes External Cache Enables or Disables the Level 2 External Cache memory Generally this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes Quick Power on Self Test Speeds up Power On Self Test POST after the computer is powered on When set to Enable the BIOS will shorten or skip some checks during POST 22 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Hard Disk Boot From This option lets you choose to boot from Primary IDE Pri IDE Secondary IDE Sec IDE or SCSI hard disk Same as IDE options the Boot Sequence in the next field is set to C A when the SCSI is chosen Boot Sequence When your system is powered on the BIOS performs a variety of operations then attempts to boot an Operating System from either a hard drive floppy drive or CD ROM This setting determines the sequence that the BIOS will follow when searching devices for a bootable disk Most users find the C A setting to be most beneficial since it takes the least amount of time to boot the system If however you want the ability to boot from a Floppy or CD ROM drive you wou
19. installed all these settings would be set to Type None SCSI Devices are configured via the SCSI controller s BIOS Floppy Drives A and B Select the Type for the A and or B floppy drives Remember floppy drive A is the first drive hooked to the END of the floppy ribbon cable Floppy drive B is hooked up after the twist Available settings are listed below None No floppy drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 megabyte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 megabyte capacity Floppy 3 Mode Support Enable this option ONLY for floppy drive s that support the Japanese standard 1 2MB on 3 5 Diskette Options Disabled Default Both Drive A B Video This category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select their type in Setup eae SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters Error Halt Determines if the system will prompt you if an error is detected during POST No errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be de
20. the recommended setting These settings are only editable when Auto Configuration is Disabled Note The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed Here greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips DRAM Timing DRAM timing is controlled by the DRAM timing registers The timings programmed into this register are dependent on the system design 60ns is the fastest rate The 70ns timing is slower and may be required in certain system designs to support loose layouts or slower memory DRAM Leadoff Timing This Read_Leadoff Write_Leadoff RAS _Precharge timing of CPU clocks allowed before reads and writes to DRAM are performed Slower leadoffs may be required to support slower memories DRAM Read Burst EDO FP Sets the burst mode read timing for two different DRAM P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 25 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP types EDO FP Burst read and write requests are generated by the CPU in 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 the faster the system will address memory x333 x444 timings is the default
21. the device at SCSI ID 0 and logical unit number LUN 0 To specify a different boot device choose a different SCSI ID ID 0 through 7 on the 8 bit cable or ID 0 through 15 on the 16 bit cable If the boot device has multiple logical units you must also specify the boot LUN which can be 0 through 7 on 8 bit or 16 bit adapters 46 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual ADAPTEC SCSI UTILITY SCSI Device Configuration This option allows you to configure certain parameters of each SCSI device on the SCSI bus The screen shows a column of information for each SCSI ID even if some SCSI IDs are not assigned to a device Initiate Sync Negotiation This option determines whether the host adapter initiates synchronous negotiation with the SCSI device When set to yes the host adapter initiates synchronous negotiation with the SCSI device When set to no the host adapter does not initiate synchronous negotiation The host adapter however always responds to synchronous negotiation if the SCSI device initiates it The default setting is yes Data is transferred in asynchronous mode if neither the on board SCSI nor the SCSI peripheral negotiates for synchronous data transfers Note Some older SCSI 1 devices do not support synchronous negotiation This may cause your computer to operate erratically or hang if Initiate Sync Negotiation is enabled Set Initiate Sync Negotiation to no for these devices Maximum Sync Transfer Rate This opt
22. 0 WS A4 provides the power and expandability to meet the requirements of the most advanced operating systems and software applications The ATX form factor allows for more efficient system assembly with built in mouse serial and parallel port connectors This eliminates the need for separate ribbon cable connector brackets and speeds the manufacturing process P5T30 WS A4 is designed to provide greater overall system throughput by utilizing the latest in I O technology By incorporating such advanced features as Ultra Wide SCSI P5T30 WS only Ultra DMA 33 Bus Mastering IDE and Universal Serial Bus USB onto the mainboard optimum system performance is assured and system design and implementation is simplified Fully Plug amp Play compatible via an Award BIOS the P5T30 WS A4 facilitates 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 WS A4 is the ideal foundation for high end computer systems Item Checklist Your mainboard package should include the items listed below Damaged or missing items should be reported to your vendor The mainboard For P5T30 WS Only Floppy disk drive ribbon cable Adaptec 7800 Family
23. 1552 2 8V 8 d 51 CPU 2 9 al Jrso 60 Voltage 3 2V 321 3 3V com 60 50 9 12 Turbo NE 0 8 ps E LED C 73 og Green Switch E un hued as K oe EB N gi r Power gt reg 9 Connector o R BE Sio Fan Power olo o o o o o o o o Jg o J17 UN i 49 919 9 9 9 USBEEEE P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 7 INSTALLING THE CPU AND MEMORY Static Precautions Static electricity can be a serious danger to the electronic components on this mainboard To avoid damage caused by electrostatic discharge observe the following precautions Don t remove the mainboard from its anti static packaging until you are ready to install it into a computer case Before you handle the mainboard in any way touch a grounded anti static surface such as an unpainted portion of the system chassis for a few seconds to discharge any built up static electricity Handle add in cards and modules by the edges or mounting bracket Installing the CPU WARNING Use of a CPU Cooling Fan to prevent CPU overheating is highly recommended The Fan should be installed first before inserting the CPU into its socket 1 393205 1 Locate the ZIF Zero Insertion Force Socket 7 This P socket supports Pentium P5 CPUs 75 200Mhz Ws Lock C 2 First open the socket by pulling the lever sideways D a then upwards N
