Asus CUSL2, User Manual

Page 1: ... CUSL2 M Intel 815E microATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...pansion Card Installation Procedure 27 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3 7 3 Communication and Networking Riser CNR Slot 28 3 7 4 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro Slot 29 3 8 External Connectors 30 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 43 4 BIOS SETUP 45 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 45 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 45 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures 46 4 2 BIOS Setup Prog...

Page 5: ... 89 5 8 ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM 6 0 90 5 9 ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 91 5 10 Install ASUS Update Vx xx 92 5 11 Microsoft DirectX 6 0 Driver 93 5 12 YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 95 5 13 PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 95 5 14 Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x 96 5 15 Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications 97 5 16 Uninstalling Programs 98 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 101 6 1 Display Properties 101 6 2 ASUS PC Probe 104 6 3...

Page 6: ...e determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV...

Page 7: ...nce 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Optional Items USB Hub CNR card LAN Home PNA CNR card AIMM card LCD controller module TVOUT controller module ASUS iPanel ASUS consumer infrared set ASUSIrDA compliantinfraredmodule Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 c...

Page 8: ... architecture parallel data processing and compres sion precise pixel interpolation full 2D hardware acceleration and motion video acceleration This graphics controller can be disabled to support an externalAGP or PCI graphics card AGPPro Slot Comes with anAccelerated Graphics Port Pro slot that supports AGP cards for high performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical applicati...

Page 9: ...ed Module for wireless connections Enhanced ACPI Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhancedACPI forWindows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Smart BIOS 4Mbit firmware gives a new easy to use interface which provides more control and protection over the motherboard Provides Vco...

Page 10: ...rs from PCI mas ter buses to memory and processor SDRAM Optimized Performance This motherboard supports PC133 com pliant Synchronous Dynamic RandomAccess Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 1066MB s max ACPIReady ACPI AdvancedConfigurationandPowerInterface isalsoimple mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating syst...

Page 11: ... warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function Power Button Through BIOS the power button can be defined as the Stand by a k a Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off see ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead in 3 8 Connectors for more informatio...

Page 12: ...Connectors UltraDMA 100 Support 6 1 Serial COM2 Header 22 1 ASUS iPanel Connector 10 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 25 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 26 2 USB Port Connectors 27 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 28 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 28 3D Graphics Graphics and Memory Controller Hub 1 VGA Monitor Output Connector 24 TV Out Digital LCD Module Headers 23 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec 1 Gam...

Page 13: ...ASUS CUSL2 M User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Location 2 2 1 Component Locations 10 2 3 4 5 17 19 7 6 16 14 13 8 11 12 9 15 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 23 18 1 22 ...

Page 14: ... pin module 3 2 CLRTC DSW Socket 370 COM1 PARALLEL PORT VGA CNR1 Audio Codec Super I O ATX Power Connector CPU_FAN MODEM WOL_CON WOR CNRUSB2 CNRUSB1 AAPANEL MIC2 HEADPHONE JEN COM2 AFPANEL ROW DIMM3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 5 4 DIP Switches ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor LCDTV Intel I O Controller Hub ICH2 Intel 815E Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH SMB 4Mbit Firmware Hub FWH USB T USB1 B USB2...

Page 15: ...emale 3 USB p 31 Universal Serial Bus Ports Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 31 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 32 Serial Port Connectors 9 pin male 10 1 pin 6 VGA p 32 Monitor Output Connector 15 pin female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 8 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 RJ45 p 33 Fast Ethernet Port Connector optional...

Page 16: ...TXPWR p 41 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 26 IR_CON p 41 Standard and Consumer Infrared Connector 10 1 pins 27 PWRLED PANEL p 42 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 28 KEYLOCK PANEL p 42 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 29 SPEAKER PANEL p 42 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 30 MSG LED PANEL p 42 System Message LED 2 pins 31 SMI PANEL p 42 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 32 PWR...

Page 17: ...g computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or con nectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system ...

