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CUWE-RM

Intel

810E microATX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for CUWE-RM

Page 1: ... CUWE RM Intel 810E microATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ... 3 5 2 Memory Installation 25 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 26 3 7 Expansion Cards 27 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 27 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 28 3 7 3 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 30 3 8 External Connectors 31 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 Pr...

Page 5: ...6 5 7 Intel Security Driver 87 5 8 LDCM Local Setup 88 5 9 LDCM Administrator Setup 90 5 10 ASUS PC Probe 93 5 11 ASUS LiveUpdate 94 5 12 YAMAHA S YXG50 95 5 13 YAMAHA XGStudio 96 5 14 PC cillin 98 96 5 16 Uninstalling Programs 98 5 15 Adobe Acrobat Reader V4 0 99 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 101 6 1 Display Properties 101 6 2 ASUS PC Probe 105 6 3 ASUS LiveUpdate 110 6 4 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player 109 ...

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: ...cluded software 7 APPENDIX Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with driver...

Page 8: ... gain about 12 performance over that of the standard graphics driver 2D high end graphics WinMark usingASUS custom graphics driver ASUS custom graphics driver also provides more features and provides selection of higher refresh rates and resolutions Versatile Memory Support DRAM controller supports asymmetrical address ing and three DIMM sockets support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 16 32 64 128 or...

Page 9: ...tion and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Hardware random number generator supports new security software for data protection and secured Internet transactions 2 1 2 Optional Components The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase Smart Audio Software Audio and Hardware AC 97 V2 1 Codec compliant Analog Device s 3D sound circuitry sample rate conversion from 7kHz to...

Page 10: ...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 benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as Windows 98 must be used Suspend and Go Suspend To RAM STR provides maximum power savings as an alternative to leaving the comput...

Page 11: ...tem resources are used up to prevent pos sible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function Power Button Through the BIOS the power button can be defined as the Standby a k a Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off see ATX Power Switch Lead in 3 8 External Connectors for more information button Regardless of t...

Page 12: ...ppy Disk Driver Connector 8 1 Serial COM1 Connector 24 1 Parallel Port Connector 23 2 USB Connectors 25 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 26 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 26 1 Serial Header 1 3D Graphics Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH 1 VGA Monitor Output Connector 22 TV Digital LCD Headers 15 4MB onboard high speed SDRAM 12 Audio Yamaha PCI Audio optional 18 AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 19 1 ...

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

Page 14: ...32 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power IDELED CD VIDEO TAD COM2 CPU_FAN AUX WOL_CON Clear CMOS R191 SMB WOR FLOPPY DSW CUWE RM Socket 370 Super I O Intel I O Controller Hub ICH 4Mbit Firmware Hub FWH Audio Codec Intel 810E Graphics Memory Controller Hub JEN ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor Audio Codec Setting Audio Modem Riser AMR SAFE_MD NO_REBOOT DIP Switches PCI3VSBSEL IR_CON AUDIOEN JTPWR CHA_FAN PWR_FA...

Page 15: ...NTER p 32 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 p 32 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin male 6 VGA p 33 Monitor VGA Output Connector 15 pin female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin female 8 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female 9 PRIMARY SECONDARY p 34 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 10 FLOPPY p 34 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pins 11 WOL_CON p...

Page 16: ... Connector 2 pins 25 PLED PANEL p 42 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 26 KEYLOCK PANEL p 42 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 27 SPEAKER PANEL p 42 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 28 RESET PANEL p 42 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 29 PWR PANEL p 42 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 30 EXTSMI PANEL p 42 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 31 LED PANEL p 42 System Message LED 2 pins ...

Page 17: ...ter motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electric ity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded obj...

Page 18: ...rFree Mode Setting DSW OFF ON 1 2 3 4 5 JEN 1 2 3 Jumper Mode JumperFree Mode 1 2 3 2 I O Voltage Setting VIO This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset PCI and the CPU s I O buffer The default voltage should be used unless pro cessor overclocking requires a higher voltage Setting VIO Normal 1 2 default 3 66V 2 3 CUWE RM CUWE RM I O Voltage Setting Normal Default VIO...

