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ASUS CUBX-L/CUBX-E User’s Manual

3. HARDWARE SETUP

Motherboard Features Settings (DIP Switches - DSW)
The motherboard’s onboard functions are adjusted through the DIP switches. The
white block represents the switch’s position. The example below shows all the
switches in the OFF position.

3. H/W SETUP

Motherboard Settings

1. Frequency Multiple
2. Frequency Multiple
3. Frequency Multiple
4. Frequency Multiple

5. (Reserved)

6. AGP Frequency Selection
7. Frequency Selection
8. Frequency Selection
9. Frequency Selection

10. Frequency Selection

CUBX-L/CUBX-E DIP Switches

OFF

ON

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

ON

DSW

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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).

Setting

JEN

Enable (JumperFree)

[2-3] (default)

Disable (Jumper)

[1-2]

®

CUBX-L/CUBX-E Jumper Mode Setting

Jumper

JumperFree

1 2

2 3

JEN

OFF

ON

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

DSW

NOTE: In JumperFree™ mode, all dip switches (DSW) must be set to OFF.

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Summary of Contents for CUBX-E

Page 1: ... CUBX L CUBX E Socket 370 ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL Special Features CUBX L UltraDMA 33 Support 2 USB Ports CUBX E UltraDMA 100 Support 5 USB Ports 2 standard 3 upgradeable ...

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Page 4: ...therboard Settings 17 3 5 System Memory DIMM 22 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 22 3 5 2 Memory Installation 23 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 25 3 7 Expansion Cards 26 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 26 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 29 3 8 Connectors 30 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 41 4 BIOS SETUP 42 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 42 ...

Page 5: ...wer Menu 66 4 5 1 Power Up Control 68 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 70 4 6 Boot Menu 71 4 7 Exit Menu 73 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 75 5 1 Install Operating System 75 5 2 Start Windows 75 5 3 Installing Drivers and Software 75 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 79 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 79 6 2 ASUS Update 84 7 APPENDIX 85 7 1 PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card 85 7 2 ASUS CIDB Intrusion Detection Module 87 7 3 Glossary 89 INDEX 93 ...

Page 6: ...n 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 radio...

Page 7: ...APPENDIX Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for one 5 25 and two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 ASUS Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 Th...

Page 8: ...ower Interface ACPI support for Windows 98 com patibility built infirmware basedvirusprotectionthroughTrendChipAwayVirus codes and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup PC100 Memory Support Equipped with four DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 8 16 32 64 128 or 256MB up to 1 GB These new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the critical enhanced 100MHz bus speed req...

Page 9: ...R RW and LS 120 drives Wake On LAN Connector Supports Wake On LAN activity through an op tional ASUS PCI L101 10 100 Fast Ethernet PCI card see 7 1 PCI L101 LAN Card or a similar ethernet card Suspend and Go Suspend to RAM STR provides maximum power savings as an alternative to leaving the computer ON and QuickStart so that you do not have to wait for a long time for system bootup see Suspend to R...

Page 10: ...guring and managing all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation procedures forWindows95 98 NT Color coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99 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 PC...

Page 11: ...een received from a fax modem A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer with this mother board to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this feature users can access their computers from anywhere in the world System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and OS 2 require much ...

Page 12: ...3 IDE Connectors 5 2 UltraDMA 100 IDE Connectors only on CUBX E 5 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 9 Intel PIIX4E PCIset 10 1 Parallel Port Connector 21 2 Serial Port Connectors 20 22 2 USB Headers only on CUBX E 6 2 USB Connectors 23 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 24 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 24 BIOS AWARD BIOS Programmable Flash 4Mbit EEPROM 14 Supports Plug Play DMI and Write Protection Network...

Page 13: ...ASUS CUBX L CUBX E User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Locations 2 2 1 Component Locations 1 2 3 4 5 10 7 9 12 4 3 5 6 7 8 8 0 1 2 3 4 11 9 6 ...

Page 14: ...Y IDE ATXPWR Intel PIIX4E PCIset PCI5 USB T Port1 B Port2 CHA_FAN Row ISA2 PWR_FAN DIP Switches LED1 IR Accelerated Graphics Port ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power DIMM1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 1 0 DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 3 2 DIMM3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 5 4 DIMM4 64 72 bit 168 pin module 7 6 CLRTC JTPWR DSW JEN Socket 370 CHASIS CPU_FAN WOR WOL_CON Multi ...

