Freetech P5F111 User Manual

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P5F111 User’s Manual 1

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 Features

1.2 Specifications

1.3 What You Have

1.4 Precautions

1.5 Board Layout

1.5.1 Jumper Switches

1.5.2 Expansion Slots

1.5.3 Onboard Connectors

Chapter 2

Mainboard Installation

2.1 Installation Steps

2.2 Installing CPU

2.2.1 Setting the CPU Vcore Voltage

2.2.2 Setting the CPU I/O Voltage

2.2.3 Setting the CPU External Frequency

2.2.4 Setting the CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio

2.3 Installing Memory

2.4 Attaching Connectors

2.5 Set Jumpers on the Mainboard

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Chapter 3

BIOS Configuration

3.1 Entering Setup

3.2 CMOS Setup Utility

3.3 Standard CMOS Setup

3.4 IDE HDD Auto Detection

3.5 Load Setup Defaults

3.6 Save & Exit Setup

3.7 Exit Without Saving

3.8 BIOS Features Setup

3.9 Chipset Features Setup

3.10 Power Management Setup

3.11 PnP/PCI Configuration

3.12 Integrated Peripherals

3.13 Supervisor/User Password

Chapter 4

Driver and Utility

4.1 Flash Utility

4.2 The steps to Install the VIA GRAT AGP Driver

4.3 The Steps to Install the VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver

4.4 The Steps to Install the VGA Driver

4.5 The Steps to Install the MVP4 Sound Card Driver

4.6 USB Driver

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Appendix

System Environment Monitor

A.1 The Steps to Install the System Environment Monitor
Driver

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1 Introduction

The P5F111 is a quality, high performance, function enhanced
mainboard based on the powerful Intel P54C/P55C, AMD K5/K6/K6-2/
K6-3, Cyrix 6x86/M II and IDE WinChip C6 family processor.

With a built-in VIA AGP graphics Chip, Ultra DMA-33/66 Bus
Mastering IDE controller, concurrent PCI bus, USB ports and built-in
AC97 Digital Audio Controller. It has 1MB or 2MB (optional) pipelined­burst second-level cache on board and two Dual Inline Memory
Modules (DIMMs) allow as much as 512MB of 3V SDRAM/EDO
memory or 512MB of 3V EDO memory.

The board offers outstanding I/O capabilities, with Ultra DMA-33/66
Bus Mastering IDE interfaces, a floppy controller, two serial port
connectors, an EPP/ECP-capable parallel port connector, and IrDA­compatible infrared port, two USB connectors, two USB ports, and
more. The three PCI local bus slots, two ISA bus slots, and one AMR
slot provide outstanding expandability for add-on peripheral cards.

In addition, the board features a synchronous switching regulator and
advanced power and system management functions. The board’s BIOS
supports automatic device detection--making setup of hard drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.

1.1 Features

This section presents an overview of the board’s special features.

VIA Apollo MVP4

The Apollo MVP4 is an advanced System Multimedia Architecture
(SMA) PC core logic chipset for Socket 7 PC systems. The VIA Apollo
MVP4 is a combination of the widely successful VIA Apollo MVP3
chipset and a high performance 2D/3D AGP graphics with setup engine
and DVD hardware acceleration (Tridert Blade 3D 9880). Paired with
the new VIA VT82C686A Super South bridge. The MVP4 is a
compelling solution for cost-effective, full-feature desktop and mobile
PC designs.

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AGP VGA

Integrates an AGP 2.0 - Complaint 2D/3D AGP graphics controller into
the north bridge of the chipset, 64-bit 2D/3D graphics engine, and video
accelerator with advanced DVD video.

AC97 Audio

Integrated AC97 2.0 (meets PC 98

(TM)

Basic Audio Specification) and

Sound Blaster-compatible legacy audio.

ISA and PCI Expansion Slots

Provides two 16-bit ISA expansion slots and three 32-bit PCI expansion
slots.

Versatile Memory Configuration

The two DIMM sockets support up to 512MB of 3.3V SDRAM
memory. Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM)
provides optimized performance through increased data transfer rate.

Ultra DMA-33/66 Bus Mastering IDE Controller

Provides an Enhanced Intelligent Drive Electronics (IDE) hard disk
controller. Support for Ultra DMA-33/66 speeds up disk drive access.

Flash ROM BIOS and Enhanced ACPI

The programmable Flash ROM BIOS offers Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface (ACPI). ACPI enables ACPI-supported operating
systems (such as Windows 98) and applications to direct system power
management.

Synchronous Switching Regulator

The highly efficient synchronous switching design reduces power
consumption and heat generation.

External Modem Wakeup (Remote Ring On) (WOM)

With an optional phone line and modem, the board can turn on
automatically to answer a phone call.

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Wake on LAN (WOL)

Provides a connector to an optional PCI LAN card (with remote
wakeup capabilities) so that a remote server can turn on the system
through a network.

RTC Walk-up Timer

The RTC wakeup timer can turn on your system at a predefined date and
time.

Dual-Function Power Button (Soft-Off Control)

Use the power button to turn off the system instantly or with “soft-off”
control. When soft-off is selected, pressing the power button will cause
the system to enter Sleep (Suspend) mode. With soft-off, the system
won’t turn off unless you continuously hold the power button for 4
seconds or longer. This prevents you from accidentally turning off the
system.

System Sleep (Suspend) Mode

To conserve energy, the system employs the following measures when
in Sleep (Suspend) mode:

The CPU stops running

The chipset and related circuits go to the lowest power state
The hard disk stops spinning
The monitor goes blank
The CPU cooling fan and system fan are turned off
The Power LED indicator on the front panel dims when the system

is in Suspend mode. (If you are using a 3-pin LED, it can display a
different color when the system is in Suspend mode).

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

Supports DMI through the BIOS, which creates a higher level of
compatibility by allowing hardware to communicate with a standard
protocol.

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Super Multi-I/O

Provides two high-speed UART-compatible serial ports and a parallel
port with EEP and ECP capabilities. For wireless connections, you can
connect an optional infrared module to the IrDA-compatible infrared
port.

Automatic Device Detection

Auto-detection support in BIOS makes installation of hard drives, and
other devices samples.

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1.2 Specifications

Hardware

CPU Intel® P54C/P55C, AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3, Cyrix

6x86/M II and IDE WinChip C6 Family

VRM Synchronous switching regulator; provides 1.3V to

3.5V operating voltage
Coprocessor CPU built-in floating point unit
Speed System bus clock 66/68/75/83/95/100/112MHz

PCI bus clock 27.7/31.75/33.3/34.25/37.5/37.75MHz

ISA bus clock 8.33MHz
Chipset VIA MVP4 (VT8501/VT82C686A)
EIDE Controller Dual-Channel Enhanced Intelligent Drive

Electronics (EIDE) interface supports up to 4

IDE hand disk drives or CD drives;
Supports PIO mode 0 through mode 4 drives;
Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drives and

Bus Mastering Ultra DMA-33/66 drives

Enhanced I/O Two serial ports (16550-compatible UART)

Parallel port with bidirectional lines supports

Standard Parallel Port (SPP), Enhanced

Parallel Port (EPP), and Extended

Capabilities Port (ECP)
IrDA-compatible infrared port

Mouse/Keyboard PS/2 mouse connector

PS/2 keyboard connector

Expansion Slots 3 X 32-bit PCI slots and 2 X 16-bit ISA slots

One AMR Slot

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Power Management Compliant with EPA, APM 1.2 and ACPI

AT soft-off power control
ATX soft-off power control
Power - On by Keyboard & PS/2 mouse
Power - On by Modem Ring
Power - On by Alarm
Power - On by Network Card (WOL)
Sleep state indicator
Fan off in sleep mode

System Management VIA 686A include PC Health Monitor

Voltage Regulator Switching regulator

Form Factor AT Form Factor, 22.0cm x 24.0cm (7.25”x 7.9")

Software

BIOS AWARD AGP/PCI BIOS

2M-bit Flash BIOS with ESCD block
Supports APM, PnP, Multi-Boot, DMI and
EIDE devices
Supports Removable Media Drive

Driver Utility IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver

Flash utility for BIOS upgrade
Hardware Doctor Utility
AGP VxD Driver
On Chip Trident AGP Driver
Audio drivers

O.S. Operates with MS_DOS 6.2x, Windows 3.x,

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT4.x,
Window NT5x, OS/2 Warp 4.0, Novell
Netware, Novell UnixWare 1.1 and SCO Unix

5.0.x

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Environment

Ambient Temperature 00C to 500 C (Operating)
Relative Humidity 0 to 85% (Operating)
Vibration 0 to 500 Hz
DC Voltage 4.9V to 5.2V
DC Voltage 1.8 V to 3.50V
DC Voltage -5V, +12V, -12V, +5VSB 5% tolerance.

