Asus MEB-M, User Manual

Page 1: ...R MEB M Socket 370 microATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...Installation Procedure 21 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 21 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 22 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 22 5 External Connectors 23 Power Connection Procedures 35 Flash Memory Writer Utility 36 IV BIOS SETUP 36 Main Menu 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 38 6 BIOS Setup 39 Load Defaults 40 Standard CMOS Setup 40 Details of Standard CMOS Setup 40 BIOS F...

Page 5: ...ASUS MEB M User s Manual 5 CONTENTS Supervisor Password and User Password 55 IDE HDD Auto Detection 56 Save Exit Setup 57 Exit Without Saving 57 V SOFTWARE SETUP 59 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE 73 ...

Page 6: ...ular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be 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 o...

Page 7: ...tup Information on setting up the included support software VI Software Reference Reference material for the included support software Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25 floppy and 2 3 5 floppies 1 Bag of spare jump...

Page 8: ...h Monitoring Provides an easier way to examine and manage system status information such as CPU and system voltages temperatures and fan sta tus through the onboard hardware ASIC and the bundled LDCM by Intel or PC Probe from ASUS Wake On LAN Header Supports Wake On LAN activity through an optional ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card SB Link Features Creative s SB Link allo...

Page 9: ...to 33MB sec The best of all is that this new technol ogy is compatible with existingATA 2 IDE specifications so there is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter buses to memory to CPU PC 98 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meets PC 98 compliancy The new PC 98 requirements for systems...

Page 10: ...plication crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing their limited resources more efficiently Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature to implement silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button The system can be in one of two states one is Sleep mode an...

Page 11: ...OM 1 T USB 1 B USB 2 T Parallel Printer B COM 2 Multi I O Chip 3 PCI Slots Wake On LAN Header DIP Switch ESS Solo 1 PCI Audio T Joystick Midi B Out In Mic AGP Port Hardware Monitor Intel PIIX4E PCIset SB LinkTM Header Programmable Flash EEPROM Wake On Ring Header 1 ISA Slot Socket 370 Intel 440BX AGPset ATX Power Connector 3 DIMM Sockets ...

Page 12: ...440BX AGPset Intel PIIX4E Chipset KBPWRUP ASUS ASIC PCI Slot 1 PCI1 PCI Slot 2 PCI2 PCI Slot 3 PCI3 ISA Slot 1 SLOT1 Accelerated Graphics Port 0 1 DIMM1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 1 0 0 1 DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 3 2 0 1 DIMM3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 5 4 PWR_FAN T Top B Bottom PRINTER PANEL IDELED WOR R MEB M SBLINK WOL_CON CHASIS CD2 MODEM CLRTC Socket 370 Thermal Sensor Dip Switches GAME_AU...

Page 13: ...ins 9 IDE1 IDE2 p 26 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 10 FLOPPY p 26 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pins 11 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 27 Chassis CPU PowerSupplyFanConnectors Three3 pin 12 WOL_CON p 27 Wake On LAN Header 3 pins 13 WOR p 28 Wake On Ring Header 2 pins 14 IR p 28 IrDA CompliantInfraredModuleConnector 5 pins 15 IDELED p 29 IDE LEDActivity Light 2 pins 16 SBLINK p 29 SB LinkTM C...

Page 14: ...Motherboard Settings 2 Install System Memory Modules 3 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU 4 Install Expansion Cards 5 Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply 6 Setup the BIOS Software 1 Motherboard Settings WARNING Computer motherboards baseboards and components such as SCSI cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electri...

Page 15: ...ting Frequency Selector 4 Frequency Selector 3 Frequency Selector 2 Frequency Selector 1 R MEB M ON OFF 2 VIO Setting DIP5 The onboard voltage regulator allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset AGP and the CPU s I O buffer IMPORTANT Setting this DIP switch to ON High Voltage may reduce system life It is strongly recom mended that you leave this DIP switch on its default settin...

Page 16: ...U BUS Frequency Multiple 4 0x 4 1 3 5x 7 2 3 0x 3 1 2 5x 5 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 0x 2 1 4 5x 9 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 0x 5 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7 5x 15 2 7 0x 7 1 6 5x 13 2 6 0x 6 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 5x 11 2 8 0x 8 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 17: ... 8chips sidemodulesdonotsupportECC only9chips sidemodulessupportECC Single sidedDIMMscomein16 32 64 128MB double sidedcomein32 64 128 256MB 2 System Memory DIMM NOTE No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing memory This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM...

