Asus P2E-N, User Manual

Page 1: ...R P2L N P2E N Pentium II NLX Motherboards USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...ssor 17 AAVID Heatsink 21 Elan Vital Heatsink 21 4 Expansion Cards 22 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 22 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 22 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 23 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 23 5 External Connectors 24 Front Panel Descriptions 29 Power Connection Procedures 33 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 34 Support Software 34 Flash Memory Writer Utility 34 Main Menu 34 Managing ...

Page 5: ...50 Load BIOS Defaults 52 Load Setup Defaults 52 Supervisor Password and User Password 53 IDE HDD Auto Detection 54 Save Exit Setup 55 Exit Without Saving 55 V Support CD 56 Support CD Main Menu 56 A PC Probe Utility 57 B Video Driver Windows 95 63 Other Video Drivers 83 C Video Player 97 D Audio Driver 103 E Audio Software 109 F ASUS LAN Card Optional 119 ...

Page 6: ...icular 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 inter ference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet ...

Page 7: ...included support software Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS motherboard 1 Retention mechanism heatsink support 2 Attach mount bridges preinstalled 1 IDE ribbon cable for one hard disk drive 1 Floppy ribbon cable for one 3 5inch floppy disk drive 1 FPC slim CD ROM cable 1 Support drivers and utiliti...

Page 8: ...Master IDE control ler with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels sup ports Ultra DMA 33 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM drives Supports two drives of either 5 25 inch 360KB or 1 2MB or 3 5 inch 720KB 1 44MB or 2 88MB disk drives Supports Japanese Floppy 3 mode 3 5 inch disk drive 1 2MB and LS ...

Page 9: ...ection and autodetection of most devices for virtu ally automatic setup PC 97 Compliant Meets PC 97 compliancy in both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series motherboards The new PC 97 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components and 32 b...

Page 10: ...tes the user can determine the stage the computer is in A simple glimpse provides useful infor mation to the user Remote Ring On requires external modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an external modem With this benefit on hand any usercanaccessvitalinformationfromtheircomputerfromanywhereintheworld System ResourcesAlert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 Win dow...

Page 11: ... Front NLX Slot ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X VGA Chipset Keyboard BIOS Multi I O T PS 2 Mouse B PS 2 Keyboard T Parallel Conn B Serial Conn COM 2 Programmable Flash ROM Intel 440LX or 440EX AGPset Intel PIIX4 PCIset 2 DIMM Sockets SEC CPU Socket for Pentium II VGA Memory Upgrade Socket COM 1 VGA Connector Joystick MIDI Connector TV Out RCA Conn optional TV Out S Video Conn optional Onboard VGA memory SG...

Page 12: ...IOS RTC Multi I O Impac TV2 0 1 2MB SGRAM depending on model 0 1 2MB SGRAM depending on model Single Edge Contact CPU Slot for Intel Pentium II Intel 440LX or 440EX AGPset DIMM Socket 1 64 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 2 64 bit 168 pin module 0 1 2 3 Row AMC 1 Onboard Audio Enable Disable Jack Connector 1 ESS Audio RT4 CPU Thermal Sensor Lead Motherboard Layout III INSTALLATION Floppy Drive Conn ...

Page 13: ...male 7 COM OUT optional p 25 Television Connector RCA 4 pin Female S Video 8 USB p 26 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female 9 IR p 26 Infrared Module 10 POWER p 26 NLX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pin Block 11 IDE1 p 27 Primary IDE Connector 40 pin Block 12 FLOPPY p 27 Floppy Drive Connector 34 pin Block 13 LAN_LED WOL_ p 27 LAN Activity Connectors 2 pin 3 pin 14 PAN_CON p 28 Front Pan...

Page 14: ... N Onboard Audio Setting JP1 Audio Enable R JP1 Audio Disable 3 2 1 3 2 1 WARNING Computer motherboards baseboards and components such asSCSI cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist stra...

Page 15: ...o Configuration in BIOS Chipset Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE WARNING Memory modules must have 18 chips or less Memory modules with more that 18 chips exceeds specifications and may cause unstable operation General DIMM Notes not true for all memory modules Four possible memory chips are available EDO or SDRAM with and without ECC SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO chi...