1.3 What You Have

The P5F111 mainboard comes securely packaged in a sturdy cardboard
shipping carton. In addition to this User’s Manual, the shipping carton

contains:

The mainboard

CD with support drivers and utilities OR Diskette with drivers and

utilities.
COM1, COM2, VGA, Sound, Printer, Floppy disk drive and IDE

ribbon cables
If any of these items is missing or damaged, contact the dealer from

whom you purchased the mainboard. Save the shipping materials
and carton in case you want to ship or store the board in the future.

Inside the carton, the mainboard is sandwiched between sheets of
sponge and packed in an anti-static bag. After you unpack the board,
inspect it for damage. Press down all the integrated circuits to make
sure they are properly seated in their sockets. Do not apply power to
the board if it appears to have been damaged.

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1.4 Precautions

Electrostatic discharge may damage the mainboard. Make sure you
ground yourself before handling the mainboard or other system
components.

Do not remove the anti-static packaging until you are ready to install
the mainboard.

Ground yourself before removing any system component from its
protective anti-static packaging. To ground yourself, grasp the
expansion slot covers or other unpainted parts of the computer
chassis.

Handle the mainboard by its edges and avoid touching its
components.

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1.5 Board Layout

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18

DIMM2
DIMM1

3

19

22 VIA
20

COM1

COM2

17

24

JP1 JP3

Socket 7

23

VGA

2

WOL WOM

CD1 MD1
CD2 MD2

25

12

6

ISA1

ISA2

1

1314

10

USB IR

15

JP4

11

DSW1

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

VT8501

16

VIA

VT82C686A

DSW2

4

FDC

5

IDE1

IDE2

JP8

9

7

8

1. CPU Socket

2. CPU FAN Connector

3. DIMM Memory Module Sockets

4. IDE Connectors

5. Floppy Drive Connector

6. AMR Slot

7. RTC Battery (CR2032 Lithium)

8. Secondary FAN Connector

9. Front Panel Connectors

10. PCI Expansion Slots

11. ISA Expansion Slots

12. Secondary Dual USB Port

13. Wake on Modem

15. Flash BIOS

16. 512KB/1MB/2MB Pipeline Cache Chip

17. Serial Port Connector (COM1)
Serial Port Connector (COM2)
VGA Connector

18. ATX Power Connector (PW2)

19. AT Power Connector (PW1)

20. Primary Dual USB Connector

21. PS/2 Keyboard Connector

22. PS/2 Mouse Connector

23. Printer Connector

24. Game Port

25. Audio Port

14. Wake on LAN Header

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1.5.1 Jumper Switches

The board’s jumper switches and their functions are listed in the table
below. For the location of the switches on the board, see the layout
diagram on the previous page.

Switch Function

SW1 CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio
SW1 CPU External (BUS) Frequency Selection

JP3 Real-Time Clock

SW2 Vcore Voltage

JP1 Enabled/Disabled Onboard AC97 Audio

Codec

1.5.2 Expansion Slots

The bus and memory expansion slots are listed in the table below. For
the location of the slots on the board, see the layout diagram earlier in
this section.

Slot Function

CPU socket for Intel P54C/P55C, AMD K5/

Socket 7

DIMM1, DIMM2 168-pin expansion slots for 3.3V SDRAM or

PCI1, PCI2, PCI3 32-bit PCI bus expansion slots for optional

ISA1, ISA2 16-bit ISA bus expansion slots for optional

AMR For AC97 Modem/Audio Card

K6/K6-2/K6-3, Cyrix 6x86/M II and IDE
WinChip C6 family processors

EDO DRAM memory

PCI cards

ISA cards

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1.5.3 Onboard Connectors

This section describes the connectors on the mainboard. For the
location of the connectors on the board, see the layout diagram
earlier in this section.

Connector Description

PS/2 Mouse connector. This dual-row 8

Mouse

Keyboard

USB1, USB2 Universal Serial Bus ports. Connect USB

LPT Parallel Printer connector. Connect a parallel

COM1, COM2

VGA VGA connectors. Connect CRT monitor to

Game/MIDI Game/MIDI Port connector. Connect a

Audio

pin connector connects to the PS/2 port
cable with a mounting bracket.

PS/2 Keyboard connector. The 5V line to the
PS/2 keyboard is protected with 3Amp/
125V fuse.

devices to these connectors.

printer or EPP/ECP device to this port.
Serial connectors. Connect serial devices to

these 10-pin connectors. Connect the other
ends of the cable to the secondary serial port.

these 16-pin connectors.

MIDI device or joystick to this connector.

1. Speaker connector. Plug a set of exter­nally powered speakers.

2. Line In connector. Plug an input line.

3. Microphone connector. Plug an optional
microphone.

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Connector Description

PW1 AT Power Supply connector. Use this connector

to connect the board to an AT power supply.

PW2 ATX Power Supply connector. Use this connector

to connect the board to an ATX power supply.

FAN1, FAN2 Fan connectors. Connect cooling fans to these

connectors.
IrDA connector. Connect an optional wireless

IR

FDC

CD1, CD2

transmitting and receiving infrared module to this
connector.

Floppy Disk Drive connector. Connect the single
end of a floppy disk drive cable to this 34-pin con­nector block. Connect the other ends of the cable
to one or more floppy disk drives.

CD-ROM Audio Input connectors. Depending on
the type of installed CD-ROM drive, connect the
CD-ROM drive cable to one of these connectors:
CD1 is for the Sony CD-Audio interface; CD2 is
for the Mitsumi/Panasonic interface. Connect the
other end of the cable to the CD-ROM drive.

Wake on LAN connector. Connect an optional

WOL

WOM

LAN card to this 3-pin connector. This allows the
system to power up when a wakeup signal is
received from the network through the LAN card.

Wake on Modem connector. Connect an optional
Modem card to this 3-pin connector. This allows
the system to power up when a wakeup signal is
received from the network through the Modem
card.

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Connector Description

Primary IDE connector. Connect the single end of
the included IDE cable to this 39-pin connector
block. Connect the other ends of the cable to one
or more hard disk drives. Note that if you install
two hard disk drives with this connector, you must

IDE1, IDE2

Front Panel

Connector

set the second drive to Slave mode. (For a descrip­tion of using Master and Slave modes, refer to the
documentation that came with your hard disk
drive.)
(i) To have two hard disk drives both configured

to Master mode, attach one drive to the IDE1 con­nector and another to the IDE2 connector.

Connect these connectors to the appropriate fea­tures on the front panel: Power LED, internal
speaker, HDD LED, Reset button, and Power
Switch.

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2 Mainboard Installation

2.1 Installation Steps

The P5F111 is designed to fit into a standard AT form factor
chassis. The pattern of the mounting holes and the position of the
back panel connectors meet the AT system board specification.
Chassis may come with various mounting fasteners which are made
of metal or plastic. It is highly recommended to use as many metal
fasteners as possible to mount the mainboard in the chassis for better
grounding.

To install the mainboard you need to

1.Installing CPU

2.Installing system memory

3.Attach the connectors

4.Set jumpers on the mainboard

2.2 Installing CPU

Chapter 2:Hardware Installation

To avoid being broken by the pressure of CPU insertion, the mainboard
must be placed on a flat anti-static surface before the CPU is installed.
Do not touch the CPU pins with your fingers during the installation.