Page 19: ... Enable 1 2 default Disable 2 3 CUWE RM CUWE RM Onboard Audio Setting Enable Disable Default 1 2 3 1 2 3 AUDIOEN 4 Onboard Audio Codec Setting CODEC on audio model only The onboard audio codec may be enabled or disabled using all of these jumpers Disable the onboard audio codec if you are using a PCI audio card on any of the expansion slots or a primary AMR on the AMR slot see AMR Slot later in th...

Page 20: ... 6 Safe Mode Setting SAFE_MD Usually socket 370 processors have locked frequency multiples In this case there is no way to exceed the specified multiple whether through motherboard settings or BIOS setup With unlocked socket 370 processors exceeding the specified multiple is possible through BIOS setup Exceeding the specified mul tiple may result in hanging during bootup If this occurs enable Safe...

Page 21: ...rboard is set so that when the BIOS detects a hang timeout during bootup the motherboard will automatically reboot If rebooting is repeating in effectively set this jumper to No Reboot to disable auto reboot Setting NO_REBOOT Normal 1 2 default No Reboot 2 3 Normal Default No Reboot NO_REBOOT CUWE RM Reboot Setting 1 2 3 1 2 3 CUWE RM ...

Page 22: ...AM 100MHz 100MHz 105MHz 105MHz 85MHz 128MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 CPU SDRAM 124MHz 124MHz 133MHz 133MHz 112MHz 112MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 CPU SDRAM 140MHz 105MHz 149MHz 112MHz 133MHz 100MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 CPU SDRAM 166MHz 125MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 JumperFree Mode NOTE Frequency Multiple settings are not available here because usually Socket 370...

Page 23: ... ON OFF OFF ON 85 127 42 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 112 112 37 OFF ON ON ON ON 105 105 35 OFF OFF ON ON ON 109 109 36 OFF ON OFF ON ON 100 100 33 OFF OFF OFF ON ON 117 117 39 OFF ON ON OFF ON 124 124 41 OFF OFF ON OFF ON 133 133 44 OFF ON OFF OFF ON 142 142 47 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 136 102 34 OFF ON ON ON OFF 140 105 35 OFF OFF ON ON OFF 143 107 36 OFF ON OFF ON OFF 133 100 33 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF 146 110 36 OF...

Page 24: ...128 256MB 3 5 System Memory DIMM NOTE No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing memory This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM of 16 32 64 128MB or 256MB 512MB maximum sys tem memory using 128Mb technology This chipset does not support ECC However ECC me...

Page 25: ...E RM CUWE RM 168 Pin DIMM Sockets Lock 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins TheDIMMsmustbe3 3VUnbuffered forthismotherboard TodeterminetheDIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also t...

Page 26: ...orrect orientation as shown The notched corner or corner with gold arrow 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 c...

Page 27: ... your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers or switches 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate with screw on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use 3 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace t...

Page 28: ...t IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 Syst...

Page 29: ...hat the cards do not need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable Interrupt Request Table INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI slot 1 shared PCI slot 2 shared PCI slot 3 not shared Onboard VGA shared Onboard Audio AMR SMBus shared USB not shared Expansion Cards 3 H W SETUP ...

Page 30: ...ller Hub ICH This provides an upgradeable audio and or modem solution at an incredibly low cost There are two types of AMR one defined as primary and another defined as secondary This motherboard uses the primary channel so that a secondary AMR can coexist without the need to disable the onboard codec The motherboard s onboard codec must be disabled when using a primary AMR NOTE An AMR is not incl...

Page 31: ...floppy 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 Fu...

Page 32: ...the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin female 5 Serial Port COM1 Connector Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot ope...

Page 33: ...o 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 only on audio model Line Out lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime M...

