Asus CUW, User Manual

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Page 4: ...5 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 26 3 7 Expansion Cards 27 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 27 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 28 3 7 3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 30 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 30 3 8 External Connectors 31 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 45 4 BIOS SETUP 47 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 47 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 47 4 1 ...

Page 5: ...CD 85 5 4 LDCM Local Setup 86 5 5 LDCM Administrator Setup 88 5 6 ASUS PC Probe 91 5 7 ASUS LiveUpdate 92 5 8 Drivers 93 5 9 Other 94 5 10 Uninstalling Programs 100 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 103 6 1 Display Properties 103 6 2 ASUS PC Probe 107 6 3 ASUS LiveUpdate 112 6 4 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player 113 6 5 Using Yamaha XGstudio Mixer 114 6 6 Hardware Information 116 7 APPENDIX 117 7 1 PCI L101 Fast Et...

Page 6: ...etermined 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 te...

Page 7: ...ems and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 This Motherboard Use...

Page 8: ...h end graphics WinMark usingASUS custom graphics driver ASUS custom graphics driver also provides more features and provides selection of higher refresh rates and resolutions Versatile Memory Support DRAM controller supports asymmetrical address ing and three DIMM sockets support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 16 32 64 128 or 256MB up to 512MB supports a maximum of 4 sides JumperFree Mode Allows pro...

Page 9: ...ware for data protection and secured Internet transactions Wired for Management WfM V2 0 Supports remote monitor diagnosis and management Alert on LAN 2 0 network configuration 2 1 2 Optional Components The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase SmartAudio SoftwareAudio and HardwareAC 97V2 1 codec compliant with sample rate conversion form 7kHz to 48kHz Full audio output...

Page 10: ...Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as Windows 98 must be used Suspend and Go Suspend To RAM STR provides maximum power savings as an alternative to leaving the computer ON and QuickStart so that you do not fa...

Page 11: ...m resources are used up to prevent pos sible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function Power Button Through the BIOS the power button can be defined as the Standby a k a Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off see ATX Power Switch Lead in 3 8 External Connectors for more information button Regardless of the...

Page 12: ... Driver Connector 9 1 Serial COM2 Header 10 1 Serial COM1 Connector 26 1 Parallel Port Connector 25 2 USB Connectors 27 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 28 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 28 3D Graphics Graphics Memory Controller Hub 1 VGA Monitor Output Connector 24 LCD Chipset on LCD model only 3 LCD Header on LCD model only 2 4MB onboard high speed SDRAM optional 16 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec opti...

Page 13: ... Component Locations 7 6 4 5 1 27 25 23 22 21 24 18 19 26 28 11 12 13 14 15 17 8 9 16 2 3 20 10 NOTE The ISA model is shown above ISA slots are optional at the time of purchase The model without ISA will have 6 PCI slots 2 3 CUW Component Locations ...

Page 14: ... Mic In Line Out Line In CHA_FAN CD AUX SMB PCI1 PCI2 PCI4 PCI3 PANEL IDELED FLOPPY SECONDARY PRIMARY ISA ATX Power Connector IR R180 Clear COMS Intel I O Controller Hub ICH 0 1 DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 2 3 0 1 DIMM3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 3 2 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power Row DIP Switches PCI5 INTMIC COM2 LAN_EN LAN_PWR SPKEAR Audio Modem Riser AMR Bottom USB1 USB2 Multi I O CUW 4Mbit...

Page 15: ... PS2KBMS p 31 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 3 USB p 32 Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 32 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 p 32 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin male 6 VGA p 33 Monitor VGA Output Connector 15 pin female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 8 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 ...

Page 16: ...ly Connector 20 pins 25 SPEAKER PANEL p 43 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 26 KEYLOCK PANEL p 43 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 27 PLED PANEL p 43 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 28 RESET PANEL p 43 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 29 PWRSW PANEL p 43 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 30 SMI PANEL p 43 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 31 LED PANEL p 43 System Message LED 2 pins ...

Page 17: ...er 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling 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 o...

Page 18: ... disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu NOTE For JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW must be set to OFF Setting JEN Disable Jumper 1 2 Enable JumperFree 2 3 default CUW JumperFree Mode Setting Jumper JumperFree Default 1 2 3 1 2 3 JEN 0 1 0 1 0 1 CUW ...