24. 2 bit Data path Local Bus design and support for Plug amp Play Unlike older expansion bus architectures PCI provides peripherals with a direct connection to the CPU and memory The PCI bus runs at 33Mhz and has a maximum transfer capability of 132MBps With Plug amp Play the system BIOS automatically determines hardware resources for new peripherals simplifying installation of multiple interface cards This Setup Menu provides configuration options for the PCI Bus and its assigned resources PNP OS Installed Yes PCIIDE IRQ Map To PC AUTO Resources Controlled by Manual Primary IDE INT A Reset Configuration Data Disabled Secondary IDE INT B IRQ 3 assigned Legacy ISA Onboard AHA7880 SCSI Enabled 4 assigned Legacy ISA SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto TRQ 5 assigned PCI ISA PnP PCI Latency Timer 80 PCI Clocks IRQ 7 assigned PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned PCI ISA PnP Used MEM base addr N A IRQ 10 assigned PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11 assigned PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12 assigned PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14 assigned Legacy ISA IRQ 15 assigned Legacy ISA DMA 0 assigned PCI ISA PnP DMA 1 assigned PnP Quit T 4 lt Select Item DMA 3 assigned PCI ISA PnP Help Modify DMA 5 assigned PCIASA PnP Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 6 assigned PCI ISA PnP Load BIOS Defaults DMA 7 assigned PCI ISA PnP Load Setup Defaults PNP OS Installed Set to Yes if your operating system supports
25. Disabled Break Event From Suspend Quit T 1 lt Select Item IRQ 8 Clock Event Disabled Help Modify Old Values Shift 2 Color Load BIOS Defaults 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 default No power management Disables all four modes Min Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPUs Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode min and HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined Set each mode individually When Enabled each range is from 1 min p to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from min to 15 min PM Control by APM When Enabled an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 29 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP V H YNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synch
26. P5T30 WS A4 MAINBOARD User s Manual Rev 1 03 Date December 97 This manual covers both P5T30 WS amp P5T30 A4 mainboards e P5T30 A4 ATX Design 430TX Chipset Award BIOS e P5T30 WS Same as P5T30 A4 with built in Adaptec AIC 7880 SCSI chip RAlDport connector amp SCSI narrow wide connectors All other products names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 0 csssscssssecssceecsscceesssesscceesscessscseesscssessscseesseseees 4 Product Description eee S HS e 4 Item Checklist atu re v e bes 4 BOARD LEVEL FEATURES 5 INSTALLING THE CPU AND MEMORY 8 Static Precautiolis coii rete tpe ee det e e ipte e gta tite 8 Installing the CPU ote eer ene hse eode enn 8 Connecting the CPU Cooling 8 Setting the CPU Clock Selection 9 Setting the CPU Voltage Selection 10 Installing the Memory DRAM SIMM DIMMS eee 11 The Level 2 Cache 5 1 SETTING THE JUMPERS 12 CONNECTIONS iu duck be danh iust tuoi a etus ente 14 Power Supply
27. R connector 7 Infrared IR connector 18 Primary IDE connector 8 COMI connector 19 Floppy connector 9 Printer port connector 20 Ultra Wide SCSI connector 10 PS 2 keyboard connector 21 Ultra SCSI 2 connector 11 PS 2 mouse connector P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual PST30 WS only BOARD LEVEL FEATURES 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ISA SLOTS 3 16 bit ISA slots KEYBOARD BIOS Firmware chip controlling keyboard operations MAINBOARD BIOS Award BIOS supporting Plug and Play DMI Green PC specification Enhanced IDE and Multi I O The BIOS is FLASH Upgradeable via the AWDFLASH Utility PCI SLOTS 4 32 bit PCI slots are provided ADAPTEC RAIDporttu CONNECTOR This connector located behind PCI slot 1 supports the Adaptec multifunction expansion card for RAID subsystems This connector does not interfere with the use of standard PCI cards with PCI slot 1 P5T30 WS Only DRAM SIMM DIMM SOCKETS 2 72 pin SIMM and 2 168 pin DIMM sockets are provided to support a maximum RAM memory capacity of 256 MB SIMM DIMM types of either Fast Page Mode FPM or Extended Data Output EDO are supported and automatically detected by the BIOS SDRAM is supported on DIMM sockets BACK INFRARED IR CONNECTOR UART can also be used for the optional Infrared Module enabling wireless communication capability A supplied bracket with a single customized cable connects directly to the infrared pin hea
28. T2 Mode in INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP where UART2 is directed COM2 or IrDA Pin 6 is reserved for consumer IR input remote control m To Infrared QA Connector U eo L Spin Socket DB 9 Female i 08 9 Male IR Adapter 14 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual CONNECTIONS USB Connector This 8 pin connector permits connection of two USB peripheral devices directly to the system without an external hub PS 2 Keyboard amp Mouse Connectors These two connectors are located on the back panel of the mainboard Floppy drives The on board floppy controller supports 2 floppy disk drives with the floppy ribbon cable provided Make sure the RED stripe on the ribbon cable is oriented towards Pin 1 Notice the twist between the sets of connectors on the floppy cable The floppy drive A position is at the END of the cable whereas floppy drive B is hooked to one of the connectors on the other side of the twist The cable provides both Edge and Pin connectors for both the A and B positions to match the 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
29. TTN Holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will always power off the system With Instant Off selected the ATX switch functions like a normal system power off button With Delay 4 Sec Selected and the switch button being pressed for less than 4 seconds the system will enter into Suspend mode Resume by Ring This item enables the modem to bring the system out of Power Saving mode Break Event From Suspend When 8 Clock Event is enabled the unmasked IRQS will generate a Fast Burst Timer reload or stop break event 30 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Reload Global Timer Events IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enable an unmasked IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI when asserted reload the Global Standby Timer Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port Enable reload events from the respective device monitor to reload the Global Standby Timer P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 31 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP The PCI Personal Component Interconnect Bus was developed by Intel and other industry leader partners primarily to address two important issues faced by PC hardware designers today a How to allow peripheral devices to take the fullest advantage of the power of Pentium and Pentium Pro chip technology and b Provide a simpler installation process for peripheral devices such as Network cards EIDE or SCSI controllers PCI accomplishes these goals with its 3
30. WARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc Quit T 15 lt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen 18 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP This first menu is where the most basic hardware options are set Information regarding the system clock IDE hard disks and floppy drives is stored and configured in this section To enter the Standard CMOS Setup press the ENTER key with this menu highlighted Date mm dd yy Fri Apr 7 1996 Time hh mm ss 00 00 00 HARD DISKS SIZE CYLS HEAD LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Drive 1 44M 3 5in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 15360K Other Memory 384K HERO es Total Memo 16384K Video EGA VGA ESC Quit T 1 2 c Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color