Page 16: ... DIMM Memory Sockets 88 Pins 20 Pins 60 Pins Lock The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM must be 3 3V Unbuffered for this moth erboard You can identify the type of DIMM module by the illustration below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notch on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to identify...

Page 17: ...fan You should check to see that you have the following 9 items NOTE The pictures in the following pages will have the same item numbers next to them for your refer ence The design and color of your items may be slightly different Attach Mount Bridges Items 1 2 1 2 Pentium II Retention Mechanism Item 3 Lock Holes Captive Nut 3 Pentium II Processor Heatsink Item 8 8 Heatsink bottom Groove for the S...

Page 18: ...Orient the mechanism s lock holes toward the motherboard s chipsets see motherboard layout for the location of the Intel chipset Be sure to align the notch in the mechanism with the small rib on one side of the slot and that the mechanism is properly seated on the board Then screw the captive nuts in place WARNING Do not overtighten the captive nuts Doing so could damage your motherboard Tighten c...

Page 19: ...e showing through between the thermal pad of the heatsink and the SEC cartridge WARNING If the heatsink is not mounted tightly against the SEC cartridge the CPU will overheat You may install an auxiliary fan to provide adequate circulation across the processor s passive heatsink SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Side View SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Top View Push each end of the clamps until they lock T...

Page 20: ...h fan see next page The support base is necessary to secure the heatsink without fan Secure the heatsink by sliding the heatsink support top bar into the bottom groove of the heatsink until it locks into the heatsink support base posts Heatsink support base 7 6 Attach the Thermal Sensor Connector optional If you have purchased the specially designed fan and thermal monitor heatsink you can connect...

Page 21: ... for the heatsink without a fan You will not however be able to use the heatsink support top bar because of the fan The heatsink support top bar will however still be included in the package in case you use a heatsink without a fan Elan Vital Heatsink The procedures for installing the Elan Vital heatsink with fan is also similar as that for the heatsink without a fan The Elan Vital heatsink howeve...

Page 22: ...s legacy ISA cards requires that you con figure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus You may use the Microsoft Diagnostics MSD EXE utility located in the Win dows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs If you use Windows 95 the Resources tab under Device Manager displays the resource settings being used by a particular device to gain acces...

Page 23: ...ards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that has a card in it that requires an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set something called the INT interrupt 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 als...

Page 24: ...yboard using a PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standardAT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female 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 of the BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse 6 pin...

Page 25: ...e 5 Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors Two 9 pin Male The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE COM 2 COM 1 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 6 VGA Connector 15 pin Female This connector is for displaying on a standard VGA compatible device VGA Monitor 15 pin Female 7 TV Out Connectors RCA and 4 pin ...

Page 26: ...ta through the front system panel 10 NLX Power Supply Connector 20 pin NLXPWR This connector connects to an NLX power supply The plug from the power supply 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 Be sure that the NLX power supply can deliver at least 720mAmp on the 5volt...

Page 27: ...ble After connect ing the single end to the riser card connect the other end to a 3 5inch floppy disk drive Panel Conn Riser Slot Floppy Drive Conn Floppy Disk Drive Connector Orient the red stripe on the floppy ribbon cable to Pin 1 Pin 1 Riser Card Front 13 LAN Activity Connectors 2 pin LAN_LED 3 pin WOL_CON These connectors support Local Area Network LAN cards such as the ASUS PCI L101 with out...

Page 28: ...Buttons Riser Card Front Pin 1 The front panel display buttons connect to the riser card through a ribbon cable 15 Riser Front Panel Microphone Connector 2 pin This connector is used to connect the front panel microphone jack to the moth erboard through a ribbon cable Riser Slot Front Panel Microphone Jack Riser Card Front The front panel s 1 8inch micro phone jack connects to the riser card throu...

Page 29: ...LED E IDE Activity LED Blinks when data is transfered via the IDE channels includes the CD ROM F Message LED The LED will remain lit when there is no modem activity and blink when there is data being transfered or waiting in the inbox Requires ACPI OS support G Reset Button Switch used for rebooting the computer without having to use the power switch H Volume Down Button Decreases the onboard audi...

