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CUC2

Intel

820E ATX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for CUC2

Page 1: ... CUC2 Intel 820E ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ... 8 External Connectors 30 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 Configuration 62 4 ...

Page 5: ...6 0 86 5 9 ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 87 5 10 ASUS Update Vx xx 88 5 11 Microsoft DirectX Driver 89 5 13 Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x 90 5 12 PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 91 5 14 YAMAHA S YXG50 SoftSynthesizer 92 5 15 Install Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications 93 5 16 Uninstalling Programs 94 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 97 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 97 6 2 ASUS Update 102 6 3 YAMAHA XGPlayer 103 6 4 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 107 ...

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

Page 7: ... 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 Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS C RIMM Continuity RIM...

Page 8: ...increase in processor perfor mance and multimedia and 3D functions especially where high bandwidth is required Intel Accelerated Hub Architecture Features a dedicated high speed hub link between the ICH2 and MCH with a bandwidth of 266MB sec twice the maximum bandwidth of the PCI bus AGPPro Slot Comes with anAccelerated Graphics Port Pro slot that supports AGP cards for high performance component ...

Page 9: ...l ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Enhanced ACPI Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 2000 Millenium compat ibility built in firmware based virus protection and autodetection of most de vices for virtually automatic setup Smart BIO...

Page 10: ...of 1 6GB s 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 Management OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefi...

Page 11: ...CM 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 inf...

Page 12: ...stem I O 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA33 66 100 support 5 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 6 3 USB Headers supports 5 USB ports 10 2 USB Port Connectors 23 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 21 2 Serial COM1 COM2 Port Connectors Bottom 20 22 1 Serial Header 19 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 24 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 24 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only 1 Lin...

Page 13: ...ASUS CUC2 User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Locations 2 2 1 Component Locations 1 2 3 5 12 7 9 17 18 8 20 21 22 23 24 6 11 19 16 14 15 4 10 13 ...

Page 14: ...N VIDEO CD1 AUX DIP Switches LED Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power CLRTC SW1 USB2 Socket 370 Audio Codec Setting USB T Port1 B Port2 COM1 PARALLEL PORT COM2 Intel 820E Memory Controller Hub MCH PCI6 PCI5 CNR1 Audio Codec Super I O RIMM0 16 18 bit 184 pin module RIMM1 16 18 bit 184 pin module ATX Power Connector Voltage Regulator Mod...

Page 15: ...PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 3 USB p 31 Universal Serial Bus Ports Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 31 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 32 Serial Port Connectors 9 pin male 10 1 pin COM2A Serial Header 10 1 pins 6 GAME_AUDIO p 32 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 FLOPPY p 33 Floppy Disk Drive Connec...

Page 16: ... pins 22 ATXPWR p 41 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 23 JTPWR p 41 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pins 24 PWRLED PANEL p 42 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 25 KEYLOCK PANEL p 42 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 26 SPEAKER PANEL p 42 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 27 MSG LED PANEL p 42 System Message LED 2 pins 28 SMI PANEL p 42 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 29 ...

Page 17: ...dling 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 sys...

Page 18: ...lection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection 5 Frequency Selection CUC2 DIP Switches SW1 OFF ON ON 1 2 3 4 5 CUC2 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 Setting J...

Page 19: ...e appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enable and do not have the appropriate ATX power supply NOTES 1 These jumpers must be set in conjunction with Wake On USB Device in 4 5 1 Power Up Control 2 For suspend to RAM function these jumpers must be set to Enable 3 The total current consumed must NOT exceed the power supply capability 5VSB whether under norma...

Page 20: ...3 CUC2 CUC2 Audio Codec Setting Disable Enable Default 1 2 2 3 ADN AUD_EN1 AUD_EN2 ADN AUD_EN1 AUD_EN2 4 Keyboard Power Up KBPWR This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function Set this jumper to Enable if you wish to use your keyboard by pressing Spacebar to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead The def...

