Asus P3V4X, User Manual

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Page 4: ...allation Procedure 23 3 6 2 Attaching the Heatsink 24 3 6 3 Installing the Universal Retention Mechanism 24 3 6 4 Installing the Processor 26 3 6 5 Removing the Processor 27 3 6 6 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 27 3 6 7 Precautions 28 3 7 Expansion Cards 29 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 29 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 29 Standard Interrupt Assignments 30 3 7 ...

Page 5: ...ware Monitor 73 4 6 Boot Menu 74 4 7 Exit Menu 75 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 77 5 1 Operating Systems 77 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 77 5 2 P3V Series Motherboard Support CD 78 5 3 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 79 5 4 Install PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 80 5 5 Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx xx 80 5 6 VIA 4 in 1 Driver 82 5 7 Uninstalling Programs 82 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 85 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 85 7 APPENDIX...

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

Page 7: ...items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism for SECC2 SECC SEPP processors 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave 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 wit...

Page 8: ...DRAMs up to 2GB VC SDRAM and HSDRAM are new DRAM core architectures that dramatically im prove the memory system s ability to service among others high multimedia re quirements JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings core voltage and easy overclocking of frequency through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to allow manual adjustmen...

Page 9: ...d one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Enhanced ACPI Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility and autodetection of most devices for vir tually automatic setup IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI all...

Page 10: ...d power management for configuring and managing all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows95 98 NT Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware 2 1 3 Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor High Speed Data T...

Page 11: ...here are messages waiting in the mailbox Asimple glimpse provides useful information to the user Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users can access vital information from their computers from anywhere in the world System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and ...

Page 12: ...rt 4 DIMM Sockets 4 PC133 SDRAM support Expansion Slots 6 PCI Slots 11 1 ISA Slot 10 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Slot 17 System I O 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA66 Support 6 1 Floppy Disk Driver Connector 8 1 Serial COM1 Connector 20 1 Serial COM2 Connector 18 1 Parallel Port Connector 19 2 USB Connectors 21 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 22 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 22 3D Graphics VIA VT82C694...

Page 13: ...ASUS P3V4X User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Locations P3V4X Motherboard Component Locations 4 21 19 16 13 18 22 8 10 2 3 20 9 1 11 17 5 12 7 15 6 14 ...

Page 14: ...PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 5 ISA Slot PCI Slot 6 VIA VT82C596B Chipset ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor DIP Switches FLOPPY Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS Multi I O WOR CHASSIS WOL_CON SMB CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power CHA_FAN PANEL DIMM Socket 0 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module Row 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module DI...

Page 15: ...y IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins 7 FLOPPY p 34 Floppy Drive Port Connector 34 pins 8 IDELED p 35 IDE LED Activity Light 2 pins 9 WOR p 35 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pins 10 CHA_ PWR_ CPU_FAN p 36 Chassis Power Supply CPU FanPowerLead 3 pins 11 WOL_CON p 37 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 12 IR p 37 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 13 SMB p 38 SMBus Connector 3 pins 14 JTPWR p 38 Thermal Sensor Conne...

Page 16: ...d object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or con nectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system 5 Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX p...

Page 17: ...er JumperFree 1 2 3 1 2 3 JEN R P3V4X 2 AGP Bus Frequency Setting U12 Switches 5 6 This option sets the frequency ratio between the AGP bus frequency and the DRAM CPU bus frquency The default sets theAGPfrequency to be 2 3 of the DRAM frequency When the CPU DRAM frequency is set to 66MHz set Switch 5 to ON and Switch 6 ON See the processor table on the following page P3V4X AGP Bus Frequency Settin...

Page 18: ...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 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 115MHz 38MHz 110MHz 36MHz CPU DRAM PCI ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 105MHz 35MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 140MHz 35MHz 150MHz 37MHz CPU DRAM PCI ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1...

Page 19: ...eleron 433MHz 6 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF Celeron 400MHz 6 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON ON ON OFF ON OFF Pentium II Celeron 333MHz 5 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF Pentium II Celeron 300MHz 4 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF Pentium II Celeron 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF ON ON OFF Pentium II 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF 4...

Page 20: ...to mix registered SDRAMs with VC SDRAMs Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 4 Rows 6 7 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Total System Memory Max 2GB General DIMM Notes DIMMs that have more...

Page 21: ...sity R P3V4X Lock P3V4X 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 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 typ...

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Page 23: ... and fan top view Pentium III in an SECC2 with heatsink and fan NOTE The SEPP fan for Celeron processors is similar to SECC2 fan except that the clamping design is different 3 6 1 Quick CPU Installation Procedure 1 Attach the heatsink to the processor with thermal grease and retention clip The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for Pen tium III II processors for more inform...

