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6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE

6. S/W REFERENCE

Windows 98

6.2.3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon

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 ASUS PC Probe
monitor is displayed.

Right-clicking the PC Probe icon
will bring up a menu to open or
exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or
resume all system monitoring.

Summary of Contents for CUSL2K

Page 1: ... CUSL2K Intel 815E ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...er 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 registered t...

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Page 4: ...ansion Card Installation Procedure 27 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3 7 3 Communication and Networking Riser CNR Slots 28 3 7 4 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Slot 29 3 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 ...

Page 5: ... 87 5 8 ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM 6 0 88 5 9 ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 89 5 10 Install ASUS Update Vx xx 90 5 11 Microsoft DirectX 6 0 Driver 91 5 12 YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 93 5 13 PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 93 5 14 Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x 94 5 15 Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications 95 5 16 Uninstalling Programs 96 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 99 6 1 Display Properties 99 6 2 ASUS PC Probe 102 6 3 A...

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

Page 7: ...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 AIMM card LCD controller module TVOUT controller module ASUS iPanel ASUS consumer infrared set ASUSIrDA compliantinfraredmodule Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor...

Page 8: ...t 230MHz RAMDAC graphics controller sup ports 3D hyper pipelined architecture parallel data processing and compres sion precise pixel interpolation full 2D hardware acceleration and motion video acceleration This integrated graphics controller can be disabled to support an external AGP or PCI graphics card AGP Slot Comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port slot that supports AGP cardsforhighperforma...

Page 9: ...ared Module for wireless connections Enhanced ACPI Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhancedACPI forWindows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Smart BIOS The firmware hub gives a new easy to use interface which pro videsmorecontrolandprotectionoverthemotherboard ProvidesVcorea...

Page 10: ...emory and processor 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 Po...

Page 11: ... 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 informatio...

Page 12: ...rs UltraDMA 100 Support 4 1 Serial COM2 Header 7 1 ASUS iPanel Connector 8 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 23 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 24 2 USB Port Connectors 25 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 26 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 26 3D Graphics Graphics and Memory Controller Hub 1 VGA Monitor Output Connector 22 TV Out Digital LCD Module Headers 20 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 1 Game...

Page 13: ...ASUS CUSL2K User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Location 2 2 1 Component Locations 1 2 3 4 12 7 13 18 19 10 22 23 24 25 26 6 5 11 21 17 16 9 14 15 8 20 ...

Page 14: ...e 1 0 DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 3 2 CLRTC DSW USB2 Socket 370 Audio Codec Setting USB T Port1 B Port2 COM1 PARALLEL PORT VGA PCI5 CNR1 Audio Codec Super I O ATX Power Connector CPU_FAN Firmware Hub FWH MODEM ACHA WOL_CON WOR AAPANEL MIC2 EARPHONE JEN COM2 AFPANEL ROW DIMM3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 5 4 DIP Switches PCI6 ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor VIO LCDTV Intel I O Controller Hub ICH2 In...

Page 15: ...B 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 6 VGA p 32 Monitor Output Connector 15 pin female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 8 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 FLOPPY p 33 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pins 10 PRIMA...

Page 16: ... 5 pins 24 ATXPWR p 41 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 25 JTPWR p 41 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pins 26 PWRLED PANEL p 42 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 27 KEYLOCK PANEL p 42 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 28 SPEAKER PANEL p 42 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 29 MSG LED PANEL p 42 System Message LED 2 pins 30 SMI PANEL p 42 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 3...

Page 17: ...g 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 system ...

Page 18: ...ection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection 5 Frequency Selection CUSL2K DIP Switches DSW ON OFF ON 1 2 3 4 5 CUSL2K 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 Settin...

Page 19: ...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 5VSB ...

Page 20: ...L2K Audio Codec Setting Disable Enable Default 1 2 2 3 ADN ADN CUSL2K 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 default is set to Disable because no...

Page 21: ...ult 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 CUSL2K VIO Setting VIO 3 30 V 3 40 V 1 2 2 3 3 60 V 3 4 CUSL2K 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: ...llustrated For a complete frequency listing see next page CUSL2K CUSL2K 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 23: ...00 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 ON 133...

Page 24: ...tal 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 133MH...

Page 25: ...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 CUSL2K 168 Pin DIMM Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins CUSL2K 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 DIMM will sh...

Page 26: ...er 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 CPU...

Page 27: ...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 addit...

Page 28: ...shared 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 m...