Page 21: ...ault 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 56 V 3 4 CUC2 VIO Setting CUC2 VIO 3 30 V 3 40 V 1 2 2 3 3 56 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 its default ...

Page 22: ...a complete frequency listing see next page CUC2 CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection SW1 CPU CPU CPU CPU 103MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 105MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 109MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 107MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 100MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 112MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 114MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 116MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 120MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 125MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 133MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 138MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 142MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 150MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 168MHz ON...

Page 23: ... OFF 112 ON ON OFF OFF ON 114 ON ON OFF OFF OFF 116 ON OFF ON ON ON 118 ON OFF ON ON OFF 120 ON OFF ON OFF OFF 122 ON OFF OFF ON ON 125 ON OFF OFF ON OFF 128 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 130 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 133 OFF ON ON ON OFF 138 OFF ON ON OFF ON 142 OFF ON ON OFF OFF 146 OFF ON OFF ON ON 150 OFF ON OFF ON OFF 153 OFF ON OFF OFF ON 156 OFF ON OFF OFF OFF 159 OFF OFF ON ON ON 162 OFF OFF ON ON OFF 165 OF...

Page 24: ...l memory in any combination as follows Location Memory Module Total Memory RIMM0 Rows 0 1 RDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 RIMM1 Rows 2 3 RDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Total System Memory Max 1GB IMPORTANT 1 When using RDRAM as memory the RIMM sockets must be populated in the following sequence RIMM0 and then RIMM1 2 C RIMMs Continuity RIMM must be used to complete the sockets that are not po...

Page 25: ...h the small ribs inside the RIMM sockets NOTCH KEYS CONNECTORS RDRAM with heat spreader MOUNTING NOTCH RIBS inside socket EJECTOR TOP VIEW 2 With the ejectors in the open position as shown push down gently but firmly on the memory module until it snaps into place The guides on the socket s ejectors should go through the two mounting notches on the module and the ejectors should close If necessary ...

Page 26: ...ld 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 CPU After ...

Page 27: ...ion 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 additional IRQ wil...

Page 28: ...I groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 3 7 3 Communication and Networking Riser CNR Slots These connectors support specially designed network audio or modem riser cards Main processing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s sys tem chipset This provides upgradeable network audio and or modem solutions at an incredibly low cost NOTE CNRs are not includ...

Page 29: ... label and the safety tab underneath it if you will be using an AGP card without a retention notch Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to your card slot and moth erboard Remove ONLY when you will be using an AGP Pro card Use a rigid tip such as a pen tip to dislodge and remove the tab from the bay Removing the tab Follow the table below to install CNR cards CNR1 CNR2 Primary ...

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: ...SB headers see USB Headers later in this section NOTE USB Function see 4 4 3 PCI Configuration must be Enabled to use these ports Universal 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 Por...

Page 32: ...s COM2 COM1 Serial Ports 9 pin Male If you have a chassis that supports a front serial port a third serial port is avail able by connecting the ribbon cable from the chassis front serial port to the serial header CUC2 CUC2 Serial COM2 Bracket PIN 1 6 Game MIDI Connector Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devi...

Page 33: ...wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged CUC2 NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 CUC2 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 comp...

Page 34: ...n 20 is removed to pre vent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables 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 another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through 4 6 Boot Menu IMPORTA...

Page 35: ... the ASUS iPanel or monitoredusinga utility such asASUSPCProbe orIntelLDCM WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins CUC2 CUC2 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power PWR_FAN CPU_FAN GND Rotatio...

Page 36: ...ving to attach an external headphone onto theATX connectors CUC2 CUC2 True Level Line Out Header HEADPHONE 1 Headphone Left GND Headphone Right 14 Internal Microphone Connector 3 pin MIC2 on audio model only This connector allows you to connect chassis mounted microphone to the mother board instead of having to attach an external microphone onto theATX connectors CUC2 CUC2 Internal Microphone Conn...

