Asus P4T-E, User Manual

Page 1: ... P4T E Intel 850 ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...ansion Cards 29 3 8 External Connectors 32 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 43 4 BIOS SETUP 45 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 45 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 45 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures 46 4 2 BIOS Setup Program 49 4 2 1 BIOS Menu Bar 50 4 2 2 Legend Bar 50 4 3 Main Menu 52 4 3 1 Primary Secondary Master Slave 53 4 3 2 Keyboard Features 56 4 4 Advanced Menu 58 4 4 1 Chip Co...

Page 5: ...perating System 76 5 2 Start Windows 76 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 77 5 3 P4T E Motherboard Support CD 77 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 79 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 79 6 2 ASUS Live Update 84 6 3 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 85 6 4 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 86 7 APPENDIX 89 7 1 Glossary 89 INDEX 93 ...

Page 6: ... 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 technician for help WA...

Page 7: ...eference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA33 66 100 IDE drives 1 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS 2 port USB connector set with br...

Page 8: ...less connections PC800 Memory Support Equipped with four Rambus Inline Memory Module RIMM sockets to support Intel PC800 PC600 compliant Rambus DRAMs RDRAMs available in 64 96 128 192 256 512MB up to 2GB These RDRAMs are necessary to meet the increase in processor performance and multimedia and 3D functions especially where high bandwidth is required Intel Accelerated Hub Architecture Features a d...

Page 9: ...ble Floppy disk connector Supports the floppy disk drive ribbon cable One side of the connector is slotted to prevent incorrect insertion of the floppy disk cable CNR Support A Communication and Networking Riser CNR slot provides an interface to support very affordable multichannel audio V 90 analog modem Home PNA 10 100 Ethernet networking and a USB hub USB ports Four Universal Serial Bus USB por...

Page 10: ... Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI forWindows 98 2000 Millenium compatibility built in firmware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the cl...

Page 11: ...pace to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The on board hardware ASUS ASIC in conjunction with either the bundled ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Suggestions will give the user informa tion on managing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function Power Button Through BI...

Page 12: ...2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA33 66 100 support 7 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 8 1 USB Header supports 2 USB ports 12 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 25 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 26 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector Bottom 24 2 USB Port Connectors 27 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 28 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 28 Audio SPDIFOUT Connector optional 18 Headphone Connector optional 19 AC 97 Audio COD...

Page 13: ...ASUS P4T E User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Locations 2 2 1 Component Locations 2 14 8 13 17 21 12 25 26 27 28 23 5 11 7 4 6 10 9 1 3 15 16 20 24 18 19 22 ...

Page 14: ...Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power R301 CLRTC USB T Port1 B Port2 COM1 PARALLEL PORT COM2 Intel 850 Memory Controller Hub MCH ATX Power Connector 2Mbit Firmware Hub USB2 RIMMA1 16 18 bit 184 pin module Super I O AUX Power Connector CPU_FAN ATX12V USBPWR JEN IR PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 RIMMA2 16 18 bit 184 pin module RIMMB2 16 18 bit ...

Page 15: ... Connector 15 pin female optional 7 LINE IN OUT MIC p 34 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 FLOPPY p 34 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin 9 PRIMARY SECONDARYIDE p 35 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pin 10 MAIN_FAN CPU_FAN PCI_FAN p 36 Fan Connectors Three 3 pin 11 USB2 p 37 USB Header 10 1 pin 12 MODEM CD_IN AUX p 37 Internal Audio Connectors Three 4 pin optional 13 MIC2...

Page 16: ...r heavily loaded configurations an ATX12V power supply that can supply at least 300W is required Complete the following steps before using your computer 1 Check motherboard settings 2 Install memory modules 3 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU 4 Install Expansion Cards 5 Connect ribbon cables panel wires and power supply cables 6 Configure the BIOS parameter settings WARNING Make sure that yo...

Page 17: ...ns whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or con nectors or other components 4 Place compon...

Page 18: ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 JEN Jumper Free Default 2 3 SW1 OFF Motherboard Frequency Settings SW1 Switches The motherboard frequency is adjusted through the DIP switches The white block represents the switch s position The illustration below shows all the switches in the OFF position 1 JumperFree Mode JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows process...

Page 19: ...y the advertised CPU speed P4T E P4T E CPU External Frequency Selection CPU AGP PCI SW1 100 0MHz 66 0MHz 33 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 103 0MHz 68 0MHz 34 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 105 0MHz 70 0MHz 35 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 110 0MHz 73 0MHz 36 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Motherboard Settings 3 H W SETUP WARNING Set the CPU frequency only to the recommended settings Frequencies other th...