Page 34: ...h 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 Boot Sequence in 4 6 Boot Menu IMPORTANT UltraDMA 66 IDE devices must use an 80 pin IDE cable CUWE RM CUWE RM IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the...

Page 35: ...mA 5V standby power CUWE RM CUWE RM 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 12 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 Fo...

Page 36: ... Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored usingASUS PC Probe Utility or I...

Page 37: ...connector according to the pin definitions An optional consumer infrared CIR set con nects to the CIR and SIR connectors simultaneously for both wireless transmit ting and remote control functions through one external infrared module Wake On PS2 KB Mouse in 4 5 1 Power Up Control must be Enabled in order to use Consumer Infrared CIR power up CUWE RM CUWE RM Infrared Module Connector Standard Infra...

Page 38: ... multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V 1 CUWE RM SMBus Connector SMB CUWE RM 18 LCD TV Headers 14 pin LCDTV0 LCDTV1 optional These headers require an optional LCD TV card for LCD or TV output CUWE RM CUWE RM LCD TV Headers LCDTV0 LCDTV1 1 2 13 14 1 2 13 14 1 GND 3 LTVCL 5 DMSEN 7 TVVSYNC 9 TVHSYNC 11 DD...

Page 39: ...ch as a speaker between the onboard audio and the voice modem card CUWE RM CUWE RM Internal Audio Connectors TAD Modem Out from Modem Ground Modem In to Modem CD Black Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground AUX White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground VIDEO Green Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 20 Internal Microphone Connector 3 pin MIC2 only on audio model This con...

Page 40: ...D SPDI Signal GND SPDO 22 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 circuit should open and the motherboard will record a ch...

Page 41: ... lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing ON your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB CUWE RM CUWE RM 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 Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts G...

Page 42: ...ween ON and SOFT OFF Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 30 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin EXTSMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity is decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components ...

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

Page 44: ...rating 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 s...

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 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 Ent...

Page 47: ...en the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer u...

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

Page 52: ...lid 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 sup...

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

Page 55: ...s 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 ...

Page 56: ...d and press Enter You can type up to eight alphanumeric char acters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the pass word again and press the Enter The password is now set to Enabled This pass word allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will b...

Page 57: ...r computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences CUWE RM Clear CMOS Short solder points to Clear CMOS CUWE RM Clear RTC RAM R190 R191 Q28 ACHA Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Configuration options All Errors No Error All but Keyboard All but Disk All but Disk Keyboard Installed Memory XXX MB T...

Page 58: ...et to Manual This feature tells the clock generator what frequencies to send to the local bus and PCI devices onboard The bus frequency external frequency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU s internal frequency Con figuration options 4 6 2 6 6 1 5 6 6 2 8 6 2 Advanced Menu CPU Internal Frequency Manual When the motherboard is set to JumperFree mode this field allows you to select the in...

Page 59: ...grated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expans...

Page 60: ...your system will start up running at a bus speed of 66MHz and a fail safe CPU internal frequency 4x66MHz for the Intel Coppermine processor or 2x66MHz for non Coppermine processors It will then automatically take you to theAdvanced menu with a popup menu of all the officially possible CPU speeds JumperFree Mode For processors with locked frequency multiplier For processors with unlocked frequency ...

Page 61: ...stem and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 66MHz and enter BIOS setup JumperFree Mode Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Internal Frequency Cause for Hangup Improper FSB SDRAM PCI Freq Ratio or CPU External FSB Freq MHz Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Frequency Multiple For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier only ...

Page 62: ...memory type size speed voltage interface and mod ule banks Configuration options User Define 7ns 143MHz 8ns 125MHz By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between ...

Page 63: ...gura tion options Disabled Enabled Display Cache CAS Latency DCCAS 2T Configuration options 2T 3T Display Cache RAS to CAS Delay Determined by DCCAS With the default setting Determined by DCCAS this field has the same configuration as Display Cache CAS Latency DCCAS Configuration options Determined by DCCAS 2T Display Cache RAS Precharge Time 2T Configuration options 2T 3T Display Cache Cycle Time...