1. Push the CPU ZIF socket's lever to the side a little and raise it as
far as it can go.

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2. Align the CPU with the ZIF Socket 7 so that the pin 1 (cut cor­ner) of CPU is at the pin 1 of the Socket 7 as shown in the figure
below, then insert the CPU into the socket.

AMD

CPU

Pin 1

3. Press the lever down to snap it into place at the side of socket.
You will feel some resistance as the pressure starts to secure the
CPU in the socket.

4. Install a heatsink with a cooling fan that is required to protect the
CPU from being damaged due to overheat.

F

Pin 1

CPU Socket 7

Socket 7

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2.2.1 Setting the CPU Vcore Voltage (SW2)

The P5F111 supports CPU voltages from 2.1V to 3.5V.

DIP SWITCH (SW2) selects CPU Voltages

CPU Voltage SW2-P1 SW2-P2 SW2-P3 SW2-P4

2.1

2.2 OFF OFF ON OFF

2.3

2.4

2.5 OFF ON OFF ON

2.6

2.7

2.8 ON OFF OFF OFF

2.9

3.0

3.1 ON OFF ON ON

3.2 ON ON OFF OFF

3.3 ON ON OFF ON

3.4 ON ON ON OFF

3.5 ON ON ON ON

OFF OFF OFF ON

OFF OFF ON ON
OFF ON OFF OFF

OFF ON ON OFF
OFF ON ON ON

ON OFF OFF ON
ON OFF ON OFF

DSW2

DIMM1

DIMM2

2.2.2 Setting the CPU I/O Voltage (JP8)

This jumper allows you to set the CPU I/O
voltages to either 3.45V (default) or 3.3V.

Set VI/O equal to 3.3V
1

JP8

Set VI/O equal to 3.45V (default)
1

JP8

JP8

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2.2.3 Setting the CPU External Frequency (SW1)

IBM/Cyrix 6x86/MX/MII, IDT C6/WINCHIP2 are designed to have
internal and external frequency. The SW1 is the external frequency selec­tor for clock generator and the BUS/PCI clock dividers for the MVP4
chipset. You should set all these jumpers for system running in proper fre­quency. Please set the CPU external frequency according to following
table:

DIP SWITCH (SW1) selects CPU Bus Clock

CPU(MHz) SW1-P4 SW1-P5 SW1-P6 SW1-P7

60 OFF OFF OFF OFF

66.8 OFF OFF OFF ON
70 OFF OFF ON OFF
75 ON OFF OFF OFF
80 OFF ON OFF OFF

DSW1

DIMM1

DIMM2

The CPU core frequency = ratio * external bus clock

80 ON OFF OFF ON

83.3 ON OFF ON OFF
90 OFF OFF ON ON

95.25 OFF ON ON OFF
97 OFF ON OFF OFF

100 OFF ON ON ON
105(103) ON OFF ON ON
110(107) ON ON OFF OFF
115(112) ON ON OFF ON
120(117) ON ON ON OFF
124(122) ON ON ON ON

Warning: The VIA MVP4 chipset supports maximum 100MHz external CPU bus clock, if you
want your system running at over-frequency 112MHz, you should have faster SDRAM, PCI
add on card and good heat dissipation CPU fan. Otherwise, that may cause your system to
become unstable. We recommend you to use the standard CPU frequency for normal opera­tion.

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2.2.4 Setting the CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio (SW1)

The CPU to BUS frequency ratio is selected by SW1. Please set the
ratio as following table:

DIP Switch (SW1) selects CPU/HOST Ratio

CPU/HOST Ratio

x1.5 OFF OFF OFF

DSW1

DIMM1

DIMM2

x2.0 OFF OFF ON
x2.5 OFF ON ON
x3.0 OFF ON OFF
x3.5 OFF OFF OFF
x4.0 ON OFF ON
x4.5 ON ON ON
x5.0 ON ON OFF
x5.5 ON OFF OFF

SW1-P1 SW1-P2 SW1-P3

The Intel Pentium P55C 233MHz, AMD (K6-PR233/K6-2-333/

350),IBM/Cyrix MII-PR300 are using 1.5x jumper setting for 3.5 x
frequency ratio.

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2.3 Installing Memory

A Dual In-Line Memory Module (DIMM) is a small circuit board filled
with DRAM chips that can be installed in one of the board’s DIMM
sockets.

The board’s two DIMM sockets allow as much as 256MB of 3.3V V
EDO DRAM memory. The DIMM socket supports 1Mx64/72 (8MB),
2Mx64/72(16MB), 4Mx64/72(32MB), 8Mx64/72(64MB), 16MBx64/
72(128MB), 32Mx64/72(256MB) single or double sided DIMM mod­ules. You can install a DIMM into any DIMM socket. Mixing DRAM
type within one system is not supported. There are no jumper settings
required for the memory size or type, as there are automatically
detected by the BIOS.

In order to create a memory array, the following set of rules allows for
optimum configurations.

1.The memory array is 64- or 72-bits wide (with or without
ECC).

2.Those modules can be installed in any order.

3.Supports single- and double-density DIMM.

4.EDO memory speed: 60ns or faster (only for 66MHz sys­tem clock).

5.SDRAM memory speeds 66.6MHz or faster; CAS
latency: 2 or 3.

The following table is the valid memory configuration:

Bank 0 (DIMM1) EDO/SDRAM

Bank 1 (DIMM2) EDO/SDRAM

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Bank DIMM Module Total Memory

4~256MB

4,8,16,32,64,128,256MB

4~256MB

4,8,16,32,64,128,256MB

Total System Memory 4~512MB

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2.4 Attaching Connectors

P5F111 Mainboard Connector/Jumper Location

DIMM2
DIMM1

PS/2 Keyboard

Connector

PS/2 Mouse
Connector

Primary Dual
USB Connector

Serial Port Connectors

AT Power Connector

ATX Power Connector

Socket 7

Print Connector

COM1

COM2

VGA

CD1 MD1
CD2 MD2

Secondary Dual USB Port

Disabled/Enabled onboard AC97 Codec

JP1 JP3

CPU Cooling FAN Connector

WOL WOM

Modem Voice InputCDROM Audio Input

USB IR

Jumpers:

JP1:

1-2 Disabled onboard Sound
2-3 Enabled onboard Sound (default)

JP3:

1-2 Normal Mode (default)
2-3 Clear CMOS RAM
1-2 Disable BIOS R/WJP4:
2-3 Enable BIOS R/W (default)
1-2 VI/O: 3.45V (default)

JP8:

2-3 VI/O: 3.3V

DSW1

Wake on Modem ConnectorWake on LAN Connector

Infared Connector

JP4

Enabled/Disabled BIOS R/W

DSW2

FDC

IDE1

IDE2

JP8

LED LED RESET PW SW

HDD STB

Secondary FAN Connector

Connectors:
WOL: Wake on LAN Connector

WOM: Wake on Modem Connector
CD1: CDROM Audio Signal Input (JST Type)
CD2: CDROM Audio Signal Input (MPC2 Type)
MD1: MODEM Voice Signal Input (JST Type)
MD2: MODEM Voice Signal Input (MPC2 Type)

SPEAKE RS PO WER LED

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1. Front Panel Connectors

There are 7 connectors on the mainboard for speaker, switches and
indicator lights on the system’s front panel

Front Panel Connector

Function PIN #
HDD LED 1-2
STB LED 4-5
RESET 7-8
POWER SWITCH 10-11
PC SPEAKER 12-15
POWER LED 18-20

Front Panel Connector
Pin Assignment

PIN Function
1 HDD LED+
2 HDD LED-

1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11

12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22

4 STB LED+
5 STB LED­7 Power Good
8 Ground
10 Power On/Off
11 Ground
12 Speaker out
13 Ground
14 Ground
15 +5V
18 PW LED+
19 N.C.
20 PW LED-

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HDD LED Connector

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted HDD LED to indi­cate hard disk activity.

STB LED Connector

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted STB LED to indi­cate standby or power status. The STB LED will still on when system is
off to indicate the AC power condition.

Reset Connector

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch and is
used to reboot the system.

Power Switch Connector

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted Power button to
turn on/off the system power.