Page 18: ...tion 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection 5 Frequency Selection CUSL2 M DIP Switches DSW ON OFF ON 1 2 3 4 5 CUSL2 M 1 JumperFree Mode JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu NOTE In JumperFree mode all dip switches must be set to OFF Settin...

Page 19: ...onjunction with Wake On USB for STR State in 4 5 1 Power Up Control NOTES 1 For suspend to RAM function these jumpers must be set to Enable 2 The total current consumed must NOT exceed the power supply capability 5VSB whether under normal working conditions or in the sleep mode Setting USBPWR1 USBPWR2 Disable 1 2 default Enable 2 3 CUSL2 M CUSL2 M USB Device Wake Up USBPWR2 USBPWR1 Disable Default...

Page 20: ...udio card on any of the expansion slots or a primary audio modem CNR on a CNR slot see CNR Slot later in this section If using a PCI audio expansion card Onboard AC97 Audio Controller in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration must also be disabled Setting AUD_EN1 Enable 1 2 default Disable 2 3 5 Onboard LAN Setting LAN_EN The onboard LAN may be enabled disabled with this jumper Setting LAN_EN Enable 1 2 d...

Page 21: ...if you wish to use your keyboard by pressing Spacebar to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriateATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enable but do not have the appropriate ATX power supply NOTE This jumper must be set i...

Page 22: ...nu in BIOS Setup NOTE Only selected switches are illustrated For a complete frequency listing see next page CUSL2 M CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection DSW CPU SDRAM AGP PCI ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 66MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 JumperFree Mode 133MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz 133MHz 133MHz 66MHz 33MHz 100MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz CUSL2 M CPU SDRAM AGP PCI NOTE If y...

Page 23: ...100 0 ON OFF ON OFF ON 100 100 103 0 103 0 ON OFF ON OFF OFF 100 100 105 0 105 0 ON OFF OFF ON ON 100 100 110 0 110 0 ON OFF OFF ON OFF 100 100 115 0 115 0 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 100 100 200 0 200 0 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 133 133 132 8 132 8 OFF ON ON ON ON 133 133 166 6 166 6 OFF ON ON ON OFF 133 133 133 0 133 0 OFF ON ON OFF ON 133 133 137 0 137 0 OFF ON ON OFF OFF 133 133 140 0 140 0 OFF ON OFF ON ON 13...

Page 24: ...erate at 133MHz use only PC133 compliant DIMMs When this motherboard operates at 133MHz most system will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC133 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 100MHz RAM to ensure system stability ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of...

Page 25: ...l only fit in the orientation shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density CUSL2 M CUSL2 M 168 Pin DIMM Sockets Lock 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below The notches on the DIMM wil...

Page 26: ...r should point towards the end of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that covers the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the CPU ...

Page 27: ...PNPAND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclu sively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an addit...

Page 28: ... IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 3 7 3 Communication and Networking Riser CNR Slot This connector supports a specially designed network audio or modem riser card Main processing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s sys tem chipset This provides upgradeabl...

Page 29: ... Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO TOP VIEW Rib inside slot Rib 20 pin bay 28 pin bay AGP Card without Retention Notch CAUTION TheAGPPro slot is shipped with a warning label over the 20 pin bay DO NOT remove this label and the safety tab underneath it if you will be using an AGP card without a retention notch Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to your card slot and moth erbo...

Page 30: ...loppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the sec ond drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Fun...

Page 31: ...SB ports you can use the USB headers see USB Headers later in this section and mount it to the chassis Universal Serial Bus USB 2 USB 1 4 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin female ...

Page 32: ...s A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Serial Port 1 2 in 4 4 2 I O Device Con figuration for settings COM 1 Serial Port 9 pin male CUSL2 M CUSL2 M Serial COM2 Bracket PIN 1 6 Monitor Output Connector Blue 15 pin VGA This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device VGA Monitor 15 pin female ...

Page 33: ...nal Line Out lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 9 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ45 optional The RJ45 connector is optional...

Page 34: ...enusingribboncables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Setup IMPORTANT UltraDMA 100 IDE devices must use a 40 pin 80 conduct...

Page 35: ...he expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be read directly from the ...