Page 30: ...Connectors Three 1 8inch Female These connectors are provided for audio input and output signals P2L N P2E N Audio Jack Connector A ribbon cable connects the Motherboard Audio Conn to the Back Panel Audio Conn Back Panel Audio Jacks Speaker Out Line Out Line In Motherboard Audio Conn Back Panel Audio Conn 1 2 9 10 R 18 CPU Fan Connector 3 pin This connector support a cooling fan of 500mAMP 6WATT o...

Page 31: ...ther a 2x1MB SGRAM chip SO DIMM or 4x1MB for either 4MB or 6MB total If you wish to upgrade the 0MB model only a 4x2MB SDRAM SO DIMM can be used for 8MB SDRAM total R P2L N P2E N Onboard VGA Memory Onboard 2MB or 4MB SGRAM No Memory Onboard SO DIMM 2MB or 4MB SGRAM SO DIMM 8MB SDRAM 20 CD ROM Connector 50 1 pin CDROM This is a proprietary CD ROM connector which requires a converter in order to att...

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Page 33: ...tor LED may light up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional 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 set tings and connections or...

Page 34: ...e provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Flash Memory Writer Utility 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 c...

Page 35: ...k 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 program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully 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 screen appears Type the filename of your...

Page 36: ...WW 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 ...

Page 37: ...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 Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit lat...

Page 38: ...on 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 ...

Page 39: ...ection VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required 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 th...

Page 40: ...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 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field ...

Page 41: ...ustomized selections of the CPU Core Bus Freq Multiple XXx 2 0x 8 0x with increments of 0 5 and the CPU Bus Frequency XX 50 60 66 68 75 83 If you set the CPU speed in excess of the CPU specifications your computer may not boot up next time Remove and reinstall the CPU in order to reset the speed to the last successful bootup speed Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot viru...

Page 42: ... drives IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCSI This allows 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 sys...

Page 43: ...rd Memory 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled ...

Page 44: ...ns DRAM modules you must change this item to 70ns DRAM See section III for DRAM installation information SDRAM Configuration 12ns SDRAM If your DIMM modules are all 10ns SDRAM you may set this to 10ns SDRAM SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Auto Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Auto Leave on default setting MA Wait State Auto Leave on default setting SDRAM Banks Close Policy Arbitration Leav...

Page 45: ...are xx bits wide Available on P2L N Motherboard Only If all your DRAM modules have parity chips e g 8 chips 4 parity chips they are considered 36bits This motherboard sums the memory per bank and therefore two modules will give 72bits and the following will be displayed If your DRAM modules do not have parity chips e g 8 chips they are considered 32bits and the following will be displayed instead ...

Page 46: ...ional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 1 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to sup...

Page 47: ...t 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 statement DEVI...

Page 48: ...here 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 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 1 Ho...

Page 49: ...r 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 a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM The Power Supply Fan S...

Page 50: ...ow IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the ...

Page 51: ...dress range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Symbios SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card if detected the onboard Symbios BIOS will be enabled if not then it will be disabled Disabled prevents the onboard Symbios BIOS to ...

Page 52: ...screen 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 This 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...

Page 53: ...ord is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting 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 pass...

Page 54: ...re 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 controll...

Page 55: ... for 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...

Page 56: ...temperature and voltages NOTE Will not run with LDCM installed Please view the user s manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format located in the ASUSLM direc tory on the ASUS Support CD or see PC Probe section in this user s manual Adobe Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view the user s manuals in Adobe Acrobat PDF format BusMaster Installs the Intel BusMaster IDE drive...

Page 57: ...ASUS P2L N P2E N User s Manual 57 User s Manual A PC Probe Utility A PC Probe Utility R PC Probe USER S MANUAL Included only with products using hardware monitoring components ...

Page 58: ...TE In order for the ASUS PC Probe to run Intel s LDCM utility can not be installed A doctor will appear on the task bar indi cating that ASUS PC Probe is running Left clicking the doctor will allow you to see your PC status 4 Make any desired setting changes When ASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to Show Monitor or Close You can select whether you want the splash screen to ...