Page 20: ...switches 7 10 to use the clock multiplier to coordinate the ratio of bus speeds with CPU settings Set the DSW switches according to the internal speed of your processor and the bus frequency IMPORTANT 1 To use this feature JEN must be set to Jumper Mode 1 2 See 1 JumperFree Mode JEN in 3 HARDWARE SETUP 2 When JumperFree mode is enabled use BIOS setup in place of these switches Set Operating Freque...

Page 21: ...SB to allow wake up from S3 sleep state no power to CPU RAM in slow refresh power supply in re duced power mode The default setting for the three jumpers is 2 3 to select 5V because not all computers have the appropriate power supply to support the other mode NOTES 1 This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5VSB lead when these jumpers are set to 5VSB Otherwise ...

Page 22: ... USB or CNR functions J3 J3 and OC3 The factory default setting is for standard USB2 control If a USB hub CNR card is used reset these jumpers to CNRUSB setting shown below IMPORTANT Always set all three jumpers accordingly when selecting a device 5 Onboard Audio Setting ADN audio models only The onboard Audio Codec may be enabled or disabled using these jumpers Disable the onboard Audio Codec if ...

Page 23: ...M use when socket will not be populated RIMMB1 RDRAM x 1 Rows 4 5 C RIMM use when socket will not be populated RIMMB2 RDRAM x 1 Rows 6 7 C RIMM use when socket will not be populated TOTALSYSTEM MEMORY 2GB Max NOTE When using only two memory modules it is recommended that you use configuration a IMPORTANT 1 The memory configuration of channel A RIMMA1 and RIMMA2 and channel B RIMMB1 and RIMMB2 must...

Page 24: ...et s ejectors should go through the two mounting notches on the module and the ejectors should close If necessary push the ejectors inward to secure the mod ule in place Removing Memory To release a memory module push both ejectors outward and pull the module straight up and out of the RIMM sockets WARNING RIMM modules become extremely hot during operation To re duce the risk of personal injury fr...

Page 25: ...stall an Intel fan heatsink CAUTION Take care not to scrape the motherboard surface when mounting a clamp style processor fan or else damage may occur When mounting a heatsink onto your CPU make sure that exposed CPU capacitors do not touch the heatsink or else damage may occur Refer to heatsink CPU documentation NOTE Do not forget to set the correct Bus Frequency and Multiple frequency multiple s...

Page 26: ... heatsink and fan Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU Make sure that the heatsink fits properly on the retention module base Note that the retention module base is already installed on the motherboard Retention Module Base CPU Heatsink WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without suffi...

Page 27: ...of the retention mechanism to the holes on each corner of the module base Carefully fit the fan and retention mechanism assembly perfectly to the heatsink and module base otherwise you cannot snap the hooks into the holes Keep the retention locks lifted upward while fitting the retention mechanism to the module base Retention Hole Retention Hook Snapped to the Retention Hole Retention Lock ...

Page 28: ... The heatsink should entirely cover the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan and heatsink locking brace no extra force is required to keep the CPU in place Connect the CPU fan cable to the fan connector With the fan heatsink and the retention mechanism in place attach the CPU fan cable to the connector on the motherboard labelled CPUFAN Step 3 Lock the Retention Mechanism Step 4 Connect the CP...

Page 29: ...or 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 Reserved for Legacy Device Yes in 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card WARNING Unplug your power supply when adding or re...

Page 30: ... Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 ACPI Mode when enabled 10 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices Interrupt Request Table for this M...

Page 31: ...rly into the new AGP 4X slots See examples of both types below P4T E P4T E Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO TOP VIEW Rib inside slot Rib 20 pin bay 28 pin bay AGP Card without Retention Notch P4T E P4T E Communication Networking Riser Connectors 3 7 4 Communications and Networking Riser CNR This connector supports specially designed network audio or modem riser cards Main processing is done throu...

Page 32: ...the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cables must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Adv...

Page 33: ... 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices For additional USB ports you can use the USB headers see USB Headers later in this section NOTE USB Function see 4 4 3 PCI Configuration must be Enabled to use these ports COM2 COM1 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 4 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 9 pin COM2 Two serial ports are ready for a mouse or other serial devices See...

Page 34: ...lows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your com puter or played through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the othe...

Page 35: ...fig ure the second drive to Slave mode Please refer to your hard disk documenta tion for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see 4 6 Boot Menu Pin 20 is removed to prevent wrong orientations 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 operati...

Page 36: ...onnect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotationsignal TheRotationsperMinute RPM canmonitoredusinga utility such as ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur t...