Page 19: ...f your computer component s life It is strongly recommended that you leave this setting on its default 3 Onboard Audio Setting AUDIO CODEC on audio model only The onboard audio CODEC may be enabled or disabled using all of these jump ers Disable the onboard audio CODEC if you are using an ISA or PCI audio card on any of the expansion slots or a primaryAMR on the AMR slot seeAMR Slot laterinthissec...

Page 20: ...isable 1 2 3 1 2 3 LAN_EN 5 Onboard LAN Power Setting LAN_PWR on LAN model only The onboard LAN power may be set to normal or standby power Select Nor mal if you do not have a power supply with 720mA standby power Selecting Standby will allow the use of Wake On LAN but may not allow system bootup if the power supply s standby power is insufficient Setting LAN_PWR Normal 1 2 Standby 2 3 default 0 1...

Page 21: ...f this occurs enable Safe Mode to force a multiple of 2 in order to enter BIOS setup to correct the problem Setting SAFE_MD Normal 1 2 default Safe Mode 2 3 CUW Safe Mode Setting Normal Default Safe Mode 1 2 3 1 2 3 SAFE_MD 0 1 0 1 0 1 CUW 7 Automatic Timeout Reboot Setting NO_REBOOT The motherboard is set so that when the BIOS detects a hang timeout during bootup the motherboard will automaticall...

Page 22: ...ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 CPU SDRAM 133MHz 133MHz 150MHz 150MHz 124MHz 124MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 JumperFree Mode NOTE FrequencyMultiplesettingsarenotavailableherebecauseusuallySocket 370 processors have locked Frequency Multiples If your processor does not have a locked Frequency Multiple you must use CPU Core Bus Freq Mul tiple in 4 4 Advanced Menu of the BIOS set...

Page 23: ...F ON OFF 86 08 129 12 43 04 ON ON ON OFF OFF 88 00 132 00 44 00 ON OFF ON OFF OFF 90 00 135 00 45 00 ON ON OFF OFF OFF 95 00 142 50 47 50 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 49 90 49 90 16 63 OFF ON ON ON ON 100 00 100 00 33 33 OFF OFF ON ON ON 74 85 74 85 24 95 OFF ON OFF ON ON 66 58 66 58 22 19 OFF OFF OFF ON ON 82 84 82 84 27 61 OFF ON ON OFF ON 89 81 89 81 29 93 OFF OFF ON OFF ON 94 80 94 80 31 60 OFF ON OFF O...

Page 24: ...s Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM of 16 32 64 128MB or 256MB Only single sided 128MB and double sided 256MB DIMMs that use 128Mbit technology are supported by this motherboard This chipset does not support ECC However ECC memory modules may still be used but the ECC function will not be available Memory speed setup is recomme...

Page 25: ...UW CUW 168 Pin DIMM Sockets Lock 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins TheDIMMsmustbe3 3VUnbuffered forthismotherboard TodeterminetheDIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prev...

Page 26: ... correct orientation as shown The notched corner or corner with gold arrow 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...

Page 27: ...u intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use 3 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace the computer system s cover 6 Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card WARNING Unplug your power suppl...

Page 28: ...ing table lists the default IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 ...

Page 29: ...ems when those two devices are in use at the same time To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PnP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PnP compliant card is added to the system For PnP cards IRQs are assigned automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PnP ISA cards installed IRQs are assig...

Page 30: ...figuration Choose Yes in IRQ xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot Thisconnectorsupportsaspeciallydesignedaudioand ormodemcardcalledanAMR Main processing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s Intel I O Controller Hub ICH This provides an upgradeable audio and or modem solution at an incredibly low co...

Page 31: ...may be exceptions IDE ribbon cables must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector NOTE Onboard Fast Ethernet is optional at the time of purchase The illustrations below are that of the model without the onboard Fast Ethernet 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected I...

Page 32: ...e 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 5 Serial Port COM1 Connector Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot openi...

Page 33: ...e not using any PCI or ISA audio card with a game port 8 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 GAME_AUDIO optional 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 Ou...

Page 34: ... UltraDMA 66 devices you will need to purchase another UltraDMA 66 cable NOTE A small hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA 66 cable is in tentional 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 se...

Page 35: ...standby power 0 1 0 1 0 1 CUW CUW 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 13 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 ...

Page 36: ...airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the 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 Th...

Page 37: ... CD In Black Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground AUX In White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground VIDEO In Green Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 17 Internal Speaker Connector SPKEAR This connector allows you to connect the internal chassis speaker to the onboard audio s output This will allow you to use the chassis built in speaker to listen to sounds normally req...