Page 15: ...lSerialBus Connectors1 2 Two4 pinfemale 4 PRINTER p 31 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 31 Serial Port Connector Two 9 pin male 6 CHASSIS p 32 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pins 7 PRIMARY IDE p 33 UltraDMA 66 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins SECONDARY IDE THIRD IDE UltraDMA 100 IDE Connectors only on CUBX E FOURTH IDE 8 FLOPPY p 33 Floppy Disk Drive Port Connector 34 pins 9 WOL_CON p 3...

Page 16: ...L p 38 System Message LED 2 pins 20 SMI PANEL p 38 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pins 21 PWR SW PANEL p 38 ATX Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 22 RESET PANEL p 38 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 23 ATXPWR p 39 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 24 JTPWR p 39 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pins ...

Page 17: ...u 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 connectors or other components 4 Place components on a groun...

Page 18: ...le 5 Reserved 6 AGP Frequency Selection 7 Frequency Selection 8 Frequency Selection 9 Frequency Selection 10 Frequency Selection CUBX L CUBX E DIP Switches OFF ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON DSW 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 Setting JEN Enable Ju...

Page 19: ...and the DRAM CPU bus frequency The default sets the AGP bus frequency to be 2 3 of the DRAM frequency When the CPU DRAM frequency is set to 66MHz set this switch to ON See the processor table on the next page Setting DSW Switch 6 DRAM Freq x 2 3 OFF default DRAM Freq x 1 ON CUBX L CUBX E AGP Bus Frequency Setting DRAM Freq x2 3 DRAM Freq x1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Page 20: ... ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 112 0MHz 37 3MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 103 0MHz 34 3MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 133 0MHz 33 3MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 124 0MHz 41 3MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 124 0MHz 31 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 150 0MHz 37 5MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 140 0MHz 35 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 105 0MHz 35 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 110 0MHz 36 7MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 115 0M...

Page 21: ... your processor as follows CPU BUS Freq Freq Multiple AGP Intel CPU Model Freq Mult Bus F 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 6 Pentium III 800MHz 8 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF Pentium III 750MHz 7 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF OFF Pentium III 700MHz 7 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF Pentium III 650MHz 6 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF Pentium III 600MHz 6 0x 100MHz OFF...

Page 22: ...z most system will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC100 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 66MHz RAM to ensure system stability ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability Two possible memory chips are supported SDRAM...

Page 23: ...l 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 Lock CUBX L CUBX E 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 The notches on the DIM...

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Page 25: ...ver 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 CPU After the CPU is install an Intel recomm...

Page 26: ...or your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket 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 ...

Page 27: ...he following table lists the default IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Control...

Page 28: ...IRQs are as signed automatically from those available If the system has both legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by legacy cards The PCI and PNP con figuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by legacy cards For older legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Confi...

Page 29: ...support a new generation of AGP graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth WARNING Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or re moving an expansion card or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards see 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure for more information CUBX L CUBX E Accelerated Graphics Port AGP ...

Page 30: ...oppy disk drives Check 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 Func...

Page 31: ...e 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 Port 25 pin Female 5 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 COM2 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening ...

Page 32: ...to be installed see 7 APPENDIX If the chassis intrusion lead is not used a jumper cap must be placed over pins 3 4 to close the circuit CUBX L CUBX E Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 5VSB_MB Chassis Signal GND CHASSIS 1 7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pin 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 ...

Page 33: ... 1 pin THIRD FOURTH IDE only on CUBX E Connect the 40 pin 80 conductor cable s blue connector to the motherboard s primary recommended or secondary IDE connector and then connect the cor responding gray connector to your UltraDMA 100 UltraDMA 66 slave device hard disk drive and the black connector to your UltraDMA 100 UltraDMA 66 master device It is recommended that non UltraDMA 100 Ultra 66 devic...

Page 34: ... has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power CUBX L CUBX E Wake On LAN Connector 5VSB PME Ground WOL_CON 10 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...

Page 35: ...nstead 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 consid eration 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 monitored us...

Page 36: ...e motherboard s IR connector according to the pin definitions Front View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND Back View CUBX L CUBX E Infrared Module Connector For the infrared feature to be available you must connect the optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard 5V IRRX NC GND IRTX IR 14 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus de vices SMBus devices comm...

Page 37: ...t connectors on the back panel are inadequate two USB headers are available for three additional USB port connectors Connect a 3 port USB connector set to these headers and mount it to an open slot on your chassis CUBX E USB Headers USB2 USB Power USBP2 USBP2 GND NC USB Power USBP3 USBP3 GND 1 5 6 10 USB3A USB Power USBP4 USBP4 GND 1 ...