Speaker Connector

This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker

Power LED Connector

This 5-pin connector connects to the power LED.
The front panel on your case may have a turbo switch to deactivate the

Turbo mode when a slower speed is required for a specific application.
P5F111 does not support the hardware deturbo function. An alternative
method of using <CTRL><ALT><+/-> keys to change the speed may
be used if necessary.

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2. Fan Connectors

Pin Assignment

1

1. GND

2

2. +12V

3

3. SPEED / RPM

There are two fan connectors on the
P5F111 mainboard for the cooling fans.
The connectors support fans of 12V DC/
500mAMP (6 WATT) or less. When the
system goes into sleep state, fan should
be shut down to eliminate audible noise
and reduce power consumption. You can
monitor the fan speed, and the fan must
come with a tachometer output.

3. IrDA-compliant IR (Infrared) Connector

CPU FAN

Secondary FAN

IR

This 5-pin connector connects to an
wireless transmitting and receiving
infrared module via a cable and a
bracket connect to back panel. This
cable and mounting bracket should
come with the IrDA modules.

Pin Assignment

1. +5V

2. IRM_IRR

3. IR Receiver

4. Ground

5. IR Transmitter

1

4. Floppy Drive Connector (One 34-pin Block)

A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34
wires and 2 connectors to support 2
floppy disk drives. The connector with
twisted wires always connects to drive
A, and the connector with untwisted
wires connects to drive B. You must

PIN1

Floppy Connector

orient the cable connector so that the
pin 1(color) edge of the cable is at the
pin 1 of the I/O port connector.

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5. IDE Connectors (Two 40-pin Block)

An IDE drive ribbon cable has 40
wires and 2 connectors to support two
IDE drives. If a ribbon cable connects
to two IDE drives at the same time,
one of them has to be configured as
Master and the other has to be config­ured as Slave by setting the drive
select jumpers on the drive.

Consult the documentation that comes with your IDE drive for details on
jumper locations and settings. You must orient the cable connector so that
the pin 1(color) edge of the cable is at the pin 1 of the I/O port connector.

6. USB Connector

USB Device #1

1 2

3 4

5 6

789 10

USB Device #0

Pin Assignment

1. +5V

3. USB D0-

5. USB D0+

7. Ground

9. Ground

2. +5V

4. USB D1-

6. USB D1+

8. Ground

10. Ground

This dual-row 10 pin connector
connects to an optional dual USB ports
cable with a mounting bracket.

IDE2 Connector

PIN1

IDE2 Connector

7. PS/2 Mouse Connector

This dual-row 8 pin
connector connects to the PS/
2 port cable with a mounting
bracket.

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2345

Pin Assignment

6

1

1. N.C.

2. +5V

6

1

2

4

3

5

3. N.C.

4. MSDATA

5. GND

6. MSCLK

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8. Power Supply Connector

The P5F111 mainboard provides two power connectors to support either
AT or ATX power supplies connectors. This gives you the flexibility to
use either an AT power supply or an ATX power supply in your system.
There are no jumper settings required for the AT or ATX power supply,
which is automatically take care by the Mainboard BIOS.

AT Power Connector

Most AT power supplies have two con­nectors. Each connector has six wires,
two of which are black. Orient the two
connectors so the black wires are along
side each other, making the black wires
plug in the middle of the connector.
Align the plastic guide pins on the lead
cables with the connector on the main­board. Press the lead connector so that
its plastic clips snap into place and
secure the leads in the connector.

ATX Power Connector

Power Good(Orange)
+5V(Red)
+12V(Yellow)

-12V(Blue)
Ground (Black)
Ground (Black)
Ground (Black)
Ground (Black)

-5V(White)
+5V(Red)
+5V(Red)
+5V(Red)

The ATX power supply has a
single lead connector with a
clip on one side of the plastic
housing. There is only one
way to plug the lead into the
ATX power connector. Press
the lead connector down until
the clip snaps into place and
secures the lead onto the con­nector.

+3.3V

-12V

Ground

Power ON/OFF

Ground
Ground
Ground

-5V
+5V
+5V

+3.3V
+3.3V
Ground
+5V
Ground
+5V
Ground
Power Good
+5VSB
+12V

M Incorrect installation of the power supply could result in serious damage to

the mainboard and connected peripherals. Make sure the power supply is
unplugged from the AC outlet before connecting the leads from the power supply.

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9. Wake on LAN Connector:

This 3-pin header is used for remote
wake up of the computer through a
network.

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Pin Assignment

1

1. +5VSB

2. GND

3. Wake-up signal

WOL

10. CD-ROM Audio Input Connector:

This 1x4 header is used for CD-ROM
Audio input signal. The pin out and connect
type are different between CD1 and CD2.
CD2 is MPC2 type connector which is for
SONY/ATAPI CD-ROM. CD1 is JST type
connector which is for MITSUMI/
PANASONIC CD-ROM.

CD2 Pin Assignment

1
2
3
4

1. L_Input

2. GND

3. R_Input

1
2
3
4

CD1 Pin Assignment

4. GND

1. L_Input

2. GND

3. GND

4. R_Input

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11. Modem Voice Input Connector:

This 1x4 header is used for Voice Modem’s internal connector. This
allows modem’s voice can be direct to the onboard sound chip and
amplified by speaker.The pin out and connect type are different between
MD2 and MD1. MD1 is a JST type connector and MD2MD2 is a MPC2
type connector.

MD2 Pin Assignment MD1 Pin Assignment

1
2

3
4

1. MIC

2. GND

3. GND

4. PHN

12. Wake on Modem Connector:

This 3-pin header is used for remote
wake up of the computer through a
network.

1
2

3
4

1. PHN

2. GND

3. MIC

4. GND

Pin Assignment

1

1. +5VSB

2. GND

3. Wake-up signal

WOM

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2.5 Set Jumpers on the Mainboard

1. AC97 Codec Setting (JP1)

This jumper allows you to enable or disable the onboard audio. This is
normally set to enable unless you add an audio expansion card in which
case you would need to disable the onboard audio to prevent hardware
conflict.

Enabled onboard AC97 Codec
1

Disabled onboard AC97 Codec
1

2. Clear CMOS and Password (JP3)

If your system can not boot up because
you forget your password, or the
CMOS settings need to be reset to
default values after the system BIOS
has been updated, the following
instructions can be performed to clear
the CMOS and password.

JP1

JP1

1. Power off the system

2. Place a shunt to short pin2 and pin3 of JP3 for 5 seconds

3. Put the shunt back to pin1 and pin2 of JP3

4. Power on the system

3. BIOS R/W Setting (JP4)

This jumper allows you to enabled
or disable the BIOS R/W.

Enabled BIOS R/W (default)
1

JP4

Disabled BIOS R/W
1

JP4

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3 BIOS Configuration

After hardware configuration of P5F111 Mainboard is completed,
and system hardware has been assembled, the completed system
may be powered up. At this point, CMOS setup should be run to
ensure that system information is correct.

Normally, CMOS setup is needed when the system hardware is
not consistent with the information contained in the CMOS
RAM, whenever the CMOS RAM has lost power, or the system
features need to be changed.

3.1 ENTERING SETUP

When the system is powered on, the BIOS will enter the Power­On Self Test (POST) routines. These routines perform various
diagnostic checks; if an error is encountered, the error will be
reported in one of two different ways. If the error occurs before
the display device is initialized, a series of beeps will be transmit­ted. If the error occurs after the display device is initialized, the
screen will display the error message.

After the POST routines are completed, the following message
appears:

“Press DEL to enter SETUP”

To access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program, press the <DEL>
key. The “CMOS SETUP UTILITY” screen will be displayed at
this time.

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3.2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY

Main Program Screen

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LHF2A)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP
SYSTEM MONITOR
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

SAVE & EXIT SETUP
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Esc: Quit
F10: Save & Exit Setup

BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD

<Shift>F2

: Select Item
: Change Color

This screen provides access to the utility’s various functions.

Listed below are explanations of the keys displayed at the bottom
of the screen:

<ESC>: Exit the utility.

ARROW KEYS: Use arrow keys to move cursor to the desired

selection.

<F10>: Saves all changes made to Setup and exits program.