Page 64: ... Enabled High Priority PCI Mode Enabled This field allows you to give PCI slot 1 a higher priority You may want to leave on the default setting if you are using an IEEE 1394 PCI card Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels Configuration options Both Primary Sec ondary Di...

Page 65: ...ld 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 Read Only Onboard Seri...

Page 66: ...arallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration op tions 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 Configurati...

Page 67: ...he default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbios SCSI ...

Page 68: ...ese fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that ...

Page 69: ...ult setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISAcard is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource Exclusion PCI Con...

Page 70: ...this purpose Configuration options Disabled Enabled ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will the...

Page 71: ...er 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 I...

Page 72: ...in 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 Auto allows the BIOS to detect if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the power supply meets the requirement th...

Page 73: ...le the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the com puter and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN Enabled Wak...

Page 74: ...puter will not power ON if you set this to Enabled and do not have the appropriateATX power supply Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake Up By Keyboard Space Bar When the previous setup item Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mouse CIR is en abled you may specify the key s to press to power up the computer Con figuration options Space Bar Ctrl Esc Power Key Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unatten...

Page 75: ...the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage 5V Voltage xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range an er...

Page 76: ...ble Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM...

Page 77: ...e when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and fourth time Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Fl...

Page 78: ... 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 79: ...e val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other menus and m...

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Page 81: ...irst time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices You can either follow the Add New Hardware Wizard to install the device drivers or click Cancel When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section IMPORTANT Selecting No for the initial restart prompt is a necessary step because Windows may load an older displ...

Page 82: ...ual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 5 2 1 PCI Multimedia Audio Device Found 1 Click here 2 Click here and then click Next 3 Browse to the here and then click Next Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation ...

Page 83: ...r motherboard BIOS and CPU Browse This CD allows you to see the contents of the ASUS Support CD User s Manual displays the motherboard user s manual in pdf format Technical Support Form opens up a blank Technical Support Request Form for you to fill and print out when you run into technical difficulties and need technical assistance Read Me opens up a file containing additional notes Home returns ...

Page 84: ... CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen If you are using Windows 98 Second Edition or later it is not necessary to run this utility 3 Click here 4 Click here 1 Click here 2 Click here 5 Click here only after you have read the license agreement 6 Click here 7 Click here to install the driverto the default folder 8 Click here and then follow the online instructions Restart when pr...

Page 85: ...rive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 1 After your computer has re started double click the CD drive icon and then click here 9 To install other drivers or software click here and then click Finish 8 Browse to E VGA WIN98 and then click here 7 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here ...

Page 86: ...ver Setup 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 Click here and then click OK to install other drivers and software ...

Page 87: ...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 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here and then follow the online instructions ...

Page 88: ...rd 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 CD...

Page 89: ... CUWE RM User s Manual 89 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here and then follow the online instruction to finish installation 5 Click here 6 Click here ...

Page 90: ...e 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 you...

Page 91: ...P 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 11 Click here 12 Click here 8 Click here 7 Click here 5 Click here only after you have carefully read the license agreement 6 Click here 9 Click here 10 Enter a username and a pass word Confirm password and then click here ...

Page 92: ...rboard into your CD ROM drive or double click 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 such as LDCM is installed To uninstall any program see 5 16 Uninstalling Programs 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here ...

Page 93: ...ASUS CUWE RM User s Manual 93 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here ...

Page 94: ...ndows 98 5 11 ASUS LiveUpdate 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 Click here 6 Click here ...

Page 95: ...ck the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 3 Click here 1 Click here 2 Click here 4 Click here 5 Enter the information requested and the click here 6 Click here The serial number can be found on the software license agreement card 7 Click here only if you accept the terms of the agreement 8 Click here and follow the online instructions tocompleteinstallation ...

Page 96: ... 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 Click here only after you have carefully read the license agreement 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here ...

