Abit PD5NE User manual

TableofContents
Chapter 1IntroductionofPD5NFeatures
¬PD5N..........................................................................................1-2
lSpecifications.........................................................................1-2
lLayoutdiagram......................................................................1-4
¯Systemblockdiagram................................................................1-11
Chapter 2InstallingtheMainboard
¬StandardExternalConnectors......................................................2-3
-JumpersandSwitches................................................................2-10
®PresentationandInstallationoftheCPU....................................2-11
¯InstallingSystemMemory ¡i DRAMMemory ¡j .........2-21
Chapter 3IntroductionofBIOS
¬StandardCMOSSetup Menu.......................................................3-4
-BIOSFeaturesSetup Menu.........................................................3-6
®ChipsetFeaturesSetup Menu.....................................................3-12
¯PowerManagementSetup Menu................................................3-14
°PCI&OnboardI/OSetup..........................................................3-18
±LoadBIOSDefaults..................................................................3-23
²LoadSetup Defaults..................................................................3-23
³PasswordSetting.......................................................................3-24
´IDEHDD AutoDetection.........................................................3-35
Chapter 4VGAInstallation
AppendixAQuickInstallation
AppendixBIntelPentiumCPUs
AppendixCAMD-K5CPUs

Chapter1-2
AppendixDCyrix6x86 CPUs
AppendixEGeneralDiscussionaboutHDD Installation
AppendixFTechnicalSupport
AppendixGFlashBIOSUserInstructions

IntroductionofPD5NFeatures1-1
Chapter1Introduction ofPD5N
Features
ThePD5NhavebeenespeciallydesignedforFileserver,Workstationand
Professionalusers.Itcansupportawiderangeofprocessors,includingall
IntelCPUs(P54C)andIntelCPUswithMMX(P55C),aswell asall AMD-
K5/K6andCyrix6x86/6x86L/6x86MXCPUs.Italsotakesintoaccount,as
muchaspossible,all futureCPUs.
ThePD5NusesDIPswitchesorjumpers.
ThePD5NusesSIS5598 serieschipsets,andhas512KLevel-2Pipeline
BurstSRAMonboard.
72-pinSIMM slotsmeettherequirementsforall memoryconfigurations
requiredbyhighlevelcomputing.The72-pinSIMM slotssupport
traditionalFastPageandEDO DRAMasamemorystandardfornext
generation64-bitsystems.The72-pinSIMM slotshavebeenreservedtomeet
requirementsforbothpresentandfutureupgrades.
ThePD5NprovidestwoUniversalSerialBus(USB)portsandmeetsthe
ConcurrentPCIRev.2.1standard.ItalsosupportsIDEinterface forFast
HDD (Mode0~4)andUltraDMA/33,aswell asIDEBusMaster.These
featuresalsomeetpresentandfutureinterface standardsandneeds.
ThePD5NBuilt-inhigh-performance 64 bitGUIaccelerator.High
resolutionmodesincluding1024 ¡Ñ 768 ¡Ñ 64KHicolorsand1600 ¡Ñ
1200 ¡Ñ 256 colors.ItalsosupportsMPEGandlivevideoplayback.
SystemBIOSfeaturesincludePlug-and-Play(PnP),Advanced
ConfigurationPowerInterface (ACPI),thenewestDesktopManagement
Interface (DMI),aswell asPD5N’suniqueCPUoperatingfrequencyand
voltagesetup featureinordertomeetmoderncomputingdemands.

1-2Chapter1
¬ Specifications
1.SupportAT/ATXpowersupply
2.AdjustmentforFrequencyandVoltage
UsingDIPswitchorjumperwirestoadjustthefrequencyandvoltage
onthemainboard
3.UsesZIFCPUSocket7foreasyCPUinstallation
lSupportswitchingpowerforCPUtogetmorestableenvironment
lSupportsIntelPentiumCPUs:75~200MHzandP55CCPUswith
MMX(166~233MHz)
lSupportsall AMDsixthgenerationAMD-K5™CPUs:
75~166MHz,AMD-K6™CPUs:166MHz,200MHz,233MHz
lSupportsall Cyrixsixthgeneration6x86™CPUs:P120+,P133+,
P150+,P166+,P166+L,P200+,P200+Land6x86MX
lReservedcircuitrysupportsfuturesixthgenerationCPUs
4.Chipset
lSIS5598 chipset
lSupportsstandardversionPCI2.1
5.L2CacheMemory
l256Kor512Kofcachememory(PipelineBurstSRAM)
6.SystemDRAM
lFour72-pinSIMM sockets:supportFPandEDO DRAM
lUpto384MBmemoryconfigurationpossible
7.SystemBIOS
lAWARDBIOS
lSupportsPlug-and-Play(PnP)
lSupportsAdvancedConfigurationPowerInterface (ACPI)
lSupportsDesktopManagementInterface (DMI)
8.GraphicandvideoAccelerator
lBuilt-in64 bitGUIaccelerator
lSupportsvideoscaling,overlapandcolorspace conversion
lSupportsDDC1andDDC2BSpecification
lVideomemory:sharedsystemmemory
9.MultiI/Ofeatures