Page 37: ... CIR and SIR connectors for both wireless transmitting and remote control functions through one external infrared module CUC2 CUC2 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 NC AFPANEL 5VSB NC 5 V GND CIRRX NC GND IRRX IRTX CIR SIR IR_CON Standard Infrared SIR Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND 16 ASUS...

Page 38: ... CUC2 SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 3V 1 CUC2 SMBus Connector SMB 18 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 open a...

Page 39: ... 5V standby power CUC2 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 CUC2 20 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 extern...

Page 40: ... additional USB ports Connect the 5 pin ribbon cable from the provided 3 port USB connector set to the midboard 5 pin USB header and the 10 1 pin ribbon cable to one of the two midboard 10 1 pin USB headers and mount the USB connector set to an open slot on your chassis CUC2 CUC2 USB Headers USB56 USB2 1 5 6 10 1 USB Power USBP USBP GND 1 USB Power 2 USBP1 3 USBP1 4 GND 5 NC 6 USB Power 7 USBP2 8 ...

Page 41: ...lt 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 CUC2 CUC2 ATX Power Connector 3 3 Volts 12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Goo...

Page 42: ...em 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 28 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 is dec...

Page 43: ...of the system case will light ForATX power supplies the system LED will light when theATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby fea ture The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages will ...

Page 44: ...ting system before switching off the power switch ForATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating sys tem 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 Win dows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when s...

Page 45: ...MAT 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 COPY E AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming E 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 har...

Page 46: ...evision will solve your problems Care less 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 press Enter...

Page 47: ...n the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed Updating BIOS 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 update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Me...

Page 48: ...ASUS CUC2 User s Manual 48 4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 49: ...hen 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 ...

Page 50: ...ce 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 keypa...

Page 51: ... 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 field to...

Page 52: ...d 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 suppo...

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 Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or se...

Page 55: ...field can also be configured manually Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Dis abled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 Se...

Page 56: ... drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Master Slave Drives 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 Configura...

Page 57: ...light 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 passwords are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper...

Page 58: ... access this field This field sets the fre quency multiple between the CPU s internal frequency and external frequency This must be set in conjunction with CPU External FSB Frequency to match the speed of your CPU Configuration options 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x CPU External FSB Freq MHz when CPU Speed is set to Manual This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU and...

Page 59: ...evel 1 and Level 2 built in cache Configuration op tions Disabled Enabled CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled Processor Serial Number Disabled The Processor Serial Number is a unique number that is added to every Pentium III processor to help verify the identity of the user across the Interne...

Page 60: ...U internal frequencies JumperFree Mode USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The default of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device on startup If detected USB controller legacy mode will be enabled If not detected USB controller legacy mode will be disabled When this field is set to Disabled USB controller legacy mode is dis abled no matter whethe...

Page 61: ...es or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 100MHz and enter BIOS setup JumperFree Mode Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Internal Frequency Cause for Hangup Improper CPU External FSB Freq MHz ...

Page 62: ...ata Configuration options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technology 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 ...

Page 63: ...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 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 Dis a...

Page 64: ...p 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 options R W ...

Page 65: ...f the onboard parallel port connector If you disable this feature Parallel Port Mode and ECP DMA Select configurations will not be avail able 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 Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidirectional paral lel port operatio...

Page 66: ... 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 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 onboa...

Page 67: ... to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI AGP AGP PCI Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If yo...

Page 68: ... 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 Saving IMP...

Page 69: ...led 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 expan sion cards you use on the mo...

Page 70: ...ter is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and appli cations 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 initial ization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN or PCI Modem card Disa...

Page 71: ...SB Device Disabled This field sets the way you may use your USB device s if any to power up the computer 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 appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enabled and do not have the appropriateATX power supply NOTE Th...

Page 72: ...fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xV 5V Voltage Ignore The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items ...