Page 59: ... is a basic component within Windows 95 You may use this function if individual programs does not provide their own uninstallation methods The ASUS PC Probe can also be removed by the same method A PC Probe Utility 1 If other hardware monitoring programs such as the Intel LDCM are installed the ASUS PC Probe will not run 3 Select the program you wish to remove and click the Add Remove Uninstalling...

Page 60: ...emperature 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 Temperature C F PC s Voltages PC S...

Page 61: ...xit the utility The doctor appears gray when off When there is a problem the doctor s light flashes red the PC speaker sounds and ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Change PC Probe refresh times here Check the items above you wish to reset to its default values and click this button Check here to start PC Probe each time you enter Windows Click here to exit the settings screen ...

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Page 63: ...asic Settings 74 FlexDesk Advanced Settings 76 DPMS for Windows 77 Timer Settings 77 Buttons 77 DeskScape 78 DeskScape Functions 78 Buttons 79 WinSwitch 79 Screen Adjustment 80 DPMS Parameters 82 B Other Video Drivers 83 Video Driver Installation for Windows NT 4 0 83 Video Driver Installation for Windows NT 4 0 85 Video Driver Installation for IBM OS 2 87 AutoCAD Video Driver Installation 88 Micr...

Page 64: ... Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver 95 Windows 95 property page problems 95 ATI Video Player Notes 95 Other Problems Actions 96 C Video Player 97 Windows Video Player 97 Features 97 Playing Audio CDs Only in window 95 98 Playing Media Files 99 Playing Interactive Discs Video CD 2 0 99 ...

Page 65: ...k the Ok button and RAGE PRO TURBO 2X English DirectX will be shown Click the Fin ish button Click No when asked if you want to keep files dur ing version conflicts You will be prompted to locate disk 2 of the driv ers Click Ok button and then click the Browse but ton and locate the DRIVERS ATI435 WIN95 or NT40 directory on the ASUS Support CD again You will be prompted to locate disk 1 of the dri...

Page 66: ...I 3D setup screen will appear Reinsert your CD or double click on your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of the CD Click 95 Video Driver from the main menu Click Next to complete your installation Click Install Windows 95 Display Driver to begin the installation wizard Click Yes to restart your computer B Video Driver ...

Page 67: ...crosoft DirectX allows Direct3D support in Windows Install Video Player Video Player allows the viewing of the following video files identified by their ex tensions MPEG Format MPG DAT MPV Extensions AVI Files AVI Extensions For Software MPEG support in Windows 95 you must first install DirectVideo Upgrade For Microsoft Windows then install Video Player DirectVideo is auto matically installed alon...

Page 68: ...s you to adjust the Gamma level for your monitor and color levels for Red Green and Blue You can save your settings by clicking Save As button and typing in a file name This allows you to recall previ ously saved settings Click on Defaults button to re store all settings to the default Adjustment Click on the Position or Size arrows to make your screen appear as centered and large as possible B Vi...

Page 69: ...stallation CD 4 Change to your CD drive 5 Double click setup exe ASUS Windows 3 1 Install Shell appears 6 Click on Install Windows 3 1 Display Driver Confirm Installation appears 7 Click Yes Copying Files appears Restart Windows appears 8 Click Restart now to complete installation ATI Desktop group and icon will appear upon restart Install Shell Message appears Now installation process will contin...

Page 70: ...ion 4 Press Enter to confirm path of Windows 3 x or change if necessary 5 ASUS driver is successfully installed press any key 6 Do you want to launch Windows 3 1 to continue installation now Y N Note You must make sure that ASUS ATI VGA card has been plugged in your machine PressY 7 Install Shell Message appears Now installation process will continue If you want to install Video for Win dows pleas...

Page 71: ...tallation Installing ATI Video Player in Windows 3 x 1 Run File Manager 2 Insert the ASUS installation CD 3 Change to your CD drive 4 Double click setup exe ASUS Windows 3 1 Install Shell appears 5 Click on Install Video Player Memory Requirement appears TheATI Video Player needs at least 600K conventional memory to execute If you are not sure or memory is not enough you can type MEMMAKER under DO...

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Page 73: ...as shown above Each feature icon in the Mach64 product group shown in this DeskTop is described on the following pages ATI Desktop Features Help On Click this icon then click any other icon in the product group to display Help information on the selected item Read Me Click this icon then click the Mach64 logo or feature icon to display the readme file on the item ATI Logo Double click this logo to...