Page 37: ... USB header and mount the USB connector set to an open slot on your chassis P4T E P4T E USB Headers USB2 1 5 6 10 1 USB Power 2 USBP2 3 USBP2 4 GND 5 NC 6 USB Power 7 USBP3 8 USBP3 9 GND 12 Internal Audio Connectors 4 pin MODEM CD_IN AUX These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from such audio vi sual sources as a CD ROM input or MPEG card P4T E P4T E Internal Audio Connectors MODE...

Page 38: ...nput through this connector 14 Headphone 3 pin HEADPHONE optional An external headphone feeds from the motherboard using this connector 15 Digital Audio Connector 4 1 pin SPDIFOUT optional This connector supports an SPDIF audio module that processes digital instead of analog audio output Connect one end of the audio cable to the SPDIFOUT connector on the motherboard and the other end to the SPDIF ...

Page 39: ... setting through UART2 Use Infrared see 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 in Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard s SIR connector according to the pin definitions P4T E P4T E HDD Activity LED TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug HDDLED 17 IDE A...

Page 40: ...ws you to connect SMBus System Management Bus de vices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices SMBus is a specific implementation of an I2C bus which is a multi device bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer P4T E P4T E SMBus Connector SMB 1 SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 3...

Page 41: ...nnectors supply ATX 12V power Each power supply plug inserts in one orientation only Push down firmly and make sure the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX 12V power supply minimum recom mended wattage 230 watts 300W for a fully configured system can supply at least 20 amperes on the 5 volt lead and at least 720mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB Your system may become unstable unrel...

Page 42: ...4 System Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data re ceived This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 25 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity ...

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

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

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

Page 46: ...board having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the file...

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

Page 48: ...OS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still per sists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need servicing ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Page 55: ...This field can also be configured manu ally Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documenta tion 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 Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sector...

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

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

Page 58: ... field in conjunction with the CPU Front Side Bus Frequency MHz to match the speed of the CPU Configuration options 10x 11x 19x 20x CPU Front Side Bus Frequency MHz if CPU Speed set to Manual This feature tells the clock generator which frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus The bus frequency external frequency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed Configuration ranges from ...

Page 59: ...g for best performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled FPU OPCODE Compatible Mode Disabled Leave on default setting for optimized performance of Pentium 4 proces sor Configuration options Disabled Enabled 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 upd...

Page 60: ...installation To ensure that your system can enter BIOS setup after the processor has been changed or reinstalled your system will start up running at a bus speed of 100MHz and a fail safe CPU internal frequency 8x100MHz It will then automatically take you to theAdvanced menu with a popup menu of all the officially possible CPU internal frequencies System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due ...

Page 61: ...ry for AGP graphic data Configuration options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache tech nology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may no...

Page 62: ...ws you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels Configuration options Both Primary Secondary Disabled ...

Page 63: ... 200H 207H This field sets the I O address to the game port Configuration options 200H 207H 208H 20FH Onboard MIDI I O 330H 331H This field sets the I O address and IRQ for MIDI Configuration options 330H 331H 300H 301H Onboard MIDI IRQ 10 This field indicates the onboard IRQ assignment for MIDI Configuration options 3 4 5 7 9 10 12 14 15 Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This option selects drive lett...

Page 64: ...3 8 External Connectors Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector If you disable this feature Parallel Port Mode and ECP DMA Select configura tions will not be available Configuration options Disabled 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the p...

Page 65: ...should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability USB Function Enabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices Set to Enabled if you want to use USB devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled Primary VGA BIOS PCI Card If you...

Page 66: ...r each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP device The default value indi cates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that the ISA Configura tion Utility ICU is being used to determine if a legacy device is using that IRQ If the IRQ is required by a legacy device then reserce the IRQ by selecting Yes Otherwise select No ICU to release the IRQ to OS Configuration options No ICU Y...

Page 67: ... as information access is faster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for ...

Page 68: ...or the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving op tions according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Max ...

Page 69: ...abled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled This field lets you to enable or disable the Suspend to RAM STR feature allowing the system to go into suspend mode after the specified ti...

Page 70: ...NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection can not be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN or PCI Modem card Disabled Wake On LAN or a PCI...

Page 71: ...eryday By Date MB CPU TR Temperature xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the MB motherboard and CPU temperatures Set to Ignore only if necessary CPU Fan PCI Fan Main Fan Speed xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the 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 Se...

Page 72: ... include Removable Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP ATAPI MO USB FDD USB ZIP 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 y...

Page 73: ...o 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 Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST rou...

Page 74: ... values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM The CMOS RAM is sustained by an onboard backup battery and stays on even when the PC is turned off Once this option is selected a confirmation is asked Select Yes to save changes and exit NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program will prompt you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before e...