Page 29: ... 29 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 CUSL2K Accelerated Graphics Port AGP CUSL2K ...

Page 30: ...loppy 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 Mouse Fun...

Page 31: ...B ports you can use the USB headers see USB Headers later in this section and mount it to the chassis 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 Printer Port 25 pin female ...

Page 32: ...es A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Serial Port 1 2 in 4 4 2 I O Device Con figuration for settings COM 1 Serial Port 9 pin male CUSL2K CUSL2K Serial COM2 Bracket PIN 1 6 Monitor Output Connector Blue 15 pin VGA This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device VGA Monitor 15 pin female ...

Page 33: ...ibbon cable to PIN 1 CUSL2K Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN 1 FLOPPY 7 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 devices for playing or editing professional audio Joystick MIDI 15 pin female 8 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 GAME_AUDIO optional Line Out lime can be connected to headphones or pref...

Page 34: ...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 another for the seco...

Page 35: ...e 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 read directly from the A...

Page 36: ...ound Modem In Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 14 Headphone True Level Line Out Header 3 pin EARPHONE This connector allows you to connect chassis mounted headphone to the mother board instead of having to attach an external headphone onto theATX connectors CUSL2K 1 EARPHONE CUSL2K True Level Line Out Header Earphone Left GND Earphone Right 15 Internal Microphone Connector 3 pin MIC2 ...

Page 37: ...et to the CIR and SIR connectors for both wireless transmitting and remote control functions through one external infrared module CUSL2K Front Panel Connectors CUSL2K 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_C...

Page 38: ...SL2K CUSL2K SMBus Connector 1 SMB SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V 19 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 ...

Page 39: ...ndby power CUSL2K CUSL2K 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 21 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 exter...

Page 40: ...ders 1 LCDTV 23 USB Headers 5 pin USB2 5 pin USB56 If the USB ports on the back panels are inadequate two USB headers are avail able for two additional USB ports Connect the 5 pin ribbon cables from 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 CUSL2K USB Headers CUSL2K USB56 USB2 1 USBPWR USBP2 USBP2 GND...

Page 41: ...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 CUSL2K CUSL2K 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 Pow...

Page 42: ...ystem 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 30 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 ...

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

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

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

Page 46: ... 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 press Ente...

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

Page 48: ...t 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: ...en you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt D...

Page 50: ...tice 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 key...

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

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

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

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

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

Page 56: ...at 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 Configuration...

Page 57: ...he 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 pas...

Page 58: ... 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 synchrono...

Page 59: ... 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 mouse on st...

Page 60: ...stem 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 bus s...

Page 61: ... 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 Define By ...

Page 62: ...One Bank All Banks CPU Latency Timer Enabled This controls the GMCH s response to CPU deferrable cycles Configura tion options Disabled Enabled Command Per Cycle Enabled When onboard VGA is used CPU can help to gain graphics performance by increasing proper SDRAM cycles combinations Configuration options Enabled Disabled Onboard VGA Enabled Leave on default setting if you want to use the onboard V...

Page 63: ...66MB s Since AGP 4x is backward compatible you may leave this on the default setting of 4X Mode even when you are using an AGP 2x video card When set to 2X Mode theAGP interface will only provide a peak data throughput of 533MB s even if you are using an AGP 4x card Configuration options 2X Mode 4X Mode Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled This field allows you to reserve an address space for ISA devic...

Page 64: ... 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 tions R W Read Only Onboard...

Page 65: ... operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed op eration in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1...

Page 66: ... 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 controller If the Symbios SCSI controller is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI control ler is detected the onbo...

Page 67: ...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 VGA BIOS Sequence PCI AGP If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA controllers this field allows you to select which of the controllers will act as your primary graphics controller The default PCI AGP allows your PCI controller to ta...

Page 68: ...aster 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 Configuration ...

Page 69: ...or 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 Saving ...

Page 70: ... 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 use on t...

Page 71: ...ves 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 Wake On L...

Page 72: ...e 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 the appr...

Page 73: ...t 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 of the monitored it...

Page 74: ... 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 drive ...

Page 75: ...ring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a se...

Page 76: ... 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 On...

Page 77: ...saving the val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other me...

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Page 79: ...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 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 e...

Page 80: ...dge address with the Client software installed The administrator should install both Administrator and Client software Intel LDCM Client Setup Installs software to monitor the Client system The LANDesk Client Manager must be installed to use the hardware manager features ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM Installs a utility that can remotely flash a client PC s BIOS when used in conjunction with Int...