Page 36: ...dio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 15 Headphone True Level Line Out Header 3 pin HEADPHONE This connector allows you to connect chassis mounted headphone to the mother board instead of having to attach an external headphone onto theATX connectors CUSL2 M HEADPHONE CUSL2 M True Level Line Out Header 1 Headphone Left GND Headphone Right 16 Internal Mi...

Page 37: ...eserved for a hard disk drive CUSL2 M Front Panel Connectors CUSL2 M AFPANEL 5VSB NC CHASSIS 5 V PCIRST GND CIRRX EXTSMI MLED NC BATT NC SMBDATA GND 3VSB NC IRRX IRTX LOCKKEY NC NC 5V SMBCLK 18 ASUS iPanel Audio Connector 12 1 pinAAPANEL Connect the audio cable from the optional ASUS iPanel to this for front panel audio control CUSL2 M CUSL2 M Audio Panel Connectors MICPWR Line in_R Line in_L MIC2...

Page 38: ...L2 M SMBus Connector SMB CUSL2 M SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 3V 1 20 Chassis Intrusion Lead 2 pin ACHA This lead is for a chassis designed for chassis intrusion detection After market toggle switches may also be installed to the chassis panel or on any removable components Two wires should be available from the chassis to connect to this lead When any chassis component is removed the contact should open...

Page 39: ...tandby power CUSL2 M CUSL2 M Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground WOL_CON 22 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For exter...

Page 40: ...e back panels are inadequate a USB header is available for two additional USB ports Connect the 10 1 pin ribbon cable from the pro vided 2 port USB connector set to the midboard 10 1 pin USB header and mount the USB connector set to an open slot on your chassis NOTE To use this header make sure that the USBCNR1 USBCNR2 jumpers see 3 4 Motherboard Settings are set to USB Connect CUSL2 M USB Headers...

Page 41: ... Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5V Standby 26 Standard and Consumer Infrared Module Connector 10 1 pin IR_CON This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You...

Page 42: ...System Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data re ceived This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 31 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity is...

Page 43: ...ront of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running ...

Page 44: ...ating system before switching off the power switch ForATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 9X click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when sh...

Page 45: ...AT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPYD AFLASH AFLASH EXEA assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard d...

Page 46: ...revision will solve your problems Care less updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Ente...

Page 47: ...Yet if the update fails your system will run a greater risk of boot failure depending on whether the boot block is damaged or not 7 The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM The boot block will be updated automatically only when neces sary This will minimize the chance that a failed update will prevent your system from booting up When the programming is finished Fla...

Page 48: ...t prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need servicing 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue ...

Page 49: ...en you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt D...

Page 50: ...ice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or keyp...

Page 51: ...hat a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press En ter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field ...

Page 52: ...id values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to supp...

Page 53: ...ful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted ...

Page 54: ...eads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical BlockAddressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or se...

Page 55: ... This field can also be configured manu ally Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manu ally NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sec t...

Page 56: ...at the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration...

Page 57: ...sword highlight this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will be set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup The pass words are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password ...

Page 58: ... is set to Manual this must be set in conjunction with FSB SDRAM Freq MHz to match the internal frequency of your CPU Configuration options vary according to the external frequency of your CPU FSB SDRAM PCI Freq Ratio When CPU Internal Frequency is set to Manual This field determines the frequency ratio among the Front Side Bus SDRAM and PCI bus You may set the memory clock frequency in synchronou...

Page 59: ...or is installed in your system BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on s...

Page 60: ...tem will start up running at a bus speed of 66MHz and a fail safe CPU internal frequency 4x66MHz It will then automatically take you to the Advanced menu with a popup menu of all the officially possible CPU internal frequencies System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus sp...

Page 61: ...This sets the optimal timings for items 4 7 depending on the memory mod ules that you are using The default setting By SPD configures items 4 7 by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect device The EEPROM on the memory module stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and mod ule banks Configuration options User Define By ...