IntroductionofPD5NFeatures1-3
l TwoUniversalSerialBus(USB)ports
l FourfastIDEchannels(PIOmode0~4,Ultra“DMA/33”andBus
Master)
lOneEPP/ECPparallelportandtwo16550Aserialports
l Twofloppydiskdriveconnectors(FDD)(360K,720K,1.2M,
1.44Mand2.88M)
l SupportPS/2typemouse
10.Otherfeatures
l StandardATarchitecturedimensions
l FourISAbusslotsandfourPCIbusslots
l Supports3-MODEforaspecialJapanesefloppydiskdrive
l Supportstwobootableharddisks--abletoruntwodifferent
operatingsystems
l SupportsIDEinterface CDROMandLS-120 typefloppydiskdrive
(Bootonly)
lPD5NisusingDIPswitchtoconfiguremainboard,theREDDIP
switchisusingtosetup theCPUvoltage-VCOREandVIO.The
BLUEDIPswitchisusingtosetup theCPUFrequencyandRating.
Note:All brandnamesandtrademarksarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.

1-4Chapter1
- Layoutdiagram
Fig1-1Layoutdiagram

IntroductionofPD5NFeatures1-5
® Systemblockdiagram
Host BUS
Control
Address
Data
Cntrl
Tag Cntrl
TIO[0..7]
CACHE
(SRAM)
TAG
Cntrl
Addr
ECC
Data
Control
Address/Data
PCI BUS
Serial
LPT
FDC
PCI Device(s)
ISA Device(s)
Main
Memory
(DRAM)
USB
1USB 2
Universal Serial Bus
SiS 5598
CD ROM&
Hark Disk
ISA BUS
Winbond
w83877f
Pentium Processor
3.3v
VGA
TM
Fig.1-4Systemblockdiagram

InstallingtheMainboard 2-1
Chapter2Installing the
Mainboard
ThisPD5Nmainboardnotonlyprovidesall standardequipmentforclassic
personalcomputers,butalsoprovidesgreatflexibilityformeetingfuture
upgradedemands.Thischapterwill introduce stepbystepall thestandard
equipmentandwill alsopresent,ascompletelyaspossiblefutureupgrade
capabilities.Thismainboardisabletosupportall IntelPentiumincluding
P55CwithMMX,Cyrix6x86,6x86L,6x86MXandAMD-K5/K6processors
nowonthemarket.(Fordetails,see specificationsinChapter1.)
However,wecannotguarantee thatthedescriptiongiveninthismanualonthe
circuitryofyourmainboardwill workforprocessorsnotlistedinChapter1.
Forexample,theoperatingvoltageofCyrix’snextgenerationCPUsisunknown
atthepresenttime.Thuswewerenotabletoincludethesespecificationsin
yourmotherboard.Wewill supplyfurtherinformationaboutCPUsupport
whennewCPUsarriveonthemarket.
Thischapterisorganizedaccordingthefollowingfeatures:
ŒStandardexternalconnectors
•Jumpersandswitches
ŽPresentationandInstallingoftheCPU.
•Installingthesystemmemory.
NNNN
Before proceedingwiththeinstallation
Beforeinstallingthemainboardpleasebesuretoturnoff ordisconnectthe
powersupplyunit.Beforemakinganymodificationstothehardware
configurationofthemainboard,thepowersupplytoanyareasofthemainboard
youplantomodifyshouldbeturnedoff toavoidunnecessarydamagetothe
hardware.

2-2Chapter2
&
User friendlyinstructions
Ourobjectiveistoenablethenovice computerusertoperformthe
installationbythemselves.Wehaveattemptedtowritethisdocumentina
veryclear,conciseanddescriptivemannertohelpovercomeanyobstaclesyou
mayface duringinstallation.Pleasereadourinstructionscarefullyand
followthemcarefullystep-by-step.