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4. BIOS SETUP

4. BIOS SETUP

Chip Configuration

Memory Hole At 15M-16M [Disabled]

This field allows you to reserve an address space for ISA devices that require
it. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled]

This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2.1 features including
passive release and delayed transaction. Configuration options: [Disabled]
[Enabled]

High Priority PCI Mode [Disabled]

This field allows you to give PCI slot 1 a higher priority. You may want to
leave on the default setting if you are using an IEEE-1394 PCI card.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Onboard PCI IDE Enable [Both]

You can select to enable the primary IDE channel, secondary IDE channel,
both, or disable both channels. Configuration options: [Both] [Disabled]

SDRAM DATA DRIVING MODE [NORMAL]

Leave on default setting. Configuration options: [Normal] [Strong]

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Summary of Contents for INTEL TUSL2-M

Page 1: ... TUSL2 M Intel 815E Chipset microATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...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 27 3 7 3 Communication and Networking Riser CNR Slot 28 3 7 4 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Slot 29 3 8 Connectors 30 3 8 1 External Connectors 30 3 8 2 Internal Connectors 34 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 43 4 BIOS SETUP 45 4 1 M...

Page 5: ... Monitor 73 4 6 Boot Menu 74 4 7 Exit Menu 76 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 79 5 1 Operating Systems 79 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 79 5 2 TUSL2 M Motherboard Support CD 79 5 2 1 Installation Menus 79 5 2 2 Applications 80 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 83 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 83 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe 83 6 1 2 Using ASUS PC Probe 84 6 1 3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon 87 6 2 Winbond Smart Manager 89 6 3 C...

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

Page 7: ...ENDIX Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Optional Items AIMM card LCD controller module TVOUT controller module ASUS iPanel ASUSIrDA compliantinfraredmodule Smart Card Reader Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ...

Page 8: ... which support PC133 PC100 non ECC SDRAMs available in 64 128 256 512Mb densities up to 512MB UltraDMA33 66 100 Support Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels Supports UltraDMA 100 UltraDMA 66 UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 4 and up to four ATAPI devices like DVD ROM CD ROM CD R RW LS 120 and tape backup drives ASUS JumperFree...

Page 9: ...ti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in firmware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup Onboard LED The onboard LED lights up when there is standby power to the motherboard This acts as a reminder to the user to turn OFF the power before plugging and unplugging devices so as...

Page 10: ...with DMA 66 DMA 33 and DMA and with existing DMA devices and systems so there is no need to upgrade current EIDE IDE drives and host systems UltraDMA 66 100 requires a 40 pin 80 conductor cable to be enabled Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master buses to memory and processor SDRAM Optimized Performance This motherboard supports PC133 compliant Synchronous Dyna...

Page 11: ...e much more memory and hard disk space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The onboard hardwareASUSASIC in conjunction with either the bundled ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM will warn you before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Dual Function Power Button Through BIOS the power button can be defined as the Stand by a k a Suspend or Sle...

Page 12: ... 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA 100 Support 6 1 Serial COM2 Header 23 1 ASUS iPanel Connector 9 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 26 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 27 2 USB Port Connectors Bottom 28 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 29 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 29 3D Graphics Graphics and Memory Controller Hub 1 VGA Monitor Output Connector Bottom 25 TV Out Digital LCD Module Headers 24 Audio AC 97 Au...

Page 13: ...ASUS TUSL2 M User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Location 2 2 1 Component Locations 2 3 4 5 19 21 8 6 17 15 14 9 12 13 11 16 22 25 26 27 28 29 24 20 1 23 7 10 18 ...

Page 14: ... Cell CMOS Power CLRTC DSW Socket 370 CNR_SLOT ATX Power Connector CPU_FAN MODEM WOL_CON WOR CNRUSB2 CNRUSB1 AAPANEL MIC2 HEADPHONE JEN COM2 AFPANEL DIP Switches ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor LCDTV Intel I O Controller Hub ICH2 Intel 815E Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH SMB 2Mbit Firmware Hub FWH USB2 LAN_EN USBPWR2 SMARTCARD USBPWR1 KBPWR Super I O 3Com 3C920 Fast Ethernet DIMM1 64 72 bit 1...

Page 15: ...emale 3 USB p 31 Universal Serial Bus Ports Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 31 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 32 Serial Port Connectors 9 pin male 10 1 pin 6 VGA p 32 Monitor Output Connector 15 pin female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 8 LINE IN LINE OUT MIC p 33 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 RJ 45 p 33 Fast Ethernet Port Connect...