Page 38: ...d 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing 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 CUBX L CUBX E ATX Power Connector ATXPWR 3 3 Volts 12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts ...

Page 39: ... instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector seetheprecedingfigure connectstothecase mountedsuspendswitch 23 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 a...

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Page 41: ...el 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 the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages ...

Page 42: ...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 driv...

Page 43: ...ernet 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 path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press E...

Page 44: ...he pro 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 uti...

Page 45: ...y 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 Ctrl A...

Page 46: ... 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 or ...

Page 47: ...e 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 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 leg end keys to enter values and move from fi...

Page 48: ... 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 to ...

Page 49: ...been 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...

Page 50: ...r 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 Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or sectors Note that Logical Block Acc...

Page 51: ...This 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...

Page 52: ...e that the drive size appear in the field for the hard 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 charact...

Page 53: ...er ence whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a Supervisor password and a User password When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full access to all menu options Forgot the password If you ...

Page 54: ...m Hangup later in this section CPU Core Bus Freq Multiple when CPU Speed is set to Manual This field is for unlocked processors only This sets the frequency multiple between the CPU s internal frequency and external frequency This must be set in conjunction with CPU Bus PCI Frequency to match the speed of your CPU Configuration options vary according to the external frequency of your CPU CPU Bus P...

Page 55: ... only when a Pentium III processor is installed 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 sy...

Page 56: ...Upgrade Reinstallation 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 66MHz and a fail safe CPU speed 4x66MHz for the Intel Coppermine processor or 2x66MHz for non Coppermine processors It will then auto matically take you to the Advanced menu with a popup menu of all the officially possible CP...

Page 57: ...our system crashes or hangs due to improper CPU settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 66MHz and enter BIOS setup Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Bus PCI Freq MHz Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Speed JumperFree Notes ...

Page 58: ...he data actually becomes available NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command 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 p...

Page 59: ...ology 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 not boot Configuration options UC USWC PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction ...

Page 60: ...erialPort2 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 o...

Page 61: ... 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 operation in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the para...

Page 62: ...e this 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 Sy...

Page 63: ...ions PCI Card AGP Card Onboard ATA Device First Yes Setting this field to Yes gives priority to UltraDMA 66 devices connected to the onboard UltraDMA 66 IDE connectors over SCSI devices connected to PCI interface SCSI cards see also Other Boot Device in 4 6 Boot Menu Configuration options Yes No IRQ XX Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is bein...

Page 64: ...efault setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card 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 Exclusion PCI...

Page 65: ...by 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 Bl...

Page 66: ...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 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 Savin...

Page 67: ...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 use on the motherboard do not support the STR function...

Page 68: ...e 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 LAN or PCI Modem ...

Page 69: ...ower supply Configuration options Auto Disabled Wake Up By Keyboard Space Bar When the previous setup item PWR Up On PS2 KB Mouse is enabled you may specify the key s to press to power up the computer Configura tion options Space Bar Ctrl Esc Power Key Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain time of ...

Page 70: ...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 Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE 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 71: ... boot device on system power up Configura tion options Removable 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 AT...

Page 72: ... contain information about non PnP devices It can also hold the complete record of how the system was configured the last time it was booted Select Yes only if you want to clear these data during the Power On Self Test POST Configuration 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 w...

Page 73: ...ith 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...

Page 74: ... 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 menus an...

Page 75: ...ll plug and play devices Follow theAdd New HardwareWiz 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 options and expansion cards the following can only be used as a general reference and may not be an exact reflection of your system 5 3 Installing Drivers and So...

Page 76: ...nu NOTE The support CD contents are subject to change at any time without notice To begin using your support CD disc just insert it into your CD ROM drive and the support CD installation menu should appear If the menu does not appear double click or run E ASSETUP EXE assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E ...

Page 77: ...nal Installs a program to help you update your BIOS or download a BIOS image file Install PC cillin 98 Vx xx optional Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information Install Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x optional Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Up dated or other language versions of this motherbo...

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Page 79: ... 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 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 Pro...

Page 80: ...onitor Shows the PC s temperature 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 ...

Page 81: ...e Information 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 O...

Page 82: ...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 NOTE This feature is currently unavailable 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 83: ...g the 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: ...o the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS Update Vx xx 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 to locate the ...

Page 85: ...SUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity...

