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ASUS CUSL2-C 

Black Pearl 

User’s Manual

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Summary of Contents for Black Pearl CUSL2-C

Page 1: ... CUSL2 C Black Pearl Intel 815EP ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...e serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Intel LANDesk and Pentium are...

Page 3: ... com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL America Marketing Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email tmd1 asus com Technical Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email tsd asus com WWW www asus com FTP ftp asus com Pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Europe Marketing Address Harkortstr 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Fax 49 2102 442066 Email sales asus...

Page 4: ...al DIMM Notes 26 3 5 2 Memory Installation 27 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 28 3 7 Expansion Cards 29 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 29 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 29 3 7 3 Communication and Networking Riser CNR Slot 30 3 7 4 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Slot 31 3 8 External Connectors 32 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 43 4 BIOS SETUP 45 4 1 Managing and Updating Your ...

Page 5: ...tor 73 4 6 Boot Menu 74 4 7 Exit Menu 76 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 79 5 1 Install Operating System 79 5 2 Start Windows 79 5 3 CUSL2 C BLACK PEARL Motherboard Support CD 80 5 4 Personalized Boot Logo 82 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 79 6 1 Winbond Smart Manager 83 6 2 ASUS PC Probe 86 6 3 ASUS LiveUpdate 90 6 5 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 93 6 6 CyberLink PowerDVD 94 6 7 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 95 7 APPENDIX 97 7 1 P...

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

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 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Optional Items USB Hub CNR card LAN Home PNA CNR card ASUS iPanel ASUS consumer infrared set ASUSIrDA compliantinfraredmodule Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for intern...

Page 8: ...r of the first Special Edition motherboard ever manufactured by ASUS The CUSL2 C Black Pearl motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants advanced features and the best processors With a sleek and stylish profile the new CUSL2 C Black Pearl gives you a fully customized high performance PC This kit includes everything you need to get your new CUSL2 C Black Pearl up and runn...

Page 9: ...er or create your own image files Image Library ASUS supplies you with a great selection of 16 color 640 x 480 pixel images compatible with DOS BIOS and boot up 2 FEATURES wallpaper bmp rough3 bmp rough1 bmp rough2 bmp scen1 bmp scape1 bmp china1 bmp sketch1 bmp cartoon2 bmp season1 bmp sea2 bmp season2 bmp interior2 bmp interior1 bmp leafred bmp leaf1 bmp sodo bmp water3 bmp water2 bmp water1 bmp...

Page 10: ...ated Graphics Port slot that supports AGP cardsforhighperformance componentlevelinterconnecttargetedat3Dgraphical applications supporting 133MHz 4X mode Backward compatible to support AGP 2X UltraDMA33 66 100 Support Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels Supports UltraDMA 100 UltraDMA 66 UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 4 and B...

Page 11: ...ces for virtually automatic setup Smart BIOS The firmware hub gives a new easy to use interface which pro videsmorecontrolandprotectionoverthemotherboard ProvidesVcoreandCPU SDRAM frequency adjustments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Hardware random number generator supports new security software for data protection and secured Internet transactions Concurre...

Page 12: ...cessor SDRAM Optimized Performance This motherboard supports PC133 com pliant Synchronous Dynamic RandomAccess Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 1066MB s max ACPIReady ACPI AdvancedConfigurationandPowerInterface isalsoimple mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Managemen...

Page 13: ...l LDCM will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function Power Button Through BIOS the power button can be defined as the Stand by a k a Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off see ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead in 3 8 Connectors for more...

Page 14: ...ve Connector 6 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA 100 Support 4 1 SmartCard Reader Connector 7 1 ASUS iPanel Connector 8 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 22 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 21 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector Bottom 23 2 USB Port Connectors 24 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 25 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 25 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only 1 Line...

Page 15: ...ASUS CUSL2 C Black Pearl User s Manual 15 2 FEATURES 2 FEA TURES Component Location 2 2 1 Component Locations 1 2 3 4 12 7 13 8 9 10 2 3 4 6 5 11 0 7 6 9 5 8 5 14 1 ...