Page 73: ...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 se quence 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 drive ...

Page 74: ... 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 Configuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by ski...

Page 75: ...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 confirmation before exit ing 4 7 Exit Menu Onc...

Page 76: ... values 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 mak...

Page 77: ...se 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 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 ex...

Page 78: ...rage Driver Intel LDCMAdministrator Setup Installs software to monitor 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 Fl...

Page 79: ... Installs the Yamaha SoftSynthesizer for playing MIDI files through software Refer to the online help for more information Install Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications 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 Browse Support CD Allows yo...

Page 80: ... Intel 820 Chipset Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 To install other drivers programs click here and then click Finish ...

Page 81: ... Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 6 To install other drivers programs click here and then click Finish 5 Click here 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here ...

Page 82: ...pending on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double cl...

Page 83: ...sername and password and other options and then click here 6 Click here 5 Click here NOTE This warning appears only if you don t have the Acrobat Reader installed See 5 13 Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x on how to install the Acrobar Reader 10 To install other drivers programs click here and then click Finish ...

Page 84: ...hard disk space to run depending on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your ...

Page 85: ...Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here 11 To install other drivers programs click here and then click Finish NOTE This warning appears only if you don t have the Acrobat Reader installed See 5 12 Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x on how to install the Acrobar Reader ...

Page 86: ...Windows 98 5 8 ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM 6 0 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 3 Click here 4 Click here 2 Click here 1 Click here ...

Page 87: ...ick the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall any program see 5 16 Uninstalling Programs 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click Next and when the Setup Complete box appears click Finish to complete setup 1 Click here ...

Page 88: ...P Windows 98 5 10 ASUS Update Vx xx Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 1 Click here ...

Page 89: ...ETUP Windows 98 5 11 Microsoft DirectX Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here ...

Page 90: ...p screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no viruses are found Click here to start installation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 9 To install other drivers programs click ...

Page 91: ...Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart 1 Click here ...

Page 92: ...port CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Enter the information requested and click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 To install other drivers programs click here and then click OK ...

Page 93: ...tem Requirements Pentium 100MHz PC compatible Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT 2000 Hard disk drive with at least 10MB of free space 4x speed or above CD ROM drive Sound card with a Windows wave audio driver 256 or above color VGA card is required A VGA card with DirectDraw support 8MB system memory 5 15 2 Cyberlink Contact Information ...

Page 94: ... or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 6 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 7 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 5 Click here to install PowerDVD 1 Click here ...

Page 95: ...ograms Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click Add Remove 3 Click here ...

Page 96: ...96 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS CUC2 User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 97: ...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 98: ...or 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 99: ...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 100: ...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 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 101: ...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 102: ...e 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 file...

Page 103: ...ance for example playback sound quality priority CPU load reduction priority click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 and then click S YXG50 Setup You may also right click the YAMAHA SXG Driver icon on the taskbar and then click SoftSynthesizer Setup To get help on the SoftSynthesizer settings click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 and th...

Page 104: ...tion Power Setup Master Volume Control Key Control Tempo Control Select Top Song Select Final Song Select Previous Song Select Next Song Playback Pause Fast Forward Rewind Song Number Display CPU Usage Rate Polyphony Smart Arrangement Block Effects Block Master Volume Slider Exit Minimize Effect Control CPU Usage Rate Polyphony Level Meter Display Channel Volume Slider Pan Knob Channel Solo Voice ...

Page 105: ... start Is the operating environment saturated Check hard disk capacity memory ca pacity OS etc Is the correct procedure being followed during installation Uninstall the pro gram then try installing it again Is the driver section of the Softsynthesizer setting screen Control in the OFF position If so turn it ON Is there an SXG Driver being used with some other previously existing MIDI Player The so...