Page 18: ...s 60 Pins 88 Pins R MEB M TheDIMMsmustbe3 3VUnbufferedforthismotherboard 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 module will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from b...

Page 19: ...all a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown The notched corner should point towards the end the of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the one...

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Page 21: ... be exclusively 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 extra IRQ will be used leaving 5 IRQs free If your motherboard has ISA audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require to use IRQs Sys...

Page 22: ...nterrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISAcards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channe...

Page 23: ... is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than46 cm 18 in with the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup ...

Page 24: ...INTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SETUP NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 5 Serial Port Connectors Two 9 pin COM1 COM2 The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of BI...

Page 25: ... Connectors 8 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 pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that yourATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VS...

Page 26: ...h pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup MEB M IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon c...

Page 27: ...re is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins MEB M 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power R MEB M GND Rotation 12V Chassis Fan Power Power Supply Fan CPU Fan Power 12 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON These connector connects to LAN cards with aWake...

Page 28: ...power supply with at least 720mA 5Vstandby power MEB M Wake On Ring Header WOR Pin 1 PIXRI Pin 2 Ground R MEB M 14 IrDA Compliant infrared module connector 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in ...

Page 29: ...ight up MEB M IDE Activity LED TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDELED R MEB M 16 SB Link Connector 6 1 pin SBLINK If you have a Sound Blaster compatible PCI audio card you must link it to this connector Otherwise youwillhavecompatibilityissuesunderDOSenvironment MEB M SB Link Header NOTE Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it S...

Page 30: ...pen Alarm Lead R MEB M 5Volt Standby Chassis Signal Ground 18 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices SMBus devices commu nicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus de vices The SMBus or System Management Bus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi master bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus ...

Page 31: ...as the same pin definitions as CD1 R MEB M AUX CD1 Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground 20 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pin CD2 This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from an internal CD ROM drive or other sound sources such as a TV tuner or MPEG card MEB M Stereo Audio In Connector CD2 Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel Ground Ground R MEB M III HARDWARE SETUP ...

Page 32: ...milar connector to use this feature MEB M Modem Card Voice In Connector Modem In Ground Modem Out Ground MODEM R MEB M For Items 22 28 MEB M System Panel Connectors R MEB M Reset Switch Power Switch GND GND System Speaker GND Keyboard Lock Message LED SMI Switch Power LED 22 Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit w...

Page 33: ...ead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on the PWR Button setting under Power Manage ment Setup of BIOS SETUP section Pressing 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 25 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the ...

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Page 35: ...ght up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby fea ture The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running addi tional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper settin...

Page 36: ...g screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOSincaseyouneedtoreinstall it Itisrecommendedthatyousave AFLASH EXEandtheBIOSfile to a bootable floppy disk IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is e...

Page 37: ...from a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the pro gramming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screenappears Type the filename of your new...

Page 38: ... or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service seeASUS 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 See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you en...

Page 39: ...you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self T...

Page 40: ...n anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are t...

Page 41: ...documentations on how to install the re quired SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD numbe...

Page 42: ...ssible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and t...

Page 43: ...ext to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition...

Page 44: ...ows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence A C This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options areA C C A A CDROM C CDROM C A D A E A F A Conly LS ZIP C LAN A C and LAN C A The setup default setting A C is to check first the floppy disk and then the hard ...

Page 45: ...u 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 Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the t...

Page 46: ...odule such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write com mand Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle...

Page 47: ...M Disabled Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When Enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy...

Page 48: ...n enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 ...

Page 49: ... except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define al lows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the sta...

Page 50: ...ssed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 sec 1 Min 2 Mi...

Page 51: ...uring off peak hours Enabled sets this feature IMPORTANT Thisfeaturerequirestheoptional networkinterfaceandanATXpower supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or at...

Page 52: ...s interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected When a non PnP OS is installed or to prevent reassign ing of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Slot 1 Audio IRQ 5 This field sets the IRQ for PCI slot 1 which is shared with the onboard audio The default setting for this field is 5 Slot 2 IRQ Slot 3 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot ...

Page 53: ...ase address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH 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 appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires t...

Page 54: ...creen Press Y and then Enter to confirm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults The Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup D...

Page 55: ...ng a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press Enter instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears A message confirms the password has been disabled Forgot th...

Page 56: ... En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller...

Page 57: ...your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press Enter Exit Without Savi...

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Page 60: ...rt CD Contents 62 Installing the ESS Audio Driver 63 Installing AudioRack32 64 Installing the Software Wavetable 65 Installing PCCillin 66 Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 67 Installing ASUS PC Probe 68 LDCM Local Setup 69 LDCM Local Setup 70 LDCM Administrator Setup 71 Uninstalling Programs 72 V S W SETUP Table of Contents ...

