Technical information

On the P2L97, P2B, P2B-F, and P2-99, we recommend disabling the “BIOS Update” option. This will avoid
any accidental corruption of the BIOS.
We have found that by setting the Boot Sequence to “C Only” we eliminate several service calls a week.
This eliminates the possibility of having the customer accidentally leave a back-up or restore floppy in the
drive which prevents the computer from booting. If booting from floppy or CD-ROM is necessary, this can be
enabled more quickly than a single service call would normally take.
Chipset Features Setup
TXP4-X P5A
P2L97 P2B (similar to P2B-F & P2-99)
For added performance, the “Video BIOS Cacheable” should be set for “Enabled.” This option should be
changed only if using an older video card or software which may conflict with this option.
To increase the performance of disk operations, the “IDE Ultra DMA Mode” should be set for “Enabled.”
Provided that the hard drive which shipped from PCComplete is the only one installed, this should not cause
any problems.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (<<P2B>>)
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
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ESC : Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled
Onboard FDC Swap A & B : No Swap
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8H/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8H/IRQ3
Onboard Parallel Port : 378H/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode : Normal
ECP DMA Select : Disabled
UART2 Use Infrared : Disabled
Onboard PCI IDE Enable : Both
IDE Ultra DMA Mode : Auto
IDE0 Master PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE0 Slave PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE1 Master PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE1 Slave PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
SDRAM Configuration : By SPD
SDRAM CAS Latency : 2T
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay : 3T
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time : 3T
DRAM Idle Timer : 16T
SDRAM MA Wait State : Normal
Snoop Ahead : Enabled
Host Bus Fast Data Ready : Enabled
16-bit I/O Recovery Time : 1 BUSCLK
8-bit I/O Recovery Time : 1 BUSCLK
Graphics Aperture Size : 64MB
Video Memory Cache Mode : UC
PCI 2.1 Support : Enabled
Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabled
DRAM are 64 (Not 72) bits wide
Data Integrity Mode : Non-ECC
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (<P2L97>)
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
ESC : Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled
Onboard FDC Swap A & B : No Swap
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8H/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8H/IRQ3
Onboard Parallel Port : 378H/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode : Normal
ECP DMA Select : Disabled
UART2 Use Infrared : Disabled
Onboard PCI IDE Enable : Both
IDE Ultra DMA Mode : Auto
IDE0 Master PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE0 Slave PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE1 Master PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE1 Slave PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
EDO Auto Configuration : Disabled
EDO Read Burst Timing : x333
EDO Write Burst Timing : x333
EDO RAS Precharge Time : 4T
EDO RAS to CAS Delay : 2T
SDRAM Configuration : 12ns SDRAM
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay : Auto
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time : Auto
MA Wait State : Auto
SDRAM Banks Close Policy : Arbitration
16-bit I/O Recovery Time : 4 BUSCLK
8-bit I/O Recovery Time : 8 BUSCLK
Graphics Aperture Size : 64MB
Video Memory Cache Mode : UC
PCI 2.1 Support : Enabled
Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabled
DRAM are 64 (Not 72) bits wide
Data Integrity Mode : Non-ECC
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (<<P5A>>)
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
ESC : Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8H/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8H/IRQ3
Onboard Parallel Port : 378H/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode : Normal
ECP DMA Select : Disabled
UART2 Use Infrared : Disabled
Onboard PCI IDE Enable : Both
IDE Ultra DMA Mode : Auto
IDE0 Master PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE0 Slave PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE1 Master PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE1 Slave PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
SDRAM Configuration : By SPD
SDRAM CAS Latency : 3T
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time : 3T
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay : 3T
Enhanced Page Mode Count : Disabled
Internal Page Detection : Disabled
SDRAM Pipe Function : Disabled
SDRAM x111-2111 Mode : Enabled
I/O Recovery Time : 2 BUSCLK
Graphics Aperture Size : 64MB
Frame Buffer Posted Write: Enabled
Force PCI_66 GAT Mode : Enabled
AGP BUS Turbo Mode : Enabled
Passive Release : Enabled
Delayed Transaction : Disabled
Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabledx
DRAM are 64 (Not 72) bits wide
Data Integrity Mode : Disabled
Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled
Onboard FDC Swap A & B : No Swap
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (<TXP4-X>)
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
ESC : Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults
Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled
Onboard FDC Swap A & B : No Swap
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8H/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8H/IRQ3
Onboard Parallel Port : 378H/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode : Normal
ECP DMA Select : Disabled
UART2 Use Infrared : Disabled
Onboard PCI IDE Enable : Both
IDE Ultra DMA Mode : Auto
IDE0 Master PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE0 Slave PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE1 Master PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
IDE1 Slave PIO/DMA Mode : Auto
Auto Configuration : Disabled
DRAM Read Burst Timing : x444
DRAM Write Burst Timing : x444
DRAM R/W Leadoff Timing : 11T/7T
DRAM RAS# Precharge Time : 4T
Refresh RAS# Assertion : 4T
Fast EDO Path Select : Disabled
Speculative Leadoff : Disabled
SDRAM RAS# Timing : 3T/5T/8T
SDRAM CAS# Latency : 3T
SDRAM Speculative Read : Disabled
Passive Release : Disabled
Delayed Transaction : Disabled
16-bit I/O Recovery Time : 4 BUSCLK
8-bit I/O Recovery Time : 8 BUSCLK
Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled
Memory Hole At Address : None
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