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Applicable for PowerSpec models: 2120, 2210, 2211, 2212, 2220, 2221, 2410, 2430, 2431, 2620, 2621, 2622, 2630, 3410, 3411, 3612, 3610, 3611, 3412, 3710
ECS P5HX-B System Board
P6HX-B Connectors

P6HX-B Jumpers

P6HX-B Memory

P5HX-B System BoardP5HX-B System Board in color  

P5HX-B System Board Connectors
Note: some device connectors are manufacture options and may not be present on all systems

Connector

Function

Description

J1

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

J2

AT Keyboard Connector

J3

PS/2 Mouse Connector

J4

Serial 1 (COM1/COM3)

J5

Serial 2 (COM2/COM4)

J6

Printer Port

J9

FDD Connector

Attach to floppy disk drive(s)

J10

Primary IDE Connector

Attach to Primary Master, Slave

J11

Secondary IDE Connector

Attach to Secondary Master, Slave

J12

Front Panel Switches and LED indicators

Pin connections:
2-3 Turbo LED positive, negative
4-5 SMI (Suspend Mode Input) switch
6-7 Turbo mode switch
9-10 Reset switch
11-15 Keyboard lock
17-20 Speaker

J13

HDD LED (Hard Disk Drive)

Pins 1,4 positive; pins 2,3 negative

J16

Cache Module Connector

J17

USB Header

Attach to 2 channels connector of USB bracket

J19

IR Header (IBM; manufacture option)

J20

IR Header (Intel)

J21

PS/2 Mouse Header

Attach to external PS/2 mouse

J22

CPU Fan Connector

(normal mode; manufacture option)

J23

CPU Fan Connector (Green Function)

P5HX-B provides the ability to turn the CPU cooling fan off while the system is in low-power suspend mode. Connect the CPU cooling fan to J23 and enable the "CPU Fan Power Green" function in the BIOS "Power Management Setup" to activate this feature. Pins 1,3 Ground; pin 2 positive 12vDC.

J24

Green Function Indicator

Connect the LED to J24. The LED will blink when the system is in low-power suspend mode. Pin 1 ground; pin 2 positive

P5HX-B Jumpers
Host Clock, CPU type and Speed settings

Core CPU Frequency (MHz)

Host Clock

JP4

Clock Multiplier

JP2*

JP3

75

50

short
1-2,
3-4

1.5

short
1-2

short
1-2

90

60

3-4

1.5

1-2

1-2

100

66

1-2

1.5

1-2

1-2

110

55

open

2

1-2

2-3

120

60

3-4

2

1-2

2-3

133

66

1-2

2

1-2

2-3

150

60

3-4

2.5

1-2

2-3

166

66

1-2

2.5

2-3

2-3

200

66

1-2

3

2-3

1-2

233**

66

1-2

3.5

open

1-2

* The Cyrix 6x86 CPU does not have multiplier 1.5 or 2.5 Leave JP2 open when installing Cyrix 6x86.
** The HX-B system board must have (flash) BIOS v 1.6d to support 233 correctly. JP11, 12, 13, 14 are all shorted 2-3.
The flash update file is available on the BSB and FTP site as P5HXB16D.ZIP See readme.txt for instructions and cautions.

Cyrix 6x86 CPU core frequency settings

Cyrix 6x86

Core CPU Frequency (MHz)

Cyrix 6x86 CPUs and AMD K5 CPUs use the P-rating as the CPU frequency. Refer to this table to get the Cyrix 6x86 CPU core frequency. For AMD K5 CPUs, check your CPU vendor for detailed information.

P120+

100

P133+

110

P150+

120

P166+

133

CPU Voltage settings

Single Voltage CPUs

JP11, JP12, JP13, JP14

CPU Voltage

JP10

 

short 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2

3.3v (STD) [default]

short 1-2

3.52v (VRE)

short 3-4

Dual Voltage CPUs

JP11, JP12, JP13, JP14

CPU I/O Voltage

JP10

CPU Core Voltage

JP17 *

short 2-3, 2-3, 2-3, 2-3

3.3v (STD)

short 1-2

2.51v

short 1-2

2.73v

short 3-4

2.91v

short 5-6

3.52v (VRE)

short 3-4

2.51v

short 1-2

2.73v

short 3-4

2.91v

short 5-6

* Caution! Check your processor documentation for correct voltage settings to avoid damaging the CPU.
Single voltage CPUs include Intel Pentium, Intel Overdrive series, Cyrix 6x86, and AMD K5.
Dual voltage CPUs include Intel Pentium with MMX technology (P55C), Cyrix 6x86L, M2 dual voltage, and AMD K5 Dual voltage CPU.

Cache Memory Size settings

Total Cache installed

JP15

JP16

0KB

open

open

256KB (256K on-board cache)

short

short 1-2

256KB (256K cache module only)

open

short 1-2

512KB (256K on-board 32Kx32 Burst SRAM and 256KB cache module installed)

short

short 3-4

512KB (256K on-board 64Kx32 Burst SRAM only)

short

short 3-4

Clear CMOS RAM

Operation

JP5

Normal (default)

short 2-3

Clear CMOS data

short 1-2

Hardware setting information and password data is stored in CMOS RAM. To clear CMOS settings, short JP5 pins 1-2, power on the system, power off the system, return JP5 jumper to 2-3 position.

P5HX-B Memory Installations
The following table shows several possible memory combinations. The P5HX-B system board supports from 8-256MB. It supports up to 4 pieces of 72-pin SIMMs; supports EDO or Fast Page Mode DRAM, supports parity or ECC function with parity SIMMs installed.

Partial list of possible memory configurations

Bank 0
(must be installed in pairs)

Bank 1
(must be installed in pairs)

Total memory installed

SIMM1

SIMM2

SIMM3

SIMM4

Size

4MB

4MB

-

-

8MB

8MB

8MB

-

-

16MB

16MB

16MB

-

-

32MB

32MB

32MB

-

-

64MB

64MB*

64MB*

-

-

128MB

4MB

4MB

4MB

4MB

16MB

4MB

4MB

8MB

8MB

24MB

4MB

4MB

16MB

16MB

40MB

4MB

4MB

32MB

32MB

72MB

4MB

4MB

64MB

64MB

136MB

8MB

8MB

8MB

8MB

32MB

8MB

8MB

16MB

16MB

48MB

8MB

8MB

32MB

32MB

80MB

8MB

8MB

64MB*

64MB*

144MB

16MB

16MB

16MB

16MB

64MB

16MB

16MB

32MB

32MB

96MB

16MB

16MB

64MB*

64MB*

160MB

32MB

32MB

32MB

32MB

128MB

32MB

32MB

64MB*

64MB*

192MB

64MB*

64MB*

64MB*

64MB*

256MB

* 64MB SIMMs not tested at time of documentation.


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