31. ables 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 UART2 Mode By default this field is set to UART COM2 which directs the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port Choosing SHARP IR ASKIR or IrDA SIR HPSIR will activate the on board infrared feature and redirect the second serial port UART to support the infrared module connector on the mainboard Onboard Parallel Port With this option the on board Parallel Port can be Disabled or set to 378 IRQ7 Default 3BC IRQ7 or 278 IRQS On board Parallel Port Mode Sets the operating mode of the parallel port Options are SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port SPP ECP Extended Capability Port and ECP EPP default ECP Mode Use DMA Options are 1 and 3 This field is available only when one of the two following options in Parallel Port Mode is selected ECP or ECP EPP Parallel Port EPP Type Options are 1 7 and 1 9 default IEEE 1284 compliant P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 35 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Supervisor Password and User Password Setting Passwords can be set to provide protection for the BIOS configuration options
32. ary Onboard AHA7880 SCSI for P5T30 WS only Enables or Disables the Onboard Adaptec AIC 7880 SCSI Controller and the SCSI BIOS 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 The on board SCSI BIOS will not be loaded BIOS on board The adapter s own SCSI BIOS will be used If the SCSI adapter installed doesn t have The on board SCSI BIOS will load and its own BIOS and the card uses or is control the SCSI adapter compatible with the SYM53C8XX chip Disabling the onboard SCSI BIOS prevents it from being active in any way PCI Latency Timer This option sets latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus The settings are in units equal to PCI clocks Available settings are 0 248 The default is 80 Used MEM base address This item allows you to determine which basic addresses do not be occupied by PCI Card and leave these addresses for some special ISA Card used only Choices are C800 00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 Used MEM Length This item determines the memory length of addresses which is for some special ISA Card used P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 33 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS Loads Fail Safe settings into the BIOS Setup program These options are designed to slow the system down for troubleshooting purposes To load the default value
33. as the BIOS Support for More Than 2 Drives is enabled The AIC 78x0 BIOS must also be enabled for this setting to be valid 50 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual ADAPTEC SCSI UTILITY The operation of the AIC 78x0 BIOS on attached SCSI hard drives depends on the number of IDE and other standard hard drives running under DOS Operation with No IDE Hard Drives Installed The AIC 78x0 BIOS supports up to 8 SCSI drives The BIOS scans all targets on the SCSI bus If the BIOS cannot find the boot device specified SCSISelect the first drive or bootable CD ROM the BIOS encounters on Int 13h becomes the boot drive Operation with One IDE Hard Drives Installed The AIC 78x0 BIOS supports up to 7 SCSI drives a total of eight drives The first standard drive or bootable CD ROM encountered becomes the boot drive Operation with Two IDE Hard Drives Installed The AIC 78x0 BIOS support up to 6 SCSI drives eight drives total The first standard drive or bootable CD ROM encountered becomes the boot drive BIOS Support for Bootable CD ROM This option appears only if the BIOS is configured to include it Leave this option enabled to boot from a CD ROM If booting from a hard disk or other device make sure no bootable CD ROM is installed or disable this option BIOS Support for Int 13h Extensions This option appears only if the BIOS is configured to include bootable CD ROM support When this option is enabled the adapter BIOS s
34. der on the mainboard For computer cases that support a front IR device see number 17 COMI CONNECTOR High speed UART compatible serial port PRINTER PORT CONNECTOR EPP and ECP compatible 25 pin D Sub parallel port PS 2 KEYBOARD CONNECTOR Supports PS 2 style keyboards PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR Supports PS 2 style mice COM2 CONNECTOR High speed UART compatible serial port COM2 can be directed to the Infrared Module for wireless connection capability USB CONNECTOR A header connector for an optional USB Universal Serial Bus module is provided This connector permits the connection of two USB peripheral devices directly to the port without an external hub USB is a new technology supporting keyboards mouse printers fax modems and other telephony devices POWER CONNECTOR 20 Pin ATX Power Connector CPU SOCKET ZIF Socket 7 for Pentium CPUs This mainboard supports CPU speeds of 75 200MHz for Intel AMD K5 K6 and Cyrix SECONDARY IDE CONNECTOR Connector for second IDE channel FRONT INFRARED IR CONNECTOR This is convenient to system cases that support a front IR connector PRIMARY IDE CONNECTOR Connector for first IDE channel The on board PCI Bus Mastering IDE controller features support for DMA Mode 2 PIO Modes 34 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 devices such as Tape Drives and CD ROMs are al
35. e with SCSI ID 0 etc e If you plan to connect two host adapters in two different computers to the same SCSI bus so they can share SCSI devices set the host adapters to different SCSI IDs IDs 6 and 7 are preferable since they have the highest priority on the SCSI bus P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 45 ADAPTEC SCSI UTILITY SCSI Parity Checking Select this option to enable or disable SCSI Parity Checking on the host adapter The default setting is Enabled The host adapter always checks parity when reading from the SCSI bus to verify the correct transmission from your SCSI devices You should disable SCSI Parity Checking if any attached SCSI devices do not support SCSI E parity Most currently available SCSI devices do support SCSI parity Host Adapter SCSI Termination This option allows you to configure host adapter SCSI termination Both ends of the SCSI bus should be terminated Host Adapter termination should be disabled if you attach SCSI devices to both internal and external connectors since the host adapter would then be in the middle of the SCSI bus The P5T30 WS A4 Mainboard is equipped with an Active Terminator that will automatically switch from Enabled to Disabled or vice versa by scanning the devices mounted on the SCSI bus So manual termination is not required Boot Device Configuration Boot Target ID and Boot LUN Number let you specify the boot device The default boot device is
36. es These include Wide SCSI 2 and Ultra Wide devices Remember the controller s SCSI ID is 7 So avoid ID 7 when configuring your SCSI devices As with all SCSI Controllers only the LAST device on the cable should be terminated e Both the 8 bit and 16 bit connectors represent the same SCSI bus The total number of devices for this controller is 15 This means that once a SCSI ID is used on one of the cables that ID cannot be used again The maximum of 15 devices could consist of all 16 bit devices or a mixture of 16 bit and 8 bit devices P5T30 WS Only Optional RAIDport Module for PST30 WS only You can take greater advantage of the Ultra Wide SCSI controller already embedded on the P5T30 WS mainboard by turning it into a hardware assisted RAID solution through the addition of the Adaptec RAIDport Module This PCI add in card contains the Adaptec RAID engine ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit and its associated hardware This is the most cost effective flexible and risk free way to add RAID functionality to your SCSI subsystem This solution is also particularly cost effective since it takes advantage of the embedded SCSI controller and avoids the extra cost of the PCI to PCI bridge that is present in most high performance RAID solutions Furthermore no recabling of the SCSI devices is required 16 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP About the BIOS The Mainboard BIOS Basic Input O