Page 16: ...t 168 pin module 1 0 DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 3 2 CLRTC DSW USB2 Socket 370 USB T Port1 B Port2 PCI5 CNR_SLOT Super I O ATX Power Connector CPU_FAN Firmware Hub FWH ACHA WOL_CON WOR JEN AFPANEL ROW DIMM3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 5 4 DIP Switches PCI6 ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor VIO Intel I O Controller Hub ICH2 Intel 815EP Chipset USBPWR01 KBPWR SMB USBPWR56 USB56 SMARTCON USBPWR2 COM1 P...

Page 17: ... pin female 3 USB p 33 Universal Serial Bus Ports Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 33 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 33 Serial Port Connectors 9 pin male 10 1 pin 6 GAME_AUDIO p 34 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO 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 Seconda...

Page 18: ...0 pins 21 PWRLED PANEL p 42 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 22 KEYLOCK PANEL p 42 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 23 SPEAKER PANEL p 42 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 24 MSG LED PANEL p 42 System Message LED 2 pins 25 SMI PANEL p 42 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 26 PWRSW PANEL p 42 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 27 RESET PANEL p 42 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins ...

Page 19: ...ling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or con nectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the syst...

Page 20: ...tion 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection 5 Frequency Selection CUSL2 C BP DIP Switches DSW ON OFF ON 1 2 3 4 5 CUSL2 C BP 1 JumperFree Mode JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu NOTE In JumperFree mode all dip switches must be set to OFF ...

Page 21: ...t all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to EnableanddonothavetheappropriateATXpowersupply NOTE Thisjumper must be set in conjunction with Wake On USB for STR State in 4 5 1 Power Up Control NOTES 1 For suspend to RAM function these jumpers must be set to Enable 2 The total current consumed must NOT exceed the power supply capability 5VS...

Page 22: ...ure requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriateATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enable but do not have the appropriate ATX power supply NOTE This jumper must be set in conjunction with Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mouse CIR in 4 5 1 Power Up Control Setting KBPWR E...

Page 23: ...efault setting of 3 40V should be used unless processor overclocking requires a higher voltage Setting VIO 3 30 V 1 2 3 40 V 2 3 default 3 60 V 3 4 CUSL2 C BP CUSL2 C BP VIO Setting VIO 3 30 V 3 40 V 1 2 2 3 3 60 V 3 4 WARNING Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may result in the shortening of your computer component s life It is highly recommended that you leave this setting on ...

Page 24: ... illustrated For a complete frequency listing see next page CUSL2 C BP CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection DSW CPU DRAM AGP ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 66 8MHz 100 2MHz 66 8MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 JumperFree Mode 133 70MHz 100 30MHz 66 85MHz 103 0MHz 103 0MHz 68 7MHz 100 3MHz 100 3MHz 66 8MHz 140MHz 140MHz 70MHz 133 70MHz 133 70MHz 66 ...

Page 25: ...100 0 100 0 ON OFF ON OFF ON 100 100 103 0 103 0 ON OFF ON OFF OFF 100 100 105 0 105 0 ON OFF OFF ON ON 100 100 110 0 110 0 ON OFF OFF ON OFF 100 100 115 0 115 0 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 100 100 200 0 200 0 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 133 133 132 8 132 8 OFF ON ON ON ON 133 133 166 6 166 6 OFF ON ON ON OFF 133 133 133 0 133 0 OFF ON ON OFF ON 133 133 137 0 137 0 OFF ON ON OFF OFF 133 133 140 0 140 0 OFF ON OFF ON...

Page 26: ...the total installed memory does not exceeds 512MB Otherwise the system may hang during startup 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128 256MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256 512MB NOTE For PC133 SDRAM to run at...

