SOYO P55C, P54C IDE Secondary Master, IDE Secondary Slave, Onboard FDC Controller, Onboard Uart

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BIOS Setup

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IDE Primary Master PIO/ Choose Auto (default) or mode 0~4. IDE Primary Slave PIO/ Mode 0 is the slowest speed, and HDD

IDE Secondary Master mode 4 is the fastest speed. For better

PIO/performance and stability, we suggest IDE Secondary Slave PIO you use the Auto setting to set the HDD

control timing.

IDE Secondary Master

Choose Auto (defautl) or Disabled.

UDMA

When Auto is selected, it supports Ultra

IDE Secondary Slave

DMA Mode.

 

UDMA

 

 

Onboard FDC Controller

Enabled Ð Use the on-board floppy

 

controller (default).

 

Disabled Ð Turn off the on-board

 

floppy controller.

Onboard UART 1/

Choose serial port 1 & 2Õs I/O address.

Onboard UART 2

Do no set port 1 & 2 to the same value

 

except for Disabled.

 

COM 1/3F8H

COM3/3E8H

 

COM 2/2F8H

COM4/2E8H

 

(default)

 

Onboard UART 2 Mode

Standard Ð (default) supports a serial

 

infrared IrDA.

 

HPSIR Ð supports HP serial infrared

 

interface format

 

ASKIR Ð supports a Sharp serial

 

interface format.

IR Duplex Mode

Use the default setting (Half). This

 

function shows up only when either

 

HPSIR or ASKIR is chosen in the

 

previous function (Onboard UART 2

 

Mode).

 

Onboard Parallel Port

Choose the printer I/O address:

 

378H/IRQ7 (default), 3BCH/IRQ7,

 

278H/IRQ5

 

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Contents 5EAS5 Soyotm Table of Contents Bios setup… … ..… .… … … ..… … … .… … Supports Socket 7 for upgrade Key FeaturesOn-board supports Flash Memory for easy upgrade Bios Supports 1 stripsof 8/16/32 MB Unbuffered DIMMsUnpacking the Mainboard Electrostatic Discharge PrecautionsTAG Sram Mainboard Layout w/ Default SettingsMainboard Default Setting Remarks on the Cyrix and IBM P200+ CPUs Jumpers Hardware SetupJP16 PCI Bus Asynchronous/Synchronous Jumper Frequency Setting CPU Type Configuration2. CPU Jumper Settings Stability Ð1Ð3. CPU Jumper Settings 3. CPU Jumper Settings Stability 1. Single Voltage 3.3V CPU 3 Dual Voltage CPU Bank Bank 1 & Bank Dimm Bank 2& Dimm Multi I/O Port Addresses CN1 PS/2 Mouse Connector J18 Speaker Connector Bios Setup Standard Cmos Setup Drive a & B Video Halt On Bios SetupQuick Power Bios Features SetupCPU Internal CacheBoot Up Num Boot SequenceSetting Swap FloppyIDE Second Adapter BiosChannel ControlConfiguration Chipset Features SetupDram Auto Sdram Cycle Length Video Bios CacheableRead Pipeline Write PipelinePower Management Setup Conserve Mode Video Off Method Choose V/H Sync+Blank default, BlankHDD Power Down Doze ModePrimary Intr DMA/masterReset PNP/PCI Configuration SetupResources Controlled ByDmax assigned IrqxActivated By Select PCI-AUTO,ISA, or assign a PCI SlotLoad Bios Defaults Load Setup DefaultsIDE HDD Block Mode Channel IDE Prefetch ModeIntegrated Peripherals On-chip IDE FirstIR Duplex Mode Onboard Uart 2 ModeIDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary SlaveSupervisor Password User Password IDE HDD Auto Detection Appendix a Additional jumper settings Appendix B Quick Installation GuideQuick Installation Guide

P55C, P54C specifications

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