37. f the Auto User and Types 1 45 options e Auto This option instructs the BIOS to automatically configure the hard disk by reading the parameters cylinders sectors etc directly from the hard disk s firmware Use this option if you are configuring a new hard drive or one that has already been formatted using the Auto option Keep in mind that a hard drive is configured using a certain set of parameters those same parameters must be used for the life of the drive unless the drive is re FDISKed using a different parameter set This procedure deletes the old partition s on the drive and creates a new one using the new parameters e User This option allows you to manually enter in the parameters of the hard drive Generally this option would be used only if the hard drive has already been formatted with a certain set of parameters and assured consistency between the old and new e 1 45 Similar to the User option these types should only be used if the exact parameters for the hard drive are already entered as a specific type stored in the Setup Program Again this would only be needed to assure that the parameters the drive was formatted with and those it is using now are identical For new hard drives the Auto option is the preferred choice parameters is desired 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
38. ild verify and hot spare testing Array status monitoring and event notification User selectable broadcast and monitoring Adjustable stripe width Advanced Hardware Features DRAM memory of 1 or 4 Mbyte using 70ns parity protected SIMM modules not included Flash upgradeable firmware and BIOS SCSI Channels 1 2 3 AIC 7880 mainboard SCSI chips connected to RAIDport Device Support Up to 15 HDD non HDD SCSI devices per mainboard channel Array Support Drives can be configured for RAID levels 0 1 0 1 and 5 Operating System Support Windows 95 Windows NT NetWare OS 2 Warp SCO OpenSever UnixWare 2 x Remote management Windows 3 X Windows 95 Windows NT Will be available soon 54 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual
39. ion determines the maximum data transfer rate that the host adapter will use for a particular device The default value is 20 0 The 5 30 WS mainboard provides a 16 bit 2 byte channel that supports an effective maximum synchronous transfer rate of 40 0 MBytes sec 20 0 Mbytes per 8 bit channel Valid setting are SCSISelect 8 Bit Connector 16 Bit Connector Transfer Rate Effective Transfer rate Effective Transfer Rate 20 0 20 0 MBytes Sec 40 0 MBytes Sec 16 0 16 0 MBytes Sec 32 0 MBytes Sec 13 4 13 4 MBytes Sec 26 8 MBytes Sec 10 0 10 0 MBytes Sec 20 0 MBytes Sec P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 47 ADAPTEC SCSI UTILITY In most cases you can use the maximum value of 20 0 If the host adapter is set not to negotiate for synchronous data transfer i e Initiate Sync Negotiation is set to no then the value selected here is the maximum rate that the host adapter accepts from the device during negotiation This is standard SCSI protocol Enable Disconnection This option determines whether the host adapter allows a SCSI device to disconnect from the SCSI bus sometimes called Disconnect Reconnect Disconnect Reconnect allows the host adapter to perform other operations on the SCSI bus while the SCSI device is temporarily disconnected When set to yes the SCSI device may disconnect from the SCSI bus The SCSI device however may choose not to disconnect even if permitted by the host adapter this can usually be configured on
40. ld need to choose either the A C or CDROM C A setting For instance if your boot sequence was set to C A and for some reason you wanted to boot to your Floppy A Drive it would not be possible since the BIOS would always boot from the C drive first In this case this setting would need to be changed to A C so 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 System will first search hard disk drive then floppy disk drive for boot sector System will first search for boot sector on floppy disk then hard disk CDROM C A System will first search the CDROM drive then hard disk drive and then floppy disk drive for boot sector C CDROM A System will first search for boot sector on hard disk drive then CDROM drive and then floppy disk drive Swap Floppy Drive The hardware connections determine which floppy is configured as drive A and drive B Swapping the floppy drives can be useful if your system has two floppy drives and you want the ability to boot from both For example Since a PC cannot boot from the B Floppy you would need to Swap floppy drives A and B in order to set the second floppy drive to drive A thereby making it bootable Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled BIOS will attempt to move the head of the floppy disk drive forth and back once during POST to see if the drive is working properly
41. lp window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc A Final Note About Setup Not all systems have the same Setup While the basic look and function of the Setup program remains the same for all systems individual motherboard and chipset combinations require custom configurations For example you may find that your Setup main menu has a different number of entries from the main menu displayed in this manual These are simply features not supported or not user configurable on your system The final appearance of the Setup program also depends on the Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM who built your system If your OEM has decided that certain items should only be available to their technicians those items may very well be removed from the Setup program P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 17 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP e Shortly after the system is powered on provided a CPU and sufficient RAM are installed you will see the message Press DEL to enter SETUP e Press the DEL key to enter the Award BIOS Setup program MAIN MENU 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 setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59TIG9 CMOS SETUP UTILITY A
42. m can be powered on unlike traditional Baby AT designs where the power switch is located on the Power Supply itself JP3 IDE Activity LED Hook the IDE LED lead to this jumper with the RED lead corresponding to Pin 1 JP2 SCSI Activity LED Hook the SCSI LED lead to this jumper with the RED lead corresponding to Pin 2 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 13 CONNECTIONS Power Supply Connector This mainboard features an ATX style Power Supply Connector This connector is keyed to prevent connection in the wrong direction Line up the locking mechanism on the connector from the Power Supply with the tab on the mainboard connector Press down until the two connectors are locked Warning To avoid damaging components during board installation you MUST finish installing all the components onto the mainboard before connecting the power cable to the PST30 WS A4 Serial and Parallel Ports A 25 pin D Sub header is provided on the back panel for a multi mode bi directional parallel port Two 9 pin D Sub headers are also provided on the back panel for Serial ports COM 2 Parallel Port COM 1 00000 00000 9 eooo 9 9 IrDA compliant infrared module connector The IrDA connector bracket hooks directly to this connector on the mainboard This connector provides support for the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module You must first configure through UAR