Page 74: ...n gray A slider will always snap to the nearest supported setting for the current slider combination The Sample Color Bar next to the Sample Monitor dynamically shows a color palette that approximates the Colors setting as you adjust the Colors slider NOTE If your desired resolution is not available check your monitor configura tion setting in the INSTALL program Sliders Colors Select color depts ...

Page 75: ...e Advanced panel See FlexDesk Advanced Settings Help Displays Help information on FlexDesk OK Exits the FlexDesk control panel and effects all new changes Cancel Discards all changes and exits the FlexDesk control panel FILE Menu Open Opens an existing Setting file Save Saves the current settings to the active Setting file SaveAs Saves the current settings to an alternate Setting file which you ca...

Page 76: ...turned off On Allows the application to define color selection in the palette Off Choose colors from a fixed palette Dithering Control Dithering is meshing two colors to produce the illusion of a third This selection is only available in 256 color mode with 256 Color Palette on On Provides standard VGA dithering of colors and color selection boxes Off Provides smooth dithering which results in fas...

Page 77: ...light the timer boxes one at a time and specify the values 3 Turn on DPMS Enabled 4 Click OK Timer Settings Standby Time Time value is in minutes after which Standby mode is activated if no user activity is detected Standby is the first level of power conservation Suspend Time Time value is in minutes after which Suspend mode is activated if no user activity is detected The monitor conserves more ...

Page 78: ... of the desktop Zoom Out has the opposite effect What you can zoom is dependent on the relative settings of Screen Size and Desktop Size Use this panel to assign the six hot keys to Panning and Zooming functions Alpha numeric keys may be assigned in any combination with ALT Ctrl and Shift We recommend that you assign all the keys in one session DeskScape Functions Pan Up Moves the window upward wi...

Page 79: ...be used only when color depth changes are desired For maximum performance in 256 or 65 536 color modes you should disable WinSwitch FlexDesk or DeskScan can provide the same dynamic screen size or desktop size switching functions Configuring the WinSwitch Panel At the top of the panel is a checkbox labelled WinSwitch Enabled This switch must be turned on checked to enable WinSwitch which is primar...

Page 80: ...nation Fields Key 1 Field Keyboard key combinations to be used to activate WinSwitch are specified in the four key combination fields associated with Keys 1 4 Sliders These sliders provide the same functions as the FlexDesk sliders Colors Selects a color depth from one of the supported Colors Screen Size Sets the screen resolution to one of the supported sizes Desktop Size Sets the virtual desktop...

Page 81: ...resh rates You may try out different settings that will optimize your display preferences but too high of a refresh rate will push your monitor past its specifications Use the Preview Adjust to see the results and allow digital adjust ments to the screen If the image is distorted you may press Esc or wait a few seconds to return to the original menu without the change B Video Driver Windows 3 x B ...

Page 82: ...d running it again without parameters will display the current timer values as fol lows Standby timer 15 minutes Suspend timer 30 minutes off timer 60 minutes If you run DPMS with at least one timer parameter DPMS will set that value and disable the unspecified timers DPMS parameters are to be included in the command separated by spaces as fol lows DPMS parameter Enter Example To set the Standby t...

Page 83: ... Windows NT 4 0 Plug and Play may install ATI s original driver upon entering Windows NT 4 0 The old driver may cause your system to hang If this happens follow these steps to reset your display driver to its basic defaults 1 Ener Windows NT 4 0 in safe mode by pressing F5 repeatedly during bootup 2 Right click the mouse on the open desktop not over any icons 3 Select Properties 4 Click the Settin...

Page 84: ...ufacturer 2 InsertASUS installation CD and click Browse button Open windows appears 3 Select you CD ROM drive in the Drives box 4 Select DRIVERS ATI435 NT40 directory an inf file shows in File name 5 Click the OK button Install from Disk appears Click OK button again 6 Select your device and language then click OK button Copying Files appears message appears to restart your computer B Other Video ...