Page 62: ...e precharge only the bank or precharge all command to a specific opened SDRAM bank Configuration options One Bank All Banks CPU Latency Timer Enabled This controls the GMCH s response to CPU deferrable cycles Configura tion options Disabled Enabled Command Per Cycle Enabled When onboard VGAis used CPU can help to gain graphics performance by increasing proper SDRAM cycles combinations Configuratio...

Page 63: ...his field allows you to reserve an address space for ISA devices that re quire it Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Configuration options Disabled Enabled High Priority PCI Mode Enabled This field allows you to give PCI slot 1 a higher priority You may want ...

Page 64: ... field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration options R W Read Only Onboard ...

Page 65: ...peration ECP allows the parallel port to oper ate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3...

Page 66: ...default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI controller If the Symbios SCSI controller is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI control ler is detected the onboa...

Page 67: ...SB Function Enabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices Set to En abled if you want to use USB devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled VGA BIOS Sequence PCI AGP If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA controllers this field allows you to select which of the controllers will act as your primary graphics controller The default PCI AGP allows your PCI controller to tak...

Page 68: ...aster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Configuration ...

Page 69: ...or the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Ma...

Page 70: ...s Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Select Enabled if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the expansion cards you use on ...

Page 71: ...ves a call while the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LA...

Page 72: ...e On USB for STR State Disabled This field allows you to use your USB device s if any to power up the computer from Suspend to RAM mode This feature requires anATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power sup ply Your computer will not power on if you set this to Enabled and do not have the app...

Page 73: ... the CPU power supply and chassis fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE1 Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage 5V Voltage xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored ite...

Page 74: ...IDEHardDrive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM drive to ...

Page 75: ...ring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a se...

Page 76: ...a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting 4 7 Exit Menu Onc...

Page 77: ...saving the val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other me...

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Page 79: ...use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows 98 for the first time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices Follow theAdd New Hardware Wiz ard to install all necessary device drivers When prompted to restart select No and then follow the setup procedures in this section NOTE Because there are various motherboard settings options and ...

Page 80: ...S W SETUP Windows 98 3 Browse to here and then click Next 2 Click here 1 Click here 4 Click here 7 Click here 6 Browse to here and then click Next 5 2 1 PCI Multimedia Audio Device Found on audio model only 5 Insert your Windows CD and then click here ...

Page 81: ...Found on LAN model only 1 Click here 2 Click here and then click Next 3 Insert your support CD browse to here and then click Next 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Insert your Windows CD and then click here 7 Browse to your CD drive and click here 8 Click here 9 To install other drivers software click here ...

Page 82: ...egrated 3Com ethernet controller Intel LDCMAdministrator Setup Installs software to monitor PC systems on the network within the same bridge address with the Client software installed The administrator should install both Administrator and Client software Intel LDCM Client Setup Installs software to monitor the Client system The LANDesk Client Manager must be installed to use the hardware manager ...

Page 83: ... or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites Cyberlink Video andAudioApplications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE PowerDVD Trial and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of...

Page 84: ...or Intel 815 Chipset Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 To install other drivers programs click here and then click Finish ...

Page 85: ...el 815 Chipset Graphic Control Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 6 Click here and then click Finish ...

Page 86: ...epending on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double c...

Page 87: ...username and password and other options and then click here 6 Click here 5 Click here NOTE This warning appears only if you don t have the Acrobat Reader installed See 5 14 Adobe AcroBat Reader Vx x on how to install the Acrobar Reader 10 To install other drivers programs click here and then click Finish ...

Page 88: ... hard disk space to run depending on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your...

Page 89: ...6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here 11 To install other drivers programs click here and then click Finish NOTE This warning appears only if you don t have the Acrobat Reader installed See 5 14 Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x on how to install the Acrobar Reader ...

Page 90: ... Windows 98 5 8 ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM 6 0 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 3 Click here 4 Click here 2 Click here 1 Click here ...

Page 91: ...click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall any program see 5 16 Uninstalling Programs 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click Next and when the Setup Complete box appears click Finish to complete setup 1 Click here ...

Page 92: ...Windows 98 5 10 Install ASUS Update Vx xx Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 1 Click here ...