Page 81: ...l 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 Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD ReadMe Allows you to view the support CD file l...

Page 82: ...r Intel 815 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 83: ...l 815 Chipset Graphic Control 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 6 Click here and then click Finish ...

Page 84: ...epending 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 c...

Page 85: ...username 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 14 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 86: ... 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 87: ... 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 14 Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x on how to install the Acrobar Reader ...

Page 88: ... 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 89: ...lick 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 90: ...indows 98 5 10 Install 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 91: ...TUP Windows 98 5 11 Microsoft DirectX 6 0 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 92: ...pport 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: ...up 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 94: ... 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 95: ... 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 96: ...e 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 97: ...rograms 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 98: ...98 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS CUSL2K User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 99: ... and then the Advanced button General The Display box displaysthecurrentfontsize of the selected monitor To use a different font size click the arrow and then click the font size you want The Compatibilitybox allows you to specify when to apply changes to system color set tings NOTE Some programs might not dis play colors correctly without being restarted after you make changes To avoid this prob ...

Page 100: ...ou want for your graphics hardware Full acceleration is the fastest and is recommended for most computers If your ocmputer is having prob lems and you suspect graphics acceleration to be the cause use the highest setting at which you do not have problems Color Management Lists all the color profile currently associated with your monitor Click a profile to make it the active profile Otherwise the d...

Page 101: ...s are also available for easy ac cess to theASUS Web page for new updated drivers and notices Color Allows you to adjust the quality of your dis play according to your preference Gamma correction is available only in 16 bit color and 24 bit color true color 16 7M color modes In 16 color and 8 bit color standard color 256 color modes the gamma correc tion function is not supported ...

Page 102: ...eed and internal 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...

Page 103: ...mperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 104: ...ets you 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 reach...

Page 105: ...ices in 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 ...

Page 106: ...sk Bar Icon 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 ...

Page 107: ...ou are properly 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 ...

Page 108: ...sing YAMAHA XGPlayer To start theYAMAHAXGPlayer click Start point to Programs point toYAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 and then click XGPlayer You may also right click the XGPlayer icon on the taskbar to start YAMAHA XGPlayer 6 4 2 YAMAHA XGstudio Player Control Panel 6 4 3 YAMAHA XGstudio Mixer Control Panel Smart Arrangement Block Level Meter Display Channel Volume Slider Master Volume Slider Exit...

Page 109: ... identifying 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...

Page 110: ...D 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 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 Cont...

Page 111: ... 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 conversio...

Page 112: ...il 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 t...

Page 113: ...d 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 AS...

Page 114: ...OS 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 dow...

Page 115: ...ification 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 ha...

Page 116: ...sing 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 proce...

Page 117: ... 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 118: ...s 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 119: ...apacity 55 Command Per Cycle 62 CPU Latency Timer 62 CyberLink Contact Information 95 PowerDVD 110 PowerPlayer SE 109 VideoLive Mail 111 CyberLink Contact Information 95 CyberLink PowerDVD Installing 97 Using 110 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE Installing 97 Using 109 CyberLink VideoLive Mail Installing 97 Using 111 Cylinders 54 D Discard Changes 77 Display Cache Cycle Time Tras Trc 63 Display Cache Pagi...

Page 120: ...M Admin Setup 85 Intel LDCM Administrator Installing 85 Intel LDCM Client Installing 87 Setup 87 Interrupts Standard Assignments 27 L Language 57 LDCM Administrator Setup 85 LDCM Client Setup 87 Legacy Diskette A 52 Legacy Diskette B 52 LiveUpdate Using 107 Load Setup Defaults 77 M Maximum LBA Capacity 55 MB Temperature 73 Memory Installation 25 Microsoft DirectX 6 0 Driver Installing 91 Multi Sec...

Page 121: ...n 61 SDRAM Cycle Time 62 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Trc 62 SDRAM Page Closing Policy 62 Sector 55 Settings Onboard Audio 20 SMART Monitoring 55 Software Setup Adobe Acrobat Reader 94 ASUS PC Probe 89 ASUS Update 90 Intel LDCM Admin 85 Intel LDCM Client 87 LDCM Administrator 85 LDCM Client 87 PC Cillin 98 93 Starting Up 43 Supervisor Password 57 Suspend Mode 70 Suspend to RAM Capability 70 SYMBIOS SCSI ...

Page 122: ...f Option 70 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 68 VideoLive Mail 111 Installing 97 Using 111 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 Y YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer Installing 93 ...

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