Page 85: ...ics device messages appears You are about to install a third party driver 10 Click Yes Copying Files appears message appears The drivers were successfully installed 11 Click OK button 12 Change your monitor type if necessary Click Close button when finished 13 Adjust the Desktop area Color palette and Font size if necessary Click Apply button when finished System Settings Change windows appears Yo...

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Page 87: ...OS 2 10 Type C the drive letter of your OS 2 system Enter copying files appears 11 Exit the installation program 12 Type C Enter CD MACH_OS2 Enter DSPINSTL 13 Display Driver Install panel appears select Primary Display 14 Click OK Driver selection list appears 15 Select the latest ATI mach64 enhanced driver version from the list click OK 16 In the Monitor Configuration Selection Utility select Ins...

Page 88: ...S systemATI drivers should be installed and ready to use B Other Video Drivers AutoCAD 4 Select Drivers Installation and press Enter 5 Select the Application name AutoCAD Enter 6 Followtheinstructionstocomplete the installation of the drivers 7 Press Enter when completed and press ESC twice and Y to exit the installation program 3 Type SETUP at the CD ROM drive letter and the ASUS DOS installation...

Page 89: ... installed and ready to use B Other Video Drivers B Other Video Drivers Microstation 3 Type SETUP at the CD ROM drive letter and the ASUS DOS installation shell will appear and present you with a list of install options Select Install DOS Utili ties and Drivers 4 Select Drivers Installation and press Enter 5 Select the Application name Microstation Enter 6 Followtheinstructionstocomplete the insta...

Page 90: ...rrect resolution and refresh rate operation You have four options to choose a correct Monitor Type Selecting Your Monitor Type Factory Default Apple IBM MIT NEC VESA Std Generic Read VDIF Custom Select Read VDIF If you have a VDIF file for your monitor and wish to use its parameters to automatically configure the mach64 Additional VDIF details are pro vided later in this chapter in the section VDI...

Page 91: ...sh rate on one resolution and not change the other resolutions Procedure 1 Start the INSTALL program 2 Select Quick Setup and press Enter 3 Select Custom and press Enter 4 Pick a resolution then a refresh rate You will see a box outline WARNING Using the wrong refresh rate may permanently damage your moni tor For more information please refer to the manual NOTE An incorrect Monitor Type setting ma...

Page 92: ...o factory defaults by pressing Shift F7 Saving Your Configuration Once you have finished configuring the necessary parameters described above save them by pressing F10 Diagnostics All installed graphics modes in the mach64 accelerator can be viewed and tested by running the INSTALL program from the DOS prompt or by running a diagnostics program called M64DIAG EXE Do not run it in a windowed or ful...

Page 93: ...from software or hardware installation to monitor compatibility Listed below are several checks you can make to help deter mine what the problem is Test Patterns OK Applications Do Not Sync The wrong monitor type has been selected Change the settings in the INSTALL program Windows Driver Not Installing Properly Windows must be running in 386 Enhanced Mode Incompatible memory manag ers may prevent ...

Page 94: ...e should only occur when a mach64 ASIC is not detected If this mes sage occurs and a mach64 board is present it may indicate an I O conflict conflicts between the Extended Memory Manager EMM and the video ROM Try remov ing all other boards from the system and booting from a plain DOS disk Try exclud ing the video BIOS address C0000 C7FFF from the memory manager Refer to the documentation furnished...

Page 95: ...ed because when the Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is installed via the Add New Hardware wizard the Settings page does not get installed into the mach64 display adapter property sheet Windows 95 property page problems While adjusting monitor settings in the Adjustment page of the Display Properties sheet your monitor could become unreadable If this occurs press the ESC key to return to ...

Page 96: ... click it 6 The properties box of your device appears Click the Driver tab 7 Click Change Driver and follow the installation steps 8 Click Other devices Your device should be listed 9 Click the name of your device to bring up the properties box of your device Select the Driver tab 10 Click Change Driver and follow the installation steps After installation and restarting Windows 95 informs me that ...

Page 97: ...nel may not look exactly like the illustration only installed or available features will have controls CDAudio Play standard audio CDs only in Windows 95 MPEG Playback Play MPEG and AVI video files Features The question mark on top right of the Video Screen allows inspection into each button on the control panel Click on the then on a button that you would like to know about C Video Player C Video...