Page 93: ...ETUP Windows 98 5 11 Microsoft DirectX 6 0 Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here ...

Page 94: ...pport CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Enter the information requested and click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 To install other drivers programs click here and then click OK ...

Page 95: ...up screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no viruses are found Click here to start installation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 9 To install other drivers programs click...

Page 96: ...x Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart 1 Click here ...

Page 97: ... Requirements Pentium 100MHz PC compatible Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT 2000 Hard disk drive with at least 10MB of free space 4x speed or above CD ROM drive Sound card with a Windows wave audio driver 256 or above color VGA card is required A VGA card with DirectDraw support 8MB system memory 5 15 2 Cyberlink Contact Information ...

Page 98: ...ve or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 6 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 7 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 5 Click here to install PowerDVD 1 Click here ...

Page 99: ...Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click Add Remove 3 Click here ...

Page 100: ...100 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS CUSL2 M User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 101: ...and then the Advanced button General The Display box displaysthecurrentfontsize of the selected monitor To use a different font size click the arrow and then click the font size you want The Compatibilitybox allows you to specify when to apply changes to system color set tings NOTE Some programs might not dis play colors correctly without being restarted after you make changes To avoid this prob l...

Page 102: ...you want for your graphics hardware Full acceleration is the fastest and is recommended for most computers If your ocmputer is having prob lems and you suspect graphics acceleration to be the cause use the highest setting at which you do not have problems Color Management Lists all the color profile currently associated with your monitor Click a profile to make it the active profile Otherwise the ...

Page 103: ...ks are also available for easy ac cess to theASUS Web page for new updated drivers and notices Color Allows you to adjust the quality of your dis play according to your preference Gamma correction is available only in 16 bit color and 24 bit color true color 16 7M color modes In 16 color and 8 bit color standard color 256 color modes the gamma correc tion function is not supported ...

Page 104: ...eed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 2 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether or not to show the screen the next time you open PC Probe To bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To start ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility...

Page 105: ...mperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 106: ...Lets you record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Over heated is selected the CPU cooling sys tem is enabled whenever the CPU tem perature reac...

Page 107: ...vices in your PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 108: ...sk Bar Icon When theASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exitASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system monitoring ...

Page 109: ...ou are properly con nected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS LiveUpdate 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select If you selected Update from a file you will ...

Page 110: ...Using YAMAHA XGPlayer To start theYAMAHAXGPlayer click Start point to Programs point toYAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 and then click XGPlayer You may also right click the XGPlayer icon on the taskbar to start YAMAHA XGPlayer 6 4 2 YAMAHA XGstudio Player Control Panel 6 4 3 YAMAHA XGstudio Mixer Control Panel Smart Arrangement Block Level Meter Display Channel Volume Slider Master Volume Slider Exi...

Page 111: ...e identifying your file types 6 5 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 5 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel Power Off Help Eject Minimize Zoom About Backstep Frame Backward Scan Stop Forward Scan Step Frame Next Previous Stop Configuration i Power CD Mod...

Page 112: ...VD contents on the personal computer With the i Power Internet Enabling feature PowerDVD opens DVD enthusiasts to on line DVD resources via the PowerDVD Desktop Portal Page 6 6 1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD To start CyberLink PowerDVD click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerDVD and then click PowerDVD 6 6 2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface Control Panel closed Con...

Page 113: ... live video clips allowing users to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data conversio...

Page 114: ...ail or use MAPI compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address if you are not sure Click Next to continue 4 Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choose ...

Page 115: ...rd leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity 7 APPENDIX A...

Page 116: ...OS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 7 1 3 Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading dow...

Page 117: ...ification defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work cards ha...

Page 118: ...sing of host based appli cations CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium III FC PGA and Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III slot 2 for Xeon and slot A for AMD proce...

Page 119: ...r can perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISAcards However configuration of IS...

Page 120: ...s SDRAM organization and timing parameters SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions A set of new instructions added to existing architectures that enables a better visual experience with an accelerated 3D geometry pipeline and support for new applica tions such as real time video encoding and speech recognition System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the...