Page 24: ...he two lock arms one direction to clamp the heatsink onto the processor and the other direction to release Using SECC2 fan with Pentium III Insert the four heatsink s pins through the holes of the SECC2 Place the metal clip on the ends of the pins and slide until it locks into place NOTE The SEPP heatsink and fan for Intel Celeron processors is similar to the SECC2 heatsink and fan except that the...

Page 25: ...own on the retention brackets until the black fastener sleeves fit snugly against the board 5 Push the four retainer pins completely down into the black fastener sleeves until the head of each pin is securely seated 3 6 3 Installing the Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard comes with a set of Universal Retention Mechanism URM which supports Pentium III II and Celeron processors There are...

Page 26: ...ble to fan connector Lock hole Lock hole Substrate Key Connector Key 3 If your URM is of typeA make sure the locks are in the locked position as shown 2 Push down firmly but gently the SECC2 SECC SEPP into the URM until it snaps into place NOTE The processor edge fingers must be kept parallel to the connector or else misalignment will occur SECC for Pentium II only Secure the SECC in place by push...

Page 27: ...protect your hands from the sharp edges when removing SECC2 SEPP processors SECC2 SEPP Push lock inward CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector 3 6 6 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors The recommended heatsinks for the Slot 1 processors are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the motherboard s CPU fan connector These heatsinks dissipate heat more effic...

Page 28: ...entium III Pentium II Deschutes FC PGA370 Celeron and PPGA370 Celeron processors is a thermal sensor that is con nected to the internal thermal diode Unlike other motherboards this motherboard was designed to acquire thermal data directly from the processor thermal diode Therefore the CPU temperature reported may be higher than those from motherboards that take readings from thermal sen sors exter...

Page 29: ... 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 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards n...

Page 30: ... same IRQ or your computer will experience problems 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 as signed automatically from those available The following table lis...

Page 31: ...t 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 3 7 3 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 se...

Page 32: ...ct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standar...

Page 33: ...nters must be con nected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 4 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 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration for settings COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Universal Serial BUS Port Connectors 1 2 Two 4 pin female Two USB ports are ava...

Page 34: ...s you will need to purchase another UltraDMA 66 cable NOTE The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA 66 cable is intentional TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk throu...

Page 35: ... the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDELED 9 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 external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port IMPORTANT This feature requires that...

Page 36: ...king into consideration the polarity of the this connector NOTES The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The fans have been designed to power off after entering the sleep soft off mode This is to reduce both energy consumption and system noise WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks...

Page 37: ...nnector 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 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the...

Page 38: ...specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi master bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer R P3V4X P3V4X SMBus Connector SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V 1 SMB 14 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pin block JTPWR If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its thermal sensor cable to this conn...

Page 39: ...10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in powering on your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB 16 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead optional 4 1 pin CHASSIS This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion moni tor sensor or microswitch The sensor is trigger...

Page 40: ...vity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted suspend switch 22 ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SO...

Page 41: ...f 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 between 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 additional messages will appear on the screen If you d...

Page 42: ...m before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your oper ating system If you use Windows 95 98 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 shutting...

Page 43: ...rs represent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT 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 ma...

Page 44: ...wnload 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 The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the p...

Page 45: ...ro gramming 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 up date the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility...

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Page 47: ...en you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt D...

Page 48: ...ice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or keyp...

Page 49: ...hat a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press En ter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field ...

Page 50: ...id values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to supp...

Page 51: ... entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK Other options for the Type field are None to disable IDE devices 4 3 1 Primary Secondary Master Slave NOTE Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sur...

Page 52: ...ive 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 sectors Note that Logical Block Access ...

Page 53: ... 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 S...

Page 54: ... disk drive that you just configured 4 3 2 Keyboard Features Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration options 6 Sec 8 Sec 10 Se...

Page 55: ...s The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a Supervisor password and a User password When both of them are disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions Forgot the password If you forgot the password you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM The RAM data containing the password information is powered by the onboard button cell b...

Page 56: ... send to the system bus and PCI bus The bus frequency external frequency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed the CPU s internal frequency System SDRAM Frequency Ratio 1 1 This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the System PCI Fre quency The options displayed in the popup menu vary according to the Sys...

Page 57: ...stalled in your system BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup I...

Page 58: ...43MHz 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 Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configur...