Page 38: ...ector according to the pin definitions An optional consumer infrared CIR set con nects to the CIR and SIR connectors simultaneously for both wireless transmit ting and remote control functions through one external infrared module Wake On PS2 KB Mouse in 4 5 1 Power Up Control must be Enabled in order to use Consumer Infrared CIR power up 0 1 0 1 0 1 CUW CUW Infrared Module Connector SIR 5V IRRX IR...

Page 39: ...es a digital LCD cable connector For the LCD model the individual serial cable with bracket is replaced with the LCD and serial combi nation cable with bracket as shown here Connect the digital LCD cable to the LCD header and the serial cable to the COM2 header and mount the bracket to the chassis on a free expansion slot NOTE If both CRT and digital LCD moni tors are used the CRT will take preced...

Page 40: ...2 Internal Microphone Connector 3 pin INT MIC This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted microphone to the motherboard instead of having to attach an external microphone 0 1 0 1 0 1 CUW CUW Internal Microphone Connector MIC Power 1 3 MIC Input Ground INTMIC ...

Page 41: ...tor is not used a jumper cap must be placed over the pins to close the circuit 0 1 0 1 0 1 CUW CUW Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHA 24 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pi...

Page 42: ...42 ASUS CUW User s Manual Connectors 3 H W SETUP 3 HARDWARE SETUP The following PANEL illustration is used for items 25 31 ...

Page 43: ... to prolong the life of the system s power supply 29 ATX Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 30 System Manage...

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Page 45: ... 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 the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages will ...

Page 46: ...ting 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 shu...

Page 47: ...RMAT 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...

Page 48: ...evision 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 Enter...

Page 49: ... the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might 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 uti...

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Page 51: ...n 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 De...

Page 52: ...ce 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 keypa...

Page 53: ...at 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 t...

Page 54: ...d 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 suppo...

Page 55: ...ul 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 b...

Page 56: ...ads 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 Block Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or se...

Page 57: ...field can also be configured manually 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 manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Dis abled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 Se...

Page 58: ...and press Enter You can type up to eight alphanumeric char acters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the pass word again and press the Enter The password is now set to Enabled This pass word allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will be ...

Page 59: ...your computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences CUW Clear RTC RAM Short solder points to Clear CMOS R180 Clear CMOS 0 1 0 1 0 1 CUW Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Configuration options All Errors No Error All but Keyboard All but Disk All but Disk Keyboard Installed Memory XXX MB This fie...

Page 60: ...s must be set in conjunction with CPU External FSB Frequency to match the speed of your CPU Configura tion options 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x FSB SDRAM PCI Freq Ratio when CPU Speed is set to Manual This feature tells the clock generator what frequencies to send to the local bus and PCI devices onboard The bus frequency external frequency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU s internal...

Page 61: ... options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards only if a PS 2 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on startup a PS 2 mouse is detected or not Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Support ...

Page 62: ...ur system will start up running at a bus speed of 66MHz and a fail safe CPU internal frequency 4x66MHz for the Intel Coppermine processor or 2x66MHz for non Coppermine processors It will then automatically take you to theAdvanced menu with a popup menu of all the officially possible CPU speeds JumperFree Mode For processors with locked frequency multiplier For processors with unlocked frequency mu...

Page 63: ...em and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 66MHz and enter BIOS setup JumperFree Mode Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Internal Frequency Cause for Hangup Improper FSB SDRAM PCI Freq Ratio or CPU External FSB Freq MHz Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Frequency Multiple For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier only ...

Page 64: ...mory type size speed voltage interface and mod ule banks Configuration options User Define 7ns 143MHz 8ns 125MHz By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between th...

Page 65: ...ra tion options Disabled Enabled Display Cache CAS Latency DCCAS 2T Configuration options 2T 3T Display Cache RAS to CAS Delay Determined by DCCAS With the default setting Determined by DCCAS this field has the same configuration as Display Cache CAS Latency DCCAS Configuration options Determined by DCCAS 2T Display Cache RAS Precharge Time 2T Configuration options 2T 3T Display Cache Cycle Time T...

Page 66: ...re using an IEEE 1394 PCI card Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels Configuration options Both Primary Sec ondary Disabled Onboard ISA Bridge Enabled If you are not using any ISA cards you may disable this field When this field is disabled the 8 bit and 16 bit I O Rec...

Page 67: ... 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 Serial...