Page 61: ...er For Windows NT 4 0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later MEB M Support CD Windows 98 Insert the support CD or double click your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun menu or run Setup exe in the root directory of the Support CD NOTE The Support CD contents are constantly updated without notice NOTE The screen displays in this section may not reflect exactly the screen con tents ...

Page 62: ...on in this user s manual AdobeAcrobat Reader Installs theAdobeAcrobat Reader software necessary to view the LDCM manual in the LDCM directory Install ESS Audio Driver Audio driver installation instructions for the onboard audio Install ESS Software Wave Table Expands the audio sound capability for in creased sound effects Install ESS AudioRack32 Installs the ESS AudioRack utilities Refer to the on...

Page 63: ...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 autorun screen 1 Clickhere 2 Select Search for the best driver for your device and then click here 3 Browse to E AUDIO W95 assuming E is your CD ROM drive and then click here 4 Clickhere 5 Clickhere ...

Page 64: ...RE SETUP Installing AudioRack32 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 autorun screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 1 Clickhere 4 Click here to start AudioRack32 ...

Page 65: ...stalling the Software Wavetable 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 autorun screen 1 Clickhere 3 Select Install ESS Software Wavetable and then click here 2 Clickhere ...

Page 66: ...le click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen 2 Clickhere 5 Click Express Install and then click here 6 Insert a floppy disk and then click here 3 Enter your name and company and then click here 7 Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click here Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 4 Clickhere 1 Clickhere ...

Page 67: ...Windows 98 Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 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 autorun screen 3 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 1 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 2 Clickhere ...

Page 68: ...d into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if Intel s LDCM utility is installed To uninstall Intel s LDCM utility see section on Uninstalling Programs 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 4 Make any desired setting changes and then click here 5 Clickhere ...

Page 69: ...o your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen NOTE LDCM will not run if ASUS PC Probe utility is installed To uninstall PC Probe see section on Uninstalling Programs 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 5 Select the components you want to install and then click here 6 Clickhere ...

Page 70: ...ASUS MEB M User s Manual 70 V SOFTWARE SETUP V S W SETUP Windows 98 9 Clickhere 10 Click here LDCM Local Setup Cont d 7 Clickhere 8 Clickhere 11 Click here and then click Finish to restart ...

Page 71: ...ort 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 autorun screen NOTE LDCM will not run if ASUS PC Probe utility is installed To uninstall PC Probe see section on Uninstalling Programs 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 3 Clickhere ...

Page 72: ...ove 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 you wish to remove and click here 3 Clickhere ...

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Page 74: ...e 85 Starting ASUS PC Probe 85 Using the ASUS PC Probe 86 Using the ASUS PC Probe 86 Intel LANDesk Client Manager 88 Main Client Manager Window 88 Using the Taskbar icons 89 Using the Select Computer Dialog Box 90 To select a computer 91 To discover new computers 91 To refresh PC health 91 To remove a computer from the list 91 To wake up a computer 91 Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer...

Page 75: ...he AudioRack32 has six main parts Command Center customizes the appearance of the AudioRack32 Audio Mixer controls the volume and balance of the AudioRack32 devices Digital Audio Player plays and records files in the WAV format MIDI Player enables you to play MIDI files Compact Disk Player enables you to play audio CDs on a CD ROM drive In addition the AudioRack32 has a miniature mode enabling you...

Page 76: ...isplay displays hides the Digital Audio Player accesses On line Help displays hides the Compact Disk Player displays hides the Audio Mixer displays hides the MIDI Player The Command Center Display Counter shows you which track or file in the playlist the component is playing Component Icon is displayed when the associated component is shown and is not displayed when the component is hidden Transpo...

Page 77: ...iniature mode you can play pause stop and control the master volume of the AudioRack32 calls up a popup menu where you can restore the AudioRack32 invoke the Always on Top command select active components DAT MIDI or CD or exit the AudioRack32 The Stop Pause and Play buttons affect components that are currently active controls the master volume pauses currently playing tracks or files of active co...

Page 78: ...b treble bass and 3 D effects The Audio Mixer Controls The two Playback and Record toggle buttons are used to switch between Playback mode and Record mode The Effects toggle button switches the display to the effects panel where you can use the buttons to enable and disable effects and the sliders to control the amount of the effect There are a number of audio source modules displayed on the Audio...