<Shift> <F2>: Changes background and foreground colors.

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3.3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Selecting “STANDARD CMOS SETUP “on the main program
screen displays this menu:

Standard CMOS Setup Screen

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LHF2A)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Date (mm:dd:yy): Thr, Apr 30 1999
Time (hh:mm:ss): 10:10:10

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master : 0
Primary Slave : 0
Secondary Master : 0
Secondary Slave : 0

Drive A: None

Drive B: None

Video: EGA/VGA

Halt On: All Errors

0 0 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
0 0 0 0 0 0 NORMAL

Base Memory: 640K

Extended Memory: 15360K

Other Memory: 384K

Total Memory: 16384K

ESC: Quit
F1: Help (Shift) F2

: Select Item
: Change Color

PU/PD/+/-:Modify

The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the following
features:

Set Date: Month, Day, Year.
Set Time: Hour, Minute, and Second. Use 24 Hour clock format (for

PM numbers, add 12 to the hour, you would enter 4:30 p.m. As
16:30).

Hard Disks:
There are four hard disks listed: “Primary Master”, “Primary Slave”,
“Secondary Master” and “Secondary Slave”. For each IDE channel,
the first device is the “Master” and the second device is “Slave”. Hard
disk Types from 1 to 45 are standard ones; Type “Auto” is IDE HDD
auto detection; Type “User” is user definable, and Type “None” is not
installed (e.g. SCSI).

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There are six categories of information you must enter for a HDD:
“CYLS” (number of cylinders), “HEAD” (number of heads),
“PRECOMP” (write pre-compensation), “LANDZ” (landing zone),
“SECTOR” (number of sectors) and “MODE” (Normal, LBA,
LARGE and AUTO). The hard disk vendor’s or system
manufacturer’s documentation should provide you with the
information needed. The “MODE” option is for IDE hard disk
drives only. The “MODE” has four options: NORMAL, LBA,
LARGE and AUTO. Set MODE to NORMAL for IDE hard disk
drives smaller than 528MB. Set MODE to LBA for IDE hard disk
drives over 528MB which support Logical Block Addressing mode.
Set MODE to LARGE for IDE hard disk drives over 528MB which
do not support LBA mode. The LARGE type of drive is very
uncommon and can only be used under MS-DOS. Currently most
IDE hard disk drives over 528MB support LBA mode. Set MODE
to AUTO to enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk drive
during bootup.

Floppy Drive A and Floppy Drive B: The options are: “360K,

5.25 in.”, “1.2M, 5.25in.”, “720K, 3.5in.”, “1.44M, 3.5in.”,
“2.88M, 3.5in.” and “None (Not Installed)”. Not Installed could
be used as an option for diskless workstations.

Video: Set it to the type of graphics card installed in your system. If
you are using a VGA or higher resolution card, choose the “EGA/
VGA” option. The options are “EGA/VGA” (default), “MONO”,
“CGA 40” and “CGA 80”.

Halt On: The options are “All Errors” (default), “No Errors”, “All,
But Keyboard”, “All, But Diskette” and “All, But Disk/Key”. This
setting determines which type of errors will cause the system to halt
during bootup.

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3.4 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this utility to detect its
parameters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup automatically.

If the auto-detected parameters displayed do not match the ones that
should be used for your hard drive, do not accept them. Press the <N> key
to reject the values and enter the correct ones manually on the Standard
CMOS Setup screen.

Note: If you are setting up a new hard disk drive (nothing on it) that sup­ports LBA mode, more than one line will appear in the parameter box,
choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive. Do not choose Large or
Normal if the hard disk drive is already fully formatted when you install
it, choose the mode which is used to format it.

3.5 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

“LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” loads optimal settings which are stored in
the BIOS ROM.

The defaults loaded only affect the BIOS Features Setup, Chipset Fea­tures Setup, Power Management Setup, PnP/PCI configuration setup and
Integrated Peripherals Setup.There is no effect on the Standard CMOS
Setup. To use this feature, highlight on the main screen and press
<Enter>. A line will appear on the screen asking if you want to load the
Setup default values. Press the <Y> key and then press the <Enter> key if
you want to load the Setup defaults. Press <N> if you don’t want to pro­ceed.

3.6 SAVE & EXIT SETUP

Selecting this option and pressing the <Enter> key will save the new set­ting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting
process.

3.7 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Selecting this option and pressing the <Enter> key will exit the Setup
Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones.

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3.8 BIOS FEATURES SETUP

Selecting “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” on the main program screen
displays this menu:

BIOS Features Setup Screen

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LHF2A)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Virus Warning : Enabled

CPU Internal Cache
External Cache

Quick Power On Self Test
Boot Sequence
Swap Floppy Drive
Boot Up Floppy Seek
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
Boot Up NumLock Status

Gate A20 Option

Typematic Rate Setting
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Typematic Delay (Msec)

Security Option

: Enabled
: Enabled

: Enabled
: C, A, SCSI
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Non-OS2
: On

: Fast
: Disabled

: 6
: 250

: Setup

Video BIOS Shadow
C8000 - CBFFF Shadow
CC000 - CFFFF Shadow
D0000 - D3FFF Shadow
D4000 - D7FFF Shadow
D8000 - DBFFF Shadow
DC000 - DFFFF Shadow

Cyrix 6x68/MII CPUID

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

ESC: Quit
F1: Help
F5: Old Values
F7: Load Setup Defaults

: Enabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled

: Enabled

: Disabled

:Select Item
PU/PD/+/-:Modify
(Shift) F2: Color

The following explains the options for each feature:
Virus Warning: The Virus Warning’s default setting is “Disabled”.

When enabled, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table
will halt the system and cause a warning message to appear. If this hap­pens, you can use an anti-virus utility on a virus free, bootable floppy dis­kette to reboot and clean your system.

CPU Internal Cache: The default setting is “Enabled”. This Setting
enables the CPU internal cache.

External Cache: The default setting is “Enabled”. This setting
enables the Level 2 cache.

Quick Power On Self Test: The default setting is “Enabled”. This
will skip some diagnostic checks during the Power On Self Test
(POST) to speed up the booting process.

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Boot Sequence: The default setting is “A, C, SCSI”; the other
options are “CDROM, C, A”, “C, CDROM, A”, “C, A, SCSI”, “D, A,
SCSI”, “E, A, SCSI”, “F, A, SCSI”, “SCSI, A, C”, “SCSI, C, A”,
“LS/ZIP, C” and “C only”. The BIOS will load the operating system
from the disk drives in the sequence selected here. You can bootup
system from an LS-120 or ATAPI ZIP driver, if you set the boot
sequence to “LS/ZIP, C”.

Swap Floppy Drive: The default setting is “Disabled”. This setting
gives you an option to swap A and B floppy disks. Normally the
floppy drive A is the one at the end of the cable, if you set this option
to “Enabled”, the drive at the end of the cable will be swapped to B.

Boot Up Floppy Seek: The default setting is “Disabled”. If set to
“Enabled”, during bootup the BIOS will check for installed floppy
disk drives.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB:The default setting is “Non-OS2”.
Set to “OS2” if the system memory size is greater than 64MB and the
operating system is OS/2.

Boot Up Numlock Status: The default setting is “On”. If set to
“Off”, the cursor controls will function on the numeric keypad.

Gate A20 Option: the default setting is “Fast”. This is the optimal
setting for the Mainboard. The other option is “Normal”.

Typematic Rate Setting: The default setting is “Disabled”. If set to
“Enabled”, you can set the typematic Rate and typematic Delay.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): This setting controls the speed at
which the system registers repeated keystrokes. The choices range
from 6 to 30 Chars/Sec. The default setting is “6” Chars/Sec.

Typematic Delay (Msec): This setting controls the time between the
display of the first and second characters. There are four delay
choices: 250ms, 500ms, 750ms and 1000ms. The default setting is
“250” ms.

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Security Option: This setting controls the password feature. The
options are “Setup” and “System”. Selecting “Setup” will protect the
configuration settings from being tampered with. Select “System” if
you want to use the password feature every time the system boots up.
The default setting is “Setup”. You can create your password by using
the “SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD” utility on the main pro­gram screen.