Page 68: ...allel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration op tions 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...

Page 69: ...n the 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 card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbios SC...

Page 70: ...e fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IR...

Page 71: ...t setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISAcard is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource Exclusion PCI Confi...

Page 72: ...is purpose Configuration options Disabled Enabled ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then ...

Page 73: ... 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 Max Saving IMP...

Page 74: ... 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 Auto allows the BIOS to detect if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the power supply meets the requirement the ...

Page 75: ... the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the com puter 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 LAN Enabled Wake ...

Page 76: ...ter will not power ON if you set this to Enabled and do not have the appropriateATX power supply Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake Up By Keyboard Space Bar When the previous setup item Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mouse CIR is en abled you may specify the key s to press to power up the computer Con figuration options Space Bar Ctrl Esc Power Key Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattende...

Page 77: ...e chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE 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 items is out of range an erro...

Page 78: ...e Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM 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 d...

Page 79: ...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 second third and fourth time Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Flop...

Page 80: ... 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 Once...

Page 81: ...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 menus and mak...

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Page 83: ...st time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices You can either follow the Add New Hardware Wizard to install the device drivers or click Cancel When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section IMPORTANT Selecting No for the initial restart prompt is a necessary step because Windows may load an older display...

Page 84: ...ller Found 1 Click here 2 Click here and then click Next 3 InsertyourASUSSupport CD browse to here and then click Next 4 Click here 5 Insert yourWindows 98 CD and then click here 7 Insert your ASUS Support CD and then click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 6 Enter E WIN98 here and then click OK ...

Page 85: ...motherboard BIOS and CPU Browse This CD allows you to see the contents of the ASUS Support CD User s Manual displays the motherboard user s manual in pdf format Technical Support Form opens up a blank Technical Support Request Form for you to fill and print out when you run into technical difficulties and need technical assistance Read Me opens up a file containing additional notes Home returns yo...

Page 86: ... 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 CD R...

Page 87: ...SUS CUW User s Manual 87 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here and then follow the online instruction to finish installing 5 Click here 6 Click here ...

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: ...5 S W SETUP Windows 98 11 Click here 12 Click here 8 Click here 7 Click here 5 Click here only after you have carefully read the license agreement 6 Click here 9 Click here 10 Enter a username and a pass word Confirm password and then click here ...

Page 90: ...ard into your CD ROM drive or double 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 such as LDCM is installed To uninstall any program see 5 10 Uninstalling Programs 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here ...

Page 91: ...ASUS CUW User s Manual 91 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here ...

Page 92: ...dows 98 5 7 ASUS LiveUpdate 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 Click here 6 Click here ...

Page 93: ... up the setup screen NOTE Before you install the VGAdriver make sure that the INF Update Utility is installed see 5 9 1 INF Update Utility for 810 Chipset 4 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 9 To install other drivers or software click here and then click Finish 1 After your computer has re started double click the CD drive icon and then click here 8 Browse to E VGA WIN98 and then click here 5 ...

Page 94: ...er Setup 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 Click here and then click OK to install other drivers and software ...

Page 95: ...erboard 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 Click here only after you have read the license agreement 6 Click here 7 Click here to install the driverto the default folder 8 Click here and then follow the online instructions Restart when prompted ...

Page 96: ...nsert 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 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here and then follow the online instructions ...

Page 97: ... the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 3 Click here 1 Click here 2 Click here 4 Click here 5 Enter the information requested and the click here 6 Click here The serial number can be found on the software license agreement card 7 Click here only if you accept the terms of the agreement 8 Click here and follow the online instructions tocompleteinstallation ...

Page 98: ...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 9 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here 5 Click here only after you have carefully read the license agreement 6 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here ...

Page 99: ...therboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 1 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here only if you accept the terms of the license agreement 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here and then follow the online instructins to finish installation ...

Page 100: ...ame 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 Click here only if you accept the terms of the license agreement 6 Click here 7 To install other drivers orprograms click here and then click Finish ...

Page 101: ...ing Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstall program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click here 3 Click here ...

Page 102: ...102 ASUS CUW User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 103: ...b 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...

Page 104: ...u 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 de...

Page 105: ...ated drivers and notices Color Desktop 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 Color Direct3D Game This is the same as the color adjustments for the desktop ...

