User manual ASUS PI-P55SP4V

[. . . ] R P/I-P55SP4V Motherboard USER'S MANUAL USER'S NOTICE No part of this product, including the product and software may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (hereinafter referred to as ASUS) except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes. ASUS provides this manual "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASUS be liable for any loss or profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of business, or for indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind, even if ASUS has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. [. . . ] BIOS SOFTWARE Chipset Features Setup This "Chipset Features Setup" option controls the configuration of the board's chipset. Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Details of Chipset Features Setup: Auto Configuration (60ns DRAM) The default setting of 60ns DRAM sets the optimal timings for items 2 through 8 for 60ns DRAM modules. If you are using 70ns DRAM modules, you must change this item to 70ns DRAM. See pages 12-13 for DRAM installation information. DRAM Leadoff Time (Leave on default setting of 6T) Linear Mode SRAM Support (Leave on default setting of Disabled) For a slightly better performance on Cyrix CPU's, this function can be Enabled to switch from Toggle mode SRAM to Linear mode SRAM support. WARNING: Intel CPU's currently only support the Toggle mode so this function should be Disabled when using Intel CPU's. 16-bit ISA Wait State (Leave on default setting of 1 Wait) Timing for 16-bit ISA cards 16-bit I/O Recovery Time (Leave on default setting of 5 BUSCLK) Timing for 16-bit ISA cards 8-bit I/O Recovery Time (Leave on default setting of 8 BUSCLK) Timing for 8-bit ISA cards Video BIOS Cacheable (Leave on default setting of Enabled) Allows the Video BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution. ASUS P/I-P55SP4V User's Manual 37 IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Memory Hole at Address (None) This feature reserves memory address space 12MB to 16MB, 14MB to 16MB, or 15MB to 16MB to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. WARNING: This makes the memory from the specified and up unavailable to the system because expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB. Slow Refresh (1:4) (Disabled) This function set to Enabled will decrease the DRAM refresh rate and increase the bandwidth available for data transfers. WARNING: Some DRAM's are known to lose data without frequent refreshing so this function is set to Disabled by the manuafacturer. Onboard VGA Memory Size (1MB) This function allows the user to allocate either 1MB or 2MB memory for the onboard video controler. Larger memory allows more colors and a higher resoultion to be selected within each operating system. Onboard VGA Memory Clock (Leave on default setting of Fast) This function allows the selection of the video speed. Normal uses 50MHz, Fast uses 60MHz, and Fastest uses 66MHz. WARNING: If your monitor displays unrecognizable information, you must decrease the speed to match your monitor frequency rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Onboard FDC Controller (Enabled) When enabled, this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy drive connector instead of a separate controller card. If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy drives, set this field to "Disabled. " Onboard FDC Swap A: B: (No Swap) This field reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives in the Swap AB setting, otherwise leave on the default setting of No Swap. This works separately from the BIOS Features floppy disk swap feature. It is functionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives. Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4) Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4 (default), 2F8H/IRQ3, 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for the onboard serial connector. [. . . ] Change directory to which holds the SiS 5596 OS/2 3. 0 display drivers and type SISINST <Enter>. For example, A:\OS2\SBCS. 30>SISINST 3. All the Driver Files will be copied to a subdirectory C:\SISDRV and the "Select Screen parameters for SiS SVGA" menu appears and all the resolution (and color) and frame rate supported would be shown on the screen. Choose which one you would like to use and click "OK". [. . . ]