43. mory manager loaded P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 41 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY Updating the Award BIOS Code is made easy with the AWDFLASH Utility Since this mainboard features FLASH BIOS it is not necessary to change the actual BIOS chip in order to upgrade the System BIOS The user can simply re program the old BIOS using the AWDFLASH Utility as follows 1 42 First boot the system with DOS or to Safe Mode under Windows 95 If you are booting DOS from a hard drive or floppy disk press F5 when the message Starting MS DOS appears on the screen If you are booting Windows 95 press the F8 key and select the Safe mode command prompt option This will assure that the system is running in real mode with no device drivers loaded This is the only correct way to run the AWDFLASH Utility program There are 2 important files needed to re program the BIOS The first is AWDFLASH EXE which 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 Start the AWDFLASH Utility by changing to the directory where the two required files exist and typing AWDFLASH and pressing ENTER The AWDFLASH Utility Screen appears You will be asked for the file name to program Type in the name
44. oes not display the characters entered Enter in the new password then the confirmation You cannot change the current password unless you know it Erasing a Password 1 If you know the current password but want to disable password checking follow the procedure for changing the password When Setup prompts for the new password simply press ENTER You will see a message indicating that the password is disabled 2 If you do not know the current password the CMOS must be cleared by removing the battery for a while and then re installing it back This will clear all user defined BIOS Setup options 36 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 37 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Automatically detect and configure hard disk parameters The Award BIOS includes this ability in the event you are uncertain of your hard disk s parameters See also Standard CMOS Setup LOW LEVEL FORMAT UTILITY This Award Low Level Format Utility is designed as a tool to save your time formatting your hard disk The Utility automatically looks for the necessary information of the drive you selected The Utility also searches for bad tracks and lists them for your reference Shown below is the Main Menu after you enter into the Award Low Level Format Utility Hard Disk Low Level Format Utility NO CYLS HEAD SELECT DRIVE BAD TRACK LIST PREFORMAT Current select drive is C Drive
45. of the new BIOS bin file and hit ENTER The program will then ask if you want to backup the old BIOS This is recommended in case there are any problems with the new bin file Enter the name of the new backup file such as backup bin and press ENTER At this time the system will prompt you for final confirmation before beginning programming The Utility can be aborted at this time by hitting To begin programming hit When the Flash programming starts a bar indicator will show the progress of the programming operation After successful completion hit the reset button or power off the computer P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual DC 310U PCI ULTRA SCSI ADAPTER The DC 310U is an Ultra SCSI Host Adapter based on the Symbios Logic SYM53C860 Ultra SCSI Chip Designed to provide a low cost easy to implement SCSI solution this adapter utilizes the built in Symbios Logic SCSI BIOS on supported mainboards e Fully Plug amp Play and PCI 2 1 compliant enhanced SCSI features include Disconnect Reconnect Scatter Gather and Tag Queuing to greatly improve overall system performance particularly under multitasking environments hardware design Active SCSI 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 Symbios SYM53C860 SCSI Chip Max 7 SCSI Devices
46. operation If a removable media SCSI device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS do not remove the media while the drive is powered on or you may lose data If you want to be able to remove media while the power is on install the removable media device driver and set this option to Disabled Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives gt 1Gbyte This option allows you to enable or disable extended translation for SCSI hard disks with a capacity greater than 1 GByte It is only valid if the host adapter BIOS is enabled The default setting is Enabled When this option is enabled the following translation schemes are used e Disks lt 1 GByte use a translation scheme of 64 heads 32 sectors per track e Disks gt 1 GByte use a translation scheme of 255 heads 63 sectors per track Display lt Hot gt lt Key gt Message During BIOS Initialization This option allows you to enable or disable the BIOS prompt for the SCSI utility When this option is enabled the following prompt appears on screen when the computer boots Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility Multiple Lun Support When enabled this option allows the BIOS to support Multiple logical units Enable this option if any devices have multiple logical units BIOS Support for More Than 2 Drives Under MS DOS 5 0 and later versions the AIC 78x0 BIOS supports up to eight standard for example IDE or EIDE and SCSI hard drives without the need for drivers as long
47. or to restrict access to the computer itself When enabled User Password will require all users to enter a password in order to use the system and or enter the BIOS setup but can t change its contents A Supervisor Password is used to protect the stored CMOS options from being changed by unauthorized users Keep in mind that when set a password is required only when booting the system It will not provide protection to a system that is already booted The password check option is set in BIOS FEATURES SETUP by choosing either System the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when the user enters the BIOS Setup The password is stored in CMOS RAM and can be cleared by removing the battery for a while and then re installing it back To set a password 1 You must first set the Supervisor 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 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 a Password 1 Select the appropriate password option Supervisor or User from the main menu and press ENTER Enter the current password and press Enter The screen d
48. ors first then format by each track Start Press Y to start low level format SAVE amp EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Select Save amp Exit Setup to save into the CMOS memory all modifications specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight this option in the main menu and press ENTER The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press the key and then Enter Press the key and then the Enter key to abort The Exit Without Saving option allows the user to exit the BIOS Setup without updating any changes made during the current session PCI Device Listing This list of installed PCI devices appears after the System Configuration screen PCI device listing 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 multifunction device Vender ID Identifies the manufacturer of the device Valid vendor identifiers are allocated by the PCI SIG Special Interest Group to ensure uniqueness Device ID Identifies the particular device This identifier is allocated by the vendor Device Class Specifies one of the following device classe