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

Page 76: ...0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows 98 for the first time after installing your mother board Windows will detect all plug and play devices Follow theAdd New Hardware Wizard to install all necessary device drivers When prompted to restart select No and then follow the setup procedures in this section NOTE Because there are various motherboard settings o...

Page 77: ...s on the network within the same bridge address with the Client software installed The administrator should install both Administrator and Client software Intel LDCM Client Setup Installs software to monitor the Client system The LANDesk Client Manager must be installed to use the hardware manager features ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM Installs a utility that can remotely flash a client PC s BI...

Page 78: ...ws you to view the support CD file list and contact information Exit Exits the CD installation menu TORETURNTOTHEMAINMENU CLICKLEFTARROWONTHELOWER RIGHTCORNEROFTHESECONDARYMENU Support CD 5 3 2 Installation Procedure On the Installation Items Menu click on the name of the driver or program group to begin installation Follow the instructions that appear on the setup screens All drivers and programs...

Page 79: ...ernal 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 to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass 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 and then click Probe V...

Page 80: ...for supported processors only 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 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 81: ...formation Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allo cation table or file system used Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Con trol Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined thresh old CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Overh...

Page 82: ...inent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program NOTE This feature is currently unavailable Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 83: ...e PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUSPCProbemonitorisdis played 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 84: ...Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS Update 4 From the FTP site select the BIOS version that you wish to download Click Next 5 Follow the instructions on the succeed ing screens to complete the update process If you selected the optio...

Page 85: ...dentifying your file types 6 3 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 3 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel Power Off Help Eject Minimize Zoom About Backstep Frame Backward Scan Stop Forward Scan Step Frame Next Previous Stop Configuration i Power CD Mode ...

Page 86: ...ive video clips allowing users to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data conversion ...

Page 87: ... or use MAPI compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address if you are not sure Click Next to continue 4 Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choose the...

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Page 89: ...ines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers as well as consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs phones...

Page 90: ...des multi transaction timing enhanced write performance a passive release mechanism and support for PCI 2 1 compliant delayed transactions Concurrent PCI provides increased bandwidth reduced system latencies improves video and audio performance and improves processing of host based applications CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the co...

Page 91: ...ress assignment MMX A set of 57 new instructions designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applica tions such as 3D video 3D sound video conference Modem A device that allows a computer to talk to another computer through the phone system Network An interconnected computer system linked by telephone wires or other means OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide ap...

Page 92: ...PU clock eliminating the delay associated with data transfers between the CPU and memory SDRAM takes memory access away from the CPU control internal registers in the memory accept the request and lets the CPU do something else while the data requested is assembled for the next time the CPU talks to the memory SPD for SDRAM module Serial Presence Detect SPD is most like an ID detect for SDRAM modu...

Page 93: ...nal Frequency 19 22 CHS Capacity 55 COM 2 Bracket 33 Connectors ASUS EZ Plug 9 ATX power 9 Floppy disk 9 Floppy Disk Drive 34 Game MIDI 9 IDE 9 35 Infrared Module 15 39 Internal Audio 15 37 Parallel Port 33 PS 2 Keyboard 32 PS 2 Mouse 32 Serial Port 33 SMB 40 USB 33 CPU Speed 58 CPU Temperature 71 CyberLink PowerDVD 88 PowerPlayer SE 85 VideoLive Mail 86 CyberLink PowerDVD Using 88 CyberLink Power...

Page 94: ...A 52 Legacy Diskette B 52 Load Setup Defaults 75 M Maximum LBA Capacity 55 MB Temperature 71 Memory Hole At 15M 16M 62 Motherboard Settings 17 Multi Sector Transfers 55 O Onboard AC97 Modem Controlle 63 Onboard Parallel Port 64 Onboard PCI IDE Enable 62 Onboard Serial Port 1 63 Onboard Serial Port 2 63 OS 2 Onboard Memory 64M 60 Other Boot Device Select 72 P Parallel Port Connector 33 Parallel Por...

Page 95: ... 69 System Date 52 System Memory 23 System Message LED Lead 42 System Power LED Lead 42 System Time 52 T Translation Method 54 Type 53 U UART2 Use Standard Infrared 63 Ultra DMA Mode 55 Universal Serial Bus Ports 33 Updating Your BIOS 45 USB Function 65 USB Headers 37 38 USB Legacy Support 59 USB ports 9 Using ASUS PC Probe 79 ASUS Update 84 PowerPlayer SE 85 V VCORE Voltage 71 Video ROM BIOS Shad...

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