Video BIOS Shadow: The default setting is “Enabled” which will
copy the VGA BIOS into system DRAM.

C8000-CBFFF Shadow to DC000-DFFFF Shadow: The default
setting for the shadow feature is “Disabled”. When set to enable, the
ROM with the specific address is copied into system DRAM. It will
also reduce the size of memory available to the system.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: If there are two VGA cards in your system
(one PCI and one ISA) and this option is set to “Disabled”, data read
and written by CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA card's palette
registers. If set to “Enabled”, data read and written by CPU will be
directed to both the palette registers of the PCI VGA and ISA VGA
cards. This option must be set to “Enabled” if any ISA VGA card
installed in your system requires VGA palette snooping to fix
improper color problem.

After you have made your selection(s) in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP,
press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen.

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3.9 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

Selecting “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” on the main program screen
displays this menu:

Chipset Features Setup Screen

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LHF2A)

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing
Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing

Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing

SDRAM Cycle Length

DRAM Read Pipeline
Sustained 3T Write

Cache Timing : Fast

Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled

System BIOS Cacheable
Memory Hole

Init Display First
Frame Buffer Size

AGP Aperture Size

Current System Temp.

: SDRAM 10ns

FAN1 Speed

: SDRAM 10ns

FAN2 Speed

: SDRAM 10ns

Vcc3

: +

+ 12V

: +

: 3

- 5V

: - - 12V

: Disabled
: Enabled

Current System Temp.

: EnabledCache R/CPU W Pipeline

FAN1 Speed
FAN2 Speed

Vcc3

: +

+ 12V

: +

: Enabled

- 5V

: - - 12V

: Disabled
: AGP
: 8M

: 64M

:

OnChip USB : Enabled

:

USB Keyboard Support : Disabled

:

OnChip Sound

Vccp

: +

OnChip Modem

+5V

: +

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

: -

Spread Spectrum

:

:

:

Vccp

: +

+5V

: +
: -

ESC: Quit
F1: Help
F5: Old Values
F7: Load Setup Defaults

: Enabled
: Disabled

: Enabled
: Disabled

:Select Item

PU/PD/+/-:Modify

(Shift) F2: Color

This screen controls the settings for the board’s chipset. All entries
related to the DRAM timing on the screen are automatically configured.
Do not make any change unless you are familiar with the chipset.

Bank 0/1 2/3 4/5 DRAM Timing. This item allows you to select the
value in the field, depending on whether the board has paged
SDRAMs or EDO (extended data output) DRAMs. The choice:
SDRAM 10ns, SDRAM 8ns, Normal, Medium, Fast and Turbo.

SDRAM Cycle Length. You can select CAS latency time in HCLKs
of 2/2 or 3/3. The system board designer should have set the values in
this field, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the val­ues in this field unless you change specifications of the installed
DRAM or the installed CPU.

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Video BIOS Cacheable. Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).
When Enabled, the access to the VGA BIOS addressed is cached.

System BIOS Cacheable. Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).
When Enabled, the access to the system BIOS ROM addressed at
F0000H-FFFFFH is cached.

Memory Hole: The default setting is “Disabled”. Set to “Enabled”

means that when the system memory size is equal to or greater than
16M bytes, the physical memory address from 15M to 16M will be
passed to PCI or ISA and there will be 1MBytes hole in your system
memory. This option is designed for some OS with special add-in
cards which need 15M-16M memory space.

Init Display First. This item allows you to decide to active whether
PCI Slot or AGP first. The choice: PCI Slot, AGP.

Frame Buffer Size: This option selects the size of frame buffer.
The size of the buffer should not impinge on local memory. The
options are “All”, “1M”, “2M”, “4M”, “8M”, “16M” and
“Disabled”.

AGP Aperture Size: This option determines the effective size of
the AGP Graphic Aperture, which memory-mapped graphic data
structures can reside in. The options are “16M”, “32M”, “64M”,
128M” and “256M”. The default is “64M”.

OnChip USB. This should be enabled if your system has a USB
installed on the system board and you wish to use it. Even when so
equipped, you will need to disable this feature. The choice: Enabled,
Disabled.

USB Keyboard Support. Enabled: Enables function when the USB
keyboard is being used. Disabled: (default) When the AT keyboard
is being used.

OnChip Sound. Enabled (default): Turn on AC97 chip Controller.
Disabled: Turn off AC97 chip Controller or User can external add-

on sound card.

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OnChip Modem. Enabled: Turn on MC99 feature. Disabled
(default): disable AC97 chip controller or User can external add-on

modem.

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: When set to “Enabled”, system will
automatically turn off PCI and DIMM clock which is not use and
reduce electromagnetic interference.

Spread Spectrum: Options are “1.5% CNTR”,”0.6%
CNTR”,”1.5% DOWN”,”0.6% DOWN”, ”Disabled”. System clock
frequency will automatically be modulated which helps reducing
electromagnetic interference. Default is “Disabled”.

After you have made your selections in the CHIPSET FEATURES
SETUP, press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen.

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3.10 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

The “Power Management Setup” controls the mainboard’s “Green”
features. Selecting “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” on the main
program screen displays this menu:

Power Management Setup Screen

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LHF2A)

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
ACPI function : Disabled
Power Management

PM Control by APM
Video Off Method
MODEM Use IRQ
Doze Mode
Suspend Mode
HDD Power Down

Soft-Off by PWRBTN
* * PM Events * *

VGA
LPT & COM
HDD & FDD
DMA/master
Resume by Alarm

Resume by Ring

: User Define
: Yes
: V/H SYNC + Blank
: 3
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled

: Instant-Off

: OFF
: LPT/COM
: ON
: OFF
: Disabled

: Disabled

Primary INTR
IRQ3 (COM2)
IRQ4 (COM1)
IRQ5 (LPT2)
IRQ6 (FDD)
IRQ7 (LPT1)
IRQ8 (Alarm)
IRQ9 (Rsv)
IRQ10 (Rsv)
IRQ11 (Rsv)
IRQ12 (PS/2)
IRQ13 (Copro)
IRQ14 (HDD)
IRQ15 (Rsv)

ESC: Quit
F1: Help
F5: Old Values
F7: Load Setup Defaults

: ON
: Primary
: Primary
: Primary
: Primary
: Primary
: Disabled
: Secondary
: Secondary
: Secondary
: Primary
: Primary
: Primary
: Disabled

:Select Item

PU/PD/+/-:Modify

(Shift) F2: Color

ACPI Function. Enabled: Turn on ACPI Function. Disabled
(default): Turn off ACPI Function.

Power Management: This setting controls the System Doze
Mode, Standby Mode and Suspend Mode Timer features. There
are four options:

User Define: Allows you to customize all power saving timer
features.

Optimize: This is the recommended setting for general use.

Test/Demo: This is for test/demonstration purposes.
Disabled: Disables the power management features.

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PM Control by APM: The default setting is “Yes”. When set to
“Yes”, system BIOS will wait for APM’s prompt before it enters any
PM mode. If your system power management is controlled by APM
and there is a task running, the APM will not prompt the BIOS to
enter any power saving mode after time out. Note: If APM is not
installed, this option has no effect.

APM (Advanced Power Management) should be installed to keep
the system’s time updated when the computer enters suspend mode
activated by the BIOS Power Management. For DOS environments,
you need to add DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE in your
CONFIG.SYS. For Windows 3.1x and Windows 95, you need to
install Windows with the APM feature. Double-click a battery and
power cord icon labeled “Power” in the “Control Panel” and choose
“Advanced” in the Power Management field.

Video Off Method: This setting controls the video off method in
power saving mode. The default setting is “V/H SYNC+Blank”
which will disable V/H SYNC signals and blanks the screen. Other
options are “DPMS” and “Blank Screen”. The “DPMS” option
allows the BIOS to control the video card if it has the DPMS
(Display Power Management System) feature. The “Blank Screen”
option is used when you do not have a “Green” monitor.

MODEM Use IRQ: This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM
can use. The choices: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

Doze Mode: Options are from “1 Min” to “1 Hour” and “Disabled”.
The system speed will change from turbo to slow if no Power Man­agement events occur for a specified length of time. Full power func­tion will return when a Power Management event is detected. When
system entering DOZE Mode the STB LED will start blinking once a
second, indicates your system at DOZE Mode.