Page 16: ...B2 p 40 USB Headers 5 1 pins 16 ATXPWR p 41 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 17 PWRLED PANEL p 42 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 18 KEYLOCK PANEL p 42 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 19 SPEAKER PANEL p 42 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 20 MSG LED PANEL p 42 System Message LED 2 pins 21 SMI PANEL p 42 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 22 PWRSW PANEL p 42 ATX Power Soft Off ...

Page 17: ...enever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the internal components 2 Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case before handling computer components 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips on them 4 Whenever you install any component place the components on a grounded antistati...

Page 18: ...JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu NOTE In JumperFree mode all dip switches must be set to OFF Setting JEN Disable Jumper 1 2 Enable JumperFree 2 3 default TUSL2 M 1 Frequency Selection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection 5 Frequency S...

Page 19: ...teATX power supply NOTE This jumper 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 whether under normal working conditions or in the sleep mode 3 CNR USB Selection CNRUSB1 CNRUSB2 The CNR slot can support an optio...

Page 20: ...primary audio modem CNR on a CNR slot see CNR Slot later in this section If using a PCI audio expansion card Onboard AC97 Audio Controller in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration must also be disabled Setting AUD_EN1 Enable 1 2 default Disable 2 3 5 Onboard LAN Setting LAN_EN The onboard LAN may be enabled disabled with this jumper Setting LAN_EN Enable 1 2 default Disable 2 3 TUSL2 M TUSL2 M Audio Code...

Page 21: ...r 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 Enable Your computerwillnotpowerONifyousetthistoEnablebutdonothavetheappropriate ATX power supply NOTE This jumper must be set in conjunction with Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mo...

Page 22: ...ency in 4 4 Advanced Menu NOTE Only selected switches are illustrated For a complete frequency listing see next page TUSL2 M TUSL2 M CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection DSW CPU SDRAM AGP PCI ON 1 2 3 4 5 JumperFree Mode ON 1 2 3 4 5 133MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 133MHz 133MHz 66MHz 33MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 100MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz 66MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 NOTE If your proce...

Page 23: ... 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 133 133...

Page 24: ...ate at 133MHz use only PC133 compliant DIMMs When this motherboard operates at 133MHz most system will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC133 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 100MHz RAM to ensure system stability ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of c...

Page 25: ... 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 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 shift between left center or right to identify the type and also ...

Page 26: ...f the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that covers the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the CPU After the CPU is install an Inte...

Page 27: ... 4 3 PCI Configuration 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 exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an ...

Page 28: ...are 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 a specially designed network audio or modem riser card Mainprocessingisdonethroughsoftwareandcontrolledbythemotherboard s system chipset This provides upgradeable networ...

Page 29: ...his motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port AGP slot to support a new generation of AGP graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth NOTE Disable the integrated graphics controller see Onboard VGA in 4 4 1 Chip Configuration when using an add on graphics card TUSL2 M TUSL2 M Accelerated Graphics Port AGP ...

Page 30: ...isk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 3 8 Connectors PS 2 Mouse 6 pin female 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 c...

Page 31: ... USB devices For additional USB ports you can use the USB headers see USB Headers later in this section and mount it to the chassis 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 Configuration for settings TUSL2 M TUSL2 M Serial COM2 Bracket PIN 1 COM 1 Serial Port 9 pin male 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: ... be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Game MIDI 15 pin female Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 9 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ 45 optional The RJ 45 connector is optio...

Page 34: ...p Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through 4 4 1 Advanced CMO...

Page 35: ...Orientate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only ...

Page 36: ... motherboard instead of having to attach an external headphone onto the ATX connectors TUSL2 M TUSL2 M Internal Audio Connectors MODEM CD1 Black AUX White Modem Out Ground Modem In Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground TUSL2 M HEADPHONE TUSL2 M True Level Line Out Header 1 Headphone Left GND Headphone Right TUSL2 M TUSL2 M 12 Volt Coolin...

Page 37: ...atus LEDs and space reserved for a hard disk drive 9 ASUS iPanel Audio Connector 10 1 pinAAPANEL Connect the audio cable from the optional ASUS iPanel to this for front panel audio control TUSL2 M TUSL2 M Internal Microphone Connector MIC2 MIC Power 1 3 MIC Input Ground TUSL2 M TUSL2 M Front Panel Connectors AFPANEL 5VSB NC CHASSIS 5 V PCIRST GND CIRRX EXTSMI MLED NC BATT NC SMBDATA GND 3VSB NC IR...

Page 38: ...rusion 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 and the motherboardwillrecordachassisintrusionevent Theeventcanthenbeproc...