Page 97: ...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 1 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here only if you accept the terms of the license agreement 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here and then follow the online instructins to finish installation ...

Page 98: ...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 Click here only if you accept the terms of the license agreement 6 Click here 7 To install other drivers orprograms click here and then click Finish ...

Page 99: ...ling Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstall program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click here 3 Click here ...

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Page 101: ...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 l...

Page 102: ...you 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 ...

Page 103: ...pdated drivers and notices Color Desktop 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 Color Direct3D Game This is the same as the color adjustments for the deskto...

Page 104: ...yed resolution refresh rate Change refresh rate Allows you to adjust the de fault refresh rates for each resolutionandcolorsettings Advanced Allows you to assign hot keys to enable the OnScreen Display OSD To use this func tion select Enable OSD You may want to change the default hot key CTRL ALT O ifitconflictswiththehotkeysofothergames video players or Windows programs Color Video Lets you make ...

Page 105: ...peed 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 open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility...

Page 106: ...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 107: ...Lets 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 reac...

Page 108: ...vices 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 109: ...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 110: ... properly con nected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update V2 00 Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS LiveUpdate V1 00 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...

Page 111: ...ay List as the new current play song Designates the song just before the currently playing song as the new current play song 6 4 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player To start the Yamaha XGstudio click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA XGstudio and then click XGstudio Player 6 4 1 Yamaha XGstudio Player Control Panel Designates the song after the song currently playing as the new current play song De...

Page 112: ...io Mixer Control Panel Image Switcher AVI file Video image Displays the AVI file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT AVI file is played BMP file Still image Displays the BMP file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT BMP file is played LED velocity meter Animation Displays the volume amoun...

Page 113: ...ERENCE Windows 98 Smart Arranger The SmartArranger allows you to easily change the mood of a song You can switch between seven ensemble voice sets with these buttons To return to the original voice set click Piano Orchestra Mallet Techno Choir Robot Nature Return ...

Page 114: ...ASUS CUWE RM User s Manual 114 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 S W REFERENCE Windows 98 6 6 Hardware Information 1 Click here ...

Page 115: ...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 ASUS LAN Card ASUS CU...

Page 116: ...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 117: ... appearance the primary MR has a crystal onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise you should use the primary MR 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on theAMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press fir...

Page 118: ...r your device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive EnterthepathE Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver 5 After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish 6 Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window 7 ClicktheSettings tab Selectyourcoun try and lan...

Page 119: ... to help both desktop and mobile manufacturers adopt these new technologies more quickly and cost effectively This specification uses software emulation to compete with the PCI SoundBlaster specification ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface TheACPI specification defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware in...

Page 120: ...er Bus Master IDE PIO Programmable I O IDE requires that the CPU be involved in IDE access and waiting for mechanical events Bus master IDE transfers data to from the memory without interrupting the CPU Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode Byte Binary Term One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits A byte is used to represent a sin...

Page 121: ...technique called Single Instruction Multiple Data SIMD which is built into the new Intel Pentium PP MT P55C and Pentium II Klamath CPU as well as other x86 compatible microprocessors The MMX in structions are designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applications such as 3D video 3D sound video conference OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to syste...

Page 122: ...display the keyboard the diskette drive and other I O devices PS 2 Port PS 2 ports are based on IBM Micro Channel Architecture This type of architecture transfers data through a 16 bit or 32 bit bus APS 2 mouse and or keyboard may be used on ATX motherboards RAM Random Access Memory There are several different types of RAM such as DRAM Dynamic RAM EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchrono...

Page 123: ...he data is transferred Hence the data transfer rate is double of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x2 33MB s on ATA 2 devices Ultra ATA 66 also known as Ultra DMA 66 is an extension of current Ultra ATA 33 interface This new high speed interface has doubled the UltraATA 33 burst data transfer rate to 66 6 Mbytes sec and maximized disk performance under current PCI local bus environment USB Uni...