Page 98: ...OM drive 2 In the Audio CD panel click the Setup Dialogs button 3 Click the Disc Info tab 4 From the Available Tracks list add or remove tracks as desired The Play List displays your current selections 5 Click OK 6 In the Audio CD panel click the Play button The Audio CD player uses Windows 95 standard INI file to store disc names track names and the play list You can use the Setup dialog to enter...

Page 99: ...deo files To play a file 1 In the Playback panel click the File Open button 2 Select a file from the list 3 Click Add then click OK 4 Click the Play button 5 The file plays in the Display panel Playing Interactive Discs Video CD 2 0 Play Menu Selection Audio Track Select Play Default Open File Setup Dialog Capture Play Return Selection C Video Player C Video Player Windows 95 3 x Loop Track Playli...

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Page 101: ...The Miniature Mode Controls 111 The Audio Mixer 112 Introduction 112 The Audio Mixer Controls 112 The Digital Audio Player 113 Introduction 113 The Digital Audio Player Controls 113 The MIDI Player 114 Introduction 114 The MIDI Player Controls 114 The MIDI Player Display 114 The Compact Disk Player 115 Introduction 115 The Compact Disk Player Controls 115 The Audio Recorder 116 Introduction 116 Th...

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Page 103: ...S M2REV1 00 WIN95 or NT40 direc tory on the ASUS Support CD Click Ok and ESS Device Manager will be shown Click the Finish button Click Browse and locate the DRIVERS M2REV1 00 WIN95 orNT40 directoryon theASUS Support CD again You will be prompted to locate the drivers again Click Ok Follow the self explanatory instructions to finish your driver installation Click Other Locations to direct the wiz ...

Page 104: ...omputer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of the CD Click 95 Au dio Driver from the main menu Click Next and the Choose Procedure screen will appear See next page to com plete your installation Select Upgrade drivers or Uninstall driv ers if you want to upgrade or remove the current drivers Follow the self explanatory instructions to finish your driver upgrade u...

Page 105: ...ping c MAESTRO The value shown may be different for your system The information shown may be required by DOS audio applications Choose Sound Blaster Pro or Sound Blaster in DOS ap plications if prompted You will be prompted to restart your com puter Click Finish to restart SelectDOSBoxandNativeDOSsupport ifyouwanttouseDOSapplicationsinboth DOS Box and Native DOS to use applica tions in DOS without...

Page 106: ...D Audio Driver Software Install Click Install AudioRack to begin the in stallation wizard After reading the information click Next to continue Browse to a new install directory or click Next to continue Windows comes with a very basic CD player click Yes to use ESS advanced CD player as the default Click Yes to view other notes about ESS AudioRack This tells you that a shortcut was created in the ...

Page 107: ...rdwareAcceleration Enabled option if yourVGAcard supports it otherwise leave it unchecked and then click the Reinstall DirectX button Your VGA card will also be checked for DirectX5 compliance If your existing VGAdriver is older you will be prompted to update it Click Yes unless you do not want to update it After reinstalling DirectX you will be promptedtorestartyourmachine ClickOk Click Install M...

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Page 109: ...and 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 to control the AudioRack32 while usin...

Page 110: ...ayer accesses On line Help displays or hides the Compact Disk Player displays or hides the Audio Mixer displays or 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 Transport State Indicator shows the stat...

Page 111: ... master volume of the AudioRack32 The Miniature Mode Controls stops currently playing tracks or files of active components plays currently loaded tracks or files of active components pauses currently playing tracks or files of active components calls a popup menu where you can restore the AudioRack32 invoke the Al ways on Top command select active components DAT MIDI or CD or exit the AudioRack32 ...

Page 112: ...io 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 Mixer The exact number displayed dep...

Page 113: ...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 wave file brings up the Open file dialog box...

Page 114: ...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 when you are listening to ESFM W...

Page 115: ...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 second in the MIDI file opens the Set Play...

Page 116: ...lipboard 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 stops the file currently playing or reco...

Page 117: ...ng 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 You may switch back to Windows 95 CD player b...

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Page 119: ... are using theASUS PCI L101 on anASUS motherboard 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 orde...

Page 120: ...Drivers Novell Netware 3 x 4 x DOS 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 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 feat...