Page 27: ...e will only fit in the orientation shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density CUSL2 C BP CUSL2 C BP 168 Pin DIMM 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 The notches on the DI...

Page 28: ...rner should point towards the end of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that covers the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the C...

Page 29: ...es in PNPAND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclu sively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an...

Page 30: ...ed slots make sure that the drivers sup port Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 3 7 3 Communication and Networking Riser CNR Slot This connector supports specially designed network audio or modem riser cards Main processing is done through software and controlled by the mothe...

Page 31: ...al 31 3 HARDWARE SETUP Expansion Cards 3 H W SETUP 3 7 4 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Slot This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port AGP slot to support AGP graphics cards CUSL2 C BP CUSL2 C BP Accelerated Graphics Port AGP ...

Page 32: ...e on floppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the sec ond 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 Mou...

Page 33: ...Serial Bus USB 2 USB 1 4 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 5 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 10 1 pin COM2 Two serial ports are ready for a mouse or other ser...

Page 34: ...n cable to PIN 1 CUSL2 C BP Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN 1 FLOPPY 7 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 GAME_AUDIO optional Line Out lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic L...

Page 35: ...ode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS now sup ports specific device bootup see 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Setup Pin 20 is re movedtopreventinsertinginthewrongorientationwhenusingribboncables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and anoth...

Page 36: ... of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be read directly from ...

Page 37: ...and SIR connectors for both wireless transmitting and remote control functions through one external infrared module CUSL2 C BP CUSL2 C BP Front Panel Connectors 5VSB NC CHASSIS 5 V PCIRST GND CIRRX EXTSMI MLED NC BATT NC SMBDATA GND 3VSB IRRX IRTX LOCKKEY NC NC 5V SMBCLK AFPANEL Standard Infrared SIR Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND 5VSB NC 5 V GND CIRRX NC GND IRRX IRTX CIR SIR IR_CON 13 ...

Page 38: ...CUSL2 C CUSL2 C SMBus Connector 1 SMB SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V 15 Chassis Intrusion Lead 2 pin ACHA This lead is for a chassis designed for chassis intrusion detection After market toggle switches may also be installed to the chassis panel or on any removable components Two wires should be available from the chassis to connect to this lead When any chassis component is removed the contact should o...

Page 39: ...by power CUSL2 C BP CUSL2 C BP Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground WOL_CON 17 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR_CON This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For...

Page 40: ... the provided 2 port USB connector set to the two midboard 5 pin USB headers and mount the USB connector set to an open slot on your chassis CUSL2 C BP CUSL2 C BP USB Headers USB56 USB2 1 USBPWR USBP2 USBP2 GND USBP5 USBP5 USBPWR GND 19 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pin JTPWR If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its thermal sensor cable to this connector CUSL2 C BP ...

Page 41: ...ly minimum recommended wattage 200 watts 235W for a fully configured system can supply at least 20 amperes on the 5 volt lead and at least 10mA 750mA recommended on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB Your system may become unstable unreliable and may experiencedifficultyinpoweringupifyourpowersupplyisinadequate ForWake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 750mA 5VSB CUSL2 C BP CUSL2...

Page 42: ...lized 24 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 ac...

Page 43: ...on the 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 ...

Page 44: ...ur operating 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 ...

Page 45: ... 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 drive I...

Page 46: ...w BIOS revision will solve your problems Careless updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then pres...

Page 47: ...he BIOS 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 fini...

Page 48: ...is might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer 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 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue ...

Page 49: ...lity When 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 Ctr...

Page 50: ...ill notice 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 ...

Page 51: ...Note that 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 f...

Page 52: ...ear Valid 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 ...

Page 53: ...successful 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 for...

Page 54: ...ders heads 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 hea...

Page 55: ... drive 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...

Page 56: ...tice that the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured 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 Config...

Page 57: ... the password highlight this field and 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 pass words are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a p...