Page 106: ...m to be any sound output S YXG 50 cannot be used in DOS mode or at the MS DOS prompt The generated sounds in MIDI compatible games are generated late Certain games that are not compatible with DirectSound delays in the voice Wave data may be detectable Noise gets mixed in with the playback sound Noise will be mixed in with the playback sound if you are using a computer with DirectX2 installed In t...

Page 107: ...identifying your file types 6 4 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 4 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 108: ... contents 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 5 1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD To start CyberLink PowerDVD click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then CyberLink PowerDVD and then click PowerDVD 6 5 2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface Control Panel closed Cont...

Page 109: ...live 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 110: ...l 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 th...

Page 111: ... 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 APPENDIX ASU...

Page 112: ...S 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 down...

Page 113: ...fication 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 har...

Page 114: ...ing 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 proces...

Page 115: ...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 ISA ...

Page 116: ... 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 the ...

Page 117: ...oppy Seek 74 Boot Up NumLock Status 56 Boot Virus Detection 74 C Central Processing Unit 26 Chassis Fan Speed 72 Chassis Intrusion Lead 38 CHS Capacity 55 CNR Slots 28 Connectors ASUS iPanel 37 ASUS iPanel Audio 37 ATX Power Supply 41 Audio Port 33 Fan 35 Floppy Disk Drive 33 Game MIDI 32 IDE 34 Internal Audio 35 Internal Microphone 36 Parallel Port 31 PS 2 Keyboard 30 PS 2 Mouse 30 Serial Port 32...

Page 118: ...g Adobe Acrobat Reader 90 ASUS BIOS Flash Utility 84 ASUS PC Probe 86 CPU 26 CyberLink PowerDVD 93 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 93 INF Update Utility 80 Intel LDCM Administrator 81 Intel LDCM Client 83 Microsoft DirectX 6 0 Driver 88 PC Cillin 98 89 91 VideoLive Mail 93 YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer 91 Intel LDCM Administrator Installing 81 Intel LDCM Client Installing 83 Setup 83 Internal Audio Connectors 3...

Page 119: ... Serial Number 59 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 30 PS 2 Mouse Connector 30 PWR Button 4 Secs 69 PWR Up On Modem Act 70 Q Quick Power On Self Test 74 R Removable Device 73 Reset Switch Lead 42 S Save Changes 76 Sector 55 Serial Port Connectors 32 Settings Onboard Audio 20 SMART Monitoring 55 SMB Connector 38 SMI Lead 42 Software Setup Adobe Acrobat Reader 90 ASUS PC Probe 86 Intel LDCM Admin 81 Intel LDC...

Page 120: ...S Update 100 PowerPlayer SE 105 V VCORE Voltage 72 Video Off Method 69 Video Off Option 69 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 67 VideoLive Mail 107 Installing 93 Using 107 Voltage 12 72 3 3 72 5 72 12 72 5 72 VCORE 72 W Wake On LAN 70 Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mouse CIR 71 Wake Up By Keyboard 71 Wake On LAN Connector 39 Wake On Ring Connector 39 Y YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer Installing 91 ...

Page 121: ...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 Goes Mobile ...

Page 122: ...um II Memory Onboard Fixed Storage Hot Swap Trays Support GB Channels Devices AP100 1 Slot1 1 1 3 0 AP200 2 Slot1 1 1 3 0 AP2000 2 Slot1 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP3000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 3 or 5 AP2300 2 Socket370 4 2 Ultra3 4 3 or 5 AP6000 2 Slot1 1 1 4 8 AP8000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 8 AP6300 2 Socket370 4 2 Ultra3 4 8 Mid Range Servers AP6000 AP8000 AP6300 Rack Mountable Value Servers AP2000 AP3000 AP2300 Group Servers AP...

Page 123: ...to configure RAID Ten 1 0 or six 1 6 Ultra2 SCSI SCA 2 hot 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 DA2200 Series SCSI RAID Card PCI DA2200 series support 5x86 133 processor One 72 pin SIMM socket supports up to 128MB cache mem...

Page 124: ...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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