49. otice how the lever locks in place Lever when pressed all the way down 3 The CPU must be inserted with the correct orientation White Dot One corner of the CPU has a notch and looks different that the other three This corner is also missing a pin unlike the other three and is marked with a white dot on top of the CPU Align this corner towards the end of the lever as shown in the figure below Insert the CPU hold it down and close the lever until it locks into place Connecting the CPU Cooling Fan J17 J17 is a small 3 pin Header Connector that provides 12 Volt power for CPU Cooling Fans This is useful if your Fan provides this type of 1555 connector instead of the normal Molex Type Power Supply connector Pin 2 corresponds to the RED power lead as shown GND GND 12V 8 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual INSTALLING THE CPU AND MEMORY Setting the CPU Clock Selection Jumper JBF0 2 amp JF S0 2 After installing the CPU you must set the clock selection jumper to match the frequency of the CPU Find the Jumper Blocks labeled JBFO 2 and 50 2 on the mainboard Refer to the diagram on page 7 Set the jumper according to the table below for your CPU frequency Jumper setting for CPU CPU Model CPU Clock Bus Clock JFSO 2 Ratio JBFO 2 Intel Pentium 233MHz 66MHz x3 5 Intel Pentium 200MHz 66MHz x3 0 Intel Pentium 166MHz 66MHz x2 5 Intel Pentium 150MHz 60MHz x2 5 Intel Pentium 133MHz 66MHz x2 0
50. ow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled 000 Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Hard Disk Boot From Pri IDE D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence C A D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Floppy Disk Access Control R W Boot Up NumLock Status Boot Up System Speed High Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 ESC Quit T 4 gt lt Select Security Option System Fl Help PU PD Mod PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Assign PCI IRQ For VGA Disabled F6 Load BIOS Defaults OS 2 Select For Memory 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 following error message will appear 2 1 WARNING You can accept or abort this operation Disk boctsectoris to be modifed Note This feature is designed to guard Type Y to accept write or N to abort write Award Software Inc against viruses that modify the boot sector on hard disks However many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table
51. own below SCSISelect Utility Main Menu Options Upon entering the Utility the main menu screen is displayed Press ENTER to choose the Configure View Host Adapter Settings menu 44 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual ADAPTEC SCSI UTILITY Configure View On board Host Adapter Settings Menu Note Pressing F6 will reset all settings to the host adapter defaults Host adapter default settings are marked with an asterisk throughout the selection submenus Host Adapter SCSI ID This option allows you to change the host adapter SCSI ID There are 16 available IDs for the AIC 7880 Ultra Wide controller 8 for the AIC 7860 The default setting for both models is SCSI ID 7 which has the highest priority on the SCSI bus We recommend that you do not change this setting Each SCSI device on the SCSI bus including the host adapter must be set to a unique SCSI ID The SCSI ID serves two purposes it uniquely identifies each SCSI device on the bus and it determines the device s priority on the bus during the Arbitration phase The Arbitration phase determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices request use of it When selecting the host adapter SCSI ID consider the following e If you install more than one SCSI host adapter in the computer each board has its own SCSI bus This means devices can have duplicate SCSI IDs as long as they are not on the same SCSI bus e g each SCSI bus can have a devic
52. 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 instance a hard drive with the parameters of 2100 Cylinders 16 Heads and 63 Sectors would be represented by LBA Mode as 525 Cylinders 64 Heads and 63 Sectors Notice that the Cylinders have been divided and the Heads have been multiplied by a factor of 4 On hard drives smaller in capacity than 528 LBA support is not needed The option on these devices is ignored even if enabled For hard drives greater than 528 LBA mode should be enabled The following rules apply e Operating Systems that do not use the FAT file system do not need LBA Mode and can use the Normal or Large Modes Examples would be Netware and Unix e When configuring a new hard drive greater than 528MB in capacity always make sure LBA mode is enabled e Ifyou are using a hard drive that is over 528MB in capacity but was already formatted without using LBA mode LBA support will be ignored even if it is enabled This assures correct access to the drive s data 20 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP e SCSI Hard Drives are NOT entered into the Mainboard BIOS Setup in any way The hard drive settings in the Standard CMOS Setup are only for drives connected to the IDE Controller So if only SCSI drives were
53. r in accordance 8v with your specific CPU type The Intel MMX CPU is an for dual Lalo example of a dual supply chip 2 8V amp 3 3V When supply only 29V Vcore single supply CPUs are used this setting is not relevant ss and should be left on the default Refer to the CPU 3 3V Mess documentation Intel Pentium 3 3V 2 8V 3 3V x 3 3V x 3 5V x See what voltage is required for your Cyrix CPU 3 3V or 3 5V 4 x Don t care 10 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual INSTALLING THE CPU AND MEMORY AMD K6 3 3V 2 9V 3 3V 3 2V 3 3V x 3 5V x PS See what voltage is required for your CPU x Don t care Installing the Memory DRAM SIMM DIMMs e P5T30 WS A4 mainboard supports 72 pin SIMMs and 168 pin DIMMs of two types SIMM Fast Page Mode Asymmetric or Symmetric or EDO Extended Data Output e DIMM 3 3 Volt unbuffered SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SIMM Sizes supported 4MB SMB 16MB 32 64MB and 128MB e DIMM Sizes supported SMB 16MB 32MB 64MB and 128MB e total of 2 SIMMs or 2 DIMMs can be installed for a maximum RAM capacity of 256MB To mix both SIMM and DIMM modules on the same mainboard is not recommended Minimum RAM capacity is 8 With 2 4MB SIMMS Installed or 1 SMB DIMM SIMM DIMMSs speed requirements 70n
54. r tasks The DRAM memory module is isolated from the data path and memory is automatically bypassed when direct data transfer offers better performance The ARO 1130 RAIDport card is easy to install and configure With its ArrayConfig software drives can be configured into arrays with a few simple menu driven steps The ArrayConfig software enhances fault tolerance reliability by letting users set up an initial array configuration before the operating system is installed The Adaptec CI O Array Management software takes the complexity out of array management Arrays can be managed either locally from the host system or remotely from any PC over the network In Windows operating systems an easy to use graphical user interface is provided Advanced Features e RAID co processor e Upto 3 mainboard SCSI channels supported e Uses same cabling as mainboard SCSI e Multiple operating system support e Hot swap drive support e Hot spare standby e Dynamic sector repairing P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 53 ARO 1130 PCI RAID Card Technical Specifications Computer Bus 32 bit PCI Local Bus and RAIDport socket connector Interface Protocol Bus Master DMA Host Burst Data Transfer Rate Up to 133MB sec Device Protocol Advanced RAID Features RAID co processor Hot spare pool and dedicated Hot swap of drives User defined rebuild priority User defined verify priority Bootable array support Hot spare testing Scheduler for rebu