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Suspend Mode: Options are from “1 Min” to “1 Hour” and “Dis­abled”. The CPU clock will be stopped and the video signal will be
suspended if no Power Management events occur for a specified
length of time. Full power function will return when a Power Man­agement event is detected. When system entering Suspend Mode the
STB LED will stop blinking and stay on, indicates your system at
Suspend Mode.

HDD Power Down: Options are from “1 Min” to “15 Min” and “Dis­abled”. The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within
a specified length of time.

PM Events: PM events are I/O events whose occurrence can
prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can
awaken the system from such a mode. In effect, the system remains
alert for anything which occurs to a advice which is configured as
On, even which the system is in a power down mode.

VGA. When Enabled, you can set the LAN awakens the system.

LPT & COM. When On of LPT & COM, any activity from one
of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the
system.

HDD & FDD. When On of HDD & FDD, any activity from one
of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system.

DMA/master. When you are On of DMA/ISA Master, any
activity from one of the list system peripheral devices wakes up
the system.

Resume by Alarm: If “Enabled”, you may set the date (day of the
month), hour, minute and second to turn on your system. When
you set “0” (zero) for the day of the month, the alarm will power
on your system every day at the specified time.

Resume by Ring: If “Enabled”, the system power will be turned
on if an FAX/Modem receives an incoming telephone ringing.

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Modem Use IRQ: To enable the internal PnP modem ring to

wake up your system from suspend mode, the IRQ assigned to
the modem has to be the same as the setting in this option.

Press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen,
after you have made your selections in the POWER MANAGEMENT
SETUP.

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3.11 PnP / PCI CONFIGURATION

Both the ISA and PCI buses on the Mainboard use system IRQs &
DMAs. You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly thru the
PnP/PCI Configuration Setup utility, otherwise the Mainboard will not
work properly.

Selecting “PnP / PCI CONFIGURATION” on the main program screen
displays this menu:

PnP / PCI Configuration

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LHF2A)

PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Resources Controlled By : Manual
Reset Configuration Data

IRQ-3 assigned to
IRQ-4 assigned to
IRQ-5 assigned to
IRQ-7 assigned to
IRQ-9 assigned to
IRQ-10 assigned to
IRQ-11 assigned to
IRQ-12 assigned to
IRQ-14 assigned to
IRQ-15 assigned to
DMA-0 assigned to
DMA-1 assigned to
DMA-3 assigned to
DMA-5 assigned to
DMA-6 assigned to
DMA-7 assigned to

: Disabled

: PCI/ISA PnP
: PCI/ISA PnP
: PCI / ISA PnP
: Legacy ISA
: PCI / ISA PnP
: PCI / ISA PnP
: PCI / ISA PnP
: PCI / ISA PnP
: Legacy ISA
: Legacy ISA
: PCI / ISA PnP
: PCI / ISA PnP
: PCI / ISA PnP
: PCI / ISA PnP
: PCI / ISA PnP
: PCI / ISA PnP

CPU to PCI Write Buffer
PCI Dynamic Bursting
PCI Master 0 WS Write
PCI Delay Transaction
PCI#2 Access #1 Retry
AGP Master 1 WS Write
AGP Master 1 WS Read

Assign IRQ For USB
Assign IRQ For VGA

ESC: Quit
F1: Help
F5: Old Values
F7: Load Setup Defaults

: EnabledPNP OS Installed : No
: Enabled
: Enabled
: Enabled
: Disabled
: Enabled
: Disabled

: Enabled
: Enabled

:Select Item

PU/PD/+/-:Modify

(Shift) F2: Color

PnP OS Installed: Setting this option to “Yes” allows the PnP OS,
instead of BIOS to assign the system resources such as IRQ and I/O
address to the ISA PnP device. The default setting is “No”

Resources Controlled By: The default setting is “Manual” which

allows you to control IRQs and DMAs individually. The other option is
“Auto” which will detect the system resources and automatically assign
the relative IRQs and DMAs for each peripheral.

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Reset Configuration Data: The system BIOS supports the Plug and
Play feature so the resources assigned to each peripheral have to be
recorded to prevent them from conflicting. The location to store the
assigned resources is called ESCD which is located in the system flash
EEPROM. If this option is set to “Disabled” the ESCD will update
automatically when the new configuration varies from the last one. If
set to “Enabled”, the ESCD will be cleared and forced to update and
then automatically set this option to “Disabled”.

IRQ and DMA Assigned to: If there is a legacy ISA device which uses
an IRQ or a DMA, set the corresponding IRQ or DMA to “Legacy
ISA”, otherwise you should set to PCI/ISA PnP.

PCI IDE IRQ Map To, Primary IDE INT#, Secondary IDE INT#:

If you disable onboard PCI IDE controller and install a PCI IDE card on
the Mainboard, you need to set this option. If a PCI IDE Card uses ISA
IRQ directly thru a paddle card installed on an ISA slot, select “ISA”
for the option “PCI IDE IRQ Map To”. If a PCI IDE Card uses PCI
“INT” and is compliant to PCI Plug and Play specification, select “PCI­AUTO” for the option “PCI IDE IRQ Map To”. Otherwise select “PCI­SLOT n” (PCI-SLOT 1, PCI-SLOT 2, PCI-SLOT 3 or PCI-SLOT4)
depending on which slot the PCI IDE Card is installed.

Only INT A and INT B are available for a PCI IDE Card, therefore you
must set the PCI IDE Card’s primary interrupt to INT A and secondary
interrupt to INT B. The INT A is routed to IRQ 14 and the INT B is
routed to IRQ 15 thru a hardware router in the chipset.

After you have made your selections in the PnP / PCI Configuration
SETUP, press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen.

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3.12 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

Selecting “INTEGRATED PERIPHERIALS” on the main program
screen displays this menu:

Integrated Peripherals Screen

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LHF2A)

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

OnChip IDE Channel0
OnChip IDE Channel1
IDE Prefetch Mode
IDE HDD Block Mode
Primary Master PIO

Primary Slave PIO
Secondary Master PIO
Secondary Slave PIO
Primary Master UDMA
Primary Slave UDMA
Secondary Master UDMA
Secondary Slave UDMA

Onboard FDD Controller

: Enabled
: Enabled
: Enabled
: Enabled
: Auto
: Auto

: Auto
: Auto
: Auto
: Auto
: Auto
: Auto

: Enabled

Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7
Onboard Parallel Mode

Onboard Legacy Audio : Enabled
Sound Blaster
SB I/O Base Address
SB IRQ Select
SB DMA Select
MPU-401
MPU-401 I/O Address
FM Port (388-38BH)
Game Port (200-207H)

: Normal

: Enabled
: 220H

: IRQ 5
: DMA 1
: Enabled
: 330-333H
: Enabled
: Enabled

Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2

UART 2 Mode

: Auto
: Auto

: Standard

ESC: Quit
F1: Help
F5: Old Values
F7: Load Setup Defaults

:Select Item

PU/PD/+/-:Modify

(Shift) F2: Color

OnChip IDE Channel 0/1: The default setting is “Enabled”. This
option enables the onboard IDE controller.

IDE Prefetch Mode: The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE
prefetching, for faster drive accesses. If you install a primary and/or
secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface
does not support prefetching. The choice: Enabled, disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode: The Default setting is “Enabled”. This feature
enhances hard disk performance by making multi-sector transfers
instead of one sector per transfer. Most IDE drives, except very early
design, have the Block Mode transfer feature.

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Master PIO, Slave PIO, Master UDMA, Slave UDMA: There are
six options “Auto”, “Mode 0”, “Mode 1”, “Mode 2”, “Mode 3” and
“Mode 4” for PIO Mode HDD. There are two options “Enabled” or
“Disabled” for the Ultra DMA Hard Disk. The default setting is
“Auto”. When set to “Auto” the BIOS will automatically set the PIO
or Ultra DMA mode to match the transfer rate of hard disk. If the sys­tem won’t boot up when set to “Auto”, set it manually to the lower
mode, e.g, from Mode 3 to Mode 2. All IDE drives should work with
PIO mode 0.