Page 59: ...sabled Enabled Byte Merge Disabled To optimize the data transfer on PCI this merges a sequence of individual memory writes bytes or words into a single 32 bit block of data However byte merging may only be done when the bytes within a data phase are in a prefetchable address range Configuration options Disabled Enabled DRAM Read Latch Delay 0 5 ns Configuration options 0 0 ns 0 5 ns 1 0 ns 1 5 ns ...

Page 60: ...ncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC 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 Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled This field allows you to reserve an address space for ISA e...

Page 61: ...lPort2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec tors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Con figuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on th...

Page 62: ...ows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port Nor mal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP al lows bidirectional parallel 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 options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel...

Page 63: ...is on 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 Symbio...

Page 64: ... the AGP card as your primary card Configuration options PCI AGP AGP PCI IRQ XX Used By ISA No ICU These 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 leg...

Page 65: ... ISAcard The default 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 ...

Page 66: ...the amount used for this 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...

Page 67: ...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 IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep...

Page 68: ... Power Down Disabled When enabled this shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as set in this user configurable field This fea ture does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode NOTE This field is only effective for DOS Windows 95 and...

Page 69: ...eives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On ...

Page 70: ... ATX power supply You may not use this feature if you set it to Disabled Configuration options Auto Disabled 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 unattended or automatic system power...

Page 71: ... CPU fan speed power supply fan speed and the 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 xx xV 5V Voltage Ignore The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If...

Page 72: ...le 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 ...

Page 73: ...on op tions No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On...

Page 74: ...a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting 4 7 Exit Menu Onc...

Page 75: ...saving the val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other me...

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Page 77: ...ou must use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation When you startWindows for the first time after the installation of your motherboard Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may attempt to in stall a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section NOTE The screen d...

Page 78: ... the online help for more information Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx xx Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF for mat at any of our web sites VIA4 in 1 drivers Installs Bus Master PCI IDE Driver AGPVxD Driver VIA Chipset Functions Registry and IRQ Routing M...

Page 79: ...le click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall any program see 5 7 Uninstalling Programs 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click Next and when the Setup Complete box appears click Finish to complete setup 1 Click here ...

Page 80: ...ing up the setup screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no viruses are found Click here to start installation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 9 Click here and then click...

Page 81: ...x xx Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart 1 Click here ...

Page 82: ...with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Select preferred options and then click here 5 Click here 1 Click here 6 Click here 8 Click here and then follow onscreen instructions to complete installation 7 Click heren ...

Page 83: ... Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click here 3 Click here ...

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Page 85: ...eed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 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 ...

Page 86: ...perature 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 87: ...ng 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 reaches the threshold value Memory Shows...

Page 88: ...and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program 6 1 3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of theASUS 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 exit ASUS PC Pro...

Page 89: ...fference is the package form factor Additionally the S370 Series CPU cards can acquire temperature data from the processor s ther mal diode and send it to the motherboard that supports CPU thermal monitoring The following are pictures of the ASUS S370 Series CPU cards with black plastic retainers attached to the edges The retainers are used to hold theASUS S370 Series CPU cards in place using the ...

Page 90: ...d to distinguish between Coppermine and Celeron processors The S370 L CPU card can distinguish these two types of CPU automatically 7 1 1 Using the ASUS S370 Series CPU Cards The general procedure for using the ASUS S370 Series CPU cards 1 Check the voltage setting for your socket 370 processor using the jumpers on the card if necessary For current socket 370 processors the default setting should ...

Page 91: ...e ASUS PCI L101 on this motherboard leave the jumper on its default 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 to utilize theWake On LAN feature of the motherboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED to display LAN data activity AS...

Page 92: ...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 7 2 3 Questions and Answers 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 uplo...

Page 93: ...dapter The BIOS in structions are built into the computer s read only memory BIOS parameters can be configured by the user through the BIOS Setup program The BIOS can be updated using the provided utility to copy a new BIOS file into the EEPROM Bit Binary Digit Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer Abit can have one of two values 0 or 1 Boot Boot means to start the computer ope...

Page 94: ...n you and your computer Hardware Hardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer sys tem including peripherals such as printers modems and pointing devices IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself elimi nating the need for a separate adapter card in the case for SCSI devices UltraDMA 33 IDE devices...

Page 95: ...onvolatile memory used to store permanent programs called firmware used in certain computer components Flash ROM or EEPROM can be repro grammed with new programs or BIOS SCSI Small Computer System Interface High speed parallel interface defined by the X3T9 2 committee of the American National Standards Institute ANSI for connecting many peripheral devices System Disk A system disk contains the cor...

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