Page 86: ...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 uploading ...

Page 87: ...B s component pins and metallic points must not come in contact with another metallic surface or else shorting will occur 3 Use the SMBIN connector and the provided SMB cable to connect the CIDB to the SMB connector on the motherboard If another SMB device is already used on the motherboard you may unplug it and connect it to the SMBOUT connec tor on the CIDB 4 Check the hardware settings PHOTO ju...

Page 88: ... you have an updated BIOS with intrusion support booting the computer after an intrusion may require a password if configured through BIOS Normal Clear Clear Stops the alarm from sounding CLR CLR Enable Disable PHOTO Enable Disable the Photo Sensor PHOTO PHOTO 1 1 MS1 MS2 Micro Switches from the chassis panels can be connected here to trigger chassis intrusion Only one pair MS1 or MS2 should be us...

Page 89: ...pecification 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 cards...

Page 90: ...essing 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 AMD pro...

Page 91: ...ter 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 ISAcards However configuration of ...

Page 92: ...ious 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 up ...

Page 93: ... Connectors ATX Power Supply 38 Floppy Disk Drive 32 IDE 33 Keyboard 30 Parallel Port 31 Power Supply Thermal Sensor 38 PS 2 Keyboard 30 PS 2 Mouse 30 Serial Port 31 SMBus 36 37 Thermal Sensor 38 USB 31 Wake On LAN 34 Wake On Ring 34 CPU Bus PCI Freq MHz 54 CPU Core Bus Freq Multiple 54 CPU Fan Speed 70 CPU Level 1 Cache 55 CPU Level 2 Cache 55 CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check 55 CPU Reinstallation 56 ...

Page 94: ... Setup Defaults 74 M Managing BIOS 42 Maximum LBA Capacity 51 MB Temperature 70 Memory Hole At 15M 16M 59 Memory Installation 23 Mouse Connector 30 Multi Sector Transfers 51 O Onboard FDC Swap A B 60 Onboard Parallel Port 61 Onboard PCI IDE Enable 59 Onboard Serial Port 1 60 Onboard Serial Port 2 60 OS 2 Onboard Memory 64M 55 Other Boot Device Select 72 P Parallel Port Connector 31 Parallel Port M...

Page 95: ...nd Mode 67 Suspend to RAM Capability 67 SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS 62 System Date 48 System Hangup 57 System Message LED Lead 38 System Power LED Lead 38 System Time 48 T Thermal Sensor Connector 38 Translation Method 50 Type 49 U UART2 Use Infrared 60 ULTRA DMA Mode 51 Updating BIOS 42 USB Headers 37 USB IRQ 63 USB Legacy Support 55 USB Ports 31 User Password 53 Using ASUS PC Probe 79 ASUS Update 84 V VGA...

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Page 97: ...700MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory 2X AGP 3D w 8MB VRAM 100MHz Processor Side Bus M8300 8200 Series Thin Light Convertible Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 366MHz to 650MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory Supports Two Hard Drives L7300 7200 Series All in One Compact Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 366MHz to 650MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory ...

Page 98: ...1 1 1 3 0 AP200 2 1 1 3 0 AP2000 2 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP2500 2 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP3000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 3 or 5 AP6000 2 1 1 4 8 AP7500 2 1 1 4 8 AP8000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 8 Mid Range Servers AP6000 AP7500 AP8000 Rack Mountable Value Servers AP2000 AP2500 AP3000 Group Servers AP100 AP200 Three 1 6 inch or five 1 inch SCA 2 SCSI hard drives Eight 1 6 inch or 1 inch SCSI hard drives Barebone Servers ...

Page 99: ... swappable drive bays 19 rack mountable height 5U LED for hard disk power and working status Two8cmsystemfansandfour6cm drive fans Aluminum disk arrays for easy heat dissipation 350W redundant power supply ASUS PCI DA2100 2200 Series SCSI RAID Card PCI DA2100 series support 4x86 DX4 100 processor PCI DA2200 series support 5x86 133 processor One 72 pin SIMM socket supports up to 128MB cache memory ...

Page 100: ...ansfer mode Compatible with all CD formats Supports multi read function CD R CD RW Ultra Fast CD ROM 8x DVD ROM Drive Industry leadingperformanceforeventhemost demanding applications Maximum transfer rate 8X DVD ROM 40X CD ROM High speed digital audio extraction Supports UltraDMA 33 transfer mode Complies with MPC3 standard Supports Multi Read function ...

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