Page 39: ...g Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port IMPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On LAN or PCI Modem is enabled see 4 5 1 Power Up Control and that your system h...

Page 40: ...the back panels are inadequate a USB header is available fortwoadditionalUSBports Connectthe10 1pinribboncablefromtheprovided 2 port USB connector set to the midboard 10 1 pin USB header and mount the USB connector set to an open slot on your chassis NOTE To use this header make sure that the USBCNR1 USBCNR2 jumpers see 3 4 Motherboard Settings are set to USB Connect TUEG VM TUSL2 M LCD TV Headers...

Page 41: ...ad 5VSB Your system may become unstable unreliable and may experiencedifficultyinpoweringupifyourpowersupplyisinadequate ForWake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 750mA 5VSB TUSL2 M TUSL2 M 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 V...

Page 42: ...21 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 decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted suspend switch 22 ATX Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momen...

Page 43: ...e 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 between 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: ...itch 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 shutting down with ATX power supplies 3 HARDWARE...

Page 45: ...epresent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the boot disk you created NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It does not work in the DOS prompt within Windows and does not work with certain memory drivers that ma...

Page 46: ... BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press Enter The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press Enter ...

Page 47: ...d then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter NOTE To cancel this operation press Enter 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update WARNING Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard a...

Page 48: ...cessfully appears 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off the system because this may cause boot problems Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists load the original BIOS file you saved to the boot disk If the Flash Memory Writer utility is not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file the s...

Page 49: ...When you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl 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: ...hat 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 options 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: ...ear Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required ...

Page 53: ... cases select User Type HDD to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters Refer to the next section for details NOTE After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk utility such as FDISK to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk d...

Page 54: ...ype field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual Head This field configures the number of read write heads Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual Sector This field configures the number of sectors per track Refer to...

Page 55: ... utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology This parameter is normally disabled because the resources used in the SMART monitoring feature may decrease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance Configuration options 0 1 ...

Page 56: ...nd second characters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec 4 3 2 Keyboard Features Language English This field displays the BIOS language version Supervisor Password Disabled User Password Disabled These fields allow you to set passwords To set a password highlight the appropriate field and press Enter Type in a password then press Enter You can type up to eight alphanumeric characte...

Page 57: ...es no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a Supervisor password and a User password When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full access to all configuration fields Forgot the...

Page 58: ...iguration options Disabled Enabled CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled 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 syste...

Page 59: ... mode will be enabled If not detected USB controller legacy mode will be disabled When this field is set to Disabled USB controller legacy mode is disabled whether you are using a USB device or not Configuration options Disabled Enabled Auto OS 2 Onboard Memory 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise l...

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: ...imings for items 4 7 depending on the memory modules 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 SPD SDRAM CAS Latency Thi...

Page 62: ...s Disabled Enabled Command Per Cycle Enabled When onboard VGAis used CPU can help to gain graphics performance by increasing proper SDRAM cycles combinations Configuration options Enabled Disabled Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display dat...

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

Page 64: ... have conflicts with the onboard controller you may set the appropriate field to Disabled Configuration options Disabled Auto Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy di...

Page 65: ...ions will not be available Configuration options Disabled 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two w...

Page 66: ...t 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 controller is detected the onboard Symb...

Page 67: ...onfiguration options Disabled Enabled Primary VGA BIOS PCI Card If your computer has both PCI andAGP VGAcards this field allows you to select which of the cards will act as your primary graphics card AGP Card uses the AGP card as your primary card The default PCI Card allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected On Board allows you to use the onboard VGA as your primary graphics ...

Page 68: ...faster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Configuration...

Page 69: ...ol for the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactivity 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 M...

Page 70: ...ature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Select Enabled if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the expansion cards you use on the motherboard do not support the STR function you must leave this field on the default setting Disabled NOTE T...

Page 71: ...eives 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 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 ...

Page 72: ... Key Wake On USB for S3 or S4 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 supply Your computer will not power on if you set this to Enabled and do not h...

Page 73: ...rd hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU power supply and chassis fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V 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 ...

Page 74: ...emovableDevices IDEHardDrive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 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 R...

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 Configuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a sec...

Page 76: ...you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for confirmation before exiting 4 7 Exit ...

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

Page 78: ...ASUS TUSL2 M User s Manual 78 4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP NOTES ...

Page 79: ...ws for the first time after the installation of the motherboard Windows 98 detects the onboard audio and video chips and may attempt to install a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures on the screen 5 2 TUSL2 M Motherboard Support CD To begin using the support CD insert it into the CD ROM drive The support installation menu sh...