Page 106: ...d resolution refresh rate Change refresh rate Allows you to adjust the de fault refresh rates for each resolutionandcolorsettings Advanced Allows you to assign hot keys to enable the OnScreen Display OSD To use this func tion select Enable OSD You may want to change the default hot key CTRL ALT O ifitconflictswiththehotkeysofothergames video players or Windows programs Color Video Lets you make co...

Page 107: ...ed 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 open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility a...

Page 108: ...erature 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 109: ...ts 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 reache...

Page 110: ...ces 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 111: ... 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 112: ...roperly con nected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update V2 00 Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS LiveUpdate V1 00 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 w...

Page 113: ... List as the new current play song Designates the song just before the currently playing song as the new current play song 6 4 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player To start the Yamaha XGstudio click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA XGstudio and then click XGstudio Player 6 4 1 Yamaha XGstudio Player Control Panel Designates the song after the song currently playing as the new current play song Desi...

Page 114: ... Mixer Control Panel Image Switcher AVI file Video image Displays the AVI file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT AVI file is played BMP file Still image Displays the BMP file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT BMP file is played LED velocity meter Animation Displays the volume amount ...

Page 115: ...ENCE Windows 98 Smart Arranger The SmartArranger allows you to easily change the mood of a song You can switch between seven ensemble voice sets with these buttons To return to the original voice set click Piano Orchestra Mallet Techno Choir Robot Nature Return ...

Page 116: ...ASUS CUW User s Manual 116 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 S W REFERENCE Windows 98 6 6 Hardware Information 1 Click here ...

Page 117: ...r 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 ASUS LAN Card ASUS ...

Page 118: ... 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 downl...

Page 119: ...ppearance the primary MR has a crystal onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise you should use the primary MR 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on theAMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press firml...

Page 120: ...your device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive EnterthepathE Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver 5 After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish 6 Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window 7 ClicktheSettings tab Selectyourcoun try and langu...

Page 121: ...ication 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 hard...

Page 122: ...cessing 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 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 processors Device...

Page 123: ...fer 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 ISA cards is typically don...

Page 124: ...ent This nonvolatile storage device contains data programmed by the DIMM manufacture that identifies the module type and various SDRAM organization and timing parameters System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the operating system UltraDMA Ultra DMA 33 is a synchronous DMA protocol designed by Intel This function is included into Intel s PIIX4...

Page 125: ...ssis Fan 36 Consumer IR 38 CPU Fan 36 Fast Ethernet Port 33 Floppy Disk Drive 34 Internal Audio 37 Internal Microphone 40 Internal Speaker 37 Joystick MIDI 33 Monitor Output 33 Parallel Port 32 Power Supply Fan 36 Primary IDE 34 PS 2 Keyboard 31 PS 2 Mouse 31 Secondary IDE 34 Serial IR 38 Serial Port 32 SMBus 39 System Warning Speaker 43 Universal Serial Bus 32 Wake On LAN 35 Wake On Ring 35 Consu...

Page 126: ...PCI Mode 66 I I O Voltage Setting 19 IDE Activity LED Lead 36 IDE Hard Drive 78 INF Update Utility for 810 Chipset 93 94 Installed Memory 59 Intel Security Driver 97 Internal Audio Connectors 37 Internal Microphone Connector 40 Internal Speaker Connector 37 Interrupts Request Table 29 Standard Assignments 28 IRQ XX Used By ISA 70 ISA MEM Block BASE 72 J Joystick MIDI Connector 33 JumperFree Mode S...

Page 127: ...obe Setup 91 Using 107 PC cillin 98 Setup 99 PCI Audio 9 PCI Latency Timer 69 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 69 PIO Mode 57 Plug Play O S 79 INDEX Power Fan Speed 77 Power Management 73 Power Supply Fan Connector 36 Primary IDE Connector 34 Procedure Expansion Card 27 Hardware Setup 17 Procedures CPU Installation 26 Modem Riser Installation 119 Updating BIOS 48 Programs Uninstalling 100 PS 2 Keyboard Conne...

Page 128: ...Interrupt Lead 43 System Memory 24 System Power LED Lead 43 System Time 54 System Warning Speaker Connector 43 T Translation Method 56 Type 55 U UART2 Use Standard Infrared 68 Ultra DMA Mode 57 Uninstalling Programs 100 Universal Serial Bus 32 Updating Your BIOS 47 USB Function 70 USB Legacy Support 61 User Password 58 Using LiveUpdate 112 PC Probe 107 Yamaha XGstudio Mixer 114 Yamaha XGstudio Pla...