Page 121: ... Detection 75 C Central Processing Unit 26 CHS Capacity 55 Command Per Cycle 62 Connectors ASUS iPanel 37 ASUS iPanel Audio 37 ATX Power Supply 41 Audio Port 33 Fast Ethernet Port 33 Floppy Disk Drive 34 Game MIDI 33 IDE 34 Internal Audio 36 Internal Microphone 36 Monitor Output 32 Parallel Port 31 PS 2 Keyboard 30 PS 2 Mouse 30 Serial Port 32 SMB 38 USB 31 Wake On LAN 39 Wake On Ring 39 CPU Laten...

Page 122: ... LCD TV 40 USB 40 High Priority PCI Mode 63 I IDE Connectors 34 IDE Hard Drive 74 INF Update Utility 84 85 Installing 84 Installation CPU 26 Installed Memory 57 Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 96 ASUS BIOS Flash Utility 90 ASUS PC Probe 91 ASUS Update 92 CyberLink PowerDVD 99 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 99 Graphic Control Driver 85 INF Update Utility 84 Intel LDCM Administrator 87 Intel LDCM Client 8...

Page 123: ...board Memory 64M 59 Other Boot Device Select 74 P Parallel Port Connector 31 Parallel Port Mode 65 PC Probe Using 104 PC Cillin 98 Installing 95 Setup 95 PCI 2 1 Support 63 PCI Latency Timer 66 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 66 PIO Mode 55 Plug Play O S 75 Power Fan Speed 73 Power Management 69 PowerDVD 112 Using 112 PowerPlayer SE Using 111 Procedure CPU Installation 26 Procedures Updating BIOS 46 Process...

Page 124: ...54 Type 53 U UART2 Use Standard Infrared 64 Ultra DMA Mode 55 Uninstalling Programs 98 Universal Serial BUS Port 31 Universal Serial Bus Port 31 Updating Your BIOS 45 USB Function 67 USB Headers 40 USB Legacy Support 59 Using LiveUpdate 109 PC Probe 104 PowerPlayer SE 111 V VCORE Voltage 73 VGA BIOS Sequence 67 Video Off Method 70 Video Off Option 70 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 68 VideoLive Mail 113 Ins...

Page 125: ...to 192MB Memory 2X AGP 3D w 8MB VRAM 100MHz Processor Side Bus M8300 8200 Series Thin Light Convertible Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 366MHz to 650MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory Supports Two Hard Drives L7300 7200 Series All in One Compact Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 366MHz to 650MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory Goes Mobile ...

Page 126: ...um II Memory Onboard Fixed Storage Hot Swap Trays Support GB Channels Devices AP100 1 Slot1 1 1 3 0 AP200 2 Slot1 1 1 3 0 AP2000 2 Slot1 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP3000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 3 or 5 AP2300 2 Socket370 4 2 Ultra3 4 3 or 5 AP6000 2 Slot1 1 1 4 8 AP8000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 8 AP6300 2 Socket370 4 2 Ultra3 4 8 Mid Range Servers AP6000 AP8000 AP6300 Rack Mountable Value Servers AP2000 AP3000 AP2300 Group Servers AP...

Page 127: ...to configure RAID Ten 1 0 or six 1 6 Ultra2 SCSI SCA 2 hot swappable drive bays 19 rack mountable height 5U LED for hard disk power and working status Two8cmsystemfansandfour6cm drive fans Aluminum disk arrays for easy heat dissipation 350W redundant power supply ASUS PCI DA2200 Series SCSI RAID Card PCI DA2200 series support 5x86 133 processor One 72 pin SIMM socket supports up to 128MB cache mem...

Page 128: ...ansfer mode Compatible with all CD formats Supports multi read function CD R CD RW Ultra Fast CD ROM 8x DVD ROM Drive Industry leadingperformanceforeventhemost demanding applications Maximum transfer rate 8X DVD ROM 40X CD ROM High speed digital audio extraction Supports UltraDMA 33 transfer mode Complies with MPC3 standard Supports Multi Read function ...