Page 58: ...quency is set to Manual this must be set in conjunction with FSB SDRAM Freq MHz to match the internal frequency of your CPU Con figuration options vary according to the external frequency of your CPU FSB SDRAM PCI Freq Ratio When CPU Internal Frequency is set to Manual This field determines the frequency ratio among the Front Side Bus SDRAM and PCI bus You may set the memory clock frequency in syn...

Page 59: ...ocessor is in 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 Con figuration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mous...

Page 60: ...our system will start up running at a bus speed of 66MHz and a fail safe CPU internal frequency 4x66MHz It will then automatically take you to the Advanced menu with a popup menu of all the officially possible CPU internal frequencies System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a...

Page 61: ...By SPD This sets the optimal timings for items 4 7 depending on the memory mod ules that you are using The default setting By SPD configures items 4 7 by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect device The EEPROM on the memory module stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks Configuration options User Defi...

Page 62: ...eferrable cycles Configura tion options Disabled Enabled Command Per Cycle Enabled only for Intel 815E Chipset When onboard VGA is used CPU can help to gain graphics performance by increasing proper SDRAM cycles combinations Configuration options Enabled Disabled Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache tech nology for the video memory of the processor...

Page 63: ...ve release and delayed transaction Configuration options Disabled Enabled High Priority PCI Mode Enabled This field allows you to give PCI slot 1 a higher priority You may want to leave on the default setting if you are using an IEEE 1394 PCI card Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disab...

Page 64: ... FDC Swap A B No Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration op t...

Page 65: ...lable Configuration options Disabled 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows 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 op eration in a two way mode Configurat...

Page 66: ...bled 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 En abled if you want to use USB devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled Primary VGA BIOS PCI AGP If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA controllers this field allows you to select...

Page 67: ...P PCI Configuration IRQ XX Reserved No These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a specified device The default value indicates that the dis played IRQ is not used Configuration options No Yes PCI PNP IRQ Resource Exclusion ...

Page 68: ...ss 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 this purpose Configu...

Page 69: ...trol for the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inac tivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User De fine allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Con figuration options User Define Disabled Min S...

Page 70: ...options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Select Enabled if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the expansion cards you u...

Page 71: ...m receives 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 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 Wa...

Page 72: ...Key Wake On USB for STR State Disabled This field allows you to use your USB device s if any to power up the computer from Suspend to RAM mode This feature requires anATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appropriateATX power sup ply Your computer will not power on if you set this to Enabled and do not have t...

Page 73: ...or is able to detect the CPU power supply and chassis fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE1 Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage 5V Voltage xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any ...

Page 74: ...evices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and 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 75: ...t 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 routine by skipping retesting a second third and fourth...

Page 76: ...u with 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 M...

Page 77: ...before 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 o...

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Page 79: ... must use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows 98 for the first time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices Follow theAdd New Hardware Wiz ard 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 option...

Page 80: ...PC systems 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 clien...

Page 81: ...versions of this motherboard manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites Cyberlink Video andAudioApplications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE PowerDVD Trial and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU ASUS Screen Saver Install ASUS screen saver to the system Browse Support ...

Page 82: ...ws directory LOGO EXE AFLASH EXE one or more BMP files in 640 x 480 pixel 16 color format 2 Then go to the Shut Down Menu and select Restart in DOS Mode From DOS run AFLASH 3 In AFLASH select 1 and save the existing system BIOS file with a new name for example CSCB1016 AWD Exit AFLASH to DOS 4 To set up a new boot screen run LOGO from DOS Both the BIOS file name and the BMP file name must follow i...

Page 83: ...ers for all new plug and play devices except for the Smart Card Reader Then browse the Support CD ROM and locate the Smart Card folder three sub folders Components Driver and App contain the installation files below NOTE Items 1 2 3 below are compatible with Windows 98 ME and 2000 and these components may be used for all Smart Card programs The Windbond Smart Manager application is compatible with...