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Page 125: ...el Port 32 Power Supply Thermal Sensor 41 PS 2 Keyboard 31 PS 2 Mouse 31 Serial Port COM1 32 SMBus 38 Standard IR 37 USB 32 Wake On LAN 35 Wake On Ring 35 Consumer IR Connector 37 CPU Bus Frequency MHz 59 CPU External Frequency Setting 22 CPU Fan Speed 75 CPU Latency Timer 63 CPU Level 1 Cache 59 CPU Level 2 Cache 59 CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check 59 CPU Speed 58 CPU Temperature 75 CPU Vcore 59 CPU S...

Page 126: ...7 Memory 25 Installed Memory 57 Intel Security Driver 87 Internal Audio Connectors 39 Internal Microphone Connector 39 Interrupts Request Table 29 Standard Assignments 28 IRQ XX Used By ISA 68 ISA MEM Block BASE 70 J Joystick MIDI Connector 33 JumperFree Mode Setting 18 L Language 56 Layout Contents 15 LDCM Administrator Setup 90 LDCM Client Setup 88 Leads Chassis Intrusion 40 Legacy Diskette A 52...

Page 127: ...or 31 PS 2 Mouse Connector 31 PS 2 Mouse Function Control 59 PWR Button 4 Secs 72 PWR Up On Modem Act 73 Q Quick Power On Self Test 77 INDEX R Removable Device 76 S Safe Mode Setting 20 Save Changes 79 SDRAM CAS Latency 62 SDRAM Configuration 62 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Trc 63 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 63 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 62 Sector 55 Serial Port COM 2 Header 37 Serial Port COM1 Connector 32 Set...

Page 128: ...s 32 Updating Your BIOS 45 USB Function 68 USB Legacy Support 59 User Password 56 Using LiveUpdate 110 PC Probe 105 Yamaha XGstudio Mixer 112 Yamaha XGstudio Player 111 V VCORE Voltage 75 Video Off Method 72 Video Off Option 72 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 70 Voltage 12 75 3 3 75 5 75 12 75 5 75 VCORE 75 W Wake On LAN 73 Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mouse CIR 74 Wake Up By Keyboard 74 Wake On LAN Connector 35 Wake...

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Page 131: ...tebook PC 14 1 TFT Color Display 300 333 366 400 MHz Built in DVD MPEG2 Decoder L7300 7200 Series All in One Compact Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 300 333 366 400 MHz M8300 8200 Series Thin Light Convertible Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 233 266 300 333 366 400 MHz ...

Page 132: ...CD CD Extra I Trax CD R CD RW Disk Size 8 cm and 12 cm OS Compatibility DOS6 xx Windows3 x 95 98 OS 2Warp Netware SCO UNIX Cache Buffer Size 128KB Data Transfer Rate CD S500 7500 KBps maximum CD S450 6750 KBps maximum CD S400 6000 KBps maximum Access Time 75ms Supports high speed CD Audio playback Supports high speed digital audio extraction Supports UltraDMA 33 transfer mode Compatible with all C...

Page 133: ... 3 0 AP200 2 1 1 3 0 AP2000 2 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP2500 2 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP3000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 3 or 5 AP6000 2 1 1 4 8 AP7500 2 1 1 4 8 AP8000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 8 Mid Range Servers AP6000 AP7500 AP8000 Rack Mountable Value Servers AP2000 AP2500 AP3000 Group Servers AP100 AP200 Three 1 6 inch or five 1 inch SCA 2 SCSI hard drives Eight 1 6 inch or 1 inch SCSI hard drives ...

Page 134: ...9 rack mountable height 5U LED for hard disk power and working status Two8cmsystemfansandfour6cm drive fans Aluminum disk arrays for easy heat dissipation 350W redundant power supply ASUS PCI DA2100 2200 Series SCSI RAID Card PCI DA2100 series support 4x86 DX4 100 processor PCI DA2200 series support 5x86 133 processor One 72 pin SIMM socket supports up to 128MB cache memory RAID levels 0 0 1 3 5 n...

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