Page 80: ...thernet Controller Opens a Readme file with instructions for installing the driver for the integrated 3Com ethernet controller Intel LDCMAdministrator Setup Installs software to monitor PC systems on the network within the same bridge address with the Client software installed The administrator should install both Administrator and Client software Intel LDCM Client Setup Installs software to monit...

Page 81: ...rsions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites Cyberlink Video andAudioApplications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail E Color 3 Deep Installs 3 Deep the first application which gives the competitive edge in online gaming as well as in 3D graphics resolution ASUS Screen Saver Installs the ASUS Screen Saver application Show Motherb...

Page 82: ...82 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS TUSL2 M User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Applications NOTES ...

Page 83: ...al external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To 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 Programs and then ASUS Utility and then click Pro...

Page 84: ...onitor Shows the PC temperature for supported processors only Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 85: ...rd the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Control Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined threshold CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Overheated is selected the CPU cooling system is enabled ...

Page 86: ...S PC Probe Device Summary Shows a summary of devices present in your PC Memory Shows the PC memory load memory usage and paging file usage Information Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used ...

Page 87: ... 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 appears DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program NOTE This feature is...

Page 88: ...ASUS TUSL2 M User s Manual 88 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe NOTES ...

Page 89: ...er to the TUSL2 refer to Section 3 8 13 in Hardware Setup for the connector location Boot up the PC and enter BIOS press del to change the configuration to accept smart card hardware in the Advanced BIOS menu select the I O Device Configuration sub menu go to UART2 and select Smart Card Read save and exit Finish booting up Insert the ASUS Support CD and click on the selection Winbond Smart Manager...

Page 90: ... smart card reader and install its system drivers Smart Manager NOTE Do not install system components or Winbond applications unless you install a smart card reader see page 7 Smart card system software compo nents support various types of smart card applications all system components are compatible with Windows 98 ME and 2000 However the Windbond Smart Manager application is readily compatible on...

Page 91: ...d software in the bottom right hand corner of the screen The new icon resembles a key Right click on the icon and select Setting Logon Smart Card Click the Add New button and then select the type of card you are using Insert the smart card into the card reader then enter your name and any remarks into the fields Click OK The card reader detects the smart card ID Smart Manager registers the smart c...

Page 92: ...t up the PC displays the Smart Manager Protection Screen Whenever the Smart Manager Protection Screen is displayed the computer is secured and impenetrable 3 Always Check configures the Smart Manager to require that the user insert the smart card during start up then if the card is removed at any time during the operation of the PC the Smart Manager protection screen will automatically pop up and ...

Page 93: ... identifying your file types 6 3 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 3 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 94: ...live video clips allowing users to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data conversion...

Page 95: ...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 96: ...operly con nected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS LiveUpdate 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select If you selected Update from a file you will be prompt...

Page 97: ...tion 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 hard di...

Page 98: ...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 99: ... 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 100: ...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 101: ...et Port 33 Floppy Disk Drive 34 Game MIDI 33 IDE 34 Internal Audio 36 Internal Microphone 37 Monitor Output 32 Parallel Port 31 PS 2 Keyboard 30 PS 2 Mouse 30 Serial Port 32 SMB 38 USB 31 Wake On LAN 39 Wake On Ring 39 CPU Latency Timer 62 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 93 VideoLive Mail 94 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE Using 93 CyberLink VideoLive Mail Using 94 D Discard Changes 77 Display Cache Cycle Time ...

Page 102: ...A 52 Legacy Diskette B 52 LiveUpdate 96 Using 96 Load Setup Defaults 77 M MB Temperature 73 Memory Installation 25 Monitor Output Connector 32 Motherboard Support CD 79 Multi Sector Transfers 55 O Onboard AC97 Modem Controlle 65 Onboard CIR I O 65 Onboard CIR IRQ 65 Onboard FDC Swap A B 64 Onboard MIDI I O 65 Onboard MIDI IRQ 65 Onboard Parallel Port 65 Onboard PCI IDE Enable 63 Onboard Serial Por...

Page 103: ...t CD 79 Applications 80 Installation Menu 79 Suspend Mode 70 Suspend to RAM Capability 70 SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS 66 System Date 52 System Time 52 U UART2 Use Standard Infrared 64 Ultra DMA Mode 55 Universal Serial BUS Port 31 Universal Serial Bus Port 31 USB Function 67 USB Headers 40 USB Legacy Support 59 Using ASUS PC Probe 83 LiveUpdate 96 PowerPlayer SE 93 V VCORE Voltage 73 Video Off Method 70 Vid...

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