55. rive HDD Enabled or Disabled Enabled is the default IDE PIO Mode IDE Programmed I O Mode This setting relates to the speed at which the hard drive is able to transfer data up to 16 6MB second for Mode 4 drives Available 34 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP settings are Auto 0 1 2 3 or 4 As with the Type setting Auto is the preferred choice in that the supported PIO Mode is read directly from the hard drive Be sure not to use a PIO Mode higher than what the drive actually supports This could result in loss of data IDE UDMA Ultra DMA Mode Intel 430TX PCIset used for this mainboard improves the IDE performance by implementing UltraDMA 33 Bus Mastering IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33 Mbyte sec This UDMA technology is downward compatible with existing ATA 2 IDE So there is no upgrade required for current hard drives and cabling Auto is default Onboard Primary PCI IDE Enables or Disables the primary controller Situations where this controller would be disabled are a You are not using any IDE Drives or b You are using an add on IDE controller in a PCI Slot Onboard Secondary PCI IDE Enables or Disables the secondary controller Situations where this controller would be disabled are a You are not using any IDE Drives or b You are using IDE Drives ONLY on the primary controller or c You are using an add on IDE controller in a PCI Slot Onboard FDC Controller En
56. ronization ports writing blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off After Option This is to determine when to activate the video off function Options are Standby Doze default Suspend and N A PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected See above for available selections Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Standby Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the fixed disk drive and the video will be shut 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 control thermal throttling mode The duty cycle indicates the percentage of time the STPCLK signal is asserted VGA Active Monitor When enabled the video detect logic will generate a timer reload event for device monitor 11 Soft Off by PWR B
57. s 60ns e This mainboard contains 1 SIMM Bank and 2 DIMM Banks The SIMM bank consists of 2 SIMM Sockets For SIMMs memory must be installed two SIMMS at a time Both SIMMS in a bank must be identical DIMM modules on the other hand can be installed one at a time The Level 2 Cache SRAM Two cache sizes are available e 256K Cache 2 32Kx32 128K SRAM chips 512K Cache 2 64Kx32 256K SRAM chips The Level 2 Cache on this mainboard is not upgradeable P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 1 1 SETTING THE J UMPERS Jumpers are used on this mainboard to 3 Jumper 2 pin Jumper select various settings and features A 2 pin Pin 1 2 jumper has two settings Open and Short or Closed The jumper is closed by placing the Jumper Cap across the two pins thereby Pin 2 3 Short 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 JBFO 2 JFS0 2 J17 J16 JP5 JP4 JP3 JP2 m n WE 095 Gab SOY a 12 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual SETTING THE J UMPERS JBS0 1 CPU Clock Ratio Selection This jumper is explained in detail on page 10 80 1 CPU Clock Selection This jumper is explained in detail on page 10 J17 CPU cooling fan connector Hook the CPU cooling fan power connector to this jumper observing the correct polarity Pin 2 corresponds to the
58. s Mass storage controller Network controller Display controller Multimedia device Bridge device Simple communication controller Base system peripherals Input device P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 39 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Docking station Processor and Serial bus controller The PCI device listing is useful for troubleshooting purposes More detailed information for each field may be obtained through the PCI specification documentation 40 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual DMI UTILITY Desktop Management Interface DMI This mainboard supports the Desktop Management Interface DMI which is a new method of providing enterprise management for personal computers The main component of DMI is the Management Information Format Database MIF which contains information about the computer system and its components such as BIOS version vendor CPU speed type memory size type L1 L2 cache port connectors IDE floppy 2S 1P USB keyboard mouse slots etc Using DMI remote PC management software is able to obtain various information about the system including hardware profiles capabilities operational status installation dates 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 Note The DMI utility must be run in real mode without the EMM386 me
59. s highlight this option and press ENTER Enter Y in the confirmation screen and press ENTER again User defined options in the Standard CMOS Setup are not affected LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Loads the default values for best system performance into the BIOS Setup program To load the default values highlight this option and press ENTER Enter Y in the confirmation screen and press ENTER again User defined options in the Standard CMOS Setup are not affected INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP This menu is used to configure the integrated IDE subsystem and other peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard Primary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto Onboard Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto On board FDC Controller Enabled On board Serial Port 1 Auto On board Serial Port 2 Auto InfraRed COM2 Selected UART 2 ESC Quit T1145 lt Select On board Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Help PU PD Modify On board Parallel Mode ECP EPP Old Values Shift F2 Color ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Load BIOS Defaults Parallel Port EPP Type EPP 1 9 Load Setup Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk d
60. s the default PCI 2 1 Compliance It is used by targets that cannot complete the initial data phase within the requirements of the PCI 2 1 specification Disabled is the default System Hardware Monitor This field allows you to monitor the Current CPU Temperature and set the required CPU Warning Temperature Once the CPU temperature exceeds the set CPU Warning Temperature warning will be issued via the speaker on your computer case and the operating CPU speed will be slowed down to ease the situation 28 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP This menu contains configuration options that reduce power consumption when the system is not in use Other Green PC compliant peripherals are also supported Power Management allows you to configure you system to use energy most efficiently and yet still in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Power Management User Defined Reload Global Timer Events PM Control by APM Yes IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled Video Off Method DPMS Primary IDE 0 Disabled Video Off After Doze Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Doze Mode Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled Standby Mode Disabled Floppy Disk Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Serial Port Enabled HDD Power Down Disabled Parallel Port Disabled Throttle Duty Cycle 50 VGA Active Monitor Enabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Resume By Ring