Onboard FDD Controller: The default setting is “Enabled”. This
option enables the onboard floppy disk drive controller.

Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2: These options are
used to assign the I/O addresses for two onboard serial ports. They can
be assigned as follows:

3F8/ IRQ4, 2F8/ IRQ3
3E8/ IRQ4, 2E8/ IRQ3
Auto (default)
Disabled (Disable the onboard serial port)

UART 2 Mode: The options are “Standard” (default), “HPSIR” and
“ASKIR”. The HPSIR is Hewlett Packard infrared communication
protocol with maximum baud rate up to 115.2K bps, and the ASKIR is
Sharp infrared communication protocol with maximum baud rate up to

57.6K bps. The UART mode setting depends on which type of
infrared module is used in the system. When set to “ASKIR” or
“HPSIR”, the UART 2 is used to support the infrared module
connected on the mainboard. If this option is not set to “Normal”, a
device connected to the COM2 port, will no longer work.

Onboard Parallel Port: This option is used to assign the I/O address
for the onboard parallel port. The options are “378/IRQ7” (defaults),
“278/IRQ5”, “3BC/IRQ7” and “Disabled” (disable the onboard
parallel port).

Parallel Port Mode: There are four options “Normal” (default),
“EPP”, “ECP”, “ECP+EPP”. Change the mode from “Normal” to the
enhanced mode only if your peripheral device can support it.

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3.13 SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD

The “SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD” utility sets the password.
The Mainboard is shipped with the password disabled. If you want to
change the password, you must first enter the current password, then at
the prompt enter your new password. The password is case sensitive
and you can use up to 8 alphanumeric characters, press <Enter> after
entering the password. At the next prompt, confirm the new password
by typing it and pressing <Enter> again.

To disable the password, press the <Enter> key instead of entering a
new password when the “Enter Password” dialog box appears. A mes­sage will appear confirming that the password is disabled.

If you have set both supervisor and user password, only the supervisor
password allows you to enter the BIOS SETUP PROGRAM.

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4 Driver and Utility

4.1 Flash Utility

The BIOS of the P5F111 mainboard can be upgraded by using a Flash
utility. A new version of the BIOS can be downloaded from the
factory's BBS and Web site. The FLASH utility can be extract from
the BIOS files that you download or at manufacturer diskette under
FLASH directory which comes with the mainboard.

FLASH.EXE The Flash utility for AWARD BIOS upgrade
README.TXTA text file of instructions

The Flash utility will not work with any memory manager software
running in the system. In order to make sure no memory manager
software is running, boot your system from a bootable floppy diskette
which does not contain CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. If
you are using MS-DOS 6.x, you can press <F5> function key while the
“Starting MS-DOS...” message appearing on the screen to bypass the
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.

4.2 The Steps to Install the VIA GRAT AGP Driver

There are two methods you can install your VIA GRAT AGP Driver,
CD-ROM or diskette.

If you have CD-ROM.

Step 1. Insert the manufacturer CD-ROM to your PC.
Step 2. Click the “Install Driver” option in your installation screen.
Step 3. Click the “VIA_GRAT AGP Driver” option. (It will start the
installation.)
Step 4. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the
installation. (The system will restart.)

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If you have Diskette.

Step 1. Insert the VIA_GRAT AGP Driver into your PC.
Step 2. Make copy of the self-extracting file in the diskette into your hard
disk and run it.
Step 3. Double click the “Setup” option to install the VIA GRAT AGP
Driver.
Step 4. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the
installation. (The system will restart.)

After system back on then you are complete the installation of VIA
GRAT AGP driver and ready to install the driver for AGP VGA card. A
new version of the VIA GRAT AGP drive can be downloaded from the
factory's BBS and Web site

4.3 The Steps to Install the VIA Bus Master PCI IDE
Driver

The Bus Master PCI IDE logic designed in the VIA MVP4 chipset is
intended to reduce the workload of the CPU and make the CPU running
more efficiently. It will take care the data transfer between IDE drives
and system memory and let CPU handle other tasks.

There are two methods you can install your VIA Bus Master PCI IDE
Driver, CD-ROM or diskette.

If you have CD-ROM.

Step 1. Insert the manufacturer CD-ROM to your PC.
Step 2. Click the “Install Driver” option in your installation screen.
Step 3. Click the “VIA IDE Bus Master Driver” option. (It will start the
installation.)
Step 4. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the
installation. (The system will restart.)

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If you have Diskette.

Step 1. Insert the VIA IDE Bus Master Driver into your PC.
Step 2. Make copy of the self-extracting file in the diskette into your hard
disk and run it.
Step 3. Double click the “Setup” option to install the VIA IDE Bus

Master Driver.
Step 4. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the
installation. (The system will restart.)

After system back on then you are complete the installation of VIA IDE
Bus Master driver. A new version of the VIA IDE Bus Master drive can
be downloaded from the factory's BBS and Web site.

4.4 The Steps to Install the VGA Driver

There are two methods you can install your VGA Driver, CD-ROM or
diskette.

If you have CD-ROM.

Step 1. Insert the manufacturer CD-ROM to your PC.
Step 2. Click the “Install Driver” option in your installation screen.
Step 3. Click the “VGA” option. (It will start the installation.)
Step 4. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the
installation. (The system will restart.)

If you have Diskette.

Step 1. Insert the VGA Driver into your PC.
Step 2. Make copy of the self-extracting file in the diskette into your hard
disk and run it.
Step 3. Double click the “Setup” option to install the VGA Driver.
Step 4. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the
installation. (The system will restart.)

After system back on then you are complete the installation of VGA
driver. A new version of the VGA drive can be downloaded from the
factory's BBS and Web site.

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4.5 The Steps to Install the MVP4 Sound Card Driver

Please follow the steps below to install the MVP4 Sound Card.

Step 1. Insert the MVP4 Sound Card Driver Diskette in your PC.
Step 2. Under the “Control Panel”, Choose the “Add New Hardware” to
find and instal the new MVP4 Sound Card.
Step 3. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the
installation.
Step 4. Restart the PC.

After system back on then you are complete the installation of VIA IDE
Bus Master driver. A new version of the VIA GRAT AGP drive can be
downloaded from the factory's BBS and Web site.

4.6 USB Driver

Q: How to configure the USB controller on P5F111?
A: USB controller requires the USB supplement install, so please

make sure your system install the USB supplement first. You can
click at “Control panel” and “Add/Remove Program” icon to check
the USB supplement install or not?

For Windows 95 (OSR2.1 or later) users, The USB supplement can
be located at the Windows95 OSR2.1 CD’s \others\usb\usb-
supp.exe directory. For Windows95 (OSR2.0 or before) users, you
need to update your system to OSR2.1 or contact Microsoft for
update information.

After USB supplement installed, system will reboot and find the

“Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller” and ask for file
“openhci.sys” . The “openhci.sys” file is locate at C:\windows\sys­tem directory. Click on “Browser” icon and give the path for

“openhci.sys”. After the file loaded, then you are complete the con­figure of USB controller and ready to install the USB device driver.

Note: You do not need to install USB supplement or configure the
USB controller for Windows98, windows will automatically configure
it during the installation.

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APPENDIX

System Environment Monitor

The System Environment Monitoring utility with the onboard VIA
Hardware monitoring system chip allow you to monitor your
system’s temperature, Fan speed and CPU voltage. Using this
utility, you can setup the upper and lower limits of these monitored
parameters. A pre-warning message will pop up on the screen when
the monitored parameters is out of the preset range.

A.1 The Steps to Install the System Environment

Monitor Driver

Step 1. Insert the manufacturer CD-ROM or diskette to your PC to install
the system monitor.
Step 2. Follow the instruction shows on the screen to finished the
installation. (The system will restart.)
Step 3. The following screen will appear (shown in the next page).
Step 4. Restart the PC.

After system back on then you are complete the installation of VGA
driver. A new version of the VGA drive can be downloaded from the
factory's BBS and Web site.

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Click “OK” and continue setup procedure.

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