Page 84: ...bottom right hand corner of the screen The icon resembles a key Right click on the icon and select Setting Logon Smart Card Click the Add New button and then select the type of card you want to use Insert the Smart Card into the card reader then enter your name and any remarks into the fields Click OK The Smart Card Reader detects and automatically records the encrypted ID on the mini chip in the ...

Page 85: ... boot up the PC displays the Smart Manager protection screen When the PC displays the Smart Manager protection screen the computer is secured inoperative and impenetrable 3 Always Check configures the Smart Manager to require that the user insert the card during start up then if the card is removed at any time during the operation of the PC the Smart Manager protection screen will automatically po...

Page 86: ...nternal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 2 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether or not to show the screen the next time you open PC Probe To bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To start ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and then...

Page 87: ... 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 PC Probe PC Probe ...

Page 88: ...record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Over heated is selected the CPU cooling sys tem is enabled whenever the CPU tem perature reaches the t...

Page 89: ...your PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage PC Probe PC Probe ...

Page 90: ...on When theASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exitASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system monitoring PC Probe PC Probe ...

Page 91: ...erly con nected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS LiveUpdate 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select If you selected Update from a file you will be prompted...

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Page 93: ...fying your file types 6 5 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 5 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 Shuffl...

Page 94: ...ntents on the personal computer With the i Power Internet Enabling feature PowerDVD opens DVD enthusiasts to on line DVD resources via the PowerDVD Desktop Portal Page 6 6 1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD To start CyberLink PowerDVD click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerDVD and then click PowerDVD 6 6 2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface Control Panel closed Control ...

Page 95: ...ideo 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 to se...

Page 96: ...se 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 bigg...

Page 97: ...erboard 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 order to display the LAN data activity 7 APPEN...

Page 98: ... 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 1 3 Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploadi...

Page 99: ...I specification defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work ca...

Page 100: ... processing of host based appli cations CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium III FC PGA and Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III slot 2 for Xeon and slot A for AM...

Page 101: ...Master can perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISA cards However configuration...

Page 102: ...various SDRAM organization and timing parameters SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions A set of new instructions added to existing architectures that enables a better visual experience with an accelerated 3D geometry pipeline and support for new applica tions such as real time video encoding and speech recognition System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot ...

Page 103: ...rs Audio Port 34 Joystick 34 MIDI 34 CPU Latency Timer 62 CyberLink PowerDVD 94 PowerPlayer SE 93 VideoLive Mail 95 CyberLink PowerDVD Using 94 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE Using 93 CyberLink VideoLive Mail Using 95 Cylinders 54 D Discard Changes 77 E ECP DMA Select 65 Ethernet Card 97 Exit Discarding Changes 76 Exit Saving Changes 76 Expansion Cards AGP Pro 31 Assigning IRQs 29 F Floppy 3 Mode Suppor...

Page 104: ... 74 P Parallel Port Mode 65 PC Probe Using 83 86 PCI 2 1 Support 63 PCI Latency Timer 66 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 66 Personalized Boot Logo 9 Using 82 PIO Mode 55 Plug Play O S 75 Power Fan Speed 73 Power Management 69 PowerDVD 94 Using 94 PowerPlayer SE Using 93 Procedure CPU Installation 28 Procedures Updating BIOS 46 Processor Serial Number 59 PWR Button 4 Secs 70 PWR Up On Modem Act 71 Q Quick Po...

Page 105: ...6 USB Legacy Support 59 Using LiveUpdate 90 PC Probe 83 86 PowerPlayer SE 93 V VCORE Voltage 73 VGA BIOS Sequence 66 Video Off Method 70 Video Off Option 70 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 68 VideoLive Mail 95 Using 95 Voltage 12 73 3 3 73 5 73 12 73 5 73 VCORE 73 W Wake On LAN 71 Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mouse CIR 72 Wake On USB for STR State 72 Wake Up By Keyboard 72 Windbond Smart Manager 83 Modes 85 Using 84 ...

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