61. so supported FLOPPY CONNECTOR Builtin floppy controller supports 2 5 25 or 3 5 1 44MB or 2 88MB floppy drives P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual BOARD LEVEL FEATURES 20 ULTRA WIDE SCSI CONNECTOR Supports up to 15 Wide SCSI or Ultra Wide SCSI devices P5T30 WS Only 21 ULTRA SCSI 2 CONNECTOR Supports up to 7 SCSI 2 or Ultra SCSI devices The on board Adaptec AIC 7880 SCSI BIOS supports additional Adaptec PCI SCSI 2940UW controllers along with the on board AIC 7880 controller P5T30 WS Only Comprehensive Mainboard View ISA Bus 3 ISA Bus 2 P5T30 A4 without SCSI P5T30 WS with SCSI n ISA Bus 1 8 2 PCI Bus 4 x CPU Clock Ratio E 3 5275 x3 0 PCI Bus 3 JEA 93C46N SCSI only 2 x2 0 1 5 93C6GN RAIDPort only us PCI Bus 2 1 Adaptec RAIDport t optional PCI Bus 1 8 i ES IrDA IR E3 RE 4 8 Ed zz 8 BIB B 8 HB B 8 2 EX p E ul am emm B HE HB gt 25 a oj o SCSI LED JP2 8 o IDE HD LED J E 500 CPU Clock Soft Power Jp4 On B
62. tected All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will be stopped and you will be prompted All The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all But Keyboard other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop Disk Key for all other errors Memory This category is display only All memory detected by the POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS is shown as the following types Base Memory is the amount of conventional memory installed in the system This value is typically 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard The Extended Memory is the amount of memory located above in the CPU s memory address map Other Memory refers to the memory located in the region between 640K and 1MB This region can be used for shadowing as well as expanded memory in DOS P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 2 1 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP This menu provides access to more advanced BIOS configuration settings that deal with overall performance of the system and peripheral setup This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shad
63. ted device s media for defects If the utility finds bad blocks it prompts you to reassign them if you select yes these blocks will no longer be used This Utility can be aborted by pressing Esc 52 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual ARO 1130 PCI RAID Card This mainboard provides a connector for an optional ARO 1130 PCI RAIDport card located at the extension end of PCI slot 3 The ARO 1130 RAID controller supports up to four arrays in any combination of RAID levels 0 1 0 1 or 5 to meet the performance and data redundancy requirements of your workstation or server system Supported RAID Levels Data is striped across multiple disks without data redundancy Used where disk performance is the top priority Simultaneously reads and writes to dual hard disks thereby mirroring the data Used where data redundancy is the major concern Combines the protection of mirroring with the high performance of data striping The only RAID level that can tolerate multiple drive failures RAID 0 1 is ideal for mission critical applications Uses parity information striped across multiple disks to provide data redundancy and increased performance RAID 5 provides the best balance of fault tolerance speed and storage cost for most applications A separate AIC 7810 RAID co processor on the ARO 1130 card manages DRAM memory and offloads RAID 1 secondary writes and RAID 5 parity calculations from the host CPU freeing it for othe
64. the SCSI device When set to no the SCSI device is not allowed to disconnect from the SCSI bus The default setting is yes You should leave Enable Disconnection set to yes if two or more SCSI devices are connected to the on board SCSI port This optimizes SCSI bus performance If only one SCSI device is connected to the SCSI port set Enable Disconnection to no to achieve slightly better performance Send Start Unit Command This option which is supported by some SCSI devices determines whether the Start Unit Command SCSI command 1B is sent to the SCSI device most devices do not require this Enabling this option reduces the load on your computer s power supply by allowing the host adapter to power up SCSI devices one at a time when you boot your computer Otherwise the devices all power up at the same time Most devices require you to set a jumper before they can respond to this command When set to yes the Start Unit Command is sent to the SCSI device during bootup When set to no each SCSI device powers up in its normal fashion The default setting is no Note The Send Start Unit Command setting is valid only if the host adapter BIOS is enabled If this option is enabled for more than one SCSI device the Start Unit Command is sent first to the device with the lowest SCSI ID When this device responds to the host adapter the Start Unit Command is sent to the next highest SCSI ID with a setting of yes The process continues until
65. upports E Torito Int 13h extensions which are required for bootable CD ROMs You disable this option if the boot device is not a CD ROM however leaving it enabled causes no harm Support for Ultra SCSI Speed This option appears only if the BIOS is configured to include Ultra SCSI support Enable this option to use Ultra SCSI speeds with the AIC 78x0 P5T30 WS A4 User s Manual 5 1 ADAPTEC SCSI UTILITY SCSI Disk Utilities When you select SCSI Disk Utilities from the Options menu the SCSISelect utility scans the SCSI bus and lists all SCSI devices installed on the SCSI bus You can easily determine from this screen which SCSI ID is assigned to each device on the SCSI bus Format Disk The Format Disk utility performs a low level format on disk devices Your fixed disk media must be low level formatted before you can use your operating system s partitioning and file preparation utilities such as MS DOS fdisk and format Most SCSI disk devices are pre low level formatted and do not need to be formatted again The Adapter Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk drives Run it on hard disk drives or removable media drives that were previously used with a non Adaptec host adapter Caution A low level format will destroy all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation You cannot abort a low level format once it is started Verify Disk Media Scans the selec
66. utput System acts as the bridge between your Hardware CPU Disk Drives Video etc and Operating System Software Windows 95 OS 2 and so on The BIOS Setup also called CMOS Setup is where many hardware configuration options are set and stored This configuration information will remain in the BIOS until it is changed or cleared by removing the battery for a while and then putting it back CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor refers to the chip in which the BIOS information is stored The P5T30 WS A4 mainboard features Award BIOS which provides an easy to use Setup program to aid in hardware configuration In this section we will look at the various menus and options contained in the Award BIOS Setup Program This mainboard also features a Flash BIOS A Flash BIOS can be upgraded via software thereby eliminating the need to actually replace the BIOS Chip on the mainboard Procedures for updating the BIOS follow this section The Award BIOS installed in 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 a standard compatible input output system Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries press F1 for help and press lt Esc gt to quit Getting Help Pressing F1 will display a small he

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