Page 79: ... end of the wave file or to the next file in the current playlist plays the wave file currently loaded enables or disables the Auto Repeat activates or deactivates the Pause opens the Audio Recorder window stops the file currently playing opens the Set Playlist dialog box goes back one second in the wave file starts a new file by opening the New Options dialog box goes forward one second in the wa...

Page 80: ...laying enables disables the Auto Repeat goes back one second in the MIDI file opens the Set Playlist dialog box goes forward one second in the MIDI file The MIDI Player Display By clicking on the image of the floppy drive you can display the length and name of the current MIDI file in the playlist Click the display to return to the image of the floppy drive The MIDI Player has an indicator to show...

Page 81: ...of each CD you play It remembers the last playlist you used with each CD and loads that playlist automatically whenever you insert that CD The Compact Disk Player Controls plays the MIDI file currently loaded goes back one file in the playlist activates or deactivates the Pause goes forward one file in the playlist stops the file currently playing enables or disables the Auto Repeat goes back one ...

Page 82: ... starts a new audio file inserts the Clipboard audio at the cursor or replaces the selected portion opens an audio file mixes the Clipboard audio with the audio beginning at the cursor saves an audio file starts recording reverses the last change you made to the current audio file plays the currently loaded audio file removes the selected portion of the audio file and stores it on the Clipboard st...

Page 83: ...AudioRack CD Player as Default CD Player During installation you will be asked if you want to use AudioRack CD player as the default CD player Normally Windows 95 CD player is the default and will automatically run when an audio CD is inserted into the CD ROM If you answer Yes the installation program will overwrite the value of the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT AudioCD shell play command in the registry ...

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Page 85: ...creen appears allowing you to Show Monitor or Hide You can select whether you want the splash screen to show the next time it opens Click ASUS PC Probe from the Start button to run the utility if you exit the utility or did not set it to Run when Windows Starts The PC Probe icon will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating thatASUS PC Probe is running Left clicking the icon will allow you t...

Page 86: ...re Status Analog view of PC s temperature Digital view of PC s temperature Digital view of PC s temperature warning threshold Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Analog view of PC s voltages Digital view of PC s voltages Upper warning threshold adjustment Lower warning threshold adjustment Digital view of PC s voltage warning thresholds PC Voltage Status PC s Fan Rotations per minute PC s Tem...

Page 87: ...e is a problem the icon s head mirror flashes red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Using the ASUS PC Probe PC Probe Task Bar Icon PC Probe System Info Get information on your mainboard and BIOS from this screen Change PC Probe refresh times here Click the items you wish to reset to its default values and click this button Click here to start PC Probe each time you en...

Page 88: ...eive notifications for system events Client Manager has been implemented in two different ways The client version enables you to view information and manage alerts for a local computer This version does not permit you to select remote computers transfer files or reboot other computers The first time you run Client Manager it seraches your network for other computers running Client Manager Client M...

Page 89: ...the remote access log Opens the Configure Notifications dialog box Opens the Configure Global Notifications dialog box Opens the File Transfer dialog box Reboots the computer Opens the DMI Explorer Opens the Set Access Rights dialog box File Select Computer File Export to clipboard View Notification Log View Global Notification Log View Remote Access Log Tools Configure Notifications Tools Configu...

Page 90: ...on the network Refreshes the health of known computers Removes a computer from the list of discovered computers Wakes up a sleeping computer Shows all discovered computers Shows only available computers Shows only unhealthy computers Shows a simple list view Shows a detailed list view VI S W REFERENCE Intel LDCM ...

Page 91: ...ve a computer from the list 1 In the Select Computer dialog box click the computer name you want to re move 2 Click the Remove Computer button on the toolbar or press Delete 3 At the prompt click the Yes button TIP Perform this task each time you remove a computer from the network since the name of that computer is not automatically removed from this list To wake up a computer 1 In the Select Comp...

Page 92: ...is feature Some computers that support the Wake On LAN technology may have re mote wakeup disabled in the BIOS by default Before Client Manager can wake up a remote computer you will need to enable this option in the BIOS configuration of each remote computer Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer You can display the properties of any discovered client computer even if you cannot otherwise...

Page 93: ...having received a wakeup instruction is listed as Unavailable not Wake Pending Normal The computer is operating within normal tolerances Warning A computer that has exceeded a warning tolerance level For example the PC Health indicator can be configured to display a warning icon if a hard disk is running low on space Critical A computer that has exceeded a creitical tolerance level For example if ...

Page 94: ... system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refres...

Page 95: ...n and the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left ...

Page